Suddenly, the apprentice heard the horseman's scream, and he jumped up in fright and hurriedly ran to the back of the shop: "Boss, what's wrong?"
Before he could reach the door of the room, he heard Cao Yuanzhi shouting: "A Wei! Don't come! Don't come!"
There were also occasional moans from the horseman struggling.
"boss?!"
"Close the door! Asafoetida! Close the door!"
Another apprentice also heard the sound and came over: "Awei, what's going on?"
As Wei approached the door, he took a step back in fear and stretched out his arms to close the door.
But the door opens inwards.
He gasped and had to step into the room. He was so frightened by the sight before him that his hands froze in the air.
"Asafoetida! Close it quickly..."
Hearing Cao Yuanzhi shouting, it was too late but not too late, Ah Wei suddenly staggered, and with only a soft shout, his whole body was pulled in.
"Mom..."
The apprentice standing outside the door saw everything in the room.
He didn't dare to hesitate, stepped in boldly, and reached out to pull the door.
As the door was closed, there was a fierce banging sound from behind the door, like something hitting the door.
The furniture and teacups in the room made loud smashing sounds, and the room fell into chaos.
Apart from Cao Yuanzhi's shrill wail, the apprentice didn't hear the other two voices.
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When Yun Kong came to the store, he noticed that the windows at the back of the store were all covered with black cloth.
The shops are connected in a row. Cao's Pharmacy is at the corner, next to the well, and there is a small room in the back half, which is separated from the back room of the shop.
Yun Kong couldn't feel any unusual atmosphere.
The reason why Yun Kong came to Cao's Pharmacy was because when he and Hong Ye arrived here, they were suddenly dragged along by two people, asking him to help eliminate the demon.
"Immodest people can't get rid of demons."
The man was surprised: "Don't Taoist priests know how to eliminate demons?"
"I don't know how to do that."
The two people looked at each other for a while and whispered: "I have tried several Taoist priests but it didn't work, so I have to give it a try."
The two of them made up their minds and said to Yun Kong, "Can Taoist priests know how to solve strange and difficult diseases?"
Yun Kong replied: "This is how Pindao's tactics are written."
"Anyway, Taoist Priest, please come with us first and take a look before we talk, right?"
Yun Kong nodded and asked the two of them to lead the way.
When he came to the medicine shop, Yun Kong could not feel the evil spirit, nor the resentment that he was usually very sensitive to.
He looked at Hongye: "Do you feel anything is wrong?"
Hongye shook his head: "You are very angry."
Are you energetic?
Yun Kong then asked the two people: "Is the victim a young man?"
"To tell you the truth," one of them said, "the boss is the one who is in trouble. He is almost sixty years old."
Yun Kong frowned slightly: "Are you strong?"
"He's not fat or thin, and he doesn't look strong, but he's never been sick. He said he smelled too much medicine."
He is not a young man, nor is he a strong man. Generally speaking, this person should not be very angry.
He asked Hongye again: "Is the air cold or hot?"
Hong Ye is Wu Sheng's youngest disciple. He has been practicing for more than two hundred years and can feel all kinds of Qi, even more clearly than Yun Kong.
"It's cold." Hongye responded, "It's different from what I usually feel."
"Um?"
Yun Kong raised his eyebrows and motioned for her to continue.
"A lot...a lot of small anger..." Hongye tilted his mouth, not knowing how to describe it best.
Yun Kong turned around and asked the two people: "Who are those two...?"
"We are apprentices," one of them said, "My name is Yiye, I am the medicine grinder, and his name is Changshan."
The two led Yun Kong into the store. There were two other people taking care of him in the store. The two glanced at Yun Kong uneasily, then turned away and ignored him.
Yun Kong saw a trace of helplessness in their eyes, as if saying: "Here comes another one."
When they reached the door at the back of the shop, the two apprentices stopped and no longer invited Yun Kong in.
Yun Kong asked curiously: "Aren't you going in?"
"You can't go in." Yiye hesitated.
"How can we see the patient if we don't go in?" Yun Kong said, "Then let him come out?"
"He didn't dare come out."
Seeing that the two of them didn't know what to do, Yun Kong sighed: "Okay, tell me first, what's going on?"
Kazuye said: "I originally asked you to eliminate the demon."
"There's no evil spirit in it."
But Yun Kong didn't say this. He said: "Anyway, tell me first, then I can make the decision. See if you are qualified and can you help me?"
Yiye touched Changshan: "You said you saw it."
Chang Shan swallowed nervously and relaxed a little when he saw Yun Kong's calm expression: "A month ago, the boss suddenly had a slight cold all over his body and coughed non-stop. He took some medicine but it didn't work, so he went to see a familiar horse doctor. Come."
At this point, he glanced at Yunkong again to make sure that he still looked calm: "Ma Langzhong went in here to see a doctor. Soon he screamed and never came out again. At that time, Awei rushed over after hearing the sound and was dragged in. , I heard the boss yelling to close the door, so I hurriedly closed the door."
"Did you see anything?"
"I saw it...but I don't know what it was."
"Tell me?"
Chang Shan bit his lower lip and thought hard for a while: "They were wrapped in a ball of white stuff, tightly wrapped in a bundle. Although the room is not big, I can't see the boss."
"Didn't he eat or drink for the past month?"
"We sent food in, but I don't know if there was any food."
"I have noticed that the windows are all covered with black cloth. Why is this?"
"This is the boss's order."
"Then...who have you invited to see him?"
"We invited several monks and Taoist priests, but they all said that there was nothing they could do against him. They said that the monster was too powerful and they could do nothing." Chang Shan suddenly remembered something, "There was a monk who heard that he had great magical power. He opened the door and took a look. He was also pulled in by something white and never came out again.”
Yun Kong heard so much, but it seemed like he had heard nothing, and he was completely confused about the ins and outs of the matter.
The best way is to see it for yourself.
So Yun Kong walked towards the door, caressed the surface of the door, and the rough wood grain slid on his fingertips, and asked Chang Shan: "Can't you go in?"
"No one who went in came out."
"You said the boss ordered the windows to be covered with black cloth. When did that happen?"
"He gave the order the day it happened."
"Did he say why?"
Chang Shan tilted his head and thought for a while: "I just said in a hurry that the sun should be blocked so that the sun can't shine."
Yun Kong thought deeply: "So, he can still speak... So, has he spoken recently?"
"No, he didn't speak again after that day," Chang Shan was suddenly startled, "Could the boss...?"
"I don't know." Yun Kong shook his head.
However, he believed in the feeling of red leaves, that there were still living things inside.
He touched the edge of the door and shouted loudly into the door: "Cao Yuanzhi! Are you there? Cao Yuanzhi!"
I called several times, but it was still quiet inside.
Yun Kong put his ear against the door and listened carefully, but couldn't hear any noise.
That's the problem.
Cao's Drug Store is located in a busy city, and it is very lively with people coming and going. The window of the back room faces the street, so there should be noise in the room, but it is too quiet, impossible to be quiet.
Yun Kong no longer cared whether he was here to slay demons or to treat illnesses. He really wanted to open the door and poke his head in to see what was going on. He really wanted to, really wanted to.
"Master." Someone greeted from behind.
Yun Kong turned around and saw a man with a unibrow, about thirty years old, walking into the store.
The two apprentices beside Yun Kong were also busy bowing to him: "Master."
The young man saw Yun Kong and glanced at Yun Kong's hand worriedly, which was touching the door: "Did you two invite this Taoist priest?"
Yiye said hurriedly: "Yes, young master, his name is Yun Kong, he specializes in treating strange diseases."
"Who is this girl?"
Hongye pouted unhappily and glared at the young man grumpily.
"It's from a Taoist priest." Yiye explained hurriedly.
The young man smiled at Hongye, then bowed to Yunkong: "I am the patient's eldest son, and my name is Tianlong."
Yun Kong found it interesting that the owner of this drug store could not do without his profession when naming people.
His own name is Cao Yuanzhi. "Polygala" is a tranquilizer, warm in nature and bitter in taste. It can cure panic and palpitation, and can disperse depression and resolve phlegm.
His two apprentices, "Changshan" is a medicine that induces vomiting. It is cold in nature and bitter in taste, and can cure malaria.
The other "Yiye" is a kind of lily, commonly known as spider egg. It is warm in nature and pungent in taste. It can activate blood circulation and relieve heat, and can cure various pains such as bruises and low back pain.
