Ancient Sword II Xie Lelianxin

Chapter 5

It took Le Wuyi a long time to realize that the fate between Xie Yi and him did not begin with the serious illness when he was ten years old.They had known each other since the autumn of his seventh year.

To the north of the Western Regions Desert and thousands of miles west of Yumen Pass, there is a hidden natural basin.The north of the basin is covered with ice and snow, and the east, south, and west sides are surrounded by the Yilie Mountains. The continuous and towering mountains intercept the moist clouds and merge into clear springs and streams, nourishing generations of Lieshan people.

That is Liuyue City, Xie Yi's hometown.

The vegetation in the city is verdant, but outside the cliff is full of yellow sand.For thousands of years, the Lieshan people have lived and thrived here, and few people left the city to set foot in the sandy sea. It wasn't until a lost Central Plains caravan entered the city by mistake a hundred years ago that Lieshan people knew that there was another vast land to the east.The leader of the caravan was seriously ill and thought he would die, but he didn't want to be saved by the priest of Lieshan. After he led the caravan back to the Central Plains, he told everyone about Liuyue City's peerless medical skills.In the next hundred years, doctors went to northern Xinjiang from time to time, but no one found this fabled city.

However, even if someone arrives by chance, I'm afraid they can only look forward to it and sigh.The medical skills originated from Emperor Shennong are all recorded in the "Shen Nong's Classic" of Lieshan Medical Code, and are passed down from generation to generation by the city lords. According to the laws of Lieshan, only children of the same clan who are designated as priest candidates by high-ranking priests are eligible to study.

And Xie Yi was one of the children who were selected that year.

Xie Yi was extremely talented. At the age of 11, he was accepted as a disciple by the high priest Shen Ye, who taught him martial arts, and was later chosen as the high priest to succeed him.It's just that he has a weak constitution, so in order to avoid premature death, Shen Ye ordered Tong Tong, a priest with superb medical skills, to treat him and teach him medical skills.Soon after Tong got a special license from Shen Ye, he took out the little tree essence medicine left in the holy tree, and used it to wash clothes and strengthen his body.

According to the past practice, only the city lord is worthy of the marrow washing privilege. However, the current city lord Cang Ming is weak and Shen Ye is extremely powerful, so no one dares to object.

Xie Yishao studied medicine hard all the time, not only to repay Shen Ye's kindness, but also because he had witnessed the early death of his parents and many clansmen due to illness.A hundred years ago, the climate around the Yilie Mountains changed suddenly, and the streams on the top of the mountain dried up. The Lishan people had to dig wells to get water. Since then, an unknown fester disease has gradually spread.Once infected, the skin of a person's hands and feet will become extremely chapped, and soon the erosion will spread all over the body, and he will die in pain within a few years.The priests in the clan tried their best, but they could only delay the disease, but there was no cure.

That year, Xie Yi, who had just surpassed the weak crown, took over the post of priest of the Pojun, and was ordered by Shen Ye to leave Liuyue City and go to the Central Plains to find a cure for the festering disease.

Liuyue City lives away from the world, and there is only a simple map left by the caravan a hundred years ago for reference.As shown in the picture, after crossing the Dongshan Mountain and walking south along the ancient commercial road for more than ten days, you can reach the largest oasis in the desert - the drug donation country, and from there you can go to the Central Plains.

Xie Yi turned over Mount Yilie according to the map, but he couldn't see the commercial road marked in the map at all. There were only a few dead Populus euphratica trees in the vast sandy sea, and the body was covered with cracks torn by the wind, which seemed to be abandoned road signs.He tossed and turned in the yellow sand for several days, and soon ran out of water and rice. Fortunately, the spirituality of his mount brought him, who was dying, to find the donated poison.

The kind-hearted people donating poison sent water and food to the comatose traveler.The moment he woke up, this strange city was like a divine residence in his eyes.

Xie Yi once thought that Lie Shan was a descendant of the gods, and that he was very different from the outside world, so it was difficult to communicate. He didn't want to donate poison, but the text was very similar to Lie Shan's text.He also found that the local people also worship Shennong as the main god, and there is even a love song that is very similar to the Lishan folk song.

Although curious, Xie Yi has no time to research.The common language saved a lot of trouble. He asked the innkeeper where the medicine shop was, and planned to collect some medicinal materials before heading to the Central Plains.

"So you are a doctor, how about going to the palace for a try?" The shopkeeper patted Xie Yi on the shoulder, "If you can cure the seriously ill princess, our king will definitely give you a lot of rewards."

"Gold and silver are the next best thing. It's Xie's luck to save people with the medical skills he learned. Thank you for telling me, the shopkeeper. I'll go tomorrow."

"Haha, young man, seeing that you are here for the first time, just go shopping when we donate poison... Maybe our king will reward a woman to be your wife. You take her away, and there are people accompanying you on the way." say."

"This..." Xie Yi smiled, shook his head and declined politely, "The women in your country are graceful and graceful, but they just bear heavy responsibilities, and the road ahead will be difficult. I'm afraid they will wrong her."

The illness that the princess suffers from is very troublesome. Xie Yi prescribed a prescription, but there is a key ingredient missing.The medicine grew in Liuyue City, King Hunxie immediately sent an envoy to Liuyue, and asked Xie Yi to wait until the envoy returned.In the following tens of days, Xie Yi was invited to the palace for follow-up visits every now and then. In his spare time, he visited all the pharmacies where the poison was donated, and he didn't find it boring.

One day when Xie Yi was leaving the palace, a group of gorgeous chariots and horses happened to be coming in front of him, so he walked to the side of the road to avoid it.The raised silk curtain brushed the young priest's cheeks, he couldn't help but stop and watch, and saw a burly man and a six or seven-year-old child sitting in the carriage.The guard who led the way said that it was General Wu Huo Luo and his beloved youngest son, who would bring them with him every time they entered the palace. As a distinguished guest, you can go to visit and enjoy it.

Xie Yi was in high spirits this day and decided to follow along.He originally thought the Royal Garden was a small flower garden, but when he got closer, he realized that it was actually a dense forest. The guards stopped at the edge of the forest, and he walked slowly along the gravel path to the depths of the forest alone.

In order to enter the palace for an audience, he deliberately changed into the solemn Lieshan priest robe that day. Unexpectedly, the path in the forest was narrow, and the sleeves of the toga were caught by the low bushes beside the road from time to time.The young man bent down to push aside the branches, and fished out the torn cuff with some heartache. When he turned his head, he saw that the branch next to him was covered with small berries, and the ripe orange pulp was so full that the peel was about to burst.He backed away from the bushes slowly, and a small bunch of berries just brushed his cheek, leaving a smear of honey-colored juice on his lips.

Well, this is... sea buckthorn?I heard people say that sea buckthorn fruit is as sweet as honey, this time - can you really taste the sweetness?

He took off a few pieces and patted off the frosting powder, threw them into his mouth and chewed them.The moment the peel bursts, the sticky and fragrant juice gushes out, chewing slowly can really taste a touch of sweetness.Xie Yi closed his eyes and smiled, wishing he could turn around a few times in this deserted place.

——This is a taste he has never tasted since he was 11 years old.

When he was young, he took medicine every day for conditioning. Although his body recovered, his sense of taste became dull day by day, and he felt a little reluctant to take medicine again.Shen Ye was not consoling, and said that the seven emotions and six desires make people indecisive. As the great priest of Lieshan, his decisions are all related to the survival of the clansmen.He said again in a deep voice, just remember, there will be a price for everything.

Xie Yi nodded, and never brought up this matter with Shen Ye again, and would consciously restrain his disengaged temperament every time he listened to the training.After leaving Liuyue City, he was delighted and curious by the exotic flowers, plants, and exotic customs, and his childhood memories of sweet, bitter, spicy tastes were also brought back by the dazzling array of delicacies. Sometimes he even thought, such a self, can really be as Shen Ye expected. Does that shoulder the heavy responsibility of the high priest?

The sweetness quickly disappeared on the tip of the tongue, Xie Yi followed the fragrance of the flowers, and saw a few beautiful blue butterflies passing by, he couldn't help but stop and look back.Unexpectedly, the butterflies folded back again, and one even boldly landed on his fingertips.

The bushes were rustling, and the hem of the emerald clothes was blowing up in the wind, as if to catch the fallen flowers all over her body.Xie Yi stared at the unknown butterfly with bated breath, only to feel a layer of bright blue light spreading in front of his eyes, unexpectedly there was a scream behind him, and with a shake of his hand, the butterfly was startled away.

The uninvited guest behind him was the noble boy who was sitting in the carriage just now.There were a few dead leaves stuck in the boy's disheveled brown hair, his mouth was half-opened, and a pair of big amber eyes were wide open, like a frightened little tabby cat.

"I've met the young master. I'm Xie Yi. I came from northern Xinjiang." Xie Yi brushed his right hand on his chest and bowed slightly to him.The boy who came back to his senses shut his mouth in embarrassment, Xie Yi suddenly regretted that he didn't bring candy today, otherwise he would have to coax him to open his mouth and feed him a few with his own hands.

"My name is... Uh, I heard that the king invited a doctor to treat the princess. Is it you?" The boy blushed and replied, "I came to see the king with my father, and he asked me to come here to play. I never I have never seen such a nice and good-looking person like you, I thought... I thought I saw a flower fairy."

Xie Yi was praised for being smart when he was young, but this was the first time he heard such praise, and he didn't know how to answer it.The boy looked very sincere, and the young priest waved his hands dumbfoundingly: "I'm a mortal, not a fairy. By the way, do you recognize the butterfly just now?"

The boy nodded hastily: "Yes, it's called Yao Die, and some people call it Yao Die, because their wings can cure diseases."

"Yao Die? What a special name... I have heard that Yao Die has medicinal effects, but I have never seen it before."

"Yao Die has never loved ones, so it's hard to catch. Do you have something fragrant on you?"

Xie Yi tapped his palms and thought: "...I only wear a sachet for repelling insects, but I don't know why it is favored by Yao Die. Sigh, if I can take one back and try it blindly, maybe I can understand why .”

"It's not difficult, I have a solution." The boy approached Xie Yi and pulled him into the depths of the woods, "It's autumn now, and there are butterfly eggs hanging on the top of the tallest tree. Take some butterfly eggs back Hatch a caterpillar, and when it turns into a butterfly, you can try out what flavor it likes."

While teaching Xie Yi how to hatch Yaodie, the boy led him to a big tree.The tree was about the height of five or six adults, Xie Yi felt it was dangerous, but unexpectedly the boy had rolled up his sleeves, kicked off his shoes and socks, and climbed up slowly.

"Hey, no need, come down quickly!" Xie Yi said loudly.

"Brother, don't worry, I often climb this tree and never fall... Ah, it's there."

The boy was round, but he moved and climbed very nimbly. In a blink of an eye, he stepped on a branch as thick as an arm, and stretched out his hand to reach a leaf hanging upside down on the treetop.Seeing that the branch was shaking violently, Xie Yi hurriedly stood under the boy and looked up. Hearing cheers from above, he shouted at him again: "Move back slowly, pay attention to your feet..."

Click.

The branch snapped at the sound, Xie Yi opened his arms to catch the falling child without thinking too much.He was armed with martial arts, but at this moment he let go of most of the condensed strength, and only used his flesh and blood to withstand the force of the impact, protecting the soft body of the child in his arms.

The child was safe and sound, but Xie Yi's chest felt a little stuffy from the impact, his heart was beating non-stop, and the clothes soaked in cold sweat stuck to his body.He was worried that this naughty child would still not know the heights of the sky and the earth, so he closed his eyes, hugged him and fell backward on the mud floor.

"Big brother... woo woo, what's wrong with you, big brother?"

……

"Woo...it's all my fault!"

……

"I won't climb that high again, big brother, wake up...can you wake up?"

Xie Yi listened to him crying calmly, guessing that this time his memory should be improved, when he suddenly felt two wet and sticky little hands touch his face, and he didn't know whether it was tears or snot.He hurriedly opened his eyes, and happened to meet a pair of tearful blistered eyes, then smiled and gently pulled away the hand that was holding his face: "If there is nothing wrong with you, young master, can you please move... your buttocks? "

"……what?"

"My...there is a jade pendant hanging on the chest, and the young master crushed it so hard that it really hurts."

Before the words fell, the weight on his body disappeared. Xie Yi sat up, waved to the boy squatting aside, patted the mud beside him and said softly, "Come, come and sit."

The boy blushed, sat down next to Xie Yi without saying a word, took out the leaf with butterfly eggs from his bosom and put it in his hand.The two were silent for a while, the boy touched the broken gold leaf pattern on Xieyi's cuff, looked up at the round jade pendant hanging on his chest, and asked timidly, "Big Brother, does it still hurt?"

"If you are obedient and obedient from now on, I won't be in pain anymore." Xie Yi accepted the leaves, "I heard that you are the child of General Wuhuoluo, what's your name?"

"I just turned seven...I won't have a name until next year."

Xie Yi couldn't help being surprised, and asked the boy to find out that this was originally a rule of donating drugs - children before the age of seven belong to the God of Shennong, and parents will only name their children after they are seven years old.

"If Big Brother still comes here next year, I can tell you my name."

There seemed to be molten gold in the boy's eyes, which was more dazzling than the luster of butterfly scales.Xie Yi patted his head, nodded in agreement, remembering that he would return to Liuyue City from the Central Plains in a year, and maybe he could stop by to see him.After thinking about it, he took off his sachet and tied it on the boy's belt.

"Thank you, young master, for your help. The sachet will be given to you, maybe it can really attract Yaodie."

"Thank you, big brother! Is this the sachet you made? It's amazing!" The boy's delicate fingers touched the fringe thread, his eyes were bent into two crescent moons, and he shook his head shyly, "Mother said, in her hometown , the sachet can only be given when I propose a marriage; my mother also said that I can get engaged when I have a name, and if I become a relative, I can always be with the person I like...Big brother, come to my house next year to propose a marriage, how long are you? You're so pretty, my mother will definitely like you."

Xie Yi was dumbfounded, pinching the boy's fleshy cheeks with both hands and pulling them to the sides, that solemn expression immediately became extremely funny.He suppressed a smile and asked: "I'm twenty one this year, and my young master is only seven years old. I'm three times your age, isn't it?"

The boy froze for a moment, nodded hesitantly, Xie Yi stood up and pulled him up, and slowly walked back along the original path.

"So when you are weak, you will be sixty years old, and when you are 48 years old, you will be 140 years old... At that time, there will be a difference of nearly a hundred years between you and me. Do you want to change your name to grandpa?"

"..."

The boy frowned, shook his head and nodded again, and counted back and forth with his short fingers, but his fingers were not enough, so he became more and more confused after counting a few times, and followed Xie Yi to the edge of the forest unconsciously.

"Let me take my leave, young master, take care." Xie Yi patted the boy on the head, handed him over to the waiting servant, and turned to leave.After only a few steps, the boy caught up again, raised his arm and hooked his little finger with his little finger: "I can't figure it out...how about we pull Gougou first, big brother will definitely come next year."

"Okay, it's a deal."

Xie Yi waved at him with the corners of his lips curled up, and walked briskly towards the inn.

A few days later, the envoy sent to Liuyue City brought back the medicinal materials, and the condition of the princess really improved greatly.The messenger also brought back a message from the great priest of Lishan, promising to continue to provide this kind of herbal medicine to the donated drug until the princess recovered.Xie Yi felt relieved, and entrusted the envoy to take Yaodie's eggs to Liuyue City together with the medicinal materials collected earlier, and then set off to donate poison.

During the subsequent journey, he would occasionally think of that boy and that old tune.He faintly felt some kind of wonderful connection between Lie Shan and donating drugs, but he couldn't tell what it was.

At that time, he was young and brave, and he quickly learned how to deal with all kinds of strange languages ​​and foods; he knocked on the doors of countless medical clinics, wandered among hundreds of medicinal materials, just to find the trace of healing power. The hope of changing the destiny of the whole clan.

He will continue to move forward with curiosity and responsibility.