When Su Ling heard what Fang Xi said, she smiled teasingly at him and said, "Does Fang Huishou really want to know?"
Fang Xi nodded awkwardly and said, "I thought my plan was foolproof, but I never thought that your performance was really good!"
Su Ling laughed loudly and said, "You can only plot against me, but I can't plot against you, right?"
Fang Xi was suffocated, and the look in his eyes was quite helpless as he said: "I was not jealous of you at that time, but I had real reasons for it. I had more than dozens of medical clinics and pharmacies under my command, and they all came to me.
, obviously you are following my orders, but to be clear, if I don't knock you down, then I will be the next one to fall. Furthermore, although I plot against you, you still don't have the slightest intention.
I didn’t suffer any loss..."
After Fang Xi said this, he rolled his four-cornered eyes and said rather comically: "But I was covered all over my face by you..."
Su Ling laughed so hard that his whole body trembled, and he pointed at Fang Xi and said: "Chief Fang, you were not my friendly army at that time, so it was an unintentional mistake to accidentally injure a friendly army. It was an unintentional mistake..."
Su Ling expected that Fang Xi's difficulties were true, but the premise of all this was that after this contest, Su Ling was still unfailing, standing in front of him and his Kyoto Medical Clinic Guild with a victorious attitude.
If I don't take precautions and something goes wrong, I'm afraid I won't be able to hear his heartfelt words. I'm afraid that not only that, but I will also be stepped on and rubbed by people like them...
The victor always has the right to speak whether he succeeds or loses. This truth has never changed.
Fang Xi chuckled again and said: "I just begged Mr. Su to say something clean and delicious when he was going to talk about detoxification. If you are tossing like this, even if you are fine, you will vomit out all the food you had last morning."
Already."
Su Ling laughed loudly and said: "Now that you and I are one family, Fang Hui will be relieved. How can there be a next time?"
Fang Xi nodded with fear and said: "That's very good! That's very good! But since you and I have become a family, don't ask Fang Huishou to call you like that in the future. I am much older than you, so I will be your old brother."
how?"
Hearing this, Su Ling hurriedly waved his hands and said: "How could this happen? How could it happen? You are a rare person, I am just..."
Fang Xi smiled and said: "So what? It's just that we have eaten a few decades earlier. The so-called year-end friendship is just for you and me. Calling me brother is not disrespectful."
Su Ling then nodded and said: "That's it, boy, you are too presumptuous. I will call you Brother Fang from now on! But please don't call me Young Master anymore. Just call me Brother Su!"
Fang Xi laughed loudly. He had his own plan in mind. Whether it was in form or in reality, he would always get closer to Su Ling without losing anything. No matter what, Su Ling was not a big money tree for him.
Fang Xi suddenly asked: "Does Brother Su have a family?"
Su Ling was puzzled by the question, and thought to himself that this was nothing, why was this old man gossiping like this?
Su Ling smiled lightly and said, "I already have a wife, Zhang Zhiyue, the granddaughter of Zhang Shennong in Nanzhang."
Fang Xi heard this and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "There is a rumor in the apricot circles that Mr. Su is a disciple of the miracle doctor Zhang Shennong. It seems that he is not only a disciple but also the son-in-law of Chenglong!" He seemed to have something in his words. He muttered for a long time before saying: "We
Xi has a granddaughter, and she is now in her 28th year. I wonder if Brother Su would consider marrying another concubine?"
Su Ling's head swelled three times, and he shook his head quickly and said: "Well... Brother Fang is also the head of the guild, how can your granddaughter deign to be a junior? Besides, I am just a useless person.
Doctor, I really don’t dare to reach too high... Let’s talk about how I acted in this play today..."
Although Su Ling said this, he secretly thought in his heart that people say horses are slippery and people are treacherous. This is indeed true. Fang Xi has such big thoughts to turn me into his grandson-in-law. I don't want to be embarrassed.
, hasn’t Lengxiang Pills become his family’s business? Besides, with his square eyes, will his granddaughter be good-looking?
Thinking of this, I still felt a chill in my heart.
Seeing Su Ling's appearance, Fang Xi knew that talking more would be useless, so he laughed, revealed the matter, and followed Su Ling into the back hall.
The two of them sat down, and Su Ling filled another bowl of tea for Fang Xi, and then said: "This is a long story. Brother Fang, please listen to me and explain it slowly. In fact, the key to this drama lies in one person...
..."
"Hao Zao!" Fang Xi blurted out with sudden enlightenment.
"That's right!" Su Ling laughed.
Fang Xi shook his head and sighed: "After all, it turns out that there is a problem with Hao Zao, but I personally inserted Hao Zao into your bad gang. When did you find out that there was a problem with him?"
Su Ling took a sip of tea and said, "Actually, I didn't know that early in the morning. Instead, I thought he was diligent and knowledgeable about the pharmacology and properties of various medicinal materials. I also planned to train him well and open a branch in the future.
It's the shopkeeper. It's just that I gave him the job of grinding the medicine. Fortunately, he didn't do anything that day and concentrated on grinding the medicine, which was faster than me."
"It's just that things were a little different the next day." Su Ling said with a faint smile.
"How is it different?"
"On the second day, although he kept grinding the medicine, I secretly observed that every time he grinded a packet of medicine powder, he would take the powder in his hand and kiss it carefully. I thought he was just...
I did it occasionally, but I observed him many times and found him doing this, so I started to pay attention to it. When I stopped working, I counted the weight of the powder he was grinding and found that it was much less than the first day.
I paid more attention. However, this was just suspicious. What really made me think there was a problem was what happened next." Su Ling said calmly.
"Oh? What's going on?" Fang Xi asked with interest.
"In order to determine whether there was anything wrong with Hao Zao, I copied the prescription and ingredients of the Lenghianxiang Pills to him that night. However, I gave them to him, but with the addition of some medicine." Su Ling said here.
, "Haha, the so-called heroes see the same thing, the medicine I added here should be the one that my brother instructed Hao Zao to secretly add - Nux Vomica!"
Fang Xi opened his eyes in disbelief and said in a much louder voice: "Is it really Nux Vomica? I did instruct Hao Zao to add Nux Vomica core to Lengxiang Pills, but how did Brother Su know my plan?"
Su Ling smiled and said: "I didn't know, it was just a coincidence. I wrote the prescription to him. With his proficiency in pharmacology, it is impossible that he didn't know that nux vomica was poisonous, but he read it several times and never said anything.
When I asked the question, there was a bit of excitement in his expression."
"One more thing, I'm hiding it from the truth. In fact, there is no such thing as nux vomica in my bad family!" Su Ling said word by word.
Fang Xi patted his head and then understood: "So that's it. Brother Su is really thoughtful! There is no nux vomica in your hall, but I asked him to add nux vomica to the medicine, but he couldn't do it."
It is impossible for an ordinary clerk to raise so much strychnium vomica at one time. I think Brother Su must have checked the medicinal powder Hao Zao had ground the next day and found that all the medicinal powder was added with strychnos vomica.
!”
Su Ling put his hands on his hands and laughed and said: "Yes! Yes! I checked all the medicinal powders he grinded the next day, and I found that all the medicinal powders contained nux vomica, so I concluded that there must be someone behind him.
Otherwise, why would so many nux vomica appear out of thin air?"
"It's just that, although I discovered these problems, I didn't alarm him. I found an excuse and asked him to go to the outer hall to grab medicine for someone. When he was not in the inner room, I quickly replaced the medicine powder that I had already ground. Then when he came back
, in front of him, made cold-flavored pills from medicinal powder without nux vomica." Su Ling said with a faint smile.
"This is why there is no nux vomica in the cold-scented pills in the hands of the common people!" Fang Xi slapped his head and said in frustration.
"Exactly! In the evening, I sent Du Heng to cook, leaving Hao Zao alone to tell the whole story. Hao Zao refused to admit it at first, but later saw that he could not deny it, so he knelt down and said
To tell the truth, according to what he said, I realized that it was Brother Fang who was responsible for the good plan!" After Su Ling finished speaking, he glanced at Fang Xi sideways.
Fang Xi blushed and said, "What a good plan. Fang Xi is ashamed. In Brother Su's eyes, it's just a trick played by a three-year-old child!"
Su Ling said with a smile: "You can't say that. Maybe it was God's will that we all chose Nux vomica... It's just that Hao Zao begged me in every possible way, saying not to bring this matter out, otherwise you guys
The guild will not let him and his wife go."
Fang Xi's face looked a little unnatural, so he had to drink tea to cover it up.
Su Ling added: "I saw that he was extremely frightened. I guessed that you had some backup plans, so I asked him again. He had no choice, so he told him that you gave him a pill, and half an hour after taking it, he felt like this.
He looks like a dead man, as if he has been poisoned by strychnos and dies of poison. Then you will inform the Longtai Order of Kyoto and come to me early the next morning to settle accounts. When everything calms down, you will give him the antidote and give him
He gave him a hundred ingots of gold and let him and his wife fly away. But..."
When Su Ling said this, he glanced sideways at Fang Xi, with a smile in his eyes and said with a touch of coldness: "It's just that, Brother Fang, you should never have given him a pill of poison.
Ah... You are a master who has been immersed in medicine for many years. You can fool him by just finding a poison he doesn't know about, but you can't fool me. When Hao Zao showed me this pill, I
It was immediately discovered that this medicine was poison."
Fang Xi's face turned red and white, and finally he had to stand up and bowed to Su Ling: "Fang Xi was also confused for a moment and had a wrong idea and wanted to blame brother Su. Alas! Fortunately, it didn't happen.
A big disaster, otherwise it would have been too late for me to regret it! I also want to thank Brother Su for covering it up for me, not exposing the matter in front of Lord Yang Shuzu, and preserving Fang Xi's reputation!"
Su Ling picked him up with a smile and said earnestly: "Brother Fang, sometimes people can't think straight and take detours. It's understandable. If you know your mistakes and you can correct them, there is no greater good!" Su Ling hopes that after this incident, brother will definitely do it.
Adhere to the spirit of Xingtan, use the hanging pot to help the world, and overcome adversities and relieve difficulties as the first priority!"
Fang Xi looked ashamed and repentant, but he said from the bottom of his heart: "I'm so ashamed, I've wasted my life in vain! I'm not as big-hearted as Brother Su!"
After Su Ling finished speaking softly, she suddenly said: "Today's matter has been revealed. I just hope that Brother Fang agrees with his words. If this kind of thing happens again, I'm afraid it won't just be me who cuts off all the supply of cold scented pills."
The channel is so simple.”
Su Ling's words sounded light and gentle, but in Fang Xi's ears, they were as big as a bell, and his words were like needles and knives. Fang Xi said seriously: "Fang Pingtai swears an oath here, and he will be upright and bright from now on."
, no more dirty things!"
Su Ling then laughed and said: "Brother, you are serious! You are serious!"
Su Ling added: "I told Hao Zao on the spot that it was poison, and he was shocked. He never expected that the guild would give him a poison. He burst into tears, collapsed to the ground, and asked me what to do.
Okay. I said it would be better for you to die. He didn’t understand me, so I told him that if he believed me, I would give him a medicine, and the symptoms after taking it would be the same as the medicine given to him by the guild.
, but it was really a fake death, and he would naturally wake up safe and sound after a certain period of time. He was heartbroken and told me that even if I gave him poison, he would take it, it would be better than dying in the hands of the guild. So I
So I made this plan with him...Brother Fang, of course you know what happens next..."
When Fang Xi heard this, he just woke up from a dream. He sighed and said: "Su Ling, you have considered all these aspects, and you even used your backhand to attack the plan without saying a word. I don't even have a chance to come back! Fang Xi loses."
If you take it seriously, the Kyoto Medical and Drug Store Guild will never be your enemy again!"
Su Ling believed that what he said before was somewhat flattering, but this sentence absolutely came from the heart.
Su Ling smiled again and said: "Although I gave him the medicine, I was afraid that he would regret it before the battle, so I was really a little nervous today. In addition, it would take some time for him to wake up, so I put the medicine on the shelf and the cold incense.
I brought out all the pills and burned them all to make this matter a reality. It takes time to burn things, and it also takes time to argue, so we can wait until the effect of the medicine wears off and Hao Zao wakes up."
Fang Xi sighed and apologized: "Brother, I can't let you lose those medicines in vain. Let's do this. I don't want a penny for the share of Lengxiang Pills for the first month. I can just pawn it to compensate for Brother Su's loss!"
Su Ling waved his hand and said: "As I said, we are already our own family, this loss is not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"
But I thought to myself: Anyway, this medicinal material is provided by Lao Guo and the Sikong Mansion for free. I just spent some effort and burned it before asking them for it.
The two drank tea for a while, and then Fang Xi took his leave and left through the back door of the bad hall.
Su Ling looked at Fang Xi's back and sighed in her heart.
When Su Ling returned to the front hall of the bad hall, she saw Hao Zao standing there, looking quite embarrassed.
Su Ling walked over with a faint smile. Hao Zao quickly greeted Su Ling. Su Ling waved his hand and said, "There is no need for this. I should still thank you for your help today, otherwise it is not certain who will win in this game."
Hao Zao said with gratitude and guilt in his eyes: "Young Master Su, what are you talking about? Mr. Su saved Hao's life. Hao was almost..."
Su Ling didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then smiled and said: "This matter has passed, so I won't mention him anymore..." After saying that, he looked at Hao Zao with burning eyes and said: "I just don't know what else you will do next.
What's the plan?"
Hao Zao was stunned and said: "Of course I can no longer work in any medical center or pharmacy in Kyoto... I just want to follow Mr. Su!"
Su Ling sighed and said: "But now that Fang Xi and I have reached an agreement to cooperate, you will inevitably have to deal with them if you stay here, which will be a bit embarrassing..."
When Hao Zao heard this, he burst into tears and said, "Then what should I do?"
Su Ling patted him on the shoulder and said: "Hao Zao, you have different views on pharmacology and medicine than ordinary people. You are not too old. Do you just want to help other people as a clerk? You have never thought about yourself.
Want to be a doctor?"
"I..." Hao Zao's eyes became confused after saying this.
Su Ling said earnestly: "You have a foundation, but in this world, there are more than tens of millions of people like you. People have talents, but they cannot use them, let alone receive comprehensive training and improvement. They are often buried among the people, and die of old age.
There is no day of achievement... Throughout the ages, throughout the ages, there have been so many such injustices!"
Su Ling's words were filled with anger, which made Hao Zao's heart tremble with anger and hurt his heart.
Su Ling sighed and said: "Hao Zao, let me ask you, do you want to forge a good career in medicine?"
Hao Zao's originally confused and sad expression suddenly became extremely determined, and he said loudly: "I want to! Even in my dreams!"
Su Ling nodded and said: "I have a handwritten letter here. When you go home, I believe that your mother-in-law will be waiting for you at your home safe and sound. I will pick up your mother-in-law and settle down well, and then take this
Write a letter and go to Fei Snake Valley in Nanzhang, where there is a miracle doctor named Zhang Shennong..."
"Zhang! Shennong!...But that miracle doctor from the Jin Dynasty!?" Hao Zao said in a trembling voice.
Su Ling nodded and said: "Exactly! Hao Zao, study hard, I believe we will still have a chance to meet!"
Hao Zao nodded vigorously! Then he stood up slowly and bowed respectfully towards Su Ling.
He turned around and strode out of the alley...
After Su Ling settled these matters, he returned to the hall. Du Heng and Wang Jun both looked at him with smiles.
Wang Jun blurted out and praised: "Young Master is indeed unparalleled in his wits. It seems that we will never have trouble again if we don't go to court!"
Su Ling just smiled.
But Du Heng muttered: "Next time you act again, can you say hello to us in advance? It makes me so worried!"
Su Ling laughed and said, "Should I tell you in advance? You are born with a big mouth. If you find out, I will have to screw it up in advance!"
Du Heng muttered: "What you told me, when did I tell anyone else?"
Su Ling laughed and said, "It's been a windy and rainy day. I'm so hungry...Has Lao Du made anything delicious?"
Du Heng replied angrily: "Cold water, pickled vegetables, whatever you want..."
............
Night, Longtai Mountain.
Longtai Mountain is not high, but it is covered with dense forests and overgrown weeds. After nightfall, it is pitch black without a trace of light.
Although the mountain is not high, it is connected by mountains, undulating and spreading, as if there is no limit. When the princes were in trouble, Longtai in Kyoto was still able to stand, easy to defend and difficult to attack, relying on the mountains that spread to the sky.
If Longtai is the spiritual support of the Jin people, then Longtai Mountain is the last backbone of the Jin people.
According to the elders, the reason why Longtai Mountain is endless is because there is a dragon descending from the sky coiled under the mountain. The place where Longtai Mountain is continuous is the huge body of this dragon.
No one has ever seen this divine dragon, but many people in Longtai City firmly believe that the divine dragon is protecting the people here all the time.
An abandoned Taoist temple in the middle of Longtai Mountain.
I don’t know when this Taoist temple was built. It is expected that it has been dilapidated for an unknown number of years because of the lack of incense.
The dilapidated walls around the Taoist temple can vaguely give a glimpse of the size of the Taoist temple back then.
Inside the Taoist temple, there were overgrown weeds. The autumn wind blew through, and the withered and yellow grass all lowered their heads. The broken doors and windows inside the Taoist temple creaked and creaked due to the cold wind.
It was dilapidated and desolate.
It seemed that the wind was suppressing the decaying grass. After the wind passed by, under the cover of the decaying grass, I could vaguely feel that there seemed to be a figure among the decaying grass.
Another gust of wind passed by, and the dark-yellow clothes among the decaying grass suddenly fluttered like waves.
Sure enough, there was someone.
The man was sitting cross-legged among the decaying grass. The wind could only blow his clothes, but he seemed not to feel the coldness in the wind at all.
Under the misty moonlight, I suddenly discovered that this person was the young Taoist priest who was talking to Fang Xi in the attic that day - Fushenzi.
It's just that Fu Shenzi seemed to have been in trance for a long time, with his eyes slightly closed and his heart raised to the sky. His expression was indifferent and different from usual.
There was a vague aura flowing slowly around his body.
Suddenly there were footsteps in front of the broken Taoist temple.
It made a squeaking sound as it shuttled between the decaying grass. The footsteps seemed to be quite hasty.
Fushenzi had already heard the sound of footsteps, so he slowly opened his eyes, and there was a faint light in his eyes.
He looked in the direction of the footsteps and already knew who was coming, so he slowly stood up, shook the fly whisk in his arms a few times, and the expression on his face returned to that careless look.
An eleven or twelve-year-old Taoist boy came over in a hurry. When he saw Fushenzi, he saluted him respectfully and said, "Uncle Fushenzi, there is news from Longtai..."
Fu Shenzi seemed a little impatient and said: "Who is responsible for inquiring about the information? Why is it so slow? It makes me feel the cold wind blowing here! Be careful, I will recite the next thunder technique and split the mountain!"
The little Taoist boy didn't dare to laugh even if he wanted to. He tried his best to hold back and said: "Fang Xi's plan failed. It was a complete failure..."
Fushenzi seemed to have expected it and said: "It's not unexpected. According to his stupid thinking, it's surprising that he succeeded! Did he break up? Did he copy the guy?"
He looked like a gossip.
Xiao Daotong suppressed his laughter and almost felt internal injuries, and said hurriedly: "No... they made peace, and they even discussed working together!"
"Oh, let me go! This Su Ling is pretty good! I originally thought that Fang Xi would be embarrassed so that he could obey us, but in the end, Su Ling stopped me halfway and actually asked Fang Xi and the others to stand in his team.
Come on!" Fushenzi was really surprised now.
Fushenzi kept shaking the fly whisk in his hand, as if waving a big fly brush, pacing back and forth among the decaying grass.
After thinking for a long time, he said softly: "It seems that I have to meet this Su Ling personally, and if necessary, I have to ask my magic weapon to appear..."