Open.

Odd... Didn't I jump?

It was my first thought when I woke up. As the various organs gradually recovered, my feelings got worse and worse.

I couldn't open my eyes and couldn't move. Because at this time, every bone and muscle in my body was constantly twitching and trembling, and the intense pain made me faint and wake up countless times.

It's as if every cell in my body is mutating, fighting, and exploding...... I can't imagine what kind of punishment could have made me feel so worse than dead, at least not in my memory.

Did I jump into a deeper hell?

I don't know how long it took for me to let out my first moan. This low roar of pain seemed to come from my soul, indescribable. All I can say is that after hearing this moan, even I clearly felt the fear that soaked my soul.

Result... What happened?

I don't know where I am at the moment, or what I'm doing... I just want to, desperate to vent this pain... Desperate......

......

Open.

The pain is still so clear, but it's not unbearable.

As the pain subsided, I noticed more. For example, I was wearing a large tunic that had already been impregnated with some unknown semi-solid fluid, sticky and crumpled against my body.

There was a soft warmth in front of me, and with the feeling of going up and down at that time, I could be sure that I was being carried on someone's back.

There was a chill behind me, and I realized that it was raining outside.

Scold... It's funny. I've been reincarnated tens of thousands of times on the bridge because of confusion, and I've never experienced such a scene with a memory.

Gradually, the sound of heavy wheezing came to my ears, and I understood through this wheezing

The person carrying me is still a woman.

Who is she?

Could it be a dream?

I struggled to open my eyes, only to see my long, loose hair and the dark red and dark brown lumps of my hair. Through the gap between my hair, I could barely see the woman's equally dirty hair and white neck.

Countless questions piled up in my mind, and I opened my mouth and finally asked with a little tenderness, "Are you tired?"

My voice was hoarse and deep, and I don't know how long I had been screaming to have such a voice. In such a situation, my sudden opening would only scare her.

I could clearly feel that at this moment, she was trembling.

When she heard my voice, she froze in place, and after a while, she replied in the same gentle voice, with a crying voice, "Not tired...... Messire. ”

Looking at her sweaty neck and her fragrant shoulders trembling from overwork, I felt a long-lost sadness. But her voice was so loud that I swallowed back the "I'm sorry" that had come to my mouth.

The vertigo hit me again, and I lost all consciousness again at the sound of her exclamations......

......

When I opened my eyes again, I felt unbearable soreness. But compared to the bone-shattering pain in the dream, it was really nothing.

From the futon came the warm and fresh smell of the sun. The fact that you can smell such a pleasant smell on such a rainy day can only show that the hostess here is a very hardworking housewife.

Wait a minute!

And so on and so forth...... I sat up with the aches and pain, and turned my head in surprise to look at the familiar home.

The roofs were dilapidated and leaking in a few places, the waterproof curtains on the wooden windows made a 'hula-hu-la' sound in the wind, the walls of the earth-wood mix looked rough like a livestock shed, and the floor was not the loess that lifted sand or the wooden floor that made people squeak when they stepped on, but was covered with a layer of adobe bricks.

Well, as far as I know, the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty was built of bricks, and paper was invented by Cai Lun of the Han Dynasty... So, what time is it? Where am I? Who am I? Or rather... Who am I playing? Am I still in a dream of reincarnation? Am I in a deeper hell?

These are all questions that are difficult to find answers to in a short period of time. I shook my head and continued to observe.

There is no stove, but there are tables, chairs and water tanks. It is likely to be a master bedroom and living room, and there may be a small courtyard outside. With such a poor family, it is impossible to eat in a tavern every time, so it is likely that there is also a kitchen outside for cooking. As for facilities such as wells and stone mills, with the standard of living here, it is very likely that there is only one in this village. I didn't hear the animals, plus there were some hoe-like farming tools behind the door... Am I still a farmer? Thinking of this, I touched my abdomen, and my skin was smooth and I didn't have abs.

Since I'm not a farmer, there are two possibilities: one is that I'm crossing with my body, and my original body is at least exactly the same as this body. On the other hand, I'm a scholar who doesn't do anything, and as for those farm tools... It was a tool used by the hostess or my parents to support the family.

With my guess in mind, the next step is to find some books to prove my guess.

I lifted the quilt again and got ready to get out of bed.

Looking at the smooth satin back beside me, I secretly reflected. I was so obsessed with thinking that I forgot to observe my surroundings first, which was a failure.

But it's no wonder I didn't find her in advance. At this time, she was curled up in the quilt, like an insecure child, frowning and sleeping peacefully.

Quite a contradictory sentence, isn't it? Actually, it's very easy to explain. Why is she frowning... I think it's mostly because of "me". In such an environment, it is normal for her to be insecure. But don't forget, in this era, even if the male owner is in his pocket, it is her heaven. Therefore, since I was by her side, it was normal for her to sleep peacefully.

Her body was shaking slightly, and I gently covered the quilt to prevent her from catching a cold.

Although it was only a glimpse, and she was still wearing obscene clothes, I could still tell from her near-perfect back curve and her smooth, delicate and fair skin that she was a pampered lady. Of course, the beautiful ladies of the family.

Her body was by no means like a laborer. Don't... Are those farm tools really mine or my parents' belongings?

As if sensing my departure, she rolled over slightly, lying on her back in the middle of the bed, one hand reaching out to grab something.

Her long black shawl hair was a little messy at the moment, and her fiery red clothes and her white skin were very beautiful, and her delicate eyebrows and eyes, and her gentle and quiet temperament were as pure as oxygen, as if they could turn into the most soft and clear water at any time. But at this moment, his willow eyebrows drooped slightly, the corners of his mouth were slightly bent, his face was sad, and his melancholy and miserable expression looked moving and extremely weak against the backdrop of his thin figure.

Looking at her face, I remembered last night... Maybe it was what happened last night.

It's really her... Carrying me back in the pouring rain? I can't imagine what kind of affection could have given her such great perseverance. You know, even though it's just a glimpse, it's clear to me that a dense mountain forest like that can't be close to any village.

What's more... Is she still such a weak woman?

And also... She... He once called me Xianggong.

I took her hand and crouched down slightly, taking a closer look at her sleeping face.

Immature but mature, beautiful but bleak.

"Xianggong—" she murmured softly, a layer of pain gradually rising on her face.

I looked at her in amazement and gently placed my right hand on her forehead.

It's hot!

I immediately understood, she was really sick because of what happened last night!

I couldn't guarantee that my current medical skills would cure her, but I endured the pain and quickly wrapped her in clothes. I don't wear this kind of clothing, so I just tie it up until I can't see some parts of the skin. I know that no matter what era it is, the average woman definitely values chastity far more than life. When everything was done, I rushed out of the house with her in my arms.

When I arrived at the courtyard, I quickly glanced left and right, in addition to confirming my previous suspicions, and also looking for some kind of more convenient means of transportation similar to a wheelbarrow.

Of course, it was impossible to find her, so I had to rush out of the shabby courtyard gate with her in my arms and run away in one direction. It was about a quarter of an hour before I met the first villager. As soon as I explained the situation to him, he took me to the house of the only doctor in the village.

By this time it was dawn and the doctor was ready to open, so when he heard about the situation, he hurriedly set up a position to treat my wife.

It seems that the villagers in this village are familiar with me.

"Hey, big brother, how are you doing?" I said as I looked at my wife anxiously. Asking such a question in such a situation can easily lead to misunderstandings. For example, he might think that the reason why he asked such a question in such an anxious way must be just because I helped him and was polite to me.

So I added, "Hey, you see I'm confused. I forgot where Dr. Hao's home was before, thanks to you, big brother. Next time, I will definitely invite my eldest brother to dinner. ”

"It's easy to say, I'm really not used to your kid suddenly calling me big brother. Okay, I'll leave first if I still have something to do, just take care of your younger siblings, otherwise I won't be able to spare you. ”

"I'll take good care of her. ”

After he left, I asked Dr. Hao more anxiously, "Dr. Hao, how is she?

Dr. Hao rolled his eyelids and pulses again, and he was not busy until this moment. I saw him frown and groan for a moment, and then shook his head heavily.

Although I have known her for a short time, I still feel an unparalleled sense of loss at this moment. After all, she became like this because she saved me.

"The old man has been practicing medicine all his life, and he has never seen such a pulse. Dr. Hao said solemnly: "She is by no means an ordinary fever. According to the old man, she is more like she has been poisoned by some kind of poison. He looked at me with burning eyes, as if I was the murderer: "You must tell the old man truthfully, what happened to her?"

Could it be that she was bitten by a poisonous snake that night without paying attention?

I didn't dare to slack off, so I had to hide what happened last night.

"Why did you go to such a treacherous place?!" Doctor Hao asked in amazement and anger.

"Sinister Place... Where's that?" I asked, stiffly.

Dr. Hao looked at me deeply, and after a long time, he shook his head and asked, "Then, does she have bite marks on her body?"

"I... I don't know..."

"You!" Dr. Hao pointed at my head hatefully and yelled, "Why don't you go in and check it out!"

I nodded and carried her into the back room. Behind him, Dr. Hao's angry voice came faintly: "Delay the disease, be greedy for small profits and light on life... The shaft is stupid!"

After this toss, she seemed to have woken up. She was only startled when she saw that I was sweating profusely and undressed, and then asked weakly, "Xianggong..."

Instead of explaining, I looked at her seriously and asked, "Do you feel very unwell?"

She nodded weakly.

"Don't worry, we're here with Dr. Hao now, and he suspects that you have been bitten by a poison, so he asked me to come and see if there are any wounds on your body. Now that you're awake, what's wrong with you?"

didn't think about it, she just choked up with red eyes: "Xianggong, you..."

"What am I?" she stopped talking again, and I guessed she was moved by me, so she asked again, "Don't talk about it, your illness matters." Do you feel like you've been bitten somewhere?"

She gently touched her white neck, smiled and shook her head.

This... Maybe she lost consciousness after being bitten? Thinking of this, I still kept unbuttoning her clothes, including her dirty clothes.

She clenched her silver teeth and trembled slightly, but she accepted my gaze without saying a word.

Not really. I finally realized the gravity of the situation. If there were no bite marks, then she might have been drugged by someone, or she was suffering from some strange disease that was more difficult and secretive.

Either guess is enough to make me anxious.

After helping her get dressed, I picked her up again and shook my head at Dr. Hao.

Doctor Hao also sighed and said, "You can be regarded as affectionate and righteous." Then he turned to my wife and asked, "The old man needs to ask Madame something, and I hope Madame will tell her the truth." ”

She nodded tremblingly, her face flushing with fire.

"Madame... Have you ever had similar symptoms?" she shook her head.

"The old man looked at the pulse of his wife, not like a fever, but like some kind of poison in his body... Dare to ask Madame, why did you go to that ominous place?"

I could clearly see that she was trembling even more at the moment.

She didn't answer, but bowed her head deeply, trembling like chaff.

"Doctor Hao, can you relieve her symptoms first..."

Doctor Hao interrupted: "I'm sorry, the old man really doesn't have this ability. However, the old man has a plan, which may save his wife's life. If you can trust the old man, then..."

"I believe it. Doctor, tell me quickly, whatever you want me to do, I'll go. ”

She looked up at me with tears in her eyes and shook her head desperately at me. I looked at the veins on her forehead and reaffirmed my faith.

Dr. Hao continued: "A sinister place is also an ominous place. Those who enter must have a serious illness, and those who come out will die for life. Maybe it's a curse, or maybe there's some poisonous insect there's little known about... The former, if the curse is lifted, should be able to keep the lady safe, and the latter, if the worm is found, the cause and effect can also be cured. However, even if you do take the worm, the old man does not dare to guarantee that he will save his wife. ”

Although Dr. Hao is an ancient person, he is not particularly pedantic. His analysis is basically reasonable, not to mention, in this case, is there any other way for me to go to the treacherous place again?

After asking for directions, I kissed her lightly on the forehead and walked out of here without her word.

I had already discovered that apart from the soreness in my body, there was no longer the chaotic state of being drunk and waking up, and there were no more unreasonable events happening. This may indicate that I have really come to a strange place in a strange time.

While I can't be sure of this yet, this discovery alone gives me plenty of reason to risk it for her sake – she's real.

As I got closer to the treacherous place, the uneasy feeling in my heart became clearer and clearer. I touched my chest, completely still. This impetuousness almost made me turn around and run back several times—not because I flinched, but because I always had a sense that something terrible was going to happen in the village.

Looking at the denser and denser mountains in front of me, I finally walked back here.

To my dismay, I didn't find any valuable clues until the sun was setting down from its apex. Yes, it's just a very common mosquito - I haven't found even a venomous snake. This makes me wonder: why is this place called a sinister place?

At this time, the restlessness and irritability in my heart finally reached its peak. So I decided not to look for it anymore and started to return. Even seeing her for the last time is better than dying alone, isn't it?

Maybe it was going down the mountain, or maybe I was too anxious, but on the way back, my pace was unusually fast.

But, I'm still slow.

Following in the footsteps of the villagers, I ran all the way to a place similar to the center of the village. Here, I saw a scene that made my eyes tremble: she was so sick that she had been firmly tied to a two-person stone pillar by the villagers, and on top of the stone pillar, she was screaming and struggling in despair and misery! The blood on her mouth and clothes pierced my eyes like dozens of sharp needles!

"What are you going to do?" I didn't know what to say, so I asked tremblingly, "What are you going to do?"

Brainwashed by various movies and games in the 21st century, I came up with at least three terrible conclusions at this moment. But at this moment I could only run to her in front of her, and while I was scrambling to untie the rope, I said in a trembling voice: "What did they do to you? I am here... No one would dare to hurt you with me..."

"Brute!" At this time, someone dares to scold?! When I heard this, I was so angry that I forgot to understand the rope, and turned around and yelled at the person who spoke: "What did you say! You..."

Only then did I see that the person who scolded was actually Dr. Hao!

Dr. Hao clutched his bloody shoulders and scolded loudly: "Brute!

Oh, so he's scolding me.

Knowing this, I instantly calmed my anger and turned into deep doubt.

I'm not stupid, no matter how you look at it, it's strange that she's tied up here at this time. Because when I untied her, she actually wanted to bite me.

She's beautiful. She's virtuous. She is the young lady of a large family. She married poor Jingle me.

Well, that's enough information to come up with an explanation that's very close to the logic of the TV show - she suffers from a very serious mental illness. But if she had a similar disease, wouldn't the villagers know about it?

More importantly, could it be that all the affection she had shown to me before was fake? Therefore, I would rather believe that she was made this way to save me than this seemingly plausible reason.

"I'm not going down!" I snorted, squealing at my neck, which at first glance did seem a little silly.

The onlookers had some sympathy for her at first, but in this clear situation, their scales eventually tilted in favor of Dr. Hao.

They started whispering.

When I saw this, I started to get scared. You don't have to think about it to understand that they have begun to distort the facts and make allusions. In this case, comparing her to an evil creature possessed by a demon is a simple idea.

She did do something wrong, so I could only compromise before the situation got worse: "Doctor Hao, I don't know what you want to do with Neizi?"

Doctor Hao shook his head and said: "She is already a demon, and the only way to suppress it is to ......use the method of sacrifice to suppress it."

"How to sacrifice?"

"It can only be ...... if it is tied to the stone platform in front of the village, nailed its limbs with coffin nails, and burned with fire."

"Fart!" I yelled, "She's just biting you, you're going to kill her..."

I can't go on.

Because when Dr. Hao's words fell, there were already many villagers there.

I held back the anger in my heart and pleaded in a low voice: "Doctor Hao, I swear with my life in front of all the villagers and all the gods: I will leave here forever with her, and from now on, I will never set foot in this village again!"

Dr. Hao shook his head and said, "You... I don't understand. If we don't suppress her completely, we won't be spared wherever she is..."

"How do you know?!" I asked loudly, "How do you know about something that has never happened before?!" I turned to the villagers and yelled, "Everyone, listen to me first!"

After everyone was quiet, I stared at Dr. Hao without blinking and said, "This morning, Neiko suddenly contracted a serious illness, and I was eager to save her, so I hurriedly sent her to Dr. Hao's house. Looking at the ignorant faces of the villagers, I said quickly: "The beauty of Neiko is obvious to everyone! At that time, Neiko was in great pain, and Dr. Hao was happy when he saw it, so he thought of an excuse and sent me to the sinister place of nine deaths!"

Hearing this, the villagers exploded with a bang and whispered again. It seems that they all understand what it means to be in the Periled Lands. Only Dr. Hao was so angry that he kept scolding things like beasts, demons, and ingratitude.

To be honest, I blame myself. After all, he was so badly injured in order to save my wife.

But...... In any case, he shouldn't have said so coldly about nailing her to death with a coffin-- more importantly, the villagers might actually do it!

He treated human life as if it were a mustard, tricked the villagers into killing my wife with his mouth, and even drove us to death when I compromised...... Why can't I fight back like this?

Besides, who can be sure that what I say is not true?

"I was eager to save my wife, so I agreed to him. But on the road, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong. So I hurried back, and sure enough, I saw the scene in front of me!" I pointed at him angrily and said, "It must have been him lustful after I left, and he was bitten by her when he was flirting with Neiko for a while!"

"Then why is your wife like this?" The villagers were not stupid, and instantly grasped the core contradiction.

"That's exactly what I'm going to say!" I yelled at them with a red face and bruised muscles, and shouted: "Uchiko has a high fever and almost wants to fall into a coma, and then she is taken advantage of by this old horseman to flirt with her, causing her to be angry and angry, and finally she has become this miserable appearance! It is you! You have no medical virtues, you are disrespectful to the elderly, and you will not let go even when she is seriously ill! It is you! After she became what she is now, she did not want to repent, but reversed black and white, and skillfully played right and wrong, and framed her! It was you! After she bit you, she held a grudge and wanted to take revenge! It was you! When she was not sure whether she would return to normal, she decisively killed people and killed her mouth, and used this solemn and sacred ritual to kill people and kill people in the open! You are blaspheming! What crime should you be guilty of!"

Dr. Hao pointed at me with a look of horror and said, "You! You are not him! You are the devil! She, she is also the devil! Who the hell are you?!Who are you?!"

"Look! I just told the truth, and he couldn't bear it and almost collapsed! And my wife, who had a high fever at the time, and was in a hurry to attack her heart, how could she not become what she is now?

"He's molesting my wife in the front! Crazy in the middle! Telling right and wrong, wanting to kill in the back! Everyone tells me, how can I tolerate him? How can this village tolerate him?!"

I deliberately did not expand the fact that he deceived the villagers, but attributed what he did to blasphemy. There are two reasons for this, one is that the villagers are likely to take advantage of the large number of people and be irritated by me to become angry and kill me and my wife. The second reason is that since they value sacrifice, they must have feared the gods. With blasphemy, the reason I gave them, they were able to shift the blame for the murder to the fullest—and without the psychological burden, who could stop them?

......

"He's right, I can prove to him that Madame's situation at that time was indeed very dangerous..."

"I think so, too... The last time he touched and touched my wife's vein, he touched and touched it......"

"Me too, so am I, so am I...... I'm not the only one who thinks so"

......

"Hmph, old horseman, I have long thought there is something wrong with him. I just had a minor illness, but he treated me for so long! If it were Dr. Zhang from the next village, maybe I would have been cured a long time ago!"

"But it's not! This person is really hard to draw the skin of a tiger and paint the bones, and he knows the face but does not know the heart. ”

......

"But... He's the only doctor in our village, and he's cured my mother......"

"And what about your mother?"

"Already deceased......"

"Isn't that the end of it!"

......

"! Did he touch my wife's leg last time?! Lao Tzu is going to kill him!"

"Kill him!" "Yes! Kill him!"

"Burn him!"

"That's right! We almost killed both of them, all because of him! Burn him! Let him see what happens to the framer!"

......

Just when the villagers were about to carry away Dr. Hao, who was trembling and screaming "I didn't...", I finally said a little unbearably: "Slow down, everyone!"

"What else do you want?"

"Don't worry, we won't let him go!"

Looking at their faces that were either angry, embarrassed, or insensitive, my heart was a little cold. So I calmed my breath and said lightly, "I have a few more things to say. ”

"You say, you say! You are worthy of being a reader, and you know a lot!"

"First, given my wife's state, it could be dangerous for everyone to continue to live in the village for both of us. So, we'll move out tomorrow. Don't stop me, I'm also for my wife's good, and I'll continue to seek medical treatment for her, so I have to go. I didn't continue to talk to them, but quickly said, "Second, Dr. Hao is very old, although there is something wrong with this incident, but everyone asks themselves, did he help us a lot, so we shouldn't treat him like this." I suggest that everyone get them out of the village. ”

"Oh, I've known you for so many years, and I realized that you are so magnanimous, brother. Okay, I'll listen to you!"

I smiled slightly and said, "That's good." Let's all disperse. ”

"Hey, let's disperse, let's disperse, people don't care. ”

"But I'm careful!" said a few villagers in a daze, "I must kill him!"

"A couple of big brothers. I said a little weakly on the side: "For the sake of the little brother's face, forget it." ”

"Brother, you're so soft-hearted. He's done that to your wife, and if it were me, I'd have suffocated him with a stick!"

"Heh..."I smiled faintly, and didn't say anything, and didn't care what they would do to Dr. Hao, just turned around and hugged her and left here.

......

When I got home, I took a closer look at her.

Violent struggles, bursting tendons, red eyes, hoarse roars, uncontrollable saliva, and unintelligent movements......

This look... It's not like it's mentally ill. Is it rabies? No, she doesn't have any bite marks on her body. Could it be that she had been poisoned with something similar?

After a night of hard thinking, I couldn't come to any decent conclusions. The soreness in my body tormented me like a life-urging talisman, coupled with the back and forth today and the haggard in my heart, looking at her temporarily safe appearance, I finally couldn't help but fall asleep.