Into the rivers and lakes Chapter 49: White clothes in the city
The reason why Ye Feng would save people was not only because he had a chivalrous heart, but also because the old man had personally spoken out about his name before!
When he was a child, Ye Feng often heard his father mention his experience of studying in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and the longest thing he said was Ma Yu, the big lecturer of the Miaoyu Building, Ma Lao.
His father bluntly said that Ma Lao had the grace of knowing him, and the old man's understanding and interpretation of the "Avenue of the World" was even more unique, and he could be said to be a well-deserved leader among the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty.
So the moment Ye Feng guessed the identity of the old man, he knew that he had to rescue the old man no matter what, otherwise he would not be able to say that his conscience would not pass, even if it was his father, he would not be able to explain.
Retracting his thoughts, Ye Feng said to Ma Laoyun: "Thanks to the old man's love, the kid is ashamed!
After speaking, he looked sideways at Fan Zhe, who had already reacted, and winked at him quietly.
Because Ye Feng had also heard something from his father's mouth, that is, Ma Lao was very nagging, and once he opened the conversation, it would be as little as three or two hours, or as many as a few days.
And Fan Zhe is also clever, seeing Ye Feng's signal, he immediately understood, he walked to Ma Lao's side, helped the old man up, pulled out the bone gun inserted in the ground, and asked Ye Feng with a smile:
"Ye Feng, where are you going? I want to quickly escort Ma Lao to Thousand Caves City, if it doesn't matter if you go together in advance, we can take care of it on the road, and Ma Lao can be safer." ”
Ye Feng couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly replied: "Great, I'm also about to go to Thousand Caves City to practice!
After speaking, the young man looked at Ma Lao and Fan Zhe with joy in his eyes.
Ma Lao and the two laughed happily when they heard it, and the three of them simply exchanged a few words, Ye Feng and Fan Zhe protected Ma Lao in the middle, and walked towards the direction of Thousand Caves City with a smile and a smile.
The toad ingots hid in the back basket, looking at the smiling young Ye Feng, and his mood also improved.
After wandering alone for so long, Ye Feng finally met Ma Lao, who was half a family member, and also found a relatively clear goal, looking at Ye Feng talking to Ma Lao and Fan Zhe, Yuan Bao was happy for Ye Feng in his heart.
On the path where the mountain flowers are blooming, there is a white-haired old man and two teenagers with a slight back.
A handsome man with a bone spear in his hand, with a faint rebellious air between his eyebrows.
One is carrying a bamboo basket and carrying a sword, with a thin figure, and always has a warm smile on his face, which makes people feel indescribably close at a glance.
"I wish time would stop at this moment~"
Yuan Bao lay on his back in all directions, revealing his snow-white belly, slowly closed his frog eyes and fell asleep.
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Shen Daoling has been very melancholy recently, five years ago, because he was drunk and lost his words, he was participated in by the fourth prince of the Great Song Dynasty and Zhao, and the next day he was demoted from the second grade university to three levels.
Within a few days, he was slandered and wrote an anti-poem by the henchmen of the four princes, and was directly demoted to a commoner by Emperor Wen of Song and expelled from the country.
In desperation, Shen Daoling had to leave the Great Song Dynasty with his only adopted daughter, Shen Ting, and came to the Thousand Caves City of the Jin Kingdom and opened a pharmacy to make a living.
I wanted to wait for my friend Ma Yu to find an opportunity to dredge up the relationship and get himself back to the Great Song Dynasty, who would have wanted to be a lecturer in the Miaoyulou for nearly 20 years, and was jointly impeached by most of the officials of the DPRK and China overnight without warning.
said that Ma Yu is not really a lonely man with no children and no daughters, in fact, he is not a native of the Great Song Dynasty at all, but a nobleman in the Jin Kingdom, and he also has a son and a daughter in the Jin Kingdom...
In short, the head is the Tao, and people can't tell the truth from the fake at all.
In desperation, Ma Yu had to take the initiative to resign from the seat of the lecturer of the Miaoyu Building, and quietly left the Great Song Dynasty alone.
Before leaving, Ma Yu wrote three letters, one to Shen Daoling to inform him that he was also going to come to the Thousand Caves City to retreat to the mountains and forests, and the other two were to the fourth prince of Zhao and Emperor Song respectively.
As for what is said in the following letter, except for these three people, I am afraid that there is no fourth person in the world who knows.
"Hey~"
Seeing that there was no hope of returning to Beijing, his old friend Ma Yu had already passed the appointed time, but he still didn't see anyone, Shen Daoling, who was sitting at the counter of the pharmacy, couldn't help but sigh with a lot of concern, and muttered to himself: "Mr. Ma, you must not make any mistakes... Otherwise, what will this scholar in the Great Song Dynasty do?"
As soon as the words fell, a tall and cold girl walked in outside the door.
She has a green silk hair with a white butterfly tassel gently hanging down on her waist, and she is wearing a plain white dress, which is a little eye-catching.
A few light blue lotus flowers embroidered on the cuffs make the girl's cold face a little more fairy, like a fairy, which makes people can't help but feel excited, but it is so pure that people dare not think about it.
Looking at Shen Daoling, who was sighing at the counter, the girl frowned slightly and blamed: "Dad, what's wrong with leaving the Great Song Dynasty and not being that official?
The girl no longer paid attention to the depressed Shen Daoling, walked into the counter by herself, and from the rows of medicine cabinets on the wall, she skillfully selected several medicinal materials, put them in a stone bowl and grinded them with a small pestle.
Shen Daoling looked at the girl in white who was a little angry, hurriedly changed to a laughing expression, and said cautiously: "Ting'er, don't be angry, Dad is just worried that your grandfather Ma will have an accident on the road, not that he wants to go back to Da Song to continue to be that thankless scholar." ”
Shen Daoling took the medicine pestle in the girl's hand, and while grinding the medicinal materials, he looked at the girl with a smile, for fear that his daughter would be angry with him.
The girl in white patted her slender fingers, shook off the medicine residue on her hands, walked into the counter, picked up a brush to record the accounts, and said without raising her head or opening her eyes: "With Grandpa Ma's strategy, since you said that you came here to find us, you must have thought about how to deal with accidents on the road, so don't worry about it anymore, let's think about how to run a good pharmacy and help more people." ”
The girl pointed to the stone bowl in Shen Daoling's hand with a brush, "The medicine inside is for Uncle Li in the teahouse next door, he has been on fire recently, and he is always anxious and insomnia, you can see if you need to add some other calming herbs to assist." ”
Shen Daoling picked up the stone bowl and sniffed it, turned around and pulled off a leaf from a small grass growing in the corner of the wall on the ground, shook the green leaf in his hand, and looked at the girl proudly, "Condensing grass, only freshly picked leaves have an effect." ”
Shen Daoling put the leaves of the Condensing Grass into the stone bowl and patiently grinded them.
The girl pursed her lips and smiled, said no more, and continued to bow her head and remember the accounts.
It was nearly noon, and the ground herbs were wrapped, and the girl carried the medicine bag to the small teahouse next door.
At this time, on the bench in the center of the teahouse, there was an old man wearing brown linen clothes, slightly fat, and kind eyes.
The old man was holding a big cigarette pouch in his hand, and he was talking about the story with relish with Erlang's legs.
Five steps away from the elderly, the place was full of spectators who came to listen to the book.
Those who come early can still sit down on a stool and drink a cup of tea, while those who come late can only stand on tiptoe and listen to the crowd on tiptoe, for fear of missing a wonderful part.
"Miss Shen Ting is here?"
The shopkeeper in the teahouse saw the girl in white coming in, and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.
The girl in white who was called "Shen Ting" smiled lightly at the shopkeeper, handed the medicine bag to the shopkeeper, and instructed: "This is the clear gunpowder I prepared for Uncle Li, and I have to give it to him after he finishes speaking, I have already divided the amount of medicine, twice a day in the morning and evening, one pack at a time, boil for half an hour, and it should get better in half a decade." ”
After a pause, she added: "Uncle Li likes to smoke dry tobacco, so I specially added some dried fruits of begonia pears to the medicine, which can dissolve phlegm and clear the lungs." ”
After speaking, the girl put her hands behind her back and moved to the old storyteller with a light footstep, she was curious about what kind of story the old man was telling, which could attract so many visitors.
The shopkeeper held the medicine bag and secretly glanced at the girl's white-clothed shadow, only to feel that his face was a little red and hot, and his heart seemed to be crawling and biting countless ants, so he hurriedly turned his head away and didn't dare to look at it again.
The young man took a deep breath and ran to the stove to pick up the kettle and refill the tea drinkers.
Some of the spectators standing on the periphery of the crowd noticed the girl's approach, nodded to the girl with a smile, and took the initiative to move their bodies back.
Seeing everyone's reaction, the girl in white felt a little embarrassed, her lips opened lightly, and said, "You're welcome, I'm just here to see the fun." ”
After saying that, the girl stopped and stood still, standing on tiptoe and looking at the storyteller in the middle of the crowd.
The reason why these onlookers are so respectful to the girl is not because they covet the girl's charming appearance, but because most of them have been healed by the girl, and helping the girl is completely to repay the kindness, and there is nothing else to think about.
Before Shen Daoling's father and daughter came to Thousand Caves City, there was no Lang Zhonghe pharmacy here, there were only countless private schools and various martial arts halls, as well as gambling halls in the south of the city, Qinglou and some shady things.
Therefore, since Shen Daoling opened a pharmacy here, the people in the city who come to buy medicine every day are really stepping through the threshold in an endless stream.
Although there are no officers and soldiers in the Thousand Caves City, the people here are very aware of the rules, and they have always entered the house whenever Shen Daoling opens the door, and will never knock on the door in the middle of the night or come to the door early in the morning to shout.
It's always before dawn, and people who want to see the disease line up in a long line, regardless of men and women, young and old, obediently waiting for Shen Daoling to diagnose and prescribe medicine for the people in front, and when it is their turn to come forward, no one will cut in line.
At night, as long as Shen Daoling said with a calm face, "Close the door and close", the people who came to seek medical treatment would immediately turn around and leave without saying a word, and never talk nonsense.
No way, scarcity is expensive!
If it weren't really desperate, who would come to live in this thousand-hole city where dragons and snakes are mixed?
Not to mention the pharmacy Langzhong where you can mix and eat anywhere!
Therefore, no matter who the people of Thousand Caves City were, they were all respectful and humble when they met Shen Daoling's father and daughter, for fear that these two would feel uncomfortable and leave here one day.