It was still the first day of the month in Jiahuang Mountain, and the night was awe-inspiring and miserable.
In the side hall of Jingyu Peak, silk threads of Ningshen's sandalwood lingered. The white-clothed disciple standing outside the tent frowned. When he saw the woman inside, he raised the curtain and went to greet her before he could even take a step.
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However, his face was always cold and his tone was calm: "Uncle Lu, she -"
"I knelt for a long time and my knees were blocked, and I fainted because of the yin energy and wind and cold that invaded my body. But it's nothing serious now," Lu Shenyu's plain brows and eyes showed no sign of relief, and there was still a hint of worry.
"You just said that it was Gong Lin who punished Ah Che by kneeling for a day?"
"yes."
"A child who is usually calm and self-possessed..." Lu Shenyu shook his head in disbelief, "Why are you so clueless today?"
He also calmed his expression and stood to one side, guessing that it was because of him, so he didn't want to say more.
Lu Shenyu sighed and saw that the incense on the stove had only burned to a low level.
Just before a stick of incense, Yexiu suddenly carried the unconscious Jingche to Jingyu Peak and asked to see her. The girl's pale and bloodless face really shocked her. He hurriedly checked her pulse and gave her an acupuncture, and finally
Not worried, I even gave her a few fairy pills to restore her blood and smooth her Qi.
She liked the little girl Jingche from the bottom of her heart, and she had already had the idea of bringing Jingche into Jingyu Peak. She was just waiting for Baili Fengjian to come back before mentioning it to him.
But he never expected that as soon as Baili Fengjian stepped away, something would happen to Jingche on the back.
Alas, she is destined to be an extraordinary girl. She caused a lot of troubles when she first came to Nanqiong Sect. In the future...it seems that she will have to let Tian Jizi Jian Mo tell her fortune for her...
I was thinking in my mind, and when I looked up, I saw Ye Xiu's slightly wandering eyes. I knew a little bit of his thoughts, but I didn't want to expose him. I just said kindly: "If you are worried, just go in and take a look."
Ye Xiu bowed with his hands raised, lifted the curtain and entered the inner room.
Seeing Jing Che's peaceful sleeping face, her frowning eyebrows finally relaxed. It was as if the fog in the cold distant mountains had been pushed aside by the sunlight, revealing a clear and majestic green expanse.
His faint gaze slid over the girl's fair and smooth forehead, and then lingered carefully over her long-dark eyebrows, thick curled eyelashes, and cream-like skin, until it stopped at her blood-colored tight lips, her Adam's apple rolled up and down, but suddenly she suddenly
Suddenly, he suddenly put away the inexplicable emotion - what was he doing?
He was just worried and came to see her; but he stood with her kneeling for a whole day because he couldn't stand her being bullied.
He should be a ruthless and desireless person, because in troubled times, all other emotions are too extravagant.
There was a bit of forbearance in her expression, and she was about to turn around and go out, but heard the girl murmur: "A hundred miles of drunkard..."
"Master..."
The tightly closed eyes trembled slightly, showing a bit of girlish naughtiness and wantonness, a bit of girlish affection and charm.
Ye Xiu didn't know why, but his heart suddenly tightened.
But he turned around and went out anyway.
**
It was noon on the second day when Jing Che first woke up, and Lu Shenyu was finishing her acupuncture for the day.
"Don't get up in a hurry yet." Lu Shenyu held her shoulder as she was about to get up and said kindly.
Jing Che scratched his hair and looked around. The only thing he was familiar with was the kind woman in front of him, who looked as pure as a Bodhisattva walking out of a painting.
She smiled slightly confusedly at Lu Shenyu, noticing that the dizziness in her head had gone away, and the numbness under her knees was still vaguely painful: "Where am I?"
"This is my Jingyu Peak. You should take a good rest. I have already sent someone to talk to Gong Lin." Then I thought again, this girl has a good character. If she and Gong Lin have any enmity, she will always have a head-on confrontation in the future.
That was not the solution, so he said calmly: "Actually, Gong Lin is just a little strict. Punishing you to kneel is also done according to the sect's rules. You don't have to take it too seriously."
Jing Che nodded vaguely, but he didn't agree in his heart.
Gong Lin made it clear that he wanted to give himself a blow. If he swallowed his anger, wouldn't it mean that he would have to be pressured by her in the future? She understood the principle of being merciful and merciful, but she might not put it into practice.
In her world, she either has a true heart and is kind to others, or she hates someone and resists until the end.
No compromise, no transition. This is Jingche.
She was afraid that if she continued talking, Lu Shenyu would make her swear an oath or resolve not to deal with Gong Lin anymore, so she changed the topic: "Thank you, Master Lu, for saving me."
"If Ye Xiu hadn't been so anxious to bring you here, how would I have known what happened on the main peak at Jingyu Peak." He mentioned Ye Xiu intentionally or unintentionally, but she actually wanted to help them.
The beauty of this talented man and woman is truly eye-catching.
Jing Che had no taste for the ambiguity in these words, and smiled broadly: "It's true that a friend in need is a friend indeed. It's not in vain that we have cultivated such a good friendship."
Lu Shenyu laughed and said no more, "You should continue to rest. This leg needs to rest for a few more days."
"Jing Che thanked Master Lu for taking care of him, but I think I'd better go back to the main peak, lest there are any gossip that he won the honor because of the reputation of the Sword Master." She refused to speak directly, but her sincere tone was heard in her ears.
It's much more comfortable than other hesitations.
After thinking about it, she realized that this was reasonable. The coldness in her body had almost been driven away and her legs only needed to be recuperated for a few days. Lu Shenyu agreed and sent a few disciples to take her back to the main peak.
After returning to the main peak, Jing Che took advantage of his inconvenience and lay on the bed day and night. He had many thoughts in his mind. He suddenly thought of the Baili drunkard who disappeared from nowhere, and then he thought of his face like an iceberg, and then
He was also secretly thinking about how he could seize the opportunity to talk to Gong Lin next time he saw her.
He squinted his eyes hazily and saw that the sky outside the thin window paper had become pitch black. He had just drank the medicine sent by Lu Shenyu, and his mouth was so bitter that he could not sleep.
"Duk, duk, duk -" At this time, there were several timid and tentative knocks on the door, and there was a vague figure of a young man at the door, swaying in the wind.
"Who?" Jing Che asked lazily.
"Sister, it's me, Bo Yan."
Jing Che's eyes suddenly lit up, it turned out to be this timid junior brother who was just like a guinea pig. Although she suffered for helping him hide his mistakes, she didn't blame him at all in her heart. Instead, she felt a little happy.
: "Come in, I can't get out of bed."
The door was gently pushed open, and Bo Yan walked in timidly, with a look of embarrassment and shyness on his face. He stood nervously by Jingche's bedside and didn't speak for a long time.
Jing Che couldn't help but laugh at first: "Why are you so nervous? Are you afraid that I am a cannibalistic female devil and will eat you alive?"
Bo Yan hurriedly waved his hands to explain, his fair face instantly turning red: "No, no, senior sister is a good person, not a devil."
"Then tell me, why did you come to me?"
"I..." He murmured at the corner of his mouth, like a newly divorced daughter-in-law: "I'm here to... thank you, senior sister."
Jing Che couldn't hear the word "thank you", and his expression froze slightly at this moment. He scratched his head in embarrassment, and his soft voice seemed to be muffled: "Thank you for what, I see you more..."
Bo Yan took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it to Jing Che timidly: "I heard that Senior Sister was punished... This medicine is specially used to treat knee congestion. I am often punished to kneel down... so... it's very, very useful.
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The young man was shy but his handsome face looked particularly sincere.
Jingche didn't want to refuse, so he accepted it without pushing. He immediately poured out a pill and swallowed it. He smiled and thanked, "Thank you for your thoughtfulness."
His eyes averted for a moment, Bo Yan lowered his head, frowned, and couldn't see his expression clearly: "Sister, it would be better if you do it earlier, otherwise...Bo Yan would feel uneasy."
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me. It's getting late outside. You should go back and rest soon."
Bo Yan bowed deeply and sincerely to Jing Che, then turned around and went out.
Jing Che felt a little flattered by being thanked and admired like this, but the feeling of being a good person was really good, even if he suffered hardship, it was not unworthy.
She didn't pay attention to the sudden unusual coldness in her body. She just thought that the cold wind was pouring in when the door was opened and closed, so she pulled up the quilt and fell asleep.
The next day.
A disciple sent by Lu Shenyu came to deliver medicine to Jing Che. He knocked on the door several times but no one answered. When he didn't know why, he made a pass to see her. Feeling uneasy, he broke in directly.
The tightly wrapped quilt was shivering, and the cotton wool was pulled out by messy finger marks. The girl in the quilt let out several painful and suppressed moans.
Regardless of whether men and women were intimate or not, Ye Xiu pulled away her quilt. He saw Jing Che's face flushed with a strange flush, his peach blossom eyes half closed and filled with tears. When he touched her body, he felt...
I found that her whole body was shockingly cold.
"What's wrong with her?" Jing Dingru Yexiu was a little confused when he saw this, and his voice suddenly became icy.
The disciple sent by Jing Yufeng to deliver the medicine hurriedly stepped forward to check Jing Che's pulse, but was unable to diagnose her. He didn't know why, so he could only say: "Send her to Master quickly."
***
At this moment, in the woods on the main peak, a man and a woman stood opposite each other. There was a layer of dead leaves, which made a soft crunching sound underfoot.
The man is quite tall, but he has his head lowered. Although the woman is half shorter, she raises her chin proudly.
"Senior sister... the pills you gave me... turned out to be not for treating knee congestion..." The young man's voice was timid.
"I only said it was for her own good. Did I say it was to treat a leg injury?" he replied impatiently.
"But Senior Sister Jingche..."
"She has Uncle Lu taking care of her, what can happen?" He coldly waved his sleeves and was about to leave.
The young man hurriedly caught up and followed her with his head nodding. His tone was low and frightened: "Senior Sister, that day you asked me to deliberately drag Senior Sister Jingche on the way to morning exercise, and also asked me to deliver medicine to her... Senior Sister, are you?
think……"
"What do you know!" She stopped him sternly, gave him a look of disgust, and simply picked up her sword and left.
The young man stood there with his head lowered, facing the wall as if he had made a mistake.
The sound of the wind blowing the leaves echoed in the young man's ears. When he raised his eyes again, the clear and blue sky was quiet and traceless, as if nothing had ever happened.