Chapter 43: The Comeback
Su Huihui stood at the gate of the Servant's Mansion, watching the maids and servants in the mansion shuttling back and forth, all of them sweating.
After she entered the Tai Hospital, she concentrated on her business, and recently learned that the daughter of Lord Shilang's family had been sick in bed for a month, and since the Mid-Autumn Festival, she invited Su Hui to come to the house for a gathering without success, Xiao Yun's body does not seem to be very neat, and she has not appeared in public.
The maid led the way, Su Huihui asked her about Xiao Yun's condition, and the maid only said that she was not too strict, but the young lady couldn't get out of bed every day with a headache.
At this time, she was pressed on the edge of the couch by the young lady who had a headache and could not get out of bed, and listened to her chatter and complain.
"You're here to pick up, do you remember I told you...... It was when we first met in July that I said I had a problem in the second half of the month, and that was this thing. Lord Xu of the Hanlin Academy originally had the intention of asking his father to marry his grandson, but he didn't mention it at the banquet in Beijing at the end of July, and I was relieved at that time. As a result, I didn't think that as soon as August passed, the matter of courting marriage was brought to the table again, and my father actually had no intention of refusing! How could he do this!"
Su Huihui looked at the furnishings in the boudoir embroidery pavilion, the ink screen, the small sandalwood table, and the hairpin ring beads in front of the makeup mirror table were scattered and messy, pressed on a folded corner of the "Female Rules", obviously the owner had no intention of dressing up.
"Didn't Lord Xiao know about you and General Rong?"
"That's right, I don't know why my father didn't refuse immediately, the people of the Xu family have come a few times, I wonder if this thing will not be done!" Xiao Yun pulled out the hairpin, the cloud sideburns loosened, and a cat covered with clouds and snow lazily came into her arms.
"Don't laugh at me for falling asleep when I was a unitary, and I don't want to go to bed so early, but you have to pretend to be a little bit better. My dad must have known that I was lying in the room with cold water every once in a while to lie to him, but ......" she looked melancholy, "You also saw the situation in the house, isn't it just buying a dowry." My mother was elated. ”
Su Huihui was about to reprimand her for not caring for her body, and even dared to pour cold water on her head, but suddenly remembered a reason to comfort her.
"Rest assured, he won't marry you off. ”
Xiao Yun was stunned and said "ah", "Why, didn't my father and the Xu family say yes?"
"Hmm...... Well, I mean, I'm not going to agree to this business. ”
Xiao Yun was even more strange, "How do you know, warming? The marriage of the minister's family, the palace has always only asked a question, and only the marriage and funeral of the minister's family who is particularly relied on will the Son of Heaven express it." I'm not a marriage or elopement, why don't you agree?"
Su Hui warmed his voice, "Ah Wan, you are a woman who reads women's rules, don't you know that the word 'elopement' can't be said casually?"
Xiao Yun was anxious, "Don't change the topic, say it quickly, I know you know, you are here today by holy order, right?"
Su Huihui suddenly brightened, no wonder Yan Xugui said that Sheng Yunyi asked her to come to the doctor, it turned out that there was this one. In the Hou Mansion that day, she saw with her own eyes that Jin Shang promised Yan Huayu three things, Yan Xugui's marriage, retained the Hou Mansion, and did not collect the right to sell salt. Then the first thing she personally verified, Sheng Yunyi promised her that "I will not consider Mingzhou's favorite maid daughter", he understood the relationship between Rong Jianchi and Xiao Yun, probably heard that Xu Xiao's two families were going to get married, and as a monarch, it was not easy to interfere, so he sent a female medical officer who was not on duty in the inner palace to send a decree to Xiao Mansion.
"His Majesty and Rong Gongzi have a good relationship, he told me last time ......"
"Say you won't separate me from Mingzhou? You have to be heavy in such a short time?" Xiao Yun knew that he was speechless, and smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I was too anxious as soon as I touched Mingzhou's matter." ”
"Hmm...... No, His Majesty said that I would not ask him ......"
Su Hui couldn't go on, what did he say at the time? said that she just didn't ask him, and she wouldn't have that meaning, but she would repeat the original words when her brain was in water!
She straightened her sideburns, and found that the girl was staring at her with a curious and thoughtful expression, scratching the cat's soft chin, and said tentatively:
"Even if you don't ask him, he'll do that?"
Su warmed his hand and stood up, "You have a good rest, I will definitely not tell you that you are alive and vigorous, not enterprising, rude and wasting your family's dowry." ”
"Oh, I'm just talking, Dad said what kind of character His Majesty is, the more you ask him, the more he will come back. I have something important to ask you, since you are the court judge who was personally promoted to the fifth rank by His Majesty. ”
Su Huihui grabbed a strand of her silky black hair, thought for a moment and said, "I also thought of what you want to ask, it's nothing more than that I was ordered to come here to see you a doctor, not just to inform you that the two governments can't get married." Lord Xiao does not restrain you and Gongzi Rong from going back and forth for many years, but he does not refuse Lord Hanlin's proposal, if you doubt, I can't speculate casually. She raised her lips, "The best possibility is that your father knows that His Majesty won't agree, but it's not easy to refute the other side, isn't it?" She didn't say that this might be a warning, the marriage between the court and China is to form a gang, and usually the lord of the country is most tired of this.
Xiao Yun hugged the kitten, hugged the quilt and muttered: "Mingzhou's grandfather doesn't agree with me marrying into their family, I know it." ”
Su Huihui sighed and said: "Ah Wan, what are you worried about this, you just need to know today that Lord Xu can't get what he wants, if Gongzi Rong really likes you, he still cares about his grandfather? Who doesn't know that the most beautiful person in their family is him now." ”
"It's the scenery that I'm worried about...... Alas, forget it, you can go back first, remember not to talk to my mother. ”
Su Huihui comforted her and said, "Don't think about it so complicated, it won't be a big deal for Your Majesty to send me someone who has a good relationship with you." Besides, His Majesty has always been very affectionate to the people he values, although on the surface he seems to be quite indifferent in speech and demeanor. ”
Xiao Yun tilted his head and said, "Why don't you ...... Tell me more about what kind of person your majesty is? I won't think too much about it. ”
Su Huihui gritted his teeth and said, "En will take revenge." ”
Xiao Yun was in a much better mood when she said it, how could she still have a little bit of the beautiful appearance of everyone when she first met, and lifted the quilt with great interest and got out of bed to send her out, without heart or lungs:
"Well, you've been red since you stood up. It's you who said that Your Majesty is a good person, and you blame me. By the way, have you visited Dr. Wu across from my house, he was the judge of the Zuo Yuan who specifically asked for the queen's pulse back then, and more than half of the evaluation questions of the Tai Hospital this time were made by him, do you want to stop by and have a look?"
Su Huihui fooled Mrs. Xiao and handed over the errand, thinking that Xiao Yun would tell Xiao Shilang that he did not agree to this marriage, and she couldn't control anything else.
Yuhuafang is the residence of the north of the city to the south, the Ganlu Street in the south is a watershed, there are many people on the other side of the street, the vendors selling sugar gourds are shouting non-stop, she passed through the crowd to a small wooden door, and was about to knock three times, but saw the door open from the inside, and came out of a pale and white-haired old man.
Su Huihui couldn't help but blurt out, "Mr. Fang, why are you here?"
Fang Yi didn't expect to meet Su Huihui, who he hadn't seen for several months, here, and immediately wanted to worship, but was pulled by her.
"I came to Mr. Wu and learned that he had been sentenced by the court, so I came to ask him about some affairs in the official office. ”
Fang Yi seemed to have a holiday with the owner of this house, snorted from his nose angrily, and reluctantly said gently: "He doesn't have a good temper, Master Su will know when he goes in." The old man is giving him a gift today, and the housekeeper of the Yan family said that Master Su can't manage the affairs of the pharmacy, so he found another principal, that is, he, I heard that he will replace the ambassador and deputy envoy alone after the month. ”
Su Huihui was surprised: "Yan Gongzi didn't tell me, and I'm not so busy......
If she doesn't come today, she'll be kept in the dark!
Fang Yi sneered: "The old man knows that the Shangjia family doesn't have any good intentions, and if it's useless, he will throw it aside. The old man is inconvenient to say more, he originally wanted to go back and inform Master Su, but now it seems that there is no need. ”
Su Huihui sent the old man a few steps, feeling a little empty, Yan saw that she was getting farther and farther away from the pharmacy when she was in the ban, and it was estimated that he almost forgot to tell her as a party as soon as possible. Leaving the position of deputy envoy, she will be in the official office and the palace in the future, which is equivalent to being further separated from the outside world.
Doctor Wu said that he was resigned, more like he was kicked out by the masters, the courtyard was silent, and there was no one else except for an old servant who was guarding the door.
Su Huihui sat in a small room, and the only intact couch was an old man in his sixties and seventies, with sparse white hair, a sallow complexion, a few patches on his clothes, and a smell of medicine all over his body.
He described that although he was withered, his eyes were full of light, and he sighed twice: "Now there is also a women's hospital sentence in Tai Hospital, which is gratifying and gratifying." ”
Su looked back into the room, and there were many books stacked or stacked in the small space, messily placed on the table and chairs, and even the chair with a missing leg was cushioned with a thick book.
"Sir, it is too good. It is often rumored that Mr. Tai Hospital devoted himself to the acupuncture department, and when he made the judgment of the left hospital, he managed the Tai Hospital in an orderly manner, so the younger generation admired Mr. 's talent very much, and just went to the Xiao Mansion opposite, Miss Fuzhong also praised it very much, so she came here to visit. Some time ago, there were many affairs in the palace, and the younger generation couldn't take care of it for a while, and it was a shame that it dragged on to this day. ”
Wu Xin has been out of the Tai Hospital for five years, and after he left, Yuan Xing took the post of judge of the left court. The judgment of the hospital seems to be generous and kind, but the inside is small and the intestines can't tolerate people, and half of his merits are wiped out and half of his achievements are taken on himself, he has been living in a sloppy way for a few years, and he has only mixed food and clothing by supplying medicine prescriptions to a fast-falling pharmacy, and the scenery in the past is like the things of the previous life.
He squinted his mung bean eyes, and his voice was hoarse and sharp: "Little girl, you go and take out the codex under the chair in front of you and take a look." ”
As soon as Su Huihui heard him speak, he knew a little that this was an old man who was not easy to get along with, but she was nominally here to ask for advice, so she had to listen to her words. She walked over to the lame chair and squatted down, pulled out a codex with a thin layer of dust, flipped it over, and instantly broke out a few drops of cold sweat.
The old doctor smiled and said, "Girl, take a closer look, is the old man concentrating on acupuncture and moxibustion? Don't tell the old man that you can't even tell the difference between herbs and needles." ”
Su Huihui apologized again and again, and after a pause in the action of turning the book, her brows furrowed.
"Why, it looks familiar, have you seen it somewhere?"
She raised her eyes to look at the smiling judge in the front yard and said, "This is the book I read on the bookshelf in the south hall of the Tai Hospital." ”
When she was on duty for the first time, she searched in the room where Yuan Xing lived, and saw three codexes on pharmacology, thinking that Yuan Xing had not taken them away, and she was secretly strange. Now it can be explained, this is not Yuan Xing's thing, but the things described in this booklet are known to be very valuable, how can he be willing not to take away a successor who has not been threatened by the owner? Su Huihui has been in the Tai Hospital for a long time, and he understands that Yuan Xing is a different person, and he will never believe that he is of noble character. And most importantly, how did the books on her bookshelves grow wings and fly into this broken yard?
Wu Xin stretched out his hand and motioned for her to return the codex to herself, Su Huihui didn't want to give it even if he hesitated, and felt that he had to calm down when dealing with this kind of person with a bad temper, and wait for the other party to speak first.
Sure enough, the old doctor didn't ask her a word, and couldn't help but say: "Hey, don't you wonder who gave it to me? I'm afraid that you have been in the palace for a long time, and you don't even know that there is a thief in your room, you are really confused!"
Su warmed up and smiled well: "Who?"
The old doctor sat up straight, his eyes seemed to look at her from head to toe, and the two walnuts in his hand, which were regarded as palm spinning balls, turned quickly, and said unhurriedly:
"Who else has the keys to the two rooms in the South Hall besides you?"
"You mean the envoy of the Zhangyuan?"
He stroked a few beards, "Does the girl think that she is young and good-looking, and she is the best in the world?"
Su Hui pulled down his face suddenly, and before he could refute, he continued: "Don't act like such an old man bullying you, although I am more than ten miles away from the gate of the palace, there are a lot of rumors that should be heard." It was Zhang Songnian who sent someone to return them to their original owners, why...... Guess what?"
Su Huihui insisted that he didn't know anything, Wu Xin lifted his eyelids and said, "Forget it." Lord Su, please come back?"
“…… The three codexes were placed on the bookshelf by Lord Yuan, and I once read half of them, all of which were written about the pharmacology of exotic herbs and self-created treatment methods, of which a large proportion were from the South China Sea. ”
"Not bad. ”
This old man is very shrewd, and her ability to make up nonsense is low, so she had to say in a cold sweat: "Well, if you talk about the South China Sea, Master Si's ancestral home is Nan'an, and recently, ...... He asked me to help him develop a drug, and it turned out that I was not the only one working on it, and my husband was involved later. ”
"Now it seems that there is no one in sight, and it is clear that the person above is not unstable, and will not put the treasure on one person. ”
He gave a clear reply, Su Huihui twitched the corners of his mouth, and said: "I have already handed in the medicine after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the book was only taken away in September.
Wu Xin said: "Zhang Songnian is clear about the big and small open and secret affairs in the Tai Hospital, and the pickled things that Si Yan has done...... He got the acquiescence of today, and I also had a little bit of a word. The old man doesn't hide it from you, I'm old, and I can't remember what I've written, but fortunately, Yuan Xing, this kid, still has the vision and didn't throw it away for me, take the codex and read it a few times, and then compare it with your formula, and then it's a lot of troublesome verification, don't mention it. ”
Su Huihui was silent for a long time, "...... That's right. ”
Wu Xin nodded and said: "You girl is okay, you haven't read many years of books and you can make the antidote seven or eight points-what, seven or eight points are not satisfied? Young people are the most impatient! But there will be a chance in the future, and the old man will give you more guidance." The Yan family told you, I will go south to several states in the near future, and the old man will also follow, when the time comes...... Hehe. ”
He frowned and said, Su Huihui was speechless, she didn't want to go with this old disrespectful guy.
She digressed the topic: "The younger generation also heard that most of the papers this time were made by the old gentleman?"
Wu Xin finally became interested, "The girl also thinks that the question is the best in the past, right?" Oh, I almost forgot that you were recommended, I didn't take the test, and it is a regret in my life that I didn't take the test. ”
“……”
"Since the old man got your small bottle of medicine and prescriptions, he estimated that it was going to be time to run, and sure enough, he even had to use the rolls to annoy me, and the Tai Hospital today is incapable of doing this! I think that the patients cured by the old man can go around the capital three times, go up to the Queen of Heaven who has a headache for repairing the canal, and go down to the Lu family to see through the red dust and go to the female crown of Qingtai Mountain to cultivate, alas, when I am old, I have to worry about firewood, rice, oil and salt in the market, and I can't eat enough...... God doesn't have long eyes!"
Later, Wu Xin said excitedly, she didn't pay attention to anything, and the three words of Qingtai Mountain sucked away all Su Huihui's thoughts like a magnet.
When the old doctor had finished complaining, she asked cautiously with hope:
"Is Qingtai Mountain far away from Fanjing?"
"It's not far, it's a day and a half of horseback riding, it's a good place to burn paper money on the winter solstice, and there are few ghosts. Speaking of the scenery, the scenery is still good, but there are too few people, and the only Taoist temple is still a Taoist aunt with a bad life, and I think that in addition to the pharmacists who receive medicine, there are not many people who are willing to go to Fanjing in the past 20 years, right? Oh, the princess of the Lu family is willing, but it is not a Qingqing. What's the matter, the girl is going? What kind of medicine do you like, tell the old man? Bring some good ones back when the time comes, and the old man will exempt you from today's meeting gift. ”
Su Hui paused for a moment, but still said honestly: "Sir, how long has it been since you talked to someone?"