fifth form

Chapter 1907 Yishuo's Investigation
Yishuo is not short of money, which is not to say that she is wealthy, but money has little appeal to Yishuo.

She needs money to practice medicine but she is not after money. She just looks for a cost price and a profit price.

One tael of gold, three taels of silver, and three thousand and a half taels of coins. The current exchange rate in Chang'an City fluctuates roughly around this price.

Cui Yan took out a piece of gold and asked her to treat the disease, but he didn't even need to treat it. This request was extremely strange.

"Do you think this amount of gold is a little insufficient, Doctor? You have seen a lot of money in the Empress Dowager's place, and this amount of money is indeed too little!"

Seeing that the female medical officer opposite him did not take any money, Cui Yan couldn't help but feel around in his pocket.

After turning out all the hiding places on his belt, Cui Yan found two more pieces of silver.

If there were no bags, rich people would only carry a little gold and silver on their bodies and would not wear heavy objects weighing dozens or hundreds of taels around their waists.

Cui Yan carried neither too much nor too little money. Normally, this amount of money was enough to give the medical officers face, but Cui Yan had no idea what the female medical officers were like.

"I have limited money to carry with me when I leave the palace. I hope the medical officer can help me," Cui Yan requested.

"Well, I'll go with you. The consultation fee doesn't need to be so high!"

Yi Shuo nodded, and took another piece of silver from Cui Yan, but did not accept the other party's gold.

Her behavior made Cui Yan very happy, and his affection for Yi Shuo quickly increased.

"I still don't know the medical officer's name?" Cui Yanxi asked.

"The Empress Dowager has always called me Shuo'er. Lord Cui is also an elder, so he can also call me that," Yi Shuo said.

"This is really embarrassing for me. How can I compare with the Empress Dowager?" Cui Yan said, "Shuo'er, please get in the carriage. I will do my job quickly and will definitely not delay your rest time!"

"Master Cui, you are too polite." Yi Shuo stepped onto the carriage road and said, "Which patient does Master Cui need to see?"

"I have never seen that guest either," Cui Yan said, "I received an order that a great cultivator was seriously injured and I need to go over to see him. If his illness is mild, I will invite him to Anle Palace as a guest. If he is seriously ill, I will return to the palace to report!"

"I see. That's easy!"

Yi Shuo nodded, indicating that there was no problem with her seeing the doctor.

"This is a simple matter for you medical officers, but it is too difficult for those of us who don't understand medical principles." Cui Yan said: "It's a good thing that I happened to meet Shuo'er when I left the palace!"

"Mr. Cui, you are too polite. I wonder how far the patient lives?" Yi Shuo asked politely.

"What I want to visit is the residence of Dongfang Shuo, a scholar at Jinma Gate. His house is very close to us. If there is no traffic, we can get there in half an hour. If it is slow, it will take an hour," said Cui Yan.

"Oh? Is Dongfang Shuo seriously ill?"

Yi Shuo exclaimed in surprise. She had never expected that Cui Yan left the palace to go to Zhang Xuezhou's home.

"Dongfang Shuo is not... His disease is quite troublesome, it's good for him to be alive." Cui Yan said: "The person I went to see this time was one of his fellow patients, his name is Li Shaojun, and it is said that he accidentally got injured."

Yishuo left a good impression on Cui Yan. He was a favorite of the Empress Dowager, and Yishuo was a favorite of the Empress Dowager. There were not so many taboos in the things they did.

It was only a matter of time before the other party knew the location and name of the patient. Cui Yan did not hide anything and chose to tell him directly.

As for the involvement of Anle Palace and Weiyang Palace, it is confidential. Cui Yan is very tight-lipped and will never say anything that should not be revealed.

He discussed many things with Yi Shuo in the carriage, and then took the initiative to ask about the health of the Empress Dowager and other miscellaneous matters to pass the time.

"Master Cui, why don't we have a full-time alchemist in Jianzhang Palace? Why do we, the medical officers, have to make the medicine every time?"

After Cui Yan finished speaking, Yi Shuo rarely remained silent, but took the initiative to ask and answer questions. The two of them communicated very happily in the carriage. "The alchemy and medicine making schools are famous for Taoism, Yin-Yang School, Medical School, Xuanhu Sect, etc. We have some Taoist alchemists who make elixirs in Anle Palace, but most of them make external elixirs, and there are few masters who make internal elixirs." Cui Yan introduced: "The alchemists of the Yin-Yang School disappeared without a trace. It is said that some monks surrendered to the King of Huainan and did not come to our Chang'an City. Chunyu Yi, the alchemy monk of the Medical School, died a few years ago. His successor Chunyu Tiying made mistakes in treating diseases and was punished and has not returned yet. As for the Xuanhu Sect, it is better not to mention them. They were not included in the court!"

Cui Yan talked freely and narrated the relevant situation of the alchemists.

The punishment of Chunyu Tiying was a punishment that hit the main artery. Without Chunyu Tiying, the Imperial Medical Clinic became increasingly ineffective, and the elixirs it refined rarely produced high-quality ones.

The Empress Dowager was concerned about Chunyu Tiying and thought that she would be demoted to a commoner in a year or two, but they could not find out where Chunyu Tiying had gone.

As things dragged on, it was no surprise that the palace lacked a heavyweight alchemist.

"Without a reliable alchemist, it is much more difficult for us to treat the disease. We can only rely on medicinal soup and acupuncture," said Yi Shuo.

"It's trouble," Cui Yan said with a headache.

"Doesn't our palace have any wonderful alchemy furnaces or any treasures that can assist in making medicine?" Yi Shuo said, "If the alchemy standards can be lowered, then there will definitely be many people who can make good pills!"

“The more wonderful this alchemy furnace is, the harder it is to control it,” Cui Yan said, “The best alchemy furnace in the Han Dynasty is the Nine Dragon Cauldron in our Anle Palace, but the operation of this furnace requires the cultivation of the Divine Power Realm, and only the True Self Realm cultivators can freely control the Nine Dragon Cauldron. Where can we find a True Self Alchemist here!”

"I thought the better the alchemy furnace, the easier it would be!" Yi Shuo said.

"The alchemy furnace requires complex craftsmanship. The better the alchemy furnace, the more complex it is, and the more complex it is, the higher the requirements!" Cui Yan said seriously.

"What a pity!"

"It's a pity, otherwise the really good elixir wouldn't be so expensive!"

"There are so many treasures in the world, isn't there anything that can make refining pills a little easier for us?"

Yi Shuo kept expressing regret and sighing, which made Cui Yan feel moved.

"It's not that there are such treasures for alchemy as you mentioned. I've heard people say that there is a medicine gourd that is very useful for alchemy." Cui Yan said, "It's a pity that the gourd was circulated in the palace several times and then stolen!"

"This is so hateful! This person made us work hard every day to make medicine!"

Yi Shuo was extremely dissatisfied and complained, which led Cui Yan to agree with her.

"I know that the alchemy furnace can be used to refine medicine, but can this gourd also be used to refine medicine?"

Yi Shuo finished her complaints before continuing to ask Cui Yan.

"In the past, there was a doctor in the Imperial Medical Office named Yi Li, who used a red gourd to make pills," Cui Yan said, "and then Yi Li reported that the gourd was stolen, which caused the Empress Dowager to be furious and investigate again. After that, it disappeared, and no one has ever seen the gourd that could make pills again."

"What a pity! How could such a good gourd be stolen?"

Yi Shuo blinked slightly.

Cui Yan's few simple words were almost the end of the whole family for Yi Shuo and others.

Only the old people know some of the old stories in the palace, and it is extremely difficult to get these old people to tell the stories.

Yi Shuo had been in and out of the palace for many years, all she did was to find out how her father was related to the gourd case and other incidents.

She didn't just meet Cui Yan by chance, but she had been waiting and finally found the right opportunity to get close to Cui Yan.

As far as Yi Shuo knew, the death of her father Yi Li seemed to be related to an official named Cui.

There were not many officials with the surname Cui in the imperial palace, and even fewer who had to be involved with the Imperial Medical Institute.

One of them is Cui Yan in front of him.