Chapter 90: Ginseng Seeds
The Khitan warriors followed Zong Xin, and they missed the scenery outside the Seychelles. Further north is the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, as long as you pass the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, that is your hometown.
"Believe, this Fu Yanqing is an old fritter, and it may not be easy for him to take this risk. ”
Zong Xin said: "It's really not easy, but Fu Yanqing knows very well in his heart that even if he stops the Khitan army, it's useless." Now that the Khitan has grain, I heard that it is still growing well. As long as the Khitan continues like this, it will be able to defeat the Central Plains in less than ten years. That's the trouble with the old fritters, who prefers to win in stability rather than in danger. ”
It is true that the military is dangerous, but Zongxin's move is also too dangerous. The slightest carelessness will lead to the fall of the Central Plains, and everyone will become slaves of the country. Don't talk about Fu Yanqing, even Guo Wei didn't dare to make this bet.
"Then forget it, as long as Fu Yanqing sticks to Cangzhou, Yelu Deguang will not be so easy to defeat his five-shaped formation. "The demon is now more worried about Zongxin's safety. In fact, everyone in the entire Central Plains wanted to kill Yelu Deguang, but how easy was it to say? Zong Xin was not yet 20, and it was not easy for him to do this.
"How can it be calculated? It is difficult to chase the horse in a word, not to mention that Yelu Deguang must die, and he must be allowed to die in the Central Plains. In this way, several princes of Yelu Deguang were able to fight for the throne, and the Khitan national strength was too weak to give the Central Plains some respite. Even if Yelu Deguang dies in the territory of the Khitan and hands over the throne to one person, what is the use of defeating the Khitan?"
The demon took Zong Xin's hand and said, "Okay, I'm a woman." Of course, the world's major affairs must be handed over to men, and I just need to serve my men well. Anyway, Fu Yanqing won't agree for the time being, let's be happier. It's just that I originally thought that Cangzhou was rich and prosperous, but now I can't see it. ”
"I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a chaotic person. They don't want to be beggars, but how can they choose in troubled times?" Zong Xin sighed: "I really want to return to the mountains and forests~ It's a pity that the world doesn't allow it." ”
Cangzhou is prosperous, but there are many beggars on the street, which makes the street not beautiful. Many of the people of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun have fled to Cangzhou, and it is happier to be beggars here than to be angry with the Khitans in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.
The Khitans only treated the Han people as dogs, but because the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang ordered that the people of the sixteen states of Youyun could not be bullied, the Han people barely survived. The Han people have a very low status in the sixteen states of Youyun, and there are also Khitan people who fight grass valleys, making it impossible for people to live.
However, there are many well-wishers in Cangzhou, and I saw a woman giving porridge not far away. Looking at his age, he was a little over 40 years old, surrounded by officers and soldiers, and a large group of beggars came to beg for porridge with broken bowls and cans.
"Faith, don't mind the beggars, I'm hungry. Let's go to the restaurant next door for a bite to eat. ”
"Well~ I heard that the donkey meat in Cangzhou is delicious on the boat, I am a southerner and have never eaten donkey meat. Zong Xin took the demon and walked towards the restaurant.
"The master in front, please stay. The woman who gave the porridge just now approached and said, "Dare to ask the master whether you are high or low." ”
"Poor monk Dharma name Zongxin, whisper, I'm afraid these beggars will hear it. I didn't have much money with me, and I would have to go hungry today when I gave it all out. Zong Xin spoke in a very small voice, for fear of being heard by beggars.
"Sure enough, it's you. The woman laughed and said, "Do you know who I am?"
Zong Xin took a closer look at this woman, dressed simply, with black hair coiled up, although she couldn't see anything famous from her dress, but if she looked closely at this woman's movements and demeanor, she revealed a sense of awe, even the family members of high-ranking officials. The most important thing is that she can also do martial arts by watching her breathing and footwork.
Zong Xin approached slightly, revealing a faint fragrance from her, this fragrance Zong Xin smelled, in Liu Chengyou's palace, this kind of incense is called ambergris. Ambergris is a tribute, only available in the inner courtyard of the palace, and if you are lucky, the emperor will reward some to the ministers.
Despite his best efforts to hide it, Zongxin still saw some burn marks on her hands.
Zong Xin bowed deeply and said: "See the Queen Mother." ”
"Good eyesight, I can see at a glance that I am the current queen mother, and I am indeed a high-ranking monk. I'm afraid that no one can beat it today. If you don't stay in the palace, you don't have to call it so blunt, my surname is Li and my name is Sanniang. Li Sanniang admires that this person can guess his identity, and the rumors in the rivers and lakes are true.
"The Queen Mother has won the award. ”
Li Sanniang is Liu Chengyou's biological mother, although she is the queen mother, she is full of charlatans. After the death of the first emperor Liu Zhiyuan, he moved out of the palace and handed over the power to his son Liu Chengyou.
Li Sanniang has the heart to assist her son, but she knows very well that she is in trouble in the palace, as long as the emperor does not make a big mistake, she will let him do everything himself.
"Dare to ask the master if he is free, today I will thank the master on behalf of the emperor for the exception of Li Shouzhen, a big traitor. ”
Zong Xin looked at the restaurant next to him and said politely: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”
"Master, please. ”
"The Queen Mother, please. ”
The group of three people walked towards the restaurant, and several officers and soldiers immediately followed behind, not caring about the porridge shed at all, and the beggars immediately looted when they saw this.
Li Sanniang said: "Looking at the porridge shed, what are you doing with me? If he wants to kill me, let alone the four of you, even if he moves all the soldiers and generals in the entire Cangzhou, he can't save my life, and it is safe enough to have a master behind him." ”
"Yes. ”
Under the order of the Queen Mother, she did not dare to disobey, and the four officers and soldiers immediately returned to the porridge shed to manage the order, and then gave porridge to the beggars. Li Sanniang immediately ordered a donkey meat pot and a few Cangzhou specialty dishes, and then asked for a jar of wine. Li Sanniang was still holding the wine jar to pour wine for Zong Xin......
"I can't do it, I can't do it, the demon is waiting. ”
Of course, the demon knows that this can't be done, but he can't grab it at all, and Li Sanniang's kung fu is not bad.
Li Sanniang smiled: "In the palace, I am the queen mother, but outside I am Li Sanniang, a Jianghu girl." No matter where the master is, he is a monk, and it is an honor to be able to pour wine for the master. ”
This queen mother has no frame at all, and she still calls herself 'me', if it weren't for Zong Xin, no one would believe that she was the current queen mother, Liu Chengyou's biological mother.
After a glass of wine, the demon took the wine jug and filled it for Li Sanniang and Zong Xin. At this time, she should come to serve, and it is not like to let the Queen Mother pour wine all the time.
"I don't know what the master is doing when he comes to Cangzhou?"
Zong Xin said: "There is no serious business~ The poor monk traveled here and tasted the donkey meat of Cangzhou." ”
Li Sanniang saw that Zong Xin didn't want to say more and didn't ask, the three of them chatted while drinking, and soon the donkey meat soup pot was on the table. Zong Xin couldn't stop eating donkey meat for the first time, and sure enough, it was dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground. A person eats so much that he forgets the time.
Li Sanniang wanted to say a few more words, but she stopped talking. Looking at his appearance, it is indeed true that the monk is professed, because Zongxin is easy to recognize, and there is a shallow wound on his right eyebrow, the size of his little finger, like a comma.
After Zongxin was full, Li Sanniang admired: "The master has such an appetite~"
"The taste is delicious, and the poor monk is rude. Zong Xin said embarrassedly: "The poor monk eats and drinks well, and he didn't keep his mouth shut for a while." ”
"Now that you're full, can you talk about something serious? I want to ask the master to calculate, can my emperor sit firmly in this country?" Although Li Sanniang doesn't care about the affairs of the court, the current emperor is her own son, how can she not care?
Zong Xin said: "This ...... The poor monk is not easy to say, the queen mother rewards a word to see the poor monk calculate. ”
"Didn't anyone let the master count?"
"The Queen Mother appreciates words and asks the world, which is naturally more accurate than ordinary people. ”
Li Sanniang nodded, looked back at the weather, and when it was unitary, she dipped her hand in wine and wrote the word 'unitary' on the table.
Zong Xin took a deep breath and said: "It's not good~ The word 'zun' of the supreme has been cut off and the tail has been removed, and the top two points are the heads. ”
"Is there a solution?"
"The poor monk has already relieved His Majesty of a catastrophe, and there is another catastrophe that the poor monk can't do, only the Queen Mother can solve it. ”
Li Sanniang said: "I would like to hear about it." ”
"Your Majesty is young, and it is inevitable to listen to slander. I also asked the Queen Mother to return to the palace as soon as possible to deal with court affairs, and whip her day and night to prevent Her Majesty from destroying the country. ”
"Thank you, Master, for your advice. Li Sanniang also had this idea for a long time, and in the past two years, she has been idle outside the court, and the emperor has done well. However, Master Zongxin is right, after all, the emperor is young, and he can't make up his mind about many things, so it's time to go back.
Zong Xin clasped his hands together and said: "The Queen Mother admires the righteous poor monk, and now there are important things to stay in for a long time, and the poor monk is leaving." ”
"Send the master. ”
Li Sanniang has never respected anyone so much, but looking at Zong Xin, she feels that he is not simple, and he is a high-ranking monk who should be respected. It's just that he didn't know what else Zongxin had to do, so he ordered someone to follow behind him secretly.
Zong Xin and the demon rushed back to the Wei Palace, and the sky was getting dark, and at this time, the Wei Palace's mansion was busy, and everyone's faces were ugly.
"Something can't happen...... Oops. Zong Xin was suddenly so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and immediately stepped forward and grabbed a person and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Madame has a difficult birth, so don't worry about it. The subordinate was in a hurry and immediately broke free.
"Go check it out. Zong Xin took the demon and walked directly inside, and when he came to the outside of the delivery room, Fu Yanqing was in a hurry. But when a woman gives birth to a child, he can only be out in a hurry. Outside, there were two corpses, one in the form of a doctor and one in the form of an old woman.
There was a scream like killing a pig from inside the door, but the scream sounded weak, and if it didn't come out again, I was afraid it would be two lives.
"How...... Will people die if they give birth?" Zong Xin was surprised: "How did these two people die?"
Fu Yanqing said: "The old man killed, they dared to ask me whether to protect the adult or the child." Master Zongxin, you are a high-ranking monk, there must be a way to save my wife and children, right? ”
"Which monk knows how to deliver babies?" Zong Xin was also anxious, and suddenly had an idea: "There is a way to try, but the poor monk does not dare to guarantee whether it will work." ”
"There's a way to get it out quickly. "Fu Yanqing is not as amiable as Guo Wei, because he has already started killing people at this time.
Zongxin immediately took out a bottle from his bosom and took out a cherry-sized red fruit from the bottle, which was none other than ginseng seeds. Ginseng seeds are homophonic to 'give birth to children', which may be useful. This thing is a elixir, even if it is used for pain relief.
"Youyou, if you feed this thing to Madame, it may work. ”
"Wait, I've got to see something. "Although Fu Yanqing is in a hurry, who knows what this thing is? What if it is poison. Immediately took the cherry-like thing in Zong Xin's hand and looked at it, but he couldn't recognize what it was.
Fu Yanqing immediately came to the door, and there were five or six doctors standing in front of the door, bringing cherry-like things to the five doctors.
"Look at it, what is it, can you eat it. ”
The five doctors examined it carefully for a long time, and in fact, they had already seen that this thing looked like ginseng seeds, but they were not sure, because they had never seen such large ginseng seeds.
One of the doctors said, "Back to Wei Guogong, this thing looks like a ginseng seed, but I have never seen such a big ginseng seed." Of course, this thing can be eaten, even if it can't let the lady give birth smoothly, it should have the effect of analgesia and life-saving. ”
"Now it's okay. The demon snatched the ginseng seeds and immediately entered the room, and then asked Mrs. Fu to eat the ginseng seeds. The ginseng seeds went down, and Mrs. Fu's voice suddenly became powerful, and her spirit was uplifted, and she felt full of energy.