The brothers who traveled westward in those years

Chapter 378 0379, the unknown doctor

Long Fei went to Liu's new house and met Liu Ming's elder brother Liu Tian. The first time he saw Liu Tian, ​​he gave Long Fei a glib impression.

Long Fei didn't reveal his identity earlier, he just said that he was passing by asking for a glass of water.Liu Tian didn't show up at that time, but asked his servants to pour two glasses of water for Long Fei and Zhao Yun.Long Fei and Zhao Yun walked around the new house, and were almost kicked out by Liu Tian's servants in the end.

When he saw Liu Tian, ​​the first sentence he said made Long Fei label him glib.If it weren't for some things that need to be verified with him, I'm afraid Long Fei wouldn't have stayed longer for a minute.

Liu Tian has a habit when speaking, whenever you ask him a question, his eyeballs will always roll twice before answering.Answering the question after two laps is like the brain and eyeballs working in sync.

Liu Tian didn't know much about Mr. Zhang.Because he moved out very early, Liu Tan lived in the old house until his death.Most of the time is taken care of by the second child Liu Shi and the third child Liu Ming, and Liu Tian will take a look at it for ten and a half months at most.After all, Liu Tan could no longer speak at that time, basically like a vegetable.

Liu Ming believed in Doctor Zhang's medical skills, and since he asked Doctor Zhang to treat Liu Tan, he never changed to another doctor.However, there is a saying that Liu Tian said very casually, but the speaker has no intention of listening to it.

Liu Tian said, Zhang Langzhong was said to be highly skilled, but why did he put his father to death in the end?As for Zhang Langzhong's disappearance, Liu Tian's eyes rolled five or six times without stopping when this issue was mentioned.Obviously there were some things he couldn't say, so Long Fei could only wait for him to think about it slowly.

After a cup of tea, Liu Tian stopped rolling his eyes, but glanced at Zhao Yun behind Long Fei.Long Fei saw Liu Tian's thoughts and told him that Zhao Yun was one of his own, so he could just say whatever he had to say.

Send away the servants in the living room, only Long Fei and Zhao Yun are left.Liu Tian ran to close the door, returned to his seat and carefully told his self-righteous secret.

He suspected Zhang Langzhong was a quack doctor early in the morning, but the second and third younger brothers believed in Zhang Langzhong.Liu Tian can't decide this matter by himself, but he always feels uneasy.So when Mr. Zhang delivered medicine to the old man, Liu Tian took the bowl of boiled medicine.

Liu Tian poured out a little of the medicine, and then asked someone to identify the ingredients of the medicine.Sure enough, just as Liu Tian thought, the medicine was not a life-saving medicine at all, and several flavors of it were gut-piercing poisons.He also reported to the officials for this, hoping that the county magistrate could bring Zhang Langzhong to justice.

But everything needs evidence, and the county magistrate asked Liu Tian to bring him all the stolen goods.Later, Liu Tian stopped Zhang Langzhong again, but in the end he failed to send him to prison.Instead, the county magistrate at that time scolded Liu Tian, ​​and then refused to believe Liu Tian's words, and said that Liu Tian was mentally ill.

Until now, Liu Tian still can't figure out why the same medicine has different effects.After he uttered the prescription Zhang Langzhong had prescribed, Zhao Yun on the side gave the answer.

There is indeed a problem with the medicine, but the porridge that is taken is the key.This medicine is not taken with water, but with a special gruel.Without this porridge, this medicine is poison, but with this porridge, this medicine can save people.

Anyway, from then on, Liu Tian stopped asking about Mr. Zhang's affairs.Every once in a while I went to the old house to see the old man, and it didn't take long for the old man to drive west.

According to the old man's arrangement before his death, the Liu family should have Liu Tian in charge of all affairs.Even if Liu Tian is not competent, there is no reason for the two younger brothers to be in charge of the family.This has always been the rule of the Liu family, and no one has ever dared to disobey this rule.

Refusing to say why he gave up the right to inherit the family business, Liu Tian only said that he was optimistic about Liu Ming.I know how much I have, and if I really take over, it might destroy his hands, so it's better to let the third child Liu Ming accept it.Now it is much more prosperous than before, which also proves how correct Liu Tian's original choice was.

Picking up his teacup and taking a sip, Long Fei asked with a smile: "Master Liu, is it interesting to go around in circles with us like this? You are so smart, don't you understand why we are looking for you?"

Liu Tian said: "I know all about Mr. Zhang, even if you want to know, I can't do anything. It's not that I don't cooperate with you, but I really don't know the question you just asked."

Long Fei sneered and said: "Is it true that you don't cry when you see the coffin? You are the eldest son of the Liu family, and you should be the head of the family. And you are so smart, I don't believe you have no objections."

After being silent for a long time, Liu Tian sighed softly and said, "If you want to find out about this matter, then you should go to Liu Shi. I asked him many times before, but he just didn't want to tell me. Truth. But I can tell he already knows something that I don't."

"Where is Liu Shi now?"

"I've been ordained and become a monk. I'm in a monastery on the outskirts of Nanyang County. I can have someone take you there. I just ask you for one thing. Regardless of whether Liu Shi participated in the murder of Zhang Langzhong, I hope you can forgive him." Liu Shi Tian said.

Long Fei got up and walked out of the living room, stepped over the threshold, looked back at Liu Tian and said, "If this was really done by the two of them, don't you, the big brother, have no responsibility at all?"

After finishing speaking, Long Fei left Liu's new house without looking back. Guided by a servant, he came to a temple in the suburbs of Nanyang County.

Occasionally, pilgrims come here to pray, and there is a monk at the door who bows his head and sweeps the floor.Looking at the back, he was [-] years old at the time, but looking at the front, it is not confusing.If it weren't for the great pressure in his heart, I'm afraid Liu Shi wouldn't be so haggard.When Liu Shi saw the servant leading the way for Long Fei, he froze on the spot.

Put your hands together and throw away the broom, and silently recite Amitabha.He slowly walked in front of Long Fei and motioned Long Fei to find a secluded place with him.

The corpse in the dry well was Zhang Langzhong, and Mr. Liu, who was supposed to be getting better, was getting worse day by day.All of this is abnormal, not God's will but man-made.Liu Shi did not participate in it, but he was the first insider.He failed to stop Liu Ming. At that time, he was imprisoned by Liu Ming in the basement of the old house.

Liu Shi yelled Liu Ming's name in the basement every day, and then tried to persuade him after seeing Liu Ming.I hope that he can rein in the precipice, and that he will not make the same mistakes again and again.But Liu Ming didn't listen to him at all, he only said that he wanted to show his ambitions.But the old man has never been optimistic about him, nor does he want him to intervene in the family business.

The three brothers knew this very well, but no one mentioned it when Mr. Liu was in good health.Liu Tian is the established successor, and Liu Shi can become Liu Tian's right-hand man.But Liu Ming is nothing, because his cruelty has been very obvious since he was a child.Once he got into a big disaster and was almost broken by Mr. Liu.

Liu Shi had witnessed all these, so he felt sorry for this younger brother very early on.At that time, Liu Shi was still a child, and he only knew that the old man was very strict with the third brother.Almost harsh requirements that he is not allowed to do many things, and he is even forbidden to communicate with anyone.Lock him in the house and not let him go out, and lock him for ten and a half months.

Everyone was eating, drinking, and messing around in the room. The punishment of Liu Ming by Mr. Liu made Liu Tian and Liu Shi terrified.Maybe it's like killing chickens to warn monkeys. Liu Ming hated the old man since he was a child, but Liu Tian and Liu Shi were afraid of the old man since they were young. They will definitely over-fulfill all the things that the old man told them.

This also led to the two brothers' ability getting better and better, but Liu Ming was always listed as a negative teaching material.Because he was never afraid of Liu Tan since he was a child, and he never regarded Liu Tan as his father.Every time he was severely beaten, Liu Ming would secretly scold him for several days.Liu Ming doesn't have much affection for his elder brother Liu Tian, ​​but he has a lot of affection for his second brother who has always loved him.

Raising his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Liu Shi continued: "If it was the eldest brother who was imprisoned in the basement instead of me, I am afraid he would have no chance to see the sun again. If I hadn't tried my best to stop him, I am afraid that the third brother would have already Big brother is dead. One is my younger brother and the other is my elder brother, what do you think I should do?"

Long Fei said: "Since you know that Liu Ming is not good for the old man, why didn't you remind the old man early so that the old man can be prepared."

Liu Shi said: "The third child was also like this before, always scolding the old man, and sometimes dared to scold the old man in front of him. He has been like this since he was a child, so we are used to everything he says."

If Long Fei hadn't come to look for Liu Shi, I'm afraid he would not have confessed to the government on his own initiative.After all, the other party is his own younger brother, and it won't do him any good if he speaks out.Instead, Liu Ming would be destroyed, and even the Liu family would be destroyed.

Liu Shi said: "After leaving Liu's house, I came to this monastery. The money Liu Ming gave me was exchanged for food, and then distributed to those people who needed help. No matter how many things he did wrong, he He is always my younger brother. It is said that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, and I hope to exchange my life for his."

Long Fei said, "How do you know that Liu Ming killed Doctor Zhang?"

Liu Shi said: "He told me personally. Not only did he kill Zhang Langzhong with me, but he also told me how he killed him. Because the old man had just passed away at that time, no one in the village would notice that a man who didn't belong to him at all An outsider from Liujiazhuang. What's more, Zhang Langzhong has always had the habit of going out to seek medical treatment, so no one would have thought that he had been killed."

Long Fei said: "Can you be responsible for what you said?"

Liu Shi shook his head and said, "I've already told you everything, life and death are no different to me. If you want me to testify against Liu Ming, don't even think about it. Although I have no merits, I will not To do that kind of righteous killing of relatives. If you can catch the third child's handle, you are capable, but if you can't, you are incompetent."

"You bastard, don't toast and refuse to eat fine wine. Believe it or not."

"Brother Yun!"

Zhao Yun rushed towards Liu Shi with a stride, but Long Fei grabbed the hand that was outstretched in the air.Long Fei stopped Zhao Yun, and then sat back on the chair.He never thought of asking Liu Shi to testify in court, after all, he and Liu Ming are brothers.Maybe he really can't do this, or maybe he shouldn't think of everyone as a hero who can kill relatives righteously.

Liu Shi told everything he knew, then got up and left the hut.When Long Fei and Zhao Yun walked out of the hut, they heard a muffled sound.

"Come on, someone is throwing a well!"

The shouts of monks came from the temple, and Zhao Yun looked at the well in the courtyard with a gloomy expression.Long Fei shook his head but did not go over, but left the temple with Zhao Yun.

Even if Liu Shi might live, he might as well die, and he might as well die happily.

(End of this chapter)