Xiangsheng prosperous

Chapter 17 First Meeting
When Wen Weixing returned to his home in Chang'an, whenever he missed Aye who was far away in the Yinshan Mountains, even on a winter night when the mosquitoes and flies disappeared or on a spring day when it was warm and cold, he would order a cake that smelled repellent in the wounded barracks. Mosquito incense, facing north, sitting alone for half the night.

The days gradually passed like waves breaking sand, and the newborn Datang was also stepping towards her established destiny step by step.

In June of the ninth year of Wude (626), the Xuanwu Gate changed.Li Shimin, King of Qin, shot Prince Li Jiancheng and King Li Yuanji of Qi under his horse at the North Palace Gate of Taiji Palace; on the seventh day of the same month, Li Yuan made Shimin the crown prince; In September, Li Shimin, the current sage, signed the Weishui alliance with Turkic Jieli Khan, and Wen Weixing's father, Wen Yanbo, finally returned to Chang'an after a long absence...

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627, the first year of Zhenguan, spring, Chang'an.

Wen Weixing stood in front of the most famous medical clinic in Chang'an City - Shanchun Hall.

Since Aye returned to Chang'an after escaping from the Turkic death, although it was normal to go to court during the day, but every night when he dreamed back, he couldn't sleep all night, his eyes were open all night, and he could hardly close his eyes .

Wen Weixing knew very well that Aye's insomnia symptoms were all caused by his precarious life as a captive in the bitter cold of the Yin Mountains this year.There is no other better way than using the best medicine and a longer period of time to cultivate the body and mind.

Stepping into the lobby of Shanchun Hall, all you see are the patients and their accompanying family members who come to see the doctor.

The left-hand side of the lobby is the consultation area, and the entire area is divided into single rooms one after another.They are independent of each other and distinct.The door of the single room is hung with curtains to ensure that the doctors and patients inside have an independent space for consultation and consultation.

On the right hand side of the lobby is a Chinese medicine cabinet with the entire wall, and below the medicine cabinet is a counter for sorting medicinal materials.Behind the counter came and went the staff of the medical hall and pharmacy, and everyone was busy grabbing and weighing medicinal materials in an orderly manner.

On the left side of the medicine counter, there is a specially opened area.The location is small, but it displays the most acclaimed fragrant prescriptions and patented medicines of Shanchuntang in the past two years.The customers who come to this counter to buy medicine are basically regular customers who are familiar with the business, or patients who, after seeing the doctor, need not only the targeted prescription, but also the fragrant medicine for daily conditioning.

Wen Weixing was a bit special, because the decoctions that his Aye took were basically prescribed by doctors from the Imperial Medical Office.And he came here this time because his friend Master Xuanzang told him that a new incense medicine from Shanchuntang, Requiem, might be of great help to Aye's insomnia.

He is no stranger to Shanchuntang, because Wen Weixing needs Shanchuntang's mosquito repellent incense to soothe his mind all year round. Even after Aye has returned, this habit has not changed.

But this kind of purchase of incense, he has always left it to his personal servant Chang Run.He himself has never stepped into the Shanchun Hall in person.This time it was for Aye, so he went there in person to ask about the specific method of using Requiem Incense and whether there were any taboos.

"Lang Jun, the requiem incense has been prepared for you, but now is not the time for the mosquito repellent incense to be on the market, so there is no stock here at the counter, if you really want it, can you wait a moment and let me go to the warehouse to pick it up. "

The guy behind the Xiangyao counter said respectfully.He has been in Shanchun Hall for many years, and the gentleman in front of him can tell at a glance that he is the son of a noble family, and he is definitely not something that a young man like him can offend.All he can do is to satisfy the customer's request with all his strength.

Wen Weixing was about to nod his head in agreement, when suddenly, there was a greeting from the door of Shanchun Hall.At this time, several senior pharmacists also rushed out from the inner hall of the medical hall, and rushed to the gate together.

Curiously, he turned his head to see what had happened, and saw a young woman in a moon-white spring brocade gauze embroidered plum pattern chest-length skirt and a gauze cap of the same color, walking around surrounded by everyone. Steadily and hastily walked towards the inner hall of Shanchun Hall.

The girl kept walking, as if she had no time to pay attention to the attention of her surroundings. The tulle of the veil fluttered as she walked, revealing the sharp and slender chin like a crescent moon.

Wen Weixing stared blankly at the back, until the girl disappeared from sight, then looked away, secretly guessing who the girl was?

"Lang Jun? Lang Jun?" Wen Weixing heard the voice of the counter clerk.

He suddenly came back to his senses, only to realize that he was in a trance just now.Wen Weixing coughed lightly, raised his head, pretended to be calm and said, "Oh! Sorry, what did you just say to me?"

The counter clerk quickly waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I mean, please wait a moment, sir, I'll go to the inner hall warehouse to get you mosquito repellent incense."

Wen Weixing nodded slightly, paused suddenly, and said, "Can I go together?"

The guy was obviously taken aback, but he reacted quickly. : "Of course, sir, please!"

The pharmacy clerk guided Wen Wei to walk on the corridor of the inner hall of Shanchun Hall.The warehouse is located in the innermost side room of the inner hall. To get to the warehouse, one must pass through the place where the medicinal materials are processed in the inner hall and the distillation room where the essential oils are distilled.

The distillation room is an open shed-like building, and inside the house is a strange-looking bronze device that is as tall as a person.

On the left side of the bronze device is a cylindrical cylinder like a small barn, with a conical cover protruding from it, and then a thin and long copper pipe protrudes from the top of the conical cover.The copper pipe slopes downwards to the right, and the final end spirally rotates three times, and is soaked in a copper barrel with a smaller volume.

There is a smaller exit on the right side of the small copper barrel, and when Wen Weixing and his party passed by here, a group of people were bending over this position, as if observing something.

"Okay! Try again!"

A girl's voice that was clear and clear like a silver bell sounded, Wen Weixing followed the sound, and saw in the center of the crowd, the woman in white who was wearing a veiled hat and walked through the lobby suddenly stood up from her kneeling position. get up.The hood on his head had already been removed, and a delicate and beautiful face with fair complexion came into Wen Weixing's eyes.

Wen Weixing stopped in his tracks and looked at the girl quietly. She looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a slim figure and a spirit between her brows.There was a faint smile in the corner of her eyes, and she was orderly directing everyone to operate the bronze vessel taller than her.

"It's done! It's done! Finally, the essential oil came out!" A pharmacist squatting at the oil outlet shouted happily!

The fault was successfully eliminated, and everyone's faces were filled with excited smiles. They all cast their eyes on the girl standing next to the oil outlet, and praised sincerely: "It's better to have Mrs. Qiu San come to make it better!"

Qiu Mo smiled shyly, didn't say much, and turned sideways to take back the veiled hat from Shuanghan's hands and put it on...

Turn around and glance at Wannian.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty?" The pharmacy clerk looked helplessly at the aristocratic man in front of him.Why is this gentleman so distracted? He almost walked to the warehouse, and when he turned around, he was gone.He could only rush back in a hurry, only to see the gentleman standing in the corridor blankly, staring at the stilling device motionless, even the perfumers who were busy in the stilling room were uncomfortable. up.

"Lang Jun, the warehouse is here..." the man said with a smile while pulling the corners of his mouth patiently.

Only then did Wen Weixing suddenly realize that the lady in white named Qiu Sanniang had already left.He coughed dryly in embarrassment, touched his nose, and walked towards the deepest part of Shanchun Hall together with the waiter.

The warehouse of Shanchuntang is specially used to store medicinal materials, spices and some finished medicines.The man saluted Wen Weixing and said, "Mr. Sir, wait here for a while, I will go in and get the mosquito repellent incense and come out."

Wen Weixing nodded, and stood under the wall outside the warehouse, preparing to wait quietly for the man to come out.Just as the guy was about to open the warehouse door and go in, the warehouse door was suddenly opened from the inside.

I saw Qiu Mo and Shuang Han just coming out of the warehouse, holding a pack of Jiang Zhenxiang and a pack of sandalwood in their hands.

"I've seen the third lady!" When the man saw the third lady Qiu, he quickly took a step back and crossed his hands respectfully.

No one in Shanchun Hall knew that the reason why the fragrant medicine in the hall became popular throughout Chang'an City was all thanks to Mrs. Qiu San.

Mrs. Qiu San nodded to the buddy as a return of courtesy.She was about to leave this place with Shuanghan, when she raised her eyes and saw Mr. Lang who was standing under the corridor of the inner hall just now, watching her repair the distillation device.

She turned to look at the guy with some doubts. The guy reacted and introduced it to her: "This distinguished customer wants to buy mosquito repellent incense, but there is no shelf on the counter, so come with me to the warehouse to pick it up."

It turned out to be a distinguished guest of Shanchun Hall, and Qiu Mo then relievedly blessed Wen Wei: "Here! Your lord is polite." Her tone was gentle and gentle, neither enthusiastic nor cold.

Wen Weixing also cupped his hands in return, and followed the trend: "Here!"

Qiu Mo lowered her eyes and smiled, and said, "Then don't bother me, I'll go ahead."

After speaking, she led Shuanghan straight away.

Wen Weixing stood on the spot and watched her receding back, but he had other concerns in his heart.

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　Xiangsheng small knowledge
　　Ancient Pure Copper Pot Still (by XIANGQI Xiangqi)

　　Copper pot distillation is an ancient distillation technique. It is not only used to distill essential oils and pure dew, but almost all wineries that have gone through hundreds of years still follow this ancient method to distill alcohol.

　　Alchemists in ancient Greece and Egypt began to use copper pots to distill minerals and plants.Pure copper is a soft, tough, malleable and lustrous metal.It is heated evenly, keeps warm for a long time, has good conductivity, its density is much higher than that of stainless steel, and its heat conduction is ten times that of stainless steel. It has strong penetrating and fragrance-inducing functions, and can extract the essence of plant materials more completely.The obtained pure dew/essence has a mellow, delicate smell and a long-lasting fragrance.

　　
　
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