White Bone Monkey King

Fucheng.

There are two magnificent stone lions standing at the door of Xue Mansion.

Xue Han is the eldest daughter-in-law who married into the Xue family.

Her husband's name is Xue Xiong, the eldest son of the Xue family.

But.

Something strange has happened to her husband recently.

This matter has to start from last year.

Since the rainy season last year, my husband took some servants into the mountains to hunt.

After returning from a few days in the mountains.

I started occasionally saying that my neck was numb and numb.

She didn't take it seriously at first.

About half a year passed like this.

However.

This disease has never been cured.

Even later, the condition became more and more serious. My husband began to complain every day that his neck was numb and numb. Sometimes, even when he moved his neck during martial arts, it became a little stiff.

Xue Han thought that her husband had been practicing martial arts too hard all year round and had injured his cervical spine or other meridians.

The Xue family is a wealthy family and is not short of money.

So she asked her servants to find a famous doctor in the city to show her husband.

At the beginning, the doctor came to the house for consultation every day and gave my husband massage every day, massaging the back of his neck to promote qi and blood circulation. My husband did feel better.

This went on for several months.

Of course.

The Xue family also paid a lot of money.

During this period, my husband did improve a lot. Except on rainy days, his condition would get worse. In addition to numbness, his neck also became a little stiff.

The doctor said that this was a sign of qi and blood blockage. People who practice martial arts all year round will suffer from some joint diseases if they do not take good care of themselves.

The doctor said that her husband probably had some root causes of the disease after practicing martial arts all year round. In addition, he went hunting in the mountains during the rainy season half a year ago. It may be that the damp and cold air entered the body and he failed to keep warm and cold, which caused the disease. , a lot of moisture accumulates in the body, so the back of the neck and cervical vertebrae tend to become stiff when it rains.

The doctor prescribed some medicine.

It is said to be helpful in removing moisture.

But Xue Han knew very well that after her husband drank these medicines, they were still useless to his body.

But because the disease only appeared on rainy days, and apart from a stiff neck, there were no other adverse symptoms in the body, the couple gradually didn't take it seriously.

only.

Not long after the peaceful days passed, the numbness and numbness in the back of my husband's neck began to recur.

Even after this recurrence, the condition on the back of the neck worsened.

It was not a rainy day, and my neck started to feel a little stiff.

The doctor massaged and massaged me for several days, but to no avail. Until I got a new doctor, I switched to massage and acupuncture every day to promote blood circulation and Qi.

Only then did the condition improve.

During this period, my husband’s neck showed no abnormalities.

Except when it rains, the stiffness in the back of my neck gets worse. The stiffness in the back of my neck makes it difficult to turn my head, and I have trouble sleeping at night.

The neck pain was so painful that even taking medicine was useless. On rainy days, her husband would sweat and grit his teeth to endure the pain in his neck. Xue Han could not do anything about her husband's condition except crying with anxiety.

See a doctor every time.

The doctor will only repeat that this is the root cause of the disease caused by martial arts and the aggravation of dampness, and advise to reduce the number of martial arts exercises, or even stop practicing martial arts.

But fortunately, people are usually normal.

Relapse will occur only on rainy days.

And it doesn’t rain very often throughout the year, right?

Xue Han began to persuade her husband not to practice martial arts in the future, but to find the root cause of the disease first and cure it before practicing martial arts.

But not long after, the couple found that even not practicing martial arts was useless because Xue Xiong's condition relapsed again.

This time the condition worsened again.

My husband felt that in addition to numbness, the back of his neck had become stiff. He could not sleep well at night and could not even turn over or sleep on his side.

She searched for famous doctors in several prefectures for her husband, but this time all the doctors in the prefecture were at a loss.

Especially on rainy days, the condition even worsens to the point where people begin to feel heavy in the back of their necks, bow their heads all day long, and find it difficult to even raise their heads.

But what Xue Han didn't expect was that she didn't expect her husband's condition to deteriorate so badly and so quickly this time.

Before they could find a cure, the condition got worse.

It has worsened to the point where it is difficult to even raise one's head even if it is not raining. I walk with my head down all day long and respond to acquaintances with my head down.

The way Xue Han looked at her husband, sometimes she was really worried that if her husband kept his head down all day and could not lift it up, one day his head would suddenly fall off and he would not be able to pick it up!

It was from that time on that my husband's temperament began to become withdrawn and surly.

Maybe it’s because he suffers from illness all day long. After asking famous doctors, all the medicines are ineffective. My husband’s temper is getting more and more irritable. He can’t stand others looking at his neck strangely. The torture of illness makes people feel inferior and sensitive. .

Whenever someone takes one more look at her husband's neck, the husband will become furious and unable to control his temper. Many people, whether they are passers-by or servants, are injured by his husband.

In the end, the compensation was quite large.

The other party then agreed not to report to the official.

And then, the husband, who became more and more surly and had low self-esteem, began to stay in the house all day long, eating, drinking and sleeping in the house.

Every day I live like a human, a ghost or a ghost.

Because he has not seen the sun all day long, his face is getting worse and worse, his complexion is pale, he is as thin as a stick, and he is becoming more and more silent and less talkative.

There is no such thing as the majestic physique of a martial artist.

He still looked like the romantic and suave Xue Qinglang that she admired and fell in love with the most in the past.

It's like completely becoming two people.

Because of this matter, the old lady in the house, her father-in-law and mother-in-law, fell down on the hospital bed several times, not only because they were angry but also because they were so angry that there was no medicine that could cure their beloved son's neck disease.

actually.

Xue Han as a couple with her husband Bai Rien.

How can I not know my husband's inner pain?

My husband had thoughts of committing suicide several times. He said that the back of his neck hurt and felt so heavy that he couldn't lift his head. He began to wonder to himself, could there be someone sitting on the back of his neck?

There are more people sitting on the back of the neck every day. Otherwise, why would you wake up every day and feel that the back of your neck is getting heavier and heavier?

At first, Xue Han only thought that her husband was talking nonsense because he had been tortured by the disease for a long time. But as the days passed and entered this year's rainy season, she found that her husband was not only tortured by the disease physically, but even his mind began to deteriorate. became abnormal.

Her husband started behaving strangely every day and became mentally twisted, which frightened her.

Because the husband asked his servants to fetch a basin of water, and then he would sit in the house every day, bending down and looking at the clear water in the basin, and talking about it all day long, so that he could see from the water whether there was anything on his neck. Is there anyone sitting there?

People can watch all day long without changing their body posture.

Mrs. Xue Han once boldly took a sneak peek into the basin.

The water in the basin was crystal clear, with nothing in it.

The neck of my husband's neck was empty, and no one was sitting there.

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. When she saw her husband holding the basin even at night, she secretly informed the old lady about it.

The old man and his wife didn't want to believe it at first.

It wasn't until she took the old man and his wife to see her husband's weird behavior that the old man became furious on the spot.

The old man was so angry that he wanted to take away the basin and drive his son out of the house who had become a human being and a ghost.

result!

I saw the water basin being taken away.

Xue Xiong was furious and lost his mind. He even wanted to beat his own parents.

Mrs. Xue Han will never forget her husband's fierce look that day.

Her husband's eyes were red, like a demon trying to eat people. She was so frightened that she even forgot to scream.

Fortunately, the husband was so thin and weak due to the pain that he was tortured by the disease. He was finally stopped in time by the guards around the old man and his wife, and this did not lead to the big mistake of patricide.

Seeing that her husband was becoming more and more mentally disturbed, holding the basin in his hands all day long and saying horrible things, Xue Han, as a woman, was frightened.

Especially when she thought of her husband losing his mind that day and looking at him as if he wanted to eat someone, Xue Han didn't even dare to sleep with her husband anymore.

She was afraid that one day she would be mutilated in her sleep by her bedmate.

After such a commotion, the entire Xue family began to spread rumors, and privately many servants began to spread rumors that the eldest young master was possessed by an evil spirit.

No servant dared to serve the eldest young master of the Xue family.

No one dares to send water in anymore.

They were all afraid that the young master would lose his mind and beat him to death.

Since the incident of his son's patricide, although the old man fell ill from anger and said that he wanted to sever the relationship between father and son, blood is thicker than water after all... The old man of the Xue family has only been seeing his son for a year, and he has been tortured into such an inhuman state. Ghost or not.

The Xue family spent a lot of money to get a consecrated rosary from Bailong Temple in Fucheng to ward off evil spirits for Xue Xiong.

Xue Hanshi was surprised to find that her husband's condition improved day by day after he put on the rosary beads.

Even his surly and withdrawn personality is gradually improving.

My daily eating habits have also returned to normal.

The person's personality gradually became more cheerful, and he began to go out to meet people. The body that was originally tortured and wasted by the disease gradually grew back with the help of medicinal herbs.

Everything is developing for the better.

The entire Xue family was filled with a festive atmosphere, and everyone felt that the eldest son of the Xue family was finally cured of his illness.

After Xue Xiong's energy and blood gradually recovered and his body gradually became stronger, he began to pick up the martial arts that he had left behind long ago, intending to practice martial arts to speed up his recovery.

Everyone thought that Xue Xiong's illness had recovered, so they did not stop him from practicing martial arts.

Moreover, the couple resumed sleeping together. After a long separation, the couple fell into a deep sleep under the dark night.

…

…

Hua Hua——

Hua Hua Hua——

It was still sunny during the day, but it started to rain heavily after nightfall. The rain came quickly and heavily.

Fucheng.

The outer wall is erected with bamboo trellises, and the Wu Zang Taoist Temple is still under expansion.

L.

Raindrops kept falling from the eaves, disturbing people's sleep and waking them up from their sleep.

"Isn't it the end of the rainy season? Why is it still raining so heavily?"

The old Taoist priest holding an oilcloth umbrella hurriedly ran out of the side room through the pits and muddy water in the Taoist temple, and then checked for any flaws along the way.

Move the wood and mirage to a dry location where it will not get wet from the rain.

Then check to see if there is any leakage and take waterproof measures.

In the other two directions of the Taoist temple, Jin An and Chi Jian were also urgently handling things to prevent the building materials from getting wet in the rain.

Fortunately, during the day, the masons were already experienced in storing these building materials.

Although we have now entered the end of the plum rain season and the rain is getting less and less, it is still in the plum rain season after all, and you never know when it will rain suddenly.

Jin An, the old Taoist priest, and Xi Jian checked around and found nothing serious. After temporarily handling a few small details, they returned to the warm temporary room.

However, after such a torment and being blown by the cold wind, the three of them were completely awake and would not be able to sleep for a while.

The expansion of the Five Zang Taoist Temple has not yet been completed, so the three people from Jin'an are temporarily crowded into the same wing. The old Taoist boils a pot of hot water, huddles in the warm bed, and happily takes a sip of the hot water to warm his body.

When people reach middle age, it is easy for them to drink a pot of hot water and a pot of wolfberry.

"Suck, glulu, suck, glulu, suck, glulu..."

The old Taoist priest was holding a tea cup, sitting comfortably in the warm quilt, listening to the sound of rain outside, drinking hot water loudly, it was so comfortable to look at.

Jin An looked speechlessly at the old Taoist priest who drank water loudly.

"Old Taoist, don't talk when you eat or sleep."

The old Taoist priest continued to drink the hot drink in his hand with a look of enjoyment on his face: "Little brother, you don't understand. It's obvious that you don't understand the enjoyment of life."

"Although it is not advisable to drink tea in the evening, life is too short. Don't be a passer-by all the time. Learn to enjoy the fun in the midst of suffering. Little brother, do you think what I am drinking now is hot white tea? That's wrong, I am drinking green tea now. ."

"And there are many ways to drink tea..." The old Taoist priest began to talk about his tea drinking method while sipping hot tea.

"Different teas have different ways of drinking. The boring way of drinking like you, little brother, can only be said to be a waste of resources. Some teas are sweet and you need to taste them with the tip of your tongue to taste the sweetness of the tea; some teas The back of the tongue needs to be swallowed slowly to slowly taste the bitter and astringent taste of the tea; some teas require the back of the tongue to slowly move on both sides to taste the sour and sweet taste of life in the tea ceremony..."

"When green tea is drunk, it is a mixture of bitter, astringent, fresh and sweet, first bitter and then sweet, first thick and then light, first fresh and then sweet. It leaves a fragrant mouthfeel and a refreshing and sweet aftertaste. It is precisely because green tea is a mixture of the four flavors. Therefore, after drinking it in your mouth, you should not be stuffy in one mouthful. You should make full use of the different flavors on the tip of the tongue, the back of the tongue, and the two sides of the tongue coating. Let the green tea keep swirling and rolling around in your mouth, so that you can slowly savor the bitter and then sweet taste. Experience the simple and rich taste of the world."

“Isn’t this just green tea mouthwash?”

Well, Jin An looked at the old Taoist priest with a look of recollection in shock, I believed your evil.

"I don't drink green tea."

"Green tea doesn't suit my taste. I still like to drink simple hot plain drinks."

Jin An chuckled.

"Suck, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go..."

He was sharpening his sword motionless at first, but after listening to the old Taoist priest's words, the decent old Taoist priest drank loudly and the heat boiled in his hands, and then said bluntly: "Master, the third junior brother lied."

"This is not green tea."

Old Taoist priest: "?"

The old Taoist priest's balls ached, and he was so angry that he ignored his second senior brother and sharpened his sword.

Jin An laughed loudly, and the old Taoist priest's face turned darker, and he drank the "green tea" in his hand.

In the room with candlelight, people were talking and laughing for a while, which added a lot of popularity to this Taoist temple under the cold rainy night.

suddenly.

Bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

On a rainy night, the door of the Taoist temple was banged hard. Several people with lanterns, as if they were in some emergency, rushed to the Taoist temple in the rain, and kept banging on the door of the Taoist temple with anxious faces.

The word "Xue" is written on these people's lanterns.

"Taoist, Taoist!"

"Taoist Master's life is at stake, Taoist Master, have you fallen asleep?"

"Human life is at stake. Please save our eldest young master and eldest mistress!"