Chapter 2: A First Glimpse (1)

The next day the wind and sunshine are beautiful, the morning light is sprinkled on the Jieshi Town, like a layer of thin veil, the summer morning is mild and comfortable, not like the cold of the night, not like the heat of the afternoon, the people who have just woken up come out to enjoy the early morning sunshine, the streets and alleys, bustling and shouting.

Chen Zhaoling ate some porridge in the morning, his spirit had improved a lot, and when he walked out of the house, he saw a child in his teens reading in the yard: "Zi said: 'If you shoot a gentleman, you will lose your right hoof, and you will seek it instead. 'The way of a gentleman, if you go far, you will be self-defeating, and if you climb high, you will be inferior. The poem says: 'Wives are like drums and harps.' Brothers are both harmonious, happy and delayed. Yier's house, Leer's wife. Next to the child, there was a middle-aged woman, who was weak and sleepy, and said, "The way of a gentleman is to go far and to be self-defeating, and to be inferior if he is to ascend to a height." This golden mean is also the way of man, don't rush it, it's too ambitious. Although the voice is not loud, the words are round and fresh, which is very incompatible with the sickly appearance.

Chen Zhaoling knew this woman, it was Zhang Wentai's mother, named Gu Daihui, who rarely went out on weekdays, Chen Zhaoling had lived in Jieshi Town for 16 years, but he had never seen it a few times. The child who studied was named Li Shi, Chen Zhaoling didn't know it, he was Li Wenshan's only son, his mother died early, and he studied with Gu Daihui since he was a child.

The Zhang family and the Li family were originally world friends, Zhang Wentai's father was named Zhang Tianbei, who was originally the head of the Lu County No. 1 Dart Bureau, and went to Kobezhou to serve in the army ten years ago, and died in Pyongyang City the next year. Zhang Wentai's mother Gu Daihui is also from Luxian County, but she is not an ordinary family, her father used to be Sima of Yingzhou, but for some reason suddenly had a serious illness and died of illness at a young age, and the Gu family has been in decline since then. Gu Daihui was born in a famous family, erudite and talented, but unfortunately he lost his father when he was young, lost his husband in a flower year, and his life experience is also miserable, and he may have experienced many hardships and sorrows, but at the age of forty, his cheeks are dull, his temples are green, and his two eye sockets have sunken slightly.

What the two of them read was a passage from the "Book of Rites", which Chen Zhaoling had read before, and when they were listening, they saw Li Wenshan coming out of the east wing, carrying a medicine box, as if he was going out. Chen Zhaoling took a few steps over, hugged his fists and said, "Doctor Li, when will the old wound be healed?"

"This Yin Kun Mianzhang is very domineering, the bruise in Chen Lao's wound has been deep in the intestines, if you want to remove it at one time, you need to prick twenty-seven acupoints, the danger is extremely great, a little mistake may break other bloodlines, and it will take about ten hours to drain the bruises, do not move, absolutely unbearable. Li Wenshan paused for a moment, as if he was thoughtful, "But if it is removed in stages, it is much simpler, and it only needs to prick two meridians, so that the surrounding blood can slowly leach out, and it will take some time." ”

"Doctor Li also knows about this Yin Kun Mian Palm?"

"I did meet it a few years ago, so I don't want to mention it. ”

"Okay, how long will it take to remove this bruise in stages, according to Dr. Li's words?"

"Once every five days, about half a year. After being cured, Chen Lao's kung fu was only afraid that he would have to discount it. ”

Chen Zhaoling was taken aback, he didn't expect it to take so long, but it was a blessing to be able to be cured, and he said abruptly: "I have heard that Dr. Li has superb medical skills, and when I saw it today, it was worthy of his real name." I didn't think I could survive when I was injured, but I was very content to be preserved, but I had to bother Dr. Li for half a year. ”

"Old Chen is polite! But Wen Shan has a few words in his heart that he wants to ask, I don't know if Old Chen can tell him!"

"Dr. Li wants to ask who is here, why has he been living in Jieshizhuang, and why is he martial arts?"

Wenshan does have these questions. ”

"Chen Zhaoling insulted the sect and didn't dare to mention the sect, please forgive me. The old man stayed in Jieshi Town just because he didn't want to ask about the world, and he didn't have any special intentions in this life. ”

The two were talking, when suddenly footsteps sounded, and more than a dozen people walked in from outside the door. The leader is none other than An Qingxu, who had an incident in the town yesterday, followed by two people, one with eyes like electricity, a face as heavy as water, and a bearded man pointing under his chin, who is a blue-faced old man; Behind the two were more than a dozen officers and soldiers, well-trained, An Qingxu saw that Chen Zhaoling was safe and sound, he was a little surprised, and turned to the green-faced old man and said: "Uncle, this person is really fine, it seems that the master and his old man have overestimated their own ability!" The green-faced old man was even more surprised, pointed at Chen Zhaoling, and said suspiciously: "This is the person?" An Qingxu nodded, the blue-faced old man has been wandering the rivers and lakes for decades, and he is very conceited about the Yin Kun Mianzhang of his own sect, even if his skills are much higher than his own, it is difficult to withstand it, but this old man does not look amazing, he actually acted as if nothing happened, and stepped forward and said: "The old man is the second grandson of the 'Three Elders of Heihe', dare to ask who Your Excellency is?" Chen Zhaoling replied: "I have admired the name of the third elder for a long time, and the one I fought yesterday must be the third master Cheng!"

"It's the contemptible junior brother, see the smile!"

"The 'Three Elders of Heihe' are ruthless and vicious, and the people in the rivers and lakes call them 'Three Poisons of Heihe', and they really live up to their reputation!"

Yesterday, the lean old man with An Qingxu was named Cheng San, and this Sun Er was the same as the Heihe faction, and he was also a well-known role in Liaodong, yesterday's battle, Cheng San was injured internally, although An Qingxu's wrist was dislocated, but it was no big deal after taking it, Sun Er was the same door, Cheng San was injured by a rural horseman, and he felt that the Heihe faction had lost face in front of An Qingxu, and wanted to see what strange people were hiding in this small Jieshi Town. Judging from Cheng San's repeated description yesterday, the opponent should be the way of the Shaolin faction, and he was really hit by a slap in the face, and he will be seriously injured if he is not dead. But Sun Er now seems that although Chen Zhaoling's face is not good, he is by no means dying, and he is seriously injured and cannot be saved, he can't help but feel a little abrupt in his heart, and then hugged his fists and asked: "Your Excellency knows the name of the old man, but the old man doesn't know who your Excellency is, but it is a little unfair!" Chen Zhaoling looked at each other coldly, and snorted: "The old decrepit Chen Zhaoling, now he is a cloth cloth, and he has not asked about the affairs of the rivers and lakes for a long time, but it is a pity that the old man sees that he has to do something public, and he likes to fight grievances, you are here with officers and soldiers today, but do you want to avenge yesterday?" While speaking, he glanced at An Qingxu and the others, his eyes were sharp, and he was not afraid, Sun Er secretly thought: "Could it be that the junior brother is too old and his skills are gradually declining and he doesn't know, or is this person really unfathomable, and Yin Kun Mian's palm is not worth it?" Although he muttered in his heart, he didn't want to show weakness in front of people, and just wanted to say a few words, An Qingxu had already said politely: "Old Chen's words are serious, the juniors are here to apologize for yesterday's events, the kid has no eyes, and he offended your seniors, please forgive me, rude, rude!"

An Qingxu's words were sincere, and while speaking, he also gave a salute to Zhou Fang and Zhou Qinglan, and immediately confused everyone, Sun Er didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd of this nephew, only the yellow-robed Taoist priest smiled slightly, his face was full of disdain!

Chen Zhaoling didn't believe that the other party came here specifically to apologize, and said: "If there is nothing else, please go back!" Sun Er said angrily: "This Gongzi An is the new county commander of this county, please be respectful when you speak!" Everyone heard this, but they didn't expect that this person was so young that he was the county commander of the county, Li Wenshan stepped forward and said: "It turned out to be our parents and officials, disrespectful, and they should have been treated well when they came to the cold house, but Wenshan went out to practice medicine every day, and there was little leisure, so please go back!"

"This should be Dr. Li Wenshan, I have heard of the name for a long time, and when I saw it today, it is really a good doctor who hangs the pot to help the world!"

"Don't dare to be it, the county magistrate has won the prize! Chen Lao is injured and needs a lot of rest, please go back!"

"Please forgive me for the disturbance today, there will be a period later!" said and saluted everyone: "Senior Chen take care of your body and say goodbye!"

An Qingxu and his entourage came in a hurry, and left in a hurry, leaving everyone in the courtyard confused, and the child Li Shixian said: "This county order hides a knife in the smile, there must be some treacherous scheme! Uncle Chen, you have to be careful." Chen Zhaoling laughed: "At an old age, life and death have been seen through, are you still afraid of other people's schemes! But they disturbed your study, so you shouldn't be!" Zhou Fang on the side was a few years older than Chen Zhaoling, but Chen Zhaoling's sudden perception of fate, Zhou Fang couldn't ask himself, even Li Wenshan and Gu Daihui were not surprised, and they didn't take what happened just now to heart, and couldn't help but secretly admire!

Li Wenshan packed up and went to the clinic, and before leaving, he told Chen Zhaoling a few words, and Gu Daihui continued to teach Li Shi to read. After a while, Zhang Wentai also came and helped Zhou Qinglan arrange a table for lunch, but Zhou Fang had nothing to do all day, chatting with Chen Zhaoling.

Every five days, Li Wenshan performed acupuncture and bloodletting for Chen Zhaoling, and there was no major incident. After such a dull period of time, a visitor suddenly came this morning, claiming to be the county magistrate of the county government, surnamed Liu, brought a delicate wooden box, and presented Chen Zhaoling in person, saying that it was sent by the county magistrate. Everyone suddenly remembered An Qingxu, Chen Zhaoling waved his hand and refused, that Liu County begged hard, Chen Zhaoling opened it and saw that it was lined with red cloth, it was actually a thousand-year-old ginseng, only to see two feet long, white and yellow, faintly there were some figures, Li Wenshan was next to him, praised: "Good thing!" Liu Xiancheng smiled and said: "Not bad, this is a thousand-year-old ginseng, it really has the effect of resurrecting the dead, the old man said that Chen Lao suffered internal injuries, this thing is just right, it can also enhance strength, please smile!" Chen Zhaoling smiled: " What else did your master say?" Liu Xiancheng took out a letter from his arms and said, "It's all inside, Liu said goodbye!" Without waiting for everyone to reply, he hurried away!

Chen Zhaoling opened the letter and looked at it, his brows furrowed slightly, and Zhou Fang asked on the side: "Brother Chen, what does the letter say?" Chen Zhaoling said: "The one surnamed An wants me to be his doorman, hum!" said and sneered, "It's just a sesame county order, it's too small to look down on me Chen Zhaoling!" Zhou Fang paused when he heard this: "I think this surname is not simple, I have also heard of the 'Heihe Three Poisons' in Liaodong, but it is not an ordinary person, and they are all sent by this county order, isn't it strange?" Li Wenshan also nodded on the side: " This thousand-year-old ginseng is extremely precious, it is really unattainable, in my Li Wenshan's eyes, it is a thing that cannot be exchanged, this county order seems to value Chen Lao very much!" "What Li Wenshan said was actually in the middle of An Qingxu's plan, that day's battle, Chen Zhaoling was injured by Cheng San's sneak attack, but the remaining strength could still seriously injure the other party, which made An Qingxu admire it very much, but that Yin Kun Mian palm almost killed Chen Zhaoling. An Qingxu was cautious and ruthless, and his original intention was to get rid of Zhou Fang's grandson and Zhang Wentai, and then look at Chen Zhaoling's injury and death, who knew that the situation was completely different, Chen Zhaoling was no big problem at all. Although An Qingxu is vicious, but he loves talent more, Chen Zhaoling's martial arts are far better than his master Cheng San, so he temporarily changed his hexagram, said a humble word to everyone and left, and only today did he send someone to explain his intentions, intending to invite him into the house.