It was late autumn, and at night, a cool breeze suddenly rose, blowing a clump of green bamboo outside the window, making a rustling sound.

Xianjie sat in the room, the flame of the candle swayed back and forth, through the flickering candlelight, through the window, Xianjie could vaguely see the green bamboo outside swaying from side to side, just like her restless heart at the moment.

"Bang bang bang. Suddenly there was a knock at the door,

"Miss Xianjie, open the door quickly. The midvalet steward called,

Xianjie hurriedly got up and opened the door, and a cool breeze poured into the room, blowing Xianjie's sleeves and long black hair on her temples.

The middle valley steward entered Xianjie's room with a plate of medicine bottles, and Xianjie quickly closed the door and said,

"What's the important thing for Aunt Steward to come here tonight?"

The middle valley steward put the medicine tray on the table, then glanced at all the medicine bottles, took a small medicine bottle on the far left, and handed the medicine bottle to Xianjie Dao,

"Today is the day to take incense antidote regularly, and I came to give it at the order of the lord of the valley. ”

Xian Jie respectfully took the small medicine bottle from the steward's hand, and replied politely with a face full of hypocrisy: "Thank you for the medicine." ”

The mid-grain steward then picked up the medicine tray on the table, "I still have to deliver medicine to the other girls, so I won't bother the girls, remember, be sure to take it tonight." With that, he walked out with the medicine tray.

Xianjie immediately ran to the front to open the door for the Zhonggu steward, and subconsciously glanced at the medicine bottles on the plate, Xianjie saw that each medicine bottle was labeled sideways, with a name written on it, and couldn't help but recall the situation she saw in the forbidden place day and night, and thought secretly: "It turns out that what you saw that day is the antidote for everyone." ”

The valley lord walked out of the door, and Xianjie said, "Auntie go slowly, I won't send you off." ”

The midvalet steward ignored it, and left straight away with the medicine plate.

Xianjie saw that the figure of the middle valley steward gradually faded into the silent night, so she quickly closed the door, took out the bottle of medicine by candlelight, and sure enough, Situ Xianjie's name was written on the side.

This is the first time to take the antidote since Xian Jie's incense poison, and these days of anxious waiting are also for this antidote, otherwise, Xian Jie would have left a long time ago to find Zongzheng.

Seeing this bottle of antidote, Xian Jie couldn't help but feel quite emotional, both excited, and half worried and worried.

Unscrewed the red cork, poured the mouth of the bottle into the palm of her hand, and a pill the size of a tail finger rolled from the bottle to her palm, Xian Jie carefully picked up the pill, raised it to the tip of her nose, sniffed its smell carefully, and observed it carefully.

After remembering its smell and appearance, Xian Jiefu put the pill back into the small medicine bottle.

After that, he stayed by the windowsill, looking at the starry sky, as if waiting for something.

Half an hour later, a black shadow crossed the sky, and Xianjie's face was happy, the time and time she was waiting for had arrived.

According to the time agreed with the old man last time, it was almost this time, Xianjie immediately closed the door tightly, changed into night clothes, and tucked two long white cloth towels into the left and right sleeves.

After blowing out the candles, Xianjie fled through the window as usual.

Xianjie went to the corridor and came to the old man's dungeon, and the journey was very smooth, and there was no one else waiting in the dungeon.

Seeing the old man, Xianjie immediately took out the bottle from her sleeve, handed the bottle to the old man and said, "Uncle, this is my antidote, you can show it quickly, I urgently need more antidote now." ”

The old man took the antidote from Xianjie's hand, saw the words 'Situ Xianjie' on the bottle, and asked, "Your name is Situ Xianjie?"

Xianjie nodded and replied, "Exactly, please ask the old man to hurry up and make medicine for me." ”

"There's no hurry. The old man said calmly,

Xianjie was still anxious.

The old man then explained: "I have already prepared the antidote. ”

Xianjie looked puzzled: "Didn't the old man tell me last time"

The old man knew what Xianjie meant, so he didn't wait for Xianjie to finish speaking, so he interrupted,

"There really was no antidote last time, girl, please see. The old man pointed to the name of the bottle and continued to explain,

"Every girl has a corresponding antidote, and those people, in order to prevent me from exercising the antidote privately, recorded all the girls' antidote formulas according to their names, so that I can use them every time I refine the medicine according to the formula, but every time I don't know the name, the refined medicine is distributed by them according to the booklet, however, since the last time the girl came, I have a heart, and I also know that the girl is taking a great risk when she comes here, and besides, it will take a while to see the antidote you brought and then make medicine, so you have to take the risk to come again, thinking that in the last few days, I have only one time to refine the antidote, so I backed up many of the twelve antidotes I refined that time. ”

After hearing this, Xianjie was moved in her heart, and felt that the old man in front of her was very considerate of others, but she just thought about it carefully, and had doubts in her heart, so she asked again: "But, how does the old man know which of the twelve antidotes is mine?"

The old man opened the cork of the medicine bottle in his hand, poured the pill into the palm of his hand, and then pinched the pill between his fingers with his other hand, pointed to the pill and said,

"Look, girl, if you look closely at this pill, you will see that there are five small holes in it, which I pricked with a needle, for the purpose of marking. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he then turned around and went to the medicine cabinet on the other side, took out a drawer, took out a bottle of antidote from it, handed it to Xianjie and said: "I only refined thirty-six more pills of this medicine, and according to the date of preservation of the medicine, it can keep you safe for three years." ”

Xianjie took the medicine bottle from the old man's hand, opened the cork, poured one out of it, looked at the appearance of the pill, smelled its taste, and felt that it was no different from the antidote.

The old man saw Xianjie's thoughts, so he said: "Don't worry! On the side of this bottle, I carved five small dots with a knife, and I can't make a mistake." ”

Xianjie looked at the bottle carefully, and there were indeed five small dots carved by the knife, so she immediately knelt in front of the old man,

"Old Uncle Dag, Xianjie will live forever in his heart, if he gets a good opportunity one day, he will definitely come back to rescue the old man. ”

The old man immediately picked up Xianjie and said with a sad expression: "No need, if you are really grateful, the old man does not ask you to save me out, but he has something unfinished, and he also asks the girl to complete it for me after she goes out." ”

"What's on my mind, uncle? Tell me bluntly, if I can do it, I will do my best. Xianjie replied,

The old man exhaled a deep breath and said earnestly to Xianjie,

"My surname is Wu, my name is Wu Changtian, my master is the famous ghost doctor Zhu Yu on the rivers and lakes, I am a doctor, the so-called doctor benevolence, but I am doing something contrary to the heart of heaven here, I am ashamed, but I also have a hard time, the valley lord threatened me with my family, I had to from, they will regularly hand me children's letters every month, children's letters hide secret words, I will all the letters in secret words before I learned, children have thought of a clever plan to escape, since the first two months, I have not received children's letters, according to my intuition, my family has either died, or successfully escaped the clutches of the valley owner。 ”

Xianjie seemed to understand what the old man meant, so she continued to ask, "So, the old man wants to ask me to go out and find out the whereabouts of your family, right?"

Wu Changtian nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

"Yes! I promise you. Xianjie felt that she was greatly favored by the old man, and felt that the old man was very pitiful, so she readily agreed.

Wu Changtian heard that Xianjie agreed, and he also felt a matter of heart, and couldn't help but finally press down the big stone that had been deposited in his heart for many years, and then Wu Changtian tore off a piece of cloth shirt from himself, bit his finger, and wrote the formula of Xianjie's antidote on the white cloth shirt.

The bright red blood reflected through the back of the cloth shirt, rendering it, Xianjie was puzzled: "Uncle, what are you doing here?"

Wu Changtian did not reply, but made a gesture with his left hand not to disturb, but seeing Wu Changtian's serious appearance, Xianjie stopped bothering.

After the words were settled, Wu Changtian gently folded the cloth shirt a few times, handed it to Xianjie and said: "This is your antidote formula, if you can find my son, he inherited my ghost medicine, he will be able to help you prepare the antidote, if my son has already encountered an accident, you can go to my junior brother Hu Shicong, he can also give you the antidote." ”

As he spoke, he grabbed Xianjie's right palm with his left hand, and stuffed this cloth shirt into Xianjie's palm with his right hand, and the blood oozing from his fingers dripped into Xianjie's palm.

Then, Wu Changtian dragged the shackles to the corner of the wall, picked open a floor tile in the corner, took a box from the floor tile, opened the box, took out a book in the box, and then put the box back in the corner and spread the floor tile back.

Xian Jie looked at her eyes, looking confused.

Wu Changtian took the book to Xianjie and said to Xianjie: "This book contains what the master has learned all his life, including the essence of ghost medicine, the master taught it to me before he died, I have done a lot of things that violate the morality of heaven and people over the years, I am a damned person, and I am afraid that after my death, the ghost medicine will be cut off from the future, so I have survived to this day, and now, seeing you is also the fate arranged by God, I will hand over this book to you, please be sure to hand it over to my son or my junior brother Hu Shicong." ”

As he spoke, he knelt down in front of Xianjie, holding the book with trembling hands, and pleaded loudly,

"Ask for a girl!"

Looking at Wu Changtian's trembling hands, Xian Jie could feel the weight and significance of that book to Wu Changtian, and also deeply understood that she took the book from him, and the mission and responsibility she carried, so Xian Jie hesitated a little.

"If the girl doesn't agree, I'll kneel here. Wu Changtian pleaded again,

Xianjie faced Wu Changtian's sincere plea, thinking that time should not be delayed for too long, so she no longer hesitated, decisively helped Wu Changtian up, and said,

"Okay, I promise you. ”

As he spoke, he took the book from his hand and stuffed it into his bosom.

Wu Changtian saw that the two major things in his heart were trusted, so he was relieved, and then said,

"Girl, let's go! Someone will come in in a few moments. ”

Xianjie felt that she had been delayed for too long, so she bid farewell to Wu Changtian and left.