Chapter 1458: Climbing the Wall (An additional chapter for the reward from the book friend “Tiantian Da Mowang”)
The case has been investigated, and Manbao is not very concerned about the subsequent developments because no matter which case it is, she is just a by-product.
The prince was the main victim. She believed that with the prince's temper, these cases would definitely receive fair trials.
That's why she didn't want to be the first to ask the emperor for severe punishment. This was also Bai Shan's intention.
It would be better to let the prince, who has the confidence and backing, do this kind of charge into battle and offend people.
What Manbao cares about most is...
She looked at the scattered stones on the ground; these were what she cared about.
Manbao swallowed hard. Seeing that everyone was consciously avoiding the rocks on the ground, she stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, let me handle these poisonous rocks."
The emperor then lowered his head to look at the stone on the ground. After a while, he looked up at Manbao thoughtfully and asked, "How are you going to deal with this?"
"I can detoxify them. Otherwise, if they're left out in the open, they'll be poisonous to people," Manbao explained. "Vegetables and grains absorb nutrients and water from the soil, and there's a chance they might be mixed with the toxins. Even if we don't grow anything on contaminated land, wild livestock will still graze. If people still eat the livestock, even if the toxins are reduced, they'll still be there."
The emperor didn't expect that this stone was so poisonous. It was not a gem at all, it was a poisonous stone.
Minister Feng and the others couldn't help but quietly step back, further away from the stones on the ground.
The emperor couldn't help but wonder, "Did this stone fall from the sky?"
Lord Tang responded, "Yes."
Meteorites falling from the sky are often recorded in history books, but this is the first time I have heard of a stone emperor as poisonous as this one.
He couldn't help but become concerned, "Were the previous sky-fallen stones also so poisonous?"
This Minister Feng could answer him, "None of us have ever heard of it."
Lord Tang added, "This stone is also very different. Not only is it colorful and smooth like jade, it even glows. I have searched all the historical books and have never seen anything like it."
So this stone can be regarded as the first one since the creation of the world.
The emperor hesitated for a moment before nodding, agreeing to Zhou Man's suggestion to take the stone away and dispose of it.
However, in order to prevent these stones from harming people again, he said to Lord Tang: "After Zhou Man has dealt with them, you will take them back as they were and have them buried in an open area."
I'm still not at ease.
Lord Tang agreed.
Manbao was happy. She rolled up her sleeves and picked up the scattered stones on the ground and put them into the iron box. Bai Shan helped her pick them up.
One of them is a peeled-off shell, its color is very dark, and it only emits a faint and dull light. It is said that when the stone was dug out of the pit, a crack appeared on it, and they could see the brighter colors and softer light inside through the crack.
Only then did I find a way to peel off the shell, revealing a brighter layer of color inside.
But Koko said, "Of all the rocks present, the most radioactive one is this large piece of shell in your hand."
Manbao almost dropped the stone in her hand, but she put it back into the iron box steadily.
Because there was a poisonous stone around, everyone felt uncomfortable, even the emperor subconsciously stayed away from the iron box.
Manbao said directly: "Your Majesty, I will take the things back first."
The emperor immediately breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand, saying, "Go, go, let Tang Zhihe go with you."
Then the guards came in to help carry the iron box down.
Yes, this iron box is very big and heavy.
Lord Tang glanced at Yin Li and others, knowing that what happened next was beyond his control, so he followed Manbao and Bai Shan out.
After putting the iron box on the carriage, Manbao asked Master Tang, "Would you like to draw a portrait of each of them?"
Master Tang glanced at her and said, "No need, I've memorized everything they look like."
Manbao nodded and lied with his eyes open, "Don't worry, I have experience in detoxifying stones. It won't take 49 days, only seven days will be enough to detoxify them."
Mr. Tang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come over to see it when I have time."
Bai Shan and Manbao took the iron box home. Daji helped them move the things to Manbao's room, then took a note written by Manbao and left.
Bai Shan helped her close the door and windows, and then watched Manbao take out each item from the iron box, and then the items disappeared one by one before her eyes.
Bai Shan bowed respectfully to the void in front of him, then asked Man Bao, "What is Uncle Zhou going to do with these things?"
"Change the antidote."
Bai Shan was surprised, "Is this how the prince's antidote came about?"
Manbao nodded, "What else do you think?"
She said, "I don't know how to cure this kind of poison from falling rocks."
"Then what should we do if Lord Tang wants the stone?"
"Don't worry, we'll get an identical one," Manbao said. "The prince's gem is identical except it doesn't shine."
Bai Shan couldn't help but sigh, "The ghost fairy is really powerful."
Manbao warned again, "Don't be superstitious."
Even if Bai Shan had heard it, Uncle Zhou was right in front of him, so how could he be superstitious?
Daji took Manbao's note to Jishitang and got a small package of discarded medicinal herbs from Jishitang.
Shopkeeper Old Zheng seemed to have heard something from San Ya. Although he didn't quite understand why Zhou Man wanted to use these waste medicinal materials to soak stones, it didn't stop him from finding waste medicinal materials for her.
So he climbed up the ladder and went to talk to the owner of the Baohe Clinic next door, "Have you returned the medical books you borrowed from Doctor Zhou last time?"
The owner of Baohe Medical Clinic said, "It has been returned. We even copied down a copy."
He said, "We didn't take it for free. We also exchanged it for medical books. We took turns reading it."
"Bah, shameless! Doctor Zhou's medical book has many rare prescriptions. Are you embarrassed to exchange yours for mine?"
"This is called communication, understand?" the owner of Baohe Clinic said, "Doctor Zhou didn't say anything. Are you, an outsider, trying to pick a fight with me?"
"I'm too lazy to fight you. I'm just telling you that Dr. Zhou has recently taken an interest in expired medicinal materials that have grown moldy and damp. Unfortunately, our Jishitang is well managed, so we don't have much waste. Do you have any?"
The owner of Baohe Medical Clinic rolled his eyes at him. The two families were right next door, so they must know each other. A while ago, he even heard him scolding the shop assistants, saying they didn't even check the astragalus root, which was fine, and didn't even realize it got damp when it was left in the pharmacy...
However, he did not suspect that Manager Zheng was going to use the waste medicinal materials to do something bad to their Baohe Clinic. He went into the warehouse and rummaged around, took out two large bags of cleaned medicinal materials, and also set up a ladder on the wall. After climbing up, he handed the medicinal materials to him.
He said, "It's a mess inside, everything is mixed together."
Shopkeeper Zheng didn't show any disdain at all and waved his hand, saying, "Little Doctor Zhou doesn't mind."
Then he gave the three packets of medicinal herbs to the stunned Daji and asked him to take them home.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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