Chapter 285: The Bronze Paintings Are All Deceptive
"Hey, I said you ran so fast, I'm here to complain."
Li Mu's voice came from the door, and then someone came in. He glanced at the boy with drooped eyelids and said: "You have no eyesight. The profession of concierge is not suitable for you. You should go home and be a young master. Find more
How many people are waiting for you! The concierge is there to reduce the trouble for the master. It’s better for you to come here to complain. What do you want to do? Let your miracle doctor vent your anger for you? You don’t even ask who I am. I ride a horse when I enter the palace.
Go in, enter your shabby house and you still want to stop me?"
Arrogant! Domineering! Lawless!
But no one dared to say anything. The boy was so angry that he ran in to complain. Now after Li Mu reminded him, he also reacted. Yes, this is Zhuluhou, and he is just a small concierge.
How dare you provoke him?
The boy sobbed, held it back, bowed and said, "Master Marquis, I know I was wrong..." Before he could finish his words, tears started flowing down uncontrollably.
Sun Simiao couldn't stand it anymore, and when he was about to speak, Li Mu waved his hand to stop him.
"Look at how useless you are!" Li Mu sighed, came to the boy's side, and said, "I was almost going to take a high look at you. It's a pity that you didn't seize the opportunity."
The boy looked at him blankly.
Li Mu said: "Why are you apologizing to me? Did you do anything wrong? You are the concierge. The master asked you to stop people, so you just stop them. There is nothing wrong. Why can't you stick to your own opinion? I said you were wrong, so you just do it.
Is it wrong? Your only mistake was to come in and complain, because this is not what you should do, but it was not wrong for you to stop me, so why didn't you dare to say it? "
The boy was about to speak but stopped.
Li Mu spoke for him and said: "Because I am the Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, and you are just a servant? Ha! It's ridiculous. As a man, right is right and wrong is wrong. What are you afraid of?"
The boy didn't know how to answer. Sun Simiao took out a small bottle from his sleeve, stuffed it into the boy's hand, and said: "Take it and apply it once in the morning and evening. The red marks on your face will disappear. Go ahead."
The boy held the vial tightly, turned around and ran away. This was a miracle medicine given by a miracle doctor, and he couldn't bear to use it. The red mark on his face would fade sooner or later, so it didn't matter. He wanted to sell this vial of medicine for money.
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Li Mu did not wait for Sun Simiao to give in, and found a chair to sit on. Dugujiu stood behind him, wearing a mask with no face visible, looking taciturn.
"Alas!" Li Mu sighed and said, "Miracle doctor, why do you think this person succumbs to fate so easily? Oops! I don't know what to say."
Sun Simiao signaled Liu Shenwei to bring him a pot of tea, and sat down opposite Li Mu, saying, "Why do you want to argue with a young man? Aren't you afraid of losing your identity?"
Li Mu sneered and said: "What is my identity? He regards me as a military prince, and I only regard myself as myself. I beat him because he stopped me. If he is not convinced, he can also fight me.
, I'm happy to accompany you. But I really can't stand this kind of people who go to complain when they can't win, and then complain themselves...what the hell! I don't have this temper. I fight with others, and I'm happy when I win.
Be proud. If you lose, just admit defeat. Keep it in your heart and make up for it sooner or later. I won’t think about who to complain to, because..."
Li Mu paused for a moment, and some old memories flashed through his mind. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's useless to complain."
Sun Simiao noticed Li Mu's expression, and doubts arose in his heart. He didn't know where Li Mu's emotions came from, but he was sure that he was remembering something.
"Oh," Li Mu suddenly stood up, bowed deeply to Sun Simiao, and said, "I'm here today. Firstly, I'm here to say thank you to the miracle doctor for saving my life. Secondly, I heard from my wife that the miracle doctor is very grateful for this elixir.
I'm so interested that I brought the prescription over and gave it to the miracle doctor."
"really?"
Sun Simiao hurriedly stood up and suddenly appeared in front of Li Mu, reaching out to grab his shoulder. When Dugujiu saw this, he subconsciously reached out to stop him. In the flash of lightning, Li Mu only felt a few shadows passing in front of him.
Then the sound of Dugujiu gasping for air rang in his ears. When he looked back, Sun Simiao had already grabbed his shoulder, and Li Mu looked back just in time to see Dugujiu's hand hanging down weakly as if it was broken.
"What, what's going on!"
"You're rude, I tapped his wrist. It's okay. I'll give him the prescription later. Where is the prescription?"
Li Mu was so surprised that his eyes almost fell to the ground, and he said in confusion: "Miracle doctor, you are actually a master?"
Sun Simiao said impatiently: "What a master, I just live a little longer. Besides, how can you walk around the world without some self-defense skills? I just learned a little bit, but it's very superficial." Suddenly, Sun Simiao's eyes focused and he followed Li Mu's
He touched his arm downwards, and Li Mu quickly dodged. What do you mean? Why did you touch your butt?
"Your meridians..." Sun Simiao said in shock: "Your meridians! Actually! It happened overnight..."
"Ah! That's what you're talking about!" Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief. It was such a close call that he saved his butt!
Li Mu pushed Sun Simiao's hand away and said, "It's just that pill!"
"Elixir?"
"This is taking a long time to say." Li Mu cleared his throat and started a stand-up comedy: "On the way to Jingdong Market the day before yesterday, I met a down-and-out man. The man looked haggard and looked like he had suffered a lot.
Blow. He threw himself in front of my carriage, guess what I did?"
Sun Simiao thought for a moment and said, "You ran over him?"
"Old man, it's boring to talk like this!" Li Mu was displeased and said, "Do you still want the pill?"
"If you want it, keep talking."
"Everyone in the world knows that I am the most kind-hearted person. When I saw it, oh, there is a person here, my heart suddenly felt pity, and I thought, I need to save this person. Then I saved him and gave him
I bought a few cakes and gave two gold ingots to encourage him to cheer up and not just look at the present in life, but to work hard and make progress. He was moved and burst into tears with gratitude! He cried and told me that fairy tales are all lies...
…”
"Wait a minute." Sun Simiao frowned and said, "Why do I think you are making up lies? Also, what is a fairy tale?"
"Ah..." Li Mu froze, he was so happy that he couldn't help singing the lyrics. But it doesn't matter, you can force it. Li Mu coughed and said: "Copper is copper and iron, and paintings are pictures.
He told me that a bronze painting was handed down from his ancestors!"
"Bronze painting?" Sun Simiao felt even more strange. At this time, Liu Shenwei came in with three cups of tea. He handed one to Li Mu, one to Sun Simiao, and the remaining cup to Dugujiu. Seeing him
The mask on his face was stunned for a moment, and Li Mu reached out to take it and said, "Give it all to me, he won't drink it."
Dugu Jiu nodded coolly and put his cramped right hand behind his back.
Sun Simiao waved his hand, telling Liu Shenwei to go down, and said: "I have lived for so long, and I have seen the world. I have never seen a bronze painting. What is painted on this bronze painting? Why did he say it was all a lie?
"
"Alas!" Li Mu took a sip of tea, sighed, and said, "It's also a sad story to tell!"
"This man claims to be a descendant of Taoism."
"Taoist priest?"
"No, no, no!" Li Mu waved his hands repeatedly and said, "It's not a Taoist priest, it's a Taoist. You've heard of all the schools of thought, Confucianism, Mohism and Taoism. He said he is a descendant of Taoism."
"Ah!" Sun Simiao suddenly said: "There are many Taoists in the world today, but there are really not many who claim to be descendants of Taoism. I met a senior forty years ago and taught me a pharmacopoeia, but now this
This senior has passed away for twenty-eight years."
Li Mu didn't expect that he could get away with his casual accusation, so he hurriedly continued and said: "This is the Taoist. He is not a Taoist, but a descendant of Taoism."
"Yeah!" Sun Simiao nodded repeatedly. He originally thought that Li Mu was making up lies, but after hearing Li Mu talk about being a descendant of Taoism, he started to believe it and said, "Keep talking."
"His bronze painting was passed down from his ancestors, and it has been passed down for unknown generations. His father told him that the place pointed to by this bronze painting was the paradise of the cave where his ancestors practiced. He said that as long as he found this paradise, he would be able to
If you inherit the things left by your ancestors and obtain the things in the Cave Heaven Paradise, you may be able to become an immortal."
"Become an immortal?" When Sun Simiao heard these two words, his eyes glowed green and his breathing became rapid. He leaned over and asked, "Did he really say that?"
"That's what he said. Why did I lie to you?"
"Where is the bronze painting now? Can you let me have a look?"
Li Mu sighed: "I want to see it too, but it's gone!"
"Gone?"
"In order to find the place guided by this bronze painting, the family of this down-and-out man has traveled for generations and has no fixed residence. By his generation, they were already running out of food and clothing. Unfortunately, when he arrived in Luoyang a few months ago, he gave the bronze painting to
sold."
"Sell it!" Sun Simiao gritted his teeth and said with hatred: "What a fool! How can such a treasure be sold? Isn't he afraid that others will see it and go look for it?"
"Of course he thought of it, so he sold it after destroying it!"
Sun Simiao suddenly became desperate after hearing this. He originally thought that he also had some connections in Luoyang. If it happened a few months ago, he might still be able to find it. But now he heard that it was sold after it was destroyed. Wouldn't it be a piece of copper?
How can this be restored?
Could it be that the road to seeking immortality has to come to an end at this point?
Alas!
Li Mu looked at Sun Simiao with a lifeless look on his face, and suddenly felt enlightened. He thought that Sun Simiao was an unworldly master, but he didn't expect that he was also a selfish person. This guy actually wanted to become an immortal... Hehe, it's really
interesting.
But this is not surprising. During the Tang Dynasty, people were still very enthusiastic about becoming immortals.
When setting up "The Legend of the Tang Dynasty", we discovered a very interesting thing. According to legend, Du Fu was a super fan of Li Bai. At that time, he was not depressed yet, he was just a young man who went to Li Bai because of his fame. Li Bai at that time
He was already a greasy middle-aged person. If he couldn't succeed in becoming an official, he would become a Taoist priest. As a Taoist priest, he would naturally become an immortal. So Li Bai tricked him into visiting famous mountains together, looking for immortals and fairy grass.
, refining the elixir, they met a homeless man named Gao Shi on the way, so the three of them teamed up and visited from spring to autumn, but found nothing. Later, Du Fu and Gao Shi woke up and quit.
The people in the planning team thought this was interesting, so they made it a side mission. During the internal beta, Li Mu’s account also did this side mission, so the memory is still fresh.
Now is the early Tang Dynasty, which is still more than a hundred years away from Li Bai's time. More than a hundred years later, seeking immortality and refining elixirs are very popular. From this, it can be seen that Sun Simiao's yearning to become an immortal is not a very strange thing.
Well, that gives me peace of mind.
Originally, Li Mu made up lies based on his own thoughts, but now that he has a purpose, it is much easier to make up lies.
Li Mu cleared his throat and comforted him: "Don't be sad about the miracle doctor. Didn't that man also say it? The bronze paintings are all lies, which shows that his family has tried countless generations and failed to find anything. Besides,
If it is really a paradise in the cave, how can he tell outsiders? Even if he is killed, he cannot leak it. It is something that he has no chance to get, so why should he be sad? "
"Yes..." Sun Simiao nodded. He can live for hundreds of years, so he is naturally an open-minded person. What's more, what Li Mu said makes sense. If it is really the road to becoming an immortal, who will share it?
"Then what's going on with this pill?"
"I paid for this elixir!"
"Bought?" Sun Simiao asked suspiciously, "Can he sell it?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "He is going to starve to death, so of course he has to be sold. Otherwise, how can he ask for immortality after he dies?"
Sun Simiao believed it to be true and nodded: "That's true."
"Moreover, he looks to be in his thirties. He is alone, without a wife or son. He has to think about it, if he can't find one in this life, how can he have a son, and pass on this ambition? Marry a wife,
Don’t you need money to give birth to a son and raise a son? Why doesn’t he sell it?”
Sun Simiao nodded again, but still wondered: "If he sells this elixir to you, what will he do with himself?"
"Who said there is only one pill of this pill?" Li Mu asked back, which stunned Sun Simiao and asked: "Is it possible that there are many such precious pills?"
"There aren't many." Li Mu denied Sun Simiao again and completely confused him: "There are two pills in total. It turned out to be three pills. They were also passed down from ancestors. This man took one pill when he was eight years old, and there are two pills left.
Take it with you. Sell me one pill, and he will have one pill left for his future son. But I never skimp on the cost. I thought that if this medicine is really good, I must give it to my wife and mother.
One pill, but he didn’t have that many anymore, so I threw money at him to get his pill recipe!”
Sun Simiao was shocked when he heard this and said, "Didn't it cost a lot of money?"
"With medicine and prescription" Li Mu stretched out a finger.
Sun Simiao also stretched out a finger and said blankly: "How much is this?"
"It's just one hundred taels of gold."
"So cheap?!" Sun Simiao couldn't believe it. He now had a thousand taels of gold, which was given to him by Li Mu. If such a good thing happened, and he gave the man a thousand taels of gold, wouldn't the elixir belong to him?