"Doctor Chai, save me!"
Xu Ling staggered back to the medicine hall, pushed the wooden door with a bang, and then leaned against the door, breathing heavily.
"Master! What's wrong with you?" Chunmei heard the voice and ran out of the house. She saw that Xu Ling's upper body was naked, only wearing a raincoat. There was a hideous wound on his right arm, and his whole body was wet like swollen dead flesh. , she was so frightened that she screamed and rushed over.
Xu Ling breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't call me master, call me old."
Chai Yanjun hurried from the backyard and saw Xu Ling coming back half dead after going out, so he quickly had someone help him into the room.
There was a charcoal stove burning in the room, and Chunmei brought a dry cloth to wipe him dry. Xu Ling changed into clean clothes, wrapped himself in a quilt, and sneezed.
"Ah sneeze!"
Xu Ling rubbed his nose and said, "Doctor Chai, am I not going to catch a cold?"
Chai Yanjun glared at him angrily and swam ten miles in the river. If he didn't freeze to death or drown, it would be considered fatal. "Don't talk about catching wind and cold. Even if you are terminally ill, I can still save you!"
"Hey, be gentle!" Chai Yanjun treated the wound on Xu Ling's arm. Only then did he notice that the wound looked quite serious. It was almost a penetrating wound. The flesh inside was white and the entire right arm was completely numb. move.
"You're quite cruel to yourself. The government's feathered arrows are all made specially. When you pull them out, you'll take out a lot of flesh. Doesn't it hurt?"
pain? In that case life is more important than pain.
Xu Ling said disapprovingly: "Didn't I expect you to be here? As long as the arm is still there, you must have a way to put it back for me."
You Daozi arrived late, Chai Yanjun waved away Hetong and Chunmei, and then asked Xu Ling what happened yesterday.
They knew what Xu Ling wanted to do and had advised him, but Xu Ling insisted on going his own way, saying that only he could do it well.
You Daozi deduced a hexagram for him, and came to the conclusion that bad luck could be turned into good luck, so the two of them stopped trying to stop him.
Just seeing Xu Ling in such a mess, the two of them were still a little unhappy.
Xu Ling scolded Wei Wuxia with a sigh, "This man is extremely shameless, but he is much more sinister and clever than his cousin."
He went to find Wei Shiqing and easily gained Wei Shiqing's trust. After all, Xu Ling had the housekeeper of the Wei family who could testify that he had indeed been on the same boat as the scalded man, and there was indeed a possibility of him being exploited.
Xu Ling said that he was threatened by the scalded man, and then he found the Wei family and wanted to get rid of him quickly.
But who knew that the difficult test would be for Wei Wuxia.
He obviously believed what Xu Ling said, but in his eyes, Xu Ling's life was like an ant, and it didn't matter whether he lived or died.
Since Xu Ling was used to achieve his goal, what does it matter to him whether Xu Ling can survive?
"The Wei family..." Chai Yanjun took out a porcelain bottle, poured out powdered medicine, applied it to Xu Ling's wound, and tied a bandage, "Is it the Wei family in Jinling?"
"you know?"
"The Wei family is famous for its weaving. The ancestor of the Wei family once served as a minister. Later, he gradually became lonely. After the family was divided, many branches moved to other places and used the accumulated property of the ancestors to buy fields and shops. Although it is much poorer than when it was in its heyday. According to me See but not see.”
The most terrifying thing about this kind of noble family is the separation and marriage of direct lineage and collateral lineage, etc. It is like the details of a big tree. The seemingly straight trunk is divided into branches and aerial roots, which can extend a lot of vitality.
Wei Wuxia was younger than Wei Shiqing, but he had taken the position of Xuanfu Envoy early, so he was definitely not that easy to fool.
Xu Ling suffered a loss in his hands, but Wei Wuxia didn't take much advantage either.
Thinking of the three boxes of spices worth a hundred kilograms in the space, as well as the official silver that the scalded man had snatched from the county government, Xu Ling chuckled, and even the injuries on his body no longer hurt that much.
"Never mind this man, since he has captured the Jiang bandit, no matter whether he can find what he wants or not, he probably won't be able to stay in Lingbao Town much longer." Xu Ling thought of this point and immediately said to You Daozi and Chai Yanjun: "For me Find a boat to Quanzhou, the sooner the better."
If Wei Wuxia couldn't find something and took out his anger on him, how could he, a commoner, fight with him?
However, people like Wei Wuxia thought that they were smart. When they saw Xu Ling diving into the water and fighting with the scalded man, they would definitely not have thought that Xu Ling had stolen the spices.
Now there is no evidence of Jiang Bandit's death. As long as Xu Ling doesn't say anything, who can think of it?
Quanzhou's business was prosperous, and after selling the spices several times, no one would suspect Xu Ling.
"You are injured like this, why don't you heal your injuries before leaving?"
"You can't die. Hurry up. It's best if you can leave today. Tell Nie Peng and the others to pack their things."
Xu Ling's affairs have been taken care of and he has no worries in Lingbao Town. It's time to leave.
You Daozi twirled his beard calmly and said, "Wait a minute, wait until Pindao does a fortune-telling and shave for you."
Xu Ling had a dark look on his face. After a moment, You Daozi nodded to Chai Yanjun: "It's time to go out at midnight tonight."
Chai Yanjun asked Hetong to take Nie Peng to the dock to find a ship to Quanzhou. When he came back not long after, he found a merchant ship carrying porcelain, and it happened to be setting off at midnight.
Chai Yanjun had nothing to say, so he had to pack the medicinal materials and wound medicine for Xu Ling to take away.
"You are going to Yazhou this time and there is no one available around you. Why not ask my senior brother to go with you so that you can have someone to take care of you." Chai Yanjun said this.
Xu Ling was worried that You Daozi would see something strange about him, so he made an excuse and said, "I'm going to do business, what's the problem? I won't bother Taoist priest, right?"
"The world is in chaos now, and you don't know how to box or kick, so you are a little smart. If you encounter any Jiang bandits, I'm afraid you will be in trouble all over the world."
Xu Ling glanced at You Daozi and said with a sneer: "If my father were alive, the Taoist priest would be older than him, and he would really encounter... holding the grass!"
Just as he was saying his words of rejection, he suddenly saw You Daozi walking up to a bench and punching him, causing the wooden bench to fall apart!
You Daozi glanced at Xu Ling, "Who said that Pindao can only tell fortunes?"
Xu Ling cupped his hands with a look of admiration on his face: "May I ask, sir, if I can learn from it?"
"You have a good foundation, but you are old and you are not a military commander. Why do you want to learn this?" You Daozi brushed off the sawdust on the back of his hand, somewhat confused by Xu Ling.
I usually catch Chai Yanjun and ask him some questions about medicinal materials. Why do I want to learn whatever I see? People's energy is limited. If you really want to take care of everything yourself, it will be difficult to achieve great things.
After You Daozi expressed his opinion, Xu Ling felt that he was right.
"There are many skills that are not overwhelming. There are some skills that I only know a little bit but are not proficient in. Maybe one day I can use them to save my life. For example, if I didn't know how to drink water last night, I would have died long ago."
What Xu Ling said was reasonable and well-founded. You Daozi thought about it and agreed.
"How about you take Pindao with you, and Pindao will teach you some self-protection skills?"
