Chapter 44 Practice Brings True Knowledge
What Aunt Qian did in Luoyang was to sell all kinds of rouge gouache for women or men.
The best product sold by their family is the Hundred Flowers Rouge Lip Lip Oil, which is said to be extracted from the color of a hundred flowers, mixed with whale oil and incense powder, with different colors and not easy to fade, and is very popular among men and women in Luoyang City.
Recently, the largest shipment is the scrub developed by Chang'an Baihuafang, which is said to have miraculous effects in removing dead skin and whitening the complexion.
That woman doesn't want her skin to be white and tender, and what man doesn't want to be white and fat?
In addition, Chang'an Baihuafang products represent the first class in the world, and the raw materials are taken from pure nature, which is definitely not comparable to those toxic whitening cosmetics made of lead and tin powder.
Since Sun Simiao's old fairy came to the judgment that lead is poisonous, anyone who has a little wealth will only choose cosmetics produced by Chang'an Baihuafang.
Ever since I heard about the new whitening product of scrubs, I have been buying them for both men and women.
Whether it is a man or a woman to buy it is normal, Aunt Qian will only smile and entertain well, try to satisfy customers, and look forward to them coming back after they are used up.
It is very abnormal for a Taoist priest to buy scrub.
In fact, it is normal for Taoist priests to buy scrubs, after all, many Taoist priests in Datang have wives and lovers, and many ordinary people also like to wear Taoist robes.
However, the purpose of the scrub that Yin Erhu took away was clear, and it was used on Xue Changfeng's body to smash and change his skin.
And the amount is also clear, and the Taoist priest who just came to buy the scrub is a fair-skinned Taoist priest, not to mention, the amount of scrub he bought is about the same as the amount of smashed by Xue Changfeng.
Then, Aunt Qian naturally thought of Zhang Guo, who also turned red and black after being exposed to the sun.
In the past few days, Mrs. Qian and they have mobilized all the forces they can mobilize, and they have quietly investigated Zhang Guo's whereabouts in secret, but they have not found anything, and now, Mrs. Qian feels that she should track down this Taoist priest who has bought a lot of scrubs.
With just one look, there were six idlers who looked like they were running errands for others in Luoyang City, so they didn't hurry to follow......
Li Hong covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, carefully examining the maggot buds shaking his head in the cracks of a bearded man's skin.
Today is the third day, and as the master said, maggots have grown out of this still alive thief.
A doctor from the Imperial Physician's Department, who specializes in serving the East Palace, said to the prince after touching the pulse of this big man: "Your Highness Qiqi, this person is still alive, but his heart is a little disordered. ”
Li Hong couldn't stand the stench emanating from the strong man's body, and continued to cover his nose with a handkerchief and said, "How long can you live?" Can it survive in 10 days? ”
The doctor glanced at the strong man whose head was tied to the wooden board and said: "As long as you drink water and have enough food, Xia Guan thinks that ten days is nothing to him, even if the skin is ulcerated, these maggot buds will continue to grow, and there will be no problem in surviving for another ten days." ”
The strong man, who originally didn't know anything about his physical condition, heard the doctor say that his body was growing maggots, and he didn't know where the strength came from, his thick neck and green tendons jumped violently, and he roared and broke the leather rope that fixed his head, and couldn't wait to look up at his body, only to see countless white maggots wriggling in his belly, thighs, especially the triangle under his crotch......
"Roar-" The strong man began to go crazy, or rather, as long as a person saw maggots wriggling, drilling, and crawling on his body, he would go crazy.
It's a pity that his body is firmly tied to a wooden plank, and no matter how much he struggles, he can't break free from it, just tossing and thumping the plank that is flat on the ground.
Li Hong still covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, indifferently watching the strong man constantly tossing on the plank.
Seeing the strong man's arms, the blood vessels in his legs all burst out, and he seemed to have used his strength to the extreme, and at this moment, the strong man also stopped breathing, and the wooden plank also made a creaking sound at the same time.
The eunuch Chunxi carefully blocked in front of the prince, and the doctor was also trembling to protect the prince.
Li Hong impatiently pulled away from the doctor, and this guy blocked his view.
The strong man who was extremely tense suddenly let out a breath, and his tense body gradually relaxed, but this breath, this relaxation, he no longer moved, but those maggots were shaken off a lot by him, and now he is trying to climb up the strong man's body.
The doctor touched the bloody wrist of the strong man, then got up and said to the prince, "This person is dead." ”
Li Hong covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief with one hand, opened the file on the table with the other hand, looked at the identity of this person, and said angrily: "The Wang Yang thieves who slaughtered the village and wiped out the households can't bear the fear brought by maggots, how did Zhang Guo bear it?" ”
Of course, Chunxi and Yizheng knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not asking them, so they didn't say a word.
"Chunxi, is this the most violent and crazy bad guy you found for the Lone King?"
Chunxi hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, this is a slave and maid carefully selected from more than 600 death row prisoners, this Dong Feihu is rampant in the area of Funiu Mountain, killing people without calculation, I heard that from the elderly to the newborn baby, he killed it correctly, I didn't expect it to be so useless." ”
Li Hong glanced at the corpse and said thoughtfully: "It's still too low-level, too low-level."
Taifu, if it were you, would you be able to get through it? ”
Xu Jingzong, who was originally drowsy on a recliner, opened his eyes, looked at the corpse crawling with maggots, and said: "The older the old man gets, the more nostalgic he is for life, and he is extremely obsessed with every moment of life, even if it is bad, as long as he can live, the old man will work hard to survive."
This world is impermanent, God knows what kind of variables will appear in the next moment, as long as you live, there are countless possibilities. ”
Li Hong nodded and said, "The Lonely King is now very sure that Zhang Guo is still alive." ”
Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "If Your Highness tells Your Majesty the news, not only will you not get Your Majesty's appreciation, but on the contrary, you will only get Your Majesty's disgust." ”
Li Hong sighed and said, "Didn't you say that fathers like the children of strong masters and ancestors?" ”
Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "This does not include the emperor. ”
Li Hong frowned and said, "It seems that this news can only be sold to my queen mother, so that our interests can be maximized." ”
Xu Jingzong still smiled and said: "It is the interests of His Royal Highness, not including the old man, who sleeps all day long and doesn't know anything." ”
Li Hong said helplessly: "No wonder my master said that you are the most difficult person in the world to deal with." ”
Xu Jingzong shook his head and said: "Yun Chu is too underestimated in the world, and the old man can only be regarded as one at most, not the only one. ”
Just as the two were talking, there was a commotion outside the door of this deserted hall, Li Hong looked over with some annoyance, and saw that the crown princess Pei Wanying walked into the hall surrounded by the eunuchs arranged by Li Hong to guard the door outside.
Xu Jingzong slowly hid in the curtain with the support of Yizheng, the two of them were foreign ministers, and they couldn't see the crown princess.
As soon as he saw the prince, he said angrily: "Your Royal Highness, as the crown prince, should have the etiquette of the prince, even if you have a favorite beauty, you should know the concubine body, and then arrange it for Your Highness after the concubine body is identified, how can you have a tryst in private."
If you don't talk about this instability, it's easy to be criticized by others. ”
Li Hong angrily pointed to the corpse covered with sackcloth and crawling with maggots on the wooden board and said, "That's right, that's the object of the Lone King's tryst today." ”
Pei Wanying walked to the side of the corpse angrily, and tore open the linen cloth vigorously, wanting to take a closer look at this bewitching slut, but what she didn't expect to see was a male corpse that was bleeding and crawling with maggots.
She turned her head and glanced at Li Hong expressionlessly, and then fell to the ground softly, unconscious.
Li Hong picked up the boneless Pei Wanying with one hand, slapped her delicate face and said: "This is the end of disobedience, when you climb the bed of the lonely king in the future, there will be the psychological reaction that the master once said, right?" ”
Pei Wanying's eyes were closed, her breathing was even more like nothing, looking at the beauty in her arms, Li Hong sighed again and said, "How good it would be if you were always so quiet." ”
The handsome-faced young Taoist priest walked over from Zhong Kui, who was lying on the threshold, but the stack of scrubs he was holding in his hand did not move at all.
It's not that he wants to be rude to Zhong Kui, but Zhong Kui is not willing to leave the gate of Qixiaguan at all, since the attack on Baiyunguan, after the loss of most of the believers under his command, Zhong Kui has been drinking all day long, not half a step away from the gate, and even out of Gong is solved on the spot, making the gate of Qixiaguan smelly.
Fortunately, Qixiaguan is remote here, and it is the family temple of the Ministry of Rites, which did not attract idlers to watch.
However, Zhong Kui, who was originally drunk, suddenly opened his eyes at this moment, and his huge body jumped up from the gate like a bird, his hands became claws, and he grabbed a thin idler fiercely.
The idle man was caught off guard, and watched Zhong Kui envelop him with his wide body, and before he could let out an exclamation, he was firmly pressed to the ground by Zhong Kui.
At the same time, there were two yellow sounds in the woods opposite the gate of Qixiaguan, Zhong Kui's body suddenly flipped over, and his two feet accurately kicked on the two crossbow arrows, and the crossbow arrows flew into the air, and at the same time, a flying claw flew over silently, wanting to take the opportunity to take away the idler from Zhong Kui's hands, but Zhong Kui firmly grasped the flying claws with his hands, and his feet fell to the ground, so he burst into a shout: "Come over to Lao Tzu-"
Zhong Kui used a lot of force, but he didn't expect the enemy to let go of the flying claw, and the flying claw was grabbed by Zhong Kui with a piece of rope.
Immediately, the sound of crossbow arrows rang out again, and the thin idler who fell to the ground took the opportunity to throw a dagger at Zhong Kui, and he rolled quickly on the ground, and after a few ups and downs, he disappeared into the woods.
Zhong Kui dodged the dagger, held a flying claw in his hand, and yelled at the woods, but did not continue to chase.