Several times when he left the small courtyard, Su Chen vaguely heard some rumors, which seemed to be "the son of a humble servant" and "a humble background".
Zhang Wei did not hide anything, saying: "Although I am the son of the head of the Zhang family, my mother is just a slave bought from the slave market. Therefore, they feel that I am not worthy of being this young master."
"Many heartbreaking rumors just start from jealousy."
Su Chen smiled lightly and said.
Zhang Wei was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart that this young man seemed to be a few years older than himself, but he had such a profound understanding of the world.
With these words as the basis for friendship, Zhang Wei ran to Su Chen's courtyard more and more frequently. Gradually, Su Chen also discovered that this thin-looking young man turned out to be a talented alchemist.
As a result, Su Chen became somewhat interested and gave Zhang Wei some pointers on the alchemy path.
Zhang Wei also admired Su Chen more and more. In his opinion, although Su Chen was young, his attainments in alchemy were not inferior to those well-known alchemy masters in the inner city.
Su Chen also learned from Zhang Wei that Zhang Mian was also the son of the head of the Zhang family. However, unlike sons born to slaves such as Zhang Wei, Zhang Mian was the son with the highest birth and the most attention among all the sons.
This time, Zhang Mian was ordered by the head of the family to take people out to do something. He didn't know when he would be back.
The status of the Zhang family can be regarded as one of the first echelon families in the inner city. However, above these families, there are twenty-five Jinying aristocratic families, and above the twenty-five Jinying aristocratic families, there are five
City Lord.
Although the Zhang family is not as powerful as the twenty-five Jinying families, it is already extremely powerful compared to the smaller families below.
In this way, Su Chen waited at Zhang's house for a month and finally received the news that Zhang Mian was back.
Zhang Wei had promised before that when Zhang Mian came back, he would inform Su Chen as soon as possible. However, Su Chen waited for a full day, but there was no news.
Su Chen knew that it was definitely not Zhang Wei who didn't inform him, but that something had delayed him. At the moment, he kept calm and continued to wait.
On the third day, Zhang Wei finally appeared and asked Su Chen to go with him to see Zhang Mian.
Zhang Mian's courtyard is at the core of the Zhang family's mansion. Su Chen, led by Zhang Wei, entered the courtyard and came to the house.
Entering the room, he saw a young man reclining on a chair. The young man's face was somewhat similar to Zhang Wei, but he was much more heroic.
However, at this moment, the young man's face looked particularly bad, and his body seemed to be very weak. He was leaning forward and looking at Su Chen.
"Brother Mian, this is the brother Su Chen I told you about."
Zhang Wei introduced, "Brother Su Chen, this is my brother Zhang Mian."
"I heard you have a letter for me?"
Zhang Mian said in a hoarse voice.
Su Chen took out the letter, and an attendant immediately came forward to take it and handed it to Zhang Mian.
Zhang Mian took it and read it, nodded and said: "That's it."
He raised his head and looked at Su Chen and said: "Brother Lang is my old friend. I owed him a favor a few years ago. Now that he has entrusted you to me, you can stay here as long as you want.
If anyone talks nonsense, just give me my name."
As expected of the powerful young master of the Zhang family, he spoke loudly. However, there was still a hint of weakness in his voice.
"Brother Mian, you
body of……"
Zhang Wei asked worriedly.
"It's okay. I accidentally contracted the epidemic while I was out. I'll be fine in a few days."
Zhang Mian waved his hand and said reluctantly.
Su Chen and Zhang Wei looked at each other. With their alchemy skills, they couldn't tell that Zhang Mian's symptoms didn't look like he was infected with the epidemic at all, but like... he was poisoned!
"Brother Mian, you have been good to me since I was a child. Others despise my status. You are the only one who can say a few words to me."
Zhang Weidao said, "Seeing that you are not feeling well, I am also very anxious. Let me take your pulse."
"you?"
Zhang Mian raised his head and looked at this young brother.
In fact, when he came back this time, he did not make any big fanfare due to health issues and almost entered the mansion quietly. The reason why he did not see Su Chen in the past two days was because he had been sending people everywhere in the past two days.
Ask the alchemy expert in the inner city to come and heal yourself.
Those alchemy experts couldn't do anything. How could my younger brother, who was only a teenager, do it?
"Brother Mian, don't hide it from me. I know you were poisoned. What you were given was Qilin Powder. If the poison is detoxified in time, you can recover quickly."
Zhang Wei was looked at with suspicion by Zhang Mian, and he quickly spoke.
It was a coincidence that Su Chen once told him about this strange poison in the world, Qilin Powder, and he also learned it carefully. Otherwise, he might not be able to name this poison today.
"Do you know this is Qilin Powder?"
As expected, Zhang Mian's expression changed and he asked unexpectedly.
"Not only do I know, but I also know how to cure this poison!"
Zhang Wei patted his chest and said confidently.
Zhang Mian was silent for a moment and then said: "This poisoning is very strange. I didn't reveal my identity outside, but I still got infected. I suspect that there is an insider in the family. I didn't let the news of the poisoning and detoxification leak out.
You must also keep it secret and don’t let others know.”
"I understand, Brother Mian."
As Zhang Wei spoke, he stepped forward to feel Zhang Mian's pulse, then frowned and thought for a moment before writing out a prescription.
"This prescription can only temporarily slow down the speed of your poison. If you want to completely detoxify, we don't have enough raw materials in the Zhang family's warehouse, so we can only buy them outside."
Zhang Wei said, and ordered the people below to go to the warehouse to get the materials.
When the materials were brought in, Zhang Wei prepared a medicinal solution on the spot and handed it to Zhang Mian almost eager to try it.
Zhang Mian took the medicine. He actually still didn't believe that Zhang Wei could undo such a difficult poison. He probably wouldn't have tried Zhang Wei's half-hearted preparation of the antidote if it were someone else.
He reluctantly took it just because he didn't want to hurt Zhang Wei.
Just like that, under Zhang Wei's expectant gaze, Zhang Mian drank the medicinal liquid in one gulp, then closed his eyes to rest and refine the medicinal power.
After a while, Zhang Mian was heard saying "eh" softly, and he opened his eyes, full of surprise.
He took a deep breath and stood up from the recliner. At this time, even people with poor eyesight could see that Zhang Mian's condition was much better than before.
"Xiao Shiyi, when did you become so accomplished in alchemy?"
Zhang Mian asked in surprise, Xiao Shiyi was Zhang Wei's nickname.
Zhang Wei scratched the back of his head, with a face full of embarrassment, and said, "Brother Su Chen taught me this." Several times when he left the courtyard, Su Chen vaguely heard some rumors, which seemed to be "the son of a cheap maid."
” “from a humble background” and the like.
Zhang Wei did not hide anything, saying: "Although I am the son of the head of the Zhang family, my mother is just a slave bought from the slave market. Therefore, they feel that I am not worthy of being this young master."
"Many heartbreaking rumors just start from jealousy."
Su Chen smiled lightly and said.
Zhang Wei was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart that this young man seemed to be a few years older than himself, but he had such a profound understanding of the world.
With these words as the basis for friendship, Zhang Wei ran to Su Chen's courtyard more and more frequently. Gradually, Su Chen also discovered that this thin-looking young man turned out to be a talented alchemist. ??
As a result, Su Chen became somewhat interested and gave Zhang Wei some pointers on the alchemy path.
Zhang Wei also admired Su Chen more and more. In his opinion, although Su Chen was young, his attainments in alchemy were not inferior to those well-known alchemy masters in the inner city.
Su Chen also learned from Zhang Wei that Zhang Mian was also the son of the head of the Zhang family. However, unlike sons born to slaves such as Zhang Wei, Zhang Mian was the son with the highest birth and the most attention among all the sons.
This time, Zhang Mian was ordered by the head of the family to take people out to do something. He didn't know when he would be back.
The status of the Zhang family can be regarded as one of the first echelon families in the inner city. However, above these families, there are twenty-five Jinying aristocratic families, and above the twenty-five Jinying aristocratic families, there are five
City Lord.
Although the Zhang family is not as powerful as the twenty-five Jinying families, it is already extremely powerful compared to the smaller families below.
In this way, Su Chen waited at Zhang's house for a month and finally received the news that Zhang Mian was back.
Zhang Wei had promised before that when Zhang Mian came back, he would inform Su Chen as soon as possible. However, Su Chen waited for a full day, but there was no news.
Su Chen knew that it was definitely not Zhang Wei who didn't inform him, but that something had delayed him. At the moment, he kept calm and continued to wait.
On the third day, Zhang Wei finally appeared and asked Su Chen to go with him to see Zhang Mian.
Zhang Mian's courtyard is at the core of the Zhang family's mansion. Su Chen, led by Zhang Wei, entered the courtyard and came to the house.
Entering the room, he saw a young man reclining on a chair. The young man's face was somewhat similar to Zhang Wei, but he was much more heroic.
However, at this moment, the young man's face looked particularly bad, and his body seemed to be very weak. He was leaning forward and looking at Su Chen.
"Brother Mian, this is the brother Su Chen I told you about."
Zhang Wei introduced, "Brother Su Chen, this is my brother Zhang Mian."
"I heard you have a letter for me?"
Zhang Mian said in a hoarse voice.
Su Chen took out the letter, and an attendant immediately came forward to take it and handed it to Zhang Mian.
Zhang Mian took it and read it, nodded and said: "That's it."
He raised his head and looked at Su Chen and said: "Brother Lang is my old friend. I owed him a favor a few years ago. Now that he has entrusted you to me, you can stay here as long as you want.
If anyone talks nonsense, just give me my name."
As expected of the powerful young master of the Zhang family, he spoke loudly. However, there was still a hint of weakness in his voice.
"Brother Mian, you
body of……"
Zhang Wei asked worriedly.
"It's okay. I accidentally contracted the epidemic while I was out. I'll be fine in a few days."
Zhang Mian waved his hand and said reluctantly.
Su Chen and Zhang Wei looked at each other. With their alchemy skills, they couldn't tell that Zhang Mian's symptoms didn't look like he was infected with the epidemic at all, but like... he was poisoned!
"Brother Mian, you have been good to me since I was a child. Others despise my status. You are the only one who can say a few words to me."
Zhang Weidao said, "Seeing that you are not feeling well, I am also very anxious. Let me take your pulse."
"you?"
Zhang Mian raised his head and looked at this young brother.
In fact, when he came back this time, he did not make any big fanfare due to health issues and almost entered the mansion quietly. The reason why he did not see Su Chen in the past two days was because he had been sending people everywhere in the past two days.
Ask the alchemy expert in the inner city to come and heal yourself.
Those alchemy experts couldn't do anything. How could my younger brother, who was only a teenager, do it?
"Brother Mian, don't hide it from me. I know you were poisoned. What you were given was Qilin Powder. If the poison is detoxified in time, you can recover quickly."
Zhang Wei was looked at with suspicion by Zhang Mian, and he quickly spoke.
It was a coincidence that Su Chen once told him about this strange poison in the world, Qilin Powder, and he also learned it carefully. Otherwise, he might not be able to name this poison today.
"Do you know this is Qilin Powder?"
As expected, Zhang Mian's expression changed and he asked unexpectedly.
"Not only do I know, but I also know how to cure this poison!"
Zhang Wei patted his chest and said confidently.
Zhang Mian was silent for a moment and then said: "This poisoning is very strange. I didn't reveal my identity outside, but I still got infected. I suspect that there is an insider in the family. I didn't let the news of the poisoning and detoxification leak out.
You must also keep it secret and don’t let others know.”
"I understand, Brother Mian."
As Zhang Wei spoke, he stepped forward to feel Zhang Mian's pulse, then frowned and thought for a moment before writing out a prescription.
"This prescription can only temporarily slow down the speed of your poison. If you want to completely detoxify, we don't have enough raw materials in the Zhang family's warehouse, so we can only buy them outside."
Zhang Wei said, and ordered the people below to go to the warehouse to get the materials.
When the materials were brought in, Zhang Wei prepared a medicinal solution on the spot and handed it to Zhang Mian almost eager to try it.
Zhang Mian took the medicine. He actually still didn't believe that Zhang Wei could undo such a difficult poison. He probably wouldn't have tried Zhang Wei's half-hearted preparation of the antidote if it were someone else.
He reluctantly took it just because he didn't want to hurt Zhang Wei.
Just like that, under Zhang Wei's expectant gaze, Zhang Mian drank the medicinal liquid in one gulp, then closed his eyes to rest and refine the medicinal power.
After a while, Zhang Mian was heard saying "eh" softly, and he opened his eyes, full of surprise.
He took a deep breath and stood up from the recliner. At this time, even people with poor eyesight could see that Zhang Mian's condition was much better than before.
"Xiao Shiyi, when did you become so accomplished in alchemy?"
Zhang Mian asked in surprise, Xiao Shiyi was Zhang Wei's nickname.
Chapter completed!