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Published at 26th of April 2020 11:16:42 AM


Chapter 98

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Su Qingyan was awakened early in the morning. Upset he was woken up early, a black cloud was hovering above his head. Without seeing the faces of the people outside, he threw out two wooden clogs that were in front of his bed. These two wooden clogs were tailor ordered by him.  The bottom board was made of sandalwood. It was very comfortable to wear on the feet, but if it was used to hit people, the hardness…

Humph, who told you to wake up this prince. If I didn’t hit you until the peach blossoms bloom, you wouldn’t know why the flowers are so red!

After Su Qingyan finished beating up people, carrying his arrogant emotion, he covered his head with a quilt. The world was peaceful again. After tossing around for a bit, he returned to bed and fell asleep until noon.

Stretching his waist, Su Qingyan who slept until he woke up naturally, felt slightly better. Immediately after freshening up, he saw Xiao Dong hurrying over.

“Second master, you are awake. There are two people who are outside. They claim to be the owners of the medicine store that you had an appointment with a few days ago.”

“The owner of the medicine store?”

Su Qingyan thought for a moment before he thought of it. He had visited a large medicine store in the city a few days ago. He hoped to be able to buy a number of more expensive medicinal materials from them in case of an emergency, but it happened that the owner who could make the decisions was out.

The shopkeeper had allowed him to leave his address, name and the list of all the medicinal materials he required. He had told him, he should patiently wait a few days for the owner to come back. Thinking that the medicinal materials were not in a rush for him to obtain, he wrote down his information. After waiting for a few days, since there was no response, he thought that that was the end of it. He had not expected the owner to come back and come visit in person?

“I’ll be right there, you go greet them first.”

Su Qingyan glanced at the few people and suddenly frowned “Where’s the first master?” 

“Uh … big master, he’s… hmm…” Xiao Dong spoke a bit too quickly and almost sold out Wu Jun.

Fortunately, Xiao San, who was next to him, came forward, covered his mouth and said with a smile: “To answer second master, the big master is currently busy.”

“Oh?” Su Qingyan’s gaze went back and forth between the two, raising an eyebrow. “Big brother has been very busy lately.”

“Y… yes… quite busy.” Xiao Dong was shocked that he almost made a mistake. Being stared down by Su Qingyan’s deathly glare, he immediately became nervous and stuttered again.

“Oh…” Su Qingyan sneered. Glancing at the closed door next door, he waved his sleeves.

Xiaodong and Xiaosan glanced at each other. Wiping the cold sweat from their heads in silence, they were bitter. Second master, it’s not that we don’t want to tell you. It was the big master who made us keep the secret so he can give you a surprise. How can us younger brothers ruin the boss’s plan?

Most importantly, what is the boss doing now? The boss was busy killing the rooster. Killing the rooster! Can you imagine the brute look of that thick man waving a kitchen knife without knowing how to start, chopping with one hand?

The two looked at the sky at the same time. Has this world really begun to turn into a big fantasy?

Not understand the knot in the hearts of the two, Su Qingyan only felt that he was being isolated. My big brother who has a vein for a brain actually has the day he would hide something from himself, really…

The good mood from awaking naturally disappeared. When Su Qingyan finally arrived in the front hall, he looked as if someone owed him $ 20,000 or $ 80,000.

The moment he stepped into the front hall, a slender figure came into Su Qingyan’s eyes. The teenager with his back to him was wearing a crescent-white Confucian gown, giving him a scholarly appearance making Su Qingyan’s depressed mood a little better.

In this stronghold, there were only rough wild people. During the day they would usually be shouting and killing. When it comes to poetry and songs, except for Xiao San, they knew nothing at all. Their first reaction to incidents weren’t to slowly reason it out, instead it was to roll up their sleeves and start fighting. At times, this would give him a sense of powerlessness of a scholar reasoning with soldiers. Thus, seeing such a Confucian scholar now, he couldn’t help but appreciate the other.

Following the scholar was also a little book boy, who looked like he was in his early teens and was very petite and cute. But… why did he have this strange feeling? His gut was telling him that this little book boy… was much more dangerous than the rough guys on the mountain.

The little book boy seemed to have noticed his arrival and looked up at him. With only one glance, Su Qingyan could detect a killing aura and unconsciously sucked in a cold breath.

Looking intently, he found that the little book boy’s eyes were like a calm deep ocean. There was no wave in the ancient well, it was clean and clear, as if the trace of murderous force had never appeared earlier.

Su Qingyan’s eyes were slightly sinking. Could it be that he had slept too much and his vision was blurry? How could a child reveal that kind of look?

Not waiting for Su Qingyan to overthink too much, the young man who had his back to him slowly turned around. In a moment, an ordinary but beautiful face broke into Su Qingyan’s eyes.

“Second Master Su?” The teenager asked Su Qingyan softly.

Su Qingyan was slightly stunned and had to temporarily shift his attention to the person in front of him: “That is correct and you are?”

“The owner of Hong An Medicinal Shop. Surname Feng*.”

* Different Feng, his usual one is wind

“Wind?” Su Qingyan’s eyes narrowed, “Feng Yun’s Feng?”

“No, it’s Feng from Feng Shou.” The youngster answered with a smile.

“Oh.” Su Qingyan let out a sigh of relief unconsciously, but he still had his alienated smile on, “Ive long looked forward to meeting Hong An Medicine Store’s master who is known for his medicinal skill all over China. I have always thought that the person who could do such a great divine purpose must be a senior who has experienced ups and downs in business for many years. I never thought Feng Gongzi* would be so young. It is really admirable. “

* son of nobility or rich

“Second master is flattering me. I have also long heard about the second master of Black Wind Den’s superb medical skill and righteousness. Now that I see it today, it really deserves its reputation.”

After a while of polite greetings, the two finally returned to the topic.

Su Qingyan looked at the young man who looked around 18-20, but had some doubts in his heart still: “Feng Gongzi coming today, I assume the shopkeeper has informed you about me.”

Feng Gongzi, who was Feng Tingye in disguise nodded and touched his chin. “Yes, I came here for this purpose. Some of the medicinal materials that the second master wanted were in our warehouse. It is not a problem.It is just that a few are quite rare. I currently do not have them, but if the second master really wants it, I can go to the main warehouse to transfer it. However, the second master must wait a few days. “

Su Qingyan frowned when he heard the words and whispered, “Which ones?”

“Deer antlers, caterpillar fungus, snow lotus herb, and saffron.”

“Just these four things and you have everything else?”

“Naturally.” Feng Tingye raised his head, his face was full of confidence.

Su Qingyan was taken aback. In the list of medicinal materials that he left behind, there were many rare medicinal materials that were rare in the world.

It is for this reason that the shopkeeper felt that he could not make a decision and asked himself to wait for their owner to come back. Today when this man came, he thought he was only telling himself that those herbs were hard to find and he should search for another medicinal ingredient. He did not expect that this person would tell him that he basically has all the herbs he wanted.

Moreover, the lack of the few medicinal materials, according to his tone, was just because the inventory was insufficient. As long as he moved his mouth slightly, he could easily obtain it. It looks like this Hong An Medicine Shop is really well-deserving of its reputation!

Su Qingyan’s thoughts were going a mile a minute, but he still kept a decent smile on his face: “Since this is the case, it really helps. Those four medicinal herbs, Feng Gongzi really has it?

“Naturally, but because the medicinal materials are rare and rarely used, they have been kept in the main warehouse. If the second master really wants it, I can send it immediately. However, going back and forth, it is really time-consuming and the carriage costs… “

Su Qingyan suddenly understood what the man was doing today and cursed in his heart, but his face was indifferent: “Naturally, I will pay. Troubling Gong Zi to travel back and forth,  naturally, I should be responsible for the cost of the carriage and horse. “

“The second master really is straightforward and direct. Since that’s the case, let’s talk about the price of these herbs next.”

Su Qingyan froze, his eyes narrowed dangerously: “Price? Isn’t the price of the medicinal materials in the drugstore all clearly marked? What does Feng Gongzi mean…?”

Feng Tingye ignored Su Qingyan’s murderous eyes and smiled sweetly: “Yes, the medicinal materials in the drugstore are naturally priced, our shop offers sincere treatment to all. But most of the medicinal materials you require are treasures in my main warehouse. Naturally there is some distinction.

“…” Su Qingyan’s eyes narrowed slightly, he could see that this young owner was here to steal money today. What treasures? He clearly wanted to raise the initial price and have him be a spendthrift fool!

Shao Zitong, the young book boy, twitched at the corners of his mouth as he looked at the two men starting to fight with each other due to the price of the medicine. The flames of war without gunpowder were far more fierce than the bitter women fighting on the streets. This was really… wonderful.

In the end, Su Qingyan lost the game when Feng Tingye said, “Although it is rare for these precious medicinal herbs to be bought, there is prosperity in the capital. Some people are greedy and fear of death, if the second master is not in a hurry, then they can also be used to save those in disaster.” This stopped him from saying more.

This is a joke. These precious medicinal herbs, no matter where you take them out, are all valuable treasures in the market. Feng Gong Zi basically said, if he doesn’t want it, he doesn’t have to worry about it not being sold. He was clearly going to take advantage of him. 

This person’s words were clearly a threat and the advantage right from the beginning was in the hands of the other person. Sure enough… all businessmen are evil. How could he be tricked by this harmless looking person in front of him?!!

“Feng Gongzi is off the mark. Do you think I would just keep these medicines in my collection? Since we’re both buying medicines, naturally it is to save people in disaster. “

Feng Tingye raised an eyebrow and smiled: “This is natural. The second master rescuing people who are wounded, how merciful and admirable.”

Su Qingyan pursed his mouth and said in his heart if I am so merciful and admirable, could you charge me less for the medicine?

No matter how reluctant Su Qingyan was, when it came to this, both knew that this matter was settled. When he put on his thumbprint on, Su Qingyan gave a hard glance at Feng Tingye. The owner of Hong An Medicine Shop, right? I will remember you. Someday, I will get back everything you took from me!

 

Shao Zitong took a good look at the undercurrents between the two and the corner of his mouth once again couldn’t restrain a twitch. I have to say that Feng Tingye’s temperament is indeed suitable for business. If he was not an emperor, he might have become a rich merchant.

Just after Feng Tingye and Su Qingyan had finished their business, a young man hurriedly walked into the room and whispered: “Second master, master and the old madam are already waiting in the back room. They told me to come and call you over to eat together.

Su Qingyan nodded and glanced at the sun outside. It was indeed noon. Turning his head to look at the Feng Tingye sitting on the chair, his eyebrows twisted and he said politely, “It is already noon, would Feng Gong Zi be staying for lunch before leaving?”

This was simply a conventional greeting. It seemed to retain people, but it had the subtle implications of expelling guests.

Feng Tingye’s face remained unchanged and smiled, “How can I bother the second master?”

If you know then why don’t you hurry up and leave?!?! Su Qingyan’s thoughts were quite fierce, but it was not good to shed all pretense so he modestly said, “No trouble, no trouble at all.”

Feng Tingye’s smile deepened once again: “Since it is not troublesome and the second master is being so hospitable, we can only respectfully accept.”

“…” What do you call it when you shoot yourself in the foot? What does it mean to die for your reputation? Today, he has really gained knowledge in this. If he knew this was going to happen, he should have kicked them out without hesitation just now!

Feng Tingye stared at Su Qingyan’s speechless expression, his lips slightly hooked. There was a strange light under his eyes. Eating food, that foodie definitely will be there.

As guessed by Feng Tingye, for that rice bug Xia Yuqing, besides sleeping, the most important thing was eating. Therefore, under the irrational pestering by the old madam, not knowing whether to laugh or to cry, Xia Yuqing announced “It is getting late, let’s have lunch before speaking more.” As a reason, she forcedly entered the back hall .

Staring at a table full of hearty meals, coarse tea, and rice, Xia Yuqing, who was hungry for several days immediately forget about her depression just now and decided decisively… to turn grief and indignation into appetite. I will eat this village poor!

“That’s right, eat more.” Xia Yuqing just ate a bite of food and the old lady said with a smile and placed some more vegetables on her dish. 

Not long after, Xia Yuqing’s bowl was piled with an exquisite pagoda of food.

“…” Xia Yuqing stared at the magnificent landscape in front of her eyes, then slumped her neck and glanced around. Seeing the old madam about to pile another item on the peak of her pagoda, she hurriedly reached out her hand to cover the porcelain bowl in front of her. Is this person trying to raise her into a pig?!!

“Old madam… enough, it’s enough. I’ll do it myself. Old madam also has to eat…”

“Okay, you can pick yourself. Eat what you want to eat, this is your home.” The old madam was not forceful. Watching Xia Yuqing, she gave a smile like Buddha. I really like Xia Yuqing. The more I look, the more I like her. She is pretty, gentle and considerate. She respects the elderly and can give birth. Ohohoho she is so perfect!

Under the old madam’s scorching eyes, Xia Yuqing’s face was slightly stiff. With one small bite at a time, she slowly picked out the contents of the bowl. It somehow… was tasteless. Fortunately, someone soon rescued her from her current situation.

“Mother, you are already here. Hey, what about second brother?” As soon as Wu Jun entered the door, he began to look for the trace of Su Qingyan.

The old madam’s face sank and she rebuked, “Hurry and sit down. Su boy is not a child. He does not need people to baby him? I have already told people to notify him. Come over and sit down. Taking care of Xia Ya Tou is more important. “

“Xia Ya Tou?” Wu Jun scratched his head in confusion. Looking down towards his mother, he saw Xia Yuqing, who was slightly embarrassed and suddenly hesitated, “You, you… why are you here?”

“What is this fool saying? Where else would she go if not here?” The old madam heard the scream from Wu Jun and got up, she wanted to give him a big whack.

“Mother!” Wu Jun hurriedly reached out to block, not knowing how he suddenly annoyed his mother.

As soon as he wanted to inquire more, he heard footsteps outside.

At the same time, the two stopped their movements and looked around and saw Su Qingyan leading two youngsters in.

“Second brother, you are here. Sit, quick sit.” Wu Jun saw Su Qingyan and his eyes brightened. He immediately greeted him enthusiastically, while the old madam glared on with dissatisfaction.

“These two are…” As soon as Wu Jun approached, he saw the two people behind Su Qingyan. There was a trace of suspicion in his eyes. Why do these two people look so familiar, they shouldn’t be people from the stronghold?

“They are……”

Su Qingyan was robbed the chance of speaking by Feng Tingye: “We are second master’s partners and friends.”

Who said they’re friends with this dishonest businessman?!! Su Qingyan turned green. Just when he wanted to refute, he heard a fool laugh: “So it’s second brother’s friend. If it’s a friend of second brother’s, then it is a friend of mine.”

Su Qingyan opened his mouth, but he didn’t have any opportunity to explain the misunderstanding. He looked a little ugly and sat down.

Wu Jun touched his nose. He didn’t know what he had said wrong. He only thought that Su Qingyan was still angry about what happened in the morning, thus he did not suspect anything and sat down with a smile.

After Feng Tingye entered the door, his gaze turned towards Xia Yuqing.

Hm, she seems to be a little thinner. The meat on her small face is smaller now but her belly is a bit bigger. It seems that after going back, he’ll have to have the imperial kitchen stew up more tonics to make up for this.

Feng Tingye gazed at Xia Yuqing while thinking about how to fatten her up, while the hero in his plan seemed to have been misunderstood and thrown into a triangle love affair. Since Su Qingyan entered the door, she has been eager to bury her face into her bowl, reducing her existence.

At this moment, she suddenly felt a fiery gaze on her body. At a loss, she raised her head blankly. Facing the eyes of the person opposite of her, she could not help but frown.

Why is this person looking strangely at me? Why does he keep staring? Could it be that there are rice grains on my face?

Xia Yuqing reached out and touched her chin and face. It was as smooth as before, there was nothing… Looking up at the person opposite, she found that he was still staring at herself.

Is he a pervert?! The more she thought, the more Xia Yuqing thought it was the case. Widening her eyes, she glared back at him. Try looking again…..look again… look again and I’ll eat you up! Hmph ~

Feng Tingye looked at Xia Yuqing’s big clear eyes. Then his deep eyes suddenly darkened, a ray of light quickly passed through the bottom of his eyes. This girl dared to give off flirtatious glances at a stranger in public? She needs to be taught a lesson! When this is done, he must grab her to the bed and teach her!

As a result, under this brilliant misunderstanding, this arrogant and narrow-minded emperor began eating his own vinegar.

While these two were battling it out with their eyes as if there were no one else around, normally this would have drawn some suspicions. Yet, apart from Shao Zitong, who has been fixated on those two, no one has noticed anything because …

“Second brother, this pot of ginseng chicken soup was stewed for you personally by big brother. Try it quick! See if it suits your taste.”

“……” Xia Yuqing looked up at Wu Jun. OMG, he actually cooked the chicken stew for the second master.

Master, how much do you love the second master! Please don’t get too passionate and carelessly pounce on him in public…..  

Seeing Xia Yuqing’s eyes shoot a familiar green light, Feng Tingye and Shao Zitong’s eyes were slightly sinking. They both cast their eyes on Wu Jun and Su Qingyan’s body, their lips had a deep and unpredictable smile.

Su Qingyan raised an eyebrow, looking at the greasy chicken soup in front of him. His lips twitched: “Did you make it yourself? You know how to cook?”

Suddenly remembering what happened earlier in the morning, him acting so dodgy, could it be that he was making this?

“Yeah, it’s actually… not too difficult.” Except that the fire almost burned the kitchen, the boiling water almost caused him to break the pot, and the kitchen knife was broken when the chicken was killed, it really is… quite simple.

Su Qingyan looked at the chicken soup in front of him, a bit uneasy. Suddenly, he thought of something and coldly said, “This kind of ginseng chicken soup is commonly used for women to replenish themselves.”

“Well? Is that so? Can it be eaten by both men and women? What is there to discuss? Second brother, is it that eldest brother had cooked it poorly and you don’t want to eat it…..”

Seeing Wu Jun like a large dog and with his tail dipping in addition to a look as if the sky was falling, Su Qingyan’s eyes narrowed and finally said nothing. He took the chicken soup from Wu Jun’s hand.

Wu Jun froze, his ink-colored eyes suddenly flashed. Looking expectantly at Su Qingyan, Xia Yuqing and the others stared at Su Qingyan curiously as well wondering what the chicken soup made by someone like him tasted. They really wanted to see how Su Qingyan would react after drinking this chicken soup.

Under everyone’s attention, Su Qingyan took a deep breath. He brought the bowl in his hand closer to his mouth and took a careful sip. Then he was… petrified!

“How… how is it?” Wu Jun stared at Su Qingyan nervously. Xia Yuqing seemed to see the tail of a large dog wagging back and forth…..

Su Qingyan’s trembling hands lowered the chicken soup. His head was full of blue veins raised. He asked with gritted teeth: “I want to ask you… how much sugar is in this soup?!”

Xia Yuqing froze, then exclaimed dumbly, “Um, shouldn’t there be salt in the chicken soup?”

It would have been better if she didn’t speak. Now that she has spoken, Su Qingyan’s anger was even greater. His eyes on Wu Jun were sharp like a knife as if he couldn’t wait to poke a few holes in him.

“Ah, those white things weren’t salt?” Wu Jun patted his head and asked innocently.

“You can’t even tell sugar and salt apart?! Why would you try to cook? Are you f*cking trying to poison me?! Also, you know I like my food blamd and you still make it so greasy? Are you still angry about yesterday’s business?!” Su Qingyan who had been bitterly poisoned couldn’t maintain his calmness and yelled out a series of swear words!

Wu Jun was startled by his yelling and unconsciously shrank back. Taking on the appearance of a bullied daughter-in-law, unable to say a word, he really felt wronged.

How could he know that there was a difference between those two things! It’s all Xiao Dong’s fault for not reminding him! Therefore the not so far away Xiao Dong was innocently… attacked!

Sadly, the chicken soup stewed with great difficulty under Xia Yuqing’s fierce gaze was thrown out by Wu Jun, what a waste!

Don’t you know that there are still many refugees in Africa who have no food? Wasting food is condemned! Xia Yuqing shook her head very regretfully, but she couldn’t explain her complaints because the war had spread to her side unknowingly!

“Snort, so dim-witted. Cooking personally but not giving it to your wife first. Fortunately, you didn’t gie the chicken soup to my daughter-in-law. Otherwise if something happens to this madam’s grandchild, this madam won’t forgive you!”

As soon as these words came out, everyone at the dinner table froze. They all quieted down and turned to look at the old lady.

Su Qingyan was holding a bowl of corn soup to rinse his mouth to dissipate the disgusting taste when he heard the words of the old lady. He looked up and asked: “Wife? Whose wife?”





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