"I'm really hungry and want to find some wild fruits to eat..." The little girl said aggrievedly: "I'm not a bad person..."
Seeing an unarmed little girl, Mo Lan was afraid of scaring her, so he quickly inserted his sword into the scabbard and asked: "Then who are you? Why are you here?"
"I am from Baoling Village..." the girl said softly, but still did not dare to stand up.
Baoling Village is a village under the jurisdiction of Kunlun. Due to the terrain, the villagers of Baoling Village live in a very secluded place. They are self-sufficient and almost isolated from the world. The little girl who came to the back mountain is probably because of something sneaky at home.
Or maybe something strange happened, so he came to Fanchen Palace to seek help.
However, the month of Long Summer is the period for repairing the enchantment. During this period, all sects in Kunlun will not accept any commissioned matters. After all, repairing the enchantment is a major event. This rule has always been like this and cannot be changed...
"Girl, stand up first." Chu Huayu immediately stepped forward to help the girl. He saw that the little girl was about fourteen or fifteen years old. Her clothes were stained with some mud. Although her face was a little dirty, her appearance could be seen.
Beautiful.
"Thank you..." The girl seemed to have not rested for a long time, she was in a daze, and her body was a little unsteady when she got up.
"What are you here for?" Mo Lanshi asked.
"I'm here... I'm here to ask for help! Please immortals, please save Baoling Village!" the little girl said intermittently.
"Ask for help?" Mo Lanshi suddenly realized, but after a while he frowned and said: "But now is the period of repairing the enchantment, and all the sects in Kunlun cannot accept the delegated affairs..."
"Yes! This is really difficult to handle..." Lu Fan said with shame.
"It doesn't matter, the rule is that the dead are alive! Lan Shi, let's ask what the situation is first." Chu Huayu said with a smile.
Mo Lanshi also smiled and nodded, and asked: "Little sister, what happened, please tell me!"
The girl sobbed and nodded: "Thank you, sister!"
Strangely enough, when Chu Huayu saw the girl just now, he noticed an unusual aura, like the traces left behind by some kind of evil curse.
"I...can I trust you?" the girl asked softly.
"Why not?" Mo Lanshi chuckled.
"Yes, yes!" Chu Huayu said with a smile: "Little girl, the person in front of you is the senior sister in charge of Fanchen Palace. He and I are both disciples of Yuehua Palace, so of course she is worthy of trust!" Chu Huayu pointed out again
He pointed at himself and Lu Fan and said.
"Yeah! I believe it!" The little girl seemed to be grasping a life-saving straw and nodded sharply.
Chu Huayu saw that the girl looked like she hadn't had enough to eat for several days, so he said, "Lu Fan, do you still have something to eat?"
Lu Fan rummaged for a moment and said, "There are some more!" After Lu Fan said this, he took out some fruits from his pocket and handed them to the girl.
"Thank you..." The girl thanked her and sobbed while eating. After a while, she began to tell her story.
"My name is Shule, and my home is in Baoling Village. We in Baoling Village work at sunrise and rest at sunset. We rely on the sky for food. Although we are very tired, we are self-sufficient. Until one day, a villager got a strange disease.
Shule said.
"What strange disease?" Lu Fan asked.
At first, we all thought it was a common rash and didn't pay much attention to it. But later, the man drank some medicine made from local recipes in the village. Not only did he not get better, he also lost weight day by day. Without taking the medicine and food, he died.
At that time, all that was left was skin and bones. Later, that person’s whole family fell ill with this strange disease and passed away. Only then did we know that it was a plague.”
Lu Fan, Chu Huayu and Mo Lan were stunned and took a breath of cold air.
Lu Fan pointed at Shule: "Plague! You, you, you, you, are not also infected with the disease, are you?"
Shu Le quickly waved her hands and said: "Taoist priest, don't panic, my disease has been cured. If I were infected, I would definitely not come to you."
"There is no proof for what you say, Chu Huayu, haven't you learned the art of medicine? Go and have a look!"
Chu Huayu stepped forward to check and said with a smile: "Miss Shule is very healthy, but her pulse is weak. She must be too tired from traveling these past few days, but..."
Chu Huayu's face changed. Just now he was just suspicious, but now Chu Huayu was convinced that there was indeed something unusual about Shu Le.
"Shule, please continue talking." Chu Huayu said.
"Later, more and more strange things happened in the village, and more and more people died of the epidemic. And from then on, all the babies born in the village died in less than a day. The goddess in the village said that this
It's because Baoling Village has offended the God of Fortune, and the goddess also said that if there is a disaster, a human sacrifice must be made to ensure peace, and the village chief also agreed."
It's really strange and weird. People are sacrificing human beings to seek peace. They are obviously doing such evil, but Baoling Village calls it the God of Fortune? But then again, what kind of god is the God of Fortune? I have never heard of it. Could it be that it is fabricated?
"Absurd! Extremely ignorant!" Mo Lanshi said angrily.
"Then can you believe the words of the goddess? And your village chief is so stupid that he can do such cruel and barbaric things? Then what do you want us cultivators to do?" Lu Fan was also furious.
come out.
"I also think this is too cruel and ridiculous, but the village chief and some villagers firmly believe it. They select some healthy boys and girls and lock them up for sacrifice. The parents of those children want to stop them, but they are
Fortunately, a doctor came to the village at this time, named Baili Zhihong, and we all called him Mr. Baili. Mr. Baili was so skilled in medicine that he was like the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva. He treated diseases for free.
Several families were cured, and my illness was also cured by Mr. Baili. I had no father or mother for a long time, and I followed Mr. Baili all the time. Thinking that the epidemic could finally be eliminated, the villagers persuaded the village chief and the priest to let go.
After I killed those children, I gave up on the sacrifice. Just when I thought we could finally live a normal life, the epidemic was uncontrollable..." Shule said...
…
Three days ago, Baoling Village.
"One qian of licorice, two qian of Bupleurum, two qian of Qianghuo, two qian of Pueraria lobata...Have you written them all down?" The man who spoke was a man in Tsing Yi with thin lips, sparkling nose, and the kindness of a doctor in his eyes. He is
Baili Zhihong.
"I have taken note of everything, Mr. Baili. I will send the prescription to the villagers right now." Shule said obediently.
At this time, there was an anxious knock on the door, and Shule opened the door, "Brother Li, why are you..."
Before Shu Le finished speaking, the middle-aged man said anxiously: "Miss Shu Le, please let me see Mr. Baili!" The villager who spoke was named Li Ping.
"Brother Li, Mr. Baili is here." Shule took him into Baili Zhihong's room.
"Mr. Baili, my mother has been following your prescription and taking the medicine on time for some days, but her condition has not improved. What should I do? Is there something wrong with the prescription?" After that, Li Ping will
The prescription was handed to Baili Zhihong.
Baili Zhihong looked at the prescription carefully and said with conviction: "There is no mistake!"
"Mr. Baili, what should we do? Can you go see my mother again?" Li Ping asked anxiously.
Without saying a word, Baili Zhihong covered his mouth and nose with a piece of silk cloth: "Okay, Shule, come with me."
"Yes, sir."
…
As soon as he arrived at the door of Li Ping's house, there was a burst of crying in the house, and Li Ping ran in anxiously: "Li An, what's going on!
"Mother...mother vomited a lot of blood!" The person who spoke was a young man, Li Ping's younger brother Li An.
Baili Zhihong frowned: "Let me take a look." After that, he went to feel his pulse.
But at this time, Mrs. Li tried her best to throw away his hand and said intermittently: "You... get out of here, you quack doctor, I don't want you to see a doctor, A Ping, A An, hurry up... go and invite the goddess.
Come.
Baili Zhihong was not angry and was about to take his pulse again. Li An shouted: "Don't touch my mother. My mother said she won't let you see!"
"But..." Shule wanted to defend Baili Zhihong but was interrupted.
"Nothing! Don't touch my mother, you foreigner!" Li An glared at Baili Zhihong and said angrily: "I'm going to find the goddess, brother, take good care of my mother." After that, Li An ran out.
.
"Mr. Baili..." Shule said timidly from the side.
Baili Zhihong was stunned for a moment, then turned around to comfort Shule: "Shule, it's okay."
"Mr. Baili, I'm really sorry!" Li Ping looked anxious next to him, but he was helpless.
"It doesn't matter." Baili Zhihong shook his head.
After a while, the goddess walked in staggeringly, leaning on a cane, hunched over, and followed by four or five believers behind her. The goddess had white hair tied up and wore a worn-out fairy hat on her head.
He is old and thin, his face is shriveled and wrinkled, and his stature looks even shorter because he is hunched over.
"Goddess... you are finally here..." Mother Li said weakly.
"That's right, it's me, don't be afraid!" The goddess's voice was hoarse. After saying this, she walked to Mother Li's bedside, took a cane and tapped Mother Li's head lightly, closed her eyes and thought for a moment, shook her head and said, "Retribution.
! Retribution! We did not sacrifice boys and girls, and the God of Fortune is furious! So those of you who disobey him will fall into the abyss of eternity and fall into hell forever!"
"What...what!" Mother Li was frightened and fainted.
"Aniang!" Li Ping and Li An were shocked.
At this time, a lame middle-aged man looked very anxious and limped into the house. That was the village chief.
The village chief panted and said: "Goddess, please go and have a look. Some patients in the village have started to vomit blood again. If this continues, the situation will only get worse!"
The goddess shook her head: "There is no need to go and see it. I already know that this is the backlash of the God of Fortune. The boys and girls must be sacrificed as soon as possible in three days, otherwise the God of Fortune will get angry and everyone in Baoling Village will die!"
The village chief glared at Baili Zhihong and said bitterly: "I have known for a long time that I should not trust this foreigner!"
Shule couldn't listen anymore and said anxiously: "Why don't you let Mr. Baili take a look? Mr. Baili will definitely find a way!"
"What do you know, you little girl? You only know how to help a foreigner!" the village chief yelled.
"But...but Mr. Baili healed me! He also healed Brother Chang and Aunt Liu..." Shule was not afraid and explained quickly.
At this time, the goddess slowly stood up and pointed her crutch at Shule: "Since you have recovered, you can be considered a healthy person, then... it is up to you to be the one to sacrifice!"
"What!" Shu Le was shocked. At this time, the believers of the Goddess had come over and captured Shu Le. No matter how hard Shu Le struggled, she would not let go.
"Shule!" Baili Zhihong shouted anxiously: "Let her go! She is still a child!"
"Shut up! You foreigner!" One of the big men punched Baili Zhihong and knocked him to the ground. Baili Zhihong groaned and could not stand up for a long time.
"Mr. Baili!" Shule struggled and shouted, but she was knocked unconscious by someone unknown.
"Humph!" the goddess snorted coldly: "Take it away!"
"yes!"
…
When Shule opened her eyes again, she had been locked in a special subway cage. She knew that they were going to throw her down the mountain with the cage. They said she was going to die, but in fact they wanted her to fall to death alive. Face to face
Death, fear and anxiety accompanied her until evening, and she gradually fell asleep...
"Shule, Shule!"
Who is calling me?
Shule slowly opened her eyes, and the person calling her was Baili Zhihong...