Let's follow the king, little master

The trees on the mountain are luxuriant, but they soar into the clouds as if they can't see the boundary.There is a stream flowing at the foot of the mountain, the same stream that Li Mu and Yu Che used to drink their horses.The villages at the bottom of the mountain spread out along both sides of the stream, and there were only a dozen households in total. It was already lunch time, but only a few households were smoking.

When Li Mu woke up in a room and opened his eyes, what came into view were a few smiling faces, a gray-haired grandmother, a little girl who was only four or five years old, and a woman hiding her face and smiling. , the rest is the robber leader who robbed him.

Li Mu touched the water on his face, and seeing that he finally woke up, the woman covering his face handed him the face towel beside him, and the other two adults laughed even harder.The leader of the robbers, Jiujiotou, said in embarrassment:

"Little master is kind-hearted. The reason why he was robbed is because there is no doctor in our village. I want to ask him to save people."

Hearing this, Li Mu sat up and looked around, only to see his hand being held by the old lady, who looked at Li Mu kindly and said:

"Master, please save my grandson's life."

Saying that the old man was about to kneel down, Li Mu quickly stood up, supported his grandma, clasped his hands together and said:

"Don't worry about people coming here, the poor monk saves people."

After speaking, Li Mu looked at the leader of the robbers, and asked him to lead him to the place where the wounded were. In fact, it was next door. As soon as Li Mu went out, he heard the screams of the wounded, which sounded very painful.

Li Mu asked people to prepare hot water, a knife, and grass ash.Although I have never done such a thing, I have read it many times in the book, and the scene that has flashed countless times in my mind, and I am quite proficient now.

Li Mu wanted someone to cut off the arrow so that it would be easier to attack, and let the wounded take a medicine in the package. This medicine was obtained there when Yu Che went south, and it has a miraculous effect on pain relief.After letting the wounded eat it, Li Mu picked up a knife and roasted it in the fire, and then cut open the flesh of the wounded without any hesitation.

The robber leader who was watching from the side turned his head and really couldn't see this scene, he looked like a robber.Although Li Mu was confident, he was unavoidably nervous. He was already full of men from the moment he cut the knife, but even though he was nervous, the knife struck with great precision, and he quickly took out the arrow.

Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the arrow that was finally pulled out. He took the ashes that had been prepared and applied it to the wounded, then tied the wound with strips of cloth, and then fed the wounded a medicine. It was considered over.

After walking out of the room, Li Mu washed his hands. Seeing the leader of the robber handing him a face cloth with a smile on his face, Li Mu looked at the sun and said:

"It's past noon."

"Yes, Aunt Wang took out all the good things in the house, so let's go to Aunt Wang's house for dinner with me, little master," said the robber leader.

"Thank him for me, the old man. The poor monk has something to do, so he has to go first." Li Mu was still thinking about Yu Che in his heart, knowing that he was fine but he would definitely come to him.

"Let's talk to Aunt Wang, little master. If I don't invite you, I will be complained." The leader of the robbers said naively.

Li Mu couldn't help it, so he walked to Aunt Wang's house, and after entering, the four or five-year-old girl grabbed his hand and shouted:

"Grandma, little master brother is here."

The milky voice was sweet and heart-warming. Li Mu rubbed the little girl's head and followed her inside.Seeing that Grandma Wang had already prepared a table of dishes, although it was not rich, Li Mu knew that she must have brought out all the delicious food in the house.

"The old man has worked hard." Li Mu stepped forward, "But the poor monk has something to do, so he needs to go first."

"Little master can't leave." Grandma Wang pulled Li Mu and told him to sit down, "I know the food isn't very good, but there are only these things at home, and I don't even have any silver. Little master must not be disgusted."

Seeing Grandma Wang's anxious look, Li Mu made up his mind, invited the old man to sit down and put the little girl on the table, saying:

"The poor monk will thank the old man."

"Let's eat." Grandma Wang said with a smile.

At this time, the leader of the robbers also came in, put the wine on the table and sat down, saw the three people eating and said:

"I know Aunt Wang can't let you go. If you don't leave now, have a drink or two."

"Monks don't drink alcohol."

"I forgot about this." The leader of the robbers said with a smile.

"You forgot, it must be on purpose, I want to drink it." The woman walked in, holding a fruit basket in her hand, "These are for the little master."

Seeing this, Li Mu stood up and saluted:

"Thank you sir."

"You are welcome, little master." The leader of the robbers said, and then he took out a small bag from the basket and handed it to Li Mu.

"This is?" Li Mu asked curiously.

"A few days ago, a group of people asked about the way up the mountain. I told them, and they rewarded some silver taels. The little master saved our people's hard work, and it is for the little master."

"No need." Li Mu said, "Since the benefactor has money now, it's better not to do robbery."

"Little master doesn't know. The passerby came back yesterday after asking where he came from. He asked me to lead the way to the middle of the mountain and gave him some silver taels. I heard that there are valuable ginseng on the mountain. If this is the case, we can still rely on the mountain to eat. Pedestrians not only failed to find ginseng, but also broke their legs, which is another way of making money.”

The woman on the side sighed, put down the chopsticks in her hand, and said softly:

"Little master, you don't know. If you want to talk about robbery, who is willing to do it? It's just that people in my village can't go out to work since the imperial court issued the decree of going out of the city. Even if there is food and vegetables, it is because the terrain needs to be transported." If you go elsewhere, you can’t get out now, you can only rob.”

Li Mu didn't pay much attention to the decrees issued by the imperial court before. After all, his parents were in charge at home. When he grew up, he only chanted scriptures and ring the bell when he grew up in the temple. It was convenient to go out because he was a monk. Now it seems that many people's lives are It was influenced by the imperial decree.

Although Li Mu always comforted him about this matter, he still felt that it was because of him that Yu Che did not become emperor, so it was inconvenient to say anything but changed the subject and said:

"On this mountain, did they say what ginseng it is?"

The leader of the robbers who was sitting and drinking thought for a while, and said vaguely:

"It seems to be called red. I heard it is very rare, but it grows in mountains like ours."

"Red." Li Mu thought while eating, suddenly opened his eyes wide, stared at the robber leader and said, "Could it be Hongtong."

"Exactly. Little master knows?" The robber leader looked at him in surprise.

"I think it rains regularly when you come to the benefactor's place, and the mountain is backlit. The four seasons are neither hot nor cold, humid, and cool. It must be a suitable place for Hongtong to grow." Li Mu said alone before answering the robber leader's words, and stood up after speaking.

"What is this little master doing?" The robber leader looked at him suspiciously.

"Please benefactor, point the way to the poor monk to go to the mountains." Li Mu saluted.

"It's absolutely impossible." Grandma Wang who was nearby hurriedly persuaded, "Yesterday, one person was carried down, so how can I go alone now, little master?"

"Don't worry, old man, the poor monk will be careful." Li Mu said and left the dinner table, followed by the robber leader.

"Otherwise, I will go with the little master, so I can have someone to take care of me." The robber leader said.

"The red glow grows on the high ground. The poor monk can go there by himself, and the benefactor only needs to point out the direction." Li Mu said.

The leader of the robbers pointed to the road on the mountain in the backyard, and told Li Mu in detail, but all he could say was the road he had walked.Because the mountain is very high, the ancestors taught us not to climb up. In addition, the village once invited Taoist priests to calculate that the mountain god doesn't like others to go to high places. There are rumors that no one dares to climb up.

The robber leader, the woman and Grandma Wang all persuaded Li Mu, but this Hongtong had been recorded in Li Mu's mind for a long time, and now such a good opportunity would definitely not be let go.So I thanked these people and set foot on the road to the mountains alone.