Although Zhang Xuan already knew that Chai Shao was from Wuchuan Mansion, and he gave the Qingshi Sutra to himself and was instructed by Wuchuan Mansion, which was not his intention, Zhang Xuan was still very grateful to him.

Knowing Chai Shao will make him take a lot of detours in Dasui, especially because he is Li Yuan's son-in-law, and Zhang Xuan also plans to get to know Li Yuan through him.

Zhang Xuan raised the medicine in his hand and said with a smile: "I went to buy the medicine, it took almost a day?" ”

"Buying medicine?"

Chai Sang looked at Zhang Xuan very strangely, and said with a dumb smile: "Didn't anyone tell you?" ”

"Tell me what?"

"What medicine does Yanwangfu have? You even went to the market to buy it, so that the other guards knew about it, and they would laugh at you. ”

Zhang Xuan was speechless for a long time, and his heart ached for a while, he spent hundreds of dollars in vain! That's enough to go to the Heavenly Temple Pavilion ten times to drink.

Chai Shao smiled and patted his arm, "Forget it, it doesn't matter, anyway, the medication will take a long time!" Suffering a small loss is regarded as a lesson, I just want to ask you about the medicine today, have you bought it all? ”

"No, it's not a taste, I've been to several pharmacies and haven't heard of this medicine."

"It's weird, let's go to the palace pharmacy and ask."

There are five or six imperial doctors in the Yanwang Mansion, and there is also a pharmacy covering an area of two acres, which is headed by an old pharmacist, and there are several medicine children below.

The old pharmacist's surname is Wang, everyone calls him Wang Pharmacist, nearly sixty years old, thin and small, but his temper is not very good, and he always has a cold face.

Pharmacist Wang snatched the prescription from Zhang Xuan's hand, and Zhang Xuan was about to point it out to him, but he slapped Zhang Xuan's hand away impatiently, "I know, you don't need to be verbose!" ”

He squinted at the prescription for a moment, smashed his mouth a few times and said, "You're talking about purple insect jade chrysalis!" ”

"It's this flavor medicine, I went to many pharmacies and didn't have it, including Baiweitang, they haven't heard of it at all."

"Baiweitang?"

Pharmacist Wang pursed his lips with disdain, "That kind of chicken feather shop will also have good medicine?" I'm telling you, they don't even have half of the medicine in your prescription, and then they'll coax you with other cheap alternatives, and they've been doing it all along. ”

"Pharmacist, it won't be so bad, this is medicine!" Chai Shao was a little unconvinced.

"Of course, for ordinary people's patients, substitutes don't matter, they also have curative effects, but for you martial arts practitioners, the effect is very different, like this black silkworm head, they must be sold to you with sun-dried silkworms, right?" Pharmacist Wang stared at Zhang Xuan with a pair of small red eyes.

Zhang Xuan nodded, as if the medicine lang of Baiweitang explained it to him like this.

"Shit! Which silkworm is not black when dried? This is the profiteer, the real black silkworm head must be the black silkworm from Luo County, Baling County, the entire Great Sui is only there, it is extremely difficult to raise, you can only go up the mountain to catch, a pair of black silkworms is worth one or two gold, you need at least twenty black silkworms for this medicine, and the green dragon vein must be the snake gall of the male bamboo Yeqing that has not yet mated, and they are using ordinary vegetable green snake gall to pretend, I tell you, after matching your recipe, it will cost at least one hundred taels of gold. ”

Zhang Xuan and Chai Shao were stunned when they heard it, obediently, one hundred taels of gold, that is a thousand yuan.

Pharmacist Wang returned the prescription to Zhang Xuan, "You're new here!" Let me tell you the rules, the medicine below 10 guan can be dispensed casually, and the medicine below 100 guan must be signed by Wang Fu Zhan Shi, like your prescription, you must sign and agree to the king of Yan, the amount is too large. ”

It is not a big problem to let King Yan sign, Yang Qi still owes himself five thousand taels of gold, the key is the medicine that cannot be bought outside, Zhang Xuan asked again: "Is there a purple insect jade chrysalis here?"

Pharmacist Wang shook his head, "I don't have it here, but I don't know if I don't know, unlike those profiteers outside, who say that the prescription is wrong if they haven't heard of it, maybe this is a very rare medicine, I have been making medicine for forty years, and I really haven't heard of it." ”

Zhang Xuan's heart was cold all of a sudden, and he didn't even know the old pharmacist who had been doing medicine for forty years, so what could it be?

Chai Shao said in a low voice: "Let's prepare other medicines first!" Inquire about this medicine slowly. ”

The two turned to leave, but Pharmacist Wang stopped them again, "I think someone may know." ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly turned around, "Who is it?" ”

"You go and ask Zhao Wudang, maybe he knows!"

Chai Shao slapped his forehead heavily, "I'm confused!" How to forget him. ”

"Brother Chai, who is this Zhao Wudang?"

"Go find someone first, I'll tell you as I go!"

The two walked out of the pharmacy, and Pharmacist Wang chased him out and shouted, "If you ask me, I want to know what it is?" ”

"Definitely! Certain! ”

Chai Shao took Zhang Xuan out of the palace and walked towards the imperial city.

"This Zhao Wudan 's real name is Zhao Dan, a native of Youzhou, he is the archdeacon of the imperial business, because he is afraid of his wife, so everyone calls him Zhao Wudan , he has traveled south and north for decades, he is well-informed, and there is basically nothing he doesn't know."

"What is the Imperial Merchant?" Jaung Hyun asked puzzled.

Chai Shao said with a smile: "The imperial merchant is the caravan of the royal family, half public and half private, hanging under the Honglu Temple Zhike Bureau, which is actually a private caravan." ”

Not long after, the two came to Honglu Temple, Chai Shao has a wide range of contacts, many people know him, did not embarrass him, let him directly into the official office.

After making a few detours in the Honglu Temple, they walked into a small courtyard, only to see a middle-aged man with a sad face sweeping the courtyard with a bamboo broom.

Chai Shao stepped forward and saluted and smiled: "Uncle Zhao, I'm here to disturb again." ”

The middle-aged man was Zhao Dan, the chief steward of the imperial merchants, who seemed to be very familiar with Chai Shao, and didn't look up and asked, "Is your father-in-law looking for me again?" ”

"Nope! Today is not today, today is to inquire about something, Wang Yaoshi said that you may know. ”

"That old, you still owe me money for medicine! What do you want to ask? ”

Zhang Xuan stepped forward and bowed down and said, "May I ask Steward Zhao if you know about the purple insect jade chrysalis?" ”

Zhao Dan was shocked, and quickly looked up at Zhang Xuan, he ignored Zhang Xuan, dropped the broom and entered the house, and only heard his voice for a long time, "Come in and talk!" ”

Zhang Xuan and Chai Shao walked into the room, the room was very clean and tidy, the walls were white, the floor was spotless, there were only two half-new couches, Zhao Shan waved his hand, "You two please sit!" ”

A glimmer of hope rose in Zhang Xuan's heart, maybe this Zhao Wudan really knew about the purple insect jade chrysalis, Zhao Dan poured them a cup of hot tea, sighed and said: "I'm afraid that in the whole Luoyang, I am the only one who knows this purple insect jade chrysalis, I almost died for it ten years ago, but I didn't expect someone to come to me for it ten years later, could it be the will of God?" ”

"Uncle Zhao, what is the purple insect jade chrysalis?" Chai Shao interrupted Zhao Dan's emotion in time.

Zhao Dan smiled, "As the name suggests, the purple insect jade pupae is actually a kind of insect pupae, which is as crystal as jade when it is a pupae, and it turns purple when it becomes an adult, so it is called a purple insect jade pupa, and the locals call it ice slag." ”

"May I ask Uncle Zhao, where is this purple worm?" Jang Hyun asked impatiently.

"This kind of purple insect jade pupae is not found in the Central Plains, only in the frozen grassland in the far north, for the Turks, this is also a relatively rare medicine, the Turks use it to give birth, women can eat it when they have dystocia, it can be born smoothly, it is very effective."

"Uncle Zhao means that it can be bought in Turkic?"

"It may not be available in the Turks, this kind of thing is very rare, it is especially afraid of heat, and it will turn into a pulp in summer, so it generally survives in the deep frozen soil, and only in the days when the ice and snow have just melted will it come out of the frozen soil to mate, that is also the only chance to catch them, so it is very expensive, a purple insect jade pupae can be exchanged for thirty sheep, and some Tiele tribes living in the far north will go to find it and exchange sheep with the Turks."

Zhao Shan glanced at him and said, "I know what you martial artists want it to do?" What you want is actually a purple insect, the jade chrysalis is not needed, and the jade chrysalis can't be dug at all, it is in the deep frozen soil, I ....... back then"

Chai Shao interrupted him again, "Uncle Zhao, do you have to go to the grassland?" ”

"Of course!"

Zhao Shan shook his head again, "But even the Turks may not be able to buy it, let alone the Central Plains." ”

Zhang Xuan knew very well why Chai Shao interrupted Zhao Dan's words twice, because the last time he went to the Turks with Zhao Dan to buy medicine, it must be Zhang Zhongjian.

At this time, Zhang Xuan had already understood, if he wanted to practice the technique of cohesion on the bluestone slab, he had to have this purple insect jade chrysalis, since Zhang Zhongjian had personally gone to the Turks to buy medicine, it was obviously the most critical medicine.

Thinking of Yuwen Chengdu's peerless martial arts, thinking of the incomparable strength of the bearded guest Zhang Zhongjian, he knew that this was his only chance to embark on the road of martial arts, and it was the secret of martial arts given to him by Zhang Zhongjian, if he did not seize this opportunity, he would inevitably regret it for the rest of his life.

However, Zhang Xuan's heart is as careful as a hair, he always feels that something is not right, it seems that Chai Shao has been hinting that Zhao Wudang has been going to the Turks, is there any other deep meaning in going to the Turks?

"I heard that Uncle Zhao is also going to the Turks recently, right?" Chai Shao said with a smile on the side.

Zhao Shan laughed, "Your news is very well-informed, I really want to go to the Turks in a few days, I want to do a business business, and by the way, I will buy some fine furs and come back." ”

He glanced at Zhang Xuan again, "If Guard Zhang wants to go with me, you can have a companion." ”

"Have you decided to go to the Turks?" Chai Shao asked in a low voice.

Jang Hyun was silent, he still needed to think about it again.