The night sè shrouded Chang'an City, dark clouds were thick, the air was wet and cold, a heavy snow was coming, the stars and moon were obscured, and the streets at night became dark, but because the Sui and Tang dynasties began to negotiate, the atmosphere was not as solemn as before A carriage was escorted by more than a dozen attendants, silently drove into Yanshoufang, the carriage was very small and ordinary, no different from the carriage full of passengers on the street, but more than a dozen attendants were all big and round, mighty and extraordinary, This indicates that the identity of the owner of this carriage is unusual......

Yanshoufang is close to the West Market, that is, the former Liren City, which was the distribution place of bulk commodities in the Tang Dynasty, but due to the limited territory of the Tang Dynasty, the commerce of the West Market is far from recovering to the heyday of the Sui Dynasty, and the shops are only seventy percent open, and there are many fewer merchants.

The bleak business of the West Market also affected Yanshoufang, and the original businessmen gathered in the fang also became a little deserted, especially at night, there was no figure to be seen on the street, and the carriage drove into Yanshoufang, until it came to the northwest corner, and stopped in front of a small house.

This small house covers an area of less than two acres, generally speaking, an area of more than one acre is called a house, less than one acre is called a house, and less than three acres is called a small house, which is a sign of a solid family.

This small house is the house of the imperial doctor Zhang Bingzhi, Zhang Bingzhi is about fifty years old today, he is a wooden person, not good at cultivating officialdom, although he has excellent medical skills, but he has not been allowed to reuse, he can only be a small gunpowder pharmacist in the pharmacy, he is meager and difficult to support his family, so he also secretly picks up some patients at night to subsidize the family.

At this time, outside the window of the guest room, a woman was hiding behind the window and eavesdropping. The woman is Zhang Bingzhi's wife, in her forties, with thin lips, slightly higher cheekbones, and a pair of small eyes with cold light, she gave birth to three sons to Zhang Bingzhi, and became a hero of the Zhang family. In addition, she is spicy and scheming, and gradually became the head of the family.

Tonight. Her husband seemed to be in trouble, and a windfall came to the door, and the woman could see clearly through the crack in the door. On the table in the guest room was a plate of yellow and clear gold, at least five hundred taels, which made the woman's eyes red.

It is said that this is only half of it, and her husband's head is bowed, and the woman's heart is on fire, and he wants to rush in and tear his ear off.

In the room, Zhang Bingzhi bowed his head deeply, he was about fifty years old, with a small nose and eyes, and a tired face. After 30 years in the Imperial Doctor's Office, he is still a small person, and he doesn't even have the opportunity to see the saint, but his gunpowder skills are extremely high, and the medicine of Emperor Li Yuan and the former Queen Mother and Empress was all concocted by him. But the credit is not his.

Zhang Bingzhi was extremely frightened at this time, the person sitting next to him was not a patient, let alone a welcome guest, this guest was thin and dark, and his eyes were as sharp as knives. His name was Wang Tai, a very common name.

But if his wife knew the nickname of this person, she was afraid that she would collapse on the spot in fright, this person was nicknamed the King of Slaughter, and he was the deputy commander of Tang Feng, in charge of Tang Feng's arrest and torture, and he was a character in Chang'an City.

At this time, Mrs. Wang didn't tell him anything, just put five hundred taels of gold on the table, and said nothing, this silent pressure made Zhang Bingzhi almost collapse, and finally he said in a low voice: "I will only see a doctor, does Commander Wang want me to treat anyone?" ”

"That's right, I want you to see someone......"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Wang pointed to the back window, "It's best to let my sister-in-law leave, lest I hurt her by mistake." ”

Zhang Bingzhi was startled, he hurriedly walked to the window, patted the pane, and shouted anxiously: "Hurry up!" Go away! ”

Outside the window, his wife's voice gritted her teeth, "You thing, you dare to let the gold fly, see how the old lady cleans you up!" ”

The woman left, and the princess showed a hint of pride in her eyes, of course he touched Zhang Bingzhi's bottom, knowing that Zhang Bingzhi was afraid of guilt, and his wife was extremely greedy, this was Zhang Bingzhi's biggest weakness, and he was not afraid that he would not listen to his words.

Zhang Bingzhi sat down again, glanced at the gold timidly, and took five hundred taels of gold for him to see a doctor, who could this person be?

"Who is it for?"

Mrs. Wang said coldly: "You shouldn't ask this kind of thing, you should know who to see." ”

Zhang Bingzhi didn't react, he sat for a long time, and suddenly, his face changed greatly, and he jumped up in shock, "No! No! He stepped back again and again, against the wall, and stared at the princess in horror.

Seeing that he had understood, Mrs. Wang said lightly: "This is not up to you, you have to do it, you have to do it, you have to do it, I might as well tell you that your three sons are in my hands." ”

Zhang Bingzhi seemed to be struck by lightning, and froze, and Mrs. Wang stood up, "Okay! Figured it out come to me, I want to know your plan. He walked out of the room quickly, Zhang Bingzhi stared blankly at the roof, he suddenly reacted, rushed out like an arrow, 'Bang!' The earth shut the gates.

At this time, he was stunned for a moment, and then leaned into the crack of the door to look out, he saw that Wang Tai got into a carriage, but on the window of the carriage, a cold face was revealed, and his sharp eyes were staring at the door, as if he had seen through the door and his heart, and this face made Zhang Bingzhi collapse directly on the gate......

Zhang Bingzhi returned to the room in despair, and in the room, his wife was holding gold, shining at the light one by one, and there were words in her mouth, "Could it be fake?" Could it be fake? ”

A stream of hot blood rushed to the top of Zhang Bingzhi's head, he rushed up like crazy, and pushed his wife to the ground, "My son is dying, what are you doing with these things?" ”

His wife froze, she had never seen her husband in such a gaffe, not in decades.

"In the end...... What happened? ”

She suddenly reacted, got up from the ground, and grabbed her husband's hair, "Come on, what does it have to do with your son?" ”

Zhang Bingzhi sat down on the ground, pointed to the door, and said in a low voice, "Close the door first." ”

His wife quickly closed the door, turned back with another gust of wind, and grabbed her husband by the hair, "Say it quickly! ”

Zhang Bingzhi whispered a word to his wife, his wife was shocked all of a sudden, her eyes were about to pop out, and she glanced at her husband in fear, "Are you wrong?" ”

"There can be no mistake. I saw King Qin just now. ”

The woman's eyes narrowed, and she only cared about her son's life, and the death of anyone else had nothing to do with her, and she asked in a low voice, "Do you think it's impossible?" ”

Zhang Bingzhi pondered for a long time and nodded, "There are three imperial doctors who specialize in testing medicines. It is impossible to do it directly, but it can be done indirectly, and he generally has to take four medicines. There is nothing wrong with one medicine, but there is a problem with several drugs mixed in the stomach, but it is not a deadly poison. Problems will occur slowly, as short as a month, as long as half a year. ”

The woman gritted her teeth, "Then do it, my son's life is more important than anyone else." ”

Her gaze fell on the gold again, and her small eyes lit up......

The carriage was speeding in the night, and in the carriage, Li Shimin asked coldly, "Is he willing to do it?" ”

"He didn't say anything, but he couldn't help it, and his three sons were all in the hands of lowly officials."

Li Shimin nodded. "Do you think he can do it?"

"Your Highness, this person's gunpowder skills are unmatched in the world, as long as he is willing to do it, there is nothing that cannot be done, and it is foolproof."

"Good. When the thing was done, his whole family was left alive. ”

The carriage rushed out of Yanshoufang like a gust of wind and sped away in a northwesterly direction......

Although the Taiyi Department is subordinate to Taichang Temple, dozens of Taiyi doctors spend most of their time in the palace, and there is also a special pharmacy in Taiji Palace, where the imperial doctors rest and wait for summons. The pharmacy in the palace occupies a large area, is a four-storey vermilion building, since the Sui Dynasty, it has been the palace pharmacy center, the world's all kinds of precious medicinal materials, here everything.

The pharmacy steward's surname is Ma, and he is also an imperial doctor, but he is only responsible for managing more than 20 medicine boys and a few pharmacists, and the one who really works in the pharmacy is Zhang Bingzhi, who is known as the world's first pharmacist by insiders.

The so-called where there are people, there is a struggle, although Zhang Bingzhi is good at medicine, but he is a failure, he is a stuffy jar all day long, he doesn't say a word, he doesn't slap his beard, he doesn't give gifts at night, he has been in the pharmacy for 30 years, and he is still a big soldier, so people in the pharmacy jokingly call him the bottom of the medicine jar, which means the dregs.

However, Zhang Bingzhi is very skilled, so the pharmacy horse steward is polite to him, and he speaks with Yan Yuesè, and respectfully calls him Zhang Gong, but good things such as rewards and bonuses, it is not Zhang Bingzhi's turn.

Early in the morning, the horse steward hurriedly ran into the pharmacy, this year, the queen mother is seriously ill, the queen is seriously ill, the saint is sick, a series of big things make the pharmacy up and down are busy, the horse steward is like an ass fire, rushed to the third floor in one breath, looked around, and shouted anxiously: "Zhang Gong!" Where are the people? ”

The time for the saint to take the medicine is approaching, but the medicine has not yet been delivered, and the doctors in front of him are in a hurry, at this time, someone pointed upstairs, "It seems to be on the fourth floor!" ”

Steward Ma ran to the fourth floor with another gust of wind, "Old Zhang, where is the holy medicine?" The doctor was already angry. ”

"It was just made!"

Zhang Bingzhi appeared at the staircase and handed him four boxes, each box contained a pill, which was the four health pills that Li Yuan had to take every day.

"What's so late today?" Steward Ma took the box and complained a little.

"It's nothing, I didn't have a good rest last night, and my body is a little tired." Zhang Bingzhi didn't have jīng to pick up, and he didn't even want to speak.

"Oh! Then you should go home early today and rest! ”

Although the steward Ma was stingy in terms of money, he would still give this kind of small favor such as rest, he walked downstairs, stopped and turned back and said, "Let's take a few fewer patients at night!" ”

"Huh! I'm fine. ”

Zhang Bingzhi laughed dryly, he kept looking at Steward Ma and walked away, his heart was in his throat, his medicine had to be tested by three imperial doctors, although he was absolutely sure, he was still worried to the extreme.

Time passed little by little, until dusk, nothing happened, at this time, Steward Ma walked into the pharmacy, saw Zhang Bingzhi sitting at the table in a daze, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Why hasn't Zhang Gong left, aren't you feeling unwell?" ”

Zhang Bingzhi slowly stood up and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid of the tigress at home!" ”

The steward laughed