Chapter 1012: The Freshly-Emerged Dongfang Bubai

"Five stones scattered?"

When Boss Lu heard this, he felt terrible and froze on the spot!

Those who work in the pharmacy basically know that taking Wu Shi San can cause chronic poisoning.

The Wu Shi San was once very popular during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

The reason is very simple. The effect after taking Wu Shi San is somewhat similar to inhaling Fu Shou Gao in the late Qing Dynasty.

When Boss Lu heard the prescription Su Mingzhe had given him, and found that the effect of taking it was similar to Wu Shi San, he was completely dumbfounded:

"Brother, please don't scare me. Your prescription has nothing to do with Wu Shi San, right?"

Su Mingzhe didn't understand why Boss Lu was so frightened, so he could only comfort him casually:
"Brother Lu, I was just giving an analogy. Didn't you say that the two prescriptions were just similar? Who knows, maybe the other one is used to treat some strange disease!"

Taking Wu Shi San has similar effects to Fu Shou Gao, but sometimes it can also make people feel extremely hot and emotional, and cause them to do some irrational things.

"It must be like this! It must be like this!"

Boss Lu was really scared.

He didn't dare to talk to Su Mingzhe anymore. He bowed and left in a hurry.

Su Mingzhe also turned and walked towards his own restaurant.

However, driven by curiosity, he used his spiritual sense and followed Boss Lu into a small alley.

"Eunuch Alley?"

"The person who bought Wu Shi San turned out to be a eunuch? No wonder Boss Lu was so panicked!"

Su Mingzhe followed Boss Lu with his spiritual consciousness and saw him questioning a eunuch about why he bought the Five Stones Powder.

And then... Boss Lu disappeared.

"What a fool!"

A eunuch actually took Wu Shi San, there must be a huge secret behind it.

Boss Lu was so stupid as to come to my house and ask directly. If we don’t kill him, who should we kill?

I saw Boss Lu die.

Su Mingzhe also took the opportunity to withdraw his spiritual consciousness.

This matter should have nothing to do with him.

He just explained the effect of the prescription to Boss Lu.

If I had known this earlier, I wouldn’t have said so much.

When we arrived at the restaurant, the hired manager had already cleaned the place with the waiter and the chef.

The storyteller on the second floor was already in place, wiping his table with a white rag.

Su Mingzhe bowed to the other party, then asked with a smile:

"Mr. Bai, which part are you going to talk about today?"

"Boss Su, this year we are going to talk about 'Xue Li's Three Arrows to Conquer Tianshan'!"

Xue Li, courtesy name Rengui, was a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty.

Folk stories about Xue Li began to circulate during the Tang, Song and Five Dynasties.

Many stories in vernacular novels, such as the good strategy to end the war, the three arrows to conquer Tianshan, the bravery to conquer Liaodong, the benevolent rule for the Goryeo Kingdom, the love for the people in Xiangzhou City, taking off the hat to repel thousands of enemies, etc., are all about Xue Li.

The story "Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan" compiled by later generations also borrowed the image of Xue Rengui.

When Su Mingzhe heard the storyteller was going to tell the story of 'Xue Li conquered Tianshan with three arrows', he actually laughed:

"Recently, several restaurants in West City have been telling the story of 'Ximen Qing and several women'. Why don't you tell it?"

"Boss Su, that's a banned book!"

Mr. Bai was a traditional storyteller. When he heard Su Mingzhe ask him to tell the story of "Xi Men Qing", his face turned red with shame.

"What banned book? It was already unbanned some time ago!"

Su Mingzhe was somewhat dissatisfied with Mr. Bai's answer and asked again:

"Will you be able to do it?"

Mr. Bai saw that Su Mingzhe was trying to force him, so he simply stiffened his neck and said stubbornly:

"will not!"

"No, then no! That would be such a pity!"

Su Mingzhe sighed, stood up and left.

Yesterday, the storyteller in the restaurant in West City had already talked about "Li Ping'er's Betrothal to Jiang Zhushan", and today's story should be about the exciting "Xi Men Qing Whipping Li Ping'er".

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Although Su Mingzhe had already read the story, he still found it very memorable when he listened to it again.

Soon, Su Mingzhe arrived at Dafan Tower in Xicheng.

This Dafan Tower was opened by the former cabinet minister and was used exclusively for entertaining party members and guests. Its decoration was extremely gorgeous.

Today, the Dafan Tower is in the hands of the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Officials dare not come here anymore, and it has become a consumption place for ordinary people.

Su Mingzhe walked in and, led by the waiter, went to a private room on the second floor and sat down.

Not long after.

The waiter went to the brothel next door and brought in a girl he knew well to drink with him.

"This boy is really smart. If the waiter in my restaurant had this kind of eyes, my restaurant's business would at least be a little better."

Su Mingzhe hugged his sister and drank slowly. Not long after, the storyteller started to tell the story. At first, the storyteller did not talk about "Xi Men Qing" but "The West Chamber".

The West Chamber was originally a banned book.

However, after the eunuch party took control of the government, they opposed the Donglin Party.

The eunuch party allowed all the books that the Donglin party wanted to ban.

The storyteller was quite talented and he made everyone blush with his excerpt from The West Chamber.

As everyone's interest gradually piqued, the storyteller started talking about "Xi Men Qing".

After finishing the two sections, it was already noon.

Seeing that the restaurant was becoming more popular, the storyteller changed to another segment of "Journey to the West".

Su Mingzhe would give a tip every time he listened to a segment.

After listening to three passages, I spent more than three hundred coins.

After dinner, I sent my sister back home.

He watched singing and dancing in the brothel for a while, and then went into a gambling den to play with money for a while.

It was getting dark.

Only then did Su Mingzhe stagger back home to the sound of bells and drums on the quiet street.

"My husband is back!"

Qin Juan was the most docile of the three women. She was not surprised even when she smelled the scent of other women's makeup on the man. She even went forward to help the man massage his shoulders and back, and asked if he was tired.

After Su Mingzhe sat down, he took out the rouge he bought in the morning and gave it to the three women. Without waiting for them to thank him, he waved his hand:

"There will be guests coming soon, you guys go back and rest first."

After hearing this, Zheng E and Qin Juan were about to go back to the backyard obediently, but Tian Qingtong frowned slightly:

"My husband, how can you come to visit me in the middle of the night?"

Ancient times are not modern times.

In ancient times, when the sun was setting, there would be the sound of drums being beaten in the bell and drum tower.

The drum beat once, twice.

Urge those who have not returned home yet to go home quickly.

At the same time, the gates of the Imperial City, Inner City, Jinling City, and various market towns will slowly close with the sound of drums.

Wait until the drum beats eight hundred times.

There will be no more pedestrians on the streets.

If there is someone who is slow on his feet, he will be caught by the city guards patrolling the streets.

He would definitely be arrested and taken to the government office, and either fined or put in shackles to be displayed to the public.

Therefore, in ancient times, people basically did not go out to visit people at night.

“This is a rare visitor.”

Su Mingzhe did not give any specific explanation, but just asked the three girls to go back to the backyard quickly and not come out.

Seeing that the man's tone left no room for doubt, Tian Qingtong had no choice but to take her two sisters back to the backyard.

Soon.

In the entire Su Mansion, only the hall was still lit with lanterns and candles.

Su Mingzhe slowly tasted the new Longjing tea that was released this year.

After finishing a pot of tea, seeing that there was no movement outside the door, he could not help but speak:

"My dear eunuch, since you haven't made up your mind to do it, please go back. It's very cold at night, be careful of the cold wind entering your body!"

"Who are you?"

A young man in a red robe and brocade clothes, with a white face and no beard, walked out slowly from the darkness with an official's steps and came in front of Su Mingzhe.

The young man looked at Su Mingzhe with fear and suspicion:
"You are the first person to discover my whereabouts since I mastered my magical power!"

Su Mingzhe did not comment on the young man's words, but smiled and said:
"Everything has a first time."

When the young man heard this, he felt a hint of murderous intent in his heart.

Over the years, anyone who dared to speak to him like this was eliminated by him.

"What? You want to take action now?"

Su Mingzhe didn't want to take action.

After all, the heroic demeanor of this young eunuch in front of him was something he had admired before:

"Father-in-law, what's your name?"

"Dongfang Bai!"

"This name is not good. How about I change it for my father-in-law?"

Su Mingzhe said, without waiting for Dongfang Bai to agree, he spoke directly:
"Why not call me... Dongfang Bubai!"

"Eastern... Invincible, what a good name!"

The newly-minted Dongfang Bubai's eyes suddenly lit up brightly:

"When the sun rises in the east, I am the only one who is undefeated!"

(End of this chapter)