Half blood

Li Xuan didn't know what Li Xiuqi had discussed with Wei Zhong, but on the second day Wei Zhong assigned a group of soldiers to work on the high ground in the middle of the Anqu River.

Li Xuan was always a little strange in his heart. He carefully recalled the series of abnormal things that happened to Li Xiuqi after he arrived in the south, and he always felt that something was wrong.But looking at Li Xiuqi's calm expression, he didn't ask any more questions, he just wondered if Li Xiuqi spit out lotus flowers and used his perfect tongue to deceive Wei Zhong.

These people are led by Hu Da with a mustache. The bandages on Hu Da's face have been taken off, leaving a large fiery red scar on half of his face, but he feels that being a man is based on ability and courage Well, there is no need to care about such a skin, as long as it is ugly, it is not a big deal.

Seeing Li Xuan, Hu Da grinned and said, "Little brother, I haven't seen you for a while."

Li Xuan hurriedly bowed his hands and said, "Brother Hu, the matter of dividing the embankment is thanks to your help."

Hu Da smiled again, and said: "Where is this talking? I admire you for being able to explain General Wei. He is good at everything, but he is as stubborn as a rock, and he doesn't get in. How dare you It's really not easy to get him to agree to this matter. You don't know, when he just asked me to bring someone over, his face was as dark as Zhang Fei's."

Li Xuan smiled slightly after hearing this, and replied: "It's the new Governor Li Xiuqi who is the lobbyist. He has read a lot, is knowledgeable and eloquent, and he is moved by emotion and reason, so he told General Wei Moved."

After hearing this, Hu Da said, "So that's what happened. In fact, General Wei is really a good general. To build embankments and dams is done by recruiting strong men from the village. How can we mobilize elite soldiers? But General Wei said, This army is there to protect the people, and now the people in the south need protection, so these soldiers are obliged, not to mention moving bricks to repair dams, even if they want to go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​​​fire, they will have to fight their lives."

Li Xuan was moved when he heard this, before because of Rong Nuo's matter, he felt that General Wei was cold-blooded and unreasonable, but now that he thinks about it, he is also loyal to the history, all for the common people, it's just their standpoint It's different, and Li Xuan is a fledgling with a soft heart, so he can't see anyone suffering alone.Li Xuan said: "General Wei is a good general, the people in the south are blessed."

Building a diversion embankment was not as easy as Li Xuan thought. The Xingchuan River blocked the way for the river to divert water. If you want to divert the water, you have to go through the mountains, and the decision to go through the mountains was immediately opposed by all the villagers.

"How can you pass through mountains? This mountain is called Xingchuan Mountain, Xingbaichuan, and this river is called Anqu River, Anwanqu. How can such a beautiful mountain and water be able to open mountains and break water? The mountains are full of gods, protecting our side The common people, crossing the mountain will disturb them, if they are offended, they will suffer retribution, retribution!"

It was not only the villagers who opposed it, but also the soldiers who followed them to build the water dike. They were unwilling to do it, and they complained to Li Xuan: "Crossing mountains? What is it about crossing mountains? This job can't be done. If you do it Don’t say that we are being punished, and future generations will be affected by that time... This thing can’t be done, can’t be done.”

Only then did Li Xuan realize that the biggest obstacle in this matter was not General Wei, but this group of villagers who were even more stubborn than General Wei.Li Xuan has an inexplicable fear of these villagers. He will never forget the faces of the villagers who held the torches high that night. They are usually harmonious, but why they always become cannibals in an instant. monsters, but Li Xuan never knew when they would suddenly change.

Li Xiuqi only smiled when he heard these opposing opinions, and said to Li Xuan calmly: "Since what they are afraid of is a god, let's create a god for them."

The god Li Xiuqi was talking about was Rong Nuo.After Rongda's death, Wei Yuan recognized her as his god-sister and let her stay in the camp to study medicine with a white-bearded doctor, and became a fellow student of Tianma and Tiandong.

After hearing Li Xiuqi's proposal, Rong Nuo agreed without even thinking about it. She said, "Governor Li's plan is quite bold." Li Xiuqi smiled slightly and said, "This is also a helpless move."

Rong Nuo asked: "How sure do you think you are of this plan?" Li Xiuqi thought slightly, and said: "[-]%." Rong Nuo said: "I mean how sure are you of dividing the embankment?" Li Xiuqi replied : "Two percent."

Rong Nuo smiled and said, "It's [-]% more than I thought. I'm sure I'll help you with this."

On the other hand, Gastrodia Ma, who was silent while reading a medical book, suddenly spoke up. He said: "This plan sounds inappropriate. What if she really dies?" Li Xiuqi replied: "I can guarantee this, Miss Rong will never die. worries."

Rong Nuo smiled when he heard that, showing a small dimple on the side of his mouth, and said: "If you are afraid that I will die, then you can talk to me a few more words, so that you will not be able to say it when you want to. "

Tian Ma blushed when she heard this, and said, "You, you, you, who cares about you."

In fact, this plan is simple to say, but it is just pretending to be a ghost, and bluffing the villagers.But the play still had to be a complete set, so Li Xuan invited Mrs. Hu.

Mrs. Hu is also Hu Da's wife, so it's okay to reveal this plan. After hearing what Li Xuan meant, Mrs. Hu started to dress up Rong Nuo. Excellent as well.

So he tied Rong Nuo's disheveled hair into a bun, inserted gold hairpins and silver hairpins, lightly applied light powder and rouge on his face, hung Linlang earrings on his earlobes, changed his gray clothes, and put on Wearing a pure white brocade dress.Finally, pick up a little rouge with a thin hairpin and apply it on the lips.Clothes are what make a man, and gold clothes are what a Buddha is. Under Mrs. Hu's skilful adornment, Rong Nuo's whole person suddenly became brighter.

Li Xuan lowered his head and looked at Rong Nuo's small face, frowned slightly, and said: "There is still something wrong..."

Rong Nuo's face sank when he heard this, and he said in a low voice: "People are not good-looking, nothing can make it up..."

Li Xuan pinched her little face after hearing this, and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't people all with two eyes and one mouth, how can it be beautiful? How can it be ugly? Besides, you little girl Your face is juicy, so don't say such self-deprecating words anymore. Hmm... I think the eyebrows are still a little lighter."

After speaking, he fetched Shi Dai, carefully brushed it on her with a brush, looked at her from the side, put a bronze mirror up in front of her, and said, "Look, isn't this beautiful?" Rong Rong Nuo looked down and saw that Li Xuan had drawn two willow-leaf eyebrows on himself, which made his squinted eyes shine brightly, and he blushed and covered the mirror.

When Aunt Hu saw her, she rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "This little brother's craftsmanship is better."

Li Xuan said: "Hey, I'm just drawing casually, but Rong Nuo, you still don't understand at a young age, and only your husband can draw the thrush for you in the future, do you understand?" Rong Nuo listened Now, her little face is redder than rouge, and she said shyly: "You, you, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb..."

Li Xuan laughed, thinking it was more fun, and said: "Okay, I won't talk about it, if you fall in love with that bastard in the future, just tell me, I will make the decision for you, your father..." As he said, Li Xuan Xuan realized that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly stopped talking.

When Rong Nuo heard his words, his eyes drooped, and he said lightly: "Tell me, tell me...is what they said true?"

"Is it true?" Li Xuan nervously looked at Rong Nuo with his head down.

"I killed my parents..." Li Xuan heard this, patted Rong Nuo on the shoulder lightly, and said, "Don't listen to their nonsense. From now on, just eat and sleep well every day." , get married and give birth to a fat baby in the future, and I will be mad at these sloppy guys." Rong Nuo still lowered his head when he heard this, and just responded softly.

Just as he was talking, Li Xiuqi came in from the door, Li Xuan raised his eyes and saw that Li Xiuqi's always meticulous bun was a bit messy, a strand of black hair was hanging down his shoulders, and the collar of his clothes was tilted to one side, Li Xuan was a little displeased , and asked Tiandong who was on the side: "What's the matter? Didn't I ask you to get a medicine?"

Tiandong spoke quickly, and immediately answered: "My master was overjoyed when he saw Governor Li. He said that Governor Li's illness is a strange disease, and he must take a good look at it. He said that he would give Governor Li a full body checkup. If Governor Li refuses to comply, he will not give him the medicine."

When Li Xuan heard this, he thought to himself: "This white-haired old man is too vile, just scare me, but he won't even let Li Xiuqi off!" Then he said: "Your master is really..."

Tiandong curled her lips and defended her master: "My master is also excused. This disease is really rare. After passing this village, there will be no such shop. My master has only seen two people with this disease in his life. people!"

Li Xuan was annoyed by these words, and passed the village without this shop. Although the doctors of Xinglin Chunnuan were good at medical skills, they didn't have the slightest bit of sympathy. I asked who the second sick person was.

Li Xiuqi adjusted his clothes, and asked Gastrodia to give Rong Nuo the medicine he had brought, and asked her to take the medicine first.Then he lay flat on a stretcher covered with white flowers, closed his eyes, at first there was a slight ups and downs in his chest, but after a while it remained motionless, Li Xuan stroked her neck with two fingers, confirmed that there was no pulse, and turned back He nodded at Li Xiuqi.With a wave of Li Xiuqi's hands, Tian Dong and Tian Mahjong were carried out.

Li Xuan was about to go out with him, but was stopped by Mrs. Hu, who took out a small porcelain bottle and handed it to Li Xuan, saying: "Little brother, please send this medicine to Brother Hu, he, his wound It will hurt when it rains, and it’s been rainy these days, I’m afraid he won’t be able to bear it. But he, but he refuses to see me... I can only trouble my little brother.”

Li Xuan took the porcelain bottle. Although he didn't know why Big Brother Hu refused to meet Mrs. Hu, he still comforted him and said, "This medicine must be brought. There are many things on the embankment these days, Big Brother Hu must be too busy." No time, Mrs. Hu, don't worry."

Rong Nuo was carried to the open space outside the village, and Tiandong walked in the front alone. While walking, he practiced his magical skills of howling ghosts and howling wolves. He cried at the top of his voice: "Oh, oh, my little junior sister, you and I It's a pity, it's a pity that you passed away after only a few days in the same school, the master often said that you are ice-snow and smart, and you will become a great weapon in time, I never thought that heaven is jealous of talents, heaven is jealous of talents!"

Tiandong's cry immediately attracted the villagers one after another, and one person shrugged Li Xuan with his elbow, and asked in a low voice, "Little brother, what's wrong?"

Li Xuan saw that this person turned out to be one of the villagers who moved matches to burn Rong Nuo that day, so he lost his affection and replied coldly: "Miss Rong is gone."

"Why is it gone?" Some people gathered around, staring curiously at it.

Li Xuan then said: "This matter is really strange. When I came back from outside last night and walked past Miss Rong's house, I saw a burst of purple air in her room, which made half of the sky red. Coming back from the embankment, I was tired and hungry, so I didn’t think much about it, I just thought that I was too tired, dizzy and blurred. Guess what happened?”

"What's the matter?"

"The next day, I heard Rong Nuo's brothers Tian Ma and Tian Dong say that Miss Rong left when she fell asleep last night!"

"what?"

"Yes, you said that Miss Rong is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and she has always been in good health. I met her a few days ago, and saw her ruddy complexion, clear voice, and health can't be any healthier. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. He actually left in one night..." Li Xuan said while paying attention to the expressions of the villagers, seeing everyone's thoughtful looks, he knew that everyone believed them.

The previous Tiandong was still crying, and now he has fallen to the ground crying, saying: "Miss Rong, you died so badly, you obviously fell asleep, but unexpectedly you left in a dream...Little Junior Sister Ah, little junior sister, master said that you went to heaven to become a god, are you really in heaven now? Are you looking at me, little brother, in the sky? Ouch, my fairy little sister..."

Li Xuan watched from the side, and really couldn't stand it anymore. Has anyone ever acted like this? With this posture, you can sing in an opera with a face, so he hurried over and patted Tian Dong's shoulder, and helped him to the side , said loudly: "Brother Tiandong, don't be too sad, my condolences!"

Those villagers watched with relish, and felt that Tiandong's crying voice was eloquent, so they whispered to each other, saying that this was a strange thing, that the day Miss Rong was about to be burned to death, it rained heavily to save her. Now she is gone in a dream again, and she still has the ability to predict the future when she is alive. All these signs indicate that Miss Rong is a strange person, maybe she is still a heavenly girl!But speaking of it, Miss Rong's hair was disheveled and she couldn't see her face clearly. With such a dress, she really looked like a fairy.

At this time Li Xiuqi stood up and said, Miss Rong lost her mother and father in the early years, she was alone, as the governor, he wanted to make decisions for this girl, let her go to the earth tonight, and be buried with her parents.

So everyone started to gather firewood one after another, preparing for cremation.At night, when everything was ready, Li Xiuqi took the torch from his entourage and prepared to light it.

At this time, a gust of wind blew from the east, and immediately extinguished the flame in Li Xiuqi's hand.Rong Nuo sat up from the board covered with white flowers, and began to mutter: "Open mountains to save people, open mountains to save people, open mountains to save people..."

Rong Nuo's voice became louder and louder, and she was dressed in white clothes fluttering, transforming into ghosts, ghosts, and immortals in the evening wind.Seeing the spectacle of resurrection from the dead in front of them, the villagers were so frightened that their jaws dropped. They didn't know who started it, and everyone started to exclaim: "It's the mountain god, it's the mountain god who has descended to earth!" One knelt down, and they curled up with their heads on the ground, crawling at Rong Nuo's feet, like lowly ants.

Li Xuan and Li Xiuqi also knelt down. Li Xiuqi glanced sideways at Li Xuan and said softly, "Your Highness, you can't kneel to anyone else except today." Li Xuan said, "I know, except my father. Queen Mother, no one in this world can make me kneel down."

Rong Nuo's voice became louder and louder, and gradually he didn't want her anymore. He seemed to be another person, deep and hoarse. This voice sounded in the evening wind: "The River of Anqu, the water of death. The River of Anqu , the water of death."

Li Xuan was stunned, and Li Xiuqi on the side was also stunned, because they never asked Rong Nuo to say this.