Zhou Man sat down, and the young novice next to him poured freshly brewed tea for the two of them.
Master Na Luowei picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, "When I was in Tianzhu, I often heard that the Jin country in the east produced good tea. There were Jin country merchants from the east who brought tea, and a box of tea could be sold at a sky-high price. I arrived. Only then did the state of Jin know that the so-called excellent tea that was drunk in Tianzhu in the past is nothing here."
Zhou Man said with a smile: "The value of the product will naturally increase after going through the risks, not to mention that rare things are more expensive. If Master Luo Er likes to drink tea, I have some Mengding stone flowers in my house. The taste is fresh and tender, with a strong aftertaste. Whether you add green onion and ginger to make tea, or brew it clear, the taste is very good.”
Master Na Luowei: "I heard that this tea is a tribute, and it is not available in the market."
Zhou Man nodded, "My family is a reward from His Majesty."
Master Luo Wei smiled slightly, "Your Excellency is indeed very favored."
"Where, where, it's not as good as Grandmaster," Zhou Man said with a smile: "I heard that Grandmaster can often accompany you after entering the imperial city, and discuss the art of longevity with His Majesty. This point is not as good as our courtyard, let alone me?"
Master Luo Wei didn't really want to talk about this with Zhou Man, but Zhou Man said quickly: "Master, I still have a lot of questions about the elixir and the technique of longevity in the palace yesterday. to discuss this matter."
Master Na Luo'er said flatly: "As for the refining of the elixir, because it involves the secrets of my Tianzhu Buddhism, I'm sorry I can't answer it."
"I don't ask about the refining method, I only ask about the preparation of the medicine," Zhou Man said, "Master also knows that His Majesty's health is of great concern to the world. Normally, all medicines imported by His Majesty must be approved by my imperial hospital."
Zhou Man raised his eyes, stared at Master Na Luo and said: "Please cooperate with Master to fill in all the missing information before."
Master Na Luowei smiled slightly and said, "Changsheng Temple is not under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Hospital."
"But the elixir sent into the palace belongs to the category," Zhou Man insisted, "Not only will the elixir sent into the palace in the future have to go through our Imperial Hospital's approval, but the information that was missing before must also be filled in."
Master Luo Er was displeased, "Master Zhou is targeting me on purpose?"
"No," Zhou Man softened his expression, and said to him, "Master, although I don't know the difference between the Tianzhu Buddha and the Buddha of my Jin Kingdom, I think they come from the same lineage and have many similarities. Many masters in my state of Jin have always wanted to go to the place where the Buddha came from to obtain the scriptures and bring them back to study Buddhism. I am a good friend with Master Zhiren of Huguo Temple, and I have a predestined relationship with the Buddhist school."
Master Na Luo'er: ... This change was a bit sudden.
"That's why I believe in the master," Zhou Man changed the subject, "but the rules are the rules, and it's useless for me to believe in them. We follow the rules, and if something goes wrong, there are documents to check, and we also put an end to others. The possibility of framing us is actually a kind of protection for us."
Master Naluo frowned: "What's the difference between giving a medicine list and giving a prescription?"
"Of course there is a difference. I only need the medicine list, and I don't need the master to give the specific ratio, let alone the refining method. I will never inquire." Zhou Man said: "I just want to know whether the medicine used is poisonous. Whether there will be poison in the space, only this can be entered into the file."
Zhou Man smiled and said: "Master, there is no need to suspect that we are coveting your elixir. Although I have never made elixir similar to your Buddhist or Taoist elixir, I have often rubbed pills, and I have seen others make elixir. For less pill formulas, real pill formulas, when to put what medicinal materials, how to put them, they are all particular, only the medicine list is given, I can't study your pill recipes."
Master Naluo was silent for a while and then said: "Okay."
He got up and left, went back to the meditation room and took a piece of paper to Zhou Man, on which were words she didn't understand, she smiled slightly, turned her head to look at Daji who was not far behind.
Daji immediately brought up the medicine box, and Zhou Man took out a pen and paper from it, compared the medicine list, traced their words and asked, "Master, how do you say the name of the first medicine in our Central Plains dialect?"
Master Naluoer: "... water."
Zhou Man stared at the string of characters for a long time, with doubts on his face, "Your Tianzhu characters are so difficult? A word of water is such a long string."
"This water is not ordinary water."
Zhou Man sat up straight, staring at Luo You with bright eyes, "Is it what His Majesty said about serving tea?"
Master Naluo nodded: "Yes."
Zhou Man was very interested, "Yesterday was short, His Majesty only mentioned one thing, what's so special about this water?"
Master Luo Wei glanced at Zhou Man. They left the palace after lunch yesterday, and the emperor stayed behind Zhou Man. I heard that Zhou Man didn't leave the palace until almost sunset. Such a long time is too short
Thinking of the attitude of the emperor and those courtiers who were always picking on him yesterday, Master Naluo could not help being more cautious, and introduced concisely: "This kind of water is only produced in our Tianzhu, it is extremely rare, and it is only produced in a big mountain. In the mortar, it can melt metal and grass."
"Wow—" It sounds amazing, but can it melt metal, but not the human body
Zhou Man asked curiously: "Won't it corrode the human body?"
Naluoer Sapo paused and said: "It can melt the impurities in the human body, and make the human body slowly return to the purest time, as if it was just born from the mother's womb."
Zhou Man: ...
Master Na Luo Wei said seriously: "When Your Majesty can remove all the impurities in the body and strengthen the foundation, then you will be able to live forever."
Zhou Man swallowed, wrote all these words after the name of the medicine, and asked, "Okay, what's the name of the second medicine?"
"I don't know how to say it in Jin dialect. Master Zhou can call it Ju Lai Luo temporarily. This medicine is a magic medicine."
When Zhou Man heard it, he became excited, and asked Keke in his heart, "Have you heard of it?"
Koko: "No."
Zhou Man asked, "Is there any magic about this medicine?"
Master Na Luowei said: "Naturally, otherwise how can it be called a magic medicine? It is a medicine that can strengthen the foundation, and this medicine is very rare and difficult to pick."
He said: "It grows in the snake den, guarded by a big poisonous snake, and there are countless small snakes circling under the tree."
Zhou Man shuddered, she was most afraid of snakes.
"Every time you pick the leaves, you need to shoot down the leaves with arrows. There are crows waiting on the tree. When they see the big leaves fall, they will fly away with the leaves in their mouths. When they fly up, they only need to shoot the crows to get the leaves of the sacred tree. This leaf is the magic medicine."
Zhou Man was puzzled, "Why does the crow fly away with the fallen leaves?"
"It is also beneficial for animals to take magical medicine, and it can lead to longevity if taken for a long time."
"Doesn't it live in a tree? You can bite it by stretching out your mouth."
Master Na Luo'er said with a serious face: "That is a sacred tree, how dare the beasts offend it? They can only wait and cannot snatch the leaves from the sacred tree."
Zhou Man opened his mouth and was speechless for a while, and finally gave a thumbs up and said: "Excellent, then Master Luo Er obtained these leaves, oh no, they are magic medicines, and he paid a very high price, right?"