Zhou Yi didn't seem to notice our expressions at all, and was still talking in detail: "At the beginning, I just cut a small piece of meat. Boiled into a pot of soup. After Zhuangzi drank it, his complexion was obviously much better. But he hasn't woken up yet. ”

"The master seemed disappointed and scolded me for not worth a penny. The more he scolded me like that, the happier I became, and I felt that I was doing the right thing. ”

"Later, because of hunger and blood loss, I collapsed by the fire. Lie down with Zhuangzi. Her breathing was even, and my breathing was getting weaker and weaker. I closed my eyes. I thought, it's a pity, this bit of meat is not enough to wake up Zhuangzi. ”

I was surprised and said, "There seems to be some discrepancy between what you two said, Zhuangzi seems to say, when you wake up, I see you cooking meat." ”

Zhou Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Yes." I fell to the ground. I don't know how long it took, but I woke up again. I saw that the master was looking at me with a dark face, and he looked like he hated iron but not steel. ”

"I guessed that he saved me, and I couldn't help but thank me again and again. The master sneered, so I didn't have to thank you. He just wanted to see the show to the end. ”

"At this time, I suddenly realized that I was not breathing, only a very faint heartbeat, and I touched the flesh on my body, and I didn't feel it anymore. The master smiled and said: What to touch? You're already a dead man. In the cave, he starved himself to death while guarding the food, what a fool. ”

"Anyone who hears the news that he's dead. It's going to be sad. I looked at the sleeping Zhuangzi, and naturally my heart was not good, but after a while, I was a little strange and said: Since I am dead, how can my body still move? ”

The master smiled and said, "I drew a talisman on the back of your neck." Trapped your soul in the flesh. Now you're a living dead. ”

"When I heard this, I thought to myself, 'It is better to live dead than dead.' In the end, this master saved me. So I said thank you. ”

But the master did not accept it. He said: I have already said just now, saving you is just to watch a play. Then he pointed to Zhuangzi: she hasn't eaten yet. ”

The master began to rub his hands again. He kept spinning around in the cave, and said excitedly: Aren't you two dependent on each other for life and death? Now that you're dead, do you still want to save this little girl? In case you save her, the two of you will be separated by yin and yang. Then he said, "The little girl must be very moved to know that you cut and feed her." But after being moved, would you like to live with a corpse? ”

After saying this, the master sat down again in the cave. I saw him staring at me excitedly, as if waiting for me to make a choice. ”

I sighed, stretched out my hand, and touched Zhuangzi's face, but I couldn't feel her anymore. It saddened me, and even though she was so close, I had lost her. The master is right. If Zhuangzi survives, the two of us will be separated by yin and yang, and it will be difficult for us to be together again. If she dies, we can still be a ghost couple. I love her, but I don't want to kill her. ”

"I hesitated for a long time with my knife. Finally, I cut it on myself. I put the meat in the pot, and while cooking, I said to the master: I want to revive Zhuangzi first, and when she wakes up, it is up to her to decide whether she will live or die, gather or disperse. I don't have the authority to decide whether she lives or dies. ”

The master showed a dull look again. He asked me: Where are you going to go after saving people? ”

I said, I've become like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to go out again. Whether Zhuangzi decides to stay, or return to the world. I had to stay in the mountains. ”

The master nodded and said, I just took a hexagram, and in thirty years, three Taoists will come to me. If they come. You can entertain them for me. After saying this, the master walked out of the cave and never returned. ”

"When the master was leaving, he told me. Every part of the flesh on the body can be cut off. Only the back of the neck can not be used, every organ in the body can be lost, only the heart in the chest cannot be damaged. Before I saved Zhuangzi, the flesh on my body was already scattered. Later, I dug some mud in the snow, filled my body, covered it with clothes, and just gasped like this. ”

After listening to this story, my heart was a little heavy, so I asked, "What happened later?" What did Zhuangzi say when he woke up? ”

Zhou Yi smiled bitterly and said, "After Zhuangzi woke up, he was very scared when he saw me. I thought to myself, at least wait until she recovers before telling her the truth. But when she recovered, I was reluctant to say anything. I selfishly lied to her and wanted her to stay with me. ”

Xue Qian said with a smile: "She hasn't found out? ”

Zhou Yi nodded: "She is very simple and easy to deceive." I've kept this secret all these years, and I've lived a sweet life with her. ”

Zhou Yi smiled bitterly and laughed at himself: "My body has become like this, which can be regarded as somewhat useful. No need to eat or drink, no tiredness. In this big mountain, you can run for days and nights in a row. Sometimes I see prey and walk over without concealment. I don't smell of people, they don't notice, and by the time I get caught, it's too late to escape. ”

He let out a long sigh and said, "There isn't much food in the mountains. Good thing I don't need to eat much. That is, by accident, it is by these coincidences that Zhuangzi and I can live here carefree. If it were someone else, it would definitely not work. ”

"When I got married, I promised her to take her to a place where there was no one, just the two of us, and there was no quarrel with the world, quiet. Now, it's a reality. ”

When the three of us heard this, we were all silent.

Mr. Lu said: "It's almost dawn. You put your heart back. ”

Zhou Yi nodded and put his heart back into his chest. Then he dug up new dirt from the snow, crumpled it, melted it with snow water, filled himself, and soon he turned into a burly man again.

Zhou Yi said while doing this: "Over the years, I have always envied the ability of that master. He could deduce what would happen thirty years later through the guò divination. If I had this ability, I should have tested the bad luck when I first came to the mountains, and I wouldn't have ended up like this. So I've been studying Zhou Yi all these years, and I simply changed my name. ”

Seeing that Zhou Yi had returned to normal, I asked, "Do you hate the masters of the past?" ”

Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, then thought about it seriously for a while, and said, "Don't hate." We are from the outside world. I can't adapt to the barren mountains at all. If it weren't for him, Zhuangzi and I would definitely starve to death in the mountains. He probably didn't want to help us, he just wanted to see the excitement. But we couldn't stay without him. Objectively, he is our benefactor. ”

We whispered as we walked back. Mr. Zhou Yichong Lu said: "Your Dao skills are very good, that drop of blood makes me very uncomfortable." ”

Mr. Lu smiled awkwardly: "It's presumptuous." Presumptuous. ”

Zhou Yi didn't ask us to keep it secret, but we were very sensible and quietly returned to the house, and no one bothered Zhuangzi.

The next day, we woke up early and said goodbye to the two of them.

When he walked to the gate of the courtyard, Mr. Lu suddenly asked Zhuangzi, "Are you still sad?" ”

Zhou Yi's face changed greatly, thinking that Mr. Lu was going to say something.

Zhuangzi asked suspiciously, "What are you sad about?" ”

Mr. Lu pointed at Zhou Yi and said, "Last night, he told us that you had a dog that unfortunately died, and you were sad for a long time. ”

At this time, Zhuangzi burst into tears. nodded and said, "I'm sad, I regret it, and I'm very guilty." ”

Mr. Lu smiled and said, "The soul of that dog is still there. It's right in your yard. ”

Zhuangzi exclaimed in surprise: "It's still in the courtyard?" ”

Mr. Lu nodded and said, "Its soul is still helping you take care of your home. It's just that you've never seen it. ”

Zhuangzi's voice trembled a little: "Is it helping me watch the door?" Doesn't it hate me? ”

Mr. Lu said: "I don't hate. It is faithful to the Lord. It's just that it's a soul and can't meet you. ”

Zhuangzi looked at Zhou Yi excitedly with tears in his eyes: "It turns out that the dog barking I heard at night is real. I thought I was thinking about it too much, so I misheard. It doesn't hate me, I'm happy. ”

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