Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 63 Old Ginseng
I was a little dazed for a while, I didn't understand what happened, but I heard Tofu describe that when he woke up, the fairy mouse was almost beaten.My whole body was twisted and hideous, holding Gu Wenmin's heavy camera in my hand, and kept throwing it on the fairy mouse's mouth.The fairy mouse's fur was camouflaged to the soles of its feet, but unfortunately it couldn't protect its nose and mouth. In my madness, I smashed the fairy mouse's mouth in half.

And as the jellyfish fell to the ground, the bats in the cave suddenly became agitated. Before I could figure out the specific situation, those things were already flapping their wings, but this time they actually bit us.

There were so many bats that we were bitten several times almost instantly. In desperation, we had no choice but to shake our backpacks, try our best to fend off the bats, and rushed all the way to the entrance of the cave bloody.

At this moment, it was dawn outside, and bright sunlight penetrated from the entrance of the cave. As soon as it rushed to the entrance of the cave, the things inside the cave stopped chasing.The three of us looked at each other in blank dismay. Although there were no fatal wounds, our bodies were covered in blood. In the morning light, it looked a little shocking.

I couldn't help but secretly startled, if I had lingered in that hallucination for a few more moments at that time, I am afraid that by now, I would have already become a pile of flesh and blood to be eaten.The ancients said that in the mouth of the fairy mouse, there is a "dream containing elixir" that can make people enter the fairyland, but now it seems that it is a smell that makes people fall into hallucinations. The more regrets and pursuits in the heart, the hallucinations be satisfied in.

I met my grandfather, and Tofu met his father.What about Gu Wenmin?Why did she shoot at me after entering the hallucination?

At this time, the three of us were exhausted for the rest of our lives. Although I was puzzled, it was not the time to ask for clarification, so I immediately said: "There is no danger, but I saved my life. Fatty Lin The two are too vicious, I didn't want to take care of this matter at first, but now I have to take care of it." I said this specially for Gu Wenmin, she also said it in the Jinmai Tunnel, she saw me and Tofu Not just for tourism.

In any case, tomb robbery and digging mushrooms is a shameful business.If Gu Wenmin is as ruthless, insidious and cunning as Fatty Lin and the other two, then I am not afraid of being discovered by her, at worst, I will kill people afterwards. It is too convenient to strike in this barren mountain.

Tofu has always said that I have bad hands, I admit this, but black hands don't mean wolf-hearted. Although Gu Wenmin doesn't know what the purpose is, she is definitely not a bad person. If I let her know about this, what should I do?Could it be that he also killed her to silence her?

This point, although I have black hands, but of course I can't do it.Instead, the best way is to dispel her doubts about me and tofu.

After I finished speaking, Tofu also scolded: "That little beauty Ren looks like a fairy, but her heart is like a poisonous snake. Zhang Wuji's mother is right: beautiful women are not good things."

I thought to myself, wouldn't this scold Gu Wenmin?So he quickly said: "The good and evil of the soul has nothing to do with the appearance. Let's not get entangled in this topic. Let's leave here first and find a place to rest for a while. The most important thing is."

At that moment, the three of us descended to the bottom of the valley along the rope, found a stream of water, and treated the wound, and then we breathed a sigh of relief.

Now the three of us are sitting by the stream, it is around nine o'clock in the morning, it is a good time to go on the road, but it is a pity that the three of us have been running around all night and suffered some flesh injuries. We are already exhausted and unable to move forward After that, he ate some dry food casually, and fell into a deep sleep by the stream.

This sleep was very dark, and when I woke up, it was around three o'clock in the afternoon. Gu Wenmin woke up earlier than us, built a bonfire, and caught two fish in the stream at some point. Roast on the fire.

Tofu has something to eat as soon as he wakes up, and forgets all his grievances. He flattered Gu Wenmin wildly. He snatched and twisted the fish to find a place far away from me, tucking and tucking.

I just felt angry and funny, and was about to teach me that tofu should not be eaten alone, when I suddenly looked up, I found Gu Wenmin's dark eyes were staring straight at me, and his lips were tightly pursed.

The moment their eyes met, her expression softened a bit, she raised the corners of her lips slightly, and said softly: "Now can you tell me, what exactly are you doing when you enter the mountain?"

I knew that she would ask this question, and I already had some calculations in my heart, so I chose an innocuous reason and said, "If I said that the two of us went into the mountains to dig ginseng, would you believe me?"

"Ginseng?" Gu Wenmin's slender eyebrows frowned slightly, and he said in a puzzled voice, "Are you here to dig ginseng?"

I don't ask Gu Wenmin to fully believe it, as long as she can deal with it, it's fine. When the time comes, it's best to think of a way to get rid of her on the way, pat her butt and leave.

As I thought about it, I said, "The two of us are just dumping wild ginseng. It's a huge profit. If you dig up three or five trees, it's enough for me to eat for a year. Now that prices are rising, if you don't make any extra water, this life is terrible." It’s too difficult. Wen Min, you don’t seem to be short of money at first glance, but our two brothers are different. There is an [-]-year-old mother on the top, a three-year-old child waiting to be fed, and a prodigal wife who visits Taobao every day. I don’t want to find a way to make money. , going to the street to beg for food."

Gu Wenmin raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and said in surprise, "You have a wife?"

I was taken aback for a moment, thinking that I had told a long list, how could she remember this?Before I could speak, Gu Wenmin shook his head, his voice became a little cold, and he said slowly: "Digging ginseng is not a big deal, but if you don't go to Changbai Mountain to dig ginseng, come here, are you going the wrong way? ?”

I saw that she seemed a little convinced, so I immediately blew hard and said, "You don't understand. Changbai Mountain is a treasure land of ginseng, but that place is almost hollowed out by ginseng customers, and it has long been difficult to see ginseng." On the contrary, these inaccessible canyons and deep mountains are the easiest to find. When I came, I heard people say that this Wuling Mountain Range is a place where dragons and tigers live, and where the aura is beloved. In the depths of Baoshan, there are countless treasures. .Haven't you heard the story of 'angrily smashed into the temple, and my mother died'?"

Gu Wenmin shook her head. Seeing that I had successfully diverted her attention, I used my housekeeping skills and determined to knock her out.Although I usually don’t talk much, when it’s time to talk, I can talk about the Yellow River stopping and the Yangtze River retreating. This is all through traveling and practicing. If it weren’t for that person, I would really be too lazy to speak.

When even he told her about smashing the Shen Temple angrily, Gu Wenmin was quickly attracted, and completely forgot to ask anything else.

It is said that many mountain people in Wuling Mountain make a living by digging mountain treasures, such as black treasures, mushrooms, ginseng, sesame grass and the like.

There is a ginseng temple in the local area, which enshrines a ginseng man with white beard and hair.It is said that this old ginseng is an old ginseng who has become a spirit. He often transforms into an old man and walks in the mountains.The old ginseng is kind-hearted, if he meets someone who is sick in the mountains, he will pull out a few of his hair and send it to that person.Once the hair is pulled out, it will turn into ginseng whiskers, boil soup and take it, and all diseases will be eliminated. Therefore, the local people build ginseng temples for worship. It is very effective to worship here.

There is a man named Meng Jiefang, who is an ignorant bastard, but he is very filial to his wife.

His mother was seriously ill, and the medicines and stones were useless, Meng Jiefang had a crooked mind, and thought: People say that eating ginseng that has become refined can increase life and blessings, and live the same life as Peng Zu.Now my mother is seriously ill, why don't I go and arrest that old ginseng?

Thinking of this, he squatted in the Shenshen Temple for a few days. In the middle of the day and night, he saw an old man with white hair and beard walking towards the temple. The old man asked him what he wanted, and Meng Jiefang opened his mouth and said In a word, the voice is very small.

The old ginseng couldn't understand clearly, so he took another step forward, who knew that the straw in front of him was full of sesame oil.

There is a local folk saying that all spirits such as plants are afraid of sesame oil, and they will show their original shape when they step on it.The old ginseng was blinded by the straw, stepped on it, screamed in an instant, and turned into an old mountain ginseng, struggling on the ground.

Meng Jiefang immediately took off his clothes, wrapped the old wild ginseng, hurried home, and said happily: "Mother, you are saved now. Our mother and son will surely learn from Peng Zu and live seven to eight hundred years after eating the old ginseng meat." After saying that, he shook off his clothes to prepare for ginseng, but when he opened it, there was no ginseng inside, it was a pile of shit!
Meng Jiefang knew that he had been tricked by ginseng, so he smashed the ginseng temple in a rage, but when he returned home, he found that his mother had died, with bruises on her neck, which was obviously strangled to death, and she approached her neck When you smell it, you can also smell the smell of ginseng.

Gu Wenmin listened with relish, and said: "So, it was the old ginseng who strangled his mother to death. He has a debt and a debt. Why didn't he seek Meng Jiefang, but seek revenge on his mother?"

I thought to myself: You have to ask that old goblin.But he said: "It's the father's fault to raise or not to teach. Meng Jiefang's father died long ago. Of course, his mother should be blamed for this. This story tells us that our children must be taught well, otherwise they will get into trouble and be punished." You must implicate your parents. Wherever there is old ginseng essence, ginseng must be produced. This matter of liberation, regardless of whether it is true or not, but the temple of ginseng really exists, so you can’t go wrong if you come here to dig ginseng .”

(End of this chapter)