After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

It is another year of winter, and the winter after the Spring Festival this year seems to be extraordinarily cold.

The sun in the morning is not very warm, and there are whimpers and whistling sounds wrapped around the treetops. In the north wind, there is an extremely biting chill.

Xiao Yansui, who just celebrated her 12th birthday not long ago, is much taller, and now she has a slender and delicate figure like a girl. When she just walked out of the house, she was dressed in warm clothes, and she was still wearing warm clothes. Wearing a thick and dense cloak.

I got up early today. Xiao Yansui, who had just washed up, didn't ask the maid to comb those beautiful buns for her. Instead, she casually tied her black hair into a long ponytail. Quite concise and beautiful, the only thing is that when she walked through the arched door of the promenade in the courtyard, when she was surrounded by maidservants and servants, there seemed to be an unavoidable incongruous subtlety. feel.

For Xiao Yansui, when she was young, her hair volume was relatively less, and she tied a ball bun on the top of her head, and then matched it with one or two delicate and cute combs, which did not affect anything—after all, even if In modern times, girls who are only a few years old are often dressed up as little princesses. At that time, they only thought that they were the cutest. Why do they care about the ones on the top of their heads? After they grow up and work, they are tired of work. And pressure, people will become more and more greedy for comfort and laziness. In most cases, ordinary girls will not deliberately do some beautiful but complicated hairstyles like brides every day, will they?

However, after growing up, in the Tang Dynasty, the buns on women's heads seemed to become more and more complicated and bloated, and the jade combs and hairpins adorning the hair gradually became heavier. Going up, Xiao Yansui felt that his head was full of these things, it was really cumbersome.

After thinking about it, Xiao Yansui didn't even want to comb her hair when she usually stayed at home anyway. When she went to eat at her mother Pei's, she would simply tie a ponytail. If it was in her own yard When reading or writing, I just casually loosen my hair like a waterfall of blue hair. If I am worried about my long hair getting in the way when doing experiments, I just pick up a hosta and tie my long hair loosely behind my head, so as not to accidentally touch the chemical reagents. or experimental equipment.

Xiao Yansui's ideas have been big since she was a child. In addition, she didn't have to cut her long hair short, but let it hang loosely and casually. When she needs to go out to visit occasionally, she will naturally dress up again Fan, in this way, it will not be talked about by outsiders. Mrs. Pei has nothing to do with her, so she can only follow her at home. Even after watching it for a long time, she feels that her daughter is at home Such a simple dress is not interesting.

"Aniang," Xiao Yansui greeted Pei when he walked into Pei's courtyard.

When the maid opened the thick curtain for her, Xiao Yansui walked in, and saw that besides her mother Pei, her elder brothers Xiao Heng, Xiao Wu, and her father Xiao Hua were already here .

"I thought it was early today!" Xiao Yansui couldn't help but smile when he saw that the whole family was here and he was the last one.

Pei greeted her daughter to sit beside her, handed her the hand warmer brought by the maid, and asked with concern: "Is it cold outside?"

Xiao Yansui shook her head with a smile, and her own maid took off the outermost cloak that was already wrapped in a bit of chill for her.

Xiao Hua said with a smile: "I have deliberately asked for leave to stay at home these few days, but I don't need to go to court. After a few days, Saburo will go to the examination room, and I can accompany him there."

Xiao Heng was sitting next to him, and looked at Xiao Hua when he heard the words, and then smiled lightly at Xiao Yansui: "I won't listen to what I say, Aye just doesn't trust me..."

Now, Xiao Heng has also reached the crown, and with every gesture, he has gradually lost the childishness of the past. His handsome and delicate eyebrows are smiling, and he has a demeanor and a gentleman like jade.

"The chief examiner for this subject this year is Prime Minister Li Linfu." Speaking of business, Xiao Hua looked serious, and said in a deep voice: "In the past few years, although you Aunts clearly don't take care of things, Li Linfu has always been jealous of you Aunts." .”

"...Aye, you can't enter." Sitting by the table, Xiao Yansui looked at her father with one hand resting on her chin, and complained in a low voice.

Anyway, the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty at this moment were not confusing. Whoever answered the questions had their names clearly written on the papers.Moreover, since the names are not blurred, there is naturally no need for later generations to copy all the test papers in order to avoid identifying people through fonts.What's more, Xiao Langjun, who was born in a top family like Xiao Heng, basically passed the list in front of the examiner and even Xuanzong before the exam started.

No matter how much Li Linfu is afraid of Xiao Song, it is true that he has always wanted to find a wrong place in the court to pull Xiao Song off his horse, but Li Linfu is not stupid. If he really singled out Xiao Heng's paper during the imperial examination In the next day, Xiao Song will be able to rush to the Xingqing Palace with tears in his hand and ask Xuanzong to call the shots...

After a while, Xiao Hua coughed, cleared his throat, and then continued: "This time I will accompany Saburo to take the imperial examination, and that is also what you Aunt meant."

Xiao Yansui tilted her head slightly with a smile, and looked at her father Xiao Hua and elder brother Xiao Heng seriously, and thought it was quite interesting. Probably, when the child meets an important exam, there will be worried parents to accompany the exam. It has been a habit since ancient times.

Although Xiao Hua asked for leave to stay at home, but Xiao Song is so old, and he still has to take a carriage to Xingqing Palace to attend the court meeting later.

Because everyone got up early today by coincidence, Xiao Yansui counted the time, at this moment Xiao Song should be having breakfast, after eating something to fill his stomach, Xiao Yansui simply put down the bowls and chopsticks, and said: " Ah Ye, Ah Niang, I made some spirits yesterday, and I happened to send it to Ah Weng first, so I could say hello to him."

The other people on the table hadn't finished eating, so they just nodded their heads, but they didn't go with Xiao Yansui.

Seeing this, the maid beside Pei's went to get the cloak that had been warmed up in a hot cage just now, and after carefully putting it back on for her, Xiao Yansui turned around and went out the door.

In the main courtyard of Xu Guogong's mansion, although the garden has been sparse, there is a small piece of green pines and cypresses, but it is deeply green and never fades in the cold.

When Xiao Yansui came, Xiao Song was still eating.

Today was just a coincidence, even Xu Guogong's wife, Mrs. He, who didn't come to the front yard very much on weekdays, happened to be sitting at the table because she wanted to talk to Xiao Song about Xiao Heng's imperial examination and marriage. Before, when he heard brisk footsteps, He raised his head and saw Xiao Yansui casually throwing a ponytail behind his head, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Aunt, grandma." Xiao Yansui showed a faint smile on his face.

——Although there is mutual discord in each other's hearts, Xiao Yansui always has the most basic courtesy when facing elders.

Xiao Song himself is also a casual person, so he was quite disapproving of his granddaughter's dressing up like this, and he smiled and stretched out his hand to greet Xiao Yansui to sit at the table together, "Why are you here so early today? Already, just in time to have some breakfast with Ah Weng."

He Shi's complexion was a little ugly, but because of Xiao Song's reaction, she also nodded slightly to show that she heard it. Although her eyes were still staggered from Xiao Yansui's body, she looked like she didn't even want to see her .

However, for such a He family, Xiao Yansui felt that although it was unavoidable to be a little annoying, it was still quite worry-free. It would be good to keep this state all the time!

Xiao Yansui sat on the other side of Xiao Song according to her words, but stopped the maid from taking the bowls and chopsticks for her, and just said with a smile: "Ah Weng, I just ate."

"It's good to eat." Xiao Song smiled and didn't insist anymore. He wanted to talk to Xiao Yansui about Princess Wan'an, but he caught a glimpse of the expression on the face of his old wife He Shi who was sitting next to him. , Xiao Song kept silent for the time being, had his breakfast quietly, and when he changed into his official uniform and was about to leave the main hall, he beckoned to Xiao Yansui.

Xiao Yansui got up directly from her seat, and said to He Shi with a smile on purpose, "Grandma, granddaughter, please leave." He didn't give up until he frowned.

Supported by his precious granddaughter, Xiao Song walked all the way to the carriage in the courtyard. However, when he arrived, Xiao Song was not in a hurry to get on the carriage, but stood there firmly, and said with a smile: "Remember to get on the carriage?" You brought me two bottles of wine last time, and you told Aunt that using spirits to clean wounds is something that makes it difficult for people to fall ill?"

"Remember," Xiao Yansui nodded, and asked curiously, "Why did Ah Weng suddenly bring up this matter? I remember Ah Weng told me that some doctors in the army would use this method in the first place."

In fact, the use of shochu to clean wounds has existed since ancient times, but there has not been a clear theory and systematic research.

In addition, most of the wine in ancient times was grain wine, and the average grain output was limited. If it wasn't for a good harvest, in fact, those limited grains would not be enough to support a large amount of wine making.Therefore, this disinfection method has always had deep limitations in terms of promotion and practicality.

When talking about this matter with Xiao Song last time, Xiao Yansui actually thought of penicillin.

Generally speaking, when oranges and oranges are moldy, most of them are Penicillium. However, most of the wild colonies are mixed strains, which directly leads to it. Because the strains are not pure, it is easy to cause wound infection and death; The extraction of penicillin is impure, which leads to the death of toxic metabolites contained in some strains; and, like this native wild penicillin, the content of penicillin produced is very low, and the strains that are actually used to produce penicillin in later generations are all in After strict selection and breeding in the laboratory, they want to use penicillin to treat diseases, but if the amount of antibiotics is not enough, the treatment effect will naturally be worrying, especially penicillin itself, which may cause human allergies, and it is an extremely serious allergic reaction, which is easy to treat. The kind that leads to death...

Of course, the most important thing is that manual extraction of penicillin without an industrial foundation is actually a very complicated and easy-to-failure process. Experiments can easily fail due to bacterial contamination, let alone in the Tang Dynasty.No matter how well Xiao Yansui understood the principle, she dared not say that she could make reliable penicillin by herself.

Under comprehensive consideration, it is better to clean the wound with relatively easy-to-prepare soap, and then disinfect it with alcohol, in conjunction with the use of commonly used traditional Chinese medicine to achieve anti-inflammatory or other therapeutic effects.

Xiao Song hesitated for a moment, then said softly: "Actually, um... I just want to ask if you still have soju in your place. I gave the two bottles before to an old friend..."

Xiao Yansui: =口=?

It's rare that she just thought that Xiao Song was talking to her about something serious!

Xiao Yansui looked at Xiao Song silently, Xiao Song was so old, facing his precious granddaughter, for a moment, his eyes slightly dodged, Xiao Yansui twitched the corner of his mouth, and then he opened his mouth and said: "Don't worry, Ah Weng, I have everything."

Xiao Yansui's copycat distilling equipment has long been asked to make better ones. After the airtightness is enhanced, the distillation output has also increased to a certain extent, and now Axiu and the others are all proficient in distilling equipment. After work, go to distillation and purification.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Xiao Song got into the carriage with the support of his servants. Xiao Yansui stood in the same place and watched his grandfather Xiao Song leave the courtyard in the carriage before turning around and returning to his own courtyard.

·

In Xingqing Palace, at the court meeting, Longyou Jiedu Envoy and Hexi Jiedu Envoy Huangfu Weiming, after winning a big battle with Tubo, rushed from his station to Chang'an City on that day, and presented this gift to Xuanzong. A large amount of loot for the second time.

Having won such a great victory, Xuanzong was also in high spirits. For a while, everyone in the court congratulated him, but no one mentioned the imperial examination that will be held in a few days.

It was at this time that Xiao Song, who was the military governor of Hexi, only glanced at his successor, Huangfu Weiming, then at Prince Li Heng who was also beaming, and finally glanced at With a smile and a look in his eyes, he can definitely be called the Yin Zhe Li Linfu.

Xiao Song took in all the faces of the crowd, whether they were happy or angry, but still shut up quietly, treating himself as a decoration, standing there firmly with his eyes on his nose, his nose, his nose and his heart, without saying a word.

On the throne, listening to the congratulations from all the officials in the imperial court, Xuanzong was also very happy because of this great victory, remembering that the beauties in his palace have been nameless in the past few years, and they have even been against the "Taiwan Emperor" all the time. "True" is such a dao name, I can't help feeling more and more sympathetic.Seeing the Shou Wang Li Mao standing there quietly and silently, thinking of his own son, who has never had another princess in recent years, he couldn't help frowning.

After the court meeting ended, Xuanzong specially kept Huangfu Weiming, Xiao Song, Wei Zhaoxun who was then General Youlang of Zuo Weixun's second mansion, and Shou Wang Li Mao.

Xiao Song, who was left behind, was not surprised to see Huangfu Weiming. Although the military treasures had already been presented, the details of the border battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo had to be submitted to the military that actually participated in the war. The general asked, Xuanzong left Huangfu Weiming, the purpose of this move was very simple, as for keeping Xiao Song, it was because Xiao Song was also the Hexi Jiedu envoy in his early years, and he had a lot of insights on border wars. Now, Xuanzong is naturally more at ease.

As for the longevity kings Li Mao and Wei Zhaoxun who were also left behind, although Xiao Song kept his expression on the face, he couldn't help feeling a little confused in his heart.

It was only after thinking about it for a while that Xiao Song suddenly remembered that Wei Zhaoxun's family had several daughters, all of whom were unmarried, and in the residence of Shouwang Li Mao, the concubine of Shouwang has been vacant since Yang became a priestess. Xuan, now it seems that Xuanzong doesn't care that Yang's concubine continues to serve as Princess Shou after returning to secular life...

Xiao Song and his party went to the study room at the back. After meeting Xuanzong, Xuanzong did not rush to ask Huangfu Weiming about the border war between Tang and Tubo. Instead, he asked Huangfu Weiming and Xiao Song to sit down and wait, and then directly Facing the bewildered Wei Zhaoxun, he simply took advantage of the happy event of Huangfu Weiming breaking Tubo, first expressed his joy in his heart, and then pointed at the longevity king Li Mao and said with a smile: "My Shibalang's mansion Now that the position of princess is vacant, if you want to have a son and daughter with Wei Lang, what do you think?"

Not to mention Wei Zhaoxun and Shouwang Li Mao who heard the news suddenly, even Huangfu Weiming who had nothing to do with this incident, all opened their eyes wide in surprise.

Only the well-informed old fox Xiao Song looked calm and did not change at all, but secretly said, sure enough, the old man guessed it right!

Xuanzong asked for a marriage in person. Wei Zhaoxun, after the initial astonishment, had no reason not to comply, so he replied: "I am valued by the saints. My second daughter is not yet married. Zhuo Jing is still trying to become the second mother these days." Looking at him, now that I think about it, the age of Wang Ye is just right."

Wei Zhaoxun agreed straightforwardly, and Xuanzong's face naturally showed a smile of approval. For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on Shouwang Li Mao.

As soon as Xuanzong just opened his mouth, Shou Wang Li Mao's face turned pale for a moment. At this moment, hearing that Wei Zhaoxun had agreed, Shou Wang Li Mao was unavoidably panicked, but he could only agree in his mouth. With his gaze fixed on him, he paid a direct visit to Wei Zhaoxun, who had just been promoted to his father-in-law.

Xuanzong, who had resolved another matter in his heart after re-registering the title of Concubine Shouwang, who had been vacant all this time, showed joy, and quickly waved his hand to signal Shouwang Li Mao and Wei Zhaoxun to step down.Immediately afterwards, he specially ordered Gao Lishi to send someone to Qin Tianjian to choose an auspicious day, and asked him to pay more attention to the marriage of the birthday king Li Mao during these days.

Gao Lishi naturally took orders one by one, and then he stepped back and left temporarily.

When he was ready to canonize the new concubine of Shou Wang Li Mao to Shou Wang, Xuanzong felt that a stone fell to the ground.

Xuanzong thought more and more happily, after the birthday king Li Mao and Wei Zhaoxun's second daughter got married, he would also list the beauties in the palace who had been gentle with him in the past few years, so that after Yang's return to vulgar life, Bring her into the palace and formally confer her the title of Noble Concubine.

·

In the East Palace, in the study room, Prince Li Heng returned to his own place, and the joy on Prince Li Heng's face was even more undisguised.

In front of Prince Li Heng, Li Tan, who is now fifteen or sixteen years old, is tall and straight, with a calm expression.

It was the age of the draw, and the body was always taller, even if he was wearing thick and warm winter clothes, because the back was straight, he still looked tall and elegant, without the slightest bloated and cumbersome meaning.

His face has faded from the childish appearance of his youth, a face that looks like a sculpture, with a comfortable expression, sword eyebrows and star eyes, a high nose bridge, and moderately thick lips slightly pursed. Inadvertently, his expression reveals A bit of sternness, the facial features that were originally soft when he was a teenager have also become sharp and deep.

Seeing Prince Li Heng's appearance, Li Chu who came with Li Tan also laughed and said, "Aye, what's the happy event today?"

Prince Li Heng replied with a smile: "After Huangfu Weiming defeated Tubo, he returned to Beijing today, and he was quite praised by the sage. Just now, the sage left Huangfu Weiming and Mr. Xiao together after the court meeting, presumably to discuss border military affairs .”

Since ascending to the position of prince, Li Heng has been subjected to many political attacks from Li Linfu's family, and it can be said that he is struggling.

In the old days, when Prince Li Heng was just a loyal king, he and Huangfu Weiming were best friends. Unfortunately, Huangfu Weiming later left Beijing to take office. In particular, he was still beyond his reach, so that he was unable to form an effective defense around Prince Li Heng.

Now that Huangfu Weiming returns to Beijing with his military achievements to report on his duties, he will naturally take this opportunity to make a move. If he can successfully bring down Li Linfu's family, he will leave Beijing again soon, and it will also relieve the huge political pressure on Prince Li Heng!

Thinking that he finally doesn't have to continue to fight alone now, Prince Li Heng's face is naturally beaming with joy.

Li Chu's emotions were also affected by his father, Prince Li Heng, and he couldn't help showing a little smile. However, after the two brothers left the study and returned to their own yards, Li Tan's originally expressionless face On the contrary, there was a faint worry.

After all, Huangfu Weiming is a frontier general. Outside, he has a high position and authority. In Beijing, he is probably subject to everywhere...