Chapter 17 The Wind Rises(1/2)
Zhao Sheng walked out of Jiaoloufang City, avoided the prison direction at Zongren Mansion, and walked around a long way before returning to Zuo Zongyuan.
In recent days, the guards in the prison have become tighter.
Just because Prince Ning, who had committed rebellion, was still imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion Prison and was not sent to the Heavenly Prison.
Zhao Sheng was very confused about this at first.
Regardless of whether it is true or not, what King Ning committed was a serious crime of beheading. If he were not the emperor's brother, he would probably kill the nine tribes.
In addition, the emperor disliked his third brother and suppressed him repeatedly.
Now that there is such a good reason, how could it not be postponed until today?
Shouldn't the title be revoked immediately, the clan status removed, the name taken away, and then thrown into a prison to await execution by the Queen of Autumn?
Only later did Zhao Sheng understand the reason from Mr. Hai’s few words.
The Zongren Mansion is responsible for the affairs of the royal family, but it is by no means the chief executive of the two clans.
Above them, there are many powerful people.
For example, the current King of Yan is also responsible for the Zongren Order that governs the entire Zongren Mansion.
The left and right clan members are King Xin and King Qi respectively.
Even the left and right Zongzheng further down are held by two princes.
The chief ministers who control the sect are more like managing the servants.
It's just that General Manager Hai seems to have a special status, and General Manager He from Youzongyuan has a huge backer, so when the princes saw them, they were all kind and friendly.
On weekdays, if anything happens in the clan mansion, the princes are too lazy to take care of it, so they leave it to the two general managers.
But now that it concerns Prince Ning, those princes can no longer sit idly by.
Prince Xin and Prince Ning, who are both members of the Zuo clan, were both born to Concubine Shu back then, so naturally they now want to vindicate Prince Ning.
King Qi, who is also a member of You Zong, is the younger brother of the current emperor, and he is eager to get rid of King Ning.
It stands to reason that with the emperor's instructions, a mere King of Chu cannot protect King Ning.
But the bad thing is that as the clan leader, King Yan also sides with King Ning.
As we all know, King Yan is the younger brother of the current emperor.
This is another anecdote.
It is said that during the Wanjing period, the late emperor loved Concubine Shu the most. The queen was dignified and virtuous, and she and Concubine Shu became good sisters.
The queen gave birth to Queen Yan, who was always weak and sickly, so King Yan was given the upbringing of Concubine Shu.
In the first year of Tianguang, the queen was promoted to queen mother, but she died that year. Before she died, she called the emperor and told him to treat Concubine Shu as his biological mother.
The emperor has also been taken care of by Concubine Shu since he was a child. After receiving the Queen Mother's will, he naturally respects her as his mother.
King Yan truly regarded Concubine Shu as his biological mother, and he also had deep feelings for Concubine Shu's son, Prince Ning.
And in the palace from now on, there will be the concubine Shu back then and the concubine today pleading hard.
In the court, King Yan and King Xin tried their best to protect him.
The emperor didn't know how to deal with Prince Ning.
But Zhao Sheng is not optimistic about Prince Ning's situation.
How could the emperor allow Prince Ning to walk out of Yanjing alive?
Heaven has been ruthless since ancient times.
Zhao Sheng looked at the prison. There were two lanterns swaying in the wind in front of the door, swaying the light. The leaves in front of the door rustled, leaving behind what looked like beasts with teeth and claws on the ground.
But what does this have to do with him? He is not in the mood to care about the life and death of Prince Ning.
If there is really a connection, it can only be because Prince Ning promised him a pot of wine and a secret book at that time.
Zhao Sheng still wants to live a stable life for a few more years and does not dare to have any delusions.
"If you want to live longer, what skills can you not get?"
Zhao Sheng walked back to Zuo Zongyuan. General Manager Hai had fallen asleep, and the money could only be handed over to him tomorrow.
He closed the door, bent down and pulled out an iron box under the bed.
The iron box has patterns engraved on it, and there is a small lion's head lock in the middle.
This was Xiao Fangzi's belongings back then, but now he uses it to hide things.
Opening the iron box, there was a lot of scattered silver and three prescriptions inside.
The scattered silver is his monthly salary for this year, totaling eighteen taels of silver.
He has no worries about food, clothing, housing and transportation in the General Office, and there is nothing he needs to spend money on.
The prescription was well preserved and free of insects, so he took it out.
Let’s leave aside the health-preserving and anti-fetal pills for now, but Zhixue Powder and Sanyu Ointment are of great use to him.
Over the past year, his meridians have been broken countless times while practicing martial arts. Based on the principle of not wasting his injuries, he studied these two prescriptions.
Xiaoguizi is the fifth level of acquired nature and is in the realm of muscle strengthening. It needs to be nourished by medicinal soup every day.
The medicinal decoction replenishes qi and blood, and the remaining medicinal residue can be used to make these two prescriptions.
In addition, he used his own body for experiments, and he actually discovered it. There are still several packages of prepared medicine left in the room.
But later he felt it was useless and never did it again.
It wasn't until he went to Fangshi that he realized why Xiao Fangzi wanted to get these prescriptions.
It seems that he has also focused on this business early.
Xiao Fangzi is also a smart man, as can be seen from the fact that he climbed onto the lap of Xiao Lizi from You Zongyuan, went to the market to sell things secretly, and obtained these three prescriptions.
What a pity, now everything belongs to him.
In the palace, if you make one wrong move, you will lose everything.
"You need to think twice before doing anything, be cautious, be cautious."
Zhao Sheng reminded himself again not to be arrogant and to be careful in everything.
On the second day, he ran to Xiao Guizi to ask for the dregs of medicine to use in making medicine.
He is skilled in techniques and the medicines he prepares are very effective.
In the evening, he ran to the market again. After setting out food and vegetables, he opened a small stall next to it to sell two kinds of medicine. There was also a wooden board next to it with a line of writing on it.
"Zhixue Powder costs two coins per pack, and Sanyu Ointment costs two coins per pack."
It's not cheap, but everything sold in the palace is expensive.
As he expected, not long after the stall was set up, many people came over.
"Can this powder really stop bleeding?"
The speaker was a short man, and Zhao Sheng knew from the way he walked that he had just been cleansed.
"Children are innocent, good quality and low price."
Zhao Sheng smiled leisurely.
He has tasted the pain of purification.
In the first few days, you need to be especially careful when walking. If you are not careful, you will open the wound.
Spending only two yuan can stop the bleeding, which is definitely worth the money.
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The man hesitated for a moment and then decided to buy the medicine.
Seeing someone starting to sell, everyone no longer hesitated and paid for it one after another.
The eunuch who Zhao Sheng smelled last night also came to buy two packs of hemostatic powder.
After a while, the medicine he prepared was sold out, making a profit of five taels.
You need to know that there is no need to spend money on the prescription, and there is no need to spend money on the dregs for making the medicine. Apart from the water pumped to the market, the rest is a net profit!
Zhao Sheng seems to have seen a new way to make money.
In the past few days, his medicines were selling better and better in the market, and he started to make the person selling medicinal materials next to him dissatisfied.
Zhao Sheng sniffed and smelled that his blood was scattered and not solidified enough. He had practiced martial arts, but he had not yet forged a foundation.
If a fight breaks out, he won't be afraid.
But he decided to restrain himself and not sell too much next time.
When I was about to close the stall today, three people suddenly came from the market.
They are all wearing cloaks and masks, and their faces cannot be seen clearly.
They were here to patrol. Zhao Sheng had a good ear and heard the man in the middle complaining.
To be continued...