I handed in the sand sculpture through the book system

Modern medical cosmetology is developing day by day, and high-end drugs basically take the technical route of being safe and quick to take effect, which can show a huge change in appearance overnight.Although the medical team deliberately controlled the dosage and ratio of the drug, after two days of injection, they still found a significant change in the experimenter's appearance during the daily routine observations—centering on the injection site, the original vertical and horizontal wrinkles had disappeared. Visibly subsided, the sunken and loose skin was slightly tightened, and the dull and sallow complexion was also greatly improved.Even without post-processing, this face is not the same as it was two or three days ago.

Those who were recruited to be the test subjects were all the poor refugees at the bottom of Chang'an. They had exhausted their energy in daily struggle for livelihood, and they had never cared about their appearance in half their lives.Even though there are many shiny bronze mirrors in the dormitory and cafeteria, these poor people never thought of looking in the mirrors when they were eating and drinking.Occasionally, a few refugees who caught a glimpse of the shadow in the mirror were startled and screamed, almost thinking that it was some kind of evil magic weapon to steal their souls, and avoided it, let alone noticing their suddenly youthful face in the mirror.

Although the refugees are numb and timid, ignoring the changes in appearance, the spies hidden among the refugees are absolutely extraordinary.Soon the surveillance captured sneaky figures inside and outside the dormitory and cafeteria, often shuttling back and forth in the middle of the night, sending out stacks of silk papers that did not know what was recorded.Soon these spies made new moves—according to reports from the medical team and guards, more and more medical cosmetic drugs they used for injections were lost in the past two days. It is conservatively estimated that at least [-] drugs have been taken away. The dose is enough to turn a mature wild boar into a peggy.

Even though Mu Chen and the others were mentally prepared, they were horrified when they saw this number:

"I really don't see the outside world. Is this using King Qi's other courtyard as a public toilet? Steal it if you want, take it if you want?"

Bei Yan twitched his lips, wanting to point out that generally no one would take a sheep in a public toilet, and this sounded really disgusting.But seeing Mu Chen's eyes rounded in shock, he finally shut up obediently.Xiang Liang carefully flipped through the reported records and shook his head.

"It's really too unscrupulous." He said: "It stands to reason that it is an unspoken rule to fish in the water and get some benefits from the king of Qi. Everyone is tacit, and you can play sloppy with each other. But now where is fishing in troubled waters? This is simply open fire. To be honest, it has already hurt the face of Prince Qi's residence a bit."

He raised the report in his hand—according to the guard's inspection, in addition to the drugs that were fumbled away at the injection site, there were also a lot of pens, inks and papers lost in the other hospital.After taking away the pens and ink, the spies secretly got up in the middle of the night and walked around the dormitory, using the moonlight to carefully describe the faces of the refugees being tested, and then carefully folded and hid them in the hole dug out at an unknown time.These people come and go frequently, and they can get up and down seven or eight times in one night, which is indeed blatant - and indeed a bit perverted.

"Do the ministers of the court dare to slap the Lord in the face like this?" Mu Chen was surprised: "At any rate, King Qi is also the future emperor who is about to ascend the throne. Does he not save any face?"

"Under normal circumstances, it is natural not to lose face." Xiang Liang said: "After all, no matter what kind of veteran and important minister, it is impossible to fight against the imperial power alone... Such a blatant, only the important ministers in Chang'an have reached an agreement. They echo each other and communicate with each other. In the face of this kind of clique that blocks the sky and the sun, the emperor can only back down one step."

The interests of important ministers in the DPRK and China are intricate, and the conflicts and disputes between them are also innumerable.Normally speaking, it is impossible for these people to reach an alliance that is consistent enough to strengthen the imperial power, unless there is an infinitely attractive pie that can suppress all contradictions...

So Bei Yan smacked his lips, feeling quite emotional:

"It took only two or three days to create an offensive and defensive alliance. The efficiency of these ministers is really high."

Xiang Liang glanced at him.

"Yeah, the efficiency is very high. Although we intentionally release water, it's not easy to steal so much in a short time." Xiang Liang said dryly: "But, I hope these people will pay more attention to the problem of drugs after they get the things. Pursue high efficiency..."

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"Is this what you brought?"

The gray-haired prime minister sat on one side of the sandalwood table, staring at the dozen or so crystal vials that were enshrined on the white jade glass plate.The setting sun is as bright as fire, reflecting the rainbow-like brilliance of fire on the clear bottle.

Even if you just look at the crystal clear and flawless texture, this is the most rare treasure in the world.However, the grand lord did not move at all, a pair of wrinkled veteran hands just brushed the bottle lightly.

"There are fifteen in total." He said slowly, "Didn't it say there were sixteen in the newspaper?"

The prostrating and kneeling entourage shrank and kowtowed on the carpet, and the sweat left an oval wet mark on the camel's plush:

"Slave servant is a death penalty! Slave servant, I sent this servant urgently, because I was really in a hurry, I accidentally broke a bottle, and I had to bury the fragments, please have mercy..."

The great minister ignored this trembling apology, he carefully looked at the crystal vial, and examined the colorless liquid in the bottle against the sunlight, and finally frowned slightly:

"You said they changed the medicine?"

The attendant still kowtowed on the ground, but he couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the question, knowing that the master didn't want to pursue his fault, so he carefully raised his head and reported respectfully:

"My lord is very right. Our people in the other hospital quietly sent a message, saying that there are three 'treatment courses' arranged there, and new drugs will be used for each 'treatment course'. This is the second course of treatment. The potion of the medicine also needs to be inserted into the acupoints with needles..."

The Grand Master nodded silently, lowered his head and continued to stare at the crystal vial, but he still felt a little dazed in his heart when he saw that the potion was clear and empty, as if nothing existed.The grand lord's family has had hairpin tassels and bells for generations, and it is a wealthy family that has been prosperous for hundreds of years in the north.With such powerful connections, he certainly knows the 'immortal medicine' of the Han tomb in Guanzhong like the back of the palm of his hand.Back then, when the rumors of seeking immortality with immortal medicines were rampant, Grand Master spent a lot of money, searched for alchemists everywhere to develop pills, and refined many panaceas with immortal medicines...by the way, he poisoned all the dogs in the family.

After such a rich and comprehensive practice, apart from the secrets of the royal family, I am afraid that no one knows the process of the "immortal medicine" better than him.But the Grand Master exhausted all his life's knowledge and pondered over and over for a long time, but still couldn't understand: How could the bright red 'fairy medicine' as small as blood-soaked moss be refined into such a clear and pure potion?Could it be that the real idea of ​​refining immortal medicine is not alchemy, but... squeezing juice?

He has been immersed in various lead-mercury elixirs and cauldron alchemy for a long time. Now that he sees such a potion beyond comprehension, he feels lost for a moment. There is a kind of sadness that the academic authority has been abandoned by the times... Fortunately, he has been cultivating Qi for decades. Grand Master quickly settled down and continued to interrogate:

"There was nothing wrong with the delivery of medicine in the past few times, why did such an accident happen today?"

The entourage hurriedly kowtowed and apologized, and carefully defended: "The people we live in in the other courtyard are all old people, and we have always done things properly. However, in the past few days, the entire courtyard has suddenly set up guard posts, so we missed the matter."

Grand Minister frowned: "Arranging sentries?"

"Originally, there was no guard post in this other courtyard, and the guards looked at it loosely." Qin Sui whispered, "It's just that yesterday I caught a thief who sneaked into the other courtyard and stole all the needles and bottles discarded in the courtyard in one go. It's clean, and then the guard post is arranged..."

He didn't dare to look at the master's face, but he could vaguely hear the breathing change above, so he could only bite the bullet and spit out the last information:

"...I heard that the person who was arrested was the guard of Yang Shangshu's family."

The Grand Master couldn't bear it any longer, and finally couldn't help but gasped!

To be honest, he didn't expect this.After the discussion in the Political Affairs Hall, the important ministers had reached a short-term offensive and defensive alliance on the immortal medicine, and even the imperial power would shy away from such an alliance.However, cooperation is not without flaws. If the important ministers act alone, they will probably be cautious and try their best to cover up all traces; but now that everyone is intervening, there will inevitably be some people who will show their selfish desires and gain advantages regardless of everything...

To put it simply, the matter of stealing medicine from another hospital has already been rolled up.

Of course, Da Xianggong doesn't know what a roll is.But he knows that people are irrational once they start a competition, and it's not uncommon for people to get a little watery about it.But the Grand Master made all kinds of guesses, but he never expected that someone could be so stupid as to be so outrageous—and what's even more outrageous is that such a fool is actually his ally!The prime minister is the head of all officials, and he definitely cannot escape responsibility for such a thing!

Da Xianggong remained calm, circulated the breath of cold air in his abdomen several times, and finally exhaled slowly.Although he was quite resentful in his heart, he couldn't show any anger for a while... After all, although Yang Shangshu was so stupid that he was angry and angry, he was indeed the direct descendant of the Hongnong Yang family, and he should not be insulted even if he was the prime minister. , can only throw a few discarded sons at most and beat them.

Of course, even though he said that, the anger was still lingering in his chest.Being so provoked by his subordinates, even the prime minister's temperament is really unbearable, under the rising anger, he can't help hating the house, now thinking of Yang Shangshu's recent behavior, all of them are frivolous, hateful, and old.For example, the day before yesterday, this person complained of illness for no reason and left a whole mess of business affairs to himself...

The grand lord suddenly sat up straight.

"What 'needle' do you think the Yang family stole?" He said coldly, "Why are they stealing this? Do they have other intentions?"

They met with each other and said: "The spies are only focused on getting the medicine, and I really don't know the rest. When the villain comes down, let them investigate carefully. It's just--it's just that the spies have also heard a little rumor that the guards of the Yang family were arrested. When I was young, I had not only needles in my arms, but also more than a dozen pictures, all of which were paintings of people from other courtyards giving injections..."

A cold light flashed across the Grand Master's eyes.Having worked with each other for decades, he really knows himself, a subordinate of the Hongnong Yang family, very well. If there is no undeniable great interest, this kind of person will never reveal the skin of a celebrity in his life.

On the other hand, the only thing that can make him so reckless and careless is the incomparable temptation.

Thinking about it this way, it's not difficult to guess what the surname Yang is going to do at home... This person has been old and sick for not a day or two, so it's no wonder he can't resist the temptation.

The prime minister slowly rubbed the smooth crystal bottle with his middle finger, feeling the slight coolness of the rippling liquid medicine.The spies he placed in the other courtyard sent out information every day, and even the stolen medicinal liquid was tested several times on several servants.Perhaps it was because the liquid medicine was really contrary to his cognition, no matter how effective the liquid medicine was, he always had a little doubt.But now that Yang Shangshu is setting an example before him, the last trace of doubts of the great minister has disappeared... After all, the Hongnong Yang family is a leading family, with extensive knowledge and unfathomable knowledge; It must be safe.

Besides... human beings are always easily swept away when faced with the bold innovations of their colleagues.

The prime minister waved his hand and summoned his servants.

"Call me some skilled medical officers." He said, "Remember to choose trustworthy people."

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Injecting drugs is a very labor-intensive thing.Although the medical officer who was called in for the injection had already tried his hand on a servant, he was still trembling when he really moved the needle on the prime minister's face, and his movements were extremely slow.The prime minister lay on his back on the couch waiting for them to inject the medicine, and unconsciously squinted away.When the maid woke him up softly, the room was already pitch black and it was almost nightfall.

It is difficult for the prime minister to sleep well when he is old, so he should not be disturbed after falling asleep according to the usual practice.But this time it was really unavoidable, the servant who came to deliver the message crouched down tremblingly, and kowtowed to report that the Hall of Weiren sent someone to interrogate him, so he had to ask Mr. Xiang to go out.

The prime minister just listened to a few words, and he was already awake when he turned over.He casually took the face towel held by the maid and wiped his head and face, he immediately thought about it, knowing that it was probably because the king of Qi had received the news that the other court had placed spies, and sent envoys to Xingshi to inquire about the crime.Now that the important ministers are connected with each other and the interests are equal, he is not afraid that King Qi will use this to make a fuss, but no matter what, the monarch and ministers have to work together, after all, they have to give the imperial power a face.

So the prime minister straightened his sleeves a little, got up and went straight to the main hall, intending to greet him personally to show his sincerity, and if necessary, he could throw out two abandoned children.He quickly walked out of the dark side room, walked around the dark corridor and stepped into the brightly lit main hall. He saw a bunch of servants standing in the hall holding their breath, all of them stood with their heads down and did not dare to look up.Only a long-bearded man in a purple robe stood under the large plaque at the main entrance, holding a stack of silk in his hand.

The prime minister walked straight into the hall, planning to greet the envoy first as he walked.But I don't know if he pressed his face while sleeping, he always felt that the muscles on both sides were stiff and painful, and he couldn't open his mouth for a while...

Fortunately, the envoy had already turned around and saw him, and raised his foot to greet him—the prime minister is extremely courteous, even the imperial envoy must respect him.

But before taking two steps, the envoy's clear face twitched slightly, and suddenly revealed a very obvious and extremely disrespectful... panic?

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"What?" Mu Chen's eyes widened: "You said that all the important officials in the court have become - crooked mouth?"

King Qi's face looked like a baguette that had been air-dried for more than ten months, hard enough to smash Mu Chen's dog's head.

"Yes." He said coldly.