Chapter 3: Unforgettable at a Glance, Invulnerable to a Hundred Poisons

  There are four eunuchs in the Imperial Pharmacy, but two of them died recently after helping Zhen Guiren test medicine. Now there are only Xiaochunzi and Liang Xin left in the entire Imperial Pharmacy. There is also a eighth-rank head eunuch, but he also serves as the head of the Imperial Kitchen, so he rarely comes to the Imperial Pharmacy.

  Originally, Xiao Fuzi was a somewhat dull and honest little eunuch. In the past, when Xiao Chunzi was in front of Xiao Fuzi, he would still feel that he had a slight sense of superiority, but today Liang Xin's actions made him look up to him in admiration. What Xiao Chunzi admired most was that Xiao Fuzi could actually write.

  In Xiaochun's mind, being able to write is a skill that only scholars possess. And what are scholars? In this Northern Song Dynasty where everything else is inferior and only reading books is superior, scholars are the backbone of the entire Song Dynasty, representing the highest class of people.

  Back in the pharmacy, Xiaochun hastily brought out a chair from the inner room and offered it to Liang Xin: "Xiao Fu... no, Brother Fu, please sit down, please take your seat."

  Li Xiang looked at Xiao Chunzi and nodded in satisfaction: "Hm, young man has a promising future, keep up the good work."

  "Yes!" Xiaochun immediately busied herself again, boiling water and brewing tea. Once the tea was ready, Xiaochun presented it to Liang Xin: "Brother Fu, please have some tea."

  Liang Xin nodded, took the teacup and wiped off the floating tea leaves on the surface with the lid. The tea was very ordinary jasmine tea, but Liang Xin still carefully took a sip and made an expression of enjoyment.

  Then Xiaochun took out a tael of silver and handed it to Liang Xin, saying: "Brother Fu, I don't want this money, you take it."

  Liáng Xīn glanced at Xiǎo Chūnzǐ and pushed his hand away: "I'm single, I have more than enough money to spend, you take it and use it yourself."

  "How can this be? My mother has always told me that one should not receive a salary without putting in effort, but I...” Xiaochunzi looked anxious and didn't know what to do.

  Liang Xian smiled: "If you really want to do something, it's not impossible. Go help me find a few books to bring over and take a look. This place is so boring, there's no TV or computer."

  "TV? Computer?" Little Spring was perplexed.

  "Go and find me a book quickly," said Liang Xin with a wave of his hand. "You won't know what it is even if I tell you."

  "Ah!" Xiaochun hastily nodded and then turned around to run back into the Imperial Medicine Institute. Before long, Xiaochun dragged out a wooden chest, Liang Xin blinked in surprise, Xiaochun pulled the chest in front of Liang Xin: "Fu Ge, this is all books."

  "So many?" Liang Xin opened the wooden box and picked up a few books to flip through: "They're all medical books, where did you get these from?"

  "Three months ago, Dr. Wen was beheaded at the Meridian Gate for teasing a palace maid. I remembered that he often treated us when we were ill, so I secretly went out of the palace to bury his body and then went to his residence to collect his belongings. When I arrived at Dr. Wen's house, it had already been emptied, leaving only this box of books."

  "Never mind, medical books are also books. I'll take a look first. Who knows, if I have a headache or fever in the future, I can prescribe myself a remedy."

  Liang Xin smiled and picked up a book to read. At first, Liang Xin didn't feel anything unusual, but as he read on, he felt something was off. He had already memorized the contents of the medical book after just scanning through it briefly, reaching an extraordinary level where he could remember everything at a glance.

  If we say that Liang Xin was still reading at the beginning, then by the end, Liang Xin was flipping through books. From morning to noon, Liang Xin had actually finished a whole box of books. All the content in the book was floating in Liang Xin's mind, he was very confident, even if it was a small punctuation mark in the book, he could remember it completely and flawlessly.

  "When did my memory become so good? Is it a talent acquired after crossing over? Or... is it related to the power of the Heshi Bi?"

  Liang Xin put down the last book in his hand and closed his eyes to recall the contents of the books he had just read. Liang Xin guessed that Wen Taiyi must be a highly skilled imperial physician, and the box of books thoroughly explained traditional Chinese medicine from shallow to deep.

  From the introductory "Huangdi Neijing" and "Shanghan Lun" to the profound "Yi Nan Za Zheng Fang" and "Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing", all are complete, and each book has Wen Taoyi's insights and practical experience annotations. This makes it easy for Liang Xin to understand the meaning of the books without any difficulty.

  Of course, it's not that Liang Xin remembered so many medical books and became a master of medicine. It can only be said that he now understands traditional Chinese medicine, but cannot apply it yet. Just like a young man with deep internal strength but no actual combat experience, he can't exert the effect of his internal strength at all.

  At noon, Mr. Xu personally brought lunch to Xiaochun and Liang Xin. When Liang Xin opened the food box and saw that the dishes were exquisite and fragrant, his mouth began to water. He said, "Thank you, Mr. Xu, I won't be polite." Then he immediately started eating.

  Unlike Liang Xin, Xiaochunzi's face turned as if she was about to cry when she saw the exquisite dishes. Mr. Xu knew that Xiaochunzi understood what was going on when he saw her expression. He patted Xiaochunzi's head and said with a reluctant tone: "Wait a minute, I'll leave a few words behind, if anything unexpected happens, I'll have someone send them to your family."

  "Me..." Xiaochunzi's eyes welled up with tears as soon as she opened her mouth.

  Li Xiang said with a daze: "Xiao Chunzi, why are you crying? Such good dishes, if you don't eat them, I'll eat them."

  Xiaochun looked at Liang Xin with a glance, and her crying immediately increased by several decibels. Her tears flowed more and more, and she cried even harder. At this time, Liang Xin probably guessed a few points too. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at Master Xu, saying: "Master Xu, is there something going on?"

  "Hmm." Minister Xu nodded: "The Empress Dowager is seriously ill, and the imperial physicians have come up with a strong medicine. Because they can't grasp the dosage of the medicine, you may need to try ten or more bowls later."

  "Is the medicine poisonous?" Liang Xin asked this because generally speaking, when imperial physicians prescribe medication, they prioritize nourishing and tonifying without harming the vital energy. But this time, looking at Master Xu's expression, it seemed like the situation was different.

  Indeed, Mr. Xu nodded and sighed: "It's a prescription that uses poison to fight poison."

  "What?" Liang Xin's face turned pale in an instant, and in Xiao Fuzi's memory, anyone who tried to poison him would definitely die without a doubt. Liang Xin cried out in his heart that this was too damn unfair. Had he just crossed over only to go die? Alas... He could only hope that after death, he could cross back to the modern world again.

  Every minute after lunch became especially long, perhaps death is not the most painful, the most painful is waiting for death. Xiaochun cried and cried, but when the imperial doctors and the eunuchs brought the medicine over, Xiaochun suddenly stopped crying, although her whole body was trembling, her eyes were very calm.

  "Is the entire Hon'yakuin now just for the two of you?"

  The old man who walked in front of the imperial physician scanned him four times and asked, this old man was very clear in Xiaofuzi's memory, he was the chief Chen Yuding of the Imperial Hospital.

  "Just the two of us, where's the medicine? Let's get started now."

  Li Wei glanced at Xiaochunzi and took a step forward, saying: He also came to his senses. Anyway, whether he lived or died, it was all just one death. If he died, the worst that could happen was that he would cross over again. Why bother putting on a cowardly appearance?

  Chen Yuding looked at Liang Xin and sighed slightly before saying: "Alright, which one of you two will go first?"

  "Me!" Liang Xin opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, Xiaochun had already raised her hand and shouted. "I'll go first, if I die, then let Fu Ge come."

  Xiao Chunzi walked towards the eunuch who was in charge of serving meals.

  Liang Xin's expression changed slightly, and he pulled Xiao Chunzi back, saying: "Xiao Chunzi, I have nothing to lose, life or death doesn't matter to me. With so many pills, it's definite that there will be one left for you in the end, just wait a bit longer."

  "Brother Fu." Xiaochun looked at Liang Xin, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

  Liáng Xīn felt somewhat uneasy under Xiǎo Chūnzǐ's gaze, so he didn't say anything else and simply took a bowl of medicine from the eunuch Tuánxiàng's hand and drank it down.

  "Someone come! Record." Chen Yuding pulled up Liang Xin's wrist and pressed his pulse.

  "The pulse is steady and strong, the breath is long and smooth, the body is extremely healthy... hmm, the pulse is starting to weaken, the rhythm is very chaotic. Foaming at the mouth, face turning green, this is a sign of poisoning, it seems that this person is about to die. Huh?"

  Chen Yuding was about to give up on Liang Xin and let Xiaochun try the medicine instead, but Liang Xin's pulse suddenly became strong again. At the same time, Liang Xin, who had just fainted, suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, and his complexion immediately turned rosy.