Chapter 17: The Candle Journey (2)

"I'm going to tear your face or cut open your belly today, or you can choose one yourself, hehehehe......"

The long sword stabbed as fast as a shadow.

"Do you know what Min Yunwen said to me before he died? I won't tell you, you're going to kill me! ”

Chu Zhilan turned upside down, like a swimming snake.

"You're less like a person than I am."

The sword swung and saw only an afterimage. However, only Chu Zhilan knew that it was not fast enough, and it was far from fast enough.

Every word of Wei Yang's words was pierced in his heart, he was furious, and pounced on the enemy in front of him wholeheartedly, he knew that the other party was deliberately provoking him, but he was not afraid, he was already angry, why should he suppress it? The murderous intent suddenly became wanton in his heart, as long as he could kill the ghost hand Wei Yang at this moment, he was fearless.

"Are you Uncle Heshan's new apprentice? Really handsome. The woman in front of her pinched her face with her cool hands, the woman's hands were slender and white, but with thin calluses, not quite the same as her mother's delicate hands.

He pondered twice in his heart and called "sister". The sister's hearty laughter and the awkward cough of the master behind him made him realize that he seemed to have made something wrong.

In the crib behind the woman, a doll that seemed to have just been able to talk woke up and called out to her mother in a milky voice. The woman coaxed the doll to pick it up, and he realized that the doll was no longer young, probably old enough to walk. It can be seen that the woman in front of her dotes on her as much as the doll's mother.

"This is your little junior sister," the woman said to the female doll in her arms, "Zhiyuan, this is your new little junior brother!" ”

The little girl in her arms looked at herself with bright eyes, and after a while she struggled to break free from her mother's arms, she walked towards herself and stretched out two fleshy little hands, "Brother, hug." ”

The little girl in her arms was fleshy, and her eyes smiled happily into two crescents. With a "pop", the female doll left a row of shallow tooth marks on his face. He was so happy, this cute doll seemed to like him very much, so he also "poofed" on her face.

"Oh, our girl is a little pervert! I don't know who I followed, I usually ignore the girls and boys in the teaching pavilion, and suddenly a handsome guy crawls to others. The woman leaned on the master coquettishly, and the master, who had not smiled in front of her, blushed.

He put down the doll in his arms, took her hand, walked to the woman's side, and bowed respectfully, "Hello, teacher." The woman bent down, helped him up, pinched his face and said, "I see that you are related to the Yuan, and your master and I also like you very much, we want to adopt you as a righteous son, are you willing?" ”

A white object flew in the afterglow, Chu Zhilan didn't care, but Wei Yang was distracted, and while waving his hand to cut down the object, he was slashed into the throat by a sword. Wei Yang, who is called a ghost hand by the people of the rivers and lakes, failed to say a word before he died. No one knows where he is, and naturally no one knows his death.

Chu Zhilan, who gradually calmed down, looked at the pigeon that was not dead on the ground, still flapping its wings. He picked up the pigeon, took the letter, and threw it on the ground......

After reading the letter, Chu Zhilan raised the crumbs in his hand with the wind, and picked up the injured pigeon on the ground.

The wings on one side of the carrier pigeon were cut off, and Chu Zhilan spent a lot of effort to fix and bandage it. The human pigeon knew that it was the person in front of him who saved it, and rubbed it on Chu Zhilan's hand very affectionately, but what it didn't know was that it was not a person who saved it but a letter.

Chu Zhilan can't cry or laugh now, he really is a group of fools, he knows that Qing Yi must have been taken to the candle by Bai Tingyu's wife, and writing to him is nothing more than to lure him to go with him, Chu Yun's soft ears are also easy to coax. Anyway, he thought it was time to settle this old account.

He stroked the pigeon's little head and said, "Does your master know that he is a fool?" It was, it is, it always has been. ”

Chu Fengyu, who was far away in Fuqi Mountain, sneezed inexplicably, and she was still endlessly counting Bai Tingyu: "What the hell is no plan, you want to bring down King Li, you want to overturn the case for your brother, and then you told me that you didn't have a plan, let you think about it for a few days, now that so many days have passed, what about your plan?" What about the plan? How can I cooperate with you without a plan! ”

Bai Tingyu sat there peacefully, as if he was still enjoying it. As if he suddenly remembered something, he interrupted Chu Fengyu: "I suddenly remembered that my brother once complained to me that my sister-in-law's first kiss was not him, which made him sad for a long time, hey, sister-in-law, I'm curious, who did your first kiss go?" ”

Chu Fengyu stopped preaching and directly took out the long whip, she suddenly felt that physical education was better than verbal education.

"Did you hear that? Recently, King Li sent troops to Jicheng, and he planned to take advantage of the great prosperity to hold a side of the land, but he failed to do so. ”

"I heard that the king of Du Dao Li killed decisively, he is a rare genius of governing the country, Ning Guo was divided into that, when the internal and external troubles were in trouble, when I heard that the king of Li sent troops, I really thought that the century-old homeland could be taken back! But it is said that in less than half a day, King Li's soldiers were forced to withdraw. ”

"What a hundred years of homeland? The wives and ancestors all volunteered to divide the mountains and rule, and they went their own way. I don't think we should go to Jicheng, our two countries have been friends for a hundred years, thanks to peace so far, you look at whether it is our Fuqishan or the current Dasheng Jicheng, how frequent is the trade? It's really a fight, are you still in the business of medicinal herbs? Too much money and nowhere to go? ”

"That is, it is said to be for the homeland, who doesn't know that it is just an excuse for King Li's ambitions, if it weren't for the king's health not as good as before, he would never let him do such a reckless thing, I don't like King Li's approach, the king loves the people and everyone knows it, if he really fights, how can he let us ordinary city citizens deal with themselves!"

I slammed the cup on the table and shouted, "Boss, add another pot!" ”

As the teahouse owner responded, the people at the next table looked over, and the fat man who had been talking at me smiled at me and blushed a little embarrassedly. He said in a tentative tone: "The little boy is Ning...... The people of Dasheng? ”

I nodded, knowing that my face was not good. When he saw that I did not want to pay attention to him, he was silent.

The young man in purple beside him, the one who had just said "regain the hundred-year-old homeland", was very dissatisfied, and muttered in a low voice: "The people of Dasheng are really unreasonable, and they are difficult to get along with with coldly. ”

When I thought of the time I fled from Jicheng, the old woman with her dead relatives in her arms in her arms, and the disgusting bloody smell seemed to float in front of me.

"That's right, King Li was forced back in just half a day, do you know how many people died in Jicheng in that half a day? How much blood was shed? How many homes have been ruined? Do you know how much of the land on the banks of the North River has been dyed red by the trickle of green water? ”

I looked straight ahead and said these words calmly, I didn't want to see the man's face.

The fat man immediately came up to play a round game: "Oh, the little boy is not angry, we just heard the rumors from above, and they chattered about nothing, they are all ordinary people, who doesn't want to live a harmonious life?" Our Yunjiang King was the first to make friends with you Dasheng, everyone is angry and wealthy! ”

The teahouse owner came up with a new pot of tea, but was intercepted by the fat man, "Oh, Lao Wang, aren't you a bully?" The best candle wolf snake tea in your store is reluctant to take it out to entertain guests? Is it better to take this shoddy? Quickly change the pot. ”

I couldn't help but frown secretly, are people here so heavy-mouthed? Do you still use snakes for tea?

"No need, I've quenched my thirst, take my leave." I casually made a man's salute in Yunjiang, and rushed the pot of tea up and walked away.

The fat man's eyes and hands quickly blocked my way, I looked at him in surprise, and panicked in my heart, could it be that I missed something?

The fat man still smiled innocently, and made a proper salute, "Little boy, don't hurry to go, I see that the little boy has an extraordinary temperament, and he is quite expensive to wear, and he wants to come with a bit of a background, my surname is Xie, my family is a dyeing workshop, and you have business dealings with many cloth houses in Dasheng, I don't know if the little brother can enjoy a face, I invite you to drink tea, make a living outside, friends have many ways to go!" ”

It turned out that he wanted to make friends with me, so I thought about it for a moment and returned the salute in a proper manner.

Although I don't want to drink the tea made of snakes, I agree that my friends have a lot of ways to go, and I will see if I can take the opportunity to inquire about something.

I sat down at the table of the three of them, and although I was not happy, I still saluted the man in purple according to the rules, and of course, he was reluctant to return the salute.

The boss surnamed Xie personally poured a pot of tea for me with the new one. "I don't know what the little boy is doing when he comes to our Yunjiang Huai Candle? Traveling or doing business? ”

I glanced at the tea in the teacup, sniffed it gently, and didn't smell anything strange, but the tea was fragrant and smelled very good.

"Oh, it hasn't been introduced yet, this is our Yunjiang specialty, wolf snake tea, this tea tree tree is curved and thick, like the wolf snake we have here, hence the name."

I see, it scared me.

I took a sip and sure enough, it was a good tea. I complimented: "It's really delicious, I've never drunk such a good tea in Dasheng." ”

Boss Xie was very happy after hearing this, and his smile was even brighter. I continued: "My family has been in business for generations, and my father has not been able to do much in recent years, so I inherited the family business and practiced outside for a few years. ”

Boss Xie nodded very understandingly after hearing this, "I know, I know, I have also been in business abroad for many years, and when I am old, I want my son to grow up quickly and be able to stand alone one day." Oh, I don't know if the child's family business is ......? ”

"Just make some jade ornaments."

He looked at the jade crown above my head and said silently, "I see, that's how it is." ”

The jade crown I wore on my head was taken from a pawnshop outside the city, and I looked at it as good-looking, restrained but not precious. The pawnshop shopkeeper was not merciful, I said that I wanted to buy a gift for my father-in-law, and I was coquettish and pretended to be pitiful to make the profiteer feel a little relieved.

Although the money is not mine, I also have to save some money, otherwise I owe too much and it will be difficult to pay it back.

"Oh, by the way, Childe, speaking of wolf snakes, our specialty wolf snake wine boy must not have drunk it yet, let's go, uncle, I'll take you to taste it!"

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As soon as I entered the Zongren Pavilion, I was smoked by all kinds of strange medicinal smells. An elderly man saw me and asked, "Little boy, do you prescribe or take medicine?" ”

I approached him, knelt down without saying a word, and made a big salute. "I want to come to Zongren Pavilion to learn the art of medicine, and I hope the curator will be successful."

The old man was so frightened by my worship that he didn't say a word for a long time, so I hurriedly said: "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, the curator can make miscellaneous decoctions in the museum, start from the basics, don't need to be paid, just hope that the curator can take me in Zongrentang." ”

I talked with Boss Xie for a long time, and it was really not for nothing. Chatting and chatting, I intentionally or unintentionally showed that I was very interested in their royal anecdotes, but as a result, Boss Xie became more and more talking, and all the anecdotes and gossip were told to me. Of course, I'm not interested in the dispute between the princes of Yunjiang, I'm interested in hearing that King Min is seriously ill.

This is interesting, King Min is seriously ill, how big is it? I haven't left the house for more than a month. How did you get sick? Because the princess of the former dynasty disappeared on the road, and the fate was not yin, the king of mercy was very sad, so he was sick.

I actually think that Bai Tingyu is sick and neurotic. Grandma's, lying and pulling me as a cushion, shameless!

recalled Boss Xie's sentence: "It is said that Zongren Pavilion sends all kinds of medicinal materials to the Minwang Mansion every day and night, and goes to the Minwang Mansion three times a day to see the doctor and decoct the medicine. ”

Bai Tingyu is definitely not in the mansion, calling the illness a lie, and sending medicine may be a disguise, but in another way of thinking, what if it is indeed someone in the palace who needs medicine? Thinking of Xuan Qing saying that his father's posthumous son was in their hands, I had to have an extra heart: maybe the posthumous son was in the palace of King Min.

It's better for me to enter the Zongren Pavilion directly, and if I don't do it, I will have a chance to blend into the Mansion of King Min.

The old man in front of me looked at me tangled for a long time, and finally picked me up, and I smiled: "Is the teacher willing to accept students?" The old man's expression was distorted, and it took a long time before he gently spit out a sentence: "I don't accept female students." ”

I was stunned in place, and after many reasons, I didn't expect that this layer would be seen through the identity of a woman!

When I stayed where I was, still thinking about how to lobby this old antique, he said to himself: "Aunt, girl, don't be sad, I see that you are so sincere, and you say that you are willing to endure hardships, I, I am very happy, but, but our Zongren Pavilion has ancestral training, and does not accept women." ”

Don't accept women? But grandpa, your expression of regret and heartache is written on your face in vain!

I firmly grabbed his sleeve and forced out two tears. "Grandpa, I really want to learn, and I know you want to take me too, right? Women, I will go out to bask in the sun more in the future, tan a little more, work more in our pharmacy, exercise, eat more, and be strong, and never let others see that I am a woman! ”

I saw that he was still struggling with it, and decided to use my last killer move.

I cried and said, "Grandpa, I think you can also see it, I am from Dasheng, you listen to my voice, you have a unique eye, you can recognize me as a woman at a glance, but because of my voice, I have not been recognized by others so far." And this voice is because of the chaos in Ningguo a few years ago, my family was also affected, and I was victimized by traitors, and I became like this. ”

I wiped my tears and snot uncontrollably, "I was thinking, if I knew how to heal, would I be able to save my parents, my family, and my throat would not be what it is now." ”

The old man's face was full of distress, and he hurriedly said to me: "Oh, good woman, don't cry, don't cry, grandpa just promised you." ”

I wiped the tears and snot from my face and laughed.

"Grandpa, you're so nice."

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"If you don't have a foundation, let's start with the simplest medicine."

The old curator of the Zongren Pavilion pointed to the layers of chest drawers, and I opened a grid, and more than a dozen shriveled snake corpses were lying there quietly.

The old curator standing on the side suddenly walked over excitedly, picked up the head of one of the snake corpses, and slipped it in front of me, "Oh, good girl, I must introduce you to you, you must not have seen this, our Yunjiang specialty, wolf snake ......"

Well, in the past few days when I came to Huai Candle alone, I knew that Yunjiang not only specializes in wolves and snakes, but also specializes in enthusiastic salesmen.