Yu Jinnian passed five trials and killed six generals. Except for being blind in poetry and writing, he was among the best in other rounds. In the end, only him and another scholar were left on the stage. He got excited about playing for a while, and he felt a little competitive, so he wanted to compare with the one opposite him.
This last round is Bihexiang. That is to say, the owner sets a topic, and they are free to figure it out, use dozens of spices given on the stage, choose by themselves, and combine a kind of fragrance that suits the artistic conception, and the owner will taste it to determine the winner.
Yu Jinnian didn't have much research on making incense. He just dabbled a little bit in his spare time during his studies, but most of them were incense medicines, which have the effect of strengthening the body, resting the mind, or refreshing the mind. Now he is going to take the incense test. It's not really his forte. But he came up all the way, and there is no saying that he gave up halfway, it was just for fun.
After waiting for a while, the title came out, saying "Chang Xia".
Yu Jinnian thought about it for a while, and he didn't know what came to his mind, so he laughed to himself, and before the person across from him finished thinking, he took the lead in choosing a few dishes of incense powder, and then randomly picked out a few small bowls and materials for incense making, and proceeded methodically When it is made, it looks quite decent.
Su Ting hurriedly pushed aside the crowd, squeezed to the front, and winked at the stage.
Yu Jinnian glanced at him strangely, still lowered his head, and sang the incense seriously, but his mouth was not idle: "What's wrong with the eye? Wait for me to go down, and treat you properly!"
"Oh no!" Su Ting was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, reaching out to grab the hem of his clothes, "Brother Nian, listen to me, this is—"
"Hey, hey, just hide away if you don't look at it, what are you doing?"
People were watching, Su Ting was so confused, he was quickly shoved aside by impatient spectators, he just stared anxiously, the more he wanted to speak, the more he was pushed back, and finally he was directly pushed away He was squeezed out, and there was a lot of voices around him, he stomped his feet and yelled a few times, and Yu Jinnian was meticulously grinding the powdered incense through the three floors of people inside and outside, without any response.
Behind the curtain, the owner sent a servant out, and circled around the tables of the two of them. When he saw Yu Jinnian's materials, he couldn't help being startled. The beard stroking boss reported it, and sure enough, the boss frowned vigorously, and hummed: "Nonsense, you really are a layman!"
"How?" There was another screen behind the curtain, and a clear and soft voice sounded, it was a girl.
The young man replied proudly: "The boy didn't weigh it, he just scooped out the powdered incense and used it. Just smelling Aixiang, he added at least three or four dollars. How did Aixiang punch his nose? Such a young man Cake fragrance, add so much moxa, I am afraid that even the bugs will have to detour!"
The girl smiled, and asked softly, "What does that man look like? How old is he?"
The servant was so bewildered that he didn't even think about it, so he said, "He's a young guy. He doesn't look very big, but he's smart, but he's very smart, and he's very handsome..." The old boss clenched his fist and put it to his mouth." Cough cough" two times, the boy quickly reacted, and immediately stopped talking.
A few people were talking, and then a servant led the two people who had already mixed the incense and walked over.
The owner took the fragrant cakes made by both parties, and sniffed each of them under his nose. One of them smelled so weird that he couldn't help sneezing. He quickly took the fragrant cakes away, out of courtesy, he was still calm He asked eagerly: "Boy, did you get a name for this incense? What do you say?"
Another person couldn't wait to say first: "My fragrance is called Wangsu. It is beautiful and fragrant, and you forget the vulgar when you see it."
It's just an incense, and there are so many famous people, Yu Jinnian also put some incense on his wrist, he lowered his head and smelled it, but he really couldn't make such a gesture, so he had to tell the truth: "I don't have a good name, it repells mosquitoes." It’s just chasing insect incense. As for the saying... Long summer is the season when mosquitoes are rampant. When you get up in the morning and go into the night, light this incense on the bedside and corner of the room, and keep it for a whole day without being bitten by insects. It’s very useful!”
"You—" The boss became inexplicably angry, and patted the armrest of the armchair vigorously.
"Pfft..." It was out of place, but there was an uncontrollable smile from behind, "Changxia has many mosquitoes, the young master is right... It is elegant to forget the customs, but we are just one of the mortal beings in the world, that's all. Come and go like ants, how can you really forget the customs? But this insect repellent incense is approachable and considerate, I just look at it very well."
The old boss asked in surprise, "Xia'er?"
"Didn't Daddy agree to let Chang Xia choose by himself?" The little girl behind the screen hummed softly, "Chang Xia chooses the son-in-law by himself, so naturally he has to choose the one he likes." Daddy is going to go back on his word now? I just want to choose him, otherwise I won’t marry this year!”
"What nonsense!" The old boss scolded, then changed his face again, and whispered sadly to his daughter, "It's been a few years, if you don't marry and become an old girl, people will laugh at you!"
"Jokes are jokes. I, Sheng Changxia, have never used any of the Xiangdong Chong Mansions. Are you afraid that people will make jokes?"
Yu Jinnian thought "she's a strong woman", but suddenly realized something, waved her hands and said, "Wait, wait... What did you say about marrying or not..."
The old boss shook his head, gritted his teeth, and sighed: "Forget it! Since the little girl has taken a fancy to it, and she does have some skills... Our Sheng family doesn't want anything from you, as long as you have a good temper and can please the little girl—" He waved his hand and walked from the side Several servants holding plates walked out, holding a bunch of things in their hands, red and golden, so painful to the eyes.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Yu Jinnian finally came back to his senses, his heart was in a bad mood, he stepped back again and again, and was about to turn around and slip away, when he was blocked by a few nimble boys, he lost his way out, and couldn't help feeling embarrassed Said, "Oh, my lord, I didn't know you were recruiting relatives from Bixiang!"
"Stop him!" The old boss changed his benevolent face, stood up and said sternly, "Since you won the flower recognition meeting of my Sheng family, you are the son-in-law of my Sheng family, and you will be allowed to abandon him all the time?!"
Several domestic servants with astonishing strength pulled him back into the curtain, pressed him on the stool, and hurriedly put a wedding dress and crown on his body. Looking at this posture, those who knew clearly knew that it was marriage, and those who didn't understood were still married. I thought it was to rob the women of the people by force! I don't know how much the young lady of the Sheng family hates getting married, and she is so desperate that she directly grabs someone from the street and goes back to get married!
At any rate, you have to match the horoscope and set an auspicious time!
Master Sheng ordered: "Move faster, the auspicious time will be delayed later, only you are asking!"
"..."
Yu Jinnian couldn't help but try to understand it with emotion and reason: "Master Sheng! I didn't start chaotically and end up abandoning you. I haven't even seen your daughter's face. Besides, as the saying goes, harmony between husband and wife is the key to success." To be together for a hundred years. To be honest, I am used to being carefree, immature and incompetent, and I don't even have the slightest idea of your family's daughter. Even if I marry you, I can hardly take good care of your precious daughter! Take a look at that man, I see that he is very infatuated with the daughter of the family..."
The lady said: "The Sheng family doesn't need you to be capable."
The implication is that he wants to eat soft meals at home
He spoke dryly, but the other party was still indifferent. It seemed that he was determined to tie him back to the church. The most frightening thing was that the Sheng family came from Liang, the leader of the bandits. Prepared a hijab to paste on his face.
Force kiss!
One plan failed, and another plan was made, Yu Jinnian said casually: "To be honest, I already have a family!"
Master Sheng blew his beard: "What did you say?!"
Yu Jinnian stood at the door of the bridal sedan chair, bared his teeth and said with a grin: "It is true that he has a family. She is several times more beautiful than your young lady. She is also well-educated, elegant, intelligent, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and very funny. If you don't mind Miss Sheng I don't mind having an extra concubine when I'm young. It's just that my little-bellied, mean-spirited, very caressing daughter may have to take care of her a little more. After all, everything is going well together! Hey, hey... "
Master Sheng almost fainted.
The servant next to him was so frightened that he went to help Master Sheng. Yu Jinnian rolled his eyes and took the opportunity to kick the servant in front of him away. Eight young men chased him, but he couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north, so he just ran away. As soon as he jumped off the stage, someone squeezed out suddenly and grabbed his hand. He was about to raise his hand in shock—
"Brother Nian is me! Over here, hurry up!"
"Su Ting?" Yu Jinnian heaved a sigh of relief, followed quickly, and did not forget to complain to him on the way to escape, "This is a marriage invitation! No one reminded me!"
Su Ting said angrily: "Why didn't you remind me, I winked at you, but you said my eyes were sick!"
Yu Jinnian remembered that this happened, and regretted, "I..."
Su Ting looked at the direction behind him, and urged him: "Oh, don't talk, just run away! I seem to have seen Mr. Ji's people in the west just now, so go there! I'll help you block a few people behind." .”
The wedding clothes on his body didn't fit him very well, the sleeves and hem of his clothes were a bit longer than his own, he untied the belt while running, and he had to watch out if anyone chased him, so he pulled the belt out of his half-hearted mind. The system is dead. Yu Jinnian was so busy that he was sweating, and then he gave up altogether, and ran wildly between the streets and alleys with his clothes in his hands.
"—Where is the West!"
Su Ting only told him to go west, but he didn't say where the west is. Yu Jinnian's sense of direction was weak, and he was able to get a good idea of Xin'an County because practice makes perfect. As for the dense streets and unfamiliar places In Dongchong Mansion, every household looks the same in Yu Jinnian's eyes, how can you tell where is West!
Yu Jinnian has been lazy in the car for a while now, being cared by someone in Ji's hands. He hasn't moved for a long time, so he inevitably gets dizzy and short of breath from running. The servants of the Sheng family are chasing after him. It's not that he wants to tie him back to be his son-in-law. He lost his posture, as if he didn't want to swallow this breath, and insisted on capturing him back to set the record straight.
In the elegant room of the teahouse not far away.
"My subordinates found out that the boy entered the city with a group of people who claimed to be wealthy businessmen."
The man in purple on the opposite side: "Oh? Call yourself."
The attendant nodded and said in a low voice: "They didn't deliberately cover up, so it's not difficult to find out. The leader is the second son of Xiangfu's family, and there is another person accompanying him..."
Yan Chang's eyes sank slightly, and the jade walnuts he was playing with between his fingers gradually stopped in his hands. Then he smiled lightly, and said clearly: "Who else can be with Min Xuefei, the one from the Ji family? Fate."
Zhou Feng didn't speak.
Yan Chang leaned back in the chair, continued to rub his jade walnuts, and said with great interest: "In this case, his sister should still call me uncle, and we can be considered... brothers? So, then The boy is the little miracle doctor who survived the catastrophe in Xin'an County, and they are a pair of brothers and sisters, and they are also compatible."
Zhou Feng: "..."
Suddenly there was a lot of commotion outside, Zhou Feng stepped out of the window and peeped out, and saw a young man in red running over like a wind, and in the distance, he was wandering around looking at several hideous-looking servants with sticks.
"Master." Zhou Feng called out in a low voice.
Yan Chang stood up, clenched his right hand lightly, finally put it down, and raised his left arm instead, putting it on the window sash: "What a coincidence."
Yu Jinnian took a few breaths, holding on to the wall, he couldn't run any longer, and was about to give up on himself—suddenly, the window at his hand opened from the inside, Yu Jinnian hesitated for a moment, and suddenly stretched out his hand, covered his mouth, and dragged him upside down go in.
The other party was quite strong, and Yu Jinnian was shocked and stabbed out with his elbow. The man was in pain, so he took the opportunity to open his mouth and bite the back of the man's hand. He thought it was the Sheng family, so he didn't show mercy. He bit his mouth quite hard, and he even tasted a faint fishy-sweet taste. Even if he didn't gnaw off a piece of meat, there would still be a string of indelible tooth marks left behind.
"Presumptuous!" Immediately afterwards, a cold sword was placed across the neck.
Yu Jinnian took a closer look and found that this person looked very familiar. After thinking about it carefully, it turned out to be the man in the antique shop with a wound on his right shoulder, who was bent over by his elbow at this moment.
He didn't know why he got involved with this person, maybe because he caught an amber cup for him in the shop, he came here to repay the love, Yu Jinnian said embarrassedly: "Sorry, I just ran away stupidly. Faster than brains... are you okay?"
Yan Chang waved his hand and sent Zhou Feng back. He straightened up slowly, his gaze swept over the young man's messy red collar, and fixed on Yu Jinnian's forehead. He didn't know what he was looking at, and he replied after a long time: "It's okay, Also worth it."
Yu Jinnian was stunned for a while, not knowing what he meant.
"Little thing, we meet again." Yan Chang raised his hand suddenly, Yu Jinnian dodged reflexively, he touched the air with his left hand, paused in mid-air, his expression was sluggish for a moment, his fingertips twirled unnaturally before putting down his arm , the corner of her mouth curled up and she pretended to be relaxed, "The hair crown is crooked...why, I'm afraid I can't force a kiss?"
That's not funny at all, especially coming out of this man's mouth.
Yu Jinnian straightened his hair crown with both hands: "How can it be, even if we don't know each other very well, I can do this kind of thing by myself." After speaking, he realized in a daze that the crown was forced on him by the Sheng family, and he was furious He tore the thing off, threw it on the ground, and then searched his whole body.
The hair crown was roughly torn off, with a few strands of hair broken, and then the hair fell all over his chest. He held it in a bunch and threw it back over his shoulder. Bright sunlight came in through the cracks of the window, and a thin strip of light fell on the person's face. At the junction of light and dark, there was a soft tooth color on the neck.
"Looking for what?" Yan Chang asked.
Yu Jinnian: "My headband is duck egg green, and it's so narrow."
Yan Chang: "I haven't seen it yet."
Yu Jinnian let out a dejected "Oh", thinking that the Sheng family probably tore it off when they brought him a hair crown. Although the hair band was worthless, it was given by Ji Hong. Thinking about it this way, it seems that Ji Hong gave it to him Except for the saber, everything else had been inexplicably lost, and he kicked the crown of hair depressingly.
Yan Chang saw that he had lost his temper, and then he was dejected, like a cat whose tail was cut off, thinking that he was worried about the pursuers outside, so he said: "No one will come in here, you can hide here For a while. Sit down casually. Zhou...Xiao Si, pour tea." He turned to Yu Jinnian, "What kind of tea would you like to drink? This tea house is not bad, and all the tea used is new from that year."
"Don't bother me, I don't drink tea." Yu Jinnian said sullenly.
Yan Chang acted as if he didn't hear, but still ordered: "Come to a cup of green bamboo leaves."
"..." Zhou Feng, who was randomly called "Zhou Xiaosi", glanced at Yu Jinnian, silently pursed his lips, and went outside to order tea.
Finally the tea was poured, out of politeness, Yu Jinnian picked it up and touched his lips, and took a sip.
Yan Chang said again: "The bamboo leaf green here is the top grade in Sichuan. It tastes mellow and clear, and can it go down the throat?"
Yu Jinnian slowly put down the teacup, and replied: "I don't understand this... I can't taste good or bad, I can only taste the fragrance." He hesitated for a while, and said, "I'm strangers to Your Excellency, right?"
Yan Chang didn't answer and said, "Little Four, go and prepare some raw tea."
Yu Jinnian only felt that this person was either deaf or a fool, and he didn't listen to others at all as he wanted to do whatever he wanted.
He sat opposite the other party, stared at the clear tea soup in front of him for a while, and then secretly raised his eyes to look at Yan Chang. The other party's right shoulder must have been injured, because his right hand has been hidden under the table. Under the case, only the unskilled left hand is used to handle chores throughout the whole process.
This person looked upright, at least the fine lines at the corners of his eyes made him not look so young anymore. But not being young does not necessarily mean being old. The years have not left traces of excessive vicissitudes on him, but have washed out an obvious demeanor of a superior.
Different from Li Guogong's son, Ji Hong is also bottomless, but clear. It is a pool of cold water, which makes people feel the danger clearly; but the one in front of him is more like a cup of overnight water. The tea soup is rich and cloudy, even if it is stirred, it is difficult to see the porcelain color at the bottom of the cup. Although it is deterrent, it is rare to see cold emotions.
Yan Chang raised his gaze suddenly, and met Yu Jinnian's peeking gaze. He didn't feel embarrassed, and asked, "Mr. Xiao knows medicine?"
Yu Jinnian returned from his wanderings outside the sky, and replied, "Well, it's just a rough idea."
"Mr. Xiao is too modest." Yan Chang stood up slightly, "Mr. Xiao's surname is Yu? From Xin'an County?"
"Ah, yes..." Yu Jinnian was slightly surprised, "Do you recognize me?"
"Mr. Xiao is a little different from what I think." Yan Chang jokingly said, he raised his right hand, opened and curled his five fingers, before Yu Jinnian was puzzled, he lowered his eyes and sighed again, "Mr. It’s just that when I arrived in Xin’an County that day, I learned that Mr. Xiao had left home and went north. I missed it this time, and I really regretted it. Could it be fate to meet Mr. Xiao here today?”
He then smiled modestly: "To be honest, a certain person is suffering from a serious illness, which has been lingering for many years and has not recovered. I wanted to ask Mr. Xiao for diagnosis and treatment in Xin'an County, but I would meet here by chance... If Mr. Xiao is willing to help , must be very grateful.”
The man said "very regretful", but his face was peaceful.
Yu Jinnian thought about it, and no matter who he was, in the current situation, he couldn't get out for a while, so it was okay to have a look with him, but he had to say first: "This time there is no medicine, it is After seeing it, I can only prescribe some prescriptions and decoctions, I am afraid it will be difficult to cure the disease."
He straightened up, stretched out his hand and pressed on the opponent's shoulder and neck a few times, and groped along the meridian with his thumb for a while. He vaguely touched a few small nodules between the muscles under his fingers, he frowned and then stepped back, saying: "Master, you probably have a paralysis, and you have been suffering from it for a long time... But as long as you follow the paralysis to cure it , should be effective."
Zhou Feng's eyes lit up: "Master—"
The dark tide rolled in Yan Chang's eyes, and he lowered his voice and said, "Can it be cured?"
Yu Jinnian nodded, and said seriously: "Of course, it just takes some effort. Looking at this lesion, it seems that the shoulder and arm were injured in the early years and the root of the disease was left between the fascia. If you don’t have a good rest and maintenance, you may not feel anything when you are young, but you will start to feel pain when you are older. After such a long period of time, it will develop into arthralgia. New diseases are easy to treat, long-term diseases are difficult to cure, and all old diseases are not too serious. easy."
Zhou Feng repeatedly nodded in agreement, couldn't help interjecting, and said indignantly: "The little genius doctor is really amazing, isn't that true! Our master looks at the rich clothes and fine food, how does anyone know that he is a saddle horse, hardworking and hard-working, how has he ever enjoyed it? One day! The master has been traveling all day—”
"—Thursday! Still not retreating." Yan Chang interrupted him.
"..." Zhou Feng suddenly realized that he had said something wrong, so he quickly slapped himself, shut his mouth and took his new name "Thursday", and retreated wearily to the side.
Yu Jinnian looked at them in confusion.
Yan Chang tapped the teacup with his fingertips, and explained kindly: "Running here and there. I am a tea businessman." Speaking of this, he remembered that he had not declared his family name, "A certain name is Xia Yue, who has lived in the South for a long time. You know, those in our line of work seldom have a rest, and when sick, it is rare to have a chance to recuperate... Life is just forced."
It seemed to make some sense, but this person didn't smell like a tea merchant should have, but had a... river smell.
Yan Chang said: "As for the diagnosis, please see, Mr...."
Yu Jinnian said: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Xia, I came out today just to do some medical acupuncture, but now that something happened, I guess I'll be a 'shrinking turtle' for a few days, and I won't be able to get everything done for a while. Besides, I'm passing through here, and I'll only stay for a few days, so I won't be staying for long. However, Dongchong Mansion has a lot of talents, so it shouldn't be difficult to find a doctor..."
"Since we're going to stay for a few days, instead of having fun in the inn, why not let Xia be the host, Mr. Xiao will do you a favor and have a light meal, and if you have time after the meal, let me take a look at this unbelievable arm." Yan Chang couldn't help but say. Said, "Tomorrow afternoon, I will send someone to pick up Mr. Xiao."
Yu Jinnian: "..."
There was simply no room for him to refuse.
Yu Jinnian heard that the movement outside had subsided, and the familiar shouts of Duan Ming and the others could be vaguely heard. He stood up and walked a few steps towards the door, the joy on his face could not be restrained. He was pushing the door to go, when he suddenly remembered something, ran back to Zhou Feng, borrowed his sword to cut off the tied belt, and threw the obtrusive Xi clothes on the ground: "I'll go first gone."
Yan Chang sent him to the door, looked into the distance from the window sash, and saw a familiar figure in green clothes and black hair, standing tall and straight like jade in the busy city, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said to Yu Jinnian: " But your family came to look for it?"
Yu Jinnian also looked at Ji Hong from afar, and was overjoyed. The ghost on his body was about to fly over first, so he replied absent-mindedly: "Well, it's sort of..."
Yan Chang was silent, watching the young man rush over and plunge into the man's arms.
He took a few steps back, bent down to pick up the red shirt on the ground, and wiped it on the palm bitten by Yu Jinnian a few times: "Family." He laughed inexplicably, "Blood is thicker than water and even brothers fight against each other, let alone right and wrong." Two people who are not close."
Ji Hong was bumped into his arms, but he didn't show mercy, he pulled him out by the back of his neck, his face was full of cold anger: "Where did you go!"
Yu Jinnian swallowed, and said with a guilty conscience: "It's just being stubborn everywhere..."
"Playing around, just playing the city full of wind and rain, asking people to search the streets and alleys to chase them? It's really amazing to be accused of being a chaotic person and abandoning them."
This is really true, he usually speaks a thousand words to others, but when he is training others alone, he is like a cannonball. Yu Jinnian tilted his head to look at him, with "I was wrong" all over his face.
Ji Hong stared at him condescendingly, seeing his shawl draped over him, looking embarrassed and aggrieved, he decided that he couldn't bear to reprimand him: "Be more upright. Where did you hide just now?"
Yu Jinnian opened his mouth and told him the whole story honestly. Seeing Ji Hong frowned, he thought he didn't believe him, so he took him to look at the teahouse, pointed to a window facing the street, and said, "It's that During this time, Boss Xia was seriously ill, and he said that he would invite me to see a doctor tomorrow... Oh, I accepted Boss Xia’s favor, but I forgot to thank him.”
Ji Hong looked over and saw that the window was open, only the tea on the table was wafting, but there was no one inside.