Chapter 182 Someone is collaborating with the enemy
When Du Shaoqing heard the palace, he immediately understood that this is how the legendary Potala Palace came from!
Du Shaoqing refused to comment on Lu Dongzan's request, but instead asked with interest: "I wonder what the scale of the palace Da Xiang wants to build? How many skilled craftsmen are needed?"
"We are ready to do our best to build a giant palace of more than ten floors to show our sincerity. As for craftsmen, I am afraid that all kinds of things are needed, including carpenters, stonemasons, blacksmiths, construction masters, etc., which require the guidance of the Tang Dynasty."
Well, after hearing this, Du Shaoqing finally understood the true intention of these people, which was to come for this, and all kinds of marriage proposals, etc. were all excuses. When Tang Jian introduced the dowry, he said that there were at least hundreds of craftsmen who were escorted by dowry. He didn't care at that time. Now it seems that the Tubo monarch and minister have a clever vision, unlike the corrupt scholars in the Tang court who valued etiquette and law, and looked down on the technology of all craftsmen. People already knew that science and technology was a powerful country.
Du Shaoqing directly rejected the other party, saying that he was here to convey the saint's will and refused to marry. After saying that, he turned around and left without leaving any room, heading straight to the palace, explaining the interests and suggesting that the emperor closely investigate what more than a thousand people from Tubo have been doing for so many days, and was someone secretly stealing the secrets of the craftsmen from the Tang Dynasty?
At this moment, someone informed Lu Dongzan. The old fox didn't expect to be fooled by a child Du Shaoqing, and he felt that his old face was dull, so he designed a vicious plan to deal with Du Shaoqing.
In the Honglu Temple, a prayer letter was delivered to Du Shaoqing, which said that Lu Dongzan invited Du Shaoqing, the young minister of Honglu Temple, to discuss it in the Juxian Tower in Chang'an.
Tang Jian advised: "This guy knows that you can't be bribed. He is a Hongmen Banquet, so it's better not to go there."
Du Shaoqing said confidently: "Now Your Majesty is investigating the traces of Tubo and his group of people. You cannot be too tough. You must stabilize them. I often go to Juxianlou. It is our home court, so I don't worry about their conspiracy."
So Du Shaoqing went there swayingly and went to the banquet alone. Lu Dongzan and the deputy envoy on Juxian Tower had been waiting for a long time.
"I don't know what you two asked me to come out? If it's still a matter of proposing marriage, then you don't have to speak up, I can't make the decision." Du Shaoqing said fame.
Lu Dongzan waved his hand and said, "No, I won't talk about official affairs today, I'm just for private affairs."
I heard that Shaoqing is one of the rare genius doctors in the Tang Dynasty and has cured the plague in Hebei. We have admired him for a long time.
Although Tubo is a bitter and cold place, we produce good medicines and today we have brought some of them. I want a miraculous doctor to taste it."
The deputy envoy handed over two wooden boxes. Du Shaoqing opened it and saw that it was a good thing, the best Cordyceps. If this box was exchanged for the same gold, it would be a big profit.
The other box is even more extraordinary, it is actually a snow lotus? This thing is produced on a plateau with an altitude of 4,000 meters. It is difficult to pick and store, so there are only two flowers in this box, which are both good medicines.
"It is indeed a great medicine produced by Tubo, the best!" Du Shaoqing praised.
"Okay, I can get the praise of the miracle doctor. It seems that I can still take advantage of these two boxes of things to the miracle doctor." Lu Dongzan said cheerfully.
Du Shaoqing refused and said, "I will not receive any reward without merit, so please take it back."
Lu Dongzan explained: "The noble character of a miracle doctor is admirable. We send this out because we have something to ask for.
Because Tubo is remote in geography, although there are good medicines produced, there are too few people who are keen on the verge of knowing pearls, so these things can only be wasted in the wilderness.
I heard that the miracle doctor is a businessman, so we want the miracle doctor to help. If possible, you send someone to Tubo to purchase these medicinal materials. Not only can you use them here, but we Tubo people can also benefit from it, killing two birds with one stone. I wonder what this matter is?"
Du Shaoqing could not guess that these two guys asked him to drink for business, but if what they said was true, then the business was really good. "How do you say the price in business? "
"A hundred pounds of Cordyceps sinensis, one ounce of snow lotus per silver." said the deputy envoy.
"It's too expensive. Even if I can buy it, we people in the Tang Dynasty can't afford it. The price is cut in half." Du Shaoqing bargained. He felt that he was not a doctor, but a complete profiteer. A pound of Cordyceps of 100 pounds is equivalent to 400 yuan per pound in later generations. You should know that later generations sell Cordyceps in later generations are just about Ke. If you sell them, this is the bargain price, but he still has to bargain.
"Trade!" Lu Dongzan and the deputy envoy looked at each other and nodded together. It was so refreshing that Du Shaoqing thought it was too fake? Does your medicinal materials need not be picked manually?
"Come on, I have thanked the miracle doctors for the Tubo people. If no one buys them, we people will not see a penny every day when working in the mountains." Lu Dongzan raised his glass to thank him.
Du Shaoqing accepted two boxes of medicinal materials, and the three of them really started to drink wine. However, Du Shaoqing did not drink alcohol, and the other party did not force him to use tea instead of wine, and they had a great time talking to each other.
Not to mention, Lu Dongzan is a talented person. Although he came from a small border country, he was definitely not without knowledge. Du Shaoqing was also very surprised when he heard his story about the Xiangxiong Kingdom in the west of Tubo.
But after three rounds of food and five flavors, something happened. Lu Dongzan suddenly foamed at the mouth and turned blue, and he fell to the ground and fainted.
Du Shaoqing was stunned and hurriedly stepped forward to check the other party's situation. It was obviously highly poisoned, but what happened? It was obviously the three of us who were drinking, so where did the poison come from? Could it be that this guy deliberately hit the car? But did he use the strong poison to eat it by himself?
The deputy envoy was also confused. He reached out to touch the pill in his arms, and then looked at the big picture who fell to the ground. This is not right. The plan is not like this. It has been agreed that when the time is right, will I take poison to frame Du Shaoqing? Is it because Daxiang is afraid that I will fail?
Then he immediately began to cooperate and shouted: "I've killed someone, Du Shaoqing has killed someone, and Tang officials have killed someone for money."
Du Shaoqing kicked him to the ground, "Do you want to die if you hit the porcelain? If you delay treatment, this guy will die."
In just a few breaths, Lu Dongzan's breath became weak. Du Shaoqing wanted to use a silver needle to detoxify it, but the silver needle immediately turned black, showing the toxicity.
"I am so cruel to myself, I have to admire you." Du Shaoqing praised. Just as he was about to take out a first aid pill to feed the other party, a group of Wuhou rushed up to Juxian Tower. It turned out that a group of Wuhou was passing by at this time and heard the shouts from the upstairs.
Coincidentally, these Wuhou came up to investigate and interrupted Du Shaoqing's diagnosis and treatment. At the stall where Du Shaoqing stood up and wanted to explain, the Tubo deputy envoy rushed to Lu Dongzan and secretly found the antidote that had been prepared long ago. While crying, he quietly fed Lu Dongzan.
This antidote was originally intended to be poisoned by the deputy envoy. If Du Shaoqing could not rescue him, Lu Dongzan would feed the deputy envoy to detoxify him.
But who knew that this medicine was useless. When Du Shaoqing and Wu Hou revealed their identity, Lu Dongzan on the ground actually died of bloody poison from seven orifices, and his neck was twitching!
When the deputy envoy saw that he didn't know it was broken, he immediately shouted in resentment: "You, you, the Tang Dynasty murdered our Tubo Prime Minister, you wait, I, Tubo, must seek justice from you."
Chapter completed!