Chapter 37: Sacrifice
In fact, Aunt Liu was more grateful to Yi Xingchen in her heart, because the hexagram that day was actually calculated by Yi Xingchen, but Yi Xingchen was Gongsun He's apprentice, of course, I had to thank the master first, hearing Yi Xingchen say this, nodded gratefully, hurriedly pulled the child, and said a few words of thanks to Gongsun He, who was lying with his back to her, and then came out and went to the yard.
Yi Xingchen said: "Aunt Liu, the hexagram shows that you are indeed not evil, but you have typhoid fever, so it's okay, you go to Lang Zhong to see the disease first, take medicine, if you get better after taking medicine, doesn't it prove that the hexagram is right?" If it is not good to take medicine, it means that you may really be evil, and you will not be able to take any medicine. At that time, you tried to find a Taoist priest to do things for you to exorcise evil spirits, what do you think? ”
"What you said is also reasonable, but, I really don't have much money to see Langzhong, I used to be sick, and I came here with a stiff upright, I really want to see a doctor, I, I don't have any money."
Yi Xingchen said: "Otherwise, I'll take you to Haichuan Pharmacy and ask Lang Zhong to check your pulse first to see if you are sick." If you really get sick, let's find a way to buy medicine, don't worry, let Huang Langzhong treat you, I told him, he shouldn't take your money. ”
Of course Yi Xingchen is sure of this, didn't Huang Langzhong say that he owes him a favor, and asked him to treat someone, this little reward must not be refused.
Aunt Liu couldn't help but nod gratefully when she heard this, and said, "Thank you, Hexagram, you are really a good person." ”
After Yi Xingchen entered the house and said something to the master, he came out and pulled the door and took Aunt Liu to the Haichuan Pharmacy.
Tang Xiaoqi saw Yi Xingchen at once, and without waiting for him to enter the pharmacy, he came out first like a gust of wind, and said to him with a smile: "Brother Hexagram, are you coming to see me?" Why don't you set up a stall today? What about your master? ”
Tang Xiaoqi asked like a cannon, Yi Xingchen just smiled and said, "I'll bring an acquaintance to see your uncle." ”
"Uncle is in the pharmacy, let's go in."
Yi Xingchen took Aunt Liu in, and Huang Langzhong saw Yi Xingchen and hurriedly got up to say hello.
Yi Xingchen said: "Huang Langzhong, this Aunt Liu seems to be a little uncomfortable and afraid of the cold. You can show it. She is very poor and has no money, can you help her see it for free? If you are really sick, of course you have to pay for the medicine. ”
Huang Langzhong smiled and said, "What did Brother Yi say? Since it was introduced by his brother, Huang has no problem with free diagnosis, if it is just a general cold or something, the medicine fee is also waived. ”
When Aunt Liu heard the joy, she couldn't imagine that this apprentice of the fortune teller had such a big face, so she came forward to say hello, and the shopkeeper of the pharmacy actually waived the consultation fee and the medicine fee, and couldn't help but thank her for her joy.
After Aunt Liu sat down, Huang Langzhong checked her pulse and looked at her tongue, briefly asked her how she felt about her body, nodded and said, "Your illness is a sign of a stroke in the sun, and you are suffering from cold evil, so you are cold." Don't worry, I'll prescribe you a dose of medicine, take it for three days, don't take it again when you feel comfortable, and the illness will stop. ”
Huang Langzhong said as he picked up a pen and wrote down the prescription, handed it to Tang Xiaoqi next to him to grab the medicine at the counter. At the same time, he said to Yi Xingchen: "Forget the cost of medicine, it's just twenty or thirty yuan." ”
Twenty or thirty wen is not much for Huang Langzhong, but for Aunt Liu, who sells vegetables, it can only be earned by selling vegetables for two or three days, and he was busy expressing his gratitude to Huang Langzhong, and thanked Yi Xingchen again.
When the medicine came out, Yi Xingchen told her to take the medicine first, recuperate for two days, and come to sell vegetables when she is well, otherwise she will catch a cold again, but she is afraid that the disease will worsen.
Aunt Liu seemed quite thoughtful, and said to Xingchen: "I always feel that I am not sick, although Lang Zhong said that I have typhoid fever, it is possible that I am sick on the one hand, and evil on the other, in short, I am always unsteady in my heart if I don't invite your master to do things, I hope what you said is right, it's just an illness, and if you take this medicine, you won't be afraid of cold at night, maybe it's fine." ”
Yi Xingchen said a few words of relief, Aunt Liu thanked her, and left with the child with the medicine bag.
Tang Xiaoqi has been following Yi Xingchen's side, and after Aunt Liu has gone away, she said to Yi Xingchen: "I have returned that jade pendant to Sister Meizi, after Sister Meizi listened to what you said, she was very grateful, and said that she must find an opportunity to help you do one or two things to repay you in the future." So, if you want to do anything that you need Sister Meizi to help you do, just ask, she is very capable, who wants to bully you, or who do you want to teach a lesson, even if you say, Sister Meizi's martial arts are really top, and I am not her opponent if I am ten. ”
Yi Xingchen glared and said, "You are so powerful, she is stronger than ten of you, so she is not an immortal?" ”
Tang Xiaoqi glanced at him dissatisfiedly and said, "Believe it or not." ”
Speaking of this, Tang Xiaoqi looked at Yi Xingchen with disdain and said, "I just knew that you actually went to the Qinglou last night, why did you go to that kind of dirty place?" ”
When Yi Xingchen saw her like this, he felt a little unhappy, and said lightly: "We are going to tell the hexagram, for the sake of life, in order to make money, whoever asks us to tell the hexagram, we all have to go, unlike you, don't worry about food or clothing, then know the suffering of our poor." ”
With that, Yi Xingchen snorted in his nose and turned around to walk home.
Tang Xiaoqi hurriedly caught up and said: "Brother Hexagram, don't be angry, I don't mean anything else, I just hate that kind of place, I know you are for divination, I don't mean to look down on you, don't be angry, okay?" ”
Yi Xingchen then stopped, smiled, and said, "Forget it, do you still have something?" It's okay, I'm going back. My master was sick last night and vomited and diarrhea, and he was still a little unwell today, so he didn't go out to set up a stall to tell fortunes. I have to go back and take care of him. ”
Tang Xiaoqi said: "Otherwise, I told my uncle that if he can't get out of bed, I will ask my uncle to come to the door to show him." ”
"No need, my master is just a little lazy, he can eat and sleep, if not, I will come to ask for help, farewell."
Yi Xingchen returned to his residence and saw that the master was still lying on the bed. The bowl of rice at the head of the bed didn't move at all, and he couldn't help sighing and said, "Master, you still have something to eat, but you haven't eaten yet." ”
As soon as he finished saying this, Gongsun He turned his head to look at him, then slowly sat up and said, "I want to go to Cuixiang Building for a walk, you can accompany me." ”
Yi Xingchen understood that the master still didn't seem to have untied the knot in his heart, and let him go to the scene to pay his respects, maybe he could dissolve the knot in his heart, so Yi Xingchen said: "Master, do you want to buy some incense, candles, paper money or something?" ”
Gongsun He was obviously stunned for a moment, and then nodded slowly.
So, the two went out, came to the street, and found a shop to buy incense, candles, and paper money.
When the two arrived in front of Cuixiang Building, it was already evening. The once lively and prosperous Cuixiang Building is now deserted. A few turtle males at the door leaned listlessly beside them, and when they saw the passing guests, they didn't come forward to greet them.
Yi Xingchen was a little strange and walked over with his master.
The middle-aged man in black who asked Gongsun He to tell the fortune of the Xinghua girl the night before saw their master and apprentice, and came up and said, "Is there something wrong with the two of you?" ”
Yi Xingchen hurriedly said: "Master and I want to come to pay tribute to the Xinghua girl and burn some paper money and incense candles, I don't know if it will work?" ”
The turtle shook his head and said: "No, it's not that we won't let it, it's that the yamen won't let it, the yamen said, our Cuixianglou didn't take precautions against robbers, so that the gangsters sneaked in and killed the two masters and servants of the Xinghua girl, so we were ordered to close down and clean up until the yamen felt that our Qinglou had been able to protect the safety of the girls in the Qinglou before we could resume business." That's why it's not open today. The room where the Xinghua girl was killed has been sealed by the yamen to prevent people from entering, so you can't go in and hang yourself. ”
When Yi Xingchen heard this, he secretly thought in his heart, this move to suspend business for rectification was clearly a blackmail, and let Qinglou ** pay out of his pocket. As long as the money is spent, the Qinglou will naturally open soon.
After Gongsun He heard what Gu Gong said, he was extremely disappointed, and he was stupid wherever he stood.