Chapter 3 Spring passes and autumn comes
"Who is this person? He is so close to an eunuch like Zhang Guigong, who is a popular figure among the imperial concubines. I have never heard of him before. How can such a person be just a little eunuch in a black robe?"

Under the awestruck gazes of many eunuchs and led personally by Zhang Gui, Su Chen, a young eunuch in a black robe, walked into the Shangwu Bureau. Behind him, there were the wails of the young eunuch who was guarding the gate.

"Godfather, uncle, I was wrong."

"Forgive me."

Snap. Snap. Snap.

As he was speaking, the young eunuch who was guarding the gate knelt on the ground and slapped his face continuously, wishing he could beat his face to pieces.

Su Chen didn't want to be in the spotlight, but today he was in the spotlight.

The library is too remote.

It was more than half an hour's drive away from the normal eunuchs' activities area, so it was no wonder that he hadn't heard anything about Zhang Gui's promotion to the head of the Shangwu Bureau.

Today, Zhang Gui is valued by Concubine Zhang, who grants him secret medicine, allowing him to step into the ranks of fourth-rank practitioners ahead of schedule and skip the process of being prepared to be a steward. He surpassed a group of old eunuchs who had been preparing to be fourth-rank stewards for who knows how many years and became the steward of the Shangwu Bureau.

He was surrounded by flowers and was in the limelight for a while. Even the chief eunuch knew about this rising star among the eunuchs.

"The Martial Arts Bureau is not a place that a black-robed eunuch like me can enter."

Along the way, many eunuchs from the Shangwu Bureau, including some with rank 4 cultivation, all bowed to Zhang Gui without exception.

Even Su Chen felt a little bit of the beauty of this scene.

"No problem, rules are meant to be broken."

"You have a share of my wealth."

Zhang Gui called his godson to recognize Su Chen.

"Recognize your uncle and keep your eyes open in this palace. You should respect your uncle as much as you respect me."

Zhang Gui put his hands behind his back, and after he finished speaking, he coldly and arrogantly dismissed the godsons in front of him, and returned to his smiling and lively appearance when the two were alone together.

He took out two bottles of Bairu wine from the house and handed them to Su Chen.

"I have half as much wealth as you do. If it weren't for your soap and perfume, I wouldn't have had the chance to be appreciated by the imperial concubine."

"As long as you say the word, I will immediately pave the way for you. I will let you come out of the library and become a eunuch in a green robe. In the future, I will be the chief eunuch and you will be the second-in-command, even if you cannot practice..."

Zhang Gui is still the same Zhang Gui. Even though he has become a favorite of the imperial concubine and the steward has to look up to him, he still speaks to Su Chen from the bottom of his heart.

In the Shangwu Bureau, Su Chen was feeling a little restless.

After all, he was a fake eunuch, and even though he tried his best to bend his body, he was still afraid of being discovered.

not to mention.

He also has the identity of a hidden agent of a mysterious force.

It caused such a big fuss.

If I get noticed, I'll be doomed.

Now Su Chen just wants to go back to the library and hide there.

The tree catches the wind.

He shouldn't have come out at all.

soon.

Su Chen gave Zhang Gui the list of things he wanted.

"They are all herb seeds. What do you want them for? Well, you don't want to show up in public, and you can't spend your time practicing. It's good to grow herbs in that lonely library. It can also be considered as a way to kill time."

"Although it's a little difficult, I can prepare everything for you right now. There happens to be a little eunuch in the pharmacy who is my godson."

In the blink of an eye.

After Zhang Gui said a few words, the herb seeds were placed in front of Su Chen.

Before leaving.

In front of the Shangwu Bureau, looking at Zhang Gui who was seeing him off, Su Chen couldn't help but give him a few words of advice.

"The spring breeze is blowing, and the horses are galloping. I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. This palace is deep and deep, so it's better not to show off."

"I know."

Zhang Gui said he knew, but his eyes showed disapproval, and it was obvious that he wasn't going to listen.

"Ugh."

A shake of head.

Su Chen left.

He is an immortal monster and a fake eunuch. He hides in the palace and is afraid of being discovered, so he dares not make friends.

Zhang Gui is one of the few friends I have.

He really didn't want anything to happen to him.

But there is no way, people will not listen to advice. Only after experiencing a disaster can they calm down.

After returning to the library, Su Chen directly ripened the seeds and prepared to make poison, but the immortal qi was unable to penetrate into the seeds.

At this time, Su Chen was shocked to realize that the Qi of Immortality could only play its ripening effect after the seeds germinated and took shape.

Just like the thousand-year-old ginseng king that was ripened before.

"If I had known earlier, I would have asked for some herbs of a younger age."

"never mind."

"I'm not going out."

"It would save you from further trouble."

Su Chen walked back and forth in the library for a while, and finally selected a piece of land in the courtyard of the library. He pried up the floor tiles, opened up a small medicinal field of about ten meters, and planted the seeds.

"Complete."

"Wait for it to sprout, and then the secret medicine will mature." The twenty-third year of Tianwu, December, winter.

A month has passed.

Autumn is completely over.

There were sporadic snowflakes falling from the sky, and it was about to snow.

During this period, Zhang Gui came several times with a heavy heart, drank with Su Chen several times, said some drunken words in his dream, and cried unconsciously.

Su Chen knew some of Zhang Gui's secrets.

The next day, after sobering up, Zhang Gui looked at Su Chen silently and left without saying a word.

Afterwards, they came less and less frequently.

this day.

December 7th.

Su Chen was in the library, reading some books and tending to the medicinal fields when he had nothing to do. A little eunuch came outside with a food box.

He looked vaguely familiar, and there were still some traces of swelling on his face.

"I am Xu Xiaohan, and I pay my respects to my uncle."

"Thank you Uncle Gan for not pursuing the crime that day."

"Otherwise, given my godfather's style, I would have packed up the stable and slept in the pigsty long ago."

"From now on, if there is anything, Uncle Gan will ask Xiao Hanzi to run errands."

The food box unfolds.

Inside was Su Chen's favorite Bairu wine and braised chicken.

Su Chen nodded.

Zhang Gui was thoughtful and did not forget what he had said to him. He actually sent his godson to bring him Bairu wine and roast chicken every day.

"can."

"I'll deliver food to you three times a day, but you're not allowed to stay overnight. I don't like others disturbing my peace and quiet here."

He knows.

After he knew Zhang Gui's secret, Zhang Gui was destined to no longer be as close to him as before.

I'm afraid that the purpose of sending this Xiao Hanzi here is to keep an eye on him and not allow him to leave again.

"It's just that Zhang Gui doesn't know that time flies by, and the rise and fall of dynasties, the replacement of dynasties, what does it mean to me? It's just sand, rocks, grass and trees, not worth mentioning."

"Even if dynasties will decay, even if masters will grow old and die, I am the only one who will remain like an evergreen tree..."

Su Chen takes care of the medicine garden.

Today, it’s time to harvest.

Su Chen dug out the embryonic forms of poison one by one, and streams of true energy poured into them. Soon, poisonous herbs that were hundreds of years old appeared.

"This 'Book of Hundred Poisons' says that poison powder made from fifty-year-old herbs can cause a peak third-grade warrior to suddenly die, and threaten a second-grade warrior."

"My hundred-year-old one has definitely increased in toxicity by more than double. It should be able to kill a second-grade cultivator, or even a peak second-grade cultivator."

Su Chen started debugging.

soon.

Harvested two large bottles of poison powder.

A big reason for choosing this Heart-Eating Poison Powder is that it is very easy to prepare and almost impossible to go wrong. It’s just that the herbs are of high age and extremely difficult to collect.

This is not a difficult task for Su Chen. As long as the herbs grow into a rudimentary shape, he can control the year and can grow them in any year he wants.

If he wasn't afraid that the age of the medicine would change its medicinal properties, Su Chen would even want to try the toxicity of the thousand-year-old Heart-Eating Poison Powder.

"With this thing, I finally have some ability to protect myself in this palace."

"To know."

"The few first-rank princes in Liang State, as well as the Purple Robe Supervisor, are only first-rank martial artists."

In the past, it was Zhang Gui who came to talk to him and tell him about the changes in the palace, but now it was Xiao Hanzi who came.

Nearly half a year had passed since the assassination three months ago, and the old emperor's butcher knife finally reached the palace.

Xiao Hanzi was a little excited on this day.

Because a chief eunuch was imprisoned and sentenced to death that night in prison, Zhang Gui, who was at the peak of both fourth ranks and had a combat power close to third rank, had a chance to take the position.

The Grand Chamberlain is not qualified, but relying on Concubine Zhang's appreciation, if he can catch the emperor's eye, there is still a chance for him to become the Deputy Grand Chamberlain.

Once they come to power, each of these godsons will be able to obtain a position with power and lucrative positions, or even become a manager directly.

Su Chen saw all of this.

He doesn't care about that.

The Grand Chamberlain is not even qualified to be Zhang Gui’s goal, the First Supervisor of Purple Robe is almost enough.

This night.

Su Chen was awakened.

The cold wind, carrying snow, blew into the quiet room. He opened his eyes, jumped up, and stared coldly at the uninvited guest in the room.

His worst fear happened.

Inside the house, the man in black stared at him with cold eyes.

"It's time to activate your hidden chess piece."

(End of this chapter)