In the silence of the night, the dim lone lamp on a fishing boat floated on the lake, and a hoarse tune flowed from a worn-out erhu.

I guess the people who play this piece find it very difficult to hear, and the viewer will ask, why do you play it if it is so bad? Actually, it is very simple, as long as the person is in a bad mood. Even the most beautiful music in the world will never sound good if it is played by someone who is in the worst mood.

There will be such music in the medicine lake every night, but it will not make the medicine lake deserted because it is unpleasant. Every day when the music plays, everyone will flock to wait for a fishing boat to come from the lake and have the person on the fishing boat heal.

The medicine lake is not a famous place, there is a kind of medicinal herb called bitter heart lotus growing in the lake, which is said to be able to cure all kinds of diseases, but it is very bitter. Therefore, the medicine is not likable.

Thirty years ago, a person came to the medicine lake, and the world didn't know who his surname was, but they only knew that he was very good at medicine. He is the best at treating those incurable diseases, and many of the incurable diseases that others think are actually very simple in his opinion. It's just that he has a quirk, he likes to add a flavor to the medicine, which is the bitter lotus in the lake. Therefore, everyone who comes here is forced to suffer from a serious illness, and everyone who can be cured by a few medicines will come here to suffer.

Since many years ago, the reputation of the medicine lake and the medicine ghost has spread far and wide, and since then the medicine lake has become famous.

The name Medicine Ghost is because no one can figure out where he lives, like a water ghost. And he also has a rule, whoever comes here for treatment must be half-dead, he thinks that no one in the world can cure him except him, otherwise he will definitely not be cured. Sickness is unbearable, and if you know that there is a person who can be cured but he just can't, you will surely curse. So, instead of "that who" became his name.

Pei Xudong is sick, but he knows very well that he is not the kind of person who will die at any time. However, his illness was not cured by famous doctors all over the world, which shows that it is deeply rooted.

This disease is called "weak disease", it is brought out of the mother's womb, he has been very weak since he was a child, he can not stand up until he is five years old, he can not run until he is ten years old, he can fly on the wall at the age of fifteen, but he is still sick every day, like a person who is weak and cannot help the wind, and will die at any time.

He had been here many times, and the medicine ghost had never cured him. The reason is that he will not die at any time, looking at his strong martial arts and the ability to become a doctor after a long illness, he can live to be at least twenty years old. But Pei Xudong didn't want to, he didn't want to have a sore back when he moved, and he didn't want to be pushed by someone in a wheelchair every day. I don't want to take a lot of medicine every day, and then I have to moan in my heart half-dead. His moaning was in his heart, and he never made a sound, and the world thought he was a genius, but he thought he was just a wreck.

Nuan Chun was still wrapped in fur, and a gust of wind blew and shivered, coughing from time to time, that was Pei Xudong, under thirty years old in the martial arts, and there were no more than ten people who could be with him.

Standing next to him was a tower-like giant man with a heavy sword in his hand, and many people thought it was his weapon, which complemented his figure. However, this is not his weapon, his weapon is a light and soft sword wrapped around his waist. He also has the surname Pei, and his name is Pei Xiangdong. Pei Xudong and Pei Xiangdong are very similar, yes, he is Pei Xudong's elder brother, but he is a concubine, and his status in the family is not as good as Pei Xudong, but he is willing to take care of Pei Xudong for the rest of his life.

Pei Xudong said: "Brother, let's go, this medicine ghost is here." ”

Pei Xiangdong nodded and pushed Pei Xudong onto a boat.

The boat walked towards the center of the lake for a while, just in time to meet the fishing boat.

The man in the fishing boat, with gray hair and withered hair, looked like he was also a sick person.

Pei Xudong sat on the bow of the boat and said, "Senior, the late life is here again." ”

Since the fishing boat couldn't move, he wasn't in a hurry, and the medicine ghost didn't pay attention to Pei Xudong, and continued to play the ugly tune with the erhu.

Pei Xudong said: "People are afraid of death, but I am not so afraid, others live happily, but I live is better than death." It's been more than 20 years, and every day is like this, sometimes silently thinking about suicide, but I know what it means to die well than to live, so I haven't died yet. I used to be very good alive, but now I can't, I'm a man, I know how lustful and I admire Shaoai, I like a girl, but she doesn't like my sick look. So, I want to ask my seniors to help me and let me live a normal life for a few days. ”

The medicine ghost ignored him, but he seemed to know that this was bound to be the result, and he didn't care at all.

Pei Xudong said: "The song of the predecessors is more bitter than the bitter lotus in the lake, what is it that makes the predecessors like this?"

The medicine ghost raised his eyelids, but still did not speak.

Pei Xudong said: "The seniors should be able to understand the minds of the juniors, after all, everyone has been young and will worry about this kind of thing, so why can't the seniors sympathize with me and help me!"

The medicine ghost's performance stopped abruptly, and suddenly said: "If she doesn't like your sick appearance, even if you can be healthy, she will one day fall in love with another man who is healthy." Everything you are striving for, you have to ask if it is worth it, and in my opinion, you are not worth it. ”

Pei Xudong smiled bitterly: "Whether it's worth it or not, I just want to give it a try, because I've never tried it." ”

The medicine ghost frowned, it is indeed sad that a man, an excellent man, has never experienced the love between men and women at such an old age. But if just such a pathetic thing can make a medicine ghost take action, then he is not a medicine ghost.

The medicine ghost said: "What do you say about the health of the four bodies to give it a try, then why don't you give it a try now, if the relationship between men and women can't go through the test of a weak disease, it is not valuable, you are not worth having." If you ask for a piece of jade, you will be disappointed when you work hard to get a stone. What you want is more valuable than jade, you will pay more, and even give everything, but if it is not what you want at that time, you will be more miserable than now. I can only save people and not hurt people, so let's go!"

Pei Xudong showed a trace of despair and said with a wry smile: "Brother, let's go back!"

Pei Xiangdong gritted his teeth and said, "It's too much to deceive people." After speaking, he jumped from the big ship, and a ghostly light flickered in his hand.

Suddenly, the lone lamp on the fishing boat turned into two flames, and one flame flew up, hitting Pei Xiangdong's chest.

Pei Xiangdong seemed to be slapped back by someone, took several steps back from the boat, hit the cabin before stopping, stretched out his hand and patted his chest, and a big hole had already been burned.

Pei Xudong was secretly surprised in his eyes, and said to the medicine ghost: "Thank you for the mercy of your predecessors, my eldest brother is reckless, I'm very sorry." ”

The medicine ghost didn't speak, and played the tune again.

"Can you cure a heart disease?"

This voice came suddenly, and the voice was loud, even Pei Xudong was shocked that this person's internal strength was strong.

I saw a man with a disheveled head, holding a person in his hand, lightly from the lake, and got on Pei Xudong's boat.

This man said to Pei Xudong: "Borrow your land, I think this senior is definitely not willing to let me get on the boat." ”

The medicine ghost played a piece of music and said, "With your martial arts, you can come up." ”

This man said: "If you ask for something, you must be polite first, not to mention that the patient in my arms does not dare to hurt it." ”

Pei Xudong looked at this person, and then looked at the unconscious man in his hand: "What kind of disease does this person have?"

This man said: "Heart disease." ”

Pei Xudong felt that this person was simply confused, and said with a smile: "Heart disease still needs heart medicine, and the predecessors are afraid that they can't cure heart disease!"

This human: "The suffering of the world is nothing more than resentment and hatred, love and parting." Listening to the music of his predecessors, he knew that he had been a doctor for a long time, and he should be able to cure heart disease. ”

The meaning of this sentence is self-evident, it means that the medicine ghost is also a person with a heart disease, so he will play this most ugly tune, and also say that he has been a doctor for a long time.

The medicine ghost stopped again and looked at the man: "What do you call Your Excellency?"

The man smiled and said, "Mercy in the lower leaves." ”

Pei Xudong and Pei Xiangdong were suddenly surprised, Ye Cibei, a name that I hadn't heard for a long time.

I am compassionate, but the Buddha destroys me. This sentence is widely spread in the martial arts, he was originally a disciple of Buddhism, in the shadow of the sword and sword, it is not only the Buddha in the temple that falls, but also the Buddha in his heart. As much as this sentence is talked about, there is also his one-handed mastery, the Mercy Seal. The original name of the Mercy Seal is the Mercy Palm, which can be called the first palm power in martial arts. It is precisely because the weight of the palm is unmatched that some people say that the Compassion Palm is the true Buddha's mudra, so it is renamed the Compassion Seal. The word seal is not something that can be used casually in the martial arts, it means that those extremely heavy and powerful palms have nothing to do with Buddhist mudras.

Ye Cibei is not in the name of compassion, but because he has practiced the mercy seal, because his youth are all compassion, but this compassion did not give him any blessings. But he couldn't forget these two words, mercy was his nightmare, unforgettable.

The medicine ghost said: "Ye Cici, I haven't been ashore for decades, the wind on the lake can blow your name, you are a disciple of the withered vine Zen master, is it true that you have obtained the true inheritance of the mercy seal?"

Ye Ci said compassionately: "Yes." ”

The medicine ghost said: "Then how should you face the heroic soul of the Zen master, he has been merciful all his life, since you are his heir, you should inherit his ambition." Why is it called mercy, but doing murderous and bloodthirsty things?"

Ye Cibei said: "Senior, did Hu Feng tell you that the family teacher died of mercy. ”

The medicine ghost was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know how to answer, Ye Ci's matter, no one could persuade it, it was a matter for the devil to sit down in the blink of an eye. But who can understand that kind of despair, who is not the authorities.

After a while, the medicine ghost said, "Who are you holding in your hand?"

Ye Ci said compassionately: "The life-saving benefactor, a hard-working child, is also a good man." ”

The medicine ghost said: "Having said so much, who is he, I saved people, I should know who I snatched from Hades." ”

Ye Ci said compassionately: "His name is Fang Xiaodao." ”

The medicine ghost frowned, the two members of the Pei family had never heard of this name.

Ye Ci said compassionately: "You haven't heard of this name, but he is very important to me, he must live, and he must live well!"

The medicine ghost said: "I think you have forgotten the Dharma taught to you by the Zen master, and you are so stubborn. ”

Ye Ci said compassionately: "It has nothing to do with Buddhism, he should repay me for saving my life, not to mention that he is a good man who stands up to the sky." He is still an uncrowned child, but he is more heroic than those who claim to be heroes in the martial arts, how can such a person not be saved?"

The medicine ghost said, "What the hell is wrong with him?"

Ye Ci said compassionately: "I am seriously injured, I am too sad, I have been asleep for more than ten days, and most of my body's injuries have healed, and I can't wake up." I asked a lot of doctors, and I was told that a person who didn't want to wake up would never wake up. Am I going to let him sleep like this for the rest of his life?"

The medicine ghost said coldly: "If you can't die, don't look for me." ”

Ye Ci said compassionately: "What is the difference between him and the dead now." Senior, what I brought is not a person who is about to die, but a person whose heart is dead, and a person whose heart is dead is still a living person?"

The medicine ghost said: "You are simply clever words, you go, I won't save him." ”

Ye Ci said compassionately: "Senior, this person, can't help it, dare to ask the seniors, but remember why he is still alive and not dead, thinking of this key, if this person is not saved, the predecessor has been a walking corpse, and he has forgotten his human feelings, and I will not entangle it anymore." ”

The medicine ghost was stunned for a moment, and then asked himself: "Why am I still alive because my heart is not dead, and my heart should have died, but it was not dead, why? "From then on, the medicine ghost may just do one thing, to cure a strange poison that has no antidote. The person who spoke to him was Qin Bugui, but unfortunately he didn't know that Qin Bugui finally died under the poison of his lover's tears.

The medicine ghost let out a desolate sigh and said, "The great revenge has not been avenged, how dare you die!"

Ye Ci said compassionately: "Senior, you can't save it." ”

The medicine ghost shouted: "Shut up, heart disease still has to be cured, you know that he has heart disease, how do you not know where the medicine comes from, you come to ask me, but how can I cure it." ”

Ye Cibei suddenly realized, and saluted respectfully: "Thank you seniors for your advice." After speaking, he held the knife and returned to the shore.

"Fang Xiaodao, you can't stand your grandfather, your grandfather let you live well, but you want to die. How can your grandfather rest in peace, you told your grandfather that he can't be reborn, he can only be that lonely ghost......。 ”

Ye Cibei had no other way, and said to Fang Xiaodao for an hour, but Fang Xiaodao still didn't wake up.

Ye Cibei would definitely say something about revenge and Qin Bugui to Fang Xiaodao every day in the future, but he just couldn't wake up, and after four days, he finally became angry. Ye Cibei grabbed Fang Xiaodao's collar and shouted, "Qin Bugui Violent Corpse Wilderness, why don't you even refuse to fulfill his last wish here!" After saying that, Ye Cibei was so angry that he slammed the door and left.

Fang Xiaodao's fist suddenly clenched, and then he got up from the bed and muttered to himself: "It's okay if you don't have a super birth, grandpa is always willing to wait for me, even if there is no reincarnation, the two of them will always be less lonely." ”

By the time Ye Ci came back with the porridge to feed Fang Xiaodao, the room was already empty.

Ye Cibei broke out of the door and shouted a few times and no one responded, he knew that Fang Xiaodao was probably already back, so he still had to find it.

It's just that Ye Cibei miscalculated one thing, that is, Fang Xiaodao didn't know where this was at all, and he could only barely know where to go in the dark night. Walking like this all the way, losing his soul and despairing, he just wanted to go back and find Qin Bugui's body, cry bitterly, and let him be buried in peace.

Suddenly there were dark clouds in the sky, and Fang Xiaodao could no longer identify the direction, but he still walked, kept walking, he thought he was always going straight, but he didn't know that he had deviated from the direction and walked farther and farther.

After a night of rain, the smell of earth fills the mountain everywhere, which is a nice smell.

The Heshou Gang was originally a gang and a sect, and the two sects merged into one side to form the Heshou Gang. One gang is the emerging Tongwang Gang, which was originally a very small sect, and it pays attention to "helping each other in the same boat, watching and helping each other". However, one sect is talking about the fire left after the collapse of the thousand-year-old Sword Sect, known as the Little Sword Sect, and the mountain gate is on the Little Sword Mountain. Su Ruoyao is a disciple of Xiaojian Mountain, and she has been smart since she was a child, so she is fortunate to be able to practice swordsmanship under the great master of Xiaojian Sect. But the Great Grandmaster lives an isolated life almost every day, and he doesn't pay much attention to teaching her swordsmanship, and she has always been exploring and practicing by herself. Others would be forced by the master to practice martial arts every day, but she didn't use it, so she had a lot of leisure time.

After every rain, a lot of fresh mushrooms will grow, and she will pick some every time and give them to Master, and today will certainly be no exception.

There is a small river in front of the gate of Xiaojianzong Mountain, and there is a wooden bridge on the river, which is very short, and it is very beautiful to go up and crunch. She likes to stop on it, always thinking that the bridge is too small.

Su Ruoyao walked onto the wooden bridge, stood in the middle of the bridge, looked at the surroundings and saw that there was no one around, then stepped on it twice, listening to the sound, her mood suddenly improved a lot.

At this moment, a person walked out of the forest Zhongshan Road on the other side of the bridge, lost his soul and pale.

Su Ruoyao raised her head and said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency's surname, why did you visit Xiaojian Mountain." ”

Fang Xiaodao was already a little confused, and it rained all night last night.

glanced at Su Ruoyao standing on the bridge, which was faintly emerging from the fog. The people are beautiful, and the scenery is beautiful.

Fang Xiaodao muttered: "Fairy, is this heavenly, have you seen my grandfather, he is such a good person who should die and will also go to heaven." ”

Su Ruoyao felt inexplicable, even a very knowledgeable person would be confused when she heard this, not to mention that she was a little girl who had not seen much of the world and was not old.

Su Ruoyao saw that Fang Xiaodao's eyes were blurred, and felt that something was wrong, so she walked down the wooden bridge and "plopped", and Fang Xiaodao was already loaded on the ground.

Last night's heavy rain, Fang Xiaodao kept walking, just like the cold rain didn't fall on his body. As a result, he was sick after the heavy rain, this time it was not a heart disease, it was really sick, and the person who had just woken up from a coma was already weak, so he couldn't support it all the way here.