Chapter 154: Accidents

The results were quickly announced, but they didn't cause much of a stir.

Liu Gong's apprentice can't get the first place, that's an accident, no matter what kind of thoughts he had before, but in the face of this result, everyone said so.

In a side hall, Master Dong looked at Gu Lingyun with a surprised expression.

“… Very...."Gu Lingyun said lightly, "....everyone is very .....including me..."

"In other words, the four medicines she made are indeed perfect...."Old Man Dong muttered.

Seemingly reluctant to admit this result, Gu Lingyun's expression was a little heavy.

"In the case of these four medicines, it is true." He nodded slowly.

The first doesn't matter, the key is a full score, all ten people scored such a high score, and Master Dong's heart was like turning over the river and the sea.

These four medicines are indeed very simple, but they include picking, rubbing, grinding, and moistening in the cultivation, Taolin and dipping in the water system, and stir-frying and simmering in the fire system, which is a powerful test of the basic skills.

Other people only saw that she was Liu Gong's apprentice, this result was not unusual, but for Master Dong, the shock was great.

"It's only been a little over a year since she's been able to reach this point...."Old Man Dong muttered.

"Her talent is beyond doubt...."Gu Lingyun said lightly, a smile flashed in his eyes, "That old guy loves people with extraordinary talents the most, and he won't look away at this point...... It's just..."

There was a chill in his voice.

"The old guy's luck has been exhausted in decades, so it is always difficult to escape bad luck...."He said slowly, gently tapping his fingers on the smooth tabletop, "This was the case last time, this time it is still the same, although this girl has a good talent, but after all, the wings have not grown hard, and without the escort of the old bird, she is destined to ......"

As he said this, he picked up a piece of Morinda scattered on the table, clutched it into his palm, and then spread his hand, and the crumbs fell.

"Master, Gong Liu, he's really already..."Old Man Dong raised his head again and asked.

"He's dead." Gu Lingyun simply spit out three words.

"He should have died a long time ago....." He slowly added, a sneer on his lips, "I didn't expect him to survive for so long...."

There was a knock at the door, and the two immediately stopped talking.

"Master, Elder Qi invites you to go, it's time to draw the second game of medicine..."The outsider said respectfully.

When Gu Bainiang rubbed her sour neck and appeared in front of everyone again, the gaze that fell on her implied awe and curiosity, of course, jealousy was inevitable, but the doubts and contempt were finally much lighter.

"I'll just say, how could Gu Niangzi lose" Xin Chaoling sat under the corridor of the side hall, crossed his legs and said vaguely, while opening his mouth to catch the candied fruit handed by the charming maid beside him, not forgetting the tip of his tongue to cherish the maid's fingers like tender shallots, which caused the maid to laugh coquettishly.

Xin Chaoyang's eyes fell on Gu Bainiang, who was talking to Wang Yizhang and others not far away, but his expression was not very surprised.

"Brother," Xin Chaoling looked over, "Gu Niangzi won, why aren't you excited at all?" Look at the kid from Hengde Sheng Pharmacy over there, his mouth is about to laugh crookedly, isn't the pharmacist in their pharmacy only ranked thirty-eight......"

Happy, of course happy, but the point is that this number one will soon not belong to them......

Xin Chaoyang retracted his gaze and glanced at him, "I know the result, I am so excited." ”

"Don't be afraid to laugh, the old man is really sweating..."Wang Yizhang said with a smile.

Gu Bainiang smiled and did not speak.

Someone snorted from the side.

"With a master as powerful as Liu Gong, anyone can win." Wang Jin said coldly.

For this young man's stinky face, Gu Bainiang is used to it.

"Stand aside" Wang Yizhang glared at him and scolded in a low voice.

"Grandpa, Liu Ye got the second" Wang Jin did not unfold, but said with a bit of pride, and put on a threatening look at Gu Eighteen Niang.

This time, he got 90 points for the second, a man named Liu from Jianning Mansion, who was only 30 years old and was also a famous pharmaceutical artist.

For being able to get this result at this age, Gu Bainiang also had a little respect, and looking around, there were more pharmacists with gray hair who were still eliminated.

It's not great to know the same skill, but it's not easy to become the best in the line.

After all, the more good pharmacists who can be caged, the greater the profits of the medicine stores.

Gu Banniang smiled, but still didn't speak.

"The second medicine competition will be announced soon, Gu Niangzi go and rest for a while." Wang Yizhang said, with a faint embarrassment on his face.

Gu Bainiang nodded, and walked over to Lingbao and them, who were standing aside with a can of soup.

"Grandpa," Wang Jin pulled Wang Yizhang's sleeve, "There are more good pharmacists, why should we have fellowship with this ungrateful person, this time Liu Ye will definitely become famous in one fell swoop, we might as well ....."

"You know a fart" Wang Yizhang glared at him, threw off his sleeves and walked away.

Wang Jin was used to being scolded, so he shrugged his shoulders and didn't care, turned his head to look around, and finally saw a tall and thin man surrounded by a group of people.

"Master Liu, Master Liu..." Wang Jin easily squeezed away the flattering people, stood beside the man, and repeated with a smile the compliments that the people around him had already said.

Although Gu Bainiang won the first place, in view of her master's big name, she did not shine brightly, and in contrast, Liu Qian, who won the second place and was not a master in the top ten pharmacists, became the first in everyone's eyes.

"Don't dare, don't dare, the kid is just a fluke." Liu also repeated this polite remark.

"Luck, Liu Ye is the first..."Wang Jin said with a smile.

"Young Master Wang said with a smile," Liu Qian was a little frightened and uncomfortable, and looked at Gu Bainiang over there, "Gu Niangzi is the first...."

"She?" Wang Jin snorted, "She's a fluke, but she's luckier than Liu Ye, and she has a good master......" said and lowered his voice, "Who can't recognize Liu Gong's craftsmanship, maybe it's those who score it to give her face......"

Liu's expression moved slightly, and her eyes fell on the young face of the girl over there.

In fact, she was really too young, and I heard that the apprenticeship was very short......

"Besides, the first game is the basic skills... She didn't have long been apprenticed, and she was naturally practicing the basics....." Wang Jin was still chattering in his ears, "... If you really make medicine, maybe it will happen....The next game is a finished medicine competition....That depends on the real skills of the pharmacist..... I don't believe it, those who score can still take care of Liu Gong's face again and again and lose fairness... Those medicines are to be put out for everyone to taste......."

Liu's eyes flashed and flashed, and the hands under his sleeves were clenched tightly, no wonder he always felt that something was wrong....maybe.. Really.. So.....

"It's a blessing to be able to learn from Gu Niangzi usually...", he was a little happy, and he bowed his hand to Wang Jin, "Thank you Young Master Wang for your auspicious words....."

That's right, don't lose your fighting spirit because of the name of the master, Wang Jin is very happy to see that his words have an encouraging effect.

"Liu Ye will definitely dominate this scene," he laughed with a look of confidence, and then said in a low voice, "... What about cooperating with our Bohol Church....."

"Well said, well said." Liu said with a smile, interrupting him.

It's ridiculous to want a promise of a pharmacist who is about to become famous with just three or two kind words, you must know that as a famous pharmacist, the most important thing is to listen to good words.

A distant bell rang, and the noisy crowd fell silent.

"Competitive medicine, the second game, with seven incense pills."

Before the sound fell, there was an uproar in the audience.

"Seven Incense Pills"

"Oh my God, in such a short period of time, I actually want to make incense, or seven systems"

Seeing that the pharmacists who were originally full of ambition to win the second game suddenly became a little excited, Lingbao Ah Si and the others were very puzzled.

"Ha, it turned out to be the Seven Incense Pills" Peng Yizhen had already said, very excited, "The old man has to stand closer and take a look..."

"Miss, is this difficult?" No mistakes, no word skipping. Lingbao asked.

Gu Banniang's expression here is not very good, this big medicine club is really not a casual play.....

"Difficult? It's not so difficult" Peng Yizhen took over the conversation and smiled, shaking his head, "This fragrant pill is enough to be matched with nineteen flavored medicines, and the ingredients are different, including wine, ginger, soil, honey, vinegar, washing, steaming, stir-frying, broiling, soaking, and boiling ......methods."

When he said this, he looked at Lingbao, "Do you know that this is called the Seven Incense Pills?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

Lingbao Ah Si and the others were already stupid by his angry words, and shook their heads in a daze.

"As the name suggests, these seven systems are talking about using seven methods to concoct incense, in this day and night, to make seven ways to concoct incense, and to prepare nineteen flavor ingredients......." Peng Yizhen stroked Fa Fu's stomach and said, suddenly saw Gu Banniang on the side, and immediately smiled embarrassedly, "... I'm getting an axe..."

Gu Bainiang smiled, "Mr. Peng is really knowledgeable." ”

Peng Yizhen smiled and touched his head, "I've heard it all from people, but I haven't seen it, anyway, I've been practicing medicine for so long, and I haven't used the seven-system incense pill once, and I only see the four-system one...... However, for Gu Niangzi, it doesn't count as a few systems. ”

Gu Bainiang smiled bitterly, "It's hard to say, do your best, this medicine is too ..... after all"

Her mind was full of various pill preparation methods, but when it came to what she had done herself, only three out of ten, this was the effect of age on pharmacists.

She has only done this incense pill once, four systems, seven systems...

"Which guy wrote this medicine?" At this time, in the Medicine King Palace, several pharmacists were also examining each other, but these old pharmacists were used to hiding their emotions, and after looking around, no one could see who it was.

Seven incense pills, is the most test of the processing skills of a kind of pills, Seiko is extremely complicated, in the past, this level of pill configuration was only seen during the competition.

It seems that because of the appearance of Liu Gong's high apprentices, the level of this competition has increased suddenly, and the competition has been like this, so I don't know if the competition is even more powerful。。。。。。

The expressions on everyone's faces suddenly became a little excited, this time the big medicine will be very interesting.

Because of the removal of nearly five hundred pharmacists, the originally crowded apse square of the apse of the Yaowang Temple seemed to be much empty, disrupting the number plates, and the remaining pharmacists reassigned the concocted houses, this time everyone's positions were scattered, and Gu Bainiang found that the nearest pharmacist to herself was also separated by three wooden sheds.

This consideration does make sense, since it comes to the process of concocting medicine, there are more and more secret skills involved, which also greatly reduces the hidden danger of peeping at other people's skills, so that pharmacists who regard the secret recipe as their life have less worries.

It has been half a day since the announcement of the pill, and the square is very lively, and everywhere in sight is a crowd of people turning over on their backs, because they didn't expect this medicine to come out at all, and the people who didn't take it wanted to become three heads and six arms, and the people who took it hated that the big medicine would limit them to only two, and there were constantly sighs of regret and impatience around them.

What's even worse is that the configuration of Xiangfu pills here is not like in your own home, there are endless materials, and each person in the big medicine club only provides two copies, which means that once there are two mistakes in one medicine, then it means that you can leave automatically.

"Ahh。。。。。hh My vinegar yuanhu... ”

Listening to a bang next to you, accompanied by a wail, means that another person has failed.

"Small..." Lingbao turned his head with sweat on his forehead.

"Three stoves..." Gu Bainiang interrupted her, and quickly took down the steamed Dashengdi from the stove, "Prepare wine, soil, vinegar, and clam powder。。。。。 ”

Seeing that she had devoted herself to the medicinal materials in front of her, Lingbao was busy holding her mind, this time there were too many medicines to do, and the methods were cumbersome, Gu Banniang had to find a start, Lingbao was doing miscellaneous work in the medicine store, and had done simple cleaning work such as cleaning, so she was called, but because the requirements were too strict, all Lingbao could do was wash and light a fire and dry it.

Guarding the three stoves, Gu Bainiang, whose eyes were firmly fixed on the fire, had dense sweat on her forehead.

Different from the previous two competitions, this time there were obviously more people watching from the outside of the square, and just looking at the red-faced pharmacists leaving with their heads hanging down, it was enough to make the pharmacists who had to whisper in front of them in the past and be careful to curry favor with them feel comfortable.

"Ha, look, that's the old Qu of Hengzhou Mansion haha, why is his beard burnt...

Everyone was talking and laughing, looking at the busy scene in the field, smelling the medicinal fragrance mixed with wine and vinegar, eating dried fruits, and almost drinking a little wine.

As the night gradually fell, the square was lit up, and the number of onlookers increased.

Xin Chaoling held the two pretty maids, pointed to the field from time to time, and leaned back with a smile.

"Look, over there, it's our Gu Niangzi... He pointed out to the pretty maid, "Look, how calm Gu Niangzi is。。。。。 ”

These three words of our family reached Xin Chaoyang's ears, and under the red lantern, his eyes darkened.

"Young Master..." The pretty maid shook Xin Chaoling's arm, her eyes flashing, "Gu Niangzi is really calm, she stood there for half a day without moving。。。。。 ”

"That is, Gu Niangzi has the chance to win... Ay? Wrong.... Xin Chaoling, who was throwing melon seed skins at a pharmacist who was leaving with his face covered, hurriedly turned his gaze, at this time he was calmly talking about movements, if he didn't move, it wouldn't be considered calm。。。。。

"Small... Small... Lingbao's tears were about to fall, squatting on the ground and looking at the wet rice swill, and the cracks in the porcelain jar on the side were still bubbling up.

There is not enough rice swill。。。。。 Gu Banniang only felt a boom in her head, without rice swill, she couldn't do two of the seven systems.

Just now she asked for rice swill, soaked in black medicine, Lingbao handed it over, somehow the two hands slid one after another, although Lingbao eyes were about to take it, but still sprinkled more than half.

To be fair, only two ingredients are provided, and no more are allowed for any reason.

At this time, Gu Bainiang, who was the focus of the audience, was finally noticed by everyone, and they all turned their heads and asked what was wrong.

"Master Xiaoliu has started seven systems," someone shouted at this time.

The seven systems are the most important and final step of the incense pill, and everyone can't help but look up at the sky, and their faces are hard to hide their surprise.

At this rate, it will be done before dawn

The news quickly spread throughout the audience, directly causing two or three pharmacists to panic and tremble, scrap the last medicine in their hands, and leave the scene without tears.

Master, what should I do? Gu Banniang only felt that she was confused, making medicine is making medicine, no raw materials are no raw materials, there is no way to think about it.

Lost like that? It's also too 。。。。。

Everyone will only know that she lost, but no one cares about how she lost, and no one cares, even if she can make more Seven Incense Attached Pills in the future, it can't change people's impressions.

Seven systems, seven systems, without two systems, we can only do four systems。。。。。。 Although the four systems are also incense pills, they still lose, unless they 。。。。。

Gu Bainiang raised her head violently.

"Lingbao," she took a deep breath and beckoned her over.

"Miss?" Lingbao still had tears on his face and hurried over.

Gu Bainiang whispered a few words in her ear, and Lingbao's face was shocked.

"This... Is this okay? "No mistakes, no skipping words. She asked.

"It's better than throwing in the towel." Gu Bainiang said in a deep voice, she looked up at the sky, "Go quickly, time is running out... ”

At this time, in the side hall, President Qi accompanied the ten pharmacists to sit and laugh, and the commotion outside could be seen through the wide open door.

"This little Liu Ye, when I saw him when I was a child, I thought he was a good seedling, much better than his grandfather, I think the future of this Jianning Mansion will be 。。。。。" An old pharmacist spoke, giving a thumbs up.

The crowd either smiled and nodded or squinted noncommittally.

A man hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words in President Qi's ear.

“？” President Qi looked stunned.

Everyone looked over with a little puzzlement.

"Ladies and gentlemen," President Qi turned to everyone, "Gu Niangzi said that six more ingredients should be added。。。。。 ”

"Now?" Everyone couldn't help but ask in unison.

President Qi nodded, the current medicine alone adds up to nearly thirty kinds, and she has to add six? This is.... Is this too easy for them to set up the game?

A smile appeared on Gu Lingyun's face, thinking of the noise he had just heard, there must be something wrong with this Gu Niangzi's medicine

"What do you say? This is unprecedented ... President Qi asked.

Everyone looked at each other.

"It's a new drug, not an illegal re-replenishment of the original drug... Gu Lingyun opened his mouth and said, "Since Gu Niangzi has the heart to find another way, why don't we do it?" lest we mistake her。。。。。 ”

Everyone was actually very curious, and since Gu Lingyun spoke, they all nodded.

"She wants to add?" Kang Lao asked.

The man who came in hurriedly replied: "Two taels each of cumin, Yizhiren, gardenia, and sulforaphane, and one tael each of white aconite and calamus." ”

And they thought in silence, and the man withdrew.

The news quickly spread on a small scale.

"It's broken" Wang Yizhang came to his senses after being surprised, "Gu Niangzi must have a problem with the original Seven Medicines, this is to change the medicine temporarily"

"Change dressings?" When the people around heard it, they were stunned, "It was indicated that the seven-system incense pill to be made was changed, and she changed it?" It's a loss."

Wang Yizhang is a pharmacist, but he still doesn't know much about pill processing, so he can't answer for a while, and his eyebrows are furrowed.

"I know, I know" Wang Jin almost danced behind the scenes, as long as he thought of this Gu Niangzi being embarrassed at this conference, he let out a long-standing sulk in his heart.

"Get out of here," Wang Yizhang shouted, pacing back and forth under the porch.

Suddenly, a man squeezed in from outside, wearing a dark blue robe, a brown cloak, and a large hat covering his forehead.

"The old Wang shopkeeper... This man spoke strangely, and seemed to be deliberately making a fuss.

"Do?" Wang Yizhang raised his head silently, and almost bit his tongue after seeing the person who came, "Huang 。。。。。 ”

The man waved his hand, making Wang Yizhang swallow back the title that he was about to blurt out.

"You... You're here too... Wang Yizhang stammered a little and said hello.

"Yes, it's so lively, so naturally I want to come and take a look... The visitor laughed.

There are more acquaintances in the medicine shop here, and the people around them don't care anymore after listening to their conversations.

The man approached Wang Yizhang and whispered a few words in his ear, Wang Yizhang's face changed even more, his mouth opened wide, and his eyes were full of fear.

"This... This... "He seemed a little out of control, fighting between his upper and lower teeth.

Since hearing Gu Ba Niang's request to change the medicine, the discussion in the side hall has not subsided, and everyone has already guessed that this Gu Niangzi must have something wrong with the previous medicine.

“。。 She's so young ... Even if you miss it for a while, it doesn't count... President Qi laughed in a low voice with Elder Kang.

Another person suddenly walked in, and everyone who was laughing was stunned, and something happened again? Everybody looked at it.

"Masters." Wang Yizhang smiled at them with a stiff face, and without waiting for everyone to return the salute, he had already walked in front of President Qi.

"Elder Wang, you heard it, that Gu... President Qi raised his head and smiled at him, and halfway through his words, Wang Yizhang had already bowed his head and whispered in his ear.

President Qi's face suddenly changed again, even more strange than hearing the news of Gu Bainiang's change of dressing just now.

"Ho... He made a strange sound from his throat, and was about to speak, and was pressed on his shoulder by Wang Yizhang.

"I'll go out for a while." After several changes in complexion, he finally stood up, said quickly to everyone, and followed Wang Yizhang out, his steps were obviously vain, and he was tripped by the threshold before going out.

Play tricks? Everyone's eyes followed the two of them to the door, light and dark intertwined, and the figures swayed, and they stopped in front of a tall and thin figure, and the corners of their clothes flew into the next room.

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