Dream Broken You Pavilion

When Jing'er and Xiaocui returned to the other courtyard, they went straight to Xuelian's room downstairs.

Outside the door, a young guard named Ryoko was secretly wiping tears.Seeing Jing'er, she hurriedly wiped her tears and saluted with fists.

The guards from the other courtyard and a girl were gathered in the room. The sudden change caught them off guard, and they could only hear endless moans and the girl's crying.

Seeing Jing'er coming in, everyone saluted, then retreated one after another, standing outside the door and watching from a distance.

Xue Lian was lying on the bed. She used to be round and full of innocent and bright little face of a girl, but now she is skinny and out of shape. Her long eyelashes cover her eyelids which are sunken in her eye sockets. Her whole body is less than half of her former weight, like a zombie. lifeless.

Jing'er's eye sockets became moist instantly, Xiao Cui moved the stool with great insight to help her sit down, Jing'er took Xue Lian's wrist as thin as a dry branch out of the bed with great care, for fear that she would accidentally slip it its broken.Take the pulse with three fingers.After a while, a look of worry floated between his brows, and he said angrily:

"It's no wonder she can't speak, and the dumb acupoints are pressed on her body, and the acupoints on her body are also not smooth. What did that woman do to her? Xiaocui, I want to give her acupuncture to open up the acupoints."

Xiaocui hurriedly fetched the silver needle bag, and gently lifted the quilt from Xuelian's body.

Jing'er was holding the silver needle in her hand, looking at the thin body like a skeleton, she suddenly closed her eyes tightly, forced herself to suppress the pain in her heart, took a deep breath, calmed her mind quickly, and took out Xiao Xiao from her sleeve. Just now Lu Zi brought her a small medicine bottle and poured out a white pill, which was Xiao Lu Zi's self-made qi invigorating pill, stuffed it into her mouth and asked her to swallow it, and then gave her an injection.

Xuelian fell into a deep sleep, Jing'er looked at the scene in the room, feeling in her heart, the fake Xuelian was still in this room before, but in just two hours before and after, things have changed.

She walked to the wardrobe in the corner, the door was still lying quietly on the floor with the pried open lock, and the door was half-opened and half-closed.She stretched out her hand and opened it gently. The closet was divided into upper and lower compartments. The upper compartment was neatly stacked with clothes, while the lower compartment was empty.

But in a small area, she seemed to see the thin snow lotus curled up in the closet with her hands and feet bound, her mouth stuffed with rags, her big eyes were full of pain, fear, helplessness and despair.

Thinking that I used to live in this room, only a few steps away from Xuelian, Xuelian must have heard her voice and then made some noises in the closet to ask for help, but I thought she was a mouse and missed her. chance of rescue.It's hard to imagine how she survived all these months.

Full of annoyance, she couldn't forgive her carelessness. For four whole days, she slept in this room, only a short distance away from Xuelian, but she failed to save her.

Xiaocui pouts and goes forward to tug on her sleeve lightly, and said softly:

"Miss, don't be sad, this girl is awake."

"Are you awake?" Jing'er hurriedly turned around and ran to the bed.

As expected, Xuelian opened her eyes. Although she was powerless, her eyes were still clear. She moved her lips and opened her mouth with difficulty:

"Girl, girl, are you okay?" Her voice was hoarse like the voice of an old man, this may be the first time she spoke in months, and the first sentence she said was asking Jing'er Is it okay.

Jing'er burst into tears instantly, choked up and said: "Xuelian, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't know where you were...I hurt you..."

Xuelian shook her head lightly, and two teardrops slowly and silently fell from the corners of her eyes, "Thank you, Miss, for saving me. When Xuelian recovers, I will come and serve you, Miss."

Jing'er said: "Snow Lotus, don't talk about it, you take good care of yourself, I will help you take care of it, you will be fine soon, ah."

The corners of Xue Lian's chapped lips trembled slightly, and she smiled, "Okay."

……

After gradually waking up, Xue Lian told Jing'er that one night she returned to her room after finishing her chores, and lay down to rest after washing. When she was drowsy, she suddenly felt something covering her mouth and nose, and then she lost consciousness.

When she woke up, she found that her hands and feet were bound with ropes, her mouth was stuffed with cloth, and she was curled up in an extremely small space where she could barely straighten her back.She was terrified, and moved her body desperately, only to find that there were wooden boards all around, as if she was in a wooden box.

She wanted to shout, but her mouth was stuffed with a cloth, so she could only make a sound from her throat...

One side of the board suddenly opened from the middle, and a black figure appeared in front of her in the darkness. The man suddenly reached out and touched her body, and she could no longer hum, and her limbs became numb and unable to move.Then a woman's voice came from next to her ear, telling her not to try to make any noise, or she would be killed.

In the future, the woman would give her some food, but it was all in the middle of the night. Only one night, when the moonlight was so bright, she could vaguely see her face. It was a face exactly like her own, and even the voice of her voice She is also very similar to herself, but at this moment, there is a ghostly coldness in that person's eyes. At that time, her hair stood on end, and she finally saw from the familiar utensils and furnishings around her that she was actually in the clothes of her bedroom. in the cupboard.

I don't know how many days have passed like this, one day she suddenly heard Jing'er's voice, she didn't dare to make a sound, when she found that Jing'er was actually sleeping in this room, she seemed to see hope in an instant.

At night, she saw the lights in Jing'er room go out through the crack of the door, and heard the sound of her lying down, so she twisted her body vigorously, trying to make a sound to attract Jing'er's attention, but now she just wanted to make the numb Even moving her body became a luxury, she wished that Jing'er could come and open the door that imprisoned her and rescue her.

Sure enough, Jing'er got up, but went out, and after a while, she returned with the woman, and she clearly heard Jing'er calling the woman Xuelian.Ask her why there is a strange noise in the room.

The woman said that there were mice in the room, so she lit a candle and pretended to fight the mice, but Xuelian didn't dare to make any more noise.

If it was like this for four consecutive days, and she also worked hard for four days, that woman helped Jing'er beat the "mouse" for four nights, but no one came to open the door for her.Finally, on the fifth day, the room was replaced by that woman again...

Desperation left her without the courage to survive, so she began to go on a hunger strike. She wanted to starve herself to death, but the strange thing was that the woman didn't seem to intend to let her die. It was stuffed into her mouth, making her live passively in such a state, even with only one breath.

Once, the woman said to Xuelian: "I don't like killing people, because I don't want my hands to be stained with blood, that's really disgusting."

Perhaps this was the only reason why she didn't kill Xuelian.

Jing'er ordered someone to add an extra bed for Xiaocui in her room, and the master and servant could finally be together every day.

In the past few days, Jing'er and Xiaocui have been taking care of Xuelian together, acupuncture and moxibustion twice a day, and medicine brewing three times. Xiao Luzi also came to visit twice to treat her with internal strength. , Walking slowly for two days, after three days, I can walk freely, but it is not possible to achieve a complete recovery in one day.

Xue Lian's body is getting better day by day, her smile is the same as before, her concern is still the same, the only difference is that she suddenly likes to stand quietly on the porch and look into the distance, just like Jing'er in the past, always standing on the porch Contemplating in ecstasy, it's just that there is a vicissitudes that don't match the age in the eyes that were originally pure as water.For her, it seems like a rebirth now.

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Mrs. Shang Qi came to visit Xuelian one day, she was very happy to see her well, so she went to sit in Jing'er's room.

Mrs. Shang Qi suddenly said worriedly: "Recently, the old man has always been a little anxious in his body and mind. He always feels that the old thief will soon come to Fulong Mountain."

Jing'er said: "Madam, don't worry any more. My master has strengthened the courtyard wall and set up attack points on the wall. There are still so many traps at the foot of the mountain. They will work to some extent. When the time comes, the soldiers will come and cover them with water and soil."

Mrs. Shang Qi smiled and said: "Speaking of which, it's really thanks to your master's idea to turn the mansion into a castle, so that people can stand on the wall and attack from a height. We have so many weapons, so we don't need to worry too much about it." I'm worried."

Jing'er laughed and said, "Since that's the case, what is the old lady still frowning?"

Mrs. Shang Qi said: "Perhaps I'm old. I think of a person these few days, but I haven't seen him for many years. I don't know if I can find him."

Jing'er asked curiously, "Who is it?"

Mrs. Shang Qi sighed softly: "In the past, he was General Shang's deputy general, and he was a life-and-death brother with General Shang. Eighteen years ago, he found me and resigned. Yang'er went to the south and worshiped under his master Daoist Master Huiyuan under his name. I went out for a cloud tour, but I never saw him again. Later, I went down the mountain and founded 'Xiaoyuntian', and brought Yang'er to Fulong Mountain three years ago. I also heard that brother Dao founded a sect in Qingzhou area, and there were many disciples under his sect, but I don't know where exactly."

Jing'er said: "When all the blood slaves are killed, I will ask Shang Wuyang to help you find them. Xiangguo says it's not too big, and you can always find them by casting a net."

"Yeah, especially seeing the snow lotus this time, alas, the old man can't help but lament that life is impermanent, with ups and downs, parting and reuniting, maybe it's because people are getting old, and they will miss more people and things." Mrs. Shang Qi sighed, feeling a lot...