Xiangguo Temple in Beijing.
Bi Hui looked at the person lying on the bed seriously and asked Master Wu who was standing next to him: "Master, how is he doing now?"
The enlightened master sighed: "Amitabha, it's a sin. This donor's condition is very strange. I'm afraid I can't do anything."
Lying on the bed was a young man, about eighteen or nineteen years old. His handsome face had two sharp eyebrows tightly knitted between his brows, making him look cold and stern befitting his age.
He didn't know what the disease was, but his face was very pale, and there was a vague air of death. He lay motionless on the bed, and if he wasn't still breathing, one would almost think it was a corpse.
Bi Hui's legs just couldn't stand for long, so he sat on a chair nearby.
He frowned and said: "Since Master has no way, does Master know who else in the world can cure this strange disease?"
Master Enlightenment shook his head.
Bi Hui also fell silent.
"But..." Master Wuluo suddenly said: "I once read a strange book before. Although the strange book is incomplete and has been lost now, the benefactor's condition is a bit like what is recorded in the strange book... …”
Bi Hui asked: "What kind of disease is it? Is there any treatment?"
Master Wuluo paused and said hesitantly: "According to what is written in the book, it should be... Gu."
Bi Hui said with a cold face: "Master, be careful what you say."
The person lying on the bed was not an ordinary person, but the noble Third Prince. If his illness was caused by a poison, then the matter would be serious. It is impossible for the third prince to be poisoned for no reason. Someone must have assassinated him. So who is so bold and dares to assassinate the third prince?
Master Wu seemed to know that the patient was an extraordinary person, but there was really no other way. Seeing that the patient's life was hanging by a thread, if something went wrong, Xiangguo Temple might not be able to escape the blame.
"I don't dare to speak nonsense, but it is recorded in the book that there is a poisonous poison called 'Three Corpses Gu'. People who are infected by the poison will have convulsions all over the body and develop poisonous sores until they die."
Bi Hui's face suddenly darkened, and it was quite scary that the face that had always been smiling suddenly turned serious. He said in a cold voice: "Does he have a sore on his body?"
Master Wuluo had a look of regret on his face and a compassionate voice, "Yes. I had convulsions before the donor came, and it stopped after I gave you the acupuncture. It's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause..."
"Is there any treatment method recorded in the book?"
Master Wu shook his head, "This book is incomplete and contains no treatment methods. This poison resides in the host's body, sucking the host's essence and blood and injecting venom. I'm afraid it won't be good if it drags on any longer."
Bi Hui quietly looked at the third prince who was undergoing tremendous torture on the bed, thinking about countermeasures in his mind.
The third prince was kind-hearted in nature, courteous to others, and was a rare talent for governing the country. It would be unacceptable if he was assassinated by a villain and lost his life like this.
In addition, Bi Hui was on good terms with the third prince, so he was emotionally unable to accept this tragic ending.
Who else can be treated?
Suddenly, a person flashed in Bi Hui's mind. He looked at the third prince's face, made up his mind, called the guards guarding the door in, and gave a few instructions.
The guard knelt down on one knee, saluted, and left after receiving the order.
…
Qi Ao finally said it. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanyu agreed after thinking about it.
He is now practicing martial arts with Li Zhuangzhuang, first practicing the basic skills solidly, and then teaching him boxing techniques.
When he officially becomes Zhu Yuanyu's personal guard, he can follow him as he wishes.
He has now moved out of the small courtyard where he lived before and lives in the same room as Li Zhuangzhuang. Because they are Zhu Yuanyu's personal bodyguards and have special status, they do not need to squeeze into the back seat like other servants. This is also a privilege.
If possible, Qi Ao would like to have a room to himself, because he is worried that he will talk in his sleep when he dreams at night. After all, it is impossible for him to know how he is sleeping when he is asleep. The habit of talking in sleep led to him unintentionally exposing his ulterior thoughts, and it would be bad if Li Zhuangzhuang knew about it.
Fortunately, nothing happened so far, which made him feel relieved. However, Li Zhuangzhuang's loud snoring almost made him unable to sleep.
Even if Zhu Yuanyu was not in a hurry to ask him to serve as a guard, Qi Ao would get up early in the morning and practice basic skills hard. After breakfast, he would guard Zhu Yuanyu. After dinner, he would punch more than a dozen times before taking a shower and rest. This cycle continued.
Since he couldn't be persuaded, Zhu Yuanyu let him go.
For this reason, Li Zhuangzhuang felt an inexplicable sense of crisis and learned to get up earlier than before to practice martial arts. When Zhu Yuanyu found out, he ordered the kitchen to prepare a rich breakfast for the two of them so that they would not be full after exercising a lot.
Zhu Yuanyu likes to tease Mao Tou, such as throwing out a small sandbag in his hand. Mao Tou will run and pick it back with a bang. Then Zhu Yuanyu touches its head and throws out the small sandbag filled with cotton. Every time Mao Tou They all enjoyed themselves and immersed themselves in it.
Zhu Yuanyu asked Cui'er to make the small sandbag, which is about the size of a fist. Every day, Mao Tou takes out the small sandbag from his nest on time and asks Zhu Yuanyu to play with it.
Speaking of its nest, Zhu Yuanyu made it for it himself.
Cut the wooden board into a rectangular shape, and open a door on the front wooden board. Then put the seven rectangular wooden boards together, and finally fix them with nails. A simple dog house is made.
The dog's kennel was placed outside Zhu Yuanyu's room. He would not let it climb onto his bed. Besides, it would be easier for Mao Tou to pee and poop if it was placed outside. The kennel is padded with cloth, and if it's winter, a special small quilt will be padded. If it's colder, it will be moved indoors.
It seems that Mao Tou also likes his new nest very much. He doesn't need anyone to teach him, he will get in there and stay there when he sleeps.
It also likes to collect all the things that it thinks are its own (such as toys made for it by Zhu Yuanyu) in its own nest, and only takes them out when it wants to play.
Sometimes Li Zhuangzhuang would secretly bend down and reach in when Mao Tou was not around, and he would always take out some items that were so chewed up that it was difficult to see what they were originally. Then he looked at them curiously, and Mao Tou was probably Throw the items back quickly when you come back.
Maotou would not leave Zhu Yuanyu easily. Unless it was to pee and poop, Li Zhuangzhuang really had no chance of succeeding.
This was probably the first time he saw a dog in his life. Li Zhuangzhuang was always curious about Mao Tou, but the hatred made him subconsciously keep a distance from Mao Tou. Zhu Yuanyu found it interesting to watch.
Now Zhu Yuanyu was still throwing small sandbags. He was so entangled in the hair that he softened his heart and could only put down the book he was reading and get up to play with it.
Maotou can only catch the small sandbags thrown by Zhu Yuanyu, but it will not pay attention to those thrown by others. Qi Ao and Li Zhuangzhuang have experienced this kind of embarrassment.
One person and one dog were having fun, and the three people next to them were enjoying themselves, and then a servant came over.
Zhu Yuanyu stopped and asked, "What's the matter?"
The servant saluted and said, "There is a man outside the door. He said he has something to see you, young master."
"Did you say who it was?"
"I didn't tell you. Master, you will understand after reading this."
The servant took out a round jade pendant and presented it to Zhu Yuanyu.
Zhu Yuanyu took it and saw that the round jade pendant was engraved with the word "Hui". He immediately recognized that it was Bi Hui's portable jade pendant.
"Bring people in."
After a while, the servant walked in followed by a man dressed up.
The man saluted and said respectfully: "Sir, my general has invited you."
Zhu Yuanyu nodded. Bi Hui must have something important to do before he asked people to come over. As for what it was, it might not be convenient to say. You'll know when you get there.
"lead the way."
Qi Ao and Li Zhuangzhuang were not brought along.
…
It was also the first time for Zhu Yuanyu to come to Xiangguo Temple. He was worthy of being appointed by the royal family, and his magnificence was extraordinary.
Following the well-dressed man leading the way, Zhu Yuanyu felt that he must have entered the depths of the temple. From the initial meeting of pilgrims to the present one, there was no one there, and he didn't even know how many turns he had taken in the verandah.
Just as he was thinking about why he hadn't arrived yet, the man in the well-dressed suit slowed down.
Zhu Yuanyu saw five men in the same smart clothes guarding the door in front of him. They were wearing the same clothes as the people leading the way. It seemed that they had arrived at their destination.
The well-dressed man leading the way knocked on the door and said, "General, we're here."
"Come in."
The door opened, Zhu Yuanyu stepped in, and then the door behind him was gently closed, and the man in the smart suit who led the way did not come in with him.
Bi Hui stood up. Although his face was expressionless, his eyes were apologetic, "Yuan Yu, I'm so sorry. I invited you here because I had no choice but to do so."
Zhu Yuanyu smiled and his eyes fell on the person on the bed.
At this sight, his smile disappeared and his expression became serious, "Is this?" The halo of the person on the bed was very dark.
Bi Hui glanced at Master Wu, who nodded, stepped forward, and said to Zhu Yuanyu: "The patient may have been poisoned. I wonder if the donor has any way to cure it?"
"Who is the master?"
"Lao Na's Dharma has been enlightened."
"Oh, Master Wu, do you know what the poison is?"
"According to the strange book, the patient's symptoms are very similar to those of people infected with the 'Three Corpse Gu'."
Zhu Yuanyu's heart trembled and he murmured: "Three Corpse Gu..."
Bi Hui said nervously: "What does Yuan Yu know?"
"Yeah." Zhu Yuanyu nodded, pointed at the third prince on the bed and asked, "How long has he been like this?"
"Starting this morning."
"Then maybe there's still hope..."
Bi Hui's heart tightened, "Is it really caused by poison?"
"Judging from the symptoms, it does seem to be caused by a poisonous poison. This 'Three Corpse Poison' is cast into the human body, incubating for a moment and then acting immediately. The poison is extremely violent. It is a miracle that he can survive until now."
Zhu Yuanyu rolled up his sleeves and folded them, revealing his white wrists. He stepped forward and lifted the thin quilt covering the third prince's body, then pulled it apart, revealing that what should have been smooth and clean was now full of hair. A chest covered in sores.
Bi Hui looked stunned.
The enlightened master recited "Amitabha" in his heart.
