South City Clues
In the early morning of the next day, Yuan Yu said goodbye to Chang Chu early in the morning, and before leaving, Yuan Yu asked her to say hello to Renzhao on his behalf, and then got up and rushed to Nanshi.
In fact, Yuan Yu didn't go to Nanshi yesterday, and what he said in the face of Chang Chu was also a lie, of course, he had his own reasons for lying.
It turned out that Yuan Yu and Huai Huang followed the monster who stole the bow all the way yesterday, and they entered the city at the Anxi Gate in the north of the city. He continued to track alone, but he was ambushed by a monster next to Yude Fang, and the monster hit his left arm, and Yuan Yu fell to the ground in pain at that time, and the monster took the opportunity to escape.
Although people in the world today are obsessed with Buddhism, throughout the capital, Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, and ancestral halls are dotted. But this kind of strange power, chaos and evil things that hurt people is still a deaf thing to ordinary people.
Yuan Yu hid the truth from Chang Chu, lying that he was just robbed by bandits, first, he didn't want her to be frightened. Secondly, it is also to preserve the famine.
At this moment, Yuan Yu was walking alone on Luobei Heng Street.
Luoshui divides Luoyang City into two parts, and the entire capital city has a total of 128 squares in the north and south. Wenluofang, where Changrenzhao's family is located, is located in the northeast corner of Luoyang City, which is named after its proximity to Luohu, and Luoyang South City is located on the south bank of Luoshui.
From Wenluofang to Nanshi need to go all the way to the west to the copper camel fang, there is a Lishe bridge in the south of the copper camel fang, this pontoon bridge spans Luoshui, Yuan Yu crosses the river along the Lishe bridge, and then passes through Cihui, Tongli two squares and then arrives at Luoyang South City.
Luoyang South City is known as the most prosperous market in the whole world, and the former dynasty was called Fengdu. The circumference of the south city is more than eight miles, and a total of 12 doors are opened in the east, west, north and south. The cross street in the middle runs through the city, and there are more than a dozen side streets that divide the various industries into different areas.
Luoyang South City in the rare mountains, heavy buildings and pavilions, the north and south of the Chinese and foreign merchants all gather here, come and go are chariots and horses.
Yuan Yu was looking around, and was almost rubbed by a camel team all the way, Hu Shang, the leader of the team, glared at him and cursed a few words, Yuan Yu had an injury on his arm and didn't want to have another incident, so he ignored the Hu Shang.
After walking for a while, he found a tea shop on the side of the street and sat down to rest.
"My feet are sore......"
Yuan Yu frowned and muttered quietly, he is a person who likes to be quiet, and the most disgusting thing is that there are many noisy people, and when he sees such a scene of rubbing shoulders at this moment, he suddenly feels uncomfortable all over his body.
"Let me out, I'll look for it with you. The lotus deity tied to his waist came from the sound of nostalgia.
Yuan Yu shook his head helplessly, and then whispered to Lianzun: "It's okay if you want to come out, but you have to change your clothes, otherwise you will be too conspicuous and will be watched by everyone." ”
"No problem. "Huai Huang answered in the honor.
Hearing this, Yuan Yu turned into a corner of the tea shop where no one was around, he tucked Lianzun behind him, and gently unscrewed the lid with his back hand, while being careful not to be noticed by others.
A moment later, a handsome man with a long white face flashed behind Yuan Yu, only to see him wearing a black scarf in his red robe and soap boots, and a ring-headed saber hanging from his waist.
Yuan Yu has never seen Huaihuang dressed like this, and Huaihuang has always been a wide robe and trousers over the years, and it has never changed. He joked and said: "Sure enough, it is majestic and heroic, and finally it is not like those terracotta figurines dug out of the field, this head style is good, and I will wear it."
After saying that, Yuan Yu used his right hand to pick the hair towel on Huai Huang's head, Huai Huang tilted his head to dodge, and stretched out two fingers to clamp Yuan Yu's hand. Yuan Yu took a painful "hiss" and retracted his hand.
Huai Huang looked at him and laughed, "Be careful that this hand is injured by me again." There are a lot of people here, so don't expose them. Then he got up and kept walking.
Yuan Yu grabbed Huaihuang and told him that the store sold the most popular drink, called sencha, and he asked Huaihuang to drink a cup of sencha before setting off, but Huaihuang bluntly said that he didn't like to drink cheese.
"Why do you call tea a tyranny?" asked Yuan Yu with a puzzled face.
Huai Huang smiled, "According to the rumors in Luoyang, the capital of the year, during the time of Wei Gaozu, Prince Yong, the prince of Daoyi Xiaoqi, came north to defect to the Wei Dynasty in order to avoid the internal strife in Qi. Emperor Gaozu once asked him during the banquet: 'How does the tea that Aiqing often drinks compare with the cheese in Luozhong?' Wang Su said: 'Tea can only be used as a slave for buttermilk'. So since then, the people of Luoyang have called tea as tyranny. “
Yuan Yu laughed when he heard this, he didn't care about the ridicule in the nostalgic allusions, and drank a cup of sencha before leaving.
On both sides of the first longitudinal street in the west of Luoyang South City, there are rows of houses and buildings, all of which are fortune-telling and divination shops. The lively shops on both sides overwhelmed Huaihuang, and he exclaimed: "It's almost as lively as the Luoyang City back then."
Yuan Yu curiously asked Huaihuang what the place was, and Huaihuang talked with great interest about the grand occasion of the car hub hitting each other in Luoyang City that year, and the silk and bamboo were endless.
The two chatted while walking, and before they knew it, they came to the end of the long street, and in front of an inconspicuous shop, Yuan Yu grabbed Huai Huang and gave him a look.
"Why did you choose this one?" Huai Huang asked with a puzzled look at Yuan Yu.
The shop is less than a foot wide, and the entrance is quite old, with only the words "Zhongshan Zhu Yi" on the faded curtains. Because it is located at the north end of the street, there are not many travelers coming and going, and it is more cramped and deserted compared to other shops.
"There are few people here, don't you also say, 'There are many people and miscellaneous eyes', this medical hall is different from others, focusing on the art of Zhu You, the so-called right medicine. Yuan Yu winked at him and smiled, and pushed the door straight in.
Since he was a child, Huaihuang has been almost inseparable from him, Yuan Yu's knowledge of literacy, and his kung fu are all Huaihuang professors, and he has long regarded Huaihuang as a relative in Yuan Yu's heart, without the slightest outsight. Maybe in the eyes of his neighbors, Yuan Yu is an introverted and stable person, and only in front of Huaihuang will he show his frank and honest side.
Huai Huang walked in with him a little helplessly, this room is very cramped, because the doors and windows are not big, it looks even darker. On the north side of the wall stood a row of tall medicine cabinets, and in the middle of the room sat an old man who was scribbling charms on yellow paper with his pen down.
The two stepped forward and sat down, and Yuan Yu asked softly: "Dare to ask this gentleman, are you the old Zhongshan mentioned on the curtain outside the door?"
Lao Sue lowered his head and slowly raised his eyes, he looked Yuan Yu up and down, and then turned his gaze to the person next to him, at first Lao Suo's expression was a little puzzled, and after a while, the cloudy and yellowish pupils suddenly flashed with surprise, he hurriedly dropped the pen and paper in his hand, and lay on the low table in shock:
"This distinguished guest dared to ask what was important, and he actually asked you to come to the door in person......"
Huai Huang raised his hand to interrupt the old man, and bowed to him again, he knew that the old man had realized that he was not an ordinary person, and he secretly thought that this old man did have some ability.
"The old man is really discerning, so he will recognize it, and I hope to forgive me if it disturbs you. I am here today because my brother has asked for you." After that, Huaihuang pointed his finger at Yuan Yu.
The old man breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and he hurriedly got up and returned the salute and sat down in front of Yuan Yu again, and began to ask him what he was suffering from.
Yuan Yu told the truth about what happened last night, and took off his shirt to expose his left arm, and showed the injury to the old man, but the black gas on the bruise on his arm seemed to be thicker than last night.
The old man frowned, and carefully checked the pulse of Yuan Yu's qi.
"Lang Jun, do you know what he was injured by?"
Yuan Yu shook his head, "Last night, the night was dark and the wind was high, I really didn't see the monster's figure clearly, I only felt that I was slapped by it, and I couldn't move my head and eyes in an instant, and I woke up after about a stick of incense." Now that I think about it, it should have been the monster's tail that hit me."
The old man was thoughtful when he heard this, and after a while, he stretched out his hand and pressed the blackened bruise on Yuan Yu's arm, "Lang Jun needs to be patient, there may be some pain", Yuan Yu nodded and let the old man feel at ease to treat.
I saw Lao Su take a sheep's hair from the shelf, his thin fingers were like withered branches, he raised his pen and dipped some cinnabar ink, and drew it on Yuan Yu's arm while reciting a spell.
The moment the cinnabar touched the skin, the black gas in the bruise churned violently, and the black gas struggled as if it were alive. Then there was a burning pain from the wound, like an insect and an ant. Yuan Yu endured the great pain and did not make a sound, clenched his fists on his forehead, sweat ran down his hair, and he couldn't sit still.
Seeing this, Huai Huang immediately knelt behind him, holding down the injured arm with one hand, and pressing his back with the other hand, he said softly behind Yuan Yu's head: "Xuan Hui endure a little longer, and it will be fine immediately."
After about a cup of tea, the old man put down his sleeves and put away the pen, and the handwriting drawn by the cinnabar pen was like a snake winding on the arm of Yuan Yu, looking strange and mysterious, this is like a blessing.
Huai Huang took a closer look, and the black qi lingering on Yuan Yu's arm had almost disappeared, and the mottled bruises had faded a lot.
The old man looked at Yuan Yu with approval in his eyes: "I just used a spell to get rid of the evil qi, although this evil qi is not very domineering, but the pain suffered by removing it is not tolerable to ordinary people, Lang Jun is really good at concentration." It's just that I'm old and stupid, and I still haven't figured out what kind of monster this is. ”
Although the labor pain in my arm is still there, the pain like a plumb sinker has almost disappeared compared to before, and I can gradually use my strength. Yuan Yu put on his clothes, clasped his fists at the old man and saluted: "Thank you for saving me, that monster stole my things, no matter what its origin is, we will definitely find out." ”
The old man told him to be more careful, and then picked out a few herbs in the medicine cabinet and wrapped them and handed them to Yuan Yu, "The old man took a few flavors of medicine for Lang Jun, three taels of peach branches, dogwood, wormwood, podophyllus, and stone calamus four dollars each, and each time add a pound of water to boil into half a bowl." Take 3 servings. There are all the ordinary herbs to ward off evil spirits and solve filth, but the water for decoction still needs to be asked by the two Lang Jun themselves. ”
Yuan Yu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and hurriedly asked, "What does it mean to dare to ask the old man?"
The old man then smiled slightly, stroked the gray beard of his chin and said, "The water is indeed well water, but it is not ordinary well water, there is the mansion of Lu Shaoqing of Taifu Temple in Jiaqing Fang in the south of Luoyang City, his house is rumored to be the former site of the Fatu Temple of the Later Wei Dynasty, there is a well in the temple, it is the sand gate in the temple carved with white jade, for more than 100 years, the well water is nourished by the white jade to ward off evil spirits, if you use this well water to cook medicine, it is particularly effective for relieving hysteria and removing filth, and you can take it to get rid of the disease. However, if the two Lang Jun find it troublesome, it is not impossible to use ordinary well water and river water, but the effect is slower. ”
Lao Langzhong suddenly remembered Huai Huang next to him, "I don't know if these drugs will ...... this Lang Jun"
Huai Huang understood the meaning of his words, and said unconsciously: "My husband is too worried, although I am not a human, but I am not a demon, these herb spiritual springs should be okay with me."
When the old man heard this, he nodded again and again, and stopped talking. Yuan Yu took the herbs wrapped by the old man and said goodbye to Lang Zhong with Huaihuang.
After going out, the two began to set off in the direction of Jiaqingfang.
Yuan Yu couldn't let go of his feelings at this time, and he complained: "Is it possible that you can't decoct medicine with ordinary well water, and you have to work hard to ask for water from other people's homes, I'm afraid that this old man colluded with Lu Shaoqing's family to resell well water and unite to make a fortune." ”
Yuan Yu said angrily, in fact, doubting the truth of Yujingzhi's words is secondary, and the main thing is distressed that the 100 wen consultation fee just now, for him, 100 wen is really a huge amount of money.
Huai Huang saw Yuan Yu twisting, so he comforted him and said: "I think he didn't fool us, but he did treat your injuries, and the talk of Yujing is not completely false, but Jialan at that time was not called Fatu Temple."
Speaking of this, Huai Huang stopped, and he looked up and thought about it. "I remember...... It should be called Shoutu Temple, built at the beginning of Gaozu's relocation to Luoyang, in order to show the emperor Wei Guang Mansion Songluo, the meaning of Yingqi Tutu, the name of Fatu Temple is about to be falsely passed on by later generations. ”
Yuan Yu's eyes widened in surprise, "Could it be that Huaihuang that you have seen that jade well?"
Huai Huang nodded and said, "I did see that well, and at that time it was a wasteland in the west of the city. Sotu Temple is one of the few Garans in the area. When I was young, my master and I traveled here, and I remember that there was a towering floating temple in the temple. There is indeed a jade well next to Futu, and the walls of the well bed are carved from a whole piece of white jade. ”
Huai Huang and Yuan Yu successively said a lot of old things in Luoyang, sometimes happy and sometimes regretful, and Yuan Yu kept them all in his heart.
Unconsciously, the two walked back to the center of the cross street, where there are many hotels and restaurants, along the cross street to the south, the wine flag covers the sky and the sun, and the sound of selling is endless.
After about half a day of tossing, Yuan Yu was already hungry, so he said to Huai Huang: "It's already time, let's find a nearby restaurant to fill our stomachs, and then go to the place that Lang Zhong said to ask for water." ”
Huaihuang nodded in agreement, and the two immediately found a wine shop to eat, preparing to wait until they were full of wine and food before setting off for Jiaqingfang.