PS: Today's chapter is 4,500 words. Even I am a little surprised
He saw Meng Xing Tong's soul-stirring smile, coupled with her graceful figure. Zi Xing Bao gave the soul to me for about three minutes.
He suddenly thought of a "broken" he had encountered in his "previous life".| Zixing shivered, and her mind immediately cleared.
That broken| The shoes were really good. Zi Xing's first defeat was in her hands.
"Break!| She walked away with the five-figure money that Zi Xing had invested in her, but she left Zi Xing with a belly full of depression.
"Break!| Of course, the shoes were not as beautiful as Meng Xing Tong's. It could even be said that they were not on the same level.
However, there was one thing in common between the two women. When they spoke seductive words, their eyes were calm from the beginning to the end, so calm that they were cold. They didn't put in the slightest emotion.
Realizing this, Zi Xing was a little disappointed. He thought to himself, If you don't talk about love, then talk about benefits. I can't let women treat me like a rich man again.
"Don't make too much of a request. I'm very timid." Meng Xing Tong said softly.
Zi Xing glanced at her from the corner of her eyes and suddenly put on a stern face. She said righteously," Although I'm not rich enough to let you do whatever you want, I'm not poor enough to let you do whatever you want to me either…"
Meng Xing Tong was obviously stunned. He didn't expect that this domineering looking young man in front of him could actually casually say such touching words.
Zi Xing tried her best to make her eyes look deep and sorrowful. It would be best if she could turn them into a lake of lovesickness that could drown a passionate woman." So, please forget a name that is insignificant to you, and I will forget an unattainable happiness…"
An otherworldly expert? A genius? Casanova?
No matter which identity he had, it was enough to make Meng Xing Tong respect him.
She changed to a negotiating tone and sighed." In the past three years, I've been studying the special medicine that can dispel the poisonous miasma. There were some results, but the effects were not particularly obvious. It is far inferior to the ready-made powder that you used just now.”
As he spoke, he looked at Zi Xing eagerly.
The reason why she valued Zixing was already very obvious.
Jiang Wenhuan was very concerned about politics. When he heard this, he could not help but interrupt and ask,""Big sister Meng, did you spend so much time researching the medicine to dispel the poisonous miasma because of the war in the southwest? The Jiuli Race has repeatedly invaded the borders of Great Shang, killing and pillaging, committing all sorts of crimes. The imperial court's army had attacked the Jiuli several times, but they were all obstructed by the Li Race's poisonous insect miasma. It was a great merit for Sister Meng to help the imperial court develop a medicine to dispel the poisonous gas.”
Jiang Wenhuan's last words were actually meant for Zi Xing.
He was reminding " Your Highness King Shou " that Great Shang belonged to his family, and he couldn't be more " patriotic " than an irrelevant woman. Although he didn't know where Zixin got the special powder to dispel the poisonous gas, he guessed that it was the truth. Meng Xing Tong wouldn't " cling " to him for no reason.
Zi Xing pondered for a moment before speaking solemnly.
Giving half a pack of Red Spirit Powder to Meng Lingtong was not a big deal, but Zixing was afraid that she would ask for the formula. So he decided to say ugly first.
"I can give you half a packet of red spirit powder, but not the formula. The mutant who taught me the Red Spirit Powder warned me that if the formula was leaked, he would come and cut off my tongue…If you get half a bag of Red Spirit Powder, you can test the ingredients yourself and deduce the formula. However, I can't give this half packet of Red Spirit Powder for free. I want to use it to exchange for two of your things…"
Meng Xing Tong's face turned cold, and her charming eyes became as sharp as a knife.
Zi Xing also noticed the change in the beauty's expression. He thought to himself,'Why did my language skills decline?' If the beauty heard what he said just now, she would definitely think that he was a big wolf who was ready to tear off his disguise.
" Don't worry," Zi Xing quickly explained." I won't ask you to exchange yourself for half a packet of Red Spirit Powder." The Red Spirit Powder was so precious, of course, it had to be exchanged for something of equal value…”
Eh, it seemed like he said something wrong again.
"So that special powder that can expel miasma is called 'Red Spirit Powder. I've learned my lesson." Meng Xing Tong's face was as cold as ice as she said,"The Red Spirit Powder is of course extremely precious. This little girl is a willow, how can she be worthy of exchanging it for the Red Spirit Powder? I would like to ask Little Lord, which two items do you want me to use to exchange for it?”
Too much talk makes too many mistakes. "First, I want a promise from you.”
"What do you mean?"
Meng Xing Tong, Zi Xing, and Jiang Wenhuan talked in low voices as they walked up to the second floor of the small building and into the small living room on the left side of the corridor.
The host and guest sat down on the futon and continued the conversation.
"I believe you can definitely crack the formula of the Red Spirit Powder," Zi Xing told Meng Xing Tong. I reckon that you will eventually give this formula to Emperor Diyi to use against the ferocious Jiuli Clan. I hope you can mention it to His Majesty: This formula was created by you and the Third Prince, Zi Xin.”
"Oh, I see. So you're the Third Prince's man.”Meng Xing Tong said.
"I guess so." Zi Xing did not want to reveal her true identity to her, so she followed her guess and replied casually.
"I didn't expect that Emperor Diyi's youngest son would also start to build his own team. It could be foreseen that the 'Crown Prince Competition' would very likely evolve into a bloody storm.”Meng Xing Tong sighed.
He looked at Zi Xing with a faint smile and teased,"However, the master you decided to follow is the weakest. Even a 'child soldier' like you has been taken in by him. Presumably, there aren't many powerful figures inside and outside the Imperial Court who think highly of him and want to rely on him.”
Being looked down upon by a beauty, Zi Xing felt depressed.
"I don't care if they say that I'm working with the Third Prince to develop the Red Spirit Powder formula. But have you ever thought that His Majesty has never heard of King Shou's talent in medicine? If Your Majesty were to ask Prince Shou about his medical knowledge…"
"When I said that you and King Shou came up with the formula together, I meant that I wanted you to tell His Majesty: All the funds for your research came from the living expenses saved by King Shou. His Highness King Shou has always been wary of Jiuli's wild ambitions. He wanted to share the Emperor's worries, so he came to you like this…Do you understand?”
Meng Xing Tong looked at him with her mouth agape. He thought to himself, This kid is too good at fooling people, right? It was said that King Shou could eat ten catties of beef for a meal. He even said that he was "frugal"! For King Shou to dare to make an exception and use a child soldier like him, he could be considered a respectable figure. Politically, they had the power to fight.
"I agree to the first condition.”"Let's continue." Meng Xing Tong smiled. Let me see what other strange requests you can make.”
"The second condition, I want the fifteen boxes that you used to store the medicinal herbs. I need those boxes. Of course, it was not convenient to reveal its use now.”Zi Xing thought,"With these 15 boxes, all the conditions to deal with Li Zhenchang are in place."
Meng Xing Tong was stunned.
The first condition was not difficult for her to fulfill, but it would be of great benefit to the master whom she had " relied on."
As for the second condition of " taking her fifteen boxes ", it was too unexpected.
What was this cunning young man up to?
Meng Xing Tong knew her background-she had brought those boxes back from the Western Regions. Other than the carvings that had an obvious exotic style, the foreign things were not considered expensive and were not worth much.
Meng Xing Tong couldn't guess the young man's thoughts, but she didn't put him in a difficult position. She readily agreed to give him the box.
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He found an empty room. Zi Xing took out the Red Spirit Powder from his storage ring and took out half a packet. He also put it in an empty porcelain bottle.
He put the remaining half of the Red Spirit Powder back into his storage ring.
With the good mood of having made a great deal, he took half a bottle of Red Spirit Powder and walked into Meng Xing Tong's temporary residence.
Meng Xing Tong placed the 15 boxes in her residence with extreme caution.
Stepping into the room, he saw Meng Xing Tong, her personal servant, and Jiang Wenhuan standing in a pile of bamboo slips.
Beside the bamboo slips were a few unlocked wooden boxes with their lids lifted. They were the boxes that Zi Xing wanted.
Wasn't the box used to store medicinal herbs? Why are there so many bamboo slips?
Seeing Zi Xing's confusion, Meng Xingtong explained,""Of the fifteen boxes, only three boxes were filled with medicinal herbs. The other twelve boxes contained bamboo slips that recorded all kinds of prescriptions. It was very difficult for me to collect these 3,000 nearly lost folk prescriptions. Their value was much more precious than medicinal herbs.”
There were actually twelve boxes of "medicine slips"!
It looked like a lot of them. In the era of the printing industry, it was probably equivalent to the contents of a Compendium of Materia Medica.
For a moment, Zi Xing missed the era when paper books could be bought everywhere.
Yes. In the Great Shang Dynasty, where technology was lagging behind, there seemed to be a 'mysterious voice' calling out to him, calling him to be Cai Lun…ah pui, not that damn eunuch Cai Lun, but to be the pioneer of the era who 'invented the art of paper'!
Speaking of which, although the number of prescriptions recorded in the bamboo slip was only equivalent to a Compendium of Materia Medica, Zi Xing believed that with Meng Xingtong's eyes, these prescriptions would definitely be difficult to find. Although they were not immortal pill formulas, the far-reaching impact they had on a country could not be underestimated.
Zi Xing was tempted.
"I need to read these medicine slips quickly. Immediately, burn them all.”Zi Xing's words were shocking.
"Burn it?" Meng Xing Tong was stunned.
Then, like a little female cat whose tail had been stepped on, she jumped up high, bared her fangs, and said angrily,""Do you know how much effort I spent to get these three thousand formulas? Burn them all! You make it sound so easy. Burn your head!"
"Didn't Deputy Jiang already tell you about our plan? You and your men will act as bait and enter the lair of the Chen Tang Four Tigers. Deputy Jiang is also preparing to mobilize all the official manpower he can to this battle…If this happens, the medicine slips you left in this temporary residence will be left unguarded and stolen by others. It will be terrible…"
"How can there be such a coincidence? Besides, I can leave a few bodyguards to guard the medicine slips.”
Jiang Wenhuan was indeed a childhood friend who grew up with Zixing. They were connected. Hearing Zi Xing's tone, he knew that this kid wanted to obtain more than 3,000 of Meng Xing Tong's prescriptions.
Even though he could not guess Zi Xing's entire plan, this did not stop Jiang Wenhuan from cooperating with Zi Xing's plan.
Jiang Wenhuan followed Zi Xing's instructions and said to Meng Xingtong solemnly,""Sister Meng, three days ago when you arrived at Chentang Pass, my men captured two spies from the Jiuli Race. After a few days of interrogation, they finally pried open their mouths and learned of a big conspiracy. There was a group of Jiuli Race experts hiding in Chentang Pass. Their target is Sister Meng's medicine slips…I came here today not only to recommend a capable bodyguard to Sister Meng, but also to inform you about the Jiuli Clan and give you a reminder…"
Meng Xing Tong felt her heart sink as she was fooled by the two delinquents.
She frowned and said with a bitter face,"I've only read half of these three thousand prescriptions. Tonight, I will be going to the lair of the Chen Tang Four Tigers to carry out the operation. How can I memorize all the contents of the medicine slip in one afternoon?”
Zi Xing thought to herself, I was waiting for you to say this.
"I can help you with such a small matter.”Zi Xing had his hands behind his back, looking calm and composed, like an ultimate expert.
Meng Xing Tong glared at Zi Xing. She did not know whether she should label him as " arrogant and ignorant " or " overestimating himself ".
There were twelve boxes of medicine slips and more than three thousand prescriptions. In addition, the young man in front of him did not study medicine, so he could only memorize the specific terms in the medicine slips. There was only a short afternoon left for him to memorize.
In addition, the accuracy of memorizing the medicine scrolls was extremely high. It had to be true to the point of not missing a single word. This was because the amount of each herb in the prescription could not be allowed to make the slightest mistake, or it would be detrimental to the person taking the medicine.
If the young man in front of her could memorize all the contents of the medicine slip under such harsh conditions, he would be a genius that only appeared once every five hundred years. She, Meng Xing Tong, was a " genius " that made her look extremely cowardly.
Zi Xing couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with her.
He casually picked up a bunch of medicine slips, untied the string tied to it, unfolded it, and read through it on the spot.
And then, with incomparable wind| He handed the medicine slip to Xing Tong and told her to read it carefully. Then, he recited the ten prescriptions recorded in the medicine slip word for word in a cadence.
Meng Xing Tong was shocked.
Her personal servant covered her mouth with her small hand and looked at Zixing as if she was looking at a demon.
Jiang Wenhuan was also stunned.
After a long while, Meng Xingtong came back to her senses. She picked out another ten bundles of medicine slips in a row. They were all recipes with rare and difficult to remember herbs. She showed them to Zixing and asked him to memorize them.
It still couldn't stump Zi Xing.
The little girl did not give up. She picked up the medicine slip that Zi Xing had recited before and asked him to recite it again. This was to test if he would forget the prescription as his memory increased.
Still, he could not stop Zi Xing.
This time, even Meng Xingtong and Jiang Wenhuan were jealous of Zi Xing.
Zi Xing was very proud. She thought,'My memory isn't particularly good. In history class, I have a headache remembering the years when major historical events happened.' These prescriptions are all about how much they cost, how much they cost…It would be a miracle if I could remember them! But who wouldn't know how to recite it? Unless I can't read all the words in this world. Humph, King Shou, whom I inherited most of my memories, is not an illiterate…
It turned out that it wasn't strange to say it out loud.'Miracles' could also be obtained by cheating.
Zi Xing had a super information processor called 'Frame'. He only needed to open the contents of the medicine slip and let it scan it quickly, and the contents of the medicine slip would be' recorded 'into the processor.
Zi Xing could read it whenever she wanted…
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Deep Night.
The moon was dark and the wind was strong. It was the night of murder. It was also the time when all dirty things happened.
Zi Xing and Meng Xingtong were in the same carriage, and there were more than ten carriages behind them.
A dozen locked wooden boxes were tied to the top of these carriages.
The carriage drove deep into a manor built in the suburbs. That was the lair of the Chen Tang Four Tigers.
Meng Xing Tong and her team were invited by nearly fifty burly members of the Tigers to negotiate the sale of medicinal herbs.
At this moment, dozens of torches were lit on a barren slope behind the manor of the Tigers. The place was as bright as day.
The carriage stopped in front of the barren slope.
There were four shirtless men sitting around a square table. They must be the Four Tigers of Chen and Tang.
Other than the Chen and Tang Four Tigers, there was also a large group of local ruffians who acted as their minions.
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