Chapter 154, Selecting a Hall
Chapter 154, Selecting a Hall
Gu Xing was angry. Prince Shou had been driven out of the old courtyard, so it was naturally not appropriate for the others to stay in the courtyard, so they left the courtyard under the leadership of the director.
The director led everyone directly towards Prince Shou. When he arrived, he asked with concern: "Prince, are you okay?"
Prince Shou may have been beaten so hard that he still hasn't managed his expression. He looked at the director fiercely, "You already knew that Gu Xing was very powerful, but you deliberately didn't tell me. Do you want to make fun of me?"
After hearing this, the director's face immediately showed an exaggerated look of grievance: "Your Highness, you have wronged me. First of all, you have never asked me about Gu Xing's strength. Secondly, as a gatekeeper, Gu Xing must be very powerful. You should be able to guess that." If he doesn't even know this common sense, he deserves to be beaten.
After hearing what Gu Qiming said, Prince Shou became even angrier. He was angry that Gu Qiming was not loyal enough to him and did not warn him of Gu Xing's danger in advance; he was even angrier that Gu Xing dared to openly attack him, the prince.
He represents the royal family, and Gu Xing's attack on him simply shows that he does not take the royal family seriously.
Prince Shou looked towards the old man sinisterly, not hiding the murderous intent in his eyes.
When the director saw this, he remembered the instructions from the Minister of Heaven to take good care of Gu Xing, so he smiled and stepped forward, blocking the sight of Prince Shou with his body, and smiled and changed the subject: "Prince, among the 18 Qihuang Halls, those with wooden signs will choose first, and you will distribute the rest, how about that?"
Prince Shou looked at the director coldly and snorted, "Since I was a child, except for my father and my two brothers, no one has dared to choose things before me."
After hearing this, the director smiled and reminded: "Your Highness, in the hands of those who are not destined to be together, Qihuang Hall is just a few dilapidated courtyards. It doesn't matter who comes first or later. If you really want to choose first, then choose first."
Prince Shou didn’t really want to choose first, he just didn’t want to act according to Gu Qiming’s wishes. Moreover, what he really wanted to take over was not the Medical Bureau, but the Dan Sheng Temple.
He also knew that the key to opening the Dan Temple might lie in these few people holding the wooden signs.
If it had not been for this reason, he would have punished them for their disrespect for him the last time he summoned them.
Prince Shou looked at Mu Qingying, Yuan Tianchou, Gu Jinfan, Shen Qianfan, Zhu Qinghuan, and Hua Changxi and said, "Tell me, which Qihuang Hall do you want to choose?"
Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying looked at each other, and then looked at Hua Changxi at the same time.
Gu Qiming saw the two disciples looking at Hua Changxi, and he also looked over with a smile: "Hua Changxi, you get to choose first this time."
Prince Shou glanced at Gu Qiming and did not object.
Hua Changxi saw that everyone was looking at her, and then looked at the Shou Wang and the director who were staring at her, and did not shirk. If she was asked to choose, she would choose: "I choose No. 18 Qihuang Hall."
Hearing this, Mu Qingying, Yuan Tianchou, Gu Jinfan, Shen Qianfan, and Zhu Qinghuan were all a little surprised, and looked at Hua Changxi thoughtfully.
Hua Changxi had been in the Qihuang Halls No. 1 to No. 9 in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall. She had never been to the Qihuang Halls No. 10 to No. 18 in the Apprentice Hall, but she chose Qihuang Hall No. 18. Why?
Mu Qingying and Yuan Tianchou looked at each other and guessed that Hua Changxi must have seen through the trap of asking her to choose first. No matter what she chose first, it would be intercepted by Prince Shou or her own master, so she was just making a random choice.
As expected, Prince Shou spoke up: "No. 18 Qihuang Hall is not acceptable. I have other uses for this hall. Please choose another one."
Hua Changxi snorted in his heart, and then said: "Then I will choose Qihuang Hall No. 1."
After hearing this, Gu Qiming looked at his two disciples.
Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying looked helpless. Hua Changxi was randomly selecting Qihuang Halls. They wanted to find out from her which Qihuang Hall would be beneficial to them, but they were afraid it would be impossible.
The director already knew what the contents of Qihuang Hall No. 1 to No. 6 were. Qihuang Hall No. 1 taught knowledge of medicinal plants, which was suitable for his apprentice Qingying, so naturally he wanted to intercept it.
"The first Qihuang Hall is not suitable either. Hua Changxi, please choose another one."
Hua Changxi looked at the director with a hint of mockery on his lips: "How about letting others choose first? The last remaining Qihuang Clinic will belong to me. I will accept whichever Qihuang Clinic I take over."
Gu Qiming felt a little uncomfortable, touched his nose, and said with a wry smile: "I let you choose first, so just choose."
Hua Changxi smiled and said, "In that case, I'll choose Qihuang Hall No. 6." Gu Qiming coughed again and said, "Well, Qihuang Hall No. 6 is not a good choice either."
Hua Changxi looked at him and said, "Director, which Qihuang Clinic do you think is good? Just give me one. I won't choose."
Gu Qiming was also a little embarrassed. He knew that he could not get anything out of Hua Changxi, so he simply made his attitude clear. He looked at Prince Shou and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, Qihuang Hall No. 1 and No. 6 are more suitable for my two useless disciples; Qihuang Hall No. 2 and No. 3 were selected by me and the minister, and Qihuang Hall No. 4 was selected by the Tianshi Mansion."
After hearing this, Prince Shou didn't say much, and directly said: "In this case, the remaining Qihuang Hall No. 5, No. 7, No. 8, and No. 9 in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall will be taken over by Xiaoqi, Yuyan and the other four."
Then he looked at Gu Jinfan, Shen Qianfan, Zhu Qinghuan, and Hua Changxi and said, "Please choose one from the Qihuang Halls from number 10 to 17."
Gu Jinfan was speechless about what Prince Shou and the director did. They might as well just assign it directly: "Then I'll choose Qihuang Hall No. 10."
Shen Qianfan: "I'm number 11."
Zhu Qinghuan: "I'm number 12."
Hua Changxi: "Then I'm number 13."
This time, no one came to grab the Qihuang Hall chosen by Hua Changxi, and the remaining Qihuang Halls were distributed by King Shou to other people.
After the eighteen Qihuang Halls were all taken over, Prince Shou said directly: "The Qihuang Hall is under the Medical Bureau. You are now the person in charge of the Qihuang Hall. In the future, you must hand over thirty bottles of first-grade elixir to me every month."
As soon as the words fell, Shen Qianfan was the first to refuse: "Thirty bottles of first-grade elixirs? I don't have that many spiritual herbs and plants. If that's the case, I won't be the manager of Qihuang Hall anymore."
Hua Changxi also echoed: "Me too."
Gu Qiming has been secretly paying attention to Hua Changxi. When she just chose Qihuangguan, she always looked indifferent. Now she actually gave up Qihuangguan directly, which made him a little confused.
If there was really something special about Qihuangguan, could Hua Changxi give up so easily?
Zhu Qinghuan also spoke up: "I can't afford so many spiritual medicines and plants."
Prince Shou looked at the three people with dissatisfaction: "The Spiritual Medicine and Spiritual Plants Medical Bureau will be responsible for providing them, you just need to refine the pills."
Hearing this, Shen Qianfan breathed a sigh of relief: "If that's the case, then there's no problem."
Prince Shou glanced at Shen Qianfan, too lazy to chat any more, and left with his men.
When the director saw him leaving, he said a few polite words and left with Mu Qingying and Yuan Tianchou.
As soon as they left, Hua Changxi went directly to the No. 13 Qihuang Hall behind the Apprentice Hall.
Similar to the layout of the Miscellaneous Services Hall, the Qihuang Hall behind the Apprentice Hall is also on the same street.
Hua Changxi had long wanted to visit the Qihuang Hall at the Apprentice Hall, and now he could finally investigate openly.
He originally wanted to visit Qihuang Hall No. 10 to No. 18, but he didn't know that each Qihuang Hall was guarded by two guards, so Hua Changxi could only enter Qihuang Hall No. 13.
After entering Qihuang Hall No. 13, Hua Changxi walked around and found that it was no different from Qihuang Hall No. 1 to No. 9, all of which had the same stone courtyard layout.
"What kind of medical skills will be taught in the No. 13 Qihuang Hall?"