The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 500 Manaro

For the past two days, King Chu has been in Wusun's capital. Under the leadership of someone arranged by Liang Run, he visited the famous generosity of Wusun Kyoto and tasted Wusun's unique delicacies. However, in the past two days, what he ate the most was locusts, including braised locusts, fried locusts, barbecued locusts, salt and pepper locusts, and Wusun's special flavor.

Previously, when he was in the north, King Dun Dun of Chu ate locusts. At first, when he heard that locusts were edible, he didn't believe it and thought it was nonsense. Later, when he learned that the person who said locusts could be eaten was Zhao Yao, he no longer doubted it and started eating it without hesitation. Not to mention, whether it's braised, fried, or barbecued, it all tastes good.

He ate it every day in the north and never got tired of it, so when he came to Wusun, he saw that there were locusts for sale here, so he bought some to eat. Although Wusun's specially prepared locusts taste a little strange, they are not that unpleasant to eat.

The King of Chu also discovered that in addition to selling locusts to eat, Wusun also sold locust-related things. For example, locusts are woven from grass, locusts are carved from wood, and locust patterns are embroidered on cloth or clothes, or on round fans. In addition to these, there are locusts in other places. However, these locusts look a bit strange, they are all fat and round. I thought it was strange at first, but the more I watched it, the more I found it cute.

Discovering that locust patterns were everywhere in Wusun's capital, the King of Chu was puzzled, so he asked Liang Run what was going on.

"This is all the idea of ​​His Highness the King of Han." Liang Run took off the money bag from his waist and handed it to the King of Chu. "Look, the money bag is also embroidered with locusts."

The King of Chu took Liang Run's money bag and looked at it carefully. He found that there was a strange locust embroidered on the front of the money bag, and four words "fighting poison with poison" were embroidered next to it.

"Fighting poison with poison?" King Chu didn't understand what the relationship between locusts and fighting poison with poison was?
Liang Run explained: "Aren't locusts a natural disaster? If you embroider or engrave locusts on money bags, clothes, or other places, you can fight poison with poison."

King Chu's face became a little strange, and he thought: Locusts are indeed a natural disaster, but if you embroider or engrave locusts on them, how can you fight poison with poison?

"To be precise, use natural disasters to overcome natural disasters." Liang Run added, "His Royal Highness the King of Han also said that this would make people no longer afraid of locusts, and don't talk about the locusts changing their color."

King Chu chuckled and said: "Only the tenth brother can come up with such a..." He thought about the words, "a wild and unconstrained idea."

Liang Run thought to himself, isn't it? In the past, he always felt that he was used to Yao Yao's "unbelievable" ideas, but when Yao Yao said that locusts could be eaten and made money, he was still shocked and thought Yao Yao's idea was too ridiculous. He thought that no one would eat locusts, and no one would buy things related to locusts. However, he was slapped in the face again. The business of locusts was very good.

"Are these things related to locusts selling well?" Locusts have been a natural disaster since ancient times. Whenever a locust plague occurs, people will be without food and many people will starve to death. For locusts, not only the common people, but also the princes and ministers hated, feared, feared and loathed them. Even if locusts are now eaten, people probably hate them and would not buy anything related to locusts. I'm afraid that the tenth brother's idea won't work.

"The sales are very good. Now every household in Wusun will buy things related to locusts." After Liang Run finished speaking, he saw King Chu's expression was so shocked that he almost couldn't help laughing. "The sales are also very good during the weekend. By the way, the sales in Annan and Johor are also very good. Now there are locusts engraved on the glass."

The King of Chu was shocked and said: "Is it true or false?"

"real."

"How... is this possible?" King Chu was dumbfounded.

"Your Highness, although everyone is afraid of locusts, if locusts can fight poison with poison, people will be very happy to buy them, because everyone does not want another locust plague to happen again." This is what Yao Yao said, "I would rather believe what is there than what is not." "Besides, now that locusts have turned into vegetables, everyone is not as afraid of them as before. The restaurant owners in the Western Region are eager for another locust plague, so that they can make a lot of money from locusts."

Not long ago, after learning that locusts were edible and had the effects of beautifying the skin and strengthening the yang and kidneys, businessmen from various countries in the Western Regions went around catching and buying locusts.

These days, all the locusts have been caught and almost eaten. Every time a locust plague occurred in the past, no grass would grow and no grain would be harvested wherever it passed. Wherever the locust plague passed this year, they themselves disappeared. I guess the locusts never thought that one day they would turn into vegetables and be eaten by people.

"The tenth brother's idea of ​​eating locusts is a good one." When we were in the north, everyone was rushing to eat locusts. People and businessmen were very active in catching locusts. Many people have made a lot of money by catching locusts.

King Chu couldn't help but laugh when he thought of how he saw the people happily catching locusts when he first went to the north.

"A few days ago, His Highness the King of Han asked me to send a lot of locusts to the capital. I heard that the emperor took the lead in eating locusts, and then the people in the capital also ate them. Now the restaurants in the capital are also buying locusts everywhere. Unfortunately, the locusts in the north are all eaten. We’ve caught them.” Thinking about it now, eating locusts seems unbelievable. "In the south of the Yangtze River, I also sent some back to Yangzhou. At first, no one dared to eat them. They thought that the people in the north were barbarians and even ate locusts. Unexpectedly, it didn't take long before they also fell in love with eating locusts. No one said anything about eating locusts anymore. No, many dignitaries came to me through connections, hoping that I could sell them some locusts. "People in the south of the Yangtze River have always looked down on the people in the north. I heard that when people in the north eat locusts, everyone in the south of the Yangtze River looks mocking and disgusted. After they ate the locusts, they no longer laughed at the northerners. In Yaoyao's words, this is called really fragrant.

"Where else am I catching locusts?" Fortunately, they went around catching locusts from the beginning and caught a lot of them, but these days they were all sold out and there wasn't much left.

"This locust plague was able to survive without any danger, thanks to the tenth brother." The tenth brother's idea not only prevented the food from being harmed by the locusts, but also allowed the people to make some money by catching the locusts. The most important thing is that from now on, people no longer have to fear locust plagues.

"By the way, Your Highness, I also sent locusts to your house before."

"I know that you and your tenth brother have an affair."

"Your Highness, you're welcome. Locusts are not a good thing."

The King of Chu returned the money bag to Liang Run, "Are these things embroidered with locusts sold in the capital?"

"Yes, they are also sold in Jiangnan, and the sales are very good." Liang Run recommended to the King of Chu, "Your Highness, the embroidery here in the Western Regions is different from that in Da Zhou. You can buy some to give to your family and friends."

"I'll buy it later." Just after King Chu finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and his expression instantly became serious, "Do you know the forbidden medicine of Da Yueshi?"

Liang Run's face changed drastically and he exclaimed: "Da Yueshi's forbidden medicine?!" Seeing Liang Run's reaction, King Chu knew that he knew about it.

"Do you know what Da Yuezhi's forbidden drugs are?"

Liang Run said solemnly: "Your Highness, there are many forbidden drugs in Dayue clan, but among them, the most famous one is a poison called Manaro."

"Mannaluo?" King Chu asked with confusion on his face, "What kind of poison is this?"

"Manara is also called Datura. This flower is poisonous."

The King of Chu knew that Datura was a flower from Tianzhu.

Liang Run continued: "The poison of Da Yuezhi's Manara is not simply poison made from Manara, which is Datura. Instead, it uses more than a dozen kinds of poisonous flowers, poisonous weeds, and poisonous insects. Made.”

"Seal your throat when you see blood?"

Liang Run shook his head and said: "The poison of Mannaluo is not like the red crane crown of our Da Zhou. One sip will kill you immediately. This poison will not kill people immediately. It will take seven days for the poison to take effect. When the poison takes effect, , the internal organs will turn into a pile of mud, but the person’s appearance will not change at all.”

The King of Chu was very good at grasping the key point, "What does it mean that a person's appearance has not changed at all?"

"Your Highness, generally people who are poisoned will appear swollen, or their face will turn purple or black, but people who are poisoned by Manara will not have these symptoms. On the contrary, they will be radiant, just like returning to the light. In the end, The strange thing is that after the death of a poisoned person, the body will not decompose for a year and a half.”

King Chu looked surprised when he heard this, "Is there such a poison?"

"Members of the royal family of the Da Yuezhi would deliberately take mannaluo in order to not rot after death. For this reason, mannaluo has become a forbidden drug of the Da Yuezhi. Only members of the royal family of the Da Yuezhi can take it. "After Liang Run finished speaking, he realized that the King of Chu was far away in the capital and should not know about Dayuezhi's forbidden medicine, so he asked curiously, "Your Highness, how do you know about Dayuezhi's forbidden medicine?"

"I heard that some people specifically buy Da Yuezhi's forbidden medicines, but I don't know what Da Yuezhi's forbidden medicines are." King Chu asked again, "What are the other forbidden medicines of Da Yuezhi?"

"Other banned drugs are all aphrodisiacs or other weird drugs, but this Mannaluo is poison. If anyone buys Da Yueshi's banned drugs, it should be Mannaro." Liang Run compared things in the Western Regions Understood, "There have always been people who have tried their best to buy Manaro." As soon as His Highness the King of Chu came to Wusun, he heard about the forbidden medicine of the Dayue clan. It should have been told to him by the informant placed by the King of Chu in Wusun. . Could it be that someone in the capital wants to buy Manaro?

"Is there an antidote to Manaro?"

"No, but I heard that Tibetan orchid can alleviate this poison." Liang Run saw that the King of Chu was so concerned about Manaro, and asked doubtfully, "Your Highness, why do you care so much about Da Yueshi's forbidden medicine?"

King Chu said calmly: "I'm a little curious."

Liang Run felt that King Chu couldn't be just curious. Seeing that King Chu didn't want to say more, he couldn't ask any more questions.

The King of Chu talked about other things, and did not talk about Da Yuezhi's ban on drugs. After he finished speaking, he went out to buy Wusun's local products.

After King Chu left, Liang Run immediately called someone and asked him to inquire about Da Yueshi's banned drugs.

Although King Chu wanted to stay in Wusun for a few more days, his status did not allow him to do so. Besides, he still had to return to Beijing to resume his duties.

After staying in Wusun for two days, the King of Chu set off back to the capital. He still went back with Liang Run's caravan. However, Liang Run did not go back with him this time. Liang Run had to stay in Wusun for a while.

At this time, the fake King Chu was still being hunted. Those who came to assassinate in the past two days were not assassins, but dead soldiers. Fortunately, Tiger Thirteen and the others were well prepared, otherwise they might not be able to withstand the pursuit of the dead soldiers.

The sent dead soldiers still could not kill the King of Chu. The King of Han was furious, but no matter how angry he was, he still could not kill the King of Chu. Seeing that King Chu was about to enter the territory of Yongzhou, King Han and others were very anxious.

Once the King of Chu enters Yongzhou, they cannot assassinate the King of Chu blatantly.

"Your Highness, the only solution for you is to send our dead soldiers." There is really no other way, otherwise Yang Qi would never say such a thing.

King Han didn’t want to send out the dead soldiers from King Han’s palace, but now he had no choice but to do so.

"King Chu must die this time!"

"Your Highness, if our dead soldiers take action, King Chu will definitely not survive."