Chapter 8: Prelude to the Storm
There weren't many people in the restaurant in the early morning, and after a while, all the exquisite wine and dishes were served on the table, and finally Jiang Li'er screamed enough before he stopped this crazy behavior.
Jiang Huai didn't care, he nodded at Jiang Li'er, and then swept himself wildly.
This meal is really hearty, although he has the energy provided by Chun Miao, but after all, it is not as direct as the delicious taste on the tip of the tongue, and it is refreshing.
It wasn't until his stomach was round that he exhaled comfortably.
Suddenly, Jiang Huai found that someone seemed to be staring at him, he looked up and found that Jiang Li'er's bright eyes kept blinking.
"Eh, why did you eat so little?" Jiang Huai asked puzzled after seeing that Jiang Li'er only ate some light vegetarian dishes and a bowl of porridge.
Jiang Li'er glanced at Jiang Huai, "I haven't eaten for many days, and I can't eat too greasy things, otherwise it will be bad for my stomach." ”
Jiang Huai scratched his head in embarrassment.
I only heard Jiang Li'er continue: "Take all the leftover dishes away, you can't waste them." ”
Jiang Huai nodded and paid the bill under the disdainful eyes of the shopkeeper.
A meal cost nearly five hundred copper coins, which made Jiang Li'er feel distressed to death, she crossed her fingers and muttered: "One copper coin, two big meat buns, four big steamed buns, brother, we ate 1,000 big meat buns and 2,000 big steamed buns in one meal today." ”
Jiang Huai couldn't cry or laugh when he heard it, he touched Jiang Li'er's head lovingly: "Don't be a housekeeper, your brother is already a second-pole talisman apprentice, and the money will only increase in the future." ”
Fortunately, the little girl is reasonable, and the money that her brother spends on her is right.
After that, Jiang Huai took Jiang Lier to buy a few clothes in Huainan Town, spending 100 copper, which made the little girl dissatisfied, just muttered to buy some fabrics, and she could sew clothes.
After finishing it, Jiang Huai returned to Nanfu Pavilion with a large bag and looked for his wooden house.
Along the way, the Fu disciples of the South Fu Pavilion were all talking about Jiang Huai, and even one of the Fu disciples greeted Jiang Huai respectfully, which made Jiang Huai sigh for a while, strength is really the best guarantee for safety.
Leaving Li Er at home, Jiang Huai instructed her not to run around, so she washed up, wore the rune robe sent by Nanfu Pavilion, carried all the copper coins, and went out.
"There are still more than 1,400 copper coins in the money on my body, and I returned 500 to Feng Tu, and the remaining 900 coins, hehe, enough. A cruel smile appeared at the corner of Jiang Huai's mouth. His target at the moment is the pharmacy, there is no killing in the Nanfu Pavilion, if he is discovered, he will definitely cramp and peel the skin, and hang his head on the top of the Nanfu Pavilion for people to see.
But Jiang Huai had the recipe of the low-end pill in his mind, and he knew all the medicinal properties of the herb by heart, if a few of them died after eating the big tonic medicine, no one would doubt him.
Walking to the pharmacy in his memory, Jiang Huai handed over the prescription he wrote before leaving to the pharmacy shopkeeper, and said with a smile: "I want five copies." ”
When the shopkeeper of the pharmacy saw it, he immediately smiled, some of the medicinal materials on it have the effect of nourishing yin and yang, and the other part has the effect of calming the mind and lifting qi, all of which are expensive medicinal materials.
After weighing the portions, the shopkeeper said with a smile: "These are the treasured medicines in my store, and the medicinal effect is absolutely first-class, only 888 copper coins are needed." ”
Jiang Huai was stunned, he suddenly held back a smile in his heart, "Don't want 2988, don't want 1988, don't need 998, just 888, Death takes it home." ”
The ninja's flesh hurt, Jiang Huai handed the copper coin to the pharmacy shopkeeper, and then turned around and went home.
"The 2,000 copper coins that just arrived, just gone, it's too loser, it seems that you can only make money by making talismans in the Nanfu Pavilion now. Jiang Huai was carrying the medicinal herbs, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
"I have to find a public place and give the medicinal herbs to five people, so that I can reduce the suspicion, five people die and four people die, and it's okay. ”
Running home, Jiang Huai took out all the medicinal materials, he opened Jiang Li'er's confused eyes, and lowered his head to drum up the medicinal materials.
"Nurse flowers, which have a faint invigorating power, can become a deadly poison when they are taken and smeared on the sand leaves, and the juice of the willow grass is added. Jiang Huai carefully figured it, the medicinal herb of Sang De Ye alone is worth one hundred and fifty copper coins, and after Sang De Ye is boiled and drunk, it can improve people's spirits and dispel poison.
Drawing rune paper requires the consumption of human essence, energy, and spirit. An ordinary one-pole talisman can draw up to ten meditation talismans a day, and if the success rate is high, then he can earn fifty copper coins a day.
But in fact, it is not divided into such a thing, a person's essence and energy are limited, and drawing requires a huge amount of essence and energy, and the consumed essence can only be restored through sleep. Every time a talisman apprentice draws a talisman paper, it is a process that consumes energy.
The more the spirit and spirit are consumed, the less concentrated the mental power is, the worse the rune paper drawn, and it is even very likely that it will collapse halfway through, so it is very rare for a single talisman to be able to draw ten meditation talismans.
Therefore, medicinal herbs that can improve people's spirits are very expensive.
To be able to become a two-pole talisman apprentice, their spirit will be much stronger than that of a one-pole talisman apprentice, and the power they draw can also reach two percent, and they may even draw a giant power talisman or iron armor talisman with a power of two percent.
It stands to reason that a three-pole talisman can draw a fireball talisman and a four-pole talisman can draw a flying sword talisman, but the essence consumed by drawing a fireball talisman is too terrifying, and only those who have taken spiritual enhancement herbs for a long time can succeed.
Only those who become talismans can try to draw fireball talismans.
And the flying sword talisman, I'm afraid there are not many people in the entire Huainan town.
Most of the talismans increase the power of the Meditation Talisman or the Great Power Talisman by one-tenth.
Only when the spirit is improved, can you advance to the talisman and draw the fireball talisman.
About two hours later, Jiang Huai went out with the precious medicinal herbs, and the time at this moment was almost noon, if he went to Nanfu Pavilion to provide a place to eat, there was a great chance of meeting the four people of Zhu Mai Yangbian.
However, just when Jiang Huai stepped out of his wooden house, Jiang Ming and Feng Tu sent the news that Jiang Huai had become a second-pole talisman disciple home.
In the exquisite courtyard of Nanfu Yuan, Feng Tu took a pen and concentrated, a red rune paper was spread on a gorgeous desk, and a purple inkstone was quietly placed on it.
Feng Tu dipped in the Zhongpin crystal sand, looked at a fireball talisman in front of him, took a deep breath, and then his hands were like dragons, and the talisman of the fireball talisman was slowly revealed on the red talisman paper.
But for a moment, Feng Tu's face was pale, and the sweat on his forehead slowly flowed, he bit the tip of his tongue and forcibly waved his pen.
With a bang, the rune line on the red rune paper lit up, and then the entire red rune paper burned directly.
"Hey, I still failed, my father gave me a condensing pill, and I didn't succeed. Feng Tu sighed, and then looked at Feng Cheng lightly.
"You said that Jiang Huai's kid successfully drew a blade sword talisman?"
Feng Cheng nodded, looking at Feng Tu's talisman and purple inkstone with envy.
"Yes, I see. Feng Tu touched his chin, Jiang Li'er's little lady is definitely a stunner, although her body is thin and small at the moment, she has not developed, but with Feng Tu's many years of experience in reading women, it is absolutely impossible to make a mistake.
"Hey, let him raise it for me first, and I'll take care of the second miss. "Thinking of the second miss, Feng Tu's lower body is hot, if Jiang Li'er is a tender fruit, then the second miss is a fragrant cooked food.
In a beautifully carved pavilion in Nanfu Yuan, a tall middle-aged man with bright eyes heard Jiang Ming's words, his face was full of incredulity, he looked at his wife beside him, and said in a low voice: "Did you make a mistake in sealing the dispersion back then?"
"How is it possible, I personally smashed Jiang Huai and Jiang Li'er two little, absolutely yes. A charming, bewitching woman said, her delicate face flashing with viciousness from time to time.
"Then how could he be able to draw rune paper, not quite right, not quite right. The middle-aged man thought about it with his back to his back, he looked at Jiang Ming beside him, and suddenly thought of a clever trick: "Ming'er, I'll give you some herbs, you remember to take them, and then find an excuse to test Jiang Huai, or directly find someone to fight with Jiang Huai." ”
Jiang Ming's face was vicious, he nodded, and smiled cruelly: "Don't worry, Dad, I will let that Wang Balamb die a miserable death." ”
The backyard of Nanfu Pavilion is very large, Jiang Huai passed through several rockeries, and the courtyard walked to the place where Nanfu Pavilion provided dining.
It is a row of wooden houses nestled in the shade of trees, and the outside of the wooden houses are almost all tall old trees, except for a few willows next to the stream. The foliage obscures the sun, and scattered sunlight shines down. Quite aesthetically pleasing. There are scattered pavilions and stone piers around the wooden house, and a turquoise stream runs through the entire courtyard, but there is a breeze of willows and willows, and the blue water is rippling.
Jiang Huai stepped into the courtyard and found that there were many people inside, most of them were one-pole talisman disciples, and most of these talismans were standing leisurely in the courtyard. If it weren't for the fact that everyone had a talisman pen behind them, they would have thought that they were all a group of scholars, talking about the wind and snow, and the nomination of the merit list.
"The meal shouldn't have arrived yet, so I'll take a look first. Jiang Huai carried the herbs in one hand and carried it behind him with the other. His long hair was tied by a headband, his robe was in harmony with his body, and he looked extremely handsome when he swept away his previous decadent and dirty appearance.
Jiang Huai was already extraordinary, but he was covered by tattered and dirty coarse linen clothes before, and he was also relatively humble, so he looked like a beggar as a person.
The Fu disciples in the courtyard were slightly surprised when they saw Jiang Huai, but most of them turned their heads and stopped paying attention, and the two Fu disciples here said that there were not many but also a lot.
Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Jiang Huai was also happy, he wandered around the courtyard, but did not find the four people on Zhu Maiyang's side.
"Are they not eating here anymore?" Jiang Huai was unhappy in his heart, he had prepared for a morning, just for the four of them, if the four of them didn't come here to eat, wouldn't he come for nothing?
Jiang Huai didn't give up, he decided to look for them in the wooden house where he was cooking.
"Jiang Huai?" Just as Jiang Huai had just taken two steps, a light voice sounded, this voice had a hint of hesitation, as if he was not very sure.
Jiang Huai turned his head, and when he saw clearly who it was, his heart trembled a little.
The girl who stopped Jiang Huai was as weak as ru, like a small jasper walking in the streets and alleys with an umbrella in the rainy season in Jiangnan, her cheeks were slightly red, and her eyes seemed to be able to speak in a blink of an eye.
When she saw Jiang Huai's face, Liu Zimeng covered her mouth, she looked at the man in front of her in disbelief, and the amazement in her heart couldn't fall.
Liu Zimeng, the dream lover of his predecessor Jiang Huai, has never confessed, only in the middle of the night, he looks up at the starry sky to express his admiration.
Although Jiang Huai is no longer the Jiang Huai he used to be at this moment, his heart is still trembling, as if this is the love engraved in his heart, which will not be worn out with the passage of time.
Liu Zimeng. Jiang Huai showed a hint of a smile, he was not the Jiang Huai who liked Liu Zimeng. Although the heart beats, there is a layer of rational shackles outside the beating heart.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, what are you busy with?" Jiang Huai was like a spring breeze, with a natural face.
Liu Zimeng's heart was full of waves, is this still the Jiang Huai who blushed when he saw her before, and was extremely cowardly? At this moment, he is in the wind, with a graceful demeanor, and he is still wearing the two-pole talisman robe of the South Fu Pavilion.
"Yes, when did you become a talisman apprentice, or a second-pole talisman apprentice. After Liu Zimeng was amazed, he also smiled, no matter what happened before, the second-pole talisman disciple already had the qualifications to pursue her.
Jiang Huai was about to answer, when suddenly he skimmed a figure, a round figure.
"Yang Wei!" Jiang Huai's eyes showed a hint of murderous intent, he turned around and took Liu Zimeng's hand and chased after Yang Wei.