limited backtracking

It was too late to return to the house after the court meeting yesterday, and there was an inexplicably thick stack of booklets on the table in the study.

Bai Lian felt a headache seeing the official business, and just wanted to turn around and leave.

When he got closer, he saw the word "urgent" written on the booklet, which strengthened his idea of ​​running away.

He muttered: "I saw a ghost."

Bai Lian rummaged through it casually, picked out all the notebooks sent by the ten halls, and glanced at them roughly.

It didn't take long before he took a piece of paper from the desk with a blank face, wrote a few words with a wave of his hand, and sent all the paper and folders back to the Ten Hall.

As soon as the booklet from the Ten Palaces was sent back, Bai Lian felt that his headache didn't hurt so much anymore.

He poured himself a cup of tea and prepared to deal with the rest of the papers, but he closed his eyes and fell asleep before finishing a paper.

Feng Zhi thought that at this time, Bai Lian would usually handle official business in the study, and if something urgent happened, he would go in and report it when he saw the door was open.

"Your Highness! The souls of the dead are being extradited!"

The sudden sound woke up the sleeping person, and Baili Eucalyptus nodded his head, almost hitting the table.

Bai Lian's tone was filled with displeasure due to the great waking up, and he resisted the urge to take a paperweight and hit people: "What are you shouting about, if you are not in a hurry, just wait, I will go later."

He looked at the ink-stained paper, put the pen in his hand back on the pen holder, crumpled the rice paper, yawned unconsciously, and said in a vague voice, "I'm sleepy, don't bother me."

Feng Zhi was afraid that he would fall asleep again, and said: "It's urgent! His Highness Six has already rushed to the world, and he needs someone to help him."

Hearing this, Bai Lian sighed helplessly, took the cloak, grabbed a small mint from the window sill, put it in his mouth and chewed it to refresh himself.

He raised his hand and waved a piece of black mist, and after writing the name of the Sixth Palace in the air, he took a deep breath and stepped into the black mist while putting on his cloak.

On the other side of the black mist is the place where Lu Sui, the Sixth Palace, is located.

As soon as he walked out of the black mist, the biting cold wind hit Bai Lian's face directly, and he was almost stunned.

It's winter in the world, and Fengdu only has day and night, neither hot nor cold all the year round, it doesn't seem that there are four seasons in the world.

Bai Lian shuddered and wrapped the cloak around her body tighter.Even the people of Fengdu should be cold and hot in the human world, and even the people in the heavens are no exception.

Surrounded by scorched trees, he could still vaguely smell the burning smell of wood. He didn't like this smell for no reason.

This place looks like a barren mountain, and in front of it is a dilapidated thatched house, which appears here very inconsistently.

After all, if all the trees in the mountain can be burned, the fire must be quite large, and it is impossible for this thatched cottage to survive.

Appearing here, there is only one possibility - array.

The habitat of the soul.

Generally speaking, Baili Eucalyptus will only come to the world after the ten highnesses have collected all the dead souls, and will bring the dead souls to Fengdu.And those who need guides to assist on the way to collect souls must be strangers who have strayed into the soul-dead array.

Baili Eucalyptus was most troubled by this situation, and he didn't know how far Lu Sui had gone.

He pushed open the bamboo door and entered the yard, the strong smell of blood almost sent him back to Fengdu directly.

How many dead souls must be here...

Bai Lian held his nose and thought.

Some vegetables were planted in the yard, a few chickens were raised in the chicken coop next to it, a large patch of herbs was planted on the other side, and a small hearth made of stone slabs was in the middle.I don't know what is boiling in the cauldron, there is a gurgling sound, and a little white smoke keeps floating from the chimney.

The bamboo door of the back room was open, and Bai Lian walked in.

Lu Sui was leaning against the window, and in front of him was a trembling stranger who was surrounded, leaning tightly.

Bai Lian looked around very quickly, raised his hand and counted the heads, his face collapsed instantly.

For a moment, people couldn't tell which was colder, the weather or Thyme's face.

"Yo, Little Eleven is here." Seeing Bai Lian, Lu Sui raised his eyebrows at him, saw his expression and then smiled, "It seems that it's really cold today. His face was frozen."

Thyme Eucalyptus: "..."

Are you trying to lure so many strangers?

Lu Sui stopped teasing him: "Don't be so sullen, I didn't expect so many people to come in by mistake. To ensure their safety, I didn't even chase after a few dead souls."

Bai Lian's beautiful eyes scanned the shivering people on the ground, "Sixth brother, when I came in, the smell of blood was very strong, maybe there are hundreds of dead souls?"

Lu Sui nodded and shook the porcelain bottle in his hand, "105 pieces, 84 pieces have already been collected."

"so much?"

Since Baili Eucalyptus left the world yesterday, 105 dead souls have appeared in such a short period of time, which is too strange.And they all gathered in such a small thatched hut.

He asked again, "I'm afraid this is not a normal birth, old age, sickness and death, and you came to collect the soul. Could it be a massacre?"

"No, it's a bit complicated to say." Lu Sui raised his chin towards the person in front, and said, "Send them back first, and I'll tell you later."

"it is good."

Bai Lian began to wind the "lead wire" around the index finger of his left hand, and he wound the other end of the red wire around the stranger, pulling them up, "Let's go."

After sending the people down the mountain like herding sheep, Bai Lian loosened the red thread, opened his right hand and stayed in the air for a moment, then slowly closed it, erasing all their memories of the thatched cottage.

After doing all this, Bai Lian went back to the mountain and almost collided with Lu Sui when he entered the door.

Lu Sui helped him quickly with his eyes and hands, and quickly said: "I have detected the whereabouts of other dead souls, I will leave first, you wait here."

"I'll go as well."

"No, you stay here and be careful of strangers entering by mistake. By the way, send a message to Xiao Shi and ask him to send the book of life to my house later." After Lu Sui finished speaking, he rubbed Baili with a smile. Eucalyptus's head directly drew a black mist and disappeared into the yard.

Send a voice transmission to Jiang Weiyan...

Bai Lian twirled the ring on his little finger, pondered for a while, and finally took a piece of yellow paper, wrote on it with his fingers, and burned it directly after writing.

After a few seconds, the ring suddenly lit up with a red light, and Bai Lian tapped it lightly, and a voice sounded in the air: "Eleven?"

Bai Lian froze for a moment: "...why?"

"What the hell did you write? It's so ugly, I can't understand it."

"..."

Jomo is blind!

"Your handwriting is ugly!" Bai Lian held back his anger, and the standard Xing Kai was considered ugly?

He heard Jiang Weiyan laugh, and that laugh seemed to stick close to his ear, making it itchy.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Sixth brother asked you to send the book of life to his house." Baili An coldly repeated Lu Sui's words, "No more, don't bother me."

After speaking, he took off the ring directly, and Jiang Weiyan's voice disappeared immediately.

Jiang Weiyan who was far away in Fengdu: "???"

so rude.

***

With nothing to do, Bai Lian sat on the swing under the eaves for a while, and then caught a glimpse of the stove that had been cooking, and seemed to have a bitter smell wafting out.

He stepped on the ground with both feet, slowly stopped the swing, got up and walked over, using the white linen cloth on the side of the stove as a hand pad, and lifted the lid of the large casserole.

The strong bitter taste and hot air lingered over him instantly.

Eucalyptus Thyme only felt that he was going to be smoked to death.

He blinked his eyes and held his nose for a while.After the steam was not so hot, I stretched my neck to look into the big casserole.

The herbal medicine has been boiled for a long time, and the original color cannot be seen in a black mass.Baili Eucalyptus smelled the medicinal smell familiar, so he found a pair of chopsticks and fiddled with the large group of medicinal herbs.

Although he is not proficient in medicinal materials, he can roughly distinguish them.

"Raw rehmannia, platycodon root, red peony root, scrophulariaceae, licorice, fresh bamboo leaves..." Eucalyptus thyme approached and sniffed it carefully, "Raw gypsum, coptis..."

There are a few herbs that he can't distinguish, but he has seen in medical skills that most of these prescriptions are used to treat diseases.

Thyme murmured in a low voice: "The epidemic..."

He looked back at the large patch of herbs. If he guessed correctly, this should be the residence of a healer.

Lu Sui didn't have time to tell him about the situation in the formation, but hundreds of dead souls all gathered in a doctor's room, either the doctor was the one who saved their lives, or the one who killed them.

If it is the first case, the doctor can save tens of thousands of people, and it is reasonable for the deceased soul to regard this place as a safe haven.

In the second case...

Then these dead souls are here to beg for their lives.

Bai Lian put down the things in his hands and went into the room to look around.

There are not many things in the room, the bookshelves against the wall are full of books, and Bai Lian picked a few at random, all of which are all kinds of medical books, covering healing, detoxification, and conditioning.

"It's a hard worker, and the books are all old."

There is a copy of "The Collection of Ten Thousand Herbs" on the desk, and there is a piece of paper under it. Eucalyptus Thyme pulled out the paper. It is a half-written prescription. The medicinal materials and dosage are written, but the decoction time and the number of times of taking But it is not finished.

Except for the herbs that have been identified by Eucalyptus thyme, the rest of the medicines are all written down on paper, and they are indeed prescriptions for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.However, this person added two more medicines, and taking them out alone is also a good medicine for clearing away heat and detoxification.

At first glance, the prescription seemed to be correct, but Thyme still couldn't fully believe that the prescription was correct.

He folded up the prescription and put it away, took a red string and made a safety knot to hang it under the door, and told Lu Sui that he was leaving temporarily, this was his little habit when he went out.

He cast Taoism on the peace knot to seal the entire formation of dead souls to prevent strangers from intruding.He rarely uses this method in normal times, it consumes energy.

Baili Eucalyptus went down the mountain satisfied with the beautiful safe knot.

***

Chaxi Town is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with a large tea garden to the east and north, and burned barren hills to the west. Fortunately, the fire did not spread to the tea mountains.

Bai Lian found a wonton shop at the foot of the mountain, told the servants not to put chopped green onions and coriander, and found a seat by the window to sit down.

Perhaps it was cold, and there were only a few people sitting here and there, eating steaming wontons with their heads covered.A red plum tree was planted outside the window, most of which was covered by snow, and it was fragrant.

Bai Lian stared at Hongmei for a moment, then took out the prescription again.

The servant put the noodle bowl on the table and said with a warm smile, "Guest officer, take your wontons slowly."

"Thank you." Bai Lian called to the boy who was about to leave, "By the way, is there a medical center in this town?"

"Yes, there are two medical clinics on this street alone, and they are just ahead." The young man pointed towards the door, "There is a Lin's medical clinic farther away, the most famous one in our town. The doctor is Mr. Lin from Lin's Medical Center."

"Thank you."

While looking at the prescription, Bai Lian stirred the wontons in the bowl to dissipate heat. When the wontons stopped burning his mouth, Bai Lian didn't see anything wrong with the prescription.

Forget it, I'm still a little inexperienced.

Baili Eucalyptus scooped up a wonton, cooled it slightly and put it in his mouth. Before he could chew it, someone poked his right cheek.

Turning his head to look, Jiang Weiyan's face gradually enlarged in front of his eyes, and it was almost close to his face.

A low, soothing and slightly teasing voice surrounded Thyme.

"Little Eleven, do you miss me?"

The wonton in Thyme's mouth slid directly down the esophagus.

Baili Eucalyptus: "..."

Eucalyptus Thyme hardened his fist.

We must find an opportunity to tie him up and beat him!

The feeling of being choked was not good, and Bai Lian resisted the idea of ​​flipping the table and hitting someone.

Fortunately, the wontons were all small, and Bai Lian held the bowl with both hands and slowly drank a few mouthfuls of soup before swallowing the wontons.

Bai Lian, who came back to life, thought for half a second, and felt that he should do something, or he would be sorry for himself.

Well, you can't let yourself suffer.

The hand that was about to hit Jiang Weiyan's face was caught and stopped in mid-air.

"Why are your hands so cold, I'll cover them for you." After Jiang Weiyan finished speaking, he held his hands with both hands and rubbed them gently.

Jiang Weiyan's hands were not so strong, Bai Lian struggled twice and did not break free, and gave up on himself: "If you want to be sick, don't come to me, I'm hungry, I want to eat."

Jiang Weiyan said solemnly: "You eat, the wontons are going to be cold."

Bai Lian laughed angrily: "How can I eat if you hold my hand?!"

Jiang Weiyan moved closer again: "Then I'll feed you."

"...Turn left when you go out to see the medical hall." Bai Lian grabbed his hand with his left hand, and said helplessly, "I beg you to go and see your brain, as soon as you appeared in front of me, my appetite suddenly dropped."

Jiang Weiyan stopped teasing him, let go of his hand and rubbed the little red mole under Bai Lian's right eye with his thumb, and said with a smile: "Eat, I won't trouble you."

Baili Eucalyptus felt the skin he touched burn, and slapped his hand away with a "snap", "Don't touch me."

After speaking, he ate the wonton by himself, as if the person next to him was dead.

But Jiang Weiyan didn't think he was dead, he kept talking non-stop while playing with the red plum branch.

"Eleven, why do you look thinner again?"

Baili Eucalyptus chewed on the wonton and ignored him.

"Eleven, what is this prescription for? This man's handwriting is better than yours."

Baili An was so angry that he drank his soup, but still ignored him.

"Eleven, there's skin on your mouth, I'll wipe it off for you."

Bai Lian dodged back when he reached out his hand, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, found that he was not skinny, rolled his eyes at him, and still did not speak.

Jiang Weiyan chuckled, and let go of the snow-covered red plum branch in his hand.

It was suddenly released, and the snow on the red plums rustled down, making a soft sound on the snow.

With the hand that didn't touch the snow, he pinched Bai Lian's chin, and pulled him closer, with the tips of his noses facing each other.

"Berry Eucalyptus, I miss you very much."

He tilted his head and kissed the corner of Baili's mouth.