Volume 1: Painting Blood Volume 1 [Painting Blood] 008: Fighting bandits in front of Xiaoxiang Pavilion
'Click!click......'
A hunched old woman dressed in a gray linen dress and a black headband. The headband was bound with black onyx, and he staggered with a spiral crutch in his hand.
She approached the strong man and stretched out her index finger: "Let go of this little brother, otherwise you will be splashed with blood on the spot!"
"Oh, it's so hilarious, and nosy. You old and immortal mother-in-law, don't you want to die?"
The crowd began to gather and watch, but no one came forward.
The strong man let go of Wu Zhe's collar and moved his gaze to the old lady. Swaggeringly twisting the fat and approaching her, he grabbed the old lady's face and scolded:
"Old immortal, are you on the wrong side, are you daring to curse me?" said a slap that slapped the old lady twice.
'Poofโโ' the old lady trembled and planted on the side......
Wu Zhe couldn't bear it anymore, patted the strong man from behind, and knocked him down with a punch when he turned his head. The strong man was in a hurry to get up, and Wu Zhe then punched him again, smashing his head to the ground with a sound!
"Brother Wu, forget it, we still have to hurry......"
Wen Xiao saw that the strong man was fainting on the ground, and he didn't struggle, for fear of making things bigger. With a word of persuasion, Wu Zhe gave up. The two were just about to leave......
"Please stay ...... two of you"
The old woman stood up tremblingly, wiped her nosebleed, and came to her with a crutch.
"Mother-in-law, are you okay?" Wen Xiao asked looking back.
"Hehe, thank you for saving my life. If you don't mind, can you let me give you a hexagram?
Wu Zhe was in a displeased, and he just wanted to leave this ominous place. So he shirked and said: "No need! You also spoke up just now, I was just a gesture, why bother!"
Unexpectedly, Wen Xiao replied with interest: "Wow, mother-in-law knows how to tell hexagrams?"
"Hehe, compared to the two of them, the old woman is just a small skill of carving insects, if the two of you don't like it, you might as well give it a try?"
These words made the brothers and sisters tremble in their hearts, and they glanced at each other:
(Wu: How did he know that we had the skills? The fight just now was just ordinary fists and kicks, and she actually knew that we had other magical powers?)
(Text: I don't know, so let's see...... ๏ผ
"As soon as you look at the two of them, you know that they are not ordinary people. Don't worry, I'm just a physiognographer. Today, I have a fate to get acquainted, and I just sent two hexagrams. Girl, can you tell me about Bazi?"
Wu Zhe didn't know that the old woman was good or evil, and in order to protect Wen Xiao, he replied first: "Count it on mine first!"
After he told his mother-in-law about his eight characters, her mother-in-law closed her eyes and stared, pinched her fingers and counted...... After a while, he said:
"You're done, boy. It's your turn, little girl, ...... birthday."
Wen Xiao also truthfully informed the eight characters of his birthday. After a while, the old woman walked up to Wen Xiao and whispered softly, and then walked straight away on crutches......
"Eh, mother-in-law, don't go, what does the hexagram say?......" Wu Zhe asked.
"Heaven cannot be revealed, no comment......"
"I didn't expect this old woman to be untrustworthy!Sister Wen?What did she tell you just now?" Wu Zhe didn't particularly care about the old lady's departure, but her whisper in Wen Xiao's ear was a mystery.
Wen Xiao smiled slightly: "I didn't say anything, and I didn't hear it clearly...... Brother Wu, let's keep going, shall we?"
Bright and starry night, two rooms. Wen Xiao lay on the bed and thought about her mother-in-law's words, contradictory...... 'I went to Chengnan Lake alone at night to see 'Who is my mother-in-law?Should I believe her?If I tell Brother Wu, I won't go alone. Only whispered to me, it was clear that she wanted to avoid Brother Wu, what did her mother-in-law want to say? What if it was a trap? Time passed a quarter of an hour and a quarter of an hour, seeing that it was almost three watches, thinking about it, she still decided to go to the appointment alone.
On the shore of Wuzi Lake in the south of the city, Wen Xiao looked around, feeling uneasy...... After waiting for a while, a small canopy boat appeared in the lake.
"Girl, please get on the boat......"
Wen Xiao was mentally prepared, and she was waiting for her. So without hesitation, I got on the boat directly.
After half a cup of tea, the mother-in-law spoke: "Girl, the old man invited you to come because he had something to ask for. As long as you are willing to help me, I am willing to use my hexagram today in exchange, even if I give up this old life and leak the secret of heaven, I will not hesitate!"
"Mother-in-law, as long as it doesn't violate etiquette, I should help you. But if it is against the principles of heaven, it will be difficult to obey the fate. But it doesn't hurt for you to say, let me think about it!"
"In that case, I will speak bluntly. Hundreds of miles away from here, there is a Kunyun Mountain Leaning Moon Cave, every full moon night, just enough moonlight can illuminate the bottom of the cave. In the spring pool at the bottom of the cave, there is a colorful coral grouper. If you get this fish, you can save my son's life......."
When Wen Xiao heard that it was a loving mother who saved her child, compassion arose, but after all, she was in danger for others, regardless of the truth of the matter for the time being, this matter was not something that the old lady could make a quick decision in a few words.
But since the mother-in-law exchanged it with a hexagram, could it be that there is something strange in the hexagram? So she asked, "Then why doesn't the mother-in-law go in person and entrust a little girl like me?"
"Hehe, although I am also a cultivator, I have mediocre roots and shallow Taoism. I only know a little about Feng Shui physiognomy. Looking for me for divination, naturally, it's not a problem. But it was not easy for me to go into the hole and find fish. There is a spring in the cave, and it is also the place where the dragon vein leads to the center of the earth, and now there is a group of heads guarding it all the year round, I know that the two of you have skills, and I hereby ask for ......"
"Mother-in-law, what is a dragon vein?" Wen Xiao interrupted her words and asked suspiciously.
"There are seventy-two dragon veins. It is said that those who open up the seventy-two dragon veins will be free from reincarnation forever, and all living beings will bow down. If it's a virtuous person, it's fine, but if it's a great traitor...... At that time, the rules may be rewritten, and the balance will be out of balance!"
"Oh, I see, by the way, where did those heads come from?"
"The so-called Toutuo is just a collective term for them. They are all unjust souls crawling out of the underworld. Who took advantage of their world-hating weakness and then manipulated it, the old body is unknown......
Since the mysterious disappearance of the Hierro tribe, reincarnation has never been opened. We, the small races, fled and scattered. There are more and more heads, which is really a big disaster in the fairy world. โ
"Then why don't you unite as one, unite as one, fight against Toutuo, and slay demons and demons?"
What the girl said is extremely true, but how easy is it to do? The big races have come to an end! What can we do with small fish and shrimp? If we are not a genius of the world, how can we dare to take care of everything? If we are not a genius of the world, how can we dare to take care of everything? If we cause trouble, we are afraid that we will have no fighting spirit and will not measure our own strength. The consequence of hitting the stone with an egg will inevitably be that more people of insight will die in Huangquan. It's hard, it's hard!"
"Well, I see, but I still don't know anything, why do you only ask me to come here and keep quiet?"
"Girl, I think you're going to ask that, and that's exactly what I'm going to tell you. Today's hexagram shows that you are both cultivators, but your friend has no roots......"
"What do you mean? What does it mean that he doesn't have bones?"
"Whoever cultivates immortals must have roots and bones. When reincarnated, they pass on each other. Only in this way can we attain 10,000 years of cultivation. The two who received the root bones established the past and present lives.
If there is no root bone...... There are two situations: one is possessed, and the other is a puppet!"
Wen Xiao was surprised: "What you said is true?"
"Every sentence is true! The hexagram says that your root bone is a moon dragon, am I wrong? If you talk about the root bone, the old body may not be as good as the girl for ten thousand years, but when it comes to divination, I have never made a mistake!"
After hearing this, Wen Xiao's heart was complicated. I promised my mother-in-law to do her best. The fifth watch rushed back to the inn. When we got to the door, it was already dawn......
"Sister Wen, where have you been?" Wu Zhe looked flustered, and Xu was lingering for a long time.
"Ah, Brother Wu, have you been waiting for me for a long time?" Wen Xiao was as calm as water as usual.
"I knocked on your door in the morning, you weren't there, I thought something had happened to you. โ
"No, I couldn't sleep in the morning, so I got up and went out for a walk. Wen Xiao didn't want him to notice it, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said, "You haven't eaten yet, have ......you?"
During breakfast, Wen Xiao was absent-minded, and the chopsticks kept stirring in the bowl: "Brother Wu, I want to stay here for a few days......"
"Why? Aren't we going to hurry up and help your master repay his wish? Why aren't you in a hurry to leave?" Wu Zhe asked with an inexplicable expression.
"After running around for days, I suddenly felt so tired. I really want to rest here. It's a bustling city, do you have time to walk around with me?"
In the evening, the two went to the night market and went to the tea tent to drink tea. Looking at all kinds of people in the market, Wen Xiao was still worried......
"Sister Wen, what's making you frown?" Although Wu Zhe was not overly suspicious, after a few days, he also felt that Wen Xiao was quite worried.
"Brother Wu?......" Wen Xiaogang was about to admit frankly, but when he raised his eyes, he suddenly seemed to see something. In desperation, she rose up and walked straight to the opposite side. Wu Zhe followed, came to a wall, and stood in front of a woman.
The woman knelt on the ground with her head bowed and begged, and next to her stood a girl, six or seven years old. At the feet of the two men was a piece of paper full of words, pressed with scattered gravel. Wen and Wu were unable to read and write, so they only took out a few copper coins ......and threw them into the tube in front of the woman's knees.
The woman hurriedly bowed and thanked her: "Thank you for the kindness, thank you for the kindness......"
Wen Xiao heard the voice of thanks, and seemed to be a little familiar! So he took out another ingot of silver and stretched it out in front of the woman's eyes, and the woman was about to stretch out her hand......
"Raise your head!" Wen Xiao said two words softly.
The woman slowly raised her head, looked at each other, and held each other for a moment...... Wu Zhe was beside him, confused.
"Fang, Qiao, Lian?" Wen Xiao said in a cold tone, spitting out three words word by word.
The woman looked a little stunned and asked uncertainly, "May I ask who you are?"
"Answer me, are you Fang Qiaolian?"
"Yes, I'm Fang Qiaolian, dare to ask the girl?"
"Fang Qiaolian, you really don't know me?"
As soon as these words came out, she carefully looked at Wen Xiao. Although the eighteenth year of the female college has changed, she has long lost the immaturity of her childhood. But between the eyebrows, you can vaguely see the shadow of childhood. It's just that now it's more graceful and generous.
So he asked in surprise, "You...... You...... You are ......"
"Surprised, aren't you? Finally recognize me?" Wen Xiao asked with a flash of starlight in his eyes, shaking his voice.
The more the woman looked, the more surprised she became, and her widening eyes rippled: "Xiao...... Xiao?"
This sentence 'Xiaoxiao' went straight into Wen Xiao's heart like an awl, and it finally took many years to wrap the pain layer by layer. Unexpectedly, this gentle call was like a ruthless pickaxe, cutting open the scars of her soul that she didn't dare to touch in minutes.
So Wen Xiao pretended to be calm and said, "Hehe, you still remember my ......"