It was pitch black inside. Zi'an took out a tinder, blew it, and a faint light came out.
She spread out the two large bags she carried with her, and then emptied the medicine cabinets in the warehouse into all the medicines she needed, pouring them into the large bags, and then slowly separated them when she returned.
The medicine storehouse was very large, but there were not many medicines in the medicine cabinet. After installing it, she went around to take a look at the back and saw many packages of things tied up in huge cloth bags. She poked them open with a dagger and found that they were all medicinal materials.
Zi'an raised the fire stick high and shone it over there. There were definitely not just a few bags of medicinal herbs here.
The entire warehouse was filled with medicinal materials, which were tied into round cloth bags. There were at least several hundred bags.
Oh my God, could it be that the soldiers said they couldn’t buy much medicinal herbs because the emperor had hoarded them first
Why did he do that
Zi'an was terrified when he thought about it. He quietly opened the door and said to Qin Zhou in a low voice, "Come in and take a look."
Qin Zhou said impatiently: "Are you done? If you are done, leave quickly."
Zi'an insisted, "There are some things you need to come in and take a look at, so you don't accuse me of spreading rumors."
Qin Zhou was stunned for a moment and quickly glanced outside. The guards had just gone on patrol and should not be back so soon.
She slipped in and followed Zi'an into the medicine store.
When she saw the whole room full of medicinal herbs behind the medicine cabinet, she was stunned.
His face turned pale instantly.
She walked over, drew her sword and stabbed the bag, took out the medicine inside and handed it to Zi'an, "What medicine is this?"
"Houttuynia cordata." Zi'an said.
Qin Zhou said coldly: "Houttuynia cordata is now in short supply in the market."
“But there are a lot of them here.”
Qin Zhou's eyes flashed with complex emotions. After a moment, she said, "Let's go!"
Zi'an carried a bag and Qin Zhou also picked up a bag. The two of them went out the door and took the opportunity when the guards did not come to fly up and landed on the roof. Then she dragged Zi'an, jumped over the roof and landed outside the wall.
The two men tied the medicine to the horse and led the horse out.
As soon as we left the Beast Garden, we heard the sound of horse hooves and flames reaching the sky.
The two men looked closely and saw Cao Ji and dozens of people blocking their way.
Cao Ji was sitting on horseback, with the imperial guards beside him holding torches, illuminating his ferocious and complacent face.
"General Qin, I haven't seen you for a while. I never thought that such a great general would become a thief. It's really shocking."
Qin Zhou subconsciously protected Zi'an behind him, his eyes cold, "Have you been following me?"
"It's not that I've been following you. I just heard the news when you came down the mountain. I thought the general must have something important to do, so I'm waiting for him here."
Cao Ji rode up on horseback, looking down from above with a very proud look on his face.
When Zi'an heard this, he knew that there was a spy on Wolf Tail Mountain.
After they came down the mountain, the spy immediately went to inform them, so Cao Ji came to intercept them at this time.
Qin Zhou smiled faintly, "Did the emperor send you here or did the queen send you here?"
Cao Ji smiled arrogantly, "Does it make a difference? Qin Zhou, I used to think you were a man who knew the current situation, but I didn't expect you to be so foolish as to betray the emperor. Now that you are about to die, if you have any last words, just tell them. For the sake of our acquaintance, I will tell General Qin for you."
Qin Zhou was not angry either, and asked quietly: "Lord Cao has just taken office, and I have not yet congratulated him. I guess the medicine in the medicine storehouse of the Royal Beast Garden is also the masterpiece of Lord Cao, right?"
"You guessed wrong," Cao Ji leaned forward slightly, the firelight reflecting the cunning light in his eyes, "This was purchased by the emperor ten days ago and placed in the Imperial Beast Garden. This epidemic is so severe, how can Kyoto be unprepared? If these medicines are transported to the disaster area, what will happen to Kyoto?"
Qin Zhou's eyes were filled with cold anger. "Your Majesty is really thoughtful and prepared for a rainy day. Kyoto is extremely important and cannot afford to lose anything. It's a pity that there was no prescription to treat the plague ten days ago. What's the point of hiding these medicines without a prescription?"
"Wouldn't the Regent Princess be here by then? If she had developed a prescription, she could naturally prescribe the medicine according to it."
"Your Majesty is so confident, I can definitely develop a prescription?" Zi'an sneered.
"That's not necessarily the case," Cao Ji smiled, "but we have to think positively about everything, right? It's impossible for the princess to announce the recipe, otherwise wouldn't the princess be a great contributor to the Northern Desert?"
Zi'an laughed and said sarcastically, "Yes, the emperor has a good plan. I developed the prescription, he took it, and then killed me. He can also frame me for spreading rumors and creating panic. In that way, he can use this as an excuse to attack Da Zhou."
"Hahaha!" Cao Ji laughed wildly, "The princess is really smart. I admire you very much."
Zi'an said coldly: "I don't deserve it. It disgusts me to have someone like you admire me."
Cao Ji laughed even harder, his whole body trembling. Suddenly, he raised his hand, and a cold light flew towards Zi'an, saying, "You have a sharp tongue. I will chop off your head first and see if your mouth can still move."
The cold light was like a scimitar, heading straight for Zi'an's neck.
Qin Zhou drew his sword to block, only to hear a "clang" sound, a cold light fell to the ground, and Qin Zhou soared into the sky with a clear whistle. Then he shouted, "Xia Zian, stay where you are and don't move!" and flew out.
Her body was extremely fast, and her sword was not pointed at Cao Ji. Instead, she dealt with the two people around Cao Ji first.
Cao Ji sneered, stood up lightly, put his toes on the horse's back, swung the long whip in his hand, and attacked Qin Zhou.
Zi'an has always been very curious about ancient martial arts. How can this person fly just by saying so? I asked Lao Qi before, and Lao Qi said that the most important thing in practicing Qinggong is the inner strength and mental method. In addition to the inner strength and mental method, you have to tie sandbags on your feet and back to climb trees and jump when practicing. Slowly train your body muscles and other things to remember, and then start loosening the training.
Undoubtedly, Qin Zhou's Qinggong was very good. Zi'an knew it when she was flying with him just now. However, when she saw Qin Zhou's long sword dancing with beautiful sword flowers, she realized that Qin Zhou was not only good at Qinggong, but also very good at martial arts.
Of course, Cao Ji was not weak either. There were many people in the Cao family who were capable of being on the stage, and Cao Ji was one of the best. Because of Empress Cao, the Cao family was always suppressed by the emperor and their abilities could not be displayed. Therefore, not many people knew about the abilities of the Cao family.
Qin Zhou originally thought that she could quickly deal with Cao Ji. She shared the same opinion as everyone else in the past, that there was no one in the Cao family who had great abilities.
However, the Cao family's martial arts skills were beyond her expectations.
While Qin Zhou was dealing with Cao Ji, he also had to deal with attacks from other guards. At first, he was overwhelmed, so someone flew out to deal with Zi'an.
Zi'an had already held the Scar Rope in her hand. When she saw the three guards flying towards her with swords in hand, she let go of the Scar Rope. The Scar Rope went around the three guards' necks and quickly came back. The three guards had already fallen to the ground.
Scarlett was ruthless this time. Zi'an always felt that Scarlett had the ability to perceive. He probably knew that these people were here to take Zi'an's life, so he showed no mercy.
(End of this chapter)