green bamboo dream

Chapter 21

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in the palace.

The morning court had just ended, and the imperial study room was shrouded in a depressing and cold atmosphere. The eunuch Wan Dafu frightened off the little court lady who served tea with a sharp look, and personally picked up the small red sandalwood carving tea tray, and put the words he might want back in his stomach. After going through it again, he entered the study lightly.

Wearing a bright yellow winged crown and a black gauze folded upper towel, the emperor closed his eyes slightly as if he was taking a nap, but Eunuch Wan did not dare to neglect, and stood aside with a tea tray, daring not to make a sound.

The emperor didn't fall asleep, and opened his eyes when he heard someone coming in. Eunuch Wan carefully put down the red tea cup painted in gold, and smiled apologetically, "This is the new tea of ​​this year, the top-quality Dahongpao. Your Majesty, drink some to moisten your throat." Bar."

Seeing the emperor took the teacup, Eunuch Wan's fat round face immediately beamed with joy, but then he heard the crisp sound of the emperor flicking the lid of the teacup. Time is still complete.

"Pa——" the cup was placed heavily on the table, he was clever and bent even lower.

"Hmph, everyone is pushing me one by one, I really think I'm easy to bully." A deep and hoarse raving came from above, containing endless anger.

The emperor got angry and buried his corpse for thousands of miles.

Eunuch Wan knew that he would definitely not be able to answer the conversation now, so he lowered his head and rolled his eyes and tried to divert the emperor's attention. The palace masters who came to deliver the words today quickly appeared in his mind, and after a while he picked out the words with confidence: " Your Majesty, the Concubine Liang personally cooks the bird soup, I hope the Emperor will try it and see if the taste is authentic, do you think?"

Hearing the word "Liang Concubine", the emperor's mood changed from cloudy to clear. He stood up and adjusted his waist belt. After walking two steps, he paused as if remembering something, and the atmosphere around him condensed again.Eunuch Wan groaned in his heart, what's wrong with this, our family can't bear to be frightened anymore.

"The person sent to Qingzhou to preach the decree has come back?" The voice was extremely flat, he turned around and sat down again. Eunuch Wan couldn't figure out what it meant, so he had to reply truthfully: "Go back to the emperor, not yet, this time I left The post station will arrive in the afternoon at the earliest."

He only heard a faint "hmm", wondering why the emperor became cold again, Eunuch Wan felt uneasy, wondering if the unlucky Master Lin was very important to the emperor, otherwise how could his mood change so drastically.

The distant Qingzhou ushered in an excellent weather. The autumn finally drove away the heat of summer. The cool autumn wind swayed through the streets and alleys, conveying the miracle of "Bodhisattva's manifestation" last night. When the city When the first ray of warm sunlight came in, everyone knew that the new Lord Lin had a method passed down from a Bodhisattva, which could solve the difficulties in Qingzhou.

Now who can stay here, one after another rushed to the front of the official office to wait.Lin Yuanzhi didn't keep them waiting, and soon came with more than a dozen entourages. They held various boxes in their hands. According to yesterday's order, someone swiftly set up a pot, added water and firewood, Soon a pot of water boiled.

Looking around at the people with shabby clothes, dusty faces, and infinite hope in their eyes, Lin Yuanzhi felt uncomfortable, and lamented that fortunately, the youngest daughter happened to read the prescription for this epidemic in a medical book, and she still remembered it at a critical moment. Yes, although some people advise me not to put all my bets on this prescription, after all, it has never been seen before, and there is no precedent for a cure. If the patient cannot be cured, it will be self-defeating, lose the trust of the people and cause even greater turmoil .

It's not that Lin Yuanzhi doesn't know the powerful relationship here, but he just has a premonition that this prescription will work... He rubbed his brows with a wry smile, since he has no other choice anyway...

Bupleurum, Huangling, Codonopsis, Tangerine Peel, Pinellia, Licorice, Artemisia annua... All kinds of medicinal materials were carefully weighed in turn, and put into the pot in order. After the fire boiled, the air was filled with a strong medicinal smell, because It has a large amount and is a concentrated medicinal solution, so the taste is very strong. The people who are stirring and adding firewood can't help but put on their masks, but the common people are like smelling fairy spirits, and everyone is staring at the mouthful with bright eyes. Pot, leaning forward involuntarily, hands trembling slightly in the shape of grasping, as if to grasp the hope of a loved one's life.

Two big men in servant clothes chanted, and together they brought up a jar of water, and another servant poured the medicine juice from the pot into the jar, and stretched out a thick wooden stick to stir it, and it became a jar of life-saving medicine. medicine.

After arranging the manpower for distributing the concoction, Lin Yuanzhi followed Yu Zhu's instructions and arranged the errands.

Although I don’t understand why it is necessary to fill stagnant rivers, burn wormwood regularly, wash unclean corners, kill mosquitoes and flies... The speed of internal digestion, the length of the proliferation period of Plasmodium spores, etc.) But it was faithfully implemented.

In the Lin family's back house, Yuzhu didn't have to worry too much. She sent Ms. Liu and Cuiwei around: she bought soft Gebu to make a mosquito net, and filled a small pond with stagnant water in the backyard, which is especially suitable for mosquito breeding. I bought nine-leaf clover, which mosquitoes hate, and placed several pots in each room.

Satisfied with the clear and refreshing results, Yuzhu nodded in satisfaction. As long as the weather turns cooler in a few days, there will be no need to worry about the way mosquitoes spread. With the addition of medicine, the infected people will Gradually decrease, and individual repetitions don't take much time.

She has done everything she can, and the future will depend on her father, but she believes in her father's ability and believes that things will be done properly.

After the siege of the mansion by the rioters last time, Mrs. Cui was very pleased with her little girl's intelligence, so this time Yuzhu's action received strong support from Mrs. Cui.Yu Zhu was very helpless, Cui Shi now regarded her as a porcelain doll, let her rest after standing for a while, the deep kindness in her eyes was almost too much for her, and she was glad that this little body in her early ten years was filled with love. It is the soul of an adult, if not according to Cui's pampering method, sooner or later he will grow into a lawless and indulgent woman, that would be the classic image of a vicious female supporting role.

There was no concubine's room in the back house, and it seemed extremely peaceful and warm. Although Lin Yuanzhi was busy until late every day, and fell asleep after eating when he was tired, things went smoothly.What made him most happy was not the luck of Si Li's escape, nor the gratitude and praise of the people, but that Cui would keep a small lamp every day, leaning on the big red pillow while doing needlework and waiting for him to come back, the warm light , his wife's gentle face and the warm supper, instantly relieved his fatigue of the day, leaving only comfort and comfort.

Half asleep and half awake, feeling his wife's hand tucked under the quilt shyly covering the back of his hand, he actually longed to live like this, forever—forever.

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