Hanging pot to help the world, I just want to live forever

Chapter 125
The winter is slightly cold, and the sky and the earth are pure white.

At a glance, it looks like a vast expanse of whiteness, except for the footprints of many people walking on an ancient road.

It just snowed yesterday, and when the soles of the feet step on the ground, there will be a "rustling" sound.

Today is the "Spirit Festival" in Dayue territory. It is said that whenever this day comes, the souls of the deceased will return to the world, receive offerings and blessings, and welcome relatives and friends. Most people will choose to go on this day. Pay homage to deceased ancestors, parents and even friends.

On this day, Gu Dan will follow the trend and offer incense and burn more paper to his biological parents who have never met but are deeply affectionate.

As for the meeting, there is no need, there is really no need for that.

The ancient road that many people have walked in front of me is not an elegant place, on the contrary, if you call it by the most widely known name, walk along this trail, and finally you will come to a place called "Mass Burial Mound" " place to go.

The so-called mass graves are naturally not a good place to go.

The people buried inside were either committed crimes and were captured and beheaded by the government and thrown there, or they were victims of disasters who were frozen to death and starved to death in the imperial capital in winter. , they are all thrown here.

But later, for some reason, some people said that this place is relatively dark, and it is the most suitable place to bury those poor people who are not at the end of their lives and cannot be buried in their ancestral land due to various reasons.

Anyway, those who are buried here are all poor people, and everyone on Huangquan Road can still have a company more or less.

Later, this kind of saying spread and became a tradition in the imperial capital for nearly a hundred years.

Of course, if you want Gu Dan to say, the person who committed the crime probably has no way to bury the deceased in the ancestral grave, so they use this place to change it into a more pleasant way of saying it.

But it doesn’t have to be true in everything, the world is already very bad, it might be more heartwarming to simply look at the latter’s mourning and wishes for the death of the exile.

It was still early morning at this time, and the snow water in most parts of this ancient road was almost guessed as mud, leaving a faint yellow snow water, but it was hard to see half of the people.

"It seems that everyone came quite early."

Carrying a large package of paper money, Gu Dan was still in the mood to tell a bad joke that wasn't funny.

Naturally, no one answered.

He also walked towards a certain place with great purpose.

The mass graves arrived soon, and there were still some black embers floating in the air that had burned out the paper money but hadn't completely disintegrated, which was extremely conspicuous in the vast expanse of whiteness.

Gu Dan walked to a grave, stretched out his hand, and wiped off the snowflakes on the tombstone.

Snowflake ice is cold, and when it touches the warm palm, it melts a little bit and gets wet, like water stains, or tears shed by a weeping person.

There are six words written on the tombstone.

The tomb of Ding Ji's family.

Six words, six people were buried.

It's only been a year, and the tombstone is still new.

Gu Dan didn't know what to say, he just swept the snow for Ding Ji, put the paper money in front of the tomb, and said softly, "I'll come and see you."

The flint splashed a little spark and ignited the paper money.

The burning fire made the surrounding snow halo again, and the gray lingering smoke curled up, maybe it could really go straight to the unknown place that the person couldn't see.

Gu Dan didn't speak any more, just quietly and silently waiting for the paper money to burn out slowly.

There was some movement behind him.

"I just said you can't drink alcohol last night, you can't drink alcohol! You kid must drag me to drink, and you don't want to see what time it is today?"

"You're still talking about me, you drank too much yesterday! If I didn't wake up early today, you would have slept until midnight!"

"You two are almost done! Didn't you see that there are not many people now? Hurry up and get down to business!"

A group of three people, each carrying some paper money, walked towards this side. They were still bickering and noisy on the road, which didn't go well with the quiet and deserted atmosphere here.

Gu Dan didn't look at it, but stared at the endlessly rising flames, with light reflected in his eyes, he didn't know what he was thinking.

It's just that the three of them were walking towards this place.

"Master Gu?"

Among the three, the fat man who was wrapped like a rice dumpling spoke in surprise.

"Ok?"

Gu Dan woke up from his stupor and turned his head to look.

"It's really you!"

Fatty's eyes showed surprise, "Are you here to visit Ding Ji too?"

"Are you?" Gu Dan asked.

"We are Ding Ji's friends, and we used to drink together all the time! It's a pity that this kid is unlucky, and there are evil thieves in his house. The brothers decided to come and see him, so that no one would burn paper for him."

"Yes, yes, yes! I didn't expect you to come, Mr. Gu. If Ding Ji knew about it, he would jump up happily! You don't know, every time he drinks, he likes to brag about knowing you He said that there would be no him without you! What is this called? Grace of regeneration, right?"

Gu Dan felt that the voice was clearly well-intentioned, and his lips moved a little, but he didn't say a word.

The fat man said quite familiarly: "You two step aside! Mr. Gu is thinking about big things, do you understand big things? I can't talk to you two muddy legs!"

Squeezing the two of them aside, the fat man poured the paper money in his hand on the fire that Gu Dan lit, and shouted: "Come on, come on, let's take a look at Mr. Gu's fire, I want to see Can the old boy tell the difference in the ground?"

A large handful of paper money fell into the burning fire, and suddenly the tongue of flames spread out, which was as high as half a person, and the faces against it became rosy, dispelling the winter chill.

Immediately afterwards, two large handfuls of paper money fell into the sky, and the flames seemed to have the potential to start a prairie fire, soaring into the sky, bringing some warmth and crimson to this plain white world.

The newcomers of the three Ding Ji's friends sat by the fire without any image at all, and took out several jugs of lukewarm wine, sprinkled half of it on the ground, and poured the other half into their mouths.

"One more drink with you boy!" they said.

The fat man also handed Gu Dan a jug of wine, and said, "This wine is bad wine from the peasants. Mr. Gu may not be used to it, so don't dislike it."

"How can you dislike it?"

Taking the jug, Gu Dan imitated their example, dumped half of it in front of the grave bag, gulping down the cold wine.

The bad wine enters the throat, it is cold and biting to the bone, and there is a hint of pungentness, which pricks the throat, warms the stomach, and even a little heartburn.

After so many years, thinking about it carefully, this is really the first time he drank with Ding Ji, but it was in front of the grave.

The three talked for a while in front of the tomb, and then left together.

Even in winter, there is still work to be done. Before the coldest time, it is a good thing to go out and collect some firewood. You will not stay for too long, and you will be satisfied after burning the paper.

When even the black embers were no longer red, Gu Dan threw some snowdrifts on it, patted the tombstone, and said, "It's only too late to avenge you."

He got up and was about to leave, but saw a familiar figure walking further ahead.

Gu Dan's eyesight is excellent, it is almost impossible for a martial arts master to misidentify someone, and he was sure in a flash that he was right.

Quickly rushed over, with a little surprised voice sounded together.

"Brother Gu?"

"Xiaoyi?"

That person was Lin Xiaoyi.

She was wearing a thick robe, compared to her mother's status as the queen of the world, the robe was a bit out of tune, it was rough and wide, and there were traces of fine stitching on the sleeves and shoulders, which was completely inappropriate. It looks like the clothes of the nobles in the palace, but it looks like the winter clothes that the thicker people are reluctant to throw away.

Even wearing such worn-out and even poor winter clothes, Lin Xiaoyi is still very good-looking, with picturesque eyebrows and delicate appearance, and her well-maintained skin is whiter and tenderer than snow, but some thick and loose winter clothes cover up her slim figure. The figure looks a little bloated.

Looking at it suddenly, Lin Xiaoyi seemed to have escaped from somewhere, a lady of a great family who casually put on a winter coat.

"Why are you here?"

Gu Dan was the first to ask.

This place is a "well-known" mass grave in the imperial capital. It's really not a good place to go. It's a place that people who have no family and no money will choose.

No matter what it is, it doesn't fit Lin Xiaoyi's situation.

"I'm here to worship my parents."

Lin Xiaoyi's eye circles were red, and there was a little moisture in the pupils at this time. It was obvious that she had just cried, and her voice was hoarse, which was different from the past, like a lonely and pitiful little girl.

"Doctor Lin and them?"

Gu Dan frowned slightly, "How could it be buried here? Where is the ancestral land?"

People are different, even if they also suffer from irresistible adversity.

This era pays attention to burial in the soil. If it can be buried in the ancestral land, it is naturally the best place to be buried in the ancestral land, so that future generations will have a place to worship.

Besides, although imperial doctor Lin and Lin Xiaoyi's mother are gone, Lin Xiaoyi is still there, not to mention there are a group of imperial doctors from the imperial hospital. As for being buried here.

Lin Xiaoyi bit her red lips lightly, forced out a pale smile, and said, "When Dad was here, we didn't have a good relationship with the people in the clan. They all said that it took so much effort for the clan to finally come out." The imperial doctor didn't want to worry about his family members, and some people came to the Tai Hospital to make troubles a few times, and then they gradually stopped contacting each other.

And later. Dad died, and the family didn't agree to be buried in the ancestral land.It is said that since he offended the prince and disregarded the family, how could he dare to defile the ancestral land again?I didn't want to see their faces, so I was buried here. "

"This"

Gu Dan was taken aback for a moment, this kind of family matter is really unspeakable.

It is difficult for an upright official to decide on housework. What this era pays attention to is that one person can ascend to heaven.

In the same way, no matter who is an official, if he does not give convenience to his own people, he will definitely be poked in the back, and even his reputation in the officialdom will never be good.

After all, you don't even care about your blood relationship, so what else do you care about?Who dares to trust you?
The official position of imperial doctor is not very big, but it does have a wide network of contacts. It is not too difficult to simply find a place for people to hang out. It is already a position that ordinary people can look up to.

But the people in the clan obviously resented that Imperial Physician Lin refused to take care of him, and even refused to let the ancestral land be buried. One can imagine the extent of the resentment.

“Actually nothing”

Lin Xiaoyi sniffed, and there was a little bit of white air when she spoke, but she still smiled and said casually: "Anyway, parents only have clothes tombs. Clothes tombs can't be considered safe, where are they buried?" What's the difference? I just remember to worship!"

Gu Dan was silent.

At the beginning, the third prince chased and killed the farmer who broke into the royal family to collect firewood, but he fell off the horse and was crushed by the horse again, and summoned the Imperial Physician Order and Imperial Physician Lin.

After doctor Lin's diagnosis and treatment, he bluntly said that paralysis was inevitable due to the injury, and he was chopped off by the angry third prince.

Seven days later, Lin Xiaoyi's biological mother couldn't bear her husband's death, so she secretly ran to the third prince's mansion alone, praying for the body of Imperial Doctor Lin to be contained, and was beaten to death by the servants.

After the third prince heard the news, he had someone chop it up and feed it to the dogs.

Since there is no corpse.

Later on, the third prince, who had an extremely vicious temperament and became more violent and perverse, was strangled to death with white silk by the maid.

Even if Lin Xiaoyigui is the empress at this time, this hatred cannot be dispelled.

People are dead, so what's the point of dragging them out and whipping their corpses?It can't make up half of the pain of the lifetime, but only adds a lot of regrets.

Gu Dan still remembered that Lin Xiaoyi, who was still young and unmarried at that time, asked herself with pears.

'Brother Gu, both my mother and father are good people, and they have never made mistakes in treating patients. Why is this happening? '

Fifteen years later, Lin Xiaoyi stood at the pinnacle of women's rights, but what happened in the past is irreversible after all.

Gu Dan was the same as the previous two times, but he still couldn't think of what to say to comfort Lin Xiaoyi. The kind of heart-wrenching pain that the bystanders feel is unstoppable, what kind of words can heal?

I'm afraid it can't be cured, maybe it will hurt more and more, and the sadness comes from it.

On the contrary, Lin Xiaoyi took the initiative to comfort Gu Dan, saying: "Brother Gu, don't be sad, in fact, it's been so long, I've almost forgotten it! Occasionally I think about it, I think about it hard, but one day , I suddenly found that I couldn't remember the faces of my father and mother!"

She was clearly smiling, but the expression on her face was as cold as snow falling from the sky.

"Brother Gu, do you still remember Daddy's appearance? I just remember that his temper is actually not very good, and he seldom gets together with everyone in the Tai Hospital. Apart from studying medical skills, he still studies medical skills. He wants to write a medical book in his life. .In the end, he was killed because he didn't care about the injury."

Lin Xiaoyi said with a bit of complaint, "I burned all the medical books collected by my father to him. He likes medical books so much and spends so much time down there, so he finally has time to read more. Maybe it's too late for him to like them? Where do I need to feel bad for him.

On the contrary, my mother has suffered a lot with him. I have never had a chance to enjoy the blessings, and my father doesn't even take care of the family. It's normal for people in the clan not to like him, and I didn't like him very much when I was young."

A line of tears fell down.

Gu Dan sighed, stretched out his hand, and wiped away the tears for her.

He reached into his bosom again, took out a warm book, handed it to Lin Xiaoyi, and said, "Actually, I wanted to give this book to you yesterday, but Xiaoying is still there, so I kept it until today."

The misfortune of the previous generation should not be borne by the next generation. Lin Xiaoyi obviously thought so too. When she came to pay homage to her parents, she did not bring her children with her.

After 15 years, today, old books are old friends.

"Book?"

Lin Xiaoyi was a little surprised, and reached out to take it.

On the cover of the book, there are four ugly big characters.

Brief introduction to Jinchuang.

Familiar yet unfamiliar handwriting suddenly came into view, and Lin Xiaoyi froze there.

The torrent of memory is surging!

"Daddy, Daddy! I saw someone flying a kite today, shall we go too?"

In some dilapidated houses, little girls who are not as high as human thighs are entangled with the men who make medicine, and their immature hands are trying to pull his beard.

"Xiaoyi, don't make trouble, don't make trouble! Daddy is making medicine, and he doesn't have time to go, let your mother go with you, okay?" The man raised his face, trying to avoid the little guy's claws, and said softly.

"I don't! Others are accompanied by daddy! I want it too!" She got angry, and pulled his beard harder, rubbing her whole body against his body.

"But Dad still has to go to treat people. It's agreed."

The man showed a distressed and somewhat painful expression on his face, and grinned as he spoke, not forgetting to stretch out his hand to protect the medicine pot for smashing medicine, so as not to give the little guy a chance to make trouble.

"I don't listen, you said the same thing last time! I don't care, I want Daddy to take me to fly a kite!"

Seeing that pulling the beard was not working, Lin Xiaoyi burst into tears, stretched out her legs and left small shoe prints on the man's body, and waved her small fists.

"Xiaoyi."

The man showed helplessness in his eyes, but he didn't hide, just silently pounding the medicine jar.

Hearing Lin Xiaoyi's cry, a woman walked over quickly, holding the winter clothes she was sewing in her hand, and hurriedly said: "Oh, my little ancestor, who made you angry again?"

Inserting the needle and thread into the winter clothes, the woman kindly embraced Lin Xiaoyi in her arms, freeing one hand to wipe the tears on her face.

"Daddy knows how to cure diseases all day long, and he won't play with me! Isn't Uncle Xu also an imperial doctor? Uncle Xu just takes everyone out to play, so why doesn't Daddy take me to play!" Young Lin Xiao Yi cried.

The woman hugged her and comforted her: "Didn't mother tell you? Your father was sick and almost died. A kind doctor passed by and he didn't need money to treat him. Now your father is capable, Of course you have to help others too! Is Xiaoyi right?"

"wrong!"

Lin Xiaoyi pursed her mouth aggrieved, "How many people has Dad helped? The rice vat at home is almost empty!"

"Hey, it can't be calculated like this. We can be admitted to the Tai Hospital, and we won't be hungry. Those people have no food, but they will starve to death." The woman wiped the tears from her face, and was relieved.

Speaking of this, Lin Xiaoyi said even more aggrieved: "Other people enter the imperial hospital and live in big houses! They can eat meat every day! Why is our family getting poorer and poorer, and even this winter coat has been repaired several times! Before Uncle came over a while ago and scolded daddy for being stupid! Xiaoyi said hello to him, and was murdered!"

"Let's not play with them or play with them?" The woman also lowered her head, smiled awkwardly, and could only hug Xiaoyi aside.

The man sat there silently, paused for a while, the sound of smashing medicine continued unwaveringly, and there was Lin Xiaoyi's crying occasionally.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Xiaoyi grew a little bigger, reaching to the waist of a person.

"Do you want to learn?"

The man's eyebrows were cold, and he no longer had a loving look, and he was staring at her and roaring angrily.

"I don't study!"

Lin Xiaoyi raised her neck and glared at those eyes as well, her silver teeth clenched tightly, not taking a single step back.

"Why don't you study? If you don't study medicine, what else do you want to study? Are you a female celebrity?!"

The man's expression was cold, with an almost uncontrollable anger.

"What's so good about studying medicine? Just like you, poor families are gone, and they live in the imperial hospital all day long! There are so many imperial doctors, which one is like you? I don't want to study medicine!
When I grow up, I will find a wealthy family to marry and never come back! "

Lin Xiaoyi was extremely angry, and yelled back fearlessly.

"Oh, that's for the future. Now, come and read the medical books for me!" The man sneered, and carried her to the desk.

"Let go of me! I don't want to learn!"

Lin Xiaoyi struggled vigorously, but he still couldn't hold him back, so he could only be pushed against the desk.

A medical book was thrown in front of him.

"Before dinner, I will randomly check the first ten pages. If you don't remember it, just wait until you get hungry!"

The man said mercilessly.

"Hungry is hungry!"

She raised her head and roared out extremely angrily.

The man ignored her and locked the door directly, not giving him a chance to slip out.

Staring at the medical book in front of her, Lin Xiaoyi became angrier and tore it up.

Afterwards she lay in bed for several days.

In a trance, Lin Xiaoyi grew to the height of the man's shoulders. Although she was still a little immature, she was also graceful and graceful.

It's just that the relationship with my father is very bad, and it has reached the point where I don't even want to pay attention to it when I meet.

She was wandering around the imperial hospital, she was very familiar with this place, maybe even more familiar than the imperial physician who had worked here for decades.

Suddenly, Lin Xiaoyi saw a familiar figure of the thousand-year-old Panasonic, who was sitting there cross-legged, staring at the pine tree in a daze.

She leaned over and greeted with a smile: "Brother Gu, are you practicing inner breath again?"

The figure sitting cross-legged nodded, looking quite helpless.

"I asked my father, you can't force things like internal energy."

Then Gu Dan gave him a few big coins.

Money is a good thing, it can be exchanged for candied haws.

It's just that her father doesn't give her money, and only her mother occasionally sneaks some in for her, saying that a girl needs to be rich, but she can't even eat a bunch of candied haws.

"How embarrassing that is."

Two small dimples appeared on her face, and she decisively reached out to take it.

Memories are linked together.

The white and slender fingers tremblingly opened the pages of the book, and more petite characters rushed into people's eyes.

Lin Xiaoyi flipped through the medical book stupidly, her eyes became a little brighter, and she didn't close her eyes, just kept flipping through it.

After flipping to a certain page, brand new and different handwriting appeared on this book.

After that, the handwriting is different from the previous one.

Gu Dan said softly: "This book was not finished when Imperial Physician Lin gave it to me, but I completed it later, and now I will give it to you."

Lin Xiaoyi didn't speak.

Only tears flowed down like broken beads.

Half of this book is the hard work of a man who spent half his life.

But in the end, it can only be completed by others.

Lin Xiaoyi hugged the medical book in her arms like she was hugging a treasure in the world. Although she couldn't stop crying, she still smiled. She said, "This medical book is excellent!"

(End of this chapter)