The village chief's name is He Sheng, and he is the first generation of Shandong Village.
According to him, he has been here for more than thirty years.
In his early years, his family all got smallpox, so he brought his family here.
Later, many people came one after another, and those who could survive the smallpox basically chose to live here.
The reason why they don't choose to go out is because even if they survive, they will be ostracized if they go out.
The village chief brought Li Qi and Wei Gang home and brought them some food.
Li Qi looked at the dark things on the table and found it hard to swallow for a while.
"We only have this here." The village chief smiled and said, "This is a wild vegetable root."
"Do you usually eat this?" Li Qi asked.
The village chief nodded and said: "There is not much under this cliff. The most abundant ones are these wild vegetable roots and field mice."
"You have survived by eating wild vegetables all these years?" Li Qi asked.
The village chief smiled and said: "That's not true. I usually grow some vegetables and fruits, but this year's harvest is not very good, so I only have wild vegetable roots."
Li Qi really couldn't imagine how these people down there had survived for so many years.
"Who is the girl who brought us here just now?" Li Qi asked.
The village chief said: "Her name is Xiaohua. She contracted an illness when she was seven years old and was abandoned by her parents on the cliff... Because of her illness, she became mute."
Li Qi nodded, with some sympathy in his heart, and asked: "When she brought us here just now, she said there seemed to be something outside, right?"
The village chief nodded: "There is a big python under this cliff. It is very ferocious. It has eaten people several times when they went out..."
When he said this, the village chief looked frightened.
"Village chief, you don't have to worry anymore, the python has been killed by us," Li Qi said.
The village chief was stunned and looked shocked: "Killed?"
Li Qi nodded: "Yes, we met the python during the day and almost got eaten by it. We finally managed to kill it."
After hearing this, the village chief blinked twice and asked: "Is what you said true?"
Li Qi nodded: "It's absolutely true."
"That's great!" The village chief looked very happy. "The python is dead. Then we can go outside and plant crops. Then we will no longer have to worry about running out of food."
After saying that, the village chief didn't care about Li Qi and Wei Gang, and simply left the thatched house, as if he was going to announce the news.
After staying in Shandong Village for a night, Li Qi and Wei Gang left directly the next day.
Before leaving, Li Qi thought about it and left some of the cowpox he brought with him for them, and then told them how to use it.
When the village chief heard that there was such a medicine in the world, he burst into tears and said that if this medicine had been available back then, he would not have moved his family here.
Li Qi looked at his appearance and suddenly thought of Wei Xinshan. Now he felt that what the girl did to persuade him was very correct.
If cowpox was used to make money, how many people would be ruined by smallpox?
When we left, the mute girl led the way. She was relatively familiar with this area.
Strange to say, with her leading the way, it only took less than an hour to get out of the valley.
Coming out of the valley, there is a wide river. Follow the river all the way north, and soon you will reach a ferry.
"Sir, wait for the ferry to arrive in a moment. Take the boat across the river and walk more than ten miles to get there." Wei Gang said.
Li Qi nodded.
In fact, he didn't have much confidence that he could find the so-called "Shengshu".
Although he had investigated it before and determined its location in Daxia geography, he had never been to the actual situation.
Those four lines of poetry have four key words: Kuncheng, water village, farmhouse and cold cave.
Kuncheng is easy to understand, this is the city where West Dian Villa is located.
As for the water village, he was still a little confused.
When I first came over to explore the route, I mainly talked about these keywords.
Li Qi asked him to find a place with a water village and a cold cave.
"Is there a village on the water?" Li Qi asked.
Wei Gang nodded: "Yes, Tianji Pavilion is located downstream of this water area."
"Tianji Pavilion?" Li Qi was stunned.
"Yes, many people in the world know that Tianji Pavilion is in the southwest, and people often go to Tianji Pavilion to seek answers to questions." Wei Gang explained, "I heard this from the boatman when I came here last time."
According to Wei Gang, the last time he came here, as soon as he got on the ferry, the boatman asked him if he was coming to Tianji Pavilion. At that time, he was still a little unresponsive. He only found out later after hearing what the boatman said.
"That means anyone can go to Tianji Pavilion?" Li Qi asked.
Wei Gang nodded: "It's true that anyone can go, but whether they can get in is another matter."
"How do you say this?"
"If the master of Tianji Pavilion doesn't want to see you, there's no point in going there." Wei Gang said.
Speaking of Tianji Pavilion, Li Qi couldn't help but think of Bai Yuze.
Ever since we said goodbye to Jincheng, I have never seen this person again.
Tianji Pavilion claims to know everything, should you try to get close to it?
Ask this Bai Yuze to inquire about the whereabouts of "Shengshu"?
If "Shengshu" is not in Lion Rock, then the trip will be in vain.
And even if "Shengshu" is indeed in that place, where to find it is still a problem.
The poem mentions the farmhouse, which means that there must be someone responsible for keeping this book. If the other party refused to give it in the past, it would be a headache.
Thinking about it, Li Qi felt that he had to go to Tianji Pavilion.
The ferry arrived soon. After the two got on the boat, Li Qi asked the boatman to take them to Tianji Pavilion without saying a word.
The place where Tianji Pavilion is located is surrounded by water and rocky cliffs.
After the boat docked, Li Qi and Wei Gang also followed the rope to a rock.
I saw a mountain gate not far away, and two men in white were standing at the door.
As soon as Li Qi passed by, the other party stopped them directly: "What are you doing at Tianji Mountain?"
Li Qi smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I came here to visit a friend."
"friend?"
"Yes, my friend lives here, and I happened to be passing by, so I wanted to come over and see him." Li Qi said, handing over a tael of silver, "I hope you can help inform him."
The two men didn't even look at the money in Li Qi's hand. One of them asked: "Who is your friend?"
"Bai Yuze." Li Qi smiled.
Grandma, I don’t know if Bai Yuze’s status in Tianji Pavilion is high or not. It would be a pain in the ass if he wasn’t.
Who knows, but the two men were startled when they heard the name Li Qi said.
Li Qi saw their expressions and thought to himself: Oh no, this Bai Yuze is not a traitor, right? Why are these two people looking so ugly?