Zhou Man: "We're here to play."
Daoxu was surprised, "So free?"
He was very skeptical, "I thought you were very busy. The monks who came to incense these days said that the master from Tianzhu met you, and he was afraid that it would be unlucky. Shouldn't you be busy fighting martial arts at the moment? You still Go to the Taoist temple to play when you have time."
Zhou Man: "You know a lot."
"That's natural. Anyway, I've been here for a while."
Zhou Man declared with a serious face: "There is no fighting, we are a cooperative relationship, and everything is for His Majesty."
Daoxu's expression was disbelief, there was not much change in Daohe's face, and he nodded gently, and only reminisced with Zhou Man, occasionally talking about the landscapes and customs that they had seen in the places they traveled in these years.
It wasn't until noon that Zhou Man was going to see Guanzhu Zhang, and he said: "My junior brother and I are temporarily living in Xuandu Temple to practice, if anyone needs our help, you can send someone to come to us."
Zhou Man smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Thank you."
Daohe smiled, took Daoxu to leave.
Ming Da looked thoughtfully at the back of Dao and Li, "If father wants to practice Taoism, it's not bad to invite this little Taoist master to enter the palace to discuss Taoism. It's better than Changsheng who is addicted to falsehood."
Zhou Man: "It's different, it's because of the timing, if it wasn't for His Majesty's health..." She paused and didn't say anything more.
A few years ago, the emperor also sneered at this, but his health has not been good for the past two years.
The emperor's original intention was not to seek the Tao, but to live longer.
Mingda didn't speak any more.
In the afternoon, while Bai Ruoyu was still taking a nap in the wing room, Zhou Man took Ming Da and Bai Er to see Daoist Zhang.
Zhang Zhenren greeted him at the gate of the courtyard, and he couldn't tell that he was in retreat before.
Mingda glanced at Zhang Zhenren's face, lowered his voice and asked, "Is this the age you said is over sixty?"
Although Zhenren Zhang has a gray beard and black and white hair, he doesn't look like someone over sixty at all. He looks similar to her father, even younger than her father.
Zhou Man pinched his fingers to make the calculations, and said in a low voice: "Next year will be a rare year."
Mingda was surprised, and Bai Erlang also whispered beside him: "Taoist priests who know how to maintain their health live longer and look younger than ordinary people. Daoist Zhang can also make alchemy. Man Bao and I have seen it."
Zhang Zhenren, who was still quite sharp, stood at the gate of the courtyard with a smile on his face, waiting for them to slowly move over.
After finishing the small talk, Zhou Man quickened his pace and brought Ming Da forward, "I haven't seen you for many years, but Master Zhang is still so energetic."
Master Zhang saluted with a smile and said: "Master Zhou has grown up a lot, see the princess, son-in-law."
Knowing that they had something to discuss, Daoist Yu withdrew after serving the tea and did not stay to disturb them.
After the idlers left, Zhou Man conspired with Zhang Zhenren, oh no, it was persuasion with reason and emotion.
Zhang Zhenren almost choked on his own saliva, "What? Let me make alchemy?"
He immediately refused, "No, no, Mr. Zhou, you know me. The elixirs I made are only for minor ailments, and they are all medicines for maintenance. They don't have much effect."
If he wanted to make alchemy, he would have participated when Changsheng Temple and Cui Shangshu came to ask them to participate. He just didn't want to go through this muddy water, so he wanted to write to Zhou Man and ask her to come back.
Although the letter was never sent, but...
He never thought that Zhou Man would let him practice alchemy after returning to Beijing.
Zhou Man hurriedly said, "It's not for His Majesty to make alchemy, but for Princess Mingda."
She lowered her voice and said: "No matter what kind of elixir is refined, it will be useful to the princess. Xuandu Temple can use this reputation to suppress Naluoer."
"As far as I know, Na Luoer entered the palace to make alchemy for His Majesty, and Xuandu Guan twice rejected the invitation of Changsheng Temple to make alchemy. Now, his reputation among the people has plummeted, and he has even been criticized in the Taoist sect. Does the temple master not want to save one or two ?”
Zhang Zhenren said with a serious face: "My Xuandu view is pursuing Dao Xin, and cultivation is to ask the heart. It is not the Danding school. Master Zhou invited the wrong person."
"Oh, it's not a conflict. It's just a one-two cooperation, and the time is not long. When we get what we want, the cooperation will end. If Master Zhang doesn't want to become too famous in the alchemy journey, then he can end the alchemy."
Zhang Zhenren couldn't help looking at her, "What do Lord Zhou and the princess want?"
Zhou Man lowered his voice and said, "That Luo You's blood."
Zhang Zhenren looked at her in horror, and Zhou Man said quickly: "Don't worry, it's not much, just let him bleed a little, a bowl is enough, I don't mind half a bowl."
Immortal Zhang thought of the 200 lifespan claimed by the eminent monk from that day, he thought for a while and asked, "Did Master Zhou ask for this blood, or His Majesty..."
Zhou Man was about to answer, but Ming Da stepped forward and said, "It's what I want."
She smiled slightly and said, "Then Luo You claims to have lived two hundred years, but I don't believe it, so I want to use his blood to see if he really lived two hundred years."
Although Zhang Zhenren didn't know how to tell his age from his blood, shouldn't age be a matter of feeling his bones and feeling his pulse
But thinking that Zhou Man is a doctor, she must know more about this than him, so she pondered, "The elixir..."
Zhou Man said: "At that time, Daoist Zhang can just make a potion of elixir for calming the mind and nourishing the body. The princess will definitely agree."
Daoist Zhang is in a dilemma. This matter is not big, but it is not small. Once it becomes big, the harm will be serious.
After a while, Master Zhang said: "I have to think about this matter, I can't give the princess an answer for now."
Ming Da nodded and said, "I'm waiting for Master Zhang's reply in the Princess Mansion."
Zhang Zhenren looked at Zhou Man, Zhou Man gave Ming Da and Bai Er a wink, and they left first.
When there were only two people left in the room, Zhenren Zhang felt much more relaxed. He sighed, "Didn't Master Zhou put my Xuandu temple on fire?"
Zhou Man didn't think so, "As long as you retreat in time, it will be a win-win situation. Because you refused alchemy twice, the reputation of Xuandu Guan is not as good as before. Why don't the real people seize this opportunity?"
"You're an imperial doctor, why don't you just feel the pulse for him? Blood isn't much, so it shouldn't be difficult to get it, right?"
"It's just hard," Zhou Man spread his hands and said, "I've invited you, but don't say that touching the bones would require blood, he wouldn't even feel the pulse."
Zhang Zhenzhen hinted: "Your Majesty's holy metaphor..."
Zhou Man shook his head, "Although many civil and military officials don't like this eminent monk, he has indeed not done anything bad to damage his reputation since he entered Beijing, but he has a good reputation among ordinary people. Jin is a big country, Your Majesty is God Khan, it is impossible to force him."
Zhang Zhenren: "... Then aren't we persecuting now?"
"We are us, Your Majesty is Your Majesty," Zhou Man said, "We are all small people, and our reputation is not a big burden, and the princess doesn't mind, what do we mind?"
Master Zhang said angrily: "You have nothing to do with this matter, of course you don't mind."
In this plan, Xuanduguan and the princess are the ones at the forefront, okay