Chapter 13 Drink a bowl of wonton soup
Legend has it that the original origin of the Heart-Eater-Soul-Destroying Soup was not for the use of martial artists, but for the first emperor Yingzheng to ensure that he could sing every night in the Afang Palace, and the special court pharmacists and immortal masters jointly prepared it.
It is said that this heart-devouring soul-destroying soup is a mixture of hundreds of methods of blood and qi nourishment in the ancient medical scriptures and the immortal books of Penglai Island, and countless death row prisoners are used as medicine people to test, and I don't know how many people have died, and then gradually have a more stable medicinal effect.
With the passage of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Soul Eater Soup was once used in the chaos of the times, and at that time there were dozens of secret recipes for the Soul Eater Soup, most of which were either of very little effect, or would die violently within a day or two of drinking, so it didn't take long for the warlords to list as a banned or fake medicine and gradually die out.
The heart-devouring soup of the Chen Palace's secret is the founding emperor Chen Baxian personally ordered the palace medicine craftsmen to collect the classics and remix the trial, and the effect is huge, just one cup can make the soldiers in the camp soar in a short period of time, and they are invincible.
At that time, the general of the Sui Dynasty, Han Baohu, had encountered 500 Chen soldiers who had drunk the heart-devouring soul soup on the way to cross the river to destroy Chen, and for a time 20,000 people could not withstand the ferocious attack of the 500 people, if it were not for the later lord Chen Shubao took the initiative to order no more resistance, Chen State may not fall in a short time.
However, good things in the world often have a price, although the side effects of the Heart-Eater-Soul-Destroying Soup will not appear in a short period of time, after the research of the pharmacists of the Chen Kingdom's court, the Heart-Eater-Soul-Destroying Soup will still cause irreversible damage to the internal organs and veins, and there is a risk of reducing lifespan if consumed for a long time.
Most of the subjects studied by the pharmacists of the court of Chen Guo were royal family members who would drink half a cup a day, who would have thought that one day someone would drink two jars of medicinal soup in front of the wine jar.
In front of everyone's eyes, Xu Wei could only watch Dongnu drink the second altar of inviting the god wine, just like the name of the invitation god wine, after drinking this wine, it will be like inviting the gods to the upper body of no one can stop it, Dongnu, who couldn't stand still, actually jumped up with a "bang" again, and punched Xu Wei away.
But before Lu Min could shout in surprise, Dong Nu's behavior came to an abrupt end, only to see him fall to the ground with his knees weak, and the entire Moon Tower seemed to shake, Xu Wei hurriedly stepped forward to catch Dong Nu's huge body leaning forward, at this time, under Dong Nu's red hair and eyebrows, eyes, ears, and nose began to bleed.
Dong Nu's huge head drooped on Xu Wei's shoulder, and suddenly he seemed to remember something again, and bit Xu Wei's arm hard, if it was as usual, even if he didn't drink the divine wine, with Dong Nu's bite force, this bite could at least tear Xu Wei's flesh and skin to show the white bones, but now Dong Nu's muscles and bones have been de-strengthened, and he can only barely bite out some shallow marks in one bite.
"Someone save him!" Xu Wei stood in place and shouted to the spectators in the Moon Tower, but where would there be any response, except for the lively sighs, the only thing left was the chatting after the carnival dispersed.
Xu Wei raised his head and went to find Lu Min in the flower hall on the first floor, but he had already disappeared......
Xu Wei...... Is it? Dong Nu suddenly opened his mouth and startled Xu Wei.
"It's me, Dongnu, are you okay?" Xu Wei bowed his head and said with concern.
"Your ...... Hurt, I'm sorry. Dongnu's eyes gradually lit up with the starlight he had when he was a child, "I don't know...... It's you ......."
"It's okay, Dongnu, you lie here and wait for me, I'll go find Langzhong for you." Xu Wei saw that Dongnu was still breathing, so he was so anxious that he hurriedly wanted to walk aisle.
But Dong Nu didn't know where to get the strength, grabbed Xu Wei and shook his head, and the corners of his mouth with a big scar rose slightly: "It's late...... See you...... It's a pleasure. β
After saying that, Dong Nu's eyes were gone, and his head hung quietly on Xu Wei's body and he lost his breath.
"How so?" Xu Wei looked at the clear first quarter moon in the sky, he couldn't shed tears, because he had already shed too much in the Saibei battlefield, Xu Wei never understood why a good person who did his duty had to suffer this, everything should not have become like this.
Xu Wei thought about the scene of trekking through mountains and rivers with Chen Dongdong when he was a child, enduring hardships and playing, looking down at Chen Dongdong's honest and harmless face and the scars of different lengths and sizes on his body, he didn't dare to imagine what Chen Dongdong had suffered over the years, because once he had this thought, he was heartbroken, and the entire Moon Tower, even Lu Min, who was obedient to Chen Dongdong, did not treat Chen Dongdong as a person.
A Taoist robe jumped down from the third floor, and landed lightly beside Xu Wei, like a piece of paper with almost no movement, Xu Wei turned his head to look at the man in the Taoist robe, this person has a childish face, narrow eyes, and a face like an evil dragon stained with fairy energy, and smiled at Xu Wei: "Long time no see, Xu Wei." β
Xu Wei turned his head, his serious and sad expression did not stretch, "You are not dead, then Chen Wenao must not be dead, right?" Chen Dongdong only listened to Chen Wenao's words, why did it fall into Lu Min's hands now? β
"Let's go, Xu Wei, we will take care of Chen Dongdong's corpse." The young man in the Taoist robe looked up at the third floor.
Xu Wei followed the Taoist's line of sight, and there were two girls on the third floor looking at him, a woman was as lively and delicate as a spring flower waving to Xu Wei to say hello, and a woman with her arms crossed on her chest, looking at Xu Wei more and more arrogantly.
"You can't trust me, do you still believe in Xiaochan and Liu Yan?" The young man in the Taoist robe looked at Xu Wei and said with a smile: "They also like Chen Dongdong as much as you do." β
"Then why is Chen Dongdong here?" Xu Wei gritted his teeth and asked again.
"Do you still need to ask? On that day, the Sui army surrounded and suppressed our escape camp, how many people died, how did the lord who fled for his life survive, how did a few of us teenagers survive, no one can take care of it, do you still have to take care of a beast who can only eat but can't do any bloody things? The young man in the Taoist robe looked at Chen Dongdong, who was devastated on the ground, and comforted himself: "At least we all survived that year." β
"You are the beast Zhao Yan, look at Chen Dongdong's full of injuries, you know that he doesn't like to kill the most." Xu Wei's mind gradually calmed down and said, "If you really want to dump him, it should be okay to send a farmer family casually, so how much did Lu Min give you?" β
Zhao Yan didn't take Xu Wei's words, but just strode to Xu Wei's side, and took over Chen Dongdong in Xu Wei's hands very naturally. "It has nothing to do with you, let's go quickly, the bloody disaster on your face has not dissipated, and it won't hurt you to leave here early."
Xu Wei didn't know how he would hand over Chen Dongdong's body to Zhao Yan, and when he reacted, Zhao Yan had already placed Chen Dongdong flat on the ground, maybe Zhao Yan had learned some strange arts, or maybe because he had never missed his fortune telling since he was a child, Xu Wei subconsciously accepted all of Zhao Yan's instructions.
"Don't worry, Xu Wei, you should know that I can feel the pain of all living creatures, if Chen Dongdong is still saved, I won't touch him, I can't bear the pain on his body." Zhao Yan looked at Chen Dongdong, and there seemed to be a sense of guilt in his eyes.
Zhao Yan pasted a few charms on Chen Dongdong's body, chanted words in his mouth for a while, and looked up halfway to see that Xu Wei was still reluctant to leave for a long time, and persuaded in a deep voice: "Let's go, do you want to follow me back to see the lord here?" It's a pity that the lord has already recruited the new twelve retainers, and your name of 'Royal Dog' has been abolished, not to mention that looking at your face, you have long lost the appearance of a loyal dog like your father, and now even if you are killed in front of us, we will not care, you are no longer our family. β
"What is Chen Wenao's purpose in rebuilding the system of twelve retainers after the old Emperor Chen?" Xu Wei was injured internally, coughed twice and insisted on asking.
Zhao Yan didn't give Xu Wei an answer, just stood up and began to pray beside Chen Dongdong with strange steps.
Contrary to Xu Wei's title of "Royal Dog" when he was a child, Zhao Yan's title among the twelve retainers was "Tenglong", which was the most mysterious and bizarre existence among the new twelve retainers selected by Chen Wenao, the widow of Chen State.
Therefore, Zhao Yan's face prediction has never been missed, since he said that Xu Wei's bloody disaster is not over, Xu Wei also has to believe that after all, there are so many vicious people in the Lu family, and this war has made them lose face with both people and money, I am afraid that they will not let him go easily.
Thinking of this, Xu Wei sighed secretly, and before leaving, he asked Zhao Yan, "Are you all living in the Divine Capital City now?" Who else survived? β
"No need to ask, if you can live today, he will have his own destiny tomorrow." After that, Zhao Yan no longer ignored Xu Wei's half a sentence, and continued to do the law as if no one was around, although today's competition in the Moon Tower has all ended, there are still many diners in the building, and everyone looks at Zhao Yan's treacherous sacrificial dance steps, and they all lose their minds.
Xu Wei's breathing gradually slowed down, and when he walked slowly, the rest rooms on both sides had been locked, and only a faint night fire and a few thugs were left in the corridor.
Xu Wei, whose body temperature plummeted after the competition, couldn't find his original clothes, so he could only cheekily ask the thug who had spoken to him before for civilian clothes, thinking that he would be rejected or even ridiculed, but unexpectedly, the thug actually gave one, or a better texture of the padded coat.
The two didn't have much verbal intersection, but Xu Wei heard the thug whisper when he was changing clothes: "The one who was stoned to death by Dong Nu in the opposite tunnel at the beginning today is also my brother, everything has a cause and effect, Xu Gongzi take care." β
Xu Wei walked out of the Moon Tower slowly in this way, the night was getting deeper, if it was in the Stone City, most of the markets had already closed, but the small market of the Moon Tower in the suburbs was still hot.
The small market of Mochizuki Tower is on the side of the restaurant, and there are many expensive shops such as silk cloth shops and fat powder shops on a slate paved road, as well as many street stalls.
Xu Wei knew that he was always coming, and he couldn't go far with his heavy body, so he went into the lively small market alone, chose an inconspicuous wonton stall, asked the old man in the stall for a bowl of thin-skinned small wontons, and specially asked him to add a spoonful of expensive pepper.
Just as Xu Wei picked up the bowl and was about to take a sip to taste the deliciousness of the hot mouth, two people sat down on Xu Wei's table. A person sat opposite Xu Wei in a horse fast official uniform, he was holding a pair of dark four-edged swords that were about the same length as a short sword, and they looked not light, each edge looked quite sharp, it was the burly yellow-faced man who was not afraid of Lu Min's eyes in the Moon Tower and cheered loudly for Xu Wei.
Xu Wei saw that this yellow-faced horse fast man was quite handsome, like King Kong in the temple, looking dignified and talented, put down the wonton bowl in his hand and reminded: "The two officials should change seats, I'm afraid you have to be hard enough to sit in my seat." β
"Yes, Brother Qin, why don't we change our stalls." Another man dressed as a horse sat on the side of the two of them, and was persuading his comrades to say, "I just listened to the words of others, this person has been targeted by the Lu family's thugs, why bother with this business?" β
"I know, Fan Hu." The yellow-faced horse quickly comforted his colleague and said, "But this brother has such martial arts at a young age, and I, Qin, admire him very much, and I really ...... if I want to watch him being victimized by traitors I can't see it. β
Can't see it? Xu Wei looked at the yellow-faced Ma Kuai, who seemed to have made up his mind to take care of his own affairs, and showed a puzzled expression, "Just because I can't see it, my brother will save him with his life?" β
"When the road is uneven, draw a sword to help, I am afraid there is no better reason in this world than not being able to see it." The yellow-faced horse quickly and steadily took over the wonton stall and the old man trembled and brought the wontons out of the pot.
Another horse named Fan Hu almost lost his breath after hearing the words of his yellow-faced comrade, and he didn't have the heart to look at the bowl of wontons on the table again, and covered his face with his hand and said helplessly: "I knew that I would have taken the first step." β
While the three of them were talking, the sound of "stomping and stepping" and arrogant footsteps came from the side, and the people who were enjoying the lively moonlit night in the small concentration of Mochizuki Tower and the businessmen who did business were so frightened that they hid to the side, and the old man at the wonton stall was no exception, and quickly hid behind the wonton cart with his head in his hands.
Xu Wei laughed, he felt that the yellow-faced horse in front of him and his comrades were extremely interesting, so funny that he only thought it was funny but couldn't understand it.
The yellow-faced horse laughed quickly, he was bold by nature, he loved to do things that were pleasant, and helping him because he couldn't see it was the most enjoyable thing for him.
Ma Kuai, named Fan Hu, also smiled, since he worked with the yellow-faced Ma Kuai team leader next to him, he didn't know how many times he regretted not writing his last words earlier, even so he could laugh and follow this Ma Kuai team leader who was more naΓ―ve than himself to hang around.
About 30 thugs stood in front of the inconspicuous wonton stall with bright knives and axes in their hands, and the black pressure was like a flock of crows hovering under the moon.
Xu Wei picked up the wonton bowl on the table with both hands and said to the two: "Jiankang County, Jiangzhou, Xu Wei." Then he took a sip of the belt soup and drank the wontons in the bowl clean.
Fan Hu sighed, and also picked up the bowl and said to Xu Wei: "Licheng County, Qizhou, Fan Hu." In the same gulp, I drank up the hot ravioli with almost no filling in the bowl.
The yellow-faced man was in a good mood, picked up the bowl and smiled at Xu Weihao: "Licheng County, Qizhou, Qin Qiong." β