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"Ah Jiu, get up and drink some medicine, you will get better after drinking the medicine."

The burnt man lay quietly on the hay, as if he heard his soft calling, he raised his eyes and looked at him hard.

"Ah Jiu..." There was a moment of grief and joy, Yuanqing sucked on his red nose from the cold, and showed a smile that was uglier than crying.He carefully lifted him up, leaned half against the pillars of the dilapidated house, lowered his head and blew on the pitch-black decoction that still had dregs floating in it, and watched Ah Jiu sip it in small sips, with gentle eyes . "Drink slowly."

Such a simple movement seemed to make Ah Jiu exhausted. He murmured softly: "I...it's fine..." Then he closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

It seems to be a little better than before.Secretly heaving a sigh of relief, Yuanqing fiddled with the bonfire a few times to make the fire burn more vigorously.

"It's okay, take a good rest, I'll watch over you." Yuanqing stretched out his hand, touched his flushed face distressedly, and finally took off the peace charm hanging on Ah Jiu's neck, with a few yellow weeds on it .

When his fingertips touched the blood-red runes on it, he shivered and withdrew his hand with an exclamation as if he had been scalded.

"I..." He stared at his hand, terrified, with obvious burns on it.

Buddhist amulets, exorcising evil and avoiding evil spirits.

He resolutely pressed his hand on the ground and rubbed the wound vigorously until it was dripping with blood.

As soon as it left the water, the tail turned into two legs again, and the scales on its body fell off automatically.

The terrified expressions of the two people on the river bank and the ferocious death of the boat boss who was strangled to death suddenly flashed across his mind. Their desperate roars echoed in his ears like sharp libretto on the stage, and Yuanqing held his hands helplessly. own face.

If they hadn't fled for their lives in a panic, such an accident would not have happened.He is not a monster, nor is he evil, no, absolutely not!

"What should I do, Ah Jiu? I seem to have killed someone..." Yuan Qing murmured to himself in a daze as he stared at the lines on his bony palms with dull eyes.

However, the sleeping person only had a long breathing sound, and did not answer him.

There was a long queue at the entrance of Jimin Hall, and the people who came to see the doctor were like crucian carp crossing the river, innumerable.A new couplet was changed at the gate today. The first couplet reads "Hua Tuo reincarnated", and the second couplet reads "Bian Que is reborn after turning bad luck into good fortune". Many people pointed to the new couplet and discussed it with gusto.

"Guizhi five qian, mahua three qian, supplemented with bamboo leaves eight qian, simmer for two hours, take it while it is hot, don't forget." The gray-haired doctor Zhang is in a very good mood today, and specially reminded him twice .

Yuan Qing nodded repeatedly, took the medicine bag neither humble nor overbearing, and said softly: "Thank you, doctor."

The old man with white beard and hair raised his eyebrows and stared at him, then handed him another medicine bag, sighed, and said with a bit of pity, "Take it, mash it up and apply it several times, it won't hurt. Leaving scars. Young people, there are always some bumps and bumps, but they are still useful."

Holding his hands in the air in embarrassment, Yuanqing pursed his lips, feeling that it was not right for him to accept, nor was it right to refuse.

Amused by his hesitation, Dr. Zhang stroked his gray beard, and added: "The old man's Jimin Hall still doesn't lack this little money, so let's treat it as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."

"This - thank you doctor." With joy in his eyes, Yuanqing took it solemnly with both hands, and even knelt down to kowtow to the doctor.

After receiving this gift, Doctor Zhang couldn't help but think back to the day when this young man was rejected for medicine, he actually knelt in broad daylight at the feet of the famous corpse hunter in Sanjiang City.In order to save his elder brother, the boy kowtowed and begged the boss of the boat to take him out to sea.The half-old child is even younger than his own youngest grandson. With such a thin body, can he still survive in the winter to fish for ladles?

He has lived most of his life, and has seen so many life and death.Although his heart is not soft, but what he saw with his own eyes, he couldn't help being moved with compassion, and couldn't just sit back and watch.When he asked his buddy to chase him back, he was told that the young man and the boss of the boat had long since disappeared.

At that time, Dr. Zhang was in a bad mood, this young man was probably in danger, but who would have seen him again today.

"Don't go to sea with the boss of the ship in the future, it's too desperate. If your brother needs medicine urgently, I can give you credit." As if making up his mind, Doctor Zhang thought for a moment and promised.

"...No—no need, thank you doctor for your kindness." He is no longer short of money.Yuanqing subconsciously tightened the broken silver in his bosom, in the cold weather, his hands were already sweating a lot.

That day the boss of the boat was strangled to death by his tail, and the frightened youngest also fell into the river madly and died.He was in a daze for a while, and he should still remember the amount promised by the boat boss, so he took some broken silver from the money bag on the boat boss's body.

I am not a monster, and I have not intentionally hurt anyone, these are just accidents.As long as Ah Jiu gets better, everything will be as usual, and it will be the same as before.

Dreams have always been good, and the next day after grabbing the medicine and returning home, when Yuan Qing was stopped by a group of menacing people at the gate of Jimin Hall, he still felt as if he was in a dream.

"My lord, what's the matter?" Doctor Zhang didn't dare to neglect, he hurriedly bowed his hands and greeted him.

The leading man ignored it, impatiently took out the picture scroll and compared it carefully for a while, after confirming, he turned his head and said: "This is the young man, take him away."

As soon as the words fell, two people immediately came to restrain Yuan Qing, his hands were cut behind his back, and he couldn't move.

"My lord, what did this young man do? How could he arrest people for no reason?" Guessing that this young man went out to sea with the boss of the boat and stabbed something, Dr. Zhang bowed and rushed to join him.

The leading man snorted coldly: "At the order of the city lord, arrest the important criminals. Those who obstruct the case, such as idlers, will be regarded as accomplices."

The stone stuck in his heart seemed to have fallen to the ground, Yuanqing turned his head and looked at the old doctor who rarely interceded for him, and pleaded softly: "Do not worry about me, doctor, can you take care of my brother for me? He is still sleeping in the bed The largest steamed stuffed bun shop in the north of the city is located in the fifth abandoned house. Thank you, Doctor Yuanqing!"

"Child? Child!" Doctor Zhang still called him from behind, but was stopped by the officers and soldiers behind him.

He bears two lives on his body, at most he can bow his head and plead guilty, and Yuan Qing also admits the consequences, but he just hopes that Ah Jiu can get well soon so that he can see him one last time.

It's just that what he doesn't understand is why this matter finally came to the city lord.

Could it be that they have already noticed that the boss of the boat died strangely?Thinking of the fact that others might find out that he is a monster, Yuanqing couldn't help but get chills down his back.No, you must not let others know that he is a monster, especially Ah Jiu.

In the endless streets, such a mighty group of people can't keep a low profile. There are always passers-by's eyes falling on him from time to time, with curiosity or inquiry, or fear, like a thorn on his back.

He could bear others staring at him strangely, but if such a look of panic and fear appeared on Ah Jiu's face, he would not be able to bear it.

If Ah Jiu is also afraid that he will stay away from him, then he will have nothing.

Yuan Qing suddenly struggled like a trapped animal.

"Hold him quickly! Don't let him hurt you! The city lord has an order to catch him alive!"

He made a sudden attack, startled the group of people in a hurry, and frightened the pointing crowd to take a few steps back.In the confusion, Yuan Qing shook his head and finally blinked hard, but was defeated by the dizziness coming up, and passed out.