The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#649 - Give your name

Lu Jing accepted the silver notes, listening to Gu Caiwei say from the side, "Speaking of which, the fact that these ginsengs can sell so well is not just my credit alone, but also thanks to Princess Fu'an. Read М"

"The first batch of ginseng you sent, I picked out twenty plants and sent them to Princess Fu'an, originally just as a thank you for her care all along, but I didn't expect her to take ten of them to brew ginseng tea for the Empress Dowager, who liked it very much after drinking it, praising it repeatedly.

"She also used the rest to entertain other royal nobles, and as a result, the reputation of our ginseng has also been established. Now in the capital, many dignitaries know that our ginseng is of very good quality and has sufficient years, and the key is that the Empress Dowager herself has praised it.

"So there are more people coming to buy it, and fortunately you sent another batch later, otherwise I'm afraid it would have been sold out."

"Princess Fu'an… how has she been recently?"

Lu Jing remembered the woman playing the zither that he had seen in the brothel that day.

Although the time they spent together was not very long, Princess Fu'an left a deep impression on him.

Speaking of which, that official seemed to have once had the idea of marrying Princess Fu'an to one of his alternate identities, wanting to use this to get on the bandwagon of the Directorate of Celestial Observations, but unfortunately Lu Jing refused.

Firstly, Lu Jing knew very well that once Zhu Xie discovered that the Directorate of Celestial Observations would not help him clean up the mess, he would probably regret it, and secondly, he had a good impression of Princess Fu'an and didn't want to involve her in this way.

Now the Eastern Xuan Real Person has been driven away by Lu Jing and the others, and since then the Directorate of Celestial Observations has also strengthened the protection of the imperial palace, and similar things should be difficult to happen again.

So logically speaking, Princess Fu'an's life should be better.

But Lu Jing quickly realized that the Eastern Xuan trouble had been eliminated, but the Great Chen trouble still remained.

Zhu Xie was still facing a dead end as precarious as a pile of eggs.

Moreover, having lost the Eastern Xuan master and apprentice who possessed magical immortal methods, Zhu Xie was probably even more helpless.

He was already so anxious that he even wanted to drag the always neutral Directorate of Celestial Observations into the water, and it would not be surprising if he did anything else afterwards.

Sure enough, Gu Caiwei continued, "Recently there have been rumors that the official wants to find a consort for Princess Fu'an, and the targets are not only the young talents from famous and wealthy families, but also commoners from humble backgrounds, as long as they have real talent and learning, he will marry his daughter to that person."

"What counts as having real talent and learning?" Lu Jing rolled his eyes.

"I don't know about that." Gu Caiwei said, "In short, because of the matter of choosing a consort, Princess Fu'an should have had a big fight with the official, and she was also confined in the palace for a while before."

Although Lu Jing felt sorry for Princess Fu'an being used as a bargaining chip to protect the country by her father, he had no intention of interfering in the royal family's internal affairs, and after taking the silver notes, he went to find Yan Jun.

Qiu Moli, the pavilion master of Yunshui Jingci Pavilion, belonged to a martial arts giant, so her foothold in the capital was also easy to find. He just casually asked someone in the martial arts world and found out.

This time, the Righteous Path Alliance was chosen to be held in Lintian Prefecture, and as the local tyrant, the Changle Gang naturally assumed the responsibility of reception, booking half of the inns and taverns in the city several days in advance.

And for big figures like Qiu Moli, there were other arrangements. The Changle Gang specially cleaned up several courtyards for them to stay in.

Coincidentally, the courtyard where the Yunshui Jingci Pavilion and his party lived was near Jiezixiang in the north of the city.

Not far away was the Directorate of Celestial Observations with its green tiles and red walls, separated by only a few dozen feet.

The Changle Gang chose this place as Qiu Moli's residence, obviously valuing the tranquility of this place.

But unfortunately, it was not quiet at all now.

Lu Jing saw a steady stream of carriages and horses driving towards this side, and those tall horses were ridden by all kinds of martial arts people, each of whom looked high-spirited and extraordinary.

"These guys are all rushing to give gifts."

Lu Jing suddenly heard a voice.

Turning his head, he found that it was the Directorate of Celestial Observations clerk who had received him before, who was now sitting on a small stool in front of the Directorate of Celestial Observations watching the excitement.

What was even more outrageous was that this guy was also holding a bowl of melon seeds, watching and eating them.

"These people's addiction is really big… Many people are not even from Lintian Prefecture, they ran all the way here just to give a gift to someone and get a distant relationship with Yunshui Jingci Pavilion. The key is that Qiu Moli won't even pay attention to them, and just sends a disciple to dismiss them all. Aren't they just wasting their time?"

Before Lu Jing could say anything, he saw a brawny man with a beard snorting coldly not far away, "Nonsense, we are here to give gifts to Yunshui Jingci Pavilion because we admire Senior Qiu, and there is absolutely no other intention. On the contrary, you are sneaky here, and you don't look like good people. Could it be that you are remnants of the Demonic Path? Come on, report your names to Grandpa first."

When he said this, his gaze basically stayed on Lu Jing's face.

After all, the Directorate of Celestial Observations clerk had an official status, and this was the capital, where various forces were intertwined. The brawny man with a beard didn't want to cause trouble, but he felt that he had lost face after being ridiculed before, so he wanted to get back some face.

So in the end, he set his sights on Lu Jing.

After all, Lu Jing was a commoner, and he was relatively young, so he looked like a junior in the martial arts world, and he was also easier to handle.

As a result, he heard the young man speak lightly, "Lu Jing."

The brawny man with a beard's pupils suddenly shrank when he heard these two words. He looked as if he had just heard that the son he had raised for more than ten years, feeding him shit and urine, and finally managed to raise, was not his own. The whole person was shocked!

After a while, he carefully said, "Could… could it be the hero Lu from Wujiang City?"

"Yes, it's me."

The brawny man with a beard almost shouted out loud in the next moment, but then he was stopped by Lu Jing.

"Don't, don't, don't, there are so many people here, I can't even greet them all. Please help me keep it a secret."

The brawny man with a beard repeatedly said that he dared not, and then showed a look of annoyance on his face, "Alas, I left in a hurry, and I didn't prepare many gifts. Otherwise, I'll give this one to Hero Lu first, and I'll go back and get another one for Senior Qiu, and come again tomorrow."

"Hey, do whatever you want, just pretend you didn't see me." Lu Jing said.

"How can this work? My Dafengmen admires Hero Lu the most… Back then, when Hero Lu fought the Yama Xiao, I was thinking, how could there be such a hero in the world…"

Lu Jing had to reach out and pat the brawny man with a beard on the shoulder, telling him to stop.

"Really, friend from Dafengmen, please go and do your business quickly. As long as you pretend I don't exist, that's the best gift I can receive."