There are a few children at the entrance of a village who are playing, they are wearing dense patched cloth clothes, an old man leads an old cow slowly towards the village, there is a man and a woman lying on the ox cart board, the man's skin is wheat-colored, his lips are chapped and white, and the appearance is average, but the girl lying next to him is born fair, that is, the skin is uneven like a toad, as if someone has been alive to peel off a layer of skin, faintly see fine bloodshots, there are two holes in the raised place of the face, there is a wrinkled slit below, normal people will not think that it is a human nose and mouth, her chest does not rise and fall, the whole person is alive like a doll cursed by God。 The ox cart walked slowly, the old man was not willing to whip, gently pulled the rope to guide the skinny old cow forward, the wooden bell between the old cow's neck made the sound of the old monk knocking on the wooden fish as he walked, when passing through the village entrance, a little girl of more than four years old caught a glimpse of the female baby on the ox cart, and was so frightened that she cried on the spot.

When Gu Zi woke up, it was on the kang of a farmhouse, Lu Caiyun was lying on the kang next door, sleeping smoothly, Gu Zi vaguely remembered that when he opened the parchment roll, a force entered his body, violently hitting each of his meridians, Gu Zi used the martial arts he stole from his father's classics, and he never suppressed this unruly power, and even, his internal force was gradually weakened by this force, his dantian is now empty, and the tendons and veins of his whole body are also broken by this force, and he is a waste person who has no power to bind the chicken. Along the way, it was Lu Caiyun who carried him through the dangerous mountains and dense forests and swamps full of poisonous miasma, and after being drowsy, I don't know how long, Lu Caiyun finally fainted due to physical exhaustion. Gu Zi looked up vigorously at Lu Caiyun on the kang next door, she slept peacefully, her body was in disarray, and the mud mixed with the wounds of her ten fingers broken by climbing the slope was a testimony to her arduous journey.

The door was pushed open, and a girl of about sixteen or seventeen came in with a basin of steaming water, dressed in a white-washed floral cloth dress, tied with two long braids, wearing a white hairpin on her head, and a sad face on her not white face, under the thin eyebrows of the willow leaves was a pair of watery bright eyes, seeing that Gu Zi woke up, she barely showed a gentle smile, "Are you awake?"

Gu Zi's face was hot, and with a sigh, the woman put down the basin and said softly: "My name is Rong Lian, this is Lotus Village, my father rescued you in the mountains and forests, I see that the injuries on your body are indeed quite serious, and first recuperate in my house for a few more days, I will first wipe and bandage this girl briefly, as for you, I will call my father to come over to help you later."

Gu Zi didn't know what to say, and hummed again, Rong Lian rolled up her sleeves and wrung out the water, simply wiped the dirt on Lu Caiyun's body, took out the medicine bottle from the cabinet on the side, and slowly bandaged the wound for Lu Caiyun, Rong Lian suddenly spoke:

"Where are you from, and why are you in danger here?"

Gu Zi was startled and was silent for a while

"I'm sorry, but I was abrupt"

Gu Zi spoke: "No, our brother and sister were originally from Qingyun Village, Yaotai, our father is a demon cutter, he disappeared a few days ago, he should have been abducted by the demon, lest his father be in danger, our brother and sister went out to find their father, but I was seriously injured by the demon halfway, and my weak sister worked tirelessly to take me to escape here."

Rong Lian's eyes lit up, "In this way, we are quite fateful, and my father used to cut ......."

"Lian'er, how is the pair of dolls?"

An old voice came from outside the door, a rickety white-haired old man entered the door with a cane, although his appearance has changed with the vicissitudes of time, his bright eyes are very bright, "Young man, just wake up."

"More old man's life-saving grace, my name is Gu Zi, I am from Qingyun Village, Yaotai, dare to ask where is this?"

"This is Lotus Village, Shuiyunzhou, the villagers here make a living by planting lotus roots, the two of you are here to live and rest, and it is not too late to leave when the injury is healed, I see that you are seriously injured, the old man does not know medical skills, and there will be a village doctor to treat you later."

"Thank you, old man."

"You can call me Uncle Rong."

"Uncle Xie Rong"

Uncle Rong took Rong Lian out, and after a while, the light outside the window gradually dimmed, and when night fell, Rong Lian brought the food in and fed it to Gu Zi, and fed the sleeping Lu Caiyun a little soup, cleaned up and retreated, Gu Zi's face was still slightly hot, Gu Zi closed his eyes and thought about his next plan, now he underestimated the enemy and caused the meridians of his whole body to break, and he became a waste person lying on the bed, and his sister was also unconscious, and when she woke up, she was like a sluggish girl who did not know the world, how should this be good.

Guzi's heart was filled with a sharp pain, and his whole body began to spasm, he was so painful that he couldn't breathe, and his limbs seemed to be gnawed and torn apart by wild beasts, and the force began to mess up again.

This time it was not like last time in the meridians, but divided into four strands and slowly merged into their dantian, where they passed, there was a heart-rending pain, Guzi sweated on his forehead, clenched his teeth, his eyes were full of red bloodshots, his face was tortured and distorted, almost hideous, the dantian was constantly filled by that force, as if he was going to explode and die in the next second, and the overwhelming sense of despair struck again, I am afraid that this catastrophe will really not be overcome.

Gu Zi squinted at the sleeping man on the kang next door, and the darkness gradually swallowed his vision.

The morning light is fading, the sky is white, the village doctor Ge Tianzheng was taken to his house by Rong Lian's clothes, he is now sixty years old, yesterday he went out to worship his wife, remembering the old past, sorrow rises, the heart is like ashes, drunk lying in front of the grave, Yin Shi can wake up, just returned home in the night, the hind feet were taken out by Rong Lian, physically and mentally tired, Ge Tian shouted:

"Xiaolian, slow down, let's not rush, my old bones can't stand such a rush"

"Grandpa Ge, we have to hurry, the family can't hold on"

said urgently, Rong Lian still slowed down her steps, the white hairpin on her head was scraped off by the branches growing on the side of the road but she didn't know it, Ge Tian saw it, stopped, picked it up and handed it to her, Rong Lian returned like a treasure, and immediately turned her hairpin.

"You can't come back to life after death," Ge Tian sighed.

A trace of pathos flashed in Rong Lian's eyes, and she quickly regained her clarity and smiled.

Gu Zi woke up from his daze and saw Ge Tian taking Lu Caiyun's pulse, Ge Tian's face was solemn, looking at Lu Caiyun, and Uncle Rong was on the side.

"How about these two children? I see that this girl's face is not very good, and she should be made up, but I am relatively dull and don't know how to recuperate, so I ask Uncle Ge to take a look. ”

"There's nothing wrong with this boy."

Uncle Rong's face was shocked, "Is he okay.....?

Uncle Rong turned his head and found that Gu Zi had already sat up, and seeing that Gu Zi was in a hurry to get off the ground, he went over to help him, and Gu Zi walked to Lu Caiyun's kang.

"Doctor, how is my sister?"

Ge Tian pondered for a moment and shook his head

"The breath is weak, the pulse is almost dead, and there is very little living blood in the body, this is a person with a short life personality, I estimate, it is good to live and live, and there are barely three or four moons left."

Gu Zi's face turned pale, "How come?"

"It's a natural disease, and it's fate. Little baby, let her be happy for the rest of the time, and live this life well."

Ge Tian stood up, packed up his portable medicine box, and shouted, "Xiaolian, Xiaolian"

Rong Lian immediately came in from outside the door

"Let's go, send the old man back"

Rong Lian took the medicine box in his hand and carried him out

Uncle Rong also went out, leaving only Gu Zi sitting on the side of the kang, he was now in turmoil, bowed his head and wept silently, a pair of small hands stroked his cheeks, Gu Zi raised his head, Lu Caiyun woke up, although there was still no expression on her face, and her eyes were colorless, but Gu Zi did feel her concern, this was the first time Lu Caiyun showed emotional movements, Gu Zi held her hand tightly, held back the tears flowing from her eyes, and pulled Lu Caiyun's hand and gently rubbed it next to her face.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Caiyun also fell into a coma again, Gu Zi opened the parchment roll, and secretly thought, whether it was true or not, he had to give it a try.

After Lu Caiyun rested in the Rong family for three days, he could finally go to the ground, Gu Zi spent this time with the Rong family, and also learned that the Rong family was also a demon slasher family, after Uncle Rong stepped down from the post of slashing demons, he was taken over by the eldest son Rong Qing, half a month ago, the underworld demon appeared in Shuiyun Prefecture, killing the people everywhere, the governor summoned the demon slashers in the whole state to subdue it, and killed it in public in Shuiyun City, to pay tribute to the demon cutters who died for this, and Rong Qing was one of the demon cutters who died, Aunt Rong cried blind for this. On that day, Uncle Rong drove the ox cart to the city to watch Xing, comforted Rong Qing's spirit in the sky, and rescued the two brothers and sisters of Gu Zi on the way back. People are also honest and generous, the Rong couple is very fond of him, knowing that he is about to take Lu Caiyun away, the couple said that they finally persuaded them to stay for a day, the next day, the Rong couple sent Rong Lian to the county to buy food, ready to make a table of delicious food for their brothers and sisters to see off at night, Gu Zi was not at ease, and automatically asked Ying to go over to help carry things, and saw that his sister had been lying on the bed for a long time, and she also needed to move around, so she took her with her. From the valley driving the ox cart slowly, the weather was sunny, the breeze was gentle, mixed with a faint fragrance of flowers, Rong Lian unconsciously hummed a song, the clear sound lingered, shallow and whispered.

Gu Zi felt that it was very good, and unconsciously looked back, Rong Lian waved the sorrow of the past, with a shallow smile on her mouth, with the chanting of one by one, the eyes under the willow leaf bent eyebrows were vivid, and the lower corner of the left eye was dotted with a tear mole, which made the not fair cheeks more delicate and small, the broken hair on the forehead and the hair on the chest fluttered with the breeze, like a fairy who coexisted with heaven and earth, Rong Lian found a pair of fiery eyes staring at her, her cheeks were slightly red, and stopped, Gu Zi was guilty of interrupting her singing, and quickly apologized:

"I'm sorry I was rude"

Rong Lian lowered her head: "It's okay"

"You sing very well, can you sing it again?"

Rong Lian was stunned for a moment, raised her head, looked at Shangguzi, and smiled

"Good"

A tactful and ethereal song rang out again.