Unexpectedly, the old man was unusually calm, he bent down, and said while helping the old lady up: "Old lady, please get up, the child's illness is nothing, I promise that the medicine will be cured." ”

After hearing this, the old lady couldn't help but be overjoyed, her desperate godless eyes suddenly glowed, and she hurriedly ordered her subordinates to pour tea and snacks for the old man who asked for food.

The old man nodded in thanks, then walked to the bed gently, looked at Li Yuanwai's son, who was already in a semi-comatose state, didn't say anything, didn't go up to feel the pulse or anything like that, just took out a crumpled book from his arms and handed it to Li Yuanwai.

Li Yuanwai looked at the old man with a surprised face, not understanding what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

"Master, you take this book, sit on the edge of the child's bed and read it aloud, and the rest of the room is quiet."

Li Yuanwai looked at the old man's determined gaze and expression, so he didn't ask anything, took the worn-out book, opened it and read a few pages, this book is very strange, not poetry, not Fu, not article, but all medicine names!

Li Yuanwai glanced at the old man suspiciously, this time, the old man just nodded in his chest, and said with encouragement in his eyes: "Please pause every time you read the name of a medicine." Li Yuanwai no longer hesitated, so he picked up the book and read it aloud: "Clove, star anise, ginseng, wild ginseng, red ginseng, raw and dried ginseng, ginseng leaves, catechu, nine mile incense, nine spice insects, sword beans, notoginseng."

The strange thing is that every time he finishes reading the name of the medicine, he can hear a "beep" sound from Li Yuanwai's son's stomach, as if he is responding and provoking. Every time you pronounce the name of a medicine, it's the same. Without one exception, everyone in the room, including Li Yuanwai, was very surprised. I can't figure out what's in the child's belly, but it still seems to be a living thing.

Li Yuanwai glanced at the old man, and saw that he looked calm and didn't understand his voice, so he had to continue reading: "Sanleng, ginger, dry ginger, dry lacquer, civil and wood incense......"

Every time Li Yuanwai recites the name of a medicine, he still makes a "beep" sound in the child's stomach.

Li Yuanwai still continued to read: "Soil fritillary, soil vitex bark, soil poria, soil turtle insect, thunder pill", suddenly, when Li Yuanwai read "thunder pill", the "beep" sound, suddenly did not appear again, Li Yuanwai was afraid that he heard it wrong, and hurriedly said loudly again: "Thunder pill". That "beep" really didn't appear!

Li Yuanwai felt a little strange, every time he recited the name of a medicine, the "beep" sound would sound, why was there no beep when he only read the "tired pill" medicine!

Just when he wanted to continue, the old man standing next to him suddenly waved his hand and said, "Okay, master, it's okay, let someone go to the pharmacy, grab a few tired pills and come back to give it to the son." ”

When the medicine was poured down, the old man stripped Li Yuanwai's son's clothes naked, and then let him lie naked on the bed, and all the people in the room watched Li Yuanwai's son's reaction. No one can figure out what this old man is doing, and suddenly, something strange happened from the asshole of Li Yuanwai's son, and a worm slowly drilled out! The worm should have a head and a "face" the size of a little thumb, and the "face" had clear eyes, nose and mouth, although these organs were soft and collapsed, but they could still be easily distinguished. Then came out a snake-like, snow-white body!

Several of the servants in the house, frightened and shouting "Oh my God", rushed out, and outside the courtyard they were all pale, panting, and frightened, and two others threw up, one of whom peed his pants.

Fortunately, Mrs. Li didn't see clearly because of her age and bad eyes, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. Li Yuanwai is well-informed and has never seen any scenes, but when he saw the scene in front of him, he was also so frightened that he fell from the chair to the ground. I was stunned for a moment before I came to my senses a little.

The calmest man in the room, of course, was the old man, who still calmly and calmly took out a small clay pot the size of a palm, pinched the worm, put it inside, and then closed the lid tightly.

At this time, I saw Li Yuanwai's son, suddenly vomited, and spit out all the smelly green water, he vomited and cried, as if he couldn't breathe, the old lady hurriedly ran over, beat her grandson's back, and shouted loudly in distress: "My hard-working child, are you better, are you still uncomfortable, do you want to drink water?" ”

The servants also came into the house, sweeping the floor, pouring water, and being busy.

Looking at the child again, he vomited for a while, and his face gradually became rosy. Soon, it was completely restored to normal, and shouted hunger vigorously, Li Yuanwai, Mrs. Li, and the people all turned their worries into joy, especially Mrs. Li, when she saw that her grandson had turned into safety, she danced happily, and she simply didn't know how to kneel in front of the Buddha statue and kowtow a few times, and then kneel down to the old man who asked for food, and then ordered to reward everyone with money.

Of course, Li Yuanwai was also very happy in his heart, but in addition to being happy, he vaguely felt that this old man had an extraordinary background and was by no means a beggar who asked for food.

Mrs. Li ordered someone to take 500 taels of silver to reward the old man, but the old man resolutely refused, and said that he was just a servant at the Li family, and told Mrs. Li what happened in the restaurant. After hearing this, Mrs. Li sighed deeply, as if she was muttering to herself, and as if she was saying to the old man: "I have said a long time ago, good deeds are rewarded, it seems that my son is still doing the right thing, but, no matter what you do, since you have cured my grandson's illness, you are the benefactor of our family, what else to fight, what to see, and what to look at, depending on your age, and I are about the same, they are all over the age, so if you don't dislike it, just live in my house, and let my son have an elder."

After hearing this, the old man hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Thank you, old lady, my old bones are okay, and I can't be idle, I can do what I can."

When Li Yuanwai and the old man were about to withdraw, Li Yuanwai's son had completely recovered to normal, and after eating, he and a few servants had a happy play. The family's hanging hearts were all let go. Mrs. Li repeatedly told her son that if she wanted to treat the old man like her benefactor, of course Li Yuanwai said yes again and again.

When he came out of Mrs. Li's house, Li Yuanwai realized that it was already sunset, and in the lonely and lofty atmosphere of autumn clouds and light winds, the afterglow of the sunset was even warmer and refreshing, which made people's spirits lift.

And what happened on this day was as bizarre and twisted as a dream. Li Yuanwai pinched himself hard, it hurt very much, it was indeed not a dream. Look at the old man next to him, for some reason, he has a sense of joy in his heart, just when he was most desperate and painful, he met this old man, and as soon as this old man appeared, he brought him great luck and pulled his dying son from the line of death. This old man with an extraordinary background must be his nobleman.

Because there are already many people in his own family, they have become the eyes and ears of the Zhang family and the foreigner, so it is inconvenient for him to talk to the old man more, so he just took the old man and walked quickly to his own study.

Li Yuanwai's study was built in the middle of a lake in this big house, which was dozens of acres in size, and only the middle part was a "small island" made of stones and earth, and the house was built on this small island, and the house was connected to the shore only by a regular wooden plank road.

Anyone who understands architecture knows that one of the biggest benefits of building a house in this way is that it can ensure privacy and security. Because on the wide water, it is almost impossible for someone to get close to the house without being detected. The Forbidden City is so large, but there is not a single tree, just to prevent someone from hiding in the tree and launching a sneak attack. And the more trees, the more space that can be hidden, and the more difficult it is to defend against sneak attacks, so there is no tree, and in a wide area, the difficulty of defending against being secretly calculated will be much smaller.

This lake also has the advantage of being used to extinguish fires, because the houses at that time were all wooden structures, and the biggest threat to the house was fire, and the water in the lake was the biggest nemesis of fire.

In addition, the old man also found that the water in the lake is very distinctive, and the water in the lake is not a "dead water" that does not flow, because if you look closely at the water surface, you can see that the water is flowing, and the water can flow, which means that the lake must be connected to the river outside, so what is the benefit? In case someone attacks from the wooden plank road on the shore, he can quickly use a boat to escape from the lake to the river outside, and the old man carefully observed, sure enough, there is a wooden boat, hidden on the lake covered with lotus leaves.

This house is so wonderfully designed that there must be a peerless guide from a master.

In addition, from the perspective of feng shui, both mountains and water have a hidden effect on people, so the legendary immortals are either on the fairy island on the sea or high in the forest, so it is not easy to be explored and discovered.

There is a category of people in the world who are born with a sensitive "mind-reading ability", and in English, there is a special word called "mind-reader", which is used to refer specifically to people with this kind of ability. And the longer a person stays in the crowd, the easier it is for these mind readers to spy on their inner thoughts, and those who live in the mountains or isolated islands all the year round, because of the shade of mountains and water and the influence of the breath of mountains and rivers, their consciousness does not need to be spied on. Those who have lived in the mountains or on isolated islands for a long time can smell the special "human smell" of people when they first approach the crowd.

Therefore, such a house surrounded by water can also effectively shield those who read minds, or those who have the ability to predict, from prying eyes in their consciousness. Zihong and Li Yuanwai were in this house, and they repeatedly had secret meetings, cheated on them, and made plans to deal with foreigners and Zhang's family, etc., but they were not discovered by the Jews, and it was for this reason that he should have been aware of it with the Jews' foreknowledge ability, but it was the special location of this house that made the Jews feel the most vague about Zihong and Li Yuanwai's psychological activities. As for the rest of the people around him, when the Jews "observed" their hearts, it was very clear, but this Zihong and Li Yuanwai's psychology, the Jews always felt as if they were separated by a thick fog, and no matter how hard he tried to perceive them, it was in vain. The only people who can enter this study are Li Yuanwai himself, Zihong, and an old servant who is Li Yuanwai's most confidant, and if he often goes in and out of this house, he can be affected by the special feng shui of this house, so not only will his mental activities not be spied on by the Jews when he is in the house, but even if he leaves the room for a period of time, that special influence still works.