The person in front of him made Jin Yi wrap his body with warmth, but what he said made Jin Yi fall into an ice cellar. He opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word. After taking a deep breath, he said, "I have a question, I want to ask Dr. Fang for advice." There was an irrepressible vibrato in his words.
Fang Fan asked, "Doctor Fang? Are you here? Or my father?"
"It's you."
"Excuse me."
"Doctor Fang is good at rhythm, can you know a piece of music?"
"I don't know what song it is?"
""Moon Night"."
"Sorry, there are countless piano scores in the world. If it is not a famous song, it is not easy to hear. Please forgive the ignorance."
Fang Fan was calm, but Jin Yi wanted to spy something in his eyes or words, but it seemed to be in vain.
He asked again: "If it is some personal matter, would Doctor Fang be willing to answer?"
"Please speak first."
"Doctor Fang must not be a local, right? Where did he come from? Why did he come?"
"Xiaxia is really not a local. Three years ago, my father and I came here from Jiangnan. Because my father was trapped in the desert in his early years and was rescued by a business traveler, the captain of the caravan was from Xianquan Town. I brought it here to meet the old man, but the old man has passed away, so we plan to live here temporarily to do something for the local people, and we should repay our gratitude.”
"Is that so?" Jin asked in a deep voice.
"That's right." Fang Fan smiled back, "I just don't know why Young Master asked about this?"
Jin Yi didn't speak for a while, and then he said, "Because Dr. Fang and... look very similar to a close relative of mine."
"The world is big, and there are no wonders. But the next is the next, your close relatives are your close relatives, no matter how similar they are, they are not the same person after all."
Fang Fan's gentle tone was even stronger than the strong wind, Jin Yi only felt that all the warmth in his heart had dissipated, and what remained was a more obvious coldness and loneliness.
"Sorry, I was abrupt. Thank you Dr. Fang for clearing my doubts, and I will leave now." Jin Yi said, turning around to go, but he couldn't help but look at Fang Fan again. This face was clearly seen countless times in dreams. Yes, why, why not him
Fang Fan was embarrassed by Jin Yi's stare, so he could not help lowering his head, but saw Jin Yi's hands.
"Young master wait a moment, your hands are chapped, go down and take some ointment, you can take it back and apply it after washing your hands every time." Fang Fan went into the room to look for medicine.
Jin Yi stared at his back, and when he came out, his eyes followed his approaching figure again, until a large medicine bottle was handed to him.
He reached out and took it, "Thank you, Doctor Fang, how much do I need to pay you?"
Fang Fan smiled and shook his head, "If what I said is wrong, please forgive me for my false words: From the perspective of the gentleman's bearing, he should be a high-ranking general in the Longshuoguan garrison. The general will defend the country in a hundred battles, and keep my Xianquan Town safe and sound. These are The trivial ointment, the bento is a little thought, I hope the general will accept it with a smile."
In the past, Jin Yi had never been favored by someone who was not a relative or an acquaintance, but at this time he took the medicine bottle and nodded, "In that case, thank you Doctor Fang."
Fang Fan still smiled when he saw him pick it up, "General is good to go."
Jin Yi left with the bottle in his hand. When he reached the door, he stopped and turned around. He looked up and asked, "Are you—really not him?"
Fang Fan replied without hesitation: "I'm just me."
When Jin Yi left, Fang Fan vaguely heard the soft smile he left at the door, as if mocking himself and feeling lonely.
After returning to Longshuoguan, Jin sent someone to ask Liangzhou Chief to help him find out the ins and outs of Doctor Fang and his son. The information he got a few days later was completely different from what Fang Fan told him. The last glimmer of hope in his heart was cut off, and the ointment in the bottle gradually healed his cracked hands, but it had no effect on the cracks in his heart.
Previously, whenever he fell asleep at night, Jin Yi would silently compare them. After learning the truth, he didn't want to think about it anymore. But when I woke up in the middle of the night and my consciousness was still hazy, I would think of them unconsciously.
Fang Fan and Fu Ming are indeed very similar, but there are differences in their demeanor. Fu Ming is more gentle, and Fang Fan has a little more sense of Xiao Shu; the voice is also different. Fang Fan is a doctor, but Fu Ming doesn't seem to understand medical skills... No! When he was leading the army southward, Fu Ming once gave him a package of medicinal powder to cure the intolerant!
It was bright, and Jin ordered someone to find the prescription that Dr. Fang had prescribed a few days ago, took out some remaining powder from the small bag he carried with him, and asked the military doctor to identify whether the drug in the prescription was the same as the powder. In the end, when the military doctor informed him of the identification results, what he said was that "there are three kinds of medicinal materials that are the same, but these are common medicines in prescriptions. Although their medicinal effects are relatively similar, they are essentially two different prescriptions."
Time and time again, I regained hope, but ended in despair. Just like when he went back and forth to find Fu Ming who had left home, he only brought back one embarrassing result.
Jin Yi reflected on himself, whether he lost his mind and did something he shouldn't have done. Fu Ming is gone, he is unique, even if there is another person who is very similar to him in this world, it will not be him. So, why is he so eager and stubborn to prove that the other person is him? This seems to be able to comfort himself and make up for himself, but it is disrespectful to Fu Ming and unfair to him.
"Ye Xin, it's my fault. You are not others, and others are not you. You are not elsewhere," Jin Yi whispered according to his heart, "you should only be here."
After that, Jin Yi no longer went to Xianquan Town.
As winter gradually entered, few of the soldiers who came here with Jin Yi this year had experienced the severe winter in Liangzhou, and had no knowledge of the cold here. When the coldest day came, the clank men couldn't help calling their father and mother. It was too cold, and the feeling of splitting muscles and bones until the whole body was numb was more unbearable than fighting on the battlefield.
Fang Fan was wrapped in thick fur with only one pair of eyes exposed. He led a few people in the town and brought two carts of medicinal materials to the military doctor, saying: "These medicinal materials can dispel cold and warm the body. A bowl after breakfast."
The nearby soldiers gathered around to help unload the medicinal materials, and thanked Fang Fan constantly. Fang Fan rolled his eyes and nodded. When they emptied the car, they waved away.
When he walked to the entrance of the camp, he met Jin Yi who was leading a team of soldiers. Although he could see his eyes but not his body, Jin Yi still recognized who this person was, but he just cast a look at Fang Fan, but he didn't know who he was. The conversation also kept pace, the two of them stumbled and separated from each other.
When Jin Yi was far away, Fang Fan turned around, looked at Jin Yi who was wearing a military uniform, and said to the driver next to him, "Our general is really heroic."
After the anti-cold medicine was confirmed to be non-toxic and effective, each soldier was given a bowl.
Jiang Yisun took a few sips, smacking his lips and saying, "This taste is really kind!"
Jin Yi asked casually, "Have you ever drunk?"
"Drinked it. In the past when we were in the Salesian Bureau, Uncle Fang forced us to drink a bowl every day."
Jin Yi took a meal, and the soup in the bowl shook, "The Salesian Bureau? Uncle Fang?"
"Well, it's a doctor who often goes to the Salesian Bureau to see a doctor for us. His medical skills are very good."
"Then—this doctor Fang and Fu Mingke know each other?"
Jiang Yisun replied: "Naturally I recognize that Doctor Fang likes Brother Ming the most. They are half a pair of master and apprentice!"
Jin Yi drained the medicinal soup, put down the bowl, took out a medicine bottle from his arms, and threw it to him, "Smell, are you familiar with this smell?"
Jiang Yisun opened the medicine bottle, sniffed, and said with a smile, "Where did this come from?" Before waiting for Jin Yi to answer, he still said to himself, "In the days of heavy snow before, we liked to go out and play in the snow, and Uncle Fang gave it to us. The ointment is applied to prevent frostbite, and it smells very similar to this one, and it seems to me that I have returned to that time."
Jin Yi stopped talking, took back the medicine bottle, grabbed Jiang Yisun's hand, and pulled him out.
"General Jin, what are you going to do?!" Jiang Yisun didn't know why.
Jin Yi pulled him to the horse camp, untied the rope and threw it to him, then said, "Follow me!"
The two got on their horses, and after leaving the camp, they hurried away with their horses and whips.
"Where are you going?" Jiang Yisun asked loudly against the cold wind, almost choking on the gale.
"Xianquan Town, go see your old friend!"
"Old man? Who?"
"Doctor Fang."
"Doctor Fang is in Xianquan Town?"
"You'll know when you go!"
Ma Teng was flying like a fly, and after a while, they dismounted outside the Fangjia Medical Center in Xianquan Town.
But the door of the hospital was closed, and it took a long time for a woman to open the door after knocking on the door. Jin Yi asked, "May I ask if Dr. Fang and his son are here?"
The cook who came to answer the door replied, "Doctor Fang received the letter and wants to go back to Jiangnan. Young Master Fang sent him there, but he hasn't returned yet."
"Thank you for letting me know!" After Jin Yi finished speaking, he immediately turned around and mounted the horse again, and took Jiang Yisun to the east side avenue.
On the way, the two met Fang Fan, who had sent his father home. He was riding a camel and came slowly.
Jiang Yisun was shocked when he saw the person, and almost fell off his horse. He stabilized his body, dismounted and walked to Fang Fan's side, and asked anxiously, "Brother Ming! How... how come you are here!"
Fang Fan didn't reply, he came down first, looked at Jin Yi, and said to Jiang Yisun, "Is this really so similar to your two old friends?"
Jiang Yisun was startled again. He looked at Fang Fan and Jin Yi again, wondering what was going on.
Jin Yi also got off the horse and looked at Fang Fan, "The medicine we drink today was sent by this doctor Fang. His father is also a doctor surnamed Fang."
Jiang Yisun thought about Jin Yi's words, and Fang Fan said, "So, Brother Ming, you... You don't actually... You just followed Uncle Fang away from the capital and came here incognito?"
Fang Fan shook his head, changed his calm tone from the past, and said decisively: "How do you two guess it's the two of you? I said, I am me, not the Ming brother in your mouth. If the two insist on looking at me As someone else, you don't have to come again." This tone, coupled with his slightly deep and hoarse voice, was indeed different from the feeling when Fu Ming spoke.
After Fang Fan finished speaking, he rode his camel and wanted to leave.
Jin Yi took the reins that held him, Fang Fan couldn't compete, Jin Yi said, "I'll just say one more thing."
"Speaking."
"Whether you are Fu Ming or Fang Fan, you are you."
I thought he was still trying to mess around, but he didn't think that he had said such a reasonable word. Fang Fan smiled softly and rode away.
When you come, whip your horse quickly, and when you return, trust your horse to rein.
Jiang Yisun asked, "That Doctor Fang, is he Ming Geer?"
"What do you think?" Jin Yi asked back.
"I think it is, but I also think... it doesn't seem to be, alas, can't say for sure."
Jin Yi's eyes are always locked on Yoyo's back in front of him, and his tone is firm: "He is."
"Really!" Jiang Yisun asked, "How can you be sure?"
"He didn't deny what I just said."
In fact, Fang Fan did not deny that he was Fu Ming from beginning to end, but he insisted that he was no longer Fu Ming. Perhaps, this is the reason why he escaped by dying and changed his name. Say goodbye to the past completely and start a completely different life with a new identity.
Jiang Yisun still asked vaguely: "But he also refuses to admit that he knows us, how should this be?"
Jin Yi pondered for a moment before sighing back: "Yesterday is like dying yesterday. Since he doesn't want to talk about the past again, let's get to know each other again."
He knows that not everything can be returned to the original point, but what is it that is really powerless compared to the eternal separation between heaven and man