Chapter 34 An old friend returns
"Things have changed, people have changed, nothing more than this."

In front of the library which was full of burnt marks and broken walls, Su Chen was holding a lunch box, looking a little dazed.

Three years.

It was his first time back to the library.

pity.

Zhang Gui is dead.

Xu Xiaohan was also implicated and exiled to the border, where his life or death was unknown.

Even the library was burned down by Emperor Jianwu, and millions of books were burned. If the Wuge Library was not so important, Emperor Jianwu would have set it on fire as well...

"Master Xu?"

At this time, there were sounds of surprise in the library. Seven or eight little eunuchs in black poked their heads out and trotted towards Su Chen.

In the palace, the lives of low-level slaves have always been lowly.

I can't invite a royal physician.

She was also unable to leave the palace for treatment.

I have always been sent to the pharmacy to get some medicine. If I can live, I will live. If I can't, I will die.

Over the years, Su Chen has saved countless palace maids and eunuchs. The mentor has made a name for himself among the lower-level eunuchs and palace maids and is respectfully called "Master Xu."

After reading all the books in the library, his medical skills were many times better than Chen Ge, the original pharmacist.

"What's happening here?"

Su Chen glanced at the courtyard and found that not only the black eunuch had come, but also a group of bricklayers and carpenters, as well as shovels, tree seeds and other things, as if they were about to rebuild the library.

"Master Xu, you may not know this in the pharmacy."

"Deputy Chief Xu, who was exiled to the border and served as a frontier soldier, has returned. I heard that he refused all the rewards from the young emperor and only asked to rebuild the library and cancel the nationwide wanted order for the red-robed man..."

Xu Xiaohan is coming back?
Su Chen's eyes became complicated.

then.

He heard it.

Emperor Jianwu wanted to kill Zhang Gui and everyone related to him, and Xu Xiaohan was naturally among them. If it weren't for his meritorious service in protecting the princes and princesses during the turmoil and Empress Dugu's desperate protection, he would have been executed long ago.

But in the end, he was exiled to the border and served as a frontier soldier.

Imperial power declined.

The border generals had long ceased to respect the imperial authority, and they had killed countless military supervisors on the pretext of rampant banditry. It was a pity that Xu Xiaohan was still alive.

“There are fewer and fewer people I know.”

Just as Su Chen was sighing.

hum!
The ground shook slightly.

far away.

A man dressed in green and red came over, whipping his horse, followed by elite guards with respectful looks.

A man in his thirties, dressed in half red and half green, with deep eyes and a calm demeanor in his every move. It was Xu Xiaohan, but he was no longer the young man who kowtowed to Su Chen like crazy.

"Greetings, my lord!"

In the library, both the craftsmen and the eunuchs were bowing.

Only Su Chen didn't want to kneel down and stayed far away.

"Is there any wine?"

Xu Xiaohan looked at the imperial guards behind him.

"Factory boss, I'm afraid you'll be suspected!"

"The first thing you should do when entering the palace is to pay respect to His Majesty, instead of coming to this library to pay respect to the purple-robed man and the red-robed man..."

The imperial guards' faces turned livid as they spoke in a cold voice of persuasion.

"Hahaha!"

"So what if I go to jail!"

"Anyway, I am Zhang Gui's godson, Xu Xiaohan beside Master Su! I don't know how Master Su has been doing in the past three years. I hope everything is going well for him..."

In this regard.

Xu Xiaohan laughed loudly, stretched out his hand, and used his internal energy to grab objects from the air. He snatched Su Chen's food box and walked all the way to the broken hibiscus tree in the dilapidated courtyard.

Plates of exquisite food were placed on the stone table. Xu Xiaohan closed his eyes, bowed three times in front of the stone table, then poured the full bottle of Bairu wine in front of the hibiscus tree. Without saying a word, he rode away on his horse.

"What is he doing?"

The young eunuchs were talking about it.

"The three bows are to the red-robed statue, and the pouring of wine is to pay tribute to the traitor Zhang Gui!"

"hehe!"

"A castrated dog is a castrated dog!"

There were guards who sneered and stayed, writing in a small notebook, obviously wanting to secretly report Xu Xiaohan.

Su Chen sighed.

With a flick of a finger.

boom!
The beam frame that was under construction, along with hundreds of pounds of bluestone and tiles, collapsed directly, and in an instant, the imperial guard who was writing a report was crushed into a pool of blood.

"Fuck!"

"This is too unlucky."

The young eunuchs were terribly frightened.

"Who says it isn't?"

After Su Chen finished speaking, he left with the empty food box. It was a good opportunity for him to get back the silver and herbs that had been stolen since he didn't have to deal with the pharmacy's affairs today.

Three days later.

The young emperor personally changed Xu Xiaohan's name to Xu Han! He was appointed as the new East Factory Master (West Factory), and he was responsible for killing all the remnants of the old East Factory! He was given the second-grade Nu Gang Pill, and he practiced in the Tianwu Tower to strive for the second grade.

Now it wasn't just the palace that was in an uproar.

There was an uproar in the court. Countless civil officials, military generals, and nobles banged on the door of the imperial study, all wailing. This was the second Nine Thousand Year Old Emperor of Cholera Daliang!
Less than a month after Xu Xiaohan returned, he already had tremendous power, no less than Zhang Gui who had risen rapidly back then, and even seemed to be superior to him.

In the pharmacy.

Su Chen took out the pottery jar under the bed and put the bloody silver coins into it. He counted them and smiled with satisfaction.

"Three hundred taels."

"Old Chen has taken good care of me over the years. These three hundred taels, according to the prices outside, should be enough for Old Chen to enjoy his old age after leaving the palace..."

I don’t know if it’s because he was simulating Xu Ge, or was affected by the simulated temperament, but Su Chen felt that the three years in the pharmacy were much more interesting than the nine years in the library.

At least, he felt more like a human being.

Then he started to pound the medicine again.

outside the house.

Two young eunuchs who had a fever and were waiting to get medicine were talking.

"The palace has been getting more and more chaotic recently. I heard that two secret guards on duty died suddenly in the duty room last night. They didn't lose any gold, only some silver."

"The medicine is here."

“Take it on time!”

At this time, in the pharmacy, Su Chen walked towards them carrying packaged medicine.

"Master Xu, can I buy this money on credit temporarily?"

The two young eunuchs were a little embarrassed and hesitated, and only took out a few copper coins.

"Easy to say."

"Next time you come, tell me more interesting things that happened in the palace. You can owe this money for now. It's not a big deal. It's not easy for eunuchs at the bottom to save money when they are exploited."

"Thank you, Master Xu!"

Su Chen sent away the two young eunuchs.

"Cough cough..."

From the inner room, there was a violent cough.

It was November of the tenth year of Jianwu. The weather was getting colder and Old Chen fell ill.

In front of the bed.

Su Chen fed the prepared medicine to Old Chen, but it had no effect at all.

Old Chen, after all, he couldn't wait until the next year to leave the palace.

"Why is this happening..."

"Mr. Chen's life span was obviously normal, and he still had at least ten years to live. Why did he catch a cold overnight and his life span came to an end?"

Su Chen sat in front of the bed, looking somewhat frightened and uneasy.

It was as if he had really become Xu Ge, and was about to send away the old man who had taken care of him for ten years.

"Xu Ge, the one I'm most worried about is you. In this palace, we, the low-level eunuchs with no cultivation, shouldn't be like so many. Guard the pharmacy well and don't get involved in any fights..."

"Be honest and wait until you leave the palace, save some money, and for eunuchs like us, we can adopt a descendant to leave for our descendants..."

Chen Ge was very old and exuded a decayed aura, just like an elder in the family. On his deathbed, he held Su Chen's hand and gave his last words to his descendants.

Chen Ge's hands dropped weakly.

The tenth year of Jianwu, winter.

It's snowing outside!
The heavy snow covered the sky and the sun, and the cold invaded the world.

Mr. Chen is dead.

ps. No, I will stay up late tonight to make up for the update. I have been a bit busy recently and have delayed the update. I am really sorry. I will make up two more updates, including today's, and there will be two updates tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)