Chapter 293 Discussing the Story
Mr. Wu asked his servants to spread the news, saying that if anyone could cure his daughter's illness, he would pay a hundred taels of gold as a reward.
As soon as the news spread, many quack doctors came to the mansion, all with a try-and-see attitude to see if they could cure Xianya's illness. After all the efforts, the red spots on Xianya's face not only did not reduce, but worsened, turning into a liver-red color, which looked even more horrible.
One month later, when Wu Yuanwai had given up hope, a man wearing a black cloak and a veil came to his house and claimed that he could cure Xian Ya's disease. Wu Yuanwai believed him for the time being.
The man in black took out a few tiny silver needles from his backpack and placed them in a neat row on the mattress, signaling Xian Ya to lie down and not move. He wanted to use the silver needles to remove the poison hidden in Xian Ya's body.
Sure enough, after the silver needles pierced into the blood vessels throughout Xianya's body, her complexion eased a little, from its original liver color to bluish gray. Seeing that Xianya's appearance had improved for the first time in the past few days, Wu Yuanwai finally let go of his worry.
After the acupuncture, the man in black told Wu Yuanwai that the toxins on Xian Ya's face had not been completely cleared, and that he needed to accompany him to the temple on the mountain to find herbs to completely eradicate them. During the journey, Xian Ya's appearance would change from time to time, so in order to prevent the toxins from invading again, Xian Ya had to accompany him personally.
After hearing the request from the man in black, Mr. Wu turned around to ask for everyone's opinions, pulled Song Yu over and said, "Are you comfortable letting Ya'er go with the man in black?"
In fact, Song Yu was extremely reluctant, but seeing Xian Ya's appearance ruined, there was nothing more tragic for a girl who was once as beautiful as a flower. In order to restore Xian Ya's appearance, Song Yu said with red eyes: "As long as Xian Ya can get better, he can agree to everything."
The man in black took Xian Ya away and there was no news of her for several months.
Everyone in the Wu family was in a panic. Song Yu wanted to go out and find the man in black to ask for clarification, but in the vast crowd, he had never even seen the man in black, let alone found him.
Song Yu felt uneasy. Did something happen to Xian Ya? Where was she now? All this was unknown.
Song Yu felt that he had harmed Xian Ya. He was depressed all day long and stayed indoors. After a month, he looked haggard, with a few white hairs mixed in with his black hair.
In fact, Xian Ya was taken to Malone Mountain, and the man in black was Malone himself.
When they arrived at the mountain, it was already a festive scene. Ma Long personally planned to bring Xian Ya and immediately announced that the whole village would hold a banquet to celebrate for him.
Xianya was brought into the bridal chamber, followed by an old woman. The old woman kept circling around Xianya, and Xianya recognized her at a glance. This servant was the old man who sold cosmetics to her.
She was very angry and asked the old woman, "I have no grudge against you, why are you harming me like this?"
The old woman apologized to Xianya and talked about some past events. Only then did Xianya know that as early as ten years ago, the old lady's daughter was abducted to the mountain village by Ma Long. After being ravaged by Ma Long, the chaste daughter drank the poisoned wine and left the old woman at home to go to another world.
In order to avenge her daughter, the old woman visited famous doctors everywhere and finally learned the art of disguise. A few years later, by chance, she got the formula of a mysterious rouge, which required the blood of the dead. The blood must be from a dying person who still had temperature to work its miraculous effect.
However, there is still no way to verify the antidote for this medicine, and no one knows what the antidote is.
Perhaps there is no antidote for this blood and tears rouge in this world?
The old lady had been waiting for this opportunity for ten years. Finally, she gained Malone's trust. Knowing that Malone had been coveting Xian Ya for a long time, she volunteered to come to Malone and said that she had a way to make the woman come to him on her own initiative, and it would be effortless.
After hearing this, Ma Long quickly ordered the old lady to get started, which led to the story mentioned above.
The old lady put down the stool, sat in front of Xianya, and said apologetically: "My daughter, don't blame your mother-in-law. She was helpless and she took great pains to avenge her daughter."
Xian Ya didn't say anything, her eyes were already red, she thought: "Even if it's for her own daughter, there's no need to do such a cruel thing. She is innocent."
At this time, there was a loud noise outside the door. The old woman stood up gloomily and said, "Ma Long is here. I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Today I will make him pay for his evil deeds."
When a sharp blade pierced through Malone's chest, Malone looked at the unremarkable old lady in horror and said, "How could it be you? Didn't you die a long time ago?"
Ma Long still vaguely remembered that ten years ago, when he was robbing a woman, he stabbed an old woman in the chest with a broken knife. Because the woman was in the way of his good deeds, she held him tightly and would not let him take her daughter away.
The old lady said, "You didn't expect it, your knife didn't touch my heart, and I survived in the end."
Ma Long looked at the old lady with a deathly pale face, and suddenly struggled to turn over, "Even if I die, I will find someone to be buried with me." As he said that, another sharp dagger was inserted into the old lady's chest. It was the knife that Ma Long carried with him since he was a child, and it was also the one that stabbed the old lady ten years ago.
However, today, the old lady was not so lucky. She fell to the ground, spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, and then died. Ma Long also died.
Xian Ya had never seen such a scene before. She screamed and fainted from fright.
When she woke up again, she was lying in a man's arms, the man she had been thinking about day and night - Song Yu.
During this period of time, Song Yu asked around for news about the black-clad man, and finally learned that a black-clad man brought a veiled woman to Malong Mountain. Song Yu immediately realized that this was probably Xian Ya, so he took the opportunity to catch up with her. To his surprise, he thought there would be a fierce battle waiting for him, but when he arrived, he found that all the robbers in Malong Village were asleep.
It turned out that the old lady had good intentions. On the night when Ma Long was celebrating himself, the old lady threw a packet of knockout drugs into the water jar, and everyone who drank the water was knocked out.
But although the old lady got her revenge, her elegant appearance could never be restored.
After Xian Ya returned to Wu Yuanwai's house, she still refused to eat or drink, but just lay on the bed with her eyes closed, waiting to die. In this world, appearance is too important for a woman, so important that it can fill her entire life.
Song Yu was afraid that Xian Ya would be upset, so he stayed outside her door all night. But the accident still happened. Xian Ya took advantage of the darkness and ran away from home through the window. When Song Yu saw that Xian Ya had disappeared, he hesitated for a moment, thinking that Xian Ya might have run to the cliff where he and he had been before.
Song Yu hurriedly ran to the edge of the cliff and saw a figure with his arms spread out, making a flying gesture. Song Yu had a bad feeling and shouted, "Xian Ya, are you going to let me die with you?" Xian Ya turned around and saw Song Yu, whose face was pale in the wind. She cried and said, "You'd better let me die. I am no longer worthy of you in this state."
Song Yu walked over, hugged Xian Ya tightly, and said, "Even if I die, I will be with you. Without you, I have no fun living."
Xian Ya suddenly felt her face wet, and a few tears fell. They were Song Yu's tears.
What surprised Xianya was that the burning sensation on her face was slowly disappearing, and a cool feeling was spreading across her face. This was the first time Xianya felt such a cool feeling in so many days.
Song Yu lowered his head and said in surprise, "Hey, Xianya, your appearance has been restored. Oh my God, what's going on?"
She couldn't help but hug Song Yu tightly, letting his tears wet her entire face, and said: "It was your tears that saved me."
Xu Long accused: "...Sister Ye, are you telling a supernatural story?"
"Yeah, it feels like watching a movie, but it's a bit like those strange stories from ancient times." Hua Xi asked curiously, "Does this story have a name?"
"Yes, the name of the story is "Lover's Tears". You are right, it is a strange story from ancient times." Shi Feiye nodded:
"I like reading this kind of stories recently, and I know a lot of them. Some of them are even from the county annals. They are very interesting to read. Sometimes I think the imagination of the ancients is more interesting than that of us modern people."
"Speaking of this, isn't it true that the myths and legends created by the ancients are the origins of many of our modern novels, such as the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It's amazing. Some people say that you can really find many corresponding places and species in ancient geography."
Speaking of this, Gu Yuan also became excited, even more excited than when he was telling the story just now:
"So, some scholars speculated whether there really were dragons, phoenixes, and various mythical beasts thousands or tens of thousands of years ago, or whether some of the mythical beasts were actually the animals we have today, but people at that time did not understand and were full of awe in their hearts, so they wrote about them in such an exaggerated way."
"I remember someone took a photo and said they saw a dragon. The dragon in that photo looked just like the real thing. I was stunned. But the dragon flying through the clouds in the sky was really handsome and shocking." Hua Xi said again.
"I've also seen that photo, but isn't it said that the photo is composite?" Xu Longze had actually also seen that photo.
"That shouldn't be the case. I saw a comment below saying that the photo wasn't composited. It seemed like a Photoshop master said that." Hua Xi took out her cell phone and planned to find it on the spot to show everyone.
"Really? If our country really has dragons, that would be amazing, a mythical beast!" Xu Longze's face was full of amazement and admiration. "If that's the case, maybe there are also phoenixes."
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