Chapter 16: Rivals

Jin Shengjie immediately felt embarrassed, although he was arrogant, he was not so arrogant as to ignore a prefect. That's not arrogance, it's stupidity.

As the saying goes, "the county order that destroys the door, and the prefect who raids the house" has never been a lie. If this prefect's wife is really a narrow-minded person, and the prefect blows the wind in his ears, and wants this jewelry store to not be opened, there are too many ways. Thinking of this, he looked at Xu Xian with some embarrassment.

Xu Xian was thinking about how to avoid this accident as much as possible, although the actual benefits brought to him by this incident were much greater than the poisoning of the toad essence. But the difficult birth lasted for three days and three nights, how painful it was, and it was such a petite woman.

He deliberately didn't look at Jin Shengjie's eyes, but wanted to see what kind of surname this Mrs. Chen was. If it is an ordinary arrogant and domineering official wife, then it is better to ask her to suffer some hardships.

But I saw that Mrs. Chen said to Jin Shengjie: "Shopkeeper, since these two things are in the eyes of this son, let him go." I'll just order the same necklace and pick it up next time!" The voice was cold and soft, but there was no condescending taste.

Xu Xian smiled and said, "Then thank Madame." He affirmed in his heart: Such a person should not suffer.

Mrs. Chen bowed slightly, and was about to leave with the maid. Xu Xian took the things, took a few steps forward and said: "In Xia Xu Xian, he opened a pharmacy in Changmen, called Baicaotang." If the lady feels unwell, she can go to the trumpet. ”

If the pharmacy does business, it will not be very auspicious, and the maid suddenly glared at him angrily.

Mrs. Chen's eyes showed a curious look, and said, "You are the Xu Xian who wrote poetry?" Not only have I heard a lot about Xu Xian's name, but I also sincerely admire Xu Xian's talent, and now I have a lot of curiosity when I see the real face.

Xu Xian nodded and said, "It's exactly below." ”

Although Mrs. Chen wanted to say a few more words, she talked to a strange man on the street, and she really didn't look good, so she bowed and said, "If you have the opportunity, you will definitely pay a visit." Then he turned and departed.

Xu Xian knew that this ceremony was his own talent. With this good fate, there will always be a chance to help her in the future. When he walked out of the door, he saw Xiaoqing sitting on the edge of the steps boringly, stepped forward and patted her shoulder gently, and said, "Let's go!" But because she stayed for too long, she was complained again.

Back at home, Baek Su-jung prepared the meal.

Xu Xian told Bai Suzhen about what he said today, but Bai Suzhen frowned and said: "Although that Taoist priest is hateful, he will not sin to death, so why should you do this? ”

Xu Xian took out the three spiritual runes and gave them to Bai Suzhen, and said, "He asked for three spiritual runes today, and he wants to put you to death." If I hadn't been mistaken, I'd be in a lot of trouble right now. ”

Xiaoqing also said: "Yes, sister." Such a person must do everything possible to eliminate evil. Otherwise, I don't know how many aftermaths. At this time, Fang felt that he had some contract with Xu Xian.

When Bai Suzhen saw the three spirit runes, she was also shocked, and she had to say something more. Xiaoqing spit out the Neidan and said, "Sister, we are half of this Neidan, okay?"

Bai Suzhen smiled and shook her head and said, "This Neidan just coincides with you, you can eat alone! Come, let's eat!" and served a meal for the two of them, the two closest people around her said so, and she was not stubborn.

Xu Xian knew that she couldn't let go, got up and took out the wooden box and said, "Sister, what do you think this is?"

Bai Suzhen smiled: "You still remember!"

Xu Xian smiled and opened the box, the pale pink pearls were dazzling. Bai Suzhen said "ah", this is a gift beyond her imagination, and said: "This is too expensive!" Xiaoqing said: "This chain is so beautiful, sister, bring it and try it." ”

Bai Suzhen still refused, Xu Xian said: "Buy something for my sister, what is expensive or not." Come, I'll bring it to you!" he stood up behind her, lifted the white veil, but smelled a faint fragrance, I don't know if it was incense or something else. Try wearing the necklace around her swan-like neck.

The necklace was not long, and the fingertips inadvertently touched her neck, and the delicate touch came to her heart along the fingertips, and the hand became clumsy. It becomes more difficult to fasten the unfamiliar lock, and it is inevitable that there will be more touches. Ping said that he shook her hand, and he felt that he could get used to it, but in the end, he was still so clumsy.

Bai Suzhen lowered her hazelnut head and let him bring a necklace for herself, her face was already slightly red, and after touching it a few times, her fair complexion was dyed with a layer of red. Xu Xian was also a little anxious, lowered his head to take a closer look, but brushed his breath around her neck, but at the same time smelled an even more fragrant aroma.

She knew that he was not deliberately frivolous, and she was afraid that the refusal would hurt his heart, so she endured it. Xiao Qing held her cheek and urged on the side, "Isn't it okay?" Xu Xian hurriedly said: "It's fast, it's fast." ”

Bai Suzhen felt two hot breaths on her neck, and she couldn't help but raise her head slightly, wanting to say that she wanted to come by herself. But he heard a "click", closed the lock, and Xu Xian said: "It's finally good." Only then did I feel that my palms were full of sweat.

The calm state of mind when he killed the toad spirit was like water is gone at this moment. Xu Xian saw Xiaoqing staying there, and turned to Bai Suzhen's face, but he couldn't help but be stunned. The pale pink pearl necklace fits into her slender and graceful curve, but it is as delicate as her skin. And her fair complexion is dyed with a layer of pale pink, but it complements the color of pearls.

Bai Suzhen was even more ashamed by the two of them, and said with a red face: "Is it good-looking?" felt that her cheeks were hot, and those displeasures had already been thrown out of the clouds.

Xiaoqing said: "It's very good-looking." While admiring, he was also extremely envious.

Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen glanced at each other, and at the same time flashed their eyes, but they couldn't help but look at each other's eyes again. Several times like this, they felt a strange atmosphere rise up at the table, which made them sit still.

Xu Xian coughed dryly and said, "Xiaoqing, this is for you." When I opened the wooden box, it was a pair of turquoise crystal earrings.

Xiaoqing's eyes also lit up, and he took it unceremoniously, put his head on the round earlobe, and shook his head, and the pair of crystal earrings also jumped up, drawing a cyan arc. First asked Bai Suzhen: "Is it beautiful, sister." After receiving an affirmative reply, he said to Xu Xian again: "Thank you!"

Bai Suzhen swept her surprised gaze on Xu Xian and Xiaoqing's faces a few times, and she didn't know what spell Xu Xian had cast, so that she could say these two words with a stubborn mouth. Xu Xian smiled: "You are my sister, of course Xiaoqing is my sister." We are a family, so we naturally get along well!"

Xiaoqing pouted, but did not refute it, which was regarded as giving Xu Xian face.

After lunch, Xiaoqing was in a hurry to consume the inner pill, and Bai Suzhen had to help on the side.

The pharmacy has been closed for a long time, and it will open in the afternoon. Not long after the door opened, I saw two familiar figures appear at the door.

Xu Xian hurriedly greeted him and said, "Uncle Shi, why are you here?"

Xu Xian told Wu Yulian that there was a problem with the well water last time, and Wu Renjie wanted to say thank you this time, but he only remembered that Xu Xian left the address, accompanied by his daughter, and came to the door with the intention of giving it a try, but he didn't expect to really see such a big pharmacy. It's just because he is not a member of the Three Emperors Patriarch Association, and he is not well-informed enough.

Wu Renjie said with surprise: "This is what you opened?" Wu Yulian said coquettishly: "Brother Xu is so powerful, Dad, I said that Brother Xu would not lie to us, and you also said that he was bragging." ”

Xu Xian smiled and nodded, and invited them to come in and sit down. took them around the hall, Wu Yulian was just happy for him, but Wu Renjie was a master, knowing that tea, rice, oil and salt were expensive, and said worriedly: "Such a big store, how much is the rent for January!"

Xu Xian said: "Don't rent it, this is my store!"

Wu Renjie's head felt even more confused, and said: "You first came to Suzhou, where did you come from?" This is too different from the situation described in the letter.

Xu Xian said: "This was sent by the Zhao gang leader of the Cao Gang." ”

Wu Yulian clapped her hands and smiled: "No wonder you can persuade those few." He also did not follow: "He lied to me and said that he would reason with them." "There was another sentence, unspoken, and still holding my hand in front of so many people.

Xu Xian knew that they had some misunderstanding, and explained: "It's not that I deliberately deceive, when Teacher Fengshan wrote that letter, I was indeed in danger, and I was almost robbed of my fame, and then I saved the day. In Suzhou, after being warmly entertained by his uncle, Xu Xian is still grateful. ”

Wu Renjie tasted it at this time, and said with a wry smile: "So, you are still a showman?"

Xu Xian replied: "Well, at the beginning of this autumn, I will take the exam." ”

After Wu Renjie sighed, he looked at Xu Xian with a very different vision. As soon as you succeed in the exam, you will no longer be ordinary people, but a master who will jump on the branch and become a phoenix. There was a little more respect in and out of the words, but it made Xu Xian very uncomfortable, but Wu Yulian patted Xu Xian's shoulder and said with a smile: "I will definitely win." ”

Wu Renjie immediately reprimanded: "The girl's family is completely indecent. Wu Yulian lowered her head in disdain, and made a grimace when Wu Renjie turned her head. Speaking of which, she was only sixteen or seventeen years old.

Xu Xian brought up the old story again: "Uncle Shi, my medical skills are not perfect, and I want to study and prepare for the exam, this Baicaotang also wants to invite Uncle Shi to sit in the town, and I am willing to pay a hundred taels of money per month." ”

Wu Renjie's Jirentang opened well, although it is not big, but it is also his own industry, how can he give up to be someone else's buddy, and he was about to refuse, but listening to Xu Xian's number, he couldn't help but hesitate, his Jirentang's income in a month is not so much, and then many costs are removed, it is even rarer.

But after all, it is difficult to leave the old place, and I can't let go. And he has only intersected with Xu Xian for a few days, and there are always some doubts in his heart.

Xu Xian said: "Uncle Shi, this one hundred taels is not just for people to see a doctor, but my nephew has a matter on his mind, and he also wants to rely on his uncle's medical skills." With that, I asked them to wait a moment and go to the back hall.

Wu Renjie drank tea and thought about it. Wu Yulian pulled Wu Renjie's arm and said coquettishly: "Dad, you just promise Brother Xu! He won't lie to us." If you don't agree, I'll go back and tell my mother. "I am inexplicable in my heart, and I trust Xu Xian very much. And I still have some little Jiujiu in my heart, if my father agrees, wouldn't I also come here to help, can I see Brother Xu every day.

Wu Renjie sighed secretly, the female university was not left. At this moment, I saw Xu Xian take a bunch of books out, put them on the coffee table, and said, "Uncle Shi, take a look!" This is a part of the medical book he completed according to the information in his memory.

Wu Renjie was stunned for a moment, looked at the four words "Compendium of Materia Medica" on the cover, and wondered: "Is it a medical book, but it is nothing special." "I picked up a book and flipped through it, but suddenly my eyes widened, and I turned faster and faster, turning page by page. He said, "Great, is it to catalog all the herbs?"

Xu Xian smiled and said, "This part is not finished yet. Then he took one out of the stack of books and handed it to him, saying, "Look at this one." "Most of this is the knowledge brought about by the popularization of Western medicine.

Xu Xian did not intend to replace Chinese medicine with Western medicine, nor did he want to compare the advantages and disadvantages between them. The invention of medical technology was originally to cure diseases and save people, as long as this purpose can be achieved, it is good medical skills. And it is the stone of the mountain, which can be used to attack jade. Many theories of Western medicine are a great complement to Chinese medicine.

If Wu Renjie can barely keep his composure, then now even the hand holding the book is trembling, practicing medicine all his life, which doctor doesn't want to make his medical skills better. The theory of this book is strange, but after thinking about it, it is in line with his decades of medical experience, and it answers many doubts in his heart, and I can't help but read it page by page.

Although the composition of the human body, the role of bacteria, the harm of viruses, etc., etc., although it is only a general theory, but only these theories are enough to subvert the medical concept of the entire era, and raise the traditional skill of "Chinese medicine" to a higher level, so that more people can benefit.

However, if you want to integrate this knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, it is not something that Xu Xian can accomplish alone, but a large number of senior old Chinese medicine practitioners need to invest, study and explore with their own profound medical knowledge. It is possible.

Xu Xian took a sip of tea. It's like a copy of the "Nine Yin True Scripture" placed in front of the warrior. Xu Xian believes that no doctor can resist such temptation. Wu Yulian looked at Wu Renjie, who had entered a state of madness, and pushed him: "Dad, Dad, Brother Xu is waiting for you to reply!"

Wu Renjie came to his senses, took a deep breath, and said to Xu Xian: "Virtuous nephew, no, shopkeeper Xu, I promised you, and then said, I will come to Baicaotang to do things." ”

Although Wu Yulian hoped that he would agree, she didn't expect him to agree so happily, and said, "Dad, don't you discuss it with your mother?"

Wu Renjie waved his hand proudly and said, "No need to discuss, this master, I did it." Even Wu Yulian was suppressed.

Xu Xian stood up and said with a deep salute: "Little nephew, thank you Uncle for your success." He added, "In the future, just call me Chinese." ”

At this moment, a streamer from the sky fell in the city of Suzhou, in front of Baicaotang. It is a Taoist priest with a Taoist bone and immortal style, it is Lu Dongbin, thinking in his heart, Xu Xian should be inside.

Although Lu Dongbin said that he couldn't save Xu Xian, he inevitably thought in his heart, and said, "If I can cross him, let him be my disciple." It's interesting to remember the past, it's wonderful. ”

It's just that you can't treat people lightly, you have to understand it first. First turned into a woman, turned into a silk village next to the Baicaotang, talked with the shopkeeper for a few words, and asked about the Baicaotang.

Without asking too much, the chubby female boss immediately commented in a low voice, and said, "Sister, my sister advises you not to come to this pharmacy, not only is the price of medicine extremely expensive, but there are often some messy people inside." "I think that her pomegranate sister was also a famous beauty on this street, but since the woman in white appeared on the street a few times, she has all stolen her limelight.

Lu Dongbin was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "Could it be that in this life, he is actually a quack doctor who is greedy for money and stingy?" asked a few more shops, but they all said the same thing, the price of medicine is very expensive. He still refused to be gullible, and was about to try Xu Xian, and asked, "Old man, the shopkeeper of that store, I don't know what it's called?"

In fact, he didn't care about a person's name, he just asked casually.

The old man who sold tea said: "It seems to be called Xu Xian." ”

Lu Dongbin was surprised: "Xu Xian?" He has heard the name, although he has lived in the mountains for a long time, his news is never closed, and he can know a little about the big and small things in the world.

He knew that there had been a talented man in the world recently, a great poet, whose name was Xu Xian. He was also a scholar before he was killed, and he was also a lifter, so he was proficient in learning. When he first heard that someone admired what "great talent", he was also disdainful in his heart, thinking that it was the reputation of the times, until he heard those poems, he was willing to bow down and admire.

I couldn't help but sigh that the man had such a talent so far, but he also happened to be able to meet him. At the same time, it is certain that the person who can make such poems will never be a greedy businessman, and this needs to be tried for himself.

Xu Xian was talking to Wu Renjie, suddenly heard a wail outside the door, walked out of the door to see, but it was a poorly dressed beggar, exuding a sour smell all over his body, a wound on his calf, it seemed to have been bitten by a dog, a big piece, has begun to suppurate, the smell is even more unpleasant, at this moment wailing to Xu Xian for medical treatment.

Xu Xian stepped forward to check and was startled, if this infection is over, he will have to sawed off this leg, according to today's medical conditions, this beggar will definitely die. Ignoring the filth and stench, he hurriedly helped him up, and the beggar lame on his leg leaned on Xu Xian's body, and immediately left stains on his white clothes.

The unkempt hair covered the beggar's eyes, and no one saw the brilliance in the beggar's eyes, feeling the vigorous spiritual power in Xu Xian's body, which was somewhat similar to his former self. There was no disgust on his face, but he was full of worry.

is worthy of a man who can fight with me for two lifetimes, and he really didn't disappoint me.

What will happen in this world?

Mine, nemesis.

(To be continued)