Chapter 41: The Dusty Past
"Yes, now the streets and alleys are talking about this, I heard that yesterday those outsiders arrested someone and dragged him into the back door of Xue Bowen's house, and then those outsiders wandering around the street disappeared." Quan Ye nodded and said.
"Caught someone? The girl they're looking for has been found?" Mother Xu chuckled in her heart.
"No, it's said that I caught wine putty." Quan Ye shook his hand.
Hearing that it was the wine putty who was caught, Xu's mother was a little relieved, she didn't know why, she always felt that she was more or less involved in this matter, she shook the fan lightly, and slowly calculated in her heart. The stranger grabbed the wine putty and then disappeared? They were looking for a girl, but they caught a drunken putty...... Wine putty...... Girl...... Mother Xu feels that there should be something connected between the two, what is it? Mother Xu couldn't figure it out for a while, but she felt that this intermediate link seemed to be very close to her.
"Mother Xu? Mother Xu. Hu Baixi's voice woke up Xu's mother and scared her into a thrill.
"Oh, Mr. Hu." When Xu's mother saw the person in front of her clearly, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"Mother Xu, it's not too early, I'll leave first." Hu Baixi arched his hand.
"Mr. Hu walks slowly." Xu's mother sent Hu Baixi to the door before turning back. It was only then that Xu's mother realized that the sky in the west was already blood-red.
"Pearl, go and call Qiu Tang."
After a while, Qiu Tang came to the front hall and fluttered with great blessings: "Madam."
"Get up." Mother Xu looked at the gold-painted box in her hand, which was full of pearls, agate, gold hairpins and silver hairpins, Mother Xu took out a pair of jade bracelets from the box and looked at them carefully, "Qiu Tang, from Ming'er, Fei'er and Wantong will go to Mingyuexuan with you, let them listen to it first, and when you have a chance in the future, you will also take them to sing." ”
"Yes." Qiu Tang Wanfu responded.
On the fourth watch, a black shadow turned into the back garden of Xue's mansion, and with the help of the flowers and rockeries, the black shadow slipped to the side of the wine putty. The housekeeper guarding the wine putty had already fallen asleep on his knees in a daze, and the black shadow touched the back of the wine putty's neck, and the wine putty lost consciousness on the spot. The black shadow took advantage of the moonlight to climb over the wall and leave.
"Shaolang." Si Duhan knocked on the door of Shao Lang's resting room.
"Master, why haven't you slept yet?" Shao Lang got up, opened the door, and saw Si Duhan standing at his door.
"You come with me." After Si Duhan finished speaking, he turned around and left, and Shao Lang casually covered the door and followed closely behind Si Duhan.
By the moonlight, the master and apprentice came to a room in the depths of the backyard of the Huichun Hall, this is the ancestral hall of the Huichun Hall, which enshrines the God of Medicine and the former chief doctors, every year on the Medicine God Festival, Si Duhan has to take everyone in the Huichun Hall to burn incense and worship, except for this day, the ancestral hall only Si Duhan alone goes in and out to do daily sprinkling.
Si Duhan opened the locked door and lit the candle on the desk by the moonlight, "Come in and close the door." Si Duhan looked up at the medicine god on the confession with heavy eyes, and whispered to Shao Lang behind him.
The door behind him creaked shut, the candle flame in front of him flickered, the environment of the ancestral hall became more and more quiet, Si Duhan trembled his hands, put on three incense sticks for the god of medicine, took half a step back, and knelt on his knees. Shao Lang saw that the master was kneeling down and hurriedly knelt behind him, bowing his head and saying nothing.
"The god of medicine is above, and the sinners have come to say hello to your old man. Our company, Du Hanmeng, did not give up the medicine god, and gave me the skill of practicing medicine, so that I could help the world and save people. But the Chen family has a life-saving grace for me, I can't watch the descendants of the Chen family fall into the hands of bad people, so I have to commit group training and discredit you. Fortunately, Shao Lang is an adult, upright, and has good medical skills, so he can give him the important task of saving people. Today, our company Du Han will entrust the Rejuvenation Hall to Shaolang. Please ask your fathers and fathers to bear witness. After Si Duhan finished speaking, he kowtowed three times, and in such a quiet night, this kowtow sound was extremely heavy. After Shao Lang heard Si Duhan's words, the whole person was stunned, looking at Si Duhan's old back at a loss.
"Shao Lang, this is the key to all the rooms in the Rejuvenation Hall, as well as the secret room, remember in the future, all the secret medicines must be configured by you alone in the secret room. Don't make a mistake. Si Duhan said, untied a bunch of keys from his waist, and handed them to Shaolang.
"Master, I can't help it." Shao Lang panicked and shirked.
"Take it." Si Duhan stuffed the key into Shao Lang's arms, "The God of Medicine and the ancestors kowtow. Although Si Duhan's voice was old, it was deep and powerful, and Shao Lang had no choice but to take the key, kowtow to the God of Medicine and the Ancestors, and take over the Rejuvenation Hall from Si Duhan's hands.
"Alright. Get up and come with me. Si Duhan got up, straightened his clothes, and walked towards the depths of the ancestral hall.
Walking to the bottom of the gable of the ancestral hall, Si Duhan stopped, bent down and groped at the base of the wall, only to hear a slight sound, and a piece of floor in the corner of the wall slowly moved away to reveal a staircase leading to the ground.
Si Duhan took down the candlestick from the wall and lit it and handed it to Shao Lang: "Take it, follow me down." After speaking, he walked down the stairs first.
The steps were very steep, Si Duhan walked very slowly, and Shao Lang took the candlestick and followed as close as possible, for fear that the master would not be able to see the steps under his feet clearly. After walking a dozen steps, the stairs turned in the direction and there were more than a dozen steps. Cautiously going down, the master and apprentice came to the door of a secret room.
Si Duhan pushed open the door, and a stone basement appeared in front of him. Shao Lang never knew that there was such a place in the Rejuvenation Hall. He helped Si Duhan into the basement, and the faint candlelight illuminated the small basement.
There was only one table in the basement with a portrait on it, and on closer inspection, it appeared to be a man in a silver robe. Si Duhan took the candlestick, lit a pair of candles on the table, and sat down on the spot.
Si Duhan looked at the portrait and said to himself: "Shaolang, the painting is my savior. His name is Chen Kaiyun. That year, he was the lord of Lingcheng, and he checked the case files in the city, and found that there were many suspicious points in the case of me being framed for death, so he went to see me in prison, and later he learned that I was framed by the former city lord in collusion with a rich man. He began to visit everywhere, reopened the coffin for an autopsy, and the day before I was about to be executed, he finally found the real murderer and saved me. Later, when the news reached the Holy Driver, he was transferred to his side as an errand boy. I didn't want to, but I was slaughtered in the middle of the night a few years ago. Only one daughter remained. ”
"What Master said, but the girl you're looking for outside?" Shao Lang seemed to suddenly understand something.
"Yes. Chen Kaiyun saved my life, and I can't watch his daughter being hunted down. But I am very old, and I can only do my best to keep her safe for a while, and I only hope that she will have no more disasters in the future. ”
"Master." Shao Lang pounced and knelt in front of Si Duhan, "Master, Shao Lang is the child that Master rescued from the pile of dead, Master has the grace of regeneration for me, without Master there would be no Shao Lang, Master's benefactor, and also my Shao Lang's benefactor." Shao Lang will definitely do his best to protect that girl. ”
"Good boy. Master didn't hurt you in vain. The Rejuvenation Hall will be handed over to you, rest assured for the teacher. Si Duhan stroked Shao Lang's shoulder, and the old tears were full of tears.
"It's just Master, who is that girl?" Shao Lang asked.
"Can't say. I can't say it. When the time comes, you'll know. Si Duhan shook his head. He's going to bring the name into the coffin. The fewer people in the world know, the better.
"Zhaoyi Niangniang?" In the middle of the night, the voice of a eunuch came from outside Yulan Palace.
Zhang Wan heard that it was the voice of Gonggong You in front of the emperor, and she suddenly felt uneasy, so she quickly got up to change her clothes, and sent someone out to ask what was going on.
"The emperor fainted when he approved the excerpts, and the virtuous concubine was staying by the prince's side at the moment, except for the queen mother in the harem, she could only invite the mother to come over." After Zhang Wan got dressed, the maid Qingxing also asked the reason.
"Is it a doctor?" Zhang Wan helped Qingxing and walked out.
"The Imperial Physician has passed. Don't panic, mother. You Dexing ordered the two little eunuchs to lead the way with lanterns in front, and he accompanied Zhang Wan to serve.
"Ahh Other...... Stay back! Zhang Wan was hurrying to see the saint, but in the middle of the night, which should have been quiet, a woman's frightened voice came.
"Qingxing, follow the sound and take a look." Zhang Wan listened to her voice like her sister Zhang Rou, so she went with Qingxing.
"Gonggong You, let's go and see the saint." Zhang Wan seemed to be afraid that You Dexing would stop and go to check together, urging You Dexing to continue his journey. Just as she was urging You Dexing to hurry, a dark shadow flashed out of the corner and followed Qingxing into the night.
"Leper monk." Before the sky was clear, Liu's mother finally found the leper monk in the human market.
"Mother Liu, you're early." The leper monk doesn't need to look at it, just by listening to the voice, he knows that it is Mother Liu. The leper monk turned around and said hello.
"I haven't seen you in a few days." Mother Liu said with a smile. Since the last time the seven or eight-year-old girl was cut off in front of her eyes, she hasn't bought a girl who can look good. Xue Bowen was urging again, she had been looking for the leper monk for a few days.
"Didn't I go out looking for goods, I'm sorry, Mother Liu." The leper monk hurriedly explained.
"And what kind of did you bring back this time?"
"Mother Liu, don't worry, this time, I only brought back a girl, a child from a small family. I'm afraid that Mother Liu, you won't be able to look at it. The leper monk smiled, pulled up a sack from the ground behind him, and opened the mouth of the sack, revealing a small, unkempt head. His mouth was gagged with rags, and his dirty little face was full of tears.
Mother Liu squatted down and looked at the child in the sack by the faint morning light. After inspecting her hands and feet, Liu's mother clapped her hands and stood up: "Let's tell me a price."
"Give me three taels of silver." The leper monk knew that Liu's mother was not short of money, and he also knew that Liu's mother had been looking for him for a while. As long as this girl can save Liu's mother's urgency, she can sell it at this price.
"Okay. Then please help me carry her to Caifeng Tower. "Mother Liu knows that there are more leper monks, but she can't help it. Xue Bowen has been urging for too long.
"Gotcha. You are in front of please. The leper monk quickly tied the sack back and followed Mother Liu to Caifeng Tower.
"Master! Oh no! As soon as the sky was bright, Zhang An was awakened by the sound of the family killing pigs.