Chapter 159: The Art of Sealing the Heart
"Is there any movement there?"
"Nope. I heard that I was sick, so I closed the door and didn't come out. β
Mr. Potter sat up, leaning back against the quilt.
The little black robe turned the delicate little wooden box in his hand and walked over: "Guess what this is?" β
"Panacea."
"Huh, how do you know?" The little black robe opened his eyes round, and then smiled, "It's an elixir that can cure your illness, but it's just a taste, and it hasn't been prepared yet, I'll give it to you when I'm ready, and you can bear with it for the next few days." β
Mr. Pounding Medicine smiled weakly: "I'm sorry for you." β
"I'd love to."
"Tuk-tuk-"
There was a knock on the door, and the little black robe walked over to open the door with a happy face, but it was empty outside, only a food box was placed on the ground.
The little black robe sighed, picked up the food box, closed the door, and brought it to the medicine.
"Your second apprentice sent it."
"Ziyu, you must still be angry with me." Mr. Pounding Medicine's face darkened a little, and then his heart ached violently!
"Huh! I say you, don't get emotional! The little black robe hurriedly stepped forward to administer needles to people, "You must be calm." β
Mr. Pounding coughed twice, splashing a few strands of bright red blood.
The little black robe glanced at it tabooly, pursed his lips and said, "It's not serious, it will be fine soon." β
He nodded lightly, took a hasty bite of his meal and fell asleep.
Soon it will be a harsh winter, and this is the third year that Mr. Pounding Medicine has come to Mochizuki-gun.
Ice and snow cover the land, obliterating all traces of the past, and even the fear of death is completely hidden.
"I heard that there is an envoy from the Shu State who is going to Yujing City, and he will pass through our Mochizuki County."
"Messenger of the Shu Kingdom! That's a good show. β
"What's wrong?"
"There is a three-year covenant between the Shuguo Divine Cult and the Mochizuki Sect, which happens to be on the winter solstice this year. I heard that it was a bet to see this year. β
"What happens if you lose, what happens if you win?"
"Who knows, it's all a matter of big shots, how can we civilians get involved."
"Hehe, that's what I said."
The two people walked away, and the little black robe happened to be collecting tea leaves in the teahouse to make medicine, and after hearing the news, he went to report to the medicine.
"The people of the Shu Kingdom are probably coming for the Mochizuki Sect."
"That three-year covenant ......" Mr. Pounding Medicine was thoughtful, but when his thoughts floated to a certain point, he didn't dare to touch it any further, for fear of leading to some monstrous secrets.
The little black robe's expression changed slightly: "I heard that the high priest mentioned it to the previous elder, it is about astrology. Three years ago, there was a celestial anomaly, and someone changed his life against the sky and violated the number of days. After the Mochizuki Sect found out, it sent someone to the Shuguo Shrine to ask for instructions, and a dispute arose during the period, so this agreement was made to prove which was right and which was wrong. β
"The sky is changing, the sky is ......" Mr. Pounding Medicine felt that his throat and eyes were a little dry and painful, and his heart was itchy, like a worm crawling.
"Can the little black robe give me a divination?"
"You have nothing to do, I look at the stars, not people."
"What if I were a star, that anomalous star."
"Pound the medicine, you ......"
"Let's take a hexagram."
"Okay."
On the eve of the winter solstice, Mr. Pounding Medicine fainted in the courtyard, and was carried into the attic by Zhong Ionyu, and opened the window to ventilate.
It had been a month since it had been in, and there was a strong smell of decoction in it, mixed with the smell of septic blood and rotting.
Looking at the gentleman on the bed with his eyes closed and his face bloodless, Zhong Yiyu felt ridiculous for his anger.
"I'm sorry sir......"
The door opened with a "bang", and everyone came in in a small black robe.
"What kind of disease is sir!"
Zhong Ionyu grabbed the neckline of the little black robe, and with a slight force, he could lift the person up.
"If you take medicine, you will be cured!"
"You made the medicine? Then why has it been so long, but it has become more and more serious? β
"Some time ago, I was just detoxifying and draining pus, but now that the toxins have been cleaned up, you can use the correcting medicine."
Zhong Yiyu softened his attitude when he heard this, and spread his hand: "Give me the medicine." β
The little black robe pursed his lips, and reluctantly took out a small wooden box from his arms, which was his painstaking research for the month.
"Take it easy, it's precious."
Zhong Ionyu opened the box, there was only one white pill in it, leaned to the tip of his nose and smelled it, Zhong Ionyu frowned and asked, "Colorless and odorless, what kind of medicine is this?" β
"The treasure of the Mochizuki Sect - Guiyan powder."
"Guiyan is a legendary extraterrestrial meteorite."
"You know the goods."
The little black robe made a potion made of meteorite powder, plus a pill made from the medicine of the Shao Yin Heart Sutra, walked up to the unconscious Mr. Pounding Medicine, pried open his mouth with a soup spoon and fed it, silently reciting in his heart: It will not affect your body, but you will not have emotional worries and sorrows. Pound the medicine, and from then on, you are free.
After taking the medicine, Mr. Pounding Medicine was still asleep.
"Why hasn't the gentleman woken up yet?"
"It will take some time for the effects of the medicine to evaporate."
Everyone stared at the little black robe like wolves.
The little black robe had no choice but to explain to the Zhongli brothers over and over again: "Your husband is detoxifying, detoxifying!" I didn't die, and I didn't kill him. It only takes three days! Three days later, your husband was alive again! β
Zhong Ionyu asked the brothers to go out, and stayed in front of Mr. Pounding Medicine by himself.
"Sir suffered."
"He's very bitter, but he won't be bitter anymore in the future." The little black robe said lightly, his eyes were slight, looking at the sleeping person on the bed, and there was endless ink in his eyes.
"Little black robe, you are very jealous."
"What's wrong?" The little black robe sneered.
"Sir is the closest to you, and none of our brothers are as good as you."
"Really." There was no obvious smile on the little black robe's face, but instead revealed a faint sadness, "There will be no more in the future." β
"Why?"
"He's leaving."
"Sir, he'......"
The little black robe looked directly at Zhong Yiyu, looked at the child who had grown up in front of him, and said with a serious and serious face: "Never imprison his freedom, no matter what kind of friendship and identity you use." Any retention and request is difficult for him. β
The little black robe left, and there were still things to do in the Mochizuki Sect.
On the winter solstice, the envoy of the Shu Kingdom came as promised.
The Mochizuki Sect launched the highest level of reception ceremony, and the whole sect was solemn.
The messenger is also a black robe in a witch suit, and unlike the high priest, he wears a crown of sacred birds on his head.
"What about others?"
"Wait, it's almost there."
Mr. Mash woke up three days later, and unexpectedly, his body was not weak at all. The whole person glowed with a different kind of vitality, which made the Zhongli brothers overjoyed.
"The gentleman has finally recovered."
Pounding Medicine looked at the young man who was as tall as himself in front of him, and was stunned for a while.
Suddenly, a few wisps of wind blew through my heart, blowing away all the past.
"Ziyu, what do I want to do, will you all help me?"
"But on the orders of the gentleman."
"Okay."
"Let the host and the goddess come down the mountain and come to the county guard to find me."
"Mr. ......"
"What, don't want to?"
"Nope." Zhong Ionyu went up the mountain with one of his brothers.
The rest of the people and the people who had been arranged by Mr. Pounding Medicine rushed into the county guard's mansion out of nowhere.
"Sir!"
Zhong Liyang led the brothers to break through the county guard mansion and make way for Mr. Pounding Medicine.
The county guard was recuperating in the room, and he didn't know anything about what was going on outside, and when he saw the medicine coming in, he thought he had agreed to his request, and asked with a smile: "I heard that Mr. is seriously ill, and now he has figured it out?" β
"Figured it out."
"Oh? I'll listen to your thoughts. β
"I want to replace you."
"Pound the medicine, you are bold!"
Seeing that the person in front of him was still stubborn, the county guard waved the quilt indiscriminately and scolded sharply, "You should know that I like your talent very much, and I have completely handed over the academy to you." β
"Yes, they also let me enter the Mochizuki Sect and gain their trust."
"Then what else do you have to complain about?"
Mr. Pounding suddenly smiled, and wondered, "Is it because I'm dissatisfied, or are you guys?" A group of moths who want to prosper for all generations! β
"You!"
The county guard knocked over the porcelain cup in his hand in shame, "Come on, arrest the dean of the medicine for me!" β
After a while, the hall was still empty, and no one responded.
The corners of Mr. Pound's mouth hooked up a touch of ridicule, took a step forward, and shouted softly, "Someone." β
Then four people and two columns quickly entered the room, knelt down and asked, "What does the dean command?" β
"Ask the county guard and see what he commands."
The four soldiers looked up at the county guard with a surprised face.
"You, you!" The county guard picked up the lid of the fan and pushed it against the soldier, and the sound of clanging and cracking filled the air.
"You dare to be so bold in making medicine, and buy off the people in my house!"
"I'm shallow and ignorant, I don't know what the county guard is talking about."
Then, under the sneer, there was a faceless expression, and he said lightly: "Invite the county guard to the mountain behind Yixiu Academy, I have something to discuss with him." β
Regardless of the struggles of the county guard, a few soldiers picked him up and went out.
As early as the general election a year ago, the people of the academy were inserted into the positions up and down Mochizuki County.
"I forgot to say it, if the county guard has a last word, I should have written it earlier, I can't guarantee that someone will covet the head on your neck and click it for you."
The county guard looked at the arrogant and unsightly medicine in front of him in shock, both happy and remorseful.
Glad he could finally see this man shine, regretting that he might not see it again.
In the most glorious days of life, it is a pity not to be able to see each other.
The county guard mansion was breached, and he took people directly to the Mochizuki Sect, and at this moment, someone was waiting for him there.
Opposite the envoy of the Shu country, all the unpleasantness in the memory of the medicine came up.
Those people wrenched themselves on the bed and did all kinds of experiments, and they used countless kinds of medicine Gu but failed to kill themselves, and finally let him leave.
Is it chasing after you now?
The medicine smirked wickedly.
He should be sad, but now he has no sorrow.
"I'm coming."
The messenger smiled and groaned, and paced to the side of the medicine: "What should I call you, is it the gentleman who everyone admires, or the poor and pathetic number six five three?" β
ζε δΊδΈ, Mr. Pounding Medicine's number in the experiment, ζεε, 653 people. Four thousand people were still on the way, all dead.
The host and Gengyi were escorted up at some point, disheveled, and their faces were crimson.
"Pounding medicine, seeing your own woman like this, do you have any thoughts in your heart?"
Don't squint and don't say a word.
Geng Yi on the side looked embarrassed with shame and gritted his teeth.
"It seems that our medicine pounder has already cultivated an iron heart."
The messenger waved his hand again, and the Zhongli brothers were escorted up, and no one was spared except for the senior brother.
Zhong Ionyu and Zhong Li Nineteen were in the first place, with a thick rope tied to their heads and necks, and their faces were dirty, so they should have been beaten.
Finally, there is the little black robe.
"They are innocent."
"You're innocent of the medicine." The messenger said gently and harmlessly, "Why do you deserve to die, when they can't?" When you are critically ill, your beloved woman is cheating on you behind your back, your beloved disciple is complaining about you, and your best confidant has made a heart-sealing poison for you. Why should you forgive them? β
"Say no more!"
"Why don't you let me say that?" The envoy asked with an innocent smile, the sneer in his eyes was about to overflow, "After being guarded by the county for three years, do you no longer know that people's hearts are sinister?" β
Mr. Potluck looked at the messenger in amazement.
"You guessed it right, he's been helping you and dealing with us. Whether it's the scourge of witchcraft or the revenge of the white witch in the back. However, he seems to have just died, he should be cold now, and remember, the village chief, he is also a good person, but unfortunately he doesn't live long. β
Hearing this, he quickly pulled out the long sword hanging on the side and laid it across the messenger's neck: "You killed them?" β
"Nope. It's you. β
The envoy smiled evilly, evoking a trace of crookedness, "What if I said that the entire people of Mochizuki County would die because of you?" β
Mr. Pounding Medicine raised his head: "Why?" β
"Think about why your blood detoxifies? Because you're a Gu mother. You didn't die three years ago, and that day the calamity was punished on the people of Mochizuki-gun, and everyone would be killed. All the people in Mochizuki-gun have paid with their lives because of your appearance, so can you still accept that admiration and love openly? β
"They...... Is this what you agreed on? I came out alive just so you could see my jokes. Every step I took was what you expected. Hehe, you use tens of thousands of lives to cover up the mistakes you have made, to gamble on the gap in the number of lives, why bother to blame me. β
"No, they died because you were alive. You are an anomaly, a calamity, a Gu mother who makes them suffer from death. The messenger's voice carried the power of calamity, and the high priest beside him shook the brass bell on the scepter, and a burst of soul-inducing sounds lingered in his ears.
He is an anomaly, a calamity, a sinner who puts all people in prison......
In a trance, it was as if I could hear everyone's moans around him, and one after another invaded the heart of the medicine, penetrating and spreading.
There was no light in the dark, and I was about to lose my breath.
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