37. Chapter XXXVII
Hua Dan's arm was soon covered with strange shapes, and people who didn't know it from a distance thought that the red marks on his arm were bloodstains, which was very scary.
Zhu Yuanyu didn't care whether the eyes around him were focused on himself, he was concentrating on drawing runes on the skin of the human body.
This is a method that he rarely uses, and it is more difficult for human skin to draw spells that actually produce effects than rune paper, so he usually uses runes to solve problems with runes. If it weren't for the urgency of the state this time, there was no time for him to draw talismans, and he wouldn't have used this method.
The spell was drawn on Hua Dan's arm, and as it was gradually completed, Hua Dan's state was slowly improving.
It took Zhu Yuanyu a lot of effort to finish, and after stopping writing, he felt that his spirit was a little prostration, and he couldn't help but shake his body and was helped up.
It turned out that Xi Jinbo had already stepped onto the stage and stood beside him, and saw that he was not in a very good state, as if he was about to fall, so he helped him.
"Are you alright?"
"It's okay, thank you. β
Zhu Yuanyu stabilized, looked at Xi Jinbo expressionlessly and thanked him.
Xi Jinbo let go of his hand with a smile, not caring about the other party's coldness, "It's okay." β
At this time, Hua Dan also regained his clarity, and looked at Zhu Yuanyu and them suspiciously.
When his companions saw that he seemed to be fine, they came over one after another, and you explained the ins and outs to him one by one.
"You're just scared to death!"
"That's right, it's like being ghosted, and suddenly I'm crazy!"
"If it weren't for this son's rescue, you would have crashed into that pillar a long time ago!"
"yes, yes, it's horrible!"
Hua Dan had an expression of "you are kidding me", and looked in disbelief in the direction of his companion's finger - there was a very thick pillar at that end, and if a person collided, he would not die or be disabled.
"Why, I don't remember it at all! I do...... I felt like I had just taken the stage, and then I was ...... Huh, and what's wrong with me?" Hua Dan's eyes widened, stupid.
Then he saw the charm on his arm, and he was surprised, "What is this? How can it be on my arm? And my sleeve?"
With his other hand, he tried to wipe the charm away.
Zhu Yuanyu, who had been paying attention to him, immediately slapped his hand fiercely, and said fiercely: "Don't die! You dare to wipe it! I can't beat you to death!" he raised his fist and waved it threateningly.
This frightened Hua Dan shrunk her neck and muttered, "It's not your arm...... Why are you so nervous? And you want to beat me...... It's unreasonable......"
The troupe owner came over at some point, patted Hua Dan's head, and scolded: "People saved your life, don't you hurry up to thank you!
Hua Dan made a bitter face, touched his head, and muttered in a low voice: "The stinky old man knows how ......to hit me on the head all day long" Then he glanced at Zhu Yuanyu, wrinkled his nose and said slowly: "That...... Thank you......"
"If you still want to save your life, don't touch the charm of your arm, in case no one can save you. β
Throwing down this cold sentence, Zhu Yuanyu left without looking back, he just wanted to sleep now.
"Heyβ" Hua Dan called him.
It's a pity that people didn't hear it, and walked out of Qinghui Building.
During the whole process, the guests or passers-by who acted as the background board gave way one after another, quietly peeking at Zhu Yuanyu, until he got into the carriage, and then retracted his gaze.
Sitting in the carriage, Zhu Yuanyu, who was resting with his eyes closed, felt as if he had forgotten something, and he gave up after thinking about it for a while.
In the lobby of Qinghui Building, Wang Jinyi watched his cousin leave him and leave.
"That's your cousin, what is he doing?"
The young man who came with Xi Jinbo asked Wang Jinyi curiously.
Wang Jinyi turned his head when he heard this, looking listless, the incident of being abandoned by his cousin hit him harder, and now he really didn't want to deal with other people.
But how could someone who could be familiar with Xi Jinbo be an ordinary person, and he didn't want to inadvertently offend someone who shouldn't be offended because of his love, so he reluctantly replied: "Cousin, he is not a Taoist priest, and as for the rest, I can't tell the truth." β
After saying that, he made a bow and took his leave.
"Wait. Xi Jinbo said with a smile: "I think Brother Wang seems to have come with Brother Zhu, and now that Brother Zhu has left first, why don't I give Brother Wang a ride for you?"
Wang Jinyi suddenly realized, so he agreed.
......
When he returned to Zhu's mansion, Zhu Yuanyu remembered that he seemed to have left Wang Jinyi in Qinghui Building, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"Zhuangzhuang, you go to Qinghui Tower in person, see if Young Master Biao is still there, if he is there, send him back to the palace, and if he is not, you will come back." Thinking that Wang Jinyi might take Xi Jinbo's carriage home, he was not very guilty.
When he drew the talisman for Hua Dan, he sweated a lot on his back, and when he returned to Zhu's mansion, he asked his subordinates to prepare hot water.
The efficiency of the people in Zhu's house was very fast, and the water in the bath bucket was quickly filled, steaming hot.
Waving off the subordinate, Zhu Yuanyu unbuttoned his clothes, stepped on the small bench into the bathtub, slowly slid down, and sat in the tub, the hot water just touched his shoulders.
The body is stimulated by the hot water all at once, and the pores of the whole body are opened, and then it is completely refreshed.
His head was resting on the edge, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"I don't know where there are hot springs in the capital where I can soak in them, so I'll have to ask my cousin about it then...... I haven't been in a hot spring for a long time, I ......"
Zhu Yuanyu said softly, his voice was so small that it was almost negligible, and he could only see his mouth moving slightly.
In the past, he would go to the hot springs when he had the opportunity to relieve fatigue and strengthen his body. After coming to this world for so long, although a large bucket of hot water can be soaked casually, it still can't be compared to a hot spring, and he misses it to death.
The temperature of the hot water in the bath bucket slowly cooled down, Zhu Yuanyu stood up, picked up a clean cloth strip to dry his body, and put on clothes.
"Come in. β
The door was gently pushed open, and several subordinates walked in, quietly cleaning up.
Zhu Yuanyu walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, took off his clogs, climbed into the bed and lay down.
"Talk to the old lady, and I'll sleep until dinner. Because he was facing downwards, his voice was muffled.
"Yes. β
The people who had packed up quietly retreated again, and closed the door gently.
......
Xiaoxing is fourteen years old this year, he is the Hua Dan of the Hexi class, and the master of the opera troupe is his master.
He was an orphan who had been in Hexi for as long as he could remember, and it was his master who raised him and passed on his skills.
Master is just over 30 this year, which is completely inconsistent with what he said about the "stinky old man", because he often does stupid things and makes jokes, so he is the one who has been taught the most by Master.
His master is very delicate, with thin eyebrows and fine eyes, and his complexion looks very fair because he is not often exposed to the sun, and he looks very kind, but there is no one in the whole troupe who is not afraid of starting a fire.
Xiaoxing also has three senior brothers, and the relationship with the second senior brother is the best, but he died, he died of illness.
The master stopped Xiaoxing from letting him see the second senior brother, saying that he was afraid that he would be sick and give it to him, but in fact, he just didn't want him to see the miserable state of the second senior brother.
The second senior brother's illness came very strangely, and the doctors he found said that there was no rule of law, and he didn't know what the strange disease was.
Xiaoxing hit hard.
His master didn't know, in fact, one night he quietly went to the second senior brother's ward, he saw the second senior brother's haggard and terrifying appearance, he didn't feel scared at all, just very sad, he covered his mouth, afraid that the crying would wake up the second senior brother who had finally fallen asleep.
Not long after that, the second senior brother left.
Xiaoxing watched the coffin of the second senior brother be buried, watched the master fall ill, and when the master recovered, the troupe also received a sincere invitation from Qinghui Lou in the capital.
Before leaving, he deliberately went to the grave of the second senior brother to say goodbye, and finally he cried again.
The master also saw him crying, and just said: You should also learn to grow up.
After that, he didn't cry for the death of his second senior brother anymore, and he learned to bury the pain in his heart from being noticed.
Not long after arriving in the capital, the master asked him to take over the position of the second senior brother to play Hua Dan, he was very surprised, he thought that the position of the second senior brother was taken over by the third senior brother.
Although he doesn't like this dull third senior brother very much, the third senior brother works very hard, and he has always known that he wants to take over the role of Hua Dan.
He asked Master why he was the one who played Hua Dan instead of the experienced Third Senior Brother, and Master just smiled and touched his head.
Then he went on stage in a daze, and when he got off the stage, the guests applauded, and he suddenly liked the feeling of joy and fun.
A qiΔ is very smooth lΓ¬ until today.
After the so-called life-saving grace left, Xiaoxing was also pressed by the master to go backstage, and the stage was re-staged for other plays.
"Xiaoxing, do you really not remember what happened?" the master looked at him worriedly.
Xiaoxing shook his head and said with a bitter face: "I really don't remember......"
The master touched his head, "Since you don't have a clue yet, you can go and rest first." Dongzi, you get ready, and you'll come on stage later. β
The third senior brother standing on the side looked over in surprise, "Yes!" and then ran to change clothes and makeup to prepare.
Xiaoxing looked at the third senior brother who ran away, and hung his head in frustration.
"Look at you, when I'm sure you're okay, I'll let you go back on stage! Go and rest, you just scared people to death, you know?" the master glared at him.
He made a strange look and ran away.
Xiao Xing returned to his room, took a basin of water, and was about to wash off the makeup on his face, when suddenly he aimed at the charm on his arm.
"This thing is ugly......
He took off his shirt and was shirtless, twisting his arms and squinting at the spell on his arm.
β...... Let's wash it......"