Doctor Cheng said with a smile: "Mrs. Wan has just arrived in Chang'an, I don't know what is going on here, Lin Gongzi participated in the big sacrifice ceremony of the old gang leader of the beggar gang on behalf of the Kuangyi Gang, and the seat is only under Yun Mengxu and Yuan Xingjian, and he is out of the limelight." Besides, although you and Jianhong are sorry for him, Ah Xiu is really kind to him! I forced myself to walk dozens of miles for him, and I couldn't get out of bed and walk for dozens of days after that. If Ah Xiuken asks him, as far as I know, he will not disobey. ”

Lin Jianlan glanced at Wan Xiu, with mixed feelings in his heart, but he didn't expect that he rescued them from Jinzhou that day, and she suffered so much, but she didn't know it, and said secretly: "Outside, their voices are no longer deliberately lowered, but she is still asleep, I'm afraid the illness is really very heavy, if she really begs me, I will never refuse to agree to her." He secretly thought to himself: "It's just that Doctor Cheng is talking about Duanmu Daochang, I'm afraid that he is using me and Ah Xiu to be unfavorable to Daoist, but if you ...... If I can really save Ah Xiu, will I promise or not?"

He was confused when he heard the doctor outside: "As long as you find him, let him nod, and then everything will look at me." After saying that, the footsteps slowly faded away, obviously leaving, but Mrs. Wan paced a few steps outside repeatedly, and sighed: "One wrong step, one wrong step, Ah Xiu, how can my mother save you?"

Lin Jianlan was not advancing or retreating in the house, and he was afraid that Wan Xiu would wake up suddenly, so he only hid in the dark, and saw that the candle flickered a few times and suddenly went out, thinking that it was burning to the end, and the house was suddenly dark. The door "squeaked", pushed open a thin slit, and a very faint pillar of light came in, thinking that Mrs. Wan was outside to check, Lin Jianlan held his breath, and saw that the door was slowly closed again, and the footsteps in the distance were heavy.

The room was dark again, Lin Jianlan quietly turned out of the window, but it was already ten in the evening, the early spring days were still short and the nights were long, and it was already twilight at this time.

When I returned to the inn, it was already full of lights, and the store did not get a reply, but still did not dare to open, and I was overjoyed to see Lin Jianlan returning, and it was not good to ask immediately, and only confessed to Xiao Er to make a pot of good tea, Lin Jianlan saw that he was obviously anxious but forbearance, and smiled: "The store, it's out of the way, I wish you a lot of money first!"

At this time, Xiao Er had already brought up the teapot, and the shopkeeper hurriedly took it and poured a cup and pushed it in front of Lin Jianlan, and was about to thank him, but Lin Jianlan had already stood up and said: "There is still something to do, the matter of renting a house......

Seeing that Lin Jianlan was in a hurry, the shopkeeper hurriedly said: "As soon as the son leaves, I will tear up the rental notice of the house, and I have already sent someone to clean it up in the afternoon, and I will take you over immediately." ”

The little two had a lot of eyesight, and hurriedly took out a windproof lantern from the back room and handed it to the shopkeeper, and the two of them went out one after the other, and walked for about half an hour before they arrived at a small courtyard, the shopkeeper opened the door lock, let Lin Jianlan into the courtyard, and said apologetically: "Childe, this courtyard is too desolate, I'm looking for a different place to go another day, you will take a look for a few days." ”

Lin Jianlan couldn't imagine that there was such a desolate place in the prosperous imperial capital, seeing that the surroundings were indeed very secluded, no one disturbed him, and no one would pay attention to his foreign visitor, but it was exactly what he wanted, and he turned his head and smiled: "Don't bother you to find other places, this place is very good." After that, he took out a piece of silver from his baggage and handed it to the shopkeeper, saying, "I asked about some houses in the morning, and it is about the same price for about a month, and when the lease period is reached, I will discuss it with you, okay?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Isn't Childe ashamed of me?

Lin Jianlan smiled: "You don't have to be polite, you and I are not short of these money, but ask for a peace of mind, I have no relatives and no reason here, and I will ask you to take care of it in the future, if you have anything, I will also help, just accept it, or I will go to another house." ”

The shopkeeper took the silver into his bosom, and hurriedly opened the doors of each house, he had been doing the inn business all the year round, and he was full of experience, and all the necessary utensils in the house had already been completed, and he left alone after introducing them one by one.

Lin Jianlan bolted the door, saw a touch of moonlight through the alienated branches, and remembered that he had been busy all afternoon, and he hadn't eaten dinner yet, but he didn't feel hungry, walked into the house, sat on the bed, took out a book from his arms and looked through it carefully, but it was the pile of books in Wanxiu House before leaving, which was the "Shen Yuan Mental Method" left by Duanmu Ear.

Since Jinzhou was in distress, Lin Jianlan had left all the belongings and tools he had brought with him, and the two roads of Yin and Yang had long been harmonized, but "Shen Yuan Mental Method" couldn't remember everything, and there was no guidance, so he could only slowly grope and didn't dare to be too aggressive. Qianyuanjin has long been remembered by him, and he always wants to take this extreme yang's internal force to the next level, suffering from the lack of corresponding feminine power during this period of time, he has gradually felt a little uncomfortable, and there seems to be a ball of fire between his chest to impact on the limbs, but he doesn't know how to extinguish it.

Today's unexpected regain of this book, Lin Jianlan was very excited, carefully flipped through the pages of the book, and turned to the back to see "the strength is like a torrent, although the surface is surging, the bottom is like a deep pool of water" A sentence, I can't help but groan, my fingers are tracing carefully along the veins next to me, I close my eyes and concentrate on the back of the memory, and follow this back and forth, I feel a little happy, like a spring water gushing out in general, the flame in the chest seems to be extinguished, I am happy in my heart, I will work harder, but suddenly I feel a fierce burning pain erupt, a burst of breathlessness accompanied by severe pain, secretly screaming that it is not good to hurry up, the hot gas in the chest is churning like boiling water, I bite my lip and press it down, and the pain will stop slightly for a while.

Fang Cai's throat has been swallowed by Lin Jianlan several waves of fishy sweetness, he has experienced this great danger for the first time since he cultivated the internal force of this yin and yang furnace, although he immediately stopped and did not move forward, but he still didn't know what the consequences were, at this moment he was already sweating profusely, he barely got out of bed and drank a few sips of tea, then he fell on the bed exhausted, he didn't dare to try again, and fell asleep groggily.

Lin Jianlan opened his eyes again, and saw that the light outside had come in through the doors and windows, which was a little dazzling, remembering what happened last night, he turned over and sat upright, and his chest was no longer painful, but sometimes it was hot, sometimes cold, and he hurriedly slowed down his internal breath for a while, but he didn't feel anything unusual, but at this moment, yin and yang could not be blended, as if a tree had two forks.

Lin Jianlan knew in his heart that he was afraid that his internal breath practice had entered a fork in the road, but he didn't know what was wrong, he was really a little flustered, he pushed the quilt aside and went to the ground, sat at the table and looked at the mental method sullenly, and when he got to the page of cultivation last night, he was stunned for a while, but he didn't dare to practice again, so he stopped looking at the graphics, and turned straight back, but saw a line of annotations written crookedly on the back of the page: "If it is like a chaotic wave crashing on a stone, although the power increases sharply, it loses the essence of yin and softness, and what is the difference between it and the road of yang and fierce?"

Lin Jianlan couldn't help but be surprised, and regretted that he was excited last night, and he didn't look carefully and rushed in, the feeling of spring water gushing out was wrong, I am afraid that in the end, it is the "chaotic waves and slapping stones" mentioned in this book, if you practice all the way alone, it will not be a big problem, but for those who try to practice yin and yang, I am afraid that it will endanger the lives of those who try to practice yin and yang.

Looking more closely, I saw that the word "ear" was written next to the annotation and ticked it with a circle, Lin Jianlan Fang understood that this was the note of Duanmu on that day, I am afraid that he went crazy because of such practice, and was later saved by the previous generation of Taoist masters of Baiyun Temple, so he had such a feeling, and remembered that Duanmu said when he was leaving: "Brother Lin, there is only one thing you have to keep in mind, don't let one be better than the other." ”

Lin Jianlan slapped his forehead heavily, he only heard it in a daze that day, and he didn't know what he meant, after last night's experience, he suddenly figured it out, the meaning of Duanmu was that the feminine should not be feminine over masculine, or masculine is better than feminine, and the same life and growth is the right way, not one or the other, last night he just wanted to be happy for a while, in vain trying to use the Shen Yuan heart method to extinguish the scorching heat, so as to encounter this catastrophe.

At this time, Lin Jianlan suddenly became brighter, but secretly rejoiced, so he ignored the feeling of cold and heat, and slowly dissipated and melted, although it was very difficult for each line of a meridian and every acupoint to intersect, but he knew that this was the right way, and he was tireless in practice, and it took a long time to follow for a week, and when he opened his eyes again, he was already hungry and empty.

Lin Jianlan poured a cup of last night's residual tea and drank a few sips, Fang walked out of the door, found a hotel and devoured it, tasted tea and looked upstairs, and saw that the streets of Chang'an were as regular as a chessboard, and the "grid" was filled with large and small houses and businesses, and the disciples of the filial piety beggar gang who were concentrated in various places in Chang'an City a few days ago had already dispersed, leaving only one mystery after another in Lin Jianlan's mind that could not be solved. However, he couldn't let go of Wan Xiu's illness at the moment in his heart, and after thinking about it for a while, he settled the account, looked at the sky, and ran towards Mrs. Wan's place of stay.

For several days in a row, in addition to practicing, Lin Jianlan went to stay in the bamboo forest outside Wanxiu's house for a while every day near evening, although he knew that Wanxiu was mostly sleeping on the sickbed on weekdays, but he no longer went into that house.

At this time, Lin Jianlan stood outside Wanxiu's window, remembering that news had gradually come these days, and someone was asking everywhere where the son of the Kuangyi Gang was staying now, I am afraid that it was Mrs. Wan's errand, and sooner or later he would find out, looking at the girl who had rescued him sleeping until twilight every day, if she opened her mouth to ask for it, she knew that Doctor Cheng must have a bad heart towards Duanmu Daochang, how to answer correctly then?

All kinds of thoughts were disturbed, and he had been standing for a long time unconsciously, when he suddenly heard a sound, the window next to him was pushed open, Lin Jianlan hurriedly squatted down, and listened to Mrs. Wan: "Ah Xiu, I put the food on the table, and it was all made for my mother for a long time, so you can taste it." ”

Wan Xiu said: "Mother, why are you looking for Lin Gongzi? Is that person in Jinzhou going to let you harm him again?"

Mrs. Wan said: "What do you want him to do, I just need him to promise to take you to find someone to see a doctor." ”

Wan Xiu's voice was a little angry, and said, "I don't believe it." ”

Hearing that, Mrs. Wan opened the door and said, "Just wait for me to find Lin Gongzi, you just beg him to take you to the doctor, my mother will not lie to you." "Then close the door and leave.

After a while, listening to some noise in the room, Lin Jianlan got up slowly, flashed on the side of the window sash and looked in, he couldn't see clearly under the candlelight, only to see a girl leaning on the head of the bed, barely holding up an arm, reaching out to hold the branch in her hand, leaning back on the head of the bed and panting, caressing the tassels on the branch, intertwining between her fingers from time to time, after a while, Fang stood up again, put the branch on the ground, and slowly got out of bed, but didn't take a few steps, her feet were soft, and the whole person fell to the ground.

Lin Jianlan was already worried about it, seeing her fall, he couldn't care about it, he hurriedly jumped out of the window and stepped in front of Wan Xiu to support her, and saw her raise her head, but it was the first time to see her so closely, her appearance was very delicate, her face was pale, because she was too thin, her chin was pointed, her lips were not bloody, there were slightly shallow freckles on both sides of her nose, and the shoulders she held in her hands seemed to be boneless.

Wan Xiu was frightened at first, seeing that the backlit face seemed to be a little familiar, he only looked at Lin Jianlan with black eyes like a deep pool, and after a while, he snorted lightly, hurriedly broke free, touched the bed, grabbed something and blocked his face, but it was the black veil that was usually covered, chuckled, and said, "Lin Gongzi, I'm ...... I'm scaring you. ”

The laughter sounded very reluctant, as if he was about to cry, Lin Jianlan's heart was sour, and with a slight force, he turned Wan Xiu over, gently took off the veil, and said, "No, Ah Xiu, you are very good-looking, have you never seen your own face?"

Wan Xiu stumbled for a while, then Fang raised his head and said softly, "Young Master Lin, my shoulder hurts." ”

Lin Jianlan was shocked to realize that he had been holding Wan Xiu's shoulders tightly, and hurriedly let go, seeing that fine beads of sweat had appeared on Wan Xiu's forehead, he said apologetically: "I'm trying too hard, Ah Xiu, can you stand up?"

Wan Xiu said with joy: "Lin Gongzi, do you call me Ah Xiu?"

Lin Jianlan suddenly remembered Wan Xiuyan that day and said: "I ...... I have a single name 'Xiu', you don't have to call Wan Girl, Wan Girl like this when you see me again, it's just ......" Although the words were not finished, the tone was very lonely, no wonder I called her "Ah Xiu" today to make her so happy, so she also smiled: "Since I call you Ah Xiu, you don't have to call me Lin Gongzi." ”

Wan Xiu was stunned for a moment, nodded slightly, and shook his head again: "Annoying Lao Lin Gongzi help me, I ...... I don't really have the strength. ”

Lin Jianlan saw that she was still called like this, but he couldn't bear to say more, so he hurriedly picked her up and helped her to the table to sit down, only to feel that her body was quite light, even if she helped herself, she was out of breath and very tired at this time, and secretly wondered in her heart, I don't know what kind of illness Wan Xiu is, it is so difficult to treat.