The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 20
Looking at her father's smile still carrying a hint of worry, Lin Zisu knew that if she hadn't explained the matter clearly today, there might be another incident in the future.

At the moment, he didn't care about Lin Wenjing's winks at her, and briefly told Lin Yuanzhi what happened in his previous life.

It's just that this incident is shocking, and all kinds of things in the previous life are related to this life. When she told the story, she concealed the name of the person, and only said that the person in her memory was the daughter of a prince who married the prince and became the princess. After the prince ascended the throne, she Although she has the name of empress, she is not favored by the emperor, and can only end her life in the cold palace in the end.

Mrs. Bi sighed: "The palace has been as deep as the sea since ancient times, and this woman is also a poor person."

As he spoke, he remembered something again, and said to Lin Zisu, "Zisu, that monk Lingyun was so respectful after seeing you this morning, did he see something too?"

Lin Zisu shook her head, and was about to answer, when Lin Yuanzhi said in a deep voice: "Master Lingyun didn't make it clear, so we don't need to make wild guesses. This matter is so weird that it's not for outsiders to understand."

As he spoke, he specifically told Lin Wenjing, "Especially you, it's about your sister's life and death, so you must never mention this matter in front of others."

Lin Wenjing solemnly agreed, and soon people had dinner, the whole family used to talk and laugh during the dinner, but today they tacitly followed the old saying of eating without talking, eating was extremely dull.

Lin Zisu knew that the idea of ​​possessing a body was absurd, and she needed time for her family to accept it. After eating a few mouthfuls, she returned to her yard on the grounds that her body hadn't recovered.

That night, the Lin family couldn't sleep peacefully. Early the next morning, when Lin Zisu greeted Mrs. Bi, she saw that Mrs. Bi's face was thickly made up. Even so, it didn't cover the heavy shadows under her eyes.

Lin Zisu knew that her mother was upset, and when she was comforting her, the concierge sent an invitation card, but it was Liang Wanyi who invited Lin Zisu to meet at the Duke Chang's mansion in a few days on the grounds of discussing poetry and painting.

Changguo Duke's Mansion is the queen's natal family, and the second lady of Changguo Duke's mansion invites her to discuss poetry, which is not only the recognition of Lin Zisu's talent, but also a symbol of status.

Bi Shi was overjoyed, but forgot about the possession thing.

Mrs. Bi solemnly said to Lin Zisu: "Eldest sister, Miss Liang Er from the Duke of Chang's Mansion sincerely invites you. We can't shorten the etiquette. We must prepare some gifts."

When traveling between various mansions, the superficial etiquette must be sufficient. Fortunately, when the other mansions came to congratulate them a few days ago, they sent many gifts to the Lin Mansion, so it is not difficult to choose a few suitable gifts.

In addition to the gifts for the bright face, there is also a need to prepare a gift for each of Liang Wanyi's peers, which made Lin Zisu worry.

The girls mostly gave some small jewelry or hand-made embroidery. With the status of the Duke of Chang, ordinary jewelry accessories were naturally looked down upon, and Lin Zisu's female popularity was really hard to describe.

The mother and daughter thought about it for a long time, and Lin Zisu came up with an idea.

She saw a secret recipe in her grandfather's notebook a few days ago.

It is said in the book, "Take Suhe, Magnolia, Lvding, Huoxiang, Guixiang, and Qingxin herbs to grind, and after drying, the fragrance will surround the room and last for a long time. Its fragrance can repel insects and ants, calm the mind, and calm the mind." It is the material used to make sachets.

It's spring, and it's really appropriate for my daughter's family to present a sachet.

The mother and daughter discussed the division of labor, and Bi Shi called several servants to sew the sachets, while Lin Zisu was in charge of selecting medicinal materials at the pharmacy.

Dongcheng, where Kang Pingbo's mansion is located, is the place where small merchants and hawkers gather. After leaving the Erli Lane at the entrance of the mansion, there are several pharmacies on Guanghui Street and Huifeng Street not far away.

Suhe, Xinyi, Lvding, Huoxiang, and Guixiang are all extremely common medicinal materials. Lin Zisu can easily buy them without spending much money, but no one has heard of Qingxincao in the secret recipe, so I asked Three or four pharmacies have surprisingly consistent statements.

Lin Zisu asked all the pharmacies and medical clinics on Liangdao Street, not only the young clerks, but also several old doctors, but they didn't know what Qingxincao was.

Seeing that she had come to the end of Huifeng Street again, and Qingxincao was still nowhere to be found, she was discouraged, and looked up to see a small shop in the corner of the alley not far away.

The store didn't even hang a signboard, but hung an apricot-yellow cover in front of the door, with the word "medicine" written on it.

Lin Zisu saw that the pharmacy was extremely shabby, and it was hiding in such a remote corner, so no one would care about it all day long.

She didn't hold out any hope either, and went into the pharmacy with the idea of ​​going home after asking.

I was shocked when I entered the shop, there were actually five people crowded in a small shop, an old man with gray hair was sitting lazily behind the counter, dressed like a doctor, he seemed to be the shopkeeper of the shop.

The four people standing in front of the counter were all dressed in green clothes. The leader was still talking, but when he saw Lin Zisu coming in, he stopped talking.

The shop was already small, and there were a few people standing there. Lin Zisu and Fei Cui walked in, and the room was suddenly full of people.

Lin Zisu didn't want to stay longer, so she didn't have time to look at the few people in the store, so she asked straight to the point: "Shopkeeper, do you have a heart-cleaning grass here?"

"Healing grass?"

The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes, as if thinking about it, then waved his hand and said, "No! The store doesn't have this medicine!"

"Since the old man has business, let's... let's take our leave first and come to visit another day"

A few people in Tsing Yi took a look at Lin Zisu, stepped out of the medicine shop, and the other three followed them timidly.

The shopkeeper shouted from behind: "Little brother, go back and talk to your housekeeper. I know he has always been a bodhisattva and wants to take care of my business. But there are rules everywhere, and he can't do it." The Japanese price secretly sent the sick number to me, if the higher-ups knew about it, would my shop still be open?"

The four of them seemed to have never heard of it. The shopkeeper waited for the four of them to walk away, and the lazy smile on his face disappeared instantly. He stared at Lin Zisu vigilantly and asked, "Where did the girl hear the name of Qingxincao?" of?"

Lin Zisu said: "I want to sew a few sachets, and I happened to see a prescription for clearing the heart and calming the nerves in a medical book. I have bought other medicines, but now I only need the medicine for clearing the heart. I don't know if there is such a medicine in your store." Herbs?"

"No, no! The old man has read medical books all his life. There has never been a record of Qingxin grass in the books, and there must be no prescription for sewing sachets."

Lin Zisu thought about it for a while, and besides seeing it in his grandfather's notes, he had indeed never seen any records about Qingxincao in other medical books.

However, what the shopkeeper said was convincing, but there were some suspicions that he wanted to cover up.

While the shopkeeper was speaking, he saw the herbs in Fei Cui's hands, sniffed them vigorously, and murmured: "Su He, Xin Yi, Lu Ding, Huo Xiang, Gui Xiang, you girl may not have lied to me, but this Lu Ding What is the use in this recipe?"

The shopkeeper seemed to have thought of something, his cloudy eyes flashed, and he said: "Girl, there is no such medicine as Qingxincao in the shop today. If you need it urgently, I will prepare it right away. Come over at this time tomorrow, and I will prepare it for you." on."

From the categorical denial at the beginning, but now she speaks so bluntly, Lin Zisu is somewhat puzzled by what the shopkeeper is thinking.

The shopkeeper saw through Lin Zisu's doubts and said, "It's not that I can't trust you. This Qingxin grass is an unusual medicinal material. If you use it to commit crimes, won't the old man be implicated by you? I can sell the medicine to you, but This spice, you have to ration it to me on the spot."

This pharmacy is weird, there are several apprentices in other pharmacies, but this shopkeeper is the only one in this shop, and it looks a bit upside down, but this is still a pharmacy in front of the house, Lin Zisu is not worried about what the other party is playing pattern.

At noon on the second day, Lin Zisu went to the pharmacy again with her maid.

The pharmacy was still empty, and the shopkeeper had obviously been waiting for her to come to the door. Seeing her enter the pharmacy, he smiled and said, "Little girl, the old man has been waiting for a long time, thinking that you dare not come."

The two exchanged some polite words, and the shopkeeper impatiently pointed to the medicines that had been prepared on the counter, and said, "The medicines are all ready, you can dispense them to me on the spot according to the prescription."

After speaking, he thought of another thing, and said solemnly: "The Qingxin grass is not easy to come by, so you should take it easy."

Since the death of her grandfather, although Lin Zisu has mastered the memorization of Chinese medicine books at home, because there is no one to guide her, she has not even learned the most basic knowledge of medicine, medicine differentiation, and medicine. At this time, there are six medicines in front of her. big head.

She identified them one by one according to the description in the book, and weighed them according to the weight of the prescription. She frantically mixed several medicines together, and the medicine dregs splashed everywhere.

The shopkeeper shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity! It's a pity! You girl can talk about pure heart grass, and you think you know some medical skills, but you are a layman, wasting so many medicines for nothing. You don't even think about cutting and grinding. Yes, let’s do that, tell me the prescription, and I’ll help you prepare it.”

Lin Zisu uttered the prescription in his grandfather's notes, and the shopkeeper taught Lin Zisu how to prepare it. After about a cup of tea, Lin Zisu finally prepared the medicine according to the prescription.

She thought it would be easy to prepare spices, but she didn't expect such a complicated process. No wonder the ancients said, "What comes on paper is superficial, but you never know that you have to do it yourself."

Lin Zisu stared at the shopkeeper with great interest, her eyes sparkling.

The shopkeeper glanced at Lin Zisu, took a full look at her expression, was still grinding the spices in an orderly manner, and said casually: "This kind of simple things should not be done by the old man, but the business is not doing well recently. I just fired my buddy, so I have no choice but to do what I can."

A light fragrance permeates from under the shopkeeper's hand. This fragrance is lighter than the fragrance of ordinary spices. It is much less strong and has a touch of softness, which makes people feel very good after smelling it.

The shopkeeper praised: "This recipe is really ingenious. Hey, why didn't I expect that Qingxincao has such magical effects!"

To be able to mix such wonderful spices by my own hands, even the shopkeeper had practiced medicine half his life, and he smiled happily, and hummed a ditty regardless of Lin Zisu's presence.

He was secretly enjoying himself when he suddenly remembered something and asked seriously: "Little girl, I forgot to ask you yesterday, is your surname Lin or Qu?"

Could it be grandfather's old acquaintance?Lin Zisu thought about it, and said, "My surname is Lin, what advice does the shopkeeper have for me?"

Hearing Lin Zisu's self-introduction, the shopkeeper slapped his thigh, jumped up, and said, "With your prescription, the old man should have thought of it, and the only one who can use Qingxincao like this is senior brother! Hehe, it's really worth it!" It doesn't take much effort, little girl, what do you call Lin Hopu?"

The shopkeeper didn't wait for Lin Zisu to agree, he gave Lin Zisu a sideways look, and said, "The old man's grandson Duzhong, judging by your age, you should call me uncle."

Lin Zisu racked her brains and picked out some childhood fragments from the original body's memory. Although it was a bit blurry, it could be compared with today's situation, so she said softly: "Lin Hopu is the ancestor of the family. I once heard that my grandfather As mentioned before, although our Lin family practiced medicine in the era, he is a teacher of Yuezhou Xue's medical department, besides him, there are two other juniors."

Sun Duzhong said solemnly: "Yes, I and your grandfather Lin Hopu are brothers in the same school, and he is my senior brother."

Sun Duzhong and Lin Zisu talked about their own background.

It turned out that Sun Duzhong's master, Xue Yike, had a total of three apprentices. The eldest apprentice Lin Houpu was Lin Zisu's grandfather, the second apprentice Sun Duzhong, and the third apprentice Qu Huangbai.

The three of them practiced together for several years, and Lin Hopu and Sun Duzhong were admitted to the imperial hospital one after another. Because Xue Yike never married in his life, the heavy responsibility of inheriting the master's mantle fell on the body of the third apprentice, Qu Huangbai.

Since the founding of Dayan, the "Da Yan Hui Dian" clearly stipulates that "every soldier, civilian, doctor, craftsman, yin and yang, and all kinds of households are allowed to copy their records from the original newspaper, and they are not allowed to make chaos." Entering military households, salt cookers are assigned to kitchen households, doctors are assigned to medical households, and all households are inherited from father to son, and cannot be changed from generation to generation.

Qu Huangbai originally inherited the master's medical account in order to surpass the two senior brothers, but he didn't know that after taking the exam four times in a row, he was still eliminated. Seeing the seniors rising all the way, he could only live in Yuezhou Qu Huangbai was so resentful that he used the name of traveling doctor to disappear.

Later, Lin Hopu was promoted to be the envoy of the Imperial Hospital, and died of the plague when he returned home to visit his relatives, while Sun Duzhong, without the care of his senior brother, was repeatedly excluded in the Imperial Hospital. Opened such a small medicine shop in the capital.

Speaking of the death of the elder brother, and the three younger brothers who have not heard from each other for many years, Sun Duzhong sighed: "I didn't expect the school to wither like this. Back then, there were three brothers in one school, but now there is only the old man left."

As Sun Duzhong said, he looked at Lin Zisu with disgust on his face again, and said, "Brother was very skilled in medicine back then, and no one in the Tai Hospital dissatisfied him. I don't know how he taught it, but Lin Yuanzhi, that brainless boy, is fine." , you little girl looks very clever, as a descendant of the Lin family, you don't know medical skills, and it's a joke to spread it!"

Lin Zisu was a little embarrassed, and only heard Sun Duzhong say again: "Even if the Lin family has received the emperor's favor now, we must not forget our roots! Lin Yuanzhi, that bastard, only thinks about being an official! If that's the case, the old man won't go either." Taking advantage of you, you come to help the old man for a few days every month, and these medicines today will be given to you as a meeting gift."

After chatting today, Lin Zisu really did not expect that this kind-faced shopkeeper turned out to be his uncle, and it was just at the door of his house, which was a pleasant surprise.

Hearing what Sun Duzhong meant, he wanted to give advice on his medical skills, Lin Zisu agreed with a smile on his face.

She returned home with the prepared spices, and after making the sachet out, she told her father about Sun Duzhong that night.

I thought Lin Yuanzhi would be happy, but after listening to Lin Zisu's narration, Lin Yuanzhi said with a somber face: "Eldest sister, although this Sun Duzhong is an elder in name, since your grandfather passed away, he has no contact with my family. Just treat him as someone you met by chance, and don't take it to heart."

(End of this chapter)