The pain behind the medicine was strong, as if there were many small insects crawling and biting. Han Yan asked her softly: "Does it hurt?"

Gu Qingyan nodded. Now is not the time to show off. When he saw Su Tanxue next to him, he looked a little happy and asked, "Tanxue, what happy things have you encountered?"

Su Tanxue leaned over Gu Qingyan's ear and whispered: "Brother Yan said, we can stay for a few more days before we go back."

I don’t know if it was because of this sentence or because of the pain behind her back, Gu Qingyan’s ears turned red again at a speed visible to the naked eye, using a cough to conceal her heart at this moment.

Seeing Su Tanxue giggled, Han Yan didn't know what she said, but only heard Gu Qingyan coughing, and Gu Qingyan poured water and handed it to her mouth.

"Why are you so happy?" Han Yan asked.

Gu Qingyan was drinking water and could bury her head in a cup, so he naturally didn't answer. Han Yan didn't ignore Gu Qingyan's red ears this time, and he looked puzzled.

Su Tanxue shook her head and said, "Nothing, nothing."

In order to spend time, Gu Qingyan asked Su Xin to go to the west wing to find the chessboard. Han Yan and Su Tanxue played chess, and Gu Qingyan watched.

During this period, Dongli came and said that Xu Shaolin had already issued an order. The fourth girl would not see guests during her resting in Jingxinyuan and would not disturb others. King Yu gave Xu Shaolin to help Gu Qingyan see him off. As for Gu Ning and his wife, it was already a habit that Gu Qingyan stayed behind closed doors and rested for three or four days after the trial, so she did not have any doubts for the time being.

However, Gu Qingyan had another thing, which was the answer that King Yu finally gave her. Unexpectedly, Dongli gave her something, which was in a box, saying that it was given by King Yu. Gu Qingyan asked what it was, but Dongli said he didn't know. King Yu ordered the box, so he could only open it.

After taking the box, Gu Qingyan opened it and took a look. She was very familiar with the thing: a token with the word Qinrui engraved on it. There was also a note next to it, "You are Qinrui Emperor and Gu Qingyan."

In this way, Gu Qingyan understood that King Yu promised her that she would do something in the future.

Close the box and let Dongli retreat. Han Yan asked what it was, and Gu Qingyan only said: "What King Yu owes me."

Han Yan smiled, Gu Qingyan, Gu Qingyan, everyone around you knows that you often have your own little thoughts, but you just let it go and act with you.

Just like this game, the two people playing chess and the people watching clearly see the same thing, but their moods are different, so the things they do will be different.

"By the way, you often wear a mask, don't you feel uncomfortable?" Han Yan was afraid that Gu Qingyan would be too bored to see them playing chess, so he talked to her.

It was not that he didn't notice that the mask he wore in the trial was the one he gave him, but because his focus had always been on Gu Qingyan, he temporarily ignored this matter.

Gu Qingyan now remembered that the mask she wore was or the masterpiece designed by the person in front of her: "Because she thought it looked good, she wore it."

Although the conversation between the two was normal, only these two knew about Xiaotian, and they both smiled at each other.

Su Tanxue looked at the two of them for a long time. The atmosphere and tone between the two of them made Su Tanxue feel sweet when she heard it.

After looking at Gu Qingyan, she couldn't see Gu Qingyan's face at the angle of sitting, nor did she know that Gu Qingyan's current mask was designed by Han Yan, but she always felt that she was pointing to her meaning.

Both of them were absent-minded in this game, so they didn't take it seriously. Gu Qingyan watched chess purely to kill time, so that was it.

When Zong Yue came in with the medicine, he looked at their chess game and said, "Your chess is really interesting."

Before the two of them were playing chess, they handed the medicine to Gu Qingyan. The strong smell of medicine had already been asked Gu Qingyan to hit him in and then he retreated into the quilt and pretended that he was not here.

As a result, Zong Yue saw through the trick at first sight and gently pulled Gu Qingyan out, threatening to let Gu Qingyan drink the medicine.

Gu Qingyan frowned and did not care about his image. Fortunately, Su Xin came in time to save the scene and gave Gu Qingyan a bowl of honey cheese made by Chen Sanniang, which made him much more comfortable.

"Every time I take medicine, it's like I'll kill you." Zong Yue complained.

Gu Qingyan replied: "Can you rely on me? It's because your medicine is too bitter."

"The good medicine is bitter!" Zong Yue said this many times.

Gu Qingyan scratched her ears and stopped Zong Yue's words. There were still others around, so she wouldn't talk to her a few words, otherwise her life would be saved and she would be able to put her face down.

Zong Yue understood that he was about to leave after collecting the things. Gu Qingyan called him: "What are you busy doing with your second brother?"

She thought that Baicaotang should have nothing to do, and Zong Yue needed to do it in a hurry, but Gu Qingyan forgot that one person was Yiyi.

Since the Ri Zongyue and Qianhuayu and Xing Ming finished chatting, they have never said a few words to Yiyi when they went back. They have put Yiyi in the pharmacy warehouse and asked her to identify the medicinal materials, saying that they would be tested when the trial ended. Only then can they decide whether to eventually take over as an apprentice.

At that time, Yiyi was confused. Hasn’t it been a long time since she accepted her as an apprentice? Why did it happen? Later, Nan Ke explained to her that only in Taohuajian, if she really formally apprentices in front of the valley master and the other masters, could she be considered a real apprentice, otherwise she would be like a Shimen, just a disciple or an apprentice in Taohuajian.

"So is it because of this that my master doesn't teach me martial arts much?" Sometimes Nan Ke feels terrible and helpless about martial arts, but at least he doesn't have the means to deal with Yiyi like Zong Yue.

Nan Ke said to Yiyi very seriously: "The few points I have said below are, whether you will become a disciple or not, you must know in Taohuajian."

Yiyi nodded and sat down very seriously and listened to Nan Ke: "First, everyone can teach you how to learn martial arts and protect yourself and your family, including your father, but why do you come to Taohuajian to learn martial arts? Why do you learn from our master? You have to figure it out."

"Second, if you know your purpose and are determined to stay in Baicaotang, then I tell you that Baicaotang does not only learn martial arts, we know more about medical skills and have specialized in our professions."

"Third, since you want to stay in Taohuajian, you must know that Taohuajian is not a place where you can be willful and arrogant. Even the fourth girl, she has never disobeyed her brothers."

Nan Ke didn't say much, but these points are the most basic. He wanted to tell Yiyi to let Yiyi figure out whether she was just a moment of passion or really figure it out.

It doesn't matter if Yiyi seems to understand but it doesn't matter. They have a few days to let her think about it. After listening to Nan Ke's words, Yiyi also began to think about it herself, but there was still a problem in her mind, and she didn't know whether she should speak.

Seeing that she wanted to speak, Nan Ke said, "Just say whatever you want? It's better to make mistakes like me than to go out and make mistakes."

There is no other unified habit in Taohuajian, that is, every yard is used to protecting shortcomings.

Yiyi struggled psychologically and asked Nan Ke: "Who are the people who are studying in Shimen?"

She remembered that at that time, the child with her had asked about her life experience. After she finished speaking, the child looked surprised and asked her helplessly: "Then why are you here?"

She replied: "Because I want to."

"Natural." After the child finished speaking, he stopped talking to her. Not long after, she was sent out of the stone gate by Gu Qingyan.

On the way, Beiming once mentioned to her: "Not everyone can enter the Shimen, but those who enter the Shimen do not want to have that past life."

So Yiyi was always curious, but she couldn't find out why here, because no one was willing to tell her, so now she had to ask Nan Ke.

Nan Ke said: "If I tell you that you can give up, that's a good thing. If I tell you that you still can't make you change, then you'll just be just a story. If you've heard it, forget it."

After this sentence, Nan Ke told Yiyi what kind of experiences the people in the Shimen were: "They have several types of people. The first type is that their parents were originally from the Shimen. Later, they lost their lives after they had a mission, and the uneducated children were taken to Shimen to study; the second type is that they only have nowhere to go in the family. When they met the Shimen, they looked at the person with a favor and took them to Yuhua Building, and the third master decided where to go; the third type is that those who were allowed to be relatives but were abandoned for various reasons. If they come to Shimen, they must be decided by the Third Master and the Fourth Girl before they can enter; the fourth type is that the desperate people, bloodthirsty people or strangers; the fifth type is that the heart-dead people."

Listening to what Nan Ke said, Yiyi was also taking the role, but found that she could not match any type of person. Her father and brother were still there, and she was not a poor person. Her family had a harmonious family relationship and she was not a special person.

"The past of these people is almost all painful, dark, and crazy." Nan Ke added.

It’s like being disliked, disgusted, forgotten, and unable to find their own people. They have nowhere to go, have no family or friends, and even feel that they are just a body. Peach Blossom Stream and Shimen have gradually become their destination and their only home in the second half of their lives.

Yiyi looked at Nan Ke's eyes, as if she had seen the past of the people in the stone gate, and saw their past wailings, collapse and despair.

"What about you? Which type of you are?" Yiyi asked.

Nan Ke came back to his senses, his eyes no longer empty: "I? I am the one who escaped from the epidemic."

That year, the village in Nanke's hometown suffered from a large-scale epidemic. People in the village fell down one after another and were infected from door to door. Local officials first reported the matter to the court. The court sent a doctor to rectify it, but it was slow to see any results. Later, the village had to be closed to prevent infection in other places.

Soon after, someone began to die slowly, and the breath of death enveloped the village. Every day, you can hear the sound of the family in the east crying and the family in the west crying.

The officials and doctors were all evacuated, and only the blockade was still there, allowing them to fend for themselves. At that time, Nan Ke looked at the elders, partners, and neighbors one by one, with fear and anxiety in his eyes. Until death came to his house, he instructed Nan Ke not to worry about the blockade and let him take his sister out while the night was dark, and he must find a good doctor. Maybe they still have any help, otherwise they will have to wait for death.

Yiyi listened, feeling a little guilty for a moment, and mentioned Nan Ke’s sadness, and then thought that there was no woman around Nan Ke like her sister.

Nan Ke saw her thoughts and said, "My sister is dead too. Not long after I took her out."

They left the village while the night was dark. There was no people along the way in the village, and even the house was terrible, because Nan Ke knew that those silences were lying with unwilling but helpless bodies lying.

Nan Ke and his sister finally met a family. When the man heard that they were from that village, he closed the door quickly with a "pop".

My sister started to cough violently, and her limbs began to become weak and unable to walk. Nan Ke knew that this was a symptom of the epidemic. If she could not find the doctor, her sister would leave him in the future.

"Brother, I'm so tired," said the sister.

Nan Ke was also very tired, but there was no place to rest around, and there was only a bridge not far away. There was really no way. Nan Ke carried his sister on his back and slept under the bridge that night.

Nan Ke will never forget the cold that night and the whizzing wind, the sister trembled in his arms, and the two of them were croaking hungry, but there was nothing to do.

There were streams, moss and grass at the bottom of the bridge. If it really didn't work, Nan Ke gave his sister a hand-made water to drink. Eat moss and grass to resist hunger.

"Don't worry, don't be afraid. I'll take you into the city to find a doctor tomorrow, and we'll get better soon." Nan Ke comforted his sister like this.

But he knew that this place was still some distance away from the city, and he was afraid that he would not be able to walk there, "Don't wait for death here." His father's words rang in his ears.

But after a short glance, Nan Ke carried his sister on his back and continued walking forward. He hoped that even if he was not in the city, he would just meet a kind-hearted person.

Everything went well in life. Nan Ke not only did not meet kind-hearted people along the way, but instead attracted officers and soldiers. His sister's condition became worse and worse. Nan Ke couldn't hold on anymore. That day, the place where they slept became a big open space: "Dad, mother, the child couldn't hold on anymore."

After enduring for a long time, Nan Ke finally burst into all the unhappiness and grievances in his heart. He seemed to have seen his father and mother wave to them from a distance.

The younger sister whispered beside her, "Brother." Then her breathing weakened, and she gradually lost strength when she held Nan Ke's hand tightly.

When the sky turned white, my sister never saw the sun rising again. Nan Ke felt it. He had lost tears. He looked at a place with indifferent expression and buried her sister reluctantly. With his tired body, there was no greater sorrow than death in his heart.

He didn't know whether he should continue to live or go with his family, and he would just walk aimlessly, and then meet someone who told him: "Maybe you can go to Yuhualou and ask, there are all kinds of people there."

Yes, Nan Ke was already suffering from an epidemic at that time. The person who met him showed him this way out of kindness, and he came. When he met Xing Ming, who was in charge of Yuhua Tower at that time, Xing Ming searched for a famous doctor and spent nearly a month to cure him. After hearing what he was right, he said to him: "If you want, I will take you to a place and teach you to become stronger. Of course, there are people there who are also learning medical skills."

When Nan Ke said this, he heard it, because Yiyi could imagine what happened next. Nan Ke came to Taohuajian and entered the stone gate. When he saw Zong Yue, he followed Zong Yue from then on.

"Did you think about studying medicine at the beginning?" Yiyi asked.

Zong Yue said: "At that time, I just felt that there was nowhere to go, my family was gone, and my relatives were gone, and it was the same no matter what I did, so there was no difference between studying medicine and martial arts."

"I went to Shimen to learn martial arts and got along with these people. Only then did I gradually survive and began to want to set a goal and definition for myself." Zong Yue told Yiyi these things, not to tell her what you must learn and what you must learn, but to let her know that no matter what you learn, the most important thing is to be able to use your strengths.

Besides, these two are compatible, right? Sometimes, don’t just focus on one thing and forget that there are other things. The greatest effect is to assist each other.

After chatting with Nan Ke that day, Yiyi went to the pharmacy warehouse obediently. First, Zong Yue was busy taking stock of the inventory and trials and didn't care about her, second, she could also think about her own affairs.

After collecting the items, Zong Yue said to Gu Qingyan: "I have been free in the past two days, so I want to have a good chat with Yiyi."

"Yiyi?" Gu Qingyan remembered it.

"Well, this child's original mentality was too self-centered. He just thought that she wanted to learn, and was full of enthusiasm. I didn't know how to preach to her. I put her in the pharmacy warehouse these days. Nan Ke said that the child seemed to have thought a lot, so I planned to go and have a look." Zong Yue said.

Gu Qingyan thought about it and nodded. Indeed, people sometimes need to get along with each other. Only when there are common points in common will the subsequent things go smoothly.

Thinking of this, Gu Qingyan stopped stopping him and let Zong Yue go. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!