Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

The misty rain was hazy, and the distant mountain peaks were covered with layers of veils, becoming chaotic.

Gu Mingdong recognized it at a glance, this is the place where he lived for several years, the place where he got a new life, this is Shanghe Village.

No one is more familiar with the mountains around Shanghe Village than he.

Gu Mingdong didn't understand why he was here. Before dawn, didn't he go back to the small room in the guest house and lie on the hard wooden bed?

Before he could think about it, all his thoughts were attracted by this mountain again.

Gu Mingdong felt that he had turned into a bird, soaring above the mountain, looking down at all this.

When the ability is triggered, Gu Mingdong will feel that he has merged into this forest. It can be a tree, a flower, or a vine. The forest is the place he is most familiar with.

But now, he broke away from the familiar state of mind and looked down at the picture scroll.

A strange and intoxicating feeling.

It turned out that looking down on Shanghe Village from a high place was such a beautiful scene that Gu Mingdong couldn't help but look into the depths of the mountain, which was a place he hadn't touched.

Suddenly, a blue lake came into his eyes.

Gu Mingdong subconsciously wanted to take a closer look, but was suddenly sucked in by a force.

The azure lake surface was like a dazzling blue gemstone. Gu Mingdong struggled weakly, but was pushed into the lake surface in an instant, and the cold lake water soaked his heart.

The survival instinct made Gu Mingdong want to escape from the lake, but soon, he found that he could breathe freely under the lake.

Looking down from above, the surface of this sapphire lake is so clear that he can enter the lake, but the surrounding lake water is as sticky as jelly, trapping him in it and unable to move.

Gu Mingdong looked around and was surprised to find that there was no moss at the bottom of this weird lake except stones.

There are no fish and shrimp, no aquatic plants, no trace of any living things.

This is a dead lake!

There was a sudden change. From the bottom of the lake, which was originally extremely clear, a black mist spread upwards, and rushed towards Gu Mingdong. He was startled and turned around trying to escape.

But the dense fog did not let him go, the sharp whistling shook Gu Mingdong's brain, and he lost the ability to think for a moment.

The thick black fog seized the opportunity and drilled into his body one by one.

The icy blue lake water, like jelly, is filled with strands of black silk threads, and there are more and more silk threads, just like the pure and flawless sapphire, suddenly producing disgusting impurities.

The battle between heaven and man, the mental pain surpassed the body, Gu Mingdong has fallen into a semi-consciousness.

In a daze, he saw a group of people appearing on the lake. They were wearing clothes from the Republic of China period, and they seemed to be arguing about something.

Across the lake, the voice from above became indistinct.

"Shouzhu..."

"Buddha bones are of great importance..."

"...can't borrow..."

"Absolutely not...group training..."

"The righteousness of the nation... Is it the rules or the life..."

The leading man was over fifty years old with an old face, but the young man standing in front of him was full of vigor and vigor. Their eyebrows and eyes were very similar, so they should be father and son.

The quarrels were fruitless, and I don't know how long it took, the young man disappeared, and only the old man remained.

"Yuan and my son..."

This time, the old man's face was full of remorse and guilt, but more determined.

The solemn and ancient rhyme recited from the old man's mouth, the originally calm lake finally had waves, and the waves intensified, and the calm small lake in the valley had a turbulent sea like a tsunami.

Poor Gu Mingdong was engulfed in it, and while he had to deal with the pervasive black mist, he felt like a sardine packed in a can, and then put on a 360-degree rotating roller coaster.

Finally, after playing the roller coaster for thousands of miles, the lake finally calmed down.

The old man on the shore used to have black hair, but now his beard and hair are completely white, and he is holding dozens of Buddha bones in his hands. At this time, the Buddha bones do not have a silver-gray shell, and they are shining in the sun.

"...I don't know if it's right or wrong..."

After a long time, the old man sighed and walked away from the bottom of the lake.

Gu Mingdong desperately wanted to follow up to have a look, but he was entangled by the black mist and couldn't get away.

He was furious for a moment, and an extremely powerful force surged out of his body. The originally arrogant black mist met the nemesis, but it was too late to escape.

The familiar ability made Gu Mingdong feel an incomparable sense of security, but when he surfaced again, the surrounding mountains and forests were quiet, and the old man had long since disappeared.

Gu Mingdong soared into the sky again, looking down at the lake.

Before this, he had never discovered that there was such a special existence in the back mountain of Shanghe Village.

Is he going to miss the opportunity to peek at the truth again?

Just when Gu Mingdong was disappointed, the forest suddenly became lively. The old man was covered in blood and dying, but there was only a child less than seven years old beside him.

The seriously injured old man could no longer move forward, he pushed the child away: "Go!"

"Grandpa..." the boy cried.

"Go! Go as far as possible, and never come back."

The old man roared angrily, and the child seemed to be frightened. He took two steps back, kowtowed twice, and disappeared into the woods.

Not long after the boy fled, the pursuers appeared. The leading man looked gloomy and signaled his subordinates to continue the pursuit.

He walked up to the old man and put one knee on the ground. This seemingly submissive posture made him feel a bit oppressive: "Old Bai, this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, why don't you agree."

"Pooh!"

The old man spat bloody saliva on his face: "It's hateful that I don't have a firm mind. I mistakenly believed in evil sons, so I handed over the Buddha bones to you and other ambitious people."

The man wiped off his saliva, stood up, and looked at the dying man with a sneer: "Since Bai Lao refuses to cooperate, I have no choice but to send you downstairs to reunite with brother Yuanhe."

In one sentence, Bai Lao's face changed drastically, and he actually vomited a mouthful of blood.

Bai Lao knew that he was doomed, so he stared fiercely at the man in front of him: "You despicable villain, the Buddha's bone is a living thing, if you try to change your life against the sky for personal gain, you will surely burn yourself in the fire and die without a whole body. "

After cursing, before the man could react, Bai Lao's body tilted.

"Marshal Gu, he's dead." The person behind him said after checking.

Gu Dashuai's face was gloomy: "Go, catch that brat for me."

Gu Mingdong, who was watching all this, was furious, but there was nothing he could do. His soul existed in a different time and space from these people, and it would not have the slightest influence.

The only thing that made him fortunate was that the boy who escaped was extremely fast and was very familiar with the mountains and forests, so he was not caught up by these people.

Marshal Gu and the others couldn't stay for long. As time passed, the surrounding soldiers showed a bit of fear on their faces: "Marshal, it's getting dark, we can't stay here."

"That kid from the Bai family is only six years old, I'm afraid he was eaten by wolves long ago."

"Yes, Commander, why don't we hurry up, this place is very evil."

Gu Dashuai said angrily: "What do you know, if there is no Bai family, then..."

He swallowed the last half of the sentence, seeing the thick fog gradually covering the forest, Marshal Gu didn't dare to take any risks, and quickly led the people to evacuate.

Gu Mingdong followed all the way, but found that they had reached the foot of the mountain and entered a big house in Xiahe Village.

【Du House】

A man bent over and waited at the door, the way he nodded and bowed when he saw Marshal Gu was very obsequious.

Marshal Gu obviously didn't take him seriously: "Where's the stuff?"

"It's all here." The Du family said quickly.

Following their line of sight, Gu Mingdong saw the huge bronze tripod, and there was a small incense burner beside the bronze tripod.

"This is it?"

The Du family lowered their heads and explained: "The young one has seen the Patriarch use this object to pray for God."

Gu Dashuai didn't talk nonsense: "Take it away."

A group of people came and went in a hurry, without showing any color to the Du family.

When they left, the Du family shouted unconvinced: "Father, he was just born with mud legs, and he dared to yell at our family just because he had a gun in his hand."

"Hush, shut up." Patriarch Du quickly closed the door.

Seeing his son's unconvinced attitude, Patriarch Du sneered and said, "They want to seek death themselves, why should we stop them."

"Father, what do you mean by that?"

Patriarch Du sneered, "What do you think the Pearl Keeper is guarding?"

"The people surnamed Gu are short-sighted, thinking that they can get benefits by relying on a few Buddha bones and those two gadgets, but they don't know that this will kill them sooner or later."

"Father, what we hid..."

"That thing can't move for the time being."

Patriarch Du pondered: "Gu's surname is extremely suspicious. Apart from you and me, even your wife and son can't know about this matter."

"Wait, as long as the Gu family is majestic and the Xie Jiawei family is withered everywhere, we will be truly safe."

"At that time, the treasures that the old Patriarch Wei Yuan and the young master privately hid will become ours, and our Du family doesn't have to stay in this ghostly place for generations."

The intrigues of the Du family and the insidiousness of the Gu family all made Gu Mingdong furious.

But he couldn't do anything except get angry.

Time has changed, and the land of China is in chaos, and even the peaceful small mountain villages have experienced natural and man-made disasters again and again.

People are not as good as the world, and the Du family's shrewd calculations are no match for accidents. The father and son guarded the secret closely and buried it underground with their violent deaths. This may be their retribution for betraying the Bai family.

As for the Du family who survived, they had only a half-knowledge of everything in the past, and gradually couldn't hide what they had in their hands.

Gu Mingdong wanted to leave this place very much, and followed Dashuai Gu to see what else he was doing, but found that he could not leave this place no matter what.

Time flies, when the war stopped for a while, groups of refugees took root in Shanghe Village, and one family chose the place closest to the mountain.

With just one glance, Gu Mingdong recognized that that person must be related by blood to the old Gu family.

He looked at all this in surprise. In the dead of night, the man hugged his wife and said with a smile: "How can there be such a fool in this world who gives us money and food just to make us come here?" settle down."

"Do you think there is something going on here?"

"What's the matter? Anyway, we used the money and ate the food. Could it be possible that he can make us spit it out?"

"I always think that Mr. Gu is weird."

"What's strange, maybe he just saw that we have the same surname, we were a family 500 years ago, so he showed kindness."

"You don't know, I heard from their family members that the Gu family is weird. Every generation has tried their best to have children, and the children born in the end either died young or were fools. Few of them could support them."

"That's why they want to save people and accumulate good fortune."

"That's right."

Gu Mingdong looked at the young couple cuddling together, and was shocked in his heart.

He had just confirmed that the two Gu families were not of the same line, but he heard another secret here. The old Gu family was sent to Shanghe Village by Marshal Gu.

Borrow?

Two words flashed in Gu Mingdong's mind.

Gu Mingdong wanted to continue watching, but suddenly felt his head heavy. The sudden surge of fatigue made him slowly close his eyes, and the surrounding sounds and scenery became in a trance.

"A Dong? A Dong, wake up quickly." The voice in my ear became clear.

Gu Mingdong only felt that his eyelids were heavy, and it took a lot of effort to open them: "I..."

He hasn't spoken yet, his voice is hoarse.

Seeing him wake up, Secretary Ma breathed a sigh of relief: "You've woken up, you've been in a coma for two days."

He hurriedly brought water for him to drink, and after taking a few sips, Gu Mingdong felt a lot of relief in his throat: "What's wrong with me?"

"I have a high fever, and the doctor said that you are not acclimatized, and you sent it out together." Secretary Ma explained.

"If you don't wake up again, I have to find a way to get some mud from our Xiyuan Town to pour you down."

For the earth recipes on their side, if the water and soil are not acclimatized, just pour some water with mud from the hometown, and it will definitely improve.

Gu Mingdong was glad he woke up, he didn't want to drink muddy water.

After drinking some water for a while, Gu Mingdong felt much better.

He remembered that when he was in Shanghe Village, the power fought against the small bronze tripod, and he also had a fever the next day. At that time, he thought it was because of the cold in the water, but he didn't expect the root node to be here.

I had a fever both times. It seemed that the supernatural power battle with the bronze tripod looked easy, but it was actually very strenuous.

Gu Mingdong sensed it, and sure enough, the ability benefited again.

This is different from the benefits given by the relics. The relics are like the right fertilizer, allowing the supernatural powers to quickly take root and sprout, while the black mist's fight is like a hammer, tempering the puffy supernatural powers for a while. Fan.

Confirming that the ability is ignored, Gu Mingdong said gratefully: "Secretary Ma, thank you for taking care of me these two days, I'm fine now."

Secretary Ma was still a little worried: "Why don't you stay for another two days and see what happens if it happens again?"

After finishing speaking, he lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry about the medical expenses. The Academy of Agricultural Sciences will pay for us. This is considered a work-related injury for you."

Gu Mingdong glanced at the bottle that was still infused with fluid, but did not insist on leaving the hospital now.

Naturally, Secretary Ma couldn't stay in the hospital to take care of him all the time. Seeing that Gu Mingdong was in good spirits, he felt relieved.

In the evening, Professor Hong came over with his things.

As soon as he entered the door, he said: "You kid, you scared us this time."

Gu Mingdong smiled: "I was careless."

Professor Hong sneaked a glance to the side, making sure that no one was looking at them, and then asked in a low voice, "Is it because you saved the teacher, that's why you were injured?"

Gu Mingdong didn't expect him to think so, and quickly explained: "It has nothing to do with this matter, it's my own poor health."

When Professor Hong heard it, he became more certain: "I said that the teacher's sudden recovery must be related to you, and you still don't admit it."

"Hey, don't look at me dealing with scientific data all day long. In fact, I also know a little about your business. I know that you have to pay a price for everything you do."

Gu Mingdong hurriedly said: "Professor Hong, it's really not..."

"Stop talking, I understand." Professor Hong strained his ears, "Keep this matter low-key, I understand."

Gu Mingdong couldn't help supporting his forehead, and really wanted to ask what you know, old man, is it so appropriate for you to deal with science every day?

Professor Hong felt that it was very suitable: "Hey, you have a high fever for two days for nothing. If you are not in good health, I am afraid you will not be able to survive."

Professor Hong felt guilty sincerely, and pushed everything to what happened that day.

Gu Mingdong couldn't argue with his words, no matter what he said, Professor Hong believed that there was a connection between the two.

"You take these. If you don't take them, I will never feel at ease in my life." Professor Hong said, and gave him a small purse.

As soon as Gu Mingdong pinched it, he knew it must be money and tickets: "Professor Hong, there is really no need to do this."

"I want it." Professor Hong forced it into his hand, as if if you don't accept it, then I will definitely not leave.

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows, but he didn't refuse.

After all, he took a trip to the old house of the Gu family and destroyed the bronze tripod, which was considered to have saved Gu Yuanhe in a disguised form. From the day the bronze tripod was destroyed, both Gu Yuanhe and Xie Nanshan had escaped from their fate. control.

At the end, Professor Hong said again: "Ah Dong, I originally wanted to take you to see the teacher and ask him to teach you more, but who knew that the teacher was discharged from the hospital suddenly, and took his wife to the experimental site in the south, saying that he would not be here for the time being." came back."

Professor Hong felt very strange in his heart. After all, it was almost the Chinese New Year. Even though the weather in the south was hot, it was not in such a hurry.

But the teacher insisted on leaving, and couldn't wait for a day, and Professor Hong had no other choice.

Gu Mingdong blinked: "Mr. Gu has gone to Haicheng?"

"Yeah, whatever you say, go now. He's more interested in fruit trees than rice. Maybe we'll be able to eat southern fruits in two years."

After hearing this, Gu Mingdong knew that Gu Yuanhe's actions were to completely distance himself from the Qian family in Beijing.

Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that the two of the Qian family had died in the cellar and would never appear again.

The two talked for a while, and Professor Hong told him to take a good rest, and said that he could return when he was done, and then he left.

As soon as he left, Xie Nanshan came in with his back.

"The professor talked a lot just now, and he chatted for more than an hour, and my waist was sore from waiting outside the door."

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows: "Why are you here?"

Xie Nanshan sat on the head of the bed with a smile, picked up an orange brought by Professor Hong and peeled it off: "You are half sick, I don't want to come and see you."

"You said that you stayed well in Shanghe Village, but when you came to Beijing, you fell ill and fell asleep with a fever. If something happens to you, then I have a bad conscience."

As soon as Gu Mingdong heard it, he knew that Xie Nanshan had also misunderstood.

He probably thought that he came to Beijing and received some unknown curse, which is why he fell into a coma with a fever.

Sure enough, Xie Nanshan sighed: "I think we should go back, maybe we are destined for this. Shanghe Village is also quite good, with beautiful mountains and rivers and simple people."

Gu Mingdong glanced at him: "Shanghe Village is very good, you don't need to say it."

Xie Nanshan broke open half an orange and handed it to him: "Eat an orange to nourish your body."

Gu Mingdong took a sip, his teeth were so sour, he swallowed it with difficulty, and saw a gentleman in Xie Nanshan, eating the orange by himself and peeling the white silk carefully.

"It's not sour to eat like this." Xie Nanshan said.

Gu Mingdong simply handed him the rest: "Then you eat it all."

"Then I won't be polite." Xie Nanshan said cheerfully.

When he was eating happily, Gu Mingdong suddenly said: "From today on, you don't have to worry about being unconscious and dying at any time."

Xie Nanshan's orange almost got stuck in his throat, and he coughed for a long time before asking, "You, what do you mean by that?"

"Literally." Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows.

Xie Nanshan couldn't calm down: "Is that what I understand?"

"Gu Mingdong, are you kidding me?"

Gu Mingdong laughed: "Do you think I am a person who likes to joke?"

Xie Nanshan looked at him suspiciously, as if he wanted to find out the answer from his face, but Gu Mingdong never showed any expression.

But soon, Xie Nanshan became happy: "What the hell did you do, why did you suddenly do it?"

Gu Mingdong pointed to the apple next to him, Xie Nanshan hurriedly washed one, and even peeled it graciously for him to eat.

He took it and took a bite. The apples were very sweet, much better than the sour oranges just now. Gu Mingdong felt that he could buy more before going back. The family members, big and small, would definitely like them.

"Hey, are you going to say it or not?" Seeing the end of his slow eating of the apple, Xie Nanshan wished he could stick it and swallow it in one gulp.

After eating an apple, Gu Mingdong said with a smile: "If I'm not wrong, from now on, you can go wherever you want, and you don't have to worry about it anymore."

"The curse of the Buddha bone disappeared?" Xie Nanshan said in disbelief.

Gu Mingdong nodded.

For a moment, Xie Nanshan was in a daze. He had been carrying this bad luck since he was a child, so that he knew he was relieved, but suddenly he didn't know how to react.

After a long time, Xie Nanshan asked: "What if you guess wrong?"

Gu Mingdong shrugged and said with a smile, "That's no different from now."

Xie Nanshan thought so too, he has been here for many years, and there seems to be no difference.

"What the hell did you do?"

Curses can never disappear for no reason.

Gu Mingdong didn't answer directly, because it would be too troublesome to explain carefully, Xie Nanshan would be unlucky, and it had nothing to do with the Buddha bones that Xie's family thought they had.

This involves the grievances and grievances of the Gu family, the Bai family, and the Xie family, and the Du family is involved. It is too complicated and too far away. Even Gu Mingdong himself still has some things to sort out.

So he just looked at Xie Nanshan, showing a bewitching smile: "Do you want to try it?"