Chapter 51 The sword pays off the debt
I don’t know if my father was confused or I was so busy that I had to forget about going out for a moment, but there was no last medicine in the store.
It’s not that there is no in the store for the time being, it’s never, because this medicine is not an ordinary medicine, but a magic medicine: intoxicating ginseng.
Incesting ginseng?
What is this? Is it a human or a ginseng? Zhao Chuan asked.
Manager Wang said that this is a herb, of course it is ginseng, but it is produced in a species unique to Lingyin Mountain. It is red and transparent all over, as thick as a thumb.
Zhao Chuan said what is special about it with ordinary ginseng?
Manager Wang said that other ginseng leaves have five petals, but this kind of ginseng leaves have seven petals. The leaves that are often over the years have nine petals. It only takes one leaf to grow in two hundred years. It is the best thing to find more than five leaves.
Zhao Chuan said that I mean function and what does it matter?
Manager Wang said of course it is related. The more leaf petals, the longer the leaves are, the stronger the effect is. This kind of ginseng contains the pure essence of the innate plants and trees. After eating it, it can be directly absorbed by the human body and instantly change its physique. Even the weakest people can replenish the true qi after eating it. Therefore, both warriors and practitioners of Taoism and alchemy have always dreamed of it. Therefore, for many years, it has never been seen on the market.
Zhao Chuan said it was strange. I have studied medicine for a few days. Why have I never heard of such things? The plants and trees themselves can refine true qi.
Manager Wang smiled gently, lowered his head to drink tea, thinking to himself that you are young and have never heard of many things.
Zhao Chuan said why is this thing called ginseng?
Manager Wang said that when this thing was first discovered, it was discovered by an old drunken herb collector.
This old herb collector loves to drink alcohol. One morning I drank some wine to go to Lingyin Mountain to collect herbs. As a result, I was fascinated by walking the road that was originally very familiar, and I didn't walk out until dark. I had to find a cave to stay for one night, and planned to think of coming out the next day.
It was cold in the mountains at night, and the old herb collector drank a few sips of the wine he carried with him to keep the cold.
When it was almost dawn, I had a dream and dreamed that a group of little kids came to the entrance of the cave and asked him to drink.
The old herb collectors could not resist the children's begging and drank a little one by one. Unexpectedly, after the children drank, they even said it was good to drink. After drinking, they wanted to drink it, but they would not leave if they didn't give it to them. A group of children pulled the old man around and teased him.
The herb collector had no choice but to open the wine gourd for them to drink until they drank the pot of wine, and the children were satisfied and about to leave.
But when the children fell to the ground as soon as they reached the entrance of the cave, they suddenly woke up the herb collector.
When I opened my eyes, it was already dawn. I saw a small ginseng seedling in front of the cave. The herb collector was overjoyed, but after a closer look, this ginseng was different from what he had collected in the mountains in the past.
This kind of small ginseng has seven petals in leaves, while ordinary ginseng has five petals in leaves.
The herb collector carefully dug out one and found that the ginseng was red and transparent.
The herb collector was so happy that he looked at it one by one, chose two ginseng with many leaves to dig it down, and then made several marks near the cave, and then took three ginseng down the mountain and went home.
When the old herbalist returned, there were ginseng collection and drug dealers who knew how to use it, they had never seen this variety. At this time, the young emperor who fled south was chased by the Hu people in the north. He was frightened by illness and was about to die. The royal staff accompanied him were helpless. He heard that someone sold this thing and bought the ginseng for him to eat. He thought that he would be a living horse, but he did not expect to save him.
Unexpectedly, the effect of this ginseng was extraordinary. The old herb collector sold the other two at a high price and made a lot of money. He also named the ginseng Zui Ren Ginseng.
Zhao Chuan laughed and said that this is the name.
"What happened later? The old herb collector went up the mountain to pick how many trees they came back to sell?" Zhao Chuan asked.
"Hey, don't mention it. The old herb collector went there twice. Every time he brought back two ginseng trees, he never wanted to go there again. Later, the old herb collector died inexplicably, what a pity!" Shopkeeper Wang sighed.
"What a pity?" Zhao Chuan said he didn't understand.
Manager Wang said that he meant that after the herb collector died, no one had dug up the intoxicating ginseng again, so when he took the prescription for the medicine he gave him when he went out, he was stunned when he saw that there was intoxicating ginseng on it.
"What about later?" Zhao Chuan asked.
"Later, I told the owner that my father had prescribed the medicine wrongly because there was no in the store. Unexpectedly, the owner of the family didn't believe me and said that since Dr. Wang prescribed this medicine, there must be it. Do you don't want to sell it or are you afraid that I can't afford it?"
"What's next? Don't stop, continue." Zhao Chuan urged.
Manager Wang sighed and said that it was all his fault that he couldn't hold back his mouth and talked randomly, but he ended up causing trouble.
Manager Wang took a sip of tea and continued to tell:
Later, there was no way, so Manager Wang had to wait for his father to come back before explaining. But he waited for a long time that day, but he didn't see his father come back for an hour. He was a little impatient and couldn't help but complain that the patient was really stubborn.
The wait was so boring that Manager Wang couldn't hold back his mouth and said, "Don't wait." Even if Dr. Wang comes back, he doesn't have this medicine. He really prescribed it wrong. Even if he doesn't prescribe it wrong, you can't afford it. Because this intoxicating ginseng is so rare and expensive, only the royal family can afford it, and even if you have money, you may not have the chance to buy it.
This man in his forties was not angry after hearing this. Instead, he said happily that I am determined to get this medicine today. Because this medicine called Intoxicated Ginseng is indeed good. I saw the Emperor taking it with my own eyes and then it became better.
When Manager Wang heard this, he immediately curled his lips and teased and said goodbye to be nonsense. To be honest, I usually resell medicinal materials. I really heard that someone still collects one of the intoxicating ginseng, but do you have the money to buy it? Look at you, you walk with a carrying pole on these dozens of miles away. I heard that my father ran to suffer when he first treated your mother, and he couldn't even afford to hire a donkey. How could he afford that rare medicine?
The more Mr. Wang said, the less he was, the less he was, but the man was not angry. After hearing what Mr. Wang said, he took the shoulder pole he brought over, pressed it with his hand, shook it hard, and a slight squeak was heard, pulling out a long sword from the shoulder pole.
Manager Wang was so scared that he thought the man was going to kill him.
But people didn't even look at Manager Wang, and his wrist shook slightly, and the long sword immediately turned into a thin-blade steel knife. The knife was dazzling and the cold air was shining. A black dragon swam back and forth on the blade.
"This is the Xuanlong treasure blade, one of the three treasure swords in the Central Plains. It is priceless. Is it enough to exchange it for intoxicating ginseng?" Han Le put the treasure blade on the counter and said, "Everyone in the world thinks it is a sword, but in fact it is also a sword, but those who know this die under this sword. But you are an exception, because today it will be easier to control, whose sword will kill its master?"
Manager Wang was so surprised that he couldn't speak. It took him a long time to calm down. He asked the man why he had this thing.
"I, the Royal Guard... is the former emperor who died." The man was a little embarrassed, paused, and sighed faintly, "Oh, it's better not to mention it, it's all over."
"That's also very powerful!" Manager Wang's envious expression was beyond words, "But, a hero is full of martial arts and dare not be so down and poor, why did he fall into such a field?"
The man did not answer Manager Wang’s question, but said again, “Is it enough to exchange it for intoxicating ginseng?”
Manager Wang said nothing, but his heart was already ups and downs.
This treasure blade is one of the three ancient magic weapons in the Central Plains. Although I am not a martial arts man, I have heard of it. It is said that some people are willing to exchange for a city, which is really priceless. Now let alone a ginseng, it is enough to exchange for a basket (if there is a basket).
"Shopkeeper, should I change it or not?" The man presented the sword to Manager Wang with both hands, his eyes flashing brightly.
It seems that this man is determined to save his mother, otherwise he would not have been so reluctant to give up. Manager Wang made a fuss and said, "Oh, seeing the hero is so sincere, I can't agree. But if I take your sword and pass it out, I know it in the world. I am afraid that I will still have the life to help you find the intoxicating ginseng tonight."
The man said don't worry, I was originally a special person in the royal family, but because the former emperor suddenly passed away, I had no master, so I had to wander among the people. I know the rules better than anyone else, and this treasure sword would not say a word.
Manager Wang said, "I admire you! I admire you! The good general will not protect the second master, he is a true righteous man!" Then he took the sword and agreed.
Manager Wang stopped here and lowered his head and suddenly cried.
Zhao Chuan was confused and hurriedly asked why he was crying.
Manager Wang said that I didn't expect that I would receive someone's sword because of my greed for money, which caused me a big disaster. I agreed to change the knife with ginseng, and helped him find the intoxicating ginseng as I wish.
"Didn't the intoxicating ginseng say that there is price but no market, so where can I get it?" Zhao Chuan didn't let go of every detail and interrupted.
Manager Wang shook his head and sighed, "After the old herb collector died, he left one for his descendants without telling the world to use it for the unexpected happenings of his descendants. I accidentally learned this news because the descendants were a prodigal son and happened to be in love with me again. Once I invited him to drink."
"It's just that he asked for too high prices before, and I couldn't afford so much money for a while. But now I'm using ginseng to exchange for knives. How can I keep my mind at ease with such a big profit? So I ran to Jiangzhou City, went to Han's money house to use usury, bought Zuiren Ginseng, and replaced the man's treasure knife.
"A man has restored his mother's body to perfection as he wishes. It's simply amazing. She can be as healthy as a young woman."
Zhao Chuan became more and more excited as he heard it. He didn't expect that there was such an original single magical herb in the world. It seemed that the effect was many times stronger than the red spirit fruit he had just escaped into Panlong Mountain when Zhao's mansion was destroyed.
As a doctor who practices medicine, Zhao Chuan is not interested in the world's strange flowers and plants? It's a pity that he didn't see what intoxicating ginseng looks like with his own eyes.
Zhao Chuan asked Manager Wang to continue the story.
Manager Wang said that the man's mother's body had recovered, and the man left again and never came back. But his mother's body spread like wildfire. There was no airtight wall in the world. After a long time, others knew that it was prescribed by my pharmacy, and the medicine was also produced by me.
"For a time, people who came to seek medical treatment and medicine flocked to it, and they were very popular. But most of the people who came to ask about the intoxicated ginseng. The intoxicated ginseng was obtained from the descendants of the old herb collectors. There was only one. After the descendants got the money, they left the country early, so no one could find the intoxicated ginseng again."
"But the world is not afraid of nothing, but someone is afraid of finding something for nothing. If there is a scoundrel who is ill-intentioned, he went to the government to sue my father, saying that I had private royal tributes, and the yamen runners must come out when they receive the call. They were eager to get things done every day. So they arrested my father in prison, passed the trial repeatedly, and tortured the confession, and asked my father to hand over the remaining intoxicating ginseng."
"I went out to buy medicinal materials again at that time, and I didn't know what happened at home. When I came back, my father had been beaten to death by them in the lobby of the yamen..."
"Dog official!" Zhao Chuan slapped the table, "Unclerical!"
Chapter completed!