Chapter 29: Matters of the Past Like the Wind

  I don't know when I woke up, but I didn't open my eyes.

  I heard Jin Gang and Wang Lao talking beside me, "If my brother has any accident this time, your daughter will have to pay with her life!" From the tone of their conversation, it seemed that the girl was fine, so I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

  "Don't worry, don't worry, I've found an expert from Beijing who will be here right away," Wang said in a low voice.

  I'm too lazy to listen to their nonsense, the instant revival of my past life memories has caused many afterimages in my memory, I feel like there are two voices echoing in my head at the same time, one is mine and the other is his. I have to sort out my thoughts properly, otherwise I'll be on the verge of schizophrenia.

  He was the son of a Southern Dynasty civil official, and at the age of five, his father had arranged for him to be betrothed to Xu Shaopei, the daughter of General Xu Ke of the imperial court. The two families were quite familiar with each other.

  Twelve years later, when the grand wedding was approaching, Xu's family got involved in a political whirlpool of power struggle and his father broke off the engagement to send Zhao Pei into the palace. He had already deeply fallen in love with Zhao Pei at that time, but unfortunately, heaven did not favor them. After Zhao Pei entered the palace, he was heartbroken. Thinking about his wife who had not yet crossed the threshold possibly suffering under the humiliation of that one-eyed dragon made him feel like his intestines were being cut into pieces and he was in unbearable pain. Unfortunately, the other party's power reached the sky, and as a weak scholar, he could not compete with them for his wife.

  In desperation, he left home to avoid the world and seek Buddha's teachings in order to cultivate Taoist skills, hoping that one day he could return and reclaim his wife. However, after visiting many temples and Taoist monasteries, he was rejected due to his deep killing aura. Nevertheless, San Sheng Zhen Ren of Zi Yang Guan eventually accepted him under the principle of "teaching without discrimination" and gave him the name Feng Zi.

  The three saints are the true people of the Intercepting Teachings, mainly cultivating the techniques of observing and controlling the air. With a single body, they can already drive out spirits and control ghosts. There are many disciples in the sect. Among them, only the great disciple Ling Fengzi deeply understood the true teachings of his master, and his cultivation of controlling the air was deep enough to obtain the true transmission of the three saints. More than a thousand disciples were not as good as him. After Chengfeng entered the door, he had a natural talent, an extraordinary understanding, and was extremely hardworking, not afraid of cold or heat. Therefore, although he was a half-way monk, his progress in practicing Taoist laws was still rapid. Three years later, he could already rival his senior brother Lingyunzi. Later, his senior brother Lingfengzi worried that this junior brother would make too much progress and snatch the position of the future leader, so he secretly put the virgin Tiankui in the tea water to destroy his Taoist practice. He was discovered by San Sheng Zhenren and was expelled from the sect in anger.

  After mastering the Wind Path's Qi Control Technique... As I recalled this, I suddenly heard a sentence that made me unable to contain my breath and had to open my eyes.

  "It's almost been a month, how come he still hasn't woken up? There's no other way, so I had to ask you to come over and take a look." Old Wang said.

  "What? I've been lying down for a month?" I sprang up with a start, scaring the people around me so much that they all jumped up high. TMD, even playing dead wouldn't be like this.

  "Oh no, Old Yu, you scared me to death." Jin Gang Pao excitedly rubbed his hands together as he walked over.

  Wang Lao immediately threw the old expert who had rushed over from Beijing to one side. "Xiao Yu, you're okay, don't move around, you still have an IV drip on."

  "I'm fine, how long have I been lying here?" I looked down at the hospital gown I was wearing and anxiously asked my most pressing question.

  "Just a few days short of a month." Jin Gang Pao replied happily.

  "What's going on with the troops? I'm still in the army, after all. I know the discipline of the army. Not seeing anyone for over a month, it's estimated that it can cause a big stir."

  "Don't worry, it's all taken care of." This time it was both Old Wang and Jin Gang Pao speaking at the same time.

  "How did you manage that?" I anxiously asked.

  "After sending you to the hospital, Yang sent a big team of people with drums and gongs to our unit the next day, presenting a large banner praising your bravery and heroic injury. At that time, the leaders of the unit didn't even know what had happened to you yet. The unit leadership sent someone to follow along to the hospital, took a look at you, and then left. Don't worry, it's fine, your injuries will heal, and you'll be able to go back." For some reason, Jin Gang Pao's tone wasn't very good when he said this.

  "What is this righteousness they speak of? What is courage for?" I asked with lingering doubts.

  "Mr. Yang said that you were robbed by a bad guy on the way, and your bag was snatched. You fought back, got injured, and he sent you to the hospital."

  "Hmm." After hearing this, not only did I not thank General Yang, but I also cursed him out in my heart. Can't you just say a few more words? Which soldier from the special training unit can't take down three or two opponents at once? You're so great, one hit and you sent me to the hospital for a month, how am I supposed to face people now?

  Forget it, as long as nothing's wrong, we'll talk about other things later.

  "It's all right, you're awake now, I'll go send Dr. Zhang off first." Old Wang said as he led the old man with a white beard out of the ward.

  "What are you doing here? Did the troops send you to take care of me?" I looked at the somewhat lackluster Golden Cannon.

  "Lao Yu, I'm retiring." Jin Gang Pao said in a low voice.

  "What?" I was startled and pulled out the needle that was stuck in my hand. "Didn't you see the money on me?"

  "Director Yang has already told me. But I think that's all the money you risked your life to earn, I don't want to touch it casually." Jin Gang cannon muttered in a low voice.

  "What's the point of me almost losing my life for you? What do I need money for?" I said, grabbing the iron frame hanging on the wall and charging at Jingga Cannon with a loud clang. This guy dodged it in a flash.

  "You still dare to hide, I'll smash you to death today, you pig brain." I turned around and got out of bed, grabbed the iron frame and was about to smash it, but after lying down for a long time, I didn't stand firm and sat on the ground. Jin Gang Cannon came over nervously to support me.

  "Get out of my sight, the farther the better. I don't need your help." I was furious. It wasn't because of this dead fatso that I would have intervened in that trivial matter, let alone made a big mistake in the end. And yet this guy still dared to be arrogant with me, choosing to retire instead of taking the easy money.

  "Lao Yu, sorry about that..." Looking at the iron frame in my hand, Jin Gang Pao hesitated and didn't dare to come over.

  "Damn it." I sat on the floor and saw that my ward was a single room. The package of Jin Gang Cannon was placed in one corner, with two chairs beside it, covered with a military blanket. It seemed that this guy had been guarding me day and night for so many days. My heart softened, and I threw away the iron frame on my hand. "Help me up."

  Jin Gang cannon suddenly ran over to help me onto the hospital bed, I don't know if it's been lying down for too long or if the last time's exhaustion was too severe, my whole body didn't have any strength. I tried observing my own breath, empty and hollow without a hint of spiritual energy. However, this point doesn't worry me, because now I already know what that white jade box's medicinal pill is used for. It's just unknown whether that thing has an expiration date.

  "Give me a cigarette." I held out my hand for one.

  "This is the ICU, the doctor doesn't allow smoking. Okay okay, here you go, I'll give it to you." As soon as he saw me going for that metal thing again, he handed me a cigarette and lit it for me.

  "Where's our guy?" I asked.

  The porter pointed at the luggage in the corner with his cannon.

  "Where's the money?" I asked again.

  The golden cannon pointed to the casual clothes I originally wore on the head of the bed. It seems they are still there.

  "You damn pig brain, why didn't you go pick it up and mail it back? That's a check, anyone who has it can withdraw money from the bank." I scolded.

  Jin Gang saw that I looked unhappy and didn't even dare to speak.

  "Go get it and mail it back, and buy a pig's trotter on the way back, I'm hungry." I said half-reclining. "Also, buy me a pack of cigarettes, the five-yuan kind!"