Chapter 315: Such a coincidence
Early the next morning, everyone changed into old clothes with local style, so they didn't look much different from the locals, but the accent of their speech was very different, so Chen Xu told a group of people to talk less.
After eating a bowl of corn porridge, Chen Xu asked Wang Wu to take out two thousand yuan to the owner of the foot house, and asked him to arrange to buy more chickens, ducks, eggs and other dishes on weekdays, and at the same time asked him to take Wang Wu and Wang Qi to the copper and iron workshop to customize a barbecue grill back, and asked again and learned that there was a mill in the city, and it was the kind of improved new stone mill he invented in Qinghe Town, and now more than a year has passed, basically it has spread all over Daqin, Therefore, it is directly required that the daily meals must be made with finely ground flour.
A few days later, the people in Xiapi City suddenly found that there was suddenly a barbecue seller on the bridge head, a teenager with a monkey in operation, selling pickled mutton, fish and shrimp, as well as lotus root, yam and other vegetables, and there was a girl helper next to him.
The young man is responsible for roasting, the girl is responsible for helping to fan the wind and charcoal, and the monkey is responsible for collecting money, this strange combination is suddenly amazing, running over to see the excitement and smelling the strange smell, many people can't help but take out the money to eat a few skewers to satisfy their hunger.
The barbecue tastes very good, and it is cheap, a string of mutton is only a penny, a small fish and shrimp are a penny or two skewers, and a vegetarian dish is a penny and three skewers.
This price is several times cheaper than in Wancheng, but Xiapi as a poor and remote town, this consumption is also normal, many people can eat, so since the opening of this barbecue stall, people gather at the bridge every day to play, by the way to eat a few strings, it is really poor can not afford to eat, just smell the barbecue smell in the air nearby, it is also a kind of enjoyment.
In fact, this selling price is still profitable for Chen Xu, not only making money, but also making money.
Mutton is four dollars a pound in the local area, small fish and shrimp are cheaper, only two or three dollars a pound, and Xiapi is located in the southeast, lotus root cultivation is also more, one dollar and five pounds, these things are made into skewers, the profit is still five or six times, and because of the good taste of barbecue, people who come to eat are still in an endless stream, and Chen Xu actually earned more than 100 yuan in a day.
A few days later, the bridge barbecue has become a household name in Xiapi, and many people who do a little scattered trading also join in the fun, carrying a burden and carrying a basket to start buying things at both ends of the bridge, so this bridge soon became the most lively place in Xiapi City, and it was full of people all day and night.
Soon, more than ten days passed in a flash, it was already mid-autumn in August, and the autumn in the mountains and wilderness was getting thicker.
Chen Xu took the monkey named Wukong and the little daughter of the shopkeeper to set up a stall to sell barbecue every day.
The vicinity of the bridge has become more and more lively, and a lively farmers' market has spontaneously formed.
Wang Wu and Yingbu were sandwiched in the crowd after simple makeup, hiding near the bridge to observe the situation.
Yu Wuya's face was also stained with some short beards again, wearing a broken hat, his clothes were shabby, and he was holding an iron sword all day long, like a down-and-out knight leaning on the railing of the stone bridge next to the barbecue stand, and a pair of eyes fell on the crowd of people coming and going.
On this day, a barefoot man with long hair and a shawl drove a carriage jolting from the north, looking at the bustling scene of people on both sides of the stone bridge, he stopped for half a moment in surprise and then drove across the stone bridge.
Although the barbecue in the air tasted very fragrant, and a circle of people around him were eating barbecue, Dahan's eyes fell on the monkey in the crowd, watching the monkey skillfully stretch out his paws to collect the money, and then throw it into a leather bag hanging on Chen Xu's shoulder, Dahan's expression became extremely surprised.
"Ahem~ Mr. B, this beast is so human!" On the carriage sat a young man with a pale face who was coughing incessantly, and looked at the monkey with the same surprise.
"This monkey has opened his mind, don't say more, I'll find a place to rest for the time being!" The big man reminded him and whipped his whip, and the carriage creaked through the crowd and headed for the city.
And after the carriage was completely invisible, Yu Wuya, who had been sitting on the ground without the slightest movement, slowly stood up and walked to Chen Xu's side and whispered: "Engong, the young man on the carriage is Zhang Liang, and it is my senior brother who is driving the carriage!" ”
Chen Xu nodded.
He had seen it when the carriage arrived.
The barbecue stall has been set up for half a month, and at night he took Wang Wuying, Buyu Wuya and a few other super bodyguards around the city, specifically looking for those gangster-level characters to set up, of course, the way to set up is generally more direct, either half to death or scared half to death, so Chen Xu is now very familiar with the people in Xia Pi City, this big man who drives the carriage is different at a glance, and it is also very unfamiliar, not to mention that from the moment it appeared, Wang Wu and others in the distance have already heard a whistle prompt.
Yu Wuya's eldest brother is Yi Shengjia, Chen Xu has never seen it, but he knows that Yi Shengjia has been plotting with Zhang Liang to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, and now that Yi Shengjia is here, even if Yu Wuya doesn't know the young man sitting in the car, it can basically be concluded that it is the famous Zhang Liang in the future.
"Go inform Yingbu and let him follow him closely!" Chen Xu whispered.
"No, I'll go in person, the senior brother's martial arts are superb, and his breath is very keen, I'm afraid that ordinary people will change if they are discovered by him!" Yu Wuya pulled the broken hat to cover his face completely, and joined the crowd with the iron sword in his arms, and followed the carriage.
Zhang Liang is here, is it time for the mysterious Huangshi Gong to appear?
While grilling the barbecue, Chen Xu began to think about his next plan.
The easiest thing is to spread out and make it clear face-to-face with Yi Shengjia and Zhang Liang.
But this consequence is very serious, because Zhang Liang has never given up on the matter of destroying Qin, and he is full of hatred for Qin, otherwise he would not have traveled thousands of miles back and forth to the north of Liaodong to ask for a strong man, and two people who are bold dare to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, which not only requires courage, but also needs a strong hatred stimulation to have such a great motivation.
Therefore, if he told Zhang Liang not to destroy Qin in the future, there would be almost no room for bargaining, unless it was to kill him.
There is also Yi Shengjia is also a huge variable, adhering to the master's order to go down the mountain is to destroy Qin, and it is also determined that Zhang Liang is the main person who destroys Qin, otherwise he will not protect and escort along the way, once he knows that there is something that destroys his plan, especially the assassination of Qin Shi Huang, he may kill himself directly.
So as soon as the plan came out of Chen Xu's mind, he was immediately buried by the two villains.
It seems that we can only take one step at a time.
Chen Xu sighed slightly in his heart and continued to sell barbecue, and after a while, Yu Wuya slowly squeezed through the crowd with an iron sword, lifted his hat slightly, and said with a strange face: "Engong, senior brother and Zhang Liang stayed in the foothouse where we lived. ”
Chen Xu: ......
It's a weird thing.
Although Xiapi is not big, it is not small, a city of thousands of households, why is there always such a coincidence.
Chen Xu pinched his chin and kept inhaling as if he had a toothache, and only after a while did he say to the girl next to him: "You go back to your feet now, and secretly talk to your parents and brothers and sisters, and don't ask more questions about what happens when we go back in a while, you know?" ”
"Okay!" The girl nodded and ran back to the foothouse.
"Brother Wuya, inform Wang Wu and the others not to return to the foothouse for a while, just me and Yingbu will go!"
"Good!" Yu Wuya nodded and left, and after a while, Yingbu came over wearing a patched clothes, and after the two of them finished selling the barbecue, they carried the barbecue grill and returned to the foothouse with the monkey.
Yu Wuya said it right, sure enough, there was an extra carriage in the yard, it was the one that Fang had just seen Yi Shengjia drive on the bridge, the horses had been tied to the stable to eat forage, and when Chen Xu was looking in the yard, Yi Shengjia came out of a house barefoot.
The two looked at each other for two seconds.
"What does the guest officer need?" Chen Xu hurriedly asked with a smile.
"You're also a helper in this foothouse?" Yi Shengjia obviously remembered that Chen Xu was selling barbecue on the stone bridge.
"Hehe, I'm not a helper, this foot house is my cousin's property, I have nothing to do and go to the river to buy some snacks to earn a little money! If you have something to do, just tell me! Chen Xu said with a smile.
"Well, a good friend of mine has a cold and often has chest tightness and headaches and can't breathe, please help me go to the city to find a doctor to come and treat him." Yi Sheng Jia nodded and said.
"Wind chill? Can you let me take a look at it first? Chen Xu hurriedly said.
"You know how to heal?" Yi Shengjia looked at Chen Xu, full of doubts about this fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.
"Guest officials don't judge people by their appearance, my family has practiced medicine for generations, my grandfather has also diagnosed and treated many princes and princes of Han and Wei, not to mention that wind and cold are a common disease, I will show your friends first, if you can't diagnose it, you must help you find a doctor, and you also know that in a small place like ours, the level of doctors is not too good......"
"Come in with me!" Yi Shengjia saw what Chen Xu said so seriously, so he nodded and walked into the room with Chen Xu.
The room was very poorly furnished, except for the bed covered with cattails, there was only a wooden cabinet and a desk, and the luggage of the two was also very simple, only a burlap package was placed on the desk, and a pale young man sat on a low couch, wheezing and coughing.
This is Zhang Liang!
Chen Xu's eyes fell on the young man.
The skin is white, and he looks a little handsome, probably because of the reason for fleeing all the way and being sick, the whole person looks very depressed, his complexion is very poor, and he looks sick and out of breath while sitting on the couch.
"This little brother claims to know a little about medicine, I'll show you first!" Yi Shengjia said a word to the young man on the couch, then turned his head to Chen Xu and said, "Please treat the little brother!" ”
Chen Xu nodded and walked to the couch, asked Zhang Liang to reach out and put it on the desk, and then followed Xu Fu's example, pressed his index finger and middle finger on his wrist, closed his eyes slightly, and began to count the pulse.
He couldn't cut the pulse, although Xu Fu had also taught him, but this kind of difficult skill of judging the condition based on the severity of the pulse was too difficult for him.
Not only did he find it difficult, but all the Chinese medicine in later generations found it difficult, Chinese medicine looked at the four methods of cutting, cutting the most difficult, but cutting the pulse is the most important and important way to diagnose diseases, and it all depends on the accumulation of feelings and experience, so there are very few good doctors in China, and even fewer can be called national players, which is also the reason for the rapid decline of Chinese medicine after the rise of Western medicine in later generations. There is simply no uniform standard.
Chen Xu silently counted for about two minutes, asked Zhang Liang to change an arm and continue counting, and after two minutes, he calculated in his heart, and the pulse beat was more than ninety per minute, which was completely beyond the heartbeat speed of a normal adult.
Next, Chen Xu sensed the body temperature with his hands, and after looking at the tongue coating, he even put his ears on both sides of Zhang Liang's chest and listened carefully.
"Little brother, what kind of diagnosis do you have?" Yi Shengjia and Zhang Liang were puzzled.
"Hehe, this is a special diagnostic method that we have passed down from our ancestors, and we can judge some conditions based on the sounds made by the internal organs."
After Chen Xu finished speaking, he put away his smile, and after thinking for a long time, his face was very serious, "If my guess is correct, this eldest brother is not simply a disease of wind and cold, it should be caused by falling into the water more than a month ago, and the lungs were damaged due to inhaling cold water in the lungs, and the pneumonia caused by the treatment and medicine was not treated in time...... Well, the lesion, this disease should be well recuperated in bed, and then applied decoction, try to cure it before the winter, otherwise when the cold winter comes, I am afraid it will be dragged into tuberculosis and it will not be cured! ”
Zhang Liang fell into the Yellow River after the failure of Bolangsha's assassination of Qin Shi Huang under the pursuit of the forbidden army, and this matter had already spread to the world with the edict, and Yingbu also said it very clearly after he returned, so Chen Xu directly said that Zhang Liang fell into the water a month ago caused by lung disease.
Yi Shengjia and Zhang Liang both looked at Chen Xu in shock.