Chapter 15: The Ghost Willow
A man with loose hair, dressed in green, kneeling under a willow tree. The wicker fluttered softly around him in the wind, but he didn't pay attention. It's just that he took out a wooden box from the baggage beside him. Open the first drawer in the box, take out a piece of white cloud brocade, and put it on your lap.
Then he took out the dagger again, made a small cut in his finger, and dripped blood through the hole in the key.
After dropping several drops, I heard a "pop", and a gap appeared in the middle layer of the blind man, and a trace of cool air oozed from it.
"It's worthy of the ghost flute, I sealed you before, and I was right. Although the man said this, his face was a look of an old friend reunited.
The man used his long, slender fingers to open the middle layer. Inside turned out to be a jade flute with a hint of cold.
He looked at the jade flute for a long time, and then he couldn't help but gently touch it with the middle finger and ring finger of his right hand. The jade flute is placed on the cloud brocade on the lap, and then it is gently wiped with a brocade handkerchief.
Soon, a quiet sound of music came to mind......
"His breath has changed, do you want to take advantage of this?"
Bai Haoyu, who was lying on the tree, shook his head and said, "None of us are his opponents, grandpa just asked us to watch him and then wait for them to come over." β
Bai Haoyu looked at Mei Xiyu as if he was about to make a move, and immediately clicked on a few big holes on her body, and said, "Grandpa said that this person is ghostly. It is said that he only appears when the willow tree is growing leaves, kills and captives, and never misses. And when there is no leaf, it seems that no one has heard of him.
Those who have seen him say that his eyebrows are as slender as willow leaves, and his eyes are very slender. The skin is as white as catkins and somewhat transparent, and the body is as soft as a wicker, as if it can dance in the wind. He likes to wear a green outfit, and every time he appears, he wears a green outfit. He seems to like to stay where there are willow trees. β
Bai Haoyu asked: "However, there are many places with willow trees here, where can I find him." β
Mei Xiyu shook her head, she didn't know this. But she knew, if he asked, he would know, and he would tell her.
Therefore, she didn't ask, and sure enough, after a while, Bai Haoyu himself said: "He usually appears on the edge of the West Lake in March every year, when the willow leaves have just sprouted." But let him show up, there's one more thing. β
"What's that?"
"That's a special kind of incense. On the side of Suzhou and Hangzhou, there is a small shop for making incense, which can make all kinds of fragrances. Among them is a kind of incense, which is made from willow trees. It is not clear which part was used and how it was done.
When this incense is lit, you can see smoke but no smell. β
Mei Xiyu frowned and said, "Can incense without smell be called incense?"
Bai Haoyu touched his head, "How do I know this, but it seems that something like that is needed." β
Bai Haoyu looked at Mei Xiyu with a curious look in his eyes, and continued: "It is said that a guest fell in love with the sister of the owner of the incense shop, so he made it difficult for the owner of the incense shop, saying that he wanted to buy a kind of incense that he had never smelled, otherwise he would demolish the incense shop. The boss looked at his face, and then took him a box from the cupboard, in which was a small piece of spice, and told him that he must not have smelled this incense.
The man didn't believe it, so the boss said that if he had heard it, he would come and demolish the shop tomorrow.
The man thought, even if he hadn't heard of it, he was going to pit the boss. With this thought in mind, he took it back and went to bed, and that night he dreamed that he was in a place full of willow trees and met a loved one he hadn't seen for years. And was retained by his relatives, and after waking up, he couldn't help but burst into tears and palpitations. β
"Why is this happening?"
"Because, that relative has already passed away. Later, the man asked the boss what kind of incense it was. The boss said, saying that his name was Liu Xiang. When a person is awake, he can't smell it, and when he is asleep, he can feel it. β
"What does this have to do with Oni Willow?"
"Because that person seems to be able to smell it, as long as the willow tree sprouts, in the place where there is a willow tree in Hangzhou City, light this incense. That person will show up and take over the business himself. Because when he appeared, he was half-asleep and half-awake, like a ghost, so he had the name Ghost Willow. β
"It's quite bizarre, but," Mei Xiyu looked at the man in green who was playing the flute not far away, and asked, "Then you didn't ask it, why did the landlord want us to find the ghost willow." And why did Yan'er let us find this person?"
Bai Haoyu shook his head and said, "It's an old friend of my grandfather, it seems that the apprentice he brought out was injured by the hidden weapon of the ghost willow and hasn't woken up for a long time." β
Bai Haoyu thought for a while, and then said: "The weapon of the ghost willow is the willow leaf, which is divided into three types. Toxic, non-toxic, and narcotic. Autumn is when the willow leaves have just sprouted, and they faint in the willow forest, and there is a willow leaf on their body that has not yet withered.
Other than that, there were no other wounds. Many famous doctors have not woken up, and his fiancΓ©e is about to marry again. That's why my grandfather's ancient friends will come up to the mountain to ask for it. β
"So, I'm going to find Ghost Willow and ask him for an antidote. β
Bai Haoyu nodded and said, "It should be like this." β
"How old is your grandfather?"
Bai Haoyu had never paid attention to this issue, he thought about it carefully. It has been more than 70 years since Baiyue destroyed the country, and his grandfather was already a teenager before the destruction of the country.
He said in a tone of great uncertainty: "Probably in his eighties." β
"I can't see it. Mei Xiyu said again: "If I didn't know that the master is your biological mother, I really thought that the master was only in his early twenties, and the landlord would be fifty at most." Ah, why aren't they old at all?"
Bai Haoyu wanted to say something, but at this time, the music suddenly stopped.
Bai Haoyu's face instantly turned snow-white, "It's not good." β
Mei Xiyu saw the green-clothed figure not far away just now, and instantly moved behind Bai Haoyu, and was about to call him. Suddenly, a willow leaf flew onto Mei Xiyu's face, and then she didn't know anything......
In an ancient temple, it may be due to disrepair. The walls were ruined and cobwebs were all over the place, but inside sat a bald man with a round face and a white beard, dressed in tatters and gnawing on pig's trotters.
Suddenly, a meteor crossed the sky outside the sky, he saw it, and was so shocked that he dropped the chicken leg in his hand to the ground, put his hands on his lap and sat cross-legged, swallowed the chicken slowly and methodically in his mouth, and spit out a few words, "The emperor star is in trouble, and woe is Xiao Wall." β
It just so happened that there was a person outside, dressed in white, with white boots and a white feather fan.
"What a coincidence, I met you here. β