Section 20 Golden Scaled Pufferfish
After Zhang Rui waited for her daughter to leave, she found two servants who went with her and asked her carefully. Both of them said that they were far away at that time, and they couldn't hear what Shang Rang and Zhang Hui said. Zhang Rui said: "Knowing the daughter Mo Ru's father, the old man must not let his only daughter make friends with bandits!"
Zhang Hui only learned the news two days later, and Sun Tianshou took advantage of the time to return the waist card to deceive the trust of Hong Lan, the captain of the Yue cavalry of the other army, and earned Chishadu, beheaded Hong Lan, and threw his body in the Yellow River. Zhang Hui knew that this matter was inseparable from his father, sighed, and said gloomily: "I still let the general trust me, so the two armies can make peace and stop the war." But I broke my trust in him and beheaded his generals, and I am afraid that he and I will never see each other again in the future!" Since then, she has rarely asked about the political affairs of Song Prefecture.
It is said that Lu Shengyan injured Yue Shengyan that day and returned to the camp with Gongsun Mao and Liu Yu. In the middle of the night, the army set out for camp. Lu Shengyan's mind was all on Gongsun Mao, and she wanted to find a doctor for him to treat his illness, so she took Liu Yu to leave the army and travel alone. The three of them only roughly followed the vicinity of the large army, but did not enter the barracks.
Lu Shengyan carried the unconscious Gongsun Mao on her back, holding Liu Yu's veins in her hands, and she didn't drink water or eat on the road. From time to time, he looked at Liu Yu viciously, thinking in his heart that if Gongsun Mao died, how to torture this little ghost in order to relieve his hatred.
The two passed by a noodle stall, and Liu Yu said, "Aunt Lu." Lu Shengyan thought: "This little devil has a sweet mouth, I guess he is hungry and wants to eat, I want to starve him and gluttony him." Liu Yu said: "If you don't eat or drink like this, and you still carry Uncle Gongsun on your back, you won't be able to persevere." Lu Shengyan said: "Okay, listen to you, I'll eat." "I picked a table and sat down, and all I needed was a bowl of noodles.
When the guy served the noodles, Lu Shengyan opened his mouth to eat, squinting at Liu Yu. She sucked the noodles and praised them repeatedly: "This noodles are so delicious, and the soup is also beautiful!" and thought to herself: "This little ghost must be hungry and hungry, and I want to eat it very much." But what is his suffering compared to Brother Mao's injury, and he will definitely be told to suffer more in the future, and then kill him to avenge Brother Mao!"
Unbeknownst to her, Liu Yu looked at her noodle bowl, kept swallowing and saliva, but never begged for food. After Lu Shengyan finished eating it herself, she fed Gongsun Mao to drink noodle soup. Gongsun Mao didn't know anything, only a little noodle soup went into his throat, but most of it flowed down the corners of his mouth and neck to the ground. Lu Shengyan was in an irritable mood, got up and picked up Gongsun Mao, and pulled Liu Yu to leave.
The guy at the noodle stall chased after him and said, "Guest officer, you haven't paid the noodle money yet." Lu Shengyan reached into her arms and touched the copper coin, but it was empty. It turned out that she was thinking about Gongsun Mao's injury along the way, and her mind was in a trance, and her purse was left in the camp without it. When he was in a dilemma, Liu Yutu took out a handful of copper coins from his arms, handed it to the man, and said, "A total of twelve texts, I will give it." ”
Lu Shengyan was stunned for a moment and said, "What, do you want you to have a treat?" Liu Yu smiled and said: "You don't have money, I have money, why don't I invite you to eat a bowl of noodles." Lu Shengyan thought: "I, Lu Shengyan, have always refused to accept favors from others when I drink and eat, not to mention that you are still my enemy." She stretched out her hand and snatched out a handful of copper coins from Liu Yu's arms, threw it to the noodle stall guy, and said, "Another bowl of noodles for this dog to eat!"
After Liu Yu finished eating noodles, the three of them continued on the road, Lu Shengyan said: "Boy, don't think that if you invite me to eat a bowl of noodles, I will spare you, I will still kill you!" Liu Yu said: "I know." The two walked side by side, walking dozens of feet, Lu Shengyan took out a short dagger from his waist and said, "This dagger is very sharp, do you like it or not." I gave it to you as a funeral, which is considered to be a return to your favor. He pulled out the dagger and deliberately shook it in front of Liu Yu a few times.
Liu Yu saw that the handle of the dagger was a crimson chestnut wood, with the word "Lu" engraved on it, but the style was the same as that given to him by Yue Shengsi. So he took out the short dagger that Yue Sheng sighed to him from his arms and said, "I don't want it, I have it too." Lu Shengyan snatched the dagger from Liu Yu's hand, gritted her teeth with hatred, and said, "Okay, he even gave you this!"
It turned out that these two daggers were made by Lu Shengyan and Yue Shengyan when they were young, when they were both practicing martial arts in the master's sect, and in her opinion, they were no different from love tokens. Whenever she thought of Yue Shengsi, she took out this dagger and rubbed it. When she saw that Yue Sheng had given the short dagger to outsiders, she couldn't help but feel angry, and thought, "Okay, it seems that you really don't take me to heart for a long time!" I regret that the kick that kicked Yue Shengsigh down earlier was too light.
She thought about it again: "Brother Mao has already been injured like this, and I am still angry with Yue Sheng's sigh, isn't this just as Brother Mao said before, I still can't forget Yue Sheng's sigh." No, my people are Brother Mao's, and my heart is also Brother Mao's, so I must not be half-hearted and make Brother Mao sad. ”
Thinking of this, she forcibly stuffed the two daggers to Liu Yu, and said, "If you want it, you have to ask for it, if you don't want it, I have to pay it off anyway." Then he threw chestnuts on Liu Yu's head, beating him to the point that his nose was blue and his face was swollen, but along the way, he was no longer hungry for his food.
Every night falls, Lu Shengyan settles Gongsun Mao in the inn, and points Liu Yu's legs to prevent him from escaping, and orders him to serve Gongsun Mao on the side to drink water and wipe his body. She herself went out at night, and when she came back, she brought a variety of things. All kinds of gold and silver jewelry, precious Chinese medicine, and river lard for the treatment of burns. On several occasions, he even tied up Lang Zhong and came back, ordering them to treat Gongsun Mao.
Those Lang Zhong saw that Gongsun Mao was burned all over his body, and his body was incomplete. One by one, they are helpless, and they can't come up with a good solution. Since Gongsun Mao's condition has not improved, these Lang Zhong naturally can't escape their lives, and they have all become Lu Shengyan's ghosts.
On this day, Lu Shengyan took Gongsun Mao and Liu Yu, and the three of them passed through Yunzhou, and it happened that Shang Rang led the righteous army, fifty miles outside the city, and Song Wei, the imperial court's "Zhudao camp to recruit grass thieves", fought fiercely, and the road to the north was blocked.
The battle ahead was very stalemate, and he still sent people to ask Lu Shengyan to help him several times. Lu Shengyan always refused to agree, and said to the envoy: "Gongsun Mao is so seriously injured, if General Shang still has a little heart, he should inform Mr. Wang Daozhi for my man and ask him to help." My man and I were born and died, working for Mr. Wang. My man was seriously wounded, and although he had not yet returned to his disciples, there was always a teacher-student friendship between the two, so how could he ignore it?" the envoy said, "I will go back and ask General Shang first, and then reply to you." ”
When the envoy came again, he brought the words of General Shang Rang and said, "General Shang asked me to bring a message to you, he has written to Wang Junshi, and sent a fast horse to send it, and there will be news in a few days." Now that the war is urgent, please ask Lu Nuxia to help!" Lu Shengyan said: "Please go back and tell General Shang, forgive me for not being able to help him for the time being." If Mr. Wang's people don't come, I won't leave my brother Mao for a day. "That makes it impossible to go.
Lu Shengyan, Gongsun Mao, and Liu Yu were stranded in Yunzhou City. On this day, Lu Shengyan heard the news in the market that someone brought a golden-scaled puffer fish from Jiangnan, which was extremely valuable. This puffer fish is born in the Yangtze River and is also called a white-sided dolphin. The white-sided dolphin has a venomous sac in its body, which is highly poisonous. The average white-sided dolphin has no scales on its body, and this golden-scaled puffer fish is an outlier among the white-sided dolphins, which is really a once-in-a-century encounter.
The meat of the golden-scaled puffer fish is extremely tender and delicious, but its poison is many times more severe than that of ordinary white-sided dolphins. I heard that in order to capture this golden-scaled pufferfish, dozens of fishermen were poisoned to death. Therefore, only the wealthy can afford to buy this golden-scaled pufferfish. It is rare for ordinary people to even take a look.
Lu Shengyan had heard Lang Zhong say before that the fat of this golden-scaled puffer fish was a holy relic for the treatment of burns. Cut off the fatty part of the belly of the golden-scaled puffer fish and boil the oil in an iron pot. After the oil cools, add the raw lotus root powder and mix well, and apply it to the patient's wound, no matter how severe the burn, it can also be cured.
Lu Shengyan secretly inquired about the whereabouts of the golden-scaled pufferfish. It turned out to be a local family, and the patriarch's grandfather was about to celebrate his 100th birthday. His relatives and friends bought this golden-scaled puffer fish from Jiangnan, raised it in a water tank, and transported it overnight on a fast horse to celebrate the old man's birthday.
On this day, Lu Shengyan quietly entered the kitchen of the Wang family, killed several cooks, and seized the water tank containing the golden-scaled pufferfish. When I went out, I met a large number of strong men guarding the courtyard of this family, and surrounded the yard. So she killed more than a dozen people, and in the end, she was red-eyed, and even the old birthday star did not let go. The family's originally lively birthday banquet was turned into a funeral.
Lu Shengyan was afraid that the other party would bring people to seek revenge, but Gongsun Mao didn't know about anyone, and it was inconvenient to escape, so he was afraid that he would fall into the hands of the other party. It was because she took Gongsun Mao and Liu Yu out of the city overnight, and when she saw a peasant family in the countryside, she drove all the people from that family away and occupied the house to live.
Lu Shengyan carefully opened the water tank and took out the golden-scaled pufferfish. The golden-scaled puffer fish had great strength, writhing back and forth in her hands, jumping alive.
Lu Shengyan looked at the golden-scaled pufferfish, at a loss. She has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and she has never learned to cook, let alone boil oil with this golden-scaled puffer fish. She held the kitchen knife left and right, didn't know where to put the knife, hesitated for a long time, and said to Liu Yu on the side: "Hey, boy, do you know how to make fish?"
Liu Yu said: "My mother cooks at home, and I often watch by the stove, but I have never done it myself. Lu Shengyan said: "Don't just look at it, do you still eat it secretly?" She stretched out her hand to untie the acupoint where Liu Yu was pointed, and said: "I haven't eaten pork, you have always seen pigs run." Come on, you come to make this pufferfish, if you mess up, your little life will be west tonight!"