Man Bao, who had no idea that he could heal chickens and was about to heal pigs, was standing on the ridge of the field with his hands folded, watching people in the distance turning the straw covering the wheat field.
The weather has been fine these two days, and it seems to be getting warmer. Turning out the straw and letting the wheat seedlings bask in the sun will grow faster.
The few fields in front of Manbao are empty, and they should be reserved for planting rice.
Standing behind Manbao, Xibing said enviously, "My lord, the fields here are really nice, and the weather is also nice."
No wonder they always heard that the Central Plains was very rich when they were in the Western Regions. It turned out that their fields were so good.
Man Bao smiled at her and sighed: "Spring is here, how many days are there before the Mingjing exam?"
Xibing didn't know, so Jiulan replied, "There are still seven days."
Jiulan glanced at the distance, walked up to Man Bao and whispered, "Miss, look over there, there are two people who have been watching you."
Man Bao turned his head to look, and saw a man carrying a hoe, and there was another person standing beside him. Because he was too far away, Man Bao couldn't see the person clearly, but from his appearance, he seemed to be an old man.
Man Bao squinted his eyes and asked Jiulan and Xibing, "Can you see who they are?"
Xibing has the best eyes. After looking at it for a while, he said: "One looks about 30 years old, the other looks about 60 years old, like grandparents, and the old one wears well, like silk and satin."
Except for the stewards, few people in this village can wear silk and satin.
Jiulan said: "Lady, they are just looking at you, you look like two father-in-laws."
There are quite a few father-in-laws in this village.
Man Bao thought for a while, and said to Jiu Lan, "Go and ask."
Jiulan responded and walked towards them.
Seeing Jiulan coming towards them, Tong's servant covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed softly, and said softly: "Young people are just curious, and this is not a good thing. In that palace, there should be no It's just curiosity."
The little boy's servant said: "Godfather, I will see the imperial doctor Zhou in a while, you can speak softly, maybe she will cure your illness."
Tong Neishi said indifferently: "It can't be cured, didn't you ask Imperial Physician Liu to help you look at it before, and it's just a few prescriptions."
"Both Jingli and Gongli say that Imperial Doctor Zhou is a little miraculous doctor."
The servant boy smiled and said, "Stupid child, Jingli calls her a genius doctor because she can open the abdomen and cure infertility. How much has it to do with my disease? If you want to talk about my internal disease, the most capable person It’s still Xiao Yuanzheng and Imperial Physician Liu.”
The little boy's servant was a little annoyed, "No matter what, Xiao Yuanzheng couldn't invite..."
Tong's servant said indifferently: "How many people in this capital can invite Xiao Yuanzheng? Except for those super-rank princes and princes, only foreign ministers of the third rank have the chance to invite him. It's hard for the women in the palace to invite him, let alone me, an eunuch."
The little boy's servant's face turned red, and he still wanted to talk, but the boy's servant said calmly: "Here we are."
As soon as he raised his head, he saw a maid beside Doctor Zhou walking over cautiously with her skirt in her hand.
But before she got close, the patrolling guards saw them and rushed over to stop them, pointing at them and shouting: "What are you doing, don't cross the fence, anyone who violates it will be shot or killed."
Jiulan was startled, so she stopped, and waited for the guards to rush over before she patted her chest and said, "You guys scared me to death, I didn't even think about jumping over the fence."
The guards who were about to reprimand her choked, and then looked at her, they were very familiar with it, and the veins on their foreheads twitched involuntarily, "Girl Jiulan, why is it you?"
Then he turned his head to look at the father and son of Tong Nei Shi, who was opposite him, and couldn't help frowning, "Who are you? I don't know that this is an epidemic area, so you can't come near it?"
The boy waiter covered his mouth and coughed, the little boy servant immediately put down his hoe, supported him with both hands and said, "My lord, we didn't go over the fence, and we didn't dare to go in. It's the old doctor of the imperial doctor Zhou who entrusted us, that's why we came here." Yes, I just want to send something to Doctor Zhou."
Jiulan looked at the guards with an innocent face, pointed to Zhou Man and said, "No, our lady is over there, she has never been close to outsiders, she just asked me to pass the message."
The imperial guards are used to passing things and letters to Zhou Man these days, and they are soft-spoken, so they can't speak hard words at the moment, they can only stand aside and stare at the two servants, speaking in a rough voice He said: "If you have anything to say, hurry up. Also, if you want to send a message in the future, you can only go to the checkpoint, and you are not allowed to come here privately."
Although they surrounded the infected area with sticks and hemp ropes, even a child could step over it.
This thing can't stop people at all, it just lets people in Huangzhuang know in their hearts that people inside are not allowed to cross these fences to go out, and people outside are not allowed to cross these fences to go in, it all depends on everyone's self-consciousness.
Although the imperial guards were patrolling, they couldn't keep a good eye on such a large epidemic area all the time, so they were very dissatisfied with the behavior of the two servants.
Although Physician Zhou always communicated with the outside world, only letters were sent out, and they were all sent through regular channels—their checkpoints, and they always sent beautiful and enthusiastic western cakes. They didn't find it troublesome.
They felt that Imperial Physician Zhou was a well-behaved person, and if it hadn't been for the temptation of the two servants, Imperial Physician Zhou would not have done anything to embarrass them.
So they glared at the father and son of the boy servant, looking very unfriendly.
Boy's servant: ...
Even Tong's servant was silent for a moment, then took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it over, and said to Jiulan, "This handkerchief was given by an old friend of Imperial Physician Zhou, and the young lady will give it to Imperial Physician Zhou, and Imperial Physician Zhou will do it on his own." clear."
The imperial guard stepped forward, took the handkerchief, turned it back and forth to look, but didn't see anything, so he handed it to Jiulan.
They mainly prevent the things inside from being handed out. As for the things outside, as long as they are not contraband, they generally don't care.
Jiulan took the handkerchief and asked, "What do you call the two masters?"
The little Tong's servant bent over and said, "I dare not, our father and son are surnamed Tong."
Jiulan looked at them in surprise, looked them up and down, nodded, saluted and went back.
She handed the handkerchief to Man Bao, and said with a surprised face: "Lady, I heard that they speak softly, just like the servants who have been to the mansion, and their faces are white. It’s father and son, it’s strange, why doesn’t that old man have a beard?”
Man Bao took the handkerchief and looked at it, but didn't see anything, and explained indifferently: "Who said that the servant can't be father and son? They all said the surname Tong, so it should be the servant Tong and his godson. "
Jiulan: "... Tong's servant?"
"Oh, you don't know, it was the former young prisoner boy servant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was sent to our Huangzhuang by Doctor Liu. Let him come to Huangzhuang for the elderly, his godson will serve him."
Man Bao thought about it for a while, then said, "It's also from the fourth rank, which is as big as my official position. Unfortunately, it's gone now."
Jiulan and Xibing: ... You have half the reason for this, right