5

Yao remembered that six years ago, he followed the route that Yu Heng said to go to the Xue Mansion, where his ancestors had interacted with the immortal clan. After meeting Xue Ling, the head of the Xue family, he informed him of his identity, hoping that Xue Ling could help him arrange an identity for him in the mortal world, so that he could search for the remnants of the immortal clan in the mortal world.

Xue Ling agreed without hesitation. At that time, almost all of the old injuries had been recovered, and his skills were profound, so Xue Ling arranged for him to ransack the homes of several corrupt officials. In the next year, Shake Guang became famous in the mortal world, and everyone knew that there was an unfathomable master of martial arts in the rivers and lakes, because the way he killed people was really eye-opening, which established a certain majesty on the rivers and lakes.

Come to think of it, Shake Light has been alive for almost six years with the name of "Flower Indefinite".

In fact, shaking light is not called shaking light, and the word "shaking light" was given by General Yeqi after he entered the Seven Monarchs of the Big Dipper. And Hua Wuji was his former name when he was young. It's just that it's been too long, and after the war of immortals and demons, his parents, relatives and friends who know his original name have all left him, even if he is still alive, I am afraid that he will only remember that he is the shaking light of the head of the Seven Monarchs.

In his early years, when he was practicing in the fairy world, he was not favored, and he was excluded by the fairy immortal monarch everywhere. When he was just a thousand years old, there was a catastrophe, which he was unable to bear, but he relied on his extraordinary willpower to survive. Later, he met the immortal nobleman Yuejian Shangxian and took him to the top of the towering jade mountain to practice, and he stayed by Yuejian's side for nearly 10,000 years. When he was more than 10,000 years old, he went down the mountain, when the immortals and demons were in turmoil, and his parents both died in battle. Maybe he was away from his family for too long, but he didn't shed a single tear that day, without a trace of sadness.

At that time, his appearance also grew a lot, not like the hairy children in the academy at the beginning, and his cultivation far surpassed many immortals at that time. Because of his appearance and profound immortal law, he has attracted the favor of many fairies, including the fairies who made things difficult for him at the beginning. In the face of these, he dismisses them, and the woman he respects the most in his heart has always been the Moon Seeing Immortal who is still in retreat on the top of the Jade Mountain.

The people who were in the Jade City of the Immortal Realm had never seen Shake Light Smile, and some immortals felt that he was an emotionless monster, but for those fairies who coveted his appearance, this was another unique charm. With the uniqueness of the immortal law, the thirteen-thousand-year-old Shaoguang was officially elected to the Big Dipper Seven Star Monarch, although the other six people joined a few years earlier than him, but the mana is still strong and strong, so he decided to shake the light as the head of the Seven Monarchs.

Doing so at such a young age is bound to be criticized. Not long after Shaoguang took the throne, there were many immortals who came to challenge one after another. Shake the light never leaves people a chance, and doesn't stop until the other side shouts to be convinced. Since then, the fame of Shake Light has been greatly enhanced.

At the age of fifteen thousand, he cultivated into an immortal, and received a total of seventy-seven and forty-nine heavenly thunders, and experienced all the immortal bones. After that, I lay in the house and recuperated for more than half a month before my body was about to be raised. Ordinary people are generally able to cultivate immortals when they are more than 20,000 years old, but Shaoguang is 5,000 years earlier than ordinary people, and he can be regarded as the best among immortals.

From the day he cultivated to become an immortal, to the twenty-thousand years when Shaoguang was captured by the demons and removed from the immortal bones, Shaoguang has been in the melee of immortals and demons, and has made a lot of contributions to the immortal world. After that, he was taken to the world by Yuheng to recuperate, and a curtain of red rain in Nancheng was the permanent residence of Yuejian Shangxian in the world in the past, so they lived in a curtain of red rain.

It's just that Shaoguang hasn't thought about Yin Bai yet, how did Nan Lichuan know that Xue Ling was also poisoned by Gu worms. Gu worms are only found in the barbarian territory west of Xicheng, Gu poison kills people, and Gu worms control people. Xue Ling had never been to that kind of place, how could he be infected with this kind of poison.

Could it be that Nan Lichuan had already designed to get rid of Xue Ling, but Xue Ling was mortal, where did he need to go to such great lengths to poison him.

My chest hurts a lot these days, but I don't have the strength to think about it anymore, so I have to blow out the lights and sleep with my clothes.

The next day, the rooster crowed in all directions, and the sky in the east had not yet turned white, and the whole sky had just dawned. There was not a single cloud in sight, and the people of the entire mansion in the town were already busy under the snow, and the people in the whole mansion were already busy.

Today is a big day for the people of this family.

Every year on the first day of the winter month, we have to worship our ancestors, and every time it comes to this day, it is full of snow fluttering. In Xue's mansion, the family was dressed very ceremoniously, with a moon-white forehead between their foreheads and a moon-white belt around their waists.

Xue Qi got up early, his eyes drooping, and Yin Xian hadn't woken up yet. He secretly sat on the stool and squinted for a while, letting the maid help him comb his long hair and put on a white jade crown. Even when he got up and dressed, he didn't want to open his eyes, greedy for the little sleep time before worshipping his ancestors.

Xue Ling straightened the folds of his clothes and pushed open Xue Qi's door. Xue Qi, who was still in the fugue, heard the sound, and naturally guessed that Xue Ling was coming, and a spirit opened his eyes and squeezed a smile at Xue Ling: "Brother, you are here." ”

Xue Ling looked Xue Qi up and down.

Xue Qixiangyun in front of him was covered in a dark black robe, the cuffs of the coat were drawn with crimson embroidery thread with gold thread, the sleeves were embroidered with cloud patterns, and the neckline was embroidered with the same embroidery thread with a sword-shaped pattern. On the belt with red cirrus clouds and dark patterns around the waist is a beautifully carved Liuyun Flying Phoenix jade pendant, which is draped with ink-colored ice silk tassels, and black boots embroidered with gilded phoenix tails are hidden under the black robe. Seeing that he was wearing a jade crown, he looked like the head of the Xue family should be—as long as he didn't have a hippie smile.

"The hour is coming, I'll go first, you hurry up." Xue Ling was behind, and he was very satisfied with Xue Qi's formal suit today.

Xue Qi nodded: "I know, I know, don't worry." ”

"Second Young Master." The maid who was waiting on the side sorted out Xue Qi's clothes and handed Xue Qi the sword placed in the middle of the room.

Xue Qi took it and looked up and down at his own outfit, he used to see Xue Ling wearing it like this, but today this solemn dress was worn on himself, which really made him dare not do anything as usual.

"Hey, by the way, why didn't you see Qianxun's girl for a day yesterday?"

The maid replied, "I heard from the boss that in a few days it will be the death day of Miss Cousin's father, so I will go back to my hometown." ”

"Oh." Xue Qi understood, it turned out that this girl rushed home, otherwise she would have come over early in the morning to see his dress, and then mock him for what temperament is incompatible with this dress. However, Qian Xun's absence really made Xue Qi breathe a sigh of relief.

There are tens of thousands of town streets in the south city, Xue's family property is huge, standing on a high place overlooking, just the Xue's family is on this Qinghe Street, Xue's house covers an area of almost one-third of Qinghe Street.

There are not only hundreds of domestic servants and maids in the mansion, but the most central location in the mansion is the high platform for ancestor worship that the Xue family values the most. It is precisely because of the large population that there is a high platform for worshipping ancestors in a radius of five zhang in the house.

At this time, the housekeeper will invite the musicians to play music. The Xue family invited the musician group to bid quite high, so there are always many greedy people who come to fish in troubled waters. But the ancestor worship ceremony four times a year, the Xue family attaches great importance to it, and there must be no mistakes in each link, although the housekeeper is not proficient in music theory, but which musician has the best piano skills, he can still distinguish yin.

Not only was he cautious in choosing the musician group, but even the black robe embroidered with dark patterns on Xue Qi's body was made by looking for the best embroidery girl in Nancheng, and sewed it stitch by stitch.

Xue Qi lifted the hem of his clothes and stepped on the wooden ladder with his feet raised.

The musician who played the music of peace and harmony in the audience saw that the main priest this time was not Xue Ling, and almost blew the sound, and after looking around, he saw Xue Ling and Xue Wu, the third lady of the Xue family, sitting on the seats arranged in advance under the stage.

The musician was puzzled by Xue Zhangshi's arrangement, since only the head of the Xue family could officiate, Xue Zhangshi is still alive now, and this ancestor worship has become the second young master of the Xue family, the reason is really puzzling.

Xue Qi faced south, the audience rang the bell and beat the drum, he lifted his clothes and knelt on the ground, welcoming his ancestors. Then returned to the front of the case An Xiangli, Xue Qi walked to the side of the sword rack, asked for the sword with both hands, put the sword on the sword frame, the Xue family cast the sword for generations, and the sword must be sacrificed when worshipping the ancestors. He took three more sticks of incense, bowed three times with his eyebrows, and inserted the three sticks of incense into the incense burner, which was regarded as an incense ceremony. Xue Qi knelt on the ground and bowed three times and recited the sacrificial text.

"The ancestor surnamed Xue has a long history. The destiny of the heavens is endless. It is not obvious, the virtue of the ancestors is pure. If it overflows me, I will take it. Jun Hui my ancestor, great-grandson Duzhi. ”

The snow slowly faded and stopped before you knew it. Perhaps because of the large number of people, the snow in the corners of some walls began to melt a little, as the saying goes, the snow is not cold and the snow is cold, as soon as the wind blows, Xue Qi, who is standing on a high place, still can't help but shiver.

"I didn't expect the second brother to get serious, he really looks good." Xue Wu was wrapped in a cloak and wearing a hood, revealing only his face below the eyes. Holding a handkerchief in his hand, he covered his mouth and smiled.

Xue Ling looked up at Xue Qi on the high platform, and smiled lightly, it seems that it is more than enough for him to inherit the position of head now.

Thinking like this, there was a sharp pain in my chest again. Xue Ling only felt a bloody smell welling up in his throat, hurriedly took out the handkerchief from his arms, and coughed heavily.

Seeing this, Xue Wu on the side poured hot tea for Xue Ling, and said with concern: "It's been cold in recent days, and my brother should also take care of his body." ”

The teacup was handed to Xue Ling, but Xue Wu saw that a large piece of blood was printed on the handkerchief in Xue Ling's hand, and with a shake of his hand, the teacup fell and shattered to the ground, and the hot tea rose on the ground, filling Xue Wu's eyes.

"Brother......

Xue Ling hurriedly put away the handkerchief in his hand and comforted Xue Wu: "I'm fine." Xiao Wu, don't make a big deal about it. ”

Xue Wu was stunned, retracted his senses, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and beckoned the maid to clean up the broken teacups on the ground. But she was still anxious in her heart, she grabbed the silk handkerchief in her hand, and her fingertips whitened vigorously: "If my brother feels unwell, he must find Lang Zhong to take a look, don't take the ...... alone."

Her tone was a little vague, as if something was stuck in her throat, and she choked. This time, Xue Ling gave the main sacrifice of the ancestor to Xue Qi, Xue Wu didn't think about it, and he didn't pay much attention to it, which made the second brother's nerves tense, and it was a good thing not to provoke right and wrong outside. But now that she saw that her eldest brother was sick and coughed up blood, she was afraid that her eldest brother would do this time because he wanted to arrange the future.

Such thoughts were like spores in Xue Wu's heart, growing bigger and bigger, and even deep-rooted. She didn't dare to think about it anymore, if there was such a day, she didn't know what to do, the eldest brother treated her best on weekdays, and she didn't want him to have any mistakes.

Enduring the pain, Xue Ling tried his best to maintain a normal tone of speech: "Brother is fine, the doctor prescribed me a few patches of medicine a few days ago, and I will be fine after a few days of rest." ”

Xue Ling stood up: "After a while, Archie came down and asked him to go to the study to help me process today's paperwork." ”

Xue Wu nodded: "Brother, you are so rested, don't work too hard." ”

Xue Ling, who had taken a few steps forward, stopped, nodded at Xue Wu, and hurried back to the house with vague steps.

Xue Wu, who was in place, locked his worried gaze on Xue Ling's back, and did not retract until he couldn't see him, and kept praying for Xue Ling in his heart, hoping that he would get better soon.

The music stopped, Xue Qi came down from the high platform, looked around and didn't see Xue Ling's figure, ran to Xue Wu's side, poured himself a cup of tea that was about to be cold, took a few sips, and asked, "Xiao Wu, where is my brother?" ”

Xue Wu's eyes were a little fluttering, and he found a reason to prevaricate: "My brother is hurt by the wind and cold, and he can't blow the wind, so he will go back to the room to rest first." ”

"Really?" Xue Qi took another sip of tea.

"Oh yes, my brother told you to go to the study to deal with the official documents after the sacrifice."

Xue Qi, who drank tea as water to quench his thirst, almost choked: "You still have to deal with it!" Alas, for the sake of his illness, then I'll go to see off the musicians first, and then go to the study when I come back. ”

"Okay, second brother, go slowly." Xue Wu watched Xue Qi walk away, and then rushed to Xue Ling's house, wanting to see how Xue Ling was doing.

After knocking on the door a few times, Xue Wu called, "Brother, are you feeling better?" ”

After a long time, Xue Ling's voice came from inside, but the voice seemed to be prostration, slightly hoarse, which made Xue Wu's heart ache: "It's much better, it's better on a cloudy day." ”

Xue Wu naturally didn't believe it, he coughed up blood, how could it be so fast. She thought she knew that these were all Xue Ling's words to comfort her, but now even if she said anything, it was estimated that her big brother would not open the door: "Then brother, you have a good rest, I will come to see you again on a cloudy day." ”

"Okay."

Listening to the footsteps outside the door, he wiped the blood from the side of his mouth. Now the medicine doesn't work, and the pain in my chest is so painful that I don't have the strength to do it. Such symptoms are exactly the same as Xue Ling's condition back then.

Shaking Light took out a stack of letter paper from his arms, and put the letter paper under the pillow with trembling hands. He didn't know what to wait until the window was pushed open and a man in a green shirt jumped in.

The man in the green shirt turned to close the window, the sword with the long tassel wrapped around the hilt of his back was exquisite, and even if it was hidden in the scabbard, he could faintly detect the blue light that was about to force out of the scabbard. He turned around and dusted off his body, and said jokingly, "I have to be so sneaky when I came to pick you up from afar." ”

Seeing that no one replied, Shi Qingyun found that the shaking light that was supported on the bed with his hand was pale and weak. When he saw the person coming, he relaxed, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Shi Qingyun hurriedly stepped forward to support him, called for him, secretly screamed that it was not good, did not stop, picked up the light and left the Xue Mansion, and rushed towards the grove on the outskirts of Nancheng.

There is a wide dirt road between the trees, which has been carved out over the years by the flow of business, horses, and people going back and forth between the city and the city. A chariot stopped on the wide road, and the silver-saddled white horse with a copper bell around its neck kicked the iron hooves, smacking the tender grass in its mouth, and the horse whined.

Sitting outside the chariot was a water-colored collared and finely embroidered waist-length dress, and his hands kept swaying long strips of weeds that he had picked out of nowhere, and his beautiful eyes were ingenious, as if he was waiting for someone to come.

In a hurry, Shi Qingyun ran wildly with the shaking light on his back, not daring to delay for a moment. Although it was not snowing and the cold wind was blowing, Shi Qingyun still ran out of sweat and ran down the side of his ribbed cheeks.

The girl in water-colored clothes jumped out of the chariot, saw someone coming, and hurried over to help: "What's wrong with him?" ”

"I don't know, I guess he was poisoned, no wonder he sent an urgent message a few days ago." With the help of Qiu Xueci, Shi Qingyun placed Shaoguang in the chariot, "You see how he is first, I'll drive." ”

"Okay." Qiu Xueci stepped into the chariot, prepared the medical box that was placed inside, and carefully checked the pulse of the shake.

The veins are chaotic, and such a fine and rare pulsation Qiu Xue Ci feels a little familiar. After thinking about it carefully, she remembered that she had a pulse for the Xue family four years ago, and it was like this.

"Indefinitely, he has been poisoned."

"Gu poison?" Shi Qingyun rode his horse and drove, "Can you solve it?" ”

"Solvable. However, the medicinal materials are in Manshan, and I am afraid that the medicine I brought will not last until I return to Manshan...... "From Qinghe Town in Nancheng to Manshan in Beicheng, even if you don't stop day and night, it will take at least half a month to take a shortcut to the trail." And the medicine in Qiu Xue's medicine box can only last for seven days.

"This is the closest to Kaiping County in Dongcheng, so let's go there and buy some medicinal herbs at that time."

"Hmm." Qiu Xue frowned and nodded, her eyes full of worry, and now she had to alleviate her condition for Shaoguang first. took out the handkerchief he always carried in his arms to wipe away the cold sweat from his forehead, reached out to the back of his neck, and gently rubbed it until he touched something, and a silver needle poked out of the tail of the needle from the back of his neck. Qiu Xueci pinched the end of the needle and slowly pulled it out, but saw that the face of the shaking light gradually changed until it showed another face.

His lips were thin and his face was like a crown of jade, but his eyebrows were tightly locked, and it was obviously the heart-wrenching pain in his chest that made him unbearable. The cold sweat continued, his face was pale, his eyes were closed, and he couldn't see the bright and deep black eyes that were usually bright. The broken hair on his forehead was wet with cold sweat, Qiu Xueci hugged him distressedly, holding his hand that was clutching the corners of his chest and his knuckles white, hoping that he could loosen up, but the pain made the shaking fist clenched tighter and tighter, and he couldn't break it. Qiu Xueci's tears fell down, and she couldn't stop it, crying and sobbing bitterly. I fed a pill and shook it, but the hand she applied the needle couldn't help but tremble, and I don't know if it was the bumps in the carriage and horses, or the trembling of her heart.

The medicine is right, Shaoguang's condition has finally stabilized, and Meiyu has finally relaxed. After Qiu Xueci finished applying the needle, she held the hand that shook the light and let go of the corner of her clothes, and her eyes were full of affection: "Indefinitely, when you get to Manshan, your poison can be cured." ”

Four years ago, Shaoguang took Xue Ling, who had been poisoned, to Manshan to find Qiu Xue to treat him. Qiu Xueci has always lived in Manshan, and has never been exposed to such a poison, and has searched through all the medical books and classics at home but has not found a way. Seeing that Xue Ling was getting more and more painful day by day, Shi Qingyun, who came back from outside on this day, came back with a copy of the "Classic Medical Classics", which recorded many barbarian Gu techniques, and similarly, found a way to save them.

It is very difficult to find the medicinal materials that can be used to prepare the antidote, and Xue Ling has been poisoned for too long, and the poison has entered the bones, even if the antidote is prepared, it is powerless. It was on that day that Xue Ling drank a large bowl of painkiller medicine, and only then did he reluctantly get up, write a letter, and explain the aftermath to Shaoguang.

The painkillers were not smelted, and this letter also became Xue Ling's last letter. The blood that had been stagnant for a long time spat out of Xue Ling's mouth, and he was unconscious ever since......

Qiu Xueci had always been unable to bear to stand by and watch the patients in front of her, so she searched all the major medical halls in Beicheng, and finally collected all the medicinal materials and prepared a lot of antidotes to Gu poison. If she knew that the person she was thinking about every day would be poisoned by this poison in the future, she should have prepared some antidote and brought it with her.

Shi Qingyun drove the carriage and traveled to Kaiping County overnight. When I arrived at an inn, it was already early in the morning, and the shopkeeper in the inn rubbed his eyes and stretched his waist to open the door, and was frightened by the three people who rushed into the store. He looked nervously at the man in the green shirt carrying a richly dressed and sickly boy on his back, followed by a girl in a water-colored dress. I thought to myself, isn't there some enemy chasing and killing?

Dongcheng is a not very developed town, and most of the martial arts masters in Kyushu are from the south and north cities. There are many literati and writers in Dongcheng, and they pay attention to the nobility of reading. Everything is inferior, only reading is high, and the first sentence of every Dongcheng parent to educate their children is this.

So when they first saw the three of them, the shopkeeper cast a strange look.

The girl stepped forward and said, "Little Er, quickly prepare two upper rooms." ”

While speaking, Qiu Xueci threw a silver ingot to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper in Dongcheng had never seen such a big piece of silver, so he hurriedly put it in his arms, no longer thinking about where these three people came from, and quickly led the three of them to the second floor with a smile: "Guest officer, please here!" If you have any other commands, just call me. ”

Nodding, Qiu Xueci closed the door.

The shopkeeper took out the silver in his arms, put it in his mouth and gnawed it, and found that it was true, and his heart was happy.

"How's the indefinite?" Qiu Xue was so nervous about the situation of the flowers, and hurriedly walked to Shi Qingyun, who had just placed the flowers, and asked.

"Still unconscious. When the clinic opens in a while, I'll go buy some medicine, and you can give me the herbs I need. ”

"Okay." Qiu Xue took the pen and drafted a prescription and handed it to Shi Qingyun.

At this time, Shi Qingyun suddenly remembered that Qiu Xue only needed two upper rooms: "You want two rooms?" ”

Qiu Xue rolled up the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from the corners of her forehead, and nodded without thinking: "Yes." ”

Shi Qingyun hurriedly put on a bad smile, sat on the stool and trembled his legs, and said with a hippie smile: "Don't be so anxious, daughter-in-law?" ”

After hearing this, Qiu Xue coldly threw the handkerchief in her hand on Shi Qingyun's face, covering his evil smile: "Who is your daughter-in-law!" Wuji is now poisoned and needs someone to take care of you, and you don't know medical skills, so naturally I stayed to take care of Wuji, you go to sleep next door! ”

Shi Qingyun took off the handkerchief, supported his chin with his right hand, and said very reluctantly: "Alas, since ancient times, swordsmen have been infatuated, how can they want to fall into the flowers and deliberately flow ruthlessly......"

In the face of Shi Qingyun's daily flirtation, Qiu Xueci has long been accustomed to such a hanging-up temperament, sometimes pretentious, sometimes instead of composing a poem to show off her literary brilliance. Qiu Xue stroked her forehead and continued to take care of Hua Wuji, who was still unconscious.

At noon, Shi Qingyun took the prescription and asked the location of the best medical hall in Kaiping County, where the front desk was in charge, and went out to buy medicine.

Not long after he went out, the shopkeeper was so strange when he saw the three of them this morning.

"The shopkeeper is him, today we opened the store, and he carried a sleeping son-in-law over, accompanied by a girl. I see that the boy is dressed quite luxuriously, and he is estimated to be a rich and noble family, and the girl is very generous, and she gave me a silver ingot, you see. The shopkeeper took out the ingot of silver he had collected this morning and showed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took it and looked at it carefully, and whispered in a little panic: "Could it be that the two of them kidnapped the son of a big family and fled here?" ”

"I don't think so. You can see that the thing wrapped in white cloth on the back of the guest officer just now looks like a sword. I think it's estimated that the knight from the south and north cities is from the south and north cities, and the son lying upstairs is probably injured, and there are many grievances and grievances on the rivers and lakes, who can say for sure. The shopkeeper looked sophisticated and analyzed the shopkeeper.

"Good boy, I've watched a lot of dramas, right?" The shopkeeper picked up the ledger in his hand and knocked it on the head of the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper touched his painful head and grinned, "I don't care what they do, as long as it doesn't affect us." Think about it, the disciple in the Yunjin Palace, if he learns martial arts in the future, what is the use of really going to the officialdom and business, it is not as good as a person who plans to make a lot of money. ”

In the entire eastern city, there is only such a place as Yunjin Palace, which aims to practice martial arts. Although Yunjin Palace attracted the attention of many people in Dongcheng, most of the children who sent their children to Yunjin Palace to learn martial arts were children from poor families, and they did not have enough funds for their children to study, or even be able to support their children, so they were sent to Yunjin Palace.

The shopkeeper nodded and agreed, the people who came to Dongcheng to practice martial arts can say that it is already a lot to have one in a county for more than half a year, it can be said that things gather by like, and people are divided by groups. Dongcheng occupies the smallest area among the four cities, mainly literature, the south city and the west city and the largest north city all live on martial arts, so there are few people with martial arts in the east city, in the east city, more people are friends with literature. Everyone is elegant, they think that the practice of martial arts is vulgar, so they put the practice of martial arts at the bottom. Therefore, the East City is full of weak scholars who read poetry and books.

Although the people in Dongcheng don't know how to practice martial arts, when they encounter disputes, they don't fight each other, but they just call the local county magistrate to come over and judge a few times, who is right and who is wrong, which also forms a peaceful scene.

The Yunjin Palace is built on the top of a towering mountain, and there is a stone arch at the foot of the mountain, leading to the Yunjin Palace. Stepping over the stone arch, it is a hundred-step ladder. The white marble staircase at your feet gives you the ethereal feeling of being in the clouds. Surrounded by lush old trees, you can occasionally hear a few birds chirping. The clouds are just on the ground of Yunjin Palace, and when you look up from the foot of the mountain, it is hazy like a fairyland.

The shopkeeper didn't want to practice martial arts with those monks in the Yunjin Palace, but he still had the old and young to support in his family, so he had to be an errand runner in the inn.

Lunch time has arrived, Qiu Xue quit the shop and asked the shopkeeper to deliver the food to the room. When the shopkeeper knocked on the door of the guest room, the sleeping boy had already woken up. After putting the food on the table, the shopkeeper asked, "Do you need anything else?" ”

Qiu Xueci came to the table, the meal was hearty, and thanked with a smile: "No need, thank you." ”

I was embarrassed to continue to listen to their conversation, so the shopkeeper packed up and stepped out of the door.

At this moment, the brocade-clothed boy behind him began to cough, and even the shopkeeper could hear how weak his cough was, as if he was terminally ill and had no medical treatment. The shopkeeper turned around and was about to express his condolences, but he didn't want to see the boy who was sitting at the table just now, and he coughed up blood.

Hua Wuji felt that his body was weak and weak, his chest was stuffy, and it seemed that something was scurrying around in his body, and the itching was unbearable, so he wanted to reach out and scratch it, and scratched his neck crimson, but he didn't see the discomfort subside. After taking the handkerchief in his arms, he coughed weakly, and coughed up a pool of blood.

"This, this, this guest officer, what's wrong with you?"

Qiu Xueci grabbed Hua Wuji and scratched her hand desperately, and it took a lot of effort to bring Hua Wuji back to the bed, and said to the shopkeeper: "Xiao Er, quickly get my medicine box!" ”

"Hey, yes, yes." The second shopkeeper encountered such a thing for the first time, looked around, and found that the medicine box that was sitting aside was busy giving Qiu Xue a resignation, and his heart palpitations were so bad that he couldn't calm down for a long time.

"Come over and help me press him, don't make him move."

"Yes...... shopkeeper pressed down on the milk with the strength to breastfeed, he had never seen a patient who was so sick and had so much strength. Fortunately, Qiu Xueci applied the needle quickly, and he couldn't catch the person on the bed.

The flowers on the bed finally calmed down, and they opened their eyes, but they still scared the shopkeeper a lot. He looked at the people on the bed, their eyes were bloodshot, and the ground was red. Stunned, Qiu Xueci pulled him back to reality.

"Thanks to you this time, you go down first, and I'll be next."

"Good, good." The shopkeeper stuttered a little. I also ran out of the room, thinking that this river and lake is really terrible, a good person, there is such a terrifying side. Then he began to be glad that he didn't go to Yunjin Palace to sign up for martial arts, if he was as brave as him, he would be scared to death.

"Infinite, are you alright?" Qiu Xueci asked with concern.

Although the insects in his body no longer scurried around and caused physical discomfort, Hua Wuji still coughed twice and said slowly: "It's okay." ”

"And said it was fine. It stands to reason that I gave you the medicine yesterday, and there is no reason for it to relapse so soon, isn't it...... It's not poison in you, it's Gu? ”

Although Hua Wuji didn't want to admit it, it was a fact, and it was difficult to quibble, so he had to nod.

Gu poison is easy to solve, but Gu worms are difficult to get rid of. Gu poison only needs to be taken for a few courses of medicine before it penetrates into the bone marrow, and it can be cured; Gu worms, on the other hand, need to be solved by the Gu practitioner himself, which is the easiest way. Others, can only grasp the Gu worm the next time it wakes up and moves to the surface of the skin, cut open the epidermis with a knife, and tear it out of the flesh raw.

But how could the person who gave the Gu an indefinite solution to the flower, so the only way was the latter. Qiu Xueci really can't bear to suffer indefinitely, so she cuts a hole in her body to take insects, and who can stand it.

"How long have you been in this Gu worm?"

"About January."

Qiu Xue breathed a sigh of relief and muttered: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's still smelting." ”

After a pause, as if thinking of something, Qiu Xueci said: "It is estimated that it will take half a month to go to Manshan here, and your condition cannot be delayed." I'll go and prepare your things in a while, and when you're better, I'll help you get Gu." ”

Hua Wuji thought about it, but nodded in response: "It's okay." ”

I suddenly felt a burning sensation in my chest, and I unconsciously covered my mouth and coughed a few times. Qiu Xueci listened to the sound of his cough, she has been practicing medicine for many years, during which she knows all the symptoms, but her heart is still distressed, tears are rolling in her eyes, and she finally cleaned up her mentality, and then raised her head: "If you are still a little unwell now, you can rest for a while, and after a while, I will ask the shopkeeper to warm up the meal and send it over." ”

"I'm much better." Hua Wuji glanced at the food on the table, it was no longer as steamy as before, "Let's eat first." ”

Qiu Xueci naturally said this in her heart, just to make her feel relieved. They all knew what Hua Wuji's condition was, but no one was willing to say it, they only had a month, Qiu Xue couldn't wait to take Hua Wuji to Manshan to get Gu now, she didn't want to see Hua Wuji being tossed by this Gu worm.

She went to the table and served a bowl of hot fish soup, which was still hot. Qiu Xue took the fish soup and said, "I'll feed you." ”

Hua Wuji really didn't have the strength to take the bowl at this time, so he had to listen to Qiu Xueci's words. Spoonful by spoonful, watching the fish soup in the bowl slowly bottoming out, Qiu Xue said that she didn't know where the sadness came from, she lowered her head, and her tears were so much in the past two days, and they fell on her hands drop by drop.

"What's wrong?" Hua Wuji asked in a hoarse voice, and despite the moistening of his throat with fish soup, the words that could be spit out still looked like a seriously ill patient.

Wiping away her tears, Qiu Xueci raised a smile and looked up at Hua Wuji. Looking at him, tears still poured out uncontrollably, she raised her head, trying to hold back the tears, but the tears were extremely disobedient, changed directions, and escaped from the corner of her eyes: "Not much." You know what, this is the first time you've asked me to feed you. Usually, you are seriously injured and lying in bed, and you never want to trouble me, and you can hold your own chopsticks when you get out of bed; If you can't get out of bed, you say that you have no appetite and can't eat. DID YOU KNOW...... Do you know how worried I am about you?

"Ever since you said four years ago that you were going to help Xue Ling fulfill your last wish, you have always had a wound, and sometimes there is blood on the wound, as if it hurt my heart. This time, I fell victim to the Gu worm of the barbarian territory, so why don't I worry about you? Indefinitely, don't always carry it alone, don't always say it's okay, don't always ...... Reject me from thousands of miles away......"

In the face of Qiu Xue's sudden confession, Hua Wuji was a little stunned, watching her cry so much that her head sank low. He must have lived for more than 30,000 years, and it was the first time he had met a girl who spoke to him like this, and who cared so much about himself. Qiu Xueci may not know what Hua Wuji has experienced, what he has experienced is far more terrifying than this Gu worm ten times, a hundred times and a thousand times. But even if it is a way to tell others, presumably others will only listen to the story. And she is different, she will put herself in his shoes, every inch of his wound, every drop of blood, she remembers it in her heart.

couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, Hua Wuji raised his hand, Qiu Xueci in front of him raised his face slightly, and looked at him through tears in his eyes, which was hazy. Hua Wuji wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and gently withdrew them. Although it was silent, the autumn snow was like a spring breeze, and the deer in his heart collided, and his cheeks were slightly red.

Hua Wuji thinks that she is not a person who is good at comforting people, let alone a girl who has been made to cry by herself. After being silent for a long time, he held back a sentence: "It's not good to cry again." ”

Qiu Xueci hurriedly rolled up her sleeves and wiped away her tears, and said with a smile: "Okay, you have a good rest first, I'll go downstairs to see if Qingyun has bought the medicinal herbs back." ”

Qiu Xueci put away the dishes and chopsticks, went out with it, and Hua Wuji, who was half-sitting in the back, nodded.

The man in Tsing Yi, who was carrying a large bag of medicine bags outside the door, stood for a long time, heard movement inside, and hurriedly left softly.

Pushing open the door, Qiu Xueci, who came out of the door, naturally didn't notice that there was someone outside the door, looked down from the handrail of the stairs, and saw Shi Qingyun who put the medicinal herbs on the table at will and drank warm wine by himself, and expanded his pace angrily, slammed the dishes and chopsticks on his wine table, and looked down at him with his hands folded.

Shi Qingyun raised his head suspiciously, dazed and innocent: "What's wrong?" ”

Qiu Xueci's words fell down with a face, and he pointed at Shi Qingyun's nose and said loudly: "You're still lying in the room indefinitely, are you still embarrassed to drink here?!" ”

It was lunchtime, and there were people coming and going in the inn, and they were all drinking wine and eating side dishes lively, and they were called out so loudly by Qiu Xueci, and everyone turned their heads to see the excitement. I thought that the ignorant little boy had offended his daughter-in-law, and his daughter-in-law was reprimanding him.

Shi Qingyun almost didn't hold the half glass of wine in his hand, but he steadied himself, put down the wine glass, pulled Qiu Xueci's hand down, and said with a hippie smile: "It's not very cold outside, come back and drink hot wine to warm up." ”

Qiu Xue couldn't say anything, stomped her feet, took the medicine bag on the table and went to the back room to decoct the medicine.

Seeing that the people were far away and disappeared, Shi Qingyun turned around and continued to drink. The guests in the inn didn't watch the show, but continued to drink their own wine, chatting about their own days, and the excitement continued.

Only the shopkeeper at the front of the counter saw these things in his eyes, and when he used to go out to buy and still had extra time, he would sneak to the nearest teahouse to listen to the excerpts. Although he has never set foot in the rivers and lakes for half a step, he understands the grievances and hatreds very well. For example, today's three guests, the swordsman who went out to buy medicine came back relatively early, but he didn't go into the door, he had to listen outside the door, and the shopkeeper guessed that the swordsman was the girl he liked, and the girl regarded the seriously injured son who looked weak as his sweetheart. The shopkeeper was very satisfied with his speculation, but he didn't know what the injured son thought, but according to the bloody and intricate routine development in the play, the boy Xu was swaying in front of his brother and love, and he liked the girl in his heart, but he was afraid of breaking the brotherhood with the swordsman, and rejected the girl's plot many times.

The shopkeeper who has been serving food and water to literati and ink customers all the year round is very interested in these rivers and lakes, and there are so many tourists in his shop, and there are so many stories, all of which attract the shopkeeper to explore. But when he looked at the matter at hand, he had to sigh and continue to serve tea and water.