Li Xiu carried Old Man Liu all the way to the south gate of Qingzhou City. The city gate was slowly closing. A group of armored soldiers climbed to the top of the city and headed for the sling on the city wall.
"Hurry up! The city gate is about to close!" Li Xiu turned around and said to Liu Xian'er.
Old man Liu¡¯s daughter, Liu Xian¡¯er, was already covered in sweat. She was panting and followed Li Xiu.
The three of them ran to the city gate, and Li Xiu took out a piece of broken silver and held it in his hand.
"It's curfew. If you want anything, please leave the city tomorrow!" A city guard stopped the three of them.
"Master Jun, my father-in-law was bitten by a five-step snake. We need to catch a five-step snake to save his life! Please be kind and let us pass!" Li Xiu said, secretly handing the broken silver to this man. City guard.
"Hurry up! The suspension bridge is about to rise, hurry up!" The city guard squeezed the broken silver he handed over, and he led Li Xiu and the others to run quickly towards the city gate that was about to close.
Li Xiu and the other three passed through the city gate that was about to close, and just rushed across the suspension bridge. The sound of the suspension bridge being lifted up made their eardrums buzz.
"Finally we're out of the city!" Li Xiu and the other three were lying on their backs, gasping for air. They were really tired from running in order to catch up with the curfew!
He stared blankly at the gate of Qingzhou City. He had mixed feelings at the thought of leaving his hometown in this life.
Liu Xianer sat on the ground without any strength, her tears couldn't stop flowing, and she cried like a seven or eight-year-old baby.
Old man Liu has indeed been unconscious, with blood under his eyes and a swollen stomach.
"Let's go, your father is seriously injured and needs to find a safe place." Li Xiu took a look at Old Man Liu's condition and carried him on his back.
The scattered lanterns and torches on the official road stretched for miles, and Li Xiu did not dare to leave. He had just killed someone, and maybe the police had already left the city to look for him.
"Girl, follow me, we have to go to the mountains to hide for two days."
After walking for a while, Li Xiu turned from the official road into the dense forest. He took out the box from his backpack, took out the rope and the hatchet, tied up the old man Liu, and tied Liu Xianer behind him. With the hatchet in his hand, he cut through the bushes. Forward.
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Li Xiu followed the route he took when collecting herbs and walked until the sky turned pale, then he reached the cliff cave he had discovered while collecting herbs.
The three of them were already in a very miserable state. Li Xiu¡¯s clothes were like rags, and Old Man Liu and his daughter were also in tatters, with scratches on their faces from branches.
Li Xiu tied a rope to an old tree growing on the top of the cliff, and carried Old Man Liu down to the cliff cave little by little. Afterwards, he repeated his old tricks and carried Liu Xianer into the cliff cave.
The cliff cave is not big, the inside is like a gourd belly, and the deepest part is only one foot in diameter. Like a magic trick, Li Xiu took out a box from the backpack column, took out water and food and handed it to Liu Xianer.
By the morning light, Li Xiu took a look at Old Man Liu's injuries. There was blood at the corner of his mouth, a bulging belly, purple lips, and unbearable pain in his abdomen. Li Xiu concluded that there should be rupture and bleeding in the internal organs. With the medical level of this world, unless it is a magical elixir or immortal method, it cannot be cured at all!
Li Xiu took out the small jar of yellow marrow pills from the wooden box and dug out a piece of mud.
"Give this medicine to your father! He is about to die!" Li Xiu turned his head and looked at the entrance of the cliff cave.
"Dad! Wuwuwu, I should have promised them! Wuwuwu, Dad! It was me who harmed you!" Liu Xianer lost control of her emotions instantly.
Old man Liu reluctantly sat up at this time, and he tremblingly took out the black jade pendant.
"This isthe onlything youyour motherleft!
It is my fault! I'mI'm sorryyour mother! Youyour motherhaven'tkilled me yet! "Old man Liu spoke intermittently.
Li Xiu stepped forward and snatched the medicinal mud from the hand of the crying Liu Xian'er, fed it little by little into Old Man Liu's mouth, and injected a few needles into his head.
"Back then I was a peddler in Yunzhou City. On the way to Qingzhou City, I rescued your mother! But I I took advantage of others' danger! I really deserve to die ! I deserve to die!" Old Man Liu slapped himself hard.
Li Xiu grabbed Old Man Liu's hand and comforted him: "Your daughter should thank you! If you hadn't taken advantage of others, how could she be here!"
Old man Liu suddenly showed a trace of pride on his face, "That's right! Xian'er, your mother was as beautiful as a fairy descending to earth. She hated me for saving her and then hurting her. She beat me half to death! But in the end she let her go. Me! Alas!"
Old man Liu seemed to have thought of something good, his face was filled with joy.
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 "Three months later, when my injury healed, your mother came to the door angrily again. This time she beat me even worse! She cried and said she was pregnant with a child while beating me. !
I made a vow at that time to take care of you two for the rest of my life!
I was penniless at the time, and your mother and I didn¡¯t know what to do. Your mother taught me the wonton making technique, so I set up a stall in Qingzhou City to make ends meet.
Xian'er, when you were one year old, I was unbearably lonely and went to Lixiangyuan to drink flower wine. When I came back, I was beaten and scolded by your mother. She was so angry that she ran away from home! Only this piece of jade pendant was left.
I have been searching for your mother's whereabouts for all these years. You were still young at that time, so I had no choice but to say that your mother was dead! "
Liu Xianer was stunned. It turned out that her mother was not dead yet! He ran away because his father was angry!
"Old man Liu, I can't blame you for this! Who can bear it for more than two years?" Li Xiu consoled him.
Old man Liu understood Li Xiu¡¯s consolation. He grabbed Li Xiu¡¯s hand excitedly, his eyes full of empathy. With his face flushed, he sat up straight and bowed to Li Xiu.
"Doctor Li, I have a brother in Yunzhou! He is a fellow sales apprentice with me. Send my daughter to him. Youjustleave quickly! You killedGreen Snake The people who are helping, don¡¯t want to becaught by them!" After Old Man Liu finished speaking, he grabbed Liu Xian'er's hand, and there was no one else in his eyes.
"Alas!" Li Xiu understood that Old Man Liu meant not to pester his daughter, but to send Liu Xian'er to Old Man Liu's senior brother's home and leave quickly!
Li Xiu felt sulky, your daughter is beautiful, but I¡¯m not bad either! Do I have to pester your daughter? If it weren't for saving you and your daughter, would I be able to escape in such a miserable state? never mind! If you are going to die, I won¡¯t care about you!
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The setting sun slants down, and the birds and crows fly away in fright. In the cliff cave, Liu Xianer burst into tears.
Old man Liu bled to death from his seven orifices. He was bleeding profusely in his body cavity. Li Xiu had no choice but to use the power of Huangsui Dan to keep him alive.
On this day, Old Man Liu talked a lot, and Li Xiu was always there to cheer him up with silver needles, and chatted with him from time to time, until he ran out of energy.
Liu Xianer stayed in the cliff cave for three days before leaving with Li Xiu's persuasion.
Li Xiu and Liu Xianer buried Old Man Liu in the cave. Before leaving, Li Xiu smashed the wall of the cave entrance and sealed the cave.