Chapter 028: Toad

Ziwei is worthy of being a maid trained by the Song family, and her work efficiency is high, she almost didn't think about it, and replied directly: "So that grandma knows that there is still one medicine missing, and the other flavors have been found." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Gu Jialuo was slightly surprised, "Oh? So fast? ”

For several months, Gu Jialuo has been concentrating on studying the ancestral medical books given to her by the He family, and has also gained some understanding of medicinal materials and medical theory.

To tell the truth, the few herbs she asked Ziwei to find were not ordinary herbs, and even if the capital was rich in substances, it might not be easy to find.

Moreover, Ziwei has to work as an errand in the inner courtyard, so she can only go out when she goes home to rest twice a month. It had only been less than two months since their master and servant came to the Qi family, and the time that Ziwei could go out did not add up to three days, how could she find those medicines so quickly?

If those medicinal materials are found correctly, then, that is enough to prove that crape myrtle girl is not simple!

Ziwei heard the praise in Gu Jialuo's words, pursed her lips and smiled, and said modestly: "It was also the slave who was lucky that she happened to meet the Xie family's caravan entering Beijing." ”

Xie's firm is the first imperial merchant of Daqi, and its business is all over the north and south of the river, and there are countless shops under its name.

Every year, Xie's caravans and fleets will deliver goods to Beijing, with a wide variety of goods and high quality.

Therefore, the Xie family's 'Yuan Shengde' in the capital is the first department store in the capital, with daily necessities, vegetables, fruits and medicinal materials, jewelry and jade, treasures from the north and south, and overseas foreign goods...... As long as there are goods on the boundary of Daqi, they can basically be found in Yuanshengde.

Yuan Shengde's things are good, his reputation is good, and his business is extremely prosperous.

The Xie caravan was constantly replenished, but for some rare items that were not commonly used by the people in their daily lives, such as rare medicinal materials or something, the stock was not so sufficient.

It is also Ziwei's luck, Gu Jialuo just gave her the errand of 'finding medicine', and the Xie family's caravan in the southwest entered Beijing, bringing some specialties from the southwest by the way.

Medicinal herbs are one of them.

So, Ziwei effortlessly bought ten flavors of medicinal materials in Yuanshengde, and bought two flavors in other big medicine shops, leaving only one flavor medicine that has not been found.

Gu Jialuo suddenly forgot about the Xie family's Yuan Shengde. Yes, with Yuan Shengde's existence, which is comparable to the big Taobao of later generations, it is really not difficult to find those more than a dozen flavored medicines.

However, the credit of crape myrtle cannot be erased, and sometimes, 'luck' is also a very important capital for a person.

Gu Jialuo smiled: "That's what you usually do, otherwise the Xie family's caravan will enter Beijing every month, how can you not see others have this kind of 'luck'?" ”

The smile on Ziwei's lips became brighter and brighter, but she still endured it and didn't show it, "In the end, it's still the eldest grandmother who is blessed, and the crude medicine shop under the name of Yuan Shengde has not entered the medicinal materials for several months, but it just so happens that it has entered this month, so it is obvious that God is helping you." ”

Everyone is willing to listen to nice words, Gu Jialuo knew that the other party was complimenting him, and he couldn't help but smile on his eyebrows, "Okay, we are all lucky people." By the way, what other medicine has not been found? ”

Ziwei hurriedly suppressed her smile and replied seriously: "There is still a lack of good black knots (that is, Dendrobium officinalis)." Yuan Shengde has some, but the condition is not particularly good, the gentleman inside said that there will be a caravan into Beijing in a few days, maybe it can bring high-quality black knotweed. ”

Ziwei is cautious, and the grandmother said that she wanted to be good, so she didn't dare to use shoddy. I'd rather wait a few more days than do a perfunctory errand.

Gu Jialuo narrowed his eyes, "Well, that's good. In that case, give me all the twelve herbs first. As for the black knotweed, it will not be too late to buy it when Yuan Shengde's caravan arrives in Beijing. ”

In fact, among the thirteen flavor medicines that Gu Jialuo asked Ziwei to buy, only seven flavor medicines were what she really wanted to use, and the remaining six flavors, including what black knotweed, were just smoke bombs.

Gu Jialuo didn't want to find himself along the line of the pharmacy after 'that thing' was done.

Ziwei hurriedly said: "Yes, the slave will go and bring the medicine." ”

"Wait," Gu Jialuo changed Ziwei and asked quietly, "No third person knows about this, right?" ”

Ziwei shook her head again and again, and said with great certainty: "Grandma, rest assured, the slave has never mentioned it to outsiders, and even the family has not leaked half a point." ”

Ziwei was beating a drum in her heart, and on the 'prescription' given to her by her grandmother, there was a blind taste of southern Xinjiang aconitum.

Although crape myrtle doesn't know much about pharmacology, she has heard of several common poisons, such as aconite, which is a highly toxic poison that can kill people.

Big grandma, what is this going to do? Could it be that she was going to poison the people of the Qi family?

Probably not, if the eldest grandmother has a grudge against the Qi family, she doesn't have to come back.

Can...... When Ziwei went down to get the medicine, she muttered secretly: Could it be that the eldest grandmother still has any enemies?

Ziwei's service by Gu Jialuo's side is still short, only a few months, but she is Gu Jialuo's most trusted confidant, Gu Jialuo even handed over the matter of 'buying poison' to her, which shows that the eldest grandmother values her.

As the master's confidant, whether the master has the kind of enemy who wants people's lives, even if Ziwei doesn't know very well, has a general impression.

Ziwei counted and counted, but still had no clue.

Ziwei was calm, there were all kinds of speculations in her heart, but her face did not show it, she took the box containing medicinal materials from her room, and returned to the western room.

Gu Jialuo opened the box and saw that there were more than a dozen finger-long paper bags inside.

She picked one up casually, opened it, and sniffed it carefully, well, this is Chuanqiong.

And then another, this time with mandala seeds.

Then she continued to conduct random inspections, this time with the best angelica.

Gu Jialuo nodded with satisfaction, among the seven flavor medicinal materials she needed were Chuanqiong, Angelica and Mandala Seeds, depending on the color, these medicinal materials were excellent.

"Very good, Ziwei, you really put your heart into it."

Gu Jialuo folded the small paper bag, put it back into the box, and said to Ziwei with a smile.

Ziwei hurriedly responded: "This is what a slave should do." ”

Gu Jialuo put away the box, washed up and fell asleep.

Nothing was said all night.

The next morning, despite the bitter cold, Gu Jialuo danced the whip in the courtyard for a while as usual, and only stopped her hand until the tip of her nose was covered with fine beads of sweat.

Qi Jinzhi also got up early, went to the martial arts field on the west side to practice kung fu, and trotted all the way back to the courtyard.

When he returned to the courtyard, he happened to see Gu Jialuo put away the whip, his eyes flashed with a hint of darkness, and he could never forget the humiliation of being wrapped around his neck with the whip that day.

"Yo, no wonder the eldest grandmother can stretch out her hand so much, practice Sanjiu in winter, and really work hard."

Qi Jinzhi wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and said in a strange manner: "There is only one point, the eldest grandmother is an inner housewoman, but she is addicted to martial arts all day long, isn't there a suspicion of not doing her job?" ”

Gu Jialuo's breath was slightly panting, and when he heard this, he replied without raising his head: "Uncle has been practicing diligently all day long, and the concubine is very happy to see it, so he ...... Hehe, the concubine is 'husband singing with wife'. ”

Husband and wife? Who asked you to 'follow', Qi Jinzhi's nose was about to be crooked, "Grandma should finish her own work first, and then think about other things." ”

Is this laughing at her for not being able to distinguish between weight and proportion?

Gu Jialuo was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Marrying and obeying the husband is the most important thing, the concubine follows the footsteps of the husband, and she never dares to slack off, and she has never thought about anything else." ”

Qi Jinzhi: "......"

When did Gu become so sharp-toothed?

“…… Hmph, whatever you want! When you practice rough hands and your body is out of shape, don't regret it! ”

Qi Jinzhi dropped a sentence, turned around with his nostrils facing the sky and walked towards the east wing.

Gu Jialuo couldn't help but chuckle out loud when he saw him so arrogant.

Qi Jinzhi raised his feet and was about to go up the steps, when he heard laughter, he stumbled under his feet and almost fell!

"Haha," the laughter behind him became more and more rampant, and Qi Jinzhi secretly said 'damn it', but without looking back, he raised his feet and entered the east wing.

Their husband and wife have to come to such a game almost every day, sometimes Gu Jialuo wins, sometimes Qi Jin wins, the two of them have their own wins and losses, and after a long time, no one will care.

After the fight, the two can still 'respect each other like ice' to sit together and eat tea, and no one will find a back-up account.

This time was no exception.

After the quarrel in the morning, at noon, Qi Jinzhi would still go back to the room to eat.

"Uncle, it's been a moment (i.e., 11:15)."

The maids serving in the east wing are the maids who have served Qi Jinzhi since childhood, and now there are two left: one is called Chengying, and the other is called Qixing.

Tsk, don't ask, just by listening to the maid's name, you can know how much Qi Jinzhi likes martial arts, otherwise he wouldn't use the name of Wu Yue's famous sword to name the maid.

It was Chengying who spoke, she was seventeen years old this year, and she had been by Qi Jinzhi's side for six or seven years, and the relationship between the master and servant was very good.

"Oh, it's time for lunch."

Qi Jinzhi closed the scroll, looked up at the sun by the window, and nodded, "Pack it all up." ”

He placed the scroll on the case, then pointed to the pen and ink on the case.

Chengying hurriedly agreed, and quickly packed up the bookcase.

Qi Jinzhi stood up, bypassed the bookcase, shook his head, stretched and moved his arms again, and made a slight sound in his neck, shoulder sockets, etc.

It's been a long time since I've sat down to read like today, and after a long time, my body is a little stiff.

Qi Jinzhi smiled bitterly and shook his head, the Qi family can no longer lead the troops, and in the future, he will have to bury his head in the case like today, alas, he feels depressed when he thinks about it.

At this moment, the voice of the little maid sounded outside, "Uncle, the third master of Dongfu Shen is here." ”

Qi Shenzhi?

What did he come to do?

Qi Jinzhi put down his arm, straightened his clothes, and said loudly: "Hurry up, please." ”

As soon as the words fell, Qi Shenzhi, who was dressed in a stone blue squirrel skin cloak, walked in, his face was still handsome, and his smile was very gentle.

In the main room, Gu Jialuo also heard the voice in the courtyard, and her face couldn't help but sink, this Qi is cautious, what are you doing in the Agarwood Courtyard? !

PS: One more. (To be continued.) )