Chapter 158: Avoid the limelight
"Willow Street has arrived."
"Here it is."
"Yes......"
The little eunuch took out the two food boxes.
The Taoist and the cat got out of the carriage.
"Thank you."
"Retire."
With the sound of a whip, the carriage sprang away again.
At this moment, it was already late at night, and by the starlight, barely making the way, the Taoist lifted two food boxes, and the cat stared at the door next door with curious eyes.
"Hasn't the woman slept yet?"
The Taoist asked next door.
"Didn't sleep~"
The cat replied.
"Didn't sleep."
An answer came from next door.
Then the door opened suddenly, and the woman who had just heard the sound of the carriage and had already been attached to the door frame to eavesdrop revealed her figure and stared at them: "Where did you come back?" Why did you still ride in the carriage? ”
"Has the woman eaten it?"
"Naturally, I ate it, it's been a few changes."
"Did you eat well?"
"Gruel pickles, it's okay." Wu Nuxia sniffed, "What are you carrying in your hand?" ”
"I went out to eat and cheekily packed some food and came back." Song You said and handed over the food box in his hand, "Please try it for the heroine, so that the heroine can return the mountain treasure a few days ago." ”
"Where did you pack?"
Wu Nuxia stretched out her hand to take it, although it was dark and she couldn't see clearly, but as soon as she started it, she felt that something was wrong.
This box is going to be worth a lot of money.
"The Imperial Palace."
"What?"
"Then I invited the heroine to taste the dishes eaten by the emperor."
"Come in and talk about it."
Wu Nuxia turned around and entered the house.
Blow the fire and light the oil lamp.
The light of the oil lamp quickly lit up.
Song You looked at the oil lamp and sniffed, and could smell the obvious smell of oil smoke in the room.
Looking at the ground again, there are many things like hemp rope, made of hay, very short, and smelling like the raw materials used to make grass incense. Thinking about it carefully, when I first entered Willow Street before, I faintly saw imperceptible lights on this side.
The woman must have been on the first floor, and was probably weaving the straw ropes with the lamp lit.
But you can also make it up during the day, and the reason why it's still making it up so late, lighting the lamp and burning the oil, if it's not for urgent use, it's because the neighbor hasn't returned for a long time, and he doesn't dare to sleep, so he waits while making it.
Hearing the sound of cars and horses outside, more than one, she quickly turned off the lights and leaned to the door to listen to the sound, and the vigilance of the people in the rivers and lakes was fully displayed.
The Taoist retracted his gaze, and the woman stared at the food box.
"What's the use of these straw ropes woven by a woman?"
"Aren't you using the arquebus?"
"I haven't used it."
"And what do you use to repel mosquitoes?"
"There are no mosquitoes in the temple."
"There are no mosquitoes in the mountains?"
"No."
"That's really a fairy place."
"So it's mosquito repellent."
"Yes, summer is coming, there are more and more mosquitoes, and this thing will not come when the mosquitoes are ignited. Be careful, don't burn down the house. Wu Nuxia said, looking up and down the food box, and saw that its surface was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the light of the oil lamp, revealing a delicate purple-red luster, and her eyes gradually widened, "Oh, sandalwood rosewood." ”
"Heroine recognizes?"
"I've been in Changjing for so long, do you think I'm so unknowledgeable?"
"Absolutely not."
"Are you really going to the palace?"
"Don't dare to tell a lie."
"How did you get into the palace?"
Wu Nuxia stared at him with a pair of curious eyes.
If it hadn't been for the eunuch and palace maid who sent him back just now, I'm afraid that he would have stolen it from the palace using Taoism.
"Because I have two ancestors in Fulongguan and the royal family of Dayan, this time Your Majesty heard about me and the Taiwei Mansion, and specially came to invite. It just so happened that in the lower reaches of the world, I also wanted to see the demeanor of the world's power centers and emperors, so I went on a trip to increase my knowledge. "The Taoist is very honest," the banquet thought that the woman had been curious about what the emperor ate every day, so he cheekily asked His Majesty to agree, and brought back a few dishes that he thought tasted better or suited to the taste of the woman after eating. ”
"It turns out that you can still have a relationship with the royal family, no wonder you are so bold."
"Almost."
"Okay......"
Wu Nuxia thought about it, and she was not surprised.
Emperor Dayan likes to make friends with cultivators, and it is normal to know that a master with a relationship and Taoism is in Changjing, so it is normal to go to the palace for a night talk.
"One or two red sandalwood and one or two gold, your box, since those eunuchs and palace maids didn't bring it back just now, they will definitely not come to you again in the future, sell it, and you don't have to worry about money after that."
"It's still going to be worried."
"I heard that the emperor is as majestic as a god, and ordinary people will tremble when they look at him, is it true?"
"Fake."
"What does he look like?"
"It's just an old man."
"Ouch, it smells good......"
"It's all prepared dishes, not leftovers."
"The Taoist has a heart."
Wu Nuxia had already opened the food box, brought out a plate of dishes, and took out chopsticks from the house.
A moment later, the two sat across the lamp.
One enjoys the food, the other speaks.
"The matter of Taiwei seems to be over, but there are many rumors about this matter among the people of Changjing, and I am afraid that there will be a period of unrest after that."
"yes."
Wu Nuxia was unclear, the food was brought from the palace, it was the temperature of the mouth, she ate very quickly, and said: "I have heard rumors outside two days ago, and the people have rumored that inside, although it is said that Taiwei died of eating the poisonous longevity pill, some people say that he was scared to death by a Taoist." The punishment housekeeper and the yain are also this Taoist, and he also said that this Taoist brought a three-flowered cat with him, and at that time, the Taiwei Mansion asked this Taoist and the three-flowered cat to remove the rats, and they will soon be able to find you here. ”
After a pause:
"If you change to an ordinary Taoist, I'm afraid you will be happy, and the business will definitely be very good after that, no matter how high the price is, there will be people coming, but you, I guess you feel uneasy."
"I decided to temporarily remove the shop sign of 'exorcism and subjugation of demons', and go outside the city to take refuge."
"Oh, what's that? It's delicious! ”
"I don't know, it looks like venison and chicken are made together, fried and steamed."
"Does the emperor eat so delicious every day?"
"Not really."
"Where do you go to avoid the limelight?"
"When I was in Yidu, I often went out to visit the famous mountain palace and the masters outside the city in Xiadu, and now I have been in Changjing for so long, and it is getting hotter and hotter, and it is becoming more and more difficult to travel, but in addition to going out of the city to see the apricot blossoms and catching a few demons, I have not gone out of the city to visit." Song You said with a smile, "Just go out and look for it." ”
"Where to look? Who to look for? What is a high person? ”
Wu Nuxia asked three times in a row, and after asking, she lowered her head and ate violently.
At the banquet in the palace today, talking about the mysterious and immortal places in the world, Song You asked the national teacher Changjing who were famous and strange.
The national teacher first said a few flattering words, and then said that Changjing knew that there were four masters, and they might be worthy of the title of masters in front of the descendants of Fulongguan.
One is the late river girl of Hexian Tower, a piano art is superb, can cause the wonders of heaven and earth, rain on sunny days, snow in summer, such a miracle, think that even the descendants of Fulongguan will be amazed.
One is a painter who only came to the city last winter, and he is the descendant of the Dou family back then, although he does not have the Dou family's psychic skills, but it is also extraordinary, maybe Song You will be interested.
One is a miracle doctor outside the city, who heard that he has the ability to flesh and bones of the living dead, and is also good at cutting flesh and bones, craniotomy and caesarean to cure diseases, which can be regarded as a miracle skill. Many princes and nobles in the city invited him to treat his illness, including the emperor who was at the same table, he was invited to come to the palace to treat the emperor and queen, but no matter how high his net worth was, he was often not found, but the poor people in various places often met him to go out for free treatment, which is enough to show that he is kind-hearted.
The world worships him as a god and descends to earth.
Maybe he can really be a god after death.
One is the snake fairy outside the city, it is the snake fairy sealed by Emperor Taizu back then, practicing in the mountains three hundred miles outside the city, it is rumored that there is a real dragon style, often do some good deeds, but the world to find, and he can't be found.
It is said that the divine doctor also has some friendship with the snake fairy, maybe not friendship, but something else, the divine doctor goes to the mountains to collect medicine, occasionally dangerous, the snake fairy is grateful for his merits, often blessed.
The national teacher also said that most of the snake immortals have an old relationship with the ancestors of Fulongguan.
The first two Song You have already seen it, and only the last two are left, which can be found.
"I heard that out of the city to the north, there is a miracle doctor, medical skills are often frightening, but very clever, and the conduct is even more noble, I want to find it and see it."
"Divine Doctor Cai?"
"The heroine knows, too."
“……”
Wu Nuxia frowned.
Song You stared at her and waited for her to finish eating.
Fortunately, Wu Nuxia is a woman in the rivers and lakes, with a free and easy temperament, an ordinary woman, I am afraid that she will not be able to eat it if she is stared at like this.
I saw her chew it, chew it, swallow the things in her mouth, and then said: "Doctor Cai lives on the Beiqin Mountain more than 100 miles north of the city, but he is not at home all the year round, and the Beiqin Mountain Road is difficult to find. ”
"Why did the woman go to find Doctor Cai?"
"I'm looking for him."
"That's ......"
Song You nodded, didn't ask much, only asked again: "Then why is Beiqin Mountain in chaos recently?" ”
"It's not about you yet."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Although the matter of the Taiwei Mansion is very chaotic among the people, and the government has also ordered it to be sealed, it can't hide it from us." Wu Nuxia said, "I heard that on the day of Taiwei's death, just before he died, he asked the servant to spread out the paper and bring the ink for painting, as if he wanted to paint, which is easy to remind the Jianghu people of the descendants of the Dou family who had been looking hard before but suddenly disappeared in Changjing." But then again, someone should have found out that Master Dou was hiding in the Taiwei Mansion and sneaked in to investigate, otherwise your cat wouldn't have seen a tiger chasing someone on the street in the middle of the night some time ago. ”
"Master Dou fled to Beiqin Mountain?"
"Some say they saw him over there." Wu Nuxia said, "So it's very chaotic over there now, there are not only martial artists raised by high-ranking officials and nobles, but also good players from the big faction of the rivers and lakes, and there may be some people like Na Shu Yifan who have little reputation but good skills, as well as some miscellaneous fish, in short, there are mixed fish and dragons, I estimate that even if Doctor Cai is at home in the near future, he will have to go out to avoid the limelight." ”
"I see."
"Are you still going?"
"I'm going."
Song You said with a smile.
"Yes." Wu Nuxia nodded, "Anyway, you're idle, and you have to go out of the city anyway." ”
"If you can't find Doctor Cai, go north again, go to the depths of Beiqin Mountain, and find the legendary snake fairy. I heard that he may have a relationship with my ancestor. It's good to visit the seniors. ”
"Very good."
Wu Nuxia smashed it in her mouth, lowered her eyes, thought for a moment, and suddenly said:
"I'll take you."
"Huh?"
"As it happens, I'll go to him again. I hope you, the immortal master in the mouth of the people, can give me some luck. Finding him this time will be a great help to me. ”
"Then thank you Woman."
"Hiccup......
"The woman eats slowly, and she is saying goodbye."
"Thank you for your meal, too."
"You're ......"
Song You took the cat and went out to walk back to his house.
(End of chapter)