Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

Chapter 156 Liu Ji

After Liu Ji left Zhang Liang, he was thinking about how to get close to Xu Fu all the way.

Now that the news has reached Xianyang, I have to act quickly.

In the next few days, Liu Ji called some of his friends in the city and asked them to find out about Xu Fu.

After a few days, he actually brought back some useful news to Liu Ji.

Xu Fu has been refining elixirs these days. I heard that the elixirs he made are different from those made by ordinary sorcerers.

All the medicinal herbs used were found by him on the fairy island, and eating one pill can eliminate the disease.

Many people have heard that they went to Xu Fu to buy it, but Xu Fu did not agree.

"Isn't this pill poisonous?"

Although their place was remote, Liu Ji knew many people and was able to find out some of the news that came from the Qin State.

It is said that it was the idea of ​​the right prime minister of Qin State, and it caused quite a stir in Xianyang at that time.

The animals that were fed were eventually poisoned to death.

"How would we know that?"

"But I heard that someone questioned Xu Fu's elixir and found it could kill people. Xu Fu was furious and immediately found someone to experiment on it."

"As a result, the person who took the pill actually felt much better."

"It's actually true!"

Liu Ji was surprised.

"Could it be that Xu Fu really saw an immortal? And went to that fairy island?"

"Who knows? But now many people say Xu Fu is a great man. The immortals value him so much that they specially bestowed him with elixirs."

"Xu Fu said he's currently in need of an alchemy disciple and is recruiting. Many people have already signed up."

After hearing this, Liu Ji looked puzzled.

He walked around the room anxiously, rubbing his hands.

Then he hurried out of the room.

In the following days, Liu Ji personally guarded outside Xu Fu's residence, watching many nobles come to see Xu Fu every day, but were turned away. Not only were those nobles not angry, but they were also very polite and said they would come again tomorrow.

The more Liu Ji looked at her, the more jealous he became.

Finally, one day Xu Fu went out for a drink, and Liu Ji followed him quietly.

On the way, Xu Fu's purse was snatched away by a passing thug, and Xu Fu chased after him for a long time but failed to catch up.

"Are you looking for this?"

The man was wearing a white robe, with a smile on his face, and he tossed up a purse in his hand.

Xu Fu looked at the familiar purse and felt happy.

In order to maintain his image as a great man, he dared not accept any money sent by noble people these days.

Now this is all the money I have left.

If it is lost, I am afraid that the next few days will be difficult.

"Exactly, exactly."

Xu Fu walked forward with a smile on his face, took his purse and hung it around his waist.

"Thank you, knight, for helping me find it."

"You're welcome. My name is Liu Ji, from Kuaiji. What's your name, brother?"

"So it's Brother Liu Ji, this is Xu Fu."

"Are you the master everyone's been talking about lately?"

Liu Ji looked at Xu Fu, obviously with some doubt.

Xu Fu smiled when he heard this, and didn't care about Liu Ji's gaze.

"I can't call myself a master, I just had some adventures."

"So you really are an expert."

As he said this, Liu Ji bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, sir."

Although he had been accustomed to being flattered these days, Liu Ji's sincere attitude and admiring eyes still made Xu Fu feel comfortable.

He raised his hand and lifted up Liu Ji.

"Brother Liu Ji, there's no need to be like this. Since we know each other, we can just call each other friends."

"The praise of a superior is merely an exaggeration from others. It is undeserved, undeserved."

Although he said this, the arrogance on Xu Fu's face did not diminish at all.

Liu Ji nodded repeatedly, but continued to flatter him.

After a few interactions, the two quickly became good friends.

When the two came out of the tavern, Xu Fu had already invited Liu Ji to visit his home the next day.

Liu Ji naturally agreed happily.

However, he did not forget to ask: "Will this disturb Brother Xu Fu?"

Xu Fu waved his hands repeatedly, "It's okay, it's okay."

A few days later, Liu Ji came to visit Xu Fu every two days, and brought a lot of food every time. Xu Fu was happy, and their relationship took a step further.

At this time, Wang Ben, who was on the road, also arrived in Kuaiji.

When the officials learned that the king had sent General Wang Ben, they all came to greet Wang Ben.

Then he took Wang Ben to Xu Fu's residence.

Two thousand soldiers quickly surrounded Xu Fu's residence. Seeing this, the surrounding people hid back in their homes and dared not show their heads.

"Break open the door."

"promise."

With a "bang", the door was kicked open and Wang Ben walked in with his men.

The officials followed behind, not daring to make a sound.

The king wants to arrest Xu Fu, so I think there must be something wrong with Xu Fu.

However, he actually allowed Xu Fu to cause trouble in Kuaiji, and instead of curbing the rumors, they became more and more intense.

I hope the king will not punish me too.

Someone's political achievements!

Thinking about how I have been working in the fields with the people every day these days, I am so tired that I can't even straighten my back.

The official suddenly felt pain all over his body and was in excruciating pain.

At this time, Xu Fu and Liu Ji were drinking and chatting.

Wang Ben walked in and scared the two men so much that they spilled the wine from the jug.

"May I ask what this general is doing?"

Wang Ben did not answer Liu Ji's question, but asked: "Are you Xu Fu?"

When Xu Fu heard this, he wondered, "Are you here to see someone?"

Seeing how obedient the officials were to the general, he made up his mind.

This is someone sent by the King of Qin to pick me up and take me to Xianyang.

"This general is Xu Fu. I wonder why he suddenly led his troops in?"

With a guess in mind, Xu Fu was no longer afraid. He straightened his sleeves and asked casually.

"Are you Xu Fu?"

"A master from Kuaiji?"

Hearing Wang Ben ask this, Xu Fu became more certain.

This must be a request from someone.

"Exactly."

"I don't dare to call myself an expert. It's all an exaggeration."

After Xu Fu finished speaking, he waited for Wang Ben to greet him.

Liu Ji on the side was also watching excitedly, the opportunity had come.

Given my current relationship with Xu Fu, if this general came to pick up Xu Fu on the king's orders, then I could persuade Xu Fu to let him go to Xianyang with me.

"Brother Xu Fu is too modest. Everyone in Kuaiji knows Brother Xu Fu's methods."

"Brother Xu Fu is the first person to be favored by the immortals and bestowed with the immortal herb."

At that moment, Liu Ji began to praise Xu Fu.

When Wang Ben heard this, he was puzzled. Was it the immortal who gave him medicine?

Why didn’t you mention it in the previous memorial?

Turning to look at the officials.

Now several officials dared not make a sound. Wang Ben looked over and the three of them hurriedly explained.

"General Wang Ben, this is the elixir Xu Fu brought out in the past few days."

"They say the herbs used are different from those used by ordinary sorcerers."

"It's a herb given by an immortal. It can cure diseases."

After hearing this, Wang Ben nodded, but hesitated in his heart.

The Right Prime Minister said that the story of immortals is nonsense, so are those immortal medicines also a scam?

However, if it is true, if we capture Xu Fu directly, he will bear a grudge against us when we return to Xianyang, and that will not be good for us either.

How can this be good?

"Is this true?"

After a while, Wang Ben asked Xu Fu.

Seeing that Wang Ben was somewhat suspicious and knowing about the affairs of the Qin State, Xu Fu immediately became serious.

"Of course it's true."

"These herbs were picked from a certain fairy island overseas, and they were picked with the permission of the fairy."

"The immortal said he had a connection with me and gave me some herbs to heal people. This will also help alleviate the suffering of the people of the world."

"The immortal is kindhearted, General, please don't be so rude."