Bo Ruoyou didn't see Huo Weilou for the next few days, it was the end of April, amidst the chirping of cicadas, the weather was getting hotter, Bo Ruoyou thought that Cheng Yunzhi was not in good health, so she changed the time to go to the Hou's mansion early in the morning.
She thought that she might meet Huo Weilou in the early morning, and the clinker Huo Weilou went out of the city on business and didn't return for many days. In this way, she hadn't seen him for almost half a month. The only fortunate thing was that Huo Qinghong's poisonous The onset of addiction is getting slower and slower.
In the early morning of this day, the father and daughter braved the drizzle and entered the door of the Hou Mansion. Eunuch Fu had been waiting for him for a long time. After welcoming the two into the guest house, he said with a sigh: "Mr. Easy, Shizi actually slept soundly last night, it has been almost a month since he was brought here by Lord Hou, this is the first time he has experienced this."
Mr. Fu took care of Huo Qinghong personally every day, and he knew what was good about him and what was not good about him. He was naturally more grateful to Cheng Yunzhi. Cheng Yunzhi smiled gently and said: "If you keep going, it will be better. The kid next door, Now it has only happened once every three or four days, and I read books and practice handwriting on weekdays, and I am fine, but I look at it as usual, the poison of the son is deeper, and it is slower."
After entering the Nuan Pavilion, he saw Huo Qinghong leaning on the couch, looking at the drizzle outside the window with a blank gaze. Hearing the movement, his eyelashes trembled, but he didn't look at them. For more than ten days, he has been So few words.
Cheng Yun went up to ask for pulse, Huo Qinghong was very cooperative, but he was still sleepy and did not speak, Cheng Yunzhi didn't mind, after seeing the situation, he began to give acupuncture, when Fu Gonggong and Bo Ruoyou were in the hall Waiting, Eunuch Fu sighed, "Everyone is like this. The Duke and his wife came together two days ago, and they didn't talk very much. I wonder if the poison of the golden ointment has poisoned the mind of the prince. Mr. Cheng said However, this is poisonous to the brain."
Bo Ruoyou thought for a moment, "It's only a little better now, don't worry, father-in-law, the son has never suffered any pain before, and it's normal for him to have some changes in his mood now that he's in trouble, and he's not feeling well, so naturally he can't care about other things." I have read the documents recorded by the yamen, those who have used gold anointing for more than a month, although they are heavily addicted to drugs, their minds are clear before the poison occurs, so father-in-law can rest assured for the time being."
Eunuch Fu sighed, his eyes were full of worry, it was so easy to rest assured.
After the injection was finished, Bo Ruoyou accompanied Cheng Yunzhi to say goodbye. When Eunuch Fu saw her off, he said, "I'm afraid that Lord Hou will come back tomorrow or the next day. This time, I went to the old house of Wei's family in Qinshui County. If all goes well, This case can be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple for review and finalization. There are many people involved this time, and I don’t know when the trial will last."
Listening to this, Bo Ruoyou felt that Huo Weilou's affairs must be very complicated, and he didn't want to ask too many questions. He just remembered that Huo Weilou got into the carriage with Cheng Yun when he was about to come back. Although there is an imperial doctor who is always there, the Tai Hospital has not yet formulated a detoxification strategy. It is said that the servants in the sick camp are all in a state of desperation.
Bo Ruoyou had the idea of going to the yamen for a while, and when she arrived at the door, Cheng Yun got out of the carriage, and Zhou Liang drove to the yamen again. In the past few days, she went to the yamen to answer questions twice, because there was no doubt about the case. He didn't go there every day, but now he wants to ask about the situation in the city, and if he wants to tell Cheng Yunzhi's method to the imperial hospital, it is quite the same. Firstly, Cheng Yunzhi's fragrant pills vary from person to person, and secondly, However, there are not many people like Cheng Yunzhi who can treat diseases with acupuncture and moxibustion.
After walking for half an hour, the carriage stopped outside the yamen. As soon as Bo Ruoyou entered the gate of the yamen, he saw Wu Xiang sitting on the steps covered in blood. Hou Yang brought a basin of water, and Wu Xiang grinned. Bo Ruoyou was taken aback by washing the blood on her hands, and hurried forward, "Captain, what's wrong? Are you injured?"
Seeing her, Wu Xiang was overjoyed at first, and then smiled bitterly, "It's not that I was injured, it was that I went to save someone in the morning. In a family in the south of the city, the eldest son of the family had hallucinations after smoking gold ointment, and regarded his father as a man. An old enemy in the early years, and then took a knife to kill his father, and then held his father to stand on the bridge, and anyone who dared to approach would kill and jump into the river."
Wu Xiang washed his hands clean, but his clothes were still covered in blood. He sighed, "His father lost a lot of blood, and he died when he was rescued—"
Bo Ruoyou felt a chill in his heart, "Why didn't you send him to the sick camp?"
Wu Xiang sighed again, "Maybe he didn't trust the yamen, so he gave it away reluctantly. He always thought it would be better to stay at home, and now something happened. The troubles of the past two days were all caused by the gold ointment. , those who were poisoned and stabbed people, jumped off buildings, self-mutilated and smashed into walls, ran wildly and lost them, we really ran away, and we only sent more people in the hospital a few days ago, because those people got poisoned, unless Put on the shackles, otherwise it will easily go wrong."
Wu Xiang patted his robe and stood up, "Why are you here today?"
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly said: "I'll see if there is anyone who can help, and then I want to ask if there is a detoxification strategy in the sick camp."
Wu Xiang curled her lips and shook her head, and said in a low voice: "What detoxification strategy? It's an ordinary disease, but no one dares to say that he can solve the drug addiction this time, and then pushes it back and forth, it's just a word of mouth, ah, no one dares to take responsibility now, and send one or two people every day Going to ask about the symptoms, and pretending to have a pulse test, but still don't know how to detoxify, our adults and General Xu in the patrol battalion are a little helpless, if this continues, this sick camp will not be able to continue."
Bo Ruoyou never expected that there would be no improvement in the Chengnan Infirmary. There are so many patients, and there are so many cases available for research. It stands to reason that it is better to discover the characteristics of this drug addiction, and then formulate a treatment strategy is.
Wu Xiang said again: "Only the investigation of the gold ointment was done very quickly. With Lord Hou leading the direct envoys, all the subordinate government officials must follow orders. In just half a month, the gold ointment seized piled up in a large yard of the patrol camp. , there are only a few people who hide gold ointment privately in the city, and no one dares to sell it on the surface. A few days ago, Lord Hou ordered the Ministry of Punishments to formulate laws, and I am afraid that there will be an explicit order in two days. These errands When using force, there are people above, and the people below dare not neglect, but the doctors can't think of a way to detoxify, even if the knife rests on the neck, it can't help."
Bo Ruoyou understands best, she thought for a while, "Maybe let me see the record of pulse case and medication sent by the hospital camp? I want to copy a copy and take it home. My adoptive father is also a doctor. I want to order He sees."
Wu Xiang only felt that Bo Ruoyou wanted to do her part to detoxify, but she didn't have too much hope, so she didn't ask in detail, and took her directly to the back hall, where she saw many account books. Booklet, several clerks are copying documents.
Wu Xiang flipped through it, handed her a copy, and said mockingly: "Look, this was sent the day before yesterday, and it was said that His Majesty cared about it and wanted to report the daily progress, but do you think His Majesty has seen it?" Something we worked so hard to write?"
Bo Ruoyou glanced out, made a silent gesture, Wu Xiang snorted and said, "Don't worry, I'm just here to say, playing with these vain things all day long, but it's of no use at all." .”
Bo Ruoyou shook her head helplessly, and only went to look through the records. Seeing that there were still some usable things, she found a table and copied them. Seeing this, Wu Xiang asked her to stay here, and went to find a change of clothes by herself.
Bo Ruoyou copied it with all her heart, and while she was copying it, the light in front of her eyes was suddenly blocked, and Bo Ruoyou thought it was Wu Xiang who had returned, without raising her head, she said, "I'm just afraid I need to copy a few more— "
Someone chuckled, "The second younger sister is studying the method of poisoning the golden ointment?"
Bo Ruoyou's pen tip paused, and she quickly raised her eyes, and she saw Lin Zhao at a glance. She was a little surprised, "Mr. Lin?"
Lin Zhao was used to her stubbornness in not changing her title, so she stood up again, and blessed her body very politely, "Why did Mr. Lin come to the Yamen?"
Lin Zhao scanned the pulse record she had written, "I came here for the gold ointment. Recently, there was chaos in the household department, and this time the sick camp was in need of an assistant from the household department, so I was temporarily transferred to the household department to help."
The emperor's ministers who came out of the Imperial Academy were about to join the Sixth Department, and now Lin Zhao entered the Household Department early. Seeing Lin Zhao standing in front of Bo Ruoyou, he immediately said, "Master Xiao Lin, the official documents you want are ready."
After speaking, he led Lin Zhao to the left side of the back hall, Lin Zhao said: "You will wait a while." After speaking, he walked away quickly, but after a while, he came out from inside with a few notebooks. He came forward and said, "Second sister, the city is not peaceful these days, how are you and Uncle Cheng?"
Bo Ruoyou put away the copied pages of pulse records, "Thank you for your concern, we are fine."
Lin Zhao said again: "These pulse cases, are you going to take them back to show Uncle Cheng?"
Bo Ruoyou responded, seeing that he was holding official documents, it seemed that he should leave the government office, so he couldn't help but said: "If Mr. Lin has something to do, go and do it, and don't delay in making mistakes."
Lin Zhao hesitated for a moment, "Then I will visit you tomorrow." After saying this, he turned around and left the door.
Wu Xiang watched from the side, clicked his tongue and didn't say much.
Bo Ruoyou continued to copy the pulse record, copied four or five pages, saw the sun setting, and just left the yamen and returned home.
Cheng Yunzhi shook his head when he saw these pulse cases and medications, "That's all for pulse cases, this medication is too mild and conservative, obviously dare not take risks, this golden ointment is so poisonous, but they dare not use strong medicine, how can there be any harm?" Effectiveness"
Bo Ruoyou rolled her eyes, "That's what the head catcher said. The doctors in the Imperial Hospital didn't dare to take responsibility this time. Pushing and pushing, it's all a procrastination formula. If this continues, the patients in the city It's really worrying that there will be troubles, or you will suffer from injuries and die."
Cheng Yunzhi sighed, "The Tai Hospital has become more utilitarian these years, and everyone is as timid as a mouse."
Bo Ruoyou said softly, "If grandfather was in power, it would definitely not be like this."
Cheng Yunzhi's expression was suffocated, and he sighed for a moment, "It's a pity that the Cheng family has long since ceased to exist. Once the emperor was still a courtier, let alone a small imperial hospital, it just suffered for those people who had high hopes for them."
Bo Ruoyou carefully looked at Cheng Yunzhi's expression, and saw that there was a lot of resentment in his eyebrows and eyes, so he continued: "The adoptive father's method is probably the only one that can have some slow effect at present, has the foster father ever thought of promoting this method? ?”
Cheng Yunzhi was slightly stunned, but turned his eyes to look out the window, "I never hide it privately. Young Master Xiao Ming also knows this method. If he wants to, tell his father, and then make the imperial doctor follow suit. It's not difficult."
Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "Even if Young Master Ming knows it, I'm afraid he won't use the method that his adoptive father came up with to fight for credit. Besides, this method may not be understood by others, because he is not fully sure, so he dare not Enabled, but foster father is different."
Cheng Yunzhi didn't speak for a while, but his eyes were deep and light, as if recalling the old things, Bo Ruoyou said again: "Did foster father ever think that the serious crimes committed by the Cheng family back then were really wronged, if one day he can be ordinary for the Cheng family, he will return to justice." Cheng Jiaqingyu..."
Cheng Yunzhi looked at Bo Ruoyou, she didn't go to court, and she heard about it from him, how dare she open her mouth to rehabilitate her? After a moment of hesitation, Cheng Yunzhi asked, "Did Lord Hou say this to you?"
Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Bo Ruoyou had no choice but to admit it, and Cheng Yunzhi sighed, "How can it be that easy?"
Bo Ruoyou's eyes lit up, Cheng Yunzhi's tone was not repulsive, obviously he had thought about it, but it was very difficult, so he never seriously considered it, Bo Ruoyou said, "It's like the detoxification method of foster father. If the law is really useful, everything will be different."
Cheng Yunzhi was stunned for a moment, "Let foster father think about it."
Bo Ruoyou quickly responded.
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Lin Zhao came back from the yamen, and as soon as he walked to the gate of the mansion, he saw two carriages parked outside. He recognized Bo's carriage at a glance, hurriedly stepped into the door, and when he arrived at the main courtyard, he saw Bo Yixuan The father and son were with Bo Yixian, mother and daughter, seeing him back, Mrs. Hu was quite cordial, after Lin Zhao met, Lin Huai ordered him to take Bo Yixian and his siblings to the flower hall, obviously the elders wanted to have some private words.
When the three of them arrived at the flower hall, Bao Yixian looked haggard, and Bo Yixuan couldn't help but asked Lin Zhao, "Is it true that my uncle can't be saved this time?"
Bao Yixian looked at Lin Zhao with a pale face, Lin Zhao couldn't bear it, "What did my father say?"
Bo Yixuan sighed, "Master Minister said he is not sure."
Lin Zhao also said: "Now the case is still in the Department of Direct Envoys. After they make a clear inquiry and determine who can be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple, the details of the case will not reach my father's hands, so my father said that he is not It must be the truth."
Bo Yixuan frowned, "Even you don't know, so you can only go to Wu Zhaohou?"
Lin Zhao shook his head, "You don't have to think about it, Marquis Wu Zhao, the Marquis has always been fair in dealing with things, not to mention that your Bo family is not familiar with Wu Zhaohou, he even gave my father face."
At this time, Bao Yixian said: "It is true that we don't know Wu Zhaohou, but... my second sister is very familiar with Wu Zhaohou."
Hearing these words, Lin Zhao didn't want to go anywhere else. He frowned and said, "Could it be that you went to find her? She just helped the Marquis with the autopsy, and she doesn't have that much power. If he offends the Marquis, she can't afford it." .”
Bao Yixian smiled wryly, "It is true that I went to her house once, but she doesn't seem to take my father's matter to heart. Also, she has not been in the capital these years, and has no relationship with us. It is really inappropriate to ask her to help."
Bo Yixuan hesitated to speak when he heard the words, but he thought of Wei's previous explanation, he didn't say anything.
Bao Yixian looked at him for a moment, she seemed a little surprised that Bo Yixuan didn't speak for her, so she continued: "I didn't think to trouble her at first, but I saw that Lord Hou treated her very kindly in Uncle Zhongqin's residence, so I wanted to Thinking, if she opens the mouth, at least she can ask whether it is safe or not, but I didn't expect that she would not be willing to help."
If she just mentioned it casually before, trying to make Lin Zhao think in a different direction, then her words now hinted more clearly, Lin Zhao frowned, "Because of her excellent autopsy, Lord Hou is more fond of her." , It’s also the appreciation of tolerance.” After a pause, he comforted him: “I met her in the Hou’s mansion earlier, and I wanted to ask about it, but Hou Ye is a person who distinguishes between public and private, and she followed him on business. , it is right to be cautious.”
Bao Yixian's eyes turned red, "But after all, it's all Bo's. It's really chilling that she doesn't want to help."
At the beginning, he said very understandingly that Bo Ruoyou didn't grow up in the capital, so they shouldn't go to her, but now the more he said, the more he complained, and Lin Zhao was momentarily at a loss. Is she to blame or not
However, seeing her red eyes, he had no choice but to say: "There is nothing we can do right now, all civil and military officials in the court are waiting for His Majesty and Lord Hou's wishes. Even if Shi Bo will be affected this time, he will not be guilty of death."
Bao Yixian's eyes became even redder, "Brother Zhao means that father will definitely be deprived of his official position this time?"
Bo Jingqian is the pillar of the Bo family. If he is convicted and loses his official position, or even goes to jail, then the Bo family will lose face. How can he dare to say that he is a member of the family in the future? !
At this point, Lin Zhao sighed, "It's possible."
Bao Yixian felt her eyes darken, and she almost couldn't stand still. Lin Zhao sighed again, "A lot of officials have been imprisoned this time, so it's impossible to take it lightly. Everyone is like a soldier. You have been running for a month, and you should have already guessed how much it is. But don’t worry, both father and I will do our best to protect Uncle Shi, at least not let unwarranted dirty water splash on him.”
Lin Zhao's assurance is considered sincere, but when Bao Yixian thought that the Bo family would decline, and even be reduced to a family of sins, her heart felt fried. She raised her eyes to look at Lin Zhao, if that was the case, then she would be even more unworthy Lin Zhao.
"Brother Zhao, is there really nothing you can do?"
Lin Zhao looked at Bo Yixuan, "If you don't believe me, just ask Yixuan, this matter has already come before His Majesty, not to mention there are many entanglements behind it."
After all, Bo Yixuan is a scholar and has more knowledge than Bo Yixian. He has an ugly face, but he also knows that the Lin family can turn this matter around, "Sister, don't make things difficult for Lin Zhao, this matter... no one can help. "
Bao Yixian narrowed her eyes, and said bitterly: "Those who can be helped are just unwilling to help."
Lin Zhao smiled wryly, "Yixian, my father and I really cared about this matter."
"Brother Zhao, I'm not talking about you... I... I'm talking about the second younger sister." Bao Yixian's eyes flashed, and she said in a very distressed way: "That day outside Uncle Zhongqin's residence, I saw that Master Hou had a serious relationship with her. Qian, she is a little girl, but she can be appreciated by the Marquis, even though she can do autopsies, can't someone like Wu Zhaohou find a man who can do autopsies?"
Bo Yixuan's complexion changed when he heard this, he glanced at Lin Zhao, and hurriedly said, "Sister, don't talk nonsense."
Although Bo Yixian had said this to him, but Lin Zhao hadn't married her yet, he was still a foreigner, telling Lin Zhao about this would be detrimental to the family style of the Bo family, he really didn't expect that Bo Yixian would say such a thing.
Lin Zhao even tightened his brows, "What do you mean by that? You mean Lord Hou has other thoughts about... the second sister?"
At this moment, Lin Zhao didn't know whether he should protect Huo Weilou or Bo Ruoyou, and he said displeasedly: "Your Majesty has a clear distinction between public and private affairs, which is not what you think, and the second sister's autopsy is also quite clever. Master Hou trusts her, Master Hou will naturally use her, I have known Master Hou for many years, and I have personally seen my second sister help Master Hou solve the case in Luozhou, don't say that about them."
Bao Yixian didn't know what was going on in her mind, she was anxious and desperate, and she sensed that Lin Zhao was somewhat protective of Bo Ruoyou, so she wanted to tell Lin Zhao about it, but she didn't expect that Lin Zhao was so decisive She couldn't help being wronged and said, "But that's what I saw with my own eyes. I saw Wu Zhaohou helping the second sister into the carriage. Wu Zhaohou was so lofty, and the second sister was so beautiful. What Jun also saw, it wasn't that I slandered them."
Lin Zhao was speechless for a while, but what Bao Yixian said was so true, and that Wei Jun had seen it too, was not a lie, but based on his understanding, how could Huo Weilou be a person who would be sympathetic to others? It's not bad to say that Huo Qinghong has this trip.
Does Huo Weilou really have other thoughts about Bo Ruoyou
Lin Zhao's heart trembled slightly. If so, how did Bo Ruoyou resist
"It's just a helping hand. They met each other in Qingzhou, and later they returned to Beijing together. They are quite familiar with each other. You can talk about it in front of me, but you shouldn't mention this to others." He forced himself.
Bao Yixian quickly responded, "Of course I know."
Seeing Lin Zhao's expression, Bao Yixian knew that he had believed what she said. She felt relieved inexplicably, and said bitterly: "This time, something happened in our house, I'm afraid it will cause Uncle Lin and Brother Zhao to be criticized. We have implicated you, if father is really convicted later, I'm afraid it will affect Uncle Lin's official career... Fortunately, we haven't set a wedding date yet."
She looked at Lin Zhao apologetically, and it took Lin Zhao a moment of reaction to understand what she meant, "Don't say that, our marriage has been settled long ago, and there will be no changes because of these."
This kind of attitude was what Bo Yixian wanted to see, but these words made her quite uneasy, but the words had come to this point, it was the most direct temptation, and she could not make Lin Zhao make other promises.
After Bo and the others left the Lin residence, Chu sighed, "Who would have thought that his hands were really dirty? If he lives up to it, you can still fish him out of this muddy water, but now he can't pick it off by himself." Clean, what else can we do?"
Lin Huai shook his head helplessly, "No wonder he came to see me several times shortly after the Weicang incident in Qinshui County. He was worried inside and out. I just thought he was worried about affecting himself, but he didn't want to really collect money."
Lin Zhao was listening and didn't say a word. Mrs. Chu glanced at him and said helplessly, "If I knew this, we might as well..."
Lin Huai smiled wryly, but did not answer.
In the afternoon of the second day, Lin Zhao really brought gifts to Cheng's house to visit.