Chapter 117 Telling the Story of Xu Fu's Search for Longevity (2)
Most of the islands are old men, and the youngest one is in his thirties. They are the son of the old man. They are all men and have lived on the island for more than 20 years. The arrival of Hongjin and Miaoling brought vitality to the island. The old man and others like them very much and regard them as the pearls in their palms.
Because the numbers tattooed on Hongjin and Miaoling's arms are one thousand numbers, they are called Qiantong by Lao Weng and others; the numbers tattooed on the girl's arms are nine nine nine nine, so they are called Sanjiu by Lao Weng and others.
The old man knew some medical skills and martial arts. He regarded Hongjin and Miaoling as his grandsons and granddaughters, taught them medical skills and martial arts, and hoped that when they grew up, they could return to the mainland and fulfill the wishes of the old man and others.
Ten years later, all the old men on the island died one after another. The old man hoped that after his death, Hongjin, Miaoling and his son Hanniu would return to the mainland with their ashes.
After the old man died, Hongjin and Hanniu searched for wood to build a ship. After three years, they finally built a simple ship. Then the three of them took the ashes of the old man and others to float in the sea and sailed towards the mainland.
However, after traveling for many days, when they were about to reach the shore, the boat was overturned by strong winds and waves. The three of them almost died and were pushed to the beach by the waves. The ashes of the old man and others sank to the bottom of the sea.
Hongjin, Miaoling, and Hanniu were deeply saddened by this. After crying, Hanniu said that he could not go back and explain to people, so he followed Hongjin and Miaoling back to their hometown, the south of the Yangtze River, the paradise of "Liangdu".
At this time, Qin Shihuang had already died, politics was in chaos, and people were in trouble.
After Hongjin, Miaoling and Hanniu returned to Liangdu, they saw many poor villagers who had no money to treat their illnesses, so they used their medical skills to treat their villagers. For a time, their reputation spread far and wider. It was said that Hongjin and Miaoling brought the elixir of immortality back from Donghai, which caused speculation from some wealthy people, believing that Hongjin and Miaoling must have the elixir of immortality.
What are the other ones who went to Miaoling's house to propose marriage, in an attempt to get both beauty and immortality. But Miaoling only has Hongjin in her heart, and she rejected those who asked for marriage for thousands of miles. Hongjin was also in love with Miaoling.
Soon, news came from You'an, Liangdu neighboring county that a boy also returned from the East China Sea. The boy was named Bolu, and it was also said that he brought the elixir of immortality. This attracted the rich to buy and bid for medicine.
After hearing this, Hongjin and Miaoling went to You'an with Hanniu and three others to find Bolu, trying to expose the scam, but unexpectedly they were in danger.
Later, he understood the truth. The manipulator behind Bolu was actually Lei Feng, the head of the Fenglei Sect, who wrote and directed a scam. Lei Feng then imprisoned Hongjin, Miaoling and Hanniu, asking them to cook the elixir of immortality for themselves.
At the same time, Lei Feng's junior sister Lei Huahua (that is, Lei Feng's wife) also used the beauty trick to seduce Han Niu, intending to take the elixir of immortality. Han Niu randomly wrote a prescription for Lei Huahua.
After much experience, Hongjin Shengzhi rushed out of the Fenglei Sect and joined forces with the Huangsha Sect to expose the Fenglei Sect's scam, punished the leader Lei Feng, and rescued Miao Ling and Han Niu. The wife of Lei Feng escaped elsewhere.
Hongjin thanked Huangsha Sect for their gratitude. In addition, Huang Quan, the head of Huangsha Sect, proposed to cooperate with Hongjin and Miaoling to produce elixirs of immortality. If the two of them explain, Huang Quan just doesn't believe it and insists that they hand over the prescription.
Hongjin, Miaoling and his naughty were in the tiger's den in addition to the Dragon Pond. The two of them pretended to agree first. Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, they ran away with Hanniu overnight, went away from home, practiced medicine everywhere, and came to Chang'an City.
When Hongjin, Miaoling and Hanniu arrived at Chang'an City, they didn't expect that Chang'an City was selling immortality medicine everywhere, and the fake medicine was about to run away faster than the three of them.
At this time, Liu Bang had already proclaimed himself emperor. Liu Bang heard from the ministers that the elixir of immortality was very common in Chang'an City. In order to buy expensive elixirs, some people stole, robbed, and killed people in Chang'an City, and even sold their children to exchange for silver in order to seek elixir of immortality.
Liu Bang was furious when he heard this and wanted to punish those who made the counterfeit medicine, so he asked the government to find out the reason and find the mastermind. After investigation, the government arrested the two masterminds who made the counterfeit medicine. Only then did he realize that it was Lei Huahua, the head of the Fenglei Sect, who colluded with Huang Quan, the head of the Huangsha Sect, and used the prescription given by Hanniu to produce the elixir of immortality.
However, Lei Huahua insisted that it was the elixir of immortality given to her by Hongjin and Miaoling. After the government learned about it, it immediately captured Hongjin and Miaoling. Hongjin and Miaoling could not be argued, and the government ruled that they would be executed.
When Hongjin and Miaoling were about to be executed, Hanniu rushed over and explained everything that Hanniu had given Lei Huahua tonic was a tonic, an elixir of immortality made by Lei Huahua and Huangquan. When the government knew about it, Lei Huahua and Huangquan, who made fake medicines, were killed. From then on, the immortality medicine disappeared in the world.
Finally, Hongjin and Miaoling were hired as imperial doctors. The two got married, and Hanniu also found a partner and everyone was happy.
After the old man's story was told, he let out a long breath, picked up the teacup and took another sip of tea.
After hearing this, Tang Monk felt that he was still unfulfilled and asked:
"Old man, I just heard that Chang'an mentioned in the story you told me, and I feel very close to you. By the way, I haven't introduced myself to you yet. My name is Tang Seng, who comes from Chang'an."
When the old man heard this, he smiled and nodded: "My little master, I have heard of your name. Are you Tang Monk who went to the West to obtain scriptures?"
"Well, it's me, I'm the one who came to the West to obtain the scriptures. How did you know?" Tang Seng agreed to his true identity without paying attention.
"My little master is really a great virtue. He dares to go to the West. There are many monks in this world. Maybe you are the ones like the little master!" The old man said with a smile.
When Tang Seng heard this, he shyly shook his head and became humble: "Hi! What a great man! Just think of his own preference." As he said that, Tang Seng suddenly remembered something to ask:
"Old man, I still ask you about your name until now? Is it easy to tell me?"
The old man smiled and nodded, blurted out: "My name is Hongjin."
"What? Your name is Hongjin!" Tang Seng was shocked: "The Hongjin you called is the Hongjin in your story just now."
The old man smiled and nodded: "That's right!"
"Oh! It's true, you've just told your own story, but..." Tang Seng said this, and immediately turned his mind and continued to say something else: "What you just told was the story of the Qin Dynasty. Now it's the Tang Dynasty. You're over a hundred years old! But you're a human being. This person can live for hundreds of years, nearly a thousand years old!"
Tang Seng said this, and he naturally recognized that the old man was a ghost, but he didn't make it clear.
Chapter completed!