Chapter 49: The hunchbacked old man
Chapter 49: The hunchbacked old man
"It doesn't make sense, it simply doesn't make sense!"
A small servant actually threatened him. Eunuch Lu was really furious: "We must kick her out of the servants' hall."
Yu Hui's eyelids twitched when he heard this. He hesitated for a moment, but mustered up the courage to say, "Eunuch Lu, Hua Changxi has always been very courageous. If you drive her out of the servants' hall, she might really dare to run to Eunuch Jia and make trouble, and she might really dare to do something bad to you."
When Eunuch Lu heard this, his face darkened even more. He looked at Eunuch Yu and asked, "What rank of warrior is Hua Changxi?"
Eunuch Yu shook his head: "We have never fought, but my pressure has no effect on her."
Hearing this, Eunuch Lu sat back down with a sullen face: "Are we just going to let this matter go and let a servant climb over our heads and bully us?"
Eunuch Yu really wanted to cooperate with Eunuch Lu. After all, this way he would be able to use more medicinal herbs. With more medicinal herbs, he could refine more pills and earn more money.
He was unwilling to give Hua Changxi 40% of the profits, and he was also very unhappy with Hua Changxi's attitude of having no respect for them.
"Think of a way to teach her a lesson."
The work of refining medicine cannot be stopped, but Hua Changxi cannot be allowed to take advantage of them.
Yu Hui looked at Eunuch Yu, then at Eunuch Lu, and reminded them, "It will soon be time for all the herbal medicine shops to pick and plant herbs."
Eunuch Yu glanced at Yu Hui and was a little surprised, as this godson was usually very nice to Hua Changxi.
Yu Hui's face froze when he was looked at, and he immediately said righteously: "In my son's heart, godfather always ranks first."
Eunuch Yu was satisfied after hearing this and looked at Eunuch Lu: "What do you think?"
Eunuch Lu hesitated: "It will take several months to help out at the medicine store."
He wanted to punish Hua Changxi, but he also didn't want to delay making money.
Yu Hui quickly glanced at Eunuch Lu and felt very disgusted with him. He wanted to make money from Sister Changxi and suppress others at the same time. He wanted everything and was even greedier than his godfather.
Eunuch Yu didn't want to interrupt his work of refining the medicine, so he thought for a while and said, "I've thought of a way to make Hua Changxi behave."
Yu Hui's expression tensed and he looked at Eunuch Yu, waiting for him to continue.
Unfortunately, Eunuch Yu didn't say anything else and just asked Eunuch Lu to wait for news.
Hua Changxi had just prepared for revenge after killing Eunuch Lu and Eunuch Yu, but after waiting for a few days, nothing happened.
On the 15th day of February, Yu Hui told Hua Changxi that Eunuch Yu had obtained a new batch of medicinal materials and asked her to go to the No. 9 Qihuang Clinic to make medicine, and the profit sharing would remain the same as before.
"I don't know what godfather is going to do. You should be careful in everything you do."
Yu Hui finally reminded Hua Changxi.
Hua Changxi thanked him and went directly to the No. 9 Qihuang Clinic.
When they arrived at the No. 9 Qihuang Clinic, Hua Changxi discovered that Xiao Xizi, who was with Eunuch Yu, was not there.
Whenever she came to make medicine before, Xiao Xizi was almost always there. Even if he wasn't watching her make the medicine, he would come over from time to time.
Hua Changxi looked at the medicinal herbs in the yard with a raised brow.
There are not many medicinal materials, they are all prepared.
After Hua Changxi looked at the herbs one by one, he knew that they were the herbs for refining the Digang Pill.
Digang Pill is the most needed pill for seventh-grade warriors. It can assist seventh-grade warriors in transforming their internal strength into Gangqi.
The medicinal materials used by seventh-grade warriors are naturally extremely precious. Even in the Medical Department, a warehouse manager can easily take them out. If they were outside, warriors would have to collect them for many years to get enough medicinal materials for refining.
Hua Changxi didn't know what Eunuch Yu was going to do. While he was refining the medicine, he was also paying close attention to the situation around him.
Soon, several very slight footsteps were heard outside the yard, and after a few breaths, the sounds disappeared.
Hua Changxi's five senses are now very sharp. The sound of footsteps has stopped, but the sound of breathing is still there. She knows without going out that there must be a few people outside the Qihuang Hall watching her.
She seemed to have guessed what Eunuch Yu was going to do.
Eunuch Yu most likely wanted to accuse her of stealing medicinal materials. Now that he didn't rush in, he probably wanted to wait for her to finish refining the Digang Pill.
While Hua Changxi was thinking about these things, he did not stop refining the medicine.
The medicinal herbs that Eunuch Yu placed in the yard were collected according to the formula of the Medical Bureau for refining Digang Dan, which required more than seventy kinds of medicinal herbs.
She only needs thirty-six kinds of ingredients to refine the Digang Pill.
Hua Changxi didn't want to leave any extra herbs as evidence to those people outside, so he used his spiritual power to turn the herbs into powder. Then, a strong wind blew and the powder was instantly blown away.
At this moment, apart from the medicinal herbs being refined in the furnace, there were no other medicinal herbs in the yard.
Not long after, the Digang Pill was refined. Hua Changxi quickly put the pill into a porcelain bottle. While the people outside had not yet reacted, he climbed over the wall and left the No. 9 Qihuang Hall.
She would not surrender obediently. Now that the medicinal materials were gone, she would find a place to hide the refined Digang Dan. Even if Eunuch Yu wanted to frame her for stealing the medicinal materials, there would be no physical evidence.
The overall layout of the Medical Bureau is rectangular in shape, with the Jiujie Pharmacy in the front and the Apprentice Hall and the Miscellaneous Hall in the back.
Between the Apprentice Hall and the Miscellaneous Hall was a huge square. The location of the No. 9 Qihuang Hall was just at the northwest corner of the Miscellaneous Hall. As soon as Hua Changxi climbed over the wall, he arrived at the square.
With someone chasing him, Hua Changxi had no choice but to run quickly towards the apprentice hall.
In the north center of the square stood a huge three-legged stone tripod. While Hua Changxi was running, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at it.
This stone tripod looks like the Shennong Ding that she used as a storage jar in her previous life!
Just as Hua Changxi ran past the stone tripod, there was a sudden buzzing sound in her head, as if something was about to burst out of her brain.
Hua Changxi's face turned extremely pale in an instant. At this moment she only had one feeling, that her head seemed to be about to explode.
The intense pain drained away all of Hua Changxi's strength. She fell to the ground dizzy.
"Hurry, Hua Changxi is over there at the stone tripod."
The people arranged by Eunuch Yu to capture Hua Changxi have already caught up.
Hua Changxi's vision had started to blur due to her splitting headache. She didn't know what was wrong with her and subconsciously urged the spiritual energy in her body to gather towards her head.
As the spiritual energy roamed, the severe pain in the brain gradually eased.
Hua Changxi heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that this approach was effective. Seeing that Yu Gonggong's men were getting closer, he tried hard to get up.
At this moment, a creaking sound was heard from the north of the stone tripod, and the old courtyard door opposite the stone tripod, which was rarely opened, was opened from the inside.
The next moment, a white-haired old man with a hunched body of nearly 90 degrees, leaning on a cane, stepped out of the courtyard tremblingly.
The sudden appearance of the hunchbacked old man caused all of Eunuch Yu's men to stop.
Hua Changxi looked at the hunchbacked old man walking towards her with a look of surprise.
In the distance, Eunuch Yu knew that Hua Changxi would definitely not surrender, and was worried that he would not be able to get the Digang Pill, so he secretly followed the people he had arranged. When he saw the hunchbacked old man, his brows immediately twisted into a knot.
The hunchbacked old man walked up to Hua Changxi and looked at her carefully, with a flicker of doubt in his eyes. He then circled around her a few times and asked, "Little girl, what's wrong with you?"
Hua Changxi instinctively concealed his condition and said casually: "I have low blood sugar."
The hunchbacked old man: "Do you want to go to my yard and rest for a while?"
Hua Changxi thought the hunchbacked old man was very strange, and he looked a little scary, so he refused directly: "I'm fine, I won't bother you."
After saying that, he stood up with difficulty.
The hunchbacked old man looked up at her and said with a smile, "Little girl, I think you look kind to me. You can come to my yard as a guest in the future."
Hua Changxi looked towards the old courtyard with the door half open. When his eyes fell inside the courtyard, his head began to feel dizzy and painful again.
When she withdrew her gaze, she vaguely saw a magnificent palace. When she endured the pain and looked carefully, there was only a dilapidated courtyard.
Hua Changxi was too weak to think about whether he was hallucinating. He pulled the corners of his mouth, forced a smile, and declined politely: "I am just a small errand boy. I am busy with my work on weekdays."
The hunchbacked old man smiled and said nothing more. He turned around tremblingly, glanced at Eunuch Yu in the distance, and then returned to the broken courtyard with his crutches.
The courtyard gate was closed, and only Hua Changxi, Eunuch Yu and others were left in the square.
Hua Changxi's head was still aching so badly that she couldn't think about how to deal with Eunuch Yu at all. She could only wait for them to make the first move and then she would respond accordingly.
Eunuch Yu looked at the old courtyard gate, then looked at Hua Changxi, and finally waved his hand and left with his men.
Seeing this, Hua Changxi was very confused, but she couldn't think of the reason. She covered her head, endured the pain and quickly returned to the sixth game.
"Where's Hua Changxi? Wasn't he caught?"
Eunuch Lu felt somewhat dissatisfied when he saw Eunuch Yu returning empty-handed.
Eunuch Yu glanced at Eunuch Lu calmly and said, "I saw Gu Lao over there in the square."
Eunuch Lu frowned, "Ancient? What do you mean ancient?" His expression changed, "Are you talking about that old hunchback?"
Eunuch Yu suddenly didn't want to talk to Eunuch Lu anymore. Even the director had to give some face to this person, but he actually had a contemptuous attitude towards him. It would be better to have less contact with such people.
"I don't want to continue dealing with Hua Changxi. You can decide how to cooperate with her. I will still give her the original share."
Hearing this, Eunuch Lu's face looked a little ugly: "You are the manager in charge of the warehouse, but you are afraid of a servant."
Eunuch Yu was not angry either. At this moment, all he was thinking about was Gu Lao's invitation to Hua Changxi to visit his courtyard.
Gu Lao rarely appears in public, and he never invites people to his yard casually.
He knew of only three people he had invited: one was the Minister of the Ministry of Heaven, one was the current Director of the Medical Department, and the other was Zhang Tianshi from the Tianshi Mansion.
No matter why Hua Changxi caught Gu Lao's eye, based on the identities of the first three people invited by Gu Lao, he had no intention of conflicting with her again.
Eunuch Yu let Hua Changxi go, but Eunuch Lu didn't want to let her off so easily. After thinking it over, he decided to send Hua Changxi to the medicine store to help.
Knowing that Mao Yong and Mao Wei of Sancha Pharmacy had a grudge against her, in order to force her to surrender to him sooner, he directly added Hua Changxi's name to the list of people going to Sancha Pharmacy.