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Chapter 8
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After running for half a mile, Li Chongjiu was panting slightly. The goat that was injured by the arrow had already escaped and left without knowing where.However, between the grass and the woods, blood dripped all the way, which gave him the best signpost.Quickly crossing a mountain stream, Li Chongjiu finally found his target.

Under a tree, the goat that had been shot by an arrow lay down on the ground, its limbs curled up, its body undulated violently with its breathing, its tongue was sticking out, its short tail was shaking, and blood was protruding from its neck.Seeing the goat struggling in pain, Li Chongjiu stepped forward to close the goat's eyes, and stabbed the goat's throat to bleed blood.

The goat gradually lost its breath. Li Chongjiu did not expect that he would catch such a big prey for the first time hunting.

From the safari just now, Li Chongjiu felt that his bow skills had improved.It seems that hunting is really an effective way to improve martial arts. No wonder the grassland tribes use hunting to practice the art of war.

Look down at this goat, boy!Li Chongjiu estimated that the goat was at least seventy to eighty catties, which can be described as a bumper harvest.But if you want to drag it back to the cottage, it will definitely take a lot of energy.So Li Chongjiu took out the short knife from his waist and killed the sheep on the spot for meat.

The short knife acted as a butcher's knife. Li Chongjiu first unloaded a few lamb legs, and then removed the meat from the lamb bones.When I went to Inner Mongolia, I once ate hand-caught mutton made by local herdsmen, so Li Chongjiu also knew a thing or two.This goat is fresh, fat and strong, and there are still a lot of meat pieces that can be eaten except for the internal organs.

"Sheep are big and beautiful (Note 1)," Li Chongjiu said to himself with a smile while cutting the meat, "the ancients must also be hunting, like me, harvesting delicious food, so they are very happy, so they have the word "beautiful" meaning of words."

While speaking, Li Chongjiu pierced his head in and deboned with a knife.

It was late at this moment, and the setting sun was slanting.Among the mountains and forests, the old crows are croaking, and they are urging the young birds to return to their nests.Holding a short knife, Li Chongjiu showed his back on the hillside, cutting the meat one by one while wiping the blood from his hands.

This action is very bloody, but also full of beauty.This is the flow between life and death.As in the American blockbuster, the hunter said when he slaughtered his prey, your soul will be with God, and your body will become a part of us.But Li Chongjiu didn't talk so much nonsense.

After the goats were almost packed, Li Chongjiu took out a straw bag to wrap the cut mutton, and used the peeled sheepskin to store the rest. After that, he tied the hind legs of the two goats firmly with a few vines and hung them on the back shoulders together. Start to return to the mountain.Wolves come and go in the Qiqian village at night, and even during the day, tigers and leopards can occasionally be seen.This was 300 years ago, and there were many beasts in Shanxi.Therefore, Li Chongjiu refused to take the risk of staying any longer, left some remnants, and went straight to the cottage with the harvest on his shoulders.

It was almost nightfall, and the sky was already dark. Li Chongjiu finally rushed back to Qiqian Village at this step.Two qi-death winds were lit on the gate of the cottage.Although he couldn't see clearly in the dark, there was a faint light from the lantern. Li Chongjiu's eyes were bright, shining the warmth of a wanderer returning home.

Just like when you go home in the past, no matter how late, your parents will leave a light for you in the hall.After crossing a line of sky, in the open space in front of the cottage, Li Chongjiu saw a figure from behind under the dim light, pacing back and forth.The other party's hair gradually turned gray, and his body was a bit bent.

"Father!"

Li Chongjiu couldn't help feeling a burst of warmth, and couldn't help calling out the meaning of family affection.And Li Hu, the head of Qiqian Village, turned around when he heard the words, and saw the worry on Li Chongjiu's face, which turned into joy.Li Hu nodded to Li Chongjiu, and after being silent for a while, he didn't have the slightest intention of reprimanding, but said gently and calmly: "Remember to come back early in the future."

Knowing that his father had been waiting here for a long time, Li Chongjiu lowered his head and felt warm in his heart, and said guiltily, "Yes, what Dad said is true." Li Hu shook his head with a smile, and returned in a hanging basket with Li Chongjiu.

Rise slowly with the cradle.Li Hu glanced at the leg of lamb behind Li Chongjiu and said with a smile, "Did you hunt it today?"

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Exactly, fresh mutton can be used for soup, and it can relieve cold and cough."

After Li Hu injured his lungs that time, he often coughed in the middle of the night in the past few years.Li Chongjiu brought mutton with a heart of filial piety.Hearing this, Li Hu nodded, his face was even more relieved, and he stopped talking.

After returning to the cottage that night, Li Chongjiu first carried a leg of lamb to Uncle Zhang's home.Afterwards, according to the rules of the Shanzhai, Li Chongjiu went to the homes of those who were not young and strong, or who had made contributions to the Shanzhai and were disabled bandits, and gave a piece of good meat.Along the way, the people in Qiqianzhai were all smiling, and were moved by the generosity of the young master.

The bandits are also very simple, and give back some cured fish and bacon, mushrooms and mushrooms.Li Chongjiu couldn't refuse, so he took them one by one.

Li Chongjiu brought a small amount of mutton and a bunch of other ingredients to Wang Mahan's house and asked Wang Mahan's wife to clean it up.Li Chongjiu and Wang Mahan ate wine with broad beans.After eating for a while, Wang Mahan, who has always been a heavy drinker, fell drunk on the bed, and Li Chongjiu was slightly drunk now.Wang Mahan's wife had already brought out a large earthen jar of mutton soup. After Li Chongjiu took it, he left some cured fish and bacon before going home.

However, an unexpected visitor came to the house.Standing on the edge of the door, Li Chongjiu saw Li Hu sitting with a man holding a tiger brace.

Tiger support, also known as Chuanling, is often carried by traveling doctors. It is a copper ring with iron bullets inside.When Dr. Youfang is practicing medicine in Sifang, he inserts his index finger and middle finger into the center of the copper ring, and then shakes it up and down, so that the common people will know that Dr. Youfang has arrived, and those who have patients at home can seek medical treatment from him.

This man holding a tiger brace, don't need to think too much, Li Chongjiu already knows that the other party is the third-in-charge Miracle Doctor Xue in the cottage.Divine Physician Xue has a clear appearance, a handsome figure, and three long beards on his face, just like a fairy.Of course, the good-looking Miracle Doctor Xue is not just out of the ordinary, it is said that he got the true biography of a half-immortal doctor.

Who is this half-immortal doctor, but Miracle Doctor Xue knows his surname is Sun, and outsiders will make a far-fetched conjecture that his surname is Sun, and Miracle Doctor Xue's medical skills are so superb, that half-immortal must be Sun Simiao, the king of medicine.But in fact, Li Hu knew very well about him. Miracle doctor Xue was a family handed down medical skill, and his medical skills were very high. However, when his father treated the wife of the sheriff, unfortunately, he misdiagnosed him and killed the wife of the sheriff.So Miracle Doctor Xue's family was taken down, and Miracle Doctor Xue's father was beaten [-] times and died.Even though Miracle Doctor Xue is only an adult and has yet to practice medicine, he was also sentenced to exile in Lingnan.

Doctor Xue didn't want to die in Lingnan, so he escaped along the way and was taken in by Qiqian Village.This stay lasted for [-] or [-] years, and in Qiqian Village, Miracle Doctor Xue also developed a deep relationship, and he was even more grateful for Li Hu's life-saving grace.Because of his father's misdiagnosis that time, no matter how superb his own medical skills are, he dare not say that it is a family tradition, so he pretends that it is Sun Simiao's true inheritance to strengthen the patient's confidence in him.Of course, Miracle Doctor Xue himself has very good medical skills and saved the lives of many people in the village, so everyone called him Miracle Doctor Xue, Miracle Doctor Xue, but forgot his real name.

This time Li Chongjiu was seriously injured and vomited blood on the bed because of Li Sanniang. At that time, Miracle Doctor Xue was away, so he didn't have time to call him back.But Li Hu took out a life-saving pill that was given to him by the genius doctor Xue and gave it to Li Chongjiu, which saved Li Chongjiu's life.

Standing aside, Li Chongjiu saw that Miracle Doctor Xue was diagnosing Li Hu's pulse.I saw him frowning tightly and pinching the long beard on his chin.

After contemplating for a while, Divine Doctor Xue let go of his hand, and said: "Master, your illness is caused by hurting your lungs when you fought with others, not to mention the broken merits, and years of poor recuperation, so it has accumulated and is difficult to eradicate. The three life-saving pills I left you back then were to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and they can be used to relieve urgent needs."

Speaking of this, Master Xue cast a glance at Li Chongjiu who came in, and continued: "This pill is not easy to make, you need to adopt Liao ginseng, a thousand-year-old thing, although it is not said to be able to live and die, but its efficacy can also be strong." Leave three souls and seven souls for an hour and a half."

"Three years of hard work, I only made ten pills together. The last three pills in my hand were given to the boss, in case you got sick, there are life-saving pills to take. Right now, brother, you will take the three pills. They are all given to Xiao Jiu, so when the disease occurs, he can only suffer by himself, and his life span will be greatly shortened."

Li Hu also saw Li Chongjiu, and hurriedly said: "Third brother, my health has not reached this point. In recent years, I don't fight with others, and I don't get close to women. It's much better."

Divine doctor Xue kept shaking his head, and said: "I can't do anything about your illness, except for my monk from Zhi'ao Temple... I'm afraid I can... well, I will try my best."

Li Chongjiu heard it from the bottom of his heart, and understood that he was seriously injured that time. In order to save his life, Li Hu gave Li Chongjiu three life-extending pills that he should have taken by himself.

Li Chongjiu didn't say anything, he stepped forward to ask the two of them first, and said, "Father, Doctor Xue."

Li Hu nodded with a smile, but Miracle Doctor Xue snorted softly and turned his head away, obviously displeased with his young master.

Seeing this situation, Li Hu quickly said: "Third brother, you have driven the mountain road all day, you haven't eaten yet, come and eat mutton together."

Li Chongjiu immediately went down to fetch two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and put a large earthen pot that Wang Mahan's family burned for himself on the table and uncovered it.Immediately, the taste of ginseng, ginger, and mutton came out.Wang Mahan's wife was really good at cooking, there was a layer of golden ointment on the soup surface, and the mutton was stewed so fragrant, but not rotten.

Immediately, Miracle Doctor Xue couldn't bear it any longer, and forgot to show Li Chongjiu a smile and said, "Yes, yes, the ginseng belongs to the spleen and lung meridian, nourishing the middle and Qi. It can help your father's illness."

At that moment, Li Chongjiu gave Li Hu and Miracle Doctor Xue served two bowls respectively.Miracle doctor Xue was full of praise, and after eating a bowl of mutton soup until the bottom of the bowl turned upside down, his face turned slightly rosy.And Li Hu was also very happy, the mutton was delicious, mainly because of Li Chongjiu's filial piety, which made him feel even more happy.

Li Chongjiu looked at Li Hu's face.He just found out about Li Hu's condition, and it has been accumulated for several years.In addition to Miracle Doctor Xue, he also 'invited' many nearby famous doctors to the cottage for treatment, but none of them could do anything.Regarding Miracle Doctor Xue's anger towards him, Li Chongjiu also understood that Miracle Doctor Xue had been traveling through Mobei all these years, and Liaodong just wanted to find some medicinal materials for Li Hu that could be complementary to the monarch and his ministers, and heal his stubborn illness.However, this matter has not been done, but Li Chongjiu wasted the life-saving medicine first.

Li Chongjiu said: "Master Xue, did you just say that there is a monk in Zhi'ao Temple who may be able to cure my father's chronic illness?"

Note 1: The word 'beautiful' is interpreted as "a big sheep is beautiful" in Shuowen Jiezi.

PS: I revised the previous part for a day today, and adjusted some details. If you have read the previous article, you can read it if you are interested.

However, the plot remains largely the same and can be read smoothly.

The foreshadowing is about to end, and we are about to enter the first chapter of this book, please be patient.

Finally, I ask for a recommendation ticket, and I implore everyone to support, the new book is not easy.

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