Wrong Changhuan

Going out of the self-study research studio, went straight north and passed several courtyards, and then a round white stone arch appeared in front of my eyes, with the words "Baicaoyuan" inscribed in it.

Chang Huan saw that there were green trees and lawns planted on both sides of the arch, which were obviously carefully taken care of.Under the leadership of Xie Baitang, they entered together, followed by green bamboo.

I thought it was just a medicine garden, but I didn't want the snow water from the mountain in the north to converge into a small spring at the foot of the mountain, and then flow through the small river in the middle of the medicine field to the outer courtyard.At the intersection of rice fields and rice fields, there is also a thatched pavilion in the middle.On the southernmost side of the medicine field, there are several huts next to each other. The picked herbs are hung on the shelves in a row at the door of the huts, and the medicinal fragrance originally comes from here.

These medicine fields were divided into small areas for maintenance, and there was a walking path in the middle. It was already winter, but looking around, it was green, and some herbs were still blooming.

Chang Huan visually inspected the medicine garden which was at least one mu square, couldn't hide his excitement, and said happily, "Ma'am, there are so many herbs here...Bletilla striata, madder, notopterygium, Dipsacus, Poria cocos, money grass...so beautiful." Looking down again There are many herbal medicines in Xiangtian that I have never even seen before, let alone those named taboo.It may take a while to find Hundred Days Red from it, but it still doesn't hinder the excitement at this time.

There are only two servants who are about [-] years old in Tianzhong to take care of them. Seeing Xie Baitang and his party, they hurriedly put down their work and greeted them to salute and say hello.

Xie Baitang nodded with a smile, and said to Chang Huan, "It's all thanks to Uncle Yao and Aunt Yao, who have been taking care of this herb garden for more than ten years."

Uncle Yao hunchbacked a little, and said, "Madam hasn't come for quite a while..."

Aunt Yao put on weight slightly, with a kind face, and said with a smile, "This is Miss Nuan, right?! It makes people like it just by looking at it."

Seeing that he was an elder, Chang Huan smiled and saluted, and said, "Hi, uncle Yao."

Aunt Yao smiled and said, "Okay, okay..."

After exchanging greetings, they strolled around the field for a while.

Not long after, Ye Rong also entered the yard, and approached Xie Baitang and said, "The east courtyard sent someone to ask about the addition of things, and the housekeeper also came to ask about the old lady's birthday, please make up your mind."

Xie Baitang said, "I see, I will go back later."

Seeing this, Chang Huan was afraid that he would have to leave after entering the medicine garden once, so he said, "Madam, can I play here a little longer?"

Aunt Yao said enthusiastically, "Ma'am, if you have something to do, go there first. We're here with the young lady, so everything will be fine. Don't worry, Ma'am."

Hearing this, Xie Baitang asked Chang Huan, "Some herbs are highly poisonous, so don't touch them lightly, everything is up to Master Yao and Aunt Yao. Remember?"

Chang Huan nodded like a pounding garlic, and said, "Well, well, I will be careful."

Xie Baitang followed Ye Rong out of Baicao Garden and returned to Xueyanzhai.

Chang Huan looked at the herbs in his eyes, and asked, "There are so many herbs here, Aunt Yao, you two must have worked hard."

Aunt Yao said, "I've been with these things all my life. It's hard work. It's just to pass the time. If the lady likes it, she can come often, and my wife will have someone to talk to."

Uncle Yao teased, "The old woman is not old or young just because she has been with Madam for these years. Miss, don't mind."

Chang Huan said with a smile, "How come. I also like medicinal herbs, and I need you to teach me more in the future." Then he walked to the field, paying attention to the plants with nine-layered leaves and green leaves with yellow edges.

After walking for a long time, I didn't see it.Aunt Yao and Lu Zhu followed behind carefully.

Chang Huan turned his head and said, "Aunt Yao, which herbs are the most precious in this Herb Garden, can you tell me?"

Aunt Yao pointed to Nanshan slope, "Miss, if you want to look at the precious ones, they are all on the hillside." She surpassed Chang Huan and walked ahead, turning her head from time to time while walking, "The rare medicinal herbs in this world, such as It doesn’t exist in this yard, and I guess it’s easy to find it in other places. My old wife has been with these things all her life, let’s say, my wife knows everything about it, where it was planted, and when it was planted.”

"Then, Aunt Yao, have you heard of zinnia? I saw it in a medicinal herb annals, and it said it was a kind of flower, but the book didn't describe what the flower was, so I was a little curious."

Aunt Yao said, "Even if it's a hundred day red, there are some. Miss, come with me and be careful where you step." She said and walked slowly towards the hillside.

To say it is a hillside, it is better to say that it is some terraced fields that are specially flattened against the south hillside.There is relatively more sunshine here.Because the location is more precipitous and difficult to take care of, some herbs that do not require constant maintenance, or highly poisonous or more precious and difficult to take care of are planted.

Aunt Yao walked ahead, pointing to the fluffy green plants on the side as soon as she got up the slope, and said, "Miss, don't touch this heart-broken flower, the leaves are highly poisonous, even if you touch them, the poison will be overdone. You need to take care of them every day. You can only wear gloves made of sheep intestines, miss, you have to be careful."

"Broken heart flower?" Chang Huan has heard of it before, but he has never seen it planted on the ground like this. He stopped and looked at it again, and said, "Aunt Yao, are these four extremely poisonous heartbroken flowers? I thought it would at least grow taller, but I didn't expect it to be such a small plant."

"Miss, don't underestimate this heartbroken flower. If you touch it, you will be poisoned, and you will have to seal your throat when you see blood. It is very poisonous." Aunt Yao finished speaking unhurriedly, and continued to walk up the hillside.

Green Bamboo asked, "Since it's so poisonous, why do you need to grow it? Wouldn't it be fatal if someone accidentally touched it?"

If Luzhu hadn't been talking, Chang Huan would have forgotten that she was still around, and explained, "Poison is also medicine, and medicine is also poison. Some poisons can save lives if used correctly, but some medicines can also kill people when used wrongly." of."

"Miss is right." Aunt Yao smiled with satisfaction, and continued on her way.

At the second terraced field, you can already smell the aroma before approaching.In the center of the terraced fields, there is a one-foot-long plant with green leaves and yellow edges. It has nine leaves. It is quietly bathed in the sun. Next to it is an empty pit. Two plants form a border. Obviously, it was planted before. .

When Chang Huan saw it, he knelt down and rubbed it carefully, "It's so fragrant...it's exactly as described in the book." Then he turned his head and asked, "This is Hundred Days Red? Ever bloomed?"

Aunt Yao said, "This plant has never bloomed. The other plant has bloomed. My wife is lucky enough to see it. It has nine petals of red pistils and white flowers. The flowers are snow-white, and they are also beautiful."

Chang Huan pointed to the blank grass pit and said, "You mean, the one planted here before bloomed?"

Aunt Yao said, "That's right, two plants of this hundred-day red plant have been cultivated in total, and one of them was taken away by that devil. Later, he really made it bloom."

Chang Huan asked curiously, "Master?"

Aunt Yao walked all the way, and couldn't help it because she was too old, so she found an open space on the side of the slope behind her and sat down, saying, "Master Mo is my wife's younger brother. There is a nickname in the world called Poison Demon. I wonder if you have heard of it?" .”

Chang Huan recalled from his memory what Yang Yan said before, and he had some impressions, so he asked, "Isn't that poisonous demon already dead?"

Aunt Yao sighed, and said, "That's right, six or seven years have passed between these conversations. The demon master is also an idiot who loves to serve poisons. I heard that my wife has bred a hundred-day red, so I want to let it go It bloomed. Who knows, it really made him find a way."

Chang Huan hurriedly asked, "What method?"

Aunt Yao looked at Nan Tian in the distance, with a trace of unbearable expression on her face, she said, "Irrigate this hundred-day red with human blood, one bowl a day, for a hundred consecutive days, this hundred-day red will only bloom."

Green Bamboo on the side yelled in shock, with horror written all over his face, he said, "Using human blood? It's too...too cruel."

Chang Huan was unavoidably surprised, but what she said was true, not to mention the day of bloodletting, even a cut on her hand on weekdays, she would feel pain.Then he asked again, "What happened later? What happened to the flowers?"

Aunt Yao tugged at her clothes, and said, "The devil has become obsessed with poisoning, and he did not hesitate to experiment on his wife and children. Later, when the hundred-day red flower bloomed, his wife and children died one after another, and he also went crazy. That flower, He was brought back by his wife."

Chang Huan sighed in his heart, and when he heard that the hundred day red was in his wife's hands, he asked, "Aunt Yao, do you mean that Mrs. Hua still keeps it?"

Aunt Yao said, "That's not true. The madam brought back the flowers, which were originally raised by me and the old man. One day last year, when the madam came to visit the medicine garden, she only took that one hundred-day red plant from the medicine house in the south. I took it out, looked at it for a long time, then pulled out the roots and took it away."

Chang Huan was a little worried, and asked, "Did Madam use this flower as medicine?"

Aunt Yao said, "I think it's going to be dried in the sun, so it can be used as medicine. Last month, the old man went to clean up the medicine store in the west chamber, and it's still there."

"The medicine store in the west wing? But the medicine store in the west wing of Xueyanzhai?" Chang Huan remembered that the locked west wing room was in the courtyard of Xueyanzhai.

"That's right. The entire mansion, that's where Madam's medicine store is."

Chang Huan frowned in thought, thinking, no wonder.But now that there is a ready-made Hundred Days Red, and knowing where it is, the next plan is even clearer.

"Miss? Miss?" Green Bamboo called softly.

Chang Huan came back to his senses and said, "What? What's wrong?"

"What are you thinking, miss? You're so engrossed. Just now, Aunt Yao said that after walking all the way, miss must be thirsty. Would you like to go to the Maoting over there to have a rest and have a cup of tea?"

Chang Huan stood up, patted the hem of his clothes, and said warmly, "No need, Aunt Yao has been shopping with you for so long today, and I think I'm tired. Let's go to my wife and ask for a cup of tea." He smiled at Aunt Yao again, "Aunt Yao, I will come to see you another day, and I will definitely bring you wrapped tea leaves. Please taste it too."

Aunt Yao couldn't stop praising her twice, and Chang Huan trotted all the way down the slope, towards the inner courtyard.

Only Aunt Yao told her in the back, "Miss, run slowly. Be careful not to sprain your feet."

Hearing this, Chang Huan turned around, smiled, waved his hands, and shouted, "Got it, Aunt Yao."

As soon as I got back to the gate of Xueyanzhai, I saw Niannian coming out of the west courtyard, dressed in a yellow uniform. Seeing Chang Huan, he hurried forward and said, "Miss--you are back. Madam just asked the slave to go to the medicine garden to find the lady, saying Don't let you play for too long, you just came back."

"Niannian, why are you here? Madam transferred you to the West Courtyard?" Chang Huan said as he pulled Nuannuan over to look at her new clothes.

Niannian smiled, and said, "Yes. I came to deliver flowers just now. Madam saw her and said that Miss Luzhu was the only one beside her, so she asked her servant to stay and serve her by her side from now on." Said Then he leaned closer and whispered, "The monthly case has more than doubled."

Chang Huan was happy for Niannian, and joked, "From now on, I will ask sister Niannian and Lvzhu to work hard." After speaking, he dragged Niannian and Lvzhu into the Xueyanzhai, and thanked him.

I saw Xie Baitang finishing his business, drinking tea on the short side of the room, saw Chang Huan, and hurriedly said, "Come on, you're thirsty." Then he said to Ye Rong, "Take two of that Run Wusheng and give it to Miss and Take the green bamboo."

After Chang Huan saw the ceremony, he knelt down beside Xie Baitang and asked, "Run Wusheng? What do you do?"

"You have just been to Baicao Garden for so long. The turbid breath there is poisonous and can hurt people's hearts. Run Wusheng is a pill that I made, and taking one pill can remove the toxin." Xie Baitang finished speaking patiently, and poured a glass for Chang Huan. Tea.

Chang Huan took the pill that Ye Rong handed over, and swallowed it with Tangcha.Xin Dao, Yang Yan still had the foresight, if he went to the medicine garden to steal it, he probably wouldn't even know he was poisoned.

"Ma'am, you are too powerful. You have so many precious medicinal herbs, and you can refine medicine. The Xie family also takes care of it properly...it must be very hard." Chang Huan said these words sincerely.Of course, she has learned the principle of wearing thousands of clothes and not wearing flattery from Yang Yan, and she has always applied it very well to Lin Xun.

Xie Baitang took Chang Huan's hand, patted it lightly a few times, raised his eyes and said with relief, "It's all worth it." At least I've waited for her warmth.