A Clash of Gods

Chapter 154: Ten miles of fireworks

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The beggar asked anxiously: "Doctor, can this...can this be cured?"

"This...!" Mr. Huang hesitated for a moment and then said: "I'll prescribe some medicine for you. After you take the medicine, go back and give it a try. If it doesn't get better within three days, see another doctor." Turn around. He went over and came over with a prescription, handed it to the beggar, and said, "Go get the medicine."

The beggar took the prescription and was stunned for a moment. Then he said pitifully: "Doctor, how much money do these medicines cost?"

"There are medicines for external application, and if the internal organs are injured, you need medicine for internal use, which costs about two taels of silver." Mr. Huang said: "I am here to help you see a doctor, so I don't charge a consultation fee. It seems that you can't get it either. Come out. But I don’t have the final say in the pharmacy. If you want to get medicine, I can’t control it.”

The beggar said helplessly: "Sir, you... can you help me get the medicine first, and wait for me...!"

Mr. Huang raised his hand and said: "Stop talking. I have made it very clear. I am not responsible for taking medicine. You go and talk to the guy at the counter." He added: "It's useless to say it. They will take a month." Their wages don’t even amount to two taels of silver. If they really need to take medicine for you, they will have to make up for it themselves.”

The beggar looked helpless, and suddenly heard Yang Ning say: "Go and get some medicine, it's important to save people." He took a piece of broken silver and threw away about two taels.

The beggar hurriedly caught it and burst into tears of gratitude: "Thank you sir, I... I will definitely return it to you."

Yang Ning smiled and said, "Don't say any more. Saving people is more important. Let's try it first and see if it works."

Mr. Huang said from the side: "This is the Marquis of Jinyi. You are lucky today to meet such a kind person like the Marquis."

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, thank you Lord Marquis." The beggar was very grateful. He went over to grab the medicine and then came back. He thanked the middle-aged beggar again and left with the middle-aged beggar on his back.

"Mr. Huang, is this disease an infectious disease? Does it matter?" Yang Ning asked.

Mr. Huang looked around, then frowned and lowered his voice and said: "I dare not lie to Mr. Hou. I have been practicing medicine for many years and have seen a lot of diseases. Today's disease is a bit strange. I have never seen it before. This disease must be contagious. You see The younger one just now has spots on his arms, I just hope that the medicine he took these days will have some effect."

Yang Ning nodded slightly, didn't stay for a while, and left after a while.

Back at the Marquis Mansion, Qi Feng had already approached him and said, "Master Marquis, Mr. Yuan just sent someone here, saying that it is a great joy for the Marquis to receive a title, and he wants to hold a banquet to celebrate the Marquis."

"Master Yuan?"

"Master Yuan Rong, Mr. Yuan." Qi Feng said with a smile: "Master Hou will not even forget him."

Only then did Yang Ning remember that he had taken Yuan Rong to the Marquis' Mansion in Wuxiang and made the boy a witness. He had not seen him since.

However, he remembered that Yuan Rong still owed him one thousand taels of silver. The truth behind the assassination at Zhongyi Villa was now clear. The masterminds behind the scenes were the Third Old Master and Qiu Yi's group, which had nothing to do with Manager Wu of Zhongling Villa. Manager Wu and others In order to save their future, several guards of the hospital secretly asked Yuan Rong to find Yang Ning, willing to spend a thousand taels of silver to settle the matter.

I haven't got the silver yet, so I happened to go get the one thousand taels of silver today. What the Hou Mansion lacks the most now is silver. With that one thousand taels of silver, it can solve the urgent need.

Moreover, Yang Ning is already preparing to start producing Huichun Powder, so the cost will naturally be high.

At dusk, Yuan Rong sent a carriage to pick up Yang Ning. Yang Ning did not know where Yuan Rong was hosting the banquet. However, Duan Canghai was wary because Yang Ning had just been poisoned and assassinated, so he personally brought two guards with him. follow.

The carriage arrived all the way to the Qinhuai River.

The smoke cage is cold, the moon is caged in the sand, and I stay in Qinhuai at night near a restaurant.

When you moor in the Qinhuai River at night, even if you are not near a restaurant, you can smell the fragrant wind and listen to the orioles and swallows, which makes you feel tipsy.

Only then did Yang Ning know that Yuan Rong had hosted a banquet to celebrate him on the Qinhuai River. Thinking about it, this was not unexpected. After all, Yuan Rong regarded himself as a romantic young man and he was at home in a place like this.

There was a small boat by the river. Duan Canghai followed Yang Ning into the boat, floated on the river, and went into the river.

Yang Ning looked at the painted boats like carp on the river, each with its own characteristics, beautifully decorated and brightly lit. He listened to the long music and felt the beautiful scenery, but his eyes were also a bit hazy with smoke, water, sand and moon.

He originally thought that the late emperor died not long ago, and the capital would be hard to see for a long time, but he did not expect that in just a short period of time, the singing and dancing of the Qinhuai River would return to its former glory.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, it does not matter who is sitting on the dragon throne. What is important is that the blooming flowers in the capital need to continue forever.

Not long after, the boat approached a painting boat. The boat was quite large, with gauze lanterns hanging on it and colorful scarves wrapped around it. It was quite gorgeous. However, the boat was not very lively. Occasionally, there was a sound like the tinkling of spring water. .

As the boat approached, someone on the boat had already come to meet him and put down the rope ladder. Yang Ning went up along the rope ladder. Duan Canghai didn't dare to neglect. He was always vigilant and followed him up the boat.

A girl dressed as a maid was waiting on the boat. She had pretty features, shrouded in lamps and blown by the evening breeze. She looked pretty good. She came forward to greet him and said sharply: "Master Hou, Mr. Yuan is waiting inside!"

Yang Ning nodded slightly, and the maid led the way to the bow of the ship. There were stairs going up. The maid said: "Master Hou, Mr. Yuan is upstairs."

Yang Ning went up the stairs, and Duan Canghai was about to follow. The maid stopped her and said, "Master, the girl is playing the piano. Do you want to go up with a knife?"

Duan Canghai said calmly: "This knife is inseparable from me. You have to keep the knife unless you can keep my people."

The maid smiled charmingly and said: "If you want to stay and drink, uncle, I can also have a few drinks with you." She looked at Duan Canghai with eyes full of eyes. Yang Ning saw it and thought to herself that it was indeed the land of Qinhuai. The girl is only fifteen or sixteen years old, but she already has the ability to seduce men.

Duan Canghai sneered and followed Yang Ning up without any sympathy.

When they arrived at the top of the boat, they saw a woman sitting in front of a guqin playing with her hands. There was a small table next to it, with all the food and wine on it. Yuan Rong was leaning against the wine table, holding a piece of wine in his hand. The jade pendant swayed gently, eyes closed, as if enjoying the subtle music of the piano.

Looking at his appearance, Yang Ning knew that this guy was a veteran at this. As he approached, Duan Canghai did not follow him. He stood at the top of the stairs, looking around, fully alert.

"Is this the banquet you set for me?" Yang Ning sat down at the table. He ignored Yuan Rong and glanced at the woman. He saw the woman sitting there, lazily, with nothing on her face. His expression, but sitting there, his whole body seemed to be filled with indescribable emotions.

She looks extremely beautiful, but when others look at her for the first time, what they see about her is not her beauty, but her eyes.

Her eyes were half-open and half-closed, as if she was immersed in the sound of her own piano, and she seemed to be dreaming about the third night. There was no pink prosperity of the Qinhuai River in her eyes, but a slight hint of loneliness.

And she was looking at Yang Ning at the moment.

Yang Ning smiled slightly and said hello. Then he looked at Yuan Rong and saw that Yuan Rong had already raised a finger and put it to his lips to signal Yang Ning not to speak.

After playing the song, the woman came over, knelt down by the table, picked up the wine bottle, and filled the two wine glasses with wine.

Yuan Rong finally sat up, picked up the wine glass, and said with a smile: "Master Marquis, with this glass of wine, I wish you to inherit the title and keep your royal robes forever!"

This was a bit strange, but Yang Ning still picked up the wine glass, and the two drank it down in one gulp, and the woman filled up the wine for them.

"Don't be impatient." Yuan Rong smiled and said, "This is just an appetizer. There is a big banquet waiting for you tonight."

"I can't care about anything else. Have you brought the money?" Yang Ning stretched out his hand, "One thousand taels of silver, please deliver it quickly."

Yuan Rong was startled, then smiled and said: "Sir, the atmosphere here is so fresh and refined. Wouldn't it be a great disgrace to offer money at this time?"

"In my opinion, nothing is as good as money." Yang Ning said, "Don't tell me you didn't bring money here."

"Don't worry, can I, Yuan Rong, keep my words?" Yuan Rong said with a smile: "Come, let me introduce you to this beauty first, Pearl. This is Lord Jinyi. You must serve her well."

The woman smiled charmingly and said, "Zhenzhu has met Mr. Hou!"

Yang Ning nodded slightly, and Yuan Rong said: "There is only this one pearl on the Qinhuai River, the others are all vulgar."

Yang Ning saw Pearl smiling again, and suddenly thought of Xiaodie.

His original intention of coming to the capital was to find Xiaodie, but the escort agency crashed and he was robbed on the way, and Xiaodie was nowhere to be found.

He didn't know where Xiaodie was now. Was he rescued and regained his freedom? Or was he just out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den? Or was he even in the capital now

He originally wanted to use the power of the Jinyihou Mansion to find Xiaodie's whereabouts, but recently, the Jinyihou Mansion has been in a lot of troubles, and even he is in constant trouble, so how can he spare the energy to help him find Xiaodie.

If Xiaodie is really still in the capital, it is very likely that she will end up in Fengyue. Thinking of this, Yang Ning's heart feels like a stone weighing on her.

"Has Miss Pearl been in the capital for a long time?" Yang Ning asked seemingly casually.

He suddenly thought that if Xiaodie really fell into the ashes, he would have to go deep into it to search. This Pearl girl was in the romantic field, but he didn't know whether he could rely on her to help find clues.

Pearl smiled softly. Although she was in the fireworks field, she didn't have much aura, and said softly: "I arrived in the capital when I was eleven years old, and it has been ten years now."

"Oh!" Yang Ning smiled and said, "Then Miss Pearl must be very familiar with the capital?"

"Master Marquis wants to ask me if I am familiar with this industry?" Pearl rolled her eyes and chuckled: "I started to make a living in this industry when I was eleven years old. After ten years, I am very familiar with it." She said She spoke very calmly, but Yang Ning keenly felt a hint of fatigue in her tone.

At this moment, he heard the sound of "boring boring" gongs in the distance, and suddenly there was the sound of drums and thunder. Yang Ning was surprised when he heard a harsh sound piercing the sky, and there were fireworks flying into the sky, brilliant and dazzling. , like an auspicious unicorn, like a cluster of flowers, just for a moment, on the Qinhuai River, the sky and the world are like a fairyland.

Yang Ning was quite surprised, thinking that fireworks had been invented in this era.