Painting Doctor Jinhua

After returning to the Xiao family mansion, Xiao Xian's mood still couldn't calm down for a long time. He held the scroll given to him by Xiao Jinyu in his hand, thinking for a long time without saying a word, and couldn't help shedding a tear from his eyes.

The servant Feng Dong knew what his master was thinking, so he asked carefully, "My dear, I can see that you really want to bring the miracle doctor to the Xiao family, but why did you tell her the truth?"

If she wasn't told and kept it a secret forever, she wouldn't know her own background and would naturally come to the Xiao family.

Just as she was thinking about it, Xiao Xian unexpectedly replied: "You don't understand. If she returns to the Xiao family, she may not live as well as she does now. All of my Xiao family members are talented, but why do they all die young? This is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster."

The servant's face changed.

Then I heard him say, "The sky is high and the birds fly freely, the sea is wide and the fish jump freely. I hope she can live like this forever. But sister...if mother knew that sister has...I am really afraid that she can't bear it..."

"Then don't tell Madam." The servant quickly replied.

Xiao Xian shook his head and muttered to himself, "My mother's lifelong love for her husband was severed because of the quarrel between my elder sister and my father. She was also depressed because she had been living in guilt and pain. That's why she fell ill and was paralyzed in bed. Later, my eldest brother, second brother, and third brother passed away one after another. My mother's last spiritual support also collapsed. Now no one recognizes her. I really don't know..."

"My dear, the lady still knows you. She just occasionally loses her composure when she sees others. Every time you go to see her, she becomes very quiet and kind. I can see that the lady is actually very worried about you."

Because I am worried, I am trying to stay alive even with my last breath.

Thinking of his mother's skinny body, which looked like an old woman in her seventies or eighties, Xiao Xian felt a burning pain in his heart.

"My dear, that girl knows how to treat. Why don't we invite her home to see Madam? Maybe Madam's illness will be cured." The servant suddenly had an idea and said. After that, he seemed to realize something and said very embarrassedly, "My dear, that miracle doctor has no Adam's apple, and she looks so charming and beautiful. Don't tell me you didn't see it?"

Xiao Xian shook his head and laughed. How could he not see it? He just saw it but didn't say it out loud.

The servant seemed to understand his thoughts immediately, and said again and again: "Don't worry, my dear, I will never tell anyone else about this." After a pause, he continued, "But, what about the lady's illness?"

When talking about his mother's illness, Xiao Xian's expression darkened again, and he seemed to be moved, but he finally shook his head.

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After seeing Xiao Xian off all the way, Fenghuang returned to the courtyard and saw Xiao Jinyu staring blankly at the compass in her hand by the candlelight, with no smile on her face and a look that seemed a little sad and gloomy.

So, he took a hat and put it on his head, ran to Xiao Jinyu, and said with a mysterious smile: "Brother Qing, why don't I dance and sing for you, okay?"

Before Xiao Jinyu could answer, she saw the boy had stepped back a few steps and without warning began to dance and stomp his feet. As he danced, he struck the chime with his bamboo chopsticks and sang:

"The man is in the tenth floor, and the woman is in the ninth floor.

If you are not a yellow kite, how can you get the bird in the clouds? "

When she sang to this part, the boy saw Xiao Jinyu's expression. She was stunned at first, then the corners of her lips curved slightly, revealing a smile. He couldn't help but grin and smile brightly, with the sleeves of her hands fluttering, and she began to dance with more unrestrained movements.

"Murong climbed the wall and saw that the Wu army was endless. I should do my duty and kill those outside the wall in vain.

Murong was indignant and burned incense to pray for Buddha. He wished to be a swallow in the wall and fly high out of the wall.

Murong looked out from the wall and saw that the Wu army had no end in sight. Hey, my ministers, this is a very sad thing!

As the boy danced and sang, the smile on Xiao Jinyu's face froze again. She had never seen such a free and unrestrained dance. It seemed that the person dancing in front of her was not a person, but a phoenix that had been trapped in a cage for a long time and was eager to spread its wings and fly. When the phoenix broke out of the cage, it would soar above the sky with a proud and clear cry. There was a kind of wild elegance and deep-rooted romanticism in the boy's dance, as well as a kind of hidden courage that looked down on the world.

Spinning, spreading wings, flying high, every movement brings with it the wind of heaven, as graceful as floating snow.

"A great master should not be too arrogant, as thousands of soldiers and horses will avoid the white robes."

When the last sentence fell, the boy stopped moving and his sleeves gradually fell down, like a tired bird finally folding its wings.

Xiao Jinyu seemed to be thinking about something.

"A famous general should not be complacent, and thousands of troops should avoid the white-robed soldiers" tells the story of Chen Qianzhi, a famous general of the Southern Liang Dynasty. With only a few thousand white-robed soldiers, he captured 32 cities of the Northern Wei Dynasty within three months. Wherever he went, no one dared to confront him.

This achievement is unprecedented.

It’s a pity that Chen Qingzhi died early, otherwise...

Thinking of this, Xiao Jinyu shook her head and laughed again.

At this time, the boy came over and asked, "Brother Qing, how is it? Is my dance good? How does it compare to the romantic Dugu Xin with the side hat?"

Xiao Jinyu came back to her senses and said with a grateful smile: "Are you afraid that I'm unhappy, so you deliberately danced this dance to make me happy?"

Phoenix did not deny it.

Xiao Jinyu added: "In fact, I am not unhappy. Good fortune and bad fortune are interdependent. It is unpredictable that people will encounter many unpredictable things in their lives. If you are unhappy about everything, what is the meaning of living?

Phoenix, look!"

What to look at?

Following Xiao Jinyu's slender finger, Fenghuang looked over and saw that there was a diagram drawn under the compass. In the diagram was a jade pendant. This jade pendant was the relic left by her mother, Xiao.

Phoenix didn't understand what it meant, so he asked, "What is this?"

Xiao Jinyu replied, "I was just fortune-telling, using my mother's belongings to predict her life."

"So what did you calculate, Brother Qing?"

"In the twenty-four hexagrams, the hexagram shows water, pointing directly to the southeast of the Qinhuai River, which is the direction of the Xiao family mansion. The guest hexagram is the Li hexagram, which points to the Taiji Palace in Jiankang Taicheng."

Phoenix shook his head: "I still don't understand, what does this mean?"

Xiao Jinyu fell silent, paused for a moment, and then continued: "What it means is that the person who really harmed my mother is not in the Xiao family mansion, but in the imperial palace."

"That is to say, the person who harmed my aunt was not Princess Yunyin, but someone else. Who could it be?" Fenghuang suddenly stood up and said.

Xiao Jinyu remained silent again.

"I didn't expect that Brother Qing could tell fortunes?" Fenghuang sighed in surprise again.

Xiao Jinyu smiled. Divination is just a skill in Taoism. Using the directions on the hexagrams to measure feng shui and fortune-telling is only the most basic skill. The real skill is to defy fate and change destiny. This is what the so-called Taoist magic is like. It's a pity that she hadn't reached this point in her previous life, otherwise she wouldn't have let their Xie family and the entire Nanliang be destroyed by thieves.

"Phoenix, please take out all the other relics of my mother and let us see them!"

"it is good."

The boy nodded, and immediately took out the box left by Xiao and placed it in front of Xiao Jinyu.

Xiao Jinyu opened the box and found a bulging brocade bag from a pile of ornaments. She then opened the bag and saw that it contained a brocade handkerchief embroidered with words.

The embroidery on the handkerchief was excellent, and the handwriting on it was also very elegant, in standard hairpin-shaped small regular script, with the following words: "People say that a round fan is like a full moon, but I say that a full moon is not always full. I wish that Yanzhou would be free of frost, and that I could walk in and out of the city with joy for thousands of years."

It is a love poem, and a bold love poem seeking pleasure.

Xiao Jinyu placed the silk in the formation he had set up and started divination again.

Using human relics to predict what she had experienced in her lifetime was a skill taught to her by the man in her dream in her previous life. However, this skill was very exhausting, so after she finished divination, she became very tired and even drowsy and almost fainted.

Phoenix's face changed with fear.

"Brother Qing, what's wrong with you? Did something happen to you?"

Xiao Jinyu nodded and said, "I'm a little tired, Fenghuang, help me go to the house and rest for a while!"

"it is good."