Chapter 39
Chapter 39
When Ren Ke came back in the evening, he didn't know what stimulated the boss, so he brought candied haws and some pastries for both of them.
The contrast was frightening.
Mu Xuan pushed Liu Xu away and stared straight at him. Ren Ke quietly wiped his sword under the lamp, looked left, right, up and down, and there was nothing wrong with him.
Ren Ke looked up and saw him leaning against the wall, in a daze, sipping candied haws without any fluctuation, drawing circles on his clothes with his right hand.
"how?"
After biting a candied haws in one bite, Mu Xuan asked, "What about you?"
Ren Ke answered kindly, "I found out the address of Qianji Pavilion today, and I'll check it out tomorrow."
Hearing this, Mu Xuan ran to sit opposite him, looked at the sword he wiped that could be used as a mirror, and hesitated to speak.
Ren Ke put the sword back into its scabbard and told, "You and Liu Xu don't go out tomorrow." After speaking, he got up to wash his face, and the sword was placed on the table.
After Mu Xuan finished eating the candied haws, he placed the bamboo sticks and his sword side by side. Under the candlelight, the dark red lines on Yama's sword became more obvious.
He called someone, "Ren Ke."
"Ah."
After responding, Ren Ke looked back at him, and he propped his head up and looked at himself with a serious expression.
"If you find Qianji Pavilion, you must go directly, and you won't go back to the inn and wait for tomorrow." Mu Xuan directly stated what he knew about him, in a calm tone, "Do you need to use something to change to Qianji Pavilion?" Machine Pavilion location."
Ren Ke was taken aback when he washed his hands, and was obviously at a loss after being exposed.
Mu Xuan rubbed his knees and continued to ask, "Money, or life?"
Sure enough, gods can see through people's hearts, Ren Ke threw back his shoulder-length hair, hesitating how to round things up.
Seeing him lowering his head and frowning tightly, Mu Xuan guessed what nonsense he was thinking about, so he raised the candlestick to shine on him, and asked, "Aren't you going to be honest with me? I promised to follow you."
These words are really like the little daughter-in-law who abandoned everything and eloped with him, Ren Ke felt itchy in his heart, seeing the graceful light and shadow formed by the shaking candlestick, he sat back and said to him.
"Either 10 taels, or a life."
"Hey!" Mu Xuan sighed, originally he could have money, but now they are poor, so he asked back, "Whose life?"
"The young master of the Qi family."
It sounded like a big gang. Mu Xuan twirled his index finger on the table and asked, "Is his family rich?"
Ren Ke seemed to understand what he meant, and told him what he had heard so far, "The Qi family is a dart runner. He is seriously ill, and now the head of the family is Qi Chen, a mediocre person."
"I'll just come to ask for money." Mu Xuan made up his mind after hearing what Ren Ke said, "What?"
Mu Xuan picked up the sword on the table and said seriously, "Don't kill people if you can."
Ren Ke raised his hand and grabbed the sword, looked up at him, his eyes were cold under the candlelight, "Qijiu, I don't have time."
Mu Xuan: "Can two days be enough?"
"Seven nine!"
Both of them grabbed the sword and stood still, but Mu Xuan let go first and sighed, "Ren Ke, I didn't want to stop you from taking revenge, I just hope you don't have dead souls in your hands that keep you up at night .”
Ren Ke put the sword on his lap, seeing that he looked lonely, he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth to agree.
Early the next morning, Mu Xuan told Liu Xu not to run around, and then went out to Qi's house with Ren Ke.
The journey was far away, and Ren Ke was worried that Mu Xuan would not be able to bear it, so he stubbornly hired a carriage.
When he arrived at Qi's house, Mu Xuan looked at the grand gate and the lion heads standing on both sides, and felt that he should be quite rich.
The person who opened the door was an old man with white beard and hair. He squinted his eyes and looked at the two of them for a long time before asking, "Who are you?"
Mu Xuan cupped his hands and answered, "I heard that Young Master Qi is looking for a famous doctor, we are here on invitation."
Ren Ke looked at him sideways, his face didn't blush, his heart didn't beat, and he didn't even speak in a hurry, he seemed to be a habitual offender.
The old man looked at him again with blank eyes, "Ah? What did you say?"
"..."
Close to the old man's ears, Mu Xuan smiled and grabbed Ren Ke's hand to feel his pulse, and shouted, "Come see a doctor!"
After shouting that his throat was uncomfortable and he coughed twice, Ren Ke raised his hand and patted him on the back. The old man understood this time and nodded, "Come in."
The door opened, and the two of them went in. Mu Xuan had to sigh, "It's nothing but appearance", the outside looked magnificent, but the inside was desolate and deserted. The flowers and plants in the yard hadn't been pruned for a long time, and pieces of them were dead, and the water in the pool was muddy. Unclear, all the dead branches and leaves floating on the surface of the water.
The old man directly led them to the lobby, and said in a loud voice, "The young master has gone to order, please sit down in the lobby, I will send someone to invite you."
Mu Xuan saw that only the two sets of tables and chairs away from the main seat were clean, and the others were covered with a thin layer of dust. He exchanged glances with Ren Ke and sat down. After a while, an old woman came to serve tea.
Ren Ke raised his head and smelled it. If there was a musty smell in the tea fragrance, he put the tea aside.
Mu Xuan looked around, the lobby was spacious, the furniture was arranged neatly, and there were many decorations. At first glance, there was nothing wrong with it, but if you looked closely, you would find that many tables and chairs were damaged to a certain extent. The porcelain calligraphy and paintings on display are repeated.
Generally, the decorations of a rich family will only be displayed in the same type, but in this lobby, there are four or five narrow-mouthed blue and white porcelain vases, and there are two ink paintings on the wall.
Mu Xuan wondered if the Qi family was so lonely, not to mention whether he would give 10 taels or not, whether he had it or not was still the same thing.
Ren Ke also observed it, looking at Mu Xuan with a serious expression, he rubbed the scabbard anxiously, the purpose was obvious.
Mu Xuan shook his head, what if the Qi family is hiding something!
"Are you two doctors?" The male voice raised, and the two of them immediately restrained their small movements. At the same time, they stood up and looked. ?”
Ren Ke stepped forward to answer, "Five three, seven nine."
"..." Mu Xuan was silent, and looked at Qi Chen with a half-smile.
Qi Chen still greeted him with a smile on his face, "I don't know if the fifth young master is checking the pulse or the seventh young master is checking the pulse?"
Mu Xuan took a step back honestly, and Qi Chen's eyes fell on Ren Ke. The two are really young, even if they have studied medicine for only a few years, they asked more, "Who is your teacher?"
Mu Xuan was nervous, when Ren Ke replied blankly, "Solemn."
Who is solemn?
Before he could find the answer, Qi Chen had a respectful expression on his face, his shoulders bent a little, and he asked repeatedly, "It turns out that Mr. Zhuang is a high-achieving apprentice, but his eyesight is dull, please sit down."
It seems that this solemnity is a character.
The two sat down again, and Qi Chen took the main seat. Ever since he knew that Ren Ke's master had inherited the solemnity, the smile on his face hadn't come down, as if he was wearing a smile mask. It was inappropriate to be next to him, so he turned to look at Mu Xuan, "Then this must be Mr. Zhuang's disciple, right?"
"No." Ren Ke cut off his sentence, and looked at Qi Chen expressionlessly, "Where is your father?"
"..." This posture of rushing to get off work, Mu Xuan couldn't bear it!
Fortunately, Qi Chen didn't seem to care about his indifference, and even felt that the aloofness of an expert was justified, so Baba stepped forward to lead the way, "My father recuperates in the backyard, please."
So the two of them went down to the backyard politely and politely guided by Qi Chen. After a detour, they saw an old man sitting motionless in a chair, his eyes fixed on a certain place.
At first glance, Mu Xuan thought he was out of breath, but Qi Chen calmly stepped forward to pull the blanket for the old man, and explained, "Before, my father was just weak and couldn't be angry and exposed to the wind. The doctors in Zhouzhou saw one after another, but none of them were cured. Some time ago, they had to send a post to Mr. Zhuang, but I didn’t expect Mr. Wu to come so soon.”
Ren Ke didn't bother to listen to his ramblings, so he handed the sword to Mu Xuan, and then went to see a doctor. After taking a pulse for a while, he checked the old man. After the time for two cups of tea passed, he stood up straight and watched the old man meditate.
This made Qi Chen extremely anxious, and Mu Xuan was also bluffed by him. He took small steps over and asked in a low voice, "Is it okay, I need a price!"
Qi Chen walked back and forth, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and asked tentatively, "Mr. Wu, how is my father's condition?"
Ren Ke glanced at him, "The spine is broken, and the body is very poisonous."
Qi Chen: "What?"
Mu Xuan swallowed, seeing the boss's expressionless expression, he was really not sure if he was lying or he really saw something.
Qi Chen knelt down in front of the old man, crying, "How could it be, who did it!"
Ren Ke quietly waited for him to finish howling, Mu Xuan grabbed his clothes nervously, wanted to assist but was stopped by his eyes, so he could only wait obediently.
"Does Mr. Wu have a good prescription?" Qi Chen finally got to the business after howling a few times, and wiped away unnecessary tears.
Ren Ke: "10 taels."
"Cough, cough, cough!" Not to mention Qi Chen, Mu Xuan was so frightened that he couldn't stop coughing, this dead straight ball, why did he just raise his sword because he wanted to stir up trouble?
Qi Chen couldn't believe it, stared at him with wide eyes, and then asked hesitantly, "Five, what did Mr. Five say?"
Mu Xuan: "This..."
Ren Ke: "10 taels is a lot of money."
Mu Xuan couldn't stop this crazy straight ball at all. Seeing his calm face, he really wanted to pry open his head to see if the lines inside were all straight.
After finishing speaking, the big brother didn't feel impulsive at all, he went to Mu Xuan to take the sword back, rubbing the scabbard with his thumb, his expression was a little cold.
As soon as Mu Xuan looked out of his eyes, he felt something was wrong, so he immediately stretched out his hand to hold him down, and called him in a low voice, "Ren Ke!"
Qi Chen laughed suddenly, pulled up the blanket for the old man, stood up and said, "Mr. Wu is a big talker, my Qi family is so lonely, where did the 10 taels come from?"
Hearing this, Ren Ke pulled out his sword with a "chuckle", pointed the sword at the young master of the Qi family, and said calmly, "Then, take your life."
"..." Mu Xuan insisted on not holding him down, looking at the surprised Qi Chen and the murderous Ren Ke, things didn't go as planned. While his head was hurting, he also felt that he had missed something.
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