Chapter 11: Xu Fu and the Elixir of Life

The little old man of the ghost doctor came out of the secret room, holding a crystal clear glass box in his hand. The box is one foot long, three inches and two minutes wide, two inches and three minutes high, the pattern of the entwined branch lotus is staggered on it, inlaid with the gold ring that can reflect the bright moon, the carving is exquisite, the materials are of high quality, and it is worth a lot at a glance.

Holding the box in his left hand, the little old man turned around happily, first went to put down the window that had been propped up, and then went to the shrine in front of the statue of the Jade Rabbit of the Moon Palace pounding medicine, lifted the medicine pestle in the right hand of the Jade Rabbit, and smashed it three times in the medicine jar in the left hand of the rabbit, and then came to the hollow pattern bookshelf, the cabinet door of the second layer of the bookshelf was engraved with Zhong Kui's ghost hunting picture, and the thumb and index finger were cut into the eyes of the little ghost, and then pressed down to the lamp, and then opened the first drawer on the right side of the table. The last drawer on the left and the second drawer on the right, then reopen the window and come back and close the last drawer on the left, the first drawer on the right, and the second drawer on the right.

Something magical happened. A mahogany prismatic window slowly and silently slid out of the wall, slowly closing the secret room, and connecting with the wall so tightly that it was more like a window embedded in it than a window embedded in it.

The little old man stroked his goatee with satisfaction, his little eyes smiled into two wrinkles, his right hand held the glass box, his left hand stretched the hem of his clothes, hummed Suzhou Pingdan, took square steps, and shook to the backyard step by step.

Speaking of the mechanism of the secret room, the little old man didn't know how proud Lu Dao was, thinking that back then, the world's famous "first skillful hand" Lu Shui Spoon - that was Lu Ban's descendant, he lost to the little old man in the wine, so he was willing to gamble and lose, Lu Shui Spoon built him such a secret room under the instruction of the little old man. The mechanism to open the secret room was designed by the little old man himself, which was the "peerless obstacle method" that he came up with after thinking about it for a month, and was called a "genius design" by Lu Shuispoon in front of him at that time, of course, he didn't know what to say, Lu Shuishu called him "neurotic mind" behind it.

Lu Shuispoon didn't know what to say, the wine fight back then was actually a bureau, and the little old man drank with him after taking antidote medicine in advance, and the former martial arts alliance leaders who were coaxing at that time, Huangfu Lushi and Bai Xiaosheng were all nurseries found by the little old man, so they must have helped the little old man. However, with the prominent status of the two of them, why would they help the little old man to deceive people, the reason is that the little old man promised each of them a Heaven Returning Pill. With Huitian Pill as bait, it is enough for Emperor Lao Tzu to make you a cow and a horse.

There were originally three Huitian pills, two of which fell into the hands of the ghost doctor, and the other was missing. Legend has it that Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu Penglai Island to ask for immortal medicine, Xu Fu went to sea four times in total, and the third time he went to sea, he actually had already obtained four elixirs, but he did not report it after he came back, and Qin Shi Huang died soon after, so Xu Fu went to sea for the fourth time, and then his whereabouts have been unknown. However, according to the record of "Taiping Guangji", in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a sick scholar, who drifted to the sea because of a long-term illness, but fortunately met Xu Fu, who became an immortal on a lonely island on the sea, Xu Fu cured him and sent him back, and also gave the scholar a bag of elixir that can cure all diseases. So later people speculated that Xu Fu had taken one of the elixirs, and the other three were brought back by scholars, that is, the elixir that is popular in today's martial arts-Huitian Pill.

In fact, I really don't understand the little old man, why do you have to exchange two elixirs for a secret room, and put his strange bottles and cans? And the glass box that is very valuable but can't be eaten?

Then again, what will the little old man put in that glass box?

The little old man came to the backyard, put the box on the stone table under the big banyan tree, made a pot of Fujian Wuyi big red robe, lit a pot of menthol incense, spread a cotton cushion with cloud brocade on the stone bench, and then sat down comfortably, took a sip of tea, and then opened the glass box. The inside of the box is full of flowers, and it is full of all kinds of snacks!

About 20 years ago, the little old man once met a foreign priest, and the foreign priest preached to him, but he did not listen, but learned to drink afternoon tea from Westerners. From then on, every day from midnight to half of Shen, it was the closing time of his medical hall, and he would hide here on time to enjoy the beautiful afternoon tea time. His old friends all knew about his habit.

However, the little old man's refreshments are not the refreshments sold in the general market, they are his own carefully used various recipes and herbs that can prolong life. Maybe that's why he needs a secret room. ,

The little old man rubbed his hands, picked up a piece of light brown plum blossom-shaped cake from the box, opened his deflated mouth with two missing front teeth, and took a big bite of enjoyment, so that the left and right sides of the plum blossom cake were missing, and the middle part was intact.

This is the little old man's favorite pepper flavor, but this time the pepper seems to be a little too much, a little spicy. The incense of menthol is fluttering, and the big red robe is so drunk that his limbs are comfortable, and he is too lazy to move.

When the little old man finished eating a piece and a half of pepper plum blossom cake and his stomach began to feel a little uncomfortable, the little old man suddenly realized!

But the croton itself is tasteless, and it is taken out of the secret room by himself at home and by himself, so he will be careless!

Okay, don't say anything, let's go to the toilet first! The little old man stood up for a moment, found a little dizzy, and then realized again! There are five drums of chicken crowing in the menthol incense!

When the little old man was weakly preparing to fall asleep and wanted to "try to hold it back", he was shocked for the third time! There is a muscle relaxant in the big red robe!

Cough, you can imagine what would happen if a person lost consciousness when he wanted to be out of consciousness? Imagine again, if a conscious person was given a muscle relaxant when he wanted to be out of Gong, he couldn't hold back? What about a person who lost consciousness?

Three hours later, the little old man woke up slowly, his hands trembled, he lifted his pants, gritted his teeth and gasped for a long time, and finally roared: "Canghai! You little rabbit cub is too lacking in virtue! I knew that my grandfather and I wouldn't have saved you back then!"

You said that if this were an ordinary person, he would definitely go to the shower and change his pants first, right? But the ghost doctor was stunned and lifted his pants and pointed at the big banyan tree and scolded for two hours.

Ah, the ghost doctor, it's really not an ordinary person......

But I think it's more like retribution.

"Caiyuan" inn.

Shopkeeper Lu still looks like a big shopkeeper, rubbing iron balls and greeting all kinds of people in the corridor. Until the room with the best fortune, the Xuanzi room, pushed open the hidden rosewood door and walked in gently.

Xiao Shell was sitting behind the red sandalwood table in the hall, with his back to the door and his hands on his cheeks.

Shopkeeper Lu held the iron ball, walked over gently, and asked softly, "Shen Shi, don't you need to eat?"

The little shell held a position and shook his head.

Shopkeeper Lu said: "You two haven't eaten breakfast yet, aren't you hungry?

The little shell snorted into the inner room.

Shopkeeper Lu took a few steps forward, held a flannel curtain, and stood still.

Canghai is curled up in the red sandalwood Taishi chair in front of the window, dressed in snow-white shirts and trousers, with an equally snow-white plain shirt on his shoulders, his long hair is wet and casually scattered on his shoulders, holding a shadow green tea bowl in both hands, sipping from time to time. Because the window was open, the wind blew the heat from the tea bowl on Canghai's face, covering his eyes with a layer of moisture. The wind also blew the dried hair of his sideburns, and the only movement in the silence of the right was made.

Canghai looked at the street scene downstairs and was silent.

Shopkeeper Lu had the illusion that the sun seemed to be shining on him alone.

Canghai's gaze remained unchanged, and he slowly put the tea bowl on the low table next to him, arched the knuckle of his middle finger, and knocked on the table.

Shopkeeper Lu came back to his senses, Xiaoke sighed and stood up and carried the teapot and walked over, and said to Shopkeeper Lu: "It's the eighth bowl." ”

Shopkeeper Lu looked at the small shell, and also walked over, just called "Childe", and before he could say anything else, Canghai spoke first: "It's a big deal." ”

"Huh?" neither of them reacted.

Canghai knocked on the table again and motioned for the small shell to pour tea, and then raised his eyes and said: "'Drunken Wind' sent She Wanzu to kill Ren Shijie, why will Li Fan be hunted down and killed?"

Shopkeeper Lu thought for a while, took a deep breath and nodded.

Xiao Shell carried the teapot in both hands, looked at the shopkeeper Lu, looked at the sea, and simply asked, "Then what do you say it is for?"

Canghai said: "I just don't know the way, so we have to take the initiative." The first is to delay time, distract the attention and power of the 'Drunken Wind', and let them turn their attention to other things, so that we can have enough time to find the targets that the 'Drunken Wind' may want to kill, protect them, and find out the truth. ”

Shopkeeper Lu said: "Yes, but it's not that simple to distract from the 'drunken wind'. ”,

Canghai's amber eyes turned, but he chuckled and didn't answer. He took a sip of the tea, put it down, and said with a meaningful smile: "Have you ever heard of the 'encirclement and reinforcement' in "The Art of War"?"

Shopkeeper Lu thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Not bad! Good idea! But what bait do you want to use? What kind of fish do you want to catch?"

Canghai looked at the shopkeeper Lu approvingly, and asked with a smile in his eyes: "Do you know that Tang Qiuchi, the 'Great Sanguan' who was removed from the Tang Sect in Shuzhong three years ago?"

"Ha Luha, why don't you know the way, the one who corrupted the style of the Tang Sect," Shopkeeper Lu was happy when he heard it.

"But do you know that Tang Qiuchi was actually wronged?"

"The incident was faked?"

"Yes. The real reason why he was removed was that he betrayed his teacher and betrayed his brother. The traitor of the Tang Sect who belonged to the White Dao was far more serious than corrupting the Sect, so the elders casually found an excuse to kick him out of the door, and he should have cleaned up the portal, but his backer was too hard to kill him, so he simply gave up. ”

"Who's his backer?"

"It's 'drunken wind'. ”

Shopkeeper Lu and Xiao Shell suddenly realized in surprise.

Shopkeeper Lu analyzed: "If 'Drunken Wind' has been protecting him, it means that he is a very important person to 'Drunken Wind'. ”

"That's right. Canghai sighed and said: "He was originally a person who was 'drunken wind', and he had been lurking in the Tang Sect for ten years, but he was not discovered because he didn't make any big moves, until 'Drunken Wind' took the order to kill Tang Qiuping, Tang Qiuchi was forced to show up, betray his senior brother, and rebel against his master." In fact, Tang Qiuchi has been taking advantage of his identity as a disciple of the Tang Sect and the convenience of procurement to help 'Drunken Wind' deliver news. Now that Tang Qiuchi has been removed from the Tang Sect, it is still convenient for him, walking the rivers and lakes as an outcast of the Tang Sect, without being suspected, and no one looks down on him for the crime of ruining his reputation, and his current actions are completely free, so he has become the best person to pass on the news. Because his traitor identity is the top secret of the Tang Sect, and only a few people in the Tang Sect know about it, so up to now," paused, sighed and continued: "No one outside the Tang Sect and 'Drunken Wind' knows his true identity. ”

"And how did you know the way?" asked the little shell.

Canghai supported his forehead with his hand and sighed: "Alas, I am also a member of the Tang Sect." ”

Xiao Shell's eyes widened again: "I thought you were casually talking about deceiving Huang Huihu that day!"

"Alas, it's true or false. ”

"Then why did you become a member of the Tang Sect again?"

"Well, I am. ”

"Then why are you sighing?" Xiao Shell suddenly became a little angry, because he didn't know anything about his brother being a disciple of the Tang Sect.

"That's it," Shopkeeper Lu also said, "Is it the people from the Tang Sect who make you so helpless?"

Canghai couldn't help but start rubbing his temples, "Alas, that's it." ”

Shopkeeper Lu was happy again, "Okay, I don't ask you in advance, anyway, I haven't asked about many things." Let's talk about what you did with Tang Qiuchi. ”

"Okay!" Canghai suddenly became full of energy, crossed his legs, sat up straight, and said with a radiant expression: "Do you know what kind of news Tang Qiuchi is responsible for delivering now? It is all the news related to Ren Shijie! Moreover, he is wandering around Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as long as we catch him, then ...... Hehe......" raised an eyebrow, lengthened his voice, and then grinned triumphantly.

Shopkeeper Lu frowned and smiled: "...... Does not mentioning the Tang Gate make you so happy?"

"Alas, you brought up ...... again" Canghai immediately collapsed his face and collapsed back into his chair.

"Okay, okay, you go ahead and talk about your plan. ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Where did I just say?"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Speaking of catching Tang Qiuchi. ”

"Oh yes. If we don't mention it, he can only think that he has entered a black shop, and if he is forced to ask for some clues, he is very likely to commit suicide and die, then we will have lost all our efforts. Don't forget that our purpose is to 'encircle the point and send reinforcements'. ”

Xiao Shell scratched his head after hearing this, and it seemed that he didn't understand.

Shopkeeper Lu had a twinkle in his eyes, "You mean, if we arrest their informant, they will suspend their action, even if they find a new informant to replace them, it will delay some time, and the new informant may not know what the news Tang Qiuchi wants to deliver is, so their most likely action is to save Tang Qiuchi, and we didn't arrest him as a Jianghu, they can only come secretly, then we can come to catch turtles in an urn!",

"That's right," Canghai looked out of the window, his eyes were far-reaching, and continued: "First, we can judge the importance of Tang Qiuchi to 'Drunken Wind' through the identity of the person who came; second, the person sent to save him must be a nearby killer, so we can reduce Luo Xinyue's danger factor here; third, 'Drunken Wind' is contained, and it will take time and effort to re-dispatch, so we have gained time again." However, this trick alone can't delay the 'drunken wind' for long, so we have to do both or all three. ”

Shopkeeper Lu nodded, his face full of smiles: "So first?"

"First of all, of course, I found Tang Qiuchi!"

"Well, how are you going to find it?"

"This ......" Canghai put his right index finger in his mouth and bit it lightly, and muttered: "This is more troublesome, I have seen that I have searched all over Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but he has a bad habit, good gambling, maybe we can start from the major casinos." However, there are no less than 3,000 casinos in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and there are countless underground black nests...... Or can we find a way to force him out?"

Shopkeeper Lu suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled.

Canghai and Xiaohu both looked at him in surprise.

Shopkeeper Lu touched his beard, and said with a cunning smile: "You don't need to be so troublesome to find Tang Qiuchi. ”

"Do you know where he is?"

"Of course," Shopkeeper Lu smiled happily, "the one you blasted out with Jade Ruyi yesterday is the one." ”

"What?!"

Canghai jumped out of his chair and stepped barefoot on the floor. Luckily, there was a thick cashmere carpet on the floor.

"How could this be?" Canghai almost pinched his heart, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"You didn't tell me your plan. Shopkeeper Lu spread his hands like the sea.

"Oh, I knew that he lived here, I had a simpler and easier way! Just a bowl of sweat medicine and it will be over!" Canghai stomped his feet angrily. After calming down, he asked again, "So where is he now?"

"I guess it's still nearby. Shopkeeper Lu looked like he was looking at the excitement.

Canghai looked at the sky, then at the ground, sighed, then gritted his teeth, and smashed his right fist on his left palm.

"Looks like I'm going to have to go out myself. He turned his head and shouted: "Shopkeeper Lu, let it go, saying that Huangfu Xi came to Yingtian and stayed at 'Caiyuan'." ”

Shopkeeper Lu smiled and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Canghai looked back and smiled slyly: "You guess, there is a big gamble with a lot of money in 'Caiyuan', will Tang Qiuchi come if he knows it?"

"Haha "Understand, I'll leave everything to me!"

Decisive, resourceful, adaptable, strategic. Huangfu Greenstone, the successor you chose is really not bad.

"Hey, wait. ”

Shopkeeper Lu turned around, "What else does Childe have to order?"

"That...... I'm hungry......"

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