Lu Qiyun slowly leaned forward and held his hands indifferently, his tone full of apology: "I am not a good scholar, I can let go but I can't hold back. I was frightened and made a mistake in my action, hurting your highness's chamberlain, please forgive me! "
"It's a good test to sharpen your beard and sharp edge!"
The donkey-headed prince took a deep look at the young Taoist priest, and then turned to the long-bearded servant who was in despair on the ground, and comforted him with gentle words: "Xia Daban, you go to the imperial doctor immediately, and you should be able to reattach the severed finger. As for me, here ...I have made up my mind, and there is no need for me to persuade you!"
Upon hearing the name "Xia Daban", the long-bearded eunuch miraculously stopped shaking.
He slowly gathered the severed fingers on the ground together, held them tightly in his hands, and then stood up covered in blood, with a sad smile on his face: "Since His Highness insists on doing this, what else can I say? No matter what happens in the future, No matter what, there is always an old slave by your side!"
After saying that, the long-bearded servant turned around slumpedly and staggered out.
Looking away from Xia Daban, the donkey-headed prince no longer looked away and sat upright on the square stool. There was no fluctuation in his tone: "Excuse me, Sir Lu. Just peel off the donkey skin. Don't hurt my face."
Hearing this, Lu Qiyun couldn't help but frown: "Your Highness means..."
"I can feel that under this donkey skin that I don't know where it came from, my original face is still there. The base of the donkey's ears is where the original dragon's horns were. Lu Qing can tell it by just touching it!"
The young Taoist priest's eyes flashed, and he immediately stretched out his hand without hesitation and pinched the prince's ear. Sure enough, I felt the horn-like hard object inside through the skin.
He was determined in his heart, and felt that his wealth and future were already within his grasp, but he did not lose due caution. He immediately said: "It still needs to be verified with a knife. If it is true as His Highness said, I am 100% sure to remove this piece of paper." Donkey skin. After all, no matter how thin the skin is, it can't be touched by a poor Taoist's blade. I just want to make His Highness endure the temporary pain."
"Lu Qing just wants to verify it! I don't care about the slight pain!" The donkey-headed prince responded immediately, excitement and expectation flashed in his donkey eyes.
"Then please forgive me for being rude, Your Highness!"
Lu Qiyun quickly walked around behind the donkey-headed prince and stared at the lower edge of his neck. He saw that donkey skin and human skin fit together tightly, as if they were born that way.
He reached up and stroked it carefully, only to find that the place where he started was smooth and flat, and there was nothing strange about it. Chinese website
Lu Qiyun's expression remained unchanged, and he quickly raised his right arm. He swung the blade of the knife from top to bottom and already made a mark on the back of the opponent's neck.
The knife marks are light and almost non-existent.
The donkey-headed prince remained motionless, as if he had just been bitten by a mosquito. His lips moved and he said softly: "Lu Qing's knife is really sharp."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness!"
After two sentences, the knife mark on the donkey-headed prince's neck finally began to turn red, but there was still no blood seeping out.
Lu Qiyun roughly estimated the depth and made another stroke without hesitation.
Another knife mark appeared on the donkey skin at the back of the prince's neck. It was parallel to the previous one, only three-thirds apart from each other, and the length was the same, except that the latter one was a little shallower.
If one had not seen it with one's own eyes, it would be difficult for anyone to believe that such a fine knife would appear in the hands of a teenager.
Lu Qiyun silently checked the depth of the second knife without blinking. He raised his hand and struck again, this time it was a horizontal stroke, and it hit the intersection between donkey skin and human skin. Not too long, not too short, it just intersects with the two previous vertical knife marks.
Then, without thinking, the young Taoist priest turned the blade of his fingertips and gently picked at the intersection of the last two knife marks, lifting up a small corner of the donkey skin there.
This time, a drop of blood immediately emerged from where the knife fell.
Obviously, the knife went too deep.
The young Taoist priest paused for a moment, but his tone was indifferent. It was hard to tell whether it was a congratulation or an apology: "The thing covering your highness's head is indeed not a real donkey skin. It seems that it can be peeled off, but it is more thick than I expected." It’s a lot thinner.”
"It doesn't matter
! "
The donkey-headed prince seemed to want to turn his neck, but he held it back and said with precious words: "Continue!"
Lu Qiyun didn't respond, but his eyes became more focused.
He gently pressed the raised skin with his left index finger, and slowly drew the blade of his right hand inward along the opening.
Through the so-called donkey skin as thin as cicada wings, Lu Qiyun could clearly feel the cold touch of the blade on the index finger of his left hand, and he kept having the illusion that his finger had been cut.
After a moment, he gently peeled off a small piece of donkey skin soaked in blood, revealing the fair skin with golden texture underneath.
Everyone in the Zhou Dynasty knows that the current ruler of the country has the blood of the red golden Qiu, with red horns on his head and golden scales on his body. He can be said to be majestic and majestic. It is said that after the army was raised, all the heroes in the world bowed their heads and obeyed orders solemnly when they saw Long Yan. Behind him was the Dingding of Zhou Dynasty, which was so prosperous.
As the legitimate son of the ruler of the country and the crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the prince's skin should have this strange appearance.
The Snow Chi Beast clearly has horns on its head, but it is called "Chi" instead of "Qiu". The reason is for no other reason than to avoid it.
Seeing this, Lu Qiyun breathed a sigh of relief and said with a firm tone: "Everything is as expected by Your Highness! There is skin under the skin. Although it has grown in one place, there are still tiny gaps to be found. With the help of the master's knowledge, If you pass on the skills and tools, this skinning job will be enough for a poor person."
At this time, the donkey-headed prince had already shed a layer of sweat on his body, which showed that even if the real skin was not hurt, just cutting two pieces of skin open with a knife was still quite painful.
After receiving Lu Qiyun's affirmative reply, the crown prince's breathing suddenly became heavy and his voice became louder: "Okay! If this is done, both my father and I will be rewarded heavily!"
He paused, then lowered his voice and said: "Lu Qing... I want you to do your best to peel off this donkey skin completely! Well... so complete that you can still put it back on. !」
Hearing this request, even though Lu Qiyun had always been calm and composed, he couldn't help showing a look of surprise at this moment: "If you want to ensure that the donkey's skin is intact, Pindao will only use the knife more slowly. Even if the next knife is good, this long time The pain and torture will be extremely unbearable.”
"It doesn't matter! I can bear it!" The donkey-headed prince said firmly, leaving no room for doubt.
By this moment, Lu Qiyun had already seen that the character of the prince of Zhou Dynasty in front of him was actually very stubborn and strong. There was no room for change in things he had determined. For some reason, the world was praising his magnanimity and generosity.
Fortunately, this request was not too difficult for Lu Qiyun, but it just took more effort. Anyway, it was not him who was hurting.
So, when the black donkey's scalp was finally completely peeled off, it was more than three hours later, and even the long-bearded servant who went to find the imperial doctor to repair the severed finger had already returned a long time ago.
The Xia Daban was still a little worried when he saw the blood stains on the robe worn by the crown prince, and then he noticed the white and golden skin under the donkey skin.
He was immediately overjoyed, his body shook violently, and he almost fainted.
When the entire black donkey scalp was removed, His Highness the Crown Prince's appearance, which looked very much like the king's when he was young, was revealed again. The long-bearded chamberlain knelt down with a plop, already bursting into tears and sobbing.
His Royal Highness, whose face was pale and almost bloodless, laughed loudly, stood up and helped Xia Daban himself, patted the old servant's back, and carefully examined the tightly bandaged palm, and then turned around to look at the man with the same expression. The white-haired young Taoist priest.
The next moment, the prince of the Zhou Dynasty bowed his head to the ground and expressed his sincere thanks: "Lu Qing is a great kindness. I will keep it in mind and will never repay you!"
Seeing this, the long-bearded chamberlain hurriedly knelt down on the ground again, and respectfully kowtowed three times to Lu Qiyun, without any trace of resentment on his face.
The exhausted young Taoist priest smiled freely and accepted the courtesy from the two of them without any ceremony.
He lowered his head to look at the blood-stained black donkey scalp in his hand, and suddenly doubts welled up in his heart: "Why does this thing seem so... familiar?"
