When Xia Sheng walked out of the gate of the White Horse Temple, the rain had stopped, and the air smelled of cool earth, like a new world that had just been washed away by the rain.

Xia Sheng saw Xu Tiezhu standing outside the door at a glance, and he was very satisfied.

"It's good that you didn't leave. ”

Because Xia Sheng changed his clothes, Xu Tiezhu didn't recognize it at the first time, and when he heard this familiar voice, he raised his head in a daze, and looked at Xia Sheng without saying anything.

"Thank you. ”

Xia Sheng raised his eyebrows in some surprise and asked, "Thank me for what?"

Xu Tiezhu stretched out his hand and scratched his head, as if he had made a lot of determination, before he took out a heavy silver ingot from his arms.

"Soon after you entered, a little monk from the White Horse Temple asked me some questions, and then gave me a hundred taels of silver, although I don't know why, but I want to have something to do with you. Xu Tiezhu's expression looked sincere.

Xia Sheng didn't feel much surprised by the White Horse Temple's move, what he really didn't expect was Xu Tiezhu's honesty.

From a certain point of view, this also proves that his vision is not wrong.

"Then you're waiting for me here just to say thank you to me?"

"Yes. ”

"You're short on money?"

This time, Xu Tiezhu hesitated slightly, and finally nodded: "Yes." ”

Xia Sheng smiled lightly: "It seems that you forgot one thing." ”

Looking at the bright smile on Xia Sheng's face, Xu Tiezhu felt goosebumps all over his body, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva fiercely, trying to straighten his back more, but found that no matter how strong his physique was, he would always be as small as a young grass in front of this young man.

Immediately after, he heard the second half of Xia Sheng's words.

"You have already visited the teacher just now, so now you are my student, in that case, then how can you still be poor?"

Hearing this, Xu Tiezhu's neck immediately turned red, and he said, "That's not counted, how can I recognize you as a teacher......

Xia Sheng waved his hand impatiently and interrupted him: "Okay, let's do this first, let's talk about your affairs later, and go to the Weining Marquis Mansion with Weishi first." ”

Xu Tiezhu was stunned, then put his head like a rattle, and said: "No, I have to rush home immediately, I made an appointment with Doctor Xue to see my mother today, but I can't delay the time." ”

Hearing this, Xia Sheng frowned without a trace.

Before this, he had already guessed that Xu Tiezhu's family must have some special circumstances, otherwise, with such a strong body as him, even if he did some hard work or something, he could support himself, where would he be reduced to begging at the door of the temple?

Now Xia Sheng knows that there is a seriously ill old lady in Xu Tiezhu's house.

After a little hesitation, Xia Sheng finally gave up his plan to return to the Weining Marquis Mansion immediately, and instead prepared to go to Xu Tiezhu's house to have a look, and he could also learn about the situation in this apprentice's house by the way.

"It stands to reason that after accepting an apprentice, the master should always give some meeting gifts, but now there are no good things on the master, so it's better to give your mother a look. ”

Xu Tiezhu was stunned when he heard Xia Sheng's words, and it took a long time for his mind to turn around, and he said suspiciously: "Will you cure the disease?"

Xia Sheng suddenly raised the oil-paper umbrella angrily, knocked it Xu Tiezhu's head, and said, "Call Mr."

Xu Tiezhu grinned and held his head and hummed for a long time, his face was full of grievances, but he was not angry at all, because he was a person who knew how to be grateful.

Not to mention anything else, just saying that the one hundred taels of silver given to him by the White Horse Temple were enough for him to buy the best medicine for his mother and hire the best doctor, and all this was thanks to this young man who looked thin and a whole head shorter than himself.

As long as Xia Sheng doesn't ask him to return the silver, let alone knock on his head, even if he really gives him an apprentice for a few days, what's the big deal?

Xu Tiezhu, who had figured all this, covered his head at the moment and shouted in a low voice: "Sir." ”

Xia Sheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, okay, it's useless to talk to you more, the time to be a teacher is very precious, let's go." ”

Xu Tiezhu learned to be obedient this time, and he no longer questioned the medical skills of this "cheap master", so he simply led the way in a muffled voice.

It's a pity that this beautiful silence was quickly broken by Xia Sheng.

"Is there anyone else in the family besides your mother?"

"It's gone. ”

"How long has your mother been sick?"

"It's been more than two years. ”

"Then what do you do on weekdays besides taking care of your mother at home?"

"Apprenticeship in a blacksmith shop outside the city. ”

......

With this mechanical and monotonous question and answer, Xia Sheng finally knew a lot more about Xu Tiezhu, but Xu Tiezhu was suffering, just like a group of mosquitoes in his ears that couldn't be driven away, almost blowing up his brain.

Fortunately, the two soon came to a large complex of buildings in the west of the city, compared to the high-rise golden tiles that can be seen everywhere in Luoyang City, it seems a lot shabby and crowded, just like a golden palace, a small corner full of cobwebs suddenly appeared, full of dust and mud.

But at least in Xia Sheng's view, although the streets here are narrow, they are very clean, and the houses on both sides look shabby and old, but there is a sense of historical heaviness.

Xia Sheng's footsteps were not slow, like a traveler visiting historic sites, but when he passed by a certain restaurant, he couldn't help but pause, and suddenly felt that this place was very familiar, and there were many strangers.

He immediately recognized it, wasn't this the place where Emperor Taizu Zhao Shide ordered the construction of Taoguang Pavilion?

How did it become like this?

When Fu passed by a chaotic vegetable market, Xia Sheng recognized that this was once the mansion where Dazai and Xiang Hongxiang lived, and when they saw each other today, they had completely changed their appearance.

Xia Sheng had countless questions in his heart, and followed Xu Tiezhu through the winding alleys, as if he had entered an incomparably huge labyrinth.

After a stick of incense, Xu Tiezhu finally stopped and said to Xia Sheng: "It's here...... Mr. ”

Xia Sheng nodded, followed Xu Tiezhu into a small house in the depths of the alley, to his surprise, when Xu Tiezhu pushed the door open, Xia Sheng actually saw a small courtyard inside!

Although the yard is small, there are some vegetables and flowers planted, full of greenery, and there is a room on each side, which does not look as shabby as Xia Sheng imagined, but has the feeling of a big door.

Even in the west of the city, where the land price is the cheapest, such a room can be worth thousands of taels of silver!

In this regard, Xia Sheng didn't ask much, and slowly followed Xu Tiezhu to the front of the main house, this time, before he pushed the door open, he already smelled a strong smell of medicine.

So Xia Sheng's brows immediately wrinkled into a pimple.

"Dali, I remember what kind of Divine Doctor Xue you mentioned before, your mother's illness has always been shown by him, and the medicine is also prescribed by him?"

Xu Tiezhu nodded and replied truthfully: "Of course, Doctor Xue can be the most famous doctor in the west of our city, although the consultation fee is a little expensive, but as long as it is a patient he has seen, there is nothing that cannot be better!"

Xia Sheng raised his eyebrows in some surprise: "Such a god?"

"That's not it!" It seemed that Xu Tiezhu was very convinced of Divine Doctor Xue's ability, and continued: "Moreover, Divine Doctor Xue is not an ordinary person, but a genuine spiritual master!"

"Oh......?

At this time, Xia Sheng didn't have time to ask Xu Tiezhu more about the Xue Divine Doctor, when he suddenly heard a light cough from behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw a middle-aged man in brocade clothes standing outside the door.

This person is about forty years old, with a big belly, a little bald, a light chin, a look of impatience on his face, and his eyes habitually carry some contempt, followed by eleven or twelve servants, and the pomp is not small.

It is the Xue Divine Doctor in Xu Tiezhu's mouth, Xue Gui.