Just like getting up in the morning these past few days, Ran Ran turned around and looked at Ijige's tent as soon as she stepped out of her tent. She got up earlier every day, but she could never see his shadow.
Wei Lang said quietly behind her, "What are you looking at?"
Ran Ran said, "Why is Ijige not in his tent every morning? Does he get up very early?"
Wei Lang thought for a while and decided to tell her.
Ijige is actually a tribe that was exterminated during the Tribal Rebellion. Their tribe is called Eryi. They were originally the least warlike tribe in Shiwei, but one day for some unknown reason, they came to participate in the small ceremony of Shiwei. Twenty-one pleasant people rushed forward to assassinate Mo Heduo, the most noble person in Wei.
After the assassination failed, Er Yiren committed suicide one after another. Before their death, they all said that polytheism was the protector of Wei Wei. They were all believers in polytheism.
When the Shiwei people conquer a tribe, they will pass on the Tengger God to their tribe and make them believe in Tengger, the Heaven of Immortality. But in fact, every small tribe has its own god.
The most pleasant faith is polytheism.
Legend has it that Er Yiren's ancestor was a goddess born from thunder and fire. She used her body to give birth to two children. After the thunder and fire were extinguished, the goddess's light gradually disappeared. The two children were about to merge together before the heaven and earth At that time, one held up the sky and the other stabilized the earth. From then on, there were only these two gods left in the sky and the earth. This is the origin of what Eryi people call polytheism.
After the assassination attempt by Yijige's tribe failed, Mohe was furious, but he still retained mercy and declared that if they believed in Tengri, they would be spared their lives. Unexpectedly, the entire Eryi people would never recognize Tengger's death. exist.
This goes against the beliefs of the Shiwei people.
Moheduo ordered the massacre of the Eryi people, leaving only the children under three years old, and sent these children to the nobles of Shiwei as slaves. They were not allowed to marry the people of Shiwei, nor were they allowed to ride horses, eat meat, or sing or laugh loudly.
Ran Ran was very sad after hearing this, "Then he is..."
"He was sent here as a slave. Lao Da, the traveling doctor on the grassland, saw that he was quite talented in the meridians of medicinal herbs, so he made an exception and asked Bei Hedu to take him as his apprentice. The old traveling doctor is already old. In the past few years, , Ijige basically diagnoses and treats people from nearby tribes.”
He originally wanted to persuade Jimo Ran to look away, but he was secretly curious about something in his heart.
Princess Tangshuo of the Southern Wei Dynasty, a slave who was exterminated on the grassland.
If she really fell in love with him and the news reached the ears of the emperor, what kind of joke would it be
Wei Lang admitted that he liked to watch the excitement, but he didn't like to watch everyone's excitement.
He suddenly spoke directly, "Do you like Ijige?"
Ran Ran didn't answer, but lowered her head with a red face.
"What's so good about him? You haven't even spoken a few words to him, and you've never met him before. You just got to know him when you came here."
Ranran was also thinking about this issue.
Ji Liyou picked up the ointment and smeared it on the back of his hand, and took a sip of the smell. Storytellers always said that the smell was very strange. He didn't want to apply this ointment anymore. Now he was as willful as a child, but for some reason, he was willing to open his mouth. The arm told him to hide behind him.
The person he likes shouldn't give in easily, but when he really said that he couldn't do it, he didn't feel disappointed. When he was a child, he always thought that he could destroy the world, but now he has lost Those strange spells didn't make him feel anything wrong. It seemed that he would accept him no matter what he looked like.
Ranran called out from outside the tent. She didn't want to see the storyteller, but just came to see Ji Liyou.
"I am here."
Ranran came in, "Where is Mr. Wen?"
"After sleeping for a long time, I asked him to go for a walk."
Ran Ran was relieved, lying on the table beside Ji Liyou and asked, "Brother Liyou, let me ask you a question."
"Hmm." He was wondering if adding vanilla to it would destroy the medicinal properties.
"Is there a woman you like?"
Ji Liyou was a little tired and obviously didn't want to say a word, "Yeah."
"Well, there is, isn't it?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Oh, I'm just curious. Are there any?"
"So there is."
"You told me before that the person you loved deeply once broke your heart. Who is she?"
"You care so much about me?"
"Okay, brother Liyou, can you tell me what it feels like to like someone?"
"What, do you have someone you like?"
"It seems like there is one."
"Who is it? Wei Lang?" Ji Liyou asked deliberately.
"Him? No!"
"That's... Ijig?"
"how do you know?"
"Your eyes told me. And you asked me how I knew."
"Then what should I do?"
“Whatever you want to achieve, take action.”
"Purpose? Do you need to have a purpose when you like someone?"
Ji Liyou was slightly stunned.
Yes, there is no need for purpose when liking someone. Taking action is just because you like him and want to stay with him more, that's all.
"No, it's not the purpose, it's your expectation for him."
"I just want to ask him if he likes me. If he likes me, I can take him back to Liangzhu and be my face in the future."
Ji Liyou was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide.
Ran Ran laughed so hard that she couldn't stand up straight, "It scared you, didn't it? Brother Liyou thought I didn't know how to be handsome?"
There were not many princesses in the Southern Wei Dynasty who did not show off their appearance. As a girl from the Mohist family had a distinguished status, when the prince-in-law married a princess, he had to kowtow to the feet of his majesty and the queen.
In the princess's mansion, the prince-in-law is just a foreigner and a half-slave. He can come and leave as soon as he is announced.
"What's weird about you raising a mian-shou? I just didn't expect you to want to take Yijige back to make a mian-shou. Your future consort will not allow a foreigner to enter the princess's mansion."
Ranran said sternly, "If I like him, I will naturally make him my consort, my only consort. I want to tell everyone in the world that he is my consort."
Ji Liyou nodded, "It's not easy to be Princess Tangshuo's consort!" He said with a smile.
"But Wei Lang said..."
"What did he say?" Ji Liyou asked Ran Ran.
The storyteller came in and said, "When you have made up your mind, you must convey it in time. Otherwise, if it is too late, your ideal husband will be snatched away by other prairie women. By then, you will have no tears to cry."
Ranran stood up immediately, "You're right. Instead of asking Brother Liyou here, it's better to be direct. I want to tell him immediately."
The storyteller slowly lay down next to his legs, lying on his lap and looking up at him, "What did you just say to her?"
"Didn't you hear that?"
"I only heard a few words, but the people in front didn't hear them."
"It's nothing. She told me that she likes Ijige and asked me for my opinion."
"Ijige, it's the wandering doctor, isn't it?"
"It's him, you remember."
"Remember, he is the doctor who always likes to have a smile on his lips. I don't know why, but he can always be very honest with others. I haven't met such a mortal for a long time. If it were before, I would definitely pry into his heart. , to explore his past life, it’s a pity that we can’t do that now.”
Ji Li was helpless, "Hao Duanduan, why do you always have to inquire about other people's pasts? You are like a thief, stealing other people's memories for collection."
"I'm just bored and looking for some fun."
"When will you return to Bolu?"
"Soon, just in the next few days."
…
Ranran waited outside his tent for a long time, but did not wait for Ijige.
The uninvited guests arrived at a disadvantage.
Wuya asked, "Who are you waiting for?"
"Leave me alone!"
"Waiting for Ijig?"
"no."
"You are just waiting for him, stop lying."
"What do you want to do? I don't want to quarrel with you today. If you want to fight with me, let's make an appointment again. Anyway, it won't be possible recently."
Wu Ya rubbed her brow, "Did you ask Anmuda and Wei Lang to let me go?"
Ran Ran snorted, "I'm helping you, but you're still not satisfied?"
"... No... No... I just want to thank you. Anmuda has always believed in tit for tat. If it had been before, she would have killed me."
"No way?" Ran Ran said, "Anmuda won't kill you, she just scares you."
"She is the daughter of the high priest and a goddess. If she wants my life, neither Bei nor Du can save me. I am very grateful that you plead for me. I regret leading you to Yueshan that night. If you If I were really eaten by a wolf, I would blame myself very much.”
"It doesn't matter, it's all over." Ranran was absent-minded. Seeing Ijige getting closer and closer, Ranran pushed her, "Go quickly, go quickly."
"What's wrong?" Wuya didn't see Ijige behind her.
"He's here, please stay out of the way."
Wu Ya smiled slightly, "Then I'll leave first."
Ijige bowed, and it was getting late.
"Girl Jimo?"
"You also call me girl? Hahahahaha, we Southern Wei people like to call girls girls, but Liangzhu people like to call girls Nannan, which is similar to you prairie people. Don't you like to call people Dudu?"
"It looks very similar." He had no intention of spoiling her interest, but he was very tired today and really didn't want to flatter her.
Ijige approached the tent bag, lit the lamp, and took out a book from behind the table. The words he wrote on it were all words that Ran Ran couldn't understand.
"What's this?"
"It is a Li'er book translated into Shiwei language."
"Li'er? What kind of book is it?"
"Medical skills."
"What disease is it curing?"
"Childlike convulsions."
"Why are you looking at this?"
"Some time ago, a child fell off a horse and was frightened. He couldn't eat anything. Later, they asked the shaman from the tribe to drive away the evil spirits, but it still didn't work."
"Oh, so you read medical books to help him?"
The two of them said nothing.
"Why did Miss Jimo come to me?"
"There's nothing else. I just want to ask you if you want to go back to Southern Wei with me."
The book in Ijige's hand did not turn for a long time, and his fingers stopped on the first page and gently twisted the pages.
"I didn't ask clearly, did I? I just wanted to ask if you like—"
"That's enough. I understand."
"Well - but I haven't finished speaking yet. If you are willing to come back to me -"
"I've said enough."
"are you angry?"
"Ijige doesn't dare."
"Then why are you suddenly angry? Did what I said make you feel uncomfortable?"
"... You... you are very good, but I am not worthy of you. I will not go back to Southern Wei with you. I understand what the princess said clearly."
He said that he was not worthy of him, but he was so confident that it seemed that Ran Ran was not worthy of him and was just talking nonsense.
"Do you think I'm the kind of princess who can raise many faces? I can't. I just want to be alone. Brother Liyou said that having two people for the rest of your life is the best destination."
Yijige was tired, but she didn't feel ashamed at all after being rejected by the man. Is this really a woman from the Southern Wei Dynasty
"I'm just a slave."
Ran Ran said, "I knew it a long time ago."
"He has neither territory nor title, nor the bravery and fighting skills of other prairie men."
"Okay, got it."
"You are still young, and you don't really like me. I just took care of you for a while, and you misunderstood this feeling. I also have other patients. When their injuries gradually improve, this illusion will disappear."
Ran Ran smiled, "Then I wasn't sick before? I didn't just tell the doctors of Southern Wei that I liked them."
"This... this is different."
She didn't want to understand what he said, and what she said was nonsense to his ears. The two of them talked about everything, and in the end they were both tired.
Ranran sat next to him and watched him grind the medicine.
"Ijige, what was your original name?"
"I do not remember."
"A person who lies will never forget his first name."
Ijige whispered, "Mangwei."
"I don't understand Siwei dialect. Can you tell me what it means in Southern Wei dialect?"
"Mangwei is a god my mother told me. He is one of the children of the main god. He is the god of diseases in the world. He can cure all diseases and all pain. But some people say that it is he who brings diseases to the world. The mantle of the savior slays mortals.”
"In this way, is he a good god or a bad god?"
"Everyone has his or her own opinion."
"I think he is a god of healing and can help people get rid of their illnesses."
"Why?"
"I don't know. In the past, the teacher in the palace taught us that some scholars say that human nature is good at first, but there are also contrary opinions. They say that children cry when they are born, clamoring for their mothers to feed them, and do not care about their mothers at all. Feelings, so the nature of children is selfish. I asked the teacher, if there is no good and evil in the world from the beginning, there is only nature, then how can good and evil be counted? So nature, something that is born with it, cannot be counted between good and evil. "
"What you say makes sense. Most good and evil are acquired habits. No child is born an executioner."
"I prefer to believe that all people are kind when they are born. You are talking about Mangwei. I prefer to believe that he is a kind god, not a god of slaughter."
"My mother also believed in the first type. She would never believe that Mangwei was an evil god who brought disease."
"Why did you change your name now? Is it because they wouldn't let you use your old name?"
"People here believe in Tengger. If another god's descendant appears under my name, I can no longer be called by this name."
"What does Ijig mean?"
"It disappeared without a trace like the morning light, as if it had never happened."
When Ran Ran knew the meaning of this name, she felt extremely sad, "Who gave you this name?"
"The master who taught me medical skills."
"Why did he give you this name?"
"It's me. I want to disappear as soon as possible, as if I have never been in this world."
Ran Ran looked at him. She didn't speak for a long time. Why was this person exactly the same as she had thought in the past
"If it could disappear, would everything be the same as before?" Ran Ran murmured.
She stood up in despair, didn't know what she thought of, turned around and left.
Ijige caught up from behind and handed her the lantern, "The road is dark at night, don't forget to walk with a light on."
"Thank you."
"Do you want me to take you back?"
"No... no need, I want to go for a walk by myself."
"this is for you."
He hung the whistle around her neck, "If you encounter any wild dogs in the camp, blow the whistle and a night watchman will come to help you."
"Okay, I understand."
"If you feel uncomfortable somewhere, you can tell me and I will take a look at it for you."
"I'm fine, I just wanted to take a few steps to relax."
He bade her farewell.
(End of chapter)