The mother's face was full of weakness and fatigue. It was obvious that she had traveled a long way, and due to lack of nutrition and fear, she finally couldn't hold on and fell down.
Yin Xiu came closer and took a look at the child in the mother's arms, and her face suddenly became solemn.
Ma Xiaoyu also arrived in the blink of an eye, and her eyes widened.
I saw that there was already a black and swollen mark on the child's ankle.
Ma Xiaoyu played a Pure Heart Talisman to support the mother from falling, and then she looked at the people gathered around her in ragged clothes.
"Where did this kid get the injuries?"
No one answered her, they were just curious about Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu.
"It's his dad. His dad turned into a zombie and bit him."
The fat man ran out of breath, "It happened two nights ago. It's really tragic. Speaking of which, we have been hiding for a long time. We thought we were safe. After the disaster, there must be good luck. But he The father went out to look for food and somehow he was bitten to death, biting the child.”
Everyone kept shaking their heads, having seen the child's ending in advance.
Because their fellow villagers, family members, and neighbors had all suffered such a fate before, and none of them escaped.
However, the mother still didn't give up, holding Ma Xiaoyu's hand and begging her.
"Help, save my child, he is still young and has never even played with a bamboo horse. The child was hungry that day and always wanted a bamboo horse.
The child's father said he would bring one for him when he came back, but when he came back..."
She could no longer speak, she just opened her mouth wide and her eyes were lifeless, crying silently.
"Are you sure?" Yin Xiu asked Ma Xiaoyu.
Because the child's injury was really serious, if it had been on someone else, Yin Xiu would have already planned to kill the other person with a sword and end the other person's pain.
But this is a child, and everyone hopes that a miracle will happen to the child.
"We have met so many people along the way. We can't save everyone."
Ma Xiaoyu had firm eyes and a calm expression as she took out the silver needle from her pocket.
"There are several acupuncture points that need to be acupuncture at the same time. Please help me."
Ma Xiaoyu told Yin Xiu several acupuncture points.
However, Yin Xiu had only heard of these acupuncture points but did not know where they were.
Because in the past, he killed people much more than saved people. To kill people, he only needed to remember the three points of the heart, temples, and back of the heart.
But if you want to save people, you have to read medical books seriously in the study for several years.
Just when Yin Xiu was about to take action with the attitude that it was better to make a mistake than to do nothing, she suddenly heard a shout.
"Let me come."
The white peacock has come over and said confidently: "I also know some medical skills, I am not just a little witch who only knows how to cast poison."
"Okay."
Ma Xiaoyu handed her the needle pack, "Do you know the positions just now?"
"It's so clear that I can hit it accurately even with my eyes closed."
Although Bai Peacock is confident, Ma Xiaoyu still reminds: "Compared with adults, children's acupuncture points are somewhat offset, so you have to be careful."
"I know."
White Peacock talks about being relaxed, but in fact he is very careful and reliable.
Her hand holding the silver needle was steady and dry, as if it was not a small object that would tremble when the wind blew, but a Dinghai needle weighing a thousand kilograms.
Everyone held their breath, staring at the two girls with doubts and expectations, trusting everything to that little silver needle.
At this time, the fat man didn't know whether it was to ease the atmosphere or because he was nervous and wanted to find some comfort in Yin Xiu, so he leaned close to Yin Xiu.
"Brother, who are you?"
Yin Xiu glanced at him, "What, you want to check my background?"
"No, no."
The fat man shook his head like a drum.
"I was just thinking, maybe there's something we can do to help."
"Pray." Yin Xiu said.
"Oh, I can do this."
The fat man couldn't help but cheer up. He stared forward and clasped his hands together in a very pious manner.
"Namo Amitabha..."
Before he finished reciting the curse, the fat man was stunned on the spot.
Because he saw that Yin Xiu was drawing crosses on his forehead and chest.
"Oh, a friend of mine taught me."
Yin Xiu explained: "I have seen him use it several times, and it is quite effective."
As he said that, he used his eyes to indicate to the fat man whether he wanted to follow suit.
The fat man hesitated for a moment, but finally thanked him and continued to clasp his hands together with everyone and recite Amitabha Buddha.
Ma Xiaoyu and Bai Peacock didn't have as much free time as Yin Xiu, and they couldn't tolerate hesitation.
The two worked closely together, and after a while the child, who had turned pale and breathless, slowly regained his color, and his chest rose and fell vigorously with his breathing.
"Okay."
Ma Xiaoyu took out another bag of glutinous rice, sprinkled it on the talisman paper, and pressed it on the child's wound.
Zhi! !
A burst of chilling white smoke rose up, and when he heard the sound that sounded like barbecue, the fat man felt cold sweat break out on his forehead.
"Just give him some water."
After Ma Xiaoyu finished speaking, he stood up and wiped the sweat from his neck.
The woman immediately thanked her and the white peacock profusely, causing all the villagers to call her the Living Bodhisattva.
At this time, Yin Xiucai had time to observe this improvised and scattered team.
Most of the people mixed in here are women, children and young people. Probably because young people can run fast, and women and children are the ones who are protected, so the most people survive.
Although they had witnessed the miracle just now, fear and exhaustion were still the main tone on their faces.
Among these people, there was also a man and a woman, two people who looked neither farmers nor locals.
They are not outstanding in appearance, and they are not even close to being pretty, but they are not annoying to look at. They go out to make a living in the world without attracting attention or being annoying. This is enough.
"You two are..."
When asked by Yin Xiu, the woman couldn't help but retreat to the back.
Although the man looked nervous, he still protected the woman behind him, bowed to Yin Xiu and said, "Brother, we came from southern Xinjiang to join our relatives and sell songs on the way."
"Singing?"
"Yes."
The fat man said on the side: "They are good at singing Minnan tunes, which are very beautiful."
"They are all country folk songs that cannot be put on the stage." The woman said shyly. The fat man said so, and Yin Xiu found a pipa on the man's body, so he was no longer curious about their identities.
So he said to the fat man: "I still have some food in my luggage. Let's take it out and share it with everyone. After eating, we will go up the mountain and head to Qianfo Temple."
Hearing Yin Xiu say that he also wanted to go to Qianfo Temple, the rest of the people couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially the mother of the child. After all, Yin Xiu and his party can even detoxify corpses, and they are very kind-hearted. Following them seems to be the safest thing at the moment.
Fatty also rarely saw hope in everyone's faces, and immediately started running to help Yin Xiu distribute the food.
"It's not easy to save that child in this situation." White Peacock sighed softly.
Even though she had participated in it just now, she only had a mentality of doing her best and obeying fate.
It's like pouring potion on a child who has stopped breathing. It just seems better than doing nothing, that's all.
However, she seemed to have created a miracle with Ma Xiaoyu.
Ma Xiaoyu didn't take it seriously, broke off half of a piece of cake and handed it to the white peacock.
"I said, I am a zombie expert, so of course I can kill and cure them."
"Then I will have to get closer to you from now on." White Peacock said with a smile.
"It's up to you."
Ma Xiaoyu also had a smile on her face.
After this incident, the relationship between the two men eased a lot.
Although Ma Xiaoyu thinks this is an improvement in the relationship between fellow travelers, Bai Peacock thinks it is a change in the relationship between "sisters".
But this did not prevent Yin Xiu, who did not know what was going on, from feeling relaxed for a moment.
By the time they finished eating, the fat man was busy arranging everyone's actions without Yin Xiu saying anything.
A few children sat on camels, while others walked, and a team marched towards Mount Bodhi in an orderly manner.
Yin Xiu and the others were not familiar with the road to Mount Bodhi, so they just stayed at the back of the team, while the fat man and a few young men with light legs explored the way and led the way forward.
The busking couple also walked behind them.
Even at this time, there is still a looming barrier between them and the locals.
Therefore, this couple prefers to stay with Yin Xiu than those people.
"I know that people in southern Fujian always like to go out and explore. They can go to the West and Southeast Asia. As long as there is a boat, they can go anywhere. However, I heard that most of them go to places like Malaysia. How do you get to Jiaozhi? Coming?”
Ma Xiaoyu chatted with the woman named Xiaorou, who was responsible for singing in the singing couple, and made things easier.
Yin Xiu remained calm and just listened.
"Hey, Immortal Master, if the family can support themselves with a little bit of farmland and have a mouthful of food, who would be willing to wander outside and be a stranger?" the woman said with a bitter smile.
"Just call me Miss Ma."
Ma Xiaoyu smiled, "I actually only know a little bit of self-defense spells, so I can't be called an immortal master."
Xiaorou knew that she was being modest and didn't want to reveal herself too much in front of others. The title of "Immortal Master" was indeed a bit ostentatious, so she changed her words: "Miss Ma."
"Women are stupid, let me tell you. She can only sing and is not very good at anything else. Let me explain, so as not to mislead a few people and cause trouble."
As he said this, the man looked at the woman with gentle eyes and a warm tone.
His name is Acheng, he is from the same village as Xiaorou, and he is a childhood sweetheart.
"Southern Fujian is mostly mountainous. To be able to carve out just one acre of thin farmland on the hillside has already exhausted the luck and labor of several generations.
Xiaorou and I didn't have such a blessing, nor did we have the ambition and capital to go to Nanyang to work hard and dig for gold in Jinshan. Therefore, we could only help during the farming season and walk around in our free time to earn some money to support our family.
Originally, life like this was not too bad.
Who would have thought that the White Lotus Sect caused chaos in Wenling last year, killing people and setting fires everywhere.
After the White Lotus Sect finished killing, the officers and soldiers came to kill again, and they killed even more cruelly, making it almost impossible for people to survive.
To be honest, there was a believer in the White Lotus Sect in our village, so the entire village was on the wanted list, and the officers and soldiers came to kill him according to the list. ”
Ah Cheng smiled bitterly and said: "If the White Lotus Sect wants to cause chaos, then they will cause chaos. What does it have to do with us? Now it has made us unable to return home."
Hearing this, the white peacock was quite angry.
"Obviously it was the army that put you in this situation, so what does it have to do with the White Lotus Sect? The White Lotus Sect didn't say they wanted to kill your whole family or destroy the entire village."
"Are you from the White Lotus Sect?" Yin Xiu suddenly asked.
"How could it be possible? We are from the Mingyue God Sect!" White Peacock immediately replied.
"Ming Yue Divine Cult?"
At this time, Bai Peacock realized that he had let the slip, and quickly said: "Anyway, I am not a member of the White Lotus Sect!"
"Then do you know how the White Lotus Sect does it?" Yin Xiu asked her.
In this way, the white peacock fell silent again.
"Maybe, I really don't know."
"It doesn't matter if you don't know, because I don't know very well either." Yin Xiu sighed.
Before this, he probably had more contact with the White Lotus Sect than most people.
The White Lotus Sect has both loyal and brave people like Youxian King Tuoba Wenwu and Lian Gu, as well as insidious villains like the Holy Son of White Lotus.
Even though he claims to have a firm belief, has Zuo Xian Wang Bai Li's wavering never happened to others?
There are both good people and bad people, this is the normal state of the world.
The members of the White Lotus Sect are the same as these people, or they are different from them. They are of other types and cannot be defined by one type.
The differences between people are huge. There is no saying that people in a place or an organization all have the same personality, or something similar.
What really affects their behavior are set rules and various reasons.
Just like among the heinous officers and soldiers, aren't there people like Di Jie, the governor of Liangjiang?
Therefore, it is really difficult for Yin Xiu to have a fixed or formed impression of the White Lotus Sect.
"Okay."
Bai Peacock spread her hands. She really didn't need to worry about what the White Lotus Sect had done or not done.
Just like now, Acheng and Xiaorou, a couple who were displaced due to the Wenling Rebellion, seemed to have no complaints against either party.
After all, they are still alive and have each other. Compared with those who died in the sword, they are extremely lucky.
Yin Xiu had no intention of touching their sadness anymore, so he changed the subject.
"Do you have relatives in Cochin?"
"It was originally there."
Ah Cheng scratched his head, "I heard it's nearby, a dozen miles behind the mountain, but now, let alone looking for relatives, even if the relatives are still there, there's a question mark."
Seeing Ah Cheng's talk about their rapport, Xiaorou also relaxed and couldn't help but ask about Yin Xiu.
"I wonder what you three came to Cochin for?"
As soon as he asked this question, Ah Cheng already felt bad and became nervous.
Xiaorou also realized that she had said the wrong thing, and she didn't know what to do for a moment. Could she pretend that she hadn't said it?
However, Yin Xiu just laughed.
"Coming to travel."
"Travel, travel is good." (End of Chapter)