Chapter 17: Returning to the hometown
The sky was bright, and the three of them slowly stopped.
Wu Xiu took out two dry cakes, and one of them sat on the ground, spreading out the Kanyu map that had been placed on his chest, but he didn't know where he was.
Xiaowen looked into the distance and said softly: "This is the north of Xudu, Fengshan County to the north, and Fancheng to the northwest." ”
Wu Xiu glanced at the map of Kanyu, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, he didn't sleep all night, but he ran out of a distance of eight hundred miles, if Xiaowen was right, this place is more than two thousand miles away from Fancheng, and more than three thousand miles away from Fengshan County.
Zhu Xiaokui asked, "Wu Xiu, what are your plans?"
Wu Xiu said, "I'm going back to my hometown, and after I go back, I'm going to Liuxia County and Hanshan County." ”
Zhu Xiaokui also said: "I should go back too, otherwise grandpa should be in a hurry." But ......"
Xiaowen put down the dry cake that she couldn't bite no matter how she bit it, and said in a low voice: "You all go, it's safe now." I can walk alone. ”
Wu Xiu ignored her and asked Zhu Xiaokui, "When are you going to leave?"
Zhu Xiaokui shook his head, "But I'm gone, how can you run away when I meet them again?"
Wu Xiu didn't speak.
All three fell silent.
After a while, Zhu Xiaokui patted his belt, and a stack of talismans of different colors appeared out of thin air, and he said: "My grandfather asked me to go back early, and now that I have grown up, he wants to take me out for a walk, after so many years, he also wants to return to the sect and let the sect recognize my identity, and then I may walk the rivers and lakes alone, or rely on the resources of the sect to practice." ”
He handed a stack of talismans to Wu Xiu, "The talismans in the world were all from our ghost path at the earliest, and I can now draw talismans with soul power without talisman paper." These are all drawn by me before I go out, there are Qingming charms, speed charms, blind charms, and Yin soldier charms, and they will all be given to you. It should be enough for you to use for a while, and it can keep you safe for a while. ”
"It's very easy to use, just throw a mantra. As he spoke, he told Wu Xiu about the incantations one by one.
Wu Xiu also wrote them down one by one.
Then Zhu Xiaokui asked, "Have you decided?" Where are you going, I can give you another ride. ”
"I'm going to Fengshan County. ”
"I'll go back to Fancheng. ”
"Isn't Fengshan County the fief of the former emperor? The former emperor is no longer here, what are you going to do there?" asked Zhu Xiaokui.
"I, I just want to check it out. Xiaowen stood up and held her stomach, seemingly a little uncomfortable.
Zhu Xiaokui asked: "This eldest sister, how many months have you been? For the sake of your child, I advise you not to toss, find a place as soon as possible, and wait for childbirth in peace." ”
Wu Xiu said: "You can come with me, come back to your hometown with me, and I will find a place for you to recuperate in peace." ”
Zhu Xiaokui also said: "Since we saved you, we will try our best to protect you, and we will not leave you alone." ”
Xiaowen asked, "Which of the two of you has the final say?"
Zhu Xiaokui pointed at Wu Xiu.
Xiaowen propped up her waist, lowered her head and inhaled painfully, and pointed at Wu Xiu with the other hand, "Then listen to him." ”
So the three of them rested for a while, and then Zhu Xiaokui urged the black mist to drag him and Xiaowen to fly, and Wu Xiu followed on horseback.
In this way, another day and a night passed, and in the middle they were in a hurry except to rest, and they had already walked more than a thousand miles. The speed of the blind horse began to decline, and the days of running took a toll on it. Passing by a small town, Xiaowen said that she had to take a bath and eat normal people's meals, so the three of them found an inn.
Pregnant women seem to be terrible to eat, especially Xiaowen, who has been hungry for several days, and she eats most of the pot of mutton alone, Wu Xiu and Zhu Xiaokui didn't move their chopsticks, they just watched. After eating, Xiaowen said that she wanted to find a place to take a bath, so Wu Xiu and Zhu Xiaokui were left at the dinner table.
They had to ask for a bowl of noodles one by one, and Zhu Xiaokui said: "After all, the woman who used to be the emperor is used to being pampered." He suddenly laughed, "This time I went out too differently from what I expected, although it is a chivalrous act of righteousness and saving people from fire and water, but it always feels different?"
Wu Xiudao: "It's no different, saving people is saving people." ”
Zhu Xiaokui nodded and sighed, "After eating, I'll leave." You have to be careful, those people should be not small, and they will definitely not give up. ”
Wu Xiu also nodded, "It should be, their purpose doesn't seem to be all for luck, I once received an order to kill the emperor, but also to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, after success, I can go to Xudu Qingfufang to get a large amount of money." ”
Zhu Xiaokui put down his chopsticks and was shocked: "You won't wait for me to leave, just kill her to receive the reward, right?"
Wu Xiu sighed, shook his head and said, "Not now, I really can't do anything to a pregnant woman." ”
Only then did Zhu Xiaokui pick up the chopsticks and continue to eat noodles, and asked, "You seem to have a great enmity with that dead pervert?"
Wu Xiu replied: "Yes, it is not a common day. ”
After eating the noodles, the two sat and waited for Xiaowen.
Zhu Xiaokui stroked the seal, and suddenly said: "Wu Xiu, the murderous aura on your body is too heavy and deep, my Brahma seal is extremely angry with you, if I hadn't suppressed these ghosts, they would have come out and swallowed you a long time ago." ”
Wu Xiu said: "It is true that a lot of people were killed on the battlefield, so it is understandable." ”
In a room, Xiaowen exchanged the hosta in her hair for a few buckets of hot water, two sets of ordinary people's clothes and two maids who were waiting, but behind the curtain, in a bathtub, Xiaowen was secretly crying.
Her own man died, even if it was a useless man, it was the man she once loved.
There's no reason not to shed tears of sadness.
She recalled the scenes when the young man who was not yet the emperor met her.
In the summer of that year, she entered the palace from a small family, not a maidservant, but a woman who inherited her father's business and became a small gardener.
It was an afternoon, under the thousands of flowers, the young man quietly touched behind her, and she turned around, frightened. Then, she was about to chase the boy, who ran in a panic and trampled on the flowers she had so carefully cared for.
Then she began to cry, squatting on the ground, the pear blossoms brought rain, and she was very sad.
The boy had no choice but to step forward to make amends, but she ignored him.
The young man persuaded him with good words, saying that he would pay for it.
Sure enough, on the second day, dozens of carriages came to the palace, and dozens of people planted a sea of flowers in a few hours.
That day, she danced in the sea of flowers and captivated the teenager.
Later, she learned that the boy was the emperor's favorite grandson, the son of the crown prince.
She deliberately kept her distance from the boy.
Until one day the boy found her, and the boy said that his father was dead.
So that day, the boy threw himself into her arms and cried until the middle of the night.
Two years later, the emperor died, and the boy became emperor.
The teenager said that from today he could give her whatever she wanted.
Including flowers from all over the world.
She shook her head and said that her ancestors were not virtuous, but she was just from an ordinary person.
Since then, she has not seen the boy again.
The teenager said he could wait.
Wait until the vassal king unveils the rebellion.
Wait until the king of Wei is martyred.
Wait until the teenager is no longer a teenager.
On that day, the emperor brought the King of Wei, who had pacified the vassal kings of the Great Zhou, to find her.
The emperor said, this is my uncle, and now the world is decided, and it is all the credit of his uncle, so for the sake of Da Zhou, he wants to marry her.
Then, under the persuasion of many people, she agreed to him.
She actually loves him too.
It's just that she has no family background, and she doesn't even have a family member.
She's alone, she's just a little florist.
In the beginning, they were happy.
She still works in the sea of flowers every day.
But he started to get busy.
She didn't complain, because her man was the emperor and had to take care of everything.
In less than a year, the king of Wei sent troops to Xu Du on the grounds of the Qing monarch's side.
Two years later, King Wei entered the palace.
The man she loved so much was insulted, struggling, living secretly, crying and screaming, and began to become without the spirit of an emperor.
All of this was caused by her man's listening to slander.
Then, she found out that she was pregnant.
If she hadn't been pregnant, she would definitely poison the emperor and then herself before she left Xu Du.
It wasn't until this moment that she let go of the idea of dying and wanted to live well.
She got up, put on the clothes of ordinary people, tied her hair in a bun on her head like an ordinary woman, fastened it with a wooden hairpin, and wrapped it tightly with a piece of cloth with flowers. The green girl who combed her hair couldn't help but sigh: "My sister is so beautiful, she can't cover anything she wears, and I have a little admiration for it! It's the man who doesn't have long eyes, let you run around while pregnant, and you are alone in the back half, and you don't come to ask!"
Xiaowen looked at herself in the mirror, smiled slightly, and did not speak.
Packed, she took up a bag in which there was nothing but a set of clothes.
Then she found the two people who saved her, and they seemed to be good people, so she wanted to say thank you to them.
Outside the inn, Zhu Xiaokui said with a smile: "Sister, live well, it's no big deal, in fact, life in the world is no worse than the palace, you also have a child now, and you are not a carefree person, it is not interesting to fight around in the temple, it is better to calm down and follow my brother back to Fancheng to live a good life." ”
Zhu Xiaokui, who was not doing anything right, grinned and continued: "Wu Xiu, I'll leave." ”
"Don't send it!"
Xiaowen said softly: "Master Zhu Xiaoxian, thank you. ”
Zhu Xiaokui said with a smile: "Thank you, it's all the credit of my brother." ”
Wu Xiu's face was gloomy.
Zhu Xiaokui walked out of the town, and the black fog lifted him up and floated forward.
Wu Xiu had no choice but to give up the horse to Xiaowen, and he could only lead the horse. So, they slowly walked in the direction of Fancheng.
Both of them were silent along the way, until three days later, when they rested by a small stream. Wu Xiu has dry cakes on his body, so he can fill his stomach with the stream water. Xiaowen seems to have bad teeth, and besides, it is not the same thing for her to eat dry cakes when she is pregnant, so Wu Xiu had to go into the water to catch fish, and then make a fire to grill the fish.
Xiaowen was the first to break the silence and asked, "Hero, what's your name?"
Wu Xiu was slightly stunned, and then replied, "My name is Wu Xiu." ”
Xiaowen continued to ask: "Koutian Wu, a cultivator of self-cultivation?"
Wu Xiu replied, "Yes." ”
Xiaowen nodded, and said, "My name is Fang Xiaowen." ”
"Hmm. ”
The fish has been grilled, the fragrance is overflowing, there are two of them, Wu Xiu took them to Fang Xiaowen, "Eat it while it's hot." ”
Fang Xiaowen was in a hurry to eat, but she didn't want to give her a hot scream.
Wu Xiu had no choice but to say, "Freshly baked, eat it slowly." ”
Then, Xiaowen ate carefully but not slowly, after a while, two big fish, only fish bones, no shreds of meat on the fish bones could be seen, Wu Xiu asked, "Haven't you eaten enough?"
Fang Xiaowen pursed her lips and nodded, as if she was a little aggrieved.
"Wait. ”
Wu Xiu went into the water to fish again, this time touching one more, Wu Xiu said while grilling fish: "Passing by the town tomorrow, you can eat something if you want to eat." ”
"I don't have any money. Fang Xiaowen said hurriedly.
Wu Xiu glanced at Fang Xiaowen, "I have." ”
"When I earn money later, I will pay you back. Fang Xiaowen said.
"No, you won't be able to eat a few bucks. After saying this, Wu Xiu regretted it a little, so he asked, "When is your delivery date?"
"There are less than two months left. ”
"If you will be in my hometown in less than two months, what are your plans in the future?" Wu Xiu asked.
Fang Xiaowen immediately replied: "I am a florist, I can plant flowers and raise flowers." ”
Wu Xiu changed the direction of the grilled fish and asked, "Are you really the emperor's woman?"
Fang Xiaowen bowed her head gloomily and said, "It's not anymore." ”
Fang Xiaowen ate fish, and Wu Xiu began to try to open the hole.
In the middle of the night, Fang Xiaowen sobbed softly in her sleep. Wu Xiu was sweating profusely, and at this moment his mind was immersed in opening the acupoint. After the wee hours of the morning, when he opened his eyes, a powerful aura emanated from his body, and the flowers and plants around him tilted to one side. After opening a hole, Wu Xiu found that the dantian finally showed signs of accumulation, and the qi flow of those acupoints that had been opened seemed to be based on the core of the dantian, stopping from the dantian, and then turning around, so repeatedly, endlessly, endlessly.
Merge, I don't know if it's conjunct. If so, it's a bit simple.
There is also a point, the life gate point above the back waist and the pulse of the body, after opening the life door point, the opening of the point is considered to be completed.
Merge the veins and merge the veins, and appoint the two pulses.
Is there any relationship between the second pulse of Ren Du and the combined pulse? It is not written in the book, and Wu Xiu does not know about it.
It was still Fang Xiaowen riding a horse, and Wu Xiu leading the horse. The two of them walked unfast.
It didn't seem necessary to use the talisman given by Zhu Xiaokui, Wu Xiu thought it would be better to wait until someone came to the door before using it. Fancheng is already close at hand, Wu Xiu glanced at the county gate from a distance, but he bypassed, his hometown belongs to the jurisdiction of Fancheng, but it is not in Fancheng City, but in Yaotai Town, Tianshuiwei, which is further northwest. It is a place with mountains and rivers, and it belongs to the real countryside.
When they fled, almost all the people in Tin Shui Wai ran away. I don't know what it's like now. After more than ten years of absence, I finally returned to my hometown, although it was not a return to my hometown, but at least I was still alive. To live is to have hope, and to be alive is better than anything else. For more than ten years, he has been out of the house, there are brothers in the army, and many good people have met him, but the thought of returning to his hometown has always lingered in his heart, and every time he thinks of his hometown, he can't calm down for a long time, but as he encounters more and more things, the setbacks encountered are becoming more and more difficult to overcome, and the nostalgia is getting stronger and stronger.
You can set up a monument for your parents and burn some paper money. You can build a new house, you can fill the fields with crops.
Even if it may all be temporary.
Wu Xiu looked up at the front and finally laughed, "If you turn over this mountain, it's Tianshui Wai!"