Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 248: Knowing the enemy but feeling happy

"Father, I heard that the crown prince has transferred the new champion to guard the pass."

Gao Shilian was copying calligraphy in the study at this moment. The original work of Wang Xizhi was placed in front of him. In his hand was a deep-sea tortoise shell brush, and even the ink was gold thread and lotus root silk ink. This set of four treasures of the study alone was worth nearly two thousand taels. One should know that the annual income of ordinary people who lived a relatively good life was only fifty or sixty taels.

Not to mention the Qiongzhou Huanghuali chair under his butt, which fits his old waist very comfortably.

What made him most delighted was the original copy of the ancient book "Baopuzi", which was written by the immortal master Ge Hong and his value was unknown.

These are all treasures sent as gifts, and Gao Shilian has been playing with them for the past few days.

"Oh? Why? He is quite a talent."

"It is said that he was the one who suggested that Xia Lin go to Lingnan."

Gao Shilian burst into laughter at the words of the subordinate: "I think the boy is sick for real, and the real reason is to torment this number one scholar."

The man in front of him was shocked: "Isn't that a crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"What is deceiving the emperor? You have to deceive him. How can you deceive the emperor by being sick? If you recover, it will be thanks to the blessing of your majesty." Gao Shilian shook his head: "Wenmin, you are really naive. You should learn more."

"Father's teaching is correct." Gao Shilian's son bowed his head and smiled awkwardly: "But why have you blocked all the memorials to the court that impeach Xia Lin these days? Isn't he Guo Da's man?"

"So what?"

Gao Shilian stopped writing and sat down on a chair: "What did he give you?"

"He...he gave his son a pair of night-shining pearls from the East China Sea. They are rare, and your grandson liked them, so he asked him to play with them."

"Hahaha, go ahead and have fun." Gao Shilian waved his hand. "You are older than Xia Lin, but not as insightful as him. In the court, there are only left and right, no enemies or friends. Today's friend is tomorrow's enemy, and today's enemy is tomorrow's friend. It is not uncommon. He showed goodwill to all the officials today, which means 'stay here so that you can share the happiness.' He gave the biggest gift to Your Majesty, and opened the other gifts to you and me, which is to say that I have no intention of being an enemy with you."

"Then your majesty will definitely know this..."

"Your Majesty knows, and he may even take the initiative to inform Your Majesty and Your Highness." Gao Shilian shook his head: "Son, you will not survive more than three days in the court if you are like this."

"Father……"

Gao Shilian walked up to him and patted his shoulder: "Your Majesty, there are some things you can do and some things you can't do. Now the court is in a state of turmoil. It would be wrong for Your Majesty to favor either side. The best plan now is to let others make a big thing small. Wait and see, there are still many things to come. This move is to make those dignitaries shut their stinky mouths and digest the taste of it."

After he finished speaking, he walked to the door with his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky: "Before, I thought this boy was just a naughty monkey with great talent, but now it seems that he is really a rare genius in a century. In this way, he can not only protect himself, but also shut up those who don't follow the crowd."

"What is father's plan?"

"Plan? If so, then let him do as he wishes. Guo Da is a stinking bastard, I won't get involved with him. But this kid is sensible, he respects me three points, I will return three points to him. What's wrong with helping him block a few memorials? Do you think that I blocked those memorials without knowing the old thief Zeng Ming?"

"Hmm? Did you know?"

"Not only does he know, the old thief is also blocking him!" Gao Shilian laughed: "You know how smart that kid is, right? Alas... If I had seen him even a year earlier, I really don't know what kind of pearl I could have polished him into."

Although I felt a little uncomfortable hearing my own father praising an outsider like this, my doubts were cleared up after my father explained them away, and I couldn't help but sigh that this man was indeed a genius.

"Then Daddy, tell me, he has brought up so much, how much did he take himself?"

"Three hundred taels? Or five hundred taels? He certainly took it, but it was just a token of his appreciation, so that people wouldn't say he was being pretentious. But if you ask how much he wants to take, he certainly won't take much. This is where he is really smart. My boy, do you know what kind of person is the most amazing?"

"The child doesn't know."

"Be self-disciplined and cautious, and keep your heart clear. Even in a situation where people can do whatever they want, he can still control himself. Just imagine how determined his mind is. If you make an enemy of such a person, you will be retaliated by him unless you grind him to dust." Gao Shilian clenched his teeth tightly as he spoke. It was not because of hatred, but because he regretted not being able to get Xia Lin to submit to him.

Of course he would find a way, but it is really difficult now.

What Gao Shilian said was absolutely correct. Xia Lin handled tens of millions of taels of silver, and he took a set of gold bowls and chopsticks worth more than 370 taels. He thought they looked good, so he bought them. He didn't touch the rest.

Oh... I also bought Narcissus a set of jewelry, which was not expensive, about 100 or 200 taels, which added up to about 500 taels, which was exactly what Gao Shilian had guessed. Otherwise, how could Gao Shilian be the prime minister? He was not a fool, he was awesome. Without a God's perspective, there were not many people in the world who were more awesome than him.

As for himself, everything was actually fine. The worst thing was that he felt really empty and bored for the past half month. However, today the medicine from the Medicine King finally arrived. He rushed here on a fast horse and handed over a bundle. According to the person who delivered the things, the bundle contained the Medicine King's elixir that could cure any disease.

He even emphasized his tone and shouted: "Immortal Pill!"

Narcissus gave the bundle to Xia Lin, who was picking his feet in the yard at the time. When he heard her talk about the elixir bestowed by the King of Medicine, he became curious, so he placed the bundle on the bamboo bed and opened it layer by layer.

There was layer after layer, one after another, until finally it opened to a fist-sized box. When the box was opened, there was another box inside. After opening three layers in a row, a wax-sealed meatball was finally revealed. Xia Lin broke the wax on the outside, and saw a ball of paper in his hand.

The paper ball was unfolded, with four big words written on it: Drink some hot water.

Xia Lin was stunned for a long time, then he burst into laughter, and at the end he slapped the bamboo bed with laughter. People outside who didn't know would have thought that Lord Xia had not recovered from the plague and had become crazy again.

But only Xia Lin understood how funny these four words were. A god-like person is a god-like person. If it were someone else, they wouldn't know how to judge him. But he was so good that he just dismissed him with a simple sentence: "Drink more hot water."

Good, good, it really is a magic pill that cures all diseases. It seems that the Medicine King has really seen through the overall situation. It is said that it is impossible to have the best of both worlds, but the Medicine King has achieved the best of both worlds.

Xia Lin recovered from his illness that afternoon, and his face was radiant and he looked full of energy.

Don't ask, the answer is that the Medicine King is a living god. He can cure any disease with ease. After taking one elixir, the dead can be brought back to life and the half-dead can recover.

Then, the first thing Xia Lin did after he recovered was to transform the former villa of the King of Lingnan into a shrine of the King of Medicine for people to burn incense and pray for blessings.

The key point is that he didn't just think about it, he really started to do it. He immediately called Qin Shoubei to find someone to renovate the villa. He wanted to plant apricot trees in the front and back yards, so that the shrine of the King of Medicine would be prosperous and passed down through the ages.

Xia Lin was his super client, so it was his duty to take care of this little thing. He immediately found some craftsmen and started working. They beat drums and gongs while working, fearing that the local people would not know. Xia Lin even wrote the plaque and couplets for the ancestral temple himself, and even specially designed a statue of the Medicine King. The statue of the Medicine King inside was even more majestic, with a tiger riding on his seat and a crane in his hand, and a medicine gourd tilted downwards with a golden pill on a plate in front.

The fact that the seriously ill Xia Lin fully recovered in one day also set off a wave of enthusiasm in Guangzhou. After all, getting sick is inevitable in any era, and sometimes when people reach the final helpless stage, they always want some spiritual sustenance.

Xia Lin then wrote a letter to the King of Medicine, asking him to think of a solution, saying that the revival of the reputation of medicine might have to start from this time.

In order to stabilize the people who have infinite admiration for the King of Medicine, Xia Lin was quite helpless, so he decided to play tricks and make things awkward.

The day after he "recovered from his illness", he wanted to be possessed by the King of Medicine.

Alas? Someone may ask, if the Medicine King is still alive, how does he possess a spirit?
Xia Lin had his own clever plan. In order to prevent the team from really encountering the plague, he collected a lot of herbs along the way. He also brought back a lot of antibiotics from Fuliang County that were in short supply and worth more than gold, such as oxytetracycline, penicillin, gentamicin and the like.

In particular, gentamicin, which is fermented by strains of Streptomyces, is relatively simple and easier to store, and it is also a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

I'm not exaggerating these days, but for the bacteria on these people that have not been refined by the cruelty of modern medicine, it would be no problem for them to encounter this kind of purified antibiotics.

Xia Lin was cured by the King of Medicine, so the next morning, as an imperial envoy sent to suppress the rebellion, he went to the streets of Guangzhou and started playing tricks.

He rolled his eyes and kept saying that he was the King of Medicine, and that he was using this kid's body to help the people of Guangzhou cure diseases and disaster relief. To be on the safe side, he also said very strictly that he could only cure 80% of the disease, and the remaining 20% ​​was fate...

The fever has risen all of a sudden! The first person to come up is a child who was carried up by his crying parents. The child has a big boil on his body, a super big one, and it can be seen that the boil has been infected to the point of having a fever.

This is a disease that adults would consider fatal in this era. After all, boils are easy to treat, but infections are fatal. For children, it is almost incurable.

When Xia Lin saw the child, he pretended to feel his pulse and diagnose him. Then he lowered his voice and began to ask about his condition. Then he stood up and pointed at the child: "Wait a moment!"

Then he crawled under the table, took out his "paperweight" and started searching: "What kind of antibiotic should I use for boils, infections and fevers?"

"Oh ~ Penicillin."

Xia Lin took out some penicillin from the small jar below and put it into the small gourd before sealing it. Then he came out and danced around like a ghost: "The King of Medicine has appeared! The elixir is ready!"

(End of this chapter)