Chapter 42: The Whispers of the Old Gods
My aunt's new medicine just arrived last night, and today she encountered Zuo Shi, and Cheng Yu is willing to classify this chance encounter as a guide from heaven......
went back to get the medicine box, said hello to his aunt, and Cheng Yu came to the Zuo family compound with Zuo Shi.
Compared with the rustic and steady atmosphere of the banker's compound, the courtyard of the Zuo family is very elegant. The courtyard is not boxy, and it feels like a large green area dotted with some houses. There are stone paths between the houses, surrounded by living water, and there are corridors and bridges. Carved beams and painted buildings everywhere, winding paths lead to secluded, if it is not for the left momentum, Cheng Yu has to get lost. Along the way, except for the occasional meeting of some servants and maidservants, I didn't meet anyone else.
After a while, the two walked to a room made of jade, and Cheng Yu's mouth couldn't help but open a little wider, "It's really a family with a daughter, and you can do it from your heart." Such a big jade house, do you want to build it?"
"Brother Tai said this difference, my father ......"
"I was wrong! Rich people really do whatever they want. ”
"Home...... My dad is temporarily inconvenient to contact anyone, and he has been crazy lately. ”
Cheng Yu pointed at himself, "I'm not human?"
"You just plug your ears and ignore his nonsense. ”
Could it be a dangerous psychopath?" Cheng Yu asked, "What's the aggression?"
Zuo Shi handed over the two earbuds, "It's just nonsense, sometimes there will be some tugging when you are excited, you just don't have to pay attention to him." ”
Cheng Yu stuffed his earbuds, and when he looked back, he saw that Zuo Shi had retreated far away, waving his hand and clenching his fist at him.
Taking a deep breath, Cheng Yu gently pushed the door and entered. There was only a jade bed in the room, and an old man who described it as withered walked quietly, with a large black stone disproportionate to his thin figure hanging from his chest.
Cheng Yu cautiously walked into the old man and slowly squatted beside the bed. Just as he was about to put his hand on the pulse, the old man jumped up suddenly, picked up a seven-star crown and buckled it on his head, staring at Cheng Yu and scratching his neck lightly.
Mu monkey and crown, Cheng Yu felt that this idiom was too appropriate.
The black stone on the old man's chest swayed back and forth, and his mouth began to say something, and he kept dodging Cheng Yu's outstretched hand.
Cheng Yu stood there embarrassed, not knowing how to deal with this little old man. The old man's expression suddenly became solemn, and he slowly approached Cheng Yu.
The two of them looked at each other with big eyes, one didn't pay attention, and Cheng Yu who was slapped by the old man stumbled.
Cheng Yu was angry and stood up straight suddenly, but heard the old man say, "I see that your Yin Tang is black, I'm afraid that you will be haunted by bad luck." Wait until I take your head and roast it on a fierce fire for a few days, and I will get rid of it!"
"I'm here to heal you. Now that the earbuds have been dropped, Cheng Yu is not ready to put them on again.
"I'm not sick, the old gods whisper in my ear, I'm the great prophet who knows the world. Now, past, future, there's nothing I don't know. ”
"I think you'll have bad luck next, guess what", Cheng Yu has always looked down on all kinds of gods and goddesses.
"Oh?" the old man pinched his fingers, "the lucky star shines brightly." ”
Cheng Yu stepped forward and slapped the old man back on the bed, "Didn't count it, did you?"
The old man sat on the edge of the bed and smirked for a while, "You are a god slayer, you are a god slayer!"
Cheng Yu had long noticed that the big black stone on the old man's chest was very similar to the so-called power stone in his previous life, and a nouveau riche in the village had worn it for a while, and it didn't take long for his hair to fall out and he got leukemia.
It's no wonder that he wants to build a jade house for him to lock inside, and after a while, Cheng Yu is a little dizzy.
"The stone on your chest?" Cheng Yu pointed and asked the old man.
"This is a starfall! You heretic, don't want to take away the token of my divine envoy. The old man hid the stone behind him and looked at Cheng Yu vigilantly.
It was inconvenient for the descendants of the Zuo family to do something to the old man, but Cheng Yu didn't care about this, stepped forward and pulled the black stone, and walked out of the house quickly.
The old man was snatched of the stone, and cried out, "You demon, you are rebellious, the fire of heaven will devour you!"
Seeing Cheng Yu coming out with a black stone, Zuo Shi hurriedly stepped forward, "What's the matter?"
"Bury this stone in the cemetery outside the village as quickly as possible. ”
"What's wrong with this stone? My dad wore it for almost a year, saying it would give him the power of Starfall. Zuo Shi hesitated, "My father also prophesied a few bad omen for the brothers in the family, so that they could turn the situation around. Divination was not so accurate in the past. ”
"Where did the stone come from?"
"The wild people out there will sell this kind of stone, so big, it's quite rare. My eldest brother found it. ”
"At the ceremony, the person next to the third lady?"
"It's my brother Zuo Chan. ”
Cheng Yu wasn't sure Zuo Chan's motive for sending the stone, and it was inconvenient to say more, "Bury the stone, and your father should recover on his own in a few days, during which ...... It's best not to let outsiders know. ”
Zuo Shi wanted to open his mouth to say something, but as smart as he was, how could he not be suspicious in his heart, and nodded silently.
Cheng Yu left Zuofu, and it was almost dark. On this medical trip, the medicine didn't work, the problem was solved, and I had to show off with my aunt.
Back at home, my aunt was cooking in the kitchen. Cheng Yu helped to light a fire next to him, and said proudly, "This time I didn't use a single pill, and I solved Old Man Zuo's big problem, how about it?"
My aunt was steaming steamed buns, sweating profusely, "That means that this disease is not cured, and it has nothing to do with you?"
"How can it be irrelevant, I found the root cause of his disease. ”
"Then why don't you prescribe him medicine?"
"You don't need to be prescribed medicine for this disease......"
"How can you cure a disease without prescribing medicine?" the aunt stared at Cheng Yu with righteous words.
"No medication...... It's true that it's not a cure. Oops, what a mistake, forgot to slaughter this big dog. ”
My aunt smiled and said, "When you meet the Zuo family and the Zhuang family in the future, you will prescribe more medicine and prescribe good medicine, they are very happy, and we are also very happy." You can buy more medicine for those ordinary people. What do you say, fish?"
"My aunt is educated. Cheng Yu felt that he had been spoiled by his previous lavish spending, and he was indeed too floating.
"By the way, did the old man of the Zuo family say anything when he saw you?"
"Some crazy, all of them are gods, demons, they weren't like this before, right?"
"What god, demon, tell me clearly. The aunt's face became serious.
Cheng Yu performed the afternoon scene for his aunt vividly, "What kind of god whispers in his ear or something......
The aunt's gaze wandered for a moment, and finally said to Cheng Yu, "Don't stay outside in the future." ”
Cheng Yu glanced at his aunt in confusion, he couldn't stop if he didn't stop, anyway, hugging his aunt every morning was one of the most anticipated moments of the day.
The aunt seemed to have lost the desire to speak, Cheng Yu was worried about the bamboo chop given by Gao Jiu on his chest, and hurriedly finished eating and went back to the house to study the ten tubes of divine wine.