royal robes

Chapter 85 Ginseng Seeds

The Khitan warriors followed Zong Xin, and they missed the scenery beyond the Great Wall.Further north is Youyun Sixteen States, as long as you pass through Youyun Sixteen States, it will be your hometown.

"I believe, this Fu Yanqing is an old fritter, and it may not be easy for him to take this risk."

Zong Dao said: "It's really not easy, but Fu Yanqing knows very well that even if he blocks the Khitan army, it's useless. Now that the Khitan has food, it is said that it is still growing well. As long as the Khitan continues like this, they will be defeated in less than ten years." Zhongyuan. That’s the trouble with the old youtiao. He prefers to win steadily rather than win in danger.”

It is true that soldiers are dangerous, but Zong Xin's move is too dangerous.A little carelessness will make the Central Plains fall, and everyone will become a subjugated slave.Not to mention Fu Yanqing, even Guo Wei would not dare to make this bet.

"Forget it, as long as Fu Yanqing sticks to Cangzhou, Yelu Deguang won't be able to defeat his five-shaped formation so easily." Now Yaoyao is more worried about Zong Xin's safety.In fact, everyone in the Central Plains wanted to kill Yelu Deguang, but it was easier said than done?Zong Xin is not yet 20, it is not easy for him to achieve this step.

"How can it be forgotten? It is hard to chase after a word, not to mention that Yelu Deguang must die, and he must die in the Central Plains. In this way, several princes of Yelu Deguang can fight for the throne. The Khitan national power is too strong Weakness can make the Central Plains breathe. Even if Yelude died in Khitan territory and handed over the throne to only one person, what is the use of defeating Khitan?"

Yaoyao took Zong Xin's hand and said: "Forget it, I'm a woman. Of course the world's major affairs must be handed over to men, and I just need to serve my man well. Anyway, Fu Yanqing won't agree for the time being, let's be happier. I just thought Cangzhou Wealthy and prosperous, this is nothing more than what you can see now.”

"It's better to be a dog of peace than to be a person in chaos. They don't want to be beggars, but how can they choose in today's troubled times?" Zong Xin sighed: "I really want to go back to the mountains~ It's a pity that the world doesn't allow it."

It is true that Cangzhou is prosperous, but there are many beggars on the street, making the street unattractive.Many people from Youyun Sixteen States have fled to Cangzhou, and being a beggar here is more enjoyable than being angry with Khitan people in Youyun Sixteen States.

The Khitan people only treat the Han people as dogs, but because the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang ordered that the people of the sixteen prefectures of Youyun should not be bullied, so the Han people barely survived.The status of the Han people in the sixteen prefectures of Youyun is extremely low, and there are also Khitan people who fight grass valleys, making it impossible for people to live.

However, there are quite a few kind-hearted people in Cangzhou. Not far away, I saw a woman who was giving away porridge.He was only a little over 40 years old, surrounded by officers and soldiers, and a large group of beggars came to beg for porridge with broken bowls and jars.

"Xin, don't worry about beggars, I'm hungry. Let's go to the nearby restaurant and have something to eat."

"Well, I heard that the donkey meat in Cangzhou is delicious on the boat. I'm a southerner and I haven't eaten donkey meat yet." Zong Xin led Yaoyao to the restaurant.

"The master in front, please stop." The woman who gave away the porridge just now approached and said, "Dare to ask the master how expensive it is."

"The poor monk's Dharma name is Zongxin, keep your voice down, I'm afraid these beggars will hear it. I don't have much money on me, if I donate all of it, I'll be hungry today." Zong Xin spoke in a very low voice, for fear of being heard by the beggars.

"It really is you." The woman smiled and said, "Do you know who I am?"

Zong Xin took a closer look at the woman. She was dressed in simple clothes and her black hair was tied up. Although she could not tell from the dress, but when she looked closely at the woman's actions, she revealed a sense of awe. , Even the family members of senior officials are inferior.Most importantly, look at her breathing and footwork and martial arts.

Zong Xin approached slightly, revealing a faint fragrance from her body, Zong Xin had smelled this fragrance before, in Liu Chengyou's palace, this fragrance is called ambergris.Ambergris is a tribute, and it is only available in the inner courtyard of the palace. If you are lucky, the emperor will give some to the ministers.

Although he tried his best to hide it, Zong Xin still saw some burn marks on her hands.

Zong Xin bowed deeply and said, "See the Queen Mother."

"Good eyesight, I have never met before, you can tell at a glance that I am the current empress dowager, and I am indeed an eminent monk. I am afraid that no one in the world can match it. If you are not in the palace, you don't have to call it so bluntly. My surname is Li and my name is Sanniang. Alright." Li Sanniang was quite impressed, this person was able to guess her identity, the rumors in the world were indeed true.

"The Queen Mother has won the prize."

Li Sanniang is Liu Chengyou's biological mother. Although she is the empress dowager, she is full of quack spirit.After the death of the first emperor Liu Zhiyuan, he moved out of the palace and handed over the power to his son Liu Chengyou.

Li Sanniang really wanted to help her son, but she knew very well that she would be troublesome in the palace, so as long as the emperor didn't make a big mistake, she would let him do everything by herself.

"Dare to ask if the master is free, today I will thank the master on behalf of the emperor, except for Li Shouzhen, a treacherous minister."

Zong Xin looked at the restaurant next to him, and said politely: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."

"Master please."

"Please, Queen Mother."

A group of three walked towards the restaurant, and several officers and soldiers immediately followed behind. They didn't care about the porridge shed at all, and the beggars immediately looted it when they saw it.

Li Sanniang said: "Looking at Shezhou Sheng, why are you following me? If he wants to kill me, let alone the four of you. Even if he moves all the soldiers in Cangzhou, he can't save my life. With the master behind him, it's enough Safety."

"As ordered."

Under the order of the Queen Mother, they dared not disobey, and the four officers and soldiers immediately returned to the porridge shed to manage the order, and then gave porridge to the beggars.Li Sanniang immediately ordered donkey meat pot and some Cangzhou special dishes, and then ordered a jar of wine.Li Sanniang was still holding the wine jar to pour wine for Zong Xin...

"I can't do it, I can't do it, Yaoyao waits on me."

Of course Yaoyao knew that this would not work, but she couldn't grab it at all. Li Sanniang was pretty good at it.

Li Sanniang smiled and said: "In the palace, I am the Queen Mother, but outside I am Li Sanniang, a charlatan. No matter where the master is, he is an eminent monk. It is an honor to serve him wine. You are welcome to come. I will first Do it out of respect."

This empress dowager has no airs at all, and she still calls herself 'I'. If it weren't for Zong Xin, no one would believe that she is the current empress dowager, Liu Chengyou's biological mother.

After a glass of wine, Yaoyao served Li Sanniang and Zong Xinman with the jug.At this time, it is time for her to serve. It is not shameful to let the Queen Mother pour wine all the time.

"I don't know what the master is talking about when he came to Cangzhou?"

Zong Dao said: "No business~ The poor monk wandered here to taste the donkey meat in Cangzhou."

Li Sanniang saw that Zong Xin didn't want to say more and didn't ask any more questions. The three of them chatted while drinking, and soon the donkey meat soup pot was served.Zong Xin couldn't stop eating donkey meat for the first time, and it really was dragon meat from the sky and donkey meat from the ground.A person eats so much that he forgets the time.

Li Sanniang wanted to say a few more words, but she stopped talking.Judging by his appearance, he was indeed an eminent monk, because Zong Xin was easy to recognize. There was a light wound on his right eyebrow, the size of a little finger, like a comma.

After Zong Xin was full, Li Sanniang said in admiration, "Master, you have a good appetite~"

"It's delicious, the poor monk is rude." Zong Xin said awkwardly: "The poor monk tastes delicious, so I didn't stop talking for a while."

"Since I'm full, can I talk about something serious? I want to ask the master to do the math. Can my emperor sit still?" Although Li Sanniang doesn't care about the affairs of the court, the current emperor is her own son. Can you not care?
Zong Dao: "It's hard for a poor monk to say. The Empress Dowager rewards a word and let the poor monk figure it out."

"Didn't someone let the master do the calculation?"

"The Empress Dowager rewards the world for asking the world, so she is naturally more accurate than ordinary people."

Li Sanniang nodded and looked back at the weather. When it was You, she dipped her hand into the wine and wrote the word 'You' on the table.

Zong Xin took a deep breath and said, "It's not good~ The character 'Zun' of Supreme has been cut off from the head to the tail, and the two dots on the top are the head. Now there are two eons in the holy life, and there is no foot under the word. I'm afraid it will be difficult to move an inch."

"Is there a solution?"

"The poor monk has already relieved His Majesty for one calamity, and there is still one calamity that the poor monk can do nothing, only the Queen Mother can."

Li Sanniang said: "I would like to hear the details."

"Your Majesty is young, so it is inevitable that you will listen to slander. Please return to the palace as soon as possible to deal with the affairs of the court, and whip day and night to prevent your majesty from destroying the country."

"Thank you, master, for your guidance." Li Sanniang also had this idea a long time ago. In the past two years, she has been free in court, and Huang'er has done well.However, what Master Zong Xin said was right. After all, Huang'er is still young and cannot make up his mind about many things. It's time to go back.

Zong Xin clasped his hands together and said: "I admire the empress dowager's righteousness. Now that I have important matters to attend to, I will stay here for a long time. I will take my leave."

"Send it to the master."

Li Sanniang had never respected anyone so much, but looking at Zong Xin, she felt that he was not simple, and that he was worthy of respect as a well-educated monk.It's just that Zong Xin didn't know what else to do, so he ordered someone to follow behind him secretly.

Zong Xin and Yaoyao rushed back to Prince Wei's Mansion, and the sky was getting dark. At this time, Prince Wei's Mansion was busy, and everyone's faces were ugly.

"Could something have happened...too bad." Zong Xin was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and immediately stepped forward to grab a person and asked, "What happened?"

"Ma'am is having a difficult labor. Don't worry about being busy." The servant was anxious and broke free immediately.

"Go and have a look." Zong Xin led Yaoyao straight in, and Fu Yanqing walked around in a hurry outside the delivery room.But when a woman gives birth, he can only worry outside.There were two corpses lying outside, one in the shape of a doctor and one of an old woman.

There were hog-killing screams coming from the door all the time, but the screams sounded powerless. If they couldn't regenerate, it would be two lives.

"Why... people die after giving birth?" Zong Xin asked in surprise, "How did these two people die?"

Fu Yanqing said: "I killed the old man, they dare to ask me whether to protect the adults or the children. Master Zong Xin, you are an eminent monk, you must have a way to save my wife and children, right?"

"Which monk knows how to deliver babies?" Zong Xin was also anxious, and suddenly had an idea: "There is a way to try, but the poor monk can't guarantee whether it will work."

"There is a way to show it quickly." Fu Yanqing was not as friendly as Guo Wei, because he had already committed murder at this time.

Zong Xin immediately took out a bottle from his arms, and took out a cherry-sized red fruit from the bottle, which was ginseng seeds.Ginseng seeds are homophonic for "birth son", which may be useful.This thing is a panacea, even if it is used to relieve pain.

"Yaoyao, if you feed this to Madam, it might work."

"Wait a minute, I have to see something." Although Fu Yanqing was anxious, who knew what this thing was?What if it is poison.Immediately took the cherry-like thing in Zong Xin's hand and took it over to have a look, but couldn't recognize what it was.

Fu Yanqing immediately came to the door, and there were five or six doctors standing in front of the door, and gave the five doctors something like a cherry.

"Look carefully, what is this, can it be eaten?"

The five doctors inspected it carefully for a long time. In fact, they had already seen that it looked like ginseng seeds, but they were not sure because they had never seen such a big ginseng seed.

One of the doctors said: "Reporting to Mr. Wei, this thing looks like ginseng seeds, but I have never seen such a big ginseng seed. Of course this thing can be eaten. Even if my wife can't give birth smoothly, it should have the effect of relieving pain and saving life." .”

"Let's do it now." Yaoyao snatched the ginseng seeds and entered the room immediately, and then let Mrs. Fu eat the ginseng seeds.After eating the ginseng seeds, Mrs. Fu's cry suddenly became stronger, her spirits were uplifted, and she felt energetic.

(End of this chapter)