Ye Ming and his party strolled leisurely along the way. Zhao Yuwan changed into a pair of coarse linen clothes. She no longer looked like a damsel in distress, but a pure maid in distress.
It was hard to live in the open air, but Zhao Yuwan felt sweet in her heart.
Even when I'm resting at night, I always miss the easy days before. The days now are a bit too hard.
She didn't know if she could hold on forever, but Young Master Yang's presence gave her confidence.
On this day, they arrived at another village. After passing this village and climbing over a mountain, they could bypass the Lingbi River and reach Lingbi Mansion.
After entering the village, I found that everyone was talking sadly, as if something had happened.
Ye Ming stepped forward, got into the middle of the two people who were discussing, and asked with a smile:
"You two, tell me what happened!"
When the two of them faced Ye Ming who suddenly jumped out, they were both startled. However, they relaxed their vigilance when they saw that this seemed to be a blind man in trouble.
"What else can happen? Zhuangyin Mountain is not clean recently, there is dirt, and there are fewer people going to the mountain to collect firewood and hunt."
one person said.
Ye Ming became interested and asked:
"What unclean thing is it?"
"I don't know. No one can see clearly what that thing is. They only know that it will hit people with rocks, branches and the like. It is very vicious."
"Did anyone have an accident?"
"Yes, the youngest of the Zhuang family didn't come back, something must have happened.
Zhuang Shuanzi also broke a leg and is still nursing it at home! "
Ye Ming inquired for a while and found that the villagers didn't know much and what they said were specious things.
Seeing Ye Ming coming back, Zhao Yuwan asked:
"Is it haunted or haunted?"
"Demon, I noticed that there is a faint evil spirit on the mountain. It should be a little demon causing trouble."
Ye Ming said casually,
"Just do the math."
With that said, he tried to predict something.
The hexagrams show that there are changes in this trip, but what changes are not clear.
Ye Ming carefully considered the hexagram and felt that it was safer. He calculated it twice and the result was the same.
"If you can't figure it out, it's better to ask people in the village who have experienced it firsthand."
Lei Ling gave a suggestion.
Fortunately, this old devil's fortune-telling ability is not very strong, otherwise, there would be no solution.
However, it is incredible to think that a demon can actually tell fortunes.
Because the unstable factors and bad karma in the hexagrams often refer to these demons.
Therefore, as a variable itself, the devil cannot learn the art of divination.
But for some reason, this old devil was able to learn the art of divination, which was really unusual.
Ye Ming calculated for a while and decided that it would be more cost-effective to ask those who had experienced it.
Through the previous chat, Ye Ming knew that Zhuang Shuanzi was the witness, so he directly got on the donkey cart and headed to his door.
Zhuang Shuanzi's family is not rich either, it is just an ordinary thatched house.
When Ye Ming's donkey cart arrived at his door, an old man who was weaving bamboo baskets stood up and asked:
"What's wrong, you two?"
When the old man saw Ye Ming with a woman and a donkey, he didn't think Ye Ming was a beggar.
Ye Ming smiled and said: "I am You Fang's doctor. I heard that someone in your family was injured, so I came to take a look."
When the old man heard this, he was first surprised and then sighed:
"No, the old man's family has no money. Shuanzi is young and in good health. He will get over it after a while."
Ye Ming smiled and said, "To be honest, I was about to cross Zhuangyin Mountain and heard that there was something dirty on the mountain. I came here to inquire about the situation. As long as the information is reliable, we will not charge any money."
Hearing this, the old man immediately said:
"Reliable, reliable. My Shuanzi is the most reliable. He never lies. Come on, come in."
Ye Ming followed into the house and saw an old woman taking care of a young man with a broken leg.
The young man's right leg bone was broken, and some of the wounds were already festering.
If no treatment is given, the leg will become completely useless.
Ye Ming actually didn't know any medical skills, but he could help clean up the source of the disease that caused the wounds to fester.
He told the old woman to boil a pot of water and the old man to sharpen his knife.
He slapped Lei Ling and asked her to find some herbs.
Zhao Yuwan was a little dissatisfied when she saw Lei Ling being beaten:
"Master Yang, you can't do this to Lei Ling."
"You mean you want me to do this to you?"
"Master Yang, are you willing to bear it?"
Zhao Yuwan asked back, looking a little naughty.
"Of course I can't bear to part with it!"
Ye Ming said he was reluctant to give up, but hit Zhao Yuwan on the head with his hand, causing Zhao Yuwan to squeal.
Soon, hot water and a knife were ready.
Ye Ming put his hand on Zhuang Shuanzi's leg, and with a clever move, he connected Zhuang Shuanzi's leg bone.
Then, he raised the knife and directly scraped off the rotten part of Zhuang Shuanzi's calf.
"Hiss~~ah!!!"
Zhuang Shuanzi's face showed pain, and the old man and the old woman were also frightened.
At this time, Lei Ling came back with herbs in her mouth.
Ye Ming crushed the herbs casually, soaked the cloth in boiling water, and applied it on his legs to remove the source of the disease.
In this case, there should be no problem.
After finishing it, Zhuang Shuanzi couldn't relax for a long time.
Ye Ming said that if he rests for a few months and the flesh on his legs grows, then there will be no problem.
After Zhuang Shuanzi got used to it, Ye Ming's questioning session began.
"First tell me when you encountered the dirty thing, what happened, and how you escaped..."
Ye Ming asked questions like a barrage.
Zhuang Shuanzi held it in for a long time before he organized his words and told his story.
In fact, it was nothing. I was just collecting firewood on the mountain. I started to feel something touching my feet, but I didn't pay attention.
After that, I felt like something was trying to wrap around my feet.
When he looked down, he saw that it was something like a vine.
It was chopped off by Zhuang Shuanzi.
After a while, he saw stones and branches flying out of the forest to attack him.
Zhuang Shuanzi was frightened, thinking he had encountered a ghost. When he ran away in a hurry, he broke his leg. In the end, he crawled a distance, and was seen by his fellow villagers and rescued.
"that's it?"
Zhuang Shuanzi nodded.
Ye Ming felt that he was at a loss because he had spent a long time trying to get just this little information.
However, from the other party's description, it can be seen that the monster is not strong, and maybe he can get another monster pill during this trip.
While I was thinking about what kind of monster it might be, I suddenly heard someone in the village yelling in horror:
"Oh no, something happened to Zhuang Maojiao and the others. They encountered dirty things on the mountain and were taken away!"
Hearing this, the villagers went out to watch, and saw a villager dressed as a hunter running and shouting.
Ye Ming also saw it. In order to avoid being deceived, Ye Ming deliberately opened his eyes and took a look.
No problem, they are from this village, not some magical transformation.
Everyone came forward to ask for details, and the hunter said:
"This morning Zhuang Maojiao and the others prepared boy's urine, feces, and black donkey hooves, and went up the mountain to ward off evil spirits.
As a result, the evil spirit was so powerful that it made us dizzy.
Zhuang Maojiao and the others were all arrested, and I only managed to escape by smearing myself with child urine! "
The people in the village were shocked. They were worried about the captured hunters, and they were also afraid that the dirty things would come out of the mountains and cause trouble in the village.
After hearing what the escaped hunter said, Ye Ming opened his eyes and looked at Zhuangyin Mountain again, and decided not to wait any longer and went straight into the mountain.
Zhao Yuwan naturally wanted to go with him, but there were no wide roads in the mountains, so he was destined to be unable to ride a cart.
Ye Ming directly dismantled the cart and left it at the entrance of the village. Anyone who wanted it could take it. He asked Zhao Yuwan to ride on the donkey root, and the two of them started to enter the mountain.
Lei Ling walked in front to explore the way, sniffing all the way.
"Mr. Yang, why don't you ride a donkey? Your eyes..."
Zhao Yuwan couldn't bear to see Ye Ming stumbling a bit.
Ye Ming waved his hands and said with a smile:
"Aren't you sincere in making it more difficult for me? If you stumbled while walking, do you still want me to save you?
Hey, it's a pity that some monsters are not good at cultivation and still don't know the giant transformation technique. It's really inconvenient to have a spare mount. "
Lei Ling, who was exploring the road in front, froze, then accelerated and ran further.
Bastard, this old devil hasn't given up yet.
You absolutely cannot learn the Giant Transformation Technique, not even in this life!
The hard-working donkey root is very stable on the mountain road and is not very bumpy.
At the beginning of the journey into the mountain, you can still find some roads walked by the villagers. After going a certain distance, you can only walk on your own.
Zhao Yuwan's coarse clothes were quickly scratched by the branches in the forest, and there was a trace of blood on her face.
This worries our beauty-loving Miss Zhao Er for fear that her appearance will be ruined.
"Don't worry, it's just a little scratch on the surface. The traces will disappear in a few days."
Ye Ming comforted Zhao Yuwan.
"Oh, that's good... No, are you calling me shameless?"
Zhao Yuwan reacted.
"You said that yourself, not me."
"Young Master Yang, you are disgusting!"
After walking for some distance, there were many thorns ahead, and the mountain road was rugged, with almost no path at all.
Zhao Yuwan was about to speak, but when she saw Ye Ming was telling fortunes again, she immediately fell silent.
Ye Ming finished his hexagram, touched his chin and smiled slightly:
"Interesting, it seems that Zhuangyin Mountain is going to be lively."
"What did Mr. Yang discover?"
Zhao Yuwan looked at Ye Ming doubtfully.
Ye Ming closed his eyes and pointed to a cave not far away and said:
"I'm not leaving. Let's rest somewhere tonight."
Zhao Yuwan was naturally happy to be able to stop and rest.
"Lei Ling, clean up the cave."
Ye Ming calls for Lei Ling every day.
Lei Ling has long been used to such trivial matters, and now this guy is lucky as long as he doesn't think of himself as a mount.
A little evil spirit was released outside the cave entrance, and when the evil wind blew, all kinds of snakes, insects, rats, and ants in the cave panicked and swarmed out.
Zhao Yuwan's face turned pale when she saw so many insects and snakes.
After everything in the cave was driven away, Lei Ling went into the cave again and cleaned it up.
After cleaning up, Ye Ming entered.
Zhao Yuwan also got off the donkey's back and sat on a relatively clean rock to rest.
The donkey roots ate the surrounding grass.
Ye Ming looked at her tears and said:
"I won't eat fish tonight. I'll eat something else. Go get some."
Lei Ling rolled her eyes and jumped into the mountain.
"Mr. Yang, didn't you say there is a monster in the mountains? Why have we been in the mountains for so long and still haven't found any trace of the monster?"
After following Ye Ming for a long time, Zhao Yuwan's fear of demons and ghosts was no longer so strong. Instead, she was looking forward to seeing how Mr. Yang subdued the demons.
Ye Ming smiled and said: "The monsters are very clever and will not do anything that is not sure. Moreover, there are monsters among us. Unless necessary, monsters will generally not conflict without reason."
"Is that so? Will Mr. Yang take care of this matter?"
"I would like to get one more demon pill. Moreover, after the death of a demon, a lot of good things are usually left behind. If you can get it, why give up?"
While Ye Ming was talking, he had already set up a simple grill and was waiting for Lei Ling to come back after catching the prey.
After a while, Lei Ling came back with two birds.
"That's it? Can you do that?"
Ye Ming looked at the two birds and questioned Lei Ling's hunting ability as a cat demon.
Lei Ling also said a little helplessly:
"The monsters in this mountain seem to be hunting large beasts. Tigers, bears, deer, pigs, etc. are rare. I finally saw two, but they were all turned into white bones."
"It seems that this monster is stronger than expected. It seems that the hexagram is weird, and there is a weird reason for it."
Ye Ming thought for a moment and smiled,
"But it doesn't matter, just be prepared to watch the fun this time."
With that said, he started to light a fire at the entrance of the cave to roast the bird meat.
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