In mid-March, Dahei Mountain has beautiful scenery. In the small village at the foot of the mountain, branches emerge from the corners of the stone walls in the village, blooming with brilliant golden flowers.

The rhododendrons bloomed on the sunny hillside near the village, causing groups of bees. The wet monsoon crossed the ridge and the valley. The rhododendron on the hillside of Daheishan had just bloomed with buds, and the withered branches here trembled in the strong wind coming from the north.

Outside the mountain and inside the mountain look like two worlds. Daheishan is the first mountain in southern Liaoning. The main peak is as high as 6,631 meters above sea level and an area of ​​about 230,000 square kilometers.

In order to draw military maps, the ruins of Beisha City left over from the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Taoist temple that has been preserved to this day were discovered here. Because it is only 150 meters away from the top of the mountain, it has not fallen for thousands of years, avoiding wars and chaos.

There is also the ruins of Shigu Temple built by Li Shimin during the Eastern Expedition of Goguryeo. In order to meet the needs of the people, Xu Hao recently allocated funds to repair and renovate them.

On the northwest foot of Dahei Mountain, there is also a Xiangshui Temple built in the Tang Dynasty. The three-bedroom 10-meter-high hard mountain style comes from the Xia Palace, with blue bricks and gray tiles, carved beams and painted buildings. The hall enshrines the gods such as Houtu, Nuwa, Guanyin and other gods.

There is a pond and five ancient trees that are thick with each other. The clear water is green and the yard is cool. There is a natural cave that is 40 meters deep on the right side of the main hall, called Yaoqin Cave. There is a clear spring flowing out of the cave, making a gurgling sound. The spring water flows down from south to north from the dragon's mouth embedded outside the temple, storms to the mouth of the Bichan who is crouching in the pond, making a rustling sound and flying across the valley, hence the name "Xiangshui Temple".

The discovery of the ancient monuments made Xu Hao feel sincere respect for the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He also strengthened his awareness of whether to do anything to eliminate all obstacles.

In the valley, Xu Hao walked in the mountains in the dress of a herb collector and the first entry-level peak, followed by his apprentice Xu Ji, and the mountains made him feel the cold weather again.

Gao Feng often boasted that he had been under the female doctor for three years. When he saw Xu Ji and Xu Hao breaking the dry branches of the azalea down and looking carefully, he said, if he wanted to see the flowers blooming in the mountainous areas, he would have to wait until about late in the month at the earliest. Then he seemed to treat the mountain as an enemy and spit hard.

Xu Hao regarded himself as an apprentice and looked very serious. It was the first time Xu Ji came to collect herbs. He wore a cotton coat that his newlywed wife had folded and ironed, and a mesh bag woven with ivy on his back, and a hoe like a hook in his hand.

The peak of herb collection experience with two years was dazzling. The patches on the clothes were colorful and very worn. There were dozens of patches alone, and some places were covered with leather patches. The medicine hoe in his hand was half a foot longer than Xu Ji's. There were two hoes of different lengths hanging on his waist. Two bamboo tubes of different sizes hung on his waist on the left and right sides.

The small bamboo tube is used to store mountain centipedes. Judging from his sometimes behind and drinking alone, the big bamboo tube contains wine.

Xu Hao admires the rules set by Xiangyu very much. Male disciples have to go through a difficult herb collection career, a process of learning medicine for four or five years, or even more than ten years. To hone their will and increase their rich medical experience, female disciples also have various exercises. Whenever a plague occurs in various places, a large number of male and female disciples will immediately rush to rescue them from all over the country.

The survival and growth of non-governmental organizations are easily suspicious of the government, so the female doctors' headquarters are set up in Liaodong.

The three of them all had short guns on their bodies, used to fight wild beasts in the mountains, or to deal with some alien robbers from afar, but this situation was very rare. After continuous encirclement and suppression, the entire Liaodong was already very safe.

The people of all ethnic groups in the mountains are very simple and have watched over each other for thousands of years. As long as they are nearby people, they can request assistance at any time.

There were more than a dozen people going up the mountain this time. Not everyone was equipped with expensive muskets, most of which were old short bows and long spears. They used the gun handles to hit tree stumps or rocks from time to time to tell their scattered companions where they were.

Along the way, Xu Hao listened to Gao Feng's explanation with interest. Platycodon is the most common medicinal material, which can eliminate phlegm and be taken for patients with lung disease. The collection time is from late autumn to spring of the year. After digging it out, it is cleaned and dried. The sun drying method is divided into sun and sun dry.

Knotweed is particularly effective for children's bedwetting and women's irregular menstruation. Wooden barrels are only effective in late winter and early spring, and can be used to treat eye diseases. Heather, commonly known as Wanbia Grass, can harvest leaves throughout the year and is one of the easiest medicinal herbs.

At this time, Gao Feng came over and blinked, and smiled, "A scoop of heather leaves and half a scoop of water and boiled into five small bowls with warm heat. Mixed in two bowls of honey and then boiled into three small bowls. Feed it to the woman for three consecutive nights. Starting from the fourth night, the woman will pester her to do sexual intercourse, which is a magic medicine for lust." Gao Feng giggled as he said.

They didn't know Xu Hao's true identity, and just thought he was the latest disciple. Because of Xu Hao's little face, it seemed that the senior sisters in the sect looked at him differently, which made Gao Feng and other senior disciples very uncomfortable.

Therefore, the posture of Gao Feng’s seniors, roughly telling the appearance, color and collection method of the medicinal materials, is too simple.

Both of them are newbies. They open their eyes wide and search around, but they can't find any medicinal materials. They have to follow Gao Feng's figure closely, worried that they will get lost and get lost.

Xu Ji was very serious. Whenever he found herbs, he would dig the soil meticulously and kneel on the ground and covered in mud. Xu Hao couldn't help but feel a little distracted, staring at the green mountains in the distance from time to time, thinking about other things.

After a long time, Xu Hao found that he could not find the herbs. Gao Feng was sitting on the hillside drinking, ran over and took out a sample of each medicinal material from the net, and handed it to Xu Jihao for reference.

Gao Feng looked at him calmly, and a hint of ridicule flashed in his eyes, which made Xu Ji secretly make up his mind that even if he gets lost in the mountains, he must pick more than half of the herbs of Gao Feng.

As the sun was about to set, there were only pitiful herbs in his pocket, and Xu Hao was even more pitiful, just four or five platycodons.

Xu Ji was a little discouraged. When Xu Hao came over, he took out the rice balls in his bag and handed them over. It was given by his senior sister who was in charge of the patient's diet in the ward. It was already cold now.

Xu Hao was worried about triggering a forest fire. He gave up the idea of ​​making a fire, and took a bite and poured the mountain spring into his stomach.

Suddenly, the sound of a stick hitting the rock came from above. Xu Hao pointed the short spear in his hand quickly, while Xu Ji raised his head. It turned out to be Gao Feng, standing on the top of the two of them, holding the hunting rifle inverted, and said with a smile: "Show me your herbs."

Xu Ji said, "Nothing."

Gao Feng asked, "Is there nothing?"

Seeing this, Xu Hao raised his pocket and said, "I have picked nothing, Senior Brother Xu only has a few platycodons."

It was dark and I couldn't see clearly. Gao Feng said disdainfully: "Don't throw all these things away."

"Why?"

"Can the master take these back?" Gao Feng shook his head, "Don't think that the medicine master will accept it. Before entering the medicine warehouse, you must first pass the identification of the senior brother before you can hand it over to the master. The master has always been ruthless. As long as it is not the medicinal materials he needs, it will throw away all of them. It doesn't care about the hard work of those of us who are desperately looking for medicinal materials. The senior brother will not give it to the master at all, and will only be scolded for nothing."

With a blink of an eye, he jumped off a rock that was one foot high. This was the skill he had learned from climbing the mountain. Gao Feng smiled proudly. "The senior brothers are all waiting for us in the wine shop. Although they come out to collect herbs, they have to go together when they go back."

As the sun came off the mountain, Xu Hao obviously felt the cold. The reason why he chose to be a disciple was to leave the life of luxury and food. He did not expect that the temperature in the mountains dropped sharply, which was far beyond his imagination. At this time, a group of deer in the distance climbed up the hillside slowly and crossed the ridge with lush weeds.

Suddenly, Gao Feng grabbed two handfuls of herbs from his medicine pocket and put them in Xu Ji's net pocket, and gave Xu Hao two more handfuls.

Xu Ji bowed deeply and said, "Thank you for your kindness, it won't cause trouble for you, right?"

"It's okay." Gao Feng smiled.

When the three of them met with the senior brothers who had returned home with a lot of return, they arrived at Master Liu Tai's house in the female doctor's house with a chat and laugh. It was already dusk, and the smoke from cooking on the roofs of every household in the village was spreading like thick fog.

Doctors are naturally one of the highly respected professions in Liaodong. Every township has opened hospitals. Although only one or two doctors are in the clinic, they can play an immeasurable role in uniting the people's hearts.

Almost all apprentices from Xu Hao are locals. Their parents are either hunters or military households. Everyone is eager to learn medical skills to be a doctor, and their status is equivalent to a scholar.

The Liu family called it the mansion in the village. Xu Hao and Xu Ji stood in the yard with their pockets in their arms. Everyone took their first day's gains as a topic. Even the disciples inside came out to watch the medicinal collection net bag, including four or five senior sisters. They first looked at each other and then laughed.

It seemed like a mocking laugh? Xu Hao muttered in his heart, and Xu Jize patiently endured the teasing of his senior brothers, waiting for his senior brother Liu Guodao who was having supper.

Suddenly, two lanterns came over. It was Liu Guodao and his master's wife Wu who came out with their maids and first illuminated the herbs collected from their senior brothers and passed them smoothly.

For the first time, Xu Hao saw his master's wife, a middle-aged woman with a kind face, wearing a silk-faced cotton jacket and a green long gown. Liu Guodao is the eldest son of Wu. He is just twenty years old this year. He has followed his father to study medicine since he was three years old. He has a unique level of qualifications and medical skills. He heard that he will go to Beijing to take the exam in the Imperial Hospital next year.

After the herbs for the inspection peak were also passed, Wu said, "Thank you for your hard work." Xu Ji hurriedly opened his pocket. Liu Guodao took out the things inside and asked, "Who picked up these?"

Xu Ji replied confidently: "It was picked by his disciples."

Liu Guodao looked at the herbs in Xu Hao's pocket again. Xu Hao said with a tough forehead: "I picked it."

Unexpectedly, Liu Guodao took out all the herbs and threw them on the ground, and scolded him, "You two fools, these are just looking like herbs."

The people watching burst into laughter, and Gao Feng laughed the loudest. Xu Ji suddenly realized and stared at the other party fiercely.

Xu Hao's expression did not change at all. It was normal to tease the newcomer. As the saying goes, no one can gain wisdom without doing anything.

The senior brothers covered their stomachs and laughed wildly, and someone laughed and said, "I thought you had a lot of eyesight, but it turned out that they were blinded by a couple."

Xu Hao was still very calm. These difficulties were not lethal to him, but Xu Ji couldn't stand it. His face suddenly turned red. He clenched his fists angrily at Gao Feng, looking like he was about to explode at any time.

At this moment, everyone suddenly stopped laughing and saw Master Liu Tai standing quietly at the door.

Facing Liu Tai who suddenly appeared, Gao Feng said first: "Disciple reported that the two new disciples did not listen to me at all, they only knew to wave hoes on the mountain."

"You don't need to explain. I know if you are making fun of your junior brother's tricks." Liu Tai leaned over and picked up the platycodon scattered on the ground, looked at it in surprise, and handed it to his son Liu Guodao. "It would be fine if you can't find it. As long as you find the herb, you must try your best to dig even if there is only one."

Xu Hao showed a smile on his lips, while the other disciples were very surprised. It was obviously not the style of the master.

Liu Guodao raised an objection: "The medicine collected is too small and is not worthy of being used as a material for dispensing."

"The first time I went up the mountain, I naturally couldn't guarantee that I could find a good herb for prescription. What I want to say is that even if I found a platycodon, I should dig it out carefully like I saw ginseng, so that the small roots as thin as silk threads would not be injured." After Liu Tai said that, he turned his gaze to Xu Ji, "Yes, this is not something that anyone can do."

It was Xu Hao's turn to be surprised. He thought that perhaps Master Liu Tai knew his identity and deliberately flattered him. But because of this, it was not easy to become a craftsman, but he took it for granted and took everyone to the officialdom.

Xu Ji lowered his head embarrassedly, and Liu Tai smiled and said, "If you can persist in your persistence in herbs, I promise you will have a future."

Xu Ji and Xu Hao both felt a little warmth. From Master Liu Tai's eyes and tone, he had awe of a small platycodon and felt the integrity and strong impact of the medical discipline.

Liu Tai walked a few steps, turned around, and whispered to his son: "Let this child be in charge of the medicine warehouse."

All the disciples opened their eyes wide again, unbelievable. Even Xu Ji himself was a little suspicious of his ears. The master actually asked the beginners to be responsible for the medicine bank!

The senior brothers all blushed, and Liu Guodao shouted: "He doesn't even know the name of the herbs. He is the new teacher who has just gone up the mountain for the first time today."

Liu Tai said with his hands behind his back: "No matter how long the stone is placed, it will not turn into jade. What's the use of getting started for a long time? As long as you are not a fool, you will be familiar with the herb name after a few days of studying it."

The second senior brother Li Tie asked anxiously: "I have been helping my senior brother in charge of the medicine warehouse. Can I be transferred to the ward to do things now?" As he said, he looked pitiful and bitter, "I have been under the master's knees for four years and have been working hard. In order to get the spring water used to decoct medicine for patients, no matter the wind or snow, I always walk the mountain road twenty miles with my water bag on my back early in the morning, and my feet are blistered.
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