Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 87 Honest and Reliable Chen Erlang

Ren Yuanxun looked in the direction and immediately saw Chen Baxian, who stood out from the crowd.

He was wearing a fiery red warrior robe, a leather belt inlaid with copper nails around his waist, and a pair of cowhide boots on his feet, which made his shoulders broad, legs long, his back thick and waist slim, look even more impressive. With his eyebrows sticking out of his temples and his heroic face, anyone would have to call him a good son of the Han family!
Chen Baxian came forward with a smile on his face, bowed to Ren Yuan and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan, we finally meet."

"Brother Chen!" Ren Yuan dismounted and returned the greeting. After the two decided to meet, they had already talked about their ages. Chen Baxian was born in the second year of Tianjian, and he was already twenty-three this year, five years older than Ren Yuan.

The senior sister also jumped off the horse and followed closely behind him.

"Is this your sister?" Chen Baxian saw that although A Yao was wearing a veiled hat, she had a graceful figure and was light and graceful. With his rich experience, he could already conclude that she was definitely a great beauty.

"Yes." Ren Yuan nodded and said to A Yao: "Senior sister, this is Brother Chen who will take us to visit the immortals and ask for medicine."

"Thank you, brother." A Yao bowed. In front of outsiders, her etiquette was always impeccable.

"Haha, sister, what are you saying? Your junior brother and I are as close as brothers. His business is my business! You can rest assured!" Chen Baxian said, patting his chest.

I thought, well, the sound is also very pleasant. Brother Yuan is so lucky...

"Come on, let's stop talking on the road." He invited enthusiastically, "It's time for dinner. I've booked a private room in the restaurant next door to welcome you."

"Then we'd better obey your command." Ren Yuan nodded, and followed Chen Baxian with his senior sister into a two-story restaurant on the side of the road.

"Erlang is here!" The restaurant owner was quite respectful when he saw Chen Baxian. He personally took him upstairs to the private room that had been prepared.

He personally served tea and dried fruit snacks, then left with a smile. "I won't disturb you all. The waiter is outside. If you need anything, just call me."

At this time, the senior sister also took off her bamboo hat. Chen Baxian did not expect that she was even more beautiful than he had imagined, as beautiful as an elf, not like a person in this turbid world.

He was at first unable to conceal his amazement, but then he forced himself to look away, nudged Ren Yuan with his elbow, raised his eyebrows, and had an expression that said, 'Brother, I finally understand you.'

Ren Yuan was used to his unruly behavior and said jokingly, "It seems that not only the elder sister, but also the uncle is very good to you."

"Of course, my reputation has turned around recently, brother. Now, everyone, young or old, men, women, and men all mention me, Chen Erlang, and they all say this..." Chen Baxian proudly raised his thumb and shook it.

"That's great." Ren Yuan took a sip of water and said with a smile, "Just now I was wondering how I could talk to my elder sister and ask about you. I didn't expect to run into you before I even entered the city."

"Knowing that you would definitely come today, how could I just sit at home and wait for you?" Chen Baxian said with a smile.

"How did you know I would come today?" Ren Yuan asked curiously, "It seems I didn't tell you where I was going?"

"Hehe..." Chen Baxian laughed, "How else can we say that we are well-informed?"

"This morning, someone from Shenjia Village came to report to the police, saying that their village was attacked by bandits. Not only did they kill the owner of the village, but they also looted all the property in the village..." As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said, "I knew that my brothers were coming soon."

"Damn Shen!" Senior Sister said coldly. The temperature in the room seemed to drop.

"Yes, yes." Chen Baxian nodded quickly and said, "That old fellow has a bad record. Merchants often disappear after staying at his farm. But because he is the county magistrate's uncle, he has never been found."

Ren Yuan also quickly took off the water bag from his waist and handed it to his senior sister. The senior sister covered her face with her sleeves and drank from it in small sips.

Chen Baxian sniffed and smelled blood. He looked at his sister and then at Ren Yuan. Ren Yuan nodded slightly, signaling him not to talk nonsense.

"Can we enter the lake tomorrow morning?" Ren Yuan asked deliberately.

"What?" Chen Baxian was stunned, then he remembered and said, "Oh, you said you were going into the lake to look for immortals. Brother, I know you are in a hurry, but don't worry, the old immortal is not at home, he said he went out to visit friends." "What?" Ren Yuan couldn't help but frowned and asked, "When can you come back?"

"It's hard to say, it could be as short as three to five days, or as long as ten days or half a month." Chen Baxian laughed and said, "As immortals, of course they are very casual. They come when they feel like it, and leave when they are tired."

"Are you sure you can see someone within half a month?" Ren Yuan's brows relaxed slightly.

"Sure, definitely, and definitely!" Chen Baxian patted his chest and smiled, "You and sister Ayao can stay here peacefully. I will take you out to eat, drink and have fun every day. Half a month will pass in the blink of an eye."

At this time, a cat's meow was heard outside, so Ren Yuan made an excuse to go to the bathroom and went out.

When he came back, the waiter had already served the dishes. Chen Baxian picked up the wine glass and said with a smile on his face: "Are you all starving? Come and sit down and raise your glasses so that we can fill our stomachs."

Ren Yuan nodded, sat down behind his own snack table, raised his glass and listened to Chen Baxian finish his welcome speech.

When he tilted his head back to drink, he said faintly: "You liar..."

"Ahem!" Chen Baxian choked and started coughing. "Brother, you are joking. Ask around. Who in Changxing City doesn't know the name of Chen Erlang, the honest and reliable one?"

"I've already asked around." Ren Yuan said calmly, "There are no old immortals in Taihu Lake at all."

"Ah, that's hearsay. It doesn't count. We locals all know it..." Chen Baxian explained.

"I just asked about the locals." Ren Yuan said calmly. He thought that local cats also count...

"They also said that you, Chen Erlang, are a habitual liar and full of tricks. Now we can't even get into the city gate. You must have deliberately tricked us in."

"Who the hell is such a gossiper?" Chen Baxian knew as soon as he heard it that Ren Yuan had really asked around.

He smiled bitterly and said, "I waited for you outside the city on purpose to prevent anyone from talking nonsense. I didn't expect that the devil would always be stronger than the good."

The senior sister quickly drew out the bone sword and placed it on Chen Baxian's neck.

"Big sister, calm down. Let me explain!" Chen Baxian stuttered. He was really shocked. This action was too fast! He didn't react at all.

"My sister tends to be irritable at night, so you'd better behave yourself." Ren Yuan said coldly, "Tell me, what is your intention in tricking us here?!"

"I'm telling you, sister, can you please put away your sword first? I'm feeling nervous." Chen Baxian admitted his mistake on the spot.

"That's what I mean." A Yao said coldly, "If you dare to tell me a lie, I'll chop off your head!"

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you what I'm saying." Chen Baxian sighed with a bitter face, "First of all, I have to make it clear that I really had no other choice but to trick you into coming here for help. Secondly, I did lie, but I didn't completely deceive you. I do know where there is an expert in curing corpse poison."

"I'm just worried that if I tell you, you'll just go find someone else and refuse to help me," he continued.

"You are so mean and corrupt that you think others are the same as you." Senior Sister said coldly.

Ren Yuan couldn't help but glance at his senior sister. She was so aggressive. It turned out that she had been enduring it so hard.

"Big sister, you are wrong. I, Chen Erlang, am not a wicked person!" Chen Baxian was still aggrieved, and said with red eyes:
"You have asked so many questions, but do you know why I can't go home and can only wander outside the city?"

(End of this chapter)