CHAPTER XXI
87_87272 In the early morning of the next day, when Su Jiming woke up, the place next to him was empty. He opened his eyes and saw Xi Wu sitting at the table pounding medicine.
The faint light of the morning sun made the room foggy, and Xiwu was in this fog, wearing a black and blue robe, as if there was a faint halo around his body, and his side face was perfect as a carving, this scene was like an ink painting. Su Jiming looked at his serious expression and was distracted, and it wasn't until Xiwu picked up a knife and cut his palm that Su Jiming came back to his senses.
"What are you doing?" Su Jiming saw Xi Wu drip his own blood into the medicine bowl.
Xiwu turned around: "You...... Awake...... Finish. β
Su Jiming was stunned. This sentence Xiwu was not said in Wuman, but in very jerky Chinese.
"How do you ......"
"You...... Teach me. β
Su Jiming understood that Xiwu was asking him to tell him to speak Han language, and his mood was very complicated: "Why are you doing this? Didn't you say that when I heal my injuries, you will go to Danzhou? Why learn Chinese? β
Xi Wu tilted his head and thought for a while, as if he didn't understand how to express it, and then said slowly: "Han, I don't understand. I want to understand. β
The former priest of the Wu Barbarian tribe had married a Miao girl, so Xiwu could speak Miao language. There are also Han people in Danzhou, although the Wuman tribe is closed, but they have lived on the island for generations, and they also have slight contacts with the Han people, and there are also three or two Han books in the clan, so Xiwu can speak some of the simplest Chinese.
He never knew about the Han people, and after meeting Su Jiming, he thought it was just a difference in life habits, but it wasn't until Su Jiming told the truth yesterday that he knew that the thinking between the two was also very different.
Su didn't know what to say. Didn't you say that you would go back when he was injured? Didn't you already agree to give up? He didn't want to teach the people of Wuhan, because the relationship between them would only get deeper. So Su Jiming didn't answer this question, and still asked in the barbarian language: "Why do you want to bleed?" β
Xi Wu thought seriously for a while: "I...... ...... with a holy spring How to say power in Chinese? β
This scene is very funny, the barbarians speak Chinese, the Han people speak the barbarian language, each fighting in secret, and no one will give in. The two were in a stalemate for a long time, Xiwu was much calmer than Su Jiming, and looked at Su Jiming with confidence, expecting that Su Jiming would definitely give him an answer. After an eerie silence that lasted for a long time, Su Jiming finally backed down and answered his question in Chinese.
Xi Wu nodded slightly: "My ...... Blood, healing ...... What do you say about detoxification? β
Su Jiming had to teach him again.
After the two communicated with difficulty, Su Jiming finally understood that Xiwu had been baptized by the holy spring, and his blood was an elixir that could detoxify and cure diseases. Su Jiming's wound has a tendency to become infected and festering, and using his blood as medicine can make Su Jiming's wound heal faster.
Su Jiming's heart was mixed. Xiwu's blood alone has this ability, but what about the holy spring water of the barbarians? What about the holy relics hidden in the springs? How much power is hidden in the background? He couldn't help but think of what Wei Qiong had said about attacking the Wu barbarians.
Since Wei Qiong was sent by the emperor, then what he meant was what the emperor meant. The emperor sent his closest cousin to the wilderness just to govern Lingnan? Su Jiming didn't believe it. What's more, Wei Qiong didn't have much talent in governing the country, but he read a lot of military books. Su Jiming preferred to believe that the emperor's purpose was the sacred relics of the Wu barbarians. The emperor has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and he was asserted that he would not live to be thirty when he was a child, and now he is almost thirty, Su Ji knows that he is unwilling, and has been recruiting famous doctors everywhere, and he doesn't know where to get the news, so he hit the idea on the Wu barbarians. The officers and soldiers of the previous Danzhou Mansion forcibly broke into the barbarian tribe, perhaps they also got the emperor's secret order to rob the holy barbarian tribe, but they were beaten by the barbarians.
If Su Jiming didn't know Xiwu and didn't know the men, women, and children of the Wu barbarian clan, he would probably support the emperor's decision. Zhao Yunshen is actually a Ming Jun, if he is not dragged down by his body, give him enough time, and with his talents, he may not be able to create a prosperous country. However, Su Jiming had already met Xiwu......
Xi Wu came over with the prepared medicine, untied Su Jiming's clothes, and changed the medicine for him.
Su Jiming asked, "You ...... Is that holy relic in the clan really having the effect of prolonging life? β
Xiwu bowed his head.
"So, can you bring it to the Central Plains? There are so many people in the Central Plains, your holy relics can heal more people, and your clansmen can also see more when they go to the Central Plains......" If the emperor wants to give up the pursuit of immortality, Su Jiming feels that it is impossible, but this matter may not rise to the level of Cheng DΓΉ, if the barbarian tribe can voluntarily offer the treasure that will make the emperor live longer, won't it turn the war into a jade silk?
But Xiwu said: "The holy relics of our clan cannot leave the island. β
Su Jiming was puzzled: "Why?" β
Xi Wu shook his head slowly: "I don't know the specific reason. However, according to the records of our ancestors, the sacred relics of our clan are a seal to suppress disasters, and once they leave the holy spring, the world will be in chaos. β
Su Jiming said incredulously: "This ...... And this kind of thing! β
Xi Wu said: "The holy relics give our people the power of immortality and health, so that our people have the ability to protect it. Once our people are far away from the relics, they will lose their strength and become weak. β
Su was surprised. No wonder Xi Wu said that after arriving in Huizhou, his ability was much weaker than when he was in Danzhou, and said that he could not go to the capital. If what Xi Wu said was true, then the so-called holy relic was a seal, and when it sealed the calamity, it also sealed the Wu Barbarian people, so that they could only stay on that small island for generations to guard.
Su Jiming suddenly had an impulse to take out the mysterious holy artifact and see how powerful it was, why would it trap a clan there forever? What kind of chaos in the world, maybe it's just alarmism!
He couldn't help but say, "You guys...... Won't you be unwilling? β
"Unwilling?" Xiwu thought seriously for a while and asked, "Why?" β
Su Jiming smiled: "Living for protection, can't leave, can't do more?" "If he's trapped on the island by that thing, he'll be worse off than dead, and he'll be burned!
Xi Wu showed that peaceful and peaceful expression again: "What I am guarding is not only the holy relics, but also my people, and," he glanced at Su Jiming, "the people I want to protect." We live a prosperous and healthy life, why are we unwilling? β
Su Jiming was speechless for a while. Yes, the life of the barbarians is like the paradise depicted in the book, with good fields and beautiful ponds, people are happy, there is no intrigue, no intrigue, and the years are peaceful. From them, Su Jiming couldn't see the slightest bit of unwillingness and discontentment, as if everything was taken for granted. Why did they abandon their homeland and come to the Central Plains? Although there is a larger world in the Central Plains, it is also full of dangers.
And the reason why Su Jiming desperately wanted to come back and refused to stay in that paradise was because he was unwilling to do so. He was unwilling to let his belly full of poetry and books have nowhere to go; He was unwilling to bury his life that should have made great achievements; He was not reconciled to the fact that those who were waiting to see his jokes really saw his downfall...... He is just unwilling to let his life deviate from his former ideals! However, he didn't understand after all that in this world, the most taboo thing is the word "unwilling".
At this moment, he was still unwilling to ask: "Among the barbarian clan, is there no one who wants to leave?" β
Xi Wu lowered his eyes, and after a while, said, "Yes, my brother." β
"You have a brother?!" Su Jiming was shocked. He has been in the Wu Barbarian Clan for more than a year, and he has never heard of Xiwu having a younger brother. "Who is it? Have I seen it? β
Xi Wu shook his head: "It's dead." βγ