Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The Yong’an Temple was flooded with disaster victims, and seriously ill people lined up from inside the temple to outside, blocking the more than 100-story bluestone steps.
When Lu Huan arrived again, he saw that the temple was even more crowded. Since some people had set up a table to give rice porridge to the victims.
He frowned slightly, a little surprised, because since the frost disaster, many people had been starving for a long time, and the officials in the capital had not taken any measures.
How could anyone be so kind as to give out porridge nowadays?
He asked around a bit.
And Su Xi learned a little bit of the plot. It turned out that——
[The person who is distributing porridge out of kindness is a man named Zhong Ganping.]
[Zhong Ganping: He runs silk, agricultural products, inns, etc. in the capital, and owns thousands of acres of fertile land. He is considered a well-known person. He ranks tenth among the richest businessmen in the capital.]
[He finally had a son in his old age, and he cherished his two-year-old baby son very much. But a few days ago, his baby son also caught an incurable cold. He used his connections to invite the best doctor to see him, but he was unable to cure him! He was so anxious and heartbroken that his hair turned white overnight! While preparing a coffin for his youngest son, he really couldn’t bear this result, so he asked his servants to come to Yong’an Temple to give some porridge to these civilians, hoping to accumulate virtue and pray for blessings.]
Su Xi felt from her gaming intuition that Zhong Ganping should be a key NPC, otherwise his name should be Merchant A.
Just when the cub had asked around, thought for a moment, and walked to the abbot of Yong’an Temple to borrow the stove for boiling medicine, Su Xi looked for the man named Zhong Ganping in the scene.
Sure enough, he was found in the temple. He was kneeling in a quiet room inside the temple, with a heavy heart. Next to him was a middle-aged woman in a yellow embroidered cloak, who kept wiping her tears and copying scriptures in her hands.
The couple were copying scriptures and praying for their young son who had been ill for a long time.
Zhong Ganping said with tears in his eyes: “Buddha bless me, I have lived for most of my life and have never done anything wrong. I finally have this one son! If he can’t be saved, my wife and I might die with him! Please open your eyes and help my son pass through this gate of hell!”
When Su Xi saw his plea pop up on the screen, an idea suddenly occurred to her.
She pressed her finger on the screen and moved it.
She then moved the Guanyin Bodhisattva in front of Zhong Ganping slightly.
Zhong Ganping’s eyes widened immediately, wondering if he was hallucinating. He looked into the quiet room again. He and his wife were the only ones there, and the doors and windows were not open. It couldn’t be the wind. This, this…
He wiped his eyes and looked at Guanyin Bodhisattva again.
But, just see, just see——
The Bodhisattva Guanyin moved again in front of him!
No, he was not mistaken, it was not an illusion, the Bodhisattva really moved!!!
The uneducated people in the folks already believe in ghosts and gods very much, not to mention that Zhong Ganping’s son was now terminally ill and dying, and he had been craving for the Buddha to the point of being possessed!
“The Bodhisattva appears?!”
Zhong Ganping jumped up in surprise and joy, but was afraid of disturbing Guanyin Bodhisattva, so he quickly knelt down with a plop.
This kneeling almost shocked Su Xi. The businessman knelt very hard and his knees were bleeding!
He kowtowed three times in a row and said with tears in his eyes: “Buddha, I beg you, please protect my son!”
Zhong Ganping’s wife didn’t know what had happened. So she looked at him in horror, thinking he had gone mad.
But Zhong Ganping quickly pulled her to kneel, tears streaming down his face with excitement: “Since the Bodhisattva has appeared, please give me some instructions on how to save my son!”
Just as Su Xi was thinking about how to guide him to the cub, she discovered that there seemed to be a conflict in the temple, and some bubble messages kept popping up.
She didn’t care about Zhong Ganping anymore and quickly switched the interface.
She saw that the cub had already boiled the medicine using the stove borrowed from the abbot. The firewood here was too pungent, and his fair, chubby face was dirty with a few streaks of gray dust. His clothes were also messed up because there were too many patients in the temple.
However, none of the patients surrounding him took his medicine. Instead, they stared at him with suspicion and distrust.
“Young man, you said your medicine is very effective in treating colds, but how can you prove it? What if someone dies after drinking it?”
“Is he another charlatan?!”
The monk who was sweeping the floor in the temple also advised: “Yes, young man, don’t join in the fun. There are many patients here. Go home quickly before you get infected.”
A coughing middle-aged man angrily said, “If a charlatan comes here to swindle people, I will report him to the police!”
Su Xi didn’t expect that this task was not such a simple one. These stick-drawn villains were still vigilant and refused to drink the cub’s medicine easily.
She was trying to think of a way to push the plot forward when she saw the cub glance at the people, pick up a bowl of medicine, raise his head and drink it all, put the bowl down, and say to the people, “If I drink it first, do you still think it’s poisonous?”
After the cub did this, the people opened their eyes wide in surprise and their attitude changed slightly.
However, there were already three doctors invited by Lord Zhong Ganping in the temple who were treating everyone for free. Although most of the seriously ill people had no effect at all from the medicines they got from those doctors, those three were still serious doctors after all!
And this young man in a black cloak, who looked to be no more than a dozen years old, suddenly said that he had a miraculous life-saving medicine. Who would believe him?
Maybe some kid sneaked out to play a prank on someone, picked up some black dirt, soaked it in water, and tricked someone into drinking it?!
The doctors also felt that their reputation had been shattered, and they were ashamed. They ordered the people around them to chase the man away: “Where did you come from, young man? Get out of the way!”
One of them pushed Lu Huan away.
Su Xi was a little angry. How could you be so ungrateful even though he came to save you? She was about to pry open the man’s hands that were pushing him towards the cub, but the cub had already taken a step forward and coldly twisted the man’s wrist away.
The man never expected that such a young boy could be so strong. He rubbed his wrist in shock.
Lu Huan let go of his hand and said to those people in a cold voice: “Here is another bowl of medicine. Is there anyone willing to try it? Let’s wait until the next day to see if it is as I said, and it is completely cured.”
After he said this, some people in the crowd began to hesitate. Since it was already like this, they might as well give it a try.
Even if this young man made some random medicine to fool people, could it be worse than the current terminally ill situation?
Then, a young man with a pale face, thin muscles, and constant coughing stood up and said to Lu, “Can I…can I give it a try?”
Lu Huan handed him the medicine.
He took the bowl, divided it into several sips, and drank it down nervously.
After drinking it, he felt nothing for a while, but he was still coughing violently, even coughing up blood. A bunch of people around him, half curious and half disdainful, were immediately disappointed and left in all directions, cursing: “I knew this kid was fooling people, but there are still people who believe him?!”
Lu Huan had expected something like this to happen, so there was no emotion on his face under the black veil. He had only boiled two doses of medicine, and after the young man drank it, he packed up his bag and left.
When Su Xi saw him leave, she quickly switched the interface and followed him back. Before switching the interface, she saw that Zhong Ganping was still kowtowing frantically in the quiet room.
Su Xi: …I’m sorry, rich businessman Lao Shi.
….
When Lu Huan returned home that night, the note was still lying quietly on the table, but he knew that it was probably not yet time for the man to show up, so he was not in a hurry.
He found a piece of wood at night, leaned against the head of the bed, and began to carve something. The candlelight under the eaves flickered, and fell on his face through the window, casting a layer of light on his face. He looked very focused.
Su Xi was a little curious about what he was carving.
Because everything that the cub had done before, including carrying water to farm and going shopping, was all for a living. This was the first time Su Xi saw him doing something insignificant, or even leisurely and elegant.
Although the cub was not very good at needlework, he was very flexible in carving. His little hands holding the sharp knife flew up and down, and soon some wood chips were piled on the ground beside the bed.
Although it was not immediately clear what the cub was carving, Su Xi was still watching with great interest. She even couldn’t help limping to the refrigerator to get a can of Fatty Coke and a bag of potato chips as she continued watching.
It soon became late at night in the game. After seeing the cub finally put down the carved wooden pillar, turn off the lights and go to sleep, Su Xi exchanged some medicine from the mall and placed it on his desk.
There were all kinds of medicines in the mall.
Su Xi looked around and saw medicines for the treatment of plague, arrow wounds, and smallpox, but the medicines were a little more expensive than other goods. The cold medicine was 20 gold coins per pack, which was 20 cents per pack.
Since Su Xi started spending money on in-game items, the value of her wallet had shrunk rapidly, but fortunately, she had completed tasks recently, and the gold coins given by the system had added up to several hundred.
So she exchanged fifty packets of medicine and stacked them neatly on the table.
And, after she hesitated for a moment, she took the note away. It would be a pity not to take it away, as the baby’s handwriting was so beautiful.
Still the same as before, buried in the secret base in the bamboo forest.
She waited until her baby fell asleep before doing all this. It was already evening in Su Xi’s world, and her mother came to urge her to go to bed. So, she yawned and temporarily logged off to sleep.
Before going to bed, she was still thinking about cooking, but Su Xi herself didn’t know how to cook, and the birthday noodles she made last time were bought directly from the mall.
But this time, she planned to think carefully and make a more special dish.
After all, according to the nature of this game, different dishes may trigger different key plots.
….
But the next day, there was an uproar in Yong’an Temple!
The young man who drank the boy’s medicine yesterday was named Changgong Wu. He had come to the capital to find a living, but unexpectedly he caught a cold and was driven out by the innkeeper. As a result, he had to live in Yong’an Temple and rely on charity to survive.
He was penniless and had no money to see a doctor. It could be said that he was waiting to die. But who would have thought that – after one night, his cold was completely cured!
Not only did the feeling of light-headedness ease, but the coughing also stopped, and he felt visibly more energetic!
The doctor in Yong’an Temple was extremely shocked. He felt his pulse and confirmed that he had indeed recovered from the cold overnight!
Changgong Wu was so grateful that he almost fainted in the temple. He originally thought he was going to die, and drank the medicine given by the mysterious young man because he thought he would die sooner or later. But he never expected that the medicine was actually a magical medicine!
Many people in Yong’an Temple witnessed what happened yesterday and were shocked for a moment.
In addition, those who did not take the bowl of medicine yesterday because they suspected the young man regretted it so much that their livers ached.
Some of them were seriously ill, while others were slightly ill.
Those with mild illnesses were fine, as they thought they still had a chance to meet the young man again and get another bowl of magic medicine. But those with serious illnesses were barely breathing and didn’t know when they would pass away. They regretted it so much that they almost fainted!
This matter spread quickly in Yong’an Temple.
Hundreds of refugees knew about this.
Zhong Ganping was eager to save his son and would not give up any hope. In addition, he saw the Bodhisattva appear in the quiet room yesterday, so he almost immediately believed that this young man was the Bodhisattva’s instruction to him! After he told the story of the Bodhisattva’s appearance yesterday, the people in the temple and their relatives became even more excited. Could it be that they were really saved?!
But on the morning of the next day, the young man in black clothes and black robe did not come again.
All the people in the Yong’an Temple became anxious and began to kowtow to the Bodhisattva frantically, and Zhong Ganping even more so!
He paced back and forth in the quiet room, feeling extremely anxious. He regretted that he had not gone out to take a look when he heard the commotion outside yesterday. He actually let the young man sent by the Bodhisattva go! And the only bowl of magic medicine was actually given to an unknown farmhand?!
What about my son?
Zhong Ganping gave the order, eager to find the young miracle doctor from yesterday as soon as possible.
As a result, this matter was not only known to the people in the temple, but it soon spread.
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