Chapter 43: An Unbearable Past
The doctor is benevolent, in the past, when Shen Fei saw such injuries, he would have rushed to rescue them, but today is different, looking at the woman from afar, there is always a strange feeling, and he is instinctively afraid in his heart.
After pondering for a long time, Shen Fei finally made up his mind, stepped forward, half-knelt down, carefully turned over the woman's body, and saw that the blood stains under his body had polluted a large area, and he couldn't help frowning.
The woman's willowy eyebrows moved, her eyes narrowed a slit, and then she opened wide, "Help, save my child." ”
"Where is your child?" Shen Fei's wrist was grabbed by her, and it hurt hotly, this strength should not have appeared on a weak woman's body.
"My child has been taken away, go and save him, go, please, go and save him. The woman wailed hysterically, and a scorching light danced in her round eyes. Suddenly, she gasped, a cyan texture appeared on her neck and face, muscles bulged out, and it became difficult to breathe, Shen Fei knew that this was caused by overexcitement, so he pressed his hand against her cold, hard back, and pushed it up and down, "Breathe, breathe, yes, breathe, it will be fine soon, breathe." ”
His medical techniques, inherited from the medicine man, are profound and practical, and the woman snuggled in his arms breathes rhythmically up and down with the hands of Tuina, and the discomfort gradually disappears. After a violent retching, she clenched Shen Fei's collar and said with all her strength: "Help, save my child." After speaking, he passed out again.
Shao Baiyu, who had been standing behind him and staring coldly, said without a voice: "There is a strangeness in this woman. ”
"I feel it, too, but it's clear that the key to this tower is her. ”
"Only with it?"
"No way. Shen Fei said, "It's too cold here, we need to go out of the tower first, warm her up, ask the reason, and then act." ”
"This tower is at least twenty stories high, and it is indeed unstable to rush up, so do as you say. ”
This woman is very plump, and the friction behind her makes the young Shen Fei can't help but feel hot, and when he walked out of the cold tower, he was relieved, and the two quickly lit the fire and put the captured rabbit on the fire for barbecue.
Probably attracted by the mellow smell of game, the woman woke up quietly, and when she awoke she roared and begged hysterically, and then fell unconscious, twice in a row, until the third time she woke up, when she finally calmed down a little, and shed tears of pain.
The flames jumped high and low, and Shen Fei asked her, "What is your name, and how did you get caught in the cold tower?" ”
The woman couldn't help but be a little depressed when she saw the faces of the two children clearly, broke away from Shen Fei's arms, curled up her body, and said, "Hehe, what's the use of saying it, what can you two dolls do?" ”
"You don't look down on people, since the two of us dare to enter this road to heaven, we must have the ability that the world does not have. Shen Fei couldn't help but be annoyed when he saw that the other party's eyelids didn't lift, and he wanted to scold, but he heard Bai Yu say: "Sister, oh no, Auntie, don't look at our young age, but we both have the ability to surpass mortals, and in order to leave the road to heaven, we must explore the secrets in this tower." It's fate that you met, so why don't you tell us about your experience and let's think about countermeasures together?"
"Do you really want to hear my story?"
"I want to hear about it. ”
"Well, anyway, this story has been held in my heart for a long time, so I will tell it and remind you of it. The woman sighed and said quietly: "I was originally a native of Wangjiazhuang on the bank of the Cuiliu River, although I was born in a farmer's household, but my urine has been white and delicate since I was a child, and at the age of ten, I have been slim and elegant, gentle and moving, and there is an endless stream of people who come to the door to propose relatives in ten miles and eight townships. I am proud of my beauty, my vision is naturally higher, and I have no feeling for those "black donkeys".
At that time, there was a poor scholar in the village surnamed He, his father was said to have been a high-ranking official in the court, in order to avoid disaster and fled here, he was six years older than me, thin and tall, and could chant two lines of poetry from time to time, I liked him very much, but the identity of the foreign surname was different, and my parents were resolutely opposed.
The so-called words of my parents and the life of the matchmaker, I am the most pleasing to my parents among my brothers and sisters, but I can't act arbitrarily. Coincidentally, there was a war between Qi and Korea, and all the sturdy men were captured and confiscated into the army, even my father and several elder brothers were no exception, but only the scholar surnamed He was missing.
It turned out that he was originally to avoid disaster here, and he was most afraid of being found by the officers and soldiers, so when he heard that the government was going to catch the strong man, he immediately rolled up the bunk and covered the mountain, his parents died, and there was no land, and he made a living from the family wealth left by his ancestors, and he was also helpful and had a good reputation, so when the government entered the village, no one came forward to "identify him", and finally avoided a catastrophe.
There is only one sturdy man left in the village, and it is conceivable that those girls who have not yet left the boudoir, and the lonely young women who have tasted the taste of personnel for a long time and suddenly lost their sweet rain and dew, see him, what kind of eyes do they have. His market has been bullish all the way. I was different from these women, but I couldn't help but be lonely, and after encountering him in the field several times, I couldn't help but be uncontrollable, and I did disgraceful things under the clear sky.
He is very attentive to me, since he has me, he has never looked at other women, I naturally cherish this marriage, the two of them have a tryst in the field on weekdays, and have lived a period of fairy couples.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and Wang Changxi, a bully in a neighboring village, spent money to buy off his superiors and returned to his hometown ahead of schedule on the grounds of injury. He had long coveted my beauty, and had been unsuccessful in the face of my father's strong opposition. Now that my father and brothers have left, I became unscrupulous, first sent a matchmaker to lobby, and after being refused, I came to harass me several times, and our mother and daughter were all weak bodies, where could I resist the intrusion of a man, and over time, my sisters had complaints, and encouraged my mother from behind to marry me.
Wang Changxi is a well-known bully in the village, nearly forty years old, and already has a few wives. Wang Changxi conspired with his sisters to sneak into my boudoir and defile me on the night of the thunderstorm. He had been involved with men and women for a long time, so he naturally saw that I was no longer a virgin, so he threatened to find someone in the village and arrest me in a pig pen if I did not marry him.
At that time, Murakami had strict restrictions on the affairs of men and women, and I was not worried about myself, but I remembered He Lang's bright future, and in desperation, I also obeyed him. At this, the woman hid her face and began to weep.
Shen Fei didn't have the slightest pity for the jade, and said in a frivolous tone: "Then, you married a bully, and he was beaten and scolded by him all day long, and that surnamed Xiucai missed you, broke into the bully's house, and wanted to elope with you." As a result, he was discovered and beaten to death by bullies. ”
"Hey, how do you know. ”
"Your story is simply a book told by a storyteller. ”
Shao Baiyu tugged at the corner of his clothes and whispered, "If there is a problem with the time in this tower, maybe she is the person from a thousand years ago." ”
"The storyteller's story is made up according to her? Shen Fei raised his eyebrows and re-examined the woman in front of him, "Then aren't you an old monster?" ”
Shao Baiyu patted him on the shoulder, stepped forward and said, "What's going on with this tower." ”
"After I was kidnapped by the bullies, He Lang was worried all day long, and frequently smuggled letters into the house, I saw that the letters were deep and meaningful, and it was inevitable that I would be tempted, so I took the opportunity of Wang Changxi to go out and secretly had a tryst with him. After coming and going and having a child, I wanted to make a mistake and give birth to a child. Unexpectedly, after Wang Changxi found out, he was furious, ordered someone to tie me up, torture me all day long, and force me to find out the whereabouts of my lover. It turned out that Wang Changxi was the evil party, with many enemies, two years ago, he was ambushed by the enemy, was seriously injured, and barely saved his life, but he was also desperate, he could have sex, but he couldn't have children.
I only said that it was providence, and I bit my tongue ruthlessly, wanting to bury He Lang's secret forever. It's a pity that he still couldn't get his wish, and was discovered early by Wang Changxi and stopped. This wicked man is really the heart of the devil, and he spent a lot of money to find out the identity of He Lang from his sister, and found someone to tie him up overnight, and stripped him of his "manly dignity" in front of me.
Then they tied me up in the tower until the child was born, and took it away cruelly.
Shen Fei said: "How long have you been in this tower?" ”
The woman replied, "They have just taken my child." ”
"What. Shao Baiyu and Shen Fei glanced at each other and couldn't help but say, "If what she said is true, then this square inch tower is not as simple as drawing the ground into a prison." ”
That night, none of the three of them slept well.
The woman's bitter voice was like a poisonous snake, wrapping around the bodies of the two and lingering. On the second day, Shen Fei and Shao Baiyu got up early and prepared to enter the tower, the woman had to follow, several persuasions were fruitless, and they could only rely on it, the cold tower was still cold, the woman was very strong, wearing the coat of Bai Yu, looking at the top of the tower firmly, "My child is there, I can feel it." ”
"Blood-linked intuition. Bai Yu said gently.
"It's strange that a newborn child won't cry. Shen Fei asked as he stared at the woman's face, watching the change in her expression.
"Could it be...... Is it already dead? The woman made a crying gesture again, and Shen Fei immediately interrupted her, "Don't cry, don't cry, look at my stinky mouth, I said the wrong thing again, let's go, maybe it's too late to climb to the top of the tower." ”
The three of them walked up, and when they stepped on the steps, Shen Fei saw the woman's stomach move suddenly, as if something was hidden inside, and his scalp immediately tightened, and when he looked closely, he found that the other party's stomach was wrapped in Bai Yu's wide robe, and there was no outline at all.
"Could it be that you are dazzled?" Shen Feihu whispered suspiciously.
In the daytime, there is sunlight in the tower, only a beam, from the top of the tower to the base, close to the light, extraordinarily bright, far away, it is much darker, therefore, the closer to the four walls, the darker.
Coming back to the fifth floor of the Cold Tower, Shen Fei noticed that the ice here seemed to be thicker than the downstairs, and the texture in the ice was also more profound, obscure, as if something was hidden. He tried to chisel through the ice, but couldn't.
On the sixth floor of the cold tower, the surrounding environment changed suddenly, the temperature plummeted, and the cold and hard ground was inlaid with four iron rings, each of which was connected to a thumb-thick iron chain, when they first ascended this floor, the three of them were really startled, because in the dark environment, these blood-stained chains were really like poisonous snakes lurking in the shadows, eerie and terrifying, and the woman even screamed in shock, but fortunately, Shao Baiyu's apocalyptic eyes discerned everything and took them to recognize the truth.
Shen Fei carefully examined the chains and found that the iron sheets on the chains were rusty and covered in blood, which should have been the prisoner who had been imprisoned and beaten.
"What a cruel method. Shao Baiyu stood at the top of the stairs, far from here, but he could discern everything, "You see the top of the chain, three hooks and one point, it is a typical harpoon shape, after entering the bone, the hook teeth are stretched out from the inside, the more the prisoner struggles, the deeper the teeth are sunk, the more painful, and the end is cruel." ”
Shen Fei looked at the tip of the chain carefully, as Bai Yu said, he admired it in his heart, but muttered: "We all have long eyes, we can't see it, and we are coquettish." ”
Bai Yu laughed and said: "What a coquettish, it's obviously a discerning thing, okay, don't use idioms indiscriminately." ”
"It's just coquettish and showy. ”
"You are naked jealousy. ”
"Who has time to be jealous of you. ”
Bai Yu didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned to the woman and said, "Sister, were you imprisoned here?" He wanted to call Auntie, but the words were changed to sister, which felt more cordial.
The woman shook her head and said, "Perhaps, I was tortured in the dark, where can I tell the surrounding situation." ”
"That's just as well. ”
Shen Fei said: "But I remember that the medical book clearly said that the more painful the patient, the more he will be impressed by the things around him, and even fearful, so it is best for people who have been sick for a long time not to stay in the same room often, so as not to get sick in their hearts." ”
The woman's expression was a little embarrassed, and she paused and said, "Perhaps, what the medical book says can't be tried on everyone." ”
Shen Fei looked at her and quipped, intentionally or unintentionally, "Your mind is quite clear." ”
"Uh...... I've read books after all. ”
"Then guess who is imprisoned here. Shen Fei's eyes flashed with a sly light.
The woman said: "It's better not to guess such a cruel thing." ”
"I guess, it's your Ho Lang. Shen Fei saw that the woman's body trembled obviously, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a wicked smile, "There are no scars on your shoulder blades, so the person bound by this chain is definitely not you." Apart from you, the only one who has been tortured here is the lover surnamed He, so I guess it's him. ”
The woman lowered her head, and the long hair on the back of her head was scattered on her forehead, covering half of her eyes, "Some memories, it's better not to be recalled, you say." When she spoke, there was obvious hostility, Shen Fei heard it, so he smiled, "Hahaha, sister, just kidding, since your lover is a scholar, he must be a powerless master, where would such a big pool of blood be left." Hahaha, there must be someone else, someone else. ”
"Hmph. Through the scattered black hair, the woman stared at Shen Fei fiercely, as if she wanted to use her eyes to rip out his heart. Shao Baiyu came over at this time and cut off her gaze, "Don't patronize the bickering." You see, there's something hidden over there. ”