Wangfu Shenyuan

"There are seven ingredients that are always abnormal." Xia An took out the seven ingredients and arranged them one by one. The noble prince immediately blocked his nose and said loudly, "Come in."

A dark shadow came in with the light behind the door, and when it got closer, Xia An realized that it was Royal Physician Wang, and let out a sigh of relief.Fortunately, the prince did not cross the river and demolish the bridge. His little life will be reserved for the green mountains and green waters in the future.

Wang Yu's examination took about half an hour, but there was still no progress.Xia An was impatient with waiting, she forced her composure on her face, put her hands in front of her, looked down at her toes, and stood behind the prince, looking like a good servant.

Rong Li was also bored, but he couldn't find anything to say to Xia An, so he took out a chessboard from a stone box, knocked on the edge of the bed, and recalled Xia An's apparently lost thoughts, saying: "Take off your shoes, go to bed."

Xia An completed the instruction neatly, it was just playing chess anyway.

"Black or white?" Rong Li asked.

Xia An hadn't touched the chessboard for a long time. When she was excited, she blurted out without thinking, "Bai, I'll let you three sons." Hastily laughed and said: "What the slave means is, if you hold the white, can you let the slave have three sons?"

Satisfied with his vanity, Rongli nodded and signaled Xia An to start.

Soon, Xia An suffered a disastrous defeat, and the defeat was so miserable.Rong Li watched Xia An tidy up the chessboard quickly, with a hint of reproach but couldn't hide his pride, and said: "The chess skill is so bad, you have to practice it in the future, it's a waste of my time."

To say that he is bad at chess?Xia An twitched her lips and said: "My lord is very good at chess, but the slave's tricks are so trivial, in front of you, it's like playing tricks."

Rongli said no more.However, there was movement from Doctor Wang's side: "My lord, it has been tested. It is a 'non' poison from Yunnan."

"'No' poison?" Xia An exclaimed.

Rong Li looked sideways: "Do you know 'no' poison?"

Xia An knew that he was losing his composure, and if he said he didn't know it would make the prince suspicious, he said frankly: "My father once had a friend who was poisoned by this 'no' poison. This poison is a chronic poison, and those who are poisoned during taking it There is nothing abnormal, but memory loss. After taking it for a year, the poisoned person will forget everything and become a blank person, who can be ordered by others." Xia An paused, and said: "Rumor, there is no cure for 'no' poison."

Another powerful feature of this 'non-poison' is that it is colorless and odorless, so it cannot be detected at all.This is what Xia An's father said, but according to what I saw today, it can be clearly detected, even a dog can sniff it out.

"Doctor Wang, are you sure it's 'no' poison?" Xia An asked.

"It must be." Royal Physician Wang affirmed it, so Xia An stopped talking.

Rong Li ordered: "Bring these few ingredients to Qing Rui." Doctor Wang stepped forward to take the things, bowed and retreated.Xia An embraced the "miracle doctor" and waited for the prince to say to step down.

But the prince asked: "What do you mean by what you just said?"

Xia Jianan was stupid: "What are you talking about, my father's friend?"

"Just break one of your fingers for a word of nonsense, okay?" Rong Li held Xia An's hand, and his heart started beating wildly.Sure enough, Xia An was frightened, and immediately confessed honestly: "It is said that the reason why this poison is called 'no' poison is because it is colorless, odorless, inexperienced, no difference, no solution, no solution."

"This king knows." Rong Li was a little reluctant to let go of Xia An, but the person being threatened had already started to tremble.Rong Li suddenly felt it was funny, as long as he threatened casually, the effect was surprisingly good. I don't know if Xia An's courage is too small, or his lust is too great?

"Go back, you performed very well this time, this king decided to give you a reward?" Letting go of Xia An's hand, Rongli took a step back, he was a little worried that his heartbeat would be heard by Xia An.Damn it, how could he jump like this, could it be that he was poisoned?

Xia An smiled: "May I ask what the prince is?" A hundred taels of silver?

"You'll know when you get back." Rong Li blinked, his handsome face was no longer cold.

Xia An felt that his eyesight was not good, so he knelt down and walked out, then suddenly turned around and asked, "My lord, will you come back in the future?" It shouldn't be necessary, anyway, the things he was asked to do have already been done.

"Come."

"What are you doing?" Xia An asked fearlessly, he always felt that the prince was very strange, he was very strange in his actions, his attitude was very strange, in short everything was very strange.

"Play chess." Rong Li felt that his thick skin had added another layer.

Xia An said strangely: "My lord's disciple..."

"You try talking nonsense again?" Rong Li successfully forced Xia An back before he blushed.

Xia An ran away from the door and disappeared quickly.

Back at Piaoxiang Courtyard, as soon as he entered the inner courtyard, Xiao Jin rushed over to greet him: "Xia An, great news." Xia An really wanted to ask: But has my reward arrived?

"Xia An, the palace has actually distributed charcoal, and all the servants have it. Tsk tsk, it's a miracle that our master is willing to pay such a large amount of expenses, and even the stingy manager is willing to pay?"

It wasn't money, Xia An was slightly disappointed, but immediately became cheerful.The palace is a big deal. Which prince or noble is so rich that he burns a brazier in the room of all his servants?Even if they can afford charcoal, they will never waste it on the servants.

The corners of Xia An's mouth curled up unconsciously, the prince's reward is really good, he can sleep warmly and peacefully at night.However, Xia An still regretted thinking that with such a large sum of money, it would be better to give him a fraction.Forget it, just treat it as a blessing to everyone.

Put down the "miracle doctor" and enter the house, close the door tightly, and pour water into the water tray of the "miracle doctor".

"Oh, by the way, Deputy Steward Han from the stable has come, and I don't have time to wait for you. Let me send you a message."

"What are you talking about?" Xia An's heart that had just exploded suddenly tightened, and with a shake of his hand, water overflowed the plate.

"What needs to be said has already been said, and there is no room for regret." Xiao Jin stared at Xia An closely, but Xia An was expressionless and couldn't see any clues.

Xia An said calmly: "Well, I'm hungry, do you have any snacks, I'm hungry?"

Xiao Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't you bring cakes every time?"

"That's right." Xia An smiled: "I forgot." He reached out to take out his pocket, but found that there was nothing there, the prince didn't bring him any pastries today.

Xia An still looked okay, and asked Xiao Jin: "How about your private work?"

"I'll show you around in the second half of the night."

In the middle of the night——

Xia An changed into clean clothes, and when she turned her head, Xiao Jin was lying on the table with her head tilted, and had already fallen asleep.He woke up Xiaojin, and said jokingly: "I really doubt that you have done private work, I have never seen you go out at night?"

The smile was a little stiff, and Xiao Jin said stiffly: "You are here, I have to restrain myself, besides, there are more than one kind of private work, and some of them are done during the day."

"Well, you do often run away without a trace." Xia An stomped his feet in the cold: "Let's go quickly, don't make the leader wait in a hurry."

"It doesn't matter." Xiao Jin smiled, gaining confidence again.

Xiao Jin took Xia An to the direction of the back mountain. It was a gloomy night with almost no moonlight.The two were not thieves but they were like thieves, so they didn't dare to light up the lanterns, so they could only grope forward in the dark.Xia An was dragged by Xiao Jin, and when he was unsteady, he would be supported by Xiao Jin, so the journey was safe and sound.Xia An's teeth chattered from the cold, and she gritted her teeth thinking that when she received the charcoal bill tomorrow, she would definitely burn the house down like it was summer.

Houshan is neither big nor small, but it is also a mountain with a huge capacity.No matter who does good or bad things in the palace, they always think about it here.Walking up the mountain from the Wangfu is a very slow mountain at first, but it becomes steeper in vain when it reaches the middle of the mountain.If you miss the first mountain peak, it is a valley, and then divided to the left and right, there are two small peaks on each side. The other side opposite to the palace is extremely dangerous, it is simply a cliff that rises and falls straight.There is water under the cliff, Xia An and the prince once took a boat on that river.

Xiao Jin led Xia An up the gentle slope, but didn't go any further.If he wanted to climb that steep peak, Xia An would definitely turn his head back. He earned money to survive, so he couldn't lose his life in vain first.

Pushing aside the dense bushes in front of him, Xia An fell all over in the snow before entering the secret base camp that Xiao Jin mentioned—it was a small cave, and there were seven or eight people sitting cross-legged in it. Look, they all lower their heads and concentrate on making a living in their hands.

There were two fires burning in the cave, which were very warm and bright.Xia An hurriedly shook the snow off her body, but don't let it melt and wet her clothes.At this moment, Xiaojin conjured up two thick futons like a magic trick, and beckoned Xia An to sit by the fire inside.

"Xiaojin, are we here to weave straw sandals?" Xia An was a little startled seeing the other's fluent technique.

"That's right, you are a newcomer, how can you meet more good guys who make a fortune. Be good, this is a test for you." Xiao Jin skillfully arranged things and gave half of them to Xia An. "For you, I have to weave straw sandals too. Hurry up and weave, I want to earn extra money to buy sweet oranges."

Xia An took a deep breath and concentrated on studying hard.It was not difficult to weave straw sandals. Xia An's fingers were slender and flexible, and he quickly got the essentials.But after all, it was the first time, and they arrived late. When someone came to collect the shoes at dawn, Xiao Jin made four pairs, Xia An had two pairs, and the others ranged from four pairs to seven pairs.

Each pair of straw sandals can be sold for about ten Wen.But the manual fee they received was only two Wen per pair.When weaving straw sandals in the palace, the leader will naturally have to draw a large share. Xiao Jin explained that each pair of shoes sold to outsiders costs about seven yuan, of which four yuan is profit, and those who cut straw and corn stalks get one penny, and the management collects. The person who distributes money gets one penny, and the leader gets two pennies.

Xia An received four coins, although it was not much, but it was the first money he earned through his hard work.Going back happily, I couldn't fall asleep all the time, holding the money jar and shaking it "jingle ding dong".Xiao Jin was so disturbed that he couldn't sleep. Pointing to the sun that was about to set outside, he complained: "Why are you so worthless? You can't sleep because of such a small fortune. Tell you, this is not the way to get rich from the leader. It’s just a job for you newbies to test the waters, so there’s nothing to be excited about.”

"Is there any other work, good little Jin, just tell me." Xia An's black eyes were bright, and he couldn't tell that this was the master who hadn't slept for two days and one night.

Xiao Jin got up and said, "There are a lot of them. Our leaders process everything sold outside."

"So powerful!" Sitting in front of Xiaojin's bed, Xia An asked with a frown, "But why did such a thing happen in the palace? Who is so powerful that he can take so many jobs to sell, he is not afraid of being found out by the master to feed the dog Is it?"

"Oh, if you have money, you can't do it. Why are you so busy?" Xiao Jin sat up, his face full of displeasure.

Xia An still pressed: "Haven't you thought about these questions?"

"Okay, I'll tell you all at once, so as not to disturb my sleep by asking all kinds of questions in the future." Uncle Xiao Jin Ruo pointed: "Go and boil a pot of hot tea for me first."

Xia An obediently came back with a pot of hot tea, and by the way asked when to get the charcoal. "Don't rush to drink, speak quickly."

"There are many people in our palace, but they can be roughly divided into two types. One is people like us who work hard without earning money, and the other is people who work and have nothing to do. When we enter the mansion , Most of them were sold in. They were poor and white. Although the palace was in charge of food and housing, it was inconvenient to have no money after all. The latter kind of people had nothing to do and thought more, thinking about earning more money to spend. Therefore, many slaves in the palace privately I have the idea of ​​making money."

"Others say that the terrain of our leisurely palace is not good, and it is in the outskirts of the capital. But I think it is very good. The palace is in the outskirts, so no one cares about the land. Our palace dominates such a big mountain. But they are all treasures. The leader took a fancy to the fact that our palace has manpower and resources, so he led us to make a fortune together."

"Do you understand?"

Xia An nodded: "Well, I never thought that there is such a thing in this world." Anyway, it's good to make money, Xia An didn't think about it anymore, and asked Xiao Jin when he could do other jobs to earn more.Xiao Jin ignored him, and then buried himself in a deep sleep.

The two were in a stalemate, when a waiter outside the door yelled: "The charcoal order from Piaoxiangyuan has arrived, everyone, come and get it." Xia An immediately let go of Xiao Jin, and ran out with a "da da".

Each person has a brazier, a box of charcoal, and the charcoal is provided every month until the spring hits.Xia An was about to open some when he got back to the house, but Xiao Jin stopped him with a yawn, "I just got such a little charcoal, if you don't count carefully, you won't come after more than ten days of burning."

"That's right, then I'll order it when I get back from work." Xia An had burned firewood but never charcoal, so he didn't know how long this box of charcoal would last. "Forget it, it won't be too late when we finish weaving the straw sandals."

Xiao Jin stumbled, and supported his forehead and said: "I won't go tonight, you need to sleep for a while. Every day from late night to early noon, our charcoal should be able to burn for a full month."

"Why don't you go?" Xia An said with a bitter face, "I'm not sleepy at all, let's go and earn a few more pennies. I've made up my mind, I must make a quadruple pair tonight."

Xiao Jin lied without blinking: "You think you can go if you want. Many people do this job, and the hole is bigger, so you have to take turns. I said it all, this is just the leader testing you work, and I will assign you other good jobs in the future, so as to ensure that the money you earn will not be close to your mouth."

When Xia An heard that she couldn't make money at night, she immediately lost her spirits and lay down on the bed feeling overwhelmed.Even Xiao Jin asked him to eat, but he didn't bother to move.In the end, Xiao Jinduo brought a bowl of rice for one person and one dog in the house.

After a very sound sleep, when Xia An woke up, the sun was already in the west. The "miracle doctor" sat on the bed and looked at him with that kind of schadenfreude.Xia An wailed softly, dressed indiscriminately, picked up the dog and ran out.

When we arrived at the stone house, the prince's wine jar was already empty.Xia An knelt down and confessed: "Forgive me, my lord, the servant is late."

The slightly drunk Rongli turned his back and ignored Xia An.When I met him, I dared to oversleep.Sure enough, he was too kind to this slave, and he dared to be so presumptuous.Rong Li felt that his respect as a prince had been challenged. This was a kind of innate pride of a superior, which cannot be violated, especially by a slave.

Rong Li didn't call Xia Anqi.He thought to himself, how should he punish Xia An.Hit the board?No, he won't be able to show the majesty of his lord if he beats too little, if he really gets hurt if he beats too much, he may try again the feeling he felt after kicking Xia'an that day, it should just be distressing.

It is absolutely impossible to go to the execution hall.How ruthless Cheng Dafang is, Xia An will confess after sending him half his life.

What can I do?How about some slaps?It's not good either, Xia An is a scholar and the most important thing is face.It's hard for Xia An to stop shaking when he sees him now, and he can meet and talk normally, if he continues to fight, what should he do if he is afraid that he will hate him in the future?

But he had to be punished. As a qualified master, he had to let the slave understand that as a slave, he should obey the master, and he must not disobey the slightest bit.

After thinking about it, Rong Li picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus wine he brought to Xia An and drank it.After drinking, still no good idea.Instead, my heart became more and more irritable, as if there were two voices.One told him to punish Xia An severely, not to teach the servants to be proud of being favored.One shouted that he felt sorry for Xia An and was reluctant to punish him.

After drinking, Rongli threw chess pieces to play.The more I think about it, the more entangled I am, the harder I try.A sunspot flew towards the stone bed, rebounded with great force, and just hit Xia An's forehead.Hearing Xia An's scream, he covered his forehead with his hands, and bright red flowed out from between his fingers, stabbing Rongli's eyes.

How could Rongli think about punishment now, he frantically wiped the blood gushing out with his sleeve, but he couldn't finish it.He made up his mind, bit his inner lip, and used the pain to force himself to calm down.

He picked up Xia An, put him on the stone bed, and pushed Xia An's hand away, leaning forward to check the wound.Xia An was restrained, his eyes were staring with pain, bleeding on one side and tears on both sides, he did not forget to confess his crime, and promised that his life would not be held accountable again: "My lord, please forgive me, I don't dare to beat you next time. I don't even dare to die."

"Don't move around." Rong Li tore off the sleeves of his soft inner jacket, letting Xia An hold it to cover his forehead.He pressed down a carved pistil on the stone bed, there was a loud noise behind the bed, and when he looked again, a door opened.