Chapter Twenty-Six: Incense and Mute Incense
Minghui thought about it and went to the courtyard next door.
Seeing Minghui, Wang Haiquan was stunned, and soon remembered who this was.
"You're not too late, are you?" Wang Haiquan is thirty-four or five years old, with a Chinese face, running around all the year round, dark skin, and two big dimples when he laughs.
"Uncle Haiquan." Minghui did not admit it, nor did she deny it.
Wang Haiquan didn't think much about it, turned around and went back to the house where he lived, took out a big oiled paper bag, and said with a smile: "This baked cake is very famous in Qingyuan, you take it back and give it to your girl as a snack." ”
Minghui smiled from ear to ear, Uncle Haiquan and Cui Niangzi gave birth to two sons, the two have always regretted not having a daughter, and they especially liked it when they saw the little girl, when they were young, every time Uncle Haiquan came back from outside, he would always try his best to bring some delicious and fun back.
She agreed crisply, and said, "Uncle Haiquan, the eldest lady asked me to bring you something." ”
"For me?" Wang Haiquan was surprised.
"Well, the eldest lady said, maybe you can use this thing outside."
Minghui lifted the blue cloth covering the basket, took out two jars the size of a baby's fist from it, she pushed one of the jars in front of Wang Haiquan, and said: "The black jar is requiem incense, if you just smell it, you can sleep for a stick of incense, if it is burned, you can sleep for at least three or four hours, and although this requiem incense is called incense, it actually has no taste, mixed with ordinary spices, even if it is a master, it is difficult to distinguish." ”
Wang Haiquan was dumbfounded when he heard this, Minghui lifted the wooden cork on the jar, and took out a small piece of paper from it, which was densely packed with the usage method in fly-headed small letters.
Wang Haiquan reacted at this time, took the small paper and read it twice, made sure he remembered it, and threw the small paper into the brazier and burned it to ashes.
Minghui pushed another jar in front of Wang Haiquan and said, "What is in this white jar is silent incense, and it can only be named, so Uncle Haiquan can guess one or two." ”
Wang Haiquan nodded hesitantly and asked, "Could it be that it can make people dumb?" ”
Minghui chuckled: "It's not that I'm dumb, it's just that people can't speak for the time being." ”
"Oh, for now? How long is it for now? Wang Haiquan has traveled south and north, and he has also seen tricks on the rivers and lakes, but no matter what, he can't connect these tricks with the eldest lady.
In his eyes, Minghui is still a child.
Minghui saw the confusion in Wang Haiquan's eyes, and said with a smile: "Twelve hours, but this also varies from person to person, young and strong people will have a relatively short time to silence, but it will be two or three hours at most." ”
Minghui opened the lid on the jar, and there was also a small piece of paper inside, she handed the small paper to Wang Haiquan, Wang Haiquan looked at it carefully, and threw the small paper into the brazier.
"Uncle Haiquan, you have written down the usage of these two incense sticks."
Wang Haiquan went through the words on the two slips of paper in his mind, and made sure he remembered them, so he nodded: "Remember...... Just, does this really work? ”
He knew that Wang Zhenren would make incense, occasionally make some, and give it to the pilgrims of Yunmengguan.
It's just that the two kinds of incense given by the eldest lady are obviously different from the incense made by Wang Zhenren, not like the one used in Buddhism and Taoism, nor like the literati and women, but like the medicine used by the people of the rivers and lakes.
It was not too late to pretend to be unhappy, and said angrily: "Uncle Haiquan, if you don't believe me, can't you trust the eldest lady?" ”
Wang Haiquan wanted to say that it was because it was given by the eldest lady that he didn't believe it.
One year, he returned to Yunmengguan, the eldest lady was only seven years old that year, pulled him to a place where no one was, and mysteriously handed him a black and hard pill, saying that this is a dragon bone pill made by Wang Zhenren, which can strengthen the body after eating, although he has never heard of this dragon bone pill, but the eldest lady's big eyes are clear, and people can't bear to refuse.
So he ate the dragon bone pill, and then, on the first day of the new year, he almost stayed in the latrine, and later learned that it was not a dragon bone pill at all, but an elixir refined by the old lady Ming.
Now that the old lady Ming has soared, when she left, she left the elixir for the eldest lady?
Wang Haiquan pondered these two jars of incense and dumb incense, even if it was really the elixir of the old lady Ming, it was nothing, at most it was just a few more times to run the toilet, besides, these were not for himself.
Minghui looked at Wang Haiquan's flickering eyes coldly, guessed that he must not believe it, untied the veil pinned to the placket, dipped it in the white jar, and suddenly raised it at the end of Wang Haiquan's nose, Wang Haiquan suddenly felt a fragrance coming to his face, he wanted to ask what was going on, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't make a sound......
Wang Haiquan opened his mouth wide and glared at Minghui in horror, Minghui forced a smile, put the oiled paper bag containing the baked cakes into the basket, and waved at Wang Haiquan: "Uncle Haiquan, goodbye." ”
When I got out of the house, I saw a young man walking in from outside the gate, and when he saw Minghui, the young man was stunned and a little embarrassed.
Minghui understood, this was the one who followed her two days ago and quietly escorted her home.
"Are you Wang Ping or Wang An?" Minghui asked.
The young man blushed and didn't dare to look at Minghui: "I'm Wang An." ”
Minghui knew that he was thinking that it was not too late, so he said, "Uncle Haiquan is not very comfortable, you can go in and take a look." ”
Hearing that his father was uncomfortable, Wang An hurriedly said, "Thank you for telling me." ”
After saying that, he rushed into the house.
That night, Minghui slept until midnight, and the familiar rustling sound sounded outside the window again, she rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked out the window, under the moonlight, the shadow of a cat was obliquely reflected on the window paper.
Minghui opened the window, the black cat jumped in, didn't wait for the light, the black cat put the things in his mouth in front of Minghui's pillow, Minghui reached out and touched it, it was cold, slender and long, this is a hosta.
"You're stealing again, you don't have to send something over, I'll raise the child for you." Minghui yawned, rolled over and continued to sleep.
The black cat jumped on the chair with a thick cushion on it, and the black cat adjusted to the most comfortable sleeping position, and soon fell asleep.
The next day, when the sky was bright, Minghui got up and saw the black cat sitting on the chair, waiting for breakfast, and then remembered the events of last night.
She looked at the pillow, and there was a hosta.
Minghui picked up the hosta, the more she looked at it, the more familiar it felt, she looked at the black cat, and then at the hosta, and suddenly remembered where she had seen this hosta.
The beautiful woman who came to Aunt Liu to ask for divination had an identical hosta inserted in her bun.
Could it be that the pair of masters and servants didn't leave, and they are still in Baoding Mansion?
She picked up the hosta and looked at it carefully, only to see a small seal engraved on one end of the hosta, Feng!