Chapter 40: The Unsolved Mystery


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  On both sides of the arched stone bridge, there are railings made of vague yellow stones. The railings were originally carved with some exquisite patterns. However, after the baptism of time and snow, rain, wind and frost, the lines on the stone carvings have been mottled and unclear, even if they are If you look carefully, you can no longer see clearly what kind of thing is depicted on it.

  The sky is full of stars and the silver moon is hazy. The sky tonight is a beautiful sky full of stars and a hazy moon!
  Zhou Baopu and Yao Ruoxi sat side by side on the railing of the stone bridge, looking at the bright stars in the graceful sky, holding hands and legs together, talking about something from time to time, and exuding strings of joyful laughter from time to time.

  Stars are speechless, dotting the empty night sky; summer flowers send fragrance, edifying the sinuses of lovers; the night breeze is cool, blowing the reeds by the river!

  This scene is so beautiful. The two people sitting on the stone bridge seemed to have nothing to talk about. They slowly closed their glottis and leaned together slowly, just in silence. Sitting on the ground.

  The stars are silent, the bright moon is speechless, only the river is flowing endlessly, crickets are chirping softly beside the bridge piers, some unknown insects are chirping, and the frogs in the river are undoubtedly the most beautiful thing in the silent night. Loud natural movement.

  All of this, all of this, made the two people on the stone bridge railings feel extremely warm.

  "It would be nice if we could just sit on the stone bridge with Baopu and watch the starry sky for the rest of our lives, right?"

  Yao Ruoxi turned her head and looked at Zhou Baopu's eyes looking up at the sky seriously, and suddenly felt a little emotional.

  Holding Yao Ruoxi tightly in his arms, Zhou Baopu didn't say anything, just sat there quietly.

  "With a woman like this, what more can a husband ask for?"

  "With a man like this, what more can a woman ask for?"

  Both of them felt satisfied with having each other's trust. At this moment, the stars and the moon shined together, and the lovers shared their hearts.

  Frogs croak, crickets chirp, the grass shines, stars shine brightly and the moon shines brightly. Counting stars on the Lovers' Bridge, silence is better than sound!

  "Baopu, why don't we compete in counting stars to see who can find more?"

  "Counting stars? I'm afraid I'll bully you. How about I count the difficult ones and you count the stars? What do you think?" "In the

  sky?" Aren't there just the most stars? What do you want to count? Do you want to count the clouds?" "

  No, in order not to bully you, let me just let you count the stars. As for me, just count the moon."

  Zhou Baopu's words were silent . As soon as he landed, he felt a sharp pain in his arm. He looked up and saw that Yao Ruoxi was grabbing his hand and chewing it fiercely.

  "You...!"

  "Hahaha...!"

  When the cheers in the village gradually subsided, Zhou Baopu and Yao Ruoxi slowly walked towards the village, and kept sending Yao Ruoxi back to the Yao family's small yard. Zhou Baopu reluctantly said Walked back to his courtyard.

  In fact, both of them knew that Yao Ruoxi's strength was far superior to Zhou Baopu's. The reason why Yao Ruoxi asked Zhou Baopu to send her away, and the reason why Zhou Baopu was willing to send her away, was just because Yao Ruoxi and Zhou Baopu wanted to spend more time together. , the two people who knew each other well, just enjoyed the rare moment of getting together.

  When she got home, she opened the door to the courtyard and found Wang Caifeng waiting for him. However, she didn't say anything. She just told him to have a rest early, then walked back to her house, closed the door, and then Even the lights went out.

  Ordinarily, Zhou Baopu has made great contributions to Zhoujia Village, and Wang Caifeng should reward him. However, only Zhou Baopu knows that the principle that Wang Caifeng has taught him since he was a child is that there is only punishment, no reward.

  When Zhou Baopu did something wrong, he would definitely be punished, but if he did something well, in Wang Caifeng's view, it was natural and not worth her effort to reward.

  After coming here for so many years, Zhou Baopu has become accustomed to it. He knows that these are caused by Wang Caifeng's too high expectations of him.

  When I came to my room, I lit the oil lamp first, and after waiting for a while, I felt that if it was normal, this short period of light would be enough for me to take off my clothes and get into bed.

  After lying next to the window and listening for a while, Zhou Baopu made sure that Wang Caifeng was really asleep, then carefully and slowly opened the window, slowly took out the book of hundreds of medicines in his arms, and slowly turned to the second page. , placed on the table in a place illuminated by moonlight.

  The moon was in the sky, and the dark clouds in the sky were blown back and forth by the wind. The moonlight was sometimes bright and sometimes dim. Zhou Baopu stared at the pages in front of him like a thief.

  When he saw the pages of the book slowly becoming dim and swallowing up the moonlight rapidly, Zhou Baopu's mood was so excited that it was almost indescribable.

  Time passed, and when the second page of the book became brighter, Zhou Baopu knew that the Yin Yang Acacia paper had reached saturation, and then he turned to the third page, slowly waiting for the page to gradually turn from dim to bright.

  Page three, page four, page four or five...

  Finally, Zhou Baopu, who was fully focused, carefully opened the ninetieth page, which was also the last page he could see with his naked eyes.

  When the moonlight fell on the ninetieth page, Zhou Baopu was extremely excited. After all, this was the last page he could see with his naked eyes.

  Zhou Baopu was almost certain that as long as he memorized the Hundred Medicine Manual to this one, the old man's mission would be truly completed.

  When he saw that the ninetieth page was bright again and knew that the Yin Yang Albizia paper was saturated, Zhou Baopu wanted to close the book of hundreds of medicines, and his fingers couldn't help but lift the last one.

  "Eh!"

  Zhou Baopu was shocked because he felt that the thickness of the last page was several times that of the previous pages!
  Suddenly, Zhou Baopu understood what was going on. He had heard from Shu Ling that there were one hundred kinds of medicinal herbs recorded in this book of hundreds of medicines, and each page recorded one kind of medicinal herb. In other words, there were ten more. Zhang Yaocao was hidden, but how to open it was not something Zhou Baopu could know.

  He held the Baiyao Pu in his right hand, and the index finger of his left hand couldn't help but start tapping on the table. He placed the Baiyao Pu open in front of Zhou Baopu, and his right hand couldn't help but start scratching the back of his head!

  After thinking hard, Zhou Baopu couldn't figure out why. How could he reveal the secrets of the last ten pages?
  Zhou Baopu was already drowsy. If he hadn't slept all day during the day, Zhou Baopu couldn't guarantee that he would really be able to survive this moment.

  However, the long night was not so easy to endure. Maybe it was because of the biological clock. Zhou Baopu finally couldn't stand it anymore. He put the hundred medicine formulas on the table in his arms and hid them close to him. He just lay down beside the table. After a while, I fell into a deep sleep.

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