Under the Power

Chapter 40

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Just as she was thinking, a large group of people turned out from the west side of the mountain. There was a big drum on the horse-drawn carriage, and there were many people next to them holding gongs in their hands.

Could it be that they made the movements that I just heard in the peach blossom forest? Jin Xia came forward in surprise, gave the leader a salute, and asked, "This uncle, I'm rude. Just now I heard the sound of gongs and drums in the peach blossom forest, but what are you waiting for?"

The leader was an old man with a gray beard. Hearing that the two of them were just in the peach blossom forest, he jumped in shock and looked at them up and down, seeing that they were all beards and tails, so he asked with a sigh of relief: " The two of you are in the peach blossom forest? Why haven't you met a snake?"

"I met, and then I heard the sound of gongs and drums, and the snakes all ran away. What happened to those wild boars and hares?"

"Oh, this is the custom here. Every year after Jingzhe and Bailu, the wild boars and hares in the nearby wild fields are driven into the peach blossom forest with the sound of gongs and drums. Injured by snakes. You are able to escape in the forest, you must be blessed by Peach Blossom Fairy."

This summer, he nodded again and again: "That's it, that's it, we have seen it, the immortal is dressed in a red python robe, and is in the purple and auspicious clouds."

Lu Yi on the horse was silent, and finally did not answer.

The old man was full of surprises: "I didn't expect the two of you to be so blessed to be able to meet the Peach Blossom Fairy!"

This summer, he continued to talk with a smile: "The immortal has a very kind face, very kind, and he has spoken to us a lot..."

Seeing her nonsense, Lu Yisheng was afraid that her nonsense would be too outrageous, so he interrupted her and said to the old man: "It's a pity that Xianfan is different, and we are stupid and stupid, and we didn't understand a word."

"Who said that..." Forced by Lu Yi's heavy cough this summer, he had to change his tune, "Who said no, it's a pity."

The white-bearded old man said in admiration, "The two of them are indeed very lucky people. Those who entered the forest before were either killed or injured. Not only were the two of them okay, but they also saw the immortals. It's really a blessing from a previous life, and it's gratifying!"

"Thank you very much. Although I don't understand the words of the immortals, I can see that the immortals like the sound of gongs and drums very much. This custom must be maintained."

This summer, I resigned from the white-bearded old man and continued to walk on the horse. I think I have figured out the matter: after the sting, the snakes and worms woke up, and it was the most hungry time. Eat hurt. It's really a coincidence today, or else I'm afraid that she has been buried in the belly of a snake at this moment.

"Sir, our luck is really good!" She smiled and turned back to Lu Yi.

Lu Yi corrected: "It's your luck."

"… "

Holding the horse, I looked back at the splendid peach blossoms this summer, remembering what happened today, and said with emotion: "Young master knows that my life is big! ... Peach Blossom Nunnery on Taohuawu, Peach Blossom Fairy in Peach Blossom Nunnery, Peach Blossom Fairy grows peaches. The tree, but exchanged peach blossoms for wine money..."

One and a half cents of white clay, peeled and one tael of Angelica root, five cents of broken beads, one word of musk, two cents of light powder, five cents of eagle strips, seven times of mitos, one tael, five pieces of gold foil , five pieces of silver foil, five pieces of cinnabar, and a few pieces of brain. Grind the above into fine powder, then use the high-quality fixed powder into the beginning of the hosta flower, steam, and the cyan and black are the degree. Take out and mix the two to get bead powder.

In the mirror, Zhai Lanye took the bead powder and poured it into the palm of his hand. The maid dipped some water with a silver pick.

"Gui'er, do you think I'm more haggard than before." She looked at herself in the mirror, as if examining a piece of porcelain, not letting go of any flaws.

The maid pursed her lips and said with a smile: "How can I tell you, the girl used to look like a child in the past, but now she has taken off her childishness and is better than before."

Fingers caressed the slightly flickering light on his cheeks, the cheeks in the mirror are gorgeous, and the whole face is radiant, but his face is still uncertain.

"But, what if he just likes the appearance of children?"

"That can't be... Girl, you are too worried." The maid trimmed the hair on her sideburns for her, "If you want me to say, men are all the same, a girl with such a character and appearance, depending on who he is, There's nothing that doesn't fall."

Zhai Lanye took the eyebrow pencil and sighed softly, "You don't understand, he is different from those individuals." After that, he looked into the mirror and traced Liu Mei in detail.

Seeing this, the maid knew that it would be useless to persuade her. She shook her head with a smile and asked, "Girl, I have carefully ironed the three clothes you picked out yesterday, but which one is the girl going to wear?"

Zhai Lanye turned around and looked at the three clothes hanging on the hanger with Huanghuali and Lingzhi pattern, speculating in his mind about his preferences, and it was difficult to decide for a while...

"These are all newly-cut clothes for the spring this year. I think the silver-red one is pretty good, and it's also coquettish." The maid looked at Zhai Lanye's expression, and pointed to another one, "This one is azure. How, it feels soft and thick and light and dense..."

Zhai Lanye still shook his head and instructed: "...Go and fetch the autumn-colored long coat at the bottom of the box."

The maid went according to her words, and picked it up after a while: "This one is brand new, but the pattern on the top is not fashionable anymore, does the girl want to wear it?"

After taking the long coat and rubbing the embroidery stitches with her fingers, Zhai Lanye sat quietly on the corset drum stool, frowning between her brows, as if she was in deep thought. The maid Su Ri was used to seeing her like this, so she was in a daze and didn't bother her.

After half a day, the self-ringing bell chirped a few times, Zhai Lan Yefang woke up like a dream, got up with determination, and said to himself: "It's it, although I don't dare to hope, but if he..." When she went down, there was a thin layer of blush on her cheeks, and her brows were shy and timid, showing her little daughter's tenderness.

Shen's Medical Center, backyard.

"What! You're gone again!"

If it wasn't for the flour being stirred with both hands, for fear of getting dirty, Yang Yue would have directly pulled her ears.

"Keep your voice down, don't shout." Jin Xia reassured him, "Isn't the young master back with all the beards and tails, nothing has happened. Listen to me, the man and woman are not my hallucinations, I found the woman footprints."

Yang Yue said in surprise: "Footprints? Didn't you say that the woman was dead and no one was found?"

This summer, he shook his head, frowned, and said, "I also find it strange. In my impression, the man's position has no footprints, but he was pressed by a heavy object, and the man's footprints appeared next to him. Isn't it strange?"

"That man didn't die, and then left the Peach Blossom Forest with the woman in his arms?" Yang Yue speculated.

"There is another possibility..." Jin Xia sighed and said, "that is, both of them were buried in the belly of a snake. You have never seen that snake, it is so big that it can swallow a wild boar alive, and its Disciples and grandchildren, twist, twist, twist, I get goosebumps just thinking about it."

"Have you met a snake yet?! The snake has just woken up and is the most vicious."

"Let's not say that the young master has a great life, and he has his own golden armor to protect him... You should hurry up, I'm waiting to eat noodles, remember to lie down on an egg, I'll look at the boss first."

This summer, before Yang Yue's lesson, he flashed out, went to the wing where Yang Chengwan lived, and called out respectfully outside the door, only to push the door in when he heard that Yang Chengwan responded.

"Boss, is it better? Are you bored, do you want me to collect some idle books to relieve your boredom." She moved a small bench and sat in front of the bed, smiling at Yang Chengwan.

Seeing her smile like this, Yang Chengwan narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Did you cause trouble outside or did you cause trouble, so guilty?"

"Look at what you said, you are nursing here, how can I do those things that make you worry, am I so ignorant." Seeing Yang Chengwan's expression this summer, he took the initiative to say, "Yes, I tell you that Well, there is nothing to do these two days, just found a man and a woman in the peach blossom forest, that woman..." She went on and said everything again, and naturally concealed the poisonous miasma and snakes in the peach blossom forest.

After listening, Yang Chengwan frowned deeply and asked again, "You just said that the woman is barefoot, and the man's position has traces of being pressed by a heavy object."

"Yeah." Jin Xia nodded, "That's why I think it's a little weird."

"You can draw the footprints of the woman and the traces of heavy objects for me to see. The shape and position must not be wrong." He instructed.

"Oh."

Although he didn't know the boss's intentions, this summer, he obediently asked the doctor to borrow a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. He leaned on the table and drew the picture as it was. After drying the ink, he handed it to Yang Chengwan.

Yang Chengwan watched for a moment, then asked, "What's wrong with that man?"

"It was foggy in the forest at the time, and I couldn't see it clearly, but I vaguely remember that the man's arm was awkward, as if he was being pulled hard," this summer hesitated for a moment, "Speaking of which, there is another strange thing, that night. I was in Qifen Pavilion with Xie Xiao, and I saw a man and woman embracing on a painting boat from the window, and the man's arm was like this, could it be the same person?"

Yang Chengwan was silent for a long time before he said, "This is not a person."

"Huh? Not a person?" Jin Xia said in surprise.

"In the past, there was a torture tool, like an upright coffin, which was covered with spikes three inches long. After people entered the coffin, the board was nailed to death, the spikes penetrated the body, and the blood was drained bit by bit. It will take two or three days for people to be exhausted."

Yang Chengwan's calm remarks made this summer feel more and more goosebumps.

"Who came up with this thing, it's so vindictive, so cruel." She tutted.

"Later, someone improved it and made it into a puppet with hidden spikes in its body. When the puppet embraced the person, its arms contracted, the mechanism in its body was activated, and the spikes popped out, piercing the vitals of the human body. This thing is called 'Love Farewell'," Yang Chengwan paused, "I just saw the picture you drew, and the traces are exactly the traces left by placing 'Love Farewell'."

This summer, I shuddered and murmured: "Buddhism has eight sufferings, birth, old age, illness, death, separation from love... How could someone in this world come up with such a strange torture tool..."

"This torture tool has been abandoned for many years due to the cumbersome production process. How could it suddenly appear on the boundary of Yangzhou at this juncture?" Yang Chengwan's brows furrowed even tighter. "And it made you bump into it twice."

"Could it have something to do with Zhou Xianji's case? But... what is the relationship between the two?"

I can't figure it out this summer.