Chapter 10: The Elixir

Li Pan glared at Zhang Zhuo, and really generously put the word in his arms, because the price of the word panel was three taels of silver, he casually took out a silver ingot of five taels from his purse, threw it to the shopkeeper next to him, and added: "The rest of the plum blossom paper for me to cut five knives, take a few pieces of ordinary oil smoke ink......

Here Li Pan changed the topic, but Jiang Chenying, an old man with white hair, was still wondering to himself, when did he write such a picture, and he was actually sold by someone? made a room full of people cry and laugh.

Li Pan glared at Jiang Chenying, waved his hand pretending not to mind, no longer paid attention to him, and only smiled at Zhang Zhuo: "Lord Zhang is busy with official business, and the two of us are idle, so we will help him run errands, and by the way, how about seeing the real "Liutao" bamboo slips?" Can you sell this bamboo slip to Lord Zhang, if not, we have to open our eyes......

Hearing Li Pan say this, Zhang Zhuo smiled, "Of course we have to sell, we have to open a store, and there is no reason to push customers out." He didn't want to continue such a topic, although this meeting was quite funny, but in the end, these two are now court officials, even if the relationship is good, the face still has to be given, and quickly introduced Mingde to these two, everyone has seen the ceremony, laughed a few words, and waited for Mingde to present the bamboo slips of Liutao, Li Pan is okay, Jiang Chenying's mind immediately turned around, and held the camphor wood box in his arms and never let go, where is there any fantasy about calligraphy and painting.

After taking something, Li Pan was not in a hurry to go, and looked around, well, this store is very special - the Babao Pavilion where antique calligraphy and paintings are placed is no different from the general store, but the rows of tall shelves are just standing so casually, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone have been arranged on the corresponding shelves in different categories, within reach, you can play with it in your hands at will, and there is a sticky note under each piece, which is written on the price of the goods, specifications, materials, etc., which makes it clear at a glance.

Two guys were in charge of checking out at the gate, and the other six shop guys were only waiting on the sidelines, and the customers asked before they spoke, not at all like the guys in other shops who desperately pulled the customers to introduce, if it weren't for the uniform silver-gray robes, it is estimated that not many people would be able to see their identities.

A smile flashed in Li Pan's eyes, and said: "Jin Cheng, you are getting more and more capable, I can be regarded as having read books for a few years, but the four treasures of your study in this store ......" His fingers gently rubbed a set of thirty-six ink ingots of different colors and shapes, put it on the tip of the pen and sniffed, "Fragrant and muscular, it's really good ink, especially with so many colors, it's really only seen in my life......"

"Yes, I've seen a lot of color ink before, and there are only more than ten kinds of colors, this time it's a long time to see, look at this emerald green, and this blue, the words written are very bright, just like a gem, hey, there are many capable people in the world, and anything can be made...... It's a pity that I only have five sets here, which is still too few, so it would be nice if I could make them in large quantities......"

In fact, not only Li Pan can see God, even Mingde can't help but admire, since the reopening of Songzhu Zhai, he is the first time to come to see in person, this place covers a small area, the appearance is not inconspicuous, the goods inside are not expensive, but the quality is indeed very high, and there are some special goods that are not seen elsewhere, no wonder it is only a few months, in this colorful storefront gathered in the glaze factory, it is already so famous.

They didn't know that all the colored ink in this shop was made by Zhiyun from the waste materials used to make magic ink, purely for waste use, as a mage who was not very wealthy, she was very picky, and she didn't want to waste anything if she said anything.

A few people looked at it, they didn't pay attention, delayed the time, and when they came back to their senses, the guys had already lit the lamps and candles, and it was dark, Zhang Zhuo looked at it, stroked his forehead, and smiled bitterly: "Ah, it's going to be the second watch soon...... Or, clean up the room where I usually rest, and the three of you can make do with it. ”

The three of them looked at each other, and finally Li Pan shrugged: "Come on, don't toss, go and rest, I think, the three of us will simply talk by candle tonight." "This is also a helpless thing, the Qing Dynasty's curfew was strict, the dusk drum was beating, and it was forbidden to travel, these people are familiar with the law, and they can't know the law and break the law.

Although Mingde was a little afraid that his sister would care about him, he had no choice but to nod and agree.

Zhang Zhuo didn't refuse, he also felt that it was a little inappropriate and not enough to let these three use their own bedding, but this place is not home, there is not even a guest room, how can there be extra bedding? Moreover, Zhang Zhuo is still a little careful, he is now so close to Mingde, of course, he wants Mingde to go further, he is also a little lighter, these two in front of him are the people who are relied on by the saints today, this year's township exam, maybe they are the main exam, but no, and a communication with these two is also very beneficial to Mingde. It's not easy for other scholars to find people to walk on the roll, and Mingde's good luck automatically comes to the door, if you push it out, it's too stupid.

So, I quickly asked people to clean up the room, set up a table of home-cooked food, and didn't put too much wine, just drink a little meaningfully. He lit the lamp, lit the stove, packed up, and went out.

These three people, Li Pan and Jiang Chenying don't say it, one champion and one Tanhua, although Mingde couldn't do it before, but now he, even if he doesn't say anything amazing, but in the end, he can be called a sentence with poetry and books, and it is also an export chapter, and there is something to say, so this night, they had a lot of fun, and they were not lonely at all.

This night's exchange, of course, made Mingde excited because he had made two New Year's friends, but Li Pan and Jiang Chenying were also surprised by Mingde's belly full of poetry and books, Jiang Chenying sighed again and again, the young people are amazing now, when he was as old as Mingde, he didn't read as many poetry books.

Neither of them is that narrow-minded person, since they value him, they simply tell him about the imperial examination one by one, these tips are all the personal experience of the two, naturally very useful, listening to Mingde's eyes with golden light, a whole night has passed, and he is still unsatisfied. If it weren't for Li Pan and Jiang Chenying who were also busy with official business, maybe the three of them would be reluctant to disperse.

When I got home, Mingde's excitement hadn't gone down yet, and he was babbling to his sister about how lucky he was......

Zhiyun lowered her head while drinking soy milk, and muttered with a playful smile: "Good luck? ”

In the past two days, my eldest brother will definitely not have good luck......

Zhiyun smacked her lips, because the imperial examination is really a matter of luck, and Zhiyun didn't want Mingde to stay up until he was seventy or eighty years old in order to be named on the gold list, so since Mingde fell into the water, she worked hard to start making the elixir, and for this purpose, she used all the magic plants she had cultivated in the past year, and she stayed up all night for several nights, which was extremely difficult, but in the end she succeeded in such a humble situation.

This elixir is similar to the potion of the same name in the magic fairy tale book that swept thousands of girls in the previous life, and it will also bring good luck to people, make everything smooth and smooth, but it is also complicated, and once you get it wrong, the consequences will be unimaginable.

However, it is one thing different from the potions in the book, that is, ordinary people who do not know magic must drink the palliative before taking it, otherwise the lucky potion will become 'poison', leading to recklessness and arrogance.

And this palliative is a kind of doom potion, of course, this doom potion is not very effective, and the person concerned may not even feel it, it just makes people unlucky, and sometimes it will hinder the future life a little, but as soon as the elixir is drunk, everything will be fine, such a little side effect is really not worth mentioning.

Therefore, Zhiyun still made up his mind that Mingde would take the elixir before the scientific expedition when preparing for the scientific expedition, and the day before yesterday, Zhiyun had already begun to prepare and gave Mingde a small dose of doom potion, so in the past two days, Mingde will only be unlucky, and it is impossible to have good luck......