Chapter 40: Someone Comes
Seeing the bamboo hairpin pulled out by Lin Ruyu, Uncle Ma also sensed that something was wrong, "This hairpin ......"
"Probably hollow." Lin Ruyu raised her hand and pulled out the bamboo hairpin on the head of the other corpse that had been stripped of her coat, and her mother had an inconspicuous hollow silver hairpin that could be used to hide things, so Lin Ruyu would notice the wooden hairpin on the head of the two corpses.
The more inconspicuous the thing, the more likely it is that something good is hidden.
Picking up two bamboo leaves that had been washed by the rain from the stone, and wiping the bamboo hairpin, Lin Ruyu looked at the bamboo hairpin carefully, and held the two ends of the hairpin with both hands.
"Beware of deception." Third Uncle Ma raised his hand, "Let Uncle come." ”
"Third uncle, be careful." Lin Ruyu didn't take it easy and handed the bamboo hairpin to Uncle Ma.
Everything must be cautious, and Uncle Ma has always adhered to the creed of darts for many years. He found a tree that was nearly a hug thick, held it in his arms to block his body, held the two ends of the bamboo hairpin with both hands and forced, and sure enough, the hairpin was pulled into two.
After waiting for a while, he found that there were no poisonous gases, poisonous needles and other hidden weapons shot out, so Uncle Ma took back the bamboo hairpin to inspect it, and then his eyes lit up, "Girl, it looks like knife sore medicine here!" ”
"Really?" Lin Ruyu took it and sniffed it lightly, and said in surprise, "There is the smell of rosin and camphor here, it should be gold sore medicine!" ”
Third Uncle Ma opened the second bamboo hairpin again, and found that it was also ointment, and grinned, "It's okay now, Ge'er's injury is saved." ”
This is really in response to the sentence "The road of heaven is endless", Lin Ruyu also smiled, "Let's ......"
"Someone's coming up!" Third Uncle Ma pulled Lin Ruyu behind him and looked out of the woods vigilantly.
Lin Ruyu put the bamboo hairpin together, looked out, and found three extremely embarrassed men crawling out of the water with their hands and feet and going ashore.
"Judging by their outfits, they should be local farmers. Let's be quiet, find the weapon and go back to defend the East Courtyard. Uncle Ma lowered his voice, and as he spoke, he took off the shoes and socks of Sanju's corpse, tied them with thread and straw, and found after looking around, "Over there!" ”
Uncle Ma got up and went to dig a piece of dirt that had obviously been turned over.
Lin Ruyu was about to follow with her shoes, but found that something flashed on the calf of a corpse.
She stepped forward again with bated breath, rolled up the corpse's trouser leg with a stick, and found a fist-sized black and purple on his calf, and in the center of this black and purple was a hidden weapon nailed into the flesh and shining silver.
Isn't this An Ziyuan's means of killing?
Lin Ruyu whispered to Uncle Ma, who had already cut out two knives and one sword, and borrowed a long knife to dig out the hidden weapon to see what was going on.
How could Uncle Ma let her do it and take the hidden weapon himself. Lin Ruyu was uneasy and advised, "This thing should be poisonous, don't touch it with your hands." ”
Third Uncle Ma cut the calf of the corpse with a knife, the blood that had not yet coagulated flowed out, the fishy smell of the nose dispersed, and the two immediately held their breath.
After cutting the flesh and skin, Lin Ruyu found that this secret weapon was actually a steel nail with the thickness of a carbon pen! Uncle Ma cut a piece of cloth from the corpse, carefully wrapped the steel nail and pulled it hard, only to find that the steel nail had pierced the flesh and nailed to the bone.
What a powerful and vicious secret weapon!
After carefully pulling out the steel nails, Uncle Ma cut off a small section of thin bamboo pipe to put it away, and said in a low voice, "Go!" ”
The two of them took a few steps back lightly, avoiding the three people lying on the shore, and returned to the temple, where they found that Dafu was sitting at the gate of the courtyard guarding the door, Shen Ge, who had woken up, was eating porridge in the hall, Shengzi was washing the clothes that Shen Ge had changed, and the smell of vegetables and Xiao Aheng's laughter wafted from the kitchen.
Shen Ge saw that the third uncle and Lin Ruyu were back, put down the bowl and got up to greet them. Lin Ruyu put down the heavy back basket and pressed it, and stopped, "There is wind outside, and the humidity is heavy, you just have a fever, don't come out." ”
Shen Ge nodded, his smile was sincere, and the abnormal flush on his face was also obvious. Obviously, his fever has not yet subsided. However, at this moment, Lin Ruyu, who had found the medicine, was confident that he could quickly subside his fever.
"Sister-" Xiao Ah Heng in the kitchen shouted happily, "Mother fried cucumbers!" ”
Seeing his younger brother who smeared a few pieces of pot bottom black on his face, and his mother, who was dressed plainly and held a spatula, Lin Ruyu smiled warmly.
Under the cloudy sky, above the surging floods, how lucky it is to find such a courtyard.
After Lin Ruyu and Uncle Ma carefully washed their hands and feet and changed their clothes, the seven people in the east courtyard sat around the table in the hall and had dinner.
Corn porridge, coarse grain buns, a large plate of fried cucumbers and a large bowl of cold purslane, everyone ate very satisfied.
After the meal, Shengzi and Dafu cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and Uncle Ma helped Shen Ge, who was beating his spirit, back to Dongli, and Lin Ruyu followed up to check the knife wound on his arm, and found that the wound was even more red and swollen, and there were signs of suppuration.
"I'll have to take the medicine right away, I'll go see how the rabbits in the yard are doing." Lin Ruyu went out of the house to check the hare in the back basket.
This hare was caught by Uncle Ma when the two of them returned, and Lin Ruyu happened to use it to try the effect of the gold sore medicine. After reaching out and grabbing the little guy out of the living trap and checking the wound on its back, Lin Ruyu put the hare back in the basket with satisfaction.
"Sister, I want to catch it too." Xiao Ah Heng ran over and squatted next to the back basket, looking at it.
"I'll let you touch it later." Lin Ruyu coaxed her younger brother, "The hare is scared, if it bites or scratches it, it will bleed." ”
"Hmm." Xiao Ah Heng squatted next to the back basket and waited obediently.
The younger brother, who was still a little arrogant and petty when he was in the house, has become much more sensible and well-behaved after these few days of tempering. Lin Ruyu patted his little shoulder, went to the kitchen with clean hands to boil the medicine for Shen Ge to scrub the wound, and was about to bring it into the east wing.
Fang Shi came in and took the medicine bowl, "Jiaojiao has been busy for a long time, my mother sent it in, you sit here and continue to boil antipyretic medicine." ”
Cleaning the wound and applying medicine is not a technical job, Lin Ruyu handed it to her mother with confidence, she cleaned the medicine jar, refilled the water, estimated the amount of antipyretics, and after boiling it, she caught the rabbit and pressed it on the ground for her younger brother to touch and play.
"Second sister, can this rabbit be eaten?" After brushing the pot, the raw children came over and stared at the fat hare drooling. Although Daifuku, who was standing behind, didn't speak, he could see that he was also hungry for meat.
"Rabbits can't eat it." Xiao Ah Heng covered the big rabbit with his little hand and corrected, "Brother Shengzi, my sister is the eldest sister, not the second sister." ”
Lin Ruyu is the eldest daughter of the Lin family and the eldest sister of the Lin family. Lin Ruyu smiled at Shengzi, "Eldest sister, second sister, cousin, Sister Ruyu, you can shout as much as you want." ”
"Sister Ruyu." Shengzi chose the most gracious, "I've washed the dishes, can I go to the forest and catch a rabbit or pheasant and come back and roast and eat?" ”
Before Lin Ruyu could answer, Third Uncle Ma walked in from outside the door and said solemnly, "This is Guanyin Temple, you can't get meat and fish, and you can't kill people, otherwise you will disrespect Buddhism, and the Bodhisattva will condemn you." ”
They didn't eat less meat in the ruined temple in Wusha Town, and the Bodhisattva didn't say anything. Shengzi muttered in his heart, but replied obediently, "Third uncle, I won't eat it." ”
Lin Ruyu raised her head and asked, "Did the third uncle give Shen Ge a good medicine?" ”
"It's all right. Guessing the hour, the servant should come up, and I went to the temple gate to guard. Third Uncle Ma took out a bright long knife from the kitchen pyre and walked towards the temple gate.
Lin Ruyu looked at the back of the third uncle, looked up at the sky hanging with the torrential rain, and also picked up a wooden stick.
You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people. The people who fled and wanted to live in the temple, they couldn't stop them, but if these people had crooked thoughts and smashed and grabbed their heads, Lin Ruyu would not be polite!