Two carriages were squeaking along the official road. In front was Song Wenhe with a cart full of supplies, and behind was Daruch and the mysterious half piece of Tai Sui covered with linen.
There was always a stench after this thing was burned. In order to hide it from others, Song Wen bought a lot of smelly salted fish and piled it on top, but it smoked Daruch half to death.
After more than 20 miles out of Bianliang, Daruch couldn't stand the stench anymore and ran away screaming. He would rather have his whereabouts discovered by the government than endure it anymore.
There was no room for Song Wen in the car, so he simply asked him to bring a bamboo hat and follow him behind the car. They walked all the way to a market town and bought him a mule.
Daruchi groaned and was very dissatisfied, but unfortunately there was a serious shortage of horses in the Song Dynasty. It would be good to buy mules in the wilderness.
The inn in the market town was where Song Wen and the others often stayed when traveling back and forth. After all, it was impossible to sleep in the wilderness during the two-day journey, so the group requested two guest rooms and stayed in them as usual.
Song Wen took several young men from An Chun and Daruchi to the front lobby to have dinner. As soon as he sat down, the waiter rushed over with a smile to greet a few regular customers...
"Guests, would you like to cook chicken cakes with fresh fish soup as usual?"
Song Wen smiled: "Who made your chef's fish soup so delicious?"
"Please, sir, please stay here. I'll make arrangements right now!"
Daruch sniffed and muttered: "What on earth is that thing in the car? It stinks to death..."
Song Wen replied casually while eating peanuts: "Good stuff, maybe it can be priceless!"
Before Daruch could speak, he saw two Taoist priests in Taoist robes, an old man and a young man, walking into the lobby. The young Taoist priest helped the master sit down and called the waiter over... "Please bring two bowls of plain noodles and a plate of tofu."
Dish of vegetables!”
Xiao'er agreed: "Two Taoist priests, please wait for a moment. The younger one will go and give the instructions!"
The people at the two tables were not far apart. After a while, the young Taoist priest suddenly frowned and whispered something to his master. The old Taoist priest with a celestial spirit looked up at Song Wen and his group, looking only at Song Wen.
He stayed on Daruch's body for a moment, then shook his head slightly... and the two of them said no more words.
Song Wen had the experience of being deceived by Wang Laogui, and he was not very interested in these Taoist monks who were away from home. The two groups had their meals and then went back to their rooms.
In the middle of the night, the vigilant An Chun suddenly came to Song Wen's room door and knocked lightly. Song Wen turned over and sat up and walked to the door... "Who is it?"
"Brother, there is someone who has been watching Daruch's carriage for a long time!"
"Oh?" Song Wen opened the door and walked out, asking in a low voice: "Who is it? What did you find?"
"It should be the young Taoist priest. He didn't open the car curtain, as if he was waiting for something."
"I understand. Wake up Daruch quietly and ask him to be more alert, but don't act rashly."
"Yes, let me accompany my brother there!"
Under the cool moonlight, Song Wen and An Chun slowly walked to the backyard. A young man who was guarding the carriage in the dark was looking eagerly at the young Taoist priest standing in the center of the yard with his sword on his waist.
Song Wen waved his hand to tell him to hide it, and then walked straight over with An Chun. For no reason, even if the Taoist priest discovered the strange Tai Sui piece in the car, it would be no big deal. Song Wen was just curious about how the Taoist priest discovered this thing.
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The Taoist priest turned around and slapped Song Wen with a Taoist bow... "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, this poor Taoist has paid tribute to this layman."
Song Wen cupped his hands and said softly: "This Taoist priest, what do you think is wrong with my carriage?"
The Taoist priest, who was sixteen or seventeen years old, was fair and quiet, about the same age as Song Wen. Hearing this, he cupped his hands and said: "There is nothing wrong with the carriage, but I am afraid that the things in the carriage will harm the layman. I don't know where the layman got this thing."
, and where are you going to transport this thing?”
Song Wen smiled and said: "All things are born, as long as there are no evil thoughts in the heart, how can it be hindered? As for this thing, how did the Taoist recognize it?"
The Taoist priest replied: "I am a poor Taoist named Yunlong from the Second Immortal Peak of Mount Laoshan. I have followed my master to practice the Taoist Medicine Sutra since I was a child, and I have some knowledge of all kinds of strange medicines in the world... I noticed this when several of them were having dinner in the lobby, and several of them were
It is already inappropriate for this poison to invade the body. Although this thing has some strange effects, it is a heretical and counter-intuitive way and should not appear in the world."
Song Wen was slightly surprised and said: "Oh? Then I wonder what this thing is? I just got it by chance. I just wanted to send this thing to a secret place and bury it. I don't know what effect this thing has."
The Taoist priest looked at Song Wen's expression carefully and said with a smile: "If the layman didn't know that this thing was magical, why did he keep it secret and secretly escort it? This thing should be a natural foreign thing from Miao territory, and it is called arousing Gu! But I am also in the Central Plains.
It once appeared that alchemists once called it flesh Ganoderma or Immortal Root Tai Sui! This kind of Tai Sui is very different from ordinary flesh Ganoderma. It has the magical ability to devour flesh and blood and merge into one... People with evil intentions once planted corpses into it with the intention of changing the world.
, trying to be reborn and immortal...but it's just a wishful thinking."
Song Wen thought for a while and asked, "Is this thing poisonous?"
"After years of exposure, the body will be poisoned by the rot and the mind will be in a trance. In the end, it will have to suck the rotten juice of this thing to survive. It is no different from the walking dead."
Daruch in the dark was confused after what he heard, but still shuddered... and looked at the carriage with fear.
Song Wen nodded: "Thank you for your kindness, Taoist Priest. I will bury this thing well to prevent it from harming the world. I don't know why Chang Xiashan is here?"
The Taoist priest replied: "Master wants to come to see the weather in Bianliang, and visit his old friends at Daxiangguo Temple...but he has something in his heart, and he said that he wants to form a good relationship and eliminate a demonic obstacle on the way to the northwest!"
"Oh, what are the good karma? What are the evil obstacles?"
Taoist Yunlong cupped his hands and replied: "The good destiny is to keep the layman away from this weird thing, and the evil obstacle should be the Tai Sui Gu in this car!"
Song Wen smiled: "I accept this kindness, but this poison is very strange. Although it is a heretic, it is rare in the world. It seems inappropriate to let the two Taoist priests take it away like this..."
Taoist Master Yunlong frowned: "Master only met the layman once, but he could see that there was something wrong with the layman's body... It seemed that the layman's vitality had been damaged, and he had been hastily recuperated with strong medicine, which had laid hidden dangers.
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Song Wen was shocked, this Taoist priest had some skills!
Song Wen didn't say a word, but his mind was running fast... These two Taoist priests were a bit pretentious, and the magic barrier must be nonsense... They probably knew that there was this poison in Ling'erhui's lair and wanted to take it back for study.
, but the two of them do have some discerning skills, and they probably want to deceive the things away, and then leave a few elixirs for themselves...
The devil wants to eat those heavy metal poisons with excessive mercury! You can take it away if you want, but you have to get real benefits in exchange. Otherwise, just go and cool down!
Song Wen sneered, and just as he was about to speak... he heard an old but steady voice not far away... "Yunlong, you are rude to this layman... Please come to Pindao's room to have a chat with Pindaoyu!"
Chenzi is so polite."
An Chun took a step forward, but Song Wen pulled him and comforted him: "It's okay. I'll go see the Taoist priest. You just need to guard the carriage."