At the end of the Ming Dynasty, in a remote place under the rule of Qingzhou Mansion, there was a Phoenix Mountain. There is no phoenix on Phoenix Mountain, and this mountain looks like a phoenix in the distance, hence the name.
Phoenix Mountain is very large, far away from the state and county, the location is remote, and the surrounding area is sparsely populated and the roads are rugged and difficult, so few people outside know about this place. Because of this, the dense forests and bamboos, birds and beasts, exotic flowers and plants of Phoenix Mountain have been created, and there is always a feeling of being in a fairyland in the forest.
There is a village in this Phoenix Mountain, which is called Phoenix Village.
Although Phoenix Mountain is a treasure mountain, there were regulations from the government at that time. The people can only enter the mountain during the hunting period, and are not allowed to go into the mountain to hunt privately at other times.
Therefore, even if the villagers guard this Phoenix Mountain, their lives are still poor, there is no farmland to cultivate in the mountains, and they dare not go into the mountains alone to hunt, so the villagers have moved out of the mountains and lived in places with land at the bottom of the mountains. Only Li Laohan stayed alone.
This Li Laohan is 70 years old this year, his family was poor when he was young, and he delayed marrying, so he never married, an old bachelor, no worries, no desires, no desires, eat a bite of coarse tea and light rice, although the life is hard, but also at ease.
One evening, after eating, Li Laohan packed up farm tools in the yard. Suddenly, I heard a knock on the door, and I was very surprised, everyone in the village had moved away, who would go up the mountain at this time.
When I opened the courtyard door, I saw two people standing at the door, one old and one young, like father and son. One of the young men carried a large basket with herbs on it. The faces of the two were covered with dust, and their clothes were a little torn, but Li Laohan recognized at a glance that this was not from a nearby town. I saw that the young man's back basket was full of leaves, and it was covered with leaves, and I couldn't see what was inside. He carefully inquired about what the two of them were doing here.
After inquiry, it was learned that the two were indeed father and son, saying that the old mother of the family was sick, and she heard that Phoenix Mountain was rich in herbs, so she came here to collect medicine. The father and son also carried the token issued by the government to enter the mountain, and they must not be ordinary people. The father and son went into the mountain early the day before yesterday, walked in the forest for two days, got lost on the way, accidentally fell into a mountain col, fortunately not injured, the dry food and water were used up, so they had to find a place to repair first, and found that several places were uninhabited, and then found Li Laohan's house.
There are indeed a lot of herbs in this Phoenix Mountain, although Li Laohan had some doubts, he still brought the two of them into the house. made some gruel for them, and after they finished eating, Li Laohan arranged for the father and son to live in a side room.
The next morning, they went up the mountain again, saying that they were still short of picking up a lot of Chinese medicine, and gave Li Laohan some broken silver, and asked him to help make some cakes, and they brought the cakes and water, and went into the mountain again. deliberately explained that it would take several days to come back, and repeatedly told Li Laohan not to go to their room, because many medicinal materials had to be kept in a special way, and it would not be good if they lost their medicinal effects if they moved.
That night, as soon as Li Laohan fell asleep, he had a dream. In the dream, there was a little boy who kept shouting for help to him. I saw that the child was about five or six years old, wearing a red belly pocket, crying at Li Laohan, saying that he was caught by bad people, and there was only one grandfather in the family, and he begged Li Laohan to save him, and he would definitely repay him in the future. Li Laohan asked how to save you, and the child said, just remove the yellow sigil from my body.
For three nights in a row, Li Laohan had the same dream, and the little boy cried in Li Laohan's dream every night, praying that Li Laohan could save him.
Li Laohan felt very strange, and thought that the father and son were mysterious, they should not be good people, and they didn't do something unseemly. As soon as it was dark that night, he secretly went to the side room where the two lived to check.
I saw their big basket in the middle of the room, and Li Laohan took off the top layer of herbs only to find that the basket was full of ginseng. There was also a red wooden box in the middle of the basket, Li Laohan opened the box and saw that there was a large ginseng inside, weighing three or four hundred grams, and it looked like it had been hundreds of years. It's really the same as in the dream, the ginseng has a red string on it, and a yellow rune paper is pasted on it. He thought about the dream at night, could it be that this ginseng had become a sperm, no matter what, he tore off the yellow rune paper according to the child in the dream.
After doing this, Li Laohan quickly left. He thought that the father and son must have heard the legend of the thousand-year-old ginseng king in this forest, and came to the forest to hunt for treasure. Regardless of whether the legend is true or not, this father and son are really insatiable, if they are really sick and need it, just dig one or two, these two people have dug so much at once, and they are not good people.
That night, Li Laohan went to bed early and didn't dream all night. As soon as it was dawn the next morning, he went to the side room to check, and sure enough, the ginseng in the box was missing. For the next two days, Li Laohan didn't dream.
It wasn't until five days later that the father and son returned. When he saw that the ginseng was gone, he was furious and shouted that he wanted to report to the official. Li Laohan was also fearless, and said, "I am the forest keeper of this forest, let's go to report to the official together, I have seen your token, it is fake at first glance, you said that someone in the family is sick, I have compassion, who would have thought that you are so insatiable, digging up so many precious medicinal materials, I will report to the official, and then see how the government judges."
The father and son saw that Li Laohan's attitude was very tough, and they might also feel that their behavior could not see the light, so they immediately packed up their things and walked away with the basket of herbs on their backs.
Who knows, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and it didn't take long for a plague to break out in the town. One person was infected, the whole family died, and there were corpses everywhere for a while, no one was spared, and that tragic scene was simply purgatory on earth. Although Li Laohan lived alone in the mountains, he was unfortunately infected with the plague for the sake of sending herbs down the mountain for the sake of a villager. Even so, he felt that death would have to die in his own home, so he returned home with difficulty and lay in bed waiting for death.
Just when Li Laohan was waiting for death in a daze, the door of his house was suddenly opened. He vaguely saw an old man with a white beard and a little boy of five or six years old. Li Laohan thought that this was a little ghost to lock the soul, but his consciousness was a little sober, so he sat up with difficulty. Seeing the appearance of the white-bearded old man, he took out an elixir from his sleeve, and without speaking, he quickly opened Li Laohan's mouth and sent it in. After a while, Li Laohan felt that he was relaxed and completely awake, he was not dead, and his illness was all cured.
When he was surprised, the white-bearded old man spoke, "This is the elixir that I personally refined, it has a miraculous effect on the plague, ensuring that you can cure the disease and prolong your life." Li Laohan felt that he had met a fairy, and hurriedly got out of bed and knelt down to thank the white-bearded old man for saving his life.
I saw the white-bearded old man say, "You don't need to thank me, we are here today to repay the kindness, it was you who saved my grandson's life."
Li Laohan said, "I don't know you, and I haven't saved this child."
When the white-bearded old man heard this, he burst out laughing.
At this time, the little boy walked up to Li Laohan and said: "Grandpa, I am the little ginseng you saved, my grandfather is the thousand-year-old ginseng king in the mountains, I was caught by those two bad guys last time I was killed, it was you who saved my life, today grandpa specially brought me over to repay your life-saving grace." The pill you just took is the elixir refined by my grandfather, which not only ensures that you will not be affected by all diseases, but also increases the life of your elderly by 30 years, and you can live to 100 years without illness and disaster."
Since then, Li Laohan has really been as light as a swallow, and he feels dozens of years younger all of a sudden. What's more, Li Laohan never starved again, the rice tank was often full before it bottomed out, and he often picked up pheasants and hares that were bitten to death in the yard. He knew that it was the ginseng doll that had sent him it.
That Li Laohan lived to be 100 years old in good health.