82 Li Bing's life hangs by a thread, and the king of Yanjun sees Jingjing for the first time

"Brother Bing had an accident?" Qu's panic was extremely distressed, as if the sky had fallen, his feet were so weak that his body almost collapsed to the ground, and he was quickly helped up by the He family behind him.

"Mother, Sister Jing's medicine will definitely cure Dad." He Shi's nerves were tense, and he shouted loudly in the direction of the bedroom: "Sister Jing, get up and get dressed and come out!" ”

Li Jingjing had been waiting for Qu to return to the room, but she didn't fall asleep at all, and when she heard Li Yunqing's crying, her heart was shocked, so she hurriedly put on her clothes and pants in the dark, and said loudly to the neighboring house across a wall: "Wanglian, go and carry my small basket, and follow me to Taiqingguan." ”

Wanglian and Mochizuki were the first to open the door. The two girls went straight to the pharmacy.

Here, the He family helped the Qu family to open the courtyard gate.

Li Yunqing was wearing Taoist clothes and pants, with tears in his eyes, and hurriedly said when he entered the door: "Grandma, my grandfather was seriously injured and didn't have time to go home, so he was sent by his disciples to the temporary medicine room in the mountain behind Taiqingguan, and my father stayed in front of him. ”

"How could your grandfather be seriously injured in business?" Qu lost his voice and cried bitterly.

He Shi looked sad and extremely sad in his heart.

Her sister He Huishu hinted more than once that Li Bing would get rich and noble when he returned to the Li family this time, who would have expected to wait for the news that Li Bing was seriously injured and would die.

It's a shame that she didn't reveal her tone to Qu in advance, otherwise Qu would not be able to accept the outstanding changes.

Li Yunqing couldn't explain, and said hurriedly: "Grandma, the master of the watch asked me to hurry up and ride back to take Sister Jing first, he sent the carriage in the temple and then went to the entrance of the village, and you all took the carriage in the view." ”

Qu's shoulders trembled, and he couldn't cry and asked, "Is this to see your grandfather's most embarrassing side?" ”

Li Yunqing followed behind a middle-aged man wearing a gray shirt and black pants, blind in his right eye, wearing a black blindfold, and a fierce anger all over his body.

There was an indescribable smell of sweat and blood on his body, and he knelt down at Qu Shi, who was crying bitterly, and choked up: "Old lady, old man has been calling your name. Don't grieve too much. ”

Qu couldn't see the appearance of the middle-aged man clearly, but felt that his voice was a little familiar, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The middle-aged man raised his right hand high, stretched out his fingers, and said very respectfully: "Old lady, I am blind in one eye, you don't recognize me." I was originally Yundongzi, a martial artist from Taiqingguan, and was later given the name Li Li by the old man. ”

In the dark night, Qu and He took a closer look and saw that the man's right hand had six fingers, and there was a deformed finger on the outside of his thumb.

Qu Shi glared at the tears and cried, "I remember you." You are my husband's retinue, and you have come to my house with him. What kind of business is my husband doing, you are blind in one eye, and he is going to lose his life? ”

Qu had met Yundongzi more than twenty years ago.

At that time, Li Bing once introduced Yundongzi to Qu's best friend Liu Qin. Liu Qin's father, Liu Qingbai, did not agree.

Li Bing saw that Yundongzi had good martial arts, so he spent silver money to ask him to be a retinue and bodyguard.

Yundongzi has not only been to the Li family in the county seat, but also to the Li family in Qujia Village.

It's just that when Qu Shi saw Yundongzi a few years ago, he was still in good shape, but this time he was blind in his right eye and wore a black blindfold like a wicked person.

Li Jingjing ran from the bedroom, heard the conversations of several people, and said anxiously: "Brother, take me to see grandpa." ”

"Grandma, mother, let's go first." Li Yunqing picked up Li Jingjing and walked out of the yard.

Wanglian followed closely with a small basket. Mochizuki did not receive Li Jingjing's order, so he stayed at Li's house.

Outside the courtyard stood four young men in dark robes and six black horses.

The four of them knelt down and said respectfully, "We have seen Miss." ”

"Let's go." Li Jingjing pointed at Wanglian and said undoubtedly: "She is my medicine apprentice, take her." ”

The three young men respectively helped the brother and sister and Wanglian onto the black horse, and then got on the horse and whipped out of Qujia Village.

Li Qu was so sick that he ran out to help Qu Shi who was grieving, and said, "Mother, let's go to the village entrance and wait for the carriage in Guanli." ”

He ran to the bedroom quickly, saw that Li Yunxiao had woken up and put on his pants sensibly, quickly dressed him, and went to the yard with him in his arms.

She deliberately instructed Mochizuki: "Whoever comes to ask, you say that my mother's family has something, and you sent someone to invite you at night, we all went to Tanzhou, and I don't know how many days it will take to come back." ”

The Li family is built on a dirt slope, separated from the neighbors on the left and right by more than a dozen zhang. In the dark night, the neighbors could only hear the sound of horses' hooves passing by, and they couldn't hear what was happening at the Li family.

Mochizuki nodded.

Li Li respectfully invited the Li family to come out, and the young man who was guarding outside the courtyard knelt down and kowtowed to the Li family.

The two men led the horse and escorted the Li family to the entrance of the black village.

Qu cried heartbroken, Li Yunxiao was only five years old and cried in fright, Li Qu was eleven years old and cried with the six gods and no master and didn't know how to comfort Qu.

Only He had tears on his face, but he never cried.

Seeing that the He family was calm and calm, the two men couldn't help but feel more respectful in their hearts.

He Shi said softly: "Mother, we sent eight life-saving pills to my father a few years ago, and his life will definitely be saved." ”

Qu said incoherently: "Who knows if your father will be stupid to give the life-saving pill to others like your brother-in-law?" ”

He shook his head and said, "Dad won't." ”

Qu Shi looked at the dark night and cried: "The Lord told our whole family to go, this is the last thing for us to see your father." What kind of sin have I done, I have waited for so many years, and finally waited for your father to come back, and I actually took my children and grandchildren to see him off. ”

He persuasive: "Mother, don't think badly, last time my brother-in-law was so seriously injured, he was rescued and cured by Sister Jing." Jingmei has gone to Guanli, and she will definitely be able to save my father's life and cure my father. ”

Qu muttered: "My sister Jing has saved so many people, God must bless her for saving her own grandfather this time." ”

After a quarter of an hour, a carriage came to a halt like a fugitive, and the person driving the carriage was Qu Yu's husband, Jun Wangfeng.

He Shi tried his best to help the grieving Qu who couldn't move his legs to get into the carriage and comforted: "Mother, don't cry, we can see my father in a while." ”

Li Quzhi hugged Li Yunxiao and sat cross-legged in the corner of the carriage, tears falling for this father who had only met once.

Li Li said in a deep voice outside the carriage window: "Please sit down firmly for the old lady, the eldest lady, and the two young masters." ”

He Shi said in a loud voice: "You asked Wangfeng Dao Chang to hurry up." We are not afraid of bumps. ”

Let's say that the three young men in the Xuanpao rode horses and took Li Yunqing's brothers and sisters and Wanglian to gallop all the way in the dark, and arrived at the forest behind Taiqingguan in two quarters of an hour.

They handed over their horses to the two middle-aged martial artists who were already waiting in the woods.

Li Yunqing carried Li Jingjing through the deep and silent woods and came to a newly built two-story bamboo building in the back mountain.

The whole bamboo building is brightly lit, and on the open grass in the courtyard in front of the building sits more than 20 men wearing black robes and black robes with murderous attitudes and extremely tired faces.

When they saw Li Yunqing's brothers and sisters, they all stood up and bowed solemnly.

From a medicine room on the first floor of the bamboo building, there were several men arguing with a north-south accent, and the voice of one of the old men, Li Jingjing, was somewhat familiar, it was actually Dr. Wang of Tanzhou Academy.

Shi Tong, the master of Taiqing Guanguan, has sent someone to inform Guangmingzi.

Guangming Zi and Shi Tong rushed out of a medicine room on the first floor, and said anxiously: "Pharmacist Li, come quickly, the patient is in that room." The four of them quarreled over whether to use medicine or needles to prolong the patient's life, so that I couldn't use medicine with peace of mind. ”

"Sister Jing, the patient is grandpa." Li Yunqing carried Li Jingjing on her back and walked quickly into the medicine room full of people and put her down.

Li Jingjing quickly swept more than a dozen people in the room, the person lying on the bed should be cheap grandfather Li Bing, and it was Daddy Li Laoshi who was sitting on the bed and crying.

The black-robed man who knelt in front of the bed with his head down and couldn't see his face clearly didn't know who it was.

There were also Dr. Wang, a middle-aged male Taoist, two old men in civilian clothes, and their attendant doctors.

The black-robed man turned his head to look and saw that Li Yunqing had brought a girl with a cloak of snow skin and jade skin and eyes as bright as stars, this was the granddaughter of his master's in-laws, a female pharmacist who had been mentioned by Li Li several times along the way.

There is nothing special about this girl, except for her beautiful appearance.

Doctor Wang had a solemn face, and when he saw Li Jingjing, he immediately greeted him, and said hurriedly: "Pharmacist Li, your grandfather's legs and arms were shattered, his body was poisoned by fire and corpse, and his skin was severely burned. ”

The three great doctors saw that this girl was at most six years old, wearing purple clothes and silver gray pants, no matter how she looked like a great pharmacist, if it weren't for the black-robed man here, they would have already ridiculed Dr. Wang.

Li Laoshi's face was full of tears, and his right hand trembled and hugged Li Jingjing next to the bed, crying and begging: "Sister Jing, your grandfather is dying, you quickly want to use the medicine you made to save him." ”

Li Yunqing wiped her tears and said, "Grandpa, I'll bring Sister Jing to save your life." You must live, grandma, little uncle, my mother, and Xiao Yanzi will be here soon. ”

Li Jingjing stepped forward, smelled a sour smell, didn't care to ask, his eyes were focused on the man lying on the bed who was burned bald and had no good meat on his face, which was very terrifying, and he couldn't distinguish his face.

The mood was extremely heavy, and he raised his hand to let Li Yunqing lift the thin quilt covering the man's body, revealing a body that was only wearing black bottoms and his skin was burned seventy percent miserable.

Shocked and sad in his heart, he bit his lip to prevent tears from falling, checked the man's pulse, and reached out to look at the bottom of his eyes, which actually brought down a large piece of bloodshot skin with mung beans.

She raised her finger to look at this piece of skin carefully, the red was black, the corpse poison and fire poison were very heavy, no wonder the life-saving pill could only protect his heart, and asked, "What medicine did my grandfather take?" ”

Doctor Dao disdainfully replied to Li Jingjing, and nodded slightly at the doctor apprentice beside him.

The doctor came forward and told Li Bing all the medicines he had given to Li Bing within 15 days.

Guangming Zi exhaled angrily: "Great Pharmacist Li, the antidote of Baiyun Temple is not as good as yours. Just now, a few of them insisted that I make an antidote. I told them that you made it well, but they didn't believe it. ”

It is not a secret that the sect to which the Taoist physician belongs in Taoism does not agree with the sect of the god of medicine.

The man sneered: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing." Guangmingzi, even if Miss Li is your junior sister, we can't just rely on your words to think that her antidote is better than that developed by dozens of great pharmacists in the sect for many years! ”

Doctor Wang glanced at the elder doctor, and didn't bother to tell him that the antidote made by Li Jingjing could cure the poison of the five-step snake.

Li Jingjing regretted in her heart that she didn't give Li Bing the antidote during the New Year, otherwise he would not have suffered such a crime.

She turned to the healer and asked, "When was the last time my grandfather spoke?" ”

The doctor did not despise Li Jingjing, and lowered his head to think about it carefully, for fear that saying the wrong thing would make Li Jingjing misdiagnose.

The black-robed man knelt and moved a foot to the side, looked up at Li Jingjing, and replied in a hoarse voice: "Master's last time he spoke was at dusk six days ago. He said that he would rush back to Taiqingguan to meet his wife during the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

"My grandfather faked his death for six days, and his body has adapted to this state." When Li Jingjing heard that the black-robed man was Li Bing's disciple, it was no wonder that he knelt beside the bed.

She thought about it for a while, and said secretly: Grandpa has become like this, does it have anything to do with this man.

Li Laoshi and Li Yunqing were shocked when they heard this, thinking that Li Bing was not saved, so they all cried loudly.

"Dad, brother Mo crying." Li Jingjing forced back her tears.

Doctor Wang nodded, "Yes." My diagnosis is the same as yours, and it is my idea to prick your grandfather with a silver needle to wake up first. ”

Li Jingjing said in a loud voice: "Doctor Wang, you immediately try your best to wake up my grandfather with a silver needle, as long as he can wake up, he can survive after taking my medicine!" ”

"I know that Master Li has this ability. Good. I'm going to give your grandfather a needle. Doctor Wang took out the silver needle box from the medical box as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and Li Laoshi hurriedly stepped aside and asked him to give Li Bing a silver needle.

Four great physicians, divided into three factions.

The Taoist is a Taoist sect. Dr. Wang is a member of the Tai Hospital. The two old men are from the medical officer faction.

This middle-aged Taoist physician wearing a Taoist robe and his eyes covered with blood was from Baiyun Temple.

Physician Wang's silver acupuncture has reached the realm of perfection, which is much more sophisticated than that of Doctor Dao.

The two old men are the same famous doctors in Hunan Province as Dr. Wang, they are old, they cherish their reputation slightly, and they are afraid of diagnosing the wrong dead person, so they rarely go to the clinic, especially for such patients who are equivalent to dead people, and they heard a direct refusal, and this time they were transferred from Hengzhou and Yongzhou, which are hundreds of miles away, to Taiqingguan by the order of the Hunan Governor.

The two old men and the Taoist chief both had to take conservative treatment for Li Bing's condition. The three of them looked at each other.

The chief Taoist physician opened his mouth and persuaded: "King Jun, Lingshi has been pierced with silver needles by the poor Dao thirty-two times along the way, and the acupoints are about to penetrate, and Lingshi's body can no longer withstand the silver needle punctures. ”

Li Jingjingxing's eyes were full of tears, and she said hurriedly: "I just said. My grandfather is now used to suspended animation, and if he doesn't wake up, he will sleep like this forever! ”

The Taoist chief doctor shouted: "If you don't get a silver needle, your grandfather can survive, but I'm afraid that my body can't bear it, and he will soon lose signs of life when he wakes up." ”

Li Jingjing said loudly: "My grandfather will not die!" ”

Is it going to be louder than loud, she'll shout too.

The black-robed man asked in a deep voice, "Senior niece, how sure are you?" ”

He is Li Bing's disciple, and he is the same generation as Li Laoshi, so he can call Li Jingjing a "niece".

He traveled thousands of miles from the north to here, and on the way, he mainly used the great physician and Taoist chief, and used the token to transfer thirteen great doctors from the Buddhism, Taoism, and government of Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei provinces to Li Bing.

He deeply knew that Li Bingming could live until now and still have a breath, not by relying on a group of great doctors, but by the life-saving pills that Li Li quietly fed every two days.

After he inquired many times, and when he was about to arrive in Tanzhou, Li Licai told him that the life-saving pill was made by Li Bing's granddaughter Li Jingjing, and he had to send Li Bing to Taiqingguan, not to see his relatives for the last life, but to let Li Jingjing use medicine to save Li Bing's life.

Li Jingjing always looked at Li Bing and said firmly: "If my grandfather wakes up, I am 100% sure that he will save his life." ”

Li honestly nodded and said, "Sister Jing, Dad believes in you." ”

Li Yunqing followed: "Sister, I also believe that you can save grandpa." ”

Li Jingjing didn't wait for the black-robed man to speak, and said undoubtedly: "Saving people is like fighting fire, my father is my grandfather's eldest son, and my eldest brother is the eldest grandson, they all agree, there is no need to ask for other people's opinions." ”

The black-robed man looked at Li Bing as his father, and when he heard it, he ignored him, and his bloodshot eyes widened.

Li Jingjing directly instructed Dr. Wang: "Don't worry about piercing my grandfather's acupoint. You tie it, everything has me. ”

"Pharmacist Li, don't worry, I promise that if you prick it with fifty needles, your grandfather will definitely wake up." Dr. Wang is highly motivated.

He has practiced medicine for many years, and his silver acupuncture is well-known in the medical field, even if he the emperor, he will not be afraid to have an accident.

The old man and the young man were full of confidence in their words, which made Li Laoshi and Li Yunqing's hearts ignite hope, but when they thought that Qu would definitely be extremely sad when they saw Li Bing's tragic scene, their hearts were even heavier.

Doctor Wang calmly put down the needle, and the three doctors next to him were afraid of affecting him, but they had their own thoughts but stopped talking.

A middle-aged Taoist priest hurriedly came in from outside, and reported: "Lord, the family of Li Tent has arrived in the woods outside. ”

Li honestly said in a deep voice: "My mother is here." ”

Only then did the black-robed man stand up and say, "Master, you follow me to greet my master." ”

Li Jingjing immediately said: "Dad, Grandpa Wang is administering the needle, so he can't be disturbed." You and your eldest brother went to stop my grandmother and my mother and told them to wait next door. Grandpa wakes up, I'll call them. ”

The black-robed man glanced at Li Jingjing, whose mind was far beyond that of children of the same age, and followed Shi Tong out of the medicine room with Li Laoshi.

When he walked to the door, he heard Li Jingjing say unquestioningly: "I and Doctor Wang are here, you all go outside." My grandfather is awake, and I will ask you to check his pulse. ”

Guangmingzi said angrily: "Didn't you hear the words of Great Pharmacist Li, you are all out of the air!" ”

The three major doctors came out with a calm face, and Dr. Wang's apprentice reluctantly left the house. Hiromiko closed the door before leaving.

He helped Qu, Li Quzhi carried Li Yunxiao on his back, and was led into the woods by a Taoist priest in the temple and came to the courtyard in front of the medicine room.

More than 20 people who were resting cross-legged on the grass hurriedly got up and saluted respectfully, "We have seen the old lady, the eldest lady, the second master, and the second young master. ”

Li Li had already told them how to call the Li family before.

The Li family now has three generations.

Li Bing is an old man, and Qu is an old lady.

Li Laoshi is the eldest master, He is the eldest lady, and Li Quzhi is the second master.

Li Yunqing is the eldest young master, Li Yunxiao is the second young master, and Li Jingjing is the young lady.

He couldn't see everyone's faces clearly, but he could feel that everyone had an extremely heavy murderous aura, as if they had come out of hell.

Qu couldn't care about it in his grief, and when he saw Li Laoshi's father and son coming over, he asked, "What about others?" ”

Li Laoshi's voice was sad, and he said slowly: "Mother, my father was pricked by Dr. Wang in the pharmacy, and Sister Jing was afraid that many people would affect Dr. Wang, so she said that when my father woke up, I would ask you to go over and visit my father." ”

When the black-robed man saw Qu's, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said with tears in his eyes: "He Jingyan has seen his wife. Master was seriously injured, and from the north to here, he was in a coma all the way, and occasionally woke up and called his wife's name, and he was in a hurry to come back to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with his wife. ”

When He heard that it was a man's surname He, and his name was only one word different from that of King Shengjun, who had come to Tanzhou not long ago, he immediately became nervous.

Qu had never heard Li Bing say that he had accepted an apprentice, and he was very unfamiliar with He Jingyan, but when he saw him perform this great gift, he felt a little closer in his heart, and he did not hide his emotions at all and cried bitterly: "My husband said in the letter that he will come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival." He remembered it when he was seriously injured. ”

He Jingyan couldn't cry, relieved herself, and continued: "I know that Master Lu Dao has been waiting for Master for many years, so I rushed over, but Master's condition deteriorated, and I had to find a local doctor along the way, so I didn't arrive in Tanzhou until midnight yesterday. ”

"Jing Yan, it was very hard for you to escort my father back. Get up. Li Laoshi reached out to help.

He Jingyan was full of guilt, and he respected Qu very much and refused to get up.

Qu's head was buzzing, and he couldn't speak.

He's life was saved by Li Bing, and he was given a stable and happy life now, and he was a father-in-law and a great benefactor, and he burst into tears.

Li Quzhi only saw Li Bing when he was a child, and he had long forgotten what he looked like for so many years, and only learned from Qu's, He's, and Li Laoshi's mouths that he looked like him, and he was his son-in-law, and he had a continuous blood relationship.

He Jingyan choked up and said: "Who would have expected that it would rain heavily for several hours during the day today, and the two bridges from Tanzhou to Guanli were broken, blocking the carriage from moving forward, and it was changed to arrive at Guanli at night." I invited four local doctors in Hunan Province to consult Master, and now it is Dr. Wang who is giving Master a silver needle, and his niece Jing Niang is guarding by the side. ”

He said in Qu's ear: "Mother, Jing Yan sent my father back from the north thousands of miles away, traveled all the way, and invited many great doctors for my father's diagnosis and treatment, and he is the benefactor of our family." Hurry up and let Jing Yan get up first. ”

Qu Shi hurriedly helped He Jingyan with both hands, and said gratefully: "Thank you for sending my husband back." You're tired. ”

He Jingyan shook his head and said, "When my wife said such a thing, it really made the apprentice ashamed. ”

Li Yunqing took two steps forward, with tears on his face, and said, "Uncle He, this is my mother, and this is my little uncle." This little guy is my second brother Li Yunxiao, and he and the Li Jingjing you saw just now are dragon and phoenix fetuses. ”

He Jingyan hurriedly bowed to the He family, and when he looked at Li Qu's illness, he couldn't help but lose his voice and said, "My younger brother who is sick looks the most like Master." ”

Li Li looked at Li Quzhi and nodded and choked up: "I saw it just now, and I also feel a little." "Xindao: The second young master looks like an old man, but his temperament is far from good. There is only one big hero like the old man in the whole world. It's a pity that God is so cruel that he becomes like this.

Shi Tong thought the same as Li Li, turned his head to wipe his tears, and walked over and said, "King Jun, it's cold outside, please talk to the old lady and the eldest lady in the house." ”

He's face changed slightly when he heard this.

He Jingyan hugged the teary-eyed Li Yunxiao and invited Qu and the others to the medicine room.

As soon as he reached the door, the little man in his arms suddenly leaned forward, opened his mouth and vomited, half of it fell to the ground, and half of it actually fell to him.

Qu Shi lost his voice and said: "Xiao Yanzi? ”

Li Yunxiao raised his tearful face aggrievedly, and vomited again.

The Li family was busy hugging Li Yunxiao.

"Don't come here, he's uncomfortable, let him vomit." He Jingyan put Li Yunxiao down, leaned over and patted his back closely.

Li Yunxiao smelled a strong sour smell in his nose, and he couldn't wait to spit out all the stomach juice, and cried aggrievedly: "Grandma, mother, I'm so uncomfortable." ”

He Shi hurriedly said: "King Jun, the carriage on the road was very bumpy just now, my second son has a small stomach, and the food he ate for dinner is in his throat, which makes you vomit, I can't help it." ”

He Jingyan's clothes and pants were stained with stinking and disgusting filth, but he said gently: "It's okay." ”

This pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses really have a heart, one ignores him, and the other spits on him.

Li Yunxiao's clothes and pants were not stained with the slightest filth, and he opened his arms to Li Laoshi, who was closest to him, and cried: "I'm so uncomfortable." ”

Shi Tong invited He Jingyan to go to the medicine room next to him to change clothes.

Li Li accompanied the Li family into the house. Qu sat down, his body was like a skeleton, and the whole person collapsed on the seat.

Li Yunxiao walked to He's side, leaned over her ear and whispered: "Mother, I wanted to vomit on the road, and I endured it all the time." Uncle He hugged me, he stinked so much, I couldn't help but vomit when I smelled it. ”

He Shi said angrily: "Uncle He, in order to save your grandfather's life, has traveled thousands of miles from the north to here, and he can't even care about changing clothes, and you still think he stinks." ”

Li Li couldn't help but say: "What the eldest lady said is extremely true, in order to save the old man's life, King Yanjun stayed by the old man's side all the way, and slept for up to two hours a day. ”

After hearing this, the Li family was all grateful to He Jingyan.

Qu Shi shook his senses, and when there were no outsiders, he asked, "Li Li, what kind of business does my husband do?" ”

Li Li sighed, he really didn't know how to explain.

He sobbed: "Mother, my father must be doing serious business, otherwise how could he accept the county king of the royal family as a disciple." ”

He Jingyan changed into a robe and came in, his face was not bothered, he sat next to Li Quai, and waited anxiously with the Li family.

I don't know how long it took, Qu was about to burst into tears for more than ten years, and a villain flashed out of the open door.

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I got up at 6 a.m. to write, had breakfast in a hurry, went to work at 8 a.m., got home at 6 p.m. to finish eating, started writing at 7 a.m., and wrote until 11 a.m. One hour yard thousand words, turtle speed code words. I've been working hard to update!

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