The first volume of the historical novel "Asking the Impermanence: Conquering the Demon and Subduing the Demon Hand".
Chapter 45: The Gossip King (1)
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Qiu Chuji said slowly: "I don't know if there is ginseng in the palace?"
Jin Shizong usually didn't care about these things, so he had to look at Wang Mu again, and Wang Mu hurriedly nodded: "Yes, yes! A few days ago, Concubine De purchased some medicines, and now there are quite a few. ”
"Slice ginseng and drink it every morning with two or three slices of tea, one or two cups. Qiu said.
"It's easy to save money, it's good. Jin Shizong applauded again and again, "Just do what the real person says." ”
Qiu Chuji listened to Jin Shizong's promise this time, and couldn't help but think, the emperor's cause is nothing else, but because of excessive indulgence, which has led to extreme weakness, this disease is especially prone to occur at the turn of the seasons, and now the symptom is just cough, and it is easy to treat the disease on the surface. It's just that after a long time, the imperial doctor has also used a lot of tonic medicines, but unfortunately the deficiency is not replenished, and the top priority, in addition to dietary conditioning, the most important thing is to abstain from sex to eliminate the root of the disease, otherwise I am afraid that all kinds of treatment and conditioning methods are in vain.
It's just that Qiu Chuji understands very well that although he knows the cause and cure very well, it is really difficult to say this for a while, so he has no choice but to nod lightly: "Your Majesty will use this method to regulate first, and then fine-tune it later to see how the situation is. ”
"Okay, okay, then there's Lao Zhenren. Kim Sejong agreed.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Qiu Chuji said goodbye to Jin Shizong and retired.
Wu Fu accompanied Qiu Chuji to go out, he was newly promoted, and he was so happy that he couldn't do it, and he praised Qiu's ability as he walked.
The two of them went out of the palace gate, Wu Fu beckoned the original carriage and horse to come over, he was on the rise, quite a bit of "spring breeze proud, horseshoe disease" meaning, but then look at his own carriage and horse, and his psychological state is really very different. Not to mention the clothes of the coachman and the poor man, even the horse looks like a thin and long-haired horse, and the dust is still there.
The crowd and the horses all looked listless, and they didn't really fit in with their surroundings.
"Lao Qin, Da Zhou, be in good spirits!" Wu Fu couldn't help but shout.
Lao Qin is the coachman, and Da Zhou is the leader of the errands.
"My lord, I see. Lao Qin agreed weakly.
"Yes, my lord!" Da Zhou agreed, and at the same time, he couldn't help but straighten his body up.
"Big guys, hold on a little longer, let's go to Wanning Palace, and when we get there, everyone can have a good rest!" Wu Fu didn't know everyone's hard work, but at this time in the capital, they were their own face, so they cheered up, stood in front of the car and said to everyone.
"Your Excellency and Qiu Daoye, please get in the car. Lao Qin said, "We are not familiar with the road here, I have to inquire and walk, you two elders don't be too slow." In addition, our horse hasn't rested yet, and I can't bear to whip it hard, so the two masters have to be patient!"
Wu Fu looked at the listless horses in front of the carriage, as well as the few poor people with tired faces next to him, and couldn't help but say: "Let's all cheer up, let's all go to the capital, don't lose your lordship and my face! Let's rest when we get to Wanning Palace!"
Wu Fu thought to himself, why didn't he think that his people were so incapable of being on the stage? It seems that this person still has a lot to see the world, and what can he do in a small county town! Next, he will either train his own people well, or change to a new batch.
Thinking like this, Wu Fu looked at the familiar faces, and finally denied the idea behind him, he had just been promoted, and he still used his own people to do it, and then let them see the world more.
Wu Fu was thinking so, only to hear Lao Qin and the messengers agree in unison: "Come on, sir, get in the car!"
Before the words fell, Wu Fu suddenly saw a luxuriously decorated car galloping from behind the carriage, with a royal blue roof, a fist-thick car fence was also painted blue, and a thick silk cotton curtain covered the car tightly.
Just when Wu Fu was stunned, the carriage suddenly stopped when it came to Wu Fu and Qiu Chuji, revealing the wide red face of King Fu from the small curtain on the car, King Fu's two big eyes looked back and forth, and said: "What's the matter, Qiu Zhenren, Old Wu, I'll give you a section?"
"Thank you, my lord, how can you afford to be a humble position? besides, we also have chariots and horses here. Wu Fu said.
King Fu glanced at Wu Fu's carriage and horses: "I said Lao Wu, now that you are a fifth-grade official, this carriage and horse should also be replaced. Besides, you're picking up the famous Qiu Zhenren now, and you're not afraid of jokes with such a carriage and horse?"
"Isn't it that I haven't had time to change yet!" Wu Fu said with a smile, comparing the two with King Fu and his own carriage and horses, and immediately saw each other, he couldn't help but think, the emperor is so frugal, why is this King Fu so generous? Why didn't King Fu learn from his emperor's brother?
Wu Fu was thinking about it, but when he saw that King Fu had already gotten out of the car, he walked up to Qiu Chuji first and said, "Qiu Zhenren, please. If you are not familiar with the place of life when you have just arrived in the capital, this king will give you a paragraph. ”
"Thank you, Lord Fu. When Qiu Chuji saw that King Fu personally got out of the car to pick him up, he couldn't refuse, so he signaled to Wu Fu and got into the car.
"Old Wu, what's the matter, do you want me to hold you?" This Fu Wang really didn't see outside, and shouted to Wu Fu with straight eyebrows.
"Don't dare, don't dare! Just come, just come!" Wu Fu was the first time to see such a bold person as King Fu, and he knew that it would be obvious to be polite to him again, so he walked towards King Fu's car while agreeing.
King Fu also got into the carriage, and the coachman shouted, only to hear the horse's hooves, the bell ringing, and the carriage started smoothly.
Wu Fu sat next to Qiu, at first he only felt that the interior of the carriage was exquisitely decorated, and the seat cushion was even softer, and when the car started, he realized the benefits of this car, although the speed is very fast now, but he does not feel a little bumpy, only the pleasure of following the carriage when galloping.
"The prince's car is really comfortable to sit in!" Wu Fu couldn't help but say, he was the most worldly, since he was sitting in someone's car, he accepted the kindness of others, and the other party's official position was much higher than him, he could only think of greeting to show his gratitude.
"That's!" King Fu pouted, "My old man sits and goes every day, and they dare not make me comfortable?"
"I guess it's not cheap, right?" Wu Fu asked.
"I don't know, I never care about spending money!" Fu Wang said, thinking about it, and shouted to the front: "Liangzi, how much did our car cost?"
"Back to the master, it was all prepared and spent a thousand taels of silver. The person in front replied that it was Yu Liang, the housekeeper of King Fu's mansion.
One thousand taels, Wu Fu was stunned when he heard it, and his own carriages and horses were only one hundred taels, it seems that the Fu King and the emperor are really two kinds of styles.
At this time, King Fu's two eyes only looked at Qiu Chuji, and suddenly asked, "Qiu Zhenren, have you eaten enough at the imperial brother's place?"
This was asked very suddenly, Qiu Chuji was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a slight smile: "Eat well. ”
"Is that full?" asked King Fu still insistingly.
"Don't hide it from the prince, poor Dao usually can't eat enough. Qiu said.
"It's up to you whether you usually eat enough or not, but this emperor has a treat, how can you say it, if you don't eat enough to invite someone to eat, it's not interesting enough, right? My brother is good at everything, but he is too picky, and he is reluctant to eat or wear! This guest thinks that everyone else is like him!" After King Fu finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Wu Fu: "Old Wu, what about you, have you eaten enough?"
Wu Fu heard King Fu's question so directly, so he had to smile and said, "It's okay, it's okay. ”
"Hey, I know you don't dare to say, I guess you haven't eaten enough! Actually, I'm the same, let's go, let's make up for it again!" After speaking, King Fu shouted outside: "Old Dingtou, go to Hongguang Tower!"
"Come on, Lord Wang!" the old man outside agreed, and with a crisp whip, the carriage and horses suddenly changed direction and headed towards Hongguang Tower.
"Then bother the prince!" Wu Fu knew that it was not polite to talk to this prince, so he had to thank him repeatedly.
"The prince is so refreshing!" Qiu Chuji was amused by this prince and said: "It's just that it's getting late, and I'm afraid it's not good for your health to eat too much." ”
"Hey, people don't want to eat and drink happily in their lives, so what's the fun at all?" Fu Wang raised his hand the size of a fan and said, "I don't have any other hobbies, just eat meat and drink a lot, that's called refreshing!"
Qiu Chuji listened, but he only smiled silently.
Wu Fu also smiled slightly on the side, thinking, with the style of your carriage, if you want to say that other places are not exquisite, who will believe it?
Thinking like this, Wu Fu couldn't help but look at King Fu carefully, only to see that he occupied the position of two people alone, and as soon as the car moved, his stomach trembled slightly under the thin silk. He was resting one hand on the armrest next to his seat, and the other hand was hanging in the air, and his five white fat fingers were holding a string of rosaries, and the fingers were as shiny as the huge rosary, and it could be seen that he had never treated himself badly in terms of food.
"Qiu Zhenren, I'm actually quite curious, you just told my imperial brother that you are usually a vegetarian, what is the meaning of eating green vegetables and rice?" Fu Wang said, "I have also seen many Taoist priests before, they are different from you, they are usually no different from us, they still eat meat and drink wine!
"Each has its own merits. Qiu Chuji couldn't say anything else, so he had to reply: "What the prince said is true, the people who cultivate the Tao in the world are not my true family in the first place, and the cultivation methods are also different. Since my master's teachings, the Quanzhen School has always advocated leaving home to do penance, and fasting more heavily to cultivate the mind. ”
Qiu Chuji remembered that at the beginning of his apprenticeship with his senior brothers, the various teachings and even sharpening given by the master, he couldn't help but think wildly, as if he had returned to the scene when several senior brothers practiced together, and said leisurely: "I think that my senior brother Ma Yu was originally a wealthy man in the local area, and in order to follow the master to practice, he also abandoned his family wealth, so that he became a master of cultivation. is Senior Brother Sun Buer, although he is a woman, he has a very strong heart for cultivation, but he also gave up his family business to become a monk and practice, and even did not hesitate to beg for food to live, and his final achievement was quite above me. ”
"That's Qiu Zhenren is too humble!" King Fu listened to Qiu Chuji's first few sentences but agreed, and couldn't help laughing after listening to Qiu Chuji's last sentence: "I have seen a lot of Taoist priests, and you can be said to be the first real person who can pray for rain!" After speaking, he raised his thumb high, "I won't tell you, I have seen one of your senior brothers you mentioned, I don't know which one of him or you started earlier?"
"Oh?" Qiu Chuji hadn't seen you for nearly twenty years, and when he heard it, he hurriedly asked, "I don't know which one?"
"It's the king's place, a real person!" said King Fu, "He also came to see the royal brother years ago. ”
"Why didn't you hear the emperor mention it?" Wu Fu asked, he always thought that the emperor's meeting with Qiu Chuji was the first time to summon a Taoist priest.
"Hey, he's embarrassed to mention it again?" Fu Wang Yuan opened his eyes and said: "My imperial brother does not believe in Buddhism or Taoism, and when he invited that Wang Zhenren to come, in order to verify the kung fu of others, that Wang Zhenren was almost not poisoned by my imperial brother!"
(To be continued)