There are woods not far to the east of the City God's Temple. Changsheng wiped his tears while groping towards the woods. His eyes were seriously injured by the smoke and he could not control his tears.
The reason why he cried was not all because his eyes were injured. Mr. Tian's family had been with him day and night for several days, and now they died tragically in front of his eyes. He couldn't suppress the sadness in his heart, especially the poor Tian family girl, who obviously liked him. The reason why he didn't deliberately blacken his face in the past few days was because he hoped to make himself look less ugly, so that he could change his mind. Such a poor woman could not keep her innocence before she died.
He groped to the edge of the woods, and Chang Sheng sat down against a big tree. He knew that he had been severely burned, and the pain all over his body was unbearable. He raised his hand to touch his head, and what he touched was not hair, but a head of large and small burns. Bubble.
Then I touched my arms, chest and abdomen, and it was the same. They were all blistered.
The kind-hearted female Taoist left a bottle of golden sore medicine before she left. The golden sore medicine can be taken internally or externally. Since the immortal cannot see anything, she cannot apply it externally. She can only fumble to pull out the cork and pour the powder from the porcelain bottle into her mouth. inside.
The smell of the medicinal powder in the porcelain bottle was strong and pungent. Before I could swallow it, I choked and coughed violently. All the powder I had just poured into my mouth spat out.
After feeling regretful, Changsheng thought of the elixirs in the branches. In addition to the golden elixir of returning to heaven, there were three elixirs in the sycamore branch in his hand, namely the detoxification elixir, the healing elixir, and the elixir of return to heaven. At this time, he In this case, the healing pill is undoubtedly symptomatic.
After thinking for a long time, Changsheng finally gave up the idea. The reason why he gave up the idea was not because he was worried about taking the wrong pills. He clearly remembered the order in which the pills were inserted. The healing pill was on the outside, even if it was invisible to the eyes at this time. , and will not be taken by mistake.
He didn't eat just because he couldn't bear it. He went to Gezao Mountain in a long and winding way, and he didn't know what dangers he would encounter in the future.
But whether or not to swallow the healing elixir ultimately depends on whether the eyes can barely see. At this time, he was crying non-stop. He had read Qian Jin Yifang well and knew that tears were the eyes trying to repair themselves. If tomorrow, he would still be able to see. If you can't see clearly, you can only take the healing elixir.
His whole body was covered in blisters, and the pain was obvious. Even though his scalp was numb from pain, he didn't dare to reach out and touch it, which would make it even more painful.
For the first time in his life, he realized the difference between pain and pain. Pain and pain are different. Pain is more severe and unbearable. Pain is just uncomfortable, while pain can make the scalp numb and nauseating. Desire to vomit.
Even if there was only severe pain in the heart, he could still endure it. The worst part was that his lungs had been choked by the fire, and it was painful to breathe, and he couldn't even moan or groan in pain.
The house leaked due to continuous rain, and the boat was hit by a strong wind. Since it was early summer, mosquitoes began to appear in the mountains. The mosquitoes would not let him go just because he was injured. They swarmed him not long after he sat down. Come up.
Although mosquitoes are small, they are very scary when there are many of them. They can sting people to death. They have no choice but to get up, rely on memory, use tree branches to find the way, and walk towards the distant city wall.
I don't know how long he moved, but Changsheng vaguely saw a faint light from high up. The light was undoubtedly the torch on the city wall.
Seeing the light, Changsheng felt relieved. Being able to see the light meant that he was not blind. If he slept overnight, he would be better tomorrow.
After touching the cold city wall, Changsheng was exhausted, sat down against the wall, and then fainted.
Fainting relieved the pain of Changsheng, but he could not stay in syncope. Sooner or later, he would wake up. He woke up from a nightmare. In his sleep, he returned to Wangjiakuang. Before Lao Huang died, the villagers gathered firewood to burn. Damn it, he was so angry that he rushed into the fire and slapped it to put out the fire.
After waking up in pain and opening his eyes, he realized that it was just a dream. He was not in Wangjia Kuang, but under the city wall. At this time, the sun had risen and the city gate had been opened.
Although his eyes were still hurting and uncomfortable, and his vision was a little blurry, Changsheng knew that the healing pill was saved. As long as he could see, he could identify the herbs and heal himself.
He couldn't see the injury on his head. He could only look down at his hands, feet and arms. They were all covered with big shiny blisters. He raised his hand to touch his face, and there were them too.
Turning to look at the City God's Temple in the east of the city, it was already in ruins. The embers had not been completely extinguished, and there was still some smoke floating away.
After sitting for a moment, Changsheng stood up and walked towards the city gate, leaning on the sycamore branch. There had just been a war here, and it was not uncommon for victims like him to be naked and injured, so his appearance did not attract passers-by. People were watching, and the soldiers at the city gate did not stop him, allowing him to pass through the city gate and enter the city.
He was just passing through Fenyang and had no intention of staying in the city. After entering the city, he asked passers-by and determined that he could reach Yuzhou by going west, so he went straight west on his own road.
There are many vendors on both sides of the road. The most expensive thing in troubled times is food. Two taels of flour cakes cost one copper coin. Chang Sheng had copper coins on him, so he bought two and put them in his arms.
Tofu can't bear hunger, and one penny can buy a palm-sized cube. Changsheng bought a square tofu and stood next to the stall to eat it. He didn't buy tofu because he was greedy, but because tofu can clear away heat and replenish qi. He was too angry, so eating some tofu would help. Broad and clearing the lungs.
Seeing his embarrassment, the stall owner sympathized with him and gave him another bowl of soy milk. Chang Sheng thanked him and took it and drank it.
Half an hour later, Changsheng left the city. In addition to two flour cakes, he also bought a pottery urn and half a jar of salt. In addition, he also used a copper coin to buy two crocodiles from the hunters. weasel.
The weasel has been regarded as an unlucky thing by the world since ancient times, and few people dare to eat it. The reason why Changsheng bought it was not because it was cheap, but because he needed to boil the oil to make medicine. He was badly burned and had to apply medicine. The best thing is undoubtedly badger oil, but badgers are not easy to catch, so they can only find substitutes. Although badgers are called badgers, they have nothing to do with dogs, but are related to weasels. They are close relatives, so the weasel's oil also has muscle-stimulating, analgesic and treatment effects on burns.
After leaving the city and heading west, he encountered a small river five miles later. Changsheng walked to the river and looked into the water. Sure enough, not a single hair on his head was left. He was burned directly into a monk. The monk was not a good monk. One end was scalded and the whole body was leprosy. Head monk.
The river water was still very cold in May and June, but Changsheng didn't care so much. He walked two miles upstream, came to a deserted place, took off his burned clothes full of holes, and immersed himself in the water.
The water in the river was cold, and the burning sensation all over his body instantly subsided.
The blisters must be broken, but once the blisters are broken, no more water can touch them. In desperation, Changsheng could only endure the pain, grinning and wiping the dirt on his body. He didn't know whether it was cold or painful, and he trembled and shivered from time to time. , teeth chattering.
After washing off the dirt on his body, Changsheng came out of the river and wanted to skin the two weasels. Only then did he remember that the hatchet was lost yesterday. Fortunately, there were clam shells by the river, so he used half a clam shell instead.
After cooking the weasel, he picked a few handfuls of locust leaves from the locust tree on the shore and put them into a pottery urn. Although locust leaves can be found everywhere, they are very good herbal medicines, which can clear the liver and relieve fire, cool the blood and detoxify.
It was the blooming season of honeysuckle. Honeysuckle is very effective in clearing the lungs and removing heat. He originally wanted to find honeysuckle, but he couldn't find it. In the end, he could only collect a bunch of wormwood. Mosquitoes are very useful.
Weasels are small in size, weighing just over two kilograms at their maximum. They are easy to stew, and their bones will be crispy and their flesh will become rotten in an hour. Changsheng took the pottery urn to the river, cooled it with the river water, and finally got some fat. After picking out the solidified fat, , and threw away all the rest. This thing smelled so bad that I couldn't eat it.
Next, it’s time to pick the blisters. Burn blisters are different from blisters caused by grinding. Blisters are more painful, but the pain must be picked, otherwise the injury will worsen.
After picking, squeezing, and shivering, I don't know how many times I shivered, but finally all of them were broken, including the blisters on the top of my head. There was no way to apply medicine one by one, so I could only smear the oil all over the body.
This product is very useful. After applying it, it is quite refreshing and the pain is relieved. The disadvantage is that the smell is pungent and the odor is too strong.
After taking the medicine, immortality is on the road again.
He had exchanged the clothes for firewood and hatchets with the woodcutter before. He only had this piece of clothing on him. It had been riddled with holes after going in and out of the fire several times yesterday, so he could only make do with it now.
On the road again, the pain was much relieved, but the smoke-damaged eyes could not recover for a while, and the mountain breeze always made me shed tears.
There were also refugees fleeing the disaster on the way west. Having learned from the past, Changsheng no longer dared to travel with them. Since he could not protect them, he could only stay away from them.
He had entered Li Keyong's sphere of influence at this time, and eastbound convoys could be seen from time to time along the way. Fenyang, which he had passed previously, was at the forefront of the war. These convoys must have been transporting grain and grass supplies there.
Since Li Cunxiao's army came all the way from the west, the farther west they went, the more miserable the scene became. The fields were deserted and nine of the ten houses were empty. From early morning to early evening, not a single complete village was seen. There are more deserted graves nearby than there are living people on the road.
Seeing that it was getting dark soon, Chang Sheng began to worry about where he would end up. Fortunately, he saw a town ahead of him, which was about two or three miles away.
Rushing to the entrance of the town quickly, Changsheng stopped. Most of the houses in this town were intact, but there was not a single passerby on the road. Under the night, there was a dead silence, which was strange and eerie.
Chang Sheng has lived alone for many years and is not timid, but the abandoned town in front of him made him a little panicked. The houses on both sides of the street were not burned down, but the doors were all open. It was obvious that he had lived here before. people have left.
Just when Changsheng stopped at the intersection of the street and hesitated to advance or retreat, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be fire flashing in a courtyard not far ahead.
Seeing the light of the fire, Chang Sheng felt relieved. He stepped into the town and walked towards the courtyard with the light of the fire...
