Chapter 281: Bitter as a peach
On the morning of August 16, Qin Mufeng set off to return to the undersea holy realm to deal with affairs, and Du Wanzhi sent Du Chuan back to Wanzhou to see the adopted children by the way. In Yizhuang, Ma Shuo and Ma Mingfeng were idle, and Hu Xianxian boiled water and medicinal baths for Cheng Haofeng.
"You won't soak today, will you? Soaking in the tank all day long, I really have to soak it into sauerkraut. ”
"No! You didn't make a potion yesterday because a guest didn't make a potion, so you can't delay it any longer. ”
She poured the potion and helped him into the tank, and he looked reluctant like a lazy child forced to study. He peeked at her, and his eyes were really aggrieved.
She knew that soaking in this medicated bath could only alleviate the symptoms of his stiffness, but as long as she could reduce the pain and delay it for an extra day, it would be more certain and more hope for them.
After lunch, Hu Xianxian sat on a small stool next to him, lying on the edge of the cylinder to watch him. He caressed her face, and his gentle voice was reproachful: "You always refuse to listen to me, you see that your face is much haggard. Women take blood as the foundation of their souls, and your loss of blood hurts your souls. But you look at me, it's still worse than the day, so why bother? ”
She touched his outstretched arm, the muscles of which were already atrophying, like a tree branch slowly drying up. She wrinkled her nose, grimaced and laughed again: "You're just losing weight, let Ma Shuo buy more pork knuckles tomorrow and come back to make up for you." ”
"Is it just skinny?" He pinched her face, "Don't play stupid, it's obviously a symptom that the meridians have been stagnant and the muscles are starting to atrophy." It won't be long before I'll be like a dried corpse. ”
She stopped talking, and any words of comfort were superfluous for someone like him who knew everything in his heart. She stood up and quietly massaged him, allowing him to enjoy a little more while he still had touch.
In the quiet afternoon, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Ma Shuo quickly ran to open the door, "It's been boring for a long time, and finally someone is coming." ”
Ma Mingfeng squinted at him, "What did you say?" Are we not human? ”
Ma Shuo tilted his head and glanced at the three of them, "Which of the three of you is a human?" ”
The door was open, and there were two men and women standing in the doorway, and the woman took a few steps back and screamed, "What is not a person?" Guru...... We're in the wrong place...... Let's go......"
Ma Shuo's face darkened, and Ma Mingfeng laughed loudly and said, "Let that stinky boy's words scare?" Come on in. ”
The man who came was a sloppy man with unkempt hair, and the woman was a young woman with a bit of beauty.
The strong man took the young woman's shirt and said, "Don't be afraid, this is it." You can't remember those two immortals? Also, this Dao Master is an earth immortal, so you don't have to be afraid. ”
After they entered the door, Cheng Haofeng looked at them with wide eyes, and asked Hu Xianxian to help him get up and change his clothes.
The strong man said, "That's it, no need to be formal." Master Cheng Shi, but his eyes are ill and he can't see clearly? The poor monk is Kutan, and this is Mrs. Gan. ”
"Oh, it's you." After figuring out the identity of the comer, Cheng Haofeng sat upright in the tank with a cold attitude.
Hu Xianxian only thought that the young woman was familiar at first, but later heard that her surname was "Gan", and suddenly remembered that she was Gu Changen's concubine Gan Rutao. When Gu Changen's merchant ship had an accident, I heard that her body was not found, so it turned out that she was rescued.
It's just that Hu Xianxian can't figure out what these two people are doing in Yizhuang? Cheng Haofeng should have known them a long time ago, but he didn't greet them, but Ma Shuo asked enthusiastically.
Hu Xianxian knew some things from their Q&A in the east and west, and after Gan Rutao was saved, he had been by Kutan's side and traveled with him. She had a younger sister named Gan Ruju, who made a living in the city of Lingzhou, and on August 15 she reunited with her sister and begged Ku Tan to take her to Lingzhou. After arriving in Lingzhou, Kutan learned of Cheng Haofeng's situation, so he came to meet in this Yizhuang.
"Your sister is Gan Ruju?" Hu Xianxian remembered the woman who hooked up with Ah Ban, and sighed in his heart that the road was narrow.
Gan Rutao promised: "She is my sister-in-law, our family is poor, our sisters have been singing on the street since childhood, and later they entered the opera troupe together, and then they both married rich businessmen as little wives." It's just that my sister is more miserable than me, and her husband died in less than two years, and my eldest wife kicked her out of the house. ”
Hu Xianxian frowned and listened, she saw Hu Xianxian's face was displeased, and said: "My sister has no choice but to hook up with that gangster, I came to see her this time to persuade her to change her mind and change her face, and follow me to practice with Master Kutan to accumulate virtue." ”
Hu Xianxian heard her call "master" before he realized that this Ku Tan was a monk, no wonder the name was weird, it turned out to be a Dharma name. Ku Tan not only had messy hair and didn't look like a monk, but the clothes he wore were not monk's robes, but the vulgar clothes he picked up from somewhere, so dirty that he couldn't see the color.
Hu Xianxian suddenly became curious about Ku Tan, so he asked Gan Rutao how they would recognize Cheng Haofeng.
Listening to Gan Rutao, after Gu Changen's merchant ship was secretly capsized by He Dengtai, half of the people had just fallen into the water and had not drowned. Gan Rutao was also floating in the water with a broken boat board, and the person who fell into the water who still had hope of survival was not waiting for help, but the masked man in black who directly slaughtered him.
Gan Rutao was swimming in the water, complaining that God had made her unlucky because of the capsizing of the boat, but at this moment she really realized that they had been killed, and she really felt what despair was.
At that moment, Cheng Haofeng flew out, killed the man in black, and Ku Tan rescued her to the shore. She deeply realized that everything she had asked for before was vain, and she refused to look back on the house again, and insisted on following Kutan.
As for why Cheng Haofeng appeared with Kutan, it was because Kutan happened to see Cheng Haofeng and said that he had an unsolvable problem and wanted to persuade him to enter Buddhism. When he rescued Gan Rutao, Ku Tan had already persuaded him for three days.
Hu Xianxian understood why Cheng Haofeng was indifferent to them, but she was still a little puzzled, "You said that Ku Tan persuaded him for three days?" With his temper, I'm afraid he can't stand it for three hours, right? ”
Gan Rutao didn't speak, Cheng Haofeng sneered and said: "I can't bear it, I have to endure it, Master Kutan's cultivation is comparable to that of a golden immortal, I couldn't get rid of him at that time, and I couldn't beat him." Hmph, if it weren't for his chatter, I wouldn't have had time to save the innocent guys of the Gu family, let alone remind you that He Dengtai still has a plan. ”
Hu Xianxian recalled the events of the year, it turned out that many coincidences were artificially promoted, but there were unexpected coincidences in addition to coincidences.
Ku Tan pulled the greasy greasy and tightly curled into a lock of hair, and said with a smile: "The reason why Master Cheng resents the poor monk the most should be that things have changed, causing this girl to be poisoned and injured, right?" ”
Cheng Haofeng stretched out his hand and pulled Hu Xianxian to his side, and said coldly: "So what? I admire your profound cultivation but refuse to enjoy the blessings in Lingshan, and it is a great merit for you to hide your cultivation and educate the world in the world. Unfortunately, I'm not the one you should be to educate! If you are a guest today, I will entertain you well; If you want to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for issuing an eviction order! ”