(11)
The girl's sad past was brought back to her last night due to the incident with Fu Wentao, and her face was still stained with tears. The warm and pleasant sunshine outside happened to shine through the half-opened window on Murong Yan's tired face, trying to wipe away the decadence on her face, and inadvertently woke her up while she was still sleeping.
Her half-opened eyes were about to close again due to the bright golden light, forcing her to raise her hands to cover them while slowly sitting up. After putting on my shoes, the first thing I thought about was to go out and look for Bai Feng. After their long talk yesterday, Bai Feng stayed with her until she fell asleep. Murong Yan was very grateful for this in her heart.
After running away from the Fu family, he went east for his mother's words. He has been lonely all the time, thinking that he would only end up with a more miserable fate than his mother in the future. Fortunately, he met Bai Feng. Although her first encounter with him was not very pleasant, and the other party even suspected her true identity, everything that happened after that had already proved that the original encounter was a gift of "fate". Thinking of this, Murong Yan couldn't resist her inner impulse and wanted to snuggle up to "Brother Feng". Even if she was just by his side, she would be very satisfied.
Then he moved to the dressing mirror to dress up for a while, and then prepared to open the door and leave. Unexpectedly, after opening the door, he saw Mei Niang about to knock on the door. The two looked at each other for a moment. Murong Yan broke the silence first and said: "Sister Mei Niang, do you have anything to do with me so early?"
"Uh..." Mei Niang hesitated and said: "Miss Murong, please come with me to my godfather's room. We have some clues about the 'strange disease'!" As soon as she finished speaking, Mei Niang pulled her hand. The hand left that place urgently.
When the two of them arrived at Qian Xi's place, they saw that the other party was flipping through a book, so they did not dare to disturb him. So she walked quietly to the table, Mei Niang made a pot of tea and motioned for Murong Yan to sit down and taste it carefully.
After half a stick of incense, the sadness on Gan Xi's face gradually disappeared, and he sat next to the two of them and asked: "Miss Murong, according to the book, the name of the 'strange disease' I suffer from is 'Corpse Curse' . It is caused by the resentment of the deceased who has not been eliminated and is attached to his bones. The method to break the curse requires a ritual called 'blood matchmaking'. I wonder if the girl has heard of it?"
"'Blood matchmaker'?" Murong Yan shook her head and denied it.
Gan Xi continued: "The ancestors of the Xianbei people believed that after death, the soul can be lodged in something, so that it can stay in the mortal world forever and not suffer the pain of reincarnation. The name of this thing is 'blood stone', It is an extremely rare stone that is bright red in color and gathers the aura of heaven and earth. Only people with the blood of witches can complete this ritual. The witches often use blood stones as mediators. It is made into a bell so that it can be used to perform magic."
"Bell?" Murong Yan asked in surprise, "Could it be the string of copper bells my mother left for me?"
Qian Xi suddenly dropped the book in excitement, walked up to Murong Yan, grabbed her shoulders with both hands, and shouted loudly: "Where is it! Where is it!" The Xianbei girl was startled by the other person's actions, and immediately Forgetting how to answer, he opened his mouth slightly and looked at the other person in fear.
Mei Niang hurriedly stopped Qian Xi's gaffe, separated him from Murong Yan, and apologized to the latter repeatedly.
Murong Yan smiled and said it was okay. After all, there was only hope of curing the disease, which would inevitably make Qian Xi excited. Then she said: "It...is on Brother Feng."
Almost at the same time, there was a knock on the door. Mei Niang comforted Qian Xi, then turned around and opened the door. Bai Feng stood outside the door as if she had a "tune in mind".
"Excuse me, Yan'er..." Halfway through her words, Bai Fengye saw Murong Yan sitting inside, breathing erratically next to her, and staring straight at her Qian Xi. Then he walked straight to Murong Yan and asked: "Yan'er, I saw your door was wide open, and I heard a man's roar from here... They didn't do anything to you, right?"
"No!" Murong Yan was puzzled by Bai Feng's caution, but smiled happily: "Master Qian, he has found a way to cure the disease, and he just used the string of copper bells I gave you!"
"Bronze bell?" Bai Feng untied the copper bell, held it in the palm of his hand, and said, "Why do you suddenly know it again? Shouldn't the method be in Su Qing's hands?"
After hearing this, Qian Xi opened his eyes even wider and looked at Mei Niang, silently responding. Seeing this, Mei Niang had no choice but to walk up to Bai Feng, give a Wanfu gift first, and reply: "This is a rubbing. Brother Mei found it accidentally while rummaging through boxes and cabinets..."
"Rubbing?" Bai Feng said hesitantly, "Then let's quickly treat Mr. Qian's illness!" After speaking, he returned the copper bell in his hand to its owner.
Seeing Bai Feng being so straightforward, Qian Xi felt guilty for thinking that Bai Feng was unwilling to help him, and said: "Miss Murong... I am just being rude..."
"It's okay, let's quickly tell you what to do!"
Qian Xi nodded, picked up the book again, and flipped through it: "It is recorded in the book that every Wu clan member has his own blood stone. The way to cure the 'corpse curse' is to use the souls of the deceased to dispel the curse." The vengeful spirit on the cursed person. The specific method is: use the blood of the witch tribe as a guide, and drop it into the blood stone of the deceased. If there is a response, immerse the blood stone in clean water, the water will turn red, and the cursed person will drink it. , and then you will be healed.”
Several people looked at the copper bells in Murong Yan's hands and found that there were actually several of them. Since the book does not record how to identify the owner of the blood stone, we can only try one by one.
Murong Yan pricked her finger with a needle and first dropped the blood into a copper bell that looked newer, but no response; then she dripped the blood into a bronze bell that looked the darkest, but still no response. In the end, only a copper bell remained. After Murong Yan completed the procedure according to the original method, there was still no reaction.
When Qian Xi saw that the reality was different from what was said in the book, he said it was impossible. Just when he thought all hope was lost and all hope was gone. The last brass bell suddenly started ringing miraculously continuously! Such a magical situation reminded Bai Feng of the scene when he and Murong Yan first arrived at Xunxiang Pavilion, because at that time, the string of copper bells also started to ring strangely on its own. Thinking back carefully, it was the relatively new copper bell that was ringing!
"Could it be that Yan'er's blood stone is in that copper bell!" Bai Feng said in her heart.
Qian Xi's face suddenly regained its vitality, as was the case with everyone at the time. After a while, Murong Yan placed the copper bell in the clear water. Just as the book said, the clear water gradually turned red, and Gan Xi drank the water immediately. Not long after drinking it, his body started to show strange symptoms. He clutched his chest, as if two streams of air were colliding with each other in his heart, squeezing him in the middle, making it difficult to breathe. He could only open his mouth wide and exhale and inhale continuously.
After a while, Qian Xi slowly walked to the window and opened the window that had been closed. The bright sunshine hugged him tightly like a long-lost old friend.
"There is no burning sensation!" Qian Xi said to himself: "It's okay! It's finally okay!" I don't know how long he had been holding these words in his heart. In short, he seemed to have vented all his long-suppressed resentment. When Mei Niang saw her lover standing in the sun, looking heroic and heroic, just like the young man who handed the camel reins to her hands that year, she couldn't help but burst into tears and went over to hug him tightly.
"Great! Great!" Mei Niang was also so happy that she couldn't describe it, and could only keep repeating those simple words. Murong Yan and Bai Feng on the side were naturally very happy about this situation, even though Bai Feng still thought there was something fishy about men and women.
Zhao Kuo, Ajuan, and Zhao Xiaomei heard something strange here and rushed over one after another. After understanding the details, everyone has fun together. Murong Yan looked at Bai Feng and suddenly thought of whether she could help him fulfill his inner wish: to find a husband for his sworn sister.
So Murong Yan walked up to Qian Xi and asked, "Mr. Qian, everyone is happy to see you back to normal. But... is there any method of 'divination and searching for people' written in that book?"
"Looking for someone by divination?" Qian Xi left the sun, walked back to the table, and read through: "Of course there is such a thing, but who is Miss Murong looking for?"
"It's Brother Feng's wish." Murong Yan looked at Bai Feng and replied.
"Yan'er, you still remember it!" Bai Feng pursed his lips and smiled: "Well, I must repay that kindness!"
