medicine stone without medicine

Seeing the child's frightened animal-like appearance, Jun Naiyun felt a little pity.

He spread his palms to the child, expressing that he had no malice.

The child in front of him was thin and thin, he looked only seven or eight years old, his clothes were ragged, his face and hair were covered with mud, and he couldn't even see his face clearly.

Jun Naiyun pointed to his arm:

"Show me the injury, okay?"

Hearing this, the child hesitated for a moment, then stepped back a little.

Jun Naiyun pointed to his arm, then patted her own.Only then did the child understand what he meant, so he slowly raised his hand.

His sleeves were torn open in two places, and there were two deep bony scars on his pale and thin arms, and he didn't know how he did it.

Jun Naiyun could see that he was afraid, so he didn't touch him.

He just asked:

"How did you get in?"

The child pointed to the city wall.

Jun Naiyun asked again:

"Where are you from and what's your name?"

The kid shook his head.

"City Master, this little mute entered the city privately, so he can't stay longer, just drive him out."

A guard said dissatisfied:

"If those people outside follow suit and crawl in from the outside one after another, is that okay?"

"Such a young child is still injured. If you drive him out now, will you give him a way to survive?"

Jun Naiyun didn't listen to Jinwei's words.

He stood up and stretched out his hand to the child:

"Go, I'll take you to find a doctor."

The child looked at his hands and then at him.

He tentatively raised his hand to pass it over, but quickly took it back before touching it.

Jun Naiyun was stunned for a moment, knowing that he didn't dare, so he just said:

"Then follow me."

After finishing speaking, he waved at the two guards and walked to the main street.

After walking a few steps, he looked back and saw that the little mute was following behind him.

The guards around him couldn't hold back and complained:

"Why does the city lord always help them? You fed that mad dog on the street last time. That dog was ungrateful and would bite you every time you passed by. I think these people are the same. indefinite."

Jun Naiyun didn't pay much attention, just smiled:

"You can't generalize, there are always people who are different."

That day, Jun Naiyun took the little mute to the best medical clinic in Jincheng. After putting him down, he gave enough money and went back home by himself.

In the troubled times, there were countless such poor children, and it was impossible for him to save them one by one.

But it is good to be able to help one person.

After that, even though there were voices of incomprehension and doubt every day, Jun Naiyun still insisted on serving porridge outside the city every day.

Another afternoon, when Jun Naiyun was serving porridge, he was suddenly pulled by his sleeves by the guards beside him.

Konoe said mysteriously:

"That little mute that day saw you for a long time."

Jinwei pointed to the bushes on the side, Jun Naiyun turned his head and took a look, only to see a small furry head protruding from behind the bushes.

Jun Naiyun bent his lips and smiled.

He served a bowl of porridge, motioned for the guards to take care of it, and then walked to the grass with the bowl in hand.

When he approached, the person behind the bushes carefully looked up.

The child has a pair of clear deer eyes, and looks inexplicably innocent, which is pitiful.

Jun Naiyun handed him the porridge in his hand and asked:

"How's the injury?"

The little mute tentatively took the porridge bowl, took a sip, put the bowl down again, and showed Jun Naiyun his arm.

The wound on his arm has scabbed over, and it will be fully healed in a while.

Jun Naiyun smiled at him, raised his hand again, and paused for a moment. Seeing that the little mute was not disgusted, he tentatively patted his head.

A few days after that, the little mute would always follow him to the gate of the city, and Jun Naiyun would leave a bowl of porridge for the little mute every day.

One day, it was very late when Jun Naiyun returned home, there were no people on the street, only the moonlight reflected his shadow.

Jin Wei walked beside him, Qi said:

"Hey, why didn't you see that mad dog today?"

"Maybe he went somewhere else." Jun Naiyun didn't care.

"No, that dog barks here at night. He can't catch up or drive away. I see him every day."

Jun Naiyun didn't take it seriously. It wasn't until the next day that he saw a few new wounds on the little mute's body, which were obviously the tooth marks of beasts. Then he realized that there was a possibility.

Jun Naiyun felt a little distressed and asked:

"The dog on the street hasn't shown up these days, did you drive him away?"

The little mute nodded.

Jun Naiyun: "Why."

The little mute paused, then pointed to the bowl of porridge in his hand, and tried to say two words in a somewhat unfamiliar manner:

"thanks."

However, it was these simple two words that gave Jun Naiyun an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

The things he struggled with in the past few days seemed to have disappeared in smoke.

No one around him seemed to support or understand what he was doing.

He himself was confused and shaken.

This "thank you" seemed to suddenly prove something.

Because Jun Naiyun suddenly became convinced that it was worth it.

Everything he does is worth it.

The starting point of kindness is really not to ask for something in return.

All he wanted was for someone to tell him that all the things he did were meaningful.

The war in the outside world continues, and there are more and more refugees outside Jincheng. Some people even set up simple sheds and plan to live here for a long time.

During this period, the residents of Jincheng protested once, but in the end they drove all outsiders out of the city gate.But Jun Naiyun secretly left the little mute behind.

After the refugees in the city left, the city restored some of its former glory.People even held a celebration for this. On that day, there was endless laughter, singing and dancing on the street, and the sound spread outside the city, in stark contrast to the dead refugees who were displaced and scrambled for a bowl of porridge.

The two parties have temporarily reached a delicate balance, and it seems that this can continue forever.

Until one day, Jun Naiyun was awakened by a knock on the door in his sleep.

Get up and open the door, there is an anxious guard standing outside the door:

"City Lord, something happened outside the city gate!"

Jun Naiyun hurriedly put on his clothes and went out. As soon as he left the city lord's mansion, he heard screams from outside the city gate.

The clouds were almost faintly tinged with blood.

On the street, the townspeople who were woken up by the calls and went out to check didn't know what happened. Jun Naiyun calmed down a few words, and then walked quickly to the city gate.

He walked up to the city wall, but what he saw made him turn pale.

The sky and the earth are all scarlet.

The color of the clouds was the abnormal light caused by the disturbance of the spiritual flow, but the ground was dyed red with layers of blood.

Black puffs of smoke scurried in mid-air. Apart from those, there were countless monsters with different appearances on the ground, massacring the refugees outside the city.

Those people screamed and wanted to escape, but after all, mortal wombs were no match for a hundred-year-old monster, and they had nowhere to escape.

It is easier for a demon with high cultivation to kill people here than for a wolf to catch sheep in the sheepfold.

The crying mother holding the child, the man beating the city gate in vain, and the boy who was cut in half but still crawled forward with blood trailing behind him.

The monsters stood together in twos and threes, laughing a few times in their spare time.They looked at those people as if they were looking at a group of ridiculous ants.

Jun Naiyun's face was pale, he just wanted to ask someone to open the city gate to save them, but before he could speak, a monster with black feathers landed in front of him.

Seeing this, the guard drew his sword.

"City Lord Jun, I advise you not to."

The man ignored the guard at all.

He had a smiling face, folded his arms, looked at Jun Naiyun and said.

Jun Naiyun took half a step back subconsciously:

"This is the boundary of our Jincheng. Are you making trouble in Jincheng, is it too much?"

"Really?" The man shrugged, not paying much attention:

"Although the demon king of my family has signed a contract with your family, it does not mean that your family can spoil our affairs."

After all, he smiled:

"We are just looking for someone under orders. We will leave naturally when we confirm that that person is indeed not here. Before that, please take care of City Lord Jun."

The man cupped his hands at Jun Naiyun, and without waiting for any reaction from him, he turned around and wanted to leave, but the next moment, his figure froze.

He frowned, sniffed lightly, and suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, looking towards a certain direction in the city.

"inside?"

The man seemed to be talking to himself, and then he raised his wings, making a gesture to fly into the city, but Jun Naiyun sternly stopped him:

"What are you doing! Demons are not allowed to step into the Jincheng territory, this is the rule!"

"Sorry, I forgot." The man said casually, and then said:

"But City Lord Jun, I hope you understand one thing. The essence of the contract between our family and Jincheng is not to harm the citizens of Jincheng, that is, 'people'. But what we are looking for now is a demon. If you insist on covering up, you will be treated as By unilaterally breaking the contract, I may not be able to treat Guicheng with courtesy at that time."

Jun Naiyun hesitated a little.

In the past, Jun Naiyun would categorically say that there is no one you are looking for in my city.

But some time ago, a large number of refugees flooded into Jincheng, and he didn't know if there would be some monsters who followed in troubled waters.

He is just a mortal, and has no ability to distinguish.

The man saw Jun Naiyun's hesitation, he chuckled lightly:

"I'm pretty sure that the person I'm looking for is here with you. In this way, I won't embarrass the city lord. After seven days, after seven days, hand over this person. Jincheng and our clan will still coexist friendly. Otherwise, I may have to go to the city in person I looked for it."

With that said, the man took out a scroll from the storage bag and handed it to Jun Naiyun.

Jun Naiyun hesitated, but finally took it.

He looked up at the man:

"People outside the city..."

"People outside the city don't seem to be under your control." The man interrupted him, and said slowly:

"We will clean up, sorry, I surprised the city lord."

After saying that, he flapped his wings fiercely and left the city wall.

Jun Naiyun slowly clenched the scroll in his hand.

The screams outside the city continued. Jun Naiyun closed his eyes and walked down the city wall in a daze. Facing other people's inquiries, he just shook his head and did not answer.

Jinwei helped persuade the city residents on the street to go back, and accompanied him all the way back to the city lord's mansion.

When the guards left at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, Jun Naiyun remembered to look at the scroll in his hand.

He sighed, and slowly unfolded the scroll, revealing a portrait of a child.

The child was about seven or eight years old, with a delicate and lovely appearance, and a pair of innocent deer eyes.

Jun Naiyun was startled.

At that moment, he noticed a figure moving in front of him.He subconsciously looked up, and just happened to meet those deer eyes.

The little mute was hiding in the corner watching him.

Jun Naiyun's heart kept sinking following a terrible guess.

He stared at him for a long time, and reluctantly bent the corners of his lips at the little mute.

He didn't say anything, just turned around and pushed the door open, stepped towards the threshold, but paused for a long time.

Finally, Jun Naiyun turned to look at the little mute who hadn't left yet, and asked:

"Little mute, do you want to... go home with me?"

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