Chapter 58: Wax Pills
Almost half a year ago, Xi Yingzhen, who had had enough of visiting prostitution halls in Luoyang City, suddenly came to his disciple's house, and after living for half a month, he asked Shi Chong to go to Chang'an in person and find a family that has been a monk for generations, no matter how much money it costs, he has to buy a brocade box from their house. Because this matter is confidential, it is just a matter of asking Shi Chong to make a trip in person. It was agreed that after the things were in hand, Shi Chong would keep them, and on this day half a year later, Xi Yingzhen would come to pick them up in person. For this, he also specially instructed Shi Chong that he would pick up the things himself, and he could not give them to others privately.
Xi Yingzhen is such a fairy-like character, Shi Chong is unwilling to offend, not to mention that the two of them still have the title of master and apprentice. At that moment, Shi Chong rushed to Xuchang and saw the family surnamed Wang that Xi Yingzhen said. Different from other sects of monks who have been passed down from master to apprentice, this family has its own faction, and legend has it that during the period of King Wu's war, a priest who escaped from the palace of the king of Chaoge was exiled to the people, married a wife and had children, and passed on everything he had learned in his life to his children and grandchildren.
This monk's family's specialty was to look at feng shui and pray for blessings, and it was also very popular among the nations at that time. In the heyday, even the alliance between countries would invite the people of the Wang family to pray for blessings. There was once a period of time when the limelight of this family in the world even overshadowed the Fangshi, but when the first emperor unified the world, the good luck of this family seemed to run out suddenly, and after praying for Yan and Qi one after another, both countries were wiped out by Qin. It was originally caused by the general trend and the fortune of the country, but in the end it was said that the Wang family's methods were not working, and in the end it backfired and accelerated the demise of the two countries.
As soon as such rumors spread, it caused a lot of impact on the Wang family. Coupled with the fact that the Dao of the world is under the Fangshi sect, the Wang family is in a slump. Later, after more than a dozen separations, the side branches that were separated saw that they could not occupy any light in their own family, and finally simply stopped relying on public opinion and praying for blessings. What's more, he also changed his surname and drew a clear line with his family.
When Shi Chong arrived at the Wang family's main house, it was already in tatters. Except for the patriarch and a few older ones who are still dying, the rest of the younger ones go out to do odd jobs to take care of the family's daily expenses. Since the decline of the Han Dynasty, this big family has lost its business and lives on the help of juniors.
After Shi Chong entered the door, he didn't go straight to the point, but just said that he was a thorn in the distant land. I heard that the Wang family prayed for blessings from far and near civilization, so they made a detour to do a blessing ritual in order to make the journey smooth.
Hearing that there were still people who could remember their Wang family, the patriarch of this life, the old man in his seventies, almost cried. If it weren't for the fact that the family really couldn't open the pot, the old man wanted to give Shi Chong a big blessing for free. At that moment, the old patriarch called back all the people he could find in his family. According to the posture of friendship between the two countries of Qin and Jin for generations, there was a big blessing.
After praying for the blessing, the old patriarch meant that the Lord Thorn Shi gave him a little bit, but he didn't expect that the scene behind him was completely scared. When Shi Chong asked his subordinates to move baskets of money from the carriage and put them in front of the Wang clan. The old patriarch could hardly believe his eyes, and after a moment of deathly silence, the whole clan began to sob.
Looking at the hundred or so people in front of him who had never seen the world, Shi Chong thought that it would not be a problem to buy the brocade box this time. At that moment, he struck while the iron was hot and explained his intention to the patriarch, but what he didn't expect was that when the old patriarch, who was still in tears, heard that this Lord Thorn Shi was going to buy the brocade box, his face changed instantly. At the moment, the old patriarch ordered his own people to return all the money to the Stone Thorn History, and this time the blessing was given to the Stone Thorn History, and Shi Chong should not come back after he left.
At this time, the Wang clan exploded, and the younger generation didn't know that the bottom of the brocade box said that they would not let the money in hand be returned. The old man who knew the bottom of the brocade box didn't speak, and it was still the same sentence, the owner of the royal family had been poor and scared in recent years. Seeing that Huang Chengcheng's money making was beside him, his eyes were red, and he didn't care what the old patriarch said.
The old patriarch saw that he was the only one who was lonely, and he pretended to be deaf and dumb when he knew, and pretended to be crazy and stupid if he didn't know. In short, everyone except themselves should keep their money. At this time, Shi Chong released a big killing move. He ordered two large boxes to be brought down from another car.
In front of the whole clan, Shi Chong opened the two boxes, revealing the yellow and clear gold ingots inside. Originally, everyone's eyes were copper coins. Now after seeing Huang Chengcheng's gold, even the old patriarch himself felt his heart beat faster, and there was a feeling of not being able to breathe in his chest.
Seeing that the eyes of the Wang clan had already burst out of green light, even the patriarch who had bitten to death just now and did not sell the brocade box had his eyes on the gold at this time, and he couldn't pull it out. Seeing this, Shi Chongyou added a fire: "This time I went to Xuzhou to take up a post, and I didn't have much money with me, if I feel that these two phases of gold are not enough, we can continue to talk about it." But if you really don't want to cut your love, Shi doesn't force it, and the left and right just have nothing to do with this thing......"
When Shi Chong said this, the people of the Wang clan had already turned their attention to the patriarch of the family. There are two points of viciousness in the expectant eyes of these people, if the patriarch still doesn't know each other at this time, I'm afraid that he will be attacked by these juniors soon. At that time, the position of the patriarch will definitely be replaced, and whether he can save his life is still between two theories.
After thinking about it, the patriarch still compromised. The old man sighed, smiled bitterly at Shi Chong, and said, "Now everyone is poor and there are only pants left, and they all starve to death and can't keep the things left by their ancestors. Since everyone has decided not to keep that thing, they simply sell it for a good price, so that the clansmen can have no worries about food and clothing. Lord Shi, the two boxes of gold in the brocade box will not be sold. Would you like to see if you can add more? ”
In the blink of an eye, the old patriarch became a bargaining merchant. Shi Chong sneered in his heart: This is for you to see two boxes of gold, if it is just a big ingot of gold at the beginning, it will not take many gold ingots to leave with the brocade box in the end. But since you're willing to bargain, it's easy to do, there's nothing in the world that you can't afford to buy.
After some bargaining, Shi Chong and the old patriarch agreed to add two more boxes of gold. Shi Chong did enough to play a role, wrote a letter in front of these clansmen, and borrowed two boxes of gold from the local assassin. After the servant left with the book and pretended to be simple, Shi Chong began to ask the patriarch what was inside the brocade box.
Seeing that the matter was already halfway through, the patriarch personally took Shi Chong to the ancestral hall of the clan. In front of Lord Shi, he instructed the clansmen to dig up the ground of the ancestral hall. After digging a full foot and getting out of it, a large mud-sealed wine urn came out, and the patriarch commanded the clansmen to move the wine urn out. Then, under Shi Chong's own eyes, he smashed the wine urn and took out a package wrapped in oilcloth from it.
Inside the package was a brocade box, and after the patriarch personally handed the brocade box to Shi Chong, he said: "Let the lord smile, although our clan has guarded the brocade box for generations. But I just know that the brocade box is from the palace of the ancestor when King Wu was fighting...... Take it out. No one but the ancestor knew what was inside. When the ancestors returned to heaven, there were last words, and the brocade box could only be sealed underground. However, when the life and death of the family are at stake, it cannot be taken out. To tell the truth, our clansmen still have the blessing of Lord Shi, so we are fortunate to see this box......."
The old patriarch's words surprised Shi Chong, he couldn't think of what their big clan had hidden by themselves, and they didn't know what was inside. Anyway, this box is now considered his own, and Shi Chong is not polite at the moment, and sees a wax pill the size of a pigeon's egg inside. At that time, I only thought that this was some kind of elixir used by monks to practice the law, but I didn't expect that after taking it back, the wax pill inside would grow larger little by little, and finally it turned from a pigeon egg to the size of a duck egg.
After listening to Shi Chong's narration, a strange smile appeared on the face of the returnee. After the old guy picked up the wax pill and looked at it in his hand for a long time, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and immediately called his cheap son and put the wax pill on the hand of the second stunned man. The moment he received the wax pill, Bai Wuqiu's face was full of surprise, he looked at his 'biological father', and muttered: "The things inside are alive......"