Zhu Xian: Learn from the Great Ying Immortal and rebuild the Trinity School

Chapter 39 Tuogu
"mother……"

In front of the entrance at the foot of the mountain, all the old, young, men, women and children from the village near the mountain were waiting here.

The Lu family's mother and daughter were also there.

"What do you think of him? Will he be in trouble?"

The little girl's face was filled with worry, and she held her mother's arm tightly, as if she was afraid that she would fly away.

Inside her sleeves, Lu's hands were as cold as ice.

There seemed to be a layer of white frost on her lips, and she forced a smile to comfort him:

"No, that won't happen. Brother Zhiqiu is very powerful. Those mandrills will not be able to do anything to him."

……

"They're coming down! Someone's coming down!"

Suddenly, the women, children and the elderly cheered, and the light of the torches revealed the villagers who were coming down the mountain.

They supported each other in twos and threes.

There were more or less injuries on his body.

The number of people is not much different than when we went up the mountain, but there are still a few less... those who were carried down.

After all, those mandrills are not extremely vicious, and it is inevitable that a few lives will be lost.

The villagers were in a heavy mood.
After all, all the anger and blood had just been used up, and now all that was left was the pain of licking the wounds.

Xu Zhiqiu was at the end of the crowd and was discovered by Lu's mother and daughter, who immediately came over to greet him.

He gestured to indicate that he was fine, and the mother and daughter finally felt relieved.

"Your forehead..."

Suddenly, Miss Lu pointed at his forehead, looking a little surprised.

Xu Zhiqiu was startled and reached out to touch, but felt nothing.

I didn’t pay much attention to it.

At this time,

"Young man..."

Amidst the crowd, an old man was carefully carried in front of everyone.

He looked pale and was breathing out more than he was breathing in.

"Mr. Lizheng!"

The women and children gathered around, filled with grief.

But the old village head dispersed them and only called Xu Zhiqiu to come forward.

"Sir."

The old man smiled with difficulty:

"You are a wise man. Thanks to you... I, an old man, have also become wiser at the end of my life."

The old man put his hand on his arm and squeezed it tightly.

"Thank you, thank you..."

As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and looked at the villagers around him.

"you……"

Everyone immediately understood, and the next moment, they all knelt down towards Xu Zhiqiu.

This scared Xu Zhiqiu.
"No! You can't do this!"

He knew he couldn't afford to lose so much life, so he moved away.

He asked all the villagers to stand up, and suddenly he felt a chill on his face.

Surprised, he looked up at the sky like everyone else.

The night sky was as dark as ink, and the cool breeze was refreshing.
Drops of drizzle slowly fall from the sky to the earth.

"Pattering..."

The raindrops were gentle at first, then lightly, and then became heavy downpours.

With the rumbling of thunder,

"Crash-"

The villagers were bewildered at first, but then, excitement showed on their faces.

"It's raining……"

"It's raining!"

"Oh my god, it's raining!"

After three years of great disaster, this is an unprecedented downpour.

With this rain, the seedlings in the fields will sprout, the crops will grow, and we will have enough food to eat.

Xu Zhiqiu looked up, feeling the rain moistening his face.
At the same time, I had some guesses in my mind -

It should be that the stone well in the cave was destroyed by the falling rocks, and the spiritual base of the Daling Mountain's earth veins that had been imprisoned by secret methods was released and turned into this good rain.

The Daling Mountain is a branch of the Huqi Mountain. As time goes by, the changes in the earth veins will be reversed, which may cause quite large-scale changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

In other words, this disastrous year in Minzhou will finally be over.

"Yeah……"

Under the rain, the wrinkled face of the old village chief gradually relaxed.

Finally, with a relieved smile, he slowly stopped breathing.

But few people noticed him at this moment.
People were in a frenzy, cheering and crying in each other's arms in the heavy rain.

Lu girl was happily spinning around in the rain.
Mrs. Lu looked at her daughter with a smile, and then moved her eyes to Xu Zhiqiu. The latter noticed her gaze and looked at her.
Lu nodded slightly and smiled gently.

Against the backdrop of the rain, the hair stuck to her cheeks, making her look even more beautiful and gorgeous.

Suddenly, her beautiful brows furrowed deeply, and a streak of bright red blood squeezed out from her lips.

"Sister-in-law!"

…………

After this rain,
Kaoshan Village has ushered in a new atmosphere.

The old village chief died and the villagers buried him on Daling Mountain.

The villagers proposed to build a cenotaph for Lu's husband as a token of commemoration.

It was built on a small hill not far from the Lu family's residence.

Logically speaking, the matter here was basically settled, but Xu Zhiqiu did not leave for the time being.

Since coming to this Kaoshan Village, he has received the kindness of the Lu mother and daughter.

To this day, he believes that he has achieved the goal of "repaying a drop of kindness with a spring of water."

But being clear about gratitude and righteousness is one thing, and being soft-hearted is another.

Especially after spending such a long time together, it’s hard to say that he doesn’t have some affection for the mother and daughter.

One thing he was very clear about was that the Lu family was about to fail.

It's not like he didn't try to save her.

But whether it was herbal treatment or Qi infusion, for a person like her whose five internal organs were depleted, it was like filling a leaky bucket with water.

Ultimately, there was no way to save the situation.

Xu Zhiqiu also saw that deep down in Lu's heart, she had long lost the will to live.

——The phoenix tree is half dead after the frost, and the white-headed mandarin ducks fly away without their partner.

Since the cenotaph was built, Lu would go there every night, sit on the grave and mutter to himself, and would stay there for half the night.

She was deliberately abusing her body, and sometimes she even refused to cooperate with Xu Zhiqiu's treatment.

It was as if she couldn't wait to go to another world and reunite with her husband.

Xu Zhiqiu also knew it very well.
The reason why she held on for so long was simply because she couldn't let go of her daughter.

But now, because of my existence, she felt more at ease, and her spirit inevitably relaxed.

Xu Zhiqiu was very angry at her for abandoning her responsibilities as a mother and forcing the burden on others.

But faced with a woman whose "heart was half dead" and whose life was already at the end of her rope, there was really no room for reprimand.

Some people are destined to leave.

But she was calm.

Xu Zhiqiu also came to terms with it.

Only Lu Xueqi...

She was a smart child and could naturally detect her mother's negative mood.

Seeing her mother's health deteriorating, she was tormented.

She could only cry and beg Xu Zhiqiu for help, while begging her mother to cheer up.

Then, the despair grew day by day.

In the first month after the cenotaph was built, Lu was still able to walk.

By the second month, I could only lie in bed.

He only took a meal or a drink once every three to five days, and became increasingly thinner.

By the third month, he was just skin and bones.

Her face has become so thin that it is no longer pretty, and it only makes people feel distressed.

this day,
The night sky is silent.

Girl Lu was lying on her mother's bed, crying herself to death and falling asleep.

Lu looked at Xu Zhiqiu who was standing beside her, her eyes full of apology.

"I'm sorry."

"Is this interesting?"

Xu Zhiqiu did not accept it and even mocked it:

"The purpose of the apology is just to make your death more peaceful."

Lu had no words to refute and could only respond to him with an apologetic smile.

Seeing this, Xu Zhiqiu sighed helplessly.

whispered:
"Your girl is very stubborn. If you leave like this, I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it."

"You see her very clearly..."

There was a hint of surprise in Lu's eyes, and then she said in a pleading tone:
"This child is very sensible and smart. Promise me... not to... dislike her."

Xu Zhiqiu lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.
It was not until Lu's eyes were almost piercing that he nodded and promised:
"I'll take care of her."

"Um……"

Lu let out a long breath, as if he had exhausted all his strength.

She turned her head, looked at her daughter's sleeping face, her swollen eyelids, and couldn't help but shed tears of heartache.

She reached out and touched her daughter's cheek, and whispered:
"Xueqi, be good. Mommy is going to become a star too. You... have to be good."

(End of this chapter)