On the busiest west street in Kyoto, the cries of peddlers can be heard endlessly, and all kinds of teahouses are full of seats.
There was some sweat on An Xia's forehead, she wiped it off with a handkerchief, and stamped her feet anxiously.
She was still holding the heavy wooden sign in her bosom, but she couldn't find where the Fuyun Tower her master said was.
It wasn't until she reached the end of the street that she saw a house that couldn't be more shabby. The words "Fuyunlou" on the top were all peeled off. If she hadn't had extraordinary eyesight, she really wouldn't have noticed this place.
An Xia hesitated a little, and finally gritted her teeth and stepped forward to knock on the door.
There was not much movement, except that the rusty lock on the top was crumbling and falling a lot of dust, and there was no sound of footsteps inside.
Seeing the dark clouds gathering in the sky, the wind blowing away the fallen leaves accumulated on the ground, and the sand fascinating people's eyes, the sound of slow footsteps came from behind the door in front of them. Same.
The footsteps stopped behind the door.
An Xia took a few steps back, raised her hand and knocked on the door again, and said softly, "Is anyone there?"
This time there was finally movement.
Someone threw a rusty key through the crack of the door, and the voice that followed was slightly drunk, as if biting the corner of the tongue, revealing a trace of cool air.
"Take the key and open it yourself."
An Xia quickly glanced left and right, then knelt down calmly, picked up the key and entered the house that didn't seem to need to be locked at all.
The house is very old. When the door was opened, the dust on it fell all over. There was a bare old tree standing at the gate of the courtyard. The tree looked old. A few jackdaws stood on one foot. Dodging, a chill rose on the back of the neck.
The person who threw her the key earlier was nowhere to be seen either.
After wandering around for a long time, she finally found the owner of the house in a remote wing.
There are a lot of medicinal herbs piled up in the room, and unknown ones mixed together don't look awkward, and the fragrance of medicinal herbs in the air is not greasy, just like the fragrance on the woman's body opposite the man.
After An Xia saw this famous genius doctor, she was stunned for a moment.
He was really too young. He was not an old man who was passed on by word of mouth at all. He looked like a handsome young man from the capital, with a romantic and unrestrained temperament soaked into his bones.
"Sir." An Xia narrowed her eyes, took out the dark wooden plaque from her bosom, put it on with both hands, and then said: "My master invites you to the palace, I wonder if you can spare some time?"
Jiang Jianxi's name was there, and everyone was in awe.
Only then did Jiang Jianxi raise his eyelids. When he saw the wooden sign, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up. He glanced at the veiled woman sitting upright on the opposite side. His voice was as clear as mountain spring water, and said: " Tell your master, you are late today, I already have guests here."
An Xia's expression suddenly turned pale, and she glanced at the woman wrapped in a black cloak with only her head exposed, and she felt a little familiar with just this one glance.
The face and figure are not real, but the hand holding the chess pieces, under the slight light, seems to have been covered with a layer of enamel, the luster is like jade and boneless.
Like her master.
"That way, I won't bother you, sir." An Xia was very measured, knowing that it was impossible to bring someone back today, so he bowed and bowed to leave.
The wooden tablet was placed in the middle of the chessboard, at the junction of Chu and Han, attracting the attention of both of them at the same time.
Jiang Jianxi put the wooden sign in his hand and played with it, his slender fingers turned casually, and his slightly sinister eyes were full of smiles.
"The honored guest came from afar today, and what he is looking for is news about Ningxue San?"
The wrist covered under the large black robe moved, the woman's voice was calm and unwavering, she just raised the corners of her eyes slightly, and her long and narrow phoenix eyes had a noble aura, "Of course, Mr. Wang will tell you something."
"Why should I tell you?" Jiang Jianxi became interested, and asked casually, with a bright smile on his face, and dropped a white ball, "I think you should have heard about me."
The woman wearing the veil was silent, then stretched out four fingers, without saying any nonsense, and said straightforwardly: "Four thousand taels, buy a piece of news, what do you think, sir?"
Jiang Jianxi waved his hand, stroked the wooden tablet, and said, "The coagulation powder has long been lost, and it has not been released for many years. If you ask me for such news, you will think highly of Jiang."
The woman was also a little helpless when she saw that he didn't enter the oil and salt, and said in a slightly relaxed tone: "Recently I saw some unclean things, and there seemed to be blood coagulation in them. If you really know something, can you tell me a little bit?" two?"
Jiang Jianxi finally had a smile on his face, he raised his eyebrows slightly, sniffed the fragrance of the tea room, then shook his head, swallowed the tea in his mouth, and said, "You don't need to inquire about the coagulation powder girl."
The woman's eyebrows were far away, she didn't get angry, and listened to him quietly.
"Jiang is incompetent and can't help the girl." There was still a faint smile on Jiang Jianxi's lips, and the sake burned his throat, and his voice suddenly lowered, "Of course, I can't find out about it at Jiang's place." Yes, I'm afraid there is no one in this world who can solve the girl's confusion."
The woman was not at all surprised by such nonsense, she just glanced at the tea leaves floating on the water, suppressing the emotions in her eyes.
Since we can't reach an agreement even now, it's really a waste of time to go out of the palace.
I don't know if the man in the palace will notice anything.
The loss outweighs the gain!
Tang Zhuozhuo was undoubtedly the one who covered himself tightly and even sneaked out of the palace wearing a mask.
Ever since she saw the fake stone soaked in black blood in the imperial garden, her doubts had deepened little by little, until she thought of such insidious things as clotting blood powder in a trance, and suddenly felt a little creepy.
This is also the reason why she couldn't wait to find it by herself, and because there were too many people in the palace, it was difficult for her to ask questions about many things.
Jiang Jianxi got up, and made a gesture of invitation to her in a personable manner.
This is to drive her away
Tang Zhuozhuo raised his eyebrows, stood up, and pulled his loose black clothes with his hands. With a gentle smile on his eyes, he said, "No matter what, I thank you sir today."
Jiang Jianxi nodded noncommittally, and glanced across the chessboard between the two of them. On it was her piece, which had pushed him to a corner.
The style of chess is as sharp as ever!
This girl can't learn what he taught at all, no wonder so many people are staring at her.
Tang Zhuozhuo coughed slightly, and seeing that he was about to step out of the small wing, the last white ball in Jiang Jianxi's hand fell, and there was a lot of mist in his eyes.
"Girl's body is very cold, so don't leave any medicines for conditioning." His tone suddenly became a little heavy, and he turned around and said slowly: "Otherwise, there will be no cure for medicine stones."
Tang Zhuozhuo slightly raised his arm under the wide black robe, and then slowly took off the veil, revealing an ordinary female face.
It's just that with a glance of those shining eyes, everything is clear.
"Master."
Tang Zhuozhuo didn't feel embarrassed to be exposed, she smiled, rolled her eyes, and stopped three or five steps in front of Jiang Jianxi, and said, "I didn't think I could hide it from you, but after all Still lucky."
Although she called him Master, there was not much respect in her words.
Jiang Jianxi looked at her carefully, and said, "Next time, I will wear a more beautiful mask."
Tang Zhuozhuo pursed his lips when he heard the disgust in his words.
"Just such a mask, it's not easy for me to set it up. Master will just watch it."
Jiang Jianxi's eyes fell on her beautiful eyebrows, and he was absent-minded for a moment, but when he came back to his senses, he looked like an unruly prodigal son again.
"Finally, what does Ningxue Powder do?"
It is difficult for Tang Zhuozhuo to tell what happened in the palace, because Huo Qiu has completely blocked the news about this matter, and now she still doesn't know whether Jiang Jianxi is an enemy or a friend, it would be too hasty to tell the whole story.
"I was in the palace, and I saw a puddle of black blood, which looked like sticky glue that lingered for a long time and was accompanied by a stench." As she spoke, she glanced at Jiang Jianxi.
Jiang Jianxi did not change his face, he just sighed and said: "It's getting late, you should go back to the palace."
"Take care of the things you shouldn't care about. I took your life back. You are very weak."
Seeing this, Tang Zhuozhuo had no choice but to rest his mind.
What Jiang Jianxi didn't want to say, she wouldn't say a word, just like when she was obsessed with learning how to make tea, she tried hard and soft for several months, but there was no result.
Seeing that she was covered with that layer of veil again, Jiang Jianxi endured it, but couldn't help but say, "The southern border bug on the emperor's body, but you used methods to cure it?"
"Yes." Tang Zhuozhuo replied without hesitation, his voice was crisp and sweet, Jiang Jianxi smiled suddenly, walked over and ruffled her hair, and smiled darkly: "You agreed when you were taken back to the Tang Mansion." Me what?"
"Tang Zhuozhuo, can you tell me the truth?"
The clean and clear smell came from the man, Tang Zhuozhuo frowned and took a few steps back invisibly, his eyebrows were frowned very tightly, and he retorted: "You and I both know how dangerous the Gu worms are in Southern Border, Huo Qiu is my husband, Naturally, I will keep him safe no matter what."
Jiang Jianxi suddenly came back to his senses, stroked his forehead, "That's not an ordinary insect Gu, the medicine you used is too strong, the insect will destroy people and kill them."
"The person who planted the Gu worm was a direct descendant of a noble family in southern Xinjiang, and he is now dead."
After finishing speaking, Jiang Jianxi turned around and emphasized word by word: "I tell you this, do you understand?"
Tang Zhuozhao became vigilant almost instantly, "Someone wants to seek revenge with me?"
It's useless to talk too much, Jiang Jianxi put the wooden cards lying on the chessboard into her hand, and said with deep meaning: "Zhao Zhuo, don't make things difficult for me."
When Tang Zhuozhao returned to the palace, it was already dark outside, she was thinking about what Jiang Jianxi said, and she was very absent-minded.
An Xia has also returned to the palace, seeing her coming out of the inner hall, she felt a strange feeling in her heart, and hurriedly went forward to report: "Your Majesty, this servant has already left the palace to see Imperial Physician Jiang, but he said that there are already guests today. , can we discuss it another day?"
Tang Zhuozhuo nodded indifferently, and raised his head from an obscure ancient book. The wind outside was a bit strong, and the fallen leaves were rustling. Her fingertips were abnormally white, and she didn't know if she had heard An Xia's words.
"This palace knows."
She raised her eyes to look at the sky outside, and asked, "Has the emperor ever been here?"
Zihuan shook his head aside, Tang Zhuozhao really let go of his heart.
The book she is holding in her hand is about the Dian tribe in southern Xinjiang, where people have raised Gu for generations, and the Gu insects eat people's energy to grow, and some people even feed Gu insects on their bodies, and when they are used up, they drive the Gu insects out and attach them to another person , is extremely difficult.
If it was true what Jiang Jianxi said, Huo Qiu was planted with this kind of Gu, then the method of scraping the bone to force the Gu would be useless.
She closed the book gently, her eyelashes trembling slightly.
Then in his previous life, what method did Huo Qiu use
A moment later, she casually took out an osmanthus branch from the white jade vase, and with a slight flick of her wrist, the tiny flowers scattered all over her body.
Why is it that now, seeing that all the mess of the previous life has been cleaned up, but it has caused a whole lot of trouble