Legend of the Knight

Chapter 271 Pill Making
In the past few days, some mysterious news suddenly spread in Luoyang City.

For example, Mr. Yang's family originally planned to build a new house, and they had planned to break the ground. At this moment, someone came to him and said, "It's better to wait a little longer to build this house."

Fourth Yang quickly asked why, but at this time, someone said: "The sun is not good these days, little fierce."

If you ask who said this again, you will get: Don’t ask, you just know about it anyway.

It's not just about breaking ground for a new house.

New store opening, don't worry, little fierce.

Engaged Najib, take it easy, little fierce.

Celebrate your birthday, don't do it, little fierce.

A depressive feeling that everyone always felt that something was going to happen shrouded the city of Luoyang, so that everyone was eager for something to happen quickly so that this ominous event could be over.

That's right, if other people's family is unlucky, don't you just hide it, it's the same as meeting a tiger, you just need to run faster than others.

Many years later, when Luoyang people mentioned this mysterious rumor, they all slapped their thighs and shouted.

In this suddenly depressing atmosphere, the only way to survive is to continue.

The middle-aged couple introduced by Huang Xiaoshi came to Xiaoyao Valley, and they looked honest and honest, both of them were very diligent.

After someone took care of Cao Ehua, Gu Yuexuan finally felt relieved to go to Wudang Mountain.

It's hard to say, but Gu Yuexuan still needs to report to Fang Yunhua, the leader of Wulin, that three disciples and one registered disciple of Xiaoyao Valley, a total of four people, except for himself, all of them have become the top leaders of Tianlong Sect, and one of them has even become the leader.

From another point of view, Gu Yuexuan still has a good understanding of the nature of these three people, knowing that they are all coerced by the general trend, and in the final analysis, they are no different from him now.

Gu Yuexuan could feel that the Tianlong Cult had changed from Li Canglong's style, and the first thing they did after arriving in the Central Plains was to have a long talk with him. Perhaps there was a possibility of reconciliation between the Tianlong Cult and the Central Plains martial arts.

As for the matter of King Cheng, Gu Yuexuan decided to keep it a secret for the time being.

One is that the news is too sensational, and Gu Yuexuan doesn't feel it is true, and the other is that people like Jiang Hu are not qualified to intervene in the affairs of the court after all, just live their own lives.

……

Li Jingji took his mother to seek marriage with Wang Hu.

Originally, Thorn said that he wanted to go alone, but when his mother heard that her son was going to beg for a wife, she was so excited that she didn't even sell the incense sticks, and she wanted to follow her son on the road with the few hundred Wen she had saved up so hard.

The dentures in Briar's Mouth are fitted.

After inspecting Thorn's mouth, Lao Hu gestured at the size, then took out something that looked like a horseshoe embryo, and knocked it out after a while.

The dentures made by Lao Hu are not only the right size, but also carefully shaped by him, but the only trouble is that Lao Hu can't fix the dentures on the thorny gums no matter what.

At this time, Huang Xiaoshi used a branch on the ground to draw a new gadget he "invented" for Lao Hu, called a double-headed screw.

Drill one end into the thorny gum, and the other end into the denture, so that it will stay in place.

As for how to make the tiny screws, with Huang Xiaoshi's understanding of Lao Hu blacksmith's skills, it's a piece of cake.

With the blessing of internal force, the craftsmen of this era have long surpassed the manual category that ordinary people can understand. What a difference.

It was the first time for Lao Hu to see such a thing as a screw, and his mind was immediately opened.

This can not only connect teeth, but also rivet all kinds of wooden and iron objects. If it can be used well, it will be a great thing.

Afterwards, Huang Xiaoshi told Lao Hu about the use of screws and stud screws.

Screws are simple, you can just drive them in with a screwdriver, but stud screws can only be attached by internal force, and you can tighten them bit by bit.

In less than an afternoon, Lao Hu finished everything. Huang Xiaoshi personally screwed a total of sixteen screws into the thorny gums bit by bit. The whole process made other people's teeth sore .

Thorn didn't say a word during the whole process, compared to what Xuan Mingzi did to him, it was nothing more than tickling.

Finally, Briar's dentures were fitted, and his face looked much fuller.Huang Xiaoshi told him not to bite hard things first, and wait for the gums to tighten the screws before biting hard things.

Thorn finally got rid of the shrunken mouth, and Li Moumei saw her son's heroic spirit bursting out, and she couldn't help crying again.

Li Shoumei saw Li Canglong's shadow from Jingji's body.

Wang Rong's home is in the middle of Shu. Originally, Huang Xiaoshi wanted Jing Ji to go with the caravan of Shennong Baicaomen, but Jing Ji refused without saying a word.

Seeing the second senior brother who was extremely stubborn, Huang Xiaoshi had no choice but to let him go.

I really don't know how Li Jingji wanted to propose. Could it be that he put a knife on Wang Hu's neck, and then begged, "My lord Yue Zhang, betroth your daughter to me."

……

Weiming spent the past few days at Jiang Tianxiong's house with food and lodging. Two stonemasons were banging thunderbolts in the underground prison. Weiming stared at the side while chatting with Li Cangtian to relieve boredom.

Weiming told Li Cangtian about his past, and by the way, how he and Huang Xiaoshi met, Li Cangtian naturally did not hide Huang Xiaoshi's master-student relationship.

"You mean, you mean Brother Xiao Shi..."

When Weiming was about to say that word uncontrollably, Li Cangtian pointed at the two people who were knocking beside him, and Weiming swallowed the words that came to his lips.

Li Cangtian used to be the prince's teacher, and Li Cangtian taught Huang Xiaoshi's father, so wouldn't it mean that Huang Xiaoshi's father is the prince!

Got it, I got it all!

All the mysteries have been solved at once.

However, now Weiming is deeply trapped in a fatalism, unable to extricate himself.

The elder brother's father is a hero of the Central Plains, so he is now the head of Xiaoyao Valley, another Valley hero;

Second senior brother Li Jingji's father is Li Canglong, so he is now a member of the Dragon Sect of Tianlong Sect;
My father, Dongfang Xi, was originally a disciple of the Central Plains, but later followed the Heavenly King, and ended up walking the exact same path himself;
Brother Xiaoshi, he, how should I put it, is indeed a dragon and a phoenix among men, no wonder he was able to lay down a foundation with his bare hands.

When he was a child, Weiming always thought that as long as he got a good teacher and practiced martial arts diligently, he would eventually be famous in the world and become a generation of heroes.

Looking at it now, this conclusion cannot be said to be outrageously wrong, at least it has nothing to do with the status quo.

If everything is God's will and destiny is already doomed, then what's the point of our hard work.

Weiming fell into the greatest confusion in his life.

……

The two masons worked together, and the construction period was faster than expected. In less than two days, Li Cangtian's chain end was finally pulled out from the stone wall.

With Weiming's support, Li Cangtian walked out of the tunnel and climbed up the short wooden ladder. After many years, he finally saw the sky above his head.

Afterwards, Li Cangtian was sent to Shennong Baicaomen.

These few days Huang Xiaoshi is busy with alchemy, but Li Cangtian has already made arrangements.

It is not suitable for Li Cangtian to stay in the Central Plains for a long time, Huang Xiaoshi has already arranged the carriages and horses, and immediately sent Li Cangtian to the Western Regions without stopping.

On the other side, Weiming and his little girlfriend parted ways reluctantly. Weiming wanted to escort Li Cangtian back to the old Tianlong sect, and Feng Chuixue wanted to stay and learn dance from Ji Wushuang.

Seeing the unidentified young couple, you and me, Huang Xiaoshi suddenly remembered that the two of them should be cousins, and they were very close in blood.

However, this era seems to be very keen on the marriage of close relatives. Seeing the loving appearance of their young couple, Huang Xiaoshi is not willing to say anything unfavorable in the past. If they are lucky, they will give birth to an Einstein.

……

The fourth day of April.

Auspicious: breaking ground, praying for blessings, planting, burial, offering sacrifices, building, making a stove.

Inauspicious: opening a warehouse, digging a well, consecration.

Yin time, Chen time, and Si time are auspicious times, while other times are bad times.

It is still dark at Yin time, and Chen time (7-9 o'clock) and Si time (9-11 o'clock) are connected. This is the most critical moment in the day, and every second counts.

Today, the gate of Shennong Baicaomen is closed, and no one is allowed to enter. I heard rumors that the Yellow Gate mainly refines elixir for the emperor.

The people in Luoyang City were amazed, but it was a pity that the courtyard wall of Shennong Baicaomen was too high, and no one dared to climb the top of their wall, so they all squatted at the door to listen to the noise.

As soon as the time came, only the sound of a gong was heard, and suddenly the door of the originally closed house in Shennong Baicaomen opened wide, and neatly dressed gatekeepers came out in a single file. Formed a phalanx of 64 people in all directions.

Today was originally an unlucky day, even though an auspicious time was chosen, it was just an auspicious day.

The 64 people were selected by Huang Xiaoshi one by one according to their birth date.

There is a saying: The right time is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the harmony of people.

Huang Xiaoshi wants to use this combination of people to counteract the unfavorable weather.

Except for these 64 people and Huang Xiaoshi, no one was allowed to move around in the entire Shennong Baicaomen during Chenshi and Sishi, and no one was allowed to make noise.

as predicted.

What made the people hiding in the room afraid to breathe was that from opening the door to lining up to now, 64 people did not say a word or a word.

This is an amazing thing to do under the blue sky and white sun, where you can shout loudly, are you afraid that the wind will not hear you?

In order to prevent everyone from talking, the 64 people in the yard are all biting a chopstick horizontally, which is called "person's mouthpiece".

The great oppression brought about by the silence made the hands and feet of the bystanders sweat.

The reason why Huang Xiaoshi thought of Lianmei was because he was too lazy to think of lines.Since it is necessary to embody the meaning of solemnity, the effect of this kind of silent pressure is the best.

After a while, Huang Xiaoshi came out.

Huang Xiaoshi changed into a new suit today, although it was still the same black suit and black trousers, but with his appearance, the atmosphere at the scene became more dignified.

……

There is a large screen on the incense table that has been set up, and a painting is hung on the screen. This is the portrait of Shennong taken from the hall.

Huang Xiaoshi fetched three sticks of incense, blew on the fire, lit them, and bowed three times to the portrait of Shennong. The 64 people also bowed together. Finally, Huang Xiaoshi put the three sticks of incense on the incense table.

With a wave of Huang Xiaoshi's hand, the people in the phalanx immediately dispersed, and according to the previous arrangements and rehearsals, they each did their own things.

……

Soon, a huge medicine stove was lifted into the yard by a dozen strong men using levers.

After the medicine stove was placed, and the levers and ropes were removed, except for a few people who skillfully started the stove and lit the fire, the others scattered around the stove and took their positions.

As more and more people came back, the people who crowded the cracks of the door to watch the excitement realized that these positions were not random. They stood in a circle in a shape of gossip, locking the Yaolu in the middle. .

There was a burst of thick smoke, the fire rose, Huang Xiaoshi waved his hand again, and each person in the gossip formation took a step forward. After they put the plates in their hands on the ground, they took out the tools at their waists, Kneel on the ground and start making medicine.

Shennong Baicaomen used to do pharmaceuticals in the open air like this, and later there was a greenhouse for shelter from wind and rain.

Everyone can't see the process of these medicines clearly, but many people know the medicinal materials by heart.

Snow lotus in the Western Regions, Cordyceps sinensis, a rare thing in Tubo, white deer antler in Northeast China, rhinoceros horn in Annan...

The eight strange medicines in the south, east, west, and north were finally found by the caravan of Shennong Baicaomen from all over the world.

"when"

The second gong sounded, and it was time.

Eight pharmacists lined up to pour the powder they rubbed, kneaded, cut, and scraped into a large porcelain bowl one by one. Huang Xiaoshi picked up his sleeves and took a gourd and poured some spirits into the large porcelain bowl. Then reach out and take medicine.

After the medicine was reconciled, Huang Xiaoshi began to knead the balls. This time, the powder was not too much, and he just kneaded it into six balls.

Afterwards, Huang Xiaoshi adjusted the fire, and carefully sent the six balls into the pill furnace.

Facing the medicine stove, Huang Xiaoshi bowed once, again, and three times, and the others bowed the same three times.

The alchemy ceremony is over.

With a wave of Huang Xiaoshi's hand, everyone picked up their things and went back to the room quickly and silently, while he sat by the medicine stove and meditated.

After a long time, the third gong sounded, and it was already noon.

After Huang Xiaoshi opened his eyes and stood up, he beckoned, and the people walked out of the room with their heads poking around.

In the yard, Huang San couldn't stop wiping his sweat. From the very beginning, his heart seemed to be thrown into a medicine furnace, and he was in a panic.

"Master Shi, is this the end?" Huang San asked Huang Xiaoshi flatteringly, "It doesn't take 49 days of practicing for seven or seven days, right?"

"It's not that long." Huang Xiaoshi said to Huang San: "One day of burning, one day of boredom, and the third day you can open the furnace to take the pill."

"That feeling is so good." Huang San said to Huang Xiaoshi: "Master Shi, you don't know, what happened today, my heart has been pounding, and I can't suppress it, you say this..."

Huang Xiaoshi stretched out his index finger and made a motion of shutting up on his lips, then he pointed to his heart and said, "If you don't say what you say, you can just know it in your heart."

"I understand, I understand." Huang San nodded and bowed quickly.

……

What Shennong Baicaomen is doing during the day, they will not say, and they will not be allowed to say, but when the door is opened, passers-by pass by the gate, turn their heads and look into the yard, and they can see the courtyard. In the middle stands a large medicine furnace.

"It really is refining elixir."

"I don't want to say it, because I'm afraid that the secret of heaven will be leaked."

"Do you think you can become a fairy if you eat this thing?"

The more this is not allowed to be said, the more everyone wants to know what it is.

What can I do.

Roasting on such a big fire for a day, the meatballs were roasted to ashes, and all those that could not be turned into ashes were dried into stones. If you really eat it, you will not choke to death.

Anyway, Huang Xiaoshi didn't think about making alchemy, he planned to secretly throw a cannonball into the alchemy furnace at night, and then he would say that the alchemy furnace exploded, the alchemy failed, and it was over.

Afterwards, the emperor's dog belt, Chen Chongying monopolized the power, first helped Yan Yu to the top, and then cut King Cheng for a while, all hidden dangers were resolved, and the world once again ushered in peace.

Clearance.

However, on this afternoon, the caravan in front of Shennong Baicaomen who was going to deliver goods to the east escaped, and they brought a very shocking news.

When did King Cheng become so fierce!
What Huang Xiaoshi didn't expect was that King Cheng really had no soldiers in his hand, but Wang Yizhi, the servant of the Ministry of War, sent him tens of thousands back.

Poor Wang Yizhi, he racked his brains to come up with a brilliant way to dismantle the mutiny in the Western Regions, but in the end another catastrophe happened.

This is the fate at the end of the dynasty. When the national strength is weak, no matter how good the clever plan is, there is no way to escape the bad luck that comes one after another. They often escape this trap and fall into another pit in a blink of an eye.

Huang Xiaoshi thought in his mind, it's bad food, the emperor is really insane, if he dies, no one in this world will be able to cure King Cheng.

……

The fifth night of April.

There was only a sound of thunder, and half of Luoyang City heard the sound. For a while, dogs all over the city were barking, and countless children were frightened and cried loudly.

In the early morning of the sixth day of the sixth day, everyone found that the atmosphere was not right as soon as they went out. After inquiring quietly, they found out that in the middle of the night last night, a thunderbolt split the alchemy furnace in the courtyard of Shennong Baicaomen.

Is the bad luck over?
not at all.

The shocking news came that King Cheng set up a banner (rebellion) in the name of "the side of the Qing emperor". The bandit army (rebel army) claimed to be 30, and had already captured Nanjing.

All the people in Luoyang panicked.

In peacetime, Luoyang was very prosperous because of its convenient transportation. However, in times of war, Luoyang had no danger to defend.

If it really works, this is not a small murderer, it is clearly extremely dangerous.

(End of this chapter)