Chapter 18: Rejuvenation (2)
The man should not be very old, at least younger than Su Lian, but he is sturdy, half a head taller than Su Lian, and his body is hard, obviously tempered and polished for a long time.
That night, Su Lian was still sleeping on the inn floor. This inn is not quiet, and the conditions are not good, but Su Lian can't be harsh at the moment. Last night he was so tired that he fell asleep. Tonight, it was enough to be choked, and the people next door obviously drank too much, shouting and fighting, slapping the table and smashing chairs, and the noise was incomparable.
Su Lian couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so he simply sat up. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and tried his best to clear himself of distractions, and his mind was as calm as water. It worked, he seemed to be in an ethereal state, and there was no noise next door in his ears, but he drifted out of the inn, and heard the faint sound of footsteps and talking in the street, heard the laughter of people and shops in the distance, and even heard the sound of men and women in some people's homes.
He felt a trace of warm current flowing in his body, from the heart to all directions, his mind, limbs, internal organs, his heart moved at will, mobilizing this warm current, as if he could see the internal structure of his body, the eight veins of the strange meridians, the five internal organs, all flashed in his brain like a picture.
This wonderful feeling made Su Lian excited and addicted, even with his eyes closed, it seemed as if the environmental objects around him were right in front of him, and he could hear the sound of several miles away in his ears, and even the activities of rats, ants, insects and snakes could be felt clearly. He remembered as if he had such a sensitive feeling since he had been out of prison, but he had never seriously probed what it was. Whatever it was, he was feeling unusually comfortable, energetic, and energetic right now, and it wasn't a bad thing, and that was enough.
When I opened my eyes, the sky was already bright, and I didn't feel tired at all, but even more vigorous. Su Lian was even more surprised, it turned out that he could rest in this way, and the effect was even better than lying down and sleeping. He stood up and flung his arms, feeling all over.
Looking back at the man lying on the bed, he was still not awake. Su Lian walked over and probed his snort and pulse, which was getting more and more stable. Su Lian's heart became more and more stable, if nothing else, it was only a matter of time before this man woke up. But if he lies down for ten days and a half months, or longer, he will also have a headache......
Su Lian shook his head and went out to eat something first. When he returned to the room, the man had already woken up.
"Wow, brother, you can be considered awake......" Su Lian walked to the side of the bed and smiled happily.
The man just kept looking at Su Lian and didn't answer, he still had a cloth belt wrapped around his face, but his eyes were staring at Su Lian, and he saw that Su Lian was a little hairy. "Brother, it's good if you wake up, you snatched a life from the hands of Hades, do you know?"
The man finally rolled his eyes, looked at his surroundings, and struggled to sit up. Su Lian shouted: "Hey, brother, it's not very convenient for you to move now, it's better not to move......"
The man ignored it and sat up stubbornly, so Su Lian had no choice but to help him and let him sit down.
"Childe, did you save me?" The man asked, his voice a little dry.
Su Lian hurriedly poured a glass of water, handed it to him, and said, "But isn't it, you are lying in a broken house like a dead man, you are terminally ill with smallpox, I didn't expect you to be able to pick up a life......
The man took a sip of water, stared at Su Lian for a long time, and said, "My master told me that I can't die, and someone will save me, so I ...... Hold on to ...... all the time"
"Wow, who is your master? So powerful......" Su Lianqi said.
The man said and was about to get out of bed with his hands propped up, Su Lian hurriedly stopped and shouted: "Brother, you are really inconvenient to move now, you have to ......"
The man didn't listen, and got out of bed with his support, Su Lian had no choice but to let him go, muttering, "Okay, it's just a little more blood." But what are you going to do when you come down, oh, you want to pee, don't you, I forgot...... Haha"
The man got out of bed with difficulty, walked a few steps, and turned to face Su Lian and stood still.
"You...... Want my help? Su Lian saw him standing facing him, thinking that he was going to help him pee himself.
Who knew that the man knelt in front of him directly, so frightened that Su Lian quickly got up from the bed, stretched out his hand to help: "Brother, I am also a doctor, I should save you, there is no need to make this great gift......"
The man pushed his hand away, snorted three times directly on the ground, and looked at Su Lian calmly: "From this moment on, I, Cheng Mo, am the entourage of the son, and I am willing to be driven by the son, and I must not have any resistance, and I will not betray for the rest of my life, if I violate this oath, I will be infected with smallpox again, and my whole body will festered and die!" ”
Su Lian heard him claim that he wanted to be his entourage, and he also swore a poisonous oath, and he was a little stunned for a while.
"It's not...... You, haha...... Don't be kidding, even if I save your life, I don't need you to repay you like this......" Su Lian smiled awkwardly: "Otherwise, you can repay it, when you get better, just invite me to have a drink!" ”
"Childe, I'm serious, please accept me!" The man said solemnly: "My name is Cheng Mo, I am nineteen years old this year, I know some kung fu and I have strength, I can serve my son, please don't dislike my son!" ”
"But...... I'm not a rich man, I'm also a poor ordinary person, I don't know how to collect followers," Su Lian said eagerly.
"Childe, those are not important, as long as Childe accepts me, you will be my son for the rest of your life, no matter whether you are poor or rich, I Cheng Mo is willing to follow and let me drive!" Cheng Mo looked serious and said word by word.
Su Lian scratched his ears and cheeks, he was really scared just now, and now listening to this person's solemn and serious name, it doesn't seem like a joke at all. He has never had an entourage, if he accepts this person, he will naturally have a lot of trouble in the future, he must be responsible for him, train him, and even take care of him, this is not a matter of multiple people with more pairs of chopsticks.
Su Lian thought so much just because he really didn't understand the concept of retinue. At this moment, the person named Cheng Mo was still kneeling on the ground waiting for him to reply, so he stretched out his hand and said, "Cheng Mo, you get up and talk first......
"Childe, please accept me, if you don't agree, I won't ......be able to get up," Cheng Mo bowed his head and said.
Su Lian thought about it and felt that even if he accepted him, it would be okay to treat him as a brother in the future, and it would be good to be a companion along the way, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you." But don't call me Son, my name is Su Lian, I should be older than you, you can call me Brother Su. ”
"Childe, Cheng Mo doesn't dare, since Cheng Mo is an entourage, he should call you Childe!" Cheng Mo still insisted.
"Hey, why are you ......" Su Lian was a little impatient, and when he saw that his head was buried lower in silence, he had to say: "Forget it, it's just a title, I promised you, get up!" ”
"Gongzi Xie!" Cheng Mo snorted again, and didn't want Su Lian to help him, and struggled to stand up. Although he had just woken up, he was physically strong, and he was only a little weak now, and he had no problem standing up and walking.
"Childe, since I am your entourage, I have to make my background clear to you." Cheng Mo stood up and still said respectfully.
"Oh, okay, you sit down." Su Lian pointed to the bed and said.
"Yes, thank you, Childe!" Cheng Mo sat down on the edge of the bed and began to speak.
He is a native of Jiwei Village, Guangji County, and has parents and an older brother at home. When he was eight years old, a wandering master passed by the village, saw that he had good bones, and said that he would teach him the skills. His parents naturally agreed, but it was inconvenient for the master to stay for a long time, so they took him around and taught him martial arts along the way.
It was ten years, until he was eighteen years old, that the master let him go home and told him that there was going to be a catastrophe in his house, and that he might be the same when he returned. But if he doesn't go back, he will never see his parents again. He didn't think about it, so he decided to go back. Before leaving, the master told him that if he also suffered, he must endure, and someone would come to save him, and the person who saved him would be the master of his life.
After returning to Jiwei Village, his parents were still healthy, and his eldest brother went out to work. He stayed at home to help his parents with some farm work, and when the eldest brother came back at the end of the year, he also brought back a woman, saying that she was his daughter-in-law. Although the parents were a little surprised, they were still happy for the eldest brother. But within a few months, the woman had an attack of smallpox, and the entire village of more than 40 households, including her parents and eldest brother, were all spared, and all of them died of smallpox.
He himself contracted smallpox, but he was in good health and stayed up for several months, burying his parents and eldest brother before leaving the village. But he didn't go far before he collapsed on the road. He crawled to a dilapidated room in a daze, hid himself, and carried it until Su Lian appeared.
Su Lian was shocked when he heard this, and dared to take the wrong path and avoid Jiwei Village, but he just happened to meet Cheng Mo, is this really fate? In this way, Cheng Mo has nowhere else to go except to follow him.
"So that's the case, you want me to be an entourage, it seems that it is difficult to disobey the master's order?" Su Lian sighed, feeling sad for this hard-working man.
"The master did say so, but when I saw Childe for the first time, I also felt that Childe was a good person, a person worthy of Cheng Mo's life!" Cheng Mo replied.
Su Lian was amused for a moment and said, "What is this, can you see who I am just when we meet?" ”
Cheng Cheng said truthfully: "Yes, the destined son is my master!" ”
"Okay, you rest first, I'll go out and get you some medicine back." Su Lian stood up and said.
"Don't dare to bother the son, I'll ...... myself," Cheng Mo stood up and said.
Su Lian interrupted: "You sit down for me." If you want to do your duty, take care of your body first. Do you understand? ”
Cheng Mo sat down in a daze and muttered, "Childe, I'm ...... Be! ”
Su Lian turned around and went out, since Cheng Mo had woken up, the next thing was to recover his body and get some medicinal materials to nourish his body for him to eat, and he would be able to live in a few days.
Walking to the street, Su Lian was happy in his heart, he didn't expect that smallpox, a terminal disease, could also be cured, I don't know if this is because he is powerful or by chance, so that a person with strong vitality can be resurrected under his own hands?
Su Lian walked slowly, shuttling through the bustling crowd, and suddenly his heart beat violently again. Just as soon as he turned his head, he was like being struck by lightning and stood on the spot.