Chapter 72: Bitter Mouth

Seeing Lu Guozhong ask about himself, Shanhe's face instantly showed hesitation.

If nothing else is aside, he is certainly willing to accept this deal.

But considering the master's teachings and the promise he made back then, after thinking twice, he still shook his head and said regretfully:

"As much as I would love to learn the Herbal Method, I can't break my vow. My answer is: no!"

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Bang, who had not made a sound for a long time, finally couldn't help it, and shouted in his mind:

"Master, don't be stupid, quickly agree! The method of extracting medicine is a magic skill that goes hand in hand with healing, if you can learn this method, the three-color primordial flower we picked last time, and the herbs in the dead fish eye ring can be put to use! It's just pie in the sky, how can you refuse?"

Under the reminder of the little bracelet, Shanhe also remembered the herbs stored in the ring.

According to Lu Guozhong, these rare herbs will definitely be able to decompose a lot of good things, and rare purple essences may appear.

Thinking of this, Shanhe's heart is also itchy.

However, no matter how great the temptation was, it still couldn't change his determination.

A promise is a promise, since he swore to the master, then he can't break his oath, and finally rejected the bracelet.

Seeing that the last hole card also didn't work, Lu Guozhong sighed, his face full of disappointment.

And at this moment, Qin Xiaodou on the side suddenly jumped out and said:

"Brother Shanhe, you just said that you want to learn this method, but you can't disobey the master's order to refuse, right?"

"That's right, I promised my master that without his approval, I would never pass on this law. ”

"Oh, what if that is...... Did your master agree?" Qin Xiaodou suddenly asked with a strange expression.

"What? My master has been dead for more than ten years, how can he, how can he agree?"

"Hee-hee, I have a way. Let's go ask now!"

......

An hour later, on the outskirts of Aosong City, the summit of a hill.

When he came to the wordless tombstone, Shanhe didn't say a word, knelt on the ground with three rings, and read in his mouth:

"Master, disciple Shanhe has come to see you. I came in a hurry today, I forgot to buy incense and my daughter is red, you, you forgive me!"

After making a big salute, he got up and asked Qin Xiaodou:

"This is my master's graveyard, can you tell me now, what is the method you are talking about?"

"Hehe, of course, Brother Shanhe, do you have coins on you?" Qin Xiaodou asked with a mysterious expression.

"I'll look for the coins...... There is one, give. As he spoke, Shanhe handed a one-yuan coin to Qin Xiaodou.

"Okay! I'll ask the question and flip the coin. When the coin lands, if it is positive, it means that your master agrees, and if it is negative, it means that he does not agree, what do you think?"

"What? toss, toss, coin toss? That's how you say?"

After listening to Qin Xiaodou's explanation, Shanhe suddenly felt deceived.

Before, Qin Xiaodou said with confidence that she had a way to communicate with her late master, as long as she took her to the cemetery.

Although he was suspicious, he saw that what the other party said was true, and Shanhe really wanted to learn the method of extracting medicine, so he took Xiaodou and Director Lu to the master's tomb.

But now that I hear it, Xiaodou's method is actually to flip a coin!

After smelling the smell of being fooled, Shanhe immediately said unhappily:

"Xiaodou, you can mess around with other things! But this matter is absolutely not okay! How can a casual coin toss be regarded as my master's response?"

Seeing that Shanhe was really angry, Qin Xiaodou smiled awkwardly.

She also knew that she had this idea, and she was really not very clever. But it was already the best she could think of.

In the hospital before, she could see that Uncle Lu was desperate to reach this deal, and Shanhe also wanted to learn the medicine extraction method, but it was because of a promise to the master that the transaction between the two could not be carried out.

Qin Xiaodou, who wanted to help on both sides, came up with such an idea with a brain, wanting to solve the obstacle of the "promise".

But who knew that as soon as he said half of it, the mountains and rivers were unhappy, and Qin Xiaodou, who was difficult to ride a tiger, could only stubbornly continue:

"Brother Shanhe, don't worry, listen to my explanation! Although I don't know much, this method is really handed down by the older generation of my ancestors, and I didn't make it up! Uh, you should have heard that in ancient times, divination masters used copper coins to tell fortunes, right?"

"Well, I've heard of this, but fortune telling and what we're going to do are completely different things!"

Xiaodou shook his head and said:

"Brother Shanhe, the so-called divination is actually asking the heavens and the earth to ask the ghosts and gods, praying for God's guidance. Since the ancients could ask the heavens and the earth with copper coins, why can't we ask the master with coins? It's just that the object is different, I think...... That's fine!"

Xiaodou's words sounded a little reasonable, but Shanhe still couldn't accept that the coin represented the master for a while.

Just as he was about to refute, he heard Lu Guozhong, who was standing in the back row, also speak:

"Mountains and rivers, the coin toss method that Xiaodou said sounds a little ridiculous, but in fact...... Thousands of years ago, human beings began to use the throwing method to ask the gods or the dead about things. At that time, there were people throwing animal bones, some people throwing stones, and some people throwing cocoons (half-moon-shaped wooden divination instruments), in a variety of forms, without restrictions. As long as it is not something that the deceased hated during his lifetime, it should be able to represent his will. Although no one has been able to prove whether this method can really communicate with the other world. But in my opinion, it's better than those farces of dancing gods and ghosts, right?"

Of course, Lu Guozhong also saw that Qin Xiaodou wanted to help and contribute to this matter.

However, the "coin toss" method she proposed is really laughable.

In his opinion, if you want to "deceive" mountains and rivers, you have to prepare some professional means, right?

Even if you don't have the tools to throw a cocoon, you can make a few copper coins, draw a few gossip or something to create momentum.

But the simple bean directly proposed to flip a coin to see the pros and cons, such a method is too hasty, and it is no wonder that the mountains and rivers can't accept it.

But the matter has come to this point, and Lu Guozhong can't refute Xiaodou, so he has to try his best to help Xiaodou lie and play on the spot.

After hearing this, Shanhe was hesitant.

Although he didn't agree, he could see that Lu Guozhong's words had already worked, and he should have believed something.

Soon, a third voice of persuasion came to his head:

"Master, I think they are right, you should ask the master's opinion. If the old man agrees to this, but you will be wrong, doesn't that amount to disobeying the master's orders?"

"Alas, I wanted to ask the master, but I tossed a coin...... It's too casual, isn't it?"

"Well, I don't know if it's casual or not, but as long as you can express your master's wishes, in a way or something...... Ahem, it doesn't matter! If you don't think it's appropriate, you can change it to throwing stones! Anyway, don't hesitate to try again!"

After listening to the bitter persuasion of the three people, Shanhe looked at the clear blue sky for a few seconds, then took a deep breath and nodded back:

"Alright then, just do what you say, try it once!"