After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

The night is slightly cool.

In Duke Jin's mansion, the study room was full of candles. Li Linfu held a book in his hand, but couldn't help covering his mouth with his hand and coughing a few times.

The well-dressed man standing next to him who was about to report back had a grim expression on his face sculpted like a knife and axe. It was rare that he showed a little worry at this time. He tried to go out and call the maidservant to ask the imperial doctor to come, but Li Linfu waved his hand Prevent.

"No problem, just a cough due to a cold..." Before Li Linfu could finish his sentence, he coughed a few times in a muffled voice.

After a while, after Li Linfu calmed down a little, he continued: "Princess Wan'an was grounded a few days ago, Xiao Song didn't say anything, and Gao Lishi, who was originally ordered to investigate this matter, didn't move. But it's a pity that the previous arrangement..."

The well-dressed man naturally knew that what Li Linfu said was just disappointment at not being able to take this opportunity to bring down Prince Li Heng in one fell swoop.

But now, Concubine Wu Hui couldn't afford to be ill, so she just went there.Without Concubine Wu Hui in the harem, the power of Shou Wang Li Hao can be described as extremely decadent. Princess Xianyi, who has always been favored by Xuanzong, has now returned to Chang'an City. How can a daughter who wants to go back to Luoyang City compare to a pillow like Concubine Wu Hui?

As for Li Hao, the most important longevity king among them, he was not as favored by Xuanzong as they had expected...

Now, the thing that this well-dressed man is most worried about, but he still can't say it to his mouth, is that Li Linfu has been planning for a long time, trying to pull Prince Li Heng down.However, if they really succeeded in the future, but Xuanzong did not want Li Mao, the longevity king, then wouldn't they make wedding clothes for others again?

Li Linfu didn't know this person's worries, because he was unwell, his face was slightly tired, he pondered for a moment, but still said with firm attitude: "During this time, you don't want to go to Ximing Temple again."

The well-dressed man nodded yes.

"Even Princess Wan'an was grounded some time ago, and this incident has never involved that Daoyuan monk in Ximing Temple..." Li Linfu shook his head in confusion, only feeling that the profound meaning of Xuanzong's move was that even he had some Can't see through.

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The same person who was full of calculations but never said a word to the people around him was actually Xiao Yansui from Xu Guogong's residence.

After the soap was ready, Xiao Yansui gave it directly to her mother, Mrs. Pei.

At the beginning, Mrs. Pei didn't take these things to your heart at all, especially when Axiu talked about them with Yunyan, Yunxia and others who were around Mrs. Pei, they still said that these things were no different from bath beans.

When Mrs. Pei was taking a bath, she caught a glimpse of the thing her daughter brought over that day, and felt that the fragrance was exactly the same as the usual spices, but it still had some light flavor, so she used it a little out of curiosity.

As a result, this attempt, the hydrophilicity of the higher fatty acid sodium, and the fineness and fineness of the foaming made Pei completely stunned.

She stretched out her hand to touch the white foam, and felt that her fingertips felt extremely fresh and soft to the touch. Compared with the bath beans that are commonly used on weekdays, it was quite different.

After taking a bath, Mrs. Pei looked at the other pieces of soap that she casually threw in her room, and felt that she had been wasting everything before.

She went directly to her daughter's yard, and then went to the study room familiarly, and saw that her daughter was sitting in front of the table with her legs outstretched, and on the table in front of her was a whole set of "Tang "Materia Medica", several volumes of "Pictures of Medicine", and "Pictures of Classics" are all piled up together. If they are piled up on her desk, they will probably be higher than the top of her own head.

"My lady." Axiu, who was helping Xiao Yansui sort out the scrolls, was a little surprised when she saw Pei's figure, and hurriedly saluted and greeted her.

Hearing Axiu's voice, Xiao Yansui, who was full of books, also raised her head, and subconsciously said in the direction of the door: "Aniang?"

Pei Shi pointed to the scrolls in front of Xiao Yansui, full of confusion, "Liu Niang, what are you doing?"

"..." Xiao Yansui tilted her head, stretched out her hand, and just placed it on the little dirt dog's head. After lightly brushing the dog's fluffy fur, she said uncertainly: " Uh—Learn words by looking at pictures?"

——After all, he is a five-year-old child, and the number of characters he has learned is still quite limited.

It's just that Xiao Yansui herself, although she is a bit confused when faced with traditional characters, she still knows most of the corresponding simplified characters in "Tang Materia Medica". In other words, traditional characters are relatively easy to recognize. Xiao Yansui guessed at first, but after reading a little more, he can still recognize a lot.

Besides, she didn't learn to be a doctor. Books like "Tang Materia Medica" with pictures and words, Xiao Yansui's primary purpose is actually to find out what plants are there now, and what plants are there? Which plants are available to her.

At least, last time Xiao Yansui thought about using mint to make some mint soap, which would definitely be refreshing and pleasant in summer, but he didn't know whether there was mint in Tang Dynasty.

But fortunately, after two days of random browsing in "Tang Materia Medica", Xiao Yansui really discovered the peppermint called "Smilax".Moreover, this thing is so common that it can be eaten every day. There is a kind of sugar cake, which is filled with mint and honey, but Xiao Yansui himself has not happened to eat it at Xiao's house before.

Mrs. Pei came over and sat beside Xiao Yansui, watching her daughter turning the pages of the book, but she frowned slightly, she was only worried that the books piled so high would not accidentally knock over and hit her daughter.

After glancing at the scroll in front of Xiao Yansui, Mrs. Pei smiled slightly, and said softly, "Aniang didn't even know that you were interested in medical skills."

Xiao Yansui shook her head, and just replied: "It's okay, I'm just curious."

As a former master of science, biology is actually a compulsory course.It's just that, compared to physics and chemistry, which are still compulsory basic courses in college, Xiao Yansui's biological knowledge is more inclined to the basic biological knowledge, but has never been exposed to very in-depth biological research.

As for the content of "Tang Materia Medica", from Xiao Yansui's point of view, it is actually more biased towards botany or traditional Chinese medicine, which is not something she can handle at all.

With Mrs. Pei sitting beside her, Xiao Yansui was unambiguous. When she came across an uncommon word that she didn't know—maybe, it was just that she thought it was uncommon. Maybe after Mrs. Pei saw a word that she thought was a common word, Xiao Yansui directly Point to the handwriting on the book and ask Mr. Pei for advice.

After answering her daughter's question for a while, Mrs. Pei finally talked about the topic that came suddenly today, and said, "Liu Niang, A Niang wants to ask you, what happened to the soap you gave me a few days ago? "

Only then did Xiao Yansui raise her head. She had smelled a vaguely familiar scent on Pei's hair before, but she didn't pay much attention to it. Now after hearing Pei's inquiry, Xiao Yansui suddenly realized, "Ah, Mom, you have used those soaps, how do you feel? You won’t get a rash because you don’t get used to it, right?”

"..." Pei, who had never expected such danger, was a little startled, blinked slowly, and looked at her daughter in shock.

Xiao Yansui was also taken aback for a moment, then blinked innocently, and said flatly: "Um, don't worry, mother, I'll just say it casually, under normal circumstances, most of them won't get used to it And then the rash..."

Mrs. Pei slightly supported her forehead, gently reached out and patted her daughter's head, resolutely ignored the dumbfounding topic before, and just said: "I tried it just now, and I think it's very useful, so I came here to ask You, what's going on."

Xiao Yansui said "Oh", and directly called Axiu to come over, and said casually: "Axiu, write out the prescription of the soap for A Niang."

There is no way, if Xiao Yansui writes it herself, she is afraid that if she is not careful, she will write the experiment report needed in the chemical record book, although doing the experiment according to what she wrote is definitely better than the ancient formula. The method is much clearer.

However, since it was written for people in the Tang Dynasty, and it was written by Axiu, who had personally participated in the soap making process, it might be easier for Mrs. Pei to accept it after reading it.

After listening to Xiao Yansui's words, Axiu nodded naturally, took a pen and a few pieces of paper, and began to write down the process of making soap on the paper as she said.

Although Mrs. Pei was curious, she was not in a hurry. As Axiu was writing over there, Mrs. Pei kept helping her daughter recognize the unfamiliar characters in "Tang Materia Medica", and at the same time chatted with her casually: "Liu Niang, this Where did you get Fang Zi?"

For things like soap, even with Pei's background, it was unheard of before.Her daughter knew that although Xiao Yansui liked to tinker with all kinds of things since she was a child, Pei did not think that such a complete prescription would be completed by her daughter's whim, so she naturally liked it. The origin of this prescription is curious.

Xiao Yansui's fingers that were turning the pages paused slightly, and after thinking for a while, she turned her head and looked into Pei's eyes. She made up the story without any panic at all, and even replied very innocently: "Ah Mother, I forgot which book I saw the illustration in, but that book was not used to make soap, it only said that using alkali can remove oil stains, especially after mixing caustic soda and lard, Even the original oily smell has disappeared, and the caustic soda seems to have disappeared..."

"Lard?" Mrs. Pei seemed thoughtful after hearing this.

Xiao Yansui glanced at Mrs. Pei, and didn't care what Mrs. Pei was thinking, and continued to say indifferently: "Next time, you can also try to replace lard with something else. For example, mutton fat may be good."

After hearing this, Mrs. Pei felt that it made sense, so she nodded slightly again.

After a while, after Axiu wrote two full sheets, she finally finished writing the complete recipe for making soap, and then carefully held it in front of Xiao Yansui and Pei Shi.

Xiao Yansui didn't take over at all, but took advantage of the short time before Mrs. Pei picked it up, and quickly browsed through it, making sure that the test process was correct, and that the operation would not cause any danger, before going over. Nodding her head, she continued to read "Tang Baicao" with her arms in her arms, handed it to Mrs. Pei, and said casually, "Aniang, this is it."

Mrs. Pei also directly put away the prescription, and then said softly to Xiao Yansui: "This soap may have a lot of uses, Auntie will give this prescription to the craftsman in Zhuangzi first, after trying it, If we can also make this soap, we will think about it later.”

Xiao Yansui nodded, and couldn't help muttering: "Auntie, you can add any spices to it. When you ask the craftsman to do it, see if you can get some melon and fruit sauce , I want something with a citrus flavor." She used to create a spice that is commonly used at home, because she usually ordered this kind of spice in her own house, and Xiao Yansui was very concerned about the fragrance. But it is very inexperienced.

She knows very well how to extract the essence from the petals by steam distillation, activated carbon adsorption or organic solvent extraction.

It's just that when Xiao Yansui thought of making soap, Xiao Yansui didn't have time to extract some pure natural essence first.

"..." Mrs. Pei nodded without hesitation, and said with a soft smile, "Okay, I will order the craftsman to do it. If it can be made, I will replace the soap next to yours first."

Xiao Yansui continued to nod.

When Mrs. Pei came to find her daughter this time, after completing the main purpose, she looked at the sky, and then at Xiao Yansui who seemed to be about to throw herself into the book again when she turned her head. The exquisite carved silver bookmark was gently placed on the scroll that Xiao Yansui saw, and after covering the pages of the book, she whispered to her daughter: "It's getting late now, aren't you still useless?" Have dinner?"

"En", Xiao Yansui responded.

Axiu stood by and waited, and whispered that she went to the kitchen before and had seen the dishes for tonight.

"It's okay," Mrs. Pei smiled slightly. After standing up, she gently took her daughter's hand and said with a smile, "Go to Auntie's place and have some dinner with Auntie. I'll send someone to call her." Saburo and Goro, Goro should have returned from the academy by now."

"Okay." Xiao Yansui immediately agreed, and the mother Pei's group table made an appointment for dinner, of course they want to make an appointment together!

Under normal circumstances, the people who live in each courtyard actually eat by themselves, but Xiao Yansui and Xiao Wu are not too old, so it is natural for Mrs. Pei to take care of these younger children on weekdays. tight.

What's more, a family needs to get along more often, and the relationship is deep on weekdays. In Pei's view, the relationship between Saburo and Goro is okay, but Goro still needs to go to the academy every day. They are both young gentlemen, and when they go out to do things, there are always opportunities for the two brothers to meet each other. In contrast, the time for brothers and sisters to play together is much less.Pei Shi has always been careful, so naturally when she was with her, it was the easiest and most convenient for the three brothers and sisters to stay a little longer and give them time to spend together.

In Pei's courtyard, when he was still sitting at the dining table, Xiao Wu encountered some excitement in other people's homes when he was studying today, and now he talked about it vividly.

Xiao Yansui listened intermittently, and while picking food into his mouth, his eyes kept looking at his elder brother Xiao Heng.

——No way, when she saw Xiao Heng, she couldn't help but want to ask about the results of the previous investigation of Ximing Temple, but there were people around, so she couldn't ask directly.

Moreover, speaking of this incident, Xiao Yansui still remembered that there was actually another suspicious point in Ximing Temple, but whether it was Gao Lishi's investigation before or her own brother Xiao Heng's investigation again, it seemed that this incident was not mentioned .

On the top of the mountain outside the Ximing Temple, in the hunter's house, the owners of three relatively messy footprints have been found. They are the street hooligans who were silenced early in the morning, and the other one seems to have searched the house quite carefully. Footprints, but the owner was not found at that time.

Later, Master Daojue, the abbot of Ximing Temple, said that he would go back to Ximing Temple to thoroughly investigate the matter, but, at least here in Xiao Yansui, Master Daojue's investigation seemed to have nothing to do with it.

Of course, Xiao Yansui also knew in his heart that if Master Daojue really found something, he would definitely report it to Gao Lishi, and maybe send a message to Xiao Song or Xiao Heng, but no one would think of her That's it =_=

However, Xiao Yansui felt that no matter who got the information provided by Master Daojue, according to common sense, it should not be the reaction, unless the clues provided by Master Daojue were almost useless, so everyone asked Like-minded people ignored it...

The more Xiao Yansui thought about it, the more depressed she felt. For a while, she even stopped picking up the food with her hands.

Xiao Wu was speaking happily at the moment, and Mrs. Pei kept looking at him with a smile, so that both mother and son didn't even notice that Xiao Yansui, who was sitting next to Mrs. Pei, had been distracted from the beginning.

During this meal, Xiao Heng, who was looked back and forth several times by Xiao Yansui, besides listening to what Xiao Wu said, also devoted a lot of attention to his younger sister Xiao Yansui , at this moment, suddenly seeing her frowning, looking bored and gloomy, she couldn't help being slightly startled, and a trace of confusion and incomprehension flashed in her heart.

In the past few days, Xiao Heng hadn't heard that any unpleasant things had happened with his sister, but Xiao Yansui's expression at this time was gloomy, but he didn't look like a child who was enough to eat, drink and play every day.

It was also because of this that afterward, Xiao Heng focused most of his attention on Xiao Yansui. When she saw her talking to her mother Pei and Xiao Wu, she looked like she was okay again. In my heart, I couldn't help but worry.

After dinner, Xiao Heng, who always remembered Xiao Yansui's previous expression, naturally wanted to send Xiao Yansui back.

It's just that Xiao Wu, who also loves his sister very much, has already shared today's lively events at the dinner table, and now he has nothing else to say to Mrs. He mentioned it, and said directly: "Let's go, Liu Niang, I will go too!"

"Well, but I don't have anything interesting there." Xiao Yansui responded casually.

Xiao Wu made a face at Xiao Yansui.

Xiao Yansui first looked at him, then slightly flattened her lips, but couldn't help but also laughed.

Xiao Heng wanted to ask Xiao Yansui alone about something, and he was naturally extremely decisive in dealing with this younger brother who suddenly jumped out of the way.

Coming out of Pei's courtyard, Xiao Heng was still holding his younger sister's little hand, and Axiu and other maidservants followed behind.However, Xiao Heng didn't go to Xiao Yansui's courtyard, instead, he walked around the corridor, took his sister with him, and sent back Xiao Wu, who still hadn't recovered.

"You have to study when you get up early tomorrow, so lie down and rest earlier." Xiao Heng's reason was so logical that Xiao Wu had a "=口=" expression on his face, and was a little taken aback.

In the end, Xiao Wu, who had agreed to see off his sister but returned to his room first, was just naturally thrown off by Xiao Heng.

"Brother?" Xiao Yansui also sensed Xiao Heng's intentions, stopped and raised her head to look at him.

Although he has not yet reached the crown, Xiao Heng's stature at this time is actually not much worse than that of an adult, but he still has some of the thinness and thinness of a young man.Of course, even so, looking at Xiao Yansui from Xiao Heng's point of view, he was still condescendingly looking down at a cute, soft and rather small short Douding.

Xiao Yansui: ==!

She felt that it was better to sit down and talk, at least, she didn't have to look up at Xiao Heng with her neck up. If the angle was any bigger, the cervical spine would be broken!

"Let's go sit on the lotus pond?" Xiao Heng looked at his younger sister who opened her eyes wide and met his eyes when she raised her head up. Without knowing it, she bent down and hugged her from the ground. Now, the two brothers and sisters One's line of sight is directly flat.

"Okay!" Xiao Yansui nodded with her arms around Xiao Heng's neck, then turned her head and said to Axiu, "Wait for me outside the lotus pond!"

After being hugged effortlessly by her elder brother, Xiao Yansui suddenly realized something. Xiao Heng sent Xiao Wu away on purpose just now. It seemed that he had something to say to himself?

This was just right, she had been thinking about how to ask Xiao Heng!Even if he didn't say anything to him, Xiao Yansui wanted to drag him away and ask him a few words in private, but this time he could take advantage of the situation.

Axiu naturally acted according to her words, and immediately nodded in agreement, but when she saw Xiao Heng was about to carry Xiao Yansui to the promenade of the lotus pond, she couldn't help adding: "The gazebo is full of stones. Stool, I’m afraid it’s a bit cold to sit on.”

Xiao Heng hugged his younger sister, and only paused for a moment, then ordered with a bit of a smile: "Then take two cushions and send them here!"

Only then did Ah Xiu heave a sigh of relief, and she responded crisply, and immediately sent someone to quickly go to Xiao Yansui's yard to get it.

Xiao Heng carried Xiao Yansui all the way to the hexagonal pavilion on the lotus pond, and just now he gently put the person on the ground. Immediately afterwards, he himself squatted down on one knee, trying to keep his gaze at the same level as Xiao Yansui's. A height, and then he said with extremely gentle concern: "Liu Niang, when I was eating just now, my brother saw that you seemed a little unhappy, what happened?"

Hey... Xiao Yansui, who had something to say for a long time, opened her eyes slightly and looked at him.

At this time, the sky has gradually darkened, and the setting sun is about to fall, dyeing half of the sky red, reflecting on the lotus leaves in the sky and half an hectare of emerald water, with soft waves and light ripples. After going downstream, it almost melted into the same color as the golden water surface.

The smile on Xiao Heng's face was gentle, and when facing his only sister, he didn't even see the slightest bit of coping and casualness to fool the child. As far as the patience and meticulousness he showed at this moment, he was completely considerate and caring for his sister. Good brother.

If Xiao Heng can also tell the truth to himself in the future, then Xiao Yansui feels that this brother is so good that he can't be better =. =

It just so happened that at this time, Axiu had already brought over two soft cushions.

After Axiu spread the mats on the stone bench, Xiao Heng picked up his younger sister and let her sit on the stone bench, while he himself sat next to her, "Liu Niang?"

Xiao Yansui leaned on the stone bench with both hands, and shook her legs leisurely twice. After Axiu retreated, she looked innocent, like a naive little girl, and murmured softly. Said: "I'm still thinking about the Ximing Temple, but you all seem to have forgotten..."