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Wojiao Mountain stands in the center of Ziranzhou Island. The mountain is not very high but wide, with steep cliffs. It looks like a mountain when viewed from a distance.Because of its fire-breathing, dust-spraying, and hot climate all year round, most of the plants growing on Wojo Mountain are heat-resistant exotic trees and grasses, such as banana trees, fire dancing vines, cacti, torch grass, etc., as well as local unique ones. The raccoon tree is not extinguished by fire, and people can use its bark to weave fire raccoon cloth, which is heat-resistant and cold-resistant; there is a large lake on the mountainside, which brings sufficient water to the plants on the mountain.

Liu Li led the crowd up the rugged mountain road to a flat place near the bottom of the mountain and stopped, writing: "It's about half an hour away from the big lake on the mountainside. I was playing here with Mr. Yu the other day, and he suddenly Belittle me, so I ran to a nearby cave to hide and ate the poisonous fruit. The cave was on the far left and then turned out and passed a cliff that was covered by a pile of grass and rocks. The cliff was facing the cliff, and the mountain road was very narrow. , you have to walk carefully." Seeing that they had finished reading, Liu Li led them towards the cave.About a cup of tea time, the group of them came to the cave, but saw that the entrance of the cave was covered by green branches and leaves. The entrance of the cave was small behind a large rock on the left, and only one person could bend down and squat down to enter.

Liu Li also wrote: "The poisonous fruit I picked grows in the cave, and you can only see it when you enter."

Shui Jianqing said: "Uncle, cousin, wait outside for us to come out." After speaking, he followed Liu Li, bent down and squatted to push aside the branches and leaves and entered.

The inside of the cave is very high, and the sunlight coming in through the branches and leaves makes the tiny objects in the cave faintly visible.Shui Jianqing closed his eyes, and then opened them to adapt to the light and darkness in the cave. He saw Liu Li pointing to the lower right side of the cave. There were several orchid-shaped plants. Seeing her stepping forward to pick them off, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark The green animal came out around the leaves, stretched its hooked feet to meet Liu Lixian, and hurriedly said, "Be careful, it's a centipede!"

Shui Jianqing pulled Liu Li, who was pale with fright, behind him, and took out a mirror from his arms to shine on the centipede.Shui Jianqing then let go of Liu Li, stepped forward to pick off the plant, went back to look at Liu Li, and asked, "Is this the plant?"

Liu Li regained her composure and wrote, "Two years ago, I saw that this plant had several light yellow fruits the size of a longan. It may not be fruiting today, and only the orchid-shaped, yellowish branches and leaves are left."

Shui Jian Qing said: "I seem to have read it in medical books, it's dark here, let's go out of the cave."

Shi Yaoguang, who had been waiting outside for a while, saw the two come out, and first asked impatiently: "You went away for a while, didn't you just pick a piece of fruit? Did you pick it back now?"

Shui Jianqing raised his hand, exposing a plant and said: "I picked it, but it hasn't produced yet. We encountered a centipede just now, so we came out later. Let's go back to the boat and talk about it."

Liu Li wrote next to it: "We don't need to go back along the old road. Just now there is a small path on the other side of the big rock, which leads directly to the lake on the other side of the mountain and the road down the mountain. It will be faster for us to go there, but the path is slanted and narrow. Be more careful when you're menstruating."

So they went down the mountain under the leadership of Liu Li, rented a small boat to cross the sea, boarded the fire-free island, passed the small road at the foot of Huoyan Mountain, and finally arrived at the place where the boat was moored in Haikou after three hours.

Mrs. Shi and Shui Jing were chatting on the board of the boat, and saw them coming back with a beautiful girl with apricot face, peach cheeks, water-cut eyes, and curiously asked: "Master, you are back, who is this girl? How can I be with you?"

Shi Kangnian recounted the past.

Shui Jianqing entered the cabin and took out a medical book from the bedroom while his aunt was calling Liu Li to sit down, and opened a certain page for everyone to read.

"Astringent orchid, shaped like an orchid, is warm and cold in nature. It bears fruit in summer. It looks like a longan with light yellow color. The fruit is poisonous. It grows in a dark and dry environment. If people eat the fruit by mistake, they will be hoarse. The leaves can stop bleeding. Make good medicine." After Shi Yaoguang read aloud, he said, "It seems that Cousin Liu should eat the fruit of this kind of Selan, but how can it be cured?"

Shui Jianqing said: "Cousin is so impatient. This page of the book is marked with the number of pages under the image of Huaben. According to it, you can check the relevant medicine."

Shi Yaoguang looked at the pages when he heard the words, turned back dozens of pages, and read again: "Purple butterfly flower, the flower is like a butterfly, purple in color, flat and round leaves, the flower buds can be used as medicine, and can detoxify the astringent orchid fruit. Medicines for strengthening the lungs, such as Panda Hai and Chiba Teng, can cure the disease, dredge the meridian and strengthen the dantian, and after a few doses, it can even cure symptoms such as loss of voice and excessive phlegm." After reading this, Shi Yaoguang exclaimed: "What a coincidence, we Last time I found Chiba vine in Bird Green Ridge, it is suitable for use. But where can I get purple butterfly flower? Can it be replaced by other medicinal materials?"

Shui Jian Qing smiled and said: "My cousin is still impatient. There is still a fine line here, which says that the purple butterfly flower mostly grows in the humid environment by the lake. It usually grows in the same area as the selenium, but the maturity of each other is opposite. One yin and one yang, sometimes you can only find it thousands of miles away. As for other medicines, we have bluebell flowers that can cure all kinds of poisons, but I don’t know if there are other taboos that cannot be used, but if you can’t find purple butterfly flowers, Let's try it, it should be harmless."

Liu Li pondered for a while, and wrote: "I seem to have seen purple butterflies in the lake near the mountainside of Wojiao Mountain."

Shi Yaoguang said: "Let's go to Wojiao Mountain to pick flowers and treat illnesses."

This time it was Shi Kangnian's turn to speak: "Qing'er said that you are really quick-tempered. It's already afternoon, and it's also dusk when we go to Ziran Island. Could it be that we went up the mountain in the dark? Let Qing'er take the medicine to cure the wind and cold first." Your cousin should go home as soon as possible to avoid danger."

The Shui Supervisor hurriedly entered the room again to administer the medicine, and soon came out again, handed the package to Liu Li and said, "According to the medicine, boil four bowls of water into one bowl, take it for two consecutive days, pay attention to the taboo, it should be cured."

Shi Kangnian also said: "We will stay here more. It may rain tomorrow, so we can't come. At the latest, we will go to your place to collect herbs together the day after tomorrow. Be careful when you go home alone."

Liu Li nodded her thanks and left immediately.

Shui Jianqing watched Liu Li's back for a long time, until he turned around and disappeared, then looked back and said, "Uncle, I think the weather is fine, why did you say it will rain tomorrow?"

Shi Kangnian pointed to the two red clouds in the distance and said: "Look at the two red clouds floating over there, they are rain clouds, and the sky will change tomorrow." After speaking, he took everyone into the cabin for dinner, and then everyone went back to their rooms early to sleep.

It was night, and the bright moon shone into the bedrooms of Shi Yaoguang and Shui Jiantian again, calling each other with the amethyst stone, emitting a mysterious silver-purple brilliance.

Accompanied by two extremely beautiful fairies, the fair-haired, fairy-like old man flew to the Antarctic Fairy and the others in a blink of an eye.The old man first waved his hands to greet them and said, "Brother Nanji, are you all right? Immortal Mirror Ball, Huo Dong'er, you are here too, it's really great."

Nanji Xianweng smiled and said, "Brother Yue, I'm fine. It's rare to see each other. How do we play chess? These two seem to be Liuli and Jingjing, two fairy servants. What's your purpose in bringing them here?"

Yuelao replied: "Catching chess for fun, we will do it later. At this time, the business is more important. I originally rescued these two fairy maidservants from the mortal world by accident. Because of their long life and deep roots of goodness, I instructed them to bring Xiao Penglai Cultivation, accidentally became the maidservant of the Queen Mother, originally intended to practice faster under her hands, but before she made a mistake and was banished, because they already have the body of companion immortals, so I ordered them to plant seven-color grass first to forget the past Eliminate all the magic power before going down to earth, Jingdan Immortal and Huo Dong'er have to swallow the whole plant. I just saw you here after looking around."

The Antarctic fairy looked at the palm-sized fairy grass with seven leaves in seven colors, and saw one of the fairies with an oval face, round eyes and moth eyebrows, a straight nose and red lips, and rosy skin staring at the fire, and lightly He bumped into Huo Hong'er and said: "I was about to go to ask the Queen Mother to forgive them, but how did Brother Yue take the jelly grass to carry out the order, couldn't it be delayed? Huo Hong'er seemed to have something to tell them just now."

Yuelao replied: "The queen mother never speaks nonsense, even if you and I intercede, it will be useless. What's more, there is a green opportunity, which is beyond our control. What does Huo Fanger want to say?"

Huo Hong'er looked at them, and saw that one had a calm face, while the other was unwilling to stare, and said guiltily, "I'm sorry, you have been blamed for my stubbornness, please forgive me, I know I was wrong."

Crystal said: "If you say I'm sorry, you want us to forgive you? But because of this, our century-old practice has been ruined. Why do you treat us like this?"

Huo Hong'er said: "I, I'm bored, and I see you Caixia proud of protecting your body, I'm curious to see your appearance."

Shui Jing said: "Such an exuberant day, you are bored! That patch of colorful clouds is a magic weapon bestowed by the Queen Mother. We are not good enough, we rely on it to protect ourselves from demons. The Queen Mother is afraid that our Tao will not be calm and will not let us look See people, do you want to bully us after seeing us like this?"

Huo Hong'er argued: "That's not true, I just wanted to see if you all look out of phase like the Four Beast Immortals! There is absolutely no malice."

Crystal wanted to say something more, but Yuelao stopped him and said: "You see Liuli being bullied, so you can use the colorful clouds to defeat Huo Hong'er in a hurry, why bother to slap him again and make him look ugly in front of all the immortals. This...repays the original wrong It is suitable for cultivators, as soon as you have a cause, it is because the seven emotions are not purified, and you will fall to the lower level."

Liuli with willow eyebrows and straight nose, apricot face and peach cheeks, and small cherry mouth also replied: "What Mr. Yue said is right, let's take this trip to earth as an experience, and maybe we will return to heaven in a few days. Huo Rong'er If you know you are wrong, please forgive him.” When he said that, a pair of scissors and double pupils inadvertently met the eyes of the Mirror Ball Immortal, and his heart twitched, as if feeling something, he quickly turned his gaze back.

Jing Jing lost her temper slightly and said, "Since Liu Li also spoke for him, I will forgive him, but don't do it again. But Immortal Mirror Ball is most innocent in this matter."

Immortal Jingtan looked at Liuli thoughtfully, and replied: "Chen's heart is uncertain, it's not a bad idea to go down to the mortal world to practice, maybe we can continue the frontier."

Seeing this, Mr. Yue nodded secretly, and handed over the three plants of seven-colored grass, saying: "The time will come, and you will set off after eating the fairy grass."

Liuli broke the seven-color grass into two halves and gave it to the crystal, and was about to swallow it, when she heard the crystal holding the fairy grass and asked: "Mr. Dig a lake on the mountainside of Wojiao, avoid the disaster, accumulate merit and return to the heaven?"

Yuelao replied: "The disaster of the two of you cannot be avoided, but Jingdan and Huofan'er can help you; as for the matter of digging the lake, one of you will be born in the self-burning island, and the three of you will look for it in the future." , as long as your disposition remains unchanged, and you accumulate good deeds in your past lives, you will be rescued at that time. However, your disasters are easy to get rid of, but your relationship is sad. I'm afraid it's not easy to become an immortal or a mortal with a single thought!"

Liuli asked with a twitch in his heart, "What kind of relationship do we need to deal with?"

The old man replied with a look of doubt: "The cause of this matter is related to me. It is due to what you experienced before you became immortals, but it is hard to explain the cause now. You will know it by yourself after a long time."

Nanji Xianweng said: "You don't have to be suspicious, I have promised to return the precious mirror to the mortal world, and I will remind you one or two points along the way."

So the four people took the fairy grass, and at this moment, a fairy with a double bun on her head, a full moon face, big eyes and sparse eyebrows, and a crescent dress in a red shirt flew to the four of them like a whirlwind of white clouds, blowing A gust of breeze blows their remaining half-leaf jelly grass down to the mortal world.

Seeing this, Yuelao was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and said: "Matchmaker, you have caused trouble again!"

The matchmaker stuck out her tongue lightly and said, "I'm sorry, I was impatient, didn't I hurt you? Just now I received a notice from the Queen Mother's maidservant, Jade Maiden, saying that the time has come. Please also invite Immortal Mirror Ball, Huo Bing'er, Liuli and Crystal set off to descend to earth as soon as possible, without delay. That’s why I’m here to let you know.”

Yue Lao said: "You knocked off the seven-color fairy grass that they haven't finished eating, how do you tell them to go down to earth?"

The Antarctic fairy said: "It's only half a leaf that hasn't been eaten. It shouldn't be a big problem. On the contrary, delaying the reincarnation time will cause chaos in the heavenly court. I think it's better to let them start as soon as possible."

The matchmaker also kept urging her, Yue Lao had no choice but to say: "That's the only way, I'll send you down!"

When Shui Jianqing woke up, he felt that he was in the sky and in the mortal world. After he regained his composure, he sat up and saw that he was still in the cabin. "Suddenly heard Shi Yaoguang shout: "Mirror Ball Immortal?"

Shui Jian Qing said: "Cousin, are you awake? Are you dreaming?"

Shi Yaoguang nodded, with an uncertain expression, he said: "Immortal Mirror Ball, no, it's my cousin. In my dream, I dreamed that both of us were gods, and we were demoted to the mortal world after being convicted. In fact, I didn't come to this dream last night. It has already been posted before the country, but I have no time to tell you because I am sick and looking for someone.”

Shui Jianqing asked: "Then can you see those two fairies?"

"See, she looks exactly like Cousin Liu and Cousin Shui. Cousin, do you think the four of us were immortals before?"

Shui Jianqing replied: "It is very likely, and in addition to the fact that Taoist priests and fortune tellers have criticized us in this way, it is very likely that the Antarctic fairy and the old man of the moon have enlightened us."

Shi Yaoguang asked again: "The cousins ​​seem to be unaware of this, do you think we can tell them?"

"Even if we tell them such a bizarre thing, they may not believe it, I think it's okay."

"Then don't we have to worry about digging the lake on the Wojiao mountainside?" Shi Yaoguang asked again.

Shui Jianqing replied: "We are not craftsmen, and we don't know people who work in water conservancy. How can we dig lakes for them?" At this point, he was taken aback and said, "Do you want to accumulate merit and return to the city?" Heavenly Court? If you want to, this is naturally a good opportunity, but you have to take some risks.”

Shi Yaoguang replied: "If we only do things according to the book, I'm afraid we won't be able to do it. No matter what, we have to inspect the actual environment before we can work. And to be a fairy naturally has to give up the world, and I can't let it go." After a pause, he continued: "But I just wonder why this dream has never happened before, why did it happen recently?"

Shui Jianqing replied: "I don't know, the weather is fine now, why don't we go ashore for a tour?"

"Alright."

They took a shortcut and passed the small path of Huoyan Mountain. After half an hour, they came to the low-lying area of ​​Wuhuo Island, a large canyon, and some unknown light yellow feather-like grasses were planted on both sides of the street paved with white stones. It looks golden and white, very beautiful.People on the road, regardless of gender, wear sharp-mouthed hats made of fire raccoon cloth to shield them from the scorching sun.Some noble ladies wore silk dresses imported from other places, and their hats were covered with silk veils to block the hot wind, making them even more gorgeous.They looked around and felt quite fresh.Unknowingly, he came to the place where the bulletin was posted. Shi Yaoguang saw that he didn't recognize the words written on it, so he asked a local passerby out of curiosity.

"The king has observed that the lake on the mountainside of Wojo has been flooding since two years ago, eroding the trees and causing serious economic losses. Therefore, he issued an order that if there is a capable person to dig out the silt in the lake so that the lake will no longer flood. The reward will be ten thousand taels of silver; if you are a local citizen, you will be granted an official position."

After hearing this, Shi Yaoguang smiled and said to Shui Jianqing: "What a clever handwriting!"

Shui Jianqing nodded, saw another bulletin, and was about to ask passers-by to translate it, when it suddenly started to rain heavily, and passers-by hurriedly avoided and left.Shui Jianqing and Shi Yaoguang also walked quickly to a nearby restaurant to shelter from the rain.

When the bartender saw the guests coming to the door, he went up to say hello, "You two guests, we have famous wine here, would you like to try it?"

Shi Yaoguang smiled and said: "My cousin has a small amount of food, you can try it with a pot first, and add two dishes of side dishes for us to go with the wine."

The bartender responded nimbly and quickly delivered a bottle of light purple wine, a plate of veggies and peanuts.

Shi Yaoguang looked at the heavy rain outside, drank two glasses of wine and toasted: "It seems that this rain will last for a long time, let's eat slowly and wait for the rain to stop while eating."

So Shui Jianqing drank a toast with him.During the banquet, the water inspector Qing said: "According to the logic, there are always capable people, even if they don't work outside the river, they can try to control the flooding of the lake through books. The so-called "There must be a brave man under a heavy reward", why has no one paid attention to it until now? ?”

Shi Yaoguang replied: "I have guessed this question. I have inquired about it before, and the output of copper and iron here is very small, and all they use are bamboo knives and the like, and sharp weapons are forbidden, so I don't know the water carrying utensils. You have to sharpen your weapon first,' so they had no choice but to continue to suffer from the flood." Speaking of this, he suddenly saw a man in other clothes pass by the tavern from a distance with an umbrella. It turned out to be his father, and hurriedly called out: "Father, the child is here, come quickly."

Shi Kangnian approached and said, "So you're hiding here drinking and sheltering from the rain. I've searched everywhere for you, but you're nowhere to be found. I'm planning to cross the sea and go to Ziran Island! I saw that you didn't bring an umbrella, and it suddenly started raining again. I brought it so that you can go back, so you can pay the bill and go.”

The two of them got up and paid the money and left.

Back in the cabin, I saw Shui Jing looking at the birdcage frowning, Shi Yaoguang immediately asked: "Little cousin, what's the matter?"

When Shui Jing heard the call, she raised her head and said in their direction, "The thunderbird you sent me hasn't called or eaten for three days. I wonder if it's dead?"

Shui Jianqing stepped forward to take a closer look, and said: "It's not dead yet, maybe the weather is too hot, that's why it's sick, you feed it plenty of water, and wrap a cloth around the cage to keep out the sun, I'll give some herbs, it should be It will recover soon."

Shi Yaoguang said: "You heard me, Thunderbird will be fine soon, so relax."

Shui Jing asked again: "Are you going to the island to look for Cousin Liu at Zi Ran Island tomorrow?"

"Yes, we will go to the lakes of Mount Vojo to gather herbs."

Shui Jing sighed: "It's a pity that I couldn't see her appearance with my eyes, and she lost her voice, so I couldn't talk to her. I heard from my cousin and aunt that she looks beautiful."

Shi Yaoguang said: "My distant cousin is as beautiful as you, but each has its own characteristics, regardless of its status. You don't have to be sorry, you will have a chance to see her when you come back from the Hechai Kingdom and the Mermaid Kingdom after recovering from your eye disease. .”

Shui Jing heard Shi Yaoguang praise her, she couldn't help being elated, smiled and said modestly: "My acquaintance is only ordinary, and it is not as beautiful as you said. Besides, it may not be possible to find an antidote to cure eye diseases in the Chai Country and the Mermaid Country It's too early for that!"

Shui Jianqing replied: "Don't be discouraged, the medical books must not be bad. Besides, I still have blue bell flowers that can cure all kinds of poisons. If necessary, I can change the leftover formula and maybe the cure will be cured. Don't be in a hurry now. , let me get some medicine for you to feed the Thunderbird."

Shui Jing nodded, and said: "Okay, cousin, please drop me a xylophone, and let me play a piece of music for you while there is nothing to do in this rainy day."

Shui Jianqing agreed and walked away.

It was raining all night.Time flies, and it will be another day in the blink of an eye.Shuijian Qingru got up earlier than Shi Yaoguang, opened the window and saw that the sky was clear and cloudless, and happily washed and changed his clothes.

Shi Yaoguang also got up one after another, saying: "Good morning, cousin, are you going up the mountain today as planned?"

Shui Jianqing changed his clothes and replied, "That's right, get ready."

They boarded the ship after breakfast and waited for Shi Kangnian to disembark after arranging the sailors. Suddenly they heard people crying from the neighboring ship, so Shi Yaoguang ordered the sailors to inquire.When the sailor came back after inquiring, it happened that Shi Kangnian had finished his orders and listened to the sailor's report.

It turned out that the neighbor was also a cargo ship from my hometown. Because the ship was damaged by wind and rain in the ocean, it barely landed in Yanyan Country, so it was crying.

Shi Kangnian said: "Since it is a domestic ship, and we are fellow villagers, the so-called 'the rabbit dies and the fox grieves'. Now that it is in distress, we happen to have pig iron and craftsmen with us. It would be a good thing to help them repair it for a while."

Shi Yaoguang said: "Father said it is true." He ordered the sailors to go over and tell him what he meant.

They were very grateful there, and the crying stopped, and the captain came to thank him.

The owner of the ship is about half a hundred years old, with a high face, a cloth shirt and long trousers, and a very fat figure.

When Shi Kangnian saw the man, he said: "Brother Yuantai, long time no see, are you safe? I don't expect to meet you here."

Xu Yuantai also said: "Since we parted a few years ago, brother Yu has been traveling abroad for many years to sell goods, and he has not been able to get together with brother Kang Nian. Just now, he came to pay his respects because of brother Xian's kindness. Unexpectedly, he is an old friend. It is really unpredictable. Why don't you come over to my boat and have a chat with us?"

Shi Kangnian replied: "I was about to go to see the craftsman repair the ship and get together with Brother Yuantai, but my son and nephew have already made an appointment with my cousin, so they can't come together. Let's teach them to visit some other day!" Speaking of this, he looked at Shi Yaoguang and Shui Jianqing and said, "I want to stay here. You should go early and return early. Fortunately, there are not many people on this matter. Qing'er can do it, and Guang'er will accompany me. rest assured."

After hearing this, Shui Jianqing and Shi Yaoguang bid farewell and went ashore.

When he arrived on the island, Shi Yaoguang exhaled and said, "Fortunately, fortunately."

Shui Jianqing saw that he had a fluke look on his face, and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

After thinking for a while, Shi Yaoguang replied: "There is nothing to hide about this matter. Five years ago, my father was doing business abroad, and he met Uncle Xu Yuantai, a fellow villager who also sells goods overseas, and they became close friends at first sight. When they returned home, My father took me to visit Xu’s house, and the nightmare began. Uncle Xu had an only daughter named Xu Yinyin, who was born only half a year later than me. As soon as she saw me, she stuck to me and asked me to play with her. I was used to playing, so I played with her at will. Unexpectedly, she cried because she lost the game frequently. You all know that I am most afraid of others crying, so I had to coax her, making garlands and telling jokes to her. She listened, and when she turned from crying to laughing, I was also tired, and my father took me home. In the next two years, whenever I had nothing to do in class, my father would always take me to Xu's house, and Xu Yinyin would also love to pester me. I also played with her because my father was friends with her father. For some reason, she had a good impression of me and teased me. I was too embarrassed to say no, so I tried to avoid her. Years ago, Uncle Xu went away to do business and didn’t return all year round, so we became estranged. This time when I reunite with them, I’m not afraid of anything else, I’m just afraid that I’ll be haunted by her again. Fortunately, I’m following my cousin to visit my aunt home, so we can temporarily avoid seeing each other.”

Shui Jianqing saw that what he said was funny, so he asked: "Is Xu Yinyin quite ugly? Why are you so afraid of meeting her?"

Shi Yaoguang replied: "It's not that she's ugly, on the contrary, she's pretty, but her temperament is a bit arrogant. For some reason, I just don't like her, and I don't want to be entangled by her."

Shui Jianqing said again: "You know a lot of women in this town, and there are quite a few who are beautiful and gentle and interested in you. If you don't like Xu Yinyin, there are other choices, but I haven't seen any movement from you."

Shi Yaoguang replied: "You also know them, and some of them have a good impression of you. Why do you pay special attention to them! Everything is just a word of heart, without heart, even if there is no fate, no matter how beautiful it is, it is in vain."

When Shui Jianqing heard the words, his heart suddenly moved, thinking of what he saw in his dream and how he felt when he first met Liu Li.

When Shi Yaoguang said this, he also remembered the feeling of meeting the woman after being slapped in his dream, and was speechless for a while.

The two unknowingly crossed the small sea and came to the door of Mrs. Liu's house in Ziranzhou.

The one who opened the door for them to enter was Mrs. Liu with a normal face.Seeing them, Madam Liu thanked them: "I took the medicine given by my nephew Jianqing yesterday, and I woke up this morning feeling refreshed. I'm afraid this disease will be cured soon. It is thanks to my cousin Jianqing that the medicine arrived so quickly." cured."

At this time, Liu Li served a bowl of soup and medicine and put it on the table. After nodding to everyone, she took out a pen and wrote: "Mother's health is just a little better, so it's not suitable to work hard, and the medicine given by my cousin is still there. I haven't taken this bowl yet, so mother will go back to her room to rest after drinking, and cook for you after my daughter comes back from the lake with her cousin to gather herbs."

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Li'er is quite worried. In fact, my mother has already recovered, so she doesn't need to take any more medicine."

Shui Jianqing said: "Biao Aunt should take this medicine. Although your body has recovered, but my prescription has the effect of clearing up the old problems. You can take it completely according to the prescription and this will be the cure."

Mrs. Liu said: "In that case, I will take the medicine. Li'er will go to the lake with you but be careful, go early and return early."

After they agreed, Liu Li led the way to the lake on the mountain.

"Didn't we go to the lake on the mountain road last time? Why did we walk around the foot of the mountain?" Shi Yaoguang asked.

Liu Li replied in writing: "There is a main road in the middle of the foot of the mountain. It will be faster and smoother to go to the lake on the mountainside."

So they went straight up the main road in the mountain, surrounded by green plantain trees and raccoon trees on the way, bringing a touch of coolness.It's just that the trunks of those raccoon trees are wet and rotten, and they feel a little pale.

Seeing them stop to look at the raccoon trees, Liu Li wrote: "All the raccoon trees on the top of the mountain have been ruined by the flooded lake. Only the raccoon trees on the top of the mountain farther from the lake are still there. It rained all day yesterday, and the lake may have risen." Quite a few, and we'll be more careful when we get there."

They went on again, turned right, and soon came to the lake.I saw that the lake was shimmering and bright like a mirror, and the lake was full of colorful flowers, reflecting the lake light, which was eye-catching.

It is not easy to find purple butterfly flowers in such a big lake surrounded by flowers. Liu Li took them to the left to look for them according to his impression, but Shi Yaoguang, who was quick-sighted and quick-handed, pointed and shouted: "It's this one." The two followed him to point Looking in the direction of the tree, three or five small purple butterfly-shaped flowers are not very eye-catching against the large red and light purple flowers. If you don't observe carefully, it is easy to forget.

Shui Jianqing took out a small hoe and a flower pot tool, uprooted the two purple butterfly flowers and transplanted them into the pot. "Okay, the medicinal materials have been taken. I have other adjuvant medicines. I will take the medicine and suffer after returning to your home to feel your pulse."

They went down the mountain with excitement. When they returned to Liu's house, Liu Li opened the door and saw her mother sitting in the living room with her hands on her cheeks. She was wondering why her mother didn't rest and wanted to write to ask, but Madam Liu spoke first: "You are back. Qing'er, Guang'er, get back to the boat and leave this island as soon as possible."

Shi Yaoguang asked, "Cousin, why are we leaving in such a hurry? Although we have all the medicines, we haven't consulted my cousin yet."

Mrs. Liu said anxiously: "Just now Mr. Wu Guo went to the Wuhuo Island market to buy grain, and happened to see the yellow list written on it, saying that because of Huo Huanbu, there is no shortage of demand, and it coincides with the king's birthday next week, and there is a need for food in the back of the palace. With a large amount of Huanbu, all citizens of the Yanyan Kingdom are not allowed to sell Huanbu to foreign businessmen. If it is confiscated, the owner of the ship will also be imprisoned and awaiting trial for punishment, so I came here to inform us. I sold ten bolts of fire raccoon cloth to my cousin Kang Nian. If the government finds out, it will be terrible. You guys Hurry up and leave before anything happens."

Shi Yaoguang looked at Shuijian Qing with a slightly nervous mood when he heard the words: "It's okay for us to stay here yesterday, the government probably won't act so soon! Cousin, what do you think?"

Shui Jianqing replied calmly: "Let me treat my cousin first, it will take less than half an hour, and then we will notify uncle as soon as possible to leave by boat."

Shi Yaoguang nodded: "Okay, we shouldn't give up halfway."

Shui Jianqing took Liu Li's pulse in a hurry, left two doses of medicine, and told Shi Yaoguang to take a shortcut and go back to the boat as soon as possible.

When we got on the boat, we saw Mrs. Shi was crying, and Shui Jing was there to persuade her.

Shi Yaoguang was worried, and hurriedly called out: "Mother, why are you crying? Where is Dad? Why is no one there?"

Mrs. Shi cried so faintly that she couldn't breathe.Shui Jing replied: "After you left this morning, Uncle Biao came back from a neighboring ship. Suddenly, a group of officers and soldiers came to the ship to search the cargo, and confiscated ten bolts of fire raccoons, and arrested Uncle Biao. What did you say?" In violation of this law, he privately traded Huanbu, a forbidden product in Yanyan Kingdom, and he will be imprisoned pending trial. It was useless to beg for release. My cousin and aunt saw that you were not there, so they couldn’t discuss how to rescue them, so they have been crying until now.”

At this moment, Mrs. Shi regained her composure, grabbed Shi Yaoguang's hand, and cried, "Boy, try to rescue your father quickly, your father is too old to bear the pain of prison."

Shui Jianqing comforted: "Auntie, please stop panicking. When my cousin and I go to the island to plead with the arresting officer, I am willing to honor all the goods on board and redeem my uncle back."

Shi Yaoguang also forced himself to be calm and said: "Mother, don't panic, let's hurry up and beg, we may be able to save dad, but we don't know."

Madam Shi stopped crying and said, "In that case, you should go as soon as possible!"

Shi Yaoguang and Shui Jianqing didn't even eat lunch, they went ashore towards the local yamen.

It's just that the soldiers in the yamen didn't deal with their entreaties, and only said: "The king's birthday is coming soon, and everyone in the court is very busy with this matter. If they have time to pay attention to you, those private Huanbu merchants will come to you as soon as possible." We have to wait a month before the Ministry of Criminal Justice will send people to interrogate, how can we small officials accept benefits and release people. You are ready to use the goods to make atonement when the time comes, please go back now.”

After asking several official residences in succession, Shui Jianqing and Shi Yaoguang had no choice but to go back to the boat dejectedly.