Manager Jin asked: "Li Xiaolangjun is here to stay at the hotel too?"
Li Ang nodded and said, "Well, it's been a few years since I left Zhenzhou. This time I went back to my hometown to have a look, but I didn't expect to encounter heavy rain. Is there any room in this inn?"
"I'll go and ask when I get off."
Manager Jin quickly ran to the counter, took out a jade pendant from Liuguang Money Store, and pulled Shopkeeper Liu over to say a few words.
The latter glanced at the jade pendant, his eyes immediately widened, and he hurriedly ordered the waiter to prepare the room.
"There happen to be three more upper rooms."
Manager Jin came back with a smile, and his eyes inadvertently passed over Song Shaoyuan and others standing at the door, "Is it still enough?"
"That's enough. Thank you, Manager Jin."
"Don't dare."
Manager Jin waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I wonder if Mr. Li Xiaolang is free now? My master wants to see you."
Jin Wusuan didn't know that he was coming, so why did he suddenly want to see him.
Li Ang understood that Manager Jin wanted him to help check Jin Wusuan's condition, and he had no ill feelings toward such a loyal servant, so he nodded in agreement.
Manager Jin quickly asked the guards behind him to carry the salutes brought by Li Ang and others, while he took Li Ang upstairs and pushed open the door of Jin Wusuan's room.
As soon as he opened the door, Li Ang smelled a strong herbal scent.
Jin Wusuan was lying on the bed, taking a nap with his eyes closed. His face looked haggard, and his body, which was originally broad and round, was now so skinny that it was almost the same as a skeleton.
"Da Lang, Mr. Li Xiaolang from Chang'an Academy is here."
Manager Jin's nose felt sore and he woke up Jin Wusuan softly.
Jin Wusuan reluctantly opened his eyes and saw Li Ang's figure. He smiled and said, "Mr. Li Xiaolang, we meet again."
"Yes, we meet again."
Seeing Jin Wusuan who was so ill, Li Ang also sighed sadly.
When he came to Chang'an, he made his first pot of gold by doing business with Jin Wusuan by relying on absorbent cotton and soap. Later, he had conflicts with Jin Wusuan because of the affairs of Nie Yuhuan's family.
After going around in circles for several years, I never expected to witness the ending of my old friend in this way.
Li Ang used the silk thread surgery method to check Jin Wusuan's physical condition.
Under the ravages of cancer, Shopkeeper Jin's body has become extremely weak. Even if he uses precious medicinal materials regardless of the cost, it will not help.
Li Ang was even a little surprised at how Jin Wusuan could endure the pain all over his body and not faint from the pain.
With the idea of helping Lu Yunan repay his kindness, Li Ang secretly used ink to block the pain nerve hub in Jin Wusuan's body, blocking part of the pain signals, at least making him less painful at the end of his life.
Then he took back the silk, shook his head, and sighed.
Although he already knew the answer, Manager Jin still couldn't help but look sad, and at Jin Wusuan's instructions, he politely sent Li Ang away.
Li Ang came to the corner of the corridor and saw several familiar figures.
The mountain chief of Luli Academy, a monk in the Zhuxiao Realm, Lu Qingya.
As well as Ji Xingwang and Guan Anyan whom we met during the sudden change in Qishui Village a few years ago.
In addition, there are more than twenty doctors and students from Luli Academy.
Lu Qingya also saw Li Ang's presence, and both parties nodded without saying anything more.
Lu Qingya and the deceased monk Jianquan were close friends in life and death. In a sense, Jianquan died in Li Ang's hands. Although he fell into the devil's path, the Tiantai Mountain Zen Sect suffered as well.
It's really hard to explain the grievances and grievances. It's better to treat them as strangers and not see each other.
The two sides passed each other, Li Ang went to check in, and Lu Qingya also took his disciples into their respective rooms.
The actors are all here.
Jin Wusuan was lying on the bed, looking up at the ceiling, and took out an object from under the pillow with great effort.
"How many feet high is the city gate?"
Jin Wusuan hummed a vague children's song in his memory, touched the object with his hand, and his eyes gradually became distracted.
It was an extremely simple, animal-shaped bronze vessel.
Elephant trunk, rhino eyes, ox tail, tiger feet.
tapir.
"The city gate is thirty-six feet high."
The melody of the children's song continued. Jin Wusuan kept stroking the back of the bronze as if petting a cat. He was unaware that his palm had been cut by the bronze and blood was flowing out.
"Are you coming on a horse and sitting in a sedan chair?"
The blood flowed along the back of the bronze vessel and was absorbed before it even dripped onto the sheets.
"Come into the city and go around everywhere."
As the last line of the children's song was sung, the eyes of the bronze vessel suddenly lit up, emitting a scarlet light.
Dream tapir opened his eyes.
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The rain was getting heavier.
In the bedroom, Song Shaoyuan looked at the rain outside the window and yawned sleepily.
He was a little too familiar with his bed. He tossed and turned at night and couldn't fall asleep. He was afraid of disturbing You Xiao who was lying next to him, so he got up quietly.
His mother was sleeping on another bed in the room, facing the wall, with a swaddled baby cradle in her arms.
Maybe it was because he had slept enough during the day, but the baby was also awake, sucking his fingers and looking at Song Shaoyuan with his big watery eyes.
"Uh! Wow! Yeah!"
Song Shaoyuan leaned close to the cradle, made a slight strange noise, and made faces at his daughter, making her laugh.
"Shhhhhh, be gentle."
Song Shaoyuan quickly raised his fingers in front of his lips. The baby blinked in confusion, but did not make any noise and continued to suck his fingers.
Song Zhilei, this is her name.
Song Shaoyuan gently scratched his daughter's face with a loving look on his face and sighed silently.
My life has been complete. I have been admitted to the academy, married a lovely wife, and started a family. In the future, I may be able to pursue an official career, govern the place, and benefit the people. What more could I ask for?
The only trouble may be family conflicts.
Song Shaoyuan scratched his cheek. In fact, his mother wanted him to marry more concubines. She usually spoke with hints.
Although You Xiao said she agreed, based on Song Shaoyuan's understanding of her, she still had some grudges in her heart.
This should be the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law that Risheng often talks about, right?
"Ey."
The little baby regarded his father's palm as a toy and squeezed it here and there. Song Shaoyuan immediately put his depression behind and played with his daughter with a smile.
Returning to Zhenzhou this time, returning to my hometown in fine clothes, can also be considered as an explanation for my father who has been dead for many years.
"ah!!!!"
Suddenly, a shrill scream rang out in the inn, and the sound even vaguely reached Song Shaoyuan's room through the sound insulation effect.
(There were bursts of thunder outside. Song Shaoyuan put up the insulation notes himself, thinking to let his mother, wife and daughter sleep more peacefully)
Song Shaoyuan's movements suddenly froze, and he picked up his daughter without hesitation and put it into the arms of his mother who woke up.
He rushed to the desk, pulled out a few talismans, and threw them on the ground.
Alarm symbol, barrier symbol, prohibition symbol.
After arranging the talismans, Song Shaoyuan felt a little more at ease. He gestured to his mother and wife not to panic, walked slowly to the door, and observed the situation through the crack in the door.
The screams also woke up other people in the inn. The innkeeper ran out holding an oil lamp, turned on the button on the wall, and turned on the talisman lamp.
The structure of Yuelai Inn is in the classic "Hui" shape, with a hollow in the middle and houses surrounding it.
The doors of several rooms on the second floor opened from the inside, and several residents poked their heads out, wondering what was going on.
"Sunrise?"
When Song Shaoyuan saw Li Ang walking out of the next room, he opened the door and asked, "What's going on?"
"I don't know. Let's go down and have a look."
Li Ang shook his head, and with a move of his hand, the talisman plate placed on the table in the room flew up and installed itself on his wrist.
When the two came to the corridor, they saw a tall and thin figure stumbling out of the room deep in the corridor on the first floor, holding his bloody shoulder, looking terrified, and shouting: "Killing! Help!" !”
A short, fat figure chased out, holding a blade in his hand. He looked equally frightened and shouted: "He is a monster! Catch him! Don't let him run away!"
The two of them chased and ran away, running down the corridor.
The residents in the rooms on both sides didn't know why. When they heard the word "demon", they couldn't help but feel dazed and hesitated whether they should step forward.
Squeak——
The door opened and Lu Qingya stepped out of the room. He didn't need to use his spiritual energy. With just a look, the two people froze in place, unable to move.
"What happened?"
Lu Qingya spoke slowly, his voice filled with irresistible meaning.
The two men's bodies were still stiff, but their mouths were free again, and they immediately started yelling and blaming each other.
The tall and thin man shouted: "My brother went crazy for no reason and stabbed me with a knife in the middle of the night! He's crazy!"
The short and fat man shouted: "Master, don't listen to his nonsense! He is a demon! My mother gave birth to a son like me, and I have no brothers at all!"
(End of chapter)
