Changning has lived in Linwu Island for a long time, and the last time Wen saw Changning was at the Ling'er Baptism, she hadn't seen each other for more than a year, she always knew that her sister-in-law was good-looking, but this time they met, she was still amazed by her sister-in-law again. Changning is ten years old this year, perhaps because of her cultivation, she is taller than girls of the same age, and she already has the posture of a little girl, and her eyebrows have not yet fully grown, but she is extremely exquisite. In rainy weather, the light is dim, but she is like a slightly glowing pearl, her skin is full of jade, and a little cinnabar mole between her eyebrows makes her a little more aura, and she is a full beauty embryo. There is no shortage of beauties in the Shen family, but it is still rare to grow into a beauty like a sister-in-law, no wonder everyone in the family likes her so much, who doesn't like such a little beauty?

Wen stepped forward and called softly: "Crane." ”

"Sister-in-law." Changning smiled sweetly at Wen's family, and saluted Shen Sanniang again, "Third sister." ”

"He'er, you're here, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Shen Sanniang looked at Changning with a smile, "You have grown a lot taller than before." ”

"Because I've grown up." Changning said with a smile.

Everyone was amused by her childish words, and even the sorrow between Wen's eyebrows seemed to be less, and the three of them laughed and walked to the main room, and after meeting Lin, Lin didn't leave her much, let her go to freshen up and rest, and wait for lunch to catch up.

Changning lives with Shen Sanniang, the Shen family has five rooms, one daughter in each room, Shen Auntie and Erniang have been married, and Siniang is the daughter of the fourth room, and her parents are in Yangzhou. The former dynasty of the Shen family is a family of eunuchs, inherited in Pingjiang Mansion for hundreds of years, and there have been many great Confucian talents in the clan, which is a big family in Pingjiang Mansion and a noble family.

Shen Sanniang's embroidery building is not as popular as the luxury style, the layout is beautiful and elegant, Changning's room is located next door to her, the maids have already prepared hot water, although Changning has taken a bath in the morning, but after going out, he couldn't help but wash it again, even the original dry hair has been rinsed again.

Shen Sanniang was cooking tea in the room, and the copper incense on her side was inserted and lit with a pillar of incense, and the refreshing mint aroma permeated the room, Shen Sanniang saw her come in with her hair scattered, and beckoned her to sit down, "He'er, thank you for your peach dew." ”

"It's good if the third sister likes it." Changning wiped his head with a dry cloth, wondering in his heart that the third cousin had always loved flowers and fruits? How did I come up with some mint.

Shen Sanniang saw Changning looking at the incense burner, and smiled apologetically, "I've been a little mothy lately, and I like to refresh myself with mint, you can't get used to it, right?" I'll change one. "As he spoke, he was going to change the incense.

Changning said: "No, the mint smell is also very good." Third sister, do you know what happened to my brother's family? How do I think my brother and sister-in-law are not in a very good mood. ”

Shen Sanniang sighed: "It's because of Ling'er." ”

"Ling'er? What happened to Ling'er? Changning asked.

"This kid hasn't been doing well lately." Shen Sanniang also showed sadness when she spoke, the Shen family's heirs are thin, and there are only two or three children in each of the five rooms, I heard that Ling'er may die, and Sanniang also cried several times.

"Not good? How so? Changning was taken aback, "Third sister, I'll go see Ling'er." ”

"I'll go with you." Shen Sanniang said.

When the two of them arrived in Wen's room, they heard the hoarse cry of the bell, accompanied by the constant coaxing of the nurse and Wen's, and the maid on duty outside the house saw that the two were coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Three girls, five girls." ”

Changning lifted the curtain and entered, Wen's face was pale and leaning on the short couch, tears on his face were faint, a white and fat young woman was pacing in the room with a toddler, Changning had seen Ling'er once, it was at her baptism, when the little girl was sleeping in swaddling clothes, chubby and very cute. But now the child in the nurse's arms made Changning can't believe his eyes, the child is thin and small, the little hands and feet exposed outside are like matchsticks, with withered yellow hair and a blue face, not at all like a little doll who is about to turn one year old.

When Wen saw Changning, he hurriedly wiped away his tears with a handkerchief, "He'er, why are you here?" Ling'er was crying so much that I didn't feel at ease, so I came back to see her. ”

Changning saw that the nurse kept holding her and shaking, and the child was shaken in pain, so he couldn't help but reach out and say, "Give me a hug." ”

The nurse looked at Wen hesitantly, and Wen reluctantly smiled: "This child is uneasy to be held, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold it." ”

"Sister-in-law, has Ling'er seen the doctor like this? What did the doctor say? Changning took the child from the nurse's arms, patted her back gently, it was strange to say, the child did not cry as soon as she entered Changning's arms, she looked at Changning with big dark eyes without blinking, the child was already thin, and it seemed that a pair of eyes were abnormal, staring at people in such a stunned manner, it seemed a little infiltrating.

"The doctor said that the child was congenitally deficient." Wen listened to Changning's question, and the tears that he had endured for a long time finally fell.

"Congenital deficiency?" Changning's repetition of confusion, how is it possible? It's not that she hasn't seen Ling'er, her chubby appearance when she was born is not a congenital deficiency, she put her hand on Ling'er's thin little arm and gave her pulse.

Seeing Changning like this, Wen couldn't help but be stunned, "He'er, do you know how to heal?" ”

"I've learned a little bit from Awen." Changning said casually.

"Is it my uncle or grandfather?" The Wen clan knew that Changning was raised by an elder in the clan.

Changning didn't speak, frowned and changed a hand to Ling'er to diagnose the pulse, those doctors really didn't diagnose wrong, Ling'er is really insufficient, there are innate vitality and acquired vitality in the human body, ordinary people's innate vitality is fixed, how much is in the mother's womb, it will not increase, but the acquired true qi can be increased through guò food intake, recuperation, etc., people have to consume acquired vitality every day to survive, Ling'er is acquired vitality consumption is too much, too late to replenish, and begins to consume innate vitality. This is a typical congenital deficiency in the eyes of ordinary doctors, but what can a little girl who can't walk do to consume so much vitality?

The little girl was well-behaved for a while, and then began to be restless again, waving her little hand to grab Changning's bracelet, Changning wore three strings of bracelets on her left hand, one large and two small, one was an inconspicuous black wood bracelet; One string is a chain of beads the size of a soybean; One of the largest is the KitKat peach peach, each peach pit is carved into a different shape of flowers and birds, Changning has been wearing it for almost five years, and she has raised the color of the red and warm jade, and the children like bright colors, and Ling'er is no exception, attracted by the beautiful color of the bracelet.

Changning was afraid that the bracelet would be too hard, and the little girl's hand hurt when she scratched it, so she raised her wrist and avoided the little claws. Seeing this, Ling'er's mouth was deflated, and she was about to cry again, Changning shook her head helplessly, patted her back rhythmically, and said softly: "Ling'er, don't cry, sleep." ”

Ling'er actually fell asleep obediently under the surprised gaze of everyone, and Wen's excited body trembled slightly, "He'er, why did you let Ling'er fall asleep?" She used to cry so tired that she went to sleep. ”

Changning doesn't know how to explain, she just used the true qi to wrap the bell all over her body, the bell is not sick, but the vitality is insufficient, the innate vitality she doesn't know how to make up, the acquired true qi is very good to supplement, the most convenient way is to inject the true qi into the child's body, but the children's meridians have not yet formed, this practice is very dangerous, she is only a half-hung doctor, and she doesn't dare to move, so she wraps her with the true qi, so that her body naturally absorbs the true qi, so that although it will waste most of it, it will not hurt the child.

"Sister-in-law, have you shown anyone else besides Ling'er the doctor?" Changning changed the subject, "Ling'er is so sick, you didn't want to come to Ah Weng?" ”

Wen didn't understand why his daughter was sick and wanted to find her uncle and grandfather in Linwu Island, but she still explained: "Although Ling'er used to cry, she didn't cry so badly, and she could fall asleep after coaxing. Until three months ago, she had to cry every time she was tired to fall asleep, at that time I looked for a lot of doctors, but it was useless, so I took her to the presiding officer of the Fuji Temple, Xuanchen Daoist, who had performed golden acupuncture on Ling'er, and Ling'er was also cured. But in the past few days, she has started to cry again, and I will go to Xuanchen Daoist again, but the chief of the temple has gone out, and the other Taoist chiefs in the temple don't know how to treat it. ”

Lin also said: "Some time ago, she was fine, and the real serious illness was in the past few days, and when we thought of looking for the old lady, the old lady went out." "The Lin family came to see Ling'er, and happened to meet Changning and Sanniang. In front of Changning, she was embarrassed to say that the old lady on Linwu Island had always liked to be quiet, and even the old lady in the family did not dare to come to the door lightly, how could they dare to go to the island to disturb Shen Shuqingxiu because the child was sick. Xuanchen Dao Chang's medical skills are superb, he didn't say that Ling'er had a terminal illness, everyone thought that he had cured Ling'er, who would have thought that the condition would recur?

It's really unfortunate, Changning was very helpless, and lowered his head and patted the little girl.

"The Fuji Temple will hold a * event, will Daoist Xuanchen rush back?" Shen Sanniang asked.

Wen shook his head, "The Taoist chief in the temple doesn't know, they said that the chief is in a hurry, as if there is something urgent. ”

"Sister-in-law, if Ling'er is still crying in the future, you will send someone to sue me, and I will coax her to sleep." Changning whispered to Wen's that he would not let the nurse hold the bell, and would carry the child into the inner room to lie down.

"Okay, I'm sorry for the crane." Wen didn't know what method Changning used to coax his daughter to sleep, but her daughter was willing to sleep, she slept less than adults every day, how could a child who was less than a year old rest so little.

Changning and Wen Shi just exited the inner room, Ling'er's eyelids fanned slightly, and after a while, she actually opened her eyes and cried. Changning was stunned for a moment, Wen was used to it, and smiled bitterly at Changning: "She is often like this, she will only sleep when she is very tired, but she can't sleep steadily, and she will wake up again after a while." ”

Changning didn't think about it, stepped forward to pick up the little girl, Ling'er choked a few times, her little hand tightly grasped Changning's clothes, her little face was buried in her arms, but her eyes were closed, and she fell asleep after a while.

Everyone in the room looked straight at Changning, and Changning shook his head puzzled, "I don't know what's going on." She thought she was able to put Ling'er to sleep because of her true qi, but now it seems that it is not. Is there something on her that keeps Suzuko asleep? Changning looked down at the ornaments on her body, she has always liked all kinds of beautiful little pendants, and she wore a lot of ornaments on her body, and she really couldn't pick out which one was useful to Ling'er for a while.

Changning touched the bead chain on his wrist, his heart moved slightly, and he took off the bead chain and put it on Ling'er's feet, "Sister-in-law, wear this bead chain for Ling'er first, don't take it off at any time, it can keep her condition from deteriorating for the time being." ”

"Crane, what kind of pearl is this? Still buy? Can it really cure Ling'er's disease? "Wen now buys her daughter's belongings whenever she hears that there is a possibility.

"This is Hainan Xuanzhu, it can't cure Ling'er's disease, but it can replenish her lost vitality." Changning said, "Ling'er's illness is very strange, she seems to be losing her vitality anytime and anywhere, I don't know why she is like this." She also admits that she has more than 10,000 books, but she has never seen anyone who can consume her vitality when she sleeps, so she can only wait for Ah Weng to come back.

This string of pearls was worn by Changning and grew up, and it is a magic weapon, called the Runyu bead chain, which is made up of eleven Xuanzhu engraved with the spirit gathering formation and a jade bead engraved with the spring rain like crisp formation. Xuanzhu is a special pearl produced by Hainan Lingbei, which has no aura, but can automatically absorb aura, and is known as gathering spiritual beads. As the name suggests, it is to let the aura gently nourish the body like spring rain, and it has a slight effect of washing the marrow and removing hair.

This bead chain is particularly useful for young children, there are no impurities in the body of the newborn child, and the formation can not only nourish the child's body, but also help the child maintain a clean physique. However, the time for Xuanzhu to gather spiritual energy is very slow, and monks often inject spiritual power directly into Xuanzhu, rather than waiting for Xuanzhu to automatically gather spiritual energy. After Changning introduced qi into her body, the bead chain was of little use to her, she was used to wearing it since she was a child, and she was reluctant to take it down for a while. It is used on the bell.

"Draining energy?" Wen's face became even paler when she heard this, and Ling'er's nurse also seemed to remember something, and her face was afraid.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Changning asked.

Wen Shi gave the nurse a look, and the nurse willingly asked all the servants to step down, and she stood guard at the door herself.

"He'er, you said that Ling'er's vitality is lost, is there something evil to do?" Wen Shi and the others all stepped back and asked hesitantly.

"Probably not, I don't think there's anything evil here. Sister-in-law, have you seen anything strange about Ling'er? Changning asked, she had suspected that it was a yin thing before, but this is the ancestral house of the Shen family, Ah Weng has personally seen feng shui, and there are a lot of evil things, there can be no evil things, unless the evil thing is more powerful than Ah Weng, but such a powerful evil thing, what does it do to harm a little doll who has not been weaned? Moreover, it is a survival instinct for evil creatures to absorb vitality, and if they want to absorb it, they will absorb all the vitality of living beings, and it is unlikely that they will avoid others and find Ling'er alone.

"It's not that there's anything strange about Ling'er, it's just that I occasionally hear a lot of strange sounds when I hold Ling'er." Wen said in a rambling manner, if it weren't for her daughter's illness, she wouldn't have said so, after all, most people are very taboo nowadays, and it would be bad if others thought that her daughter was an ominous person.

"Strange sounds? What strange sounds? Changning asked.

Wen shook his head, "For a moment, the sound was very noisy, and I couldn't tell what it was." At first, I thought it was a hallucination, but then Ah Qing also had it, and I realized that it was not. "Ah Qing is Ling'er's nurse, and she is Wen's confidant.