Treasure Of Heaven And Earth

By John Smith

The world is never short of "heavenly treasure", but the people who can find it are rare. There must be yin and yang, there is a circle there is a lack of, outside the eight lines since ancient times, there is such a group of people, the South is called "holding treasure"; the North is called "phase of the spirit", the folk are more known as the

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alexander Zeledon
• Release date: Mar 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088230374

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Chapter Two: The Failure

    More than ten minutes had passed, and just at the moment when the moon was about to break out of the clouds, that red-blooded precious toad was obviously a bit subdued, and its body moved slightly before it violently leapt forward.

    Unsurprisingly, there was another trail of white smoke coming out of its body, and just at the moment it stretched out its front legs and was about to roll over, the old man's hand was lowered downward, and the rope buckle was accurately attached to its front legs, and then swiftly lifted upward. The toad was suspended in the air, swaying from side to side like a pendulum.

    This Red-Blooded Treasure Toad was obviously unwilling, its body twisting in the air and struggling endlessly.

    This kind of buckle, are called strangling cattle buckle, once the bottom fell on something, the more struggle, the buckle will be more tight, the thin line is almost strangled to the meat.

    Tossed not a few minutes, gradually, the toad is also honest, straighten the four long legs, the corpse is not moving.

    This toad has four legs straightened out, a foot long, blood red belly, blood red back, bubbling with pus tip of the big pimple, see people's scalp numb.

    Seeing that this red-blooded precious toad had finally arrived, the old man let out a long breath, lifted the rope in his hand up and down, and gestured at Four Happiness, signaling Four Happiness to hurry up and pack up, ready to call it a day.

    Four Happiness is also very happy, a flash of squatting here for several years. Every year from June to September, every full moon, will be fully armed squatting here, a squatting is a whole night, for this red blood treasure toad. Seeing years of hard work is not in vain, but also overjoyed, smiling, squatting down, clean up the things on the ground.

    The night of the full moon, is the most prevalent yin gas, like some of this Taoist heavenly spirit of things, naturally, will find the opportunity to come out to absorb the moonlight gas. Only this kind of thing is full of spirit, a little bit of wind, will not come out, and constantly changing the location of the gas, so whether it is to hold the treasure or phase of the spirit, is not so easy a thing, in order to a piece of treasure, spend a few years of work is a common thing, in the end may not be able to do.

    This time see caught this red-blooded treasure toad, the master and the two hearts are a little excited, this kind of treasure in a lifetime can't hold a few, simply can be encountered but can't ask for things.

    Spirit a relaxation, attention naturally some slack, suddenly this red-blooded treasure toad also do not know where to birth a strange force, the body fell down two times, and then borrowed the tiny rebound force of the rope, the body fast hugging together into a ball, directly on the spring up, the air suddenly change direction, running to the old man's body on the counterattack.

    This red-blooded treasure toad all the evil gas, the whole body poisonous, simply can not touch the body, so it will be so much effort to catch it. I thought it was exhausted, nothing could not think, but suddenly difficult, all of this was born between lightning and fire, until the old man realized, the red-blooded toad has pounced on the near front.

    In the middle of the crisis, the right hand of the old man wearing gloves lightly stretched out the index finger and middle finger, two fingers tightly closed, to the outside of the force of a dial, the left hand a loose, the body leaned back, in place to a plank bridge, hands propped up upside down on the ground, on the situation and then to the side of the roll, finally dodged the past. Very skillfully stood up again, at this time has been shocked out of a cold sweat.

    And that red-blooded precious toad four legs just landed on the ground, coo a strange cry, hind legs force, running at the crouching on the ground of the four Xi Zi jumped over, three jumps and two leaps, getting closer and closer.

    Four Happiness was oblivious to what was happening behind him, and was not on guard at all, as he watched the red-blooded precious toad jump right behind him.

    When the old man saw it clearly, he was so frightened that he lost his voice and shouted, Si Xi Zi, quickly get out of the way!

    Four Happiness froze, subconsciously looked back, and saw a red shadow leaping up high and lunging at his face, and was stunned.

    That old man in a hurry, can not care about anything else, long arm stretched out, body twisted forward, stretched out his right hand, quick as a flash, a hand clutched the air of the red-blooded precious toad, hand in the air sharply pulled two, and then the trend is to their own side of the force of a pull.

    Although the old man's technique is swift, but in a few moments, through the leather gloves, feel a strange pain in the hand, know that the big thing is not good, I'm afraid it is the way. Rush to let go, did not think that the red-blooded precious toad as if stained on the glove, but did not slip, but instantly body swelling up, as if inflated up round, looking very creepy, as if at any time to burst.

    The old man's heart screamed a bad, right hand hurriedly flung sharply, the toad also off the hand, but also too late, I heard a pounce sound, the toad on the back of the pimple in the white pus force full of jet out, just right sprayed the old man all over the face, forehead and chest are everywhere.

    A white smoke rose, and the old man let out a scream then, falling heavily to the ground, covering his face and rolling up all over the ground in pain.

    Four happy son only then as if waking up from a dream, watched the old master by that toad sneak attack, then red-eyed, from the side of the hand copied the bamboo pole, look at the toad, wheeled up and forcefully pumped down.

    Bamboo pole is more than two meters long, and he and this toad is very close, so the accuracy is not enough, a moment did not hit, watching the toad to the side of a roll, the body is a drum again, watching the body swelling more and more large, a moment a little frozen.

    At that moment, a stern roar could be heard from the old man, Fourth Happiness, run!

    Four Happiness was stunned and immediately reacted, scattering his legs and running, when he felt a numbness in his hand, followed by a strange pain that drilled into his heart and bones.

    Look down and look again, the left hand little finger on the white smoke at this time, eye, finger belly is like a lit firecracker twist, short of a cut, and see more and more short, the heart of the horror, clenched his teeth, pulled out the dagger from the outside of the thigh, ruthless, hard to swing, a blood injection sprayed out.

    Looking at the left palm of the little finger cut off at the root, the four happy son of a body planted crooked, shook twice, endured the pain, spread legs and ran out to be able to have more than ten meters, flopping, even with the shock, planted on the ground, fainted dead past.

    That Red Blood Treasure Toad didn't continue to chase the four happy characters, Gu ...... Gu ...... screamed two strange sounds, a flash, and drilled into the grass next to it, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared Traces.

    I don't know how long it took before Si Xi Zi woke up, and subconsciously touched his arms and legs before realizing that he was still alive. Endure the severe pain in the hand, right hand on the ground, struggling to sit up, from the accompanying deerskin bag to feel out a horse dung bag, played with his hand, the inside of the gray foam carefully spread on the bleeding broken finger, see still bleeding more than one, clenched his teeth and put the horse dung bag directly pressed on the top of the pain grinning straight, but a few moments later, the blood indeed on the Stopped.

    Horse manure bag is a kind of herbal medicine, rural woods, barren meadows can often be seen, the Chinese medicine called Ma Bo, tender white, rounded globular look like mushrooms, but larger, fresh and tender can be fried and eaten, tender as tofu. After the old is turned into a brown crust, inside the virtual soft, like a sponge, gently play, there will be dust flying out, can be used for local bleeding, immediately see the miraculous effect.

    When the bleeding stopped, Four Happiness unconsciously broke out in a cold sweat again, and unwrapped one of the bindings and wrapped it around his hand as a bandage, before struggling to stand up.

    Blowing the wind, suddenly feel a little cool, after the spirit of a cold shiver, suddenly, this just remembered, the old man is still alive and dead. Hurry and run back, wait until he ran back to the original place, now that the toad has disappeared, and the old man is bloody on the ground, motionless.

    Four Happiness son vaguely feel some bad, holding his breath and sound walked to the old man near, with his hands gently turned the old man over.

    Another look, the old man's face has become a bloody mess, the eyes have turned into two black holes, one eyeball is still drooping outside the eye socket, the nose and lips are gone, it's just like the evil ghosts in hell, you can't see the human form at all. Front chest are also translucent holes, internal organs have flowed to the outside of the body, obviously is long dead.

    Four happy son looked at this tragic situation in front of him, sucked in a mouthful of cold air, spare him the courage again, suddenly saw this scene, is also scared of light, almost on the soul flew away, and then remembered and the master of more than ten years to learn the art of the scene between the still vivid in the mind, four happy son of a moment of sadness on the heart, sat on the ground and cried.

    Four happy son of the more I think the more difficult heart, have long heard the master said, pulling the sheep will not be sheep top, may have a life, he has not been taken seriously, did not think that today planted a big heel, this failure, the life are lost.

    On second thought, the old man, this all-powerful skill, if not to save him, would not have died here, and died so tragically. Thinking of the pain, there was another bout of howling head crying, and finally even the voice is crying changed sound.

    It was late at night, in the middle of nowhere, and the cries were so dismal that even the crickets stopped chirping.

    Cried a good half day, four happy son of this only wipe dry tears, stood up, looked around, walked to the side of the grove, find a feng shui is not bad place, shallow dug a pit, put the old man in. Simply piled up a grave, kneeling on the ground, bowed a few heads, mouth inside the chanting a few sentences, raised his eyes to see, the day is also going to dawn, hurriedly packed up things, ready to leave.

    This line since ancient times has been passed down many rules, one of which is pulling the sheep do not pour bucket, the cock does not show his head. Doing this line, most of the night work, and inevitably have to deal with the buried treasure, but each line has its own way, and sheep this line is clearly stipulated that can not be involved in tomb raiding.

    The treasure can only be a loose treasure, a wild goat, not a family goat, that is to say, can only lead the treasure that has no owner. Like what buried in the grave, other people's homes, things are good, but also can not be moved, otherwise it will certainly die with the wrong life.

    To the rooster does not show his head, is that, no matter what the situation was, there is no hand, even if it is one step away, but as long as the rooster crows, that is, the day is going to brighten up when you must stop, if you are greedy for the treasure and violated this article, then the end and the bucket is the same, will not die well, although it does not say exactly how it will be a not die well! Although it does not say exactly how it will die a bad death, but do this line of work since ancient times are convinced, no one dares to violate.

    After the Four Happiness Son Bedding finished burying the old man, he cleaned up the scene, took advantage of the night, took big steps, a few leaps, and disappeared into the night.

    Everything was silent again, and if it weren't for the spots of blood still on the ground, it would have been as if nothing had ever happened here.

Chapter 3: The Old Goatherd

    Not far from the gourd ditch, there is a small camp village, the village is not large, three dozen families.

    One day a young man suddenly arrived, alone and without any belongings, and slept in an empty house at the east end of the village.

    In those days, most people in the village are to break through the East to come here, the climate here is harsh, farming is not easy, and then many people have gone back to the Guanli successively. The village is also idle quite a lot of empty houses, are colorful adobe houses, has been no one to take care of the maintenance, if it is not the house of the two pillars to support, it is estimated that a gust of wind can be blown down, really if you sneeze hard, from the beams of the house are down to the soil.

    Village people are very simple, the heart are good, a look at this young man is not like the locals, looks like a hard time, no family, no job, are quite poor him, every now and then, the East sends a little food, the West sends a little to drink, this young man fell into this body infected with a serious illness, there are these people to send a little food and drink, at least it is not starved to death, hard to hold out over the sick and well in this village to live down.

    The young man is not tall and thin, simply will not do what crop work, the village later a calculation, he was arranged to help the production team to herd sheep.

    Although the work of the ground he is the same can not do, but the sheep put can be good, every day early in the morning, more than a hundred grass drive out, the mouth of the three drink four, that group of sheep obediently line up, until halfway up the mountainside. Whenever he whistled, the group of sheep themselves in formation and neatly down the mountain. The villagers were amazed and marveled at him, and called him the Sheep Shepherd.

    The young man is not handsome, but the person is very clever, speak and do things are also very thorough, will come to things, and who can get along. Over time, this matchmaker pulling the fiber of the natural successive find the door, but the young man also do not know why, a mention of the matchmaking, is a hundred reluctant, how to say is not to find a daughter-in-law. Time is long, near and far the matchmakers are no longer to him to keep the matchmaking, he is also so a person has been shaking when.

    In addition to this temperament is a bit eccentric, but other things are good, can talk, speak funny and humorous, popularity is also good, the reputation is not bad, who has a family if there is a big and small situation, is to respond to any request.

    After a few years, the reform and opening up, land contracting alone, he this sheep errand is no longer, thought he will not plant, this time to starve, but who did not think he would be a good hand wood work. Make a bed, do a cabinet or something, not to mention good craftsmanship, style is also durable, a lot of looks are these people in the village have not seen, a pass ten, ten pass a hundred, is also a reputation.

    The main thing is that he does not charge a high fee, some small to small to go to the work, for a meal also even if, do not pay, poor one or two, also never care, so the neighbors, ten miles and eight villages have what work are willing to look for him. In the past years, rural furniture are looking for carpenters to do, want to buy nowhere to buy. Marriage, house building, additional objects have to find a good carpenter in advance, and then good food and drink invited to the home, when the carpenter is also considered a fat job, but also to this day is not worried about food and clothing.

    Time flows like water, and thirty years have passed.

    The young man of the year also became a little old man, the head is a little gray, still alone, this half of his life, and did not become a family. So many years, straight name and surname who do not remember, the village people shouted smooth mouth, called him old goat herder.

    Although the old goat herder has never had a family in his life, but a son fell from the sky, although the master and disciple, but more than the father and son are still close.

    To talk about this incident, that is still more than ten years ago a night, the old goat herder once to others to finish work, night back, in the hillside suddenly existing a child fell to the ground, has been unconscious. Rushed to try with his hand, only to realize that the child had a high fever and fainted. At that time, the child's breath was like silk, his face was as colorful as earth, and he looked to be dying, and he might die at any time.

    The old goat herder saw that the child was only eight or nine years old, dressed in rags, like a scavenger. If you don't care in the middle of nowhere, you're sure to die, so you have compassion and carry the child back to your home. The night and went up the mountain to find some herbs, after a few doses down, really saved the life.

    The child woke up, said himself, his name is Xu Qingshan, parents in the past, are called him small mountain son, his hometown is Heilongjiang, the family suffered a disaster, people are dead, he just ran out alone. Only know that he has an aunt in the Hun River side, but also do not know the address, it is not easy to walk here, even with hunger, got sick, high fever, which fainted in the mountains.

    The old goat-herd was feeling a bit lonely, and he took in this child because he was so pitiful and likeable.

    Speaking of this child, he is honest, does not attract disaster, does not cause trouble, a child of the family. He doesn't talk much, but he's not stupid at all, and he's a bit of a wilful thinker.

    It is the age of schooling, the old goat herder also let him go to school with other children. But this child can do anything, just do not like to go to school, skipping classes every three days, even the shadow of a person can not be found. Just like to listen to commentaries, holding the radio all day long even if the meal can not care about eating, head to know that something is mostly from the commentary to hear, he does not care about the truth or falsehood, right or wrong, the exams are all greeted to the top, without a doubt, year after year to sit at the bottom of the class first place, really is not the material to study, it is not easy to read to the graduation of junior high school, said nothing can not read on.

    Xu Qingshan's head is not stupid, learn what are very fast, listen to the end of the commentary, he can almost word for word again, no matter how tongue-twisting nicknames or martial arts, that is the backward and forward, the only thing is to sit on the hard bench, mentioning the school, the head aches.

    The old goat herder also can not help, looking at their own almost fifty years old, see him really can not read on, their own age is also older than a year, they intend to teach him the carpenter craft, counting on learning, the future also have a bowl of rice to eat, do not starve to death, and usually can also help themselves a hand.

    Folk say Mr. Old, less carpenter. One of the Mr. Lao refers to Mr. Yin and Yang or the doctor's bone-setter, this type of person is the older the more popular, the older the more people look at; and less carpenter is that the carpenter is best to be young and strong, because of this line, scraping and pulling chiseling and chopping adze, do are strength work, the years old. When you get older, you can't do it anymore.

    This year waited until the fifth day of the first month of the year, began the official worship. Xu Qingshan recognized the master salute, kneeling and kowtowing, first worshipped the ancestor Lu Ban, and then gave the old goat herder kowtowed, is considered to be a serious entry.

    Carpenter after the master, learning the art is generally three years and one section, that is, the first five days of the first month of the year to worship, to the fourth year of the Dragon Boat Festival, the first five days of May, even if it is out of the master. During the period does not open the money, not allowed to withdraw from the master, the master scolded the apprentice, in case of failure, killed also not pay, and these years, is responsible for the apprentice's food and clothing by the master.

    Originally this Xu Qingshan has been and the old goat herder dependent on each other, so these rules and regulations are not so important. The old goat herder sincere to save, Xu Qingshan is also willing to learn, to say that this kid, do not look at the learning can not, but on these carpentry work, but is extremely interested. It is said that the master leads into the door, learning art in the individual, this carpentry are practical, oral teaching, and to learn by example, learn to do the square stool, you have to do their own research to do the square table, a lot of times need to be an understanding.

    Xu Qingshan clever mind, learn a year, basically learn almost, do things also have a style. Less than two years time, basically the old goat herder's carpentry work are learned much worse, is considered to be out of the master in advance.

    After all, he is a young man, nimble hands and feet, live to do fast and good, one to two, the old goat herder gradually retired from the second line, what work are letting Xu Qingshan do it himself, and he himself is enjoying the blessings of a good time, but also not much out of the weekdays at home to cook, listen to the radio, the days are also living a free and easy life.

    Xu Qingshan from the bottom of his heart grateful to the old goat herder, life-saving grace, pass the love of art, these Xu Qingshan do not see the age of not much, but the heart of the number of the old goat herder is good, usually do the work of the money earned by the old goat herder to the old goat herder, so that the master to stay to buy rice to buy flour for life with the old goat herder, and the old goat herder good with the relatives of the two masters like, live although not rich, but also very happy.

    By this year, the old goatherd was fifty-four years old, and Xu Qingshan was twenty-five.

    In the countryside, if a man is over twenty-five and has not yet gotten engaged or married, he is considered an older youth.

    These two years, from time to time, also looked at a number of objects, the female for the impression of Xu Qingshan are good, but the last are poor in the bride price, are too poor for the old goat herder's family, no land, no house, poor rats into the door are straight tears, and finally they are all out of the question.

    Xu Qingshan is also big, stubborn, scolded those people dog-eyed, blind to the gold and jade, the wrong teapot as a night pot, that is, the girl for nothing, but also do not want to, the big deal, play a lifetime bachelor.

    The old goat herder always feel that this can not be delayed, they have played a lifetime bachelor, can not let the child also can not marry a daughter-in-law. But raise their eyes, their house is indeed a family of four walls, to what nothing, is so many years, has been chasing food chasing wear, simply did not save any money, a moment also made a difficult.

    In the past few years, the village buyers clubs are not looking for carpenters to do, are to the county to buy ready-made, the style is also beautiful, the wood work can not do, Xu Qingshan a few years ago to the county furniture factory to work, a month of money earned only enough for the two of them usually use, year-round also can not save a thousand dollars.

    The bride price is not a small amount in the countryside to marry a daughter-in-law, tiled houses and furniture, home appliances, not to mention the bride price alone without a few tens of thousands of dollars, the girl will not be able to marry into the door. But this tens of thousands of dollars if so the way to save, that still married ah, not waiting to save enough, the girl is a mother.

Chapter 4: Picking Medicine

    On this day, there was no work in the factory, so Xu Qingshan stayed at home. Lying on the bed listening to the commentary, saw the old goat herder came in from the outside in a flurry of excitement, as soon as he entered the house, he touched something out of his clothes and threw it on the bed, and smiled proudly at Xu Qingshan, letting Xu Qingshan see the treasures that he got, and then took out a cigarette and lit it up, and then sat down on the bed with his butt and smoked it up.

    Xu Qingshan holding the radio is listening in the interest, squinted and glanced at the head does not lift the eyes do not open hummed: old man, you are not too old here, how confused into this, where the whole of a carrot and cattle coaxing on, this thing if the baby, next door Sun Lao Er has long been a rich man, his family planted a garden, all shaved out to be able to fill several sacks of it!

    The old goat coffin heard, bah a mouthful, a rise, carrying Xu Qingshan's ears on the bed from the grip up: You a small rabbit stony, you give me a closer look, this thing is a carrot? This is a genuine wild ginseng, more than ten years old, you know a six ah!

    Xu Qingshan rubbed his ears, and took a look, see this carrot growth has not yet thumb thick, whiskers are not old, took over to see, suddenly opened his mouth, took a bite, chewed, puff and spit out.

    Just after chewing a few mouthfuls, he felt that the flavor was a bit wrong, his mouth was astringent and bitter, and he was a bit confused at that time. Hurriedly and carefully looked at a few eyes, only to realize that there is indeed some difference with carrots. Obviously the surface is somewhat yellow, there are sparse and shallow intermittent coarse horizontal lines and obvious longitudinal wrinkles, the whole body is born with a lot of long and thin fibrous roots, fibrous roots on the growth of some small bumps, the heart is also a little confused, is this the legendary ginseng?

    Next to the old goat herder saw the hand of this old man ginseng was bitten into two, angry goat beard pouting high, with a hand pointing at Xu Qingshan's head: You a little rabbit Wei Zi, is a poor life, how good a water ginseng, so that you have been trampled on. This thing to the county, at least can sell a thousand or eight hundred, let you this greedy mouth to gnaw!

    Xu Qingshan listen to the old goat herder scolded, know that he broke into trouble, know that the reason is not good, also do not dare to talk back. Until the old goat herder scolded, he only hehehe smile, with a hand smooth the old goat herder's back: Master, in fact, to say that this, you can not blame me, who would have thought, poor pants are broken hole, but also to dig to the ginseng, to say that you usually do not see you digging things, but some granny ding, small head of garlic and so on, you have this sudden, indeed a bit sudden ah!

    The old goat herder saw that the ginseng has been broken, know that anger is no way to listen to what Xu Qingshan said is also a reason, he shook his head, pointing at Xu Qingshan's nose, said: small mountain ah, to say that this ginseng, is my eyes grew, have waited for more than ten years before digging it out, was looking to sell a couple of money for you to stay to get married in the wife's, you have a mouth to go down, but well, all to the whole bald buckle, but also your fate deserves it! It's your destiny to have the whole thing baldly deducted!

    Sighed, he looked at the two cuts of ginseng, sighed, said to himself, white blind this ginseng, reed round long, skin old yellow, is also considered rare treasures, so folded, more than ten years even if the work is in vain.

    Long pouted half a day, only left a slightly smaller section, and then the slightly larger section to Xu Qingshan hands a plug, let him to the village east head of the old Wangtou send, the old Wangtou body bones weak, just to give him to make up for the energy.

    Since then, every now and then, the old goat herder can always dig up some of the various medicinal herbs, what flat mother-of-pearl, gentian grass, astragalus, asparagus, Rhodiola rosea, so that Xu Qingshan to work on the way to sell to the county's drugstore, although they are not very valuable, but how much can also be sold for a hundred or eighty dollars, a month, and can earn a thousand or eighty hundred of the income in the countryside is not a small amount of money.

    Xu Qingshan at first did not care, originally this old goat herder used to often wander around the mountain, also recognize some herbs, occasionally dig some back, after drying are loaded in a small cloth pocket. Once there is a run belly diarrhea, headache and cold, they touch out some to boil some soup, dunked down, it really works.

    But days and days, Xu Qingshan also feel that this thing is a little strange, this old sheep coffin dug out more and more things, a lot of the name of the medicinal herbs, not only him, even the county pharmacy selling drugs sometimes do not recognize.

    Once, Xu Qingshan took a kind of medicinal herbs to the county often go to the drugstore, the drugstore in the know him, know that he can always bring some very good medicinal herbs, but this time to bring something, but difficult to all the people in the store, but no one one a person to recognize.

    Xu Qingshan himself heart is also some painting soul, doubt is not the old goat herder got it wrong, really if so, then this person will lose big, not to him as a liar to scold out, the heart is also apprehensive. Later, he had to leave the herbs, waiting for the drugstore people to identify, he went to work first.

    By the time he got back to the drugstore after work, it was late at night and the drugstore was deserted. Seeing an old gentleman sitting in the store, he had been sizing him up as soon as he entered. Afterwards, he realized that the old man turned out to be an old Chinese medicine practitioner who had been practicing medicine for more than fifty years and had been waiting for him for hours.

    Originally, he brought the flavor of the herbs, really is the ancient prescription of a very rare flavor, this old man is also a large stack of medical books, only in an ancient book to find, the name of the medicine and efficacy of the book and the previous Xu Qingshan said is generally the same. This old doctor waited for almost a day, just want to recognize recognize Xu Qingshan, see Xu Qingshan actually so young, can not help but a burst of shaking his head and sighing, lamenting their own practice of medicine for so many years, but not as good as a digging medicine of the latter have insight, really live in the world in vain.

    On the way back from the county, Xu Qingshan heart also began to doubt, these strange and strange wild herbs, even more than seventy years old Chinese medicine have not seen, how does the old man know? I have never heard of the old goat herder will see the disease to cure people, he used those prescriptions are also folk a soil prescription, simply can not be on the stage.

    If you occasionally recognize a taste of two rare herbs is just, but every now and then you can get something out, as if the village behind the group of mountains is his own vegetable garden like, want to take it, want to have what, this thing is a little bit uncomplicated. When I think about it, I think this old goat herder must have something to hide from himself.

    Since then, Xu Qingshan also paid special attention to it.

    One night, Xu Qingshan was bitten by mosquitoes to wake up, turned over, the head to the blanket a blindfold, ready to go back to sleep. On this work, suddenly heard the door of the east house gently rang, as if someone, Xu Qingshan a jolt, then awake, could come in the thief?

    Thinking of this, Xu Qingshan slowly sat up, put up his ears and listened, and sure enough, there were footsteps in the outer room, the sound was very light, as if on tiptoe, and very quickly, he heard the door of the room ringing, as if he had gone out.

    Xu Qingshan climbed up from the kang, casually put on pants and undershirt, shuffling shoes on the push open the door of their own room, walked to the east room, called master, see no one answered, gently pull, the door was open, through the moonlight look, the nest is empty, the old goat herder even disappeared.

    Xu Qingshan was shocked, this old man does not sleep in the middle of the night, what is this demon?

    With suspicion in his heart, he hurried out of the house, pushed open the door, and quietly chased after him.

    Outside the wind and moonlight, the color is cold, the night is also cool. In this light, every household has turned off the lights and gone to bed, and it's even quieter, with insects chirping.

    Xu Qingshan borrowed the moonlight and saw a silhouette from afar, going straight to the big mountain behind the village, and hurriedly followed secretly.

    Just saw that the silhouette three shakes, the degree is very fast, did not Ben did not stop, directly on the mountain.

    Xu Qingshan in the back staring, feet also added strength, the heart can not help but mutter, look at this figure is like an old goat herder, but this degree is too fast, usually do not see the old man hands so sharp over, this is the middle of the night to smoke which kind of crazy, on the mountain to see what it? The degree of this mountain, not much slower than a rabbit, a little inattention will have to follow the lost. I don't dare to look at the wrong way, hand stomping foot planing, barely behind all the time to follow closely.

    By the time he had chased him halfway up the hill, the shadow in front of him was gone.

    Xu Qingshan stood on the waist of the mountain and looked around, then stupid. Mountain thatched grass long, full of thorns and hazelnuts, look at what are a little afraid, this mountain snake beasts although not much, but not no, in case of this darkness and then touch something, bare hands and empty fists is really not good to deal with.

    The main thing is that the mosquitoes on this mountain are extremely large, as if they want to eat people, and they surrounded the head and face, and started to bombard Xu Qingshan in turn.

    Xu Qingshan snap, snap in a row shot dead two mosquitoes, the blood on his hands twisted a bit, swept around, and do not dare to stay here more, thought about it, ran in the direction of the mountains and chased down.

    This big mountain winding several dozens of miles, climbed up and down since childhood, only has not been to the depths. Some years ago, some people in the village to go hunting in the mountains, the result is to meet the blind bear, finally, with great difficulty to escape, a face left half, folded an arm, broke a leg, since then, who do not dare to go to the mountains again.

    Xu Qingshan more to climb up, the more fear in the heart, although the weekdays climbed not know how many times, but the night on the mountain or a head by the feet of the toad kept jumping around, all kinds of insects are around the whole body, just a few minutes, the body has been bitten by dozens of red, itchy to death.

    Xu Qingshan scratched the mosquito bites on his body, stopped and shook his head, this is not a way to find, maybe the old goat herder did not even go up the mountain, halfway up the mountain to the side is not allowed to say. They are so stupid to find, it is not reliable, the old goat herder is so old, and not a child, since the back of their own, certainly do not want to let themselves know.

    Thinking of this, he sighed and turned around, ready to go down the mountain and go home, but just as he turned around, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder from behind.

    This late at night, the shoulder was coldly tapped, Xu Qingshan scared almost did not pee his pants, his body stirred, shivered, turned back and stuttered shouted: Who ...... who ah?

Chapter 5: The Sheep Pulling Technique

    Xu Qingshan bravely, turned back to look, now unexpectedly is the old goat herder.

    Apparently just now he was scared lightly, face changed color, see clearly is the old goat herder, this is a long breath, with a hand stroke the chest: I said the old man ah, you do not sleep well in the middle of the night, on the mountain to do what came? How like a ghost like no movement at all?

    The old goat herder looked at Xu Qingshan, see him from head to toe, in addition to the face is better, the whole body is almost bitten by mosquitoes, obviously a small circle of fat, and hurriedly pulled out a small bottle from the bag, the inside of the powder surface with the palms of the hand rubbed, and then to Xu Qingshan's arms and thighs wiped a few times.

    After this stuff was smeared on, although it did not stop the itching, those mosquitoes were obviously like rats seeing a cat, and then far away.

    Xu Qingshan are a bit silly, looked at his body, and asked the old goat herder, what is it that is smeared on him? How is it more powerful than dichlorvos?

    The old goat herder put the bottle away, raised his eyes to look at Xu Qingshan, seeing that he is not young anymore, also do not want to hide it from him for the rest of his life. He sighed a long breath, and squeezed out a bitter smile from the corner of his mouth, before telling Xu Qingshan everything.

    The old goat herder is the year's four happy son, when the sheep accidental failure, the master's death, so that he is a little disheartened. Since childhood, he is followed by the master, there is no relatives, has not waited for him to honor the master it, did not expect, the master to save their own surprisingly died, the heart of guilt, all thoughts. Drawing sheep although you can have the opportunity to be rich and famous, but the only relatives are gone, he no longer have the heart to think about these again, close your eyes can always think of the year's tragedy, from the bottom of his heart do not want to eat this bowl of rice, and then take this risk.

    Small camp village from the gourd ditch is only a few hundred meters, live here, can also accompany the master, the heart is better, I did not expect, this is to live for thirty years.

    Over the years, although there was no money, but there was no big spending, chucking food and clothing, living a solid life.

    However, now see no money will have to delay Xu Qingshan life, the old goat herder feel some heart. His life is also so, can not delay the Xu Qingshan, think about it, this is to return to their old jobs.

    Nothing to do in the mountains when wandering around, bumped into some herbs, also by hand to pick, good Xu Qingshan always go to work in the county, every now and then will be able to sell some, more or less can also save a few for him. Although these herbs are not what is called heavenly treasure, but by hand, it is not a problem, the mosquito is also a piece of meat, at least better than none.

    After listening to Xu Qingshan, eyes staring quite boss, staring at the old goat herder, are listening to the silly, a good half day before speaking: Master, what you say is true or false? Not daytime TV watch too much right? Or is it just the commentary that you've been listening to? What the heck is leading the sheep and horses? You are not fooling me right?

    The old goat herder glared at Xu Qingshan: ''You little bastard, what the hell do you know! You don't understand even if you tell me. Wait and see, before long, Master will make sure to marry back the neighboring village's Da Yingzi to you as a daughter-in-law!"

    Xu Qingshan heard, straight shake his head: No, that can not be, that Da Yingzi all day shy chest, pouting a big ass, I do not care, I think not as good as our village of Erma, Erma eyebrow clear and pretty, the body is also thin, and work is also nimble!

    The old goat herder grunted: You know a six! That big Yingzi will be able to give birth at a glance, and will definitely give you a big fat boy in the future. That Erma tear hall messy, lines cross, people in the shallow flat crooked, at a glance is the body can not, the children's palace is subject to control, will not give birth, this thing you said you do not understand!

    Xu Qingshan listened to the old goat herder's words, a little speechless for a moment, measured the old goat herder for a while, and did not know whether what the old goat herder said was true or false.

    The old goat herder laughed and told Xu Qingshan that he had never lost sight of people, and that everything he said was true.

    This sheep belongs to the door of theft, not in the 360 lines, not belong to the workers, peasants, soldiers, academics and businessmen, is a branch of the outer eight lines, belonging to the theft line. Outside the eight lines of the largest is the thieving line, the world without the capital of the sale can be categorized in this, whether it is to go a thousand, over a hundred households of flying thieves and rats; or the wild countryside, digging graves of the gold digging magician; or is the king of the mountains, robbing the bandits beard, all are thieves of the line of the people.

    There are many different schools of thieves, and holding back the treasure phase spirit is one of the branches, to say that there is also a great origin. The line has a way, do this line of people have the four best, is to observe the sky, phase ground, step on the dragon, disk mouth.

    Observe the sky refers to the night observation of the sky, look at the auspicious stars and star aura dim, can be identified between heaven and earth, auspicious and prosperous side, the direction of the flow of life;

    Phase of the ground is to find the mountain to see the water, see the feng shui to know the pattern of the dragon vein, you can know the mouth of the point of the flow of anger, to know the sand and water of the noble and the low;

    Treading on the dragon means that this person is very skillful and has a high level of skill. They can go up the mountain to catch tigers and go down to the sea to catch dragons.

    Handicap means to be knowledgeable, mountain, medicine, physiognomy, fate, divination, all are not proficient, to observe the words and colors, face to face to know the heart, it is the basic skills of the beginner.

    Xu Qingshan listen to the old goat herder mouth like a river, said non-stop, are almost listening to silly, this is to believe that this is not the old goat herder in the fabrication, then some jaws, really can not imagine that the old goat herder is still a strange and unusual, it is really not a person can not look at the face of the sea water can not be measured. So many years, did not see out.

    Xu Qingshan is more than twenty years old, the age of boiling blood, listen to the commentary listened to more than ten years, for the jianghu Greenwood Road is very yearning, can not wait to be a bit of chivalry Jianghu warrior, did not think that their master carpenter is a bit of the jianghu wonders, and then some of the ecstatic, to the old goat-herder is a high respect, is simply a God, a turn in the eyes, moved the mind.

    Hurry to replace a cigarette for the old goatherd, and then attentively help to light the fire.

    And so the old goat herder smoked a few mouths, Xu Qingshan this only came forward to the old goat herder hehehe smile: Master, you said this 'pulling the goat' or something to teach me, this is also considered to be Yang Guangda, there are people after him. In the future, the two of us together horse, walking in the world, pulling the horse rope also have a helper. That is not a good food and drink, save now tired like a bastard calf like, all year round can not earn a few money!

    The old goat herder's face sank, glanced at Xu Qingshan, shook his head, and told Xu Qingshan, don't think about this in the future, die this gain, this kind of thing he can't learn.

    Xu Qingshan heard, some wondered, asked the old goat herder, why he can not learn it?

    The old goat herder understands Xu Qingshan, knows that this kid although usually laughing and joking, not a square, but the idea of dead stubborn, playing small is to break the pot to the end, the whole is not clear, this is not over. Sighed, told Xu Qingshan, learn this craft, indeed there is a chance to be rich and famous, but there is a good saying, rich and famous, how expensive, there is a big risk, this line of carrying the head of life, maybe one day, life will have to be thrown inside. The sheep can't be held back by the top of the sheep, his master that year, the means of high to go, and finally not the life are given to the loss.

    Speaking here, the old goat herder shook his head and smiled bitterly. Only after a long half day, he raised his head, looked at Xu Qingshan, and then said, The main thing there is another one, that is, those who are in this line of work, can't get married in their whole life, can't give birth to a child, or else their whole body will be cut off from the blood veins, and they will die of blood flow from the seven orifices.

    Other things are fine, Xu Qingshan did not mind much, but when I heard this, then scared is a tongue. This can't get married and have children, the matter can be a bit serious, how there is this saying? Thinking of Erma's twisting little ass, Xu Qingshan shook his head, somewhat uncertain.

    The old goat herder stared at Xu Qingshan grunted, rushing down the mountain a finger: The day is not early, the two of us or go home to sleep, you'll take advantage of the early break this mind it! Into this line, we must abide by the rules, line of work, this kind of thing, try not.

    Looking at the back of the old goat herder, Xu Qingshan only then understand, really did not think, the old man bachelor and so say. He also wondered, to say that the old man is not lack of arms and legs, and have skills, how will be a lifetime even a daughter-in-law has not been mixed on it? It turns out that there is also have no choice but to suffer. Listen to the old goat herder words outside the meaning, is also a belly of bitterness, I guess the bachelor is not an easy thing, they really have to think long and hard.

    Walking down the mountain, Xu Qingshan pointed to the old goat herder body asked: Master, your clothes are not earthy, foreign not foreign, how to dress up like this? Also, you just that bottle in the end is what the stuff? A strange odor, mosquitoes how not to bite it?

    The old goat herder did not return his head, grunted: The so-called chickens do not pee, each has its own way, you went so far up the mountain, ate what loss, you still do not know yourself?

    Xu Qingshan couldn't help but measure himself, and looked at the old goat herder's bindings, if enlightened nodded, it seems, hit on this binding, at least mosquitoes and insects can't bite, even tree branches and weeds, sharp rocks and gravel also naturally scraped, but also really convenient to walk in the mountains and forests, it seems to be really a bit of a doorway, if enlightened nodded.

    The old goat herder slowed down, and Xu Qingshan walking side by side, told Xu Qingshan, just now the bottle called Thyme, is pulling sheep one of the necessary items, their own preparation. It is the pepper, mugwort, tobacco, andrographis and other things into a powdered foam mixed together on the line, smeared with this stuff, mosquitoes do not bite, insects do not bite, even snakes smell will also go around, through the mountains and across the ridge, if this thing, the sheep have not waited to lead to the first, their own pigtails.

    Listening to the old goat herder's words, Xu Qingshan's eyes straightened again, and he became more curious about this goat-herding business, but why can't this business get married and have children? If there is no such thing how good, do not have to make this difficult, a thought of this, Xu Qingshan suddenly felt bored, and sighed again and again.

Chapter 6: Heavenly Spiritual Treasures

    Between heaven and earth, the source of water, innate will be filled with a spiritual qi, never dry, line in the ground. There is gas in the ground is born everything, soil high water deep grass and dense forests, the place must be prosperous gas. The prosperity of the gas on the natural formation of a variety of landforms, the landforms and human looks like, can be divided into eight kinds of phase frame, respectively: Wei, thick, clear, ancient, lonely, thin, evil, vulgar.

    Wei, thick, clear, ancient for the four Jie land, more heavenly treasure, known as red sheep.

    Lonely, thin, evil, vulgar for the four ugly land, few heavenly treasures, known as the black sheep.

    There must be yin and yang, there is a circle there is a lack of, outside the eight lines since ancient times, there is such a group of people, the South called hold treasure, the North called phase spirit, folk are called pulling the goat, called goat herder. They call themselves sheep herders.

    North and south of the two factions to find the treasure and take the treasure of the method, not quite the same, the means are also different, but the purpose is only one, is for those little-known heavenly treasure.

    Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Treasures are, to put it bluntly, actually two things, one is a Heavenly Spirit and the other is an Earthly Treasure.

    Heavenly spirits are generally living things, are some spiritual, moral behavior of the animals. Generally through the absorption of the sun, moon, mountains and zephyrs of the gas, so that the evolution of the body slowly, over time, the body has mutated, so that the body of the birth of the treasure, but the chances of this, less than one in 10,000, can be encountered and can not be sought.

    The centipede that has become a fine centipede has the wind pearl; the fox that has become a climate has the fire cloud Dan, these are rare treasures in the world, the real priceless treasure. Therefore, the general practice in the one armor or more to produce the spirit is called on the spirit; and one armor within the spirit is called in the spirit! As for those oxen, yellow and horse treasure, although they are also of great value and hard to find in the world, they can only be regarded as lower spirit.

    Earth treasures are generally dead things, although they are dead things, but these things are also full of spiritual energy, unique to the essence of heaven and earth.

    Gold and silver jewelry buried in the ground if the time is long, it will be manifested in human form, and different baby manifested out of the human form is not the same, there is a slogan summarized as: gold and silver children jade Jiao Niang, pearl little sister, strange weapon ugly Lang. Sheep people can be based on the illusion out of the human form, guessed the buried treasure in the ground in the end what is the treasure.

    The most widespread folklore is that the ginseng that has become a spirit, will become * ginseng doll, jumping out to play, as long as the root tied with a red thread needle pinned to his body, the dawn can be found after a thousand years of ginseng.

    These can be transformed into * human form of the treasures are called on the treasure, extremely rare, few in the world; and those exotic flowers and plants, although the essence of the sun and the moon, there is up dead, flesh and bones of the ability, but also can only be called in the treasure; as for the underground buried in the gold pimples Or silver, and what rare herbs, even if the value of ten thousand gold, can only be called "under