The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 439

It truly echoes Li Bai's poem: "The roc rises with the wind in a single day, soaring straight up ninety thousand miles."

"Just now when I went to the palace to see His Majesty, I happened to meet Daoist Feixiazi. I told him about your ailment, and he said that it was caused by cold evil entering your body. It is not something that can be done overnight. You can't just take medicine. You need to get more high-quality mugwort and do moxibustion every day to replenish your yang energy. After a while, when the sun is stronger, you should take off your upper garment every noon and sunbathe your back. The sun's fire is also called heavenly moxibustion, which is the most yang fire and is most effective against yin evil."

Zhou Chu looked at the old man and gave him instructions.

Jin Youcai was deeply moved that Zhou Chu, who had already achieved such power, still remembered him, an old beggar. He felt so touched that he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Zhou Chu.

"Young master, you are so kind to an old beggar like me. I really don't know how to repay you."

Jin Youcai was deeply moved.

"Why bother with these formalities? Just focus on taking care of yourself. Follow the Taoist priest's methods and you'll be fine in a year or two."

As Zhou Chu spoke, he took out several silver notes from his pocket and placed them next to Jin Youcai. Seeing that Jin Youcai was about to refuse, Zhou Chu directly reached out to stop him.

“You should know that this amount of money is nothing to me. You need to spend a lot of money to take care of your health. It is inevitably hard for Xiaodao to take care of you all by himself. I will buy two maids later. You are getting old and need someone to take good care of you.”

After saying this, Zhou Chu got up and left without giving Jin Youcai a chance to refuse.

Jin Youcai looked at the thousands of taels of silver notes in his hand and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He looked at Xiaodao beside him, his face full of apology.

"Young master is right, we should buy two maids."

Xiao Dao did not object to Jin Youcai's words. In her opinion, it was always a good thing for the old man to have more people to take care of him.

After she made Jin Youcai take his medicine, she took out the ambergris that Zhou Chu had given her and was about to grind it when Jin Youcai saw her and his eyes narrowed.

"Where did you get this?"

Although Jin Youcai was a beggar, his knowledge far surpassed that of ordinary people. He had seen a small piece of ambergris when he was young, and now, seeing the ambergris in front of him and smelling its unique fragrance, he naturally knew what it was.

Ambergris!

Ambergris is a priceless treasure whose very name alone makes Jin Youcai tremble with fear. Compared to it, all other precious treasures are simply insignificant.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Dao paused in his movements, realizing that the old man had recognized the item and knew he couldn't hide it any longer.

"This is ambergris that His Majesty bestowed upon the young master. He asked me to grind it and burn it by your bedside. It should be good for your illness."

Since Xiao Dao knew he couldn't hide it anymore, he stopped trying to conceal it.

"Ambergris! For me to use? Am I worthy? Keep this ambergris safe. My health has stabilized now. Using such precious things on me would be a waste. Send it back to the young master later. Only the young master is qualified to use ambergris."

When Jin Youcai heard Xiao Dao's words, his voice trembled. He never expected that Zhou Chu would go to such lengths for him, even bringing out the ambergris that the emperor had bestowed upon him.

At this moment, Jin Youcai's heart was trembling. He was moved and excited at the same time. He never expected that he would see ambergris again in his lifetime, and that the young master would give it to him.

Hearing this, Xiao Dao didn't insist any further. She already had a lot of psychological burden about using the ambergris, and now that she heard the old man's words, she actually breathed a sigh of relief.

According to what the young master just said, the old man's illness can be gradually cured by persisting with moxibustion and taking medicine. Since that's the case, why waste such a miraculous item?

Having figured all this out, Xiao Dao put away the ambergris, intending to secretly return it to the young master later.

It's not appropriate to send it back now, since the young master just left.

After Zhou Chu returned home, he saw Sun Qiang, whom Zhou Chu had asked Chu Liu to call over.

"Hengqi, as you instructed, your family has been taken care of. Now no one can find where they are. I also gave your father five thousand taels of silver, which should be enough for them to spend."

Sun Qiang naturally knew why Zhou Chu had summoned him, and said...

Zhou Chu nodded upon hearing this.

Zhou Chu wouldn't have much entanglement with his own family, mainly because of his special identity. If people knew their identity, it would put them in endless danger.

"Uncle, how's your son's schoolwork going?"

Zhou Chu felt very comfortable in front of Sun Qiang, and so did Sun Qiang. Sun Qiang handled the relationship between the two very well, neither overstepping his bounds nor appearing distant.

After Sun Qiang made money, he settled down in the capital. His family members stayed in the countryside because he knew very well that his wife was just a country bumpkin with limited experience. He didn't know how much trouble she would cause if she came to the capital.

If it were just Sun Qiang himself, he could tolerate it, but what Sun Qiang feared most was causing trouble for Zhou Chu, so he had never brought his family over.

However, Sun Qiang sent a lot of money home. The Sun family was very wealthy in their hometown and could be considered one of the richest families in the surrounding area.

Sun Qiang has a daughter and a son. His son is now eleven or twelve years old. Under Sun Qiang's arrangement, although he did not go to Beijing, he has entered a private school in his hometown to start reading and learning to read.

"Don't even mention it. That kid is just not cut out for studying. I don't have high expectations for him. As long as he can read and write, even if he becomes an accountant in the future, he won't starve."

Sun Qiang said helplessly.

"Don't rush. Some people are just a little late to the game. Let's wait and see. Maybe they'll figure it out in a couple of years."

Zhou Chu smiled.

"I hope so."

Sun Qiang sighed.

"Young Master, Lord Xie Qian requests an audience."

Zhou Chu was talking to Sun Qiang when Chunlan walked in.

Zhou Chu was quite surprised to hear this. What did Xie Qian, this old guy, want from him?