When Chen Tang returned home, his mood had stabilized.
He opened the door and saw that the black pot was cooking. It was almost ready. A few girls were joking with Gouzi. When they saw him coming, they quickly stopped laughing.
Chen Tang put down the buns. They were still hot, but the breakfast made in the black pot was obviously more substantial. He fried four vegetables, both vegetarian and meat, and also cooked porridge and cut two plates of cold vegetables. "Who is going to buy the vegetables? ?" Chen Tang was confused.
If Chen's servant went shopping for groceries, he probably wouldn't buy so much. Ya pointed at the black pot.
Chen Tang put down the buns and went to the backyard. He saw Chen Shi combing her mother's hair. It seemed that she rarely did this kind of work. The comb was combed from the root of the hair and often couldn't be combed all the way. "I'll do it."
Chen Tang stepped forward, took the comb, and started combing it from the ends of the hair, combing the ends smoothly, and then combing some more hair so that the messy hair can be opened. Chen Tang wiped his mother's hair with a warm towel Face, wipe it very carefully
Chen Tang combed her hair, then put Chen Shi's hair into a bun and put on hair accessories. It was a skillful move that she obviously often did. Chen Tang also trimmed her nails, while Chen Shi watched and studied seriously.
"She can't move, so we have to help her move her muscles and bones to get her blood flowing."
Chen Tang set up Chen Shiniang and taught Chen Shi how to move her muscles and bones, saying, "You can use your own Qi and blood to assist her in moving, stimulate her Qi and blood, and run it for a few days. When she wakes up one day, she can move." It won’t be paralyzed. By the way, there are many people in Xijing, and dragons and snakes are mixed together. You don’t want to socialize with everyone. Especially a person named Xiaowu, stay away from him.”
"Creator Xiao Wu? Uncle Wu?"
Chen Shi was quite excited and said with a smile, "I heard that he was in Xijing and caused a cloud of corpses, which made people panic."
Chen Tang snorted and said: "He is not a good person. Don't get close to him. There is also a man named Qiao Zhuo who is not a good person either. If you meet him, stay away from them." Chen Shi was surprised: "A Zhuo Uncle? Why is he not a good person?"
He did not argue, and carefully studied how to activate qi and blood, and said: "I have a lot of elixirs here, can they cure my mother's disease?" Chen Tang shook his head and said, "I have tried all the elixirs, but they are of little use. She The soul was lost and Granny Sha couldn't find it. Chen Shi said, "The elixir here is different."
Chen Tang's heart moved slightly: "The elixir you brought from Qingzhou? Chen Shi nodded lightly: "It is stronger than the medicine in Qingzhou."
He obtained fifty-five elixirs in Qingzhou and planted them outside the small temple. They were nourished by the sunshine, moonlight and starlight from the ancestral home every day. The medicinal properties of these elixirs were greatly improved, and they were far beyond what the original elixirs could match. .
On the way to Xijing, Sun Yisheng's soul was almost blown to pieces, but he was suddenly cured by these elixirs. One can imagine how powerful the effects of these elixirs are! "There are many people who are proficient in medicinal properties and pharmacology. , after eating, I will go find them."
Chen Shi smiled and said, "Invite them to come over and prepare medicine for my mother's treatment."
Chen Tang shook his head and said: "The effect of the elixir can certainly make her condition better, but the most important thing is to get her soul back.
Chen Shi thought for a while and said: "I know two people who are as good at finding souls as Grandma Sha. Maybe we can ask them to help. They should have arrived in Xijing. Chen Tang, are there any beautiful rivers in Xijing? That's it. There are brothels on both sides of the Taiwan Strait."
Chen Tang stared at him: "Brother?"
Chen Shi said calmly: "Those two people are making a living there."
Chen Tang said: "Don't get to know some shady people. There is indeed a river in the city called Quqiang River, with feasting and entertainment on both sides. If you go there, I will go with you." Chen Shi said: "No. I won't know how to do it now." Go. It’s still early in the morning, the brothels are closed, and there’s no business. Wait until the evening, when there’s business, and you can find them.”
Heiguo asked Chen Shi to have breakfast. Chen Tang had already eaten, so he did not go over. He pushed Chen Shiniang around slowly, with a trace of sadness on his face. "Ruru, Chen Yindu may not have taught Chen Shi well."
He whispered, "He is only thirteen years old, but he is so familiar with the brothel. Chen Du must have taken him there."
Chen Shi finished breakfast and was about to go out. Chen Tang called him and said, "I bought you a new set of clothes and put them in your room. You can try them on before going to see your friends." Chen Shi went back to his room. , the clothes are a black Taoist robe with a white hem and a red ribbon. The clothes are quite spirited, but they look more stable and restrained.
The clothes are a little too big, but not much.
Chen Shi put it on and took a look in the mirror. It was obvious that Chen Tang bought it according to his own style, which did not match Chen Shi's personality. But when Chen Shi looked at himself in the mirror, he looked quite handsome. He After walking out of the room, Chen Tang looked around and felt that Niezi was a lot more pleasing to his eyes, so he said, "Your hair is a bit messy, let me help you comb it again."
Chen Shi was sitting by the corridor. Chen Tang took off the two strands that held the hair on his golden crown and combed his hair. When he combed his hair, he touched something on his scalp. Chen Tang touched it and found that it was healed. Traces left by bones.
His hands trembled, remembering the way the back of his head had been opened when he found his son's body. He hurriedly shook his head to get this bad image out of his mind.
He gently touched the centipede-like scarlet scar that penetrated from one side of Chen Shi's ear to the other. It was impossible to survive such an injury.
But this wound happened to heal. Chen Yindu really succeeded.
"Does it still hurt?" Chen Tang couldn't help but ask.
"It doesn't hurt anymore. It just hurts a little when it rains and thunders. If the thunder is loud, I feel a little dizzy." Chen Shi said. Chen Tang stopped talking and tied up his hair, put on a gold crown and inserted a gold hairpin.
Chen Shi dressed neatly and went out immediately.
Not long after, Chen Shi came in laughing and joking with a few of the candidates. When those candidates saw Chen Tang, they quickly stopped their smiles and bowed to Chen Tang.
Chen Tang looked at these young people in surprise. Chen Shi actually brought a pharmacist. These people were energetic and young, but they had been running around in the countryside all year round and had seen a lot of problems. They surrounded Chen Shiniang to analyze her condition.
They discussed over and over again and drafted a prescription. Chen Tang saw that it was a prescription to soothe the mind and calm the mind. It also replenished vitality and improved qi and blood. In addition, there were several soothing herbs. After taking this prescription, you can forget about it. Worry strengthens the foundation and the soul is stable.
"Without a soul, there is nothing you can do."
Huang Fengnian said to Chen Shi, "We have to find our soul. When your soul returns, your body will be well-conditioned and you won't feel grief, and your soul will be stable." Chen Shi thanked them, and everyone hurriedly said: "You are my mentor, what should we do? Dare you accept the gift from your mentor?"
Chen Tang was extremely shocked.
Chen Shi took out a few main herbs and asked his servants to prepare the medicine according to the prescription. Huang Fengnian and others helped to make the elixir, saying: "After making the elixir, you don't need to cook the elixir every day. You only need to dissolve one pill with honey and water every day. Just feed your mother and take it."
They helped to refine the medicine, and it was not finished until noon. Chen Tang left them to have lunch. These people waved their hands and said with a smile: "We will eat in the guild hall, so we don't dare to bother you!" Chen Tang sent them out of the Chen Mansion, and when they came back Looking at the vermilion elixirs one after another, some did not dare to give them to Chen Shiniang.
He took a test medicine, and the medicine melted in his belly. Chen Tang suddenly felt that everything in the world had become better. He sat lazily in the yard, the blood and qi in his body were running automatically, he was full of energy, and he had nothing to worry about. .
When the power of the medicine wore off, he was shocked to realize that he had done nothing all afternoon, let alone went to the household department to handle official business! He carefully checked the effect of the elixir he had taken, and felt a little shocked in his heart: "My longevity..."
With this elixir, his life span will be directly increased from a hundred years old to more than two hundred years old!
Chen Tang was stunned, and quickly went to look for Chen Shi, but did not find Chen Shi, so he asked a servant, who said: "The young master has gone to Quqiang River. "He has gone to visit a brothel?!"
Veins popped up on Chen Tang's forehead and he clenched his fists.
Chen Shi came to the pier near the Quqian River in Xijing and waited quietly.
It was still early to go to the brothel. The sisters in the brothel were still dressing up, so they wouldn't open so early. There weren't many boats at the pier.
But there were already many scholars and officials waiting on the pier. The scholars were chatting and laughing in twos and threes, while the officials were sitting in their sedan chairs and did not come out.
There are children selling aphrodisiac pills on the pier, and they are walking through the crowd again and again, asking the officials if they want it. The person being asked often talks about him or her, or laughs and waves his hands and says: "Why would I need this?" "
However, Chen Shi still saw that several people secretly bought some
"It's just a business. I'll tell Huang Fengnian later and ask him to come here to make money." Chen Shi said sincerely.
At this time, a scholar on the dock talked about government affairs, and everyone waiting to go to the brothel began to sigh.
Now that the border army is in a hurry, monsters in the sea are constantly attacking the border, and the court wants to send the border army to Xijing. There are bad people in the court!
A scholar slapped his fan heavily on the palm of his hand, filled with righteous indignation, and said loudly, "Are all the freeloaders in the cabinet? With such a stupid decree, in my opinion, the devil is not in the sea, not in the rivers and lakes, the devil is in Xijing. The devil is in the cabinet!"
As soon as this statement came out, the crowd was furious.
A silver-haired old man next to Chen Shi said angrily: "If I were a cabinet scholar, I would take these veteran court ministers who only talk and do nothing, and these corrupt scum who have violated the law, and put them all in the sky prison and torture them. I am not afraid of them. No move!"
"Well said!" Everyone cheered. "Are the six tribes and three princes all loyal ministers?
An official stepped out of the sedan chair and said impassionedly, "Tomorrow, I will make a speech in the court, lamenting the ills of the times, and shaming those old people who are lying on their backs and eating nothing! Let them know that the people's livelihood is in decline, and even the squires are running out of food. I can’t afford the car anymore!”
His words resonated with everyone, and they all clapped and praised him.
"We should let the gentlemen in Xijing go out of the capital and visit places!" Everyone complimented each other, and gradually became familiar with each other, and the chat became more and more lively.
Chen Shi listened and listened to their chatting, and then they talked about the famous prostitutes in Xijing, who had good kung fu, graceful dancing, and what kind of music they had composed that was popular in Xijing and even spread to other provinces. They also started talking about the famous prostitutes in Xijing. Talking about the poems written by some adults in Xijing recently, I started chanting them.
Then they talked about their lifelong ambitions and the need to show their grand plans, and then they cursed the imperial court. Then they talked about a noble lady in Xijing who had committed adultery with a Zen master outside the city and was caught in the act. Later, the affair gradually started, and the romance started again. When he arrived at the government, he cursed again.
"The brothel is open!" Someone shouted.
People hurriedly crowded into the pier and rushed to jump on the boat. The boatman shouted: "Slow down, slow down, the boat is going to capsize!" "My shoes have been stepped off!" A scholar shouted from the crowd.
There were not many boats at the pier, and they were full very quickly. There were still many people who could not get on the boat. A boatman said: "I can get one more person here, who can come up!" Arms were raised high, and many voices said: "Me! Me!
Chen Shi shook his head. At this moment, he saw a painting boat approaching. Everyone quickly came forward and waved to the boat: "Boatman, come here!" Chen Shi jumped up, walked in the air, and landed on the boat. .
The boatman controlling the boat was a familiar face. The boat girl in the boat was dressing up, holding a hairpin in her mouth, twirling her hair with her hands, and said with a smile: "Master Jie Yuan was a little anxious. Chen Shi smiled and said: "You two, I I have something to ask for."
On the shore, a group of scholars stamped their feet and asked, "Are we near the shore? Can we still do business?"
Some people were so anxious that they jumped onto the boat. However, their cultivation was also extraordinary. Some of them had advanced skills and could fly in the air. However, when they jumped out, they were further and further away from the boat, and they fell into the water one after another.
The boat girl put the hairpin in place and said, "What's the matter?"
Chen Shi explained the story of his mother's soul leaving the body and said, "Please help me, I will be very grateful."
The boatman didn't speak. After he finished speaking, he shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, but I obey."
Chen Shi frowned slightly: "With your abilities, it's not difficult to find my mother's soul. I'm not here empty-handed."
He took out the ram's horn heavenly lantern, placed it in front of the two of them, and said, "If you find my mother, I will give this treasure to you two."
The boat girl hesitated and looked at the boatman, feeling a little moved.
Although the two of them are also Yin Cha, there is also a status gap between Yin Cha and Yin Cha. The lamp they can use is the boy's heavenly spirit lamp, which is one level worse than Chen Shi's ram's horn heavenly lamp. The boatman shook his head: "
I’m sorry to have to obey my order.”
Chen Shi couldn't help but asked: "Why?"
The boatman looked at him deeply and said, "Don't Chen Jieyuan remember what happened in the underworld?"
Chen Shi was stunned, shook his head and said, "I don't remember."
The boatman said, "That's it. No wonder you asked us to rescue you. When you fell into the underworld, didn't your mother's soul find you?" Chen Shi was stunned.
The boat girl said at the side: "After you entered the underworld, your mother's soul also entered the underworld to look for you. I have seen her before, and you and your mother were together at that time. Later, after your incident happened, she also became an accomplice.
He was imprisoned in Yuanchen Palace."
The boatman said coldly: "If we want to save your mother, we, father and daughter, have to rob the prison! If we rob the prison, we will become your accomplices! We are already bald men poking into a hornet's nest, and if we go to rob the prison again, then we can't even think about it."
Back to the underworld!"
Chen Shi murmured: "My mother has always been with me?"
His eyes were red: "She found me?"
"It shouldn't be wrong," said the boat girl.
She suddenly woke up and quickly tugged on the boatman's clothes, pulled him aside, and discussed quietly.
The two of them were sneaking around and talking nonsense. I couldn't understand what they were discussing.
After a while, the boat girl smiled brightly and said to Chen Shi: "We can rob the prison for you, even without the ram's horn lantern. But Master Jie Yuan has to do a small thing for us father and daughter."
Chen Shi became energetic: "What's going on?"
The boatman said: "It's a small matter. Someone escaped from the underworld, and the underworld contacted us and asked us to capture him. This person has been reincarnated for many years, and the underworld only recently found out about his whereabouts."
Chen Shi wondered: "Who is this fugitive?"
The boat girl said: "It's probably a culprit who made a mistake. The superiors didn't say much. He was reincarnated less than twenty years ago. He has a mystery in the womb and has never awakened his memory. All you need to do is capture him. This person is reincarnated in Xijing.
It’s nearby, one day’s journey from my hometown.”
"good!"
Chen Shi agreed and said, "What do you know about this culprit?"
"A little sinner, he was reincarnated as a weak scholar who cannot be beaten."
Chapter completed!