Back in Baijia Village, as she expected, no one asked her where she had been these nights. The villagers are busy preparing the things to be used for the sacrifice on the day of the next year. In another seven days, the next yuan will arrive, and it is estimated that they all think that she is going into the city to prepare the utensils they need.

In fact, she didn't need to prepare anything, what she really had to do was to nourish her spirit, after all, every sacrifice would cost her a lot of mental and physical strength. After that, it took her a long time to recover.

Now, she is only waiting for Rouge to bring back the Yin Sword from the Yin Mountain in the north of the capital.

The Yin Sword is a necessary thing for the Bai clan to sacrifice. Its whole body is clear and black, with a cold and murderous aura, to curb the plague and remove the evil. During the sacrificial ceremony, the priest must first sacrifice the Yin Sword with his own blood before performing the ritual of blessing.

The earliest owner of this sword was the priest who took them away from the capital a hundred years ago, and according to legend, she was the strongest priest in the history of the Bai clan. When she took the Bai clan out of the capital, the original Yin sword disappeared on the way out of Beijing, the Yin sword is the sword of the Bai clan's town, without the Yin sword, the Bai clan will have a disaster, this priest took his guards to break into the Beiyin Mountain, which is said to be the forbidden land of the capital, broke the mountain and the river, dug out the black dark iron, and spent a full hundred days to cast it personally, after the sword was completed, it replaced the original Yin sword to become the sword of the Bai clan.

It's just that this sword is extremely yin and evil, and it can cut off all filthy and evil qi, but it can also bring disaster to the people around it. Legend has it that this sword was only able to be suppressed by the priest who forged it at the time. Although the priests of all generations since then have been able to use this sword, they have not been able to control it, including Ruoxin, of course. If you can't control the Yin Sword, you will be injured by it, such a Yin evil can be suppressed in an unusual place, and then the priest thought of suppressing it in the capital where the righteousness of heaven and earth and the royal qi are strong, and buried it in the woodland near the North Yin Mountain, and took it at the time of each sacrifice, and after the sacrifice was completed, it was sent back.

At the beginning, it was Ruoxin who personally went to the capital to get the sword. In the past few years, her physical condition has deteriorated, and Rouge volunteered to go to Beijing to help Ruoxin get a sword.

Counting, Rouge is coming back soon. Bai Rong was a few days later than before, but when she returned to the village, she received Bai Rong's flying pigeon letterhead, telling Ruoxin that he would return soon, and her heart was slightly relieved after worrying about Bai Rong for a few days.

Ruoxin went to her house with the daily necessities that Bai Qingyin exchanged for embroidery. When Bai Qingyin arrived at her residence in a remote part of the village, her door was hidden. After shouting a few times and no one answered, I found that she was not in the house when I went in. Ruoxin thought that she might have gone to the nearby mulberry garden, but she didn't pay much attention to it, put the rice, oil, salt and the remaining silver taels on the kitchen table, and closed the door and left.

Back in the empty home, Ruoxin thought about it carefully, sat down at the desk, spread the paper and grinded, and recorded the matters that need to be paid attention to in the sacrifice seven days later.

This is for Bai Ruxue, who, as the saintess of the Bai clan, also needs to participate in the sacrifice that day. The three sacrificial ceremonies of Shangyuan, Zhongyuan, and Xiayuan are slightly different, Bai Ruxue is smart by nature, but her temperament is a little confused, and she often makes some small mistakes with Zhang Guan Li Dai, so before each sacrifice, Ruoxin will write down the places that need attention to in the sacrifice on a piece of paper and hand it to her, just in case.

Ruoxin wrote carefully, and when she was done, she went to the kitchen to make a fire. It wasn't until the evening, when the oil lamp was lit, that Bai Ruxue looked cheerful and ran home, followed by the dutiful maple forest. Bai Ruxue had some dead grass and broken leaves on her body, thinking that she couldn't stay at home, and Ruoxin didn't allow her to go into the city to play, so she took the maple forest to the mountains to play all day.

Seeing Ruoxin at home, Bai Ruxue threw herself into Ruoxin's arms and coquettishly said that her sister forgot to go home after having fun in the city, and she would also be punished, and her confinement would also be lifted. Ruoxin scolded her a few words and asked her how much she had memorized those medical skills, Bai Ruxue stuck out her tongue, and then pulled Fenglin and jumped back to her room.

After that, Ruoxin discussed the matter of the sacrifice with the village chief and several other elders, and after three days of busyness, the matter of Hefenghua was temporarily put on the back of her mind.

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Coming out of the village hall, Ruoxin turned to the entrance of the village as she had done two days ago.

At dusk, a faint smoke rises over the village.

The orange sunset sank into the western mountains little by little, the mountain air gradually cooled, the gusts of wind blew, and the dense forest also reverberated with a whining.

Ruoxin stood next to the big stone tablet at the entrance of the village that read Baijia Village, and tightened her clothes. A long crimson skirt with a flying skirt. As the weather got colder, she put on a shirt of the same color over her. The waist is tied with a brocade belt, without too much decoration, but it is also simple and beautiful.

After waiting for a while, Ruoxin glanced at the road leading to the outside world in the village, the winding secluded path, which seemed to be impossible to see, and as the sky gradually sank, the road slowly disappeared into a gloom.

Raising her eyes, the red sun was already like a western mountain, thinking that Bai Rong and Rouge were afraid that they would not be able to come back today, Ruoxin turned around and walked back slowly.

After walking a few steps, the sound of horses' hooves galloping was faintly heard in the depths of the road behind him, and when he looked back, a familiar figure gradually came into view.

Hurried to Ruoxin, and immediately the man "Phew-" sounded, grabbed the reins, and before the horse could stop, jumped out of the saddle, and walked quickly in front of her.

The long-maned horse with a black body was also excited when he saw Ruoxin, raised his head and roared, and happily followed the man and ran to Ruoxin's side. The four hooves kept plowing the ground, the horse's head hung low, and regardless of whether his body was covered with dust or not, the hairy horse's face kept rubbing against Ruoxin's cheeks, and the big black and bright eyes were full of joy.

"Aconite, don't be naughty." Itchy cheeks from the horse's long mane, Ruoxin laughed, reached out to hold the horse's head, and gently stroked its mane, and the horse kept snorting and was very excited.

The horse, called Aconite, was an untamed wild horse that Ruoxin had obtained by chance three years ago. The wild horse has a fierce temperament, but as soon as the horse saw Ruoxin, it was strange and docile like a white rabbit, and immediately stuck to it, and couldn't drive it away, Ruoxin thought that Bai Rong often ran for her, and the previous horse was old and tired, so after thinking about it, he brought this sticky horse back.

"Girl." The man called, Ruoxin turned his head, and looked at the young and handsome face in front of him with a man's heroic spirit, the look on his face was a little tired, but a pair of black eyes were still shiny, and now he looked at her with a little surprise, "Why did the girl come out?" ”

Ruoxin noticed that the simple black power suit on his body was already wet, and it was a little embarrassed when it was attached to his body.

Every time Bai Rong came back from outside, he always tidied up himself before he came to see her. Speaking of which, this was the first time she had seen him all the way.

"I guess you'll be back in the village in a few days, so I'll come out and have a look in the evening." Looking at the bloodshot in Bai Rong's eyes, Ruoxin said with some reproach: "I'm afraid you've been on the road day and night again, and you haven't rested much." ”

"I'm the only one with the girl's guard." Bai Rong paused, and then said, "And October 15 is approaching, I must rush back to accompany the girl." ”

He's the only one in the guard? Ruoxin said funny: "You forgot that I still have rouge by my side? ”

Bai Rong's tone remained unchanged, and she replied quietly, "Her ability is not enough to protect the girl." ”

"You'd better not say this on the premise of rouge." Ruoxin shook her head, a little crying and laughing, knowing that they had never put each other in their eyes, but if Rouge heard that he didn't look down on her so much, I was afraid that it wouldn't make Bai Rong feel better, "And in this village, even if it's just me, what's the problem." ”

Bai Rong didn't answer, reached into his arms and took out an object and handed it to her, wrapped it in a special cloth, an object the size of a peach pit, and she knew that it was wrapped in red letter stone without opening it to look at her. It is highly poisonous called Heding Red, but for her, it is necessary to save her life.

This unusual red letter stone that Bai Rong gave her. When Bai Rong's master was alive, he told him that the most poisonous red letter stone in the world was quarried from the Heavenly Pond of Changbai Mountain, and that he had to dive into the Heavenly Pond to find it, and that the first seven days before it was removed from the water were the most poisonous time. That's why Bai Rong rushed to Changbai Mountain in the month before the Shangyuan Festival, went deep into the pool to look for it, and then rushed back day and night after finding it.

It is not easy to dive into the extremely high temperature of Tianchi water to find a red letter stone, let alone Bai Rong has been like this every year for six years. Ruoxin still remembers the first time Bai Rong rushed back from the Tianchi of Changbai Mountain, and while handing the red letter stone into her hands, she also fainted, and when she treated him, she found that he was covered with scalds and even some blisters that began to fester, and he was also in a coma for half a month because he couldn't stand the toxicity of the red letter stone.

Although this superb red letter stone is not necessary for Ruoxin, but because it is more effective than an ordinary red letter stone, no matter how Ruoxin stops it, Bai Rong, who obeys Ruoxin's words, will go against her in this matter, every year.

Ruoxin sighed, turned over the smooth fabric layer by layer, took out a red spar with a silk-like luster, unfastened the buckle on her left wrist, threaded it into the silver ring that already had six red letters, and then buckled it back to her wrist.

Seeing that she had put on the bracelet, Bai Rong breathed a sigh of relief, and at this moment, his body shook and he almost fell, Ruoxin hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, stretched out his hand to support him, and shouted anxiously: "Bai Rong? ”

Bai Rong seemed to have just come back to his senses, his eyes drooped slightly, and he quickly retreated.

However, when Ruoxin approached him, he could already smell the faint smell of blood in the air, Ruoxin frowned deeply and asked, "Are you injured?" ”

Bai Rongzi moved back again, and replied: "It's okay, a little injury, the girl doesn't have to worry." ”

Ruoxin glared at her, Bai Rong wanted to retreat again, but was pulled by Ruoxin, and Bai Rong stiffened. If Bai Rong was unwilling in the past, she would not be reluctant, but now, Ruoxin did not back down, glared at Bai Rong deadly, grabbed his arm, and turned him back.

There was a mess behind him, and the layers of clothes on his body were cut open, penetrating the flesh and skin, and the black fabric, I couldn't see how it hurt, but after touching it, I would find that the blood stains on the clothes had dried up, and the fabric had dried into a hard piece, and there were a few cuts, thinking that they were bumped on the horse, and the openings were cracked, and the blood seeped out of the clothes, and there was a wet and sticky patch around.

Ruoxin's heart twitched, clenched his arm and relaxed, "How did it hurt?" ”

As if feeling Ruoxin's complicated mood, Bai Rong's stiff body slowly relaxed, and for a moment, his slightly hesitant voice came from behind the masked black cloth, "On the way back, I accidentally fell down a low slope and scratched it...... Bai Rong is in good health, a little injury is not in the way, and he can recover in a few days of recuperation, the girl ......"

The words stopped, and he looked down to see Ruoxin let go of the hand that was holding his arm, took his right hand downward, opened his crooked five fingers, and stared at his palm. Ruoxin's slightly calloused palm covered the back of his hand, warm and hot, his white and black pupils contracted, and his body stiffened a little, but he didn't withdraw the hand that was held in Ruoxin's hand.

The rough but still warm and thick palm, the tiger's mouth, the hard layer of thick calluses between the fingers of the abdomen of the hand, the dense and looming wounds on the palms of the hands, and now, a deep and long new wound is carved on those old wounds.

Holding his fingers, Ruoxin was speechless for a long time, silent, with anger in her heart and indescribable heartache, and said depressedly: "Don't treat your body so slowly next time, go back to medicine now." ”

"Yes." He replied stiffly, but there was no way to blame him, Ruoxin sighed softly, "Let's go." ”

His identity is her attendant, more precisely, a dead man. For her sake, he didn't take his life seriously at all, maybe it was also like this that made Ruoxin cherish his life more and let herself live longer, so as not to let him innocently accompany him to death.