The carriage was traveling very fast, but in Hong Yongfu's opinion, it was still quite slow. Hong Yongfu opened the curtains and asked loudly: "Brother, can you go faster?"
"Mr. Hong, this is the fastest speed. It can't go any faster." said the brother pulling the carriage.
Hong Yongfu lowered the curtains and sighed. He looked at Tang Turing and asked: "Old Tang, it seems that I can't give it to you according to the prescribed time."
Tang Turing waved his hand, but comforted Hong Yongfu and said, "Come on, brother Yongfu, I understand your difficulty. Is there really not a single plant left in the Ai Ling Jing Cao Garden?"
It turned out that just a few nights ago, several guards guarding the Ai Ling Jing Cao Garden were attacked and knocked unconscious, and the entire Ai Ling Jing Cao Garden was burned down. Although it was rescued in time, all the herbs inside were burned, and it would take half a year to replant it.
Hong Yongfu shook his head and sighed: "No more. All the Ai Ling Jing Cao in our Liuchun Pavilion has been reserved. Can we wait for half a year?"
Tang Turing thought for a moment, and according to the time they had specified before, it would be at least three months. Now that Senior Yong is there to watch over him, half a year should be enough. However, just as they were about to come to Yinbinzhou to get the Ai Ling Crystal Grass, someone came to cause trouble. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?
Four sects guard the Ai Lingjing Herbal Garden. In addition to Liuchun Pavilion, which has a close relationship, there are also three sects: Xia Ming Sect, Qiu Sumen and Dongting Pavilion.
"In terms of time, there should be plenty of time. But, have you caught the murderer?" Tang Turing asked.
"Hey, Old Tang, do you really think that we have great magical powers? Our four sects are all so far away from the herbal garden. For example, our Liuchun Pavilion is among these sects, far away from Ai Lingjing Herbal Garden is the closest. It used to take at least fifteen days, and a round trip would take more than a month. Even if we send someone to fly there with a sword, we won't have four or five days to catch the murderer." Hong Yongfu Said with a wry smile.
"Then should we go to the other three sects to find medicinal materials now?" Tang Turing asked.
Hong Yongfu nodded and said: "Go to Xia Ming Sect. Xia Ming Sect still has quite a lot of Ai Ling Jing Cao. Those children are still young and can't help much. Naturally, we old men have to step in."
Tang Turing smiled and said: "I think the young man named He is pretty good. By the way, that girl Shen Yingchun is also pretty good. She even spent a few days on a ferry with us."
When Hong Yongfu heard the name Shen Yingchun, he unconsciously turned up the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "No wonder I only saw the medicinal materials arriving at the door of my house, but not the people. It turned out that I went out to play, but let her go. After all, , this girl stayed in the alchemy room for a full year before she came out, so she is considered diligent."
"If there is such a student in our school who can stay in the alchemy room for such a year, I can laugh out of my dreams."
"Hey, who in the entire Ganshu City doesn't know that the two geniuses of the Fan family are in your Licorice Hall? Let's not talk about Fan Xiaoxi. Fan Yintang's qualifications are comparable to a large number of students in the three major halls. Hey, at that time, many schools were competing for this genius, including the three major schools, how did you know that he actually chose your Licorice Hall."
The two old men were chatting on the carriage, and the matter of the Ai Ling Jing Cao being burned suddenly seemed to be irrelevant. However, if they were anxious, they couldn't be in a hurry. They could only go to Xia Mingzong to see the Ai Ling Jing Cao first.
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There was a large table of people, looking at the dishes on the large table, no one dared to move their chopsticks, waiting here for Shen Yingchun to come back.
According to what they have learned now, it is mostly what Fan Xiaoxi learned in Fan Mansion and from Shen Yingchun. First of all, the first one is that the Ai Ling Jing Cao left to them by Liu Chun Pavilion is gone. As for the reason, we don’t know yet. Article 2: Among Liuchun Pavilion, Xia Ming Sect, Qiu Sumen, and Dong Ting Pavilion, in addition to Liu Chun Pavilion, Dong Ting Pavilion and Xia Ming Sect have more Ai Ling Jing Cao.
The relationship between Liuchunge and Xia Mingzong is better, so Mr. Tang and the others will definitely go to Xia Mingzong next. And the target on his side will definitely point to Dongting Pavilion. Now they just wait for Shen Yingchun to come back and tell them why Liuchun Pavilion cannot give Licorice Hall Ai Ling Jing Cao.
At this time, Fan Xiaoxi suddenly remembered a person on the ferry and where Ling Fenglan had gone. Then he turned to ask Chen Hongjing.
Chen Hongjing also shook his head, as if he couldn't see him in the last few days. When he last looked at him, he was still looking at his notebook. However, Chen Hongjing knew that Ling Fenglan went to find his own enemy.
"There's news, there's news." At this time, Shen Yingchun also came back. She spread her palms towards Fan Xiaoxi, and Fan Xiaoxi sighed. He had no choice but to give her the talisman first.
Shen Yingchun picked up the talisman and couldn't put it down. After looking at it for a long time, she sat down and said with a smile: "Why can't our Liuchun Pavilion give you Ai Ling Jing Cao? The reason is that someone burned down the Ai Ling Jing Cao Garden a few days ago." , As for who did it, it has not been found yet. As for our Liuchun Pavilion, we don’t have fresh Ai Ling Jing Cao, so there are only two results now, either go to some sects to get it, or wait for another half a year. time."
Fan Xiaoxi felt a bit at a loss when he saw that just a few words were worth a high-quality talisman. His heart is bleeding, but the bleeding is not because of this talisman, but because of the problem of time. Although Lao Luo's situation is watched by the master of Licorice Hall, he doesn't know whether he can last that long.
After Fan Xiaoxi roughly understood it, he said: "If I follow my thinking, next, Old Man Tang will probably go to Xia Mingzong with your Old Man Yongfu to ask for the Ai Ling Crystal Grass. And we plan to go to Dongting Pavilion next. Just to ask."
Shen Yingchun put down the bowls and chopsticks, pointed at Fan Xiaoxi and said, "Are you stupid for saying that you should die for rice balls? Among our four sects, why do you have to go to the sect that uses a lot of Ai Ling Jing Cao? Let's think about it the other way around. For a moment, instead of going to Dongting Pavilion, we can go to Qiu..."
Fan Xiaoxi immediately coughed a few times and interrupted Shen Yinchun's words. If he continued talking, he would probably not be happy with today's meal. Shen Yingchun also immediately understood the reason, and immediately changed the trend, saying that he would leave Dongting Pavilion immediately after eating.
"Do you think that after what happened, our Qiu Sumen and your Licorice Hall still have something to talk about?" said a person sitting at the next table.
Fan Xiaoxi slapped him directly on the head. It was really good and bad, and it came in such a timely manner. At this time, I can only go up and say hello.
Fan Xiaoxi turned around and said with a smile: "Master Sun, what a coincidence. Since we met here, I guess you have heard what we just said, so let's get straight to the point. I don't know if there are people in Master Sun's sect. If there is no extra Ai Ling Jing Cao, our Fan family will collect as much as we have."
Fan Xiaoxi said this so cleverly. He did not use the students of Licorice Hall to buy Ai Ling Jing Cao, but used his identity as a disciple of the Fan family to buy Ai Ling Jing Cao. Your Qiu Sumen only has a conflict with Licorice Hall, not with my Fan family. Besides, this is indeed their own family matter.
And these words were just a step down from Fan Xiaoxi's steps for Sun Xingming. Isn’t it true that only your Qiu Su Sect has Ai Ling Jing Cao? Even if Dong Ting Pavilion doesn’t have it, other sects don’t have it? It's just not that fresh. If I want fresh ones, that's fine. I'm rich. If I spend money and ask you to cultivate only Ai Ling Jing Cao, I don't believe you can't cultivate a few fresh ones in three months.
Sun Xingming said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Mr. Fan, I guess you didn't hear clearly what I just said. I told you that our Qiu Sumen will not give you any herb from Licorice Hall, even the least valuable one." Thatch. If you use your identity as a descendant of the Fan family to talk to me, I'm sorry, but I'm not qualified to discuss business with people from the Fan family. You can go to our sect leader. Boss, settle the bill!"
Sun Xingming put down the money on the table, turned around and walked out of the door, and continued: "However, our sect master does not like to discuss business with people who cannot be named. If Mr. Fan is really sincere in discussing business with our Qiu Sumen If so, it would be better to trouble your father to come in person. Of course, our Qiu Sumen will take good care of it. Farewell!"
Fan Xiaoxi waved his hand and said to Sun Xingming with a smile: "Let me think about it carefully. Mr. Sun will leave slowly without seeing you off."
Until Sun Xingming could no longer be seen, Fan Xiaoxi flicked his chopsticks and said happily: "The annoying person is finally gone. Come on, come on, let's eat with chopsticks."
Who would have thought that Gan Muyu stood up and said that he suddenly lost his appetite, so he walked to the balcony on the second floor to get some fresh air. After Shen Yingchun saw it, she asked the waiter for some new dishes, put some of the dishes on the table, then picked up two bowls of rice and left.
Chen Hongjing looked confused, but he was also a little curious, because the appearance of Sun Xingming proved that he could have gossip to listen to again. He said silently: "What's the conflict between our Licorice Hall and Qiu Sumen?"
The remaining people looked at him, but no one said anything. Fan Xiaoxi could only sigh and said, "Hey, let's eat, eat. I'll talk to you after eating."
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Fan Mansion, Fan Yintang just finished giving Luo Fuhe acupuncture.
After putting away the silver needle, Luo Fuhe also got dressed. Fan Yintang said: "Uncle Fu He, actually I think next time you can try taking a medicinal bath after acupuncture and see if the effect will be better if you switch."
Luo Fuhe nodded and said with a smile: "Master Yintang, I will give it a try next time."
Luo Fuhe stretched out his hand. After acupuncture and bathing, he still wanted to take Fan Yintang's pulse to see how he was doing.
"The pulse has stabilized a lot, and the face has become rosy, which proves that we are going in the right direction. Now, as long as we wait for my cousin and the others to get the Ai Ling Jing Cao back, Uncle He, your illness will be cured soon. "Fan Yintang said with a smile.
Luo Fuhe said with a smile: "Oh, that's really great. By the way, I'll excuse my words, why don't Master Yintang go to Yinbinzhou with the young master? It would be good to gain some experience."
I thought Fan Yintang would be angry when he asked this, because the two brothers really didn't have a common trip. Who knew that Fan Yintang was not angry, and said with a smile: "My father does business across continents every day, and my uncle also has important things to do. If I follow my cousin to Yinbinzhou again, who will help you, Uncle Fuhe?" Acupuncture, who will bring you herbs for bathing?”
When Luo Fuhe heard what Fan Yintang said, he also smiled and said: "Hey, let alone, Master Yintang, your acupuncture skills are comparable to that of Mr. Tang Turing. You really deserve to be called licorice He is the first genius in the hall.”
Fan Yintang shook his head and said: "If that incident five years ago had not happened, the title of the first genius of Licorice Hall would definitely not be on my head. No, it should be said that that person can compete for Gancao Hall." Anyone with the title of No. 1 Genius in Shu City will have at least a 70% to 80% chance of winning."
Luo Fuhe nodded, yes, if that incident had not happened, Licorice Hall would not have lost an outstanding student, and the relationship between the Ten Great Halls would not have become as delicate as it is now, little master. Young Master He Yintang is expected to be able to study in one of the three great halls, and the Fan family will not be in a state of being attacked from both sides.
Even though the entire Fan Mansion is very large and powerful, in fact it has been empty for a long time. The two brothers Fan Jinglun and Fan Jingwen, the heads of the Fan family, each perform their own duties, and one of them has to bear the pressure from all parties to protect the Fan family. Fan Jingwen, on the other hand, ran out desperately to promote business and regain the reputation of Fan Mansion.
Some elders in the Fan Mansion wanted to kick these two brothers out and take the family property into their own pockets. The reasons for these problems are the same as mentioned above, stemming from the fall of the genius five years ago.
In the warehouse of Licorice Hall, Gu Tianhai was recording things and rubbing his eyelids. An ancient saying goes: A twitch in the left eye brings wealth, and a twitch in the right eye brings disaster. The right eye twitched many times in a row, and I didn't know what kind of disaster was about to happen. However, you can't believe all the folk rumors. You can just believe one side. For example, you can just believe the first half of the sentence.
The first half of the letter is enough. Gu Tianhai put down the account book and brush in his hand and walked out the door. He had not heard this sentence for a long time. Looking at the small courtyard in front of the warehouse, he had not walked out of the warehouse for four years.
Gu Tianhai used to be an excellent teacher, and he also had a student who was both a teacher and a friend. He was called the number one genius in Gancao Hall, and he still had a chance to compete for the number one genius in Ganshu City. It's a pity that now that the students are gone, I have no motivation to teach students, so I can only retreat to the warehouse and be a warehouse keeper.
At that time, Hong Zhishun was famous throughout Youpingzhou and was told by the heads of the three great halls that he had a chance to surpass the top three Medicine Immortals and become the fourth Medicine Immortal. Five years ago, he suddenly joined forces with several people from other schools to betray Ganshu City. He eventually died at the hands of his teacher, Gu Tianhai.
Gu Tianhai recalled that night, when it was raining heavily, Hong Zhishun spit out blood and said to himself: "Teacher, I am content to die in your hands."
It's the father's fault if he doesn't teach him. If the teaching is not strict, the teacher will be lazy.
