Chapter Seventy-Five: The Emperor's Strategy, Point the Country
Xie Jiusi woke up in a strange place, not the meditation room of Pingwu Temple. His face was wrapped in gauze and his body was not very mobile.
There was a man sitting next to him, guarding the stove with a pot of medicine simmering on it. He looked at the medicine as he turned to him and cursed.
"Huh? Are you awake? ”
This is the man who picks the brick.
"Look at what, I saved you. It's really poured eight lifetimes of blood mold on me, in order to save you, I finally picked up all the bricks I threw there, and I have to give you life-saving money. ”
"Oh, oops!"
The man sighed twice.
"Did I owe you anything in my last life, little mute."
He didn't speak, his throat was hoarse as if it was about to burst into flames.
"Okay, the medicine is ready, let's drink the medicine first."
He tilted his head a little awkwardly.
"How old are you, why are you still playing with temper like a child. Can't stand being told a few words? Are you going to find life and death? ”
"Why, am I not right? Then what are you doing if you don't drink medicine now, aren't you just playing with your temper, aren't you looking for death and life? ”
As soon as he turned his head, the man brought the bowl to his lips, and the unpleasant smell of Chinese medicine made his brow furrow.
"Drink, what, I still have to feed you?"
“……”
The man scolded and took care of him for three days, and it was strange to say that these three days were the best days he slept since the accident at the Xie family, and he didn't have nightmares anymore.
Three days later, one afternoon, the sun was fine. He removed the gauze from his face, and as soon as he got out of bed and walked around the small courtyard twice, the man came back from outside carrying two loads of bricks.
The young man slammed a sentence out of his mouth coldly.
"Thank you for the rescue"
"Fuck, you can talk."
The man glared at him, put down his pole and punched him.
"Gotcha, you're leaving."
He nodded, he hadn't gone back for a few days, Lu Xingyun should be in a hurry.
"Huh!"
The man stopped him again.
"You owe me something."
He knew it.
"I'll give you back the money."
"Bah, when did I say I wanted your money. Look at you as a Sven person, how can you open your mouth and close your mouth like those gentlemen. ”
"You knocked over my bricks, and you haven't apologized to me yet."
He choked, and the man in front of him was not tall and spoke rudely. But somehow, in front of him, he felt that he was a head shorter.
"I'm sorry."
"Hmm."
The man nodded in satisfaction.
"Let's go, let's go, and I'll tell you. Man, if you die, you really have nothing. Alive, there is always a little hope. ”
"Thank you."
When he came out of the man's house, he remembered that he hadn't asked his name yet. This place is a small village at the foot of the mountain.
Fortunately, there are always people next to them, and since they are neighbors, they should know each other.
With the medicine basket on his back, he walked to a house in front of him, and was about to knock on the door to ask. The people on the other side moved first, and a young man opened the door.
The young man stepped out of the threshold, then crouched down and opened his hand to the door.
"Xiaoyan, come, walk slowly."
He stopped and followed the man's line of sight.
Inside the door was a girl as big as Xie Yuzhi, and she walked slowly and steadily, step by step towards the door, and then took the young man's hand.
When they turned around, he saw that the girl's eyes were out of focus when they were looking, and that she was blind.
Her temperament is not as innocent and lively as ordinary children, but a little quiet beyond her years.
He narrowed his gaze and waved at the armrest of the man in front of him.
"This Lang Jun, can I ask you something."
The young man smiled brightly and nodded.
"What's the matter?"
There must always be a valid reason to inquire about others. Otherwise, if you don't say it, what he hears may not be the truth.
After a little thought, he decided to explain the situation as it is.
"You ask the old man, he doesn't usually associate with us."
The man had a strange and bad temper, but he just didn't seem to be a good match.
"But the old man is also a poor man, I have heard the master say that the family seems to have fled here. There was a funeral within a month of coming, saying that the old man had gone. ”
"Family?"
"Well, he originally came to the village with a bunch of people."
"Well, where are those people now?"
"Gone."
"After the old man's funeral, every day we could hear a quarrel in their yard. Then people began to leave the courtyard, one by one, and soon they were all gone. ”
In the end, he was left alone, but after a few months of silence, he became more and more energetic. For more than ten years, I picked up some bricks back and forth every day, and I didn't know what to do. ”
“……”
He listened carefully to what he had said about the man, and then he waved at the handrail of the person in front of him.
"Thank you Lang Jun, then, you know his name."
The young man shook his head, his eyebrows looking at the girl gently and intently.
"I only know that his surname is Cui."
The girl suddenly looked up and looked straight at him.
"What a bitter smell of medicine, you're hurt."
He was slightly stunned, the girl was obviously blind. But now she looked at him, as if she could see the bottom of his heart, and it was a strange feeling.
The young man smiled.
"Don't blame you, my sister has a very smart nose because she drinks medicine all year round. The family teacher is a little proficient in medical skills, and I see that the little friend is weak and has some deficiencies, so he must recuperate. ”
"Thank you, Lang-kun."
He didn't think much of it, nodded goodbye to the two.
When the boy was far away, the girl spoke again. Although her voice was immature, her tone was calm and mature.
"Ashur, is that him?"
"Yes, Your Highness, and your brother, he is also here, does Your Highness want to see him?"
The girl shook her head.
"I can't see it."
The young man was silent for a moment.
"The minister will heal you."
He returned to Pingwu Temple, and in addition to Lu Xingyun, there was also a teenager who looked the same age as him in the meditation room.
The young man wore a blue stud earring in his left ear, and his face and bearing were very similar to Lu Xingyun. Is this, sir's child?
The next second, Lu Xingyun told him that this was Lu Xinghe, his younger brother of the same clan. Therefore, according to his seniority, he should call him uncle.
Lu Xinghe traveled all over the world, and now he was called back by Lu Xingyun to condition his body.
"In addition to this matter, it is also to come to see my apprentice, by the way, the antidote,"
Lu Xinghe just wanted to continue, but was stopped by Lu Xingyun's look.
The young man immediately swallowed the words back into his stomach and put on a kind and kind appearance. Let him stretch out his wrist to probe his pulse.
I have to say that it is really disobedient to see the same care as the elders on the face of a teenager who is as big as himself.
Lu Xinghe quickly wrote two prescriptions, one for internal administration and one for medicated baths. Then from the medicine box he carried with him, he took out a set of silver needles and a book on acupuncture.
"I'll give you needles first these few times to dredge and activate your muscles and bones. The book and the needle are left for you, and if I am not there, you will have to come by yourself. ”
"Thank you, Uncle Junior."
Lu Xinghe gave him an injection first, and then watched Lu Xingyun drink the boiled medicine before leaving with confidence.
There were only two people left in the meditation room.
Lu Xingyun asked him to get the medicine, but he had already called Lu Xinghe back. What he wanted him to take was not a cough cure at all, and the boy knelt down.
"Sir."
Lu Xingyun looked at him.
"The first thing I want to teach you is that though the heavens bear you, you must not bear the heavens."
"When you face the reality that you don't have enough strength, you have to learn to bow your head instead of giving up on yourself. Temporary bowing is not resignation, self-abandonment is the real cowardice. ”
"When a person is in an unbearable situation, if you want to break free, you have to change. If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be able to do it for a long time. ”
"The student understood."
"Can you do it? Prove it. ”
Lu Xingyun asked him to solve three things.
First, not only to complete the things arranged by the temple, but also to come back before noon, just like the monks. Of course, the sooner the better.
Second, educate the local gentlemen and turn them into what they want, or help. Third, bring the bandits to justice.
In the past, he was gloomy and paranoid, full of thorns, and full of aggression, which made people unconsciously want to retreat when they saw it.
Now his heart has changed, and the current teenager has reined in his edge and filed a sharp angle.
He has a gentle and gentle demeanor, and there is always a smile on his lips. The whole person is like a shining sun, unconsciously attracting the attention of others.
The first thing, which he did easily, chose to exchange.
Since childhood, monks have gone up to the mountains to chop wood, carry water, chop wood, and cook rice. After years of practice, this has almost become a skill for them, and it can naturally be completed quickly.
Even if he is in good health, he may not be able to succeed in three or five years of practice, not to mention that his body is not good.
Pingwu Temple is a Huguo Temple, which does not accept foreign pilgrims, and monks cannot go down the mountain at will. They have little desire and hardly any entertainment.
He talked with the monks one by one, and after finding out their innocent hearts and yearning for the outside world, he immediately had a plan.
He first spotted one of the little monks, and in the Buddhist scriptures to be copied every day, he carried a book of strange words.
When the little monk was fascinated, he pretended to come to find a book. The little monk is upright, so he will naturally return it to him.
He took the opportunity to exchange books for a favor to himself. This is a trivial matter for the little monk, so he naturally agreed happily.
A few days later, the little monk finished reading it, and in the process, as he expected, the script was also seen by other monks.
So the foreign residents of Pingwu Temple, who could go up and down the mountain at will, naturally became the only messenger who could carry 'private goods', and they reached a deal with him in this way.
As for the second and third things, he thought about them and connected them. But because of this, he owes that a favor to that man.
These gentlemen are the sons of families, wealthy businessmen, and officials. If the thieves rob them, they will not be spared by their nature.
All he had to do was to spread the word to the bandits, and then lead these gentlemen to the place.
Only when people's lives are endangered and they fall into a desperate situation will the grace of saving lives be unforgettable.
They are used to being idle all day long, and all they think about is looking for excitement and fresh fun.
He first bought off a few flower girls and sold seven-colored flowers on the street. He also released the booklet he had drawn in the shop, and then pretended to be a storyteller and went to the teahouse to tell the story he had carefully prepared.
A flower farmer at the foot of the Spring Mountain planted a strange flower with seven petals of different colors. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, is a seven-colored flower.
The flower farmer wanted to sell the flowers at a high price, but he didn't want to attract the seven-colored deer in one night.
There are deer in the world, and the seven colors have horns. The fairy beast is in the mortal world. Blessed by the divine light, walking on the moon.
It is rumored that if you make a wish on the seven-colored deer, it will grant your wish.
The flower farmer then made a wish to him for a beautiful wife, which was fulfilled the next day. Since then, the flower farmers have been offering this seven-colored flower, and no one is allowed to look at it.
Last month, the flower farmer died of a vicious disease, and the seven-colored flower had no owner, and now it is blooming alone at the foot of the mountain.
The gentlemen were aroused by their curiosity and immediately went up the mountain together, eager to try.
The bandits also received the news and knew that it was a big deal, so they laid an ambush early in the morning.
But he still miscalculated, he asked Lu Xinghe for some powder that would itch to the point if it was on people. I am ready to use this to rescue those who are being tortured and crying bitterly.
Soon to succeed, one of the scheming bandits took the lead and jumped into the water of a nearby lake, and the effect of the medicine was relieved.
Seeing this, the rest of the bandits jumped down one after another. They whistled a few times in the lake to the mountains in the distance, which was the code of communication between the bandits.
Whistles rang out one after another in the mountains and forests, and many bandits had already come ashore from the lake and began to chase them.
What to do, seeing that they are about to be surrounded.
At the critical moment, the man suddenly appeared and pulled him by the hand.
"Follow me."
He took them to his home for a night of shelter before he was safely spared. The next day, after seeing off the gentlemen, he looked at the man.
"Your Excellency is Cui Yanxi?"
"Did Lu Xingyun tell you?"
"I guess."
The boy said again.
"You're really in the same league as my husband."
Cui Yanxi waved his hand.
"You misunderstood, he just told me who you were, but he didn't ask me to help you."
"What I don't want to do, no one can force it, and no conditions will work."
"The reason why I'm helping you isn't because it's a mistake. At first, I saw that you were very unpleasant and wanted to teach you a lesson. ”
Xie Jiusi: "......"
"Questions? Do you know what you look like when I first look at you? Like a reservoir dog, not to mention that you knocked over my bricks. You're like that, everyone wants to go up and pinch two handfuls. ”
"If I don't pull you, you won't die. After all, Lu Xingyun has a lot of eyeliner, and he will not sit idly by. ”
"I was going to teach you a lesson, but you started crying in your dreams."
Xie Jiusi: "......"
"Really, you're crying and screaming heartbreakingly. But I listened carefully for a long time, and you didn't shout a word, you just shouted. ”
"And then I thought, after all, you're still a kid. How sad is it that you can't even cry out in pain? ”