Chapter 10 Chapter Ten Wind Lotus

Long Baiyue was trapped in chaos, her body seemed to be trapped in a swamp, she couldn't move, the pressure around her made her unable to breathe.Until the cold water splashed on her face, the slight coolness urged her to open her eyes with great effort, and she saw Zi Mian and Ming Chuangchen looking at her anxiously. "I, I, I..." She spoke with difficulty and was about to cry. "You saw it too?" Zi Mian frowned and asked her. Long Baiyue nodded, and covered her lips with her hand suddenly, tears slid out of her eyes, like strings of beads, she couldn't stop: "She, she's dead, isn't she?"

Zi Mian looked at her in embarrassment, and nodded helplessly: "I found out as soon as I entered the pharmacy, and before I confiscated her, I forced her out, it seems that she is staying here temporarily." "She shouldn't be here..." Long Baiyue cried until her throat hurt and choked, "And Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen, where is he?" Zi Mian looked at her carefully, seeing that Long Baiyue was immersed in her own emotions, she didn't feel any difference, so she had no choice but to give up: "There are ghosts in the plague, things are not easy, we have to go back to the house, my magic weapon is all gone. on boat."

"A ghost?" Long Baiyue exclaimed in disbelief. "Yes, I hate to say it, but it is." Will such a happy woman who knows her fate and smiles at life turn into a ghost?Long Baiyue couldn't believe it.After she sent them away, what happened to them, she must find out.Long Baiyue cheered up, took a deep breath, and wiped away tears: "But we are isolated, there are officers and soldiers outside the barrier, how do we go back?" "Come with me." Zi Mian helped Long Baiyue and asked Ming Chuangchen to help support her. He walked out of the medicine shop and searched along the barriers. After a while, he saw the barriers stopped in front of an abandoned empty house.In order to save the cloth for paving the barriers, the yamen servants set up barriers on the roads as much as possible, and when they encountered residential houses, they were confident that people who had the plague would not have the strength to climb over the walls and cross the border, so they were lazy and avoided it.

The three of Zi Mian entered the house. The house was messy, but there was no dust. It seems that the owner of the house probably migrated to avoid the plague. Ming Chuangchen supported Long Baiyue, and temporarily sat on an empty bed to rest his feet. Zi Mian walked to an empty wall, stretched out his hand to caress the wall, patted it lightly, and meditated for a while, then turned to greet the other two: " bring it on." Long Baiyue stood up, and while he was wondering, Ming Chuangchen agreed straightforwardly: "Yes, Master." Without hesitation, he quickly walked towards the wall without turning his head. Just as he was about to hit the wall, before Long Baiyue could exclaim, be careful, Ming Chuangchen fell into the wall.

Now Long Baiyue was completely stunned. "Wall piercing technique." Seeing Long Baiyue's mouth open like a toad, Zi Mian kindly explained, "Let's go." "This, this, this," Long Baiyue looked at the wall without any abnormalities, and shook her head, "I can't, how is this possible." Tell her to hit the wall in the daytime?Hell! "Today's situation is special, I'm afraid someone will follow behind, and I can't create an illusion for you." Zi Mian ignored Long Baiyue and was about to leave. Long Baiyue grabbed his sleeve and said hesitantly, "I, I'll follow you, slow down."

Zi Mian was covered with a gauze, she smiled secretly, and took Long Baiyue's hand and walked into the wall. Long Baiyue stretched one arm into the wall, feeling like cold water, but when her face approached the wall, Looking at the solid wall, I still feel scared.Zi Mian on the other side of the wall was still pulling her, she hesitated a little, closed her eyes and held her breath, turned her face sideways to protect her nose, kept her feet on her feet, and passed through the wall in the blink of an eye. "Did you really wear it?" Long Baiyue opened his eyes, seeing the blue sky and white sun around him again, he was so excited that he almost wanted to turn around and try wearing it twice again.

Ming Chuangchen got impatient for a long time ago: "Master, why are you so slow." "It's so interesting, passing through the wall is like passing through water." Long Baiyue looked at her body, her clothes were fine, her cheeks flushed with excitement, "Window Chen, I choked on water, did you choke on the wall?" Ming Chuangchen choked on these words and really coughed.Zi Mian, who has always been particular about keeping one's mind and not being angry or happy, was also amused by it.He was covered with a gauze, Long Baiyue could only see his long and narrow eyes curled up, thick eyelashes casting shadows on his mouth, covering his pupils from being clear, his eyebrows slanted, and the corners of his eyes were merciless, which made her feel heartbroken. .

She also knows this kind of smiling eyes, and it took half a year of practicing in the mirror to make it seem like it. According to the bustard's terminology, it is called "Miyang City, Confused Xia Cai". Could it be that Zi Mian was born with this?If the veil is taken off, then she has to lie down and die immediately?This bloodline of the fox demon is really not a lie. "This taste of choking on the wall, next time you drink lotus root powder, thicken it a bit, try to choke it and you will know." Zi Mian stopped laughing, carried the medicine box on her back and walked forward.

"Master!" Even Ming Chuangchen didn't believe this, he stomped his feet and followed quickly. Was this man joking?Long Baiyue's expression was dumbfounded, she was so stiff even when she made a joke, she took it back. The three of them got out of the walking barrier, calmly left the yamen servant behind and headed home. Back on the boat, the three of them burned incense to drive away evil spirits, took medicine and took a bath. They were so busy until dusk was approaching that Zimian changed into a cassock and wore a lotus crown. Long Baiyue waited aside, covering her ears, a little afraid that Zi Mian would really attract Li Fangnu who had turned into a ghost.If she hadn't helped Cao Zhen and the others, perhaps Li Fangnu's fate was wrong. She had a guilty conscience when she did something bad with good intentions.Zi Mian was shaking the silver bell with his left hand, pinched the ghost-chasing finger with his right hand, and silently recited the mantra of restraining the soul, and he didn't see his body shaking for a long time.The silver bell was no longer ringing, but the bell was still ringing densely, the god flag remained silent, but the atmosphere was like a storm, Long Baiyue stared at the seven-star sword in Zi Mian's hand, fearing that he would suddenly pick it up to kill ghosts and call Li Fang Nu's soul flies away.

The ringing stopped abruptly, Zi Mian let go of the gesture of chasing ghost fingers, and opened her eyes without changing the expression.Long Baiyue then heaved a sigh of relief.When Zi Mian accepted the ritual and got off the altar, Long Baiyue immediately caught up with him and asked, "How is the situation?" "She is very stubborn and refuses to go with me. It should be her unintentional fault that caused the plague, but there are countless people living in charcoal, and the crimes are serious. In such a situation, she has nowhere to go." Zi Mian sighed helplessly. In a calm tone, "The only thing I can do now is to find her and help her settle her worries before her soul disappears."

"What's on her mind after she asks for it? I want to help too." Long Baiyue insisted on following. "I don't know either, she just said 'resentment is in the water, human life is at stake'." Zi Mian called Ming Chuangchen: "Get your things ready and set off tonight." The three of them packed good things, and they were already in the sky. Long Baiyue didn't know the secret of so many bottles and jars that she helped to clean up, and she was just an honest follower. The yamen guards guarding the barriers just don't let out, but they don't care about the people who want to go in. Zi Mian and the others easily entered the plague area, and Long Baiyue's desire to play through the wall again fell through.Although Zi Mian couldn't determine Li Fangnu's whereabouts, she guessed that the source of the plague was the source of water, and they finally didn't have to wear scarves, which made them feel a lot easier. The victims of the plague took medicine during the day, their symptoms eased, and they all went home to sleep.There was no one on the street, Li's shop was empty, Long Baiyue looked at the dark doorway, terrified, and dared not go in, fortunately, Master Zimian and his disciples didn't intend to go in to see what happened.Ming Chuangchen opened a paper bag neatly. Inside was snow-white powder, which looked very beautiful under the moonlight.He took some powder, sprinkled it evenly on the door, took out a porcelain jar, swallowed the liquid medicine in his mouth, and sprayed it on the ground with a puff. "It's done, Master!" He lowered his voice and shouted excitedly. The white powder on the ground began to change after being treated with the potion, and two black blots leaked out, one facing east and one facing west. It was the trace of Li Fangnu's walk. Long Baiyue shivered a bit, pointed to one of them facing west, and stammered: "During the day, she went in this direction during the day." Zi Mian nodded and compared with her chin: "The east is where we came from, and the west is where we have unfinished business. Which way shall we go?" He actually asked Long Baiyue. Long Baiyue was stunned, and thought for a long time: "I want to find her, she is in the west, right?" Zi Mian didn't make a sound anymore, he turned his head to look at the window dust, and there was a hint of narrowness in his thick black eyes: "Go west, let's continue." Ming Chuangchen didn't move, he salivated at Zi Mian and acted like a baby: "Master, if you keep spraying it, your cheeks will hurt." "You know it too, so what's the point of showing off?" Zi Mian thought it was funny, and deliberately took the potion from the apprentice's hand with a sullen face, "Continue to sprinkle your powder." "Didn't Miss Long have seen our method, she wanted to show off, hehe..." Ming Chuangchen smirked, and continued to sprinkle the powder. Zi Mian followed behind, pouring out the potion evenly with her fingers, and the black traces appeared smoothly.The actions of the two of them seemed to be farming, without any flower head, no wonder Ming Chuangchen wanted to play a little mysterious just now, Long Baiyue looked at it and smiled, not as scared as before. The three of them groped their way like this, and after a while they encountered obstacles in their steps.Long Baiyue panicked: "She, did she have a walking disorder?" "How can this barrier stop her?" Zi Mian repeated the old trick to get the three of them out of the barrier, and then continued the trace.The yamen servants on one side looked at them inexplicably, and wanted to step forward to ask them, but Ming Chuangchen stuffed some money into the yamen servants' hands, and they half-opened and half-closed their eyes and let it go. Out of the barrier, Long Baiyue felt more and more wrong as she walked, until she saw the lights of the prime minister's mansion, her head buzzed loudly and she was completely stunned. She, how could she forget - Cao Zhen is the prime minister's son! Ming Chuangchen was still immersed in the medicine, completely forgetting himself, Zi Mian stopped him with a sullen face: "No need." "What, Master?" Ming Chuangchen stopped, followed Master's gloomy gaze, and was also stunned when he saw the prime minister's mansion. Even a fledgling kid like him could see it—so strong resentment. There is no doubt that Li Fangnu turned into a ghost and entered the prime minister's house.The reason why, you have to go in to know. Long Baiyue guessed that it was for Cao Zhen, but shouldn't Cao Zhen be with Li Fangnu. "If you think it is troublesome to go through the wall, I know there is a dog hole over there." Long Baiyue offered a treasure. Zi Mian glanced at her angrily: "The three of us, can we still sneak in?" Sorry, you will never find that dog hole now. Zi Mian winked at his apprentice, Ming Chuangchen understood, and went straight to pat the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. A servant at the door came out: "Who is your honored guest? Is there a famous assassin?" Ming Chuangchen took out Zi Mian's famous badge from his bosom, and handed it over: "Master Zi Mian, Si Tian Jian, please see the Prime Minister." The boy went to report, and came back with a strange expression after a while: "The Prime Minister is discussing matters with the officials. Please, Lord Zi Mian, please wait in the side hall after entering." Clearly exclude Zimian.Zi Mian didn't change her expression, she went in from the main entrance, Long Baiyue and Ming Chuangchen walked through the side door, and met Zi Mian at the shadow wall.The three of them followed the boy who led the way, and were about to go to the side hall, but they didn't know that Zi Mian didn't buy the prime minister's account at all, and when they were about to reach the side hall, they suddenly rushed into the main hall.The boy turned pale with fright, and hurriedly tried to stop him, but was thrown away by Zi Mian with a whisk.Long Baiyue and Ming Chuangchen were stunned, Ming Chuangchen reacted quickly, seeing the master suddenly took out the whisk, he quickly took out Zi Mian's spare cassock from his backpack, and quickly stepped forward to put it on for Zi Mian.Zi Mian kept on stepping, opened the triple bead curtain, and entered the brightly lit main hall. The officials in the main hall were busy discussing the plague, when Zi Mian suddenly barged in wearing a Taoist robe and holding a fly whisk, everyone was stunned, and the hall was suddenly silent. Long Baiyue followed in, and at a glance, they were all acquaintances, she hurriedly took advantage of everyone's gaze at Zi Mian, and lowered her head to hide beside Ming Chuangchen. "Lord Zi Mian, what do you mean?" The prime minister's face turned ashen, and he was about to ask the teacher for the crime. Zi Mian rolled her eyes, and sneered twice: "Master Prime Minister, the poor Daoist Zi Mian came to visit late at night, and I'm sorry for bothering you." The Prime Minister saw that Zi Mian even made a bow to him with a swipe of his fly whisk. He didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so he temporarily suppressed his temper: "What are you here for?" "Two things, one for public and one for private." Zi Mian responded calmly. All the officials were whispering, but now they stopped to listen to what he had to say. "What's public? What's private?" The Prime Minister's voice was like thunder, and the momentum was compelling. "Publicly for the plague, privately for the eldest son of the family, Cao Zhen." All the officials were stunned. This public and private affairs are now under the prime minister's throat. They came to discuss matters with a sloppy eye. Master Zi Mian was so aggressive as soon as he came up. It seems that today he has settled down. up. Prime Minister Cao's expression at this moment can kill people: "Plague, the Holy Majesty has gone to the palace to escape the summer heat, and the matter is fully handled by the old man, and the doctor's rescue is extended, so there is no need to be sidelined. As for the dog, the family scandal, his affairs are now with the old man. It’s irrelevant. The real person please come back.” "What if Mr. Cao's matter is related to the plague?" Zi Mian did not back down, and faced the Prime Minister's anger with firm eyes, without any timidity. "These are two different things!" The prime minister was even more furious, and slapped the grand master's chair violently, "Master Zi Mian, are you confusing the public?" The scolding sounded like thunder, but Zimian smiled when she saw the Prime Minister's gaffe: "Master Prime Minister, poor Taoists cannot be confused, because these two things are indeed one thing." The prime minister saw that Zi Mian had a plan in mind, and immediately put away his anger, and his expression turned dark; "Evidence, real person, what is the crime of lying and lying, the real person is also in court now, so he shouldn't know." Zi Mian smiled slightly, counted with her fingers, and said, "My lord, recently the house is haunted by yin, and poor people don't count carefully, nine lives, right?" The officials gasped and looked at each other. The prime minister's face changed, but his tone remained unchanged: "What is the real man talking about? The old man is asking about the plague." Zi Mian was noncommittal, and her tone suddenly became more relaxed: "Allow some troops to the poor, and go out of the city with the poor, and the plague will be cured in a short time. At that time, we will set up an altar in the prime minister's mansion and do a big sacrifice to drive away evil spirits. Would the prime minister be willing?" "If I can solve the difficulties for the people, I will do my best. The real person is so sure, but I would have thought that if..." "Everything is taken care of by the poor." Zi Mian's words and deeds made Long Baiyue on the side stunned, she had never seen such a bright Zi Mian like this moment.He was always lazy and erratic, not caring about worldly affairs, not seeing joy or anger, just like the gurgling water in the mountain stream. Unexpectedly, at this moment, it seemed to suddenly become a thousand-ren waterfall that hit the rock, impassioned and powerful. How could she master such a man, she didn't understand him at all. What is he thinking, what is he going to do, his past, his future, she doesn't understand anything.Her ability is only enough to make a dewy marriage with a man who admires her beauty, how can she make a man who has no heart for her submit to her?Beauty doesn't work, and she doesn't have enough intelligence. In the past six months, she has failed at all. When he was warm and flowing water, she couldn't hold it with her hands, and if he flowed straight down, she would be even more terrified.She was like a stupid falling flower, being taken adrift by him, she thought he was following her direction. All the officials in the hall looked at each other, waiting for the silent prime minister to make a statement. The prime minister with a gloomy face finally opened his mouth: "He Zhengshi, where is your young master now?" The official servant, He Wen, immediately bowed and said, "At this moment, the official Quan'er is leading the troops to patrol the city to prevent people from causing trouble by taking advantage of the plague." "Well, I will send him to dispatch a cavalry to be dispatched by Lord Zi Mian." "Yes." The official servant He Wen hurriedly bowed, and when he lowered his head, he glanced at Zi Mian, his expression changed slightly. Half an hour later, He Lingyun, who had received his order, waited outside the prime minister's mansion with his troops.As soon as he saw Zi Mian coming out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, his expression immediately turned serious, and his lips were tightly pursed. Seeing He Lingyun, Zi Mian smiled familiarly and got on the horse.A soldier led the horse for him, led the horse to He Lingyun, and tied the bridle with his mount. "You're dead." He Lingyun looked ahead and bit out these four words between his teeth. "I know." Zi Mian murmured with a smile, bent down to take off the backpack for Ming Chuangchen and put it on the horse.If Ming Chuangchen wanted to go with the infantry, it would be better to pack lightly. "What are you, brave man?" He Lingyun angrily didn't look at Zi Mian, shook the reins, and the team started to march. "Tens of thousands of people are suffering, nine lives are lost, and two souls will never be reborn... What do you think?" Zi Mian didn't look at him, her voice was so low that He Lingyun couldn't hear it. Long Baiyue, who was following at the end, saw the team set off, and hurriedly followed, deliberately not caring about the prime minister. Just when she was about to leave the mansion, someone grabbed Long Baiyue's sleeve.She turned her head and saw a strange man dressed like a servant of the prime minister's mansion, dressed like a commoner. "The prime minister wants you to go in and ask you what he found." Long Baiyue glanced at the Prime Minister's Mansion with lingering fear, then turned to look at the marching team.She turned her head, bit her lip, flicked her sleeve fiercely, and broke free from the man: "I don't know anything." The man was thrown off by Long Baiyue unexpectedly, and was stunned: "You..." Long Baiyue clenched her fists and warned herself in her heart not to hesitate, not to be timid, not to regret. The next moment, she turned around and quickly chased after Zi Mian. Yes, when he was warm and flowing water, she couldn't hold her hand, and if he flowed down, it made her feel even more terrified.She was like a stupid falling flower, being taken adrift by him, she thought he was following her direction. Just let her follow his direction... "The plague is spread by water. Let's go along the river and find the source." Zi Mian said to He Lingyun while driving the horse. "How do you know?" He Lingyun was still indignant, "The rapid flow of water makes the plague not spread that fast, right?" "The source I'm talking about is the source of the plague, not the flowing water. The plague goes upstream all the way." He Lingyun was stunned, and turned to stare at Zi Mian: "This, how is this possible?" "So, the plague is caused by resentment, not an ordinary plague." The prime minister's mansion may be the end of the plague, and Li Fangnu probably wants the prime minister's life. "How do you know?" He Lingyun was dubious. "Because the devil knows." Zi Mian didn't look at him, and left a sentence. "Ha, I knew it, I can't ask you if I have anything to do." He Lingyun rolled up his horsewhip in a bored manner, and tapped Long Baiyue's head with it. "What are you doing?" Long Baiyue patted his head and yelled fiercely at He Lingyun. "What am I doing? I said you, why do you have to follow us? Are you not tired?" He Lingyun frowned at her. Why isn't she tired? She was almost exhausted. She just suffered from heatstroke during the day, and she hasn't been able to rest until now.However, she must grit her teeth and persevere, one is for Li Fangnu, she wants to see a result, and the other is for herself, if she goes back at this moment, she doesn't know if her bones will be weak, and she will run to kneel in front of the prime minister again Get off: "Nonsense, how can you not be tired, what you use to ride is what I need to walk." "So I told you to go back." He Lingyun scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed. This girl is usually evil, but now she is so weak that he really can't bear it. Lianxiang Xiyu hugs you on the horse, don't mess with the rules." "Who told you to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade." Long Baiyue rolled his eyes at him. "Why don't you go to Zi Mian." He Lingyun laughed, thinking of Zi Mian picking her hair. "Why do you talk so much nonsense, you can't mess up the rules and he can mess up? He is still an official of the court." Long Baiyue walked forward without raising his head, afraid that he would see her blushing. Ming Chuangchen was walking beside Zi Mian's horse, she didn't dare to go there, she was afraid that he would find out, and she was also afraid that Zi Mian would find out.The resolution she just made changed many of her thoughts, at least she no longer deceived herself.But people are alive, once they stop deceiving themselves and others, many things will be naked and make people blush. "I really don't understand you..." He Lingyun saw her stubbornness, pursed his lips, and sneered in his heart. A group of people left the city and stopped to rest until dawn. After walking and resting, they walked for another day and a half before finding the source of the plague area. It was a large swamp of reeds, a waist-deep beach, with no end in sight.Originally, it was supposed to be a vast expanse that made it impossible to find the target, but this time the target was too obvious.It is unavoidable for people not to pay attention to such anomalies. Among the tangled reeds, there is a corner full of coquettish lotus flowers.It's not that the fragrance of the pavilion is clean and the fragrance is far and clear, but that the fragrance is overflowing layer upon layer, the petals of the lotus are moist and rich, and the red veins are bloody, with a faint luster. He Lingyun sent a few soldiers to investigate among the lotus bushes, and the unusually lush lotus leaves and lotus flowers were broken at the touch of a finger, and bright red juice dripped from the stems, dyeing people's whole body crimson. "Master He," a soldier finally turned his head and shouted after probing for a long time, "I found two dead bodies, one male and one female." Zi Mian and He Lingyun heard the words and immediately stepped into the swamp to the direction of the soldiers. Long Baiyue's body swayed on the shore, her internal organs seemed to be overturned, she held on and refused to fall down. She shouldn't be surprised, shouldn't she, she should have known what would happen if she disobeyed the prime minister's will.Is she helping them?What did she do? Will she be true to her will?What the hell is she doing? Sudden severe pain came from the back of the neck, Long Baiyue turned her head in surprise, and saw that the strange man in the prime minister's mansion had changed into a soldier's attire.She opened her mouth, wanting to say "I'm about to faint, you don't have to hit me", but no sound came out. She fell into the arms of that man, and Ming Chuangchen yelled anxiously. She wanted to struggle out to make Windows Chen notice, but her body was like a butterfly bound by a spider's web.She heard him shouting to Zi Mian and He Lingyun: "Young lady fainted from fright, do you need a car to take her back first?" Don't promise him.Don't promise him, Zi Mian... In the end, only Zimian remained in her empty eyes.He turned his head, his eyes were warm and concerned, as warm as running water as before. "it is good……" Don't promise him, Zi Mian... Her heart became cold in an instant, her eyes went dark, and she completely lost consciousness.