The Hundred and Eighty-First Rejuvenation Camp (1)
Lanruo Temple, Jinhua City.
After a whole night of rain, with the crowing of roosters, a new day came to the world. The morning sun in midsummer bathed in the temple courtyard, warm but not hot.
The door of the east wing room was slowly pushed open, and Xiaoshu stretched out and walked out with fatigue. As soon as he went out, he saw Chen Shuqing practicing some leg moves in the yard, and from time to time, he stepped on the puddles and splashed everywhere. He greeted him unconsciously: "Sister Shuqing, you got up so early."
When Chen Shuqing saw Xiaoshu wake up and go out, she stopped vigorously and made a Tai Chi gesture, her palms facing down, her qi sinks into her dantian, and smiles slightly and says, "Xiaoshu, how about it? Did something strange happened last night?"
"Oh, don't mention it. I've been waiting for three nights. I still haven't waited for my aunt, but I've waited for a large group of summer mosquitoes. The mosquitoes on this rainy day are so powerful. Fortunately, I'm a little leaf red bean, and it has its own anti-evil effect, so those mosquitoes are too lazy to bite me."
As Xiaoshu said, since the two arrived in Jinhua Mansion three days ago, in order to attract the rumored banshee, the two deliberately chose to live in Lanruo Temple. Although Lanruo Temple was sealed by the government, they had added a copper Citi lock to the door, which was useless under Chen Shuqing's casting. Unfortunately, three days later, Nie Xiaoqian or other monsters did not appear, which made the two of them feel patient gradually exhausted.
Chen Shuqing smiled knowingly and said, "Isn't it? This kind of deserted place attracts the most mosquitoes. I also turned into a fox demon and slept all night, using my hair to prevent mosquitoes from attacking. However, this is probably not a long-term solution. If the banshee does not show up again, it will be meaningless for us to stay in this temple. It is better to make another plan."
"Then, Sister Shuqing has an idea, where should we look for it?"
Chen Shuqing thought for a while and said, "In my opinion, the rumors of the banshee in Lanruo Temple are definitely not rumors. However, since the place was seized by the government, no tourists have ever visited each other. The banshee probably changed its approach of waiting for the rabbit and went elsewhere to find a target. However, whether we or the purifying messenger, we cannot find the demonic energy. As for where to go, it is better to wait for Xiaoqi and the others to arrive in Jinhua and discuss it together."
Xiaoshu said: "There is only this at the moment. These days, I am also paying attention to the movements of Uncle Pubo of Changshan County. Although they still remained silent, they only had two purifying forces left to stay where they were. The other purifying force had already arrived in Jinhua, for some reason."
"I noticed it too." Chen Shuqing smiled, "What else can it be? They came to get rid of the Red Yaksha, and it is a matter of time to go to Jinhua. I guess one person was sent to fight the outpost. As for us, we also need to do more to help them. Anyway, I am idle, so why not go to the city to find clues."
These three days, the two of them stayed at Lanruo Temple at night and entered the city during the day. At Chen Shuqing's suggestion, the two of them sorted out a little and opened the gate of the temple under Chen Shuqing's casting.
But today's pattern is different from the previous two days. Just as the moment they opened the door, the two saw a shabby trolley parked on the side of the door. The car was covered with straw mats with a woman describing the dead and her eyes closed. A girl of the same age as a little tree sat on the ground, staring at the two people going out in shock.
The girl couldn't believe her eyes and stood up and asked, "Hey? Brother and sister...how did she open this door?"
"Ah, why, haven't you tried it much? Just put some effort into it, and this lock can be opened." Chen Shuqing had no choice but to make up, quickly changed the topic, and asked, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
The girl stopped holding on to the lock and replied: "My name is Ji Hongyu. I took my mother to come to Lanruo Temple to try my luck, but when she saw the door was locked, she waited here all night..."
Chen Shuqing asked in confusion: "What does it mean to try luck?" Ji Hongyu looked at the two of them carefully. Seeing that they were kind and not evil, she lowered her head and stuttered: "Well, isn't there a legend about a banshee in Lanruo Temple... My mother was seriously ill, and the family spent all the money to treat her, but it didn't improve at all... I think, instead of letting my mother die like this, it's better to come to this temple to see... If I meet a banshee, I beg her to cast a spell on me... turning my mother into a monster... Maybe I won't die..."
Chen Shuqing and Xiaoshu have a serious expression. Both of them have similar pasts. More than a hundred years ago, the young Chen Shuqing was unable to treat her grandmother Liu. She watched Liu die. Xiaoshu, who was in the past, did not have the ability to heal the wounds. Seeing her mother die, she was helpless in her father's suicide practices. Now, looking at this filial and helpless girl, with her seriously ill mother, she was soaked in her heart that she had been wet all night with her seriously ill mother, and her heart was as painful as thousands of arrows piercing her heart.
Ji Hongyu dared not look at the two of them in front of her. The heavy burden of life made her face, which should have been innocent, lose its light, as if she had never experienced the pleasure of being a human being.
Chen Shuqing bowed to touch Ji Hongyu's face and responded in a loving tone: "We have lived in this temple for a few days and have never seen any banshee in this temple. Besides, it is rumored that the banshee only casts spells on men. You are a girl, even if the banshee exists, there is no way to deal with you..."
Ji Hongyu turned around silently and wanted to push the cart away.
Xiaoshu couldn't help but rush to the cart, glanced at the woman who was so angry, and said to Ji Hongyu: "Don't worry, if you can trust me, can you give it to me to try? I might have a way to heal your mother."
Ji Hongyu's eyes suddenly shone: "Can brother really cure my mother?"
"Yes, although I can't remove the disease in your mother's body, I can treat the physical damage caused by the disease. Although I can't let your mother recover completely, it's better to prolong her life for several years than to become a monster, right?"
Ji Hongyu immediately looked embarrassed and said, "But, we have a problem with eating and we have no money to hire a doctor."
Xiaoshu's eyes felt a little rosy when he heard it: "Don't worry, you don't need a penny." After saying that, he had already used his demonic power to extend a vine from under his feet, and from Ji Hongyu's invisible position to the understairs of the straw mat, wrapping the woman's feet.
In just a moment, the woman's face became rosy. She opened her eyes and called the girl weakly: "Xiaoyu..."
Ji Hongyu was overjoyed and said, "Mom, are you awake? This brother is so powerful. He really cured you!"
The woman complained: "Why do you want to spend this in vain? Let me die simply. If you don't drag you down, it's my mother's wish..."
Ji Hongyu smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry, this brother said, you don't have to spend a penny. Right, brother?"
Xiaoshu smiled and said, "Yes, aunt, please rest assured, it will be fine in a while."
Sure enough, after another cup of tea, the woman had recovered her vitality and actually sat up.
Seeing that the woman was as bright as an ordinary person, Xiaoshu immediately put away the vines and asked, "Auntie, do you feel better?"
The woman held her body up, got off the cart, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Xiaoshu, "The child is so young, I didn't expect to be a peerless miracle doctor. I really can't repay me!" She quickly pulled Ji Hongyu's trousers and said, "Don't you kneel down and kowtow to your benefactor!"
Ji Hongyu was about to kneel down, but Xiaoshu quickly helped the two of them up and said with relief: "It's just a matter of raising hands, don't take it to heart. If nothing is wrong, let's take it first."
As soon as the two of them took a few steps, Ji Hongyu suddenly shouted again: "Brother and sister, wait a moment, can you help me save my father?"
The two of them were puzzled and turned around in a daze. The woman hurriedly blamed Ji Hongyu and said, "You child, we have received such great favors from others, so don't force others to do anything!" They smiled at the two of them and said, "It's okay, my daughter is ignorant, don't pay attention to her, just go and do it."
Unexpectedly, Ji Hongyu did not give up, but instead plucked up the courage to continue: "My brother and sister are powerful, brother can cure diseases and save people, but my sister can clearly open the locked door lock. They must be people who understand magic power. Why can't they help me save my father?"
The mother and daughter's attitude made the two of them curious. They were already idle, so Chen Shuqing couldn't help asking: "Xiaoyu is right. No matter whether we can do it or not, let's talk about it, what's wrong with your father?"
Seeing Chen Shuqing's kind attitude, the woman said in a true voice: "Ha, it's so hard for you, so let me tell you. That's right. My name is Wang Huanlian and my husband is Ji Boyan. Two months ago, because his brother suffered from the plague, he was arrested by the government. The two may have heard that in recent months, rumors about banshees in Jinhua Mansion have become more and more popular. The government arrested all the parents, daughters, brothers and sisters of men suffering from the plague in the city for reasons of preventing the epidemic. My husband is no exception. Now, he is also locked up in the so-called "Rejuvenation Camp". Alas, if the family had not lost his pillar, we, mother and daughter, would not have been so cash-strapped..."
Wang Huanlian's words immediately evoked similar memories of the two people at Jiuli Yang Inn in Changhua County many days ago. Chen Shuqing said: "There is indeed a case. In Zhejiang Province, it seems that the families of plague people are being arrested in various places for isolation. We have also seen them in Changhua County."
Wang Huanlian said: "In other places, if you buy some silver for Lord Guan, you won't really want your whole family to be imprisoned. However, this Jinhua is the core city of the banshee. Those people arrested people, they were really selfless, and there were a lot of them."
Chen Shuqing looked embarrassed and said, "I understand your experience, but if you say you want to save people, it will be difficult to deal with. Although we will indeed use some magic, it is just a matter of dealing with some ghosts and monsters. We can't control the behavior of the government in this world."
Wang Huanlian sighed: "I know, I know, so I told my daughter not to force others to do anything. I'm just talking. If you have something to do, you'll go."
When Ji Hongyu heard her mother say this, she immediately shouted: "That way, Daddy will die!"
Chen Shuqing and Xiaoshu looked at each other, and both felt helpless but couldn't bear to leave the mother and daughter who were suffering. Chen Shuqing said to Ji Hongyu: "That Xiaoyu, tell me, what can we do for you?"
Ji Hongyu said: "I had a dream last night. I dreamed that my father said that the place where he was detained was so dark and cold. Moreover, the government did not give them enough food, and I don't know when they would be imprisoned. Dad also said that the people who were detained with him were taken to, and they never came back. I think that so many people have suffered from plague and their relatives are too many to count. How could the government be imprisoned? I am afraid... I am afraid that my father will be killed by them in secret!"
Wang Huanlian shouted: "Stop talking, how could the government kill civilians?"
"Did you let your father be bullied by them?"
Chen Shuqing had already understood the matter a little bit. Seeing this, he advised Wang Huanlian: "Don't blame your daughter. Sometimes, the child's eyes may see more clearly than our adults. Otherwise, let's go and explore what the situation is in Huichun Camp first, and then come to you. You tell me your address and Huichun Camp address. I just went to see it, and I can't guarantee that I can save Mr. Ji."
Chapter completed!