Chapter Seventy-Five: The Heart
Those who have traveled far have gone with the source of the strife, but those who have remained have not found peace.
Although the scenery that was hurriedly glimpsed on the dock yesterday was very beautiful, it only became a beautiful encounter for Xu Chen today.
Life still needs to go on, and half a day seems to be a short-term reward from God for Xu Chen's busyness these days. Xu Chen, who was watching the scenery at Jianzui Ridge, was interrupted by Chai Qi's hurried footsteps, Chai Lao came!
Xu Chen went down the mountain, and Xu Chen, who didn't know anything about what had happened in Yuzhang City these days, was guessing the purpose of Chai Lao's visit.
The water village on Changshan Island has been destroyed, and it took only a day to clean up the ruins, and there was no time to do anything else. Everyone built a row of thatched huts nearby, and lived here temporarily for the past two days, but fortunately, the summer has not yet passed, and the leaky thatched huts have a cool smell.
In a thatched hut, Xu Chen saw Chai Lao, and when Shi heard that Chai Lao was coming again, he hurriedly ran over again, staring at him with big eyes, and his hands seemed to be open to protect Xu Chen behind him.
Xu Chen asked him to go out and wait, but he didn't listen, and in desperation, he could only let the stone stay.
"Why did Chai Lao come here?" Xu Chen asked, he really didn't understand the purpose of Chai Lao's coming to find him this time, usually there is no direct contact between the two, and they all pass on the news through Chai Qi.
"I'm going to make a long trip and bring you some antidote in advance. Chai Lao still looked like that, and said lightly.
"I don't know where Chai Lao is going?" Xu Chen asked casually.
"Chang'an!" I didn't expect Chai Lao to answer.
Xu Chen took the antidote from Chai Lao's hand, and saw that there were as many as five pills, according to Chai Lao's words, this was five months' worth of medicine. Xu Chen carefully put it away, and naturally he had to do a full set of plays, how could he not pay attention to the life-saving things?
Originally, the meeting would have ended here! It's just that Xu Chen saw that Chai Lao still looked like he wanted to say something, so he guessed that the other party should have something else, but he looked a little embarrassed. The empathetic Xu Chen naturally wanted to take the initiative.
"Chai Lao, but what else do you have to order?" Xu Chen asked politely.
"Oh, there's nothing special, it's just that something has happened in the city in recent days, and I'll tell you what we agreed. "Chai Lao naturally wouldn't say that he was not allowed the purpose of the two brothers of the Lu family's mission this time, thinking that Xu Chen's brain was spinning fast, so he wanted to come and ask for advice.
"It's okay, Chai Lao, please speak!" Xu Chen didn't know what Chai Lao was thinking, but he also had the purpose of exploring these things.
Xu Chen brought a few bamboo chairs and sat in the hut and chatted.
Chai Lao told him everything that happened these days, and the two brothers of the Lu family were also good leaders, not just giving Chai Lao an order, but also telling him the ins and outs of the matter, so now, Chai Lao told Xu Chen about the matter again.
After Xu Chen heard this, he was really shocked, he didn't expect that he had only been training soldiers on the island in the middle of East Lake for more than ten days, and he was a little negligent about the news sent by Zhu Da, so many things happened outside. Now Xu Chen can also understand the purpose of Chai Lao's coming, this is a question.
After Xu Chen listened, he picked up the teacup and took a few sips of tea, and pondered, this is the fried tea made by Xu Chen, the level is not high, but at least it avoids the bitterness of the five flavors.
Chai Lao didn't bother him, he also picked up the tea and drank it, the taste was a little strange, very light, there was no change between various tastes, but there was a unique fragrance, which was very suitable for an old man like him to drink.
Xu Chen thought for a while and spoke, "Old Chai Lao, this matter seems to be a counterattack by the Wan family against the Lu family, but it was a little messy at the beginning, but then there was a stroke of genius, and I thought it was not done by one person." â
"Yes, the second son also said that this was the joint effort of Wan Shijun and his son Wan Dezhao. Chai Lao said lightly.
"They're fighting after all! Forget it, none of this has much to do with us, and what we should be thinking about now is how to achieve some of our own goals from it. Xu Chen said, seeing that Chai Lao was listening quietly and did not speak, Xu Chen continued.
Now the focus of the two sides is this woman named Tang Xuexue, according to what Chai Lao said, the two brothers of the Lu family thought that they were dragging her and making her unable to catch up with Chang'an before fifteen, so that Wanjia's latter move would fail. The purpose of the Wan family must have been for her to rush to Chang'an before fifteen so that she could start her own plan. Now that we know the purpose of both sides, our purpose is to constantly weaken the strength of the Lu family, which is the same as the purpose of the Wan family. That Chai Lao only needs to take a trip to go!" Xu Chen said.
"Is that all?" Chai Lao looked at Xu Chen and asked lightly, a little disappointed, what Xu Chen said was the most obvious thing, do you still want to say these things?
"Hehe, dare to ask Chai Lao's kung fu compared to the old man who injured Chai Qi last time?" Xu Chen didn't mind the affection in Chai Lao's tone, and asked with a smile.
Chai Qi also told Chai Lao about his injury last time, and Chai Lao naturally knew that the old man's existence was zĂ i.
"One palm can't kill Chai Qi, what kind of master can he be regarded as!" Chai Lao said in an impatient tone.
"Oh, I don't know how it compares to Chai Lao?" Xu Chen was not satisfied with such an ambiguous answer, and still asked the bottom of the question.
"One palm can kill him!" Chai Lao finally said this fiercely, this he was naturally referring to Chai Qi.
"Hehe, that's right! This old man is by no means the best person in the Wanjia Kung Fu! According to what Chai Lao said, there seems to be some kind of 'internal guard' among them, and the Wanjia family wants to stop this person and send Tang Xueying to Chang'an safely, and there are definitely a lot of people transferred, although the Lu family brothers notified the main family, but in my opinion, they still underestimated the enemy this time!" Xu Chen's conclusion is not based on intelligence, he is weak now, and he can get too little information, he just relies on his feelings for Wan Shijun, as well as the feelings for Wan Dezhao that the teacher said, and perceives the extraordinaryness of the two, as well as a vague estimate of the strength of the Wan family, and concludes that the preparation of the Lu family brothers may be insufficient this time. There is no one in their hands to take a shot, as for notifying the main family, Xu Chen doesn't believe that the main family of the Lu family will pay much attention, and those Taoists in the mansion gate really make people unable to raise confidence.
Xu Chen's meaning is also obvious, since the Lu family is likely to make a mistake this time, then whether Chai Lao goes to contribute or not, it will not have much impact on the overall situation, even if it fails, the two brothers of the Lu family will not have any doubts about Chai Lao, in fact, this is what Chai Lao is most concerned about.
All Xu Chen can give is such non-nutritious advice. Now that the battle between the two sides has extended to Chang'an, Xu Chen hasn't even laid the foundation in Yuzhang City now, where can he have the ability to go to the top of the Forbidden City with them?
"Our focus now is still on Yuzhang City, and the object of your revenge is only the Lu family's branch in Yuzhang, right?" Xu Chen asked with certainty.
Chai Lao also understood what Xu Chen meant, since this time the action would not be suspected and could weaken some of the Lu family's strength, it would not hurt to make a trip.
After the two finished chatting, Chai Lao went out, Xu Chen sent Chai Lao out, and happened to see a woman in red not far away who was looking at Chai Lao's back.
"Three masters!" Xu Chen called at the woman, pretending not to see the other party's distraction.
"Young Master Xu, the slave family is no longer a three-in-command. Geng Yanqiu collected his thoughts, turned to Xu Chen and said.
"Then I'll call you Sister Qiu in the future!" Xu Chen said with a smile.
"Childe, please!" Geng Yanqiu nodded, agreeing.
"Sister Qiu, junior brother asks you something!" This kind of thing is not difficult for Xu Chen, since he has a guess about Geng Yanqiu's identity, then Xu Chen's appearance is not a loss of identity.
"Young Master Xu, please speak!" Geng Yanqiu was still faint.
"Sister Qiu, do you think there is a way to keep people unconscious without getting worse?" Xu Chen asked with some confusion.
"It's easy! Just put some sweat medicine in his medicine. Geng Yanqiu said casually.
"It's that simple?" Xu Chen glared and said in surprise.
"Don't you just want him to not wake up? If he falls asleep, he naturally can't wake up, and sleeping is also good for him to heal his injuries!"
"But...... If I keep taking sweat medicine, will it be bad for my brain?"
"How long do you want him to sleep?"
"Ten days!"
"Is this person important to you?"
"Important!"
"Are you acquainted with you?"
"Unfamiliar!"
"Isn't that the end of it! Does his brain have a lot to do with you?"
"This ...... But I'm a good person!"
"Li Wei may have believed this!"
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Xu Chen came to the back mountain, which was also a thatched hut.
However, Xu Chen came this time, carrying a lot of things in his hands, chicken, duck and fish, and a lot of supplements, followed by two brand-new quilts in his hands, and a lot of pots and pans. Of course, there is also a string of medicine bags, as for whether there is a sweat medicine or not, it is unknown.
To be honest, Xu Chen didn't prepare so well when he was apprenticed, but Shi Lei, who was following him, was confused, and asked him again and again where he was going?
When he arrived at the place, Xu Chen turned around and said viciously to the stone: "Remember! Don't talk nonsense later! Otherwise, I'll break your dog's legs!"
"Brother, I'm a human leg ......," Stone muttered in a low voice.
"Dare to speak!" Xu Chen put all the things on one hand, and slapped the back of the stone on the back of the head with the other hand.
"Did you hear clearly, don't speak!" Xu Chen glared at him and said.
Shi had never seen his eldest brother so ruthless, so he quickly pursed his lips and nodded.
"Do you understand?" Xu Chen saw that the stone did not speak, and asked again.
"Big brother, aren't you not allowed to speak?" the stone asked stupidly.
"Okay! keep it up!" Xu Chen said with a deep breath.
Xu Chen turned around, tidied up his appearance, and then looked at the things in his hand, feeling that it was almost there, so he reached out and knocked on the door, and then looked at it worriedly.
This is what it looks like...... It's just like ...... It's like a son-in-law visiting his father-in-law!
The door opened, and a middle-aged man opened it.
"Hello Uncle Tang!" Xu Chen bowed down, and Shi Lei, who was usually standing behind him, could guarantee that the eldest brother's gift today was really not faulty.
"Xu Gongzi, you are ......" The middle-aged man looked at Xu Chen, a chicken in his left hand and a duck in his right hand, and he was also a little confused.
That's right! This middle-aged man is Tang Yuan! That day, after Wei Chao got rid of Wu Bo's tracking, he found a fishing boat at a fisherman's house on the shore of Poyang Lake, and rowed to Poyang Lake.
Fortunately, Tang Yuan and his wife are both from the water town, and they still have the ability to row and fish, Tang Yuan knows that there must be many people looking for them on the shore now, and he doesn't dare to go ashore at will, so he has to float on the lake. It's just that they can fish for food, but there is a lack of medical treatment on the water, and within a few days, Wei Chao's injuries will become more and more serious, and the high fever will not go away.
Just last night, their fishing boat floated to Changshan Island, which is also inevitable, the water level of Poyang Lake is high in summer, flowing towards the Yangtze River, Changshan Island is just stuck at the exit position, and it is normal for the boat to float here.
Seeing that there were people on the island, Tang Yuan couldn't help it anymore, so he carried Wei Chao on his back to the island, and happened to meet Xu Chen and them, who were still on the island. Dealing with these internal and external injuries on the rivers and lakes, Geng Yanqiu is much more reliable than those Langzhong, and Wei Chao's state has improved significantly after a few stitches.
Xu Chen out of kindness, he left the three of them on Changshan Island, today Chai Lao came and told the matter, where can Xu Chen's exquisite heart not know the identity of these people, and Tang Yuan also reported his surname, more importantly, Xu Chen suddenly thought of the beautiful girl who was glimpsed on the dock yesterday, combined with the analysis of this information, where can the relationship between these characters not be understood.
"Uncle Tang, Aunt Tang, the two of them have been wandering around the lake for many days, thinking that their bodies may not be able to bear it, so they prepared some chicken, duck, fish and meat for the two of them. Xu Chen smiled mildly and said, "There are still some medicines, these are for the two of them, not something expensive, it's just that this summer is hot, and the two of them have been tired for a few days, so I am afraid that the two of them will not be able to bear it, so I want to come over with some medicines." â
These are indeed not expensive medicines, but some medicines that will be prepared at this time of the well-off family, Xu Chen always grasps the measure, yesterday's attitude was not cold, but it was just ordinary, if it seemed too attentive today, it would not be beautiful.
"In addition, these medicines were given to the injured uncle, and there were some calming medicines in the medicine, which were good for the uncle's recovery. "Since you call your uncle and aunt, you naturally want to call it a full set, just calling Tang Yuan and his wife isn't Sima Zhao's heart! Since he already knows that Wei Chao is Tang Yuan's life-saving benefactor, but he can't prevent him from falling into a coma, then he naturally has to say it in advance, otherwise if Tang Yuan finds out that this medicine is weird, then how can he get closer! If he doesn't get closer, then how can he ...... What the hell!
"Oh, and these family belongings were also brought to the uncle and aunt, seeing that this uncle's injury is not going to be healed in a day or two, I estimated that the two of them would have to stay here for a while, so I asked them to bring them, and the two of them saw what was missing, and I would go and get it again!" Xu Chen is going to play the role of a confidant junior to the end.
Looking at these things that Xu Chen brought, Tang Yuan was puzzled for a while, after the great changes in his family, Tang Yuan also became more cautious, why did this Xu Gongzi suddenly care so much about himself? Tang Yuan thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't think of it. Looking at Xu Chen's sincere face again, thinking back to the first time we met last night, it was also a gentle smile, and Tang Yuan's doubts were somewhat dispelled.
"There is Lao Xu Gongzi!" Tang Yuan couldn't think of Xu Chen's purpose, so fortunately he took it all.
Hearing Tang Yuan's faint tone, Xu Chen knew that the other party was on guard, since this was the case, he could only come here today, and he would accept it when he saw it!
"Then don't bother your uncle and aunt, if your uncle and aunt have anything, just come to Qianshan to find me!" After speaking, Xu Chen said goodbye again.
After Xu Chen walked away, Tang said to her husband: "I think this Xu Gongzi is a good person!" She could also feel her husband's vigilance, so she said a good word for Xu Chen.
"Who knows, after so many things, let's be careful!" Tang Yuan said with a sigh.