Chapter 101: Filling in the Gap
"How so?" I asked incredulously.
When he praised Father Yan's family background before, he also said that although there are very few shops with more private collections of medicinal materials, the library of medicinal materials of the royal family and imperial doctor is complete. After all, no one knows what flavor they will suddenly use, so not only are they complete, but they are all selected and high-quality. I have high expectations for the medicinal herb library of the Eastern Han Dynasty royal family, and now I want a coriander and I actually say no, how can I not be surprised?
"Originally, there was, but this medicine was really used too little, saying that it was a rat plague in the medicinal herb warehouse before, so I took some to make a rodent killing pill......" The little eunuch explained.
Uh, this reason really left me speechless. But because coriander is also poisonous, it is indeed possible to kill a mouse.
In this treatment formula, the prescription is generally based on the main symptom, and then the herbs are increased and decreased according to the secondary symptoms. But this time, I only have a prescription, and there is no addition or subtraction, and if any of these three flavors are missing, they can no longer be called ten jujube soup, and the effect is not guaranteed.
Medicinal herbs are to doctors what swords are to soldiers, and if I don't have the necessary weapons, how can I fight?
What to do? Although there may be a glimmer of hope to find this medicine when I go out of the palace immediately to find my father, it is estimated that the old eunuch will not allow me to enter and leave the palace casually. I can't let the people in the palace go to find my father, after all, he is the person who is watching the Ying Digging Group, and it is too risky to tell others where he is!
When the little eunuch saw my anxious expression, he comforted me and said, "Don't worry, son." The head of the medicinal herb warehouse has already promised me that he will go out of the palace early tomorrow morning to make a concoction. ”
Morning? Then it will be too late. Regardless of the time limit of the game, I had to let her drink this medicine at sunrise. I went to get the medicine again at dawn, and the daylily was cold!
Just thinking about it, when I was full of sorrow, I heard a hoarse voice not far away: "Coriander?" I have it here. ”
This voice was so familiar, I turned my head to see a man in a black robe, a black hat and black gloves standing not far away. A person who almost blends with the night. It's Granny Flower!
"You have coriander?" I almost doubted my ears and asked as I met them.
I saw her search a little in her sleeve and take out a small bag. Hand it to me.
When I looked up, I saw that the little bag was quite delicate, embroidered with a pattern of flowers, and the mouth of the bag was tightly tied with gold thread.
Open the bag. It's a couple of small paper packets. I took out a bag and was about to open it, but she waved her hand and said, "Be careful!" ”
I smiled and said, "I know." At the same time, I was also very curious, when this coriander was used in medicine, it was important to fry it with vinegar first, and then grind it into powder. Because it is toxic, when grinding powder. It must be wrapped in gauze while avoiding the mouth and nose. Especially in the eyes, once it gets into the eyes, it can lead to blindness! Could it be that this flower granny is also a master of concocting medicinal materials?
Sure enough, the paper bag is ground coriander powder, no need to get closer, I have already smelled the slightly sour, and slightly floral smell, confirmed that it is coriander!
I left one of the packets, returned the rest to Granny Hua, bowed deeply and said, "Mother-in-law has helped me many times, Tao Yong is grateful to my heart!" ”
At that moment, I turned around and called the little eunuch to come over, handed him the medicine powder, and told him to bring the stove fire, the medicine pot and the water, in order to ensure the absolute effect, I will personally boil the ten jujube soup!
In fact, since there are no red dates in the recipe, why is it called ten jujube soup? It is because these three flavors of medicine are the medicine of the tiger and wolf that expel the phlegm from the body, since it is a tiger wolf, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not indiscriminately hurt people, and the phlegm is too ruthless, and even the normal fluid in the body is injured, and it really becomes poison. The function of these ten red dates is to keep the normal fluid in the stomach and neutralize the toxicity of the poison.
It is also the use of poison, but at the same time, it is always thinking about how to ensure the normal function of the human body, which is the biggest difference between doctors and witches!
The cooking method of this flavor medicine is also different from the general medicine, you must first boil ten red dates until they are sticky, and they really look like human gastric juice, one tablespoon is enough, and then the mixed powder of the three flavored medicines is mixed in the jujube juice and given to the patient to eat, so that it can work smoothly.
I gave in what I needed, and just when I looked back to say a few more words to Granny Hua, I found that she was no longer there. It's really a dragon that can't see the end, and it's always so mysterious!
I didn't bother to analyze her much now, and then I started busy preparations.
While the medicine was cooking, I called the little eunuch over again and ordered, "Go and prepare two gong buckets." ”
The little eunuch was surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Does the son want to be convenient?" ...... outside"
"No, it's related to the work, you just go and get it." I say.
"Why two?" He asked.
As soon as I reached out and took out a silver ingot from my arms, I stuffed it into his hand and said, "Father-in-law has worked hard tonight, except for two gong buckets, please go and boil some porridge and bring it over, boil it for a while, thicken it a little, thank you!" ”
He was of course glad to see that his hard work had paid off, so he stopped asking no more questions and hurried away.
In the early hours of the morning, at about five or six o'clock, the medicine was boiled, and the gong bucket was sent to the east house according to my arrangement, and the porridge was also brought in a food box and placed on the stone table in the courtyard. When everything was ready, I took the medicine to the house, mixed it in a spoon, and handed it to Le Mei. She took it, looked up at me again, and when she saw me smiling and nodding, she swallowed it in one gulp, and then immediately covered her mouth with a pained expression on her face.
Seeing that she had successfully subdued, I leaned closer to her and whispered some words, and when she heard it, her face immediately turned red, and she blurted out: "Ah...... It's also too ......."
"Now your life is in your own hands, believe me, as long as you do what I say, you will be fine!" I said firmly.
"Good...... All right. She said hesitantly.
I stood up and said one last thing to her, "I'll wait for you outside." So he went out and closed the door.
When the little eunuch saw me coming out, he felt a little strange and asked, "That's it, it's over?" ”
"No, but there's not much I can do right now, just wait outside! Walk! I pulled him out of the courtyard.
When I looked up, the sky was slightly red, and it was almost dawn. It was the moment when the yang energy was rising, and I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, stretched, and felt a lot of tiredness dissipate immediately.
"Are you in charge of serving Lan Meiren?" It's okay to be idle, I asked the little eunuch next to me.
"Who will serve her?" A look of disdain appeared on his face, "This is a cold palace, even if she doesn't provoke evil spirits, she is also a master that no one wants to see, not to mention that no one is serving, no one thinks she is bad and wants her to die!" ”
"What the hell did she get into to get down here?" I asked.
"She, if you want me to see it, she is a mourning star, crying and crying all day long, in the end she killed her father, and she has to go to the emperor, how can the queen mother tolerate her! Hey, Childe, I've heard that some female ghosts rely on crying at night to attract men, and then feed on their spirits, is there such a thing? "The little eunuch seems to be not only gossipy, but also quite rich in imagination.
I was just about to speak again when I heard a heart-rending scream coming from inside the room! (To be continued.) )