Chapter 118 Welcoming guests and making a show, protecting the golden elixir
In the evening, the palace servants and a group of guards gathered in a carriage and left the palace city to outside Shi Miyuan's manor.
Waiting for the Forbidden Army generals guarding the entire manor to greet them, the chamberlain announced that the murder case in the Prime Minister's Mansion would be handed over to Marshal Meng for full investigation. The group of Forbidden Army who blocked the manor were also dispatched by Marshal Meng before the case came to light. .
After the decree was announced, the chamberlains and palace guards said goodbye to the people in the carriage, and then returned to the palace to return to their duties. From the beginning to the end, no one in the carriage showed up.
After the carriage entered the manor, a moment later, the coachman walked out of the manor alone, crossed the river with ease, and knocked on the copper ring on the door of the mansion on the other side.
Su Hanshan had long heard the commotion outside. When he opened the door, he saw a handsome young man with eyebrows like swords and eyes like paint, standing outside the door.
This man looks exactly like "Chen Weiyang", and even the sword on his back is the same.
But Su Hanshan felt that his aura was obviously much weaker than that of the person who broke the formation before.
Chen Weiyang clasped his fists and said: "Su Shaoxia, my master invites you to come to the manor to get together."
Su Hanshan smiled: "Wait for me."
He turned around to the house and took out a blue and white porcelain teapot. He closed the door and floated across the river. He followed Chen Weiyang into the manor, passed through several gardens, and arrived in front of a small building.
There was a carriage parked outside the building, and some Imperial Guard soldiers were on duty around it.
When Su Hanshan entered, several Forbidden Army generals were reporting the case to the old man sitting at the table.
That man was indeed an old man. He should have thick eyebrows, starry eyes, a high nose, and a heroic appearance, but now his face was sallow and tired, with wrinkles between his eyebrows and at the corners of his eyes.
Even the two strands of hair hanging down at his temples and the short beard on his chin showed a yellowish and slightly curly appearance, without any luster.
Su Hanshan waited for a while, and then the old man waved his hand to ask the generals of the Imperial Army to retreat.
This case was originally at a loss. There was not much urgent news, and several Forbidden Army generals were not afraid of being heard by outsiders.
Some of them recognized that Su Hanshan was the person who lived across the door and couldn't help but take a second look.
When Su Hanshan looked back, the man smiled and cupped his hands.
To be able to reach the position of general of the Forbidden Army, not only have good martial arts skills, but more importantly, they are well-informed and well-informed. Of course, these people will not ask for trouble.
They exited the small building politely, even calling away the soldiers on duty, and left far away.
Su Hanshan walked to the table, put the teapot on the table, and said with a smile: "I wanted to invite a friend to drink tea two days ago. I didn't have time at the time, but I can make up for it now."
"Ha!"
Meng Zhaoxuan showed a slight smile, "It seems that you will know who I am before the third day. Did you talk to Li Qiumian?"
Su Hanshan nodded and reached out to look at the tea sets on the table.
Although this small building is a pavilion for storing books and cannot withstand much humidity on weekdays, this table is placed near the window, which is the most ventilated and exposed to the sun. It is a perfect place to drink tea.
Although the Imperial Guards knew the opportunity, they thought too much. When they sent people to make tea, they planned to select the best tea directly from the Prime Minister's Mansion to entertain the marshal, but it has not been delivered yet.
Su Hanshan first used some hot tea, washed the tea sets in the tea tray, poured three more cups of tea, handed one cup to Meng Zhaoxuan, then turned around and gave one cup to Chen Weiyang.
"Thank you!"
Chen Weiyang's voice is very energetic. Although the timbre is similar, if you listen carefully, it is still slightly different from the "Chen Weiyang" Meng Zhaoxuan pretended to be before.
Meng Zhaoxuan took a sip of tea, his voice was still low and hoarse, but it was very different from when he was pretending before: "It seems that you are recovering well, and your hair is black again."
"While reading a book and recuperating, By the way, have you thought about it? Nothing to do."
Su Hanshan found a stool nearby and sat down quietly, and said, "You won this manor not only for the two purposes of eradicating Shi Miyuan and obtaining the secret book. , also took a fancy to this manor. Its own value, right?"
Meng Zhaoxuan smiled: "Since the news of my serious illness has spread, there will definitely be some trouble when I return to Lin'an this time."
"Given by the imperial court. My General's Mansion, attached Most of the residences of loyal ministers are not suitable as a place for this storm to gather. If we rest in Fuyao Mountain, it will inevitably damage our own property. In comparison, this manor is of course very good. "
Chen Weiyang had finished drinking his tea, so he poured himself another cup and said, "And the Qimen mechanism in this manor is really powerful. When the master came back, he didn't want to bring many people with him, so he borrowed the layout of the mechanism here. It can be regarded as making up for some shortcomings in manpower. "
Meng Zhaoxuan has a cloud of good generals, a rain of counselors, and the number of first-class masters exceeds the sum of Fuyao Mountain and Kuang Gutang.
Many of them were originally heroes in the world. After being tempered by the flames of war, they naturally became better. There are also many who emerged from ordinary soldiers.
Troubled times are actually the easiest place to produce talents. It’s not that people in troubled times are always more talented than people in other eras, but because they have experienced more dangers and hardships. As long as they don’t die, they will certainly appear. Polish faster.
However, when Meng Zhaoxuan left the border, he assigned additional tasks to everyone. They were stationed in various places, inspecting defense and general affairs, and maintaining vigilance. Only Chen Weiyang came back with him.
Su Hanshan nodded: "It seems that our guess is not too wrong. The people from Fuyao Mountain should arrive soon. Many of them are craftsmen and will help repair those mechanisms."
"Also..."
Su Hanshan stretched out a hand, "Marshal, show me the pulse gate."
Meng Zhaoxuan reached over and said with a smile, "Can you diagnose the pulse?"
"Jiu If you become a doctor, you know a little bit about it. ”
Su Hanshan said, "But my focus is not to check your pulse. I have a set of mental methods that are miraculous in healing wounds. How about relaxing a little and trying it."
As he spoke, Su Hanshan had already The power of Rama was introduced into Meng Zhaoxuan's body, and he spoke the formula of Rama's mind.
Meng Zhaoxuan used this power as a guide, mobilized his own foundation, and soon followed this set of exercise routes, running it several times, and his frown seemed to loosen slightly.
“What a wonderful mental method. The healing effect is almost as good as Huashan’s Hidden Dragon Sleeping Alchemy and Shaolin’s Yi Jin Jing Healing Chapter. It is also gentler and seems to be very easy to get started.”< br>
The two sets of martial arts mentioned by Meng Zhaoxuan are top-secret chapters of the two sects. Even their own disciples can rarely practice them. It is very difficult to get started.
In comparison, the standard for entry into the Rama Mind Method is much lower.
Su Hanshan shook his head and took back his hand.
"It seems that Mr. Zhang is right. My method of thinking will not have any obvious effect on you."
Meng Zhaoxuan is not a person with muscles, bones, skin and flesh. The injury was not due to necrosis of qi and blood due to poisoning, but rather a problem with the practice.
His lungs have been completely tempered. The gold energy is too strong, oppressing the liver, and there is no other force in the body that can balance it.
No matter how Rama's mind works, it can at most relieve the pain of the liver, but it cannot shake the powerful lung metal energy, and naturally it cannot cure it.
Meng Zhaoxuan returned his hand and pressed his liver, and said with a smile: "It's pretty good. I usually use the Yi Jin Jing to heal my injuries during the day, and the Sleeping Alchemy Technique at night. Although I can ensure that I can use eight of them when necessary. The successful body does not reduce the pain much. Your mental method can just reduce the pain."
Su Hanshan said: "Mr. Zhang will be here later. I think he has some results at hand. Come on, let him show it to you, and you can also look through the secret book here."
"It would be best if it can be cured. Even if it can't be cured, I will take this opportunity to do some things. Done."
Meng Zhaoxuan slowly drank the hot tea and said, "In the future, I will choose a place with many people to do a scene. Originally, it was just me and Xiao Chen, which was a bit thin. Your origin is mysterious. Just in time to cooperate.”
Su Hanshan asked curiously: "What play?"
Meng Zhaoxuan immediately explained it concisely, which made Su Hanshan smile.
"Okay!"
Su Hanshan said, stroking his hands, "I must help with this kind of thing."
When they were chatting happily, the two A clear voice sounded in the small building.
"Dali Longcha, come to visit Benefactor Meng!"
"Annan Chen Shouzhi, come to visit Marshal Meng."
The two people who spoke were actually still outside the manor at this moment. But when anyone within two or three miles heard these two voices, they felt as if someone was speaking beside or behind them.
The sound is loud, but not high-pitched or harsh.
Many Forbidden Soldiers even glanced behind themselves subconsciously.
Su Hanshan's eyes brightened slightly, and he felt two distinctive auras.
One is thick and hard, like a huge rock rooted in the earth.
One is vigorous and solitary, like the green bamboos blowing in the wind on the cliff.
Meng Zhaoxuan also moved slightly, walked to the door of the small building and said: "Invite them in."
Although the Forbidden Army soldiers were far away, their eyes were always paying attention to the movements of the small building. When I saw Meng Zhaoxuan's invitation gesture, I immediately understood.
Soon, a large group of people came over from outside the manor. Most of them were from Fuyao Mountain and were familiar faces of Su Hanshan. Less than half were monks, as well as uniformly dressed green-robed scholars.
Li Qiumian walked in the front, alongside an old monk and a scribe.
As we walked closer, everyone saluted together. The etiquette was different, but they were all very respectful in their expressions and manners.
"The Dali Imperial Master and the Emperor Annan's uncle came from afar, and Meng met them at a distance."
Meng Zhaoxuan returned the gift with his hand raised, "Qiu Mian, we may not have seen each other for a long time."
With so many people coming, it was certainly not suitable to enter the small building again, so Meng Zhaoxuan led them to a spacious hall for a chat. .
The tea and cakes of the Forbidden Army soldiers finally had the opportunity to be delivered and placed in the hands of the distinguished guests.
“Amitabha, the Song Dynasty and Dali have always been friendly neighbors. In the past, the Mongols invaded Dali, and in the Battle of Jiuhe, it was thanks to Meng Benefactor who sent people to respond to the surprise attack that Kublai Khan was forced to retreat.”
After the Dragon Tea Divine Monk took his seat, he got straight to the point. He said, "Although the poor monk is from outside the country, he respects the donor Meng very much. He was shocked to hear that the donor Meng was ill, so he came to visit him and brought with him forty-three kinds of strange medicines and nine kinds of elixirs from the Dali treasury. Seven famous doctors hope to help Meng Meng."
As he spoke, the monks behind him came out one after another, opened their baggage, and took out the brocade box. Some monks were obviously proficient in medicine. They clasped their hands and paid tribute to Meng Zhao.
Chen Shouzhi also said: "On behalf of Annanguo, I would also like to express my sincerity."
The monks saw the opportunity and got out of the way, while the scholars held out their baggage.
The difference is that the monks' brocade boxes have already been labeled with the names of the medicinal materials and have not been opened specially. However, after the scholars took out the brocade boxes, they all opened them.
The expressions of many Forbidden Army soldiers changed slightly, and among the Fuyao Mountain disciples, there was also a low cry.
Su Hanshan took a closer look and found that the items in the brocade boxes seemed to be the corpses of poisonous substances.
There were spiky snakes with black skin after being disemboweled and dried in the sun, as well as large colorful spiders the size of fists.
There is also a small toad whose body is as green as jade, but its eyes are as scarlet as blood, making people frightened by it.
There is even a giant centipede that seems to be more than a foot long, with a back shell as black as iron and thousands of legs made of gold, coiled in a lacquer box.
“Snake with poisonous fangs, immortal lady with thousands of silk threads, king of cold cave toad, golden-winged centipede...”
Zhang Shuwei suddenly spoke, he was very familiar with those poisons, and there was a bit of excitement on his face, "These are rare medicinal materials that are rare in a hundred years, the golden-winged centipede. Legend has it that one is only found in five hundred years, and they can be found together in one place." "
"It is said that the land of Annan has vast forests, deep mountains, thousands of caves and corridors, and endless wonders. It's true."
He glanced at the medicines and suddenly pointed at a small black tree with a strange shape and said, "I don't know what kind of treasure this is, and I don't even recognize it?"
The small tree also has a smell similar to sandalwood. If you smell it from a distance, you will feel your ears and eyes are sharp and your nose will be comfortable. It is absolutely extraordinary.
“It is a seabed coral that has suffered whale fall. It is regarded as a nest by the almost mature cuttlefish. It is soaked with its own ink all the year round. It is a unique treasure that can only be formed after being buried in it after old age. It is regarded by the soil of overseas islands. What people get, call them It is a black jade dragon horn, regarded as a treasure given by the gods. When I traveled overseas, I killed a group of foreign pirates and saved an island native. I was rewarded by them with this thing. Later, I read through the classics and visited famous people, and then I found out about this. Origin of things.”
Chen Shouzhi knew the other party's identity as a miracle doctor, and after hearing the praise, he felt a little flattered. He talked about his past experiences and finally gave a sermon.
“These treasures are also stored in our royal family’s secret collection and have been accumulated for many years. They are a batch of strange medicines at the bottom of the box. All of them have miraculous effects on increasing Qi and blood. No matter what the cause of Marshal Meng’s illness is, Qi and blood If it is strong, all evil will not invade. If these medicines are mixed properly, they will definitely achieve the effect of extending life. "
If you are an ordinary person, you may have to worry about the problem of whether the deficiency is supplemented or not.
But Meng Zhaoxuan is a master-level figure. There is already a part in his body that has been completely tempered. Even if the pain in other parts is severe, he can still use the part that has been tempered to refine the medicinal power.
So, Chen Shouzhi’s idea is indeed correct.
The only question is, how much of Meng Zhaoxuan's energy can these things that are extremely supplementary to ordinary people, and how long can they last for?
Famous doctors from three parties came forward one after another to diagnose Meng Zhaoxuan.
Those people in Dali and Annan soon became sad, as if they had encountered a huge problem.
Zhang Shuwei felt a little weird in his heart.
According to the knife manual and Zhang Shuwei's own research, Marshal Meng can at least use the five-success body. If Xi has a healing method like Rama's Heart Method, he may even use the seven-eighth success body. body.
Even if he only has less than a year left to live, his combat power will not weaken too much before his death.
But after the pulse diagnosis just now, Meng Zhaoxuan's body was in complete chaos. Except for the particularly strong lung pulse, the balance of other pulses had been completely broken.
In this situation, it is good to use one successful body. If it is a little more, I am afraid he will vomit blood on the spot.
How could this happen?
Zhang Shuwei was suspicious and suddenly thought that Li Qiumian came to him specifically two days ago and said that after meeting Marshal Meng, if he found anything wrong, he should not express his position and just look at Marshal Meng's own intentions.
"Oh, you don't have to worry."
Meng Zhaoxuan sighed slightly, "I know how my body is. Although I still have a few months to live, I'm afraid that in less than a month, this body will be completely destroyed. It’s hard to get up from the sickbed.”
“I don’t care about the kindness of the Imperial Master and the Emperor. I dare to refuse, but I'm afraid I won't be able to repay him in my lifetime."
Chen Shouzhi asked a few questions to the famous doctor in Annan. When the doctor nodded, his face became very ugly and he said, "Is there really nothing we can do? "
Chen Weiyang suddenly said: "There is a way!"
Meng Zhaoxuan frowned and shouted: "Weiyang!"
Chen Weiyang showed a stubborn look on his face and said quickly: "We are looking for the second generation founder of the Dragon Sword Sect. Zen Master Daoji once co-created a life-protecting golden elixir. If it can be fired, even if the Lord has such symptoms, it can replenish his vitality and extend his life for ten years."
Meng Zhaoxuan said angrily: "Shut up!"
Chen Weiyang saw him. Angry, he gritted his teeth and said no more.
Everyone looked at each other, but Li Qiumian took the initiative to speak: "Since there is such a medicine, why not try to refine it?"
A look of surprise appeared on Su Hanshan's face, he opened his mouth to speak, then closed his mouth.
Li Qiumian's eyes were sharp and he immediately said: "Hanshan, do you know anything?"
"The Golden Pill of Life Protection, I heard my family talk about it."
Su Han Shan hesitated and said, "After this kind of elixir is refined, even the dying master will be able to It can be rescued and even restored to its full glory, but the cost of refining the elixir is too high."
"It requires a strong master to work non-stop for seven days and seven nights to use internal energy to activate the furnace. Fire, pay attention to the heat, refine the potency, and never change people midway.”
"Such a violent consumption is enough to severely weaken a strong master's vitality and destroy more than 70% of his foundation. He may not be able to recover for decades to come. It is equivalent to exchanging one grandmaster for another. The Grandmaster’s recovery.”
“Therefore, after the second-generation founder of the Xunlong Sword Sect created the elixir, he lamented that it was useless, put it away in a high cabinet, and never took it again. "
Li Qiumian's eyes widened and he murmured: "There is such a prescription? Even the elders in your family have mentioned it. It seems to be true."
Meng Zhaoxuan rolled his sleeves and said: "No need to say it, I don't need this kind of thing."
"You don't need this pill, but the Song Dynasty needs you!"
Li Qiumian thought for a long time, stood up suddenly, and said decisively, "Xiao Chen, give me the elixir."
"After I finish practicing, your lord can choose not to take it, then let me be buried with this elixir." Okay.”
There was silence for a moment.
Although Chen Shouzhi wanted to help Meng Zhaoxuan extend his life, he couldn't open his mouth to do so at the cost of losing all his skills.
Li Qiumian is willing to take the lead... That is actually the best choice.
Meng Zhaoxuan was silent for a long time and said: "I shouldn't have brought others back. I should have expected it. As long as someone leaks the news and you know it, no one can persuade you."
"Forget it!"< br>
He took a deep breath , said, "After all, you are fighting for my life. If I keep showing off, it will be disgusting."
"But at least one thing, you have to agree to it."
Li Qiumian looked complicated. , said: "You said."
"When you are practicing this elixir, someone with ulterior motives will definitely attack you, and the Fuyao Mountain General Altar may not be safe either. Only by transferring your Fuyao Mountain manpower and combining it with the Qimen Formation in this manor can we be more secure."
Meng Zhaoxuan said, "After the mechanism is repaired, Xiao Chen will take charge of the formation, and you will set up the alchemy furnace and refine the elixir here."
After saying this, Meng Zhaoxuan stood up in person, straightened his clothes, and bowed to everyone. .
"National Preceptor, Emperor's Uncle, everyone, I sincerely ask you all to stay in this manor these days to protect Brother Qiu Mian!"
Chen Shouzhi, Dragon Tea Monk and others They looked at each other and stood up to return the salute: "The righteousness of the mountain owner is admirable. I dare not say anything for the marshal's trust!"
(End of this chapter)