Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Snake Oil Turmoil

On the same day, when Su Yuxin left Yao Yanyu, she brought a little wolf cub five or six months old.

The reason was that Su Yuxuan accidentally sighed with Yao Yanyu and Han Mingcan, saying that the leopard raised by the eldest princess began to get sick after the eldest princess died, and they didn't eat much, and they rarely drank water. Then he finally closed his eyes the day before yesterday and followed the eldest princess.

Yao Yanyu saw that she was sad, so she asked Cuiwei to take out the young wolf that Tang Xiaoyi had captured when he was in Jiangning and gave it to Su Yuyu, saying, "I am impatient, and it will suffer from following me, and I will be hungry and full." It's better for you to take it to be a companion for you, and it will have a good life. ”

This little wolf cub is snow-white, and it is not an ordinary product at first glance, Su Yuxuan liked it very much when she saw it, and she held it in her arms and didn't let go. On the way home, I carried the little thing into the carriage and fed it with dried meat. His fingers gently grabbed the soft hair on the neck of the little wolf cub, and coaxed softly: "Qianli, Qianli, you will be mine in the future!" ”

The little wolf cub was still too small, and he couldn't chew back and forth when he put the dried meat in his mouth, and Zuihou was impatient, so he spit it back into Su Yuyu's hand. Su Yuxuan threw the wet dried meat into the spittoon, took a handkerchief to wipe her hands, and sighed: "It's better to go back and ask the kitchen to steam milk for you to eat." ”

The wolf cub Xiao Qianli didn't know that he had been handed over from one master's hands to another, and his life would change a lot, so he looked at the ornaments on Su Yu's sleeves with two round eyes in ignorance, opened his small mouth and bit it, tearing it affectionately.

After a busy day, Yao Di finally returned to its former quietness.

Yao Yanyu changed into homely clothes and lay on the desk, with more than a dozen white porcelain plates in front of her, and there were all kinds of medicinal powders on the plates, while she didn't do anything, just stared at these medicinal powders and meditated.

"Girl, it's getting late, it's time to rest." Cuiwei put the bed away and came over to persuade.

"Hmm, how long is it?" Yao Yanyu straightened up, raised her hand and slapped her back twice.

Cui Wei hurriedly stepped forward to help her beat, and persuaded: "It's already three watches, and Ming'er still has to go to the hospital." Girl, rest early, it's not too late for Ming'er to go to the hospital and think of a prescription. ”

"Okay." Yao Yanyu stood up and walked to the bedside, took off the cotton robe she was wearing, and got into the quilt wearing only a close-fitting cocoon silk gown.

Cuiwei sorted out the clothes and hung them on the hanger, turned around and folded the quilt for Yao Yanyu, put down the two-layer tent, and put out the waitings in the room and quietly retreated.

Yao Yanyu was not sleepy, she didn't fall asleep immediately when she lay on the bed, she was still thinking about chilblain cream, because she was thinking about things, she couldn't help but turn it over, and the arm that was placed on the pillow was withdrawn, and she suddenly felt a trace of coldness sticking to her skin.

But the string of purple pearls on the wrist has been sitting outside for a long time, and it is cold. So she raised her hand and took the string of pearls off and pinched them on her fingertips, counting them one by one.

This is a string of thirty-two strings that Yao Yanyu picked out from the box of purple pearls that Wei Zhang gave him, and it circled around his wrist twice, just right. Twisting this bead, she naturally thought of Wei Zhang again, that face seemed to be close to her eyes, and it seemed that she could still feel his hot breath.

This person, really like air. It couldn't be touched, but it made her feel his presence all the time.

The next morning, there was a light snowfall.

Yao Yanyu stood at the window with the glass changed and looked outside, and couldn't help sighing: It's snowing in Yundu City!

"Girl, it's snowing today, so you won't ride a horse, right?" Cui Wei asked while busy dressing Yao Yanyu.

"No, it's a light snowfall, it's not cold. Besides, riding on a horse is just a good place to see the snow. Yao Yanyu smiled and said.

Cuiwei wanted to persuade again, but was stopped by Cuiping's look.

After freshening up and using the morning again, Yao Yanyu went to Ning's house to say goodbye to her, and Yao Yanyi had already gone to the court at this time. Medical officers don't participate in politics, so they don't have to go to the court to stand on duty, and there is a lot less hard work every day.

It snowed, and the emperor rewarded the old man Zhang with new cotton clothes, silver silk carbon, and bamboo charcoal.

Now the hospital is the old guy's home, so the backyard of the hospital is now very comfortable and warm.

After Yao Yanyu came in, she first greeted the teacher, then sighed deeply and stood there still. Old man Zhang raised his eyes, glanced at his beloved disciple, and asked, "What's wrong?" Pulling such a long face early in the morning, the household is missing your Yulu? ”

"No, the student wanted some frostbite cream, but there was something missing."

"Frostbite cream? Is there a ready-made one? Do you have chilblains? ”

"Nope. How can students have chilblains. Yao Yanyu shook her head, "Those ready-made students have seen it, and the effect is too slow." ”

"Oh, ordinary medicine really can't get into your eyes. But what are you doing with this? Have nothing to do? ”

Yao Yanyu and Zhang Cangbei didn't have to beat around the bush at all, and directly explained their original intentions: "For the generals and soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army." ”

"You just said that you were worried that your lover would be cold, wouldn't it be over?" The old guy smiled, raised his hand and stroked the gray beard on his chin, and asked, "What is missing, tell the teacher." ”

"Lack of snake oil."

Snake oil, detoxification and swelling, emollient and anti-cracking. Indications: chilblains, burns, burns, cracked skin, chronic eczema, etc.

It has a delicate texture, excellent compatibility and complementarity with the physiological growth characteristics of human skin, and has a very haode penetration, moisturizing and repairing effect on the skin, which is very suitable for people to treat and maintain the skin.

But Shanghaode snake oil is very valuable, and Yao Yanyu is indeed not in stock here. But she thought about it, she didn't have it in stock, the master must have it here, he had been by the emperor's side for so many years, what did he want?

"That's easy to do." Old man Zhang said nonchalantly, "There should be a few jars in the imperial pharmacy, I will ask someone to move them for you." ”

How many jars? All moved!

When Yao Yanyu heard this, she immediately smiled and bent her eyes, and slapped the old guy on the back: "The teacher still has a way." Last night, the students didn't sleep for half the night because of this. ”

The old guy snorted and laughed: "Pull it down, who knows if you want snake oil or a lover." ”

Yao Yanyu grimaced at the old man and said with a smile: "Since this is also for the imperial court, it is better for me to write a list directly, and the teacher will ask for medicinal materials directly from the imperial pharmacy." The students reluctantly made some efforts to make it difficult, and prepared them so that the adults who transported the grain and grass could bring these medicines. ”

The old man said 'um' and said, "You are so concerned about the country, so the teacher naturally wants to support you!" ”

So, with a stroke of the pen, Mr. Zhang signed the name on the list of Lord Yao's thin list, and used the bell seal.

Yao Yanyu took two doctors and a few handymen to the imperial pharmacy.

The Imperial Pharmacy has just experienced a catastrophe, and there have been new people from top to bottom, but the legend is still there, and everyone still respects the order of the old man Zhang. Seeing the list, without saying a word, he immediately took the medicine for Yao Zhubo.

It was busy again, Yao Yanyu personally looked at the jars of snake oil and a few large bags of medicinal herbs and put them in the car, and then said goodbye to the chief eunuch of the imperial pharmacy with a smile.

Coincidentally, as soon as she left, a little eunuch scorpion stinging came to her, saying that the Seventh Prince was burned by charcoal, and the nobles asked her to find snake oil.

The eunuch of the imperial pharmacy sighed helplessly: "Why didn't you come early?" Several jars of snake oil were taken away by Master Yao of the Chinese Medical Museum. ”

When the little eunuch came, he was scolded by the nobles, and when he heard this, he became anxious: "You don't prevaricate us with such words, now the Seventh Prince wants medicine!" If it's too late and you miss the prince's injury, how many heads do you have for the Lord Banzai to cut off! ”

The eunuch of the imperial pharmacy was not a fuel-efficient lamp, but only sneered: "This is strange! We are just doing what we are told, so where can we prevaricate you? If you don't believe me, just come in and rummage, and if you can find a drop of snake oil, I'll cut off my head a few times!" ”

The little eunuch was robbed and couldn't speak, so he went back to the palace to reply with hatred.

The noble Zhang Huijiao is the sister of Hui Guifei, the two are both the daughters of Taishi Ling Zhang Qian, Hui Guifei is the original match, and she lost her mother at the age of eight. The noble man is from the stepfamily, the two are half-siblings, and the noble man is ten years younger than the concubine Hui. The noble man should be elected to the palace at the age of seventeen, and three years later gave birth to the seventh prince Yunrui for the emperor, but the seventh prince was thirteen years younger than the third prince Yunmin born by Hui Guifei.

But he said that the little eunuch didn't go back angrily, because he didn't get the snake oil, the noble man naturally scolded, and the little eunuch sued the imperial pharmacy and the Chinese medicine hall together.

When the noble man heard that the snake oil in the imperial pharmacy had been taken away by the Imperial Pharmacy, he sneered: "The Imperial Imperial Pavilion is just an ornament that the emperor made for the girl of the Yao family, and she also used chicken feathers as arrows and emptied the Imperial Pharmacy?" Who gave her such guts! ”

The little eunuch knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak. There was already a doctor next to him who took the scalding ointment and put it on the Seventh Prince.

The nine-year-old Seventh Prince pulled the sleeve of the noble man and said, "Mother, my son is no longer in pain. Don't be angry. ”

The noble man glanced back at his son, and felt more and more that this breath was difficult to swallow, so he touched his son's head and said: "Don't care, this palace is all climbing high and low, and now they don't put their mothers in their eyes, and tomorrow they dare to step on your head!" As he spoke, he scolded the little eunuch again: "When you go to the Chinese Medicine Museum, just say my words, snake oil is not a good thing, please see how much Master Yao will give me a little bit in the emperor's face!" Whether the Seventh Prince's hand can be kept depends on whether she Yao Daren can send this kindness! ”

The little eunuch didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly ran out. I didn't see it clearly in a panic, and I almost bumped into someone.

Not to mention that if people are unlucky and drink cold water and stuff their teeth, this little eunuch didn't have time to think about it, he looked up and saw the five dragons on the bright yellow robe, and he was suddenly frightened, and quickly knelt on the ground, trembling and begging for mercy: "The slave should die, he collided with the Lord of Long Live and begged for mercy!" ”

"What are you going to do?! Panicked! The emperor had a calm face, obviously very unhappy.

"Concubines (slaves) see Long Live Lord." The noble person has already greeted him gracefully, and his eyes were red while bowing down in front of the emperor, and a flower and moon appearance were actually flowers with dew and moon clouds at this time, with a look of grievance.

"I heard that Riel is hot? Is it serious? The emperor stretched out his hand to help the nobleman and walked in with a frown.

"It's fine." The noble man had already cried, and blamed himself again and again: "It's all the concubine's fault, the concubine is too careless......"

"Son-in-law, see father." Yun Rui came out of the room with a hand wrapped in white gauze and knelt down to face the emperor.

"Get up." The emperor saw that one of his youngest son's left hands was wrapped in gauze, and he couldn't help frowning, "Why is it so serious?" ”

Yun Rui lowered his head and replied: "Back to my father, it was my son who accidentally knocked over the boiling tea and knocked over the hand stove......"

"Who is serving, why are you so careless!" The emperor felt sorry for his son, so he naturally attacked the subordinates.

So, there was a lot of noise in the room.

"Where's the Imperial Doctor?" The emperor asked with a calm face.

The imperial doctor who bandaged the Seventh Prince next to him hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and replied: "The minister is here, back to the emperor, the scald area of the Seventh Highness is not small, but fortunately, it is not very serious, the minister has already applied ointment to His Highness, and it will be healed in less than ten days." ”

"Hmm." The emperor was a little satisfied when he heard this, so he nodded and waved his hand: "Get up." ”

A room full of people thanked each other, then got up, and everyone who was okay hurriedly retreated. The house was much cleaner.

The noble man helped the emperor to sit down on the warm couch, wiped the corners of his eyes aggrievedly, took a breath, and said: "But the emperor, Imperial Doctor Liu said that if this burn has snake oil, it will be faster to wipe a touch of haode." ”

"Then get some snake oil." The emperor has never cared about such trivial matters.

"The concubine asked someone to go, but the people from the imperial pharmacy said that several jars of snake oil were taken away by Master Yao of the National Medical Museum." The noble man said, secretly glanced at the emperor's expression, and continued: "I don't know what this Yao master Bo wants to do, saying that these jars of snake oil in the imperial pharmacy are not enough." ”

The emperor said lightly: "It's not enough to add more." Is this kind of thing still missing from my Great Cloud Dynasty? ”

"However, the emperor's scald ......" The noble man flattened his cherry mouth, very aggrieved.

"How much snake oil can be used for Xiao Qi's injury?" The emperor turned his head and ordered: "Huaien? Ask someone to go to the Chinese Medical Center to say something, just say my words, and let Master Yao Bo get some snake oil to smear Xiao Qi's wounds first. ”

"Yes." Wynne agreed and withdrew, and went to find his henchmen to go to the Chinese Medical Center to get snake oil.

Huai En is an old eunuch who has followed the emperor for decades, so he is naturally exquisite, and he came out to call his godson Wang Baode over and whispered a few words, and Wang Baode promised to go with a sigh of relief.

In the Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum, Yao Yanyu was watching the handymen move the medicinal materials into their own rooms in the same way, and ordered the medical women who were studying to temporarily suspend their classes, and a group of girls rolled up their sleeves and set up the stove, separating the various medicinal materials that need to be boiled, fried, and ground separately, and the ones that should be fried, the ones that should be steamed, and the ones that should be fried.

As soon as he was busy here, Wang Baode came in a hurry, and when he saw Yao Yanyu, he bowed and saluted: "The slave has seen Lord Yao." ”

Yao Yanyu didn't understand the world anymore and knew that eunuchs were something that could not be easily offended, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "This father-in-law invites you up, I don't know what is the important matter for my father-in-law to come?" ”

Wang Baode looked at the side, Yao Yan understood, turned around and walked with the goods. Wang Baode told Yao Yanyu about a series of things caused by the Seven Princes' scalding and snake oil, this is Huai'en's proud disciple, articulate, and one thing is detailed and clear.

Yao Yanyu was calm on her face, but she was secretly surprised in her heart, she couldn't imagine that there would be so many things because of a few jars of snake oil, if it wasn't for the emperor who happened to meet him, I don't know what would happen later.

So he hurriedly arched his hand to Wang Baode and said, "Thank you father-in-law for your advice." I also asked my father-in-law to go back and help me with a message, if it is cold today, and the north is even more cold, I think that if those soldiers are injured, they will inevitably suffer from the cold and cause chilblains. Even if you don't get hurt, even if it's frostbite. Therefore, I wanted to quickly prepare some frostbite cream with rapid effect for them. I was in a hurry to do this, and the recital for the Long Live Lord has not yet been delivered. Fortunately, Long Live Lord is wise, and there is a kind reminder from my father-in-law. Otherwise, it will do bad things with good intentions and cause contradictions. ”

Wang Baode hurriedly smiled and said: "Master Yao is dedicated to the public, and Long Live Lord naturally knows." Master Yao Bo rest assured, the slave must bring this, and ask Master Yao Bo to get some snake oil for the slave to bring back, so that he can give the nobleman an errand. ”

"Father-in-law, wait a minute." Yao Yanyu turned around and went over there, and instructed Cuiwei to take a glass bottle to fill a bottle of snake oil and seal it with a cork, and then took another box of two boxes of skin care ginseng paste that had been prepared before and handed them to Wang Baode, "Snake oil is for His Highness the Seventh, and these two boxes of ginseng paste are just prepared by me recently to wipe my hands and face, and the effect is better than the commonly used." It's cold, this north wind is like a knife, and you won't be afraid if you use this. ”

This ginseng paste is made with more than a dozen kinds of medicinal materials and carefully and secretly after more than a dozen processes, and the Yao family has said that it is good, so Yao Yanyu has more this year and keeps it for gifts.

Wang Baode took the thing and hurriedly thanked him: "Slave Xie Yao." Lord Yao was busy, and the slave took his leave. ”

Watching Wang Baode leave in a hurry, Yao Yanyu sighed slightly, scolded secretly, and finally hooked up with Gong Dou, it will be really troublesome in the future.

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There are many types of chilblain creams since ancient times, but the effects are different.

Yao Yanyu flipped through the pharmacopoeia and shiyan repeatedly, and after seven or eight days of hard work, she finally prepared a satisfactory chilblain cream. After using it twice on a servant girl with chilblains on her hands, the chilblains have improved significantly, and the redness and swelling have subsided for the most part, and the servant girl said that it is not painful anymore.

So Yao Yanyu gave the emperor a lesson, applied for a large number of medicinal materials, and began to prepare a large number of them.

The first batch of chilblain cream was prepared with 1,200 bottles, which Yao Yan meant by packing all of them and sending them to Ganzhou, but the emperor withheld 200 bottles.

There is no way, the concubines in the palace are coquettish and blowing the pillow wind one by one, and each family has relatives and friends who suffer from frostbite every year.

Yao Yanyu couldn't help it no matter how unhappy she was, so she had to silently persuade herself, this is society, and this has been indispensable throughout the ages, so admit it.

It's just that it took a month to prepare this ointment, and by the time it was ready, the army responsible for transporting grain and grass had already left.

So the emperor sent hundreds of people to escort this batch of ointment to Ganzhou. Yao Yanyu also sighed, saying that the emperor was sympathetic to the suffering of the army and the people, and he was a rare wise monarch. It's just unexpected that 1,000 bottles of chilblain cream arrived in Ganzhou, but only 600 bottles remained.

Of these, 400 were recorded in the accounts as porcelain bottles containing ointment that had been damaged by collisions.

But -- nearly half of that! This loss ratio is too large!

Yao Yanyu looked at the letter written by Wei Zhang, and her heart hurt greatly. So many precious medicinal materials, so many curative medicines, she worked hard for more than half a month, and half of them were spilled on the transportation road!

This can't be!

Yao Zhubo looked at the newly made 1,000 bottles of chilblain cream and was worried, holding his chin and thinking silently, the last batch was put in soft grass and packed into wooden boxes to be transported north, and nearly half of them were lost, so how should this batch be transported?

"Girl! Girl! Cui Ping's anxious voice came from far and near, and then slammed the door open, interrupting Yao Yanyu's thoughts.

"What's wrong? So urgent! Yao Yanyu frowned dissatisfiedly.

"Girl, it's not good......" Cui Ping changed her cry as she spoke.

"What's wrong?!" Yao Yanyu hurriedly stood up and asked.

The slave and maid just heard them say...... They said...... Woo......" Cui Ping couldn't speak, but covered her face and cried.

"Cry what cry!" Yao Yan was anxious, "Is the sky falling?!" ”

Cui Ping was reprimanded by Yao Yanyu, wiped a handful of tears, and shouted sadly: "Girl! General, they say...... Something happened! When he shouted, he began to cry.

"Something happened?" Yao Yan muttered and repeated these four words, then suddenly turned around and grabbed Cui Ping's wrist, and asked in a trembling voice: "What do you mean by saying it clearly, what do you mean when something happens?!" He...... Dead? ”

Cui Ping was so frightened by her girl's expression and voice that she didn't dare to cry, took a breath, and said, "Say yes...... Life and death are uncertain. ”

Yao Yanyu nodded, let go of Cuiwei's wrist, and her voice trembled even more: "That's not dead...... Definitely not. He's not going to die. ”

My legs are a little weak, as if I have walked thousands of miles, and I have no strength at all. So Yao Yanyu slowly sat on the ground. There was no earth dragon in the room of the medical hall, and there were mats on the ground, but now it was a lunar day, and the ground was icy cold.

Yao Yanyu just sat down like that, and she didn't feel a trace of cold.

She still held in her hand a letter written to her by Wei Zhang, which said that the frostbite cream was very useful, and that the brothers had used it last night and that it had worked this morning. She also said that she was very remarkable, and that it was a blessing in disguise to prepare such a panacea, and that the brothers could devote themselves to killing the enemy this time, without being distracted by the pain in their feet.

As soon as Cuiwei entered the door, she saw Cuiping and Yao Yanyu both sitting on the ground, one pinching the letter in a daze, and the other crying stupidly. So he scolded Cui Ping angrily: "You are becoming more and more useless!" How do you take care of your master? On such a cold day, let the master sit on the ground, what can I do if it freezes! ”

Cui Ping wiped a handful of tears and pulled Yao Yanyu up from the ground with Cui Wei, helped her to the chair next to her, and sat down. Yao Yanyu came back to her senses, turned her head to stare at Cui Ping, and asked, "You say more details, what is going on, who did the news listen to, is it reliable?!" ”

"The slave maid listened to Doctor Guan. He just took someone to the imperial pharmacy to get the medicine, and when he came back, it happened to be a father-in-law next to Emperor Yujian, and the father-in-law was not intentional, he was talking to a grandmother. It was the grandmother who asked why I heard that the emperor was furious today and lifted the inkstone in the imperial study. The father-in-law whispered that it was because of an urgent report from the north, saying that General Wei had led a group of people to raid the enemy camp, and he had not returned for three days, and he had disappeared......"

Cuiwei said, shedding tears again, "At first, the slave didn't believe it, but later, ...... The old courtyard ordered him to come in suddenly, and ordered the slave and the maid not to tell the girl, and the slave and maid thought, I'm afraid this is true......"

"I don't believe it!" Yao Yanyu raised her head and tried not to let the tears flow, gritted her teeth and said firmly, "What is credible about the words passed down by these grandmothers and eunuchs!" These people are idle and have nothing to do, and they know nonsense all day long! ”

said yes, but the tears still fell uncontrollably, rolling over the placket of the moon-white official robe on his chest, and falling on the letter paper in his hand, the ink-colored handwriting gradually spread.

"Yes, yes! Our generals have the ability to do it, and with the strongest soldiers, it will never be fine! Cui Wei turned her head and glared at Cui Ping, hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe Yao Yanyu's tears, and persuaded: "These rumors can't be believed, girl, don't cry." ”

Yao Yanyu took the handkerchief and wiped her tears, stabilized her mind again, and said, "You also said just now that he went to raid with a team. And then the news was lost? ”

"They...... That's what I said. Cui Ping glanced at Cui Wei with a weak heart, afraid of being glared at by her again.

"Is he the only one who has disappeared, or has the entire team disappeared?"

Cui Ping shook her head and said, "This ...... The slave didn't know either, and Doctor Guan didn't hear it so clearly. "Actually, it's very simple to know, just ask the old court order, he went to ask the emperor for a pulse today, and he must know what happened. But Cui Ping didn't dare to say it, because the old court order said that these gossips were not allowed to be told to her master.

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Go about your business, and leave me alone. Yao Yanyu stabilized her mind, and waved her hand to let the two maids go out.

Cui Wei persuaded again: "If the girl is uncomfortable, why don't you go home early today?" ”

"Not really, I still have a lot of things to do." Yao Yanyu's gaze fell on those frostbite creams, and he ordered in a deep voice: "By the way, you go and order them to get some cotton wool." ”

"Yes." Cuiwei didn't dare to ask more at this time, and hurriedly agreed.

"Go ahead." Yao Yanyu waved her hand: "Hurry up and do it." ”

"Yes." Cui Wei Fu agreed, glared at Cui Ping again, and the two of them went out together.

The room was quiet again, but Yao Yanyu couldn't calm down. She raised the letter in her hand and read it fiercely, then threw it to the ground in a rage, and scolded hatefully: "Bastard! ”

After scolding, he didn't understand his hatred, and scolded the letter again: "You fucking provoked me and left me alone!" You asshole! ”

"Say you'll come back and marry me after the war! Bastards who don't count when they talk! ”

"Dare to lie to me! Dare to trick me! You'd better not fall into the hands of the old lady, otherwise it will be up to the old lady to clean you up! ”

"Bastard...... Break my heart! Damn you! ”

"Bastard, how can you be ...... like this"

Yao Yanyu leaned back, raised her legs and hugged them in her arms, lying on her knees and crying a lot.

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