Chapter 4: Cold Poison
These only sixteen words made Lin Fengjin's meaning very clear, that is, at this time, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was still quite strong, and it was not appropriate to act rashly. In Lin Fengjin's opinion, if it is just two countries competing for power, it is natural that they should not be indecisive at this time, but the five countries are fighting each other, and it is difficult to say what kind of response Xirong and Dongxia will make once the Northern Qi Dynasty makes a move.
In such a situation, it is the wisest choice to maintain the vitality of the force, just like when it is not to the stud, to reveal part of their hole cards, unless it has overwhelming strength, it is really unwise.
After Lin Fengjin wrote these sixteen words, he sighed with relief, and then felt slightly tired, so he stood up and took out something from the Sumeru mustard seed ring, which was about the size of a snuffbox, and it looked like it should be covered with a glass-like hat, and there was a cold and tired bead in it, which kept floating and sinking in this pot, and there was always a layer of blurry mist floating around him as if ink was in the water, and it would jump out from time to time and turn a few times like harassment.
This thing is a good thing that Lin Fengjin worked so hard to get his hands on in the belt of birth and death, the soul of Qingmei sniffing, no matter how Lin Fengjin appeased him, or coerced and tempted. This one is like a stone in a latrine, and there is no response.
According to Shi Nu's speculation, there are two possibilities, the first possibility is that this thing is not willing to communicate with the outside world at all at this time,
But think about it, the resentment caused by such a tragic encounter, and after hundreds of years of pouring, I believe that it has long been ingrained as if Mount Tai is unshakable, this kind of resentment has been poured out on the body of Qingmei Sniff for hundreds of years, but now even Qingmei Sniff's own body is broken, just like after years of struggle suddenly lost its goal, it is really at a loss.
There is also a big possibility. This green plum sniffing soul has fallen directly into a state of dying of decay, and there is no way to communicate with it at all!
This is also a matter of course, the soul and the artifact body are inseparable, if the human soul does not have a supporting body, then there is only the fate of decay, and it is rare to be able to exist independently.
In the same way, Qingmei's smelling soul sucked away the second primordial god that had been bred, and then after the explosion, he frantically vented out the resentment that had accumulated for hundreds of years. In the end, the body of the green plum sniff was destroyed. This kind of behavior is not much different from looking for death in the first place.
Therefore, at this time, the pot soaked in the soul of the green plum olfactory was a liquid that Lin Fengjin had carefully prepared to nourish the soul after asking Shi Nu, and the price of this thing was also quite amazing, such a small pot was several thousand taels of silver, and more importantly, once there was turbidity, it meant that the medicinal effect had been completely lost. I can't use it anymore, I have to replace it with a new one.
According to Shi Nu, this thing is used to nourish ordinary instrument souls, and it can last for at least a month. But when it was used on the body of the Qingmei olfactory soul, it couldn't last for three days, and this speed was also terrifying.
More fortunately, according to Shi Nu. This recipe is handed down from ancient times, and the two medicines "bezoar" and "sheep stone" were extremely rare in ancient times, but now they are precious. But it can still be bought, this is obviously because horses and sheep are raised by humans on a large scale, and the number can be said to be ten times, a hundred times that of ancient times, otherwise, even if Lin Fengjin is rich, he really doesn't want to use this secret recipe for a long time.
According to Shi Nu, no matter how serious the injury of the Qingmei olfactory soul is, it will be able to recover after nourishing it for a month, and then it will be the best time to communicate with it.
In the days that Lin Fengjin came back, he never saw Fu Min'er and Sister Zuo, and the reason was very simple, Fu Min'er's aunt came back.
This is a woman with a very strong aura, belonging to Wang Xifeng's shrewd and capable pungency, she was originally married, but recently her husband returned to Beijing, so she simply lived back to her parents' house. After hearing about Fu Min'er's incident, her face turned pale with anger, saying that how could a girl be so reserved and show up and restrain Fu Min'er to death, of course, she also promised to find a way to let Fu Min'er succeed in the position and defeat Zuo Ya's strong rival, which calmed Fu Min'er.
But because of the funeral at home, my grandmother unfortunately left, so she went out for the funeral and didn't come back.
At this time, Lin Fengjin suddenly saw the small jar next to the package, he couldn't help but be a little curious, and then took it and opened it to take a look, and his face suddenly became solemn:
It turns out that the contents of this small jar are a jar of snake-seeking wine. And the snake that was soaked in it was none other than the superb snake that Lin Fengjin caught himself.
The crux of the matter is that this superb snake is in Qin Qu's hands!!
Like Lu Yu, who is already a king, usually every thing he does will have his own deep meaning in it, so it is said that in the past dynasties to be able to sit in the position of a high-ranking official, "figuring out the intention" is almost a necessary skill, and the prerequisite for being an official is to be a man.
Obviously, since this jar of wine was sent to Lin Fengjin's hands, the first message that Lu Yu wanted to convey was that Qin Qu had been bought by Northern Qi.
This is actually a very normal thing, Qin Qu is completely playing with fire, and in order to keep his position, he does not hesitate to provoke the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Black Gutu. Don't look at the fact that the two sides are fighting in full swing at this time, and it is difficult to separate, but the political thing follows interests, and it is not surprising that anything happens. Then once the two sides have a tendency to negotiate peace, a pair of calibers, Qin Qu's hands and feet in the middle are likely to be exposed.
Therefore, it is reasonable for Qin to find a way back for himself. He estimated that he also found out Lin Fengjin's identity, it may be that the secret spy of Northern Qi took the initiative to contact him, and it may be that Qin took the initiative to contact Northern Qi, these are not important, the important thing is that Qin needs a back road, and Northern Qi is even more willing to plant a nail in Zhongtang, and the two sides hit it off
Next, Lin Fengjin also understood the hidden meaning of beating behind Lu Yu, that is, I understand everything your kid did, don't think of me as a faint king in the deep palace. This kind of king's beating of his courtiers is often ubiquitous, and Lin Feng is careful to hide Lu Yu's affairs, and he doesn't care. I haven't fucking joined the office yet, and if I do, I'm not selling myself, so I have to have a little bit of my own privacy.
After getting the snake wine, Lin Feng was still quite happy, because he was worried that he didn't bring any gifts from outside, so he immediately took this thing to Donglin Academy, snake wine is a holy product for treating rheumatism, and there are a lot of old men and old ladies in Donglin Academy, old arms and legs are the most prone to problems, Lin Feng Jin took this thing to offer treasure. It's exactly what it likes.
In the past few days, Lin Fengjin has not gone out in order to avoid suspicion, and it is rare to go out to ride a horse and gallop at this time, but he feels that the air is so fresh, especially after coming to the vicinity of the academy, he saw that the green pine trees are becoming more and more energetic in the snow, and the evergreen leaves are also more vibrant in the snow, and then breathe the cold air deep into the lungs, and then exhale a long white breath, which really makes people feel more and more energetic.
After entering the academy. Lin Fengjin found that there were more and more scholars walking on the road of the study building, and they all looked like bees that had been alarmed by their nests, and vaguely felt that something was going to happen.
You know, what kind of place is Donglin Academy? The suppression of the heavens, the depth of knowledge, and the calmness of the ocean, can make the scholars in the academy appear in this state. Something big must have happened. Lin Fengjin was forced to dismount at this time, leading the horse along the flow of people for more than a mile, and when he saw the flow of people in front of him, it suddenly accumulated as if the river was blocked. Apparently something big is up ahead.
After continuing to walk forward for a while, Lin Fengjin found that the front is the dancing flower stream in the "Eight Scenes" in the Donglin Academy, the two banks of this stream are widely planted pear blossoms, in the spring of each year, the pear blossoms fall into the stream, with the clear stream water seems to be dancing, so there is a dance flower.
At this time, in the middle of this dancing flower stream, there was a person standing, this person was handsome and extraordinary, tall, and at first glance it seemed to be standing on the water, but if you looked closely, you found that he was stepping on a branch under his feet, and he was playing something in white clothes all over his body, and he was playing something with a green flute, and there were several women with good figures by the river.
Lin Feng thought it was a commonplace "My Fair Lady, Good Gentleman", shook his head and was about to leave, but suddenly found that the white robe of the man floating on the water had deer patterns, and his heart suddenly moved: Could this be a person from Bailu Academy?
Immediately afterwards, I saw an acquaintance among the women on the shore, but it was Zuo Yarong, Zuo Yarong's cousin, and this time she patted her mount's butt and let it go away on its own.
And Lin Fengjin directly lined up everyone and walked to the shore to see what was going on. After getting closer, Lin Fengjin vaguely heard the sound of the flute, which can be said to be lingering and compassionate, very sad and whimpering, and extremely sad. Lin Fengjin frowned, and glanced at the girls opposite, all of whom looked like they had tears in their eyes.
This kind of emotional entanglement between men and women is a headache for his parents, and Lin Fengjin, an outsider, of course, will not interfere with anything recklessly. Lin Fengjin turned around and squeezed out of the crowd, then refound his mount and continued to walk inside. This time, he Xirong and his party have become a lot darker and thinner, and they are dressed casually, so no one recognized Lin Fengjin along the way, which can be regarded as saving countless troubles.
Then Lin Fengjin went directly to Mr. Yangming's residence, and after asking, he learned that Mr. Yangming and Wang Xunzhi were not there, but it was because Zhu Xi, the mountain chief of Bailu Academy, observed the sky at night and found a vision, and after communicating with Dong Zhongshu, he specially came to Donglin Academy to discuss major matters, no wonder there are children of Bailu Academy here.
Zhu Xi told the truth, at this time the prestige is also extremely high, especially in the past two years, Lin Fengjin hyped Lu Jiuyuan and Wang Yangming is also very high-profile, making their reputation thriving, so it gave Zhu Xi and others enlightenment, as the saying goes, one know, all knows, after Lin Fengjin pointed out the way, this old fritter is not inferior.
Lin Feng was busy with official business, and Zhu Xi's recent reputation can be said to have skyrocketed, and he has come to the top, and some people have even named him "Zhu Zi".
Don't underestimate this title, at that time, this was equivalent to the highest honor of the Nobel Prize, and there were only a few people in the past dynasties who could be added in this way. It can be said that there are only a handful: Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Zhuangzi, look at who these people are! If Zhu Xi succeeds, then it is Zhu Zi, and the ancient sages are juxtaposed.
Because Zhu Xi's current prestige has a tendency to come from behind, and this time he came to talk about the world's common people and the turmoil of life, and there are also many great Confucians and Confucians who came with Zhu Xi. Therefore, Donglin Academy did not dare to slack off, and solemnly came to receive it with the highest standard. This is the reason why Lin Fengjin felt that as soon as he entered the academy, he felt that there were some "one stone stirring up a thousand waves".
But this time Lin Fengjin came to Mr. Yangming, but for Wang Chengwu's mother, Wang Xunzhi's wife Wang Hu's family, in the early years, the Wang family has always been poor, so Wang Hu not only has to wash the clothes of the whole family, but also has to rely on the riverside "Huanyi" to make money to make a living, every day.
It was fine to do laundry in the summer. In the winter, she suffered a great sin, and her more than ten years of life in Huanyi left a very painful baptism on her hands. At this time, although the Wang family's situation improved, she didn't need to go to the laundry to subsidize the house, but every winter. was deeply distressed, his hands were so swollen that he couldn't look like it, not only Wang Xunzhi was very sorry for his old wife, but even Mr. Yang Ming felt a lot of debt to this daughter-in-law.
Therefore. Lin Fengjin had already written down this matter, and when he caught the snake that day, the first person he thought of was his wife. Now that he has this altar of snake-seeking medicinal wine, he must have rushed over as soon as possible, Wang Chengwu was also very surprised when he heard Lin Fengjin say this, and Lin Fengjin was completely the same as his nephew in the Wang family, plus Wang Hu's age and even Lin Fengjin's grandmother was almost suitable, so the two of them went directly into the inner hall to meet Wang Hu.
At this time, it had only snowed not long ago, and Wang Hu's hands and joints were all painful, and the knuckles were red, swollen and even shiny, and they looked swollen like carrots.
Seeing Lin Fengjin and Wang Chengwu coming in, Wang Hu was a little surprised, but he didn't care, and talked with Lin Fengjin with a smile, only then did he know that he had brought a special medicine from outside to treat her hands.
But in fact, Wang Hu already had little hope for his hand. Because after the Wang family has improved over the years, the money spent on these hands, the doctors who have hired don't know how many, and the medicine they have taken is hundreds of stickers, and after a few years of tossing, Wang Hu's heart has long since died, but one is a son and the other is a proud disciple, and they can't refute their face, so the dead horse should be regarded as a live horse doctor.
Lin Fengjin had already inquired about the use of snake-seeking medicinal wine before he came, and he must not enter the mouth, he will die if he enters it, and secondly, the patient must be in good health and have a thick foundation, otherwise, it is easy to have an accident.
That's because the treatment principle of snake-seeking medicine and wine is to fight poison with poison, and the snake venom of snake-seeking is domineering and masculine, which is a positive toxin, while the root of rheumatism is a cold poison, which is caused by a long time, and the cause is caused by the influence of cold and evil qi.
Therefore, the two can be said to be completely incompatible, and once they meet, they will naturally attack each other frantically and assimilate each other, and at this time, they will use the patient's body as the main battlefield. When a large amount of cold air meets hot air, it will form a violent wind and thunder, and this confrontation in the human body can be imagined.
Fortunately, after Lin Fengjin checked his pulse, he found that in addition to suffering from rheumatism, Wang Hu's family really did not have any serious illness, plus the situation of the Wang family has improved recently, and the disciples are filial piety and have many offerings, so they usually eat all kinds of supplements or something, so they can use medicine. However, in order to avoid any accidents, he still took out a high-grade ginseng plant, slice it and let Wang Hu hold it in his mouth, so that the essence of ginseng will flow into his body with saliva, and nourish the deficient body.
After the preparations were done, he asked Wang Hushi to soak his hands in hot water for a while, wash them and then stretch them out, at this time Lin Feng took a look, only to find that his condition was indeed quite serious, the ten fingers were not only red and swollen at the joints, but also felt that the bones around the joints were obviously swollen to the touch, and there was a slight "creaking" friction sound when moving, and it was also covered with chilblains, and there were bright red cracks on the skin, which was shocking to look at.
At this time, Lin Fengjin tied one of Wang Hu's hands tightly with a belt, in this way, because the blood circulation was obstructed, the swelling of this single hand felt even stronger, Lin Fengjin then wiped Wang Hu's with a kind of ointment, after this ointment was smeared, suddenly this hand felt hot at first, and then it was indescribably hot, as if it was roasted by fire.
At this time, Wang Hu's hand is obviously distinguished by the appearance of the area, after touching it with the fingertips, it was immediately found that some parts are cold, some parts are hot, and the cool parts are the parts of chilblains, and it is also particularly itchy, take the silver needle and prick it in the most itchy place, there will be blood gushing out, and at this time, with the gushing of blood, it is obvious that Wang Hushi has a particularly comfortable feeling, and the blood flowing out is also dark red, and it quickly coagulates.
When the chilblains on both hands were bled one by one, at this time, and then loosen the strap that bound her arms, Lin Feng asked Wang Chengwu to apply ointment, and rubbed her hands hard, and she could feel a hot feeling invade the skin, making her feel extra comfortable.
This kind of cold and dampness disease, it can be said that the symptoms will be weakened during the day, but at night it is aggravated very strictly, because the day is yang, and the night is yin, so Wang Hu has been tortured by the disease for many nights and almost did not sleep well.
At this time, there was a sudden sound outside, and the two looked up, but it was no one else, but Wang Xunzhi had returned, and the next person had already passed it on, so Lin Fengjin and Wang Chengwu wanted to stand up and say hello, Wang Xunzhi also waved his hand with a solemn face, looked at his wife who was rarely asleep, sighed and said:
"I owe it to her. ”
Then I saw the small jar brought by Lin Fengjin again, opened it and looked at it, and his face suddenly changed:
"Is this a snake hunt?"
Lin Fengjin nodded with a smile and said:
"Yes, a friend finally finished making this thing and sent it to me. ”
Wang Xunzhi knew that his wife was suffering deeply from the rheumatism virus, so he was naturally looking for a good doctor, how could he not know about the snake medicine and wine? After a while, he gasped and said:
"This snake is so heavy in the body, no wonder it is rumored that the middle one is hopeless? It's just that this anger is stimulated by the wine, and the more I feel the restless masculinity inside, which is really strange. It's just that, Feng Jin, such a violent poison, your wife may not be able to bear it. ”
Lin Feng said confidently:
"The method of using the snake seeking medicinal wine is very different from the rest of the medicinal wines, sir, if you are not sure, how dare the disciple rashly use it on the master's wife? If there is any mistake, wouldn't it be a great crime? Besides, the rope saws the wood is broken, and the water drips through the stones, the illness of the master and mother is not an urgent disease, but a stubborn disease formed by the cold air that has invaded the body for many years and decades, if there is no fierce medicine, how can you dispel this cold poison that penetrates deep into the bone marrow?"
Wang Xunzhi heard that Lin Fengjin said that his head was right, so he bowed his head slightly and let him do it. At this time, Lin Fengjin took out a brass-colored small tripod from the side, and then carefully poured about half a cup of snake-seeking medicinal wine into it, then mixed it with five bowls of water, and then started to make a fire in the small ding, using high-grade beast charcoal, as long as it is ignited, then the temperature is very stable. (To be continued......)