Chapter 154 Continued
In front of the Baicaotang in Beijing, Qiu Yunpan had a few decoctions and took some medicines. He poured them into the porcelain gourd one by one, and then slowly put them into the medicine box, preparing to deliver them to several patients. As soon as he left the store, he was stopped by a Taoist dressed as a Taoist priest.
"Young man, does Taoist Zhai Tan live here?" The Taoist priest who stopped him made a bow and asked him. Qiu Yunpan looked at the Taoist priest up and down and shook his head. Although Zhai Tan was in Baicaotang, he never revealed his real name. He wanted to call his surname Tan to outsiders. Because he offended too many people and had few friends when he was young, most of the people who found him here came to seek revenge. So whenever anyone asked if Zhai Tan was alive, Qiu Yunpan firmly denied it.[]
In fact, it is not easy to offend people as a Taoist priest. After all, there are only a few ancestors of Taoist sects. In terms of this, Taoist priests all over the world are all brothers. Even if there is a small conflict, they will still compete for fame and fortune among major sects. Zhai Tan's sect has always been low-key. If someone else had joined this sect, there would definitely be no enemies. Unfortunately, after Qian Xuanzi accepted Zhai Tan, he only taught him martial arts and Taoist methods. The rules and regulations of the sect were mentioned very few times. In addition, Zhai Tan's talent was extraordinary, so he offended countless people in the world, and there were especially many enemies in the Taoist sect.
"So... do you know where he went? We met a few years ago. At that time, he had an agreement with me. I have never dared to forget it for several years. The agreed matter today has been basically completed. I want to explain it to him." The Taoist priest forgot the main entrance of Baicaotang, frowned and said, "Is there something unexpected happening to him?"
"Doctor Tan has an urgent matter at the moment and has to go out for a long time." Qiu Yun and Pan Yue felt more and more that he was going to trouble Zhai Tan when he heard the Taoist priest's tone. Such words as "an agreement" and "giving an understanding" were usually insulted by Zhai Tan back then, but now he is insulted. What Zhai Tan liked the most was to make a contract with someone for a few years before competing.
The Taoist priest frowned again and said, "Who are you from him?"
(The thing I want to tell is that after Qian Xuanzi fell into a coma, some years later. These stories were all told after Zhai Tan saved Qiu Yunpan's entire village. The reason why they told this is to let everyone better understand the previous stories.)
Qiu Yunpan's heart trembled when asked. After all, he was still young. Unexpectedly, someone would ask this question. He immediately became alert and said, "I am the clerk of Baicaotang and I am usually responsible for taking care of Mr. Tan."
"Really?" The Taoist priest smiled slightly, patted Qiu Yunpan's head, and said, "I think your bones have been practicing qi for several years. The Five Precepts of Taoism have spoken, and those who practice Taoism should not be insincere. Why do you just say this lie?"
Seeing that the Taoist priest saw through his identity and spoke kindly, Qiu Yunpan let down his snacks slightly. Although Zhai Tan was arrogant and offended many people, he also met many extremely powerful friends. I remember that a few years ago, another royal family of the previous dynasty came to reminisce about the past and asked him to treat the stubborn disease of a person with a very high status. Unfortunately, Zhai Tan saw that his fortune in the previous dynasty had failed. After curing this person, he could only leave a disaster, so he politely rejected the royal family. Not only was the man not unhappy, but he also praised Zhai Tan for having seen someone who had seen him before leaving.
However, Qiu Yunpan still dared not believe this Taoist priest. The current situation is turbulent. Some rich men regard killing as eating and doing it casually. Some people appear to be kind, but in fact, the more they are, the more likely they are to kill without blinking.
Seeing that he didn't speak, his eyes were circling again and said, "I have something extremely important to find Brother Zhai. I'm not convenient to tell you, would you take me to see him?"
"What's your business? Can you tell me first that we guys usually do everything we do depends on Mr. Tan's words. If I rashly take you to see Mr. Tan, and he doesn't want to see you, he will definitely leave. When the boss knows, I will lose my job."
Seeing that his attitude had changed a little, the Taoist priest said, "No, no, I, Chixiazi, never implicated others, and I don't think you are like this guy, are you the apprentice mentioned in Brother Zhai's letter?"
Qiu Yunpan was stunned when he heard this, but he immediately realized that it might be the Taoist priest who was cheating him and immediately said, "Everyone of us is Mr. Tan's disciples, and we are all counting on learning some medical skills from him."
When the Taoist priest saw Qiu Yunpan dodging from both sides and knew that he would not say any key words and could not gain his trust, he lowered his voice and said, "Have your master told you that before his master Qian Xuanzi died, he had three last wishes? I came to see him after fulfilling one of them. If you don't believe it, I have to prove it."
The Taoist priest said, and he was about to take out something from his arms.
Before he could take it out, Qiu Yunpan smiled at him and said, "This Taoist priest, I really don't know what you said. I'm going to give medicine. You go and ask other guys?"
The Taoist priest was patient and actually followed Qiu Yunpan Ji for a few steps and said, "I have inquired about it with seven or eight guys, but I will not tell me the matter. You are like this and will delay major issues."
"We are a friend who probably can't know much about this. We only know that Mr. Tan sometimes takes a medical consultation and sometimes traveling, and there is no fixed number. If you really want to wait for him, just stay in the hotel opposite Baicaotang. One day, Mr. Tan will come back." Qiu Yunpan knew in his heart that if the Taoist priest had any token, he would definitely take it out early in the morning. Why wait until now? The one he took it out is probably a fake, so he was too lazy to bother him and just wanted to deal with it and then leave.
"Why are you so stubborn?" The Taoist priest shook his body and blocked Qiu Yunpan's face, saying, "I really have something to look for Brother Zhai. Don't rush to leave first, look at my token before talking about it."
Qiu Yunpan knew that if he didn't look at any token, the Taoist priest would not let him go. At most, he would pretend not to recognize any token and could get out. So he nodded and said, "Master Taoist, I really don't understand any token. If you insist on me to see it, then take it out. Can I leave after I see it?"
In fact, Qiu Yunpan had learned a few years at this time, and he basically understood the rules of the Taoist sect. The so-called tokens in the Taoist sect are generally nothing more than divine talismans, tokens, etc. These things are often specially processed. Those who have learned Taoist sect for a few years can easily distinguish the true or false. He guessed that the Taoist priest probably wanted to try whether he understood the rules of the Taoist sect, so he insisted on seeing what tokens. At this time, if he pointed out that the token was fake, he would definitely not tell himself and admit that he was Zhai Tan's disciple. He declared in advance that he did not understand what tokens. No matter what the Taoist priest took out, he would pretend not to know.
Qiu Yunpan was thinking about these things in his heart, and suddenly felt his whole body trembled, and his eyes were flashed by a cold light. When he looked carefully, he realized that the Taoist priest had taken out a copper weapon from his arms.
"If you hand over this thing to Brother Zhai, he will naturally understand." The Taoist priest was obviously a little impatient. Regardless of whether Qiu Yunpan wanted to do so, he insisted on stuffing the weapon, and said while blocking it, "Look carefully, you will understand after you look."
Qiu Yunpan didn't take such things. Although he was shocked by such weapons, the Taoist priest deliberately covered most of them with a Taoist robe. He didn't see what it was. He took two steps back and said, "Since that's the case, why don't you go to find Mr. Tan by yourself."
This made the Taoist priest stunned. His hand was slowing down when he stuffed things, and then he said again: "It is not convenient for me to see Brother Zhai like this. You, the junior, cannot know about us."
When Qiu Yunpan heard this, he immediately felt that this matter was not simple. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Master, you are good, don't involve me in your affairs with Mr. Tan."
"Don't rush to refuse, look at my token first, and you will understand more after reading it."
The Taoist priest said, he approached Qiu Yunpan a few steps, rolled his sleeves, and didn't know what technique he used, so the thing slipped into Qiu Yunpan's hand. Qiu Yunpan felt that his hand sank. After seeing again, there was actually a copper mace in his hand. If it were to say that weapons like mace were mostly made of bronze or steel, because these weapons were like big swords and big axes, they were used to break armor. They needed to deform the enemy's armor with one blow, so they had to be made of metals such as bronze or steel.
However, the Taoist priest's copper mace was half smaller than the ordinary steel mace, and the weight was much smaller, so it would definitely not be able to break the armor. Qiu Yunpan was afraid that the Taoist priest would see his identity if he looked carefully, so he said, "This Taoist priest, why do you give me an iron stick?"
"You really don't know this thing?"
"I think I've seen it from the people who are performing arts on the sky bridge, but this one looks a little smaller and looks better than that. The Taoist priest wants me to hand over this thing? It looks quite precious, you can hand over it yourself." Qiu Yunpan touched the copper mace and felt that there were two breaths on the copper mace that were constantly changing. Sometimes it was as cold as ice, sometimes it was hot and hot, which was extremely strange. He didn't dare to take it too much. He said this and wanted to hand the copper mace back.
"If you don't take it back, I'll put it on the ground." Qiu Yunpan said, and then acted as if he wanted to throw the copper mace on the ground. However, he was afraid that it would really delay Zhai Tan's affairs, so he just acted as a gesture and did not really put the copper mace on the ground. On the contrary, he took the opportunity to cover part of the copper mace with his sleeve, for fear that he would be watched by passers-by.
"You junior, I don't believe that you dare to throw this thing away. Go back and hand it over to Brother Zhai, and tell him that I, Chixiazi, have already found it, and it's time for him to fulfill my promise." After that, the Taoist priest actually laughed, and didn't care about Qiu Yunpan's movements. His body shook and actually disappeared.
Chapter completed!