Wu Liang and others, disguised as a caravan, soon entered Sanmen Village.

Previously, they saw that the villagers were gathering at the big mulberry tree in the village, so they did not go door to door and went straight to the big mulberry tree to meet the people in the village.

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Suddenly, a group of more than thirty strangers came to the village. The villagers gathered under the big mulberry tree immediately cast doubtful eyes on them.

Wu Liang and others were also very confused at this moment.

Because when they got closer, they finally discovered that these villagers were kneeling under the big mulberry tree as if they were worshiping something, and the direction they were kneeling in was the large sea of ​​clouds that suddenly appeared in the east.

"Sorry to bother you, we are merchants passing through here. It's getting late now, and we're afraid it'll be difficult to reach the nearest town before nightfall. We happened to see your village, so we came to stay for the night. I don't know..."

Facing the doubtful looks of the villagers, Wu Liang smiled and gave a salute.

However, before he had finished speaking, an old man who looked to be at least sixty years old interrupted him and said with a serious face: "We are guests from afar, so staying overnight is not a problem, but now we are worshiping.

Fairy Mountain, so it is really inconvenient to receive you all, could you please wait a moment?"

"Worship the fairy mountain...goodness."

Hearing the word "fairy mountain", Wu Liangliang felt puzzled again, because the visible range in the direction where these villagers were kneeling was a flat plain, not even the gentlest mountain. Where could there be any fairy mountain?

But seeing that the old man and the villagers seemed to be extremely pious and ignored his efforts, he couldn't continue to ask questions, so he had to suppress the doubts in his heart for the time being, and led everyone in the Hu army to retreat to the side and wait quietly.

As soon as they retreated, a child of about four or five years old who was kneeling on the edge of the crowd suddenly said to Wu Liang and others: "You must have never seen the fairy mountain in our village, right? You can't see it standing there.

If you also want to pay homage, you can come to our place. My mother said that if you pay homage to the Immortal Mountain at the beginning of the year, you will not have to worry about food and clothing throughout the year."

"Is this... okay?"

Wu Liang naturally wanted it, but it also depended on the attitude of the villagers.

Some of the villagers also looked at them. Not only did no one raise any objections, but some even took the initiative to give way to the side, leaving a small area free for the Hu army.

"Thank you."

Seeing that the villagers were so hospitable, Wu Liang immediately saluted, and then took all the people from the Hu army to join the procession of "worshiping the fairy mountain".

In the same way, after arriving next to these villagers, Wu Liang looked in the direction where they were worshiping and was suddenly surprised.

I saw a lush hill inexplicably appearing in the sea of ​​clouds in the east?!

This hill is not very tall, but surrounded by clouds and mist, it does look like a fairyland. Moreover, it is absolutely impossible for a human hill to float into the sea of ​​clouds. This is contrary to common sense.

besides.

Wu Liang also saw three ancient gate towers built of rocks standing at the foot of the hill. The three gate towers stood side by side, like the gates of the hill, guiding pilgrims there.

There seems to be writing on the gate tower.

Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and the handwriting had not been colored or highlighted. Wu Liang could only vaguely see the outline of the four characters, but could not clearly see what they were.

"this……"

At this moment, Wu Liang had countless questions in his mind that he wanted to ask.

But at this moment, the villagers were all kneeling down and worshiping devoutly. He really had no way to disturb them, so he had to endure it for the time being.

However, Wu Liangdao had some guesses about the name of this village.

Could it be that "Sanmen Village" got its name from the three gate towers in front of the floating mountain?

With many questions in my mind.

Wu Liang tried to stand up again and left the area under the big mulberry tree, and looked up at the sea of ​​clouds again.

The hill immediately disappeared without a trace, and only a cotton-like sea of ​​clouds could be seen!

It is undoubtedly a strange thing that the two places are even less than ten meters apart, and there is such a huge difference in the things seen in the eyes.

So Wu Liang returned to the big mulberry tree again.

The hill magically appeared in reality again, and looked extremely real...

"..."

At this moment, not only Wu Liang was surprised, but everyone in the Hu army also looked shocked. Apparently they had never seen such a miraculous thing before.

Even Zhen Mi, the most knowledgeable person, frowned at this moment, with a bit of doubt in his eyes.

Through their performance, Wu Liang can also be sure that he is by no means a dazzler.

"A mirage?"

He secretly guessed.

This term has long been known to future generations. Even people who have never seen a mirage know that it is actually just a natural phenomenon caused by the refraction and total reflection of light. Few people worship it as a fairyland.

, at best, it can be viewed as a natural wonder.

However, in this era, mirage is a phenomenon that people cannot explain.

As far as Wu Liang knows, the record of "mirage" in this era should come from "Historical Records", and the original text should be: "There are mirage towers on the seaside, and the vast fields become empty palaces."

"Xiao" is the "mirage" in "mirage", which is a huge sea monster in Chinese mythology.

Many ancient books prove that the prototype of "mirage" is actually "clam".

It's just that "the small one is called clam, the big one is called mirage". In people's understanding at this time, "mirage" is a kind of clam that is so big that it is indescribable, and can be compared with the legendary "Kun".

This kind of "mirage" appearance was understood by people of this era as a fairyland scene presented by the fairy energy exhaled by the "mirage", hence the term "mirage tower by the sea".

And even this statement is only known by some nobles with certain cultural literacy.

In addition, the way information is disseminated today is extremely closed, most people who do not receive education will only regard it as a fairyland and think it is a place where gods live.

However, whether the scene in front of him belongs to the category of mirage still needs some other information to prove it. Wu Liang is just guessing for the time being, and he will ask the villagers for more information before he can draw a conclusion.

In fact, what surprised Wu Liang the most was not this, but the scope of the "fairy mountain" in front of him.

While the villagers were worshiping the fairy mountain, Wu Liang had already circled around the big mulberry tree in all directions. The magical thing was that it seemed that the fairy mountain could only be seen under the big mulberry tree. Once outside this range, the fairy mountain could be seen from any angle.

Looking over, one can only see an ordinary sea of ​​clouds.

As far as Wu Liang knows, when most mirages appear, they can only be seen in certain specific places, but mirages with such a small visible area are unique and simply incredible.

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While Wu Liang was shocked, many people from the Hu army spontaneously followed these villagers to worship together. They were also aborigines of this era, so naturally they could not understand this strange phenomenon.

About half an hour passed like this.

A gorgeous fiery cloud has appeared in the sky in the west, and the sea of ​​clouds in the east gradually dimmed, and the "fairy mountain" gradually disappeared with the dimness of the sea of ​​clouds.

At this moment, the villagers stood up after kowtowing for the last time. The old man who had talked to Wu Liang before also took the initiative to greet him and saluted: "I'm sorry, the young master is coming to stay for the night. I can help you."

We arranged for them to stay temporarily in a place for one night, but the young master is traveling with a large number of people, and every household in the village is not well-off, so I am afraid that they cannot afford the food for the young master and the others, so we still have to ask the young master to take care of it on his own."

Although it is said to be a large number of people, in fact, there are only about thirty people in the Hu army this time. However, for ordinary people whose life is not easy in this era, opening their mouths in these thirty years is indeed a big burden, and the fire is still young and middle-aged.

If you are not careful, you will eat the whole family's food rations for a month.

"How dare you ask for food? I'm very grateful to the old gentleman for providing us with a place to stay."

Wu Liang returned the gift, leaned into the old man's ear and said, "To thank the old man, I still have some dried meat in my luggage, but it's not much. I'm afraid it won't be enough to distribute to the villagers. I'll wait for them to disperse later."

, I ordered someone to send some to the old gentleman, please be sure to accept it."

"Dragon meat..."

The old man must have not tasted meat for a long time. Even though his teeth could no longer chew the meat, his eyes still lit up. He quickly thanked him and said, "It's just a small effort. How dare you accept such a generous gift from the master?"

...Since the young master insists, I am disrespectful and thank you."

"No need to be polite."

Wu Liang bribed the old man easily, and then said, "Our village is called Sanmen Village. It should be related to the three gate towers in front of the fairy mountain, right?"

"That's right. In fact, this name only came from the Han Dynasty. I heard that before the Han Dynasty, our place was called Changsang Village. It was named after this old mulberry tree that had lived for an unknown number of years. The name 'Changsang' came from

"The old mulberry tree" means 'old mulberry tree'. At that time, the old mulberry tree was used as a road sign by carriages and horses. Later, a new official road was built, and very few outsiders stopped in our village."

The old man nodded and introduced Wu Liang in quite detail.

"Changsang Village?"

Wu Liang was slightly startled, and then said, "I heard that your place was once the hometown of the Qinyue people who were called Bian Que by later generations, and that his medical skills came from an old man named Chang Sangjun. But I didn't know that your place was originally

Also called Changsang Village."

"I don't know much about this old man."

The old man frowned and said, "I only know that Bian Que did open a hotel here back then, and this old mulberry tree was in the courtyard of the hotel. How he became a famous doctor later, and whether there was such a person as Chang Sangjun, I can't say.

When I came, I just heard from the old man who had passed away long ago that Bian Que never returned to the village after he became a famous doctor, and he never did anything practical for the village. Therefore, the people in the village did not take him seriously until later.

Someone came to the back of the village and built a tomb for him, and everyone realized that there was such a thing in the village... Later, someone proposed to change the village's name to Bianque Village, but the villagers rejected it."

"I see."

Wu Liang nodded slightly. It seemed that the people in this village really didn't take Bian Que seriously. If it were left to future generations, the local government would have used the name of Bian Que's hometown to build this village into a folk scenic spot.

...However, there is no such thing as a market economy in this era, and because of backward transportation, people are not as keen on traveling as later generations, so there is indeed no need to engage in such a thing.
To be continued...