Xie Mulin's work of collecting medicinal herbs proceeded quickly and efficiently.

The manpower allocated to her by the Wen family, in addition to the two who were in charge of errands in the Xie family's outer house, the other two were guys who worked in the Beiping branch, and they were very familiar with the situation inside and outside the city of Beiping, and they usually had no less contact with the business of medicinal materials, and they had long been accustomed to dealing with large and small medical halls and pharmacies in the city. With them coming forward, Xie Mulin gave a list of medicinal materials, but all those that were available in Beiping City were soon missing. Even if there is no stock for the time being, I have heard the news that there is something in stock, and an acquaintance is leading me to send someone over, but it will be in two or three days.

The Xie family's action to urgently collect medicine, although it was not very public, still attracted the attention of some people. Several people who were ordered to do the work had been instructed by Xie Mulin in advance, and at first they did not confide in why they received the medicine, but when an acquaintance inquired in private, they pretended to be unbearable and leaked their tone slightly—of course, it was the fact that the wife and the lady of the owner intended to make the ointment.

The Jiangnan honey throat lozenge prescription that the Xie family used as a gift in previous years is also quite famous in the middle and upper class official circles of Beiping City, and almost all the doctors and pharmacies who are a little famous have heard of it, and some people have seen and tasted it with their own eyes, and they know that it is indeed a good ointment made by a famous person. But the Xie family is a high-ranking official, where do they dare to provoke? When I saw that people didn't sell this, I just listened to it. If you have the opportunity to taste it, you will privately guess what materials are used in it, but few people really dare to sell it privately.

Now those people in the pharmacy and medical hall heard that the Xie family was preparing this ointment, and they didn't think it was anything strange, and sighed: "The miracle doctor who made the ointment is also generous, and he actually told the secret recipe to the political envoy's family!" But in his heart, he guessed that the miracle doctor was forced by power.

Of course, the guys of the Xie family would not let others misunderstand their owner, so they said: "The old doctor Du who makes the ointment is the in-law of our Dong family, and the two families have been friends for decades!" Old man Du knew that the owner and the wife of the owner could not do without this ointment in Beiping, and when he saw that the young masters and ladies were coming to reunite with the owner and his wife, he was afraid that it would be inconvenient to send the ointment back, so he specially gave the ointment to the young masters and young ladies. Old man Du's ability! If you don't rely on this ointment to eat, people are not so stingy! Our owner doesn't use this paste to sell, what is Old Man Du afraid of? ”

When those people heard this, they had to laugh.

When the guys of the Xie family left with the collected medicinal materials, several people got together again to discuss this matter.

"Is this secret recipe really given to the young master and young lady of the Xie family by that divine doctor? The person just said that he was not wrong, and the Xie family did not sell this ointment, so what if the divine doctor gave it? ”

"How did you get the anointing recipe for the Xie family? I wonder how this ointment is made. What materials and techniques are used? The person who spoke also specially asked the shopkeeper of the pharmacy for the list of medicinal materials purchased by the Xie family, and took out two other pieces of paper from his arms, "This is the list of medicinal materials I found out about those shops that sell medicinal materials to the Xie family." Good guys, there are about seventy or eighty kinds of medicines before and after! Who uses so many ingredients in the paste? It can't be bluffing, right?! ”

Several people became interested when they heard this, read the list of medicinal materials, and went to consult the shopkeeper of the pharmacy. Although he only buys and sells medicinal materials, he occasionally takes a pulse for acquaintances, prescribes a prescription or something, and makes some plasters and pills on weekdays. It's best to ask him about this kind of thing.

The shopkeeper squinted and looked at the list of medicinal materials, and then smiled: "There are many medicinal materials on this that are used to clear heat and detoxify, dissolve phlegm and relieve cough, but many of them are mutually restrictive, I guess the person who opened the list is smarter than you think, and specially mixed the medicinal materials that can be used with other irrelevant medicinal materials to buy, even if the list falls into the hands of others, I can't guess what medicinal materials are used in the real prescription." He smiled at everyone, "Don't make up your mind, even if people don't do this business, they won't easily leak the secret recipe!" ”

Hearing him say this, the others hurriedly took the list of medicinal materials back and looked at them carefully, and then looked at each other.

One of them said: "Look carefully, the medicine here can make up at least three common ointment prescriptions, but those are all old recipes from rotten streets, and the Xie family will definitely not follow the old recipes." Even if we can really find someone to guess the whole recipe, we don't know the ratio! Not to mention the method of boiling. It seems that the Xie family has been on guard for a long time, so let's just watch the excitement. ”

Some of the others sighed, but some thought it was interesting, and used it as a talking point to chat with relatives, friends, and acquaintances, and slowly, the news of the Xie family's ointment recipe spread.

There are people who have received the news from the side branch of the clan, and they are more well-informed, knowing that the queen mother's boat is about to arrive in Beiping, and she is in such a hurry because the queen mother is unwell, and she misses her son more and more. They had also heard that the Xie family had sent out the ointment prescription for favors in previous years, and they also guessed that the Xie family had heard about the Queen Mother and planned to take the opportunity to tie it up.

After all, the daughter of the Xie family is about to marry the queen mother's own grandson.

Even if King Yan has already succeeded, he is still the queen mother's son in blood, and his son is naturally the queen mother's own grandson. Before the daughter of the Xie family passed the door, she first thought about settling with her future mother-in-law, and she was quite scheming!

A clan woman close to the Yan Wangfu ran to Princess Yan to report to her, and said with a smile: "It seems that the princess has a good daughter-in-law, and before she has passed the door, she already knows how to fulfill her filial piety to her elders." Blessed will the princess be in the future! ”

Princess Yan and the county lord of Yongping, who was sitting next to her, suddenly understood what Xie Mulin meant by what she said before, the mother and daughter glanced at each other, and the former smiled and said the words of cooperation: "That child really has a heart." In fact, I was busy welcoming the Queen Mother for the past two days, and I was a little anxious, and Yongping was worried, so he ran to Xie's house to ask for his throat lozenge. I thought it was good when I ate it, and I thought that the Queen Mother might be able to use it, so I asked the real sister to prepare more and prepare to enter. I didn't expect her to be so attentive, and she also specially collected a large number of medicinal materials and boiled them freshly. This fresh ointment is indeed better than last year's. ”

When the clan woman heard this, she quickly sighed, and asked curiously what the ointment looked like—she had never eaten it before. Xie Pu will not give gifts to the clan outside the Yanwang Mansion to avoid suspicion.

Princess Yan gave the county lord a look, and the county lord said with understanding: "The previous request has been opened, the mother concubine has eaten most of it, and the rest is not easy to give to the aunt." I went back to my sister-in-law and asked for two more cans, so I sent them to my aunt. This is Chen's, my aunt eats first, and when I go back and wait for my sister-in-law's house to boil a new one, I will ask her for more, and my aunt can have as many as she wants! ”