Chapter 34: The Horse Is Lost

After returning to the Taoist temple, Lu Zifei felt that he had a trip to the ghost gate, people often know how much courage they had in the aftermath, all the good things are exchanged for hard work, after going through difficulties, the scenery you see is the most beautiful, do not experience you never know the joy and harvest from the heart, those will be the most valuable wealth on your life road.

Huzi asked him teasingly, "Zifei, it took so much effort, I went up just to see the sun, how do you feel, tell us, I didn't go up, now you can still see the sun rising." ”

Lu Zifei said weakly: "You are really a summer worm that can't talk about ice, a well frog can't be in the sea, and Zifei knows the joy of fish." ”

Wang Weiwei smiled and said, "I'm really old, otherwise I want to go up with you to see, the nine places in the world to watch the sun, it should be beautiful, and I kept saying that there was still time, but in the end I found out that there was no time." ”

Qian Yi sat there with his back against the pillar and said: "Thank you Xiao Fei for saving your life, seeing this kind of historical precedent, ghostly and miraculous skills, this time it is worth escaping death, you are selfless, and you are not worthy of the world's selflessness, and I am not worthy of you if you are not famous in the world." ”

Lu Zifei said, "You praise me like this, you are not afraid that I am proud and inflated!" You are also regarded as an experimental subject, thank God if you don't blame me, this time the time is tight, after I arrive in Luoyang, write down these things I know, and when you and Doctor Wang have time, you can come to Luoyang to find me, I will say the immature thoughts in my heart, and we will discuss it together. ”

Wang Weiwei hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Xiao Fei, don't call me like that, I can't afford it, a little meager name, it's a pity for you, you don't want to study medicine with me, otherwise with your wisdom, I think it is not difficult to carry forward medical skills in your hands." ”

Lu Zifei said, "In fact, our ultimate goal is the same, medical skills to save people and save diseases, then I will save them in the future so that they will not go hungry. ”

Wei Li nodded and agreed, "Xiao Fei's point is good, as long as the starting point is the people, what is the difference, do not forget the original intention, you have to always, move forward unremittingly, and be worthy of your heart." ”

Lu Zifei remembered sulfur, sulfur is a necessary material for Taoist alchemy, charcoal is definitely not lacking, but I don't know if there is saltpeter, if there is, you can take away a little, black powder is in the Renzong period, I don't know if it is made now, take away a little maybe it will have a miraculous effect, he and Huzi are a little weak.

Lu Zifei said, "Mr. Wei, I don't know if you have saltpeter and charcoal here." ”

Wei Li said, "Yes, isn't it a joke that Taoist priests don't have these?" What do you want these things to do, do you have alchemy, don't make medicines, carry or burden, you want to have them in many places, go to a Taoist temple casually, give some money, and have as much as you want. ”

Lu Zifei asked, "Did Mr. Wei have any accidents in the process of alchemy, such as explosions and the like?" ”

Wei Li recalled for a moment and said, "I don't know much about alchemy, in the past, when the master was there, the senior brother often practiced, and there were two times when you said that the situation happened, after the explosion, we went in and saw that even the lid of the Dan furnace was not lifted, and the senior brother didn't know what the reason was, and finally it was gone." ”

Wang Wei seemed to know something, and he said, "Xiao Fei doesn't want to make black powder?" ”

Lu Zifei said happily: "You know black powder! Isn't someone who has already made it? ”

Wang Weiwei said, "I tell you, don't say it, once I went to check the body of Empress Cao, it happened that the emperor and the privy deputy envoy Master Chong Shiheng were also there, I overheard their conversation, it didn't seem to be very successful, it was similar to what Brother Wei said, the power was not strong enough, it was too chicken, so I gave up, Xiao Fei knows how to make it?" ”

Lu Zifei said solemnly: "I understand a little, please help me keep it secret, don't talk about today's conversation, this thing is a thing that can change the pattern of the world, if you don't use it well, the land of Shenzhou will fall into war again, the people will be displaced, the country is full of holes, it can destroy the world." ”

Lu Zifei's attitude made several of them serious, this is not a joke! Why haven't they heard of this kind of thing, Wei Li and Qian Yi are not in the imperial court, they are just simply curious, Wang is the only different, although he is just an imperial doctor, but he understands what this kind of thing means, and the three of them swore that they would not tell anyone about it.

It's still too reckless! Lu Zifei thought in his heart. He should also think that after the appearance of gunpowder, it did not play such a big role, and it was not until the advent of steel cannons that the era of cold weapons was banned, should you make it? What if you make it and spread it out? The formula of black powder is something that a high school student will know in the future, but he only knows black powder, guns, cannons, etc., he does not understand, and he really shouldn't reveal it to them, people's hearts are the most unpredictable, I hope they don't say it.

Saying goodbye to the three of them, telling them who to worship as a teacher when they went to Luoyang, the precautions for Qian Yi's wound, and went down the mountain with Huzi, and there was only one feeling when he went down the mountain, and his legs were not his own.

Huzi saw this situation and said, "You deserve it, you don't live in a good inn, you have to go to climb the mountain, it's okay, I'm reluctant to drink good wine, you take it and waste it, give it away, the old Taoist priest has so many good things, you have to ask me to bring some sulfur, stones and charcoal." ”

Lu Zifei said, "Then you are wrong, this time the two of us went up the mountain and gained a lot." ”

Huzi said with a look of disbelief: "Then I have to listen carefully." ”

Lu Zifei shook his head helplessly and said, "Wang is the only one who is the Tai Hospital, the best doctor in the Great Song Dynasty, you said that it is good to let him owe favors?" Qian Yi is not bad, no one is sick yet, they are the last straw for you to save your life, you know, the biggest harvest is the ones you carry on your back, tell you, you will say that I brag, you will see. ”

Huzi said that he didn't care, his hand still supported him, and the two of them returned to the inn, Lu Zifei didn't want to leave today, the sequelae of the last trip to Huashan fell on the bed, and he asked for a bucket of hot water to take a good bath, go to bed and sleep, recover his vitality, and set off tomorrow morning.

The next morning, Lu Zifei got up and heard Huzi arguing with others outside, opened the door and came out to see Huzi's angry accusations and the store's non-stop apology, he said, "Huzi, why did you quarrel with others." ”

Huzi pointed to the shopkeeper and said, "Zifei, they lost the horses outside, and they shirked their responsibilities and said that they didn't care about their business." ”

Lu Zifei went downstairs and asked, "The horse is gone, can't it fly?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "We also know that Childe's horse is a good horse, and we don't dare to slack off at all, and we feed it with soybeans and the best horse feed, and the first thing I did when I got up this morning was to look at the horse, and when I got to the stable, I found that the horse was gone." ”

Lu Zifei said, "Our horses are all military horses, and they are numbered, if you don't report it, I will send you to the government immediately." ”

The shopkeeper was about to cry, this was an unwarranted disaster, and he said, "Don't report to the official first, I've already asked people to go out to find it." ”

Huzi is not in such a good mood, the horse is self-evident to the soldiers, this horse is still a two-year-old pony captured from the battlefield, he has always kept it by his side, usually cherishes it, and it hurts him too much to lose it.

Huzi said, "If you can't find it, you will wait for death, right?" You can't afford to sell it in this broken store. ”

In fact, Huzi is right, the Song Dynasty has always had a shortage of horses, unlike the Tang Dynasty, which raised more than 600,000 horses, so the military strength of the Tang Dynasty was very strong in the later period, and the scarcity was expensive, and if there were fewer horses, it would be expensive, Lu Zifei's two horses were worth at least 4,000 yuan, and this store was only a few hundred yuan in this small county, right?

At noon, the shopkeeper came back dejectedly, Lu Zifei was already prepared in his heart, military horses strangers generally can't ride away, don't think it's very simple, they are also human like dogs.

Lu Zifei asked Huzi to take the token to the county government to report to the official, not that he wanted compensation, but because this kind of horse was lost, if you don't report it, someone will check and look for you, the county magistrate was startled when he saw the token, this is the token of the Inner Servant Province, how did he appear here, and he hurriedly came here to understand the situation and repeatedly promised that he would definitely find it.

Lu Zifei couldn't let the shopkeeper take them to buy two little donkeys, they couldn't buy horses, all the horses were requisitioned before the war, looking at the little donkey Huzi was speechless, can this hump himself? If you go down, you might be crushed to death.

Lu Zifei comforted: "When we get to Tongguan, maybe there will be horses for sale, and when the time comes, let's buy two more horses, let's make do with it first, right?" ”

So what else can I do, it can only be like this, something is better than nothing, Huzi put the bookcase on Lu Zifei's donkey, the two of them rode the donkey on the road, Lu Zifei was very happy, this little donkey walked slowly, sometimes he didn't walk while walking, the rural people said that the lazy donkey rolled he finally saw it, ate a lot, loved to fart, Huzi was complaining while walking.

Seeing a few red persimmons picked on the persimmon tree on the roadside, they were caught by the owner's family, and the people told them to eat casually without wasting, Lu Zifei was very embarrassed, he told the old man to let him make persimmons into persimmons, so that he could sell them for some money.

Huzi asked him: "Zifei, why don't you let your family do it if you have such a good way, the money is made by others." ”

Lu Zifei said, "We can't make money ourselves, think about it again, persimmons are not much, the amount is small, and they can't sell much, we can make them work hard for a year with a bottle of wine, you think that you don't give others a way to live, eat alone, so that others will crowd out you, and the money will be more valuable in the hands of farmers, and in our hands, there is not so much liquidity, then he is money, useless, you know?" You don't understand it. ”

Huzi turned his lips and said, "You know a lot, I admit it, then you said that our horse is gone." ”