When Lu Zuo opened his eyes and woke up, except for Mr. Shuiyue and Zen Master Guzhi who laughed calmly, everyone else was almost jumping up and down with excitement.
Gao Jun and Yin Ji, one pulled Lu Zuo's arm and the other held his hand, "Finally woke up! You made us anxious."
With tears in his eyes, Lu Zuo looked at everyone and smiled slightly. He wanted to say a few words, but he couldn't come up with them. After finally squeezing for a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "How long...how long have I slept?" Already?"
Yin Ji replied excitedly: "It's been four months!"
Gao Jun and Yin Ji rushed to tell Lu Zuo many things that had happened since he was released from prison. An Jingruo suppressed his inner joy and hid aside without speaking.
Lu Zuo then asked with concern: "Where is my brother Renxiang and others?"
"Hey..." Gao Yun sighed, "Brother Renxiang was ostracized by the people in the court because of you, and now he has been demoted to Suzhou to serve as the general judge."
Lu Zuo sighed, and then asked Gao Yun, fearing that he would be affected by him, "What about you?"
Yin Ji said with a playful smile: "Second Brother Gao is now a top official, and he is General Jinwu Guard! Brother Gao is an inspector of the Ministry of Industry, and he is also very powerful!"
Lu Zuo smiled slightly, "Congratulations to you brothers..."
Gao Yun got excited and pointed at An Jing Ruo behind him and said, "Brother, if you hadn't been so lucky to have the princess go all the way to Penglai to invite Mr. Shuiyue, I don't think you would be able to see us now!"
Lu Zuo tilted his head and looked at An Jingruo, with tears about to burst out of his eyes. After trying his best to hold it back, he smiled slightly and said, "Thank you..."
Jing Jingruo also felt a sore nose, pursed her lips and nodded.
Then Lu Zuo also nodded to his master and Mr. Shuiyue, "Mr. Shuiyue, thank you for your life-saving grace."
Mr. Shuiyue chuckled and waved his hand, "You're welcome, I really want to thank you. Just thank you to my niece..."
When Jing Jingruo and Lu Zuo were told this, they both raised their eyes and looked at each other. In an instant, both of them blushed with embarrassment and avoided each other's eyes in embarrassment.
Lu Zuo struggled desperately to lean back against the bed, but he couldn't straighten his back. Gao Yun quickly stopped him and said, "Brother, don't move. You just woke up. I'll be here!"
When Gao Yun helped Lu Zuo up, Lu Zuo only felt pain all over his body. After struggling for a moment, Gao Yun saw his painful expression and did not dare to use any more force. Mr. Shuiyue quickly stepped forward and stopped Gao Yun: "Hey! No, no, no, it's best to lie down now and wait a few days to talk."
Seeing that Mr. Shuiyue looked wrong, Lu Zuo already knew it in his heart, so he closed his eyes and sighed. The originally cheerful atmosphere in the room suddenly became extremely heavy. Everyone stopped talking. Mr. Shuiyue and the Zen Master Guzhi looked at each other, and both He frowned.
Lu Zuo couldn't help but open his eyes, stared blankly at the roof, broke the silence, and asked in a calm tone: "Mr. Shuiyue, do you think this junior will never get up again?"
When everyone saw the question, they all turned their attention to Mr. Shuiyue. In their anxious eyes, everyone seemed to remind Mr. Shuiyue not to tell the truth and comfort him with a few good words first. Mr. Shuiyue lowered his head and smoothed his messy beard, "I am very lucky that you can wake up. I want to stand up..." At this point, Mr. Shuiyue did not say any more under the eager eyes of everyone.
Lu Zuo gritted his teeth, his eyes were empty, and the anger of hatred was burning in his heart. Suddenly, he felt itchy all over his body. When he wanted to reach out and scratch it, his hands and feet started to twitch involuntarily. Lu Zuo started to look in pain. ferocious. At this time, everyone was stunned. Mr. Shuiyue quickly took out the potion prepared in advance and asked Gao Jun and Yin Ji to cooperate with Lu Zuo to wipe it.
After applying the potion in this way, it took Lu Zuo a long time to stop the attack. At this time, Lu Zuo felt both physically and mentally because of the twitching all over his body just now. There were still a few lines of tears left in the corners of his eyes, and he was breathing heavily.
At this time, several young novice monks brought breakfast and placed it in the lobby. Vidyadhara opened the curtain, poked his head into the inner room and shouted: "Master, and all the donors, please come and use the breakfast first."
Yin Ji looked at Lu Zuo distressedly, "Master, do you want to eat something?"
Lu Zuo closed his eyes and shook his head, saying no. Everyone tried to persuade Lu Zuo to eat some, but Lu Zuo still closed his eyes and didn't answer.
"Eat something! In the past few months, you have been fed porridge by a few brothers in the temple. You haven't eaten dry food for several months." Gao Yun also begged kindly.
At this time, An Jingruo, who was watching emotionally from the side, had already brought in a box of cakes. He looked at Lu Zuo with a solemn look and said, "You are a smart man. If you are starved, Prince Ning's work will be in vain, and we will worry in vain. But people with ulterior motives get their own way.”
After hearing this, Lu Zuo was startled for a moment. Although these words were heartbreaking, they made sense. The reason why Prince Ning saved him from the tiger's mouth was just to use him to bring down the prince, and his closest relatives were trying to save him. She even cared for him day and night. The princess even went all the way to hire Mr. Shuiyue for her sake. How could she repay this kindness? Now that he has been tortured by the prince and Xun Mou to such a situation, if he continues to sink and degenerate, wouldn't he be sorry for his relatives and friends, not to mention that his father's great revenge has not yet been avenged, how can he fulfill the enemy's wishes, so Lu Zuo gritted his teeth, His eyes widened and he said: "Ji'er, go give me something to eat!"
Everyone else laughed in unison when they saw this.
After Lu Zuo ate a few pieces of pastries, he gradually discovered something was wrong. Everyone seemed to be looking at him with pity, and Lu Zuo also felt vaguely uncomfortable on his face, so he said lightly: "Ji'er, go get a bronze mirror."
Everyone was stunned again for an instant. Yin Ji turned around at a loss and looked at Zen Master Guzhi, as if asking for instructions on what to do.
Lu Zuo also saw everyone's doubts, "Ji'er, it's okay. Now that things have happened, there is nothing that I can't bear."
So Zen Master Guzhi told him to go to the lobby to get the bronze mirror. Shaoqing, Yin Ji took out the bronze mirror and showed it to Lu Zuo. Lu Zuo looked up at this unfamiliar face, as if it no longer belonged to him. If it was dark night, he might be frightened by himself. Unknowingly, tears were filling Lu Zuo's eyes, but he still didn't cry. Upon seeing this, Gao Yun pulled Yin Ji and asked him to quickly put the mirror away.
At this time, Mr. Shuiyue said with a smile: "This old man with this face can actually help you treat it!"
After hearing this, everyone was extremely excited. Lu Zuo also asked excitedly: "Seriously?"
Mr. Shuiyue nodded, "But...but it's difficult to return to the original appearance."
Lu Zuo looked at Mr. Shuiyue excitedly. If he could get up, Lu Zuo would have knelt down for him. "As long as these scars can be removed, this junior is willing to do anything!"
