When the steward took Li Qing to another courtyard, he suddenly said to him before leaving: "Actually, the master admires Li Gongzi very much, although his words are not good, but there is no malicious intent, please don't blame Li Gongzi." Li Qing said with a smile: "The reason why Lord Liu is like this is that he also regards me as a junior, and he strictly advises me, and he only has gratitude in his heart, so why blame me?"

The steward breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "The master asked me to tell Li Qing, you must know that the king of Hades is easy to provoke, and the little ghosts are difficult, but if there is some fame, everyone will avoid it, but often the real troublemakers are caused by some small people, and Li Gongzi should be careful about this." ”

Tonight is the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, and Luoyang City is very lively. Li Qing thought about it, but went out for a walk. The streets are full of lights, laughter and laughter, and even some ladies and ladies who do not leave home on weekdays also bring their maids or domestic servants to play on the streets. He looked at the fireworks on the street, his eyes drifted into the distance, and he rushed forward with the flow of people without hurry.

I saw that in the city of Luoyang, there were rows of rows. Tea houses, wine shops, foot shops, butcher shops, temples, public houses and other buildings. There are shops specializing in silk and satin, jewelry, spices, and incense paper horses, as well as medicine shops, cart repairs, fortune telling, and facelifting...... All walks of life, everything. The head of the big restaurant also ties the "Cailou Huanmen", hangs the market banner, and solicits business.

The pedestrians in the market are shoulder to shoulder, and the river is endless. Businessmen, scholars who read lanterns, officials on horseback, hawkers, family members in sedan chairs, monks with backpacks, tourists from other places who ask for directions, children in the streets and alleys who listen to stories, children of wealthy families who drink in restaurants, and disabled elderly people who beg on the edge of the city...... Men, women and children, farmers and businessmen, three religions and nine streams, everything, like a picture of the world that has remained unchanged in the long river of history.

After half an hour, the scholar returned to the courtyard satisfied. "It's fun to have some fun, get some fireworks, and be in a good mood. Li Qing walked around with the crowd, except for looking around, in fact, there was not much fun, just to relax, this mood was happy, naturally it was time to go back.

It's those lantern riddles and the like, although they are interesting, but he doesn't have much leisure. At this time, it's time to start meditating. It was only when he turned into the courtyard that a man in the crowd suddenly froze. Someone next to him nudged him and said, "What's the matter?"

The man was silent for a moment before he said, "I saw the scholar. The man beside him was puzzled: "What scholar?" The man swallowed his saliva and said in a low voice: "At the foot of the Dome Mountain, the missing scholar." ”

The man next to him seemed to remember something, and glanced at him with a look of surprise. The two of them didn't care about the excitement, only recognized the location of the courtyard, and hurried back. After turning many streets in a row, I came to a hut. The light inside was dim, but there was a figure, moving slowly, and in the light, a dark shadow shone out.

It was the second master of Jiulongshan Cottage, and Gu Erye was practicing. He suddenly paused and said, "What's the matter?" The two outside the room glanced at each other, and one of them said respectfully: "Second master, we met that scholar." ”

"Huh?" Gu Erye frowned slightly, opened the door, threw out a scroll of portraits, and said lightly: "Is it him?" The man opened the scroll and saw a young man in a Confucian shirt painted on it, with a handsome face and a faint smile, which was exactly what Li Qing looked like. After confirming, the man nodded and said, "It's this scholar." ”

Gu Erye's eyes showed a cold light. As a larger gang in the green forest of the south of the Yangtze River, Jiulongshan Cottage can be called the underworld giant in Jiaxing. Originally, Gu Erye, the second master of the cottage, had no grudge against Li Qing, but the little leader in the cottage, Huang Sangou, was his brother-in-law, and since Huang Sangou escaped from the Suzhou prison, he often mentioned his grudge against Li Qing in front of him.

Originally, Gu Erye didn't want to stand up for his brother-in-law, but he couldn't bear the bedside wind blowing every day, plus Huang Sangou said that the scholar had a panacea that could improve his skills, Gu Erye was moved, he had already stayed in the internal strength of two inches and cultivated for five or six years.

Since the scholar had a panacea on him, he took people to Qionglong Mountain to find Li Qing, preparing to rob the elixir and avenge Huang Sangou by the way, but he found nothing. Later, he unexpectedly learned that there was a bamboo hut at the foot of the Dome Mountain, and the scholars in it had been missing for several days.

Previously, the scholar had shown his martial arts on the birthday of the Yu family, and smashed the wooden chair with one foot. Especially the so-called 1,000 taels of silver, which is moving. Gu Erye felt that in addition to the elixir, the 1,000 taels of silver alone was enough for him to take someone to take it by force, and this time he came to Luoyang City to handle things, but he didn't expect to get the news of the scholar unexpectedly.

Since there is a trace of the scholar, he will be captured and tortured and the whereabouts of the elixir and a thousand taels of silver. Gu Erye said coldly: "This village has always only killed mistakes, and did not let go, if there is really no torture and nothing can be done, then this scholar will be killed." The man outside the door whispered, "But do you want to take down that scholar now?"

"Tonight is the Lantern Festival, and the patrol in the city is tight, so it's not good to act indiscriminately, otherwise it will anger the imperial court, which is not a good thing. Gu Erye said calmly: "Let's stop today, just watch from afar, don't let him escape, tomorrow I will retreat, about two more days, the internal strength cultivation can enter the country, and then it will be easy to take him down, and he will not make a sound, and he will not be able to attract the defenders." ”

The two men outside the door glanced at each other, and they both felt that Gu Erye was making a fuss, just a scholar, young, how much martial arts skills can he have? Gu Erye suddenly snorted coldly, his body moved, and he returned to the same place. And the two men snorted all over the place, and there was an extra palm print on their faces.

"You two are just a small boss, just listen to what Ben is in charge of, put away all the doubts, and take your life directly next time. Gu Erye snorted coldly: "Judging from the Yu family's birthday, he kicked on the broken wooden chair with one foot, and his strength is not small, at least he is also a second-rate peak master." Second master, I have some understanding in the past two nights, and after my internal strength grows, I will come to take him again, you are not allowed to startle the snake, otherwise you will ......"

The two men glanced at each other, and they both thought in their hearts, it turned out that they had an understanding, and their internal strength was growing rapidly, no wonder he was not in a hurry. What is easy to take down when the time comes, not to make a sound, not to attract the defenders, is all an excuse, it is just that it is important for him to increase his internal strength and cultivation.

But when he saw it, he could win that scholar, and with such a contribution, he could only wait for Gu Erye to get out, and he couldn't make meritorious service directly. These two small leaders of Kowloon cottages have some regrets. At this time, Li Qing was still practicing.

He never expected it, just went out and walked around casually, and actually met the enemy. He didn't even expect that the Jiulong Cottage would come to kill him just because he taught Huang Sangou a lesson, and by the way, he would take away his property.

Liu Yushi just told him, but trouble is coming to the door. Those who are shallow in their knowledge and ignorant and incompetent will be arrogant. No one thought that a master of the rivers and lakes in the world would disregard the court

court law, and against a monk. A monk who has a difficult path to retreat.

The night is like water, the moon is high, and the stars in the sky are shining. Li Qing meditated cross-legged, holding his hands into a Tai Chi seal, guarding the entrance, breathing naturally, and practicing quietly. Early the next morning, with the spring breeze blowing, Li Qing carried his long sword on his back, carried the topaz bee bag on his side, put the golden pill and other important things that could not be lost on his body, took some small silver taels, put some unimportant things in the room, and left this small courtyard.

The search for the jade sword and the investigation of his father's illness are temporarily unclear and clueless, so they will be put aside. As for the marriage contract, it didn't matter much, and the girl from the Yu family didn't know where she was, and she had nowhere to find it.

After thinking about it carefully, I should first go to Pei Xiangfu in Luoyang City and ask how my medicinal materials were. Out of the courtyard, he found out where Pei Xiang's mansion was, and Li Qing went all the way. Just after rounding a street, I met a man who hurriedly approached the medicine hall.

Isn't this the same captain who stopped him last night? Hun Li Qing didn't care too much, but when he was about to leave, he saw Hun in the medicine hall take out a prescription and read out a lot of medicinal materials. After all, he had learned the art of Qihuang, and he couldn't help but be curious, so he stopped and listened for a moment before he guessed slightly: "These medicinal herbs ...... Seems to be healing?"

Li Qing groaned: "Judging from the combination of medicinal materials, this prescription should be to treat the elderly, could it be that his parents were infected with wind and cold or what? ”

From a few kinds of medicinal materials, you can guess what kind of illness and what the severity is, which in the past, Li Qing naturally could never do. But since the cultivation of the Tao, not only have the ears and eyes clear, but also the understanding seems to be a lot wiser, and the medical skills learned in the past can be easily remembered, not forgotten, and can also be integrated.

Since the beginning of his cultivation, he has not been distracted by external objects, but his medical skills seem to have improved a lot, and many things that were difficult to guess in the past can be easily solved when you think about it. Finding out that his medical skills had advanced, Li Qing couldn't help but be a little happy. He patted the hem of his shirt and walked straight forward. After only a few steps, a few whispers suddenly came into my ears.

Li Qing's senses are more acute than ordinary people, and even more so since he left the country. Even though the whisper came from behind the medicine hall, he listened carefully. A hoarse voice said: "The horns of the green carp in this prescription are a bit scarce, you change this to Ma Langen, the medicinal effect is similar." ”

Another, younger voice said, "No, we still have a lot of green carp horns." "What nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and change the dressing. The dull voice snorted a few times, and then said to himself: "The green carp horn is worth twenty-four silver coins, and the Ma Langen is only three silver coins, anyway, the medicinal effect is similar, and if you change it, you will change it." ”

This kind of thing of exchanging expensive medicinal materials for cheap medicinal materials is actually not uncommon in the major medicine halls, as long as there are no dead people, there is basically not much of a problem. The medicinal properties of the two herbs are indeed similar, but the medicinal effect of the horn is better, while the medicinal effect of the root is weaker, and the spleen and stomach are deficient and cold should be used with caution, which is extremely hurtful.

According to the prescription, the green grass carp horn is more useful, and Ma Langen hurts the body. Li Qing frowned and stopped for a long time. In the medicine hall, Hun looked at some of the medicinal materials that were being wrapped, and suddenly noticed that something was wrong, and frowned: "Why is there something wrong with this medicinal material?