Chapter Eighty-Three: Spirit Stone Falling from the Sky
Lying on the bed, Cheng bit Jin's heart like ashes. When he was examining his body just now, he found that the meridians in his body were broken. Although it is not clear how much it has been broken, judging from the fact that the internal force cannot operate at all, I am afraid that there are many places where it is broken.
Knowing this result, Cheng Yanjin only felt that there was darkness in front of him, although he knew that there would be sequelae when he used the secret method to accelerate the operation of internal force, but at that time, in order to escape for his life, he couldn't care so much, and he used the secret method of overdrawing internal force four times in a row, especially the last time he used his body to withstand Li Jiancheng's punch, which hurt his body even more. It's just that now it's good to be able to save a life, and he thought he was going to die!
It's just that from now on, he can only be an ordinary person, without the meridians, the internal force can't run, not only that, those broken meridians still exist in his body, as long as he has a slightly more violent action, it will affect those broken meridians, making people feel unbearable.
After resting in this small village for six or seven days, Cheng Yanjin was already able to walk on the ground. Early that morning, he said goodbye to Lao Langzhong, dressed up as a farmer, and walked towards the nearby county seat. The Salt Gang has a big business, and there should be a hidden stake of the Salt Gang in the nearby county, as long as you find it, you can return to your hometown safely, otherwise you will not be able to return to your hometown safely with your current physical state.
Before sunset, Cheng Yanjin finally walked into the county seat. Although that small village is not too far from the county seat, it is only twenty or thirty miles, but Cheng Yanjin's physical condition is really not good, and it is not easy to get to the county seat within one day after taking one step and resting three steps.
Dragging his feet, Cheng Yanjin walked around this small county town, but he didn't find the secret mark that belonged to the dark pile of the Salt Gang, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed in his heart, it seems that either the people of the Salt Gang have evacuated here, or the hidden pile here has been destroyed by the people who built it by Li Jiancheng.
No matter what the reason, without the help of the dark pile, Cheng Yanjin wants to return to his hometown safely and worry-free, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to climb to the sky. With his current physical state, unless he is begging all the way, where will he return to his hometown. Although the old man gave him a few copper coins before leaving, where was it enough. And his own belongings fell off as early as when he was desperate with Li Jiancheng. As for letting him rob others to loot and entangle, pull it down, and he will snicker without being robbed.
Looking at the small pavilion in front of him, Cheng Yanjin walked over. Just as he entered the city, the city gate was already about to be closed, and now he certainly couldn't get out, and he didn't have any relatives or friends in this county, so he couldn't take the liberty of finding someone to spend the night, lest he wake up the next morning and go to prison.
Although the pavilion in front of it is windy on all sides, it can still block the rain, and it can make do with the night. Wait until tomorrow morning to figure out how to get back to your hometown smoothly.
Walking into the small pavilion, Cheng Yanjin was taken aback. There were already two people sleeping on the railings on both sides of the kiosk, and judging by their clothes, it was clear that they were the begging men. Seeing these two people here doesn't make Cheng Yanjin too surprised, after all, in this chaotic world, beggars and homeless people can be seen everywhere, which is really nothing new.
What surprised Cheng Yanjin was that in the middle of the small pavilion, there was a huge stone erected, with a strange shape, and I don't know what the origin was, but it was enshrined here. Although he had long heard that when Luoyang, the eastern capital, was built today, he searched all over the world for strange flowers and plants, strange stones and strange things, and used them to decorate the city. But he couldn't figure out what the so-called strange rocks were. It wasn't until I saw the boulder in front of me that I understood a little.
Looking left and right, Cheng Yanjin was about to find a place to settle next to the boulder and prepare to sleep, the two beggars were awakened by him, and seeing that Cheng Yanjin was about to sleep on the stone, one of the beggars hurriedly jumped up and grabbed him.
Looking at Cheng Yanjin's puzzled eyes, the beggar hurriedly said, "This little brother, this is not a place where you can sleep, little brother should find another place!" "Cheng Yanjin is a little strange, why can't you sleep here, it looks like a suitable place! Seeing that Cheng Yanjin was confused, the beggar hurriedly opened his mouth to explain to him.
After listening to the beggar's words, Cheng Yanjin realized that the original county seat was called Lingshi County, and its origin came from the so-called 'Lingshi' in front of him. It is said that Emperor Kaihuang of Sui opened ten years, Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian dug the river in the north to open the way, obtained a huge stone, like iron not iron, like stone not stone, color cangsheng Zheng, thought that Lingrui, then named "Lingshi", cut the southwest of Zhou County and placed it as Lingshi County.
And this spirit stone is said to be a heavenly thing, is the so-called divine object, it is said that when today's son in the construction of the eastern capital Luoyang, the intention to transport this spirit stone to Luoyang, in order to increase auspiciousness, but thousands of people dug day and night for a month, but still did not dig to the bottom of this spirit stone, helpless, had to give up.
In the hearts of the locals, they are full of awe for this spirit stone. Although it is said that because of the huge and immovable nature of this spirit stone, the government is too lazy to send people to take care of it, and just built such a small pavilion, but the locals do not dare to blaspheme this spirit stone at all, for fear of being punished by the heavenly immortals, and after his death, he will be put in the oil pot by the king of Yama. Therefore, the beggar saw that Cheng was about to sleep there recklessly, and hurriedly and kindly stopped him.
In line with the principle of preferring to believe what he has rather than trusting what he doesn't, Cheng Yanjin plans to leave here and find a new place to settle down. Who would have thought that before he could lift his feet, he heard the sound of the branches outside the pavilion, and soon, the raindrops the size of beans fell.
Looking at the sudden downpour outside, and taking a look at his body, Cheng Yanjin leaned helplessly next to the spirit stone. His current body no longer allowed him to go out and find another place to live in such bad weather, and now he was the only one who would be able to settle here.
Seeing the two beggars standing in the small pavilion near the spirit stone to hide from the rain, but still careful not to let their bodies touch the spirit stone, Cheng Yanjin smiled helplessly, he had been running around all day, his body was already a little tired, and now his legs were weak, how could he hold on.
Holding the spirit stone behind him with his hand, under the horrified gaze of the two beggars, Cheng Yanjin sat down against this spirit stone. Listening to the rustling sound of rain outside the pavilion and leaning on the spirit stone, Cheng Yanjin, who was already exhausted, quickly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
In a daze, Cheng Yanjin only felt that a cool breath came from behind him, and entered his body along the acupoints on his back. As soon as that cool breath touched Cheng Biting Jin's meridians, Cheng Biting Jin felt that his hot body was suddenly extremely cool, which made him intoxicated, so in this refreshing dark night, he Cheng Biting Jin slept even deeper.
And the cool air that entered his body seemed to have found a breakthrough, scurrying around in Cheng Biting Jin's body, whether it was broken or unbroken meridians, it was the object of his patronage, and soon, that cool breath spread all over Cheng Biting Jin's body.
The beggar next to him who enthusiastically warned Cheng Biting Jin found Cheng Biting Jin's face strange, so he had the courage to quietly reach over and touch it. I only felt that the tentacles were extremely cold, and I was suddenly shocked, ignoring the heavy rain outside, screamed, turned around and fled. When his partner saw it, he was stunned for a long time before he reacted, walked over and reached out to touch Cheng Biting Jin's body, but he also screamed and fled.
Early the next morning, the sky was clear, and outside the small pavilion dedicated to the spirit stone, there were a bunch of people watching the excitement. The two beggars were standing in front of the crowd, gesturing to the people around them about what had happened to them last night. The movement here quickly alarmed the local parents, so the prefectural magistrate sent a head catcher from the government to investigate the cause and effect of the incident.
When the catcher came here, he called the two beggars over for questioning. When he heard that the person in the small pavilion had angered the gods because he had come into contact with the spirit stone last night, and had died as a result, his face couldn't help but turn a little pale.
Looking at the corpse in the small pavilion from afar, the catcher looked back and beckoned his men to hurry in and move the corpse out, lest the old man be there and anger the gods. Under the temptation of the astronomical high reward of the head catcher, a guy who asked for money and didn't want to die boldly walked into the pavilion.
As soon as the catcher stepped into the small pavilion, he stopped, looked left and right with a weak heart, and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so he was a little relieved. Looking at the dead body sleeping there, he boldly stretched out his left foot and pulled it twice.
Seeing that the dead body did not react, just as he was about to withdraw his left foot, he suddenly felt a tightness in his ankle, but when he looked closely, he was held by the hand of the dead body. Suddenly, the catcher let out a heart-rending scream, and then simply fainted.
Cheng Yanjin looked at the clenched ankle in his hand blankly, a little unclear. He was sleeping soundly, but he felt that he had never slept so comfortably in his life, and he had such a comfortable dream. In the dream, he was playing with a group of beautiful women, and had already hugged one of them, and was about to take off his clothes and get on the horse, when suddenly a big man appeared, claiming to be the husband of this beauty, and punched Cheng Yanjin.
Cheng Yanjin hurriedly parried, but unexpectedly felt something strange in his hand, and suddenly came to his senses. Leaning there and stunned for a long time, Cheng Yanjin reacted and hurriedly released the ankle in his hand. When he stood up, the people around him were suddenly startled, thinking that he had cheated the corpse, and they all retreated back.
When Cheng Yanjin came out of the small pavilion and saw his shadow on the ground, the onlookers were relieved, after all, the corpse could not see the sun, and Cheng Yanjin was still moving freely after standing in the sun for so long, obviously a big living person! It's just mistaken for a corpse!
Cheng Yanjin walked out of the small pavilion and was about to look around, when he saw a few people dressed up in front of him walking over with torture tools. Cheng Yanjin was shocked in his heart, 'His whereabouts have been leaked, these people are here to arrest him', and he did not hesitate at the moment, turned around and fled.
Who would have thought that as soon as he took a step, there was a strong force under his feet, and Cheng Biting Jin couldn't stop it, and he hit the tree on the side in a moment. The crowd next to them only saw the person who came out of the small pavilion in a daze and crashed towards a big tree, and immediately laughed and said, it turned out that this person was a madman, no wonder he dared to touch the spirit stone.
Seeing him crash into the tree, shaking the branches and leaves off the tree, while he just rubbed his nose in a daze, who else would have such a strong body and such an idiotic act except for madmen and fools. The few catchers who were going to chase after him also turned around and left, such a fool is too lazy for the government to pay attention to, let him fend for himself!