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The pouch is very slender and long. If it is inside the body of the great Zhou military master, the upper part should be in the esophagus, the opening may be at the throat, and there seems to be some kind of mechanism hidden in the top—the Tang family in Wenshui can even use yellow paper umbrellas. Manufactured, it must have its own way to completely isolate anything from the outside world if it falls into the bag.
The shopkeeper didn't do it right away, but began to wash his hands seriously and even a little cumbersomely. He didn't untie the bag carefully until he confirmed that his hands were clean as if they were newborn, and wiped them clean with four towels without any moisture. Take that thing out of it.
It was a elixir, about the size of a pea, and its color was bright red, like fresh blood. I don't know if it was infected by the moisture in the corpse, and the surface was slightly ulcerated. Seeing this scene, the shopkeeper's eyes showed a look of distress, and Tang Shiqi's face became gloomy.
"It should be fine." The shopkeeper said in a trembling voice, and then quickly put the bright red pill into the basin that had been prepared earlier.
The wheat bran in the basin is of course not ordinary wheat bran. It has been screened and dehumidified many times in advance, and it is ivory white, very dry, without any moisture.
The shopkeeper picked up the wheat bran and put it on the elixir, and then rubbed it gently with his hands. The movements of his fingers were extraordinarily gentle, as if he was stroking his lover. The elixir rolled gently in the wheat chaff, and became completely clean with the passage of time, the bright red color became clearer, and even gave people a feeling of ecstasy.
The Wenshui Tang Family's understanding of this kind of elixir is not complete, they only know that it melts when it meets water, and it is extremely difficult to preserve. At this moment, the shopkeeper finally confirmed that there was no problem with this cleaning method, and the eyes that looked at the elixir became gentler. Of course, it was still not as good as the eyes that looked at Master Tang Shiqi.
He said with a smile on his face, "Master Seventeen is very resourceful, this method really works."
Master Tang Shiqi ignored this person's flattery, took out a snow-white, new towel from his sleeve and put it in his hand, took the pill, and looked at it carefully for a long time until his eyes became a little hot, he Suddenly aware of the change in mood, he frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice: "Is this elixir really so magical?"
The shopkeeper didn't notice the subtle change in his mood, and said: "That's true, otherwise why would I bother Lord Seventeen to go through this personally?"
He was flattering the master, but when he said this, he couldn't help but look at the elixir in the palm of the other party, and then licked his lips.
This unconscious movement shows that he is a little nervous now, and it also reveals the greedy desire in his heart.
Master Tang Shiqi noticed this, and the corners of his lips raised slightly and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
The shopkeeper's expression changed slightly, thinking, isn't this the legendary cinnabar pill
"This is not a elixir, nor wealth, but power."
Master Tang Shiqi said: "The ability to decide life and death is the greatest power in the world."
The shopkeeper praised: "The Seventeenth Master's words are extraordinary."
Master Tang Shiqi looked at him expressionlessly and said, "If some people want to covet this kind of power but don't have the strength to match it, they are looking for death."
The shopkeeper's body stiffened slightly, he lowered his head, not daring to look at the pill again.
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People entered the secret room one after another and surrounded the black stone table. Among these people were the pharmacists from the former Tianji Pavilion, the two most famous doctors in Fengyang County, an unknown priest who was hired by the Tang family with a lot of money, and a doctor who took the pulse of the old man in Wenshui.
Regardless of their status, they all had the same expression on their faces at this time.
It was an expression that seemed calm, but was actually very tense, which made it look a bit stiff.
They were all looking at the red elixir on the black table, not just once, but many times, for a long time.
The reason why they are nervous is because they know the origin of this elixir, and they naturally have a greedy desire to snatch it, but they know that they must not do so.
One of the doctors in Fengyang County even forcibly turned his head away because he was afraid that he would not be able to resist the temptation.
Looking, smelling, asking, and cutting, these are the things that doctors need to do when they see a doctor. Although what they see now is not a disease, but a medicine, they can't get rid of these methods.
It has been a long time to wait for the medicine, and the next step is to smell it.
The old doctor from Wenshui took a look at Master Tang Shiqi.
This old doctor specially asked Mrs. Tang for pulse. If today's matter was not too urgent, even Mr. Tang Shiqi could not invite him here from Wenshui City.
Master Tang Shiqi would naturally be more polite to him, and said, "Mr. Yang, please go ahead."
The Wenshui old doctor known as Mr. Yang was not polite when he heard the words. He directly lowered his head, leaned over the red pill, and took a deep breath.
The next moment, Mr. Yang's face turned red, his eyes blurred, as if drinking alcohol, as if entering a room of Zhilan, as if he was intoxicated and didn't know where he was.
The priest of Tianji Pavilion Medicine Store frowned slightly and coughed twice.
Mr. Yang came to his senses and said: "The main material is indeed cinnabar, there are also curculigo, cinnamon, angelica, wolfberry, cloves, rock sugar..."
To be able to distinguish so many medicinal ingredients just by smelling them, this person's medical accomplishments are indeed extraordinary.
Master Tang Shiqi frowned when he heard these herbs, thinking that this is stewed meat? Why is there rock candy
He didn't know that these few quite common medicinal materials, that is, how many flavors are used in folk stews, are precisely because the medicinal properties are moderate and mild, and they are perfect as supplementary materials. Most of the world's elixir will have them. As for the rock sugar, like fried rice, it has the effect of catalyzing the medicinal power, and... can neutralize the bitterness.
The enshrined members of the Tianji Pavilion Medicine Shop and the two famous Fengyang doctors were practitioners of medicine, so naturally they didn't think it was different, so they gathered around and smelled it, and reported the names of several herbs, including yam, clove, and cistanche.
Looking at the undried ink on the paper, several doctors pondered for a while, discussed with each other, and said to Master Tang Shiqi: "We still have to do it."
From the beginning to the present, they looked at it first and then heard it, but none of them dared to reach out and touch it, because they all knew how precious the elixir was.
It is the common intention of everyone to do it now, but Mr. Yang is the one who is in charge of speaking, because he is from the Tang family in Wenshui, so it is easier to speak.
When Cinnabar Pill first appeared, the rules set by that person were not complete enough. The Great Zhou Army and the Hall of Yinghua once jointly intercepted several pills in private, trying to analyze and deduce the composition of this pill, but they wasted three whole hours. He couldn't figure out all the medicinal materials even though he had tried several elixirs. The few doctors who appeared in the secret room today are all very remarkable people, but how can they do it just by looking and hearing
Master Tang Shiqi had long been mentally prepared for this, but he still felt a little disappointed, because it meant that this cinnabar pill would soon be destroyed.
"Be careful, don't waste it." He said with a gloomy expression, "These are two lives."