Chapter 104: The Zhu Brothers (25)
Early the next morning, before the dawn of the hour, Wu Zimin, the mayor of Qingquan Town, got up early in the morning to boil water and prepare tea, waiting for the arrival of the Taoist master said by the Quanxian Lord at any time.
In this world, there is no science, let alone the so-called materialist dialectic, not only the mayor Wu Zimin believes in ghosts and gods, but the vast majority of people in the world believe in the existence of gods and ghosts. Therefore, Wu Zimin would not be suspicious of what happened last night, but respectfully acted according to Quan Xian's instructions.
The water is boiling, and the tea is ready. After a while, I heard someone knocking on the door. The mayor hurriedly stepped forward to open the door, only to see a well-dressed and dignified young Taoist standing in front of the door, wiping the fine sweat on his head. When he saw the mayor of the town, he first bowed, and then said politely: "I came early in the morning to disturb the donor, and I hope the donor will forgive me." Poor Dao is a Taoist of Yuqing Palace, and now he is traveling all over the world and passing by here, wanting to ask the donor for a glass of water to drink, I wonder if the donor can make it convenient?"
The Taoist who came was none other than Liu Ruyun! All of this was actually discussed with him by Su Duan last night, and in order to show that he was tired from the journey, he also deliberately ran outside for a while to make himself sweat.
The mayor of the town, Wu Zimin, was overjoyed when he saw this, but he didn't expect that it was really as Quan Xian said, this Taoist chief really came to him to ask for water to drink in Chenshi, and this Taoist chief said that he was a person from Yuqing Palace, and the name of Yuqing Palace was unknown to everyone who didn't know, so this Taoist chief must really have some great ability.
The mayor thought of this, so he hurriedly bowed back and replied politely: "The Taoist chief doesn't have to be polite, the tea has already been prepared below, and the mountain and wild coarse tea still hope that the Taoist chief will not dislike it." ”
After hearing this, Liu Ruyun deliberately asked, "Oh, listening to what the old gentleman said, could it be that you already knew that I was coming, and even the tea was ready?"
When the mayor heard this, he smiled and said, "This door is not a place to speak, and I invite the Taoist chief to come and rest, and I will slowly talk to the Taoist chief about this matter." ”
As he spoke, he welcomed Liu Ruyun into the house, made tea and handed it to Liu Ruyun and asked, "Do you know where this place is?"
Liu Ruyun looked at the teacup, sat there and said, "I heard passers-by say that this place is called Qingquan Town, but I don't know where this Qingquan is, why did it get this name?"
After hearing this, the mayor began to introduce to Liu Ruyun: "According to legend, thousands of years ago, a fairy in the sky, Si Fan, was in the lower realm, and a local young man was very affectionate, and became a pair of fairy couples.
But soon after, the young man was conscripted, and since then there has been no news, and the fairy's deeds have also been discovered by the heavenly court, so he has been demoted to a mortal and cannot return to heaven.
Every time the fairy misses her husband, she will look into the distance and shed tears in the mountain stream, and over time, after her death, a spring will be generated at the foot of the mountain, and this spring is the 'that spring' in the east of our town.
It is rumored that the soul of the fairy is in this spring, and it has guarded our place for thousands of years. Just two days ago, there was a sudden outbreak of dysentery in the town, and many people were infected, and I don't know why.
And just last night, Lord Quanxian suddenly appeared and told me that the Daoist Governor would come to visit me to help me solve my dysentery, and I hoped that the Daoist would not shirk and rescue the people of Qingquan Town. ”
Liu Ruyun listened attentively, and after coming back to his senses, he smiled and asked, "Is that really the case?"
The mayor looked at Liu Ruyun with very serious eyes, and said, "It's true!"
After the mayor said that, seeing that Liu Ruyun only looked at the teacup but didn't drink the tea, he asked, "Dao Chief, aren't you thirsty, why don't you drink tea?"
Of course, Liu Ruyun didn't dare to drink this cup of tea, because he had long known that there was a problem with the water, and he still knew about this matter when he heard the confession of the Zhu brothers last night.
Liu Ruyun slowly raised the teacup, sniffed it and said, "It smells like Mao Feng, good tea!
The mayor of the town saw Liu Ruyun praising him, so he immediately smiled and said: "That's nature, Lord Quanxian's orders, I don't dare to slack off." The Taoist chief's insight is really extraordinary, this tea is the best Huangshan Maofeng, I didn't expect it to be tasted by you all at once. ”
"Where, where!" Liu Ruyun smiled, then put down the teacup and said, "Although the tea is very good, the water used to make tea is not so good......
Seeing that Liu Ruyun still hadn't drunk tea, the mayor opened his mouth and asked, "Dare to ask the chief what he means by this? Could it be that my tea is fake?"
Liu Ruyun saw that the mayor had misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "It's not the problem of the tea, it's the problem of the water! In the past few days, the people in the town have been in trouble, hasn't the mayor thought about whether there is a problem with the water?"
When the mayor heard this, he suddenly realized: "I understand what the mayor means! Do you mean that there is a problem with the water in our town?"
But as soon as the mayor finished speaking, he lowered his head and pondered: "No, the water of the people of the whole town is taken from that spring, and this spring is taken care of by the spring fairy, and there has been no problem for thousands of years, how can it suddenly make the people of the whole town infected with dysentery?"
Liu Ruyun saw that he was deep in thought, so he guided him and said, "Town Chief, I heard what you said before, you also suffered from dysentery because of this, I wonder if you can let me take a look at the medicine you use?"
After hearing this, the mayor remembered that Quan Xian had said last night that this Taoist chief was proficient in medical skills, and he should be able to see why.
Thinking of this, he immediately came back to his senses and said to Liu Ruyun: "Dao Chief, please sit down for a while, I will immediately go to the kitchen to take out all the medicines used for you, please help me find out!"
The mayor hurriedly went to the kitchen to get the medicine. After a while, he came over with a packet of powdered black medicine. After handing the medicine to Liu Ruyun, he said, "Dao Chief, please take a look!"
After Liu Ruyun took the medicine, she looked at it and thought to herself, what kind of thing was this, it was too difficult to tell if it was crushed into a lump.
But fortunately, he really knows some medicine, and he can distinguish a few flavors of medicine from this black thing, and after pondering for a while, he said to the mayor: "Mao Dading grass and southern schisandra do have antidiarrheal effects, but I think most of the medicines in this are adulterated!"
"What?fake?!"
The mayor of the town was immediately shocked when he heard this, you must know that this medicine was sent to his house by someone from Zhou Yuanwai, although it is said that this medicine was given for free, but it cannot be adulterated for this reason! However, if Zhou Yuanwai really poisoned the spring water in order to make money, it is not impossible to think about it, after all, he even dared to adulterate the medicine for himself, let alone those poor people.
Thinking of this, the more the town mayor Wu Zimin thought about it, the more angry he became, he stood up suddenly, and said: "What a bold Zhou Yuanwai! Not only did he resell fake medicines, but he also poisoned the sacred spring, causing us all to have diarrhea for two days, and today I have to tell him to go around without food!"