The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 32: Money and Work

After reaching the next level, Li Jingxiao added attribute points to his comprehension.

Constitution: 10, Bones: 12, Comprehension: 12.

The speed of cultivation has indeed increased by 10%. Now, when practicing the Eternal Spring Technique, I can increase my proficiency by 1 point in 2 hours.

After half a month, I have achieved minor success in the Immortal Changchun Kungfu (162/500)

He has mastered both the Soft Palm and the Soft Sword.

These days, because I've been walking around outside all day, I've been able to improve my skills while chasing stars and moons without realizing it.

Reached Mastery (485/2000)

This made Li Jingxiao feel more at ease staying at the imperial mausoleum.
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By the time the imperial guards who came on horseback to look for Li Jingxiao found him, Li Jingxiao led his men back to the imperial mausoleum, and it was already dark.

After seeing Xia Shouzhong, Li Jingxiao hurriedly bowed, but was thinking in his heart that this old eunuch suddenly came to him.

What happened?

With this thought in mind, a silver note worth 1 taels came into Xia Shouzhong's hands.

Xia Shouzhong's liking for him suddenly increased significantly.

After reading the emperor's oral order, Li Jingxiao couldn't help but frown when he heard the emperor asking him to stop treating patients.

Suddenly, he saw Xia Shouzhong looking at him and smiling, and thought to himself that he was confused.

He quietly slipped another 1-liang silver note into Xia Shouzhong's sleeve.

The old eunuch looked down and the smile on his face became even brighter.

Li Jingxiao was only 15 years old. Unlike the Jia family, his family had been nobles for generations and was very wealthy.

Therefore, whenever these eunuchs went to the Jia family, they would ask for at least three to five hundred taels of silver.

Sometimes it’s more like two or three thousand.

Li Jingxiao gave 2 taels in total, which Xia Shouzhong thought was very reasonable.

He smiled and began to remind Li Jingxiao about the affairs of Prince Yishun's Mansion.

Li Jingxiao understood instantly and thought to himself that he had never thought of this.

If I continue to treat people, it will indeed give Prince Yishun's Mansion an excuse. If they report me in the future, it will inevitably cause trouble.

If you just don't treat people, how can you gain experience?
After thinking for a moment, an idea suddenly came to my mind.

"Father-in-law, to be honest with you, I am doing this to accumulate merit for my ancestors, my master, and my uncles.

Otherwise, the Sanqi powder I use is easily affected by moisture, which greatly reduces its efficacy.

But it is an excellent medicine after all. How could it be given to patients for only 100 coins?
After all, I am losing money to accumulate merit for my master and others in the underworld. If this suddenly stops, all my efforts will be wasted.

I hope you can help me find a solution, and I will definitely reward you handsomely."

Xia Shouzhong was stunned. Is there such a saying?
Just think about it, Li Jingxiao treats ordinary people and his fees are indeed much lower than those of the famous doctors in the capital.

The medicine used can really cure the disease.

This kind of miraculous medicine could be sold at any other medical clinic in the capital for a few taels or even a dozen taels.

Xia Shouzhong frowned and thought carefully, then his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked, "I heard that many local officials in Dali have impeached the prince for illegal activities."

Although Xia Shouzhong stopped talking halfway through, Li Jingxiao already understood what he meant.

If many officials in the capital impeached Prince Yishun, the old man would be almost dead by now because of the witchcraft.

If they were the prince and princess of the royal palace, they would probably wish that Prince Yishun would just die in order to keep their title.

This is to avoid causing the emperor and the emperor emeritus to become disgusted with the old prince and directly demote him from prince to general.

But to achieve this, court officials must expose Prince Yishun's illegal activities at the grand court meeting.

Li Jingxiao hurriedly thanked Xia Shouzhong.

Then he said with a smile, "Sir, it's better not to bother two masters with one thing. Just give me a hand. I will definitely reward you handsomely."

Xia Shouzhong smiled. It was indeed not easy for Li Jingxiao to do this. But for him, the "eunuch of the six palaces" and the closest minister to the emperor, he only needed to say a word to do it.

Find a few more officials and report the bad things that Prince Yishun has done to the censors and the Six Departments Censors.

These censors who got promoted by talking will definitely submit a memorial.

If you really move to a county, you will become very famous.

And reputation has many benefits for a civil servant.

Xia Shouzhong nodded, and then took the opportunity to bring up the topic of Yu Lu Pills.

Although there was no intention to ask for it in his words, Li Jingxiao understood it as soon as he heard it.

I cursed in my heart, but although the eunuch was greedy, he had one advantage.

In most cases, these people will do their job after receiving the money.

So Li Jingxiao took out a porcelain bottle and said, "Grandpa, there are three Sanhua Yulu pills, one Liuhua Yulu pill, and one Jiuhua Yulu pill in it.

From now on, Sanhua will be enough to treat minor illnesses and disasters.

Although my father-in-law definitely won't need to treat other more serious illnesses, it's necessary to keep Liuhua and Jiuhua just in case."

Xia Shouzhong laughed, "Lord Li is really good at talking. Thank you in advance. But there is more than one big boss in the palace."

If there is only one Nine Flower Jade Dew Pill, it would be difficult for us to refuse if someone comes to us for help."

Li Jingxiao rolled his eyes at Xia Shouzhong, then reluctantly took out a porcelain bottle containing three Nine Flower Jade Dew Pills.

He complained to Xia Shouzhong, "Eunuch, it's not that I'm stingy, it's just that the Nine Flower Jade Dew Pills require nine kinds of aged medicinal herbs to be refined.

One of the main ingredients is Tianchi Polygonatum flower.

Moreover, ordinary Polygonatum flowers are not enough. The flowers need to be picked and left for three months, and only those of a different species that look like fresh flowers will work.

Just based on this, we are lucky if we can get ten or eight qualified flowers every year."

Xia Shouzhong was stunned. Although he felt that Li Jingxiao was fooling him, he had no evidence.

However, the more outrageous Li Jingxiao's words were, the more Xia Shouzhong and others felt that the Yu Lu Pills were precious.

In his joy, he even suggested to Li Jingxiao that it would be best to offer one of the Ganoderma lucidum blood-replenishing pills in his hand to the emperor.

After listening to this, Li Jingxiao shook his head.

Then, seeing Xia Shouzhong frowning, he sighed and said, "As a citizen of the Great Zhou, it is our duty to respect His Majesty and the Emperor.

But my lord, you must also understand me.

If there was an imperial decree from the palace ordering me to treat an important person, I would do it without the slightest hesitation.

But forget about offering the Ganoderma Lucidum pills!

This is to avoid the situation where even though Lingzhi pills are presented today, when the medicine is really needed, the medicinal properties are greatly lost due to poor storage.

If that happens, I will be in trouble and you, father-in-law, will be in trouble. Why bother?

Besides..."

Li Jingxiao didn't continue talking, and Xia Shouzhong guessed that he was worried that someone had replaced the medicine.

From ancient times to the present, no one who offered medicine to the emperor had a good ending.

Even if nothing happens, you will still be scolded by the civil servants.

It would be better to do as Li Jingxiao said. If anyone in the palace is sick and the imperial physician is helpless, call him in and try.

Xia Shouzhong thought to himself that this boy was really cautious.

He nodded and saluted Li Jingxiao, "Master Li is indeed very clear-sighted. We almost made a big mistake."

In order to save his face, Xia Shouzhong hurriedly and quietly talked about the three-story house.

(End of this chapter)