allonlinenovel Chapter 191 New Discovery in the Wooden Box (Edited Chapter)
Chapter 191 New Discovery in the Wooden Box (Edited Chapter)
"I saw it by chance at a stall on my way back and bought it because it looked good."
"The territory of Dayong?" Emperor Jing asked casually, playing with the bottle in his hand.
"Yes, but I forgot which city it was. The man selling things was not from Dayong, had curly hair, and his eyes were not black." Su Tang described to Emperor Jing.
"It seems that they are merchants from foreign countries." Emperor Jing nodded. This kind of situation has occasionally occurred in the past.
Su Tang sat in the imperial study for a while before getting up and leaving.
But when she was leaving the palace, she was stopped again by someone she didn't want to see.
"Stop!" Xuanyuan Mengyao's delicate voice sounded behind Su Tang.
"Xuanyuan Mengyao." Su Tang rolled her eyes but didn't stop. The man didn't even call her name, so who did he know?
Chunmei and Xiamei, who accompanied Su Tang into the palace, only paused slightly, and then quickly caught up with Su Tang.
"I told you to stop!!"
"Su Tang!" Xuanyuan Mengyao's voice broke.
"Huh? Who is calling me?" Su Tang stopped and turned around gracefully to look behind her.
"Why are you pretending! I'm calling you so loudly, are you deaf?" Xuanyuan Mengyao didn't wait for the palace maid to support her, she lifted her skirt and walked quickly to Su Tang.
"It's also the first time I heard someone making loud noises in the palace. I thought it was some aunt scolding, but I didn't expect it was you shouting in the palace." Su Tang's elegance and grace were in sharp contrast to Xuanyuan Mengyao's frustration opposite her.
Although the palace maids and eunuchs walking around all lowered their heads, their faces were filled with expressions of disdain and ridicule.
In the palace, the only one who was shouting and yelling like that, completely lacking royal dignity and disregarding the royal dignity, was probably Xuanyuan Mengyao.
The masters would never do such ungentlemanly things in public, and those who made mistakes were usually dealt with in secret.
Soon, there were no palace maids or eunuchs passing by Su Tang and her group. When they saw the situation here from afar, they would choose to take a detour.
How could Xuanyuan Mengyao tolerate being treated like this by Su Tang? She had long been accustomed to everyone's compliments in the palace, but since Su Tang appeared, all the glory that should have belonged to her was taken away by Su Tang.
Xuanyuan Mengyao took a few quick steps, raised her arm and was about to slap Su Tang in the face.
Seeing this, Chunmei and Xiamei quickly flashed in front of Su Tang, trying to block the palm for Su Tang.
With a crisp sound, a red palm print appeared on Chunmei's face, which showed how much strength Xuanyuan Mengyao used.
"Chunmei!" Su Tang exclaimed, and she raised her slightly drooping arm, with an electric baton in her hand.
This electric baton is the one that knocked Xuanyuan Mengyao unconscious last time. It has been recharged.
When Xuanyuan Mengyao hit Chunmei, she cursed angrily. She pushed away Chunmei and the other person who were blocking her, intending to hit Su Tang again.
She was still angry because she didn't beat Su Tang.
However, when she fanned towards Su Tang again, her pupils suddenly dilated and her eyes were filled with fear.
She will never forget that black thing.
Last time, she was incontinent because of this thing and lost face in the palace.
But her movements were too strong and she couldn't retract her body.
All she could see was Su Tang thrusting the black thing towards her chest.
"you dare......"
"Crackling..." A memory that was deeply rooted in Xuanyuan Mengyao's nightmare was instantly pulled out, but soon she was knocked unconscious by the electric baton again, and her body fell straight to the ground.
"You're lucky." Su Tang looked at Xuanyuan Mengyao who was lying unconscious on the ground, turned around and walked out of the palace.
It seems that I still have to find a way to completely deal with this woman, so that she won't buzz around in front of me like a fly for no reason.
"Miss, what is that thing on yours?" The last time Su Tang dealt with Xuanyuan Mengyao, Chunmei was not with her.
But she also heard that Su Tang used some special object to knock the second princess unconscious.
This time she saw it with her own eyes. The thing made a strange noise when it touched the second princess. It must be some powerful weapon.
"It's nothing, just an object that absorbs lightning." Su Tang said vaguely.
Seeing that Su Tang didn't want to explain, Chunmei didn't ask any more questions.
She knew that she had not really passed Su Tang's test, and to Su Tang, she was not trustworthy yet.
Chunmei lowered her head and secretly made up her mind to get Su Tang's true recognition.
After returning to the princess's mansion, Su Tang took off her makeup and cumbersome hairstyle, took off her complicated and formal palace dress, and went back to the room to rest.
Lying on the big bed, Su Tang simply made a big pose.
"I can finally have a good and relaxing sleep." Su Tang closed her eyes and gradually fell asleep.
Su Tang had a good night's sleep and didn't have any dreams.
In the early morning, the chirping sounds of birds could be heard outside Su Tang's window.
"Why is there a big bird in the yard? Should we let Guard Zhao come in and drive the bird away?" Xia Mei's voice came from outside the house.
"What bird is it and where is it?" Dongmei asked.
"There, in that tree."
"What bird?" Su Tang opened the door and looked at the tree outside the yard.
A big black bird flew straight towards Su Tang.
"Princess, be careful!!!" Xia Mei and others exclaimed.
"It's okay, I know this bird." Su Tang comforted the maids who rushed over.
The bird that flew in this morning was the black hawk.
When the black hawk flew over, it did not land on Su Tang, but instead landed on the door of her bedroom.
It seemed that it also knew that its claws were sharp and didn't want to hurt her.
"Why are you here?" Su Tang asked, looking up at the black hawk landing high in the sky.
The black eagle cooed a few times at Su Tang, as if responding, but Su Tang could not understand its bird language.
"Come in." Su Tang said to Black Hawk.
Black Hawk tilted his head and looked at Su Tang, then looked at Xia Mei and the others standing not far away, then spread his wings and flew towards Su Tang's house.
Most houses in ancient times were built higher than modern ones, especially the princess's mansion where Su Tang lives now. The beams were much higher, so the Black Hawk could barely fly in.
The black eagle landed on the round table in the main hall of Su Tang's house. There were the fewest things here, usually only a set of tea sets.
Black Hawk opened his small black eyes and looked at Su Tang's house carefully.
Xia Mei and the others saw Black Hawk enter the house and stood at the door, looking inside curiously.
"This is an eagle, right? I saw it before during the autumn hunting." Xia Mei said.
"Is this the one?" Su Tang asked.
"It shouldn't be. That eagle belongs to King Sheng. It is usually locked up, and its fur doesn't seem to be as black and shiny as this one." Xia Mei said.
"Prince Sheng? Do all the powerful people in the capital like to raise eagles?" Su Tang asked.
"No, it is said that only the King of Sheng and the Duke of Qi have eagles."
"You all go and get busy. Oh, and get a live rabbit. And call a cook from the kitchen."
Of course there are living things in Su Tang's space, but it is not convenient for her to take them out now.
The kitchen of the princess's mansion would purchase a few living creatures every few days. When Su Tang first moved in, she specifically instructed the mansion to purchase live rabbits so that she would have an excuse if she suddenly took out the rabbit from the space one day.
"Okay." Xia Mei responded and ran out of the yard with a smile.
She would personally pick the fattest rabbit.
Soon, the live rabbit was brought in, along with the chef from the princess's mansion.
Su Tang wants live rabbits because he is afraid that the dead rabbit meat will have problems.
"Your servant greets the Grand Princess."
The chef of the princess's mansion was a fat middle-aged man with a friendly face. As soon as he arrived outside Su Tang's house, he bowed and greeted Su Tang.
"Well, Master Wang, take out the rabbit and help me shave some meat."
Su Tang had seen the list of everyone in the mansion before. The meals cooked in the princess's mansion were usually to her liking. She had also given tips to the kitchen several times, so she had a good impression of the chef.
"Yes, I obey your command." The chef held the rabbit's ears, walked into the yard, and started slaughtering the rabbit in front of everyone.
He knew that Su Tang called him over because she wanted to watch him slaughter the rabbit on the spot.
He didn't ask too many questions and just did whatever his master asked him to do.
Soon the fresh rabbit meat was cut and served, and tested for poison.
Su Tang pointed at the fresh meat on the plate and motioned for Black Hawk to eat it himself.
The black eagle was very happy to see the rabbit meat. His little black eyes rolled around, and he jumped to the plate of fresh meat with his wings half opened, and then started to eat it with relish.
Black Hawk quickly finished the small plate of rabbit meat. Xia Mei and the others cleared the plates on the table and left.
After everyone had left, Su Tang took out the mailbox that she had just removed from Black Hawk's ankle.
A piece of paper fell out of the mailbox. There were only a few words written on it: "I'll come to see you in the evening."
Su Tang curled her lips. This was Qi Lingheng herself. She didn't expect that he would ask Black Hawk to spread such useless nonsense.
It was not the first time that he had visited her residence at night before, but this time he thought of sending a message first.
"Your master is so boring." Su Tang put the letter paper and the small bamboo tube containing the letter into the space.
Black Hawk called out twice softly, as if responding to Su Tang.
"You have brought the letter. Are you going back now?" Su Tang asked Black Hawk.
This time the black hawk did not react at all, as if it was full and sleepy. It flapped its wings a few times, flew to the coat rack in Su Tang's house, stood there, and began to take a nap.
"It's true that there is a pet like the master." Su Tang muttered.
She will not go out today, but she will go to see Professor Tian.
Professor Tian was busy in the courtyard where he lived at this time.
Since obtaining the poisonous insects, Professor Tian has been conducting various experiments in the space.
Although he did not bring the poisonous insect out after leaving the space, he took with him the research data analyzed by the instruments.
At this time, he was doing herbal experiments in the house.
"Professor Tian." Professor Tian's residence is usually empty, with someone only coming to clean it every few days.
So when Su Tang came, she didn't bring Chunmei and the others with her, so that it would be more convenient for her to talk to Professor Tian here.
"Well, now you're here. Take a look at this data. I thought before that they could control the Gu worms. In addition to feeding them with blood, they must have used some special herbs. I analyzed these and found these. Take a look to see if there are any others."
Professor Tian handed Su Tang a piece of paper with the names of several kinds of herbs densely written on it. Most of these herbs were from this world, and some were only available in the old house that Professor Tian came from.
"I feel like something is missing." Su Tang said with a frown as she looked at the names of the herbs.
"What's missing?" Professor Tian leaned over to look.
"Can't tell."
"By the way, look at this sign. I forgot to tell you before that this sign actually has a great origin." Su Tang said, taking out the sign found in the old house from the space.
"Before, didn't we go to the forbidden area in Southern Xinjiang? A witch there actually followed us out, and later in the border town of Dayong, she even went to the inn where we were staying temporarily.
We later captured her alive and she told us something about the sign.”
"It turns out there are two of these brands, but I'm not sure if they are exactly the same."
She only looked at the sign that the high priest of the witch doctor clan took out that day from a distance and did not see the details on the sign clearly.
Although there was no marking on the sign in her hand, the people from the Southern Xinjiang Witch Doctor Clan could tell from a distance that the sign in her hand belonged to the Witch Doctor Clan. There must be something special about this sign.
It's just that she doesn't know it yet.
“It turns out that the two plaques belonged to the high priest and another person, and that person should be the original owner of the old house.
The high priest is in charge of poisonous insects in southern Xinjiang, and that man is in charge of medical treatment in southern Xinjiang.
But later, for some unknown reason, the man chose to live in seclusion in the mountains, and even the high priest didn’t know where he went…”
Su Tang told Professor He Tian the news she heard from Ali.
"The two men must have had some disagreement, and that man had to go to the mountains." Professor Tian said seriously, stroking his beard.
"The medical book in the old house should be the medical skills of their witch doctor clan."
After Professor Tian finished speaking, Su Tang took out a box of medical books from the space.
Su Tang looked outside the box again, and finally saw a small compartment at the bottom of the box.
And took out a yellowed paper from it.
The paper must have been around for a long time, but there is no sign of decay or damage.
It must have been soaked in some special medicine.
"It actually records the method of raising poisonous insects!!" Professor Tian said in astonishment after reading the Southern Xinjiang text on the paper.
"Ah?" Just when I was sleepy, someone gave me a pillow. I didn't expect that I could find the real method of raising Gu.
Su Tang didn't know many southern Xinjiang languages, so Professor Tian quickly used the paper and pen beside him to translate the text, and he wrote quite a few words.
"There aren't so many words written on it." Su Tang said, pointing to the yellowed paper beside her.
"Well, there are only abbreviations on the paper. It's probably because the paper is too small and I was afraid that I couldn't write everything down. What I'm writing now is in detail," Professor Tian explained.
Su Tang agreed and looked at the words translated by Professor Tian.
It turns out that it takes many years to raise poisonous insects, especially some special female insects, which take even longer to raise.
"It also says there is a first Gu, and it says it is in the box." When Professor Tian finished writing, Su Tang looked at the words and read them out.
But the box was so small, and she had searched it before and didn't find any living insects.