Fellow!Stop!

Volume Three: Red Dust Crossing

——Crossing the world of mortals just for one person

Going south along the Jinghe River, the scenery along the way is not as colorful as it was when we first set off. In the early winter, passing through several villages and small towns, there are few mottled colors on both sides of the bank, even a few pieces of withered yellow are rare. .Looking out from the low cabin, there are bare branches piercing the sky everywhere, cutting the gray sky with a few wisps of floating clouds into pieces of messy ink.

At this time, there were seven or eight people crowded in the dark and narrow cabin, most of them were in bunted cotton-padded cotton coats. One could tell at a glance that they were poor people who made a living by working hard. They had no choice but to squeeze across the river in a simple wooden boat that was not sheltered from the wind and rain at the back.

Among them, there is a rare young Taoist priest, about 20 years old, with a bun on the top of his head, a few strands of uncombed hair are messy under the bun, and his face is dusty. On the face, single eyelids, flat nose bridge, and pointed jaw appear a little thin, only the bright red lips add a little bit of beauty to the face that can't be found in the crowd.A little gray-and-white wild monkey squatted on his shoulder, grinning at him from time to time, looking rather funny.

However, if someone looks closely at his eyes, it is not difficult to see the cleverness that is deliberately hidden in them.

This young man who claimed to be surnamed Liu and dressed up as a poor little Taoist priest was disguised by Xuan Yi who had fled from Shaoyang for many days.

After leaving Biying Qingwu Peak for a few days, Xuan Yi realized the essence of one of the "Maoshan Ancient Techniques" - the Illusory Face Technique, which not only changed the appearance, but also changed the height and body shape from before. Far.

Even if he passes boldly and presumptuously in front of everyone in the Xuan family right now, the Xuan family can hardly recognize him at all.

Escaping like this is really convenient and worry-free!Xuan Yi proudly touched the slightly upturned mustache on both sides of his mouth, and casually looked at the street scene along the river outside the cabin.

The boatman approached the ferry in a small town, and then drove everyone off the boat.

Xuan Yi got off the boat with the pine nuts, and stomped on the shore his legs and feet that were a little numb due to being unable to change positions for a long time.Looking at the half-old plaque that has lost a lot of gold paint, it is written "Lingshui Town".

Lingshui Town is close to the South China Sea, facing the vast South China Sea to the west and south, and countless islands to the east, and Liuyunmen is located on one of these islands called Liuxian Island.

The sun shone down from behind a floating cloud that had just passed by, bringing the town that was still a bit dull just now to life.Xuan Yi stood on the ferry and looked at the direction between the sun and the small town, feeling a little relieved.

Well, it's here!

According to the location that Nangong Ying told at the beginning, Xuan Yi needs to stay in Lingshui Town until next autumn before entering Liuxian Island.Because the location of Liuxian Island is extremely hidden, if you want to go to this island, you can only enter the island every autumn, according to the specific flow direction of the South China Sea, the sunset and the specific direction of the water flow.

If no one tells the secret of this, I am afraid that the world will scratch their heads, and they will not know that there is a Liuxian Island in the world, and they will not know how to enter this island.Therefore, even if someone learned that Liuyunmen was close to Lingshui Town in the South China Sea, and sent people to search repeatedly, they still had no clue, and even many immortals were buried in the turbulent turbulent currents and hidden reefs under the sea, or lost in the misty waves. above the vast South China Sea.It also has to be said that this Liuyunmen is so mysterious among the few immortals who know its existence, and it does have its mysterious and ingenious site selection and layout.

Xuan Yi was sure that he came to the right place, so he found a dental shop in the town and rented a private house near Nanhai Fishing Village.

Xuan Yi frowned as he touched the eight taels of silver left in his hand.In fact, eight liang of silver is really not too little for him.Spare a little, and it's easy enough to get you through a few months.But... Xuan Yi squinted at the carefree little wild monkey on his shoulder, and sighed heavily.

This monkey is so edible!Even though it is only the size of two palms combined, you have to eat several catties of melons and fruits a day, and you have to eat at least five different kinds of fruits to feed yourself!If he didn't give him food, he would make a fuss like heaven and earth. Xuan Yi's several clothes and the scratches that appeared from time to time on his hands were caused by this little guy.

Every time Xuan Yi saw the little monkey picking things up and throwing the melons and fruits he didn't like, he was so angry that his lungs would explode. He pointed to its round belly covered with small white fluff and said:

"Tell me! What kind of breed are you!? It must be some kind of monster! I can't get enough to eat, sir, and let you, a little monkey, run wild!"

However, at this time, the little wild monkey pretended not to understand, turned his back on his back, rolled himself into a small fat ball, and swayed his furry tail like a squirrel tail from side to side.

This is not a monkey, is it?Xuan Yi rubbed his chin, extremely suspicious of the species of this thing... Does a monkey have such a big tail? !It is almost catching up with its body size, it must be eating too much!Even the tail is so fat! !

Xuan Yi was so angry that he gritted his teeth, thinking bitterly in his mind, fortunately he didn't smell any evil spirit on it, otherwise he must have chopped it up long ago.

What a sin in my previous life!The little enemy who came to collect debts in this life!

Xuan Yi threw the poor little luggage into the newly rented house, rolled up his sleeves and started cleaning.Fat Monkey Songzi squatted by the side of the well, leaning against the well wall and began to doze off lazily.

The house is not big, there are only two rooms, one is made of mud, which looks like a bedroom, and the other is made of thatch, which is used to store sundries.There is a small courtyard in front of the house, which is less than ten feet long. It looks old, but fortunately, the furniture is complete and everything is neatly tidied up.Xuan Yi filled the water tank with water, wiped the floating ash on the stove, tables and chairs, lifted the cloth covering the quilt, took the quilt to the yard to dry, and cleaned it up properly.

If you have nothing to do every day and just wait for the days to pass, it will be impossible to sit and eat like this.So Xuan Yi locked the house again, and came to the bustling street in the town, intending to see what kind of work there was, so that he could find a job and earn some money to support himself.

After visiting the town from beginning to end, Xuan Yi found that this town is really much smaller than Jincang Town in Shaoyang and Huai'an Town in Guangling. There are only five or six restaurants in total, except for a few shops. The larger ones, the rest are small and narrow.Looking at the clothes of pedestrians on the road, most of them are made of coarse cotton and fine cotton, and few of them wear silk and satin.

After wandering around like this, this place can at best be regarded as a small town on the edge of the sea, which is far from the scale of the important towns close to the state capital.

Fortunately, after turning for more than two hours, Xuan Yi didn't get anything.He accidentally discovered that there are very few medical clinics in this town.According to such a small town with such a population, there should be at least six to eight medical clinics. However, he walked around for a long time and only saw three or four medical clinics.And two of them have very small facades, and only the other two are big medical clinics with eight doors.

Xuan Yi came from a famous Shaoyang fairy family, and his ancestors practiced medicine for generations.As a descendant of the Xuan family, he was required to study medical science since he was a child.Therefore, for Xuan Yi, the ordinary practice of medicine and detoxification are completely out of the question.

From this point of view, he can actually set up a sign outside his small courtyard to give people a consultation, detoxification, etc., which is a cheap way of making a living.

Xuan Yi lowered his head to look at the gray and white Taoist robe he was wearing, and felt that it was common for Taoist priests to practice medicine, so he set up a cloth banner at the door, wrote the word "practice medicine" in a few words, and started to be a doctor who came to see doctors.

For the first three months, there was no business, and Xuan Yi just stayed behind closed doors, never communicating with neighbors, and never going to the streets to find business.After going through all kinds of things before, Xuan Yi is no longer the pure heart of a young man at that time. Looking at the people hurrying to and fro on the street, he always has the illusion that he doesn't seem to belong to this world.

People's hearts are complicated and unpredictable, everyone has their own blessings, so why should he be so passionate.So what about a loyal heart, and I don't know what can be exchanged in the end.Xuan Yi secretly wrapped his heart layer by layer, isolating himself from the world, with a strong sense of world-weariness surrounding his heart, making him feel that life is meaningless.

The days are like a clear spring in a silent valley, gurgling by unknowingly.

Just after the Lantern Festival, on this day, Xuan Yi sat in front of the room with his legs crossed, leaning against the door panel, lazily basking in the sun, and by the way, there was only four taels of silver in his hand. In the daze, the upper and lower eyelids were about to stick together, when suddenly I heard the crying of a fisherman next door.

Xuan Yi was sobbing and crying, he woke up in a jerk, and fell asleep most of the time, he got up and ran to the next door to see what was going on.

Several families of farmers and fishermen lived in this village. The gate next door was wide open at the moment, and there were about ten people standing inside and outside the gate.Xuan Yi pushed aside the two rows of villagers surrounding him and slumped into the crowd. He saw a man dressed as a fisherman lying on a wooden board on the ground. He was about 30 years old and in his prime. blue and white.Xuan Yi was startled, and hurried forward to sniff his breath, put his hand in front of his nose, and found that he could only exhale, not inhale.

"A Tao Niang, it's not that we don't save you, but you have seen it too. You were bitten by a golden flower snake. No matter how powerful the doctors in the town are, they can't save you." The man who spoke was a man with a dark red face. , who is not tall, but has a big waist and a round waist. He presumably is the one who brought the man back.

The woman called A Tao Niang had swollen walnut-like eyes, tears welled up in her eyes, she could only cry in a hoarse voice, her twitching was extremely sad, her body was shaking as if she was about to faint at any time.

A girl about thirteen or fourteen years old was by her side, she couldn't stop pushing the man on the door, crying, "Daddy! Daddy! Wake up! Wake up! "

How can a dying person recover after being shouted a few words?

Xuan Yi watched this scene, his heart trembled, thinking of his dead mother, his eyes were red.Human life is precious, especially when it is about to die, it is even more worrying to watch.

I wanted to stay away, but I couldn't bear the pain of being separated from others.

There are eight sufferings in life, birth, old age, sickness, death, sorrow, sorrow, resentment, separation from love, and not getting what you want.

A word of death, how many sins will be caused, how many debts will be owed, and how many close relatives will have to suffer heartbroken grief.

Xuan Yi sighed deeply, took two steps forward, took out a charm from his bosom, and "slapped" it on the heart of the unconscious man on the ground.