Chapter 152: Charlatanism
The army did not carry a large amount of grain and grass, and marched very fast. Day and night, but in three or four days, I have arrived in Xuzhou.
Xuzhou is about 800 miles away from Chang'an, and there are many soldiers and war horses on the road. So Xue Qixi ordered the army to be temporarily stationed outside Xuzhou City and rest for a day.
Before leaving, the emperor had ordered the envoy to send an urgent secret decree of 800 miles to the local Jiedu envoys, and after arriving in Xuzhou, Nianyun personally wrote a letter to the local Jiedu envoys, indicating his identity, his words were sincere, and he agreed to meet in Xuanzhou to defeat the rebels.
When the Xuzhou Thorn learned that they were coming, he hurriedly arranged a banquet to catch them up. Qixi declined the kindness of the assassin, and only hoped that the soldiers would be stationed outside the city, and the soldiers would not be allowed to loot, and they must not commit any crimes to the people in the city.
This march for several days was really hard, but Luoluo did a very good job, gritting his teeth and insisting on life and death, refusing to complain about being tired. For the sake of safety, Nianyun didn't allow her to run around, so she could only follow a few of them. Nian Yun could see that she was bored along the way.
After resting for a night, Nianyun felt that his spirit had recovered, so he went to Guo Jun's camp and said to Guo Jun: "Since I entered the imperial city, I haven't seen folk customs for more than ten years. Today is free, why don't we go to Xuzhou City for a walk. ”
Guo Yan also has this intention, since leaving Shengping Mansion, it is really rare for him to have such a long time with Nianyun, and he can't help but be a little embarrassed.
The two quietly took a few entourages, took Luoluo, and walked all the way to Xuzhou City.
Xuzhou City is not as prosperous as Chang'an, there are far fewer pedestrians than Chang'an, and the market is not as prosperous as Chang'an City. A few people stopped and walked all the way to enjoy the scenery outside Chang'an.
After walking a short distance, I saw a lot of people in front of me, and I didn't know what the situation was. fell into the tip of his eyes, and pulled Nianyun's sleeve: "Mother...... Fifth uncle, let's take a look! ”
Luoluo grew up in King Shu's Mansion, and he was very neglected in King Shu's Mansion at the beginning, and he never left the house. Even if she followed her later, although the treatment was the same as that of several other children, she didn't have time to spend with the children during that time, so everything outside was new to Luoluo.
Nianyun couldn't bear to brush her mind, so he and Guo Yan took her over there to look, holding her little hand and admonishing: "Grab the hands of the fifth uncle and uncle, don't get separated!" ”
A few people leaned over, but they only heard the noise in the crowd, but they couldn't hear why.
There are quite a lot of people, Rao is Qixi is slender and as long as a bamboo pole, but he can squeeze left and right, and he can't pull out a gap in the crowd that is surrounded by water for half a day.
Qixi was about to lift Luoluo to his shoulders, but Guo Yan waved his hand at him: "We Luoluo are not children!" ”
Guo Yan was a famous prodigal in Chang'an City in his early years, and he was a lot of people in the market, and he had the best way to deal with such a scene. He smiled mysteriously and pulled Nian Yun's sleeve: "I have a way!" ”
Nian Yun looked at him suspiciously, only to see him take out a handful of copper coins from his arms, throw them out of the crowd, and shout: "Oh, who lost the money!" ”
This shout attracted the attention of the people around him, and the people in front of him really turned around and lowered their heads to pick up the money, and a gap flashed in the crowd. Guo Jun looked at the air, pulled Nian Yun over, and got into the middle of the crowd.
Luoluo looked at Guo Yan's eyes with a little more admiration at this time, Guo Yan patted her head, and then looked into the crowd.
I saw the crowd surrounding a clearing in the middle, a person in his forties, wearing a Taoist robe, holding a Taoist bun, followed by a teenage boy carrying a basket of herbs.
The Taoist priest held a gilded dragon head in his hand, showed a circle to the crowd of onlookers, and shouted loudly: "The divine dragon spits water, all diseases are eliminated, the divine dragon spits water, all diseases are eliminated!" Walking through the neighborhoods passing by, old and young masters, whether you have a headache and brain fever, or a broken muscle and bones, whether it is liver qi stagnation, or scrofula, drink a sip of Shenlong water, and don't seek medical treatment for all diseases! ”
Hearing what he said, a few onlookers on this side asked: "Dare to ask the immortals, how much is this divine dragon water?" ”
The Taoist priest dusted off his clothes, puffed up his chest, and said: "Poor Dao has practiced in Taiyi Palace in Zhongnan Mountain for many years, and this time I went down the mountain to hear that there were frequent civil wars, and I came to rescue the common people. It's also your luck, this dragon water doesn't charge money, you only need to give a hundred yuan of incense money to the real ancestor, and you can get a cup! ”
With a flick of his other wrist, a small bronze cup with a simple style appeared in his hand. Everyone was amazed, and someone limped up with their sore feet covered: "O gods! I fell like this last month, and I don't have the money to heal it, can this dragon water also heal? ”
The Taoist priest looked him up and down, leaned over and touched his sick foot, raised his eyebrows, and said confidently: "The divine dragon spits water, cures all diseases, of course it can be cured!" Please also ask the donor to give the incense money first......"
The man took out a hundred pieces of money and respectfully placed them in the brass plate that the boy had brought him. The Taoist priest said something in his mouth, shook the dragon's head, and the dragon really opened his mouth to spit out water. The man took it with both hands, raised his head and drank it.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on this person, only to see him smack his lips, slowly stand up straight, and walk a few steps, his legs are really not lame at all! He turned around and walked a few steps, and after a few more steps, he looked incredulous and exclaimed excitedly: "Immortal! What a living immortal! My feet, so good! ”
Nian Yun doesn't believe in this immortal of Zhongnan Mountain, Xie Tiantian, who she has often seen since she was a child, is a living immortal in people's mouths, but she has set up a chess game that she can't escape in her life.
Besides, even Xie is naturally a dragon who can't see the end of the dragon, and if you want to find her, you can only rely on fate, is there really such a living immortal, and you can still set up a stall on the street like a street performer?
Luoluo had never seen this posture, so he pulled Guo Yan's sleeve in the crowd and asked suspiciously, "Is this true?" Is there really such a divine water in the world that cures all diseases, which is more powerful than the imperial doctor in the palace? ”
Guo Yan smiled, pinched her pink little face, and laughed in a low voice: "Keep watching."
At this time, there was an uproar in the crowd, and everyone watched in disbelief. But for a while, no one took the lead in paying for it.
At this time, another person said that he had a stomachache, which had been hurting for half a month, and he had not recovered after taking many medicines. Offering a hundred dollars, the Taoist priest still gave him a cup of water, and after drinking it, it was immediately effective, thanked the Taoist priest, and began to help the Taoist priest on the side to advocate the dragon spit water.
Now people began to slowly waver, after all, as long as a hundred yuan, it was still very cheap compared to those precious medicinal materials. Anyone has a sickness and pain, in case it really works, there will be no store in this village!
Seeing that many ordinary people believed it, they took out money to prepare to offer "incense money", and some people asked when the Taoist priest would leave, and prepared to go home to carry the sick old father and mother to ask for divine water.
At this time, Luoluo's small brows furrowed, and he raised his head and asked, "Shouldn't the gods have mercy on the common people, why do they still collect money?" ”
Nian Yun touched her little head, "It's not that he says he is an immortal, he is really an immortal, many things have to be judged by his own eyes." ”
Luoluo was a child in the end, his eyes were also very sharp, and he stared at the Taoist priest for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he suddenly broke free of Nianyun's hand and rushed to the Taoist priest, pointing to his arm: "This grandfather, you have something hidden in your sleeve, I have seen it!" ”
Nian Yun was startled, and it was too late to reach out to pull Luoluo, at this time, a trace of panic flashed on the Taoist priest's face, and the scholar behind him hurriedly came up and scolded: "Where is the wild child, go aside, don't offend the immortals!" ”
Luo Luo stubbornly raised his face and said loudly: "You are not a god, you have water hidden in your sleeve, and I also saw the person just now, and the injury on his foot is also fake!" ”
When everyone heard this, there was an uproar, and the two people who had been "healed" were still in the crowd, and one of them rushed up, grabbed his falling arm, and slapped him with all his strength.
said that it was too late, it was fast, I saw Guo Yan quickly take a step forward, pushed the person away, and blocked in front of Luoluo, Qixi hurriedly rushed up to take Luoluo away, and protected the three women and children.
Those few people rushed up together, Guo Fei was afraid of them, seeing that the person who pretended to have a stomachache before punched him, Guo Yan flashed to the side, grabbed his arm and pulled it back, and the person fell "oops" and ate.
The "lame" one in the back also pounced, Guo Yan flew up with a kick, hitting the knee, the one who stood unsteadily, took five or six steps back, sat on the ground with one butt, covered his legs for a long time and couldn't stand up, this time his legs were really lame.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Taoist priest was about to run, but Guo Yan simply didn't do anything and grabbed his wrist. Guo Yan's hands were like iron tongs, where did the Taoist priest break free, and with all his strength, he only heard a "poof", something in his sleeve was pinched and exploded, and a stream of water suddenly penetrated his clothes and flowed out along his cuffs.
Guo Yan grabbed his arm with one hand, and brushed his wet sleeve with the other, and sure enough, he saw a long sheep intestine hidden in the sleeve, wrapped around his arm, which was originally filled with water, which would leak clean.
Guo Yan said loudly: "Folks, you can see clearly, such tricks of Jianghu warlocks, hum!" As he spoke, he pulled the dragon's head from the Taoist priest's hand and threw it on the ground, "Phew, it's light, it's still a gold-plated wooden thing!" ”
When the old Taoist saw that he was exposed, he was immediately annoyed and angry, and shouted: "You Diao people, Diao people, will be punished!" Poor Dao wants to report to the official, to report to the official, ah-"
The sound behind him was naturally Guo Yan's hand with a force, pinching and dislocating his wrist.
Everyone understood the old trick, and those people were obviously in a group, so they all spat at those people.
At this time, I only heard the sound of horses' hooves, and I don't know who shouted "The officers and soldiers are coming", so the people who watched the excitement were coaxed to disperse, leaving only Guo Nianyun and his party, and the Taoist priests.
Guo Yan laughed and said: "The officers and soldiers came just in time, arrest you scum, punish them severely, and know something powerful!" ”