The examination for Juren is quite tiring. It lasts for five days and students are not allowed to leave the examination room during those five days.
You need to prepare food, bedding, pens, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Although Lu Yunzheng was using Gu Mubai's name, it was Gu Mubai himself who entered the examination room. He was already familiar with the examination procedures and prepared on his own.
But Liu Qiaoer still thoughtfully prepared snacks and drinks for him.
As soon as the imperial examination began, Liu Qiaoer started her own plan.
When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Liu Qiaoer wore a black tights, tied her hair into a bun, did not wear any jewelry, and covered her face with a black scarf before going out.
He did it quietly, thinking he hadn't disturbed anyone.
But they had not walked far when Long Batian in the space told her: "Lu Yunzheng has caught up."
Liu Qiaoer was slightly startled: "How can I steal things if he catches up with me?"
Long Batian said: "How about I go and lead him away?"
Liu Qiaoer thought for a moment and said, "Not for the time being. Let him follow and go into the Xu family first."
The place Liu Qiaoer is going to visit tonight is the richest man in Yuzhou City, who is said to sell medicinal herbs.
She didn't know who it belonged to, but since they were selling medicinal herbs, there must be a lot of precious herbs in the warehouse.
There are also many precious herbs in the space, but her level is not high enough to grow them.
The land level in the space needs to be upgraded slowly, and she wants to know what the medicinal herbs of this era are.
She had already visited this house a long time ago and quietly came to the backyard. Liu Qiaoer looked around and found that there was no one else except Lu Yunzheng.
So she took out a rope from her sleeve pocket, threw it upwards with force, hooked it on the top of the wall, and Liu Qiaoer climbed to the top of the wall nimbly.
"Hey, Lu Yunzheng, do you want to climb by yourself or borrow my rope?"
Since everyone was here, Liu Qiaoer simply called them over to help.
Lu Yunzheng didn't know when he was discovered. He walked out of the darkness sullenly, looking a little embarrassed.
"Did you find me early in the morning? How did you find me? I was very careful."
Liu Qiaoer couldn't say that it was Long Batian who discovered him, and she couldn't say that there was a radar in the space.
He could only pretend to be mysterious and pointed to his head: "Intuition."
"Okay, what are you here for?" Lu Yunzheng asked again.
Liu Qiaoer was embarrassed to tell him about her plan, so she made an excuse: "I heard that their medicinal herbs are very precious, so I wanted to come and take a look."
Lu Yunzheng said: "Xu Dong's home in Yaowang Valley, the direct descendants of the Xu family are all in Yaowang Valley."
Liu Qiaoer spread her hands and said nonchalantly, "So what? The people from Medicine King Valley cured Pei Yuanshan of the poison I gave him. I have to know how they cured it."
Lu Yunzheng sighed quietly, "I'm afraid that you might accidentally offend the people in Medicine King Valley and be targeted by them. You should know that this group of people is not as easy to deal with as they seem, and more than 80% of the medicinal herbs in the Great Zhou Dynasty are controlled by them."
Liu Qiaoer rolled her eyes and said, "How about changing to a rich man with no background?"
Lu Yunzheng has actually checked these people, and basically they all have backgrounds. Compared to Xu Dong’s family, whose background is in the underworld, the other families have backgrounds in the imperial court.
"Forget it. I just happen to want a pill too. I heard they have a thousand-year-old snow lotus, which is the best medicine for treating body colds."
Liu Qiaoer's heart tightened: "Snow Lotus is used to treat female yin and yang imbalance. Who are you going to give it to?"
Could it be Lu Yunzheng’s sweetheart? I heard that she is in Beijing, and their next stop is Beijing.
Lu Yunzheng didn't say anything, but just dodged his gaze, then jumped lightly from the top of the wall and jumped down.
"Hey, you jumped down and you don't care about me anymore?" Liu Qiaoer was caught off guard by being left behind.
Lu Yunzheng's eyes were like torches: "Someone is coming over there."
Liu Qiaoer also saw it, but she didn't expect Lu Yunzheng to leave and ignore her.
She could only climb down the rope: "Why don't you take care of me?"
Lu Yunzheng was surprised: "You can go up, but you can't go down?"
That’s right, I didn’t expect that after meeting Lu Yunzheng, she would become a little pretentious.
Well, Liu Qiaoer jumped down the rope. The night patrol of the Xu family also came here, but this was a garden and it was dark, so they had to find a hidden place to hide.
After the night patrol walked away, Lu Yunzheng was about to leave, but stopped again.
"Where are you going?"
Liu Qiaoer raised her eyebrows: "I should be the one asking you this, where are you planning to go?"
Lu Yunzheng: "Such precious herbs should be in Doctor Xu's study."
Liu Qiaoer chuckled twice: "Then we are on different paths."
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Lu Yunzheng grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back.
"It's not safe for you to be alone. Either follow me or go back now."
Liu Qiaoer didn't know what to say, her secret couldn't be exposed, so she followed Lu Yunzheng all the way to Xu Dong's study.
It is worthy of being a doctor's yard. From far away, you can smell the scent of medicine.
Although it was late at night, there was still light in Xu Dong's study, so the two of them quietly went to the yard and waited.
Suddenly, an alarm sounded in the space. Liu Qiaoer glanced at the room next to the study and found that the alarm was actually coming from there.
He pulled Lu Yunzheng to the window of the wing room and used a knife to open the latch of the window. As soon as he opened a crack, he smelled medicine.
"Their medicinal herbs are here. Let's go in and take a look."
Liu Qiaoer and Lu Yunzheng swiftly found their way to the wing room. The room was very large, and it was filled with medicinal herbs neatly arranged. Some were packed in sacks, some in pots, and some in glass bottles. The methods of preservation varied depending on the efficacy of the herbs.
Each herb had a label on it. Lu Yunzheng blew the fire starter and looked at them carefully. Most of them were precious medicinal herbs.
There are Ganoderma lucidum, Zedoaria, White Peony, Gracilaria, Gardenia, the less common Placenta, as well as century-old ginseng and thousand-year-old turtle shells.
Lu Yunzheng searched carefully: "It is said that Mr. Xu's business connects Yaowang Valley and the capital. It is true. There are so many medicinal materials here that cannot be found anywhere else."
Xu Dong is a doctor, and these herbs are used to make medicine.
Yaowang Valley's pharmacy has branches in every city, and each branch is managed by a Yaowang Valley disciple. Yaowang Valley not only cultivates medicinal materials, but also trains medical talents.
In modern times, it would be equivalent to a biotechnology group company.
Therefore, Yaowang Valley is very famous.
The Xu family is considered the hub for the medicinal materials from Yaowang Valley to be transported to various places. The medicinal materials from Yaowang Valley are sent to various pharmacies through the Xu family.
At the same time, if there are any difficult and complicated diseases in each place, they will write to the Xu family and ask for the medicinal materials they need. If the Xu family has them, they will send them over. If not, they will go to Yaowang Valley to look for them.
The geographical location of Yuzhou City also creates such a favorable condition for the Yaowang Valley transit station.
To the north is the capital, and to the west is Shuzhou City. Shuzhou is the hometown of the Tang Clan in Jiangnan.
"Found it." Lu Yunzheng exclaimed, and Liu Qiaoer saw a light blue snow lotus covered with a layer of snow, sealed in a glass bottle, and looked like it had just bloomed.
Lu Yunzheng only took one iceberg snow lotus, while Liu Qiaoer took more.
Unconsciously, she had stored all kinds of Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, deer antlers, and bezoars into the space, but when facing Lu Yunzheng, she blinked innocently.
"Here's a thousand-year-old ginseng, it's quite big. Take it and let's go home."