Chapter 18 eighteen

At this moment, Luo Kun was startled by a rush of hoofbeats. When he got up to look, he saw a fast horse galloping towards the southeast, and there seemed to be several horses chasing him in the dusty place behind him.Luo Kun was startled, and hurriedly hid in a bush to peek.The fast horse galloped under a poplar tree and stopped suddenly. Immediately, a man in Tsing Yi looked back at the approaching pursuers in the distance. He seemed to feel that he might not be able to get away today, so he untied his clothes from his back. There was only a wooden box, and he jumped off the horse and hurried to the back of the tree. Seeing no one around, he hurriedly hid the wooden box in a bush, folded some weeds to cover it up, and then looked around. environment, he flew on his horse and galloped away.Moments later, dozens of men in black followed suit.

Seeing that those people had gone far away, Luo Kun got up and walked out of the grass, and said in a strange way: "The man in the front looked flustered, and he didn't know where he hid something? Let's go and have a look." Luo Kun came there Behind a poplar tree, I saw a piece of grass lying down, covering some weeds, so I knew it was here.He stretched out his hand to push away the messy grass, revealing a rectangular wooden box underneath.Out of curiosity, Luo Kun opened the lid of the box, but saw that there were two pieces of thick birch bark in the box, which seemed to be wrapped with something.Luo Kun reached out and took the piece of bark on top, and seeing another layer of emerald green moss inside, he couldn't help but wondered: "What is so troublesome to put away?" Brushing off the layer of moss with his hand, Luo Kun looked again, Shaking his head in disappointment, he said, "What did I think it was? It turned out to be two chervils growing together." Luo Kun had seen similar things in A Guhong's tribe before, and asked Zhang Lu, who saw Luo Kun even He didn't even know ginseng, so he joked that it was a special product of Kanto.In fact, Luo Kun accidentally got the "Male and Male Ginseng King", which shook the entire Kanto region. Mountain ginseng is precious, so it is kept fresh with moss to preserve its shape.

Luo Kun didn't recognize this treasure at this time, thinking it was two so-called chervils growing together.Looking closely, Luo Kun suddenly burst out laughing, seeing that these two chervil trees have grown into human shapes, one looks like an eighty-year-old man, the other looks like a seventeen-year-old girl, their long beards are intertwined with each other, The upper body hugs each other.Luo Kun said with a smile: "No wonder that man threw this thing away. It's very embarrassing to keep these two naked little radish people hugging each other. I don't know how it grew out. The beard of the mountain radish is also It's too long." Luo Kun played with this treasure for a while, thinking: "I wonder if this chervil can be eaten raw?" At this moment, he felt a little thirsty in his mouth, so he bit it down.After chewing it a few times, Luo Kun couldn't help frowning, feeling bitter in his mouth.After chewing carefully, there was a kind of sweetness, shook his head and said: "It's really not as delicious as the green radish in Tian Weng's vegetable garden." He took a few more bites and said to himself: "But I will just let it go. Eat it." Luo Kun didn't distinguish between good and bad, and took this "Gen King Ginseng" as a radish, so he ate it all.After eating the ginseng body, he rolled up the remaining ginseng whiskers in his hands, stuffed them into his mouth, closed his eyes, chewed a few times, frowned and swallowed hard, but it was not wasted at all. .Luo Kun wiped his mouth, looked up and saw that it was getting late, so he put the birch bark, wooden box, moss and other things aside, stood up, and hurried back to the A Guhong tribe.

Luo Kun came back to see Wang Bei and explained what he had done. Wang Huai was very happy to hear that and praised him a few words.Because he didn't take the matter of eating "radish" on the road to heart, Luo Kun didn't mention it to others.At this time, Wang Yunping, Zhang Lu and others were counting the bundled goods, and Huang Kui's master and apprentice were also helping.Seeing that Zhang Lu was packing some chervil into a wooden box, Luo Kun stepped forward and said, "This chervil is not very tasty either, it's very bitter!" As soon as he said this, Wang Yunping, Zhang Lu and other people in the courtyard all stood up. Haha laughed loudly, laughing so Luo Kun didn't know why.At this time, an old man from the Jurchen tribe stepped forward and said with a smile to Luo Kun: "It seems that this little brother has just joined this Tao, so he hasn't seen these good things?" Zhang Lu said aside: "He is a newcomer. Yes, if you don’t ask about business, I don’t understand this business.” “Oh!” The Jurchen old man nodded and said, “So that’s what I said!” Then he said to Luo Kun: “The chervil you mentioned are actually It’s what you Han people call ginseng, which nourishes qi and blood.” “Ginseng?” Luo Kun was startled when he heard it, he had only heard its name but not its shape, and he knew that it was a precious product that only rich people could afford. thing.The Jurchen old man continued: "Yes, this is ginseng." Pointing to the ginseng in Zhang Lu's hand, he said: "This is garden ginseng, that is, home plant ginseng, which is not wild, and it is also very expensive." The old man opened it casually. He picked up a very delicate brocade box, pointed to the ginseng inside and said: "This is the real wild ginseng, also called 'stick'. Our Jurchens regard it as the 'god of the mountain'. This kind of ginseng grows in dense forests in high mountains, facing the sun. Yin, I don’t like windy days, so it’s extremely hard to find.” Luo Kun saw that the person in the brocade box was similar to the 'chervil' he ate, only smaller.The Jurchen old man said again: "Look, this mountain ginseng has dense wrinkles and long beards. Regardless of its size, it has grown for more than a hundred years and is worth several hundred taels of silver. How expensive is it?" Luo Kun was dumbfounded at this moment, and said with regret in his heart: "My dear boy! Isn't that thing we ate on the way a big mountain ginseng! According to this, it can at least be worth a thousand or eight taels Silver." Thinking of this, Luo Kun patted his head and stamped his feet in regret.Everyone laughed when they saw it, thinking that Luo Kun was blaming him for his lack of knowledge.Just as Luo Kun was about to tell everyone that he had eaten a strange-looking ginseng, he suddenly said in his heart: "No, I will regret it even more if I say it, so I don't mind if I don't." Shaking his head, he turned back to the room to rest.

Luo Kun lay on the wooden bed and thought: "It turns out that the man was chased to snatch his ginseng, which seems to be very valuable. It's a pity that I don't know the goods, so I ate it as a carrot. This matter should not be publicized, otherwise Let those who snatch the ginseng know, and it would be strange not to kill them." Thinking of this, Luo Kun felt calm, knowing that if he didn't tell, no one would know who ate the ginseng.Suddenly he changed his mind and said: "I heard that ginseng is a great tonic, and only rich people can afford it. Since it is a tonic, it won't do any harm if I take it, right?" Luo Kun immediately patted his stomach and shook his head , I didn't feel anything unusual, so I felt more at ease.

In the evening, Zhang Lu came in and called out: "Brother Luo Kun, the old patriarch A Guhong invited us to a banquet again, let's go." Luo Kun was overjoyed when he heard that, jumped up from the bed, and followed Zhang Lu to the hall Inside.At this time, the wine and dishes have been set up, nothing more than a large piece of meat, a large bowl of wine and the like.The guys crowded around the table, Zhang Lu also pulled Luo Kun to sit up, and the Jurchen who accompanied the drink tried to persuade him to drink again.Luo Kun could usually eat a few pieces of meat and drink two bowls of wine, but now he was sitting at the table, looking at the table full of wine and meat, but he felt that he was not hungry, he didn't even have the slightest appetite, and he said strangely in his heart: " I didn't eat much outside at noon, and my stomach wasn't too full, how could I feel like I couldn't eat?" Zhang Lu saw Luo Kun sitting there in a daze, not moving his chopsticks, and said, "Brother Luo Kun Why don't you eat such good wine and meat?" Luo Kun shook his head and said, "I'm not hungry, so take it easy, I'll go first." After speaking, he got up and left the table.When Zhang Lu saw him, he thought to himself: "Luo Kun must have eaten so much good food outside that he can't even eat the meat and wine, so I'll enjoy it." He began to eat and drink with his fellows.

When Luo Kun returned to the room, he was puzzled and couldn't understand why.What's even more strange is that Luo Kun didn't sleep all night, and couldn't fall asleep even if he wanted to, but he felt more energetic and excited.When they got up in the morning, the guys saw him and said differently: "Hey! Brother Luo Kun, why are you so energetic today?" Luo Kun was also puzzled when asked.When eating breakfast, Luo Kun felt less hungry in his stomach, and seemed to feel a kind of "saturation" in his body, so he reasoned and went back to the room, wondering: "Could it be that the ginseng can't be supplemented? If this continues , what should I do?" I couldn't help feeling a little worried.

At this time, on the top of a mountain in the southeast direction of the Aguhong tribe, there were more than 30 horsemen standing, all dressed in black and strong. The leader was the Hercules who broke Huang Kui's single sword with an arrow shooter.This man is a well-known bandit leader in the green forests of the Guandong. His surname is Gong and his name is Changjiu. He is known as the "King of Great Bow".Out of the seventy-two famous green forest villages in the Kanto region, there are actually fifty-six villages at his disposal.The thieves under his command were fierce and powerful, and Jurchen's big and small tribes changed their faces when they heard about it. The Jurchens' iron cavalry had also encircled and suppressed them, but all ended in failure.

At this time, a village master named Du Jian pointed at the foot of the mountain and said to Gong Jiujiu: "Chief village master, when the brothers caught up with and captured He Xiong, the treasure was gone. Lei Tianbao The owner of the village broke He Xiong's limbs in a rage. He Xiong couldn't bear the pain, so he called out and hid the treasure on the way to escape. When the brothers found the place He Xiong pointed out by the same way, the treasure was gone. The next empty box and two pieces of tree bark were obviously taken away by someone, and He Xiongdang dared not use the 'swapping trick' to deceive us. Now it seems that the treasure was picked up by the Jurchens of the nearby tribe. Gong stared down the mountain for a long time, and said solemnly: "Send the brothers to investigate secretly first, and if there is any whereabouts, they will be taken back immediately. If the Jurchen hides and refuses to hand over...the tribe will be bloodbathed, and no chickens or dogs will be left behind."