Prologue Chapter 42 People's Hearts Are in Danger (5)
Speaking of this, I only heard another person say: "What is the value of such a cold object?"
The man said, "This bowl is precious because of its coldness." Don't you think now, what if you want to eat ice when it's dog days and it's so hot?"
"I've heard that those dignitaries have ice cellars in their homes, where they hide ice cubes prepared for winter. ”
"That's true. However, no matter how much ice you hide, there will always be a time when it runs out. So what to do?"
"What then?"
Then he saw the preciousness of the bowl. Just pour water into it, and it won't be ...... for a moment."
Another interjected, "It's going to freeze?"
"It's not going to freeze. The water in the bowl will be bone-chilling, a little colder than the ice that has been stored in winter. Not only that, but if you put the fresh fruit in the bowl, no matter how long you store it, when you take it out, it will be as fresh and cold as when you put it in. ”
When Fang Zhengkun heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and secretly said in his heart: There is such a coincidental thing in the world, but let me meet it? Could it be that God saw that I had been tortured by cold poison for many years, and the pain was unbearable, so he didn't send him to give me this treasure?
In order to remove the poison from his body, Fang Zhengkun has tried many methods, but the evil poison has penetrated into the bones, and all kinds of drugs cannot remove it. Later, Fang Zhengkun accidentally learned that around the Tianchi of Changbai Mountain, there was a kind of fire toad, which was extremely hot and had a miraculous effect on all kinds of cold diseases.
After Fang Zhengkun learned about it, he got up and rushed to Changbai Mountain, searched around Tianchi for nearly a month, and finally found one. This fire toad is similar to the common toad, with an overall grayish-white color and only three legs. When Fang Zhengkun saw it, he was overjoyed, and stretched out his hand to grab it. Although the fire toad is only three-legged, it is very agile between jumps, and it is extremely difficult to catch. But Fang Zhengkun is a master of the rivers and lakes after all, and after chasing for a long time, he finally caught it in his hands.
Before he could be happy, he saw that the gray-white fire toad instantly turned red, Fang Zhengkun felt like he was holding a piece of burning coal, it was extremely hot, and he hurriedly threw the fire toad away. Although there was only this moment, Fang Zhengkun's right palm had been scorched a large piece.
Fang Zhengkun was shocked and in pain, and hurriedly pressed his hand into the snow under his feet, and after the pain subsided slightly, he looked for the fire toad, and it was already gone. Fang Zhengkun looked at his charred palm, and said secretly: I didn't expect this fire toad to be so hot, even if I saw it again, I couldn't catch it; Well, I'd better go back to the Central Plains first and come back with a way to capture it.
After returning to the Central Plains, Fang Zhengkun has been thinking about this matter, but he has never been able to think of a way to be sure. As the saying goes: fire and water are merciless. No matter how tough it is, once it encounters a blazing fire, it will inevitably be burned to ashes. Even steel and the like won't be burned, but it's so red that it can't be touched, so it's naturally useless.
Later, Fang Zhengkun happened to hear that there is a kind of cold jade in the world, no matter how hot it is, as long as it touches this cold jade, it will immediately lose its effectiveness. It's just that this kind of cold jade is extremely rare, Fang Zhengkun searched everywhere, and even the palace Ouchi secretly went, but there was no trace of the cold jade. But he didn't want to meet here by chance today, how could he not be overjoyed?
Fang Zhengkun suppressed his excitement and continued to pay full attention to listen to their chat.
After listening for a while, I finally heard some eyebrows. It turned out that an official surnamed Cheng was about to resign and return to his hometown, because the road was far away, and he was afraid of encountering bandits, so he loaded the gold, silver and jewelry into another car, and entrusted the Shengyuan Dart Bureau to escort him all the way back to his hometown in Shandong. In addition to the housekeeper of Chengfu, there are three dart masters, one dart head, the dart head is surnamed Xiang, resting in the house, talking is the dart master surnamed Wang, and the other two are surnamed Du and one surnamed Ma. The group originally planned to rush to Xiazhuang on the north bank of the river today, but they didn't want to encounter rain, so they had to stay temporarily.
Fang Zhengkun listened for a while, and when he saw that they couldn't say anything else, he called his buddies, paid for the wine and food, and then pretended to be bored, left the inn lobby, and walked towards the backyard of the inn. From an outsider's point of view, he was just bored and hanging out. When the guy saw that he was a guest of the hotel, he naturally didn't dare to stop him.
At this point, the rain slowed down, but it didn't stop yet. When Fang Zhengkun came to the backyard, he saw several executioners sitting on the bench under the eaves of the porch, talking and laughing loudly, each with a blade. There were two cars parked in the corner of the yard, but because they were covered with tarpaulin, they couldn't see what was loaded on them. But between these executioners talking and laughing, their eyes never left the vehicle, presumably this is the dart car they escorted.
Fang Zhengkun understood and returned to the store.
At this time, it was almost noon, Xu Pu had just finished his exercise, and when he saw Fang Zhengkun entering the house, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Dao Chief, are you back?" Fang Zhengkun snorted, stepped to the window, opened the window and looked out, just in time to see the two dart cars parked in the backyard of the inn, and the conversation of those executioners was also clearly audible.
Seeing his strange behavior, Xu Pu couldn't help but ask, "Dao Chief, what are you looking at?"
Fang Zhengkun glanced at him, sat down on a chair by the window, and said to Xu Pu: "How do you feel now?"
Xu Pu said: "I don't feel anything. ”
Fang Zhengkun nodded and looked outside again.
Xu Pu saw that he looked absent-minded, and couldn't help but ask again: "Dao Chief, what's wrong?"
Fang Zhengkun was stunned, smiled, and said, "It's not Jinyiwei." Just now I happened to hear something outside: a corrupt official surnamed Cheng wanted to resign and return to his hometown, and asked a dart bureau to escort a batch of gold, silver and jewelry back to his hometown, and he happened to stop at this inn. It was raining today, and they couldn't get there, so they had to stay for a while. And the batch of treasures they escorted was parked in the backyard of the inn at this time. As he spoke, he pointed out the window.
Xu Pu listened and said, "Could it be that the Taoist wants to hijack this batch of gold and silver?"
Fang Zhengkun nodded: "Not bad." These gold, silver and jewels are all the fat and ointment obtained by the corrupt official surnamed Cheng who went around and oppressed the people. I plan to hijack this batch of gold and silver, and then find an opportunity to disperse it to the people on both sides of the Jianghuai River. ”
Xu Pu often listened to his grandfather Xu Da reprimand the corrupt officials in the court since he was a child, and his hatred was overflowing. It's just that there are many of them, and the Taoist is alone, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to succeed. ”
Fang Zhengkun smiled and said: "Although there are many of them, they are all wine bags and rice bags; But this matter is contrary to the law, and if it is known, it may cause trouble. ”
Xu Pu said: "Don't worry, Dao Chief, I will never tell others about this." ”