Chapter 186 Fellow Countryman Meets Fellow Countryman
Fu Qingzhou immediately became "cowarded" when the knife was held to his neck.
He was "surprised". The medicine box he held in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and he made a horrified voice: "I, I don't... I don't mean any harm! I just want to Want to learn the sword!"
"Learn the sword?"
Fa Nu sneered behind him: "What did you just hold in your hand?"
"Yes... I made the medicine myself." Fu Qingzhou said in a trembling voice: "I noticed that you are ill, senior brother, and I wanted to make some medicine to relieve your illness, and then... then I beg you to teach me something..."
"Ah, Zhou Qing."
Fa Nu still kept sneering: "Don't think I don't know you, you have caused quite a stir among lay disciples in the past two days... But you are a butcher! Not a doctor!"
As he spoke, the big knife pressed deeper, faintly breaking the skin on the side of Fu Qingzhou's neck, and blood dripped out.
“No, no, no, no!”
Fu Qingzhou's legs trembled and he shouted loudly: "I, my uncle is a famous doctor. I stayed in his house for several years when I was a child. Although I have never studied medicine seriously, I know something about it!"
This time, Fa Nu's sneer was even more full of sarcasm.
"Your lies are really not very good."
He held the knife and kept the blade close to Fu Qingzhou's neck. He walked slowly in front of him little by little. His figure was full of oppression, with a cat-and-mouse playfulness in his eyes: "Do you know that these lies you told will be revealed after a little investigation?"
Fu Qingzhou said with a sad face: "Brother, I am really I’m not lying! If you don’t believe me, go check it out. If I, Zhou Qing, say anything false, I will strike with thunder from heaven!”
It was Zhou Qing who swore the oath, what does it have to do with me, Fu Qingzhou...
Listening to what he said, Fa Nu became more interested: "Okay, okay, since you are so confident, I want to hear what you are doing. What kind of lies can you make up!"
He actually took back the knife, raised the tip of the knife to the ground, picked up the medicine box and held it in his hand.
"Tell me."
Fanu's eyes were still as cold as frost: "How did you stay at your old uncle's house and what kind of medical knowledge did you learn?"
Fu Qingzhou swallowed his saliva and said: "I, I had a serious illness when I was a child. I went to the doctors in the village and the town but they couldn't get it right, so my mother said... I might as well give it to her brother, who is my old man. Uncle, take a look."
"Although my father is from Luoyi, my mother is from Dafuhe Province. It seems that she used to work as a maid for a wealthy family and came to Luoyi. Just marry my father, I don’t know much about this.”
“Anyway, my mother said that she had an eldest brother in Fuhe Province, and she followed him since childhood... I heard he came from the palace. He worked as a medicine boy for the royal doctor, and he was able to treat patients on his own when he was a teenager. Later, he opened a medical clinic on his own, and his medical skills were very high... He said that he would send me to my uncle to take care of me, and maybe I could save my life. "
"My father thought about it and agreed to treat a dead horse as a living horse anyway."
Fu Qingzhou looked at Fa Nu "cautiously" and whispered: "That's it. I was sent to my uncle and stayed there for four or five years before I recovered and returned to Luoyi..."
Fa Nu had a strange look on his face at this time.
Fu Qingzhou smiled secretly in his heart, it was just weird.
It was naturally impossible for him to read and write down the large pile of information about Lihua County that Zhao Hao had prepared before. Instead, he and Zhao Hao jointly screened some people who might be useful. information.
Among them were a blacksmith, a butcher, a restaurant owner, a medical doctor... a total of about seven or eight people.
Fu Qingzhou knows the information about these people by heart.
Before he came into contact with Fa Nu, he was not sure what identity he would be in, so he had to remember as many as possible; and when he heard the smoker said that Fa Nu had physical problems due to practicing evil arts, he decided to use this The status of "nephew of a famous doctor".
Counting the time, the time he made up to be "fostered at his uncle's house" happened to be the years before and after Fanu's family was massacred. Fanu must have been very interested in the people and things in his hometown during that time. Have a deep impression... If you want to make a person believe something, you don't rely on telling him something, but letting him think of it himself.
Of course, this bit of information at the moment can only bring back some memories to Fa Nu. It is obviously not enough to gain trust.
Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Fa Nu's face turned cold again: "Oh? It's quite decent. Continue, what's your uncle's name, and what's the name of the medical center? In which city and town, what tree is in front of the door, what river is outside the window?”
Fu Qingzhou scratched his head: "I was young at that time. Except for my uncle and my mother, whose surname is Fan, I really can't remember the rest so clearly..."
Fa Nu gave a cruel sneer, and the five fingers holding the knife were clearly tight. Tight.
But before he could do anything, Fu Qingzhou continued: "...But I still remember that every spring, my uncle would take me out for an outing. The mountains were full of white flowers, so beautiful."
Fa Nu’s sneer froze on his face, and his eyes widened instantly.
Fu Qingzhou seemed unconscious and begged for mercy pitifully: "Brother, I really didn't lie to you. I was too young at that time, and my parents left early. I really don't remember the town at that time. What's your name? I can only remember that it's in Fuhe Province..."
"The famous doctor surnamed Fan...the mountains are covered with white flowers..."
Fa Nu seemed not to hear his words and muttered to himself.
Fu Qingzhou let him reminisce for a while, and then cautiously called out: "Senior brother? Senior brother Fa Nu?"
Fa Nu came back to his senses and stared at him with his eyes slightly narrowed. : "How much do you remember about your childhood?"
"There must be some, otherwise you won't be able to understand some medical science..."
Fu Qingzhou scratched his head and said: "In those days, I helped my uncle get medicine, weigh medicine, and prepare medicine every day. I also accompanied him when he went out to see a doctor. I remember leaving the hospital and walking for a while. There was a small bluestone bridge under the bridge. There are a lot of ducks, and I like to count ducks..."
"I also remember that there were often people performing at the end of the street at the medical center. I especially loved going to see them, but my uncle said that I was not in good health and could not grow old. I always sneak into crowded places and catch him again..."
"Oh, yes, there are more."
He showed a look of reminiscence. : “I especially love the steamed fish cooked in the restaurant opposite the medical center, but it’s very expensive. My uncle would only take the whole family to eat it during the holidays. Unfortunately, I never ate it again... ”
The vicious and cold look on Fa Nu’s face finally disappeared completely.
He looked at Fu Qingzhou in a daze, and suddenly asked: "Do you still remember what the steamed fish tastes like?"
"Remember!"
Fu Qingzhou responded: "It Not only is it delicious, but the most important thing is that it tastes very good. I heard that the fish is only particularly delicious if caught in the spring, because..."
"...because they have to go upstream to the south. "Lay eggs."
Fa Nu suddenly took over and murmured: "These fish swim very hard every day, so the meat is very delicious. You cannot keep them after they are caught, they have to be killed immediately. The steamed fish made in this way is the best..."
Fu Qingzhou was "confused": "Brother, what are you doing?"
Fa Nu smiled bitterly and put down the knife.
When he looked at Fu Qingzhou, there was no coldness and gloominess in his eyes, only an inexplicable closeness.
"Oh, I didn't expect..."
Fa Nu stretched out his hand and slapped Fu Qingzhou heavily on the shoulder: "We are half fellow villagers!"
(End of this chapter)