Wanfang

, and unkempt, like a handsome little beggar.

Thinking of Shen Jixi's 14-year-old appearance, Zhan Xun raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, thinking, this person is still not quite right now.

The big dog barked twice from far away, and Zhan Xun's thoughts were interrupted. He immediately got up and looked into the well, and shouted a few words at the dark bottom of the well.

After a while, when Zhan Xun got impatient with waiting, Shen Jixi answered from below.

Zhan Xun breathed a sigh of relief, and then there was the sound of Shen Silent Creek vomiting from the bottom of the well.He stood at the mouth of the well and touched his chin, then sat down beside the well with some guilt.

After waiting for nearly two sticks of incense, the rattan hanging at the bottom of the well remained silent, and Zhan Xun and the others were very anxious.He wanted to call Shen Jixi twice, but remembered the other party's vomiting before, so he had to hold back silently.

The big dog seemed to have sensed Zhan Xun's restlessness, and moved over silently, lying at his feet, turning his head back and forth uneasily.

Just when Zhan Xun couldn't bear it and almost wanted to jump down to have a look, the rattan hanging from the mouth of the well finally moved.

"Hold on firmly, and I'll lift you up." Zhan Xun waited for the cane to move again, and when it was close to the state of tension, he leaned over and lifted up the Shenjixi River at the bottom of the well.

Even so, his complexion was still extremely pale after coming up from the Silent Creek, and he was tired, frightened and disgusted.

Big Dog saw that Shen Jixi was safe and sound, but he was not overly elated. Instead, he walked to the side silently and got down on the ground.

Shen Jixi didn't care too much, tore off the rattan on his body, leaned over and retched for a while, then took the underwear handed over by Zhan Xun, and wanted to wipe himself, then looked at the underwear in his hand for a moment, it was Zhan Xun Xun's.

"You... want to go back to the city naked?" Shen Jixi asked, the other party's shirt was already soaked.

"It's enough for me to have a coat. Wipe it quickly so you don't catch a cold." Zhan Xun turned around and didn't look at the other party, picked up his coat and put it on.Just now, after coming up from the well, he was so worried about the other party that he forgot to put on his clothes.

"Do you still remember crabs?" Shen Jixi asked, rubbing her body indiscriminately.

Zhan Xun was taken aback for a moment, then realized and asked, "You mean water Gu?"

Shen Jixi nodded, then pulled Zhan Xun's coat that was wrapped around his waist just now, shook it off, and then a thumb-sized almost transparent octopus fell out of it.

The author has something to say: Mr. General Attack: You take off your clothes so quickly...

Fried-haired Qiao Langzhong: You're already □□ first, so what can I do?

☆, blood feeding

Zhan Xun was startled, looked at the worm and said, "Is this water Gu?"

"That's right, it's a pity that he seems to be dying." Shen Jixi picked up the water Gu and put it in his palm.

"Isn't the water gu released in Zhan Village? Why did it appear here? Could it not be the one you released?" Zhan Xun asked.

Shen Jixi shook his head, found a relatively flat open space not far away, sat on the ground, and said: "It can't be wrong, because it was at the bottom of the well just now, and it took the initiative to find me."

How could the water Gu released in Zhan Village reach Nanshan four years later?

"Could it be..." Zhan Xun frowned and looked towards Shen Jixi.

The other party said in a deep voice: "The well water in Zhan Village is connected to the well water in Nanshan, so it can be concluded that the blood plague is indeed transmitted through the water source."

Zhan Xun was taken aback, and asked, "Didn't you just confirm that the blood plague was transmitted through water sources?"

Shen Jixi took a breath, patted the big dog that silently crawled to his feet, and said: "It was said earlier that the blood plague was transmitted to humans through the water source, but now it is said that the blood plague is transmitted to other places through the water source. "

"You mean, the blood plague in Nanshan passed to Zhan Village through the water source, and the blood plague in Zhan Village passed to the county town?" Zhan Xun asked.

"Not necessarily. It may be that the blood plague in Nanshan took four years to spread to Hejiawan, another four years to spread to Zhan Village, and another four years to spread to the county town." Shen Jixi said.

Zhan Xun thought for a moment when he heard the words, and asked, "Hejiawan? That seems to be the place where my grandmother and I picked up the small river."

Shen Jixi was taken aback, and said, "Xiaohe is from Hejiawan?"

Zhan Xun nodded and said: "I was on the road with my grandmother and passed by there. But I had a high fever, and I only vaguely remembered that my grandmother said that the village was indeed called Hejiawan. Later, when I woke up, there was another The child, the grandmother said that both the parents of the child passed away and there was no one to take care of him, so she took him with her when she saw that he was pitiful."

At that time, Shen Xiaohe was only about one year old, and Zhan Xun was only a 12-year-old boy.

"Someone in Hejiawan survived..." And that person happened to be his son——Shen Xiaohe, and Shen Jixi couldn't help but lament the strangeness of fate.

"How did the little river survive?" Zhan Xun said as he looked towards Shen Jixi, and then he caught a glimpse of the water gu spread out in the other party's hand. He was shocked and quickly reached out to knock the water gu to the ground.

Shocked, Shen Jixi hurriedly looked down at the water Gu, only to see that the water Gu, which was almost transparent, gradually turned red, and after a while, the whole body became blood red.

The blood-red water Gu lay motionless on the ground, looking a little weird.

There was deathly silence all around, the big dog watched from a distance, a little uneasy, but did not bark.

Zhan Xun looked at Shen Jixi, with a trace of daze on the other side, and was about to reach out to touch the blood-red water gu, but saw red liquid slowly oozing from the water gu.

"It... bleeds?" Zhan Xun felt a little unbelievable. The water gu was originally transparent, so how could it bleed red blood?

"I don't know." Shen Jixi frowned, squatted on the ground and looked close to the water gu on the ground, Zhan Xun's eyes were all over his naked back.

"Where's your medicine?" Zhan Xun asked suddenly.

Shen Jixi didn't know why, so she looked away and asked, "What medicine?"

"You haven't applied medicine to the injury on your shoulder, have you?" Zhan Xun pointed to Shen Jixi's shoulder, where the place that was scratched while pulling the cart was red and swollen.

Shen Jixi glanced at his miserable shoulder, and suddenly felt that the forgotten pain came back, so he ran to look through the clothes he had thrown on the ground, and found the wound medicine that Zhan Xun had given him earlier from his pocket.

"You wipe it for me." Shen Jixi handed the medicine to Zhan Xun, and squatted on the ground thinking about the water gu that kept oozing red liquid.

Zhan Xun took the medicine, wiped it on the wound on the opponent's shoulder, and then pushed and pressed it slowly with the palm of his hand.

Shen Jixi endured the pain on his shoulder and said, "It's not dead yet."

Hearing this, Zhan Xun moved his eyes from Shenjixi's shoulder to the ground, looked at the water gu, and saw that after the water gu leaked some red liquid, its body slowly returned to a translucent color, and he couldn't help being amazed, saying : "After vomiting blood, did you come back to life?"

"You said it was vomiting blood?" Shen Jixi's eyes lit up, and he turned around and asked.

When Zhan Xun saw the other party turning his head, the strength in his hands fluctuated, causing the other party to "hiss", his brows furrowed, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to cover up his panic, saying: "Uh...it...isn't it Are you vomiting blood?"

"I heard from Uncle Six that water gu can change color, but I really don't know if its blood is red." Shen Jixi said without distraction: "If what it vomits is really blood, it is possible that it is also stained with blood. Blood plague?"

Zhan Xun glanced at the water gu, then looked at the mouth of the well, and said, "Is the fishy smell in the well related to the water gu?"

Shen Jixi shook his head and said, "I haven't found the source of the smell in the well, but I can be sure that there must be something emitting the smell in the well."

"Is the water gu's vomiting blood related to the fishy smell in the well?" Zhan Xun asked, then put away the medicine bottle, went to the side to pick up Shen Jixi's clothes and handed it to the other party.

While putting on his clothes, Shen Jixi asked, "You mean to say that the well water is poisonous, which caused the water gu to behave like this?"

The other party nodded and shook his head again. He was just guessing for no reason.But there is one question, he felt quite strange, so he asked: "Why did the water Gu you released in Zhan Village come to Nanshan every four years?"

Shen Silanxi also felt strange about this matter.Water Gu only recognizes the master's blood, and if there is no other reason, it will not run around, and will wait for the master no matter how long it takes.Unless you smell the master's breath, you will...

"Could it be that Nanshan has my aura, so the water Gu came here?" Shen Jixi felt that this seemed to be the only reasonable explanation, but since he never came back after 12 years, how could Nanshan still have his own aura? breath.

Zhan Xun said: "It's possible, but not necessarily. At present, what we can conclude is that the Water Gu still recognizes you, and the Water Gu is sick. The reason for the illness is probably related to the fishy smell in the well."

It is not impossible to know whether the water gu has suffered from blood plague.Shen Silanxi took out the short dagger he was carrying with him, gritted his teeth and swiped lightly on his hand, then squeezed a drop of blood onto the water gu.

Zhan Xun was shocked when he saw this, but there was no time to stop him.

Shen Jixi didn't give a shit, licked the wound on his finger, and said: "I released water Gu in Zhan Village four years ago, just to determine whether the blood plague was transmitted from one place to another through the water source. If so Four years later, the blood plague will still break out in the water of Zhan Village, which proves my guess."

"Can water Gu prove whether there is blood plague in the water?" Zhan Xun asked.

"I fed it my blood. If its symptoms recover, it means that it has indeed suffered from blood plague. At the same time, it can be confirmed that there is blood plague in the well here." The water Gu drank his drop of blood slowly.

"Maybe the water gu's blood plague was contracted in Zhan Village four years ago?" Zhan Xun looked suspicious. If so, Shen Jixi's hypothesis would not be valid, and everything would return to the original point.

The author has something to say: Shen Xiaohe: When my dad gave me medicine, was my dad naked?

Author Jun (strike out) Mr. Nonsense: Maybe it should be...

Zhang Yu: Think about how the little doctor looks without clothes.

Zhan Xun: General, watch your chin.

Fang Jingyan: Those surnamed Zhang, be careful XX.

Shen Jixi: Upstairs, I will kill you!

☆, farewell

Shen Jixi looked up at him with half-closed eyes, and said: "The water source infected with the blood plague will return to normal after half a month. When I released the water Gu in Zhan Village, the water source there was already free of the blood plague. And the blood The outbreak of the epidemic occurs once every four years, so if the water gu really suffers from the blood plague, it must be contracted here."

Zhan Xun thought for a moment, then said: "Then why did you release the water Gu four years ago?"

"Four years ago, I stole Sixth Uncle's Gu and released it. If I hadn't done it then, I was afraid I wouldn't have the chance to steal it again, so I had to wrong them to stay in the well for four more years." Shen Jixi looked at the well with guilt. Water Gu on the ground.

Zhan Xun: "..."

"It's fine." Shen Jixi picked up the water Gu and put it in his palm, but there was no joy on his face.

"Will it be poisoned and die?" Zhan Xun thought of the poison in Shen Jixi's blood, and couldn't help worrying about the fate of this water Gu.

Shen Jixi said: "The poison won't kill it, don't worry."

He played with the water gu in Shen Jixi's palm for a moment, then he looked up at the darkening sky, then at Zhan Xun.

Now it can be confirmed that there is a blood plague in the well water in Nanshan, but it seems that this is the only thing that can be confirmed at present, but seeing Shen Jixi's unhappy expression, there should be no progress.

Zhan Xun silently turned his eyes away from Shenjixi, looked into the distance and said, "It's getting dark, let's go back." Since there is no progress, we can't just waste time here, it's better to go back to the county first.

Shen Jixi didn't respond for a while, and after a long time, he sighed, took Zhan Xun's hand, and put the water gu into his palm.

Zhan Xun was taken aback, and looked at him puzzled.

The corner of Shen Jixi's mouth twitched, and he said with a smile: "Help me return it to Uncle Six. I stole four back then, and only this one is left. I really don't have the face to return it to him face to face."

"Okay." Zhan Xun readily agreed.

Shen Jixi took his purse and handed it to the other party, saying: "Put it in it, but when you arrive at the county town, put it in the water quickly, and be careful that it will die of thirst."

Zhan Xun carefully put the water gu into his purse according to his words, and then put the purse into his pocket.Shen Jixi stood hesitantly for a moment, then turned to touch the big dog squatting not far away.

As night fell, the dilapidated walls of Nanshan Mountain were covered in darkness, but the stench in the air and the lingering sense of desolation made people unable to ignore it anyway.

Zhan Xun whistled, and a horse came after a while.

The big dog raised his head and glanced at the horse.

Shen Jixi raised his head and glanced at Zhan Xun.

"Let's go, if you still want to come, come back tomorrow morning." Zhan Xun took the rein of the horse and said to the back of Shen Jixi who was squatting on the ground.

Shen Jixi didn't turn back, and said in a muffled voice: "I won't go back, you go back."

Zhan Xun asked in surprise, "Why don't you go back?"

Why?Shen Jixi got up and turned back to look at the other party, hesitating to speak.

The other party took two steps forward with one hand on the rein, stared at Shen Jixi and said: "I didn't have much hope at first, it would be great if the blood plague can be cured, if it can't be cured, it's not your fault Even if you stay here, it will be useless, you might as well go back to the county, maybe you can come up with something."

Is this consolation?

Shen Jixi hesitated for a while, finally took a breath, and said, "I may have figured out a way."

Zhan Xun was taken aback when he heard the words, and said, "What do you mean?"

"It means that I may know how to cure the blood plague." Shen Jixi said something that made the other party happy, but there was no joy on his face.

"Why didn't you say it just now?" Zhan Xun let go of the rein in his hand, put his hands on Shen Jixi's shoulders in ecstasy, and said, "The people and soldiers in the county are saved now."

"You're happy, aren't you?" Silent Creek asked.

"Of course I'm happy, aren't you happy?" Zhan Xun asked.

Through the moonlight, Shen Jixi looked at the other party's usually indifferent expression covered by joy at this moment, and there was a faint smile on his face, more precisely, a smile similar to a wry smile.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhan Xun gradually regained his senses. He noticed Shen Jixi's abnormality, and moved his hand from the other's shoulder in embarrassment.

Shen Jixi said as if she had lost something: "I am also... very happy."

Finally a chance to unravel this curse.It's time to end the nightmare that has plagued me for 12 years.Whether he succeeds or fails this time, he has to take a gamble.

After a short period of joy, Zhan Xun's expression returned to normal. His hands were hanging by his sides uncomfortably. Fortunately, the horse took a few steps towards him at the right time. He pulled the rein with one hand to relieve his confusion. Confusion about where to put it.

"Then...then what shall we do next?"

"Let's... next..." Shen Jixi was at a loss for a moment, and then murmured: "It's nothing..."

Zhan Xun: "?"

Shen Jixi said: "Let's say goodbye." After saying that, he stepped forward and hugged Zhan Xun's shoulder, the force was very light, so light that Zhan Xun hadn't realized it yet, and let go of him.

Zhan Xun: "..."

Shen Silent Creek took two steps back, kicked the big dog that was coming over, and then sat on the open space on the side, saying: "You go back to the city first, I have to stay tonight, so... say goodbye."

"What method are you talking about?" Zhan Xun asked.

Shen Jixi told Zhan Xun the prescription that Yao Wuniang had left for him.

"Do you know what the reincarnation grass, the Nirvana nail, and the spring of life and death are?" Zhan Xun let go of the reins, walked to sit beside the Shenji Creek, and asked.

Shen Jixi lowered her head without looking at the other party, and said, "Samsara grass is not grass at all."

If it weren't for the fact that the entire Nanshan Mountain is almost barren of grass, he would not have thought of this festival. Without grass, there is only reincarnation.

Without waiting for Zhan Xun to express his opinion, he said again: "Every four years."

"Samsara grass is not talking about some kind of medicinal material, but time?" Zhan Xun asked.

Shen Jixi turned her head and glanced at the other party approvingly, nodded and said, "That's right, Samsara Grass refers to the half-month period when the blood plague breaks out every four years."

"The Nirvana Nail and the Spring of Life and Death don't refer to medicinal materials, right?" Zhan Xun asked.

"The Nirvana Nail is Nanshan." Shenjixi said a little lonely.

12 years ago, Nanshan was completely destroyed in a fire.This piece of land is still there, but there is no life on it anymore, not even the grass and trees are withered.

"What about the Spring of Life and Death?" Zhan Xun asked and couldn't help turning his head to look in the direction of the well.

Shen Jixi followed his gaze and said, "The Spring of Life and Death is that well. Now is the time for the blood plague to break out, as long as you put the medicinal materials in that prescription into the well, the blood plague will be cured. "

"Then what are you going to do now?" Zhan Xun asked.

"I'll keep watch here. You go to the county town and ask Uncle Liu to grab the medicine according to my prescription." Shen Jixi said.

Zhan Xun vaguely felt some doubts when he heard the words, but couldn't figure out what it was for a moment.Seeing the other party's hesitation, Shen Jixi said, "Ye Chang has many dreams, you go and go back alone, and the county will save a few people from dying."

Hearing this, Zhan Xun had no choice but to temporarily suppress the unspeakable confusion in his heart, and promised again and again that he would go and return quickly, and then galloped away on horseback.

Shen Jixi watched the other party's back disappear into the darkness, and sighed heavily.It's a pity that after four years of acquaintance, I haven't had a good conversation with that person, and in the future, I'm afraid there will be no chance again.

The author has something to say: Shen Xiaohe: Dad, you were hugged by my dad, why didn't you hug me?

Mr. Zong Gong: I have hugged him many times, and I have been with him (crossed out) and helped him take a bath.

Fried-haired pretty man: You...

General attack adults: (cover chin)

Fried-haired pretty man: I'm sad, I'm not in the mood to hit someone~~555~~

☆, wooden fish

Shen Jixi calmed down, walked to the well and sat down. The big dog wandered around for a few times, finally whimpered softly, and lay down at his feet.

The sky was full of stars above the head, and the night wind was blowing. This person and dog did not bring any breath of life to the desolate Nanshan, but made the surrounding night more lonely.

"You also know... that's why you don't want me to go down the well, right?" Shen Silent Creek rubbed the big dog's head with one hand, staring at the dark well ahead.

The big dog whimpered again, not knowing if it was answering Silent Creek's question, or lamenting for something that was about to happen.

"No wonder my mother said that I am the only one in this world who can cure the blood plague..." Shen Jixi smiled bitterly, looked up at the night sky, and saw a shooting star slanting across.

12 years ago.

Six-year-old Shen Jixi ran back and forth happily in the patio of her yard. Yao Wuniang stood in front of a water tank and looked down into the tank. She failed to attract her attention until her son ran to him.

Standing on tiptoe, Shen Jixi looked into the tank and asked, "Mother, has the 'fish' grown?"

Yao Wuniang looked at the few tiny leaves floating in the tank with the eyes she usually looked at her son, and said: "You like to call them 'fish' so much, so the name of this thing will be 'wooden fish' from now on. "

"Isn't the wooden fish something that the monk knocked?" Shen Jixi scratched his head with a look of bewilderment.

Yao Wuniang fondled Shen Jixi's face, and heard a warm and steady voice from behind, saying: "The monk knocked on the wooden fish and chanted scriptures, in order to save all living beings. Your mother fed the 'wooden fish' in this water tank. ', also for the benefit of the common people, this name is well chosen."

"Father..." Shen Jixi threw herself into the arms of the other party, and was picked up by the other party and carried on her shoulders.

Yao Wuniang smiled happily, pretending to blame and said: "He is so spoiled by you, no wonder he clings to you every day."

The other party laughed, but did not put Shen Jixi down.He stepped forward and looked down into the water tank for a while, and couldn't help but wonder: "I didn't expect it to really grow."

"Yeah, I don't know how many weird things there are in this world." Yao Wuniang is a doctor. She has seen many births, old age, sickness and death, and is used to herbal medicines. She is curious about many unknown plants and herbs.

Not long ago, Yao Wuniang met a wandering doctor who was down and out, so she had to stay in the hospital for a few days.Before leaving, the traveling doctor gave two grass seeds to Yao Wuniang, and said that if these things are used properly, they will benefit the common people, otherwise, there may be endless troubles.

The plant that grows from the grass seed is "wooden fish".

The magic of this grass is that only one seed can produce thousands of plants.If the seeds are buried in the soil, the same plants will germinate in the surrounding land one after another. If the seeds are placed in the water, the same small leaves will grow in the surrounding water.

Moreover, these plants or leaves, whether in the soil or in the water, will germinate once in a while, and the interval is as short as a few days to as long as several years.

Shen Silent Creek was let down from his father's shoulders, he grumbled reluctantly, ran to the side of the tank and tiptoed to look into the tank.

Maybe it's because it has just grown. The leaves of the wooden fish are very small. They are scattered in the water, and it is difficult to find them without looking carefully.

"Mother, what did you feed them?" Shen Jixi asked Yao Wuniang while turning her head.

Yao Wuniang was about to answer, but her husband preempted her and said, "I guess your mother fed them Wancao Dan."

Yao Wuniang looked at her husband and smiled knowingly when she heard the words.

Nanshan is located in the southwestern border, and the climate is hot and humid. Especially when the weather is hot, not only small-scale plagues frequently occur for a long time, but also snakes, rats, insects and ants frequently appear.

There is a saying that taking Vancaodansu can cure all kinds of poisons. Usually, if you are infected with a small epidemic or are bitten by poisonous insects, you can rely on Vancaodan to treat it.However, it is extremely difficult to refine Wancao Dan, and many of the medicinal materials needed are extremely expensive, so ordinary people simply cannot afford it.

"Before he left, Mr. said, this grass seed, whatever you feed it, it will grow into something. I melted a grain of Wan Cao Dan in this water, and when the wooden fish grows out, it will have the effect of Wan Cao Dan. " Yao Wuniang said with a smile on her face.

At that time, put the wooden fish into the well, and the well water will be filled with wooden fish with the effect of Wancaodan.As long as the people in Nanshan drank the well water, it was as if they had taken Wancao Dan. Minor diseases and plagues, poisonous insect bites and so on were cured without treatment.

Shen Jixi was lying on the edge of the water tank, her brows were furrowed, her cheeks were bulging, her eyeballs were rolling around, she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Nonsence."

Yao Wuniang was shocked when she heard the sound, but it was too late to stop it.

The father of Shen Jixi also hurried forward to check, but saw a milky white tooth in the water tank passing through the water and slowly falling to the bottom of the tank.

Among the tiny leaves of the wooden fish, a faint streak of blood that fell into the tank along with the fallen teeth of the Shenjixi River is slowly dissipating.

Shen Jixi was rubbed on the head by his father, and he smiled embarrassedly with his front teeth bared.

Yao Wuniang's face was already pale.

Plants have hearts and auras, so when they can be fed, they must not be stained with blood.

Otherwise, becoming a Buddha or a demon will be unpredictable.

A sound of hoofbeats came, and Silent Creek had to recover temporarily from the memories of 12 years ago.

In the dark night, one person and one horse approached, but it was Zhan Xun who had gone and returned.

Shen Jixi turned her head to look at the person who came, and was a little dazed for a while, the other party had already jumped off the horse when he was in a daze, and walked quickly in front of him.

"Didn't you just leave? Why are you back?" Shen Jixi raised her head and asked.

"You come back to the city with me."

"why?"

"……No reason."

Shen Silent Creek blinked, unable to recover for a while.Could it be that the other party knew about his plan?Unfortunately, the night was too dark for him to see Zhan Xun's expression clearly.

"Get up, don't delay." Zhan Xun looked down at Shen Jixi, his voice was deep and cold.

On the way back just now, he suddenly remembered the word "possible" in what Shen Jixi said earlier, which meant that Shen Jixi was not sure whether the blood plague could be cured or not.

Moreover, he felt that there was something wrong with the other party all afternoon, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while.It wasn't until he left Nanshan on horseback that he suddenly realized the abnormality of the other party: Shen Silent Creek's attitude today was very friendly.

Under what circumstances can a person who is short-tempered and moody suddenly become docile?When absent-minded?When falling in love?When you still can't think about it... No matter what it is, for Zhan Xun, it is enough to make him worry.

Looking at Zhan Xun's face hidden in the darkness, Shen Duanxi was shaken for a moment.

Between life and death, he would of course choose the former.Follow this person, leave this well, leave Nanshan, even if the mountain is high and the road is far away, there is always a place far away from the blood plague.

However, if this person knew the truth, he would probably take his own life to cure the blood epidemic, right?In Zhan village four years ago, didn't this person take his own blood?

What would the indescribable affection that I had four years ago be in the eyes of the other party?He didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't want to think about it.Not every Shen Changyi will meet Shen Xuan.

Thinking of his father and uncle still not knowing where they are, and those two might not even see him for the last time, Shen Jixi couldn't help feeling sad.

Zhan Xun saw that the other party held his neck up and remained silent for a long time, which strengthened his guess: the other party must have something to hide from him.

He was worried about leaving the other party in Nanshan, but he couldn't think of a suitable reason for a while. He couldn't just say that he was worried about the other party's suicide or something, so he could only find a plausible reason and said: " If you delay for a moment, a few more people will die, that's what you said."

Shen Jixi rubbed his sore nose, suppressed the urge to cry, then snorted coldly, raised his head and said, "Since President Zhan Qian is worried about the lives of the people in the city, then go and come back quickly, what are you talking about when you come back here again?" ? I don’t need to go back to the city, and the blood plague is still solved.”

"I don't trust you." Zhan Xun blurted out what was in his heart.

The author has something to say: hey~~

☆, before and after

Shen Jixi was slightly taken aback, then put on a mean face, and said, "Don't worry about me? Is it because I'm afraid that no one will be able to cure the blood plague if I die?"

"You can think whatever you want, and follow me back." Zhan Xun looked down at the person sitting on the ground, wishing he could lift him up and throw him on the horse.

If I really go back with you, this blood plague will never be cured.

Shen Jixi thought so in his heart, but said: "Let me make a bet with you." He got up from the ground, but due to sitting for too long, his legs were numb, he couldn't stand stably for a while, and his whole body was pinched. In Zhan Xun's arms.

Zhan Xun stretched out his hand to help, but the other party's frantic hands just happened to grab his lapel, which almost stuck to his chest through the thin outer robe.

Does this man have a heart problem?How do you jump so fast?Shen Jixi looked at Zhan Xun's face, and couldn't help but lower his head and listen to the other person's heart.

Seeing that Shen Jixi's head was almost glued to his chest, Zhan Xun swallowed and said, "Don't you want to bet?"

Hearing the words, Shen Jixi finally stood up a little bit, but one hand was still holding on to the other side's skirt, and the other side's heartbeat seemed to be heard, which made him feel a sense of satisfaction in his heart.In any case, he has no chance to get this person in this life, so it's a little bit of an advantage.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhan Xun looked at the inexplicable smile on Shen Jixi, who was close at hand, and couldn't help being suspicious.

"Uh... I didn't laugh." Shen Jixi let go of his hand, stretched his legs, put away his smile and said, "I bet you... If I cure the blood plague, you will not be able to marry a woman in this lifetime. "

"Okay, let's go." Zhan Xun took the opponent's arm and walked away. The big dog got up and followed closely behind.Shen Jixi didn't expect the other party to agree so readily, so she asked, "I haven't finished yet..."

"If you can't solve it, you will not be able to marry a woman in this life." Zhan Xun pulled the rein of the horse and signaled Shen Jixi to get on the horse.

Shen Silent Creek looked down at the big dog wagging its tail, pulled his arm back from the other's hand, and said, "You must remember this bet."

Zhan Xun was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help tightening his hand holding the rein.

"I can't go back to the city, don't waste time, go and come back quickly, I'll wait for you here." Shen Jixi took a step back as she said.

Zhan Xun was silent for a moment, and stood still.

Shen Jixi said: "The bet has already been made, and I will definitely win... You have nothing to look forward to. In the future, you might as well change your name to Zhan Qianqian."

"I don't trust you." Zhan Xun said these words again.

Shen Jixi's heart froze, and he forced himself to calm down and said: "I... have nothing to worry about, the ghosts here are all my old acquaintances, and I will be safe and sound..." At the end, he felt a little guilty, and his voice became much softer.

"Give me a reason why you don't go back. If you can convince me, you can stay here."

"I... I'll give you a damn reason." Shen Jixi greeted the other party with a punch on the chin, and the other party hit his fist hard, and then grabbed his fist.

"What do you want?" Shen Jixi pumped his fist, but it was held too tightly by the opponent, so he couldn't pull it out.

"Don't make trouble, you have to go back with me if you say anything tonight." Zhan Xun said incredulously.

Shen Jixi smiled bitterly, knowing that if he went back with the other party, he would never be able to muster up the courage again.But the other party just fell into an evil spirit and insisted on letting him go back to the city together.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, leaned forward and kissed the other party's lips fiercely. The other party was taken aback for a moment, then let go of the hand holding his fist, trying to push him away with both hands, but Again nothing was done.

"Don't say anything." Shen Silent Creek ended her scribbled and awkward first kiss, turned around and retreated to a position a few feet away from the other party.

Zhan Xun stood there with a petrified face, his whole heart was about to jump out.

Shen Jixi felt in his heart that he had taken advantage of the sky, but his face did not lose his prestige at all, and said: "Don't ask anything, I won't explain it...you go away. I have to win this bet." Fighting, I will try to win or lose. After tonight, Nanshan will no longer be the original Nanshan, and the county city will no longer be the original county city... This last night, I have to look at Nanshan, here is My home, I'm not going anywhere."

Zhan Xun took a deep breath, but before he could make a sound, Shen Jixi said again: "If you want, you can come and take me back tomorrow, if you don't, then let Uncle Liu pick me up... I can't go back after such a long journey .”

"I'll pick you up." After Zhan Xun finished speaking, he took another deep look at the other party, then got on his horse and disappeared into the darkness.

Shen Jixi touched his mouth, looked up at the sky and smiled, he didn't expect to pick up such a big deal when he was about to come.

12 years ago, the lobby of Yaoji Medical Center.

As soon as Yao Wuniang sent away a patient, Shen Jixi couldn't wait to run over from the back hall, hugged Yao Wuniang's arm and said, "Mother, there are also wooden fish growing in our water tank."

Yao Wuniang was taken aback when she heard the words, and hurriedly ran towards the backyard.

The water tank mentioned by Shen Silent Creek is not a water tank dedicated to cultivating wooden fish before, but a water tank used to hold water for washing and cooking.Before that, because Shen Jixi's blood fell into the wooden fish tank, Yao Wuniang had already sealed the water in that tank.

It's all good, how come there are wooden fish growing in the other water tank?

"It's so fishy." Shen Jixi watched Yao Wuniang lift the lid of the sealed water tank, and a fishy smell came to his nostrils. He had to cover his mouth and nose with his hands, but the smell still didn't stop into his nose.

Yao Wuniang looked at the wooden fish in the water tank and couldn't help breaking out in cold sweat.Those wooden fish that were small and scattered before have now grown luxuriantly, like a kind of aquatic plants with extremely vigorous vitality.

She put the lid on the water tank, and ran to the water tank mentioned by Shen Jixi to take a look, and there were indeed a few sporadic wooden fish leaves floating in it.

"Mother, with so many wooden fish growing in the water, will the water become so fishy in the future?" Shen Jixi asked, pinching his nose.

Yao Wuniang, who was a little distracted, immediately regained her sanity when she heard the words, and ran out at a gallop.Shen Jixi followed the other party all the way, but the footsteps were too slow, so he could only follow from a distance.

When Shen Jixi found Yao Wuniang by the well in the village, Yao Wuniang had already fetched a bucket of water from the well.He leaned over and saw that there were two wooden fish leaves floating in the barrel.

"No wonder there is a wooden fish in the water tank. It turns out that this