The master said not to judge people by their appearance

When Xie Yunlan woke up, there were still wet tears on his face.

It was already dawn, and the meeting with Xie Yuzhen in the darkness was as far away as a dream.

Xie Yunlan sat on the ground in a daze, and he asked Shen Fan who also just woke up: "Is there no way to save her?"

He had a little expectation, the fairy grass that Shen Fan found for him earlier made him realize that there is a miraculous elixir in this world, is it also possible, there is a medicine that can life and death human flesh and bones?

"No." Shen Fan said, "the elixir fairy grass can save the seriously ill and dying people. As long as the breath is alive, there is a way to save it in the world, but it is impossible for the dead, and the rules of life and death do not allow it." reversed."

He was able to save Xie Yunlan before because Xie Yunlan was dying but not dead. Once he crossed the boundary between life and death, there would be no other way in the world. Just as time cannot be reversed, the rules of life and death cannot be violated.

This is the order of heaven and earth, the iron law, even the God of Death, Life and Netherworld with complete strength cannot do it.

A weak soul fire can be rekindled, but one that has been extinguished cannot.

Xie Yunlan stopped talking, he sat silently, after a while, suddenly grabbed the snow from the ground and wiped it on his face, the cold woke him up, what was gone was gone, no matter how sad he was, he couldn't do anything to the predetermined result Without making any changes, the only thing he can do is to fulfill his promise to Xie Yuzhen.

Xie Yunlan clenched his five fingers. He washed his face with snow water, wiped off all the traces of crying on his face, and then stood up in the rising sun. It was another new day.

Two days later, in a market town outside Jeju City.

The market town was a bit cold a few days ago because of the Chinese New Year, but now that the Chinese New Year has passed, the market town is bustling again. Merchants who went home for the Chinese New Year began to return one after another. They come from all corners of the country, and they dress in different ways. Covering the head and face with a black veil, revealing a pair of eyes from the beginning to the end, it looks very suspicious in other places, but in this market town near the border, everyone is familiar with it.

Therefore, when two men with thick fur hats and collars so high that they almost covered half of their faces came to town, they did not arouse suspicion.

They were carrying a basket of mountain goods, as if they were tired from the journey, and stopped at a tea stand when they passed by the market town. Just as they sat down, they heard a conversation from the next table.

"Do you think the dead can be resurrected?"

Xie Yunlan, who was pouring tea, paused for a moment, and his gaze shifted, and it landed on the speaker without a trace.

The person who spoke was wearing coarse linen clothes, which was an ordinary businessman's attire, and he was roughly similar to his tablemate. A group of people were chatting while eating peanuts.

"How can the dead be resurrected? You have read too many stories!"

"This is not what I said, it was said by the prefect of Jeju. I heard that his wife died a while ago. This prefect is also an infatuated person. He refused to accept his wife's departure, so he found a master and wanted to display it. The soul-returning Dafa is said to be able to bring the dead back to life!"

"Really? Is there such a spell?" The person next to him questioned.

"Of course it's true! The government even put up a notice, saying that the common people can go and watch the master cast spells at that time!" The person who spoke swears, pointing to a sign that the government uses to post notices at the intersection and said, "Look, the notice Just post it there, it's almost spread all over Jeju!"

The person who questioned did not believe in evil, so he really got up and went to have a look. There were already many people around the notice, talking about the content of the notice, and they were all talking about the magic of bringing the dead back to life in the world.

Xie Yunlan went over to take a look, and it was indeed as the businessman said, the government had posted a notice saying that on the ninth day of the first lunar month, a ceremony would be held in the city, and that Daoist Master Miaofa would perform the Dafa of Soul Resurrection to revive the prefect's wife who died of illness.

Xie Yunlan frowned, went back to the tea stand, and talked about it with Shen Fan, he asked, "What's going on with the Soul Dafa this time?"

The real person Xie Yunlan has never heard of such a wonderful method, and Shen Fan told him two days ago that the rules of life and death cannot be violated. What is Mu Qingyun doing?

"It may be a scam, or it may be a kind of sorcery." Shen Fan said, "Some evil methods can arrest the soul of a person after death, preventing them from entering the normal order of reincarnation."

"Yuzhen's soul has gone to Nether, will she be called back?" Xie Yunlan asked.

"Yes, as long as you haven't been reincarnated, your soul may be taken away." Shen Fan said.

"What will happen if you are recruited back?" Xie Yunlan had an intuition that it would not be a good thing.

Shen Fan's answer was exactly the same, he said: "Even if the soul is called back, it is just an empty shell. The most important soul fire in the soul has been extinguished, and this is irreversible. Forcibly disobeying the destiny will only You can get a walking dead, and the recalled soul cannot reincarnate normally, it will slowly dissipate, and eventually it will never exist in the world again."

Xie Yunlan's expression changed, he realized that this should not be a scam, at least not to Mu Qingyun, otherwise Mu Qingyun would not have said that to Xie Yunlan before, this Miaofa real person might really be some kind of evil person.

As for where Mu Qingyun met this Miaofa real person, it was probably introduced by Yuan Yi. Yuan Yi exchanged with Mu Qingyun that Xie Yuzhen could be resurrected, and asked Mu Qingyun to help him kill him.

However, this may not be a scam, but it must be a trap.

There is no need for such a big fanfare to perform the Soul Resurrection Dafa. The notices were even posted in the market towns outside Jeju City, and the time and place were clearly written on the notices.

Mu Qingyun and his group have been searching outside the city for six days, but they haven't found Xie Yunlan and Shen Fan. They should also know that these two people have already escaped, so they thought of this and lured them to come out on their own initiative.

Although Mu Qingyun was ungrateful, he was sincere towards Xie Yuzhen. He probably didn't know the truth and thought that Xie Yuzhen could be brought back to life, but Yuan Yi and the others just wanted to use Xie Yuzhen's soul to coerce Xie Yunlan to show up.

Xie Yunlan actually didn't want to go back to Jeju City. He originally wanted to go to investigate the cause of Xie Yuzhen's death, but he had already heard the truth from Xie Yuzhen himself in the dark, so he didn't need to go back.

The reason why he still stays around Jeju is just to inquire about the movements of Mu Qingyun and Yuan Yi and his group. He has an intuition that they should make some big moves in the near future, otherwise why take such a big risk and directly attack him in the pass ?

They chose to stay outside the pass in the first place to clear themselves up, and they were forced to lead troops to encircle and suppress them inside the pass because of their failure. This behavior was actually very abnormal, revealing an inexplicable urgency.

Yuan Yi would not be ignorant of the danger of this move. Regardless of success or failure, such a large-scale mobilization of troops and horses may attract the attention of others, but he still decided to do it.

Xie Yunlan suspected that Yuan Yi wanted to get rid of the biggest obstacle, that is, himself before doing anything, so he acted so recklessly.

He hadn't found out about Yuan Yi and Mu Qingyun's change, but he had heard of such a trap set for him first, and he had no choice but to jump into it.

It is impossible for him to watch Xie Yuzhen's soul being harmed by evil methods, and she cannot even enter reincarnation.

No matter whether this Miaofa Daoist knows magic or not, Xie Yunlan dare not take such a risk, he must go back.

Xie Yunlan told Shen Fan about his decision, Shen Fan nodded and said without thinking, "I'll go with you."

Xie Yunlan looked at him, Shen Fan really helped him a lot along the way, if not for Shen Fan, he would not be able to see Xie Yuzhen for the last time in the Netherworld, and he would not even be able to live until now.

Now Shen Fan is going back to Jeju with him regardless of the danger, if Master Miaofa really knows magic, then Xie Yunlan probably can't handle it by himself, and can only rely on Shen Fan's help.

Don't say thank you for your kindness, because words are too light, but Xie Yunlan can't give Shen Fan any valuable repayment. The most important thing in the world is money, fame and fortune, but in Shen Fan's eyes, it is probably not as important as a plate of snacks.

He could only say: "When I return to Beijing, I will take you to eat all the dim sum in the whole capital."

Shen Fan looked at him inexplicably, as if he didn't know why he said this sentence suddenly, but he agreed happily.

Xie Yunlan settled the tea money, then packed up her things and left the market town with Shen Fan.

Another two days later, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, there was still one day before the time for the ceremony as stated in the notice.

Xie Yunlan observed outside Jeju City for two days, and today, finally brought Shen Fan into the city in disguise.

This process went smoothly, because there was basically no one checking at the gate of the city.

Since Yuan Yi and the others wanted to lure Xie Yunlan into the city with the soul-returning method, they wanted to catch a turtle in a urn, so the entrance to the city would not be very strict, otherwise, Xie Yunlan would not be able to enter if he wanted to. The trap has no effect.

After entering the city as a merchant, Xie Yunlan found a vacant house as a foothold.

In the middle of the night, he asked Shen Fan to stay in the house, while he himself changed into night clothes, taking advantage of the darkness, he sneaked into the eunuch's mansion.

He wanted to check the situation first, to see what Mu Qingyun and the others had prepared for tomorrow's ceremony, and the details of the so-called Daoist Master Miaofa. If he was a liar, he and Shen Fan could leave directly. If the other party was really capable, he would Try to find a chance to kill the other party tonight.

The prefect's mansion was brightly lit and tightly guarded, with nearly twice as many troops as usual. It took Xie Yunlan a lot of effort to get in successfully.

He felt strange in his heart that it was normal to increase the number of troops. Mu Qingyun knew that he was not dead, so he should have known that he would settle accounts with him, so it was not surprising to send more guards.

What is strange to Xie Yunlan is that these guards do not seem to be all Jeju officers and soldiers. Some guards have different styles of weapons and clothing, and these guards with different weapons and clothing seem to be concentrated in the courtyard on the east side of the prefect's mansion. It is also the most heavily guarded area in Fuchu.

Who lives there?Is it the real Miaofa?Xie Yunlan thought for a while, but he didn't go to the east side for the time being. He went to the north side first. This is where the main courtyard is and where Xie Yuzhen's bedroom is.

Mu Qingyun dreamed of resurrecting Xie Yuzhen, but never buried Xie Yuzhen's body, and kept it in the bedroom.

Xie Yuzhen's soul has already been seen in the nether world, but Xie Yunlan still wants to see Xie Yuzhen's body again. The custom of Daxia's funeral is to say goodbye to the body.

But he couldn't get into the house because there were people in the house.

The corpse does not need to be served, and no one is willing to stay in the same room with the corpse. Xie Yuzhen's bedroom has never been visited by outsiders since her death.

Only Mu Qingyun will come.

In order to use the low temperature to keep the corpse from decaying, a lot of ice cubes were piled up in the bedroom, and the doors and windows were wide open. Xie Yunlan could clearly see Mu Qingyun's actions in the room.

Mu Qingyun sat by the bed and wiped Xie Yuzhen's face with a damp cloth. He moved gently and muttered while wiping: "Yuzhen, the orchid you planted in the yard before has started to bud. Only by pruning can it bloom well, and I don’t understand these things, I’m afraid I’ll kill this orchid if I pruned carelessly, I’ll do it when you wake up.”

"Yuzhen, I don't have much appetite for meals recently. I really want to eat the jujube cake you made for me. The first time I ate it was in the army camp. You brought the jujube cake to visit my elder brother. The elder brother gave it to me. I couldn’t forget the taste after I took a bite, and I dreamed, I beg you to bring some more next time.” Mu Qingyun said with a slight smile on his lips, “Actually, this is all fake. Yes, I didn't even taste the taste of jujube cake at that time. When I saw you for the first time, my mind went blank. I didn't think about anything. I only thought that it would be great if you could be my wife. .”

"Later, I found out that you were the Miss of the Xie Mansion. I was very sad. I knew that my status was low and I was not worthy of you, so I worked hard on the battlefield, thinking of raising my position a bit so that I could have the confidence to propose marriage to you."

"Finally my wish came true. On the day of your wedding, you were the most beautiful bride I've ever seen wearing a phoenix coronet and Xiapei. The moment you lifted your hijab, I swore that I would protect you for the rest of my life and not let you suffer any harm." Wronged, but..." His voice gradually lowered, and at the end, his tone was already a little choked up.

"Yuzhen, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I shouldn't have said that to you, I shouldn't have done something to you..." He slapped himself while speaking, and the slap was so hard that it left scars on his face. got a red seal.

He grabbed Xie Yuzhen's cold and pale hand, and begged: "Yuzhen, wake up, I was really wrong, you can ask me to do anything after you wake up, just wake up and talk to me..."

"Yuzhen..." At the end of the speech, Mu Qingyun could no longer speak. He leaned on the side of the bed, holding Xie Yuzhen's hand, and wept softly.

Seeing this scene, Xie Yunlan felt a little complicated. Mu Qingyun was indeed very kind to Xie Yuzhen, in a way that even a brother like Xie Yunlan couldn't find fault, but so what?Xie Yuzhen died at his hands after all.

From the moment he knew the truth about Xie Yuzhen's death, it was doomed that his enmity with Mu Qingyun would never end.

But tonight was not the time for revenge. Xie Yunlan looked at it for a while, then turned around and quietly went to the courtyard on the east side.Looking at this scene, Yunlan felt a little complicated. Mu Qingyun was indeed very kind to Xie Yuzhen, in a way that even a brother like Xie Yunlan couldn't find fault, but so what?Xie Yuzhen died at his hands after all.