"Knock, knock, knock......"

With a rhythmic knocking sound, the figure of an old dragon bell slowly pushed open the door of a wing room in the Forgotten Worry Hall, stretched his waist, and walked into the courtyard.

This is the owner of the Forgotten Worry Hall, Wu Youxiang, with a tired state, she asked Li Zhong, who was licking medicinal herbs, "How long did I be in a coma yesterday?" After saying that, he yawned deeply.

When Li Zhong heard the sound, he hurriedly stopped the work in his hand, went over to support Wu Youxiang, and responded excitedly: "Mother-in-law, are you awake?" Yesterday you started to have a seizure at noon, I thought you would wake up in three or five hours, but who knew that until the evening, you were in a coma, so the three of us had to carry you to the bed and take turns to guard, Qingxia and Xiaoyan are still making up for sleep. Are you feeling better? ”

Wu Youxiang covered her waist and sighed hobbly: "Alas, I see that this disease is getting more and more serious, and I don't know if I will never wake up again next time." It doesn't matter if I'm dead, I don't care about how you will make a living in the future. ”

Li Zhong's eyebrows fluttered and smiled: "What kind of stupid thing did my mother-in-law say, I see you, you have a great fortune, just wait for a long life to be 100 years old, hehe." ”

Wu Youxiang looked at Li Zhong suspiciously, and asked, "What is a good day today?" Why are you so elated? ”

"Come on, hehe......" Li Zhong took Wu Youxiang to the stone mortar, pointed to the pile of crushed herbs inside, and asked, "Guess, what is this?" ”

Wu Youxiang frowned and said: "It's broken like this, I don't know, don't sell it, just say it." ”

"Yesterday, those two guests from Yunnan really went to Zhaoyao Mountain, and they picked Zhu Yu back from the grave, this is Zhu Yu!"

"What?" Wu Youxiang was shocked, "Can you see clearly, did they cheat?" ”

Li Zhong said: "I see that when they sent it, they were covered with dirt, and they must have gone through hardships and dangers, not like lying. Anyway, I haven't seen Zhu Yu, if my mother-in-law suspects that it is fake, you can try it. ”

Wu Youxiang said: "Zhu Yu only appeared once in ten years, and I haven't seen it for many years, only when I was young, my teacher showed me once." After saying that, he dipped his fingers in some minced dust, put it to his nose and smelled it.

"Right...... Right...... It's this unique smell, like desmodium, like Houttuynia cordata, and faintly, there are still some dead people's smells, can't be wrong, can't be wrong......" Wu Youxiang was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly asked: "What about the two nobles?" When they come again, I must go and get the money ready!" ”

Li Zhong smiled: "Mother-in-law, have you forgotten? I told you the day before yesterday that they don't want money, because the woman has typhoid fever in her body and needs to ask you to heal her. They came early in the morning, and when I saw that you were still asleep and couldn't bear to disturb you, I asked them to wait in the consultation room. ”

When Wu Youxiang heard this, she immediately rushed to the consultation room, and her steps were much lighter with her mood, and she walked halfway through and said to herself: "It's rude to do this, let's wait until I'm done washing and change my clothes." Then he turned back to the wing room and recited energetically: "Hehe, Yo Yo Lu Ming, Eat the Apple of the Wild." I have a guest, drummer and sheng......"

……

After half a stick of incense, Wu Youxiang appeared in the consultation room, and when she saw Pu Chen and the others, she immediately bowed and said, "The two are Pu Zixuan and Chen Shuqing, right?" Let the two of them wait for a long time, the old woman is really offended. ”

The two got up, and Chen Shuqing stepped forward and said, "Doctor Wu, we took the liberty to disturb, I don't know how your body is?" ”

Wu Youxiang was happy when she heard it: "Yo, it's obvious that you are here to seek medical treatment, but you are concerned about my old woman's illness." Let me tell you the truth, my disease is a rare 'hungry ghost disease' in the world, as soon as I have an attack, I will lose my mind, I always feel hungry and panicked, I am so hungry that I want to eat everything, and it will take several hours to recover. In this world, the only thing that can cure the disease of hungry ghosts is Zhu Yu, a kind of fairy grass, which contains a large amount of sun and moon essence in its body, which can stimulate the human body to automatically produce food essence, so that it will not be hungry for life......"

Pu Zixuan was curious: "If this is the case, then you can't eat anything in the future, wouldn't it be a great pleasure in the world?" ”

Wu Youxiang smiled: "Hehe, not being hungry doesn't mean you can't eat." If you are hungry and want to eat some whole grains, fish, fruits and vegetables, then there is no problem. Now, you know how precious it is, right? You know why I want it at all costs, right? You have given me such a wonderful treasure, what can I do for you? ”

Chen Shuqing said: "Doctor Wu, more than half a month ago, I was in Sichuan, accidentally had a dispute with others, I was hit by an arrow in the abdomen, after applying the plaster, although the external injury is good, but until today, there are still internal injuries in the abdomen, a little force, it will be painful, my friend recommended me to come here to find you, and I hope you can help me see, how to heal." ”

"Arrow wounds? Simple. Come ......" Wu Youxiang sat on the bench, kindly reached out to hold Chen Shuqing's left hand, and took her pulse, after a moment of silence, Wu Youxiang's calm expression suddenly became solemn, and she looked at Chen Shuqing's face in horror.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Pu Zixuan hurriedly asked, "Doctor Wu, what's wrong?" ”

Wu Youxiang didn't answer, and changed Chen Shuqing's right hand to continue to check the pulse, leaning less, her face was pale, she instinctively shook off Chen Shuqing's hand, retreated again and again, and fell to the ground with the bench.

Chen Shuqing also panicked: "What's going on, I hope to tell you the truth." ”

Wu Youxiang pointed at Chen Shuqing and said incoherently: "You...... You're a monster, you're a monster......"

Although for the two of them, the word "monster" has long been diluted as an identity, forgetting that for all living beings, the degree of acceptance of monsters is completely different from person to person.

Chen Shuqing asked: "Doctor Wu, I am a monster, how do you know?" ”

Wu Youxiang said: "The pulse of the monster is only one-twelfth of that of humans, this ...... That's why you outlive humans...... Ordinary doctors...... You can't tell the difference just by taking the pulse...... But I can ......."

Chen Shuqing folded her hands and said reverently: "Yes, I admit that I am a monster, a half-demon who has received human blood, but in essence I am still a monster. However, I'm a good youkai and never hurt humans, so don't be afraid! ”

"I don't care if you're a good demon or a bad demon, you guys go quickly! I don't heal youkai! ”

"However, you promised that as long as anyone picks a blessing, you will see a doctor and heal him at any time, and we have collected a blessing after a difficult journey, so please make an exception!"

"Zhu Yu, I can buy it with you for fifty taels of silver, but if it doesn't work, you can also take Zhu Yu away! Anyway, I just won't help youkai! ”

Seeing that the old woman was so stubborn, Pu Zixuan was also angry, and said sharply: "She is a monster, but I am a purification messenger, we walked all the way, slaying demons and destroying demons, and saving many people in the world!" But when it comes to you, you will indiscriminately kill all the monsters with one rod! It is said that the doctor has a benevolent heart, a benevolent heart, a benevolent heart, we have it, do you have it? If you let such a good monster as Shuqing die, can you stand it with your conscience? ”

Wu Youxiang sighed deeply, got up from the ground, helped the bench up again, sat down again, calmed down for a moment, and asked, "Who asked you to come to me?" ”

Chen Shuqing looked at Pu Zixuan, and when she saw Pu Zixuan nodded, she told the truth: "It's Su Sanniang." ”

When Wu Youxiang heard this name, she was immediately stunned, and there was a hint of encouragement in her surprise: "It turns out that Su Sanniang is really still alive?" I heard that Su Sanniang recently returned to Xianjian Hall, but she never appeared again, I thought it was a rumor, it turned out that she was really alive? ”

"Yes, she is alive, she is alive and well, and she has become a purification messenger, she is our friend, let us heal our injuries, and go to the Fairy Sword Hall to find her!"

Wu Youxiang thought for a moment, and sighed: "Su Sanniang is in our Guangxi, but everyone admires the heroine, I have treated her many times in the past, and she has also helped me to defeat a group of bandits who have entered the hall and robbed, whether it is character or martial arts, Su Sanniang is the dragon and phoenix among people, if she introduces you to me, I have no reason to turn you away...... However, I still have to ask one more question, how did you know Su Sanniang thousands of miles apart? ”

"To tell you the truth, the arrow wound on my body was given by Su Sanniang......

Chen Shuqing saw that the two sides had returned to an atmosphere of trust, and no longer concealed it, and told Wu Youxiang about the experience of meeting Su Sanniang in Sichuan and defeating Fu Wei. Pu Zixuan also added one by one, except for the fact that he is Pu Songling's descendant and there is no need to explain, the other parts have been shared with Wu Youxiang vividly.

Wu Youxiang nodded frequently, and gradually accepted Chen Shuqing's identity as a monster, and after listening to the two of them, she whispered: "After you finish talking, then I will tell you my story, why am I unwilling to heal the monster." ”

Chen Shuqing whispered: "Doctor Wu, please speak." ”

"My disease, though rare in the world, will be passed on to the next generation. My son was born with a hungry ghost. In the twenty-seventh year of Daoguang, the last time Zhu Yu appeared, when my husband was still alive, he took three friends, a total of four people, to Zhaoyao Mountain to look for Zhu Yu, hoping to cure me and my son's illness. On the Zhaoyao Mountain, they picked Zhu Yu from the hanging coffin, but on the way down the mountain, they encountered a fox, which was not an ordinary ape, it had been demonized, snatched Zhu Yu, and ate two people, including my husband. My son didn't survive that year, and after an illness, he died with a whimper...... Because of the hungry ghost disease, I didn't dare to have more children, just such an only child...... He was only twenty-three years old when he died, and he was in his prime...... For so many years, I was alone and had to earn money to compensate the family of another deceased...... It's because of a monster that my family is ruined! For so many years, I can't wait to tear all the monsters in this world with my own hands, use their hearts to soak wine, and plant grass with their blood, how can I treat them and heal their wounds? After speaking, Wu Youxiang came from it and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.

Chen Shuqing felt the same way, leaned down, held Wu Youxiang's hand, and comforted: "Doctor Wu, if you don't dislike it, when my injuries are healed, I can come to see you every day, and you can treat me as a daughter." ”

Wu Youxiang raised her hand and said sharply: "No, for the sake of Zhu Yu and Su Sanniang, I can make an exception to heal your injuries, but when you are healed, please leave immediately, I won't let you come here often!" ”

thought that the misunderstanding had been completely resolved, but Wu Youxiang's rude words surprised Chen Shuqing: "Why? ”

"Because...... The fortune teller told me that I was destined to commit Tai Sui, and one day, like my husband, I would be killed by a monster! ”

This is the real reason why Wu Youxiang was so frightened after knowing Chen Shuqing's identity!