163 Lives for lives
"Shut up!" Jun Qianyu said coldly, Ziyun was shocked in her heart, and suddenly realized her gaffe, she was used to seeing his gentle look when facing Ning Xi during this time, she actually forgot the decisiveness and indifference in the bones of this master.
But when he said these two words coldly, Ziyun believed that if there was really a change of life, he would definitely not hesitate to exchange the lives of all of them.
Fortunately, the boy did not care, and led them to the door of a thatched hut, and said inside, "National teacher, the guest has arrived." ”
A handsome young man dressed in a dark cyan bamboo pattern robe appeared at the door, this man looked very ordinary, his clothes were a little wrinkled, as if he had just squatted on the ground and stood up, and the hem of his clothes was even stained with some dust.
I heard the man say, "Come in!" There was a hint of joy in his voice, he patted his robe with both hands, and said with a little apology, "The house is messy, please don't mind." ”
Jun Qianyu and the others walked in, carefully bypassed a pile of bamboo strips on the ground, and sat down under the guidance of the boy.
The man in Tsing Yi squatted on the ground to clean up the things on the ground, it seemed that he was cutting the bamboo strips, cutting the bamboo into thin strips, and then patiently sanding it with sandpaper until it was smooth and smooth, and there was a frame made of thin bamboo strips next to it, which looked like the shape of a lantern, and the boy, after pouring tea and greeting Jun Qianyu and other guests, stood aside with a respectful expression and did not clean it up.
Putting all the things on the ground aside, washing his hands in the basin in the corner of the man in Tsing Yi's house, and then wiping them with a snow-white cloth towel hanging on the shelf, then sat down, slowly and methodically took a sip of the teacup, with a leisurely attitude, giving people a feeling that the days are long and everything is not in a hurry.
He was not in a hurry, but some people couldn't hold their breath, Ziyun couldn't help but ask, "When will the national teacher be free to see us?" ”
The man in Tsing Yi smiled: "Didn't we meet?" ”
Ziyun was obviously taken aback: "You, you are the national teacher?" "The rumored national teacher is mysterious and unpredictable, he is a person with great magical powers, how can he be such an ordinary young man who has to catch a lot of money on the road?
Jun Qianyu looked calm: "The contemptible wife is seriously ill and has nowhere to seek medical treatment. ”
Hearing this, the smile on the national teacher's face was even worse: "You are Xia Bo's friends? ”
"So to speak." Jun Qianyu replied.
"So how is she now? I haven't seen you for many years, I'm afraid I'll grow into a big girl! The national teacher looked at the no-man's place in front of him with a gentle expression, as if the man he was talking about was now standing in front of him and smiling.
Jun Qianyu smiled slightly, and told him in detail about Princess Xia Bo's situation in Da Zhou, including her choice of son-in-law: "Now Princess Xia Bo and General Xiao of our dynasty should have tied the knot. ”
The national teacher listened very attentively, and when he heard Xia Bo messing around in Da Zhou, looking for someone to try his cooking skills with the chef she brought, he couldn't control the doting smile on his face, and asked him carefully about some of the things that Jun Qianyu said in detail enough, and finally when he heard that she was going to get married, the smile on his face turned sour and a little relieved, which was indescribable.
Jun Qianyu took out the bracelet that Princess Xia Bo gave him: "This is Princess Xia Bo's token, she said that the national teacher will definitely recognize it." ”
The national teacher leaned slightly towards their position, and the boy quickly took the bracelet from Jun Qianyu's hand and handed it to the national teacher.
The national teacher held the bracelet in both hands, rubbing it carefully, the expression on his face seemed to be smiling but not smiling, like joy, affection and sadness, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Ziyun felt a little anxious in her heart, for some reason, since she entered the valley, she felt that her heart had been restless, as if something was calling her, so that she couldn't settle down at all.
She looked at Jun Qianyu a little impatiently, but saw him glaring at her sternly and shaking his head invisibly, Ziyun had to force herself to suppress her impatience and wait patiently.
After a long time, the national teacher finally spoke: "Yes, this is the bracelet I made for her with my own hands, I didn't expect that she would always wear it by her side with such a love for beauty." He sighed leisurely, "It's good that the little girl is finally getting married." ”
After speaking, as if he suddenly remembered something, he turned his head to Jun Qianyu and said, "Just now you said that you came to the valley to seek medical treatment, but what about the patient?" ”
Now even Jun Qianyu couldn't hide the shock in his heart, Ning Xi in a coma had been holding her in his hands, and after entering the house, he didn't even put her down, but just put her on his lap like that, holding it in his arms, and a clear-eyed person could know who the patient should be as long as he saw it.
At this time, the boy stood up in time and said: "My national teacher can't see with his eyes. ”
Jun Qianyu glanced at the national teacher in surprise, only to see that his eyes were black and white, at first glance he was no different from a normal person, but if he looked carefully on the premise of knowing that he couldn't see, he could indeed see that his eyes were dull and lacked a little brilliance.
But looking at the way he moved just now, no one could have imagined that he would be blind.
The national teacher hooked the corners of his lips self-deprecatingly: "See it." "He can't see with his eyes, so his hearing is very keen, and under normal circumstances, he can judge the number of people and the direction of his actions by the actions of others, but for Ning Xi, who is breathing slowly in his sleep, there is nothing he can do, at most he feels that Jun Qianyu's weight is a little heavier.
In the end, it was Jun Qianyu himself who said: "The contemptible wife is here, and now she is unconscious, and she doesn't know who is going to work." ”
The national teacher nodded: "It's late today, the three guests please settle down first, and then go to the blood pool tomorrow!" ”
Since the master said so, Jun Qianyu didn't want to say anything, and followed the previous boy to settle himself without mentioning it.
Early in the morning of the second day, a boy came to knock on the door: "The national teacher is already waiting for you in the blood pool." ”
Jun Qianyu picked up Ning Xi and followed the boy out, and Ziyun hurriedly followed.
The boy led them around and around to a house of great scale, all made of stone, and built in a strange way, with a round roof and a pointed crest that reached into the sky like a sharp sword.
The boy's expression suddenly became respectful, and he first bent down at the gate and saluted, and then led the three of them into it slowly.
The house is a spacious hall, the blue brick pavement, the light is pleasant, the whole hall is empty, only a shrine in the middle, it is a red lotus flower that is enshrined, the bright red petals are translucent, the brilliance flows, it is extremely beautiful.
The boy first washed his hands in a white jade basin in front of the shrine, then took out three sticks of incense sticks and lit them, and respectfully bowed to the lotus flower carved from red jade three times, and inserted them in the incense burner.
He turned his head to Jun Qianyu and said, "Please bow to the two distinguished guests too!" ”
Jun Qianyu and Ziyun worshipped in the same way.
It's strange to say, the two of them just finished worshipping, and they didn't see any movement of the boy, when they heard a rolling sound, a crack slowly cracked on the floor in front of the blood lotus, and a narrow staircase winded down.
The boy held an oil lamp in his hand and led the men down.
The stairs were so quiet that breathing could be heard, only the shallow footsteps of a few people, step by step, even Jun Qianyu, who had always been calm, couldn't help but tighten his heart one by one, not knowing what kind of situation he would face next, and whether this so-called blood pool could really save Ning Xi's life.
Finally, he came to a heavy stone door, and the boy fiddled with the mechanism next to him, and the stone door quickly slid open to both sides, and a strange red light immediately enveloped several people standing at the door.
The national teacher I saw yesterday was inside the door, and said to them in a low voice, "Come in!" ”
Today, the national teacher changed into a solid color robe, with long black hair draped over his shoulders, which seemed to add a bit of mysterious color, this robe was originally about white, but under the shroud of red light in a room, it showed a faint red.
Of course, the most dazzling red is a huge pool of blood in front of me, originally heard of the blood pool, always thought that it had exaggerated ingredients, how could I never imagine that there would really be such a pool of blood-red liquid, viscous and heavy, bubbling in the pool endlessly.
In the center of the blood pool, there is a blood-colored lotus, twice the size of an ordinary lotus, which looks different from the blood jade red lotus seen above, and that one knows that it is fake at a glance, and the one in front of you, although the color is weird, but no matter how you look at it, it is lifelike, as if it is alive, when you look closely, you can even feel that the thin petals seem to be trembling slightly.
Ziyun let out a strange sigh in her throat, Jun Qianyu glanced at her strangely, this Ziyun has been with him for a long time, and he is quite reliable in his actions on weekdays, and it is rare to have such a gaffe, but now she is actually confused, and she walked towards the blood pool stupidly, and she was about to fall into the pool, and her steps did not slow down at all.
"Purple Cloud!" Jun Qianyu broke off, Ziyun seemed to wake up at this time, and found that he was standing on the edge of the blood pool, and under his feet was a boiling blood-red liquid, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly walked back behind Jun Qianyu.
Jun Qianyu looked at the national teacher calmly, and asked in a deep voice, "How can this blood pool blood lotus save people?" ”
This national teacher seemed to be like most young people in the world who have not been deeply involved in the world yesterday, but today in this slightly strange environment, it seems much more unfathomable, at this time he only said lightly: "Remove the clothes on your body, soak in the pool of blood, soak for an hour every morning, noon and evening, for seven consecutive days, no matter what incurable disease, even if you have lost your soul, or have a stump and a broken arm, you can return a living person." ”
"It's as simple as that?"
The national teacher smiled faintly: "Of course not." 166 Reading Network