Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1015 Visiting old friends?

That's the sound of someone knocking on a wooden fish!

On such a towering mountain, in the silent night, behind the dense pine forest, there appeared such a small house amidst the pine waves, and the sound of knocking wooden fish came from the house. Although this scene did not involve flying blood and flesh, or monsters and demons, it was so weird that it made these battle-hardened guards and Turkic soldiers feel a chill.

Tuk-tuk-tuk...

The wooden fish sounded for a while and then stopped, followed by a clear sound of a chime.

Then, everything was quiet.

The wooden fish, the copper pan, and the faint scent of agarwood in the air all seem to indicate that the person living inside should be a Taoist practitioner. However, this house is not a Taoist temple, but an ordinary wooden house. This is particularly contradictory and strange.

In this somewhat eerie silence, Lei Yu took a deep breath, and finally mustered up the courage to step forward and knock gently on the shabby wooden door.

"excuse me."

……

Still quiet.

Lei Yu raised his voice a little and said, "I apologize for the offense. We came here late at night because someone was injured and hoped to borrow your precious land to treat him. I hope you can be accommodating."

……

The surroundings were so quiet that even the sound of the wind disappeared.

Ashina Zhuxie stared at the wooden house, frowning and saying, "Just break in! I want to see who is so arrogant!"

Wang Shaoqiu also nodded.

Seeing them like this, Lei Yu and Wo Xue were a little anxious. The purpose of these people going up the mountain was naturally to go to Zuo Gongyi's Tomb, so they didn't care at all about how to treat the people and things here. But Shang Ruyi was bitten by a poisonous snake and forced his way up the mountain to ask for help. What if he offended the people in the house and the other party refused to help with the treatment, then wouldn't Shang Ruyi have to wait to die?

Lei Yu immediately said: "No!"

At this time, Lu Xiao slowly walked to her side and said softly to the room: "We have no intention of offending you, but someone is poisoned and in danger. I hope you can lend a hand."

Her voice was gentle and pleasant to begin with, and after she deliberately lowered the pitch it became even more melodious, causing many people to breathe slower.

Especially Wang Shaoqiu, he stared at Lu Xiao with burning eyes, and lowered his head as if he was enduring something.

At this moment, everyone's eyes lit up. The wooden door, which was so worn out that it seemed like it would fall apart at the touch, made a long and hoarse hum, and was finally opened slowly from the inside.

A tall but thin figure that seemed like it would be swallowed up by the light at any time appeared before them.

Everyone subconsciously held their breath.

A Taoist who lives on the Tianding Mountain and beats the wooden fish and copper plate in such a quiet night, no matter how advanced he is, he himself carries a kind of weirdness and unfathomable. Moreover, since this person lives here, he might really know some clues about the suspected tomb of Zuo Gong. All the eyes are focused on him at this moment, and for a moment, their eyes are burning, as if they can see through this thin body.

This is a man, but his full beard and messy hair almost cover his entire face. His facial features are also deeply buried in the dense beard and hair. It is almost impossible to see his appearance, let alone his age. One can only barely see a pair of calm eyes. Looking at so many people who suddenly appeared in front of him, some of whom even had bad intentions on their faces, he did not show the slightest emotion or fear, but just quietly scanned everyone with his eyes. "Who are you?"

The voice was very low, as if it came from a deep abyss, and it was unusually hoarse like the friction of coarse sand and gravel, and sounded very old.

Lu Xiao frowned slightly, looked at the man carefully, and then said: "Your Excellency is——"

The man's eyes passed over her, then looked at Lei Yu and Ashina Zhuxie, and asked, "Who are you?"

Lei Yu said hurriedly: "Excuse me. We, we are here to visit an old friend, but one of our friends was bitten by a poisonous snake on the way up the mountain, so we wanted to come here to seek treatment. I wonder -"

"Visiting old friends?"

Hearing these four words, the man's eyebrows, which were already so thick that they almost formed a straight line, furrowed together and said, "I am the only one here. I don't know you. Please go back."

After saying that, he took a step back and was about to close the door.

Lei Yu panicked and took a step forward. Just as she was about to say something, Lu Xiao was one step faster than her and held the wooden door with her hand. She leaned forward slightly, like a soft snake climbing on the door, and said to the man, "Even if you are not an old friend of ours, I heard you beating the fish and beating the chimes, and chanting scriptures and mantras just now. I think you are practicing Taoism. Doesn't saving a life count as practicing?"

The man paused as he closed the door.

During this meal, Lu Xiao's body, which was already leaning forward, leaned even further into the house, and was about to fall on him. Wang Shaoqiu, who was originally standing outside, suddenly let out a low cry: "Ah!"

But his voice was very low, and everyone's attention was only on that man and Lu Xiao. Almost no one heard his movement. Only Ashina Zhuxie glanced at him sideways. When he turned back, the man silently let go of his hand that closed the door, took two steps back, and actually let Lu Xiao in.

Lu Xiao stopped and bowed to him: "Thank you."

The man's thick black eyebrows were almost twisted together.

When they retreated into the house, the faint candlelight completely illuminated his entire body, and everyone could see his appearance clearly. He had white hair and beard and looked old, but his voice, although hoarse, did not sound like that of an old man; he was wearing a robe that was bleached from washing, not a Taoist robe, but just an ordinary blue cloth robe, which was worn to the point of being almost transparent at the elbows and knees; although his hair was messy, it was tied into a Tai Chi bun on top of his head, and he looked like a Taoist priest.

In short, this person is weird.

He saw that Lu Xiao had already entered the house, but he did not refuse again. He just glanced at the people outside again, and finally his eyes fell on Shang Ruyi who was carried by the two guards.

Lei Yu was afraid that Lu Xiao's behavior would offend others, so he quickly apologized and made amends, then said: "We are desperate and disturbed her in the middle of the night. Please be kind and save her life."

The man said coldly: "I'm not a doctor, how can I save people?"

"..."

"She was bitten by a snake. You should carry her down the mountain to find a doctor to detoxify her. It's useless to come to me."

As he said this, he pretended to ask Lu Xiao to leave.

But Lu Xiao stood still, and even looked up at the surroundings of the house. When she looked at him again, a faint smile appeared on her face, and she said, "This - young master? It seems that this house is at least ten years old. You should have lived here all the time."

Hearing the word "young master", the man's eyebrows frowned again.