Several people came to the kitchen. Aunt Li had already prepared several side dishes and steamed a pot of steamed buns. Four pairs of dishes and chopsticks were placed on the small square table in the middle of the kitchen, and they took their seats. Aunt Li took a steamed bun for each of them and put it into a bowl, put some vegetables in it, then mixed a bowl of leftover rice and poured it into the small wooden basin at the door. Laifu and Xiaohei came forward to eat.
Li Haoyang picked up the steamed bun in the bowl and took a bite. He looked up and saw Old Man Ling and Li Dongming sitting motionless. He swallowed hard and tentatively said to the two of them: "Grandpa Third, Dad, you guys..." Aunt Li came from the kitchen. When the outsider came in and saw the situation in the kitchen, he wanted to break the silence and said, "Third uncle, don't worry. This kid Ling Yun is lucky and will be fine. He fell into the river when he was a child, and this happened before." Is this the case? In the end, nothing happened. In the meantime, let Dongming go to Lujia Village to borrow a carriage and take him to Jinling City to find the miracle doctor. Alas, more than ten years have passed. I don’t know if he is still alive, but if he is no longer alive, his skills must have been passed down!”
Hearing this, Old Man Ling stood up suddenly and asked, "What did you just say?" Li Dongming's family of three were frightened by his sudden move. Aunt Li didn't understand what Old Man Ling meant by suddenly asking, so she She carefully replied: "I mean, tomorrow morning let Dongming..." Old Man Ling interrupted: "Not this sentence, the previous sentence." Aunt Li tried her best to think about it and said: "Oh, I said it. , Didn’t something like this happen to Ling Yun when he was a child? I remember when you said that you invited an unknown miracle doctor from Jinling City, and Yun’er was rescued within a few days!”
Old Man Ling ignored what she said, turned around, walked quickly and unsteadily towards the house, murmuring: "How could I forget this!" Aunt Li saw that he was about to go out, and hurriedly gave way. Li Dongming and Li Haoyang looked at each other in confusion. They had no idea what happened to Old Man Ling. They had no choice but to get up and follow Old Man Ling to see what he was going to do.
Old Man Ling ignored them and went to the corner of the inner room, bent down, and tried to move the box above. In desperation, I tried my best to move it, but not only could I not move it, I almost sprained my waist. When Li Dongming saw this, he wanted to step forward to help him, but the old man refused and stubbornly tried to move the wooden box again. Finally, the upper box was moved away. Old Man Ling bent down, opened the box underneath, and started rummaging through the box. After a while, an object wrapped in layers of cotton was taken out of the box.
Old Man Ling opened up the cotton cloth layer by layer, revealing a small flat box made of an unknown material. This small box was square, about ten centimeters square. Perhaps because it had been tightly wrapped, it still looked as new as before. Old Man Ling carefully opened the small square box, revealing two round grains inside. The thing is only the size of a cherry, and its whole body is crystal clear. There are two milky white wedge-shaped objects pressed at the bottom, which look like the fangs or claws of some animal. They are worn with a thick red rope, like a pendant.
Old Ling carried the box, walked to Ling Yun's bed, and sat on the edge of the bed. He first took out the fang-like object and hung it around Ling Yun's neck. Then, he took out one of the round objects from the box and held it tightly in the palm of his left hand. Then, he wrapped the box again with one hand and put it back into the wooden box in the corner. Finally, he restored the wooden box above it to its original state.
During this period, Li Haoyang's family watched Old Man Ling slowly finish this. It wasn't until old man Ling turned around and returned to the outhouse where Ling Yun was, and sat back on the edge of the bed that a few people came to Ling Yun's side. They watched in surprise as Ling Yun's face gradually recovered from paleness. They didn't know what happened, let alone what they could do. They could only watch quietly.
Within a quarter of an hour, the color on Ling Yun's face returned and became rosy. Li Dongming stretched out his hand to explore his nose and found that Ling Yun's breathing had become strong and regular at this time. Old man Ling stood up and said, "Dongming, come here, help Yun'er up for me!" Li Dongming responded, then came forward and sat on the bedside, supporting Ling Yun against him. Old Man Ling opened his palm, revealing the ball in his palm. He carefully held it in his hand, then pinched Ling Yun's chin to make him open his mouth, and then stuffed the small ball into his mouth. After doing this, Old Man Ling motioned to Li Dongming to gently put Ling Yun down and cover him with the quilt again.
Li Dongming and others looked at Ling Yun expectantly, as if he would wake up in the next moment, but Old Man Ling said to them: "Dongming, thank you for what happened today..." Before he could finish his words, Li Dongming interrupted. "Third uncle, please don't say this. We can't help you much, but Ling Yun..." Old man Ling said, "It should be fine now!" Li Dongming said, "Thank God, Ling Yun is fine." That's good!" Aunt Li also said: "Yes, Yun'er seems to be fine, third uncle, don't worry!" Old Ling's tense face relaxed at this time, and said: "Let's go, let's eat go!"
After saying that, the four of them walked out of the house and returned to the kitchen. The food was already cold. Aunt Li lit the fire again and heated the food. The four of them chatted while eating, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.
Everyone thought that Ling Yun was just asleep, but they didn't know that Ling Yun was actually falling into a long-lasting dream at this time.
In the dream, Ling Yun was wearing a light blue thin dress and was surrounded by a group of people. Next to her, a woman in red clothes and skirt holds her arm. At her feet is a row of long blue-grey steps. At the end of the steps is a magnificent palace with blue walls and green tiles. It is extremely solemn. On the platform outside the palace door is There are two upright pillars, each with a five-clawed golden dragon wrapped around it, its teeth and claws wide open, and its eyes wide open.
Looking back, I saw that the square behind me was densely packed with people. Most of these people looked like ordinary humans, but there were also many strange ones. Some have horns, some drag tails, and some have tusks. Ling Yun looked at these strange faces, but there was no disturbance in his heart. He seemed to have been used to it for a long time. Looking at this scene, it seemed that some grand ceremony was being held here.
Just as he was about to reach the top of the steps, suddenly, a silver dagger was inserted straight into his heart, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. He glanced at his chest in disbelief, then turned to look at the woman in red next to him. The woman in red let go of the handle of the knife and collapsed to the ground. And he only felt that the scene in front of him began to become blurry, his mind went blank, and after a while, he sat down straight. The people surrounding him shouted, "Henry Zhang! Henry Zhang!" While shouting, they stretched out their hands to support him.
Seeing this, the crowd watching in the square behind them began to push forward, and the scene was chaotic. He didn't have time to think about why everyone called him "Xiao Yang"! I just feel that my body is light and light, and I can't exert any strength at all.
Suddenly, a figure flashed through the crowd and appeared next to Ling Yun in an instant. Ling Yun felt a pair of strong hands lifting him high and carrying him on his shoulders, and he was far away from the crowd in an instant. It all happened so suddenly, so fast that no one could see what was happening. He tried hard to open his eyes and see what was going on, but he passed out completely.
After an unknown amount of time, Ling Yun opened his eyes slightly, and the sunlight shone through the window on his face, which was a bit dazzling. He stretched out his hand to block it, and struggled to sit up, but couldn't find the strength, so he could only lie back down.
Since he couldn't sit up, he turned his head and began to look around. This is a spacious bedroom with a large bed. The bed is as white as jade, and you can't tell what material it is made of. There were some weird patterns carved on the bed frame, and there was a wooden frame and a round wooden table beside the bed. In addition, there are some other simple utensils in the room. Directly opposite the end of the bed is a door. A dry sheep skull hangs on the top of the door frame, and a thin curtain hangs on the door. On the wall facing the bed next to the door hung a round bronze mirror and a rope, with some towels, handkerchiefs and other items hung on the rope.
Just when he was wondering, a maid came in at the door, holding a basin of warm water in her hand. Seeing Ling Yun wake up, the maid hurriedly took the basin and left. She was heard shouting outside the house: "Sir, Brother Xiao is awake!" As soon as she finished speaking, a tall figure rushed over like lightning. The figure flashed into the room and stopped in front of Ling Yun's bed.
The man who came in sat sideways on the edge of the bed and placed a dagger on the wooden table beside the bed. Ling Yun glanced at the visitor. This man was about thirty or so, nine feet tall, half a head taller than the body he was in. His hair was fluffy and draped loosely on his shoulders. The strangest thing is that there are two horns on the top of his head, which are half a foot long. A long strand of hair hangs down from his temples. The skin on his face is pitted, but there is no beard.
The man looked at Ling Yun's pale face and white lips and asked, "Brother Xiao, how are you feeling?" Ling Yun looked at the person who came and seemed to recognize the identity of the person in front of him at a glance, but he didn't know. How did he know the other party? He just asked weakly: "Makino, where is this?" While talking, the maid just came in again carrying a washbasin. She placed the wooden basin filled with water on the wooden stand beside the bed. , then took a clean towel from the hanging rope on the wall, soaked the towel, wrung it out, unfolded it, hung it on the edge of the tub, and then stepped aside to wait.
The man called "Makino" said: "Brother Xiao, don't worry, this is my place of retreat. No one else can find it except me and Xiaolu." Ling Yun suddenly remembered something and asked urgently: " How is Yingying?" Although he didn't know why he asked this, he blurted out as if he was not listening. Makino replied: "Hey, you are still missing her after being hurt like this? Don't worry, her father and brother are here, nothing will happen. You should worry about yourself first!" Ling Yun tried to sit down again. After getting up, Makino stood up and supported him and said: "You are too injured, you should continue to lie down!" After saying that, he helped him lie down again, and the maid on the side stepped forward and put a cushion on his back. , so that his head can be raised a little.
Ling Yun looked at himself. At this time, he was naked and had a circle of gauze wrapped around his chest. Blood seeped out through the gauze, reflecting a red blood mark on the gauze. He turned to Makino and said, "The person who hurt me is not Yingying. By the way, did you see what kind of weapon it was?" Makino reached out and picked up the dagger from the round table, handed it to Ling Yun, and said, "Hey, That's it. I saw from a distance that the person who hurt you was Miss Ying, and I felt that there must be something fishy about this. So I got ahead of them, snatched you out of the crowd, and let Xiaolu bring you here!" Ling Yun He glanced at the dagger in Makino's hand. The sword was completely transparent, and there seemed to be a cold air coming out of it. He couldn't help being surprised, and blurted out: "Ice Thorn? This is Yu Shangchun's personal magic weapon. Why does it appear in this place?" In Yingying's hand?" Makino was also shocked when he heard this, but then a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Ling Yun didn't know what he wanted to do. He held the dagger with the tip down and the hilt up. He used dark force in his hand and heard a "snap" sound. The hilt was broken into two pieces. There were actually two pills hidden inside, one large and one small. The small one was dark red and about the size of a mung bean, and the big one was white and about the size of a pearl.
Makino held two pills in his hand, threw the broken dagger on the round table, pointed at Ling Yun, and said to the maid behind him: "Xiao Lu, untie the gauze!" The one called Xiao Lu The maid immediately stepped forward, untied the gauze wrapped around Ling Yun's chest, gently held up his back, pulled out the gauze, and hung it on the wooden frame beside the bed. I saw that the wound on Ling Yun's chest had almost healed, but was still swollen. There was only a very small cut on it, and some bright red blood slowly oozed out. Makino pinched the white pill, pointed it at the wound on Ling Yun's chest, and pressed hard with his fingers. Then he kneaded the white pill into powder and sprinkled it evenly on the wound.
After the medicinal powder was sprinkled on it, the wound on Ling Yun's chest did not improve. Instead, it opened again, and a large amount of black blood bubbled from the wound. When Makino saw this, he smiled instead of being surprised and nodded with satisfaction. Xiaolu repeatedly wiped away the bleeding blood with a wet towel. After the black blood had drained out, Xiao Lu took out a new piece of gauze from the wooden box behind the bed and wrapped his wound again.
After doing this, there were some beads of sweat on Xiaolu's forehead. She raised her sleeves to wipe the sweat from her forehead and said to Muye: "Sir, Brother Xiao's face is much better." Muye looked at Ling Yun's face and his face recovered. With some blood, he said to Xiaolu: "Xiaolu, go get a pot of strong wine!" Xiaolu responded and went out. Soon he came back with a pot of wine and handed it to Makino.
Makino took the wine bottle and said to Xiao Lu: "Help him sit up!" After that, Xiao Lu helped Ling Yun sit up on the bed. Makino handed the red pill to Ling Yun's hand and said to him: "Here, Just drink this wine and take this pill, and your injury will be healed soon!" With that, he handed over the red pill, and then, Makino opened the seal of the wine bottle and handed it over.
Ling Yun took the pills and the wine bottle, put the wine bottle under his nose, smelled it, and asked, "Is this... the wine from Yishui Villa?" Makino said, "Brother Xiao really knows the goods, this is indeed the wine from Yishui Villa. Wine!" Ling Yun smiled and said: "Oh, what a pity for this pot of good wine." After saying that, he put the red pill into his mouth, raised his head and took a big sip of wine, and swallowed it together with the red pill. Then he handed the wine bottle back to Makino. Makino took the wine bottle, raised his head and took a big sip, saying, "Good wine!"
Ling Yun asked: "Makino, how did you know that there is a pill to cure the cold poison hidden in the hilt of this sword?"
Makino put down the wine bottle in his hand, picked up the dagger, and said: "To be honest with Brother Xiao, I didn't know this sword before. I only know that it is not easy to hurt Brother Xiao like this, so I will I thought about bringing it back together and asking someone to identify it carefully. Who would have expected that, Brother Xiao, you would actually recognize that this is the ice thorn that was the old demon king Yu Shangchun’s portable treasure, and I remembered a past event."
Xiao Lu brought a chair and a white coat from outside and said to Makino: "Master, sit down and chat with Brother Xiao. Xiao Lu goes to prepare some food!" Makino nodded, and Xiao Lu put on the clothes He handed it to Makino, packed up the basin, towel and the gauze and left.
Makino took the white clothes and hung them on the bedside. He turned around, sat on the chair, and continued: "That year, there was turmoil in the seven realms, and the old demon king Yu Shangchun took the lead. At that time, I was just the master. He is a little book boy who brings tea and water for the master on weekdays and attends to the master's daily life."
"Once, Yu Shangchun came to the Demon Realm and looked for my master, hoping to win over his old man to join him in bringing trouble to the Seven Realms. My master and his old man made a false promise, but exchanged a secret with him on the pretext of increasing mutual trust and avoiding suspicion. What Yu Shangchun said is the secret of this ice thorn."
"At that time, I happened to hear it outside the house, and later I was discovered by Yu Shangchun. Yu Shangchun wanted to kill me to silence me. Fortunately, the master told him that I was his most proud disciple and his confidant, and he would never leak this secret. , I survived! If Brother Xiao hadn't recognized the dagger as the Ice Thorn just now, I wouldn't have known there were these two pills in it!" Ling Yun touched his chest and felt no more swelling and pain, and took it Putting on the clothes on the head of the bed, he said: "Fortunately you know this secret, otherwise I would have suffered a lot this time!" Makino said with a smile: "Brother Xiao, if Brother Xiao is in trouble, how can I not treat him as such? How can you save someone even if you die? What's more, I just lift a finger!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to help Ling Yun stand up. Ling Yun stood up, walked a few steps, and said in surprise: "As expected of someone who specializes in treating ice sting poison. This magical medicine, in this moment, I feel that the wound is no longer swollen and painful, and my whole body has become much lighter!" Makino also said happily: "Although this magical medicine is here, Brother Xiao, you must have a high level of cultivation and a solid foundation. Only by being strong can we withstand this cold poison. If it were me, I would have died a long time ago!" Ling Yun stopped and said, "Hey, brother Makino, you can't hide it from me. Just now Xiaolu moved a seat for you. I knew that you must have spent your own cultivation and used your flame palm to resist the spread of cold poison for me. You have spent so much energy that you will need to stay in seclusion for I don’t know how long it will take to recover!" After saying that, he turned around and faced Makino. He clasped his hands, bowed, and said: "For such a great favor, please accept Henry Zhang's bow!" After saying that, he bowed deeply to Makino. When Makino saw this, his expression changed, and he hurriedly supported him and said, "Brother Xiao, stop doing this!" After saying that, he straightened Ling Yun's waist. Then, Makino opened the curtain at the door and said to Ling Yun: "Come and see how my little brother's secluded manor is doing."
