My Heart Peach Blossom Spring

The doctor Ruofeng brought was an old turtle spirit, he didn't need money, he just needed Ruofeng to catch a few fish for him as a reward.

The old turtle squinted his eyes to feel Ji Huai's pulse, clicked his tongue twice, and shook his head decently.As soon as he shook his head, Tao Tao's tears couldn't stop falling down.

It is said that suffering will last for 60 years, if one life is not enough, you have to take another life and suffer again.Ji Huai had already suffered a lifetime of hardships before. He only lived to be 25 years old before he was cast aside by thousands of people and died under random sticks. He was beaten to death alive.Tao Tao dare not think about that kind of pain.

Tao Tao went down to earth because she didn't want Xianjun to suffer. Although Xianjun made a mistake and lost the cloud-folding fan in heaven, he wouldn't be punished like this again and again.

Even if suffering exists, it is only for the word 'punishment'.

"Why are you crying?" the old turtle was speechless.

"Fourth prince, he..." Tao Tao saw Ji Huaian lying quietly, still unconscious, his body so thin that only skin and bones remained.My heart felt sour, and I couldn't ask him face to face no matter what.

"I'll write you a prescription, you go grab some medicine, and you'll be fine after drinking a couple of doses." The old tortoise glanced at him a few times, and the scene was quite good.

"Then what are you shaking your head for..."

"The medicine is not easy to catch, so I will worry about it for you first. While you are out looking for the medicine, give him some energy to delay it for a while." The old tortoise quickly handed the written prescription to Tao Tao, and turned around in a hurry. Go out to find Ruofeng for fish.

Tao Tao wiped away her tears and looked at the prescription intently, only then did she realize what the old tortoise meant when she said that the medicine was not easy to catch.

There is no cure for Ji Huai's illness in the human world, but in the demon world, it is nothing at all.It's just that this medicine is really not easy to take.If this prescription was seen by a mortal doctor, he might call the old turtle spirit a liar for making up three kinds of medicines.

Hundreds of grasses, thousand-year-old roots, seas and rivers.

He had listened to Lily of the Valley Fairy recite the three herbs on the prescription. The former two grow in Tianshan Mountain, while the latter grows in the West Sea, and it is quite a long journey to pick them.Secondly, it is kept in the Temple of Pharmacy in the heaven.

He must be too late to go to Tianshan and Xihai, but Tao Tao can think of a way in Siyaodian.

One day in the sky, one year on earth.Since Ji Huai's illness could not be delayed, Tao Tao decided to go back after much deliberation.

"What did the doctor say?" When Ji Huai woke up, it was already dusk and he had slept all day.

Ji Huai half propped himself up, haggard, "Is there no cure?" He said in a firm tone, the emperor and his brothers knew about the persistent illnesses he suffered from being tortured in the dungeon for more than half a year.That's why they abandoned him here, just to let him fend for himself.

The province passed through their hands, so that they got the title of kinslayer.

Now if he dies of illness, he will be able to fulfill their wish.Ji Huai laughed at himself, resigned to his fate.

God treats him harshly, even if he dies.

"I won't let you die." Tao Tao said seriously.

His voice is like dewdrops in March, dripping coolly, and it can be heard ringing in people's ears.Ji Huai felt that Tao Tao's voice was very nice.

"Everyone wants me to die. Wouldn't it be great if I died." Ji Huai just thought he was talking nonsense, and he wasn't a great god, so he couldn't save himself.

"They want to belong to them, they do evil, and their hearts are broken to the bottom." Tao Tao was angry and wronged, "But I want the fourth prince to live, and I want to take good care of you."

Ji Huai didn't know how to answer for a while, but something in his heart was suddenly hot, which startled him.He hurriedly turned away, and was silent for a while before leaving the topic.

"I'm a little hungry."

"Ah, yes, it's been a day, I should eat something. Look at my pig-headedness, and I'm still dragging the fourth prince to talk about this and that..." Tao Tao blamed himself for not being careful, he didn't need to eat as a fairy, but Today's Xianjun is a mortal and has to eat.

Ji Huai was relieved a lot by Tao Tao's inexplicable self-blame, and rarely replied: "What are you eating today?"

"Red bean porridge, it's been simmering for a long time." Tao Tao couldn't wait to show Ji Huai his newly learned technique, he knew that when Ji Huai was in the imperial city, he loved red bean porridge with sweet-scented osmanthus honey.

Don't look at Ji Huai's naturally cold face, but he likes sweetness.

Tao Tao didn't know at first, but Ruofeng went to visit his relatives in the imperial city a few days ago and sent him a letter when he came back.

"Red bean porridge... I haven't eaten it for a long time." No wonder I could smell a faint sweetness from just now, and my heart felt warm.

Ji Huai, who had been on an empty stomach for a long time, sat on the bed patiently and drank half a bowl of red bean porridge before he couldn't drink any more. It wasn't that Tao Tao didn't taste good, but that he was terminally ill and everything was boring.Although the stomach is hungry, the throat is dry and bitter.

He coughed hard, Tao Tao turned around and closed the window.

Ji Huai felt his legs go numb after lying down for a long time, so he fumbled to get out of bed and walk around.Holding the bamboo crutches, he realized that his legs were limp and weak when the soles of his feet hit the ground, and he staggered and fell forward.

The dark environment brought him infinite fear. His legs, which he had fallen more than once, did not hurt this time, but were firmly pressed against Tao Tao's back.

And Tao Tao lay on the ground, making a human back for Ji Huai.

It stands to reason that at this time, Tao Tao only needs to step forward to support him, why spread it on the ground.Ji Huai frowned, he suddenly thought of something, something so small that he had been neglecting before—

Tao Tao never touches him.

Whether it's serving tea or water, or taking care of her on a daily basis, Tao Tao tries to avoid any physical contact with Ji Huai as much as possible.

Ji Huai wondered, could it be that he is some kind of flood beast?He couldn't see, and didn't know the expression on Tao Tao's face, he just felt that he should be hurt.Ji Huai propped himself up, leaning on the edge of the bed and struggling to get up.Tao Tao also stood up neatly and patted the dust off her body.

Suddenly, Ji Huai heard Tao Tao say: "Fourth prince, I have to leave for a few days."

"Where are you going?" Ji Huai asked almost subconsciously, but then felt that something was wrong.

Tao Tao said honestly: "I'll go find medicine for you. The doctor said that you will be fine if you take two doses. I entrust Aunt Zhang to take care of you this month." When Ji Huai fell asleep, Tao Tao had already transferred a lot of her vitality to Ji Huai Huai, it shouldn't be a problem to last a month.

"...what medicine?"

"Hundreds of grasses, thousand-year-old roots, and hundreds of rivers. They are not easy to find, so it will take some time."

When Ji Huai heard this, his heart, which had warmed up a little, immediately cooled down again.

Tao Tao is also careless, these medicinal materials are stored in the heaven and demon worlds, so they are nothing unusual.But in the human world, it's just a fairy medicine made up of nonsense, and it sounds like it's used to bluff people.

Ji Huai clenched his fist and said in a low voice, "Why..."

Why bother to make this excuse, did he know that he was going to die, so he was leaving too.What I said before was swearing, saying that I should take care of myself.Come to think of it, it's all a lie.

In fact, Ji Huai didn't care that he lied to him. He originally thought that if there was someone who was willing to accompany him sincerely before his death, then his life would not be too miserable.In the end, everyone is the same.

Previously, he wished Tao Tao would leave, but now that Tao Tao is really going to leave, Ji Huai's thoughts are mixed.

He raised the corners of his mouth bitterly, but didn't speak out.I felt my throat was fishy, ​​sweet and dry, but only one came out: "Okay."

After Tao Tao got Ji Huai's answer, she left without stopping.

The courtyard became empty again, no one paced back and forth, and no one poured him a cup of tea from time to time.The peach blossoms in spring still reflect most of the sky, the spring is infinitely beautiful, but it is a pity that Ji Huai is not blessed to appreciate it.

On the second day, Ji Huai got up early and sat on the bed in a daze.The morning light shines through the window screen and hits his thin side face, making him look very depressed.

What to do today, what to eat, he has no thoughts at all.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door outside.Ji Huai thought it was Tao Tao who came back, and his mind skipped a beat.But as soon as he opened the door, he heard a familiar voice: "Do you still recognize me?"

Ji Huai thought that Tao Tao was just talking casually, but he didn't want Aunt Zhang to really come and bring a bowl of noodle soup.Aunt Zhang had pawned a piece of jade pendant for Ji Huai before, so she was a little familiar with her.

"Come on, be hungry, let's eat noodles first." Aunt Zhang beckoned him to sit down, and put the bowls and chopsticks away for him.

Ji Huai coughed and couldn't sleep well at night, and in the daytime his complexion was very bad when the sky was bright.When Aunt Zhang saw her, she sighed: "Tao Tao said that he went to a distant place to gather medicine for you, so you can wait until the good medicine he found arrives and you will be fine."

"..."

Thinking he was worried, Aunt Zhang continued nagging.

"Don't worry, Tao Tao asked thousands of times, and left me a lot of money. This month, I will take time to take care of you every day. If you have anything else you want to eat, if I can do it, you can just do it with me." I said yes. He said he would definitely come back within a month, so don't be polite to me this month. "

"...He really said that?" Ji Huai asked hesitantly.

"There's no truth to this, you kid is very wary. When I went to pawn the jade pendant for you that day, did you also think that I was going to leave after taking the jade pendant?" Aunt Zhang remembered that Ji Huai was uneasy that day With a look of desperation again, he wanted to laugh, "But later on, didn't I bring you money back, and I also bought food for you?"

Aunt Zhang's rhetorical question made Ji Huai's doubts disappear.He is like a villain, guessing others for no reason.Ji Huai lowered his head, feeling complicated.

Aunt Zhang knew that she had said something wrong with her mouth again, so she sighed and circled the words back: "You can see that you have suffered, and it is helpless to be on guard. Everyone in the village knows that you are from the imperial city. Come here, everyone avoids it if they can, that's why the mountain is so deserted. It's hard for you, you are alone in this barren mountain, and you can't see... Hey, eat noodles, eat noodles."

The villagers in the village at the bottom of the mountain are very gentle, and most of them like to go to the mountains to collect herbs and game in previous years.Unfortunately this year, Huangcheng sent people to detain Ji Huailai. The villagers were afraid of getting into trouble, so they would not go up the mountain unless they could.No one knew what Ji Huai's identity was, and the government officials didn't say anything, they only knew that he had committed a crime and sent him here.

But Tao Tao knew his identity, which was one of the reasons why Ji Huai resisted Tao Tao at first.

Ji Huai just listened and didn't answer, his lips turned pale even when he was hungry.He couldn't stand the smell of noodles, so he quietly fumbled for the chopsticks.

"But it's all right now, with Tao Tao taking care of you, life will always be more comfortable." Aunt Zhang began to tidy up Ji Huai's house.

She always mentioned Tao Tao's goodness intentionally or unintentionally, which made Ji Huai full of doubts and wanted to talk to her.

"Aunt Zhang, do you know Tao Tao's origin?"

"Didn't he follow you from the imperial city?" Aunt Zhang had an expression of 'you don't even know how I might know'.

Ji Huai shook his head.

"However, I asked him before, in your situation, why did he take care of you so wholeheartedly because you are not related to you. He told me that you were kind to him and saved his life before. This child always He looks honest and handsome, but I didn’t expect him to be so kind-hearted. He, for you, goes to collect herbs every day before dawn, and then goes to the market at the foot of the mountain to sell money for food and supplies , The day before yesterday, I came to ask me how to make red bean porridge delicious, and I learned it for a long time... Hey, he cooked it for you, right?"

Aunt Zhang smiled brightly, with a loud voice unique to peasant women: "This kid Tao Tao looks thin and thin, but he didn't expect to be able to endure hardships. He had blisters on his hands for picking herbs, and he didn't cry out for pain. He is just old. Xiao, I don't have the idea of ​​starting a family yet, otherwise I will definitely talk about a marriage for him..."

Listening to her chattering, the noodles in the bowl were gradually getting cold, Ji Huai couldn't answer a word from the beginning to the end.

He didn't remember that he had saved Tao Tao, not at all.He thought of his suspicion and questioning of Tao Tao before, and suddenly felt restless.

The wind outside was very light, and a few petals fell unintentionally.

As the wind fell into the bowl of cool noodles, Ji Huai didn't want to eat any more, and turned his head to the window deeply.As if he could see it, he stared fixedly at the peach blossom tree outside.Aunt Zhang saw it, and deliberately leaned over and waved in front of his eyes.

"I can't see."

"Oh..." Aunt Zhang smiled embarrassedly.

"Aunt Zhang, can you do me another favor?" Ji Huai got up, took a bamboo stick, and skillfully found the cabinet, took out a purse and a jade pendant from it, "I want to buy a wooden bed and a quilt .” He thought, if Tao Tao would really come back, there must be a place to rest.

No matter how much others say, it's better for him to ask Tao Tao himself when the time comes.

Ji Huai's figure was tall and straight, and even though he was sick, he still had a faint sassy look.He is a person of noble status, and he seems very out of place in this mountain.

It just so happened that he was standing by the window at the moment, the light passing through Ji Huaimo's black hair, the lines of his face were reflected more and more tough and handsome, and those eyes as dark as a lone eagle, he really belonged to the person in the picture book.

Aunt Zhang couldn't help feeling sorry, if Ji Huai was not blind, she would definitely be his matchmaker.