One hundred and seventy-seven, immortality
One day, Yao Xitong was humming a little song to cook, and he seemed to be in a good mood. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoXiao Baoer changed her habit of looking at the sea in the morning, and it was almost dark to see her sitting on a reef exposed after the low tide on the beach.
Wu Jun jumped beside her like a dragonfly and followed her line of sight towards the sea. Except for the sea, or the sea, there is no common sand gull, and I don't know what she is looking at.
"Why lie to him?"
"Don't understand what you're saying?"
"You don't like him!"
"I'm so obvious, even you can see it?"
"A woman in love won't be what you look like. ”
"What should it look like?"
"No matter where he is, your eyes will be on him. ”
Xiao Bao'er retracted her gaze from the sea and asked, "Master, are you looking for me to talk about this?"
Wu Jun shook his head, "I'm going to stay here and not leave, so I'll tell you." ”
"Yes," Xiao Bao'er turned her gaze to the sea again.
"When are you leaving?"
Xiao Bao'er said simply, "Ask him." ”
Since Wu Zu gave Yu Jue, which symbolizes the patriarch of the Sima family, to Yao Xitong without telling her, it is obvious that there is a deal between the two that she does not know.
Yao Xitong's injuries have healed, but he has never mentioned when he will leave, and he is estimated to be waiting for something. Maybe wait for Lord Song's brain to return to normal, maybe wait for the people on the island to tell him something, who knows!
Wu Jun couldn't understand Xiao Bao'er, in line with the master-apprentice relationship between the two, Xiao Bao'er once kowtowed to him, and couldn't help but ask with concern: "Why don't you refuse?"
"I promised others to save him, but I can't refuse!"
Wu Jun didn't understand, but he knew that Xiao Bao'er had no bad intentions towards Yao Xitong, and asked: "You said that he is such a smart person, why can't you see that you are perfunctory to him?"
Xiao Bao'er thought about this problem, Yao Xitong rarely trusts others, and once he believes it, he will not be suspicious. He believed Xiao Bao'er, because he couldn't find a reason for Xiao Bao'er to deceive his feelings, and he couldn't guess that there was an agreement between Xiao Bao'er and Uncle He.
There is also the fact that he is too lacking in love, but whoever treats him a little better, he can treat that person a hundred times better with his heart and lungs.
"He's always been smart, he's never been stupid, he's just taken off his disguise," she said. It's like an animal in captivity that makes you feel well-behaved and obedient, but an animal in the wild that people can't get approached, it's all because of trust, he trusts me!"
Wu Jun looked at the sea in a daze from Xiao Bao'er's appearance, and asked for a while: "What will I do in the future?"
Xiao Baoer didn't know what to do, she and Yao Xitong's moods were completely different. The latter began to believe that there was really a rhino incense in this world, but she recognized a problem, Yao Xitong would not change his life.
Her future, if there is a future, can only be on her own.
Yao Xitong was cooking in his hands, but he was thinking about Xiao Bao'er in his heart, and when he saw that Wu Jun had been talking to him for a while, he was a little jealous and threw down his work and walked towards the two.
When the light work reaches a certain level, walking is very much like resisting the wind. He quietly appeared behind the two of them, and suddenly asked, "What are you talking about?"
Wu Jun said: "I plan to stay here and not leave, so I'm here to let you know." ”
He said: "It's good, save me from talking to those old immortals, this group of people is annoying!"
Wu Jun frowned slightly, his martial arts were all taught by the people on the island, and he respected them in his heart.
I couldn't help asking: "Young Master Yao, I'm afraid that your title is a little inappropriate, I see that the residents of the island are at most a few years older than me, how can they be called old guys." ”
Yao Xitong laughed, "The youngest ones here are those mothers-in-law, and the rest are either Huajia or Gu Xi, rowing a boat to send you to the one who is past his old age." ”
Sixty sixties, seventy ancient rare, and more than eighty dare to be called old. Yao Xitong's words not only frightened Wu Jun, but Xiao Baoer on the side was also a little surprised.
Wu Jun said: "Are you kidding me?"
Xiao Bao'er is smarter, and the questions she asks are naturally different, she asks, "Is there really an elixir?"
Yao Xitong said casually, "Yes, do you want to eat?"
Wu Jun and Xiao Bao'er shook their heads together, which surprised Yao Xitong, and there were still people who could refuse the temptation of immortality.
"Master, do you think I lied to you?" Yao Xitong didn't know which tendon had a problem after he had a round with Xiao Bao'er, and began to learn Xiao Bao'er's tone and call Master Wujun.
Wu Jun can't get used to it, he can't afford to be Yao Xitong's master, and none of his literary talents and martial arts are better than Yao Xitong.
I saw him wave his hand and say, "Young Master Yao, I have said it many times, I can't be your master." As for what kind of medicine it is, if Zhijuan were alive, I would probably want to live a long life and be able to watch my children and grandchildren grow up. It's a pity that she's gone, I'm naturally indifferent, I really didn't think about living for so long!"
Wu Jun is just not good at words, but his eyes are there. Since he said that he was not interested in immortality, he said goodbye to the two of them and left all the space to Yao Xitong.
"Xiaoxiao," Yao Xitong saw that there were no outsiders, and did not shy away from holding Xiao Bao'er in his arms.
Xiao Bao'er had a bitter face, remembering the first time she saw this guy, she used kraft candy to describe it, and recently found something more like him - octopus. No matter when, this guy likes to be so crooked as long as he is free, it's not a shame.
"Aren't you too hot?"
"The sea breeze is strong, and it makes my bones ache, so it's a little more comfortable to hold you. ”
"So you're not feeling well?" Yao Xitong was about to be coquettish, but suddenly realized that this was a trap, and hurriedly said, "I'm a little uncomfortable now, I'm tired of cooking." But it's definitely fine at night, don't worry about me. ”
Xiao Bao'er got angry when she heard the word "night", pushed Yao Xitong hard, and scolded: "Worry about a ghost, if you don't let go, I'll push you into the sea." ”
"Then you tell me why you want to refuse immortality, but you're still worried about the rhino incense?"
"I don't believe that there is a miracle medicine of immortality here, if there is, why did Sima Xiao die?"
"It's still our family Xiaoxiao who is smart, and he is a genius. But one thing you are wrong, there is no elixir here, but there is an elixir. ”
Xiao Bao'er looked at Yao Xitong in surprise, and the latter saw that the fish was hooked, and said that he had come to teach before the incident.
"Xiaoxiao, you are married to a wife, you must know how to avoid suspicion, if there is no third person present, you had better not talk to a strange man......"
Xiao Bao'er listened patiently, without a word of rebuttal, if she said a word, Yao Xitong must have ten sentences waiting. Anyway, this guy knows that she won't listen, but she's just idle and bored.
After talking nonsense, this guy finally got to the point.
Wu Zu's original name was Sima Changkong, and he was the patriarch of this secret family. Half of the jade jue representing the identity was borrowed by Yao Xitong from him to save his life, on the condition that he find Mei Shiren and kill him.
After landing on the island, Yujue let them and his party be properly cared for by the island's residents. However, on the issue of how to deal with them, the islanders were divided into two factions, one group advocated the freedom to come and go, and the other group advocated leaving them permanently, especially Wu Jun.
The island is located not far from the mainland, and the reason why it is inaccessible is that the surrounding sea is stormy and reefy. Larger ships hit the reef when they entered, and only small boats were able to land on the island.
Wu Jun went out once, and was sent away at night, perhaps remembering the complicated and tortuous waterways. Just in case, it's best to leave him on the island.
Yao Xitong and Xiao Bao'er can stay the best, and if they really want to leave, they must swear not to tell the secret of this place.
Hearing this, Xiao Bao'er's indifferent expression fluctuated slightly, and she wanted to know Yao Xitong's choice. If she stays on this island, maybe she can avoid the prophecy of rhino incense and live forever.
Yao Xitong didn't mention this stubble, and continued to talk about everything on the island.
Wu Jun had been to the island twice before, and it was because the islanders were too tolerant of him that the Sima family was in trouble.
This person is also surnamed Sima, and he has extraordinary attainments in medical skills. He is the doctor who cured the first emperor's illness in King Chun's mouth, and was caught and tortured by the first emperor for this. It was he who confessed that all the medical skills he learned came from a very secret branch of the Sima family, but he didn't know how those long-lost medical skills fell into the hands of this clan.
The first emperor learned from him that the "underwater green boat" was not a legend, but indeed existed in the world. When asked if there was an elixir for immortality, he said no, it couldn't be......
This man was cowardly, and after being released by the first emperor, he did not dare to return to Sima's house, but begged the person who lent him medical books to take him to the island. This is his second time on the island, and the first time he landed on the island was to help the people on the island solve a pharmaceutical problem.
This time, he spent nearly a decade on the island and learned all the secrets of the island.
The so-called elixir of life does exist. The first to be discovered was a craftsman who was responsible for building a shrine on the shell of an ancestral turtle and accidentally stumbled into a hole he had dug out.
No one noticed that he was missing, and in order to survive, he fed the algae that grew in the pit. After being rescued, there was nothing unusual at first, but when his peers were old, he was surprised to find that his face had not changed at all.
Sima Xiao was very curious about this, he was originally obsessed with alchemy and cultivation, and when he heard about such a strange thing, he naturally had to explore it carefully.
The pit that the craftsman fell into was actually the shell of the ancestral turtle that had been chiseled open, and because it had been too long, algae and various microorganisms had grown in the place where it was soaked.
Sima Xiao thinks that algae can have miraculous effects and is estimated to be related to the ancestral turtle, and if it grows in another place, it is just ordinary algae. He cut some algae and ate it, which has no side effects on the body, but it does have a miraculous effect on delaying aging.
When the healer learns of this secret, he also takes the pill made of algae, hoping to be like everyone else on the island. Don't expect immortality, at least you can prolong your life.
The days on the island were boring and boring, and the healer naively thought that the Emperor had forgotten everything about the "underwater green boat". He wanted to go back inland, but the islanders disagreed, and he begged for a long time, saying that he missed his wife, children and parents......
The inhabitants of the island could not bear his pleading, and allowed him to go back for three months, after which he had to return to the island.
The healer underestimated the emperor's obsession with immortality. The first emperor made people stare at him secretly, but he didn't want him to disappear out of thin air for more than ten years, and when he reappeared, his face was exactly the same as more than ten years ago.
This time, no matter what the doctor said, the emperor did not believe it, and firmly thought that the Sima family had hidden the fact that the elixir was hidden from him! He locked the doctor in the dungeon, and secretly found someone to study the difference between the doctor and ordinary people, hoping to find the elixir of life through his own search.
Three months passed in a flash, and the first emperor had prepared everything, only to find that the doctor had died violently. He did not believe that the doctor died of nature, and firmly believed that it was someone from the Sima family who secretly did it......
The bits and pieces of details finally helped Xiao Baoer piece together what happened back then.
She asked Yao Xitong, "Didn't you say that algae are harmless to people, and why did the doctor die violently?"
Yao Xitong naturally rubbed her hair, "Our family Xiaoxiao is the smartest, and after listening to it, I know that the death of the doctor has nothing to do with the Sima family, and the problem lies in the algae." ”
The ninth floor of the underwater green boat, there is no staircase, Lord Song desperately wants to go, the place where the bottom is full of silt is the place where algae grow.
When Sima Xiao studied algae, he found that its growth and development were extremely slow, and the number was not large, but there were many people who wanted to take algae. No one can resist the temptation of youth, and neither does he. Worried that someone would dry up and fish after death, he took up the idea of the ancestral turtle, and planted another algae in the silt on the ninth floor.
The two types of algae are so similar that it is difficult to tell them apart. If you want to live longer, you have to risk eating another type of algae, which is highly toxic and happens to be a small fish in the nearby sea.
This restriction meant that anyone who ate algae would have to stay on the island and return every three months if they wanted to travel far or die like the healer without an antidote.
Xiao Bao'er raised her eyebrows and smiled, Sima Xiao is really Sima Xiao, he really knew five hundred years before, and five hundred years later, and he counted everything he could count.
Yao Xitong saw her smile and hugged her tighter.
Xiao Bao'er said resentfully, "What smell on your body, it smells bad to death, stay away from me." ”
Yao Xitong raised his hand and sniffed it carefully, and said: "It's been washed so many times and it still smells, your nose is really smart! Look, you've been a little tired of eating seafood recently, and I've made something special for you today." ”
Xiao Bao'er finally got the energy, looked at him expectantly and asked, "Is there a roast leg of lamb?"
The island is surrounded by the sea, and in addition to fruit forests and several new fields on the island. The fruit grove is originally on the island, called coconut palms, and the fruit is called coconut fruit. There is also a layer of yellow skin when the green skin is opened, the shell is very hard, and there is soft meat in it, which tastes excellent.
Yao Xitong once gave Xiao Bao'er a stewed chicken with coconut meat, but unfortunately her enthusiasm for white meat was never high.
The island's fields are cultivated by the residents themselves, and on sunny days you can grow vegetables to satisfy your hunger. All of these masters have mastered the skills of being able to quickly move vegetables to the house in the event of a hurricane. Affected by the climate and water resources, there are not many varieties of vegetables, and Xiao Baoer feels that it is normal to be greasy.
Hearing her ask about roast leg of mutton, Yao Xitong cried and said, "There is no leg of mutton, there is snake meat." ”
There is only one snake on the island, a pet kept by a resident. Raised since childhood, quite humane, the most like to steal food, the islanders hate it, because everyone has lived together for decades, it is really difficult to open up to punish.
Xiao Bao'er didn't expect Yao Xitong to be so bold that he would dare to cook this snake.
She asked, "What kind of dish did you cook?" and the snake owner knew it, and then she cared about the dish first, and then whether the snake owner knew, and that's what she did.