Chapter Twenty-Three: Sword One, Daozang
In the face of the summer heat, the weather became hotter and hotter, and Nian An had been lying in bed for a week.
Thankfully, a finger-wide sword wound on his chest had begun to scab over with the help of an earthy, fishy-smelling ointment.
Although the wound improved, Nian An, who had been trapped in the bed for a long time, was still a little uncomfortable, and was so depressed that he turned slightly sideways on the bed and looked towards the courtyard outside the door.
It just so happened that the fresh hyacinths under the eaves that had only been replaced in autumn and autumn yesterday circled the door frame.
Someone came back.
Qiuqiu pushed the door with her shoulder, holding a piece of fresh yellow beef in her right hand and two handfuls of celery in her left hand. The girl raised her eyes and saw Nian An shaking her body restlessly, with a little smile on her face at first, and then quickly retracted her face, Nunu mouthed, and motioned Nian An to hurry back to bed and lie down.
There is actually a figure behind Qiuqiu.
The rest of my life is also coming.
According to Qiuqiu, when Nian An was still in a coma, Yu Sheng had actually come to the courtyard once in his life, and he also brought the kind of earthy yellow ointment that smelled quite strong.
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The rest of his life is looking around and swaying in the courtyard of Nian'an's house with great interest, last time he was in a hurry, he couldn't see clearly, today he is just free, and the Taoist simply took this place as a place for recreation.
He walked to the edge of the well in three or two steps, looked at the bottom of the well, and hung two or three small songs from Peking Opera on his mouth, which seemed to be quite interested.
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After Qiuqiu put the fish and celery on the stove next to the house, she couldn't wait to go into the house to check it, and saw that the thin quilt on the young man's body had been re-covered tightly, and the girl nodded with great satisfaction, and then picked up the broom and swept the obviously clean ground again.
"It's summer, it's a little unbearably hot. Nian An's heart struggled for a while, and finally he was defeated by the slippery and greasy sweat on his neck, leaned his head a little, and made a small protest towards Qiuqiu.
Qiuqiu was bending down to observe the ground at this moment, looking at where there was a need to make a move.
"Yu Daochang said that the sword wound on your chest is caused by yin qi, and I want you to suffocate in the quilt for a few days. ”
Nian An turned his head to look at Yu Daochang, who was singing and enjoying himself in the courtyard, and nodded a little helplessly.
The girl covered her mouth and laughed softly, "Let you do it yourself!"
She leaned the broom against the table beside her, supported her waist with her right hand, and whispered to Nian An a little closer: "Look at you, fooling around with this Yu Dao Chang every day, now it's good, your life is almost gone, I don't know what you have in your head?"
Qiuqiu said and tapped Nian'an's forehead with her index finger.
"Still hiding it from me?"
Nian An hesitated, but still shrunk and nodded.
“...... Chirp. ”
"Whatever you want. The girl muttered as if angry, stopped sweeping the floor, turned around and picked up the broom to go out. When she arrived at the door, she was still relieved to glance at Nian'an again, just in time to see his hair that had been getting longer and longer in the past few days being glued to his forehead.
Qiuqiu turned around and walked back and slapped the palm of her hand on the top of his head.
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"Nian'an, how are you resting?" Daoist Yu Sheng slightly let go of Qiuqiu, who was walking out of the door, and took a step into the room.
The young man was stunned for a moment, and thought about the wording in his mind for a long time.
The young man looked up at Qiuqiu, who had just walked away in the courtyard, and loosened the thin quilt on his body.
"I know what you mean. ”
Yu Sheng nodded, pacing around the small room, "It's quite clever, and it is a good thing to know that it is difficult to retreat." ”
As he spoke, the Taoist pulled out a thick book with a blue cover from his bosom and placed it at the head of the boy's bed.
Hide the sword!
There was a burst of ice and fire in Nian'an's chest.
It seems to be fascinated by the content of this book, and like the blood in the body, it is instinctively uneasy and resistant to it.
"Nian'an, I have to go back to the master in a few days, and I don't know when I will see you again. Daoist, I have a good heart, and I have decided to hide this sword for you. ”
"Dao Chief?" Nian An's voice was terrifyingly hoarse.
The Taoist turned his head to look at Qiuqiu outside, and did not shy away from it.
"Do you want it or not?"
The boy's eyes widened, and he struggled to nod.
"Dao Chief, this is leaving?"
"It's bad luck to talk about it. This way is just to go back to the master to meet the master, you don't have to be a deputy life and death. After all, we still have a pact, don't we?"
The little girl outside the courtyard instantly pricked up her ears.
Countless questions flashed in Nian An's mind, but in the end, he opened his lips slightly and muttered, "This Dao treasure full of various experience notes shouldn't be a mortal thing, right, Dao Chang really gave it to me?"
The rest of his life seemed to hear something very interesting, and he immediately laughed happily. "You don't really think this secret is some kind of great secret, do you?"
The boy nodded cautiously at the light outside the window.
The Taoist pulled the recliner not far away and bowed in front of Nian'an's bed, leaning in, "This sword is hidden from a sword wizard in a sword sect in the south of the Yangtze River, this person has been feathered before he is over forty, and he has never tasted defeat in more than 100 battles." ”
"But I think that man should have been idle and panicked later, and before he died, he recorded all what he had learned all his life into this Taoist treasure. ”
"After this person's death, this precious Dao treasure fell into the hands of the head of the same sect. The head of this sect was still thinking of taking the opportunity to retreat and cultivate, but before he entered the customs, he was ambushed by his junior brother. But the good times didn't last long, and before the senior brother could cover the heat, it was snatched away by people outside the sect, and since then it has been up and down in the rivers and lakes......
"In the next three hundred years, every time this sword reappears, there will be a bloody storm in the rivers and lakes.
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When the Taoist said this, he got up and went to find a saliva to drink.
"And then?" said the young man, and the two pointed demon ears were a little red
Later, this book went through ups and downs several times, and by chance, it was picked up by a poor scholar in the capital who was rushing to take the exam. As soon as this scholar inquired, I had to be obedient, it turned out that there was such a great danger in this seemingly ordinary Dao Collection. ”
And then ...... What makes all future generations sigh is ......"
"This scholar secretly took this incomparably precious Taoist book and ran it to a small shoddy printing and dyeing workshop in Kyoto, rubbed and printed hundreds of copies, and took it to Wuyang Street to sell. ”
"For a while, the rivers and lakes were full of wind and clouds, and the heroes came to close up, what the big tycoons of the north, the sons of the south, and the white-clothed old monsters who have been known for hundreds of years are like a group of dogs pounced on food in Kyoto."
“...... Everyone has only one purpose for entering Beijing...... That is to go to Wuyang Street to buy the rubbings of the collection. ”
"Didn't anyone come to intercept and kill that scholar?" Nian An's face was still very solemn
"You and I say, can this person not be so serious. Yu Sheng was so angry that he wanted to pull the boy's damn mouth.
"The scholar will sell the lone book and rubbing in front of everyone to show it again, Tong Su is not deceitful, word for word, since you can spend a little money to get the cheats, why do you want to fight and kill. ”
So this grievance that has spanned hundreds of years was solved so easily by this scholar. ”
Nian An finally reacted and opened his mouth in horror.
Outside, the rag in Qiuqiu's hand accidentally fell into the well, and this girl must have been eavesdropping just now.
Yu Sheng shrugged his shoulders exaggeratedly, then came over and patted the young man on the shoulder.
"So you can buy one at the gate for dozens of copper plates. ”
But when it came to this, the Taoist changed his words again, "But you don't have to look down on me, take a look at it when you have time, you will find many interesting places." ”
The young man stretched out his hands from the quilt and solemnly picked up the sword and hid it.
"Pigs and dogs use it as pig dogs, and immortals use it as immortals. ”
The Taoist's eyes purred, and he stretched out his head to the young man's ear and said, "The interesting place where the sword is hidden only starts in the eighth chapter, if you don't want to die, just keep reading." ”
"By the way, in practice, no matter what you want to practice, the first stage is to guard the mind. ”
"If you can't keep your mind, then you can't talk about practice. ”
"Talk about changing lives. The Taoist pressed this very low, and his eyes closed and opened, revealing a playful taste.
"If you don't want to die, try it, it's a big deal to get impaled a few more times, isn't it?"
Outside, the sound of white smoke from Qiuqiu pouring beef and celery into a hot pot sounded "Zilala".
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After Yu Sheng said this, he took a nap in the house with his back against the boy.
No matter what Nian An asked him again, he didn't open his mouth.
......
At the beginning of the day,
Yu Sheng, who had finally slept well, got up from the recliner and stretched his body, and then he turned to face Nian An.
The young man clearly saw that the Taoist man was lying on his chest with his five fingers open, and he bowed to himself strangely.
"I'm going to the mountains to incense my master. ”
"Nian'an, see you later!"
The young man's thoughts were not quiet, and a "reply" hooked up all his countless questions in an instant, as if there was a nameless rushing heat flowing in his chest and abdomen. He was worried that the Taoist would just leave, so he held back the pain and propped himself up.
I wanted to open my mouth to ask, but the thousands of words in my mouth rolled together in a mess.
Qiuqiu walked into the house quickly with the best celery fried beef, and frowned as she walked, looking at Yu Sheng who was walking out and Nian'an who was propping up.
The boy's words rolled on the tip of his tongue a few times, but he was finally pressed back.
The Taoist walked in the light and shadow of the lanterns in the distance, holding a sword trick in his hand, and laughed softly.
"Longqing is healthy, the world is peaceful!"