Dragon Fate of Shan Hai Ji
Chapter 101
Le Yue grabbed Zhao Yuan, and together with Qing Yao, they quickly dodged behind the roadside tree. After a while, a woman's figure appeared at the fork in the road. She walked slowly towards the intersection under the moonlight, and asked softly, "Who is here Playing the flute outside the village?"
The sound of the flute paused, then stopped, followed, followed by Mu Lun's voice: "If you go back to the girl, you are not qualified to enter the village."
The woman said: "Your Excellency has no fate with our village, please go back."
Mu Lun asked back: "Madam, why is there a relationship with Guizhuang? Is it offering something that the aunt likes, or is she clearly asking for something, but she is duplicity, saying that she is only filial to the aunt?"
The woman said: "In Linggu Village, there are only female priests who serve the gods, and there are no saints."
Mu Lun said: "But everyone knows that there are beautiful women in Linggu Village who can hear the voices of gods, drink clear water as a panacea, and help the sick and suffering. That's why the world calls her a saint."
The woman was silent for a moment, then said softly: "Perhaps it's a misrepresentation from the world. Does the young master think that the holy lady is in trouble because she failed to enter Linggu Village? You hang around outside the village because of resentment, playing This resentful flute sound?"
Mu Lun smiled wryly, Yue Yue and Zhao Yuan peeped behind the tree, only to see Mu Lun and the woman standing opposite each other across the village gate, a long figure dragging under the moonlight.
"Could it be that the girl thinks the sound of this song is resentful?" This song was made by the next ancestor, and it is used to miss relatives who are far away.In the downfall of my family, my father has passed away, and my mother is seriously ill. If I can't find the elixir to heal her, maybe she will leave me soon.The sadness in my heart for a while, I can't help sending it to the song. "The woman said: "You are just wasting time in vain if you delay here, why don't you leave quickly and ask a famous doctor to treat Lingtang? "
Mu Lun sighed: "The girl thinks, if there is another way to heal my mother, would I still come here? I believe that people are not grass and trees. Even that holy aunt has parents, or she can understand that I am asking for medicine for my mother." If you are in a good mood, let me enter the village."
The woman stood quietly for a while, and asked, "If the doctor refuses to let you enter the village, are you going to wait here?"
Mu Lun shook his head, "My mother's illness won't last long, after tonight, I will leave."
He cupped his hands and sat down under the old tree at the entrance of the village, and the sad flute sounded again.
The woman stood quietly on the spot, and after a while, said: "Come in."
Mu Lun's flute changed a note and stopped.That year's salary continued: "You can enter the village now, please come in."
Mu Lun stood up in a daze: "Girl... Is what you said true...?"
The woman nodded: "It's just that I'm not sure that I can cure Lingtang's illness. You follow me quickly, the third watch is approaching, after the hour, I won't be able to perceive the divine will tonight."
Mu Lun staggered into the gate of the villa, and stammered, "Gu, miss, are you..."
The woman said: "My name is Yueqing, and I am a female priest of this generation in Linggu Village."
Le Yue stretched his neck behind the tree to look at the appearance of the holy lady. Under the hazy moonlight, he could only see a slender figure, whose face seemed to be covered with a light veil.
Watching Mu Lun go away with Yue Qing, Qing Yao murmured in a low voice: "Wait a minute, there must be an inspiration prayer ceremony in Linggu Village, don't miss it."
The shrine courtyard was brightly lit and crowded with people. Le Yue thought that everyone in Linggu Village was asleep, but he didn't want to gather here.
A huge fire was burning in the middle of the courtyard, and the air was filled with the smell of turpentine. Qingyao Leyue and Zhao Yuan flashed into the shadow of the corner of the courtyard wall, looked inward through the gaps in the tiles, and saw a group of villagers surrounding the fire Standing with hands down, the village chief stood on the upper corridor and shook his head in disapproval when he saw the aunt leading Mu Lun into the courtyard.
Le Yong on the side pleaded for Mu Lun: "Village chief, since Nu Feng thinks this person is destined for the village, you might as well forgive him."
The village head said: "Forget it, the time has come. Please go to the other side to wait for this son, and the girl will enter the main hall to pray."
The villagers around the fire moved out of the way, Le Yue caught sight of Bai Lichen and the old man surnamed He standing by the fire facing the main hall, and Mu Lun walked up to them and stood still.The holy lady walked slowly towards the main hall, her face was covered by a long white veil, and only her beautiful outline could be vaguely seen.The ink-colored flowing cloud pattern on the back of the white ink-trimmed dress seemed to be floating in the firelight, and Zhao Yuan suddenly remembered that when he first saw Le Yue Luoling when he was lying in the grass in the past, the flowing cloud behind Luoling's light blue shirt The pattern is exactly the same as the cloud pattern behind Le Jing at this time.
Le Yue was afraid to pat Zhao Yuan on the shoulder, and whispered solemnly, "The situation in the main hall is up to you!"
Zhao Yuan chanted the invisibility spell, and Qing Yao watched its figure disappear enviously, "I don't know if ordinary people can practice this spell."
Zhao Yuan walked through the door and entered the main hall.
The hall is hung with prayer flags, covered with Taoist spells, and flowers and fruits are enshrined on the vermilion lacquer incense table, which is solemn and magnificent.Female Feng Yueqing held a bouquet of incense, knelt on the futon in front of the desk, and muttered prayers.
Behind the incense table, there is no solemn statue, only a well.This well is exactly the same as the edge of the circle of wells in Leqing Palace, but it is a real well, and the cool water vapor penetrates directly into Zhao Yuan's scales.
A white shadow slowly rose from the well, looking at Zhao Yuan with clear eyes: "Long, is that you?"
Zhao Yuan looked at Bai Zhi suspiciously: "You are Phoenix, why are you here? Why are you?" There were black marks on Bai Zhi's body, as if black ink was splashed on her face, neck, hands, snow-white on the clothes.Her look was very haggard, and her voice was weak: "It happens every day when the sun star returns to the palace, I'm used to it." He lowered his head, "So, I won't go out at night, it's too ugly!"
Female Feng Yueqing was still prostrating and praying, she put her hands into a basin of clear water in front of her, drew runes in the water, muttered to herself, took a jade ring from her neck, immersed it in the water, and emitted The splashing halo, the halo spread to Bai Zhi's side, and the black mark on her body gradually became lighter and faded away.
Zhao Yuan glanced into the well and felt the bottomless chill.
After burning one stick of incense, Yue Qing stopped chanting, put the jade pendant back around her neck, lit three more sticks of incense, bowed, put them into the incense burner, and took out the lotus, He The handkerchief brought by the old man and Mu Lun's incense bouquet were placed on the table.He took out three small silver vases and placed them next to the three items.
Baizhi sighed out of old-fashioned way: "It seems that some mortals have come to ask them for help, but I'm so tired today and I don't want to care about it at all."
Although she said so, she still stretched out her hand, and a faint silver light fell on the three objects, and a faint virtual image suddenly floated above the objects.
The phantom on the lotus of Bailichen is a simple house, a woman with sallow complexion and swollen limbs is moaning in pain on the bed.Bai Zhi looked at it, and said: This woman has water bugs in her body, and she will be fine once the bugs are expelled. She turned to look at the virtual image on the brocade handkerchief of the old man surnamed He, frowning and shaking her head.A young woman was lying flat on the dilapidated earthen kang covered with a tattered thin quilt, and an old woman was crying at the top of the kang.The woman's abdomen is high and protruding, obviously pregnant with Liujia.Bai Zhi said: "This woman can live, but the child in her womb can't be kept." Zhuo Yuan looked carefully, and sure enough, the woman's body was covered with faint anger, but her abdomen was covered with ashes.Bai Zhi said: "This child is destined not to be born, and there is nothing I can do about it. But this time the three living people can be saved, that's okay." She clapped her hands, and the virtual image dissipated, and the lotus and incense bouquet on the table melted into Flying ashes, only half of the handkerchief was turned into ashes and half remained on the table. Seeing the situation on the table, Feng Leqing leaned over and kowtowed three times. She stood up and was about to pick up the silver bottle on the table when Bai Zhi wave.The three silver bottles fell and hit the table, making a crisp sound.
Yue Qing immediately knelt down and kowtowed three more times, stood up and straightened the silver vase, put the half piece of handkerchief into her sleeve, and exited the hall.
Zhao Yuan couldn't help asking: "What does this mean?"
Bai Zhi said: "This means that I am very tired today, so I will talk about it tomorrow."
Sure enough, Yue Qing's voice sounded softly outside the hall: "It's not suitable to ask for dew today, but tomorrow night."
Bai Lichen said harshly: "Tomorrow is really okay? The saint is not prevaricating us." Yue Qing said: "Your Excellency, please rest assured."
Mu Lun said eagerly: "Dare to ask Holy Aunt about my mother's illness..."
Yue Qing said: "Young Master, rest assured, you should see improvement."
Mu Lun let out a long sigh of relief and thanked him endlessly.
Le Qing frowned and looked at the old man surnamed He: "It's just, this old man..."
The old man surnamed He straightened up tremblingly.
Le Qing said indifferently: "Of the two in my husband's family, there is probably only one person who will be fine."
The old man surnamed He trembled all over, and asked in a hoarse voice: "May I ask the holy aunt, which one will live, the old daughter-in-law or the unborn grandson?"
Yue Qing took out the half of the remnant handkerchief from her sleeve, most of the picture of goldfish playing in the water on the handkerchief was burnt away, leaving only a little bit of duckweed.
Yue Qing said: "There is no life in the first place, and it is not considered premature death."
The old man surnamed He trembled for a moment, fell to his knees, and walked towards Le Qing's feet: "Holy aunt, please save my grandson! My son is dead, and this child in my daughter-in-law's belly is the only one." I beg you to save him, even if...even if it is my old life in exchange!"
The old man surnamed He grabbed her by the hem of her clothes and was scolded by the crowd to get rid of her. He struggled and cried: "... If one life is not enough... I still have the life of my wife! And the life of my daughter-in-law! As long as my grandson can live , want everyone’s life!”
Zhao Yuan listened in the hall, feeling a little sympathetic, and asked Bai Zhi: "Is it really hopeless?"
Bai Zhi snorted and said: "You saw it just now, the woman's belly was lifeless, it was a stillbirth predestined by God, who can change it? Ordinary people are greedy like this, and he should be lucky if his daughter-in-law was saved. So I can’t save more people, I see the poor ones are saved occasionally. Ordinary people are greedy, if they get one foot, they want one foot.”
Zhao Yuan said: "But there are also good people."
Bai Zhi curled her lips: "You mean your two mortal friends?"
Zhao Yuan smiled and nodded.
Bai Zhi yawned: "I'm so tired, I'm going back to sleep."
Zhao Yuan immediately said: "Well, then you should have a good rest." He was about to leave the main hall, but Bai Zhi stopped him again: "Hey, you can come back tomorrow."
Zhao Yuan scratched his head: "Maybe we will leave tomorrow, the village chief said we will only stay for one night."
Bai Zhi said: "Well, I mean, if you don't want to leave, if you want to come over, come here."
Zhao Yuan smiled: "Okay, thank you."
Baizhi bit her lip and looked at it: "Silly dragon." Turning around, it turned into a white light and fell into the well.
Zhaoyuan was a little confused, so after sneaking back to the residence with Le Yueyaoqing, he told everything about what he saw in the palace.
Le Yue rubbed his chin and smiled ambiguously: "In my opinion, that Baifeng girl has taken a fancy to you."
Zhao Yuan choked on a sip of tea, coughed for a while, and shook his hands flushed from holding back: "No... nothing like that."
Le Yue put his arm on his shoulder: "Why not? Trust my eyes! When a girl asks you to meet again, it means she likes you." He squeezed Zhao Yuan's face, "Oh, grown up ah."
Yaoqing also smiled and said: "One dragon and one phoenix, one gold and one silver, they are a perfect match."
Zhaoyuan's face was hot, and he stammered to explain, but he didn't know how to explain. Fortunately, Yaoqing opened the topic in time: "The thing in that well is probably the key to the secret of Linggu Village."
Le Yue said: "Miss Fenghuang said that she was ordered by the Nine Heavens Xuannv to guard here. The secrets of Linggu Village should be related to the Heavenly Court. Brother Yaoqing, you are familiar with the secrets everywhere, have you heard of other legends about this place?"
Yaoqing pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "Although Shan'an is an old city, there are no records of strange things about this place. Even the matter of Linggu Village, because there were many places like Changshou Village in the past, everyone guessed There may be secret recipes for curing diseases and disasters here, and there are not many mysterious rumors."
As they discussed this, the sky was gradually getting brighter, the rooster crowed in the courtyard, and Aunt Ninth took her two sons to start cleaning and cooking.
Le Yue didn't feel sleepy, so he opened the door and went out to help Aunt Jiu chop firewood and sweep the yard...
He saw Bai Lichen stalking out from the next room, asking Aunt Jiu for a water basin and towels.
Ninth Aunt's son, Xiao Shitou, said: "There is hot water in the iron pot on the stove, guests can use it for washing."
Bai Lichen said: "I never use a basin to wash my face, I just wipe it with some water. This water is for Mr. He. He didn't sleep all night last night, and he got a little hot."
Le Yue Zhaoyuan went to see Mr. He, and he was really sick, his face was blue and gray, his cheeks were dark red, he was lying on the bed muttering nonsense, all begging the saint to save his grandson.
Aunt Nine hurriedly asked Xiao Shitou to go to the village head to ask for hot medicine, and called another son, Xiao Song, to bring some warm tea.
Bai Lichen said: "Mr. He told me last night that his son is gone, his grandson is gone, he feels that he has nothing to live for, alas. I didn't expect that even the holy aunt could not be saved."
Ninth Aunt sighed sympathetically: "Nvfeng can't be cured of all diseases, otherwise, wouldn't the people in our village want to live forever like the gods? Life and death are predestined."
Xiao Song came in with a teapot, and interjected, "Yes, Sister Qing said that the well water in the temple can only strengthen the body and heal the disease, not save lives."
Bai Lichen was stunned for a moment, and Aunt Nine quickly gave Xiaosong a look: "The rice is still in the pot, I'll go and have a look first." Pulled Xiaosong away.
About a quarter of an hour later, Aunt Nine came in with a bowl of water, saying that it was the antipyretic medicine that Xiaoshi begged from the village chief. Bai Lichen helped Mr. He up and poured the bowl of water for him.Two quarters of an hour later, Le Yue had just finished his breakfast when Bai Lichen came over and said that Mr. He had lost his fever and woke up.
Qing Yaoyue said: "That's good, brother Baili and Mr. He live in the same room, let's untie him more."
Bai Lichen said: "We are a vulgar person who can't speak, and we are about to lose our children and grandchildren, and it's useless to explain it. Alas." He looked around, then suddenly closed the door, leaned over to the table, and whispered, "By the way, I saw just now that Aunt Ninth's son came back with a small bottle and poured something like cold water into the bowl. Aunt Ninth scooped up a spoonful of cold water and mixed it in, and gave it to Mr. He to drink. , he will be fine. Could it be that there is really a well in their temple that can cure all diseases?"
Le Yue laughed dryly: "Haha, is that right? Maybe that holy lady cast a spell?"
A pensive light flashed in Bailichen's eyes.
Qing Yao said: "This is the privacy in Linggu Village. They have kind thoughts in their hearts and are willing to help the sick and suffering. We shouldn't pry into the privacy too much."
Bai Lichen's expression froze for a moment, and then he smiled heartily: "Young master is very right. I'll go back and see Mr. He."
After He Lao woke up, his emotions immediately became agitated again, and he insisted on going to the shrine to beg the holy lady and the village chief.Everyone persuaded him not to stop, and they didn't dare to push him too much, and finally Bai Lichen accompanied him to the shrine.
Both Qing Yao and Le Yue felt that if they followed immediately, it would be like watching the excitement, so it would be better to wait a while to see the situation, and then help to clarify as appropriate.It happened that Le Yue saw that the water tank in Aunt Ninth’s back kitchen was empty. Her two sons, Xiao Song and Xiao Shitou, were ten years old and the other was only eight years old.
He was walking back from the well in the east of the village carrying two buckets of water, and saw Mu Lun hurrying towards him. Beside him was a woman in a white skirt, black skirt and white gauze, who turned out to be the holy lady Leqing.
"Le Shaoxia, I heard that Mr. He is sick. How is the situation now?" Mu Lun asked anxiously, and glanced at Le Qing, "I will ask Miss Qing to treat Mr. He."
Le Yue looked at him calmly and then at Shenggu: "Mr. He is already well, how did Brother Mu know the news?"
Mu Lun said with some shame: "I entered the village late yesterday and stayed at the shrine temporarily, so I just heard the news."
Le Yue looked at him and the holy aunt again: "Brother He Laohe Baili should be at the shrine by now, why, brother Mu... and the holy aunt didn't meet them?"
The female Feng Yueqing blessed her body generously: "I can't be called a holy lady, so please call me Leqing, a young hero."
Mu Lun's face was slightly red: "Oh, in the early morning, Miss Qing went to the village to collect flower dew for medicine, and I went to help. When I came back, I heard the news that Mr. He was ill, so I asked Miss Qing to come with me."
Le Yue calmly murmured.
Mu Lun said again: "In that case, Miss Qing and I will go to the shrine first to have a look... By the way, is the water that the young hero carried heavy? Do you need it..."
Le Yue hurriedly said: "No need, no need, it's not serious at all. Mr. He's matter is more important, please go back quickly."
Mu Lun hurriedly bid farewell to Le Yue, and went towards the shrine together with Le Qing.Le Yue looked at the backs of the two meaningfully, carried water back to Aunt Jiu's house, filled the water tank, and then rushed to the shrine with Zhao Yuanqingyao.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked outside the shrine, he saw Bai Lichen and Mu Lun supporting Mr. He out, and he could tell from his expression that Mr. He's plea had not been granted.
Qing Yao said: "Since we know the real root cause of this matter, it is inconvenient to speak again." Le Yue and Zhao Yuan stood by the roadside silently watching Bai Lichen and Mu Lun help Mr. He slowly go to the residence.He Lao's rickety and shambling figure seems to have aged ten years again.
Qing Yao said slowly: "There are some things that cannot be changed. The cycle of destiny, the intertwining of cause and effect, are intertwined. It is not easy to break."
His words were a bit abrupt and weird, Le Yue couldn't help turning his head to look at him, the qingyao and light green clothes swayed in the wind, as if getting farther and farther away, the outline of his face began to blur, and his attire also changed, as if rising in a trance stand up.Le Yue rubbed his eyes, suddenly felt severe pain in his left chest, and the surrounding scene was chaotic, Le Yue clutched his chest, suddenly lost in his heart.
When exactly is this?Where are you?Who am I?Why are you here?Where is the dream and where is the reality?There are urgent shouts in my ears.
"The more joy, the more joy..."
"Brother, brother..."
Le Yue closed his eyes and shook his head. He felt a heavy blow in the back of his heart. Stars flashed in front of his eyes. He was shocked again and found himself still standing by the roadside of Linggu Village. Zhao Yuan grabbed his arm, and Qing Yao's Putting their hands on his back, they all looked at him eagerly.
Qing Yao said: "Brother Yue, what's the matter with you? Just now you seem to be a little weak, is it because you didn't sleep last night?"
Le Yue patted his forehead, and the pain in his left chest had disappeared: "It's okay, maybe it's because I haven't practiced martial arts recently, and my true energy has gone astray." Zhao Yuan worriedly grabbed his arm, and from the corner of his eye, he glanced at the shrine beside him All of a sudden, it was like a blur of ink in the mist.
Zhao Yuan froze, and looked again, the shrine stood clearly and neatly in front of him.A familiar white figure sat on the roof with his knees hugged, shaking his head and looking towards this direction.
Le Yue looked at the dazed Zhao Yuan, then looked at the shrine, and bumped it with his elbow: "Aren't you going to say hello to him?"
Zhao Yuan opened his mouth to talk, saw Le Yong hurried out of the shrine, saw them face to face, and showed a joyful smile: "The three of you happen to be here, the village chief asked us to ask some of you, would you like to join us in our village?" How long do you want to stay here?"
Le Yue has always vaguely felt that the matter of Linggu Village this time has a lot to do with the royal family of the He clan more than 400 years later, and was looking for an excuse to stay here for a longer time, but Linggu Village would take the initiative to ask for visitors, and was immediately overjoyed , clasped his fists and said: "Of course I can't ask for it, thank you very much."
Qing Yao also cupped his hands and said, "If that's the case, I won't bother you much."
Le Yongdao: "The village chief still has some things to discuss with the three of you. Please speak in the shrine."
Le Yue, Zhao Yuan, and Qing Yao followed Le Yong into the side room of the shrine.The village chief stood in the hall with a worried face, and after Le Yong retreated and closed the door, he gave them a deep bow.
Le Yue was taken aback, and hurriedly helped the village chief up with Qing Yao: "Your junior will never be able to afford such a great gift. If you have any orders, just speak up."
The village chief said: "Although this old man lives in a closed valley and has never seen much of the world, he still knows how to make sense of people after living a few years longer. The three of you are from the Xuan Dao sect, and they speak and behave well. They must be on the way of Xuan Fa. Quite accomplished."
Le Yue said: "The younger generation is better at Shanghai, and I have not even scratched the surface of Xuan Dao. This Qing Yao Daoist is a high-ranking disciple of the Qing Xuan School, and he is relatively proficient in this Dao."
Qing Yao said: "The younger generation is similar to fellow Taoist Yue, I don't know the details yet."
The village head shook his head: "Mr. Qingyao, you don't have to be too modest, and this Mr. Zhaoyuan is also an expert. This old man can tell. We have something to do in our village, and we urgently need some help. The three of you, please follow me."
Together with the village head, the three of them left the wing room and walked to the corner of the shrine, only to see that the pagoda tree guarding the corner was half down on the courtyard wall, with half of its roots exposed, and the soil upturned from the roots was very fresh.
Qing Yao frowned and said, "Who actually pushed down this old tree?"
The village head sighed: "It's He Ye who came over just now."
He Ye is the name of He Lao.
Le Yue straightened his chin in amazement. This locust tree was as thick as two people hugged. It would be more credible to say that Bai Lichen pushed it down. It would be good if Mr. He could break a branch.
The village chief sighed: "Nie Yuan... Anyway, since I have something to ask of you, I will tell you the secret of our village."
Le Yue, Zhao Yuan, Qing Yao and the village head returned to the side room. The village head closed the door and poured tea: "The three of you know what is enshrined in this temple in Linggu Village?"
Le Yue and the others couldn't reveal what they knew a long time ago, they could only cooperate and show an expectant look.
The village chief said slowly, "It's a well."
Le Yue and Zhao Yuan immediately showed surprised expressions again.
The village head was very satisfied with their expressions, and continued without any doubt: "As for the origin of this well, I just listened to the dictation of the previous village head. It is said that in ancient times, there was a catastrophe between heaven and earth, and the heaven sent a general After the catastrophe was settled, this well was left behind. Nine fairy boys and nine fairy girls voluntarily descended to the mortal world to guard the well. Their descendants became mortals, but they flowed the blood of the fairy clan and kept the promise of their ancestors. , always guarding by the well, this is the origin of our village and the people with the surname Le.”
"The descendants of the nine fairy boys and the nine fairy e have become mortals. The Heavenly Court feared that it would be difficult for them to guard this place, so they bestowed four fairy trees, and used two willows and two locust trees to balance the energy of yin and yang, and guard the four directions. The people of the Le surname built a shrine at the place guarded by the four fairy trees, and selected the women with the most spiritual power to worship them. I don’t want it to be decades ago, because these trees had a relationship with the people outside the village. The relationship is even involved up to now."
"Le Yue and Zhao Yuan moved their chairs at the same time, and continued to listen attentively. The village chief sighed and told this story, because it was because of him. Decades ago, he had just taken over the village The position of the leader unfortunately encountered a double eclipse of the sun and the moon, which is rare in a thousand years. This is a terrible celestial phenomenon that arouses haze. At the time of the lunar eclipse that night, nine stars in the western sky lined up, and the entire sky was covered with dark clouds. Thunder flashed. Shuangliu and Shuanghuai suddenly burned by themselves. Fortunately, a water dragon rolled up from the well of the temple and broke through the roof, dousing the flames, but one of the willows and one Huaihuai were burnt. The traditional method saved the willow tree, but the pagoda tree did not get better. The girl looked through the classics with the help of divination, and learned that the pagoda tree needed a family relationship. It was born in the cloudy year of the mortal world, under the age of three, and its parents Nine drops of the blood of the boy who died both times were used as a guide, and other methods can be used to return it. Fortunately, the gods blessed it, and the female Feng divination revealed that there was such a child in Shan'an County. The village chief led several villagers according to the female I searched according to the divination direction, and I found this son."
"This child was not only born in a cloudy year, but also in a coffin. It's like a savior specially arranged by God. His surname should have been Li."
Le Yue was inexplicably shocked.
"The son's father died of illness when the son's mother was just pregnant, and his mother had dystocia during childbirth. After her death, the child was born. Because he was a coffin child, his parents' family refused to raise him and abandoned him in the cemetery , was adopted by an old man surnamed He who looked after the grave. When the village head found the child, he was suffering from smallpox, and he was only half hanging. The village head pretended to be a doctor and saved the child's life, pretending that the treatment needed to be cut open. He took nine drops of blood from his finger. After the locust tree was saved, the village head thought the matter was over. But he never thought that after six or seventy years, this child is still alive, and for the life of his grandson, Went into the village to ask for medicine. Just now, the old man surnamed He went to the shrine to beg the village chief to save his grandson. Under the begging, in a moment of grief and anger, he hit the tree with his head. The tree was restored because of his blood, and it was connected with him. , but the old man surnamed He bumped into it, and the tree fell down, but he was safe. Le Yue scratched the back of his head: "Uh... Song Weng's dystocia is because he thinks that the three juniors have a good relationship with Mr. He, and wants us to try to get it for you quietly. How many drops of blood? "
The village head sighed and said: "It's just dumped, blood is unnecessary, but to put this tree into the ground again, three people need to cast spells with all their strength, now there is no one alive in Linggu Village who is capable of casting spells except for the old man and Qing'er. I have no choice but to ask a few people for help."
Qing Yao said: We are not from Linggu Village, can it be okay?The village chief stared at Zhao Yuan and Qing Yao and said: "Several people who have practiced Xuan Dao spells have a faint sense of immortality in their bodies, and they are connected with the breath of our village. They are the most suitable candidates."
Then he straightened his clothes and got up, bowing again and saying, "Wanwang, you and I will help our village solve this predicament."
Le Yue and Qing Yao naturally agreed immediately.Zhao Yuan also said: As long as you can help, please do not hesitate to ask.
The village chief thanked him happily, then turned his head and called out: "Qing'er, the three honored guests have agreed, come out."
The bamboo curtain in the corner of the room was lifted, and the female Feng Leqing came out from the inner room, saluted gracefully, and said softly: "Can you please stretch out your right hand, so that I can test the spiritual power of the three of you."
Le Yue stretched out his hand first, and Le Qing pressed his hand bowl for a moment, frowning slightly, then pressed Zhao Yuan's right hand pulse gate, her eyebrows frowned even tighter, and when it was her turn again, her hazy look finally faded away.
"Mr. Le is messy and weak. This young master's spiritual power is mellow, but his nature is yang, and he is not in harmony with the locust tree. Only the young master's spiritual power is long and gentle, so he is the most suitable candidate." He bowed his head to Qingyao, " I leave this to Your Excellency."
So it was decided that Qingyao and the village chief Leqing would rescue Huaimu together, with Leyue and Zhaoyuan guarding the side.The treatment of pagoda tree needs to be cast in the middle of the day, for three consecutive days.Only after the locust tree recovers can the medicine-seeking ceremony be held again.
Qing Yao and the village chief Le Qing learned the healing circle together. Le Yue and Zhao Yuan went back to their residence and told the three people who were asking for medicine about it.
Walking out of the shrine, Zhao Yuan saw Bai Zhi sitting on the wall, her expression was a little weak, Zhao Yuan asked concerned: "You look a little uncomfortable, is it related to the falling of the locust tree?"
Bai Zhi nodded, the silver chain tied to her left hand turned black, and the sleeve of her left arm was faintly gray: "I'm so tired now, Long, thank you for staying and helping me."
Zhao Yuan said: "It's not me who helps you, but Daoist Qingyao. My magic power can't help, so I can only be a guardian at the side."
Baizhi smiled faintly: "Being a guardian is also helping me. Anyway, thank you." The way she smiled was quite different from the cold and arrogant attitude before. Fly back to the main hall of the shrine.
Le Yue patted Zhao Yuan's shoulder meaningfully.
Mu Lun was very impatient. His mother was seriously ill and couldn't wait for too long.After listening to Le Yue's words, he hurried out of the room with a cold face and headed towards the shrine.
Barryson's wife was still chronically ill rather than acute, so he was calmer.Mr. He lay face down on the bed, ignoring Le Yue's words at all.
Le Yue and Zhao Yuan had nothing to do, so they went to Aunt Jiu for help.Le Yue went to get firewood from the back of the house, and saw Bai Lichen in the courtyard, holding a paper-made frog in his hand, teasing Aunt Ninth's son Xiaosong.
Bai Lichen was a big and big guy, coaxing the child with a smile all over his face, this situation was a bit weird no matter how you looked at it.
Bai Lichen caught a glimpse of Le Yue, handed the paper frog to Xiaosong, touched the top of his head, stood up and chatted with Le Yue, and went to help in the kitchen with some firewood.
When the meal was about to finish, Mu Lun came back, his face was full of sorrow, and he walked slowly. Bai Lichen came out of the kitchen and patted him on the shoulder: "Mr. You can't change what you say about it." A few words of comfort to him, and entered the room with him.
The sound of the flute paused, then stopped, followed, followed by Mu Lun's voice: "If you go back to the girl, you are not qualified to enter the village."
The woman said: "Your Excellency has no fate with our village, please go back."
Mu Lun asked back: "Madam, why is there a relationship with Guizhuang? Is it offering something that the aunt likes, or is she clearly asking for something, but she is duplicity, saying that she is only filial to the aunt?"
The woman said: "In Linggu Village, there are only female priests who serve the gods, and there are no saints."
Mu Lun said: "But everyone knows that there are beautiful women in Linggu Village who can hear the voices of gods, drink clear water as a panacea, and help the sick and suffering. That's why the world calls her a saint."
The woman was silent for a moment, then said softly: "Perhaps it's a misrepresentation from the world. Does the young master think that the holy lady is in trouble because she failed to enter Linggu Village? You hang around outside the village because of resentment, playing This resentful flute sound?"
Mu Lun smiled wryly, Yue Yue and Zhao Yuan peeped behind the tree, only to see Mu Lun and the woman standing opposite each other across the village gate, a long figure dragging under the moonlight.
"Could it be that the girl thinks the sound of this song is resentful?" This song was made by the next ancestor, and it is used to miss relatives who are far away.In the downfall of my family, my father has passed away, and my mother is seriously ill. If I can't find the elixir to heal her, maybe she will leave me soon.The sadness in my heart for a while, I can't help sending it to the song. "The woman said: "You are just wasting time in vain if you delay here, why don't you leave quickly and ask a famous doctor to treat Lingtang? "
Mu Lun sighed: "The girl thinks, if there is another way to heal my mother, would I still come here? I believe that people are not grass and trees. Even that holy aunt has parents, or she can understand that I am asking for medicine for my mother." If you are in a good mood, let me enter the village."
The woman stood quietly for a while, and asked, "If the doctor refuses to let you enter the village, are you going to wait here?"
Mu Lun shook his head, "My mother's illness won't last long, after tonight, I will leave."
He cupped his hands and sat down under the old tree at the entrance of the village, and the sad flute sounded again.
The woman stood quietly on the spot, and after a while, said: "Come in."
Mu Lun's flute changed a note and stopped.That year's salary continued: "You can enter the village now, please come in."
Mu Lun stood up in a daze: "Girl... Is what you said true...?"
The woman nodded: "It's just that I'm not sure that I can cure Lingtang's illness. You follow me quickly, the third watch is approaching, after the hour, I won't be able to perceive the divine will tonight."
Mu Lun staggered into the gate of the villa, and stammered, "Gu, miss, are you..."
The woman said: "My name is Yueqing, and I am a female priest of this generation in Linggu Village."
Le Yue stretched his neck behind the tree to look at the appearance of the holy lady. Under the hazy moonlight, he could only see a slender figure, whose face seemed to be covered with a light veil.
Watching Mu Lun go away with Yue Qing, Qing Yao murmured in a low voice: "Wait a minute, there must be an inspiration prayer ceremony in Linggu Village, don't miss it."
The shrine courtyard was brightly lit and crowded with people. Le Yue thought that everyone in Linggu Village was asleep, but he didn't want to gather here.
A huge fire was burning in the middle of the courtyard, and the air was filled with the smell of turpentine. Qingyao Leyue and Zhao Yuan flashed into the shadow of the corner of the courtyard wall, looked inward through the gaps in the tiles, and saw a group of villagers surrounding the fire Standing with hands down, the village chief stood on the upper corridor and shook his head in disapproval when he saw the aunt leading Mu Lun into the courtyard.
Le Yong on the side pleaded for Mu Lun: "Village chief, since Nu Feng thinks this person is destined for the village, you might as well forgive him."
The village head said: "Forget it, the time has come. Please go to the other side to wait for this son, and the girl will enter the main hall to pray."
The villagers around the fire moved out of the way, Le Yue caught sight of Bai Lichen and the old man surnamed He standing by the fire facing the main hall, and Mu Lun walked up to them and stood still.The holy lady walked slowly towards the main hall, her face was covered by a long white veil, and only her beautiful outline could be vaguely seen.The ink-colored flowing cloud pattern on the back of the white ink-trimmed dress seemed to be floating in the firelight, and Zhao Yuan suddenly remembered that when he first saw Le Yue Luoling when he was lying in the grass in the past, the flowing cloud behind Luoling's light blue shirt The pattern is exactly the same as the cloud pattern behind Le Jing at this time.
Le Yue was afraid to pat Zhao Yuan on the shoulder, and whispered solemnly, "The situation in the main hall is up to you!"
Zhao Yuan chanted the invisibility spell, and Qing Yao watched its figure disappear enviously, "I don't know if ordinary people can practice this spell."
Zhao Yuan walked through the door and entered the main hall.
The hall is hung with prayer flags, covered with Taoist spells, and flowers and fruits are enshrined on the vermilion lacquer incense table, which is solemn and magnificent.Female Feng Yueqing held a bouquet of incense, knelt on the futon in front of the desk, and muttered prayers.
Behind the incense table, there is no solemn statue, only a well.This well is exactly the same as the edge of the circle of wells in Leqing Palace, but it is a real well, and the cool water vapor penetrates directly into Zhao Yuan's scales.
A white shadow slowly rose from the well, looking at Zhao Yuan with clear eyes: "Long, is that you?"
Zhao Yuan looked at Bai Zhi suspiciously: "You are Phoenix, why are you here? Why are you?" There were black marks on Bai Zhi's body, as if black ink was splashed on her face, neck, hands, snow-white on the clothes.Her look was very haggard, and her voice was weak: "It happens every day when the sun star returns to the palace, I'm used to it." He lowered his head, "So, I won't go out at night, it's too ugly!"
Female Feng Yueqing was still prostrating and praying, she put her hands into a basin of clear water in front of her, drew runes in the water, muttered to herself, took a jade ring from her neck, immersed it in the water, and emitted The splashing halo, the halo spread to Bai Zhi's side, and the black mark on her body gradually became lighter and faded away.
Zhao Yuan glanced into the well and felt the bottomless chill.
After burning one stick of incense, Yue Qing stopped chanting, put the jade pendant back around her neck, lit three more sticks of incense, bowed, put them into the incense burner, and took out the lotus, He The handkerchief brought by the old man and Mu Lun's incense bouquet were placed on the table.He took out three small silver vases and placed them next to the three items.
Baizhi sighed out of old-fashioned way: "It seems that some mortals have come to ask them for help, but I'm so tired today and I don't want to care about it at all."
Although she said so, she still stretched out her hand, and a faint silver light fell on the three objects, and a faint virtual image suddenly floated above the objects.
The phantom on the lotus of Bailichen is a simple house, a woman with sallow complexion and swollen limbs is moaning in pain on the bed.Bai Zhi looked at it, and said: This woman has water bugs in her body, and she will be fine once the bugs are expelled. She turned to look at the virtual image on the brocade handkerchief of the old man surnamed He, frowning and shaking her head.A young woman was lying flat on the dilapidated earthen kang covered with a tattered thin quilt, and an old woman was crying at the top of the kang.The woman's abdomen is high and protruding, obviously pregnant with Liujia.Bai Zhi said: "This woman can live, but the child in her womb can't be kept." Zhuo Yuan looked carefully, and sure enough, the woman's body was covered with faint anger, but her abdomen was covered with ashes.Bai Zhi said: "This child is destined not to be born, and there is nothing I can do about it. But this time the three living people can be saved, that's okay." She clapped her hands, and the virtual image dissipated, and the lotus and incense bouquet on the table melted into Flying ashes, only half of the handkerchief was turned into ashes and half remained on the table. Seeing the situation on the table, Feng Leqing leaned over and kowtowed three times. She stood up and was about to pick up the silver bottle on the table when Bai Zhi wave.The three silver bottles fell and hit the table, making a crisp sound.
Yue Qing immediately knelt down and kowtowed three more times, stood up and straightened the silver vase, put the half piece of handkerchief into her sleeve, and exited the hall.
Zhao Yuan couldn't help asking: "What does this mean?"
Bai Zhi said: "This means that I am very tired today, so I will talk about it tomorrow."
Sure enough, Yue Qing's voice sounded softly outside the hall: "It's not suitable to ask for dew today, but tomorrow night."
Bai Lichen said harshly: "Tomorrow is really okay? The saint is not prevaricating us." Yue Qing said: "Your Excellency, please rest assured."
Mu Lun said eagerly: "Dare to ask Holy Aunt about my mother's illness..."
Yue Qing said: "Young Master, rest assured, you should see improvement."
Mu Lun let out a long sigh of relief and thanked him endlessly.
Le Qing frowned and looked at the old man surnamed He: "It's just, this old man..."
The old man surnamed He straightened up tremblingly.
Le Qing said indifferently: "Of the two in my husband's family, there is probably only one person who will be fine."
The old man surnamed He trembled all over, and asked in a hoarse voice: "May I ask the holy aunt, which one will live, the old daughter-in-law or the unborn grandson?"
Yue Qing took out the half of the remnant handkerchief from her sleeve, most of the picture of goldfish playing in the water on the handkerchief was burnt away, leaving only a little bit of duckweed.
Yue Qing said: "There is no life in the first place, and it is not considered premature death."
The old man surnamed He trembled for a moment, fell to his knees, and walked towards Le Qing's feet: "Holy aunt, please save my grandson! My son is dead, and this child in my daughter-in-law's belly is the only one." I beg you to save him, even if...even if it is my old life in exchange!"
The old man surnamed He grabbed her by the hem of her clothes and was scolded by the crowd to get rid of her. He struggled and cried: "... If one life is not enough... I still have the life of my wife! And the life of my daughter-in-law! As long as my grandson can live , want everyone’s life!”
Zhao Yuan listened in the hall, feeling a little sympathetic, and asked Bai Zhi: "Is it really hopeless?"
Bai Zhi snorted and said: "You saw it just now, the woman's belly was lifeless, it was a stillbirth predestined by God, who can change it? Ordinary people are greedy like this, and he should be lucky if his daughter-in-law was saved. So I can’t save more people, I see the poor ones are saved occasionally. Ordinary people are greedy, if they get one foot, they want one foot.”
Zhao Yuan said: "But there are also good people."
Bai Zhi curled her lips: "You mean your two mortal friends?"
Zhao Yuan smiled and nodded.
Bai Zhi yawned: "I'm so tired, I'm going back to sleep."
Zhao Yuan immediately said: "Well, then you should have a good rest." He was about to leave the main hall, but Bai Zhi stopped him again: "Hey, you can come back tomorrow."
Zhao Yuan scratched his head: "Maybe we will leave tomorrow, the village chief said we will only stay for one night."
Bai Zhi said: "Well, I mean, if you don't want to leave, if you want to come over, come here."
Zhao Yuan smiled: "Okay, thank you."
Baizhi bit her lip and looked at it: "Silly dragon." Turning around, it turned into a white light and fell into the well.
Zhaoyuan was a little confused, so after sneaking back to the residence with Le Yueyaoqing, he told everything about what he saw in the palace.
Le Yue rubbed his chin and smiled ambiguously: "In my opinion, that Baifeng girl has taken a fancy to you."
Zhao Yuan choked on a sip of tea, coughed for a while, and shook his hands flushed from holding back: "No... nothing like that."
Le Yue put his arm on his shoulder: "Why not? Trust my eyes! When a girl asks you to meet again, it means she likes you." He squeezed Zhao Yuan's face, "Oh, grown up ah."
Yaoqing also smiled and said: "One dragon and one phoenix, one gold and one silver, they are a perfect match."
Zhaoyuan's face was hot, and he stammered to explain, but he didn't know how to explain. Fortunately, Yaoqing opened the topic in time: "The thing in that well is probably the key to the secret of Linggu Village."
Le Yue said: "Miss Fenghuang said that she was ordered by the Nine Heavens Xuannv to guard here. The secrets of Linggu Village should be related to the Heavenly Court. Brother Yaoqing, you are familiar with the secrets everywhere, have you heard of other legends about this place?"
Yaoqing pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "Although Shan'an is an old city, there are no records of strange things about this place. Even the matter of Linggu Village, because there were many places like Changshou Village in the past, everyone guessed There may be secret recipes for curing diseases and disasters here, and there are not many mysterious rumors."
As they discussed this, the sky was gradually getting brighter, the rooster crowed in the courtyard, and Aunt Ninth took her two sons to start cleaning and cooking.
Le Yue didn't feel sleepy, so he opened the door and went out to help Aunt Jiu chop firewood and sweep the yard...
He saw Bai Lichen stalking out from the next room, asking Aunt Jiu for a water basin and towels.
Ninth Aunt's son, Xiao Shitou, said: "There is hot water in the iron pot on the stove, guests can use it for washing."
Bai Lichen said: "I never use a basin to wash my face, I just wipe it with some water. This water is for Mr. He. He didn't sleep all night last night, and he got a little hot."
Le Yue Zhaoyuan went to see Mr. He, and he was really sick, his face was blue and gray, his cheeks were dark red, he was lying on the bed muttering nonsense, all begging the saint to save his grandson.
Aunt Nine hurriedly asked Xiao Shitou to go to the village head to ask for hot medicine, and called another son, Xiao Song, to bring some warm tea.
Bai Lichen said: "Mr. He told me last night that his son is gone, his grandson is gone, he feels that he has nothing to live for, alas. I didn't expect that even the holy aunt could not be saved."
Ninth Aunt sighed sympathetically: "Nvfeng can't be cured of all diseases, otherwise, wouldn't the people in our village want to live forever like the gods? Life and death are predestined."
Xiao Song came in with a teapot, and interjected, "Yes, Sister Qing said that the well water in the temple can only strengthen the body and heal the disease, not save lives."
Bai Lichen was stunned for a moment, and Aunt Nine quickly gave Xiaosong a look: "The rice is still in the pot, I'll go and have a look first." Pulled Xiaosong away.
About a quarter of an hour later, Aunt Nine came in with a bowl of water, saying that it was the antipyretic medicine that Xiaoshi begged from the village chief. Bai Lichen helped Mr. He up and poured the bowl of water for him.Two quarters of an hour later, Le Yue had just finished his breakfast when Bai Lichen came over and said that Mr. He had lost his fever and woke up.
Qing Yaoyue said: "That's good, brother Baili and Mr. He live in the same room, let's untie him more."
Bai Lichen said: "We are a vulgar person who can't speak, and we are about to lose our children and grandchildren, and it's useless to explain it. Alas." He looked around, then suddenly closed the door, leaned over to the table, and whispered, "By the way, I saw just now that Aunt Ninth's son came back with a small bottle and poured something like cold water into the bowl. Aunt Ninth scooped up a spoonful of cold water and mixed it in, and gave it to Mr. He to drink. , he will be fine. Could it be that there is really a well in their temple that can cure all diseases?"
Le Yue laughed dryly: "Haha, is that right? Maybe that holy lady cast a spell?"
A pensive light flashed in Bailichen's eyes.
Qing Yao said: "This is the privacy in Linggu Village. They have kind thoughts in their hearts and are willing to help the sick and suffering. We shouldn't pry into the privacy too much."
Bai Lichen's expression froze for a moment, and then he smiled heartily: "Young master is very right. I'll go back and see Mr. He."
After He Lao woke up, his emotions immediately became agitated again, and he insisted on going to the shrine to beg the holy lady and the village chief.Everyone persuaded him not to stop, and they didn't dare to push him too much, and finally Bai Lichen accompanied him to the shrine.
Both Qing Yao and Le Yue felt that if they followed immediately, it would be like watching the excitement, so it would be better to wait a while to see the situation, and then help to clarify as appropriate.It happened that Le Yue saw that the water tank in Aunt Ninth’s back kitchen was empty. Her two sons, Xiao Song and Xiao Shitou, were ten years old and the other was only eight years old.
He was walking back from the well in the east of the village carrying two buckets of water, and saw Mu Lun hurrying towards him. Beside him was a woman in a white skirt, black skirt and white gauze, who turned out to be the holy lady Leqing.
"Le Shaoxia, I heard that Mr. He is sick. How is the situation now?" Mu Lun asked anxiously, and glanced at Le Qing, "I will ask Miss Qing to treat Mr. He."
Le Yue looked at him calmly and then at Shenggu: "Mr. He is already well, how did Brother Mu know the news?"
Mu Lun said with some shame: "I entered the village late yesterday and stayed at the shrine temporarily, so I just heard the news."
Le Yue looked at him and the holy aunt again: "Brother He Laohe Baili should be at the shrine by now, why, brother Mu... and the holy aunt didn't meet them?"
The female Feng Yueqing blessed her body generously: "I can't be called a holy lady, so please call me Leqing, a young hero."
Mu Lun's face was slightly red: "Oh, in the early morning, Miss Qing went to the village to collect flower dew for medicine, and I went to help. When I came back, I heard the news that Mr. He was ill, so I asked Miss Qing to come with me."
Le Yue calmly murmured.
Mu Lun said again: "In that case, Miss Qing and I will go to the shrine first to have a look... By the way, is the water that the young hero carried heavy? Do you need it..."
Le Yue hurriedly said: "No need, no need, it's not serious at all. Mr. He's matter is more important, please go back quickly."
Mu Lun hurriedly bid farewell to Le Yue, and went towards the shrine together with Le Qing.Le Yue looked at the backs of the two meaningfully, carried water back to Aunt Jiu's house, filled the water tank, and then rushed to the shrine with Zhao Yuanqingyao.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked outside the shrine, he saw Bai Lichen and Mu Lun supporting Mr. He out, and he could tell from his expression that Mr. He's plea had not been granted.
Qing Yao said: "Since we know the real root cause of this matter, it is inconvenient to speak again." Le Yue and Zhao Yuan stood by the roadside silently watching Bai Lichen and Mu Lun help Mr. He slowly go to the residence.He Lao's rickety and shambling figure seems to have aged ten years again.
Qing Yao said slowly: "There are some things that cannot be changed. The cycle of destiny, the intertwining of cause and effect, are intertwined. It is not easy to break."
His words were a bit abrupt and weird, Le Yue couldn't help turning his head to look at him, the qingyao and light green clothes swayed in the wind, as if getting farther and farther away, the outline of his face began to blur, and his attire also changed, as if rising in a trance stand up.Le Yue rubbed his eyes, suddenly felt severe pain in his left chest, and the surrounding scene was chaotic, Le Yue clutched his chest, suddenly lost in his heart.
When exactly is this?Where are you?Who am I?Why are you here?Where is the dream and where is the reality?There are urgent shouts in my ears.
"The more joy, the more joy..."
"Brother, brother..."
Le Yue closed his eyes and shook his head. He felt a heavy blow in the back of his heart. Stars flashed in front of his eyes. He was shocked again and found himself still standing by the roadside of Linggu Village. Zhao Yuan grabbed his arm, and Qing Yao's Putting their hands on his back, they all looked at him eagerly.
Qing Yao said: "Brother Yue, what's the matter with you? Just now you seem to be a little weak, is it because you didn't sleep last night?"
Le Yue patted his forehead, and the pain in his left chest had disappeared: "It's okay, maybe it's because I haven't practiced martial arts recently, and my true energy has gone astray." Zhao Yuan worriedly grabbed his arm, and from the corner of his eye, he glanced at the shrine beside him All of a sudden, it was like a blur of ink in the mist.
Zhao Yuan froze, and looked again, the shrine stood clearly and neatly in front of him.A familiar white figure sat on the roof with his knees hugged, shaking his head and looking towards this direction.
Le Yue looked at the dazed Zhao Yuan, then looked at the shrine, and bumped it with his elbow: "Aren't you going to say hello to him?"
Zhao Yuan opened his mouth to talk, saw Le Yong hurried out of the shrine, saw them face to face, and showed a joyful smile: "The three of you happen to be here, the village chief asked us to ask some of you, would you like to join us in our village?" How long do you want to stay here?"
Le Yue has always vaguely felt that the matter of Linggu Village this time has a lot to do with the royal family of the He clan more than 400 years later, and was looking for an excuse to stay here for a longer time, but Linggu Village would take the initiative to ask for visitors, and was immediately overjoyed , clasped his fists and said: "Of course I can't ask for it, thank you very much."
Qing Yao also cupped his hands and said, "If that's the case, I won't bother you much."
Le Yongdao: "The village chief still has some things to discuss with the three of you. Please speak in the shrine."
Le Yue, Zhao Yuan, and Qing Yao followed Le Yong into the side room of the shrine.The village chief stood in the hall with a worried face, and after Le Yong retreated and closed the door, he gave them a deep bow.
Le Yue was taken aback, and hurriedly helped the village chief up with Qing Yao: "Your junior will never be able to afford such a great gift. If you have any orders, just speak up."
The village chief said: "Although this old man lives in a closed valley and has never seen much of the world, he still knows how to make sense of people after living a few years longer. The three of you are from the Xuan Dao sect, and they speak and behave well. They must be on the way of Xuan Fa. Quite accomplished."
Le Yue said: "The younger generation is better at Shanghai, and I have not even scratched the surface of Xuan Dao. This Qing Yao Daoist is a high-ranking disciple of the Qing Xuan School, and he is relatively proficient in this Dao."
Qing Yao said: "The younger generation is similar to fellow Taoist Yue, I don't know the details yet."
The village head shook his head: "Mr. Qingyao, you don't have to be too modest, and this Mr. Zhaoyuan is also an expert. This old man can tell. We have something to do in our village, and we urgently need some help. The three of you, please follow me."
Together with the village head, the three of them left the wing room and walked to the corner of the shrine, only to see that the pagoda tree guarding the corner was half down on the courtyard wall, with half of its roots exposed, and the soil upturned from the roots was very fresh.
Qing Yao frowned and said, "Who actually pushed down this old tree?"
The village head sighed: "It's He Ye who came over just now."
He Ye is the name of He Lao.
Le Yue straightened his chin in amazement. This locust tree was as thick as two people hugged. It would be more credible to say that Bai Lichen pushed it down. It would be good if Mr. He could break a branch.
The village chief sighed: "Nie Yuan... Anyway, since I have something to ask of you, I will tell you the secret of our village."
Le Yue, Zhao Yuan, Qing Yao and the village head returned to the side room. The village head closed the door and poured tea: "The three of you know what is enshrined in this temple in Linggu Village?"
Le Yue and the others couldn't reveal what they knew a long time ago, they could only cooperate and show an expectant look.
The village chief said slowly, "It's a well."
Le Yue and Zhao Yuan immediately showed surprised expressions again.
The village head was very satisfied with their expressions, and continued without any doubt: "As for the origin of this well, I just listened to the dictation of the previous village head. It is said that in ancient times, there was a catastrophe between heaven and earth, and the heaven sent a general After the catastrophe was settled, this well was left behind. Nine fairy boys and nine fairy girls voluntarily descended to the mortal world to guard the well. Their descendants became mortals, but they flowed the blood of the fairy clan and kept the promise of their ancestors. , always guarding by the well, this is the origin of our village and the people with the surname Le.”
"The descendants of the nine fairy boys and the nine fairy e have become mortals. The Heavenly Court feared that it would be difficult for them to guard this place, so they bestowed four fairy trees, and used two willows and two locust trees to balance the energy of yin and yang, and guard the four directions. The people of the Le surname built a shrine at the place guarded by the four fairy trees, and selected the women with the most spiritual power to worship them. I don’t want it to be decades ago, because these trees had a relationship with the people outside the village. The relationship is even involved up to now."
"Le Yue and Zhao Yuan moved their chairs at the same time, and continued to listen attentively. The village chief sighed and told this story, because it was because of him. Decades ago, he had just taken over the village The position of the leader unfortunately encountered a double eclipse of the sun and the moon, which is rare in a thousand years. This is a terrible celestial phenomenon that arouses haze. At the time of the lunar eclipse that night, nine stars in the western sky lined up, and the entire sky was covered with dark clouds. Thunder flashed. Shuangliu and Shuanghuai suddenly burned by themselves. Fortunately, a water dragon rolled up from the well of the temple and broke through the roof, dousing the flames, but one of the willows and one Huaihuai were burnt. The traditional method saved the willow tree, but the pagoda tree did not get better. The girl looked through the classics with the help of divination, and learned that the pagoda tree needed a family relationship. It was born in the cloudy year of the mortal world, under the age of three, and its parents Nine drops of the blood of the boy who died both times were used as a guide, and other methods can be used to return it. Fortunately, the gods blessed it, and the female Feng divination revealed that there was such a child in Shan'an County. The village chief led several villagers according to the female I searched according to the divination direction, and I found this son."
"This child was not only born in a cloudy year, but also in a coffin. It's like a savior specially arranged by God. His surname should have been Li."
Le Yue was inexplicably shocked.
"The son's father died of illness when the son's mother was just pregnant, and his mother had dystocia during childbirth. After her death, the child was born. Because he was a coffin child, his parents' family refused to raise him and abandoned him in the cemetery , was adopted by an old man surnamed He who looked after the grave. When the village head found the child, he was suffering from smallpox, and he was only half hanging. The village head pretended to be a doctor and saved the child's life, pretending that the treatment needed to be cut open. He took nine drops of blood from his finger. After the locust tree was saved, the village head thought the matter was over. But he never thought that after six or seventy years, this child is still alive, and for the life of his grandson, Went into the village to ask for medicine. Just now, the old man surnamed He went to the shrine to beg the village chief to save his grandson. Under the begging, in a moment of grief and anger, he hit the tree with his head. The tree was restored because of his blood, and it was connected with him. , but the old man surnamed He bumped into it, and the tree fell down, but he was safe. Le Yue scratched the back of his head: "Uh... Song Weng's dystocia is because he thinks that the three juniors have a good relationship with Mr. He, and wants us to try to get it for you quietly. How many drops of blood? "
The village head sighed and said: "It's just dumped, blood is unnecessary, but to put this tree into the ground again, three people need to cast spells with all their strength, now there is no one alive in Linggu Village who is capable of casting spells except for the old man and Qing'er. I have no choice but to ask a few people for help."
Qing Yao said: We are not from Linggu Village, can it be okay?The village chief stared at Zhao Yuan and Qing Yao and said: "Several people who have practiced Xuan Dao spells have a faint sense of immortality in their bodies, and they are connected with the breath of our village. They are the most suitable candidates."
Then he straightened his clothes and got up, bowing again and saying, "Wanwang, you and I will help our village solve this predicament."
Le Yue and Qing Yao naturally agreed immediately.Zhao Yuan also said: As long as you can help, please do not hesitate to ask.
The village chief thanked him happily, then turned his head and called out: "Qing'er, the three honored guests have agreed, come out."
The bamboo curtain in the corner of the room was lifted, and the female Feng Leqing came out from the inner room, saluted gracefully, and said softly: "Can you please stretch out your right hand, so that I can test the spiritual power of the three of you."
Le Yue stretched out his hand first, and Le Qing pressed his hand bowl for a moment, frowning slightly, then pressed Zhao Yuan's right hand pulse gate, her eyebrows frowned even tighter, and when it was her turn again, her hazy look finally faded away.
"Mr. Le is messy and weak. This young master's spiritual power is mellow, but his nature is yang, and he is not in harmony with the locust tree. Only the young master's spiritual power is long and gentle, so he is the most suitable candidate." He bowed his head to Qingyao, " I leave this to Your Excellency."
So it was decided that Qingyao and the village chief Leqing would rescue Huaimu together, with Leyue and Zhaoyuan guarding the side.The treatment of pagoda tree needs to be cast in the middle of the day, for three consecutive days.Only after the locust tree recovers can the medicine-seeking ceremony be held again.
Qing Yao and the village chief Le Qing learned the healing circle together. Le Yue and Zhao Yuan went back to their residence and told the three people who were asking for medicine about it.
Walking out of the shrine, Zhao Yuan saw Bai Zhi sitting on the wall, her expression was a little weak, Zhao Yuan asked concerned: "You look a little uncomfortable, is it related to the falling of the locust tree?"
Bai Zhi nodded, the silver chain tied to her left hand turned black, and the sleeve of her left arm was faintly gray: "I'm so tired now, Long, thank you for staying and helping me."
Zhao Yuan said: "It's not me who helps you, but Daoist Qingyao. My magic power can't help, so I can only be a guardian at the side."
Baizhi smiled faintly: "Being a guardian is also helping me. Anyway, thank you." The way she smiled was quite different from the cold and arrogant attitude before. Fly back to the main hall of the shrine.
Le Yue patted Zhao Yuan's shoulder meaningfully.
Mu Lun was very impatient. His mother was seriously ill and couldn't wait for too long.After listening to Le Yue's words, he hurried out of the room with a cold face and headed towards the shrine.
Barryson's wife was still chronically ill rather than acute, so he was calmer.Mr. He lay face down on the bed, ignoring Le Yue's words at all.
Le Yue and Zhao Yuan had nothing to do, so they went to Aunt Jiu for help.Le Yue went to get firewood from the back of the house, and saw Bai Lichen in the courtyard, holding a paper-made frog in his hand, teasing Aunt Ninth's son Xiaosong.
Bai Lichen was a big and big guy, coaxing the child with a smile all over his face, this situation was a bit weird no matter how you looked at it.
Bai Lichen caught a glimpse of Le Yue, handed the paper frog to Xiaosong, touched the top of his head, stood up and chatted with Le Yue, and went to help in the kitchen with some firewood.
When the meal was about to finish, Mu Lun came back, his face was full of sorrow, and he walked slowly. Bai Lichen came out of the kitchen and patted him on the shoulder: "Mr. You can't change what you say about it." A few words of comfort to him, and entered the room with him.
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