Chapter 105 Miaojiang Priest But I still think the priest is better looking...
"Asi!" the high priest shouted, "Have you forgotten what this woman did to you?"
The air was stagnant, and the mountain breeze seemed to have stopped flowing.
Luo Wan lowered her eyes and stood quietly. At this moment, she was like a mute.
He could neither refute the high priest's words nor say sorry to Chu Lin.
The high priest continued, "She has a request of mine. I don't want her money, nor her life. All I want is for her to kneel down and admit her fault. If she doesn't want to kneel, why should you stop her?"
Chu Lin's eyes swept over the weak young man on the stretcher. The veins on his forehead twitched faintly. His tone was calm and unmoved: "If you insist that someone kneel, I can kneel."
The high priest laughed in anger, pointing his staff at Luo Wan. "She wanted to kill you once! You're innocent and kind, you're magnanimous, you let bygones be bygones, but what about now? She even dared to bring someone else with her. Who is this? I knew it was her lover, coming to Miaojiang to seek medicine!"
The high priest gnashed his teeth and said, "She is completely treating you like a fool. Don't let her fool you again!"
Luo Wan pursed her lips, a trace of guilt flashing across her eyes. She felt a little guilty, yet also a little helpless. "Chu Lin, I'm already incredibly grateful to the High Priest for putting aside his grudges and saving people. Three hundred kowtows...are nothing."
Chu Lin's eyes moved slightly, and his voice was low and hoarse: "Is he important to you?"
"He's saved me more than once, so..." Luo Wan looked away, avoiding his gaze, "I want to save him too."
"I told you, you don't have to kneel." Before Chu Lin finished speaking, he had already lifted up his clothes and was about to kneel.
The high priest was quick to stop him with his staff. "I'm the fool," he said, picking him up and retracting his staff. He snorted coldly, "I actually tried to convince you."
The high priest turned and left, saying as he walked: "If a priest kneels to offer sacrifices, I will be cursed by the people of Miaojiang."
Ah Cai jumped forward and said with a smile, "The high priest has agreed to save us."
Chu Lin said to A Cai, "Go find two young men and carry the person back to their residence."
*
Entering from the village gate, stone roads come into view, and stilt houses stand before your eyes on the surrounding hillsides.
An area was specially designated around the temple as the residence of Miao priests and high priests.
There is no such thing as maids in Miaojiang. Acai is a spiritual girl who serves as the priest's assistant during major ceremonies.
Outsiders are generally not allowed to enter the residences of priests and high priests. They only cleared out one guest room and vacated it for Jiang Cichen and Qingyun. Luo Wan then stayed in Acai's room.
The process of poisoning was complicated, so only the high priest and Jiang Cichen were left in the room, and the rest of the people were waiting outside the door.
The others were waiting outside, sitting around a table.
Anyone who is chosen as a spirit girl must be one of the most intelligent girls in the village. After a dispute at the village gate, Ah Cai basically figured out the grievances and entanglements between several people.
Ah Cai came close to Chu Lin and said seriously, "Priest, although the brother in the room is very handsome, I still think you are better looking."
His voice was neither too high nor too low, neither seeming deliberate, but just enough for Luo Wan, who was not far away, to hear clearly.
Luo Wan did hear it, but at the moment her mind was in turmoil. She didn't understand why Chu Lin agreed to let the high priest treat Jiang Cichen, nor could she understand why he was willing to kneel for her.
The evening in Miaojiang was hazy, and Luo Wan could hardly distinguish between dreams and reality.
Was the past just a dream, or did it really happen?
Chu Lin said calmly: "Your opinion is subjective."
Ah Cai retorted: "Objective."
"Oh." Chu Lin remained indifferent.
About half an hour later, the door creaked open.
Luo Wan stood up suddenly when he heard the sound.
The high priest stood at the door and said, "You may come in."
Luo Wan walked into the room, and the mother-child Gu was indeed working incredibly quickly. Jiang Cichen's complexion had returned to normal, his brows relaxed, and his elegant and handsome face was once again revealed.
The Gu was implanted in the young man's heart. His clothes were slightly opened, revealing a strong chest that rose and fell gently with his steady breathing.
When Ah Cai saw this scene, she immediately covered her eyes, but couldn't help but peek through her fingers.
She could compare the man's face with the priest's, but she couldn't compare the man's figure with the priest's because she had never seen Chu Lin's chest.
Luo Wan straightened his clothes and looked up at Qingyun silently.
Qingyun understood and stepped forward. After taking his pulse, he reported, "Young Master Jiang's life is safe. The remaining poison will take a few days to clear. He will wake up once the remaining poison is cleared."
The high priest threw an ancient book into Luo Wan's arms and said in a cold voice: "Precautions for the child Gu in the body."
Luo Wan picked up the book and flipped through it. It was full of words she couldn't understand. She asked puzzledly, "Any other precautions?"
She never knew what to pay attention to in her previous life.
"Yes!!!" The high priest suddenly raised his voice and placed a wooden box on the bedside table. "This is the mother Gu. The method of raising the mother Gu is also in the book. The baby Gu will die within six months after the mother Gu dies. Take good care of it yourself. Don't blame me if this person dies one day."
Luo Wan was stunned: "If the mother Gu dies, will the child Gu also die?"
She had never heard of this in her previous life.
The high priest couldn't hide his irritation on his face: "Yes!!!"
Ah Cai quietly plugged her ears with her fingers.
Luo Wan said: "Thank you, High Priest."
"Stop, stop!" the high priest said sarcastically, "I can't bear it."
When the high priest went out, he saw Chu Lin still standing aside, staring at the back of the woman lying on the bed with his eyes lowered. He immediately pulled him away with a look of disappointment.
After walking a distance, the high priest let go of Chu Lin's sleeve and said, "I just heard that old man call him Young Master Jiang. Do you know him?"
Chu Lin frowned, lowered his head to straighten his slightly wrinkled sleeves, and said calmly: "I know him."
"There are not many men in the world who look like him," the high priest asked. "Is he from the Jiang family of the Northern Kingdom?"
Judging from his extraordinary attire, he must be a prince or general. In the world today, there is no one else with the surname Jiang who has such an aura at his age, except that traitor.
Chu Lin paused while adjusting his sleeves and said nonchalantly, "Yes."
"Do you know why you didn't tell me at first?" the high priest asked. "He's the enemy who destroyed your homeland."
Chu Lin slowly raised his eyes: "Didn't the high priest say that only Miaojiang is my home?"
"..." The high priest was speechless for a moment, then continued after a while, "People outside are unpredictable. I don't want you to get involved in this, but it is an indisputable fact that he killed your brother."
Chu Lin said calmly, "My brother also wanted to kill me. He also killed my father. So, should I thank Jiang Cichen for avenging my father's murder?"
"You, you, you..." The high priest walked away, "Forget it! Anyway, the Gu was raised for you. You can give it to whoever you want."
*
The village is more bustling in the evening, with lights lit in every household. Warm light adorns the sacred mountain. Without the hustle and bustle of vendors, it is filled with pure tranquility.
Before going to sleep, Ah Cai came in holding a book and said, "Our Miao writing system is different from yours. This is a translation. You can understand it by comparing it with the original."
"Thanks."
Luo Wan stacked the two books together and placed them on the desk.
"No need to thank me!" Ah Cai waved her hands repeatedly. "If you want to thank someone, thank our priest. He was the one who asked me to pass it on to you."
When it comes to Chu Lin, Luo Wan has too many things he can't figure out.
Why didn't his temperament change drastically in this life like in his previous life?
Since the mother Gu could control the child Gu in her body and cause her death, why did she have to resort to poisonous wine to end it?
Is it just because you can’t wait half a year?
The bed was not big, so the two of them had to lie down next to each other.
Ah Cai asked curiously, "Miss Luo, are you the priest's friend outside Miao territory? What is it like out there?"
"It's very prosperous, with a lot of people. The streets are brighter at night than during the day." Luo Wan said softly, "You can go and see it for yourself if you have a chance. It's very different from Miaojiang."
Ah Cai shook her head: "I don't dare to go out. The high priest said there are a lot of bad people outside."
“There are a lot of bad guys.”
Ah Cai consoled him: "Don't blame the high priest for being rude to you. He treats everyone outside like that. The high priest really hates people from outside. The priest's mother was deceived by a man from outside, so the high priest is very afraid that another woman from outside will deceive the priest."
Luo Wan had learned a little about Chu Lin's life experience from Grand Tutor Liu Zong before. The "lie" that Ah Cai mentioned probably refers to the past when Concubine Lan was trapped in the deep palace and died of depression.
"Why do I have to like someone from outside? I think the girls in the village are pretty good too." Ah Cai counted on her fingers. "I know of fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety girls in the village who want to marry the priest... They ask me every day what kind of girls the priest likes. I'm not a worm in the priest's stomach, how would I know?"
This is indeed a worrying problem. No one knows what kind of person Chu Lin likes. Even Luo Wan, who has known him for two lifetimes, cannot figure him out.
The voices of conversation gradually died down. Perhaps because he was too tired during the day, Luo Wan soon fell into a deep sleep.
Acai was woken up by the heat at night. She suddenly threw back the quilt, but was forced back into it by the cold night air. Only then did she realize that the person next to her was as hot as a stove.
With the moonlight filtering through the window lattice, Ah Cai saw that Luo Wan's fair cheeks and neck were abnormally flushed, and it was obvious that he had a high fever.
Ah Cai didn't know any medical knowledge, so she hurriedly put on her coat and went to call for help.
She didn't dare to disturb the high priest, so she secretly knocked on Chu Lin's door. He didn't seem to be asleep, and the door was quickly opened.
Chu Lin was still wearing his daytime clothes. Seeing Ah Cai's panicked expression, he frowned slightly and asked, "But what happened to her?"
Ah Cai said, "Miss Luo seems to be burning up. She's really hot!"
Chu Lin immediately passed by A Cai and hurried towards his residence.
The back and forth footsteps still alarmed the high priest next door. He saw Chu Lin's back, saw the direction he was going, and sighed.
Inside the room, Chu Lin saw Luo Wan curled up on the couch, unconsciously clutching the corner of the quilt, and his heart sank rapidly.
"Go get a cup of hot water first." He ordered without turning his head.
A Cai quickly did as she was told.
Chu Lin sat down on the edge of the bed, straightened Luo Wan's body, and touched her forehead with the back of his hand. It was indeed surprisingly hot, and his fingertips immediately touched her wrist pulse.
Ah Cai handed over the teacup: "Here."
Chu Lin seemed to be burned by something, and suddenly withdrew his hand, accidentally knocking over the cup of water in A Cai's hand, spilling hot water all over the floor.
The high priest arrived at this moment, witnessed this scene, narrowed his eyes, became suspicious, and took the opportunity to check Luo Wan's pulse.
Chu Lin waved his hand away expressionlessly, but the high priest had already diagnosed the clue.
The high priest shouted angrily, "I will kill the baby in her womb for you right now!"
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