At this time, in a tea house not far from Guanyi Pavilion, in a tea room facing the street, Shi Helin was inviting his fellow apprentice Qin Quan and several other doctors to drink tea.
Shi Helin smiled and showed off the "gracious treatment" he received in the Hou Mansion: "That lady is just a normal happy pulse, but the old lady gave me twenty taels of silver! This is something I can't earn even in three months. Let me tell you, I understand now that seeing a doctor for rich people is beneficial! In the future, as long as I see someone who dresses well and looks rich, I will rush to them and show them a good look!"
Several people responded with a smile, but felt a little sour in their hearts: Why is he so lucky? !
Ding Neishi helped the fourth prince to leave Guanyi Pavilion. There were too many people coming to Guanyi Pavilion today, the carriage stopped all the way early. Their carriage was parked far away, and they had to walk some distance. Coincidentally, they were passing by Shi Helin's tea house.
Waiter Ding Nei helped the fourth prince who had trouble walking to the door of the tea house, when a little beggar ran wildly along the street and bumped into the fourth prince.
The fourth prince fell to the ground with an "ouch", the little beggar didn't even look at it, and then ran away. He ran to a corner, and the person next to him hugged him and put him in a cloth bag. The little beggar in the cloth bag—Su Chuanya, immediately lay motionless on the ground. Shen Wen, who was disheveled in civilian clothes, sat on the ground next to the cloth bag, covered it with a torn straw hat, and ran down the alley after the people chasing the little beggar.
An ordinary carriage passed by the alley, Duan Zeng jumped off the carriage, picked up the cloth bag and put it on the carriage, Shen Wen also jumped into the carriage.
Su Chuanya got out of the bag in the carriage, Shen Wen and Su Chuanya took off all the outer clothes and put them into the cloth bag. Duan Zeng drove the car all the way to Su Wanniang's house. Seeing no one around, Su Chuanya and Shen Wen got off the car and slipped back to Su Chuanya's house. Shen Xiang and Su Wanniang who were waiting there took Shen Wen back to Hou government. The eldest lady took the second lady to accompany Su Wanniang to see her mother. This happened several times.
Outside Guanyi Pavilion, when Shen Zhuo bid farewell to Zhang Yunming and returned home, he "left" the jade pendant given by Ding Neishi at the corner of the road, and after an hour, someone picked it up.
In front of the teahouse, Ding Neishi turned his head and shouted while supporting the fourth prince: "That little thief! He stole my son's jade pendant! It is an ancient jade from the Qin Dynasty! Whoever takes it back, my son will give you a reward!"
Qin Quan in the teahouse sat up straight at once: "Ancient jade from the Qin Dynasty?!" This is a priceless treasure! Who would just wear it like that? He peeked at Shi Helin, who was chatting with another doctor: "...I am looking at boxwood furniture now. I have money in my hand. I have to buy a few pieces..."
Qin Quan coughed, said "I'm sorry", and said to change clothes. Seeing that Shi Helin was not looking at him, but another doctor was looking at him, he hurried out of the door of the small hall and hurried down.
The little beggar had already disappeared, and the servant at the door was still trying to support the young man who was clearly dressed in rich and noble clothes. Qin Quan caught up and said with a smile, "I'm a doctor, did this young master fall?"
The fourth prince waved his hands weakly: "It's okay, it's okay..." A few red spots on his arms were exposed.
Qin Quan was taken aback, and hurriedly looked at the face of the fourth prince. Seeing that there was also a red rash, he said in shock: "My lord, you have a rash, how do you feel now?"
The fourth prince was taken aback, pressed his hand to his forehead, and said in a low voice, "I feel a headache..."
Qin Quan carefully grasped the fourth prince's wrist, felt his veins, and asked, "My lord, did you have body heat a few days ago?"
The fourth prince nodded, and said listlessly, "Maybe, I'm just a little tired."
Qin Quan asked again: "Do you have a rash on your body?"
The fourth prince pointed at his waist and said, "There are here."
Qin Quan turned pale with shock and said, "My lord, you may have smallpox!"
The people around screamed at the same time and hurriedly moved away. Ding Neishi said in a panic: "This doctor, what should I do? My son is rich!" The clang was powerful and resounding!
Qin Quan's face was full of excited expressions of joy and fear, and someone said: "It's smallpox and it hasn't been sent outside the city?!"
Qin Quan hurriedly said: "If you want to give it away, you can give it to my family's Yizhuang!" He looked like he could grab this rich man and get a good fortune.
Ding Neishi hesitated and said: "I have to go back and talk to the Patriarch, the Patriarch may ask another doctor to have a look."
Qin Quan hurriedly expressed his fear of the boiled duck flying away and said: "If your son is really smallpox, you should leave the city as soon as possible! Your patriarch can send the doctor there to see it."
The several doctors who were drinking tea together finally noticed the movement, and they went to the door together, and Shi Helin followed. Hearing Qin Quan's diagnosis, a doctor stepped forward, took the fourth prince's pulse, shook his head and said, "I don't think it's smallpox. This rash has no blisters."
Ding Neishi said anxiously: "Please help me, all doctors, we have money, and everyone can have a consultation fee!"
When Shi Helin heard it, he hurriedly stepped forward to sound his pulse, and then said, "I don't think it's smallpox either."
Qin Quan was in a hurry: "Why not?! If so, what should we do?" Everyone understood what he meant: I'm afraid it's not smallpox, the boy is going home soon, and he won't be able to make any money.
Shi Helin said hesitantly: "I'm not sure, maybe it's chickenpox. You can send it to my hospital for two days to observe."
Everyone exchanged glances again: Think about what Lang Zhong Shi said just now, he is making money! People immediately discounted the illness he said.
Qin Quan said in a bad tone: "I saw this young master first, go to my clinic!"
Shi Helin said reluctantly, "I'll go and have a look too!"
Qin Quan said angrily: "Don't bother senior brother!"
Seeing that he had no money to earn, Shi Helin was also angry, and said loudly: "Your clinic is so simple, why don't you let him go home and rest!"
Qin Quan also argued loudly: "What if it's smallpox? When he comes home, the whole family will be infected!"
Shi Helin sneered: "Where is smallpox so easy to get? If it is smallpox, the people around should also be infected." After hearing this, everyone moved further away.
Qin Quan said unconvinced: "Nine out of ten rashes are safe, Yu Yi will kill you! Even if it's not smallpox, even chickenpox can be passed on to others!"
Shi Helin raised his head and smiled arrogantly: "You still know this? How many times have you been diagnosed correctly? Let me tell you, this is an ordinary rash, let him go home as soon as possible!"
Someone said in a low voice, "You can't make money yourself, so you don't want others to make it, right? Blocking people's money, like hurting your parents, you have to be kind."
Qin Quan also said angrily: "I just don't want him to go home! The parents of the doctors think that even if there is a possibility of one day, they shouldn't go home."
Shi Helin snorted angrily, and said contemptuously, "You just want to make money!" He turned and left with his hands behind his back.
Ding Neishi had a bewildered expression on his face, handed the fourth prince to Qin Quan, and went to the carriage stop to call for the carriage. When the carriage arrived, the fourth prince's face was already flushed, with many red rashes on his face, he looked really sick.
Ding Neishi helped the fourth prince into the carriage, but Qin Quan himself got into another carriage: he said that if it was smallpox, he would not want to catch it!
Qin Quan led the palace's carriage to his own clinic, and Ding's servant sent the driver back to the palace to report, saying that the fourth prince suddenly fell ill outside, and a doctor suspected smallpox, so he dared not go back to the palace, so he went to the doctor's clinic first. Look, please send the imperial doctor from the palace quickly.
After arriving at the medical hall, the fourth prince was carried into the inner room. Qin Quan quickly dismissed all the outsiders, saying that he was afraid of smallpox, but even the other doctors were not allowed in, obviously because he wanted to monopolize the money. Ding Neishi also kicked out all the other guests in a fair manner, saying that his master is very expensive and he wants the doctor to concentrate on taking care of him.
Not long after they arrived, Duan Zeng's carriage stopped at the back door of the medical hall, and Duan Zeng entered the medical hall without showing his face.
Qin Quan and Ding Neishi waited in the inner room. Duan Zeng asked, "Is everything done?"
Qin Quan took out a mud basin and uncovered the wet cloth covering it. Inside was the mud mixed according to Duan Zeng's instructions. He looked at Duan Zeng with some distrust, and said in a low voice, "Are you really good, kid? If not, you'd better find someone famous..."
Ding Nei waiter hurriedly interrupted: "Hurry up, it's too late to find another person now, the imperial doctor in the palace is coming soon."
Qin Quan helped the fourth prince to lie down, and Ding's servant rolled up the fourth prince's trousers. Duan Zeng looked serious, and he opened a roll of cloth bag that he carried with him, revealing a row of silver needles of different lengths inside. Ding Neishi was also a little panicked, and swallowed hard.
Duan Zeng first pricked a few needles in the fourth prince's wrist, fed the fourth prince a pill, and then said to Qin Quan and Ding Neishi: "Hold him down, and don't let him make a sound."
Waiter Ding started to tremble, and stammered, "Can...can I..."
The Fourth Prince calmed down instead, took out a handkerchief and bit it between his teeth.
Duan Zeng rolled up his sleeves, revealing his dry, wood-like hands, with fingers like claws, pressing on the fourth prince's leg. He clicked up and down, and the fourth prince was already sweating from the pain. Suddenly, Duan Zeng raised his head and said, "Listen! There are people outside!"
The faces of the Fourth Prince and Ding Neishi changed drastically, and they couldn't help turning to look at the door. At this moment, Duan Zeng raised his palm and slashed down on one of the fourth prince's leg bones!
Those who have practiced taekwondo in later generations can break a few bricks with a single palm. Although Duan Zeng is a young man, he is extremely talented. He has been chopping firewood and pounding medicine to train his strength since he was a child. He usually uses his hands like wind. With a muffled hum, he passed out from the pain.
Qin Quan was almost forty years old, but he was frightened by Duan Zeng's hand and stayed there with his mouth open. Ding Neishi hugged the fourth prince and could only cry intermittently.
Duan Zeng didn't seem to hear, with his eyes closed, his hands slowly groped on the fourth prince's calf, Qin Quan knew that he was breaking bones, that is, kneading the bones together. This is a secret not passed on by famous masters, who would have thought that this young man would have such a unique skill. I was busy concentrating and watching carefully.
Duan Zeng stopped his hands, smeared the mud on the broken leg, went to wash his hands, pulled out the needle, and said in a low voice, "When the mud is dry, it can be covered.
Ding Neishi laid the fourth prince on the bed, with tears and sweat on his face, Duan Zeng rolled up the needle bag, took away the clay pot, and said, "I'm going first, you wait for the imperial doctor."
After he left, Ding Nei waiter looked at Qin Quan in fear: "Can you hide it from the imperial doctor?"
Qin Quan slowly woke up from the shock just now, and said to Ding Neishi: "There should be nothing wrong, the medicine given by my senior brother has always been effective, according to what my senior brother said, your master's rash should get worse soon. Powerful. Moreover, after such a toss, his vital energy has been seriously injured, and the pulse condition can diagnose the weakness of the heart arteries and the deficiency of qi, if those imperial doctors really have two strokes."
Ding Neishi let go of his heart, but he also had other worries, and asked Qin Quandao: "You and your elder brother quarreled so badly, and he said bad things about you, do you care?"
Qin Quan was a little surprised and said: "He has said bad things about me since he was a child. Where did he say good things about me?"
Ding Neishi hesitated and asked: "You really don't blame him?"
Qin Quan frowned: "Why should I blame him? At the beginning, because I was too stupid, my master couldn't memorize those medicinal soups. He tried to drive me out several times, but my senior brother stopped me, saying that I have a good heart and should be a doctor. , Even if I really can’t be a doctor in the future, I can also make medicine. When I first started practicing medicine, my senior brother took care of the patients who couldn’t be cured many times. Sometimes people died at the hands of my senior brother, and he said it was his own fault. I went to admit my mistake, and he said that I was so stupid that I couldn’t see any illness, and I couldn’t make mistakes, so don’t join in the fun. Later, he didn’t let me see serious illnesses. The patient was transferred to him, and he even triaged me..." Qin Quanju counted the good things.
Waiter Ding interrupted: "I understand, I understand!"
Qin Quan said seriously: "He deserves to scold me! My master is not as harsh as he scolded me? But now that the old master is gone, I really miss him..." His eyes turned red when he said this.
Ding Neishi felt relieved now, and understood why Shi Helin chose this junior to put on airs.
The news of the fourth prince was brought back to the palace, and the prince naturally got the report. At that time, the aides had just reported to him about Ji Wenzhao, saying that this man was too arrogant to be stumped in public, so he was so angry that he vomited blood.
Ji Wenzhao was recruited many times by people sent by the prince, and many staff members refused to accept it: he is just a chess player, but he just joined a well-connected teacher, and he has no political experience, so how can he become a high-ranking official? Although most of the officials in the East Palace are benevolent officials, when the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, most of the staff and officials around him will become favorites. Some of these people have been with the prince since he was fourteen or five years old, and when they thought that Ji Wenzhao might come from behind, they got angry. Before Ji Wenzhao arrived, he had already gained jealousy.
Now that I heard that Ji Wenzhao was vomiting blood from anger, it can be said that he has caught one of Ji Wenzhao's shortcomings, and several people have spoken to the prince:
"Prince, people who are impatient to wait should wait first and don't rush to recruit."
"Yes, His Royal Highness, Ji Wenzhao should also take this opportunity to wake up, so as not to know that there are people outside the mountain and there are people outside the mountain."
Everyone thought that the crown prince would defend Ji Wenzhao, but the crown prince said with a cold face: "This kind of person leaves as soon as he leaves."
Some staff members thought that the prince was so keen to get Ji Wenzhao a while ago, but now he was suppressed by everyone's speech and could not say anything, so they speculated on the prince's thoughts and said: "Since Ji Wenzhao said that he will solve the situation next year, maybe he will then Even better, we can try again when the time comes... "
The prince slapped the table angrily and said: "Don't mention this man again! Just a chess game can make him vomit blood, which shows how narrow-minded he is and can't bear the heavy responsibility! There is a lot of work! Even if he wins a hundred games in the future, it will not be as good as this time today, so that he will show his true colors! So what if he wins the new game next year? Not only does the prince not want him, but he will vote for me one day, Never use him!"
Someone said: "Ji Wenzhao is indeed a talent, he once wrote..."
The prince interrupted: "Self-cultivation is not perfect yet, what about governing the country? It's just a rotten Confucian, so don't mention it any more!"
Then someone said that the fourth prince fell ill in the street, the prince turned his attention and began to ask carefully about the situation at that time.
An aide described the process, saying that a doctor named Qin Quan said it was smallpox, and a doctor named Shi Helin said it was not.
Another person said, "This Shi Helin is treating the wife of the Zhenbei Houfu."
The prince was taken aback, and asked, "Did he say it wasn't smallpox?"
The aide nodded and said: "It is said that there was a dispute on the spot. Shi Helin said that he should go home to raise it, and Qin Quan said that even if it was smallpox, he should not go home. Even if it is chickenpox, it will pass others. That Shi Helin can't argue with Qin Quan, scolded him that he wanted to make money, turned his face and left."
The prince said slowly: "Will this Shi Helin know the fourth prince?"
The aide shook his head and said: "The fourth prince rarely leaves the palace, probably not. But he is surrounded by servant Ding, and anyone with a discerning eye should see that he is an eunuch."
Everyone murmured in their hearts: Is this surname Shi helping the Hou's mansion? Seeing that he was accompanied by a eunuch, let him go back to the palace sick, how many more infections
The prince pondered: "Send our people to keep an eye on the fourth prince to see if Shi Helin will pass by. In addition, check the jade pendant thrown by the fourth prince to see if any beggars have dropped it."
An aide responded.
In the evening of that day, someone reported back that there was a picture of a dragon on the jade pendant, which was a gift given to the fourth prince by the emperor in the past. A pawn shop took it and saw that it belonged to the royal family, so he didn't dare to keep it private, so he handed it over. The palace gave the money to the pawnshop, and found the pawnbroker, who said he picked it up near Guanyi Pavilion. It seems that either the little beggar lost it while running away, or he lied and dared not admit it when he bought it from a beggar. But these are not important, the key point is that this confirmed that the fourth prince was indeed knocked to the ground by a beggar.
Shi Helin didn't go to Qin Quan's clinic at all. Instead, he told the patients in his own clinic that Qin Quan had misdiagnosed him again and kept the patients who should be sent home.
The queen didn't ask in such detail. She knew that the fourth prince went to Guanyi Pavilion to watch Ji Wenzhao play chess, and then he fell ill so suddenly, which seemed a bit of a coincidence. But I heard someone said that it might be smallpox, so I didn't want people to come back immediately, so I sent the imperial doctor to see it.
The imperial doctor came back and said that the fourth prince was indeed seriously ill, he was unconscious, his heart was weak, and his whole body was covered with rashes. Not smallpox, but also a sudden illness. The queen asked the imperial doctor to watch over there in turn to check the situation and report back immediately if there was anything unusual. She didn't particularly care about the Fourth Prince, but now there was a good thing that made her more concerned - the first month had passed, Chen Guifei deserved to die.
Concubine Chen Gui was indeed dying, and was carried to a secluded hut in the palace. No one likes to live in a palace where people have died, so those who are about to die will be carried here to wait for their death. Both the third prince and the fifth princess were persuaded to leave, saying that the etiquette was not appropriate and they could not stay here to watch the night.
Outside the hut, the palace people hid far away. People are dying, don't entangle yourself. Just go and see it at noon during the day.
In the middle of the night, Black Shadow found Chen Guifei again. .
Under the moonless night, Chen Guifei lay there quietly, unable to make a sound. Hei Ying picked up Concubine Chen Gui, and walked away through the window.
He carried Concubine Chen to a flower bush in the imperial garden, and the winter jasmine had just bloomed.
At the beginning of February, the wind has warmed up and spring has come, but Concubine Chen Gui has already disappeared. Not only was her eyes blind, but her hair was all gone, the skin on her face was covered with bones, her lips were rotten, and her body smelled like a dead body.
The black shadow broke off a small section of winter jasmine, and stuck it on Concubine Chen Guifei's lips. The flowers looked extraordinarily beautiful against the backdrop of corruption.
Concubine Chen Guifei breathed hard, as if unwilling to give up.
Sombra whispered: "I will take care of your child..."
Chen Guifei was still breathing desperately, short and shallow.
Black Shadow said clearly: "In the next life, I will find you."
Chen Guifei's breathing slowed down.
The black shadow continued: "I will find you before you are twelve years old..."
Chen Guifei let out a breath slowly, and Heiying continued: "...together..."
Chen Guifei stopped breathing, and the last ray of heat left her body.
The black shadow hugged her for a long time: she came in early winter and left in early spring, this delicate and flowery girl likes to kiss flowers... Bright eyes flowed, and she smiled at him charmingly... He knew it was her disguise, knew that It's not for her own sake, but she will still be tempted, and she will still feel happy in a calm manner... Over the past ten years, even if she has been using him, she may have used her scheming until the end, but she is the only one who treats him well after all. : Every time we meet, I prepare tea and snacks for him, and treat him courteously; during festivals, I give him gifts, sometimes even a belt sewn by her own hands; there is no other person in this palace who is so full of warmth and sweet voice Call him by his name; in front of him, let her children respect him as a teacher...
Heiying put the flower that Chen Guifei kissed last into his arms, carried Chen Guifei back to the hut, told her to lie down, covered her with an old quilt, and said in a low voice, "Wait for me." With a kiss on the sunken cheek, he walked away from the window and disappeared into the darkness.
In the same dark night, Su Wanniang and Shen Wen whispered.
Su Wanniang asked: "Ji Wenzhao has left the capital today, will the crown prince really not trouble him?"
Shen Wen whispered: "The prince should be very disgusted with narrow-minded people, because he himself is a very small-minded person. He can't tolerate anyone who is disrespectful to him, even if it is an ignorant child, even if it is a person who is not respectful to him. A brother who is not in danger to the throne. This kind of person looks down on people with similar characteristics... "
Su Wanniang suddenly asked, "Because he looks down on me?"
Shen Wen nodded and said: "Yes, he doesn't accept himself, so he hates his own weakness in the deepest part of his heart. If anyone is similar to him, he actually hates that person very much."
In the previous life, Ji Wenzhao was broad-minded and sophisticated, and the crown prince appreciated him very much. Of course, Shen Wen would not tell Su Wanniang about this background.
Shen Wen continued: "Once he thinks that Ji Wenzhao can't accept failure, he will feel that Ji Wenzhao has a fatal weakness. He will not reuse such a person. You see, how good my plan is, four or two thousand pounds, all at once This made the crown prince lose interest in Ji Wenzhao. Unfortunately, no one knows the mystery of this, and no one praises me..." Shen Wen sighed.
Su Wanniang smiled and pushed Shen Wen: "I know, I praise you!" After thinking about it, she asked: "Why is he such a person?"
Shen Wen said softly: "This kind of person is generally not accepted and loved unconditionally when they were young, and they are always criticized and criticized endlessly."
Su Wanniang said understandingly: "He is the eldest prince, and the empress is very powerful, so it is only natural that he should be strict with him."
Shen Wen said in a low voice: "So, he can't accept any failures, he needs to be blamed, and if he wants to achieve a complete and complete victory, he won't leave any way for others to survive!"
Su Wanniang said bitterly: "Then cut off his way of life! I used to sympathize with him, but he shouldn't be so reckless in harming people."
Shen Wen agreed: "His final end, there must be no way out. If he cuts off other people's lives, he will also walk into a desperate situation, and we will all be like this."
Su Wanniang gritted her teeth and said, "But I want to let him walk into a dead end through our hands, this is his retribution!"
Shen Wen said: "I understand what my sister means." Seeing that Su Wanniang was in a bad mood, she hurriedly said: "I don't know how the fourth prince is doing?"
Sure enough, Su Wanniang changed her mind and sighed: "That poor child has been tortured miserably." She suddenly remembered: "Oh, when mentioning the fourth prince, we only talked about Duan Zeng. I found out that there is indeed a family in Jiangnan who has practiced medicine for generations. The famous family, surnamed Zeng."
Shen Wen snorted: "Duan Zeng, Duan Zeng, how much hatred is there?"
Su Wanniang said in a low voice: "The most recent generation of famous doctors is Mrs. Zeng, who is famous all over the country. This Mrs. has ten sons, all of whom are studying medicine or medicine, but his favorite is his youngest son who is fifty years old. Then It was a child born to a concubine he married from a brothel. He took the child by his side and raised it himself since he was five or six years old. When the child was seventeen years old, he picked a legitimate daughter for him. Then I took the child to sit in the clinic to practice medicine, and the youngest son also lived up to the spirit, and the medicine cured his illness, and soon became famous. When the youngest son was twenty-three years old, Mr. Zeng was seventy-three. He said seventy-three or eighty Fourth, if the King of Hades does not come and go on his own, he will pass on the position of Patriarch of the Zeng family to his youngest son. The Zeng family has more than a thousand hectares of fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are more than 20 medical clinics and pharmacies. big family."
Shen Wen said repeatedly: "No wonder, no wonder!"
Su Wanniang also whispered: "That's right, think about it, he only had this son when he was fifty years old, and the eldest son in front is not as old as this youngest son, who is more than thirty? He has grandchildren, how could this brothel concubine The youngest son born in the room took over the house? Not long after Mr. Zeng said this, the youngest son’s house was attacked by thieves. The youngest son, his wife, and the baby who were still in their infancy all died. also died, only the eldest son, who was four years old at the time, is missing..."
Shen Wen could only continue to sigh with emotion: "Duan Zeng, Duan Zeng, we really want to break 'Zeng'."
Su Wanniang also sighed: "Old Master Zeng heard the news, his eyes were crooked and his mouth was slanted, he couldn't speak, and he passed away after a year."
Shen Wen sighed deeply: "You said that in this world, there are always wicked people in power!"
Su Wanniang paused for a moment: "That's why God wants to give birth to us, otherwise, how can we punish evil and promote good?"
Shen Wen grabbed Su Wanniang's hand and said, "Sister Wanniang, you are amazing!"
Su Wanniang pushed Shen Wen: "You know how to say good things, every day your mouth is like honey, don't go to sleep!"
But Shen Wen was really not saying good things, she was moved by Su Wanniang's responsibility. She herself came here for revenge, but Su Wanniang had morality in her heart. No wonder in her previous life she would risk her life regardless of the consequences, because she felt that if she didn't do this, she would have let down the responsibility that God gave her when she was born.
Shen Wen is glad that he chose Su Wanniang, knowing that as long as he does not betray morality, Su Wanniang will always stand with him.