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Chapter 14 Side Story: Zhu Menshang
Chapter 14 Side Story: Zhu Menshang
In fact, Zhu Menshang is not considered to have destroyed his family, and that's not how the scar came about. He said this just to make Yang Yan lower his guard.
His father often said: To cure a disease, you have to go into your heart.
His master often said this: To cure a disease, you have to go into your heart.
After combining the two people's opinions, he also understood this sentence: To cure a disease, you have to take it into your heart.
Zhu Menshang, whose real name is Zhu Menshang, has been cheating with his father since he was a child.Every time he went to a county, his father would "Yuan Nian Zi", which is a jargon that means to attract onlookers.What he said was something he was used to hearing. It was probably about the unkindness of his ancestors in getting rich and the bad disease passed down in his family. He died at a young age of forty. He visited famous doctors but could not get it. He met an eminent monk who taught him medical skills and cured the disease. So he accepted the teacher's order and practiced medicine for three years to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. , but the doctor does not administer medicine, and the medicine expenses must be paid by oneself.After saying this, the performance started, asking the audience who was sick and helping them on the spot.All boils, malignant sores, bruises, eyes blinded by anger, toothaches, ears and hemorrhoids can all be cured by medicine.
There are also some unusual techniques in their profession, such as three-foot acupuncture, picking malignant tumors by hand, pulling out fire and purging toxins, etc. They are all deceptive tricks, and he has been proficient in them since he was a child.
This kind of scam in the name of practicing medicine is called "making big tickets" in the Jianghu, and it is a very difficult scam.First of all, the person who deceives must look and dress decently to make people believe that you are really a person. You must also be familiar with basic pharmacology, such as "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Classics A and B", "Qian Jin Yifang", and "Song of Soup". Overripe.This job requires "fire" rather than "water". It means spending money, staying in a big inn, and paying for food and clothing. Only if you speak your mind clearly, others will believe you.
As for on-site treatment, it relies on some simple surgeries combined with a few top medicinal prescriptions to treat the symptoms but not the local symptoms.
My father said: If you want to cure a disease, you have to go into the heart. If you grasp people's hearts, the disease will be cured.For example, if you are neatly dressed, people will trust you more; the higher your posture, the more people will trust you.Everyone is a bit afraid of life. Even if they feel something is wrong when performing medical treatment on the spot, they may not report it on the spot.Just talk about three-foot acupuncture. Even if the patient feels that the needle has not penetrated, he does not dare to move at the scene for fear that the needle will break inside and hurt his heart. With this layer of scruples, you will not be afraid of being poked.
He also said that boils and malignant sores require long-term care. If they feel relieved immediately, they will feel that the symptoms have been cured. However, after three to five months, they will find that they have not recovered and you have already moved away.As for bruises and injuries, if you sprain your foot, get beaten, have bruises and fractures, it may take three days to recover, but it may take half a year to get better.If someone's foot hurts and it takes seven days to heal, you're going to say that it's because of your miracle medicine. If it were another doctor, wouldn't it take two or three months to heal?There is no proof in this matter, and no one can take advantage of you.That’s why it’s said, “To cure a disease, you have to take it into your heart.”
My father also told me that you must be good at water and fire, that is, you must know how to use clichés to distinguish the rich from the poor.Rich people are called "Huodian" and poor people are called "Shuidian". If you are rich, use more Huodian. If you are poor, don't waste your time.
But his father also had his own principles. He often told Zhu Menshang that doing this job was just to deceive people into seeing doctors, treat minor illnesses that were innocuous, and earn some money for medicine.But there are two kinds of pestles that you cannot earn. One is the "death-killing pestle" and the other is the "death-killing pestle."
The so-called "death-killing pestle" means that you see that this person will die if his illness is delayed, so you cannot delay his life here. Earning this money will cost people's lives, which is "death-killing pestle".
The other kind of "death pestle" is also very different. You have to leave some room to make money. You can't dig out all the coffins of other people. That is the lifeblood of others. This is called "death pestle".
Earning these two kinds of money will inevitably lead to troubles in the future, such as "out of the blue" - that is, if the patient sees through it and comes to settle the score with you, you will be hunted for thousands of miles.When encountering these two situations, all you need to do is say: "Medicine can't cure the disease, but medicine can save the people who are destined to die. Take this medicine. If it makes you better, don't come back." For all difficult and complicated diseases, treat the right medicine according to the symptom. None of them may be useful, and no one can say for sure. If you say you can't cure this disease, you can get out of it as soon as possible.
His father also taught him how to save his life.When walking around the rivers and lakes, if you encounter danger, first hide in brothels, then casinos and taverns.
Let’s talk about the brothels first. Except for Shaolin, all the nine major families have brothels within their jurisdiction.Most of the brothels are directly operated by gangs from various places, and they have strong backers behind them.A business place is a place to earn money. Who wants to see blood and blood while seeking pleasure?If someone is killed, can the client feel at ease?Nowadays, most brothels have bodyguards. The better the brothel, the more bodyguards there are. Once you enter the brothel, your enemies will not be able to do anything to you. You can just wait for an opportunity to escape.
Let's talk about casinos, the meaning is the same. If you take a pair of heaven and earth, and someone is making a fuss behind you and overturning the gaming table, this bunk does not count. If you start over in the lower bunk, why don't you show your knife and kill them?The casino's credibility was also damaged.When you enter the casino, someone will save your life.
Finally there is the tavern.The so-called heroes are just ordinary people who have received the title of knight. They retired from the Jiangxi Beggar Clan's helm, Mr. Peng, and retired. The word "hero" has become extinct in this world.It's just that people like to brag after drinking, and taverns are the best place to brag. Everyone brags about their heroic and chivalrous martial arts, whether they have just suppressed road bandits, captured a few horse thieves, or defeated some knights.If you go to a tavern and shout for help, who has the nerve to pretend to be a bastard?Wine strengthens the courage. As long as someone stands up and drinks twice, there will be room for escape.Therefore, strong men often appear in taverns.But there's one disadvantage of being in a tavern, that is, I'm afraid of being confronted, so I can't leave.In our line of work, "revenge" is just a matter of earning money. Paying the money will probably solve the problem, and there will be consequences without harming lives.
This brothel, casino, and tavern is called the "Three Treasures Land" by fraudsters. It not only has the advantage of gathering crowds, but also has the advantage of being easy to hide.Especially in the area of Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, after the Kunlun consensus, these three provinces were placed under the jurisdiction of the Beggar Clan. The Beggar Clan was originally from the lower classes, and was most familiar with these activities and managed them most perfectly, with both large quantity and high quality. It is a great source of income.Regardless of drinking, the best brothels and casinos are all in these three provinces. Many martial arts high-rollers are public and private. They must make connections when passing by. Even lay monks from the Shaolin Temple come here specifically to stay in prostitution.
Zhu Menshang followed his father to avoid several brothels and casinos, and gradually understood these principles.The father and son traveled around the country, staying in various places for only three to five months, and they had good food and clothing.Mountain slag is mixed with cassia seeds to make pills, which sell for ten cents, which is the price of water. If there is a fire, a piece of Tianwang Jiuxin Dan, which can remove heart fire, can be sold for one tael of silver.It's such a happy life, and I can see the feng shui and customs from all over the world. The only drawback is that I can't make friends.
When he was 12 years old, Zhu Menshang followed his father to Tongren, Guizhou, which was the territory of the Qingcheng Sect.They chose the best Fushun Inn in the area to stay at and started "doing medicine".
It is winter, the weather is getting colder, there are fewer people passing by in the market, and the "glue" is not smooth.Zhu Menshang noticed a young man from the Miao family who was wearing thin clothes and was sitting at the entrance of the alley watching his father sell tricks. After he followed his father, he also left. The next day, his father came, and he followed his father again.
This young man is about one or two years older than me. Perhaps he is poor in life and is thin and short, even shorter than himself.Zhu Menshang judged him as a loser, so he just watched his father change his tricks.
The possibility of deception also depends on chance. It is also possible to show off one's mouth and perform tricks such as "round stick", but the situations on the spot are different.Although people come, they still have to ask questions. The more they ask, the more they can show off their skills.If there are many people but no interaction, and the place is hot on the outside and cold on the inside, then there is only a spectacle, and there is no money to be made. Sometimes three or two people come up, and as soon as they change their moves, there is an immediate response, and the crowd becomes more and more crowded.
This time Zhu's father was unlucky. Although there were many spectators, the onlookers only looked at him and neither sought medical treatment nor asked questions. After a while, the crowd dispersed.Now Zhu's father was worried. To make a big deal, you need fire. He had to show his wealth first, so that people would believe that he was not a liar. Therefore, the inn he stayed in, the food and clothing expenses were all wealthy and luxurious. He had been open for a long time last time. , If this continues, in another half month, there will be famine.
There is no other way, I have to bite the bullet.On the fourth day, the crowd came again, and the Miao boy also mingled on the street corner.Father Zhu treated a few people with chest tightness, coughs and colds. After saying, "I have been practicing medicine for three years without charging a penny, who else wants to come for medical treatment?" The place was deserted and no one spoke.
Seeing that the business was no longer possible on this day, Father Zhu sighed and planned to close the stall and make a living elsewhere.The Miao boy suddenly walked into the field with his left eye squinted and said loudly: "I'm blind in one eye, doctor, can you cure it?" Guizhou is a mixed city of Han and Miao people, so it's not surprising that there are Miao children. What's strange is that Zhumenshang I have been paying attention to this young man for a long time. He usually watches his father change his tricks, and his eyes are sneaky. When did he become blind again?He was suspicious and worried that he was here to make trouble, so he pulled his father's sleeve as a warning and whispered: "Isn't it a drum?"
Father Zhu was also puzzled, so he cautiously opened the boy's left eye and saw that his left eye was red, swollen and bloodshot.The boy grabbed his father's hand and cried, "Please help the doctor! I'm still young, I can't survive if I'm blind!" As he said this, he picked at his fingers, as if to give a signal.
Zhu's father immediately knew what was going on and said, "I'm not sure about your disease, so let's give it a try." After saying that, he took out the medicine from the medicine box, lit it for the young man, and sent the young man aside to rest.
When the onlookers saw the sudden appearance of a blind boy, they became curious and stopped in their tracks. Father Zhu once again talked about medical classics and pharmacology.After about half an hour, the young man asked: "Doctor, can my eyes be opened?"
Father Zhu nodded and said, "You try."
The young man opened his eyes, with no bloodshot eyes, and shouted: "Okay, okay! I can see! Thank you to the miracle doctor, thank you to the miracle doctor!" After that, he knelt down and kowtowed.When the people around him saw this, they cheered and admired him endlessly.
Zhu Menshang was surprised and puzzled.He knew what his father was capable of, and he also understood the boy's condition, but he didn't understand why the boy wanted to help his father, and how did his eyes get cured?
Everyone heard that the young man's accent and appearance were definitely local, and they would definitely not collude with this doctor.If this doctor can restore sight to a blind eye, then he is truly a miracle doctor.The place immediately became heated, and Zhu's father began to talk about "Compendium of Materia Medica" and sang "Song of Soup", which made everyone stunned.From that day on, their local business was officially opened.
After the crowd dwindled, Zhu's father said to the Miao boy, "You need long-term treatment to get rid of this disease. I'll stay at Fushun Inn. You come with me." The boy followed.On the way, Zhu Menshang asked: "What's wrong with your eyes? Are they so red and swollen?" The young man whispered: "I stuffed my eyes with sand, and they naturally became red and swollen. The doctor gave me eye drops and rested for a while. If you do, your eyes will recover." Zhu Menshang suddenly realized this and clapped his hands and praised it, feeling as if they had met each other very late.
When he arrived at the inn, Father Zhu divided the money he earned today into three parts, gave one part to the Miao boy, and said, "Thanks to my brother's righteousness for saving my father and son from famine, the money I will earn from my colleagues in the future will be as good as yours." share."
However, the Miao boy did not accept the money. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "I don't want the money. I beg Master to give me an art!"
It turned out that this young man's surname was Luo, and his only name was Xiao. His parents died young, and he relied on his little savings to make a living doing odd jobs. His life was very difficult.He watched Zhu's father by the roadside for several days, and he actually saw Zhu's father's hands and feet. He didn't tell anyone, so he blindfolded his eyes with sand and helped him this time, hoping to gain a living skill so that he would no longer suffer from hunger and cold.
Zhu's father was unwilling at first, but then he thought about it. This child can see through the trap, which shows that he is smart. It’s a good meal material, so he nodded and agreed, “I’ll take you in.”
Luo Xiao is Zhu Menshang's first friend and brother. He is three years older than Zhu Menshang. Zhu Menshang calls him senior brother. Luo Xiao treats Zhu Menshang like a brother. The two are like brothers and play and play together.The rich merchants were naughty and caused trouble, and Luo Xiao took over his fault. Whenever he saw something fun and delicious, he would definitely give the rich merchants a share.If a businessman from Zhu's family makes a mistake that exceeds the rules, Luo Xiao will act like an elder brother, teach and scold him, treat Zhu's father more like his own father, greet him with greetings, and take good care of him, just like a family member.
After that, the three of them left their colleagues and started cheating in Guizhou. In three years, Luo Xiao learned all Zhu's father's techniques, including the fake medicine prescriptions.This year Luo Xiao was eighteen years old. One day, Zhu's father called him over and said, "You are very smart. It has only been three years since we met as master and disciple. You have learned all my skills. I can't do it again." There’s nothing to teach you. Now that you’re accomplished, you can support yourself.”
Luo Xiao kowtowed and said, "This disciple still wants to stay with the master for a few more years and serve the master."
Father Zhu smiled and said: "Business is a matter of fire. If you stay with me, you won't make much profit, but your expenses will be high. Do you still expect Master to help you marry a wife and have children? Go and make a living on your own."
Luo Xiao said: "If Master wants to make money, thirty people can support him. I often see Master holding back on ideas and going around in circles to give away some."
Zhu's father said: "In this business, you just make a living. If you make a fuss, you will be in trouble. In short, you must remember the three things I told you."
Luo Xiao said: "Disciple knows that to cure a disease, you have to go into your heart, figure out the details, and know the subtleties. Only then will the patient regard you as a god and buy medicine obediently."
Zhu's father said: "Are there two more sentences?"
Luo Xiao said: "Don't make life-threatening money, and don't be greedy for life-and-money."
Father Zhu nodded and said, "You have to keep these three sentences in mind, go ahead."
Afterwards, Zhu's father indeed gave Luo Xiao five taels of silver as capital. Seeing that his brother was leaving, Zhu's merchant was reluctant to leave.Luo Xiao said: "Have a good time taking care of Master. If I get rich, I will definitely come back to pick Master up and enjoy happiness."
Zhu Sect's eyes were red and he just said: "Senior brother, take care."
Luo Xiao went.
From then on, Zhu Menshang continued to travel around with his father, cheating to make a living.More than two years passed like this. One day, I was traveling to Quanzhou, Fujian Province, where the Beggar Clan was located. As I was applying medicine, a person stumbled on the street, seemingly running for his life.
As soon as the three people met each other, Zhu Menshang was surprised and shouted: "Senior brother?"
That person was Luo Xiao.He was so embarrassed that seeing Father Zhu was like seeing a life-saving straw and shouted: "Master, save me!"
Zhu's father did not doubt that he was there and hurriedly rushed forward. As soon as he helped him up, before he could ask why, a strong man about 35 years old with angry eyebrows and a curvy beard, with a sinewy face and a guillotine in his hand, chased him from behind. superior.This strong man's body movements were extremely fast, which showed his high martial arts. Luo Xiao hurriedly tried to escape.When Zhu's father was about to stop the man, the man suddenly shouted: "Are you his master?!" When Zhu's father was hesitating, the man raised a knife and cut him in two.
Zhu Menshang exclaimed: "Dad!" The man turned his head again.Luo Xiao knew that he was in big trouble and hurriedly shouted: "Run away!" Then he turned around and ran away.
Unexpectedly, the big man's movement was very fast, and he passed over Luo Xiao's head with just one rise and fall. Before his body fell, the knife in his hand slashed horizontally, and Luo Xiao's head fell off.
Zhu Menshang turned around and ran away.At this time, the street was in chaos after seeing someone killed. Although the angry man's Qinggong was good, he was blocked by the crowd and lost sight of the wealthy businessman for a while.
Zhumenshang took advantage of the chaos and turned around the corner, looked up, and saw the "Wanhua Building" sign in front of him.He immediately rushed into the brothel, pretending to be looking for a prostitute, but he looked panicked, randomly selected a prostitute, and entered the room. When the prostitute was about to greet her, he got under the bed, but he couldn't help but tremble.
He hid in the brothel for three days, not daring to go out to bury it for his father and senior brother. His mind was in chaos and he had no idea what was going on. He thought that when he woke up, it was just a dream.
Three days later, when the brothel was about to pay the bill, the rich merchant realized that he was penniless.How could the Beggar Clan's property allow him to deny and fool around?He was beaten so severely that his whole body was bruised and black blood vomited from his mouth. He was then stripped of his clothes and thrown into the street.
The bodies of his father and senior brother could not be found long ago. He did not dare to go to the Beggar Clan to investigate the case, and he was penniless. He could not do big-ticket business now, so he had to beg all the way, living day by day.He was used to living a life of pampering and privilege, so how could he tolerate those scraps of food?He suddenly lost his support and didn't know where to go. With no money to buy medicine, his injuries were difficult to recover and he coughed up blood from time to time.
It's winter, and a heavy snowfall is coming.He couldn't find a place to stay. After wandering around, he only found a ruined temple. His whole body was numb from the cold. Knowing that his time had come, he passed out.
When he woke up again, he was sleeping in a shabby inn, covered with a thin quilt.Although it was just a small thin quilt, it was enough to protect the room from the wind and snow, and it was enough to keep out the cold. He even felt that he had never been covered with such a warm and soft quilt in his life.
There was another person in the room.He was a kind and kind old monk about sixty years old, with a wrinkled face.
"Are you awake?" The old monk turned to look at Zhu Menshang.
Before Zhumen Shang could answer, the old monk walked up to him and asked, "Does the donor have any family members?"
Zhu Menshang thought of the tragedy that day. He didn't even know why his father was killed.He shook his head as an answer.
The old monk patted him on the shoulder: "Why don't you treat this poor monk as your relative for the time being?"
Zhu Menshang cried and cried loudly in the arms of the old monk.
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The old monk came from the Shaolin Temple. He was a righteous monk with the dharma name Awakening.
When he heard this name for the first time, Zhu Menshang laughed so hard that he couldn't bend down.The name of "Jiu Zheng" is really interesting. When he found out that he was a medicine monk who traveled around the world giving medicines, he even rolled with laughter.
Zhu Menshang said: "If you call a terminally ill doctor to give medicine, who would dare to come to this patient? If you can't make a point, you can't earn a pestle." Juezheng Zhengse said: "The name of the Dharma is just a name, it is a name. Besides, poor monk Medical treatment is not done for money.”
Zhu Menshang asked: "What disease can be treated without money?"
Juezheng said: "What the poor monk earns is merit. Even if he only saves one life, his merit is immeasurable."
Zhu Menshang has been living in deception since he was a child, and he half-believes in the words of Awakening. However, he is a man who knows how to repay his kindness. He is grateful to Awakening for saving his life. Since he has nowhere to go, and seeing that Awakening is getting old, he helps him along the way. He carried the medicine bag, carried the luggage, and talked about repaying the great kindness.
When it comes to enlightenment, the only drawback is that it is verbose.No matter how big or small the chores were, whether it was medical consultation or accommodation, there was nothing that I couldn't stop thinking about.He noticed that Zhu Meng had dropped two grains of rice during his meal. It was inevitable to pick it up and eat it. He could think about this for a long time and advised Zhu Meng to take good care of the food.He didn't scold anyone, he just tried to persuade them.During the patient's consultation, he was also given instructions on everything. He was told repeatedly about what he should eat more and what he should not eat.
It's just that the application of medicine and medicine after awakening is completely different from Zhu's father. It is real treatment.He is good at acupuncture and can solve all kinds of problems. When he meets poor patients, he even spends money to buy medicines for them. He only uses alms to support himself.
Contrary to when I followed my father, not to mention having plenty of food and clothing, I would go hungry for two out of three days. A businessman from a rich family couldn't bear to suffer such hardship, but when I think about that short period of wandering, I am really scared and want to go out. He cheated, but he couldn't bear the old monk wandering in the wind and rain without anyone to accompany him.
It may be that except for Enlightenment, he and his father have been wandering for many years and have no other friends or relatives.He is used to being accompanied by his relatives and cannot be independent for a while.
It's more likely that when he's with Awakening, he feels like he's with his father.The same travels around the world, with no fixed abode, and the same medical practices along the way, but one is true and the other is false.
Not long after the two of them walked together, Jie Zheng discovered that Zhu Menshang understood medical science.Zhu Menshang explained his father's business, and Juezheng shook his head and said: "Defrauding people of their money, fake doctors to cheat money, this kind of behavior is the most harmful to your moral character, and you must not do it again. Since you have the foundation, the old monk will accept you as a disciple. You can learn how to do it." Medical skills can help you survive, what do you think?"
Of course, Zhumenshang hurriedly agreed, but there were two more requirements for enlightenment.First, it is necessary for the wealthy merchants to use medicine and medicine for three years after they have become successful.Zhu Menshang said that it was possible to administer medicine, but it was difficult to administer medicine. He was not a monk, so he could not pray for alms through his family.Awakening felt that this was reasonable, so he asked him to practice medicine for three years to accumulate merits for his father.For the second request, Jue Zheng said to Zhu Menshang: "Your father died at the hands of others. This hatred is irreconcilable. I cannot be generous to others. I want you to put down your hatred. But if you see your enemy in the future, you must let him go." .”
Zhu Menshang was silent for a moment.During this period, he couldn't help but gnashed his teeth every time he thought about the events of that day. However, the incident happened suddenly and he did not see the face of the murderer clearly and had no way to trace it. He only felt that a disaster was coming from heaven.
But how can we not take revenge?He knew in his mind that he was a benevolent elder, and he was also chatty. When he walked with him, he would say some great truths from time to time.
He has been deceiving people since he was a child, and he immediately thought: "I promised verbally. Master can't do anything to me if I meet my enemy for revenge one day." After making up his mind, he first asked: "What should I do if I meet my enemy a second time?" He knew that if he agreed too quickly, his enlightenment would be doubtful, so he deliberately asked what if it was a second time.
Juezheng said: "When you meet him after the second time, just think about Master before taking revenge."
Awakening's medical skills are indeed top-notch. Zhu Menshang also learned some folk remedies from his father and often discussed them with Awakening, which made him even better.Most doctors disdain to associate with liars, thinking that they are all inferiors, and naturally refuse to communicate with them. I realize that I have no such prejudice.In fact, there is also pharmacology in folk prescriptions, and medical skills are hidden in top medicines. Zhumenshang has a good foundation and can learn very quickly.In addition, Awakening also taught him kung fu, but due to the sect rules, he could not teach him martial arts in the hall.
Awakening also often says: "To cure a disease, you have to go into your heart."
This "into the heart" has two meanings.First, if a patient has a hidden disease that cannot be disclosed to others, he must hide it. Only by referring to himself and others can the disease be discovered without any symptoms.When asking about a disease, you should inquire about the patient's well-being and make detailed inquiries to find out the patient's fundamentals. This is your sincerity.
Second, if a sick person is poor and cannot afford to seek medical treatment or buy medicine, he should have the mentality of "drowning others as he drowns himself" and using himself to save others. Imagine what would happen if he were poor and ill.When you think of this, you can relieve the pain of others and the illnesses of patients. This is a kind intention.
Only by treating other people's illnesses as your own can you treat your illness as your own.These two points mean that "healing a disease must be done from the heart."
Zhu Menshang just thought: "For the same words, father and master are completely different things."
When he has nothing to do, Zhu Menshang focuses on acupuncture.He combined the Kung Fu taught by Awakening with acupuncture and developed a set of acupuncture martial arts.
Awakening reminded him that to practice martial arts well, one must have internal skills and mental skills, so he asked him if he wanted to become a monk.If he enters the temple, he can teach him more advanced skills.
This will kill the rich merchants.He was used to eating meat and fish. When he was young, he went to brothels with his father. In the past few years, he became a vegetarian and had no choice but to become a vegetarian. He was already miserable. Sometimes he would sneak out to eat some meat and drink some wine. I have found that if I talk about it all day long.Now, if you want to learn from Wudang monks, that is absolutely impossible.As for internal skills and mental skills, they are necessary for revenge, but you can work on them slowly in the future, and don't rush to ruin a lifetime of happiness.
Awakening saw that his character was undecided, but he only tried to persuade him from time to time, like a fly, which made the merchant exhausted, but also wore out his patience.
Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye. Zhu Menshang has reached the age of 22 and has achieved enlightenment in his seventies.Awakening just gave medicine and medicine, chanted sutras in the morning and evening, and had no money. Zhu Menshang couldn't bear it. He often advised him that he needed to keep some money with him. Awakening just refused to follow it. Instead, he complained about Zhu Menshang, saying that he had spent his money. Taking it too seriously.Zhu Menshang's medical skills have long been cultivated, but he did not dare to travel far because he was worried about his master's health.
That year, they traveled to Shaanxi, which was the territory of the Huashan Sect, and Awakening finally fell ill.He was old and suffered from wind and cold, which soon turned into asthma.It was just a matter of effort for their master and disciple to cure this disease. The difficulty was that Awakening had just finished applying the medicine and was penniless.The inn was afraid that Juezheng would die in the room, so they kicked them out. The merchant Zhu carried Juezheng on his back and rushed late at night, only to find a dilapidated temple to stay in the suburbs.
The merchant Zhu made a bed with straw and took out all his luggage and clothes to cover Jue Zheng.Awakening still kept coughing.The wealthy businessman had no choice but to go to the city to beg for alms, but firstly he was not ordained, and secondly he had to spend money to buy medicine. No matter how much he begged and begged, he could not get enough money in a day, not to mention buying medicine, which was not enough to satisfy his hunger.He practiced medicine and admitted patients, but because he was not well-known and his clothes were ragged, people only regarded him as a peddler selling medicine, and no one cared about him.He was worried and angry, thinking that his master had used medicine and medicine throughout his life and had saved hundreds of people, but today no one came to help!
After procrastinating for a few more days, Jue Zheng's condition became more serious. Seeing that he could no longer delay, Zhu Menshang gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He said to Jue Zheng: "Master, I will buy the medicine for you today!"
He brought all his belongings and medical tools to the city to pawn them, exchanged them for two coins, and bought a set of decent clothes. He then went to the pharmacy to buy a few coins of cloves, fairy scum and other cheap medicines, made them into pills, and then went to the market. , shouting loudly, showing off the steel mouth, and doing tricks like "round sticks".
He made an excuse, saying that he encountered robbers on the road and had no choice but to betray the ancestral secret medicine. He also used the skills he learned from his father, and a crowd immediately gathered around him.At this time, he had real skills. He mixed the real and the fake. He boasted and really deceived people, turning a pill made from a few pennies into two taels of silver.
"What the hell, what kind of world is this?" Zhu Menshang secretly cursed in his heart, "The real Bodhisattva will not save you even if you die, but the fake gods will serve you like gods!"
After earning money, the merchant Zhu rushed to the pharmacy to buy medicine, and then rushed back to the ruined temple to prepare medicine for awakening.Awakening was already semi-conscious. He smelled the fragrance of the medicine, and when he came back to his senses, he sat up and asked, "Where did you get the money to buy the medicine?"
Zhu Menshang said: "The drug store owner saw that I was begging for mercy and gave me the medicine on credit. He has to pay it back."
Juezheng sighed: "I don't think this medicine costs a few cents. Which drugstore is so willing to give credit? Don't deceive Master. Is this money obtained through fraud?"
Zhu Menshang said: "How dare I lie to Master? This medicine is really bought on credit." He had prepared his story in advance, and he could just pick it up as evidence. He talked about which shop, which boss, and the twists and turns in the process, all vividly.
Awakening knew that this disciple was very eloquent. No matter what Zhu Menshang said, he just didn't believe it. He just sighed: "If I die here, it will be the end of my destiny. If I take the medicine that was cheated, I will be in trouble." Cause and effect. I can't make this mistake on my deathbed, and I won't drink this medicine."
The merchant Zhu Meng persuaded her to death, saying that this was the medicine that he had made himself. Even if he had cheated him, it was his own cause and effect, and Awakening would never give in.Zhu Menshang thought to himself: "If you don't drink it, I'll give it to you when the medicine is ready. If you want to hate me, that's up to you."
After the soup was boiled and allowed to cool, Zhu Menshang walked up to Juezheng with the soup and said, "Master, drink the medicine." Juezheng just didn't respond.Zhu Menshang thought that the master was angry, so he bent down and said: "Master, this medicine is really made from magic. Don't lose your temper." After saying that, he stretched out his hand to push, but felt that the master had no reaction. He couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart, and stretched out his hand to detect his breath. Only then did I realize that my enlightenment had passed away.
Zhu Menshang felt deeply regretful, caressed the corpse and cried. He didn't know whether he had delayed his master's illness or whether he had made his master mad by cheating him out of money.He cremated the corpse of Enlightenment. He thought that a person like Master should be able to burn a few relics, but he did not, and all he had was a jar of ashes.He felt disappointed and did not know whether the Buddhism that his master believed in throughout his life was true or false.
He sent the ashes to Shaolin. The Shaolin Temple said that Juezheng was a foreign monk and the Shaolin Temple did not accept the ashes of those below the level of a monk.He didn't know his ancestry, and he didn't know it after asking the Shaolin Temple. He only found the Buddhist capital outside the temple and found a place in Wuming Temple dedicated to the worship of ownerless ghosts.He thought: "Master won't mind this."
From then on, the world was vast and I didn’t know where to go.He thought of the enemy who killed his father, and the guillotine should be a clue.He searched for traces, all the way to Jiangxi, and then back to the territory of the Beggar Clan. Only then did he learn that it was from the Peng family lineage of the Five Tigers Cutting the Door, a gang under the Beggar Clan. The current leader of Jiangxi, Peng Xiaobei, was still They are distantly related.
The Peng family of Five Tigers Cutting the Door is the largest sect in the Beggar Clan. It has luxuriant branches, many clansmen and more disciples, and is spread all over the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi.Peng Qianqi, the leader who just took over, is nicknamed "Stinky Wolf". He is cunning, ruthless and notorious.Ever since Xu Cangyue, leader of the Beggar Clan, became the leader and went to Kunlun Palace, he relied entirely on Jiangxi chief helmsman Peng Xiaobei and acting leader Xu Fangge to keep him from doing evil.
The rich merchants dressed up and visited everywhere.If he meets a poor person while practicing medicine, he will not charge for consultation. This is in compliance with the master's instructions. But to make a living, he has to cheat when he meets a rich person. This relies on the skills taught by his father, and it does not violate the master's instructions. Account.At this time, he had real skills. After working for a few months, everyone admired his medical skills and respected his benevolence.
One day, a woman came and said that her husband-in-law was sick and asked for treatment.He followed the woman to a dilapidated thatched hut. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a guillotine. It was a weapon of the Peng family and was not uncommon here.
But even though the patient lying on the bed was so sick and skinny, he still recognized the fleshy face at a glance.
God-given opportunity, just a little medicine can kill the enemy!Zhu Menshang asked: "May I ask what your honorable husband is called?"
The woman said: "The leader's surname is Peng, and his name is Peng Tiancheng. He is the soul-chasing sword with a little reputation in the martial arts world. The previous head of the Peng family was his uncle."
Zhu Menshang asked again: "He is a direct descendant of the Peng family and is famous. How could he fall into such a situation?"
The woman sighed: "He has a sister who has been dependent on each other since childhood and loves her more than life. A few years ago, he contracted a serious disease. He mistakenly believed in the doctor who was traveling, pawned all his family property, and borrowed money from everywhere. Only when the doctor ran away did he realize that he had been deceived. He also asked Gao Ming, but the doctor said that he had missed the diagnosis and that it would be difficult for the gods to save him. He pursued the doctor with a vengeance and pursued him for more than a year before taking revenge in Quanzhou. He also took in his enemy master, but unfortunately he let one of his apprentices go. I don’t know where he is harming people now. Since then, he has been depressed and ill. Doctor, can you cure him?"
It turns out that the senior brother did not follow his father's instructions and dug the death pestle, and also dug the death pestle of others.The rich merchant had mixed feelings and walked to Peng Tiancheng's bedside.Peng Tiancheng said in a weak tone: "Doctor, please go, we can't afford to treat patients."
Zhu Menshang said: "I give medicines and do not charge any fees."
When Peng Tiancheng heard this, he stood up suddenly and slapped Zhu Menshang dizzy.The woman quickly stopped her, and Peng Tiancheng cursed: "Get out! If you don't get out, I'll chop you!" After saying that, he struggled to get up to get the knife, but the woman just cried to stop him.
Zhu Menshang said calmly: "I will leave immediately, but I just have something to say to my husband. My husband killed two people in Donghua Town, Quanzhou, Fujian Province six years ago. One was beheaded and the other was cut in half. Is that right?"
Peng Tiancheng's eyes widened: "So what?" After saying that, he kept coughing.
Zhu Menshang said: "I was also in the town that day when my husband committed a murder. I saw a young man hiding from him and escaping all the way to Wanhua Tower."
Peng Tiancheng's eyes widened with anger and asked: "Do you know where he escaped to? Who is he?"
Zhu Menshang said: "I don't know who he is. I only know that three days later, he had no money to pay the bill and was beaten by people from Wanhualou. He vomited black blood and stripped naked. I wanted to save him, but he was too seriously injured. , couldn’t withstand the cold, so he died like this.”
Peng Tiancheng opened his eyes wide and said tremblingly: "Are you telling the truth?"
Zhu Menshang nodded and said: "If you don't believe it, I think there must be something suspicious about that young man hiding in a brothel. If you go to Wanhua Tower to inquire, you will find something. Your enemy's family has been wiped out, and the great revenge has been avenged. Your sister Jiuquan If you know, you can probably smile. If you want to talk about anything else, I will only worry about you as my brother."
Peng Tiancheng laughed loudly and said: "Thank you! Thank you, doctor!" He hugged Zhu Menshang tightly, but tears kept flowing down, crying until his heart was broken.
The merchant Zhu wrote the prescription, kept the money, and left Peng Tiancheng's house.
He promised his master that if he saw his enemy, he would let him go once.
He just hoped that he would never see her again in this life.
Dad said: To cure a disease, you have to go into your heart.
Master said: To cure a disease, you have to go into your heart.
After combining the two people's statements, he now understood this sentence.
The cure must be taken from the heart.
After that, Zhu Menshang changed his name to Zhu Menshang. Everywhere he went, he would say: "My ancestors were unkind when they got rich, and bad diseases were passed down in the family. He died at the age of forty. He visited famous doctors but could not find any. When he met an eminent monk who taught him medical skills, he cured the bad diseases. So he accepted the teacher's order and gave him the medicine." Three years of medical practice, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue..."
That wasn't a lie, he thought.Seriously, it's all true.
He has no reputation as a chivalrous man, but he travels all over the world, giving medicines and defrauding the rich.Three years after another three years, three years after another three years, and back and forth for three years...
(End of this chapter)
In fact, Zhu Menshang is not considered to have destroyed his family, and that's not how the scar came about. He said this just to make Yang Yan lower his guard.
His father often said: To cure a disease, you have to go into your heart.
His master often said this: To cure a disease, you have to go into your heart.
After combining the two people's opinions, he also understood this sentence: To cure a disease, you have to take it into your heart.
Zhu Menshang, whose real name is Zhu Menshang, has been cheating with his father since he was a child.Every time he went to a county, his father would "Yuan Nian Zi", which is a jargon that means to attract onlookers.What he said was something he was used to hearing. It was probably about the unkindness of his ancestors in getting rich and the bad disease passed down in his family. He died at a young age of forty. He visited famous doctors but could not get it. He met an eminent monk who taught him medical skills and cured the disease. So he accepted the teacher's order and practiced medicine for three years to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. , but the doctor does not administer medicine, and the medicine expenses must be paid by oneself.After saying this, the performance started, asking the audience who was sick and helping them on the spot.All boils, malignant sores, bruises, eyes blinded by anger, toothaches, ears and hemorrhoids can all be cured by medicine.
There are also some unusual techniques in their profession, such as three-foot acupuncture, picking malignant tumors by hand, pulling out fire and purging toxins, etc. They are all deceptive tricks, and he has been proficient in them since he was a child.
This kind of scam in the name of practicing medicine is called "making big tickets" in the Jianghu, and it is a very difficult scam.First of all, the person who deceives must look and dress decently to make people believe that you are really a person. You must also be familiar with basic pharmacology, such as "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Classics A and B", "Qian Jin Yifang", and "Song of Soup". Overripe.This job requires "fire" rather than "water". It means spending money, staying in a big inn, and paying for food and clothing. Only if you speak your mind clearly, others will believe you.
As for on-site treatment, it relies on some simple surgeries combined with a few top medicinal prescriptions to treat the symptoms but not the local symptoms.
My father said: If you want to cure a disease, you have to go into the heart. If you grasp people's hearts, the disease will be cured.For example, if you are neatly dressed, people will trust you more; the higher your posture, the more people will trust you.Everyone is a bit afraid of life. Even if they feel something is wrong when performing medical treatment on the spot, they may not report it on the spot.Just talk about three-foot acupuncture. Even if the patient feels that the needle has not penetrated, he does not dare to move at the scene for fear that the needle will break inside and hurt his heart. With this layer of scruples, you will not be afraid of being poked.
He also said that boils and malignant sores require long-term care. If they feel relieved immediately, they will feel that the symptoms have been cured. However, after three to five months, they will find that they have not recovered and you have already moved away.As for bruises and injuries, if you sprain your foot, get beaten, have bruises and fractures, it may take three days to recover, but it may take half a year to get better.If someone's foot hurts and it takes seven days to heal, you're going to say that it's because of your miracle medicine. If it were another doctor, wouldn't it take two or three months to heal?There is no proof in this matter, and no one can take advantage of you.That’s why it’s said, “To cure a disease, you have to take it into your heart.”
My father also told me that you must be good at water and fire, that is, you must know how to use clichés to distinguish the rich from the poor.Rich people are called "Huodian" and poor people are called "Shuidian". If you are rich, use more Huodian. If you are poor, don't waste your time.
But his father also had his own principles. He often told Zhu Menshang that doing this job was just to deceive people into seeing doctors, treat minor illnesses that were innocuous, and earn some money for medicine.But there are two kinds of pestles that you cannot earn. One is the "death-killing pestle" and the other is the "death-killing pestle."
The so-called "death-killing pestle" means that you see that this person will die if his illness is delayed, so you cannot delay his life here. Earning this money will cost people's lives, which is "death-killing pestle".
The other kind of "death pestle" is also very different. You have to leave some room to make money. You can't dig out all the coffins of other people. That is the lifeblood of others. This is called "death pestle".
Earning these two kinds of money will inevitably lead to troubles in the future, such as "out of the blue" - that is, if the patient sees through it and comes to settle the score with you, you will be hunted for thousands of miles.When encountering these two situations, all you need to do is say: "Medicine can't cure the disease, but medicine can save the people who are destined to die. Take this medicine. If it makes you better, don't come back." For all difficult and complicated diseases, treat the right medicine according to the symptom. None of them may be useful, and no one can say for sure. If you say you can't cure this disease, you can get out of it as soon as possible.
His father also taught him how to save his life.When walking around the rivers and lakes, if you encounter danger, first hide in brothels, then casinos and taverns.
Let’s talk about the brothels first. Except for Shaolin, all the nine major families have brothels within their jurisdiction.Most of the brothels are directly operated by gangs from various places, and they have strong backers behind them.A business place is a place to earn money. Who wants to see blood and blood while seeking pleasure?If someone is killed, can the client feel at ease?Nowadays, most brothels have bodyguards. The better the brothel, the more bodyguards there are. Once you enter the brothel, your enemies will not be able to do anything to you. You can just wait for an opportunity to escape.
Let's talk about casinos, the meaning is the same. If you take a pair of heaven and earth, and someone is making a fuss behind you and overturning the gaming table, this bunk does not count. If you start over in the lower bunk, why don't you show your knife and kill them?The casino's credibility was also damaged.When you enter the casino, someone will save your life.
Finally there is the tavern.The so-called heroes are just ordinary people who have received the title of knight. They retired from the Jiangxi Beggar Clan's helm, Mr. Peng, and retired. The word "hero" has become extinct in this world.It's just that people like to brag after drinking, and taverns are the best place to brag. Everyone brags about their heroic and chivalrous martial arts, whether they have just suppressed road bandits, captured a few horse thieves, or defeated some knights.If you go to a tavern and shout for help, who has the nerve to pretend to be a bastard?Wine strengthens the courage. As long as someone stands up and drinks twice, there will be room for escape.Therefore, strong men often appear in taverns.But there's one disadvantage of being in a tavern, that is, I'm afraid of being confronted, so I can't leave.In our line of work, "revenge" is just a matter of earning money. Paying the money will probably solve the problem, and there will be consequences without harming lives.
This brothel, casino, and tavern is called the "Three Treasures Land" by fraudsters. It not only has the advantage of gathering crowds, but also has the advantage of being easy to hide.Especially in the area of Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, after the Kunlun consensus, these three provinces were placed under the jurisdiction of the Beggar Clan. The Beggar Clan was originally from the lower classes, and was most familiar with these activities and managed them most perfectly, with both large quantity and high quality. It is a great source of income.Regardless of drinking, the best brothels and casinos are all in these three provinces. Many martial arts high-rollers are public and private. They must make connections when passing by. Even lay monks from the Shaolin Temple come here specifically to stay in prostitution.
Zhu Menshang followed his father to avoid several brothels and casinos, and gradually understood these principles.The father and son traveled around the country, staying in various places for only three to five months, and they had good food and clothing.Mountain slag is mixed with cassia seeds to make pills, which sell for ten cents, which is the price of water. If there is a fire, a piece of Tianwang Jiuxin Dan, which can remove heart fire, can be sold for one tael of silver.It's such a happy life, and I can see the feng shui and customs from all over the world. The only drawback is that I can't make friends.
When he was 12 years old, Zhu Menshang followed his father to Tongren, Guizhou, which was the territory of the Qingcheng Sect.They chose the best Fushun Inn in the area to stay at and started "doing medicine".
It is winter, the weather is getting colder, there are fewer people passing by in the market, and the "glue" is not smooth.Zhu Menshang noticed a young man from the Miao family who was wearing thin clothes and was sitting at the entrance of the alley watching his father sell tricks. After he followed his father, he also left. The next day, his father came, and he followed his father again.
This young man is about one or two years older than me. Perhaps he is poor in life and is thin and short, even shorter than himself.Zhu Menshang judged him as a loser, so he just watched his father change his tricks.
The possibility of deception also depends on chance. It is also possible to show off one's mouth and perform tricks such as "round stick", but the situations on the spot are different.Although people come, they still have to ask questions. The more they ask, the more they can show off their skills.If there are many people but no interaction, and the place is hot on the outside and cold on the inside, then there is only a spectacle, and there is no money to be made. Sometimes three or two people come up, and as soon as they change their moves, there is an immediate response, and the crowd becomes more and more crowded.
This time Zhu's father was unlucky. Although there were many spectators, the onlookers only looked at him and neither sought medical treatment nor asked questions. After a while, the crowd dispersed.Now Zhu's father was worried. To make a big deal, you need fire. He had to show his wealth first, so that people would believe that he was not a liar. Therefore, the inn he stayed in, the food and clothing expenses were all wealthy and luxurious. He had been open for a long time last time. , If this continues, in another half month, there will be famine.
There is no other way, I have to bite the bullet.On the fourth day, the crowd came again, and the Miao boy also mingled on the street corner.Father Zhu treated a few people with chest tightness, coughs and colds. After saying, "I have been practicing medicine for three years without charging a penny, who else wants to come for medical treatment?" The place was deserted and no one spoke.
Seeing that the business was no longer possible on this day, Father Zhu sighed and planned to close the stall and make a living elsewhere.The Miao boy suddenly walked into the field with his left eye squinted and said loudly: "I'm blind in one eye, doctor, can you cure it?" Guizhou is a mixed city of Han and Miao people, so it's not surprising that there are Miao children. What's strange is that Zhumenshang I have been paying attention to this young man for a long time. He usually watches his father change his tricks, and his eyes are sneaky. When did he become blind again?He was suspicious and worried that he was here to make trouble, so he pulled his father's sleeve as a warning and whispered: "Isn't it a drum?"
Father Zhu was also puzzled, so he cautiously opened the boy's left eye and saw that his left eye was red, swollen and bloodshot.The boy grabbed his father's hand and cried, "Please help the doctor! I'm still young, I can't survive if I'm blind!" As he said this, he picked at his fingers, as if to give a signal.
Zhu's father immediately knew what was going on and said, "I'm not sure about your disease, so let's give it a try." After saying that, he took out the medicine from the medicine box, lit it for the young man, and sent the young man aside to rest.
When the onlookers saw the sudden appearance of a blind boy, they became curious and stopped in their tracks. Father Zhu once again talked about medical classics and pharmacology.After about half an hour, the young man asked: "Doctor, can my eyes be opened?"
Father Zhu nodded and said, "You try."
The young man opened his eyes, with no bloodshot eyes, and shouted: "Okay, okay! I can see! Thank you to the miracle doctor, thank you to the miracle doctor!" After that, he knelt down and kowtowed.When the people around him saw this, they cheered and admired him endlessly.
Zhu Menshang was surprised and puzzled.He knew what his father was capable of, and he also understood the boy's condition, but he didn't understand why the boy wanted to help his father, and how did his eyes get cured?
Everyone heard that the young man's accent and appearance were definitely local, and they would definitely not collude with this doctor.If this doctor can restore sight to a blind eye, then he is truly a miracle doctor.The place immediately became heated, and Zhu's father began to talk about "Compendium of Materia Medica" and sang "Song of Soup", which made everyone stunned.From that day on, their local business was officially opened.
After the crowd dwindled, Zhu's father said to the Miao boy, "You need long-term treatment to get rid of this disease. I'll stay at Fushun Inn. You come with me." The boy followed.On the way, Zhu Menshang asked: "What's wrong with your eyes? Are they so red and swollen?" The young man whispered: "I stuffed my eyes with sand, and they naturally became red and swollen. The doctor gave me eye drops and rested for a while. If you do, your eyes will recover." Zhu Menshang suddenly realized this and clapped his hands and praised it, feeling as if they had met each other very late.
When he arrived at the inn, Father Zhu divided the money he earned today into three parts, gave one part to the Miao boy, and said, "Thanks to my brother's righteousness for saving my father and son from famine, the money I will earn from my colleagues in the future will be as good as yours." share."
However, the Miao boy did not accept the money. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "I don't want the money. I beg Master to give me an art!"
It turned out that this young man's surname was Luo, and his only name was Xiao. His parents died young, and he relied on his little savings to make a living doing odd jobs. His life was very difficult.He watched Zhu's father by the roadside for several days, and he actually saw Zhu's father's hands and feet. He didn't tell anyone, so he blindfolded his eyes with sand and helped him this time, hoping to gain a living skill so that he would no longer suffer from hunger and cold.
Zhu's father was unwilling at first, but then he thought about it. This child can see through the trap, which shows that he is smart. It’s a good meal material, so he nodded and agreed, “I’ll take you in.”
Luo Xiao is Zhu Menshang's first friend and brother. He is three years older than Zhu Menshang. Zhu Menshang calls him senior brother. Luo Xiao treats Zhu Menshang like a brother. The two are like brothers and play and play together.The rich merchants were naughty and caused trouble, and Luo Xiao took over his fault. Whenever he saw something fun and delicious, he would definitely give the rich merchants a share.If a businessman from Zhu's family makes a mistake that exceeds the rules, Luo Xiao will act like an elder brother, teach and scold him, treat Zhu's father more like his own father, greet him with greetings, and take good care of him, just like a family member.
After that, the three of them left their colleagues and started cheating in Guizhou. In three years, Luo Xiao learned all Zhu's father's techniques, including the fake medicine prescriptions.This year Luo Xiao was eighteen years old. One day, Zhu's father called him over and said, "You are very smart. It has only been three years since we met as master and disciple. You have learned all my skills. I can't do it again." There’s nothing to teach you. Now that you’re accomplished, you can support yourself.”
Luo Xiao kowtowed and said, "This disciple still wants to stay with the master for a few more years and serve the master."
Father Zhu smiled and said: "Business is a matter of fire. If you stay with me, you won't make much profit, but your expenses will be high. Do you still expect Master to help you marry a wife and have children? Go and make a living on your own."
Luo Xiao said: "If Master wants to make money, thirty people can support him. I often see Master holding back on ideas and going around in circles to give away some."
Zhu's father said: "In this business, you just make a living. If you make a fuss, you will be in trouble. In short, you must remember the three things I told you."
Luo Xiao said: "Disciple knows that to cure a disease, you have to go into your heart, figure out the details, and know the subtleties. Only then will the patient regard you as a god and buy medicine obediently."
Zhu's father said: "Are there two more sentences?"
Luo Xiao said: "Don't make life-threatening money, and don't be greedy for life-and-money."
Father Zhu nodded and said, "You have to keep these three sentences in mind, go ahead."
Afterwards, Zhu's father indeed gave Luo Xiao five taels of silver as capital. Seeing that his brother was leaving, Zhu's merchant was reluctant to leave.Luo Xiao said: "Have a good time taking care of Master. If I get rich, I will definitely come back to pick Master up and enjoy happiness."
Zhu Sect's eyes were red and he just said: "Senior brother, take care."
Luo Xiao went.
From then on, Zhu Menshang continued to travel around with his father, cheating to make a living.More than two years passed like this. One day, I was traveling to Quanzhou, Fujian Province, where the Beggar Clan was located. As I was applying medicine, a person stumbled on the street, seemingly running for his life.
As soon as the three people met each other, Zhu Menshang was surprised and shouted: "Senior brother?"
That person was Luo Xiao.He was so embarrassed that seeing Father Zhu was like seeing a life-saving straw and shouted: "Master, save me!"
Zhu's father did not doubt that he was there and hurriedly rushed forward. As soon as he helped him up, before he could ask why, a strong man about 35 years old with angry eyebrows and a curvy beard, with a sinewy face and a guillotine in his hand, chased him from behind. superior.This strong man's body movements were extremely fast, which showed his high martial arts. Luo Xiao hurriedly tried to escape.When Zhu's father was about to stop the man, the man suddenly shouted: "Are you his master?!" When Zhu's father was hesitating, the man raised a knife and cut him in two.
Zhu Menshang exclaimed: "Dad!" The man turned his head again.Luo Xiao knew that he was in big trouble and hurriedly shouted: "Run away!" Then he turned around and ran away.
Unexpectedly, the big man's movement was very fast, and he passed over Luo Xiao's head with just one rise and fall. Before his body fell, the knife in his hand slashed horizontally, and Luo Xiao's head fell off.
Zhu Menshang turned around and ran away.At this time, the street was in chaos after seeing someone killed. Although the angry man's Qinggong was good, he was blocked by the crowd and lost sight of the wealthy businessman for a while.
Zhumenshang took advantage of the chaos and turned around the corner, looked up, and saw the "Wanhua Building" sign in front of him.He immediately rushed into the brothel, pretending to be looking for a prostitute, but he looked panicked, randomly selected a prostitute, and entered the room. When the prostitute was about to greet her, he got under the bed, but he couldn't help but tremble.
He hid in the brothel for three days, not daring to go out to bury it for his father and senior brother. His mind was in chaos and he had no idea what was going on. He thought that when he woke up, it was just a dream.
Three days later, when the brothel was about to pay the bill, the rich merchant realized that he was penniless.How could the Beggar Clan's property allow him to deny and fool around?He was beaten so severely that his whole body was bruised and black blood vomited from his mouth. He was then stripped of his clothes and thrown into the street.
The bodies of his father and senior brother could not be found long ago. He did not dare to go to the Beggar Clan to investigate the case, and he was penniless. He could not do big-ticket business now, so he had to beg all the way, living day by day.He was used to living a life of pampering and privilege, so how could he tolerate those scraps of food?He suddenly lost his support and didn't know where to go. With no money to buy medicine, his injuries were difficult to recover and he coughed up blood from time to time.
It's winter, and a heavy snowfall is coming.He couldn't find a place to stay. After wandering around, he only found a ruined temple. His whole body was numb from the cold. Knowing that his time had come, he passed out.
When he woke up again, he was sleeping in a shabby inn, covered with a thin quilt.Although it was just a small thin quilt, it was enough to protect the room from the wind and snow, and it was enough to keep out the cold. He even felt that he had never been covered with such a warm and soft quilt in his life.
There was another person in the room.He was a kind and kind old monk about sixty years old, with a wrinkled face.
"Are you awake?" The old monk turned to look at Zhu Menshang.
Before Zhumen Shang could answer, the old monk walked up to him and asked, "Does the donor have any family members?"
Zhu Menshang thought of the tragedy that day. He didn't even know why his father was killed.He shook his head as an answer.
The old monk patted him on the shoulder: "Why don't you treat this poor monk as your relative for the time being?"
Zhu Menshang cried and cried loudly in the arms of the old monk.
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The old monk came from the Shaolin Temple. He was a righteous monk with the dharma name Awakening.
When he heard this name for the first time, Zhu Menshang laughed so hard that he couldn't bend down.The name of "Jiu Zheng" is really interesting. When he found out that he was a medicine monk who traveled around the world giving medicines, he even rolled with laughter.
Zhu Menshang said: "If you call a terminally ill doctor to give medicine, who would dare to come to this patient? If you can't make a point, you can't earn a pestle." Juezheng Zhengse said: "The name of the Dharma is just a name, it is a name. Besides, poor monk Medical treatment is not done for money.”
Zhu Menshang asked: "What disease can be treated without money?"
Juezheng said: "What the poor monk earns is merit. Even if he only saves one life, his merit is immeasurable."
Zhu Menshang has been living in deception since he was a child, and he half-believes in the words of Awakening. However, he is a man who knows how to repay his kindness. He is grateful to Awakening for saving his life. Since he has nowhere to go, and seeing that Awakening is getting old, he helps him along the way. He carried the medicine bag, carried the luggage, and talked about repaying the great kindness.
When it comes to enlightenment, the only drawback is that it is verbose.No matter how big or small the chores were, whether it was medical consultation or accommodation, there was nothing that I couldn't stop thinking about.He noticed that Zhu Meng had dropped two grains of rice during his meal. It was inevitable to pick it up and eat it. He could think about this for a long time and advised Zhu Meng to take good care of the food.He didn't scold anyone, he just tried to persuade them.During the patient's consultation, he was also given instructions on everything. He was told repeatedly about what he should eat more and what he should not eat.
It's just that the application of medicine and medicine after awakening is completely different from Zhu's father. It is real treatment.He is good at acupuncture and can solve all kinds of problems. When he meets poor patients, he even spends money to buy medicines for them. He only uses alms to support himself.
Contrary to when I followed my father, not to mention having plenty of food and clothing, I would go hungry for two out of three days. A businessman from a rich family couldn't bear to suffer such hardship, but when I think about that short period of wandering, I am really scared and want to go out. He cheated, but he couldn't bear the old monk wandering in the wind and rain without anyone to accompany him.
It may be that except for Enlightenment, he and his father have been wandering for many years and have no other friends or relatives.He is used to being accompanied by his relatives and cannot be independent for a while.
It's more likely that when he's with Awakening, he feels like he's with his father.The same travels around the world, with no fixed abode, and the same medical practices along the way, but one is true and the other is false.
Not long after the two of them walked together, Jie Zheng discovered that Zhu Menshang understood medical science.Zhu Menshang explained his father's business, and Juezheng shook his head and said: "Defrauding people of their money, fake doctors to cheat money, this kind of behavior is the most harmful to your moral character, and you must not do it again. Since you have the foundation, the old monk will accept you as a disciple. You can learn how to do it." Medical skills can help you survive, what do you think?"
Of course, Zhumenshang hurriedly agreed, but there were two more requirements for enlightenment.First, it is necessary for the wealthy merchants to use medicine and medicine for three years after they have become successful.Zhu Menshang said that it was possible to administer medicine, but it was difficult to administer medicine. He was not a monk, so he could not pray for alms through his family.Awakening felt that this was reasonable, so he asked him to practice medicine for three years to accumulate merits for his father.For the second request, Jue Zheng said to Zhu Menshang: "Your father died at the hands of others. This hatred is irreconcilable. I cannot be generous to others. I want you to put down your hatred. But if you see your enemy in the future, you must let him go." .”
Zhu Menshang was silent for a moment.During this period, he couldn't help but gnashed his teeth every time he thought about the events of that day. However, the incident happened suddenly and he did not see the face of the murderer clearly and had no way to trace it. He only felt that a disaster was coming from heaven.
But how can we not take revenge?He knew in his mind that he was a benevolent elder, and he was also chatty. When he walked with him, he would say some great truths from time to time.
He has been deceiving people since he was a child, and he immediately thought: "I promised verbally. Master can't do anything to me if I meet my enemy for revenge one day." After making up his mind, he first asked: "What should I do if I meet my enemy a second time?" He knew that if he agreed too quickly, his enlightenment would be doubtful, so he deliberately asked what if it was a second time.
Juezheng said: "When you meet him after the second time, just think about Master before taking revenge."
Awakening's medical skills are indeed top-notch. Zhu Menshang also learned some folk remedies from his father and often discussed them with Awakening, which made him even better.Most doctors disdain to associate with liars, thinking that they are all inferiors, and naturally refuse to communicate with them. I realize that I have no such prejudice.In fact, there is also pharmacology in folk prescriptions, and medical skills are hidden in top medicines. Zhumenshang has a good foundation and can learn very quickly.In addition, Awakening also taught him kung fu, but due to the sect rules, he could not teach him martial arts in the hall.
Awakening also often says: "To cure a disease, you have to go into your heart."
This "into the heart" has two meanings.First, if a patient has a hidden disease that cannot be disclosed to others, he must hide it. Only by referring to himself and others can the disease be discovered without any symptoms.When asking about a disease, you should inquire about the patient's well-being and make detailed inquiries to find out the patient's fundamentals. This is your sincerity.
Second, if a sick person is poor and cannot afford to seek medical treatment or buy medicine, he should have the mentality of "drowning others as he drowns himself" and using himself to save others. Imagine what would happen if he were poor and ill.When you think of this, you can relieve the pain of others and the illnesses of patients. This is a kind intention.
Only by treating other people's illnesses as your own can you treat your illness as your own.These two points mean that "healing a disease must be done from the heart."
Zhu Menshang just thought: "For the same words, father and master are completely different things."
When he has nothing to do, Zhu Menshang focuses on acupuncture.He combined the Kung Fu taught by Awakening with acupuncture and developed a set of acupuncture martial arts.
Awakening reminded him that to practice martial arts well, one must have internal skills and mental skills, so he asked him if he wanted to become a monk.If he enters the temple, he can teach him more advanced skills.
This will kill the rich merchants.He was used to eating meat and fish. When he was young, he went to brothels with his father. In the past few years, he became a vegetarian and had no choice but to become a vegetarian. He was already miserable. Sometimes he would sneak out to eat some meat and drink some wine. I have found that if I talk about it all day long.Now, if you want to learn from Wudang monks, that is absolutely impossible.As for internal skills and mental skills, they are necessary for revenge, but you can work on them slowly in the future, and don't rush to ruin a lifetime of happiness.
Awakening saw that his character was undecided, but he only tried to persuade him from time to time, like a fly, which made the merchant exhausted, but also wore out his patience.
Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye. Zhu Menshang has reached the age of 22 and has achieved enlightenment in his seventies.Awakening just gave medicine and medicine, chanted sutras in the morning and evening, and had no money. Zhu Menshang couldn't bear it. He often advised him that he needed to keep some money with him. Awakening just refused to follow it. Instead, he complained about Zhu Menshang, saying that he had spent his money. Taking it too seriously.Zhu Menshang's medical skills have long been cultivated, but he did not dare to travel far because he was worried about his master's health.
That year, they traveled to Shaanxi, which was the territory of the Huashan Sect, and Awakening finally fell ill.He was old and suffered from wind and cold, which soon turned into asthma.It was just a matter of effort for their master and disciple to cure this disease. The difficulty was that Awakening had just finished applying the medicine and was penniless.The inn was afraid that Juezheng would die in the room, so they kicked them out. The merchant Zhu carried Juezheng on his back and rushed late at night, only to find a dilapidated temple to stay in the suburbs.
The merchant Zhu made a bed with straw and took out all his luggage and clothes to cover Jue Zheng.Awakening still kept coughing.The wealthy businessman had no choice but to go to the city to beg for alms, but firstly he was not ordained, and secondly he had to spend money to buy medicine. No matter how much he begged and begged, he could not get enough money in a day, not to mention buying medicine, which was not enough to satisfy his hunger.He practiced medicine and admitted patients, but because he was not well-known and his clothes were ragged, people only regarded him as a peddler selling medicine, and no one cared about him.He was worried and angry, thinking that his master had used medicine and medicine throughout his life and had saved hundreds of people, but today no one came to help!
After procrastinating for a few more days, Jue Zheng's condition became more serious. Seeing that he could no longer delay, Zhu Menshang gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He said to Jue Zheng: "Master, I will buy the medicine for you today!"
He brought all his belongings and medical tools to the city to pawn them, exchanged them for two coins, and bought a set of decent clothes. He then went to the pharmacy to buy a few coins of cloves, fairy scum and other cheap medicines, made them into pills, and then went to the market. , shouting loudly, showing off the steel mouth, and doing tricks like "round sticks".
He made an excuse, saying that he encountered robbers on the road and had no choice but to betray the ancestral secret medicine. He also used the skills he learned from his father, and a crowd immediately gathered around him.At this time, he had real skills. He mixed the real and the fake. He boasted and really deceived people, turning a pill made from a few pennies into two taels of silver.
"What the hell, what kind of world is this?" Zhu Menshang secretly cursed in his heart, "The real Bodhisattva will not save you even if you die, but the fake gods will serve you like gods!"
After earning money, the merchant Zhu rushed to the pharmacy to buy medicine, and then rushed back to the ruined temple to prepare medicine for awakening.Awakening was already semi-conscious. He smelled the fragrance of the medicine, and when he came back to his senses, he sat up and asked, "Where did you get the money to buy the medicine?"
Zhu Menshang said: "The drug store owner saw that I was begging for mercy and gave me the medicine on credit. He has to pay it back."
Juezheng sighed: "I don't think this medicine costs a few cents. Which drugstore is so willing to give credit? Don't deceive Master. Is this money obtained through fraud?"
Zhu Menshang said: "How dare I lie to Master? This medicine is really bought on credit." He had prepared his story in advance, and he could just pick it up as evidence. He talked about which shop, which boss, and the twists and turns in the process, all vividly.
Awakening knew that this disciple was very eloquent. No matter what Zhu Menshang said, he just didn't believe it. He just sighed: "If I die here, it will be the end of my destiny. If I take the medicine that was cheated, I will be in trouble." Cause and effect. I can't make this mistake on my deathbed, and I won't drink this medicine."
The merchant Zhu Meng persuaded her to death, saying that this was the medicine that he had made himself. Even if he had cheated him, it was his own cause and effect, and Awakening would never give in.Zhu Menshang thought to himself: "If you don't drink it, I'll give it to you when the medicine is ready. If you want to hate me, that's up to you."
After the soup was boiled and allowed to cool, Zhu Menshang walked up to Juezheng with the soup and said, "Master, drink the medicine." Juezheng just didn't respond.Zhu Menshang thought that the master was angry, so he bent down and said: "Master, this medicine is really made from magic. Don't lose your temper." After saying that, he stretched out his hand to push, but felt that the master had no reaction. He couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart, and stretched out his hand to detect his breath. Only then did I realize that my enlightenment had passed away.
Zhu Menshang felt deeply regretful, caressed the corpse and cried. He didn't know whether he had delayed his master's illness or whether he had made his master mad by cheating him out of money.He cremated the corpse of Enlightenment. He thought that a person like Master should be able to burn a few relics, but he did not, and all he had was a jar of ashes.He felt disappointed and did not know whether the Buddhism that his master believed in throughout his life was true or false.
He sent the ashes to Shaolin. The Shaolin Temple said that Juezheng was a foreign monk and the Shaolin Temple did not accept the ashes of those below the level of a monk.He didn't know his ancestry, and he didn't know it after asking the Shaolin Temple. He only found the Buddhist capital outside the temple and found a place in Wuming Temple dedicated to the worship of ownerless ghosts.He thought: "Master won't mind this."
From then on, the world was vast and I didn’t know where to go.He thought of the enemy who killed his father, and the guillotine should be a clue.He searched for traces, all the way to Jiangxi, and then back to the territory of the Beggar Clan. Only then did he learn that it was from the Peng family lineage of the Five Tigers Cutting the Door, a gang under the Beggar Clan. The current leader of Jiangxi, Peng Xiaobei, was still They are distantly related.
The Peng family of Five Tigers Cutting the Door is the largest sect in the Beggar Clan. It has luxuriant branches, many clansmen and more disciples, and is spread all over the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi.Peng Qianqi, the leader who just took over, is nicknamed "Stinky Wolf". He is cunning, ruthless and notorious.Ever since Xu Cangyue, leader of the Beggar Clan, became the leader and went to Kunlun Palace, he relied entirely on Jiangxi chief helmsman Peng Xiaobei and acting leader Xu Fangge to keep him from doing evil.
The rich merchants dressed up and visited everywhere.If he meets a poor person while practicing medicine, he will not charge for consultation. This is in compliance with the master's instructions. But to make a living, he has to cheat when he meets a rich person. This relies on the skills taught by his father, and it does not violate the master's instructions. Account.At this time, he had real skills. After working for a few months, everyone admired his medical skills and respected his benevolence.
One day, a woman came and said that her husband-in-law was sick and asked for treatment.He followed the woman to a dilapidated thatched hut. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a guillotine. It was a weapon of the Peng family and was not uncommon here.
But even though the patient lying on the bed was so sick and skinny, he still recognized the fleshy face at a glance.
God-given opportunity, just a little medicine can kill the enemy!Zhu Menshang asked: "May I ask what your honorable husband is called?"
The woman said: "The leader's surname is Peng, and his name is Peng Tiancheng. He is the soul-chasing sword with a little reputation in the martial arts world. The previous head of the Peng family was his uncle."
Zhu Menshang asked again: "He is a direct descendant of the Peng family and is famous. How could he fall into such a situation?"
The woman sighed: "He has a sister who has been dependent on each other since childhood and loves her more than life. A few years ago, he contracted a serious disease. He mistakenly believed in the doctor who was traveling, pawned all his family property, and borrowed money from everywhere. Only when the doctor ran away did he realize that he had been deceived. He also asked Gao Ming, but the doctor said that he had missed the diagnosis and that it would be difficult for the gods to save him. He pursued the doctor with a vengeance and pursued him for more than a year before taking revenge in Quanzhou. He also took in his enemy master, but unfortunately he let one of his apprentices go. I don’t know where he is harming people now. Since then, he has been depressed and ill. Doctor, can you cure him?"
It turns out that the senior brother did not follow his father's instructions and dug the death pestle, and also dug the death pestle of others.The rich merchant had mixed feelings and walked to Peng Tiancheng's bedside.Peng Tiancheng said in a weak tone: "Doctor, please go, we can't afford to treat patients."
Zhu Menshang said: "I give medicines and do not charge any fees."
When Peng Tiancheng heard this, he stood up suddenly and slapped Zhu Menshang dizzy.The woman quickly stopped her, and Peng Tiancheng cursed: "Get out! If you don't get out, I'll chop you!" After saying that, he struggled to get up to get the knife, but the woman just cried to stop him.
Zhu Menshang said calmly: "I will leave immediately, but I just have something to say to my husband. My husband killed two people in Donghua Town, Quanzhou, Fujian Province six years ago. One was beheaded and the other was cut in half. Is that right?"
Peng Tiancheng's eyes widened: "So what?" After saying that, he kept coughing.
Zhu Menshang said: "I was also in the town that day when my husband committed a murder. I saw a young man hiding from him and escaping all the way to Wanhua Tower."
Peng Tiancheng's eyes widened with anger and asked: "Do you know where he escaped to? Who is he?"
Zhu Menshang said: "I don't know who he is. I only know that three days later, he had no money to pay the bill and was beaten by people from Wanhualou. He vomited black blood and stripped naked. I wanted to save him, but he was too seriously injured. , couldn’t withstand the cold, so he died like this.”
Peng Tiancheng opened his eyes wide and said tremblingly: "Are you telling the truth?"
Zhu Menshang nodded and said: "If you don't believe it, I think there must be something suspicious about that young man hiding in a brothel. If you go to Wanhua Tower to inquire, you will find something. Your enemy's family has been wiped out, and the great revenge has been avenged. Your sister Jiuquan If you know, you can probably smile. If you want to talk about anything else, I will only worry about you as my brother."
Peng Tiancheng laughed loudly and said: "Thank you! Thank you, doctor!" He hugged Zhu Menshang tightly, but tears kept flowing down, crying until his heart was broken.
The merchant Zhu wrote the prescription, kept the money, and left Peng Tiancheng's house.
He promised his master that if he saw his enemy, he would let him go once.
He just hoped that he would never see her again in this life.
Dad said: To cure a disease, you have to go into your heart.
Master said: To cure a disease, you have to go into your heart.
After combining the two people's statements, he now understood this sentence.
The cure must be taken from the heart.
After that, Zhu Menshang changed his name to Zhu Menshang. Everywhere he went, he would say: "My ancestors were unkind when they got rich, and bad diseases were passed down in the family. He died at the age of forty. He visited famous doctors but could not find any. When he met an eminent monk who taught him medical skills, he cured the bad diseases. So he accepted the teacher's order and gave him the medicine." Three years of medical practice, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue..."
That wasn't a lie, he thought.Seriously, it's all true.
He has no reputation as a chivalrous man, but he travels all over the world, giving medicines and defrauding the rich.Three years after another three years, three years after another three years, and back and forth for three years...
(End of this chapter)
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