Chapter 201: Secret Meeting
Lin Hui gritted her teeth and opened the medicine box, took out three more bottles, and showed the medicine box to Zhang Xiang.
There are only two porcelain vases of the same size left, and the others are even smaller.
Zhang Xiang had seen the ointment in this bottle, and naturally knew that if the bottle was small, the ointment in it would be difficult to dig out, so the vial should be another medicine.
"I have to keep these two bottles, I can't give them again. In this way, there is no need for a working father-in-law. Lin Hui pointed to the remaining two bottles of medicine and said, her tone was inevitably a little puffy. In fact, there is another box, but of course you have to make a reluctant appearance.
"Mr. Lin is used to entertaining our family." Zhang Xiang smiled and leaned on the small seller. He's a teenage little eunuch, what can he do if he stabs a few words?
"Now that I'm not in the palace, it's very convenient to buy medicinal herbs, and I have to trouble Mr. Lin to have some spare time." Zhang Xiangyang begged: "Just for the sake of Gonggong Feng, he is so old and really sick." ”
"More?" Lin Hui raised her eyebrows, closed the medicine box, clapped her hands, stood up, and took the two remaining hero fruits.
"Well, that's it." Lin Hui slapped the fruit into Zhang Xiang's hand: "I only got a little bit by chance, and there is no more." If you can find more, let alone whether you can dispense medicine or not. ”
Zhang Xiang turned the two fruits over and looked at them carefully, only to feel that they were so dark that they couldn't see the fame, and said with a smile: "This errand and shopping job is naturally done by our family, where Mr. Lin can spend more spiritual medicine and spend money to buy medicinal materials." ”
As he spoke, he took out a pomegranate-shaped drawstring purse embroidered with five sons from his arms. He poured out a few pieces of loose silver inside, tucked them in his sleeves, put the two hero fruits in them, and hid them close to his body.
Lin Hui saw that Zhang Xiang was thoughtful and meticulous, so she looked at him by two points, and stuffed a silver ticket of five taels into his hand before letting him go back.
Zhang Xiang did not go back to the palace directly. The procedures for eunuchs to leave the palace are very troublesome, and they naturally have to do as many things as possible when they come out. Father-in-law Tong is a thoughtful master, although Zhang Xiang has not followed him for a long time, he has probably touched a few doorways. Now is the time to be most enthusiastic about currying favor with Tong Gonggong. Strive to do everything thoughtfully and properly.
Father-in-law Tong was in the palace, of course, he didn't wait for Zhang Xiang to come back, he still had a lot of things to do. finally got out of the emperor's side, and Father-in-law Tong sent the little eunuch who served him to go back to prepare the bath water first. He rubbed his forehead. While walking towards the Imperial Garden seemingly nonchalantly.
Big winter. Only the pines and cypresses in the imperial garden are still a little green, and even the lotus pond is frozen. Tong Gonggong turned over the great Linglong Mountain Stone in the south of the Yangtze River to pay tribute, and saw a tall figure wearing a white fox fur cloak.
"How is the emperor's condition?" The voice of the white figure was the same as the snow around it. Without a hint of heat, without any superfluous pleasantries, go straight to the point.
Father-in-law Tong knew that it was not easy for this person to be alone so far, so he raised his head slightly and glanced at it quickly, quickly lowered his eyes, lowered his voice, and said something important about the emperor's situation.
"There is only a thirty percent chance of death, and the emperor still has to hesitate, and sure enough, people are not only physically weak, but even their brains are confused." The unheated voice spoke mockingly without heat, sounding like a knife. Father-in-law Tong didn't feel a cold shiver.
"The emperor should still be treated, but just wait a few days to see how the divine doctor Kobayashi is capable is." Father-in-law Tong put his hands in his sleeves and sped up his speech, unconsciously bringing a little trill.
The voice didn't sound again for a while, and after a moment it said, "Is it possible?" Nature is good. When I turn back, I must summon Doctor Xiaolin into the palace, and I am here...... You don't have to go out. When the time comes, you can see what he has to prepare, and think of something to do. Sancheng...... A 30 percent chance can also become 10 percent! ”
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the thin and soft white fox fur brushing the surface of his feet, floating up with the wind for a while, and then descending obediently, melting into the white snow on the ground, and then disappearing from sight.
Father-in-law Tong knew that the man was gone.
Secretly exhaled, Father-in-law Tong didn't dare to stay for a long time, looked around, and hurried back to his room.
Seeing that Father-in-law Tong came back, the little eunuch hurriedly picked up the big copper kettle that had been warm on the stove, added some hot water to the bath bucket, stretched out his hand to test the appropriate temperature, and then came over to serve Father-in-law Tong to take off his clothes.
It wasn't until his whole body was soaked in hot water that Father-in-law Tong began to plan what he was going to do next.
Half an hour later, Gonggong Tong finally stood up and came out of the bathtub with the help of the little eunuch. The little eunuch hurriedly wiped his soaked red body, and put on the warm coat and cotton robe that had been prepared to dry above the stove.
The cold air contaminated outside had already dissipated in the bathtub, but even if the little eunuch was busy and didn't look down, the ugly scar on his lower body still made Father-in-law Tong feel deeply sad.
The most trusted eunuch around the emperor is still a eunuch, and there is still no underneath.
The emperor who is high above will probably never understand the mind of a eunuch who is not below.
Or, he didn't even think to understand.
Like Father-in-law Tong's hobby, Xie Chao also thinks that it is very pleasant to take a hot bath on a cold day. Now he was soaking in the tub, thinking about what had happened today.
Although Shangyi City is the capital, the daily governance is still in charge of Shangyi Mansion. The capital is important, and the division of responsibilities and powers is not sloppy, and the Shangyi Mansion is actually responsible for the two parts of public security and administration.
Whether it is the soldiers of the Fifty Percent Soldiers and Horses Division, or the officials of the Shangyi Mansion, the bandits who are caught as traitors are all handed over to the Shangyi Mansion for detention. Repeat offenders who have been discharged from other provinces are interrogated by different departments depending on the circumstances, but they are still in the prison of Shangyi Prefecture to be executed.
The upper-level route didn't work, and Xie Chao kept trying to get around in circles to get in touch with the warden.
Death row prisoners whose crimes are not within the scope of the 10 heinous crimes are allowed to collect their bodies after the execution. Therefore, as long as the joint is opened, the prisoner himself agrees and does the work of the family, it is not particularly difficult to take one eye.
However, the warden of Shangyi City has a very good appetite, and he has been raised very fat by all kinds of bigwigs in the prison, Xie Chao can't come up with enough money at all, although he has met the warden twice, but he is just prevaricated.
I don't want this prison warden, who is above the top of his eyes, to take the initiative to come to him in a hurry, claiming that the matter has been done for him. Not only did he arrange a young and strong donor prisoner, but he also said that he could be executed at any time according to Xie Chao's arrangement, so as not to miss the best opportunity to change his eyes.
Xie Chao was dizzy by the pie that fell from the sky, and he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, so he naturally thanked him repeatedly, and looked for land to give money to others. As a result, the warden didn't want to live or die, and ran away as if he was burning his buttocks.
The only eye followed the moisture of the bathtub and raised his gaze to the dark beam, Xie Chao suddenly felt inexplicably uneasy.
When will the prisoner be executed, is it the warden who has the final say? (To be continued......)
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