The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 326 The Daily Life of the Demon Suppressor ()

On the surface, Ergou's arrival did not cause any ripples in the Pang family's residence. The next day, Master Pang sat in the carriage driven by Old Man Chen as usual, but went to Caoxian Nunnery to attend a party.

Chen Guang also carries a load and goes out to practice stalls in the streets and alleys.

Of course, it wasn't that everyone wasn't surprised by the arrival of Ergou, but that they had to hide some things for the time being.

The only reason is that today's officials are not smart enough and are tempted by some evil cultivators, so both the demon suppressors and the evil cultivators are facing a rather embarrassing situation.

Both sides have some concerns about throwing the mouse into a trap.

Although the current official family has shown some not very good signs, after all, he has not really fallen into decline. For the demon-suppressing people, this is really embarrassing for them.

If it were an ordinary person, at least he could send an expert to warn him, or at most he could directly destroy the evildoer in a humane manner and eliminate evildoers in the bud. These were all routine operations.

But this cannot be done to the king of this land. Before the king's fall, the demon-suppressor could not even come forward directly. He could only find some agents in the court to come forward to advise or even warn.

Of course, once this is done, it usually means that the North Korean agent is about to finish.

Only when the king has completely fallen and has become the sworn enemy of all the people, can the Demon Suppressor have a perfect reason to plow the court and clear the hole.

For example, when dealing with the First Emperor of the former Qin Dynasty, Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang Wu in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Emperor Renzong of this dynasty, etc., the demon-suppressing people all did this.

Therefore, Chen Guangming knew that there were evil ways lurking around today's officials, but he could only look forward and sigh, waiting for those evil ways to fall apart, so that he could take the opportunity to eliminate them.

It is also not easy for evil people to find an emperor who is willing to accept them, especially since this emperor is relatively easy to fool.

Therefore, they particularly cherish their cooperation with today's officials.

This also means that unless they have extremely attractive and significant benefits, they will never waste their friendship with the current officials to use the power of the court to specifically eliminate one or more demon suppressors.

You must know that mobilizing official power to attack the Demon Suppressor is a one-shot deal. This means that the current imperial court has broken with the Demon Suppressor and has become an affiliate of the evil demon who helps the evil. The Demon Suppressor is qualified to attack the relevant emperors and evil spirits. Take devastating revenge.

Looking at today's world, there is only one high-value target that is qualified to make the evil spirits give up all their interests and forcefully mobilize the power of the imperial court to launch a dangerous attack, and that is the most important strategic talent of the current Demon Suppressor - Siming Shenjun.

Of course, many times in the past, Di Ji was also a high-value target worthy of a dangerous attack by evil gangsters.

However, since Ergou has a big head in front of her, at least in the eyes of evil people, Di Ji's strategic value has been slightly reduced.

This is undoubtedly great news for contemporary emperors and queens.

Fortunately for Ergou, his identity is very confusing.

The special strategic position of Siming Shenjun makes it difficult for the evil spirits to believe that his true form is a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, and the demon-suppressing veterans of Siming Mansion are also willing to create an illusion to mislead the evil spirits.

Ergou relies on his powerful restorative energy to treat injuries and perform compulsory repairs on the injured human body. However, he was not proficient in the traditional medicine of the Song Dynasty, and it should be said that he did not even have a superficial understanding of it.

This is undoubtedly a big business flaw for Siming Shenjun.

So the big guys at Si Tiantai carefully selected a traditional medical master to be Ergou's assistant.

This medical master was called Pang Anshi, and he was a distant relative of Pang Shiniang. He had superb medical skills, and was especially good at "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" written by the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing. In his early years, in order to study the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, Pang Anshi often worried about the urgent needs of patients. He would let the patients stay in his home without any personal gain, and then take care of them personally until they were cured and sent away.

In this process, he personally summarized and verified countless things that had never been discovered by previous people, such as the prevention and treatment of external infectious diseases, etc.

In the past few years, Pang Anshi referred to the theories of various schools of thought and combined with his personal experience to compile six volumes of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", which made up for the deficiencies in Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases".

In later generations, Pang Anshi was called the "Medical King of the Northern Song Dynasty". One of the Liangshan heroes in "Water Margin", "The Miracle Doctor" An Daoquan, was a fictional character based on Pang Anshi.

And in this extraordinary version of the Song Dynasty, Pang Anshi was even more extraordinary.

His medical research may seem inconspicuous, but to some indescribable beings whose authority is life and plague, they are like natural enemies.

A certain evil god often uses plagues and other means to demonstrate his power. If you look at this trick from a future perspective, it is to create some contagious viruses and then spread them among mortals, causing death and panic, and promoting the evil god. of power.

The most effective way to deal with this evil god's virus attack is to make targeted vaccines and special drugs for treatment.

But this can only be regarded as a temporary solution, not the root cause, because a certain evil god only needs to slightly change the type of virus, and all the efforts in the previous virus treatment process are almost all in vain, and everything has to start again.

When Pang Anshi studied some exogenous diseases, he mainly started from the causes and onset, combined with physical constitution, geography, climate, etc., and thus summarized a set of methods to comprehensively improve human immunity through various drugs and methods. to cure diseases.

It may not be intuitive to say this, but we can use martial arts terminology to describe the difference and it will be more clear.

The evil god's plague is like a complex and changeable attack, and each virus is a killing move.

Humanity's conventional targeted vaccine disinfecting is a temporary counter move created for this killing move. As long as the evil god changes his killing move, this counter move will be useless.

Pang Anshi's research is to superimpose damage reduction defense on humans. Maybe this method is not very efficient at first, but as long as the damage reduction defense is stacked too much, it will be extraordinary.

If this stack really reaches the limit, dear, I will stand still and let you hit me at will. If you can mess up my hair, you will win.

Of course, Pang Anshi's research is still in its infancy, and it is still far from the ultimate superposition of immune damage reduction.

But it has to be said that he is already on the right path, at least in the general direction of the main idea and concept of fighting against a certain evil god.

Such dangerous mortals may be looked down upon by a superior evil god, but the evil disciples under a certain evil god will not remain indifferent.

Therefore, not long after Pang Anshi's six-volume "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" was completed, he was assassinated by evildoers.

Fortunately, at this time, Shi Laodao and others were trying to find a medical expert to cover Ergou, and Pang Anshi, who was targeted by the evil gangs, became the best choice.

The Demon Suppressor sent two patrolling heavenly masters and an elite team, and paid a huge price to rescue Pang Anshi from his certain death.

From then on, Ergou had a traditional medicine teacher, and Simingfu also had a real master of medicine.

What is more interesting is that Siming Mansion carried out a counter-strategic deception in hiding the identity of Ergou.

First, they announced to the world that Siming Shenjun was Chen Shen, but they did not identify Ergou, and then they deliberately concealed Pang Anshi's existence from the outside.

During the actual treatment process for the injured, Ergou always appeared at the scene together with Pang Anshi, and through operations similar to the principle of magic, the patient always thought that it was Pang Anshi who was really treating his disability. This is a process of matryoshka and matryoshka.

Evil disciples: We, Pang Anshi, are the real Lord Siming, and that silly boy named Chen Shen is a fake.

Lower-level Demon Suppressor: We know that Siming Shenjun is Pang Anshi and that boy Chen Shen is a cover-up, but we don’t tell the truth and resolutely declare to the outside world that Siming Shenjun Chen Shen saved us.

Evil guys: I know you are deceiving us, and we will never fall for it.

High-level demon-suppressor: The demon-suppressors and villains below have all been fooled, which shows that our plan of hypocrisy and insanity has worked.

Each side thinks it has the truth.

But I still have to do what I need to do, and I can’t just ignore it just because I know the truth.

For example, Li Gefei remained firmly in the prime minister's position for several years, and Li Qingzhao's marriage was delayed again and again.

Everyone knows that Li Qingzhao is Chen Shen's fiancée.

The evil disciples are waiting for the day when Chen Shen gets married, so that they can expose his false identity and laugh at the failure of the demon suppressor. Of course, the ultimate goal is to design a plan to deal with the "real" Siming Shenjun, such as capturing Chen Shen and reforming him. Become an assassin to assassinate the God King.

But the Demon Suppressor also had some worries, what if the demons really guessed Ergou's true identity.

It can be said that both sides have their own plans.

Ergou couldn't show his face openly in the capital, but he still followed Chen Guang to experience what a serious demon-suppressor's daily life was like.

In the morning, Ergou pretended to be a helper and followed Chen Guang out of the house.

The two of them each picked up a basket and loaded it with needles, threads, scraps, including some traditional evil-dispelling paper charms, elixir baskets, etc.

They walked the streets and alleys of Bianliang City, banging the clouds that represented the identity of the sellers, which was the same as the bangzi played by tofu sellers in later generations.

They followed a fixed and tortuous route and passed countless homes. During this period, many adults and children came to watch and even buy things.

Some bought needles, threads, cakes and fruits, and some bought some miscellaneous items. There was only one house in the house, but they secretly bought a few paper charms, and carefully asked if the paper charms should be burned into ashes and soaked in water to make talismans. , is there any taboo?

Chen Guang winked at Ergou calmly, then showed a philistine smile and said: "I want to teach our guests that this evil-dispelling talisman is a treasure invited from the Taoist priest of Yuxiao Temple. It’s very effective! It’s different from the crappy paper talismans that other Taoists scribble on.”

The person who bought the talisman looked around in a panic, but said in a low voice: "Keep your voice down, I just want to ask, is this talisman really effective?"

Chen Guang patted his chest and said, "It's true!"

The buyer breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good! You can pack ten talismans with me. I'll have some use for them."

Chen Guang almost laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes, but he said: "Okay! Ten talismans, a generous reward of 150 Wen Xiaoping's money!"

The guest was shocked when he heard this, but asked anxiously: "Why is it so expensive?! The paper talisman drawn by the Taoist priest of Xiangyuan Temple costs only five cents a piece. Isn't it several times more expensive for you! Are you blackmailing people?" ?!”

Chen Guang laughed and said: "How can you call it blackmail! Can the Taoist priests of Xiangyuan Temple be compared with the high Taoists of Yuxiao Temple?! Just like when you find someone to write a letter, the price of Song Xiucai on the street can be as high as that of Zhuxuan Shu Isn’t it the same as the king’s flattery?”

Song Xiucai was a foreigner who had never even passed the local examination. He only came to the capital with his friends to see the world. In the end, he did not want to go back to his hometown, so he made a living by writing letters for others on the street and selling calligraphy and paintings at the same time.

The so-called Wang Fengcheng is a small Beijing official named Wang. He was born with the same Jinshi, and his rank is from Ninth Grade Fengcheng Lang. Since his family is large, it is difficult to live in the capital, but he has no choice but to hang out in the bookstore on weekdays. Make some living.

The person who bought the talisman heard what Chen Guang said and felt that it made sense.

But he said coquettishly: "Seller, I only have fifty-two coins. Please do me a favor. Can you please spare me four spiritual talismans?"

Chen Guang shook his head repeatedly and said: "How can I be so calculating! If I sell it at a low price, I'm afraid it won't be easy to even get back the money! If I don't sell it, I won't sell it!"

The two of them pushed and pulled several times, and Chen Guang finally let go, but sold four talismans for a total price of fifty-four Wen Xiaoping coins.

When Ergou saw the man leaving, he gave Chen Guang a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Senior brother, you are so playful. If I hadn't known your identity, I would have thought you were just an out-and-out little salesman." !”

Chen Guang smiled and said: "There is no way! If I don't pretend to be decent, how can others believe me?"

Ergou asked: "Is the magic talisman paper really useful?"

Chen Guang laughed and scolded: "What a sweet dream! Apart from the salt essence you made, junior brother, is there anything else in this world that can really ward off evil spirits? Straight bitch! You are still the junior brother of the Sa family, but the salt essence is sold like crazy. It’s so expensive!”

Ergou smiled bitterly and said: "Senior brother, what you said makes no sense! Junior brother, the salt essence I sell is very cheap! The real ones who make money from it are those greedy second-hand dealers!"

At this point, the two of them stopped talking at the same time.

There is no way, the second-level dealers in the salt essence trade are also part of their own family, such as Master Pang, Chen Guang's wife Han Yueniang, etc. Zui Jie'er joined the [Mulan Ji] organization here two years ago, and of course there are many Taoists from Si Tiantai. .

Pang Shiniang's family can live a very prosperous life in the capital because of the huge profits brought by a little salt essence.

Chen Guang and Ergou chuckled and said, "Junior brother, our real business is here! Let's go, Sajia will take you to see it."

Ergou smiled and said: "Senior brother is smart. If someone comes to buy talismans, it means something strange has happened to his family. This is much faster than waiting for him to come to his door to ask for help."

Chen Guang also smiled and said: "That's right! Many people encounter evil things, and sometimes they dare not speak out because of feelings. If we only rely on our ears to listen, it will be difficult for us to miss everything."

At that moment, Chen Guang and Ergou came to a small shop with ease. They left the picks there and gave some instructions to the shopkeeper.

When the two of them left, the shopkeeper looked at the two dogs with cloudy eyes.

After the two people walked some distance, Ergou asked: "Senior brother, does the shop owner know me?"

Chen Guangdao: "That is a senior among the Demon Suppressors. He is old and suffers from some injuries, but he has no choice but to retire and open a small shop here to make a living."

Ergou nodded and asked no more questions.

Both of them are good at tracking, and each has their own special skills in tracking. However, they followed the whereabouts of the talisman buyer and followed them all the way.

(End of this chapter)