"There's nothing to panic about." Liu Gong snorted and looked at her, "Everyone is going to die."
Although I said that, the feeling of facing farewell and thinking that I will never see this person again in this world is really indescribable.
The most terrifying thing is that Gu Shiba Niang has experienced this feeling twice, and she originally thought she would never experience it again in this life.
Although he had already guessed that Liu Gong was suffering from an illness, he never expected that he would conclude that he was not going to die soon.
"What kind of disease? Who did you treat it with?" Gu Shiba Niang asked in a low voice, "Let's see Mr. Peng again. He is a miracle doctor. He will definitely be able to..."
This is not the first time he heard her call Peng Yizhen a miracle doctor. Liu Gong couldn't help but feel a little strange. To say that Peng Yizhen's qualifications are pretty good, and he does have some real abilities, but for now, he really doesn't see why. Look like a god.
"Cure the disease but not the life." Liu Gong smiled, "I know my own disease..." He was silent for a moment, "Actually, I am not ill, but poisoned. I can delay it until now, and I can still accept you. This disciple is already loved by God.”
When a pharmacist like Liu Gong says that the poison cannot be cured, it means it is truly incurable.
The little girl in front of her still sat in the same posture on the small bench, her head lowered, and her face was blocked by her hair.
There was no proper shock, crying, and hysterical panic.
She sat there in suffocating silence.
"You must be talking about how a pharmacist could be poisoned. Could it be that he imitated Shen Nong and got poisoned by tasting herbs..." Liu Gong's eyes fell on the jumping fire, "For a pharmacist like me, poison alone is not a medicine." To me, the poison of the human heart is stronger than arsenic.”
His words ended here, and Gu Shiba Niang did not ask further questions. Everyone has secrets that they don't want others to know, scars that they lick alone in the dark night.
"During this period, I will teach you everything I have learned throughout my life. How much you can understand depends on your luck." Liu Gong said, "Eighteenth Mother, are you afraid?"
Are you afraid of the evil people's hearts, are you afraid of the difficulties of the world, are you afraid of the challenges from masters in the medicine world, are you afraid of being ridiculed when your skills are inferior to others, are you afraid of falling from the clouds to the bottom, are you afraid of going from being sought after by everyone to being trampled upon by everyone.
Gu Shiba Niang laughed and raised her head.
"Master, my apprentice is here for you," she said with a smile. "For the inheritance of your skills, the only thing I'm afraid of is failing the master's expectations. As for outsiders..."
She stood up and gently shook her sleeves, "If people don't offend me, we all get along peacefully. If people want to bully me..."
She snorted, a chilling smile appearing on her face.
In Gu Shiba Niang's life, she did not do it for money or fame, but for her life. She fought to survive. She was like a little beast trapped in the shackles of fate and struggling to death. Whenever someone approached with ill intentions, she would definitely Biting without mercy, no matter who it is, except mother and brother, even if they are smiling and laughing at this moment, they can draw their swords at the next moment.
Liu Gong looked at the little girl in front of him. She was young and frail, but at this moment she burst out with a terrifying power, a vicious will that made people feel heart-stopping.
He suddenly remembered how Shopkeeper Zhou, who made him get married to Gu Shiba Niang, was defeated by this little girl's calm move with a smile on her face, and how the Baohe Tang, who had once been a good friend to her, was defeated again. How was his vitality seriously injured by her unceremonious backhand palm? . . . .
That kind of determination is something that even he, who has lived for half his life, does not always have. If he had it at the beginning, he would not be like this. . . . .
Thinking of this, Liu Gong's originally heavy heart suddenly relaxed.
"People say that one has to be strong without desire. I am not interested in fame and wealth. If I am not good at skills, I just concentrate on practicing. Whether others praise or criticize me, what can they do to me?" Gu Shiba Niang took a deep breath and said with a straight face.
Liu Gong looked at her, nodded, and smiled happily.
"In the past few months, you should live in the store and work harder." He said slowly and stood up.
"Yes." Gu Shiba Niang responded and stepped aside.
Liu Gong slowly walked to the door with his hands behind his back, and stopped again.
"My child, there is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever. Look away, don't be too sad..." He said slowly, "Cry if you want to, don't hold on, just cry, it will be fine, but only cry this once That’s enough, we don’t have much time.”
Stepping out, he subconsciously quickened his pace, but the suppressed and almost inaudible cry behind him still lingered around him, carrying overwhelming sadness, a kind of despair of watching a loved one leave and being unable to do anything.
At this time, Zhengzhou Mansion, thousands of miles away, did not have the prosperity and tranquility of Jiangnan at all, and was filled with the smoke of war.
From time to time there are riders galloping inside and outside, conveying news from all sides.
A fast horse rushed into the city, passed through groups of soldiers, and came to a military camp.
"Letter from Jiankang, Shen'an, Lin and Colonel Shen." The rider shouted, holding up a letter before the guards in full armor and expressive faces blocked him.
Upon hearing this, the guard stepped out of the way, and the dusty men drove straight in.
Shen Anlin, who was dressed in military uniform in the camp, read the letter and remained silent for a long time.
A total of two letters were sent, one from the Shen Mansion, and one from someone he arranged in Jiankang City. The two letters were written by different people, but they mentioned one thing at the same time.
"Apprentice to the craftsman..." His slightly rough fingers tapped lightly on the table, making a monotonous sound.
No one knows the meaning of this better than him, a child of a prominent family. How many poor women from prominent families would rather become nuns than wash their hands and work hard to make a living.
Even with Gu Hai, her brother who was bound to enter the official career, Gu Shiba Niang's move could not change her identity in the eyes of the world. After worshiping the ancestor, she would always be a pharmacist in the medicine world, and she would have great responsibilities. Skills must be passed down, and a lifetime of hard work must not be wasted. There is no need to marry into a noble family. No high-ranking family will allow their daughter-in-law to show up as a craftsman.
Is it because Madam Shen San forced him to do this that he decided to do this
Subconsciously, Shen Anlin felt that this was not the case, but it must have played more than half of the role.
Craftsman, so what? Shen Anlin pursed his lips tightly, raised a letter on the desk, and drew his sword with one hand. The sword flashed with a swish sound, and the letter fell into pieces.
In this world, the jungle prevails. In the face of absolute power, there are no unchangeable rules. Those rules that bind people are only used by the strong to deal with the weak.
As long as he has the supreme status, no one will criticize him no matter what happens.
"Okay, Eighteenth Mother, you did the right thing, put yourself to death and live again," he sheathed his sword, his eyes shining, "You trust me and wait for me."
As he spoke, he wrote four words on a piece of paper: "I will live up to your wishes."
"Send it to Jiankang quickly..." He folded the pen and called the messenger, "Jiankang Shun and Gu Shiba Niang will accept it personally."
The messenger didn't ask any more questions, took the letter, put it in his arms, bowed and left.
A month passed at an unprecedented speed.
According to Liu Gong's instructions, Gu Shiba Niang did not tell anyone. She explained it to Cao, took several maids to Shunhe Hall, and stopped selling medicine to outsiders. Liu Gong was right, she There is no time to grieve.
Because Shunhetang's medicine list was for Dayou Sheng, this decision did not attract the attention of others, but they were more envious and jealous of Dayou Sheng. For Dayou Sheng, Gu Shiba Niang's reasons were reasonable and sufficient. .
"After all, my skills are not good. Master wants to discipline me strictly, so I can't provide medicine for the time being." She said with a smile.
Xin Chaoyang took the fresh fruit from the maid and picked up a bunch of crystal clear grapes and handed them to her.
"Mrs. Gu, give it a try." He smiled and did not question her words.
Gu Shiba Niang just told him and had no intention of asking him to bargain, so she took it with a smile, raised her sleeves to cover up and ate one.
"It's delicious," she thanked with a smile.
The two chatted about the Chinese medicine industry in the city, and Gu Shiba Niang specifically asked him about his Xun playing skills.
"Ms. Gu, have you learned?" Xin Chaoyang was a little surprised and asked with a smile.
"Just call me Shiba Niang." Gu Shiba Niang said, nodding, "I know a little bit, but I'm just dull..."
Before she finished speaking, Xin Chaoyang ordered a maid to fetch the xun.
The maid quickly brought two.
"Please, Eighteenth Mother." Xin Chaoyang smiled and raised his hand.
Gu Shiba Niang just talked casually, but since she believed that Chaoyang was interested in teaching, she did not refuse. After all, she really wanted to learn. This was her comfort when she was lonely in the dark night.
"Then it's embarrassing, young master, don't laugh." She stretched out her hand to take one and said with a smile.
"How could I laugh at you?" Xin Chaoyang shook his head and smiled.
Gu Shiba Niang stopped being polite and picked up her favorite song and played it.
"But it was taught by the lady in the city?" Xin Chaoyang asked after the song ended.
Gu Shiba Niang nodded, she knew she was a master as soon as she saw him perform a song, which showed her profound attainments.
Xin Chaoyang didn't say anything more, and took Xun to demonstrate the piece played by Gu Shiba Niang just now.
Gu Shiba Niang seemed to understand but couldn't help but smile apologetically. She had never touched an instrument before. She had only been learning the instrument roughly for a long time. Recently, she resigned from Qu Niangzi's teaching, and she became more and more alienated.
When Xin Chaoling came over with a boy under the guidance of the maid, he saw an extremely beautiful picture. On the edge of green bamboo and clear water, an elegant man in white leaned forward slightly, with one hand on the tip of a purple pottery xun. Feiyang, and the girl in front of him had a clear face and bright eyes. She nodded gently while listening. One of her hands also fell on the purple pottery xun, following Xin Chaoyang's instructions.
"The young master is teaching Madam Gu to play the xun?" the pretty maid said with envy as she blinked her big eyes.
Xin Chaoling rubbed his face. His eldest brother was proficient in music, poetry, calligraphy and painting, and had high attainments, but he was very low-key. He never compared himself with others and never judged or taught others. Everything he learned seemed to be just for his own pleasure. , there used to be a big medicine shop that they had been partners with for many years. After hearing about Xin Chaoyang's skills, his daughter asked him for advice on piano skills many times, but she never got the chance.
"It seems that the drug dealer cares less about our family's interests than my wife..." Xin Chaoling turned his brain, which was rarely used, to come up with a reasonable and profound answer.
He hesitated for a moment, thinking about turning around and leaving. Xin Chaoyang had already seen him over there.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"Someone sent a letter to Madam Gu, saying that he would teach Madam Gu personally." The letter said hurriedly to Ling, leading the boy over quickly.
"My letter?" Gu Shiba Niang put down the xun, with a little nervousness on her face, counting the dates. The examination in the capital has ended, and the results must have come out. . . . . .
Xin Chaoyang had also considered this and had already prepared two excuses. He only wanted to pay attention to Shiba Niang's expression, but when he saw her taking the letter and opening it, her expression was really weird, seeming angry, smiling and sad. . . . .
"It's ridiculous." Gu Shiba crumbled the letter in her hands and said, "Let's go."
The young man was stunned for a moment and glanced at Mrs. Gu in front of him. The good discipline in the army made him accustomed to obeying, so he turned around and left without saying a word.
Naturally, Xin Chaoyang would not ask, but Xin Chaoling couldn't help but be curious, and was glared at by Xin Chaoyang before he suppressed his question.
Gu Shiba Niang was in no mood. She thanked the Xin family for staying as guests, said goodbye, and got into the carriage. There was no need to hide her emotions, and her face became even more ugly.
"That's ridiculous," she could only say angrily.
As soon as the carriage arrived at the door of the house, Mr. Cao was seen going out with his servant girl, looking excited.
"Mom, are you going out?" Gu Shiba Niang asked as she got out of the car.
When Mrs. Cao saw it was her, she immediately stepped forward, "I was just going to find you..."
Her expression was excited, her eyes were red, and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or sad.
"What's wrong?" Gu Shiba Niang was surprised and asked hurriedly. She didn't go home much these days, so what else happened
"Your brother passed the exam," Mrs. Cao cried with joy, holding Gu Shiba Niang's arm and choking with sobs.
Passed the exam? Gu Shiba Niang was stunned and immediately became ecstatic.
"Congratulations, miss, congratulations, madam." The servant girls thanked them loudly.
"How many?" Gu Shiba Niang asked, holding back her excitement.
"One hundred and fifty." A young boy rushed to answer with a look of dust on his face.
The first 300 Jinshi will be selected in the examination, and it is considered good to be able to pass the 150th.
"As soon as the results are released, the young master asked me to come back immediately to announce the good news." The young man said with a smile, and bowed again to express his congratulations.
"There will be rewards for all, congratulations to the young master," Gu Shiba Niang laughed loudly.
Immediately aroused more lively laughter.
At this time, people in the alley heard the noise here and couldn't help but send people to see it. Although Gu Shiba Niang's actions made everyone unconsciously alienate them, after all, there is still a person with a bright future here. Although no one came too close to Gu Hai, there were indeed many people seeking information.
After hearing that Gu Hai had passed the exam, more people walked out of the house, and the alley was filled with lively laughter. This was a real happy event for the Gu family.
Someone told the boy to quickly set off firecrackers. Before he finished speaking, the sound of firecrackers was heard not far away.
Gu Shiba Niang, who was full of smiles, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly called the boy and asked: "Who is the number one?"
"Ah, I forgot to mention it," the boy patted his head and said with a smile, "It's Young Master Gu Yu."
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It's late, it's late, I'm so sleepy. . . Everyone has been waiting for a long time. Go to bed early and go to bed early. Kiss me and say good night.