Mo Li is afraid of cats. It starts when he was "nine years old".

It was very hot that summer, and even in the mountains, there was no wind.

A family in the mountains had an emergency, so Qin Lu went out. Because it was too hot, he felt sorry for his disciple, so he left his disciple at home and did not ask him to go out for a sunny day.

As soon as Mr. Qin left, Mo Li immediately moved the bathtub out, dug a few more buckets of well water and said that the bathtub was filled, then closed the doors and windows, and turned back into fish swimming in the water.

——In such a hot day, it’s so fatal not to let fish play in the water.

The well water is very cool, soaking a certain fish all over.

Because it was so comfortable, and I was sleepy in the summer afternoon, Mo Li fell asleep unknowingly.

There was an old monk living in the Mountain God Temple, who raised two cats. Later, the old monk passed away. The cats were looking for food nearby. Sometimes they would lie on the beams of the temple and slept heavily. When Mo Li went to carry the well water, she did not notice that a cat slipped into her house. She squatted on the beams of the house and watched the "fish" play with concentration.

Seeing that there was no movement in the water for a long time, the cat quietly came down, jumped onto the edge of the wooden barrel, stretched out his claws and went to catch fish.

The fish woke up and was hiding from the cat's claws in a daze.

Wild cats are very skilled in hunting skills. They shoot the fish out of the water in two or three strokes and fall to the ground.

Seeing the cat pounce on him, Mo Li changed directly.

It happened that Mr. Qin also came back. When he entered the door, he saw water all over the ground. The little apprentice sat naked on the ground with a few shallow cat claw marks on his body. The cat was lying on his fat arm like a lotus section and licking it around, meowing in confusion - Where is the fish? Where has such a big fish gone?

Qin Lu was so scared that he drove the cat away immediately. Fortunately, the wound was not serious. After applying the medicine, he found that his little apprentice was soaked in well water to take a bath. He was so angry that he poured a bowl of medicine soup for his disciple and copied a bunch of medical books.

Mo Li didn't understand many things at that time. After copying the book, he secretly peeked at the group of wild cats fishing by the stream.

Several fish were dizzy when they were photographed. Some cats didn't eat them, but they just slapped them and played them until the fish was dying. Then they slowly filled their stomachs. It was so terrible. From then on, the black carp walked around the cat.

Later, Mo Li learned that there were many animals in the mountains who could fish and eat them, such as bears.

Humans also eat fish. In winter, every household has dried salted fish, but those ink carp don’t feel anything. After all, those fish don’t look like themselves.

Big fish in the stream can also eat small fish.

Mo Li has never seen a fish that looks exactly the same as him, so even if Mr. Qin stewed the fish in front of him, he didn't care.

But cats are different, that's what really hurts oneself.

The initial shadow is really unshakable.

Of course, there is another saying about Dr. Mo. He is not afraid of cats, but rather does not like raccoon slaves.

"...You mean, when you touch a cat, you will itch all over and even need to take medicine to heal?" Meng Qi looked up and down at Mo Li, very doubting the authenticity of this sentence.

——Their reactions are so consistent, which proves that they are of the same race. The doctor said they are afraid of itching, but why are they not itching at all?

Doctor Mo didn't move his eyebrows and was very calm because there were indeed people in the world who suffered from such a disease. What happened to him as a reason?

Meng Qi also began to save face for himself: "When I raised that gerbil, I was very worried about its safety. The fences outside the yard were tied tightly and I deliberately walked around the thorns, just because I was worried that a wild cat and weasel would come in to harm me. For a while, I sat in the yard at night, and when I heard a sound, I opened my eyes and drove those guys away..."

Mo Li thought coldly, the protective medicine was a reason, and the true face of the gerbil still needs to be verified!

Having said that, he was as afraid of cats as he was. Doctor Mo suspected that Meng Qi's true form was also a fish. He looked at Meng Qi inquiringly and happened to run into the other person's eyes.

“…”

They turned their heads and continued to think and thought that the other party’s just defense was not worthy of trust.

Mo Li was wondering whether Meng Qi was a fish or a mouse; Meng Qi added the mysterious tribe the mysterious characteristic of "fearing cats" because he had no idea why he was afraid of cats.

The lingering relationship depends on people's wisdom, and Chang'an's handsome things are the most popular.

Many scholars and scholars of the Chu Dynasty loved raccoon slaves, regardless of their high or low status, and often held such a cat in their arms.

Meng Qi thought for a long time but couldn't understand the reason why he didn't want to be approached by a cat.

It's simply a mystery!

***

When passing by Pinan County, Mo Li saw a large number of people entering the city. He guessed that it was General Liu's subordinates, so he did not enter the city and simply went straight to Silang Mountain.

The sixty-mile mountain road is not close, nor is it far away.

Originally, at the speed of the two of them, they could have walked faster, but not far from Pinan County, there were more and more people on the mountain road, and they were all caravans, and they were going to Silang Mountain in the same direction.

Fortunately, Mo Li had a foresight, and when he left, he found Meng Qi a thick outer robe, the kind that covered his head and face.

Otherwise, if you wear single clothes in such weather, you will be noticed wherever you go. Mo Li doesn't like to attract too many people's attention.

However, it is really strange that there are so many people on the road. It is now the twelfth lunar month. Business people should be in a hurry to deal with the goods and prepare to return home for the New Year and will not continue to rush outside. Are these caravans all from Silang Mountain?

But Mo Li asked and found out that this was the case.

Silang Mountain belongs to Qiuling County. There is a powerful Si family in the area. They have produced famous generals for two hundred years and have served the Chen Dynasty before. In the late Chen Dynasty, when the world was in chaos, the Si family built a fort in Silang Mountain and raised 800 strong soldiers. Several nearby counties surrendered to Sijia Fort. The development momentum is very good and it is also a small force.

Sijiabao was lucky. Since Pingzhou was not a place for military strategists, he was not involved in the war. He killed bandits and wiped out some chaotic troops who fled here. Due to the limitation of manpower and material resources, Sijiabao did not do anything great.

Li Yuanze established the country as Chu. If the small forces that dominated the local area did not send severance to surrender, they would be sieged by the Chu army.

Naturally, Sijiabao would not touch the eggs on the stone, so he surrendered voluntarily, disbanded the troops, and finally got the position of Qiuling County Magistrate, which could be considered a transformation and re-entered the officialdom of the new dynasty.

After all, the Si family is a local snake and is very powerful in Silang Mountain. Even if they no longer become county magistrates later, no one dared to offend the Si family in Qiuling County.

When the Chu Dynasty was destroyed, the original Sijiabao secretly gathered up fierce soldiers. Anyway, raising private soldiers was a tacit matter for the aristocratic families, and the Si family became a domineering person in Qiuling County.

This generation of young masters of the Si family are even more talented and have successfully expanded the Si family industry at a young age.

Now half of Qiuling County is the Si family's business, from restaurants to cloth shops, the Si family has made a move.

Most of the caravans in front of me belong to the Si family, while the rest were other merchants in Qiuling County, following behind the Si family to drink some oil and water. The end of the year was coming, and the caravans rushed back from all directions and transported some goods back for sale.

Because they carried a lot of property, these caravans had guards. They were tall and big, with a knife on their backs. They were obviously not people who were warding in the world, but guards raised by the Si family themselves.

The ban on bows and arrows among the people is the standard weapon of the imperial army. However, most of the gentry and powerful people nowadays do not take the imperial court seriously. The county governments have to give some face to local snakes like the Si family, so they lit up the banned bows and arrows outside, and ordinary bandits will retreat when they see it.

In the mouths of these caravans, the prosperity of Qiuling County is all due to the Si family.

The driver who drove the car even made the young master of the Si family so singularly.

The coachman was not from the Si family caravan, and Mo Li couldn't find out anything from the Si family caravan. The guards were very loyal and did not allow strangers to approach the convoy.

The coachman said the Si family, his tone was full of envy.

Mo Li looked at him and probably this man came back from outside and followed the Si family caravan all the way, so he had never heard of the rumor that was prevalent in Pingzhou.

——A gold mine was discovered in Silang Mountain, and local tyrants secretly excavated it. After the incident was exposed, all the slaves who started the mine were killed in order to cover up the facts. Later, the mountains were haunted, and some people said that the ghosts were not dispersed and the evil spirits were in the air, so there was a blizzard falling from the sky.

These were all told by Dr. He from Ma County.

There is no rumor about the surname of the powerful, but in Qiuling County, Silang Mountain, there seems to be only one Si family meeting the conditions.

"My brothers went to Qiuling County to visit relatives. I want to find out how many villages are near the mountain?"

Mo Li patiently talked to the coachman, and when the other party boasted about the Si family, he could nod and echo. Meng Qi was quite surprised. He looked at his appearance and thought Mo Li was the kind of person who was cold and disliked to speak.

Meng Qi thought again, how could a doctor be impatient for talking to a peddler?

"...In this way, the young master of the Si family is indeed a genius of Shangdao. I wonder what kind of deeds does the young master's father have now?"

The coachman was stopped and grabbed his head for a long time, but he couldn't stammer.

The man who was also a small caravan escorted the car and said with a smile: "Having such a strong son is enough to show off for a lifetime! In fact, it is all luck. When we were together, the Si family has today. Think about it, no matter how capable the young master of the Si family is, he must have enough capital! How could the Si family give a lot of money to make a young man mess around? Even if he is the next head of the family, it is impossible!"

“So, that money is—

"It is the spiritual medicine in the mountains! About seven years ago, the Si family discovered many precious medicinal materials in the deep mountains, and they were caught in a hundred years of ginseng. It is said that there is also the formed Polygonum multiflorum, but the Si family made a lot of money!"

When Mo Li heard the word "spiritual medicine", she buzzed in her head and hurried to see Meng Qi's situation.

Meng Qi did not get sick, but his expression was sarcastic.

The coachman there was still arguing with his companions.

"Oh? Why did I hear that the Si family met a dragon in the mountains..."

"How is it possible? Where does the dragon come from in this world?"

The man who was escorting the car sneered, "Even if there is, how could the dragon hide in the mountains? Our Pingzhou is not a good place. Do you want to say that the dragon gave the Si family a lot of medicinal materials? How can the Si family be able to get along with the dragon? Do you want to rebel?"

The coachman said annoyedly: "Why isn't it? Someone else saw it. There was a shadow of a dragon in the sky at that time. It was just late at night, and there were few people."

"Just blow!"

The people in the caravan were still quarreling, Mo Li's expression became increasingly ugly. Meng Qi saw his reaction and quietly approached.

"Doctor, are you looking for that dragon?"

“…”

Mo Li looked at Meng Qi, as if she wanted to ask if Meng Qi was from Silang Mountain. Then she thought. Meng Qi had already arrived in Taijing and should have nothing to do with Silang Mountain.
Chapter completed!