A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 33 Killing Cheng Yaojin Halfway

Inside White Place,
Huaiyu stood in front of the Wutou gate of Su Guogong's mansion, and looked carefully. This gate is actually quite simple, but it is not simple. The simple thing is that it is not complicated. There is a tall column, and the door leaf is installed under the crossbar.

However, ordinary people are not qualified to use Wutoumen. Wutoumen are commonly used in the fifth rank and above of the Tang Dynasty, but the grades are different, and the heights of the gateposts on both sides are different.

Fatty Wu Junya saw that Huaiyu had been staring at the Wutoumen, so he explained to the brother who had just come down the mountain, "This Wutoumen is just two wooden pillars and a crossbar in the shape of a cursive head, but it is also very unique. Pay attention, the pillar on the left is called the valve, which means that the construction has merit, and the title on the right symbolizes the long history, that is, the officials have held high positions for generations.

Look at the carvings on the two column capitals on the protruding beams. Isn’t it very exquisite? Because they are painted black, it is named Wutoumen. "

There are five grades of meritorious service for a person, and it is clear that they are the masters, and they can be read over time.

"These two gateposts are very particular. The fifth-rank ones can only be used for eight feet, while the first-rank ones can be used for two feet. You can see that the Cheng family's gateposts must be at least one foot eight feet long, and I don't think it will be long before they will be replaced again." The post."

The Wutou Gate is a symbol of rank, and the pillars are not ordinary wood, they are meant to represent Jing, so they are also called Biao Zhu and Hua Biao.

"Erlang, you know how to look up, how about the Cheng family's spirit?"

Huaiyu looked at the Wutou gate, and the two rows of halberds inside the gate, "The Cheng family's spirit is very popular, it's beyond words."

Wu Junya took a deep breath, "It's really enviable."

Blue bricks, gray tiles, cornices.

Wutou gateposts and vermilion lacquer gates.

There are halberds inside the door, and there is a screen wall.

"Two lords of the Wu family, my family, Alang, invites you." A steward of the Cheng family went out to greet them in person and led them in directly through the gate.

Wu Junya whispered to Huaiyu, "It seems that you have a lot of face, Su Guogong directly invites us to enter the gate."

Huaiyu didn't understand these etiquettes, and he didn't know about those famous families. He only greeted guests with similar or even higher status than himself through the front door, usually through the side door or the back door.Such as Su Guogong's mansion has several doors.

The fifth rank is expensive, while the third rank is dear.

The Duke of the State is even more honorable.

The steward led them all the way to the vestibule, and Cheng Yaojin stood on the porch to welcome them.

As soon as Huaiyu saw him, he recognized Cheng Yaojin, who was very similar to Cheng Chumo, but fatter.In summer, it's cool to wear at home.

Seeing him, Huaiyu even thought of sumo wrestlers. Most of the ancient famous generals were not the kind of bodybuilders with low body fat and more muscles, but more similar to wrestling and sumo wrestlers.

Huaiyu remembers a famous sumo wrestler who was 1.8 meters tall and weighed 250 pounds. There was a promotional slogan that said he was eight feet long and had nine girths around his belt.

Huaiyu felt that it was very appropriate to use it directly to describe Cheng Yaojin. He was fat, so he should be called strong. He was so strong that his stomach would definitely not be able to hold him alone.

The ancients liked to use many circumferences to describe the majesty of generals, such as Wang Shiji's belt of the Sui Dynasty with ten circumferences.

A circle around the index fingers and thumbs of both hands is called a circle, five inches is called a circle, and a belt with ten circles is more than one meter.

A body length of one or eight feet, and a belt of nine or ten circumferences, this is even the best evaluation of a man's majesty in the Tang Dynasty.

His eyebrows are one foot wide, his eyes are like lightning, his face is full of beards, and even the thick chest hair can be clearly seen in the silk shirt.

"Oh, you are the Taoist Wu Erlang who just came down the mountain. The elixir you made is really sharp. Chu Mo brought back two pills last time. I didn't believe the panacea he said, so I went to Yongzhou first. The prison found a death row prisoner and tried it."

When Lao Cheng came up, he slapped Huaiyu's shoulder hard, that slap was like a bear's paw, and almost knocked him to the ground. Fortunately, he had been honed in Zhongnan Mountain for five years, otherwise ordinary young people would not be able to stand it.

It has a hulking back, a eagle nose and big eyes, and a voice like a bear.

He is eight feet tall, his arms are wide enough to stop three times, he can run horses on his arms, and stand on his fists. He is a strong man.

"I picked up a death row prisoner, and directly took a knife to pick a few times on his hands and feet. The knife was deliberately deep, and the blood flowed profusely. I smashed your supreme treasure pill, applied half of the wound externally, and gave him the other half internally. Good guy, the bleeding will stop within a cup of tea (10 minutes)."

Old Cheng's official name is now Cheng Zhijie, and Yaojin is his old name. Although the name has become a bit more elegant, he still has a straightforward personality, and he is very familiar with the younger generation who came to the door for the first time.

"I found another prisoner on death row, and I also stabbed him a few times on his hands and feet. The same depth, the same blood flowed profusely. Even with ordinary gold sore medicine, the bleeding could not be completely stopped for a quarter of an hour."

"And on the second day, the wound that was simply bandaged by the death row prisoner who took your medicine didn't have any redness, swelling and festering, but the other guy had a fever that night, and started talking nonsense the next night, and the wound was already very serious on the third day."

Huaiyu felt that Lao Cheng was a little inhumane, so he used other prisoners to do this kind of experiment.

"Your medicine is really good. I showed it to the military doctor. He said that your medicine contains precious medicinal materials such as Sanqi, thistle, bezoar, and musk?"

Old Cheng was quite unkind, he not only took Huaiyu's medicine for experimentation, but also took it to a military doctor to test the ingredients, but he said it out quite honestly.

Huaiyu smiled slightly. He was not afraid of Lao Cheng's test. Even if an experienced doctor could test out the ingredients, it was impossible to find out the specific combination of ingredients. The most important thing about medicine is the compatibility, and then it is the right medicine. Otherwise, if the ingredients are right and the ingredients are wrong, the effect will be completely different, even changing from life-saving to life-killing.

At the level of science and technology of later generations, those state-level secret medicines can't be broken, let alone now.

"It is true that a lot of precious medicinal materials are used. The medicinal materials are good, and the medicinal effect is better." Huaiyu said with a smile.

Lao Cheng dragged him into the house, but ignored Wu Junya.

Enter the room and pull him directly onto the couch.

"Have a cup of tea first. This is the good tea that Qin Wangxin gave me. It is a tribute Mengding stone tea from Jiannan. My sencha maid is the best at this. I bought it from Qinghe Cui for [-] yuan. .”

Huaiyu looked at the woman who lowered her head and concentrated on making tea, and unexpectedly, it was worth one hundred thousand yuan. Before, Mother Fan said that the slaves from the mountain barbarians sold in Wuling were only worth ten thousand yuan, and the maidservant was only seven or eight thousand yuan. If it is the middle and lower class, it will be one or two thousand cheaper.

There are [-] maidservants who know how to make tea, one of whom is actually the top of Wuling barbarians, but those who come from the Qinghe Cui family may not only have the blessing of skills, but also the blessing of brand?

Huaiyu took a sip from his teacup, but he didn't like it very much.

This tea is baked with tea cakes, then crushed, boiled with salt, ginger, scallion, orange peel and other ingredients are added, and finally some expensive imported spices such as cinnamon and pepper are added. Order fresh milk and frosting sugar imported from Tianzhu.

Say it's milk tea, but it's a bit too complicated. The taste is hard to describe anyway, so I put it down after taking a sip.

This tea reminded him of Gansu canned tea. He had drunk it before, and it gave him a headache.

Old Cheng was quite happy drinking it, "The tea maid bought for [-] yuan made a different tea. I didn't waste this good tea and good ingredients. The ingredients for this cup of tea cost more than [-] yuan. It's delicious. .”

Cinnamon is imported from Ceylon, the lion country, and pepper is also imported from the Western Regions. Its origin is the Nanyang Islands. The price of the place of origin is more than a thousand times higher.

Even the yellowed icing sugar was produced in Tianzhu, and it was trafficked from India to Chang'an, a very rare import.

Everything is a luxury that only nobles can enjoy.

Lao Cheng was holding a teacup and pretending to be very elegant, but Huaiyu felt that this was a little unharmonious, after all, a big and strong man with a belt around his waist and a beard was sitting on the couch with his silk shirt half open A large piece of chest hair was exposed, but she was holding an extremely delicate Xing kiln white porcelain teacup, and half-closed her eyes there, pretending to be intoxicated.

Huaiyu almost shivered.

"Good medicinal materials make good medicine, that's true." Lao Cheng put down his teacup and leaned over, "Three days later, the first prisoner on death row was fine and his wounds had scabbed over, but the other prisoner on death row, we left behind him." After the wound was red, swollen and festered, I started to use your elixir, but it didn't work much.
Found out this morning that it was dead stiff. "

Huaiyu didn't think it was strange, his medicine is not a panacea, and good medicine must be right for the symptoms.The Supreme Treasure Pill passed to him by the old Taoist is actually somewhat similar to Yunnan Baiyao. It is said that Yunnan Baiyao used to be called Qu Huanzhang Baibao Pill.

This medicine is known as the Holy Medicine for Traumatology.

The Veteran's Zhibao Pill is similar to it. I haven't compared who is strong and who is weak. Huaiyu has no comparison. Anyway, the effects are relatively similar. The Veteran's prescription has a full version and a simplified version. Many medicinal materials in the full version are too precious to find, such as Natural bezoar, and natural musk, etc., were too rare to come by later on, so I gradually replaced them with other medicines, so the effects of the medicines were also different.

But even if it is the full version of the ancient prescription Zhibao Dan, its main functions are to remove blood stasis and stop bleeding, promote blood circulation and relieve pain, and detoxify and reduce swelling. It has the effect of inhibiting the release of inflammatory mediators and reducing post-traumatic swelling and pain, but it is not an anti-inflammatory drug, and has no anti-infection and anti-inflammatory properties. role.

Use it before redness, swelling, sores, and poison are broken, and it is not suitable for abscesses after trauma.

"If Su Guogong had given the death row prisoner medicine when he was just injured, he would be alive and kicking like the other one, but after three days of delay, the medicine is no longer suitable for the symptoms."

Cheng Yaojin didn't care about the life and death of the death row prisoner, anyway, the short-lived ghost who died early and was reincarnated after Qiuhou Wenzhan, what he cared about was whether Wu Huaiyu had medical skills.

"Does Erlang have other medicines that can cure his symptoms?"

"There are many prescriptions for treating this kind of symptoms. For the symptoms of death row prisoners, what you need is to clear away heat and detoxify, eliminate carbuncle and dissipate stagnation. The main medicine is to clear away heat and invigorate blood circulation."

"Is there any ready-made elixir?"

"I have a prescription called Flying Dragon Renewing Life Pill, but there is no ready-made elixir. The main reason is that the medicine is relatively precious, and the preparation time is very long, so it is not easy to make."

Lao Cheng filled Huaiyu with tea, "I can ask someone to buy whatever medicine Erlang needs. This Flying Dragon Renewing Life Pill is very good at first glance. Pair it with your Qianjin Supreme Treasure Pill, and it will be the holy medicine for healing wounds on the battlefield."

"This recipe requires bezoar, musk deer body, bear bile, and fragrant medicines such as frankincense, myrrh, agarwood, etc., plus other multi-flavored medicinal materials such as pearls, toads, and plum blossoms, and finally made into pills. Qian Zhong, for oral administration, take one or two capsules each time, once or twice a day, and take it with warm water. For external use, dissolve strong tea juice and apply to the affected area. Remember that this prescription is poisonous. Pregnant women should not take it, and other patients should not take it orally. too long."

"If you want to have a good effect, it is best to use the top-grade slow yellow bezoar."

Lao Cheng listened very carefully, but felt that he couldn't understand clearly and couldn't remember clearly, "Not all bezoars are the same, is there a difference?"

Huaiyu gave Lao Cheng a detailed introduction to the quality and grade of bezoar.

After hearing the explanation, Lao Cheng couldn't help but take a deep breath. He was also from a wealthy and powerful family, and his ancestors were officials for generations. There were many farm servants in his family. Now he is the Lord of the Founding Merit and a member of the Xuanwu Sect. The hero, even Qinghe Cui's intention to win him over, half-sold the tea maidservant at home and half-sold it to Cheng Yaojin.

But he didn't expect that the blind medicinal material bezoar would be so exquisite and expensive.

Even if it is made into a flying dragon continuation pill, it really cannot be used if it is not a powerful family of princes and aristocrats.

"Are there any other alternatives with cheaper materials?" Cheng Yaojin asked. There are too many red, swollen and festered wounds in the army. Even most of the soldiers did not die on the battlefield, but most of them died on the battlefield. Infected wounds after the war.

There are also doctors in the military who have methods to treat these conditions, but they are simple and crude, and the effect is not very good. Most of them directly gouged out the rotten meat, cleaned it with some medicine, and even directly burned it with a red brand when there was no medicine, or directly burned it. Scald with boiling oil.

Even those specialized prescription drugs are not very effective. If you can find a medicine for sores, carbuncles and gangrene that is both effective and cheap, it will be very precious and can save countless lives.

"Yes, but the curative effect is not that good. Of course, the most important thing is to treat the symptoms in a timely manner. It is best not to delay the wound until the wound becomes red, swollen and ulcerated."

Cheng Yaojin sighed, sometimes it is not so easy on the battlefield, "I want to ask Erlang for help with something."

"Su Guogong has something to do, but please tell me."

"You follow me to a place!"

(End of this chapter)