The acacia flowers in Fanjing are in full bloom.

The moon is like a silver hook, and the wind is filled with a sweet fragrance. A few crows stopped on the locust tree and quacked at the dilapidated houses beneath their feet.

This is a dilapidated village outside the city, with thatched huts filled with homeless people who have nowhere to bury them, beggars who died in the streets, and behind the house is a huge mass grave, saving money for coffins.

Every year, the government pays to hire outsiders to carry the corpses and bury them on the spot, which is the most desolate and the most yin in the capital, and even the men who have been doing this for a long time do not want to spend the night here, but tonight they have to spend the night with the well—the city gate is closed.

The moonlight poured into the window, revealing a stiff and pale face between the straw mats, which looked to have just died.

He was a young man with a slightly round face, with delicate facial features, but a piece of skin was missing from the corner of his eye to his left cheek, and dark red flesh grew naked on his face, which was very terrifying.

The two big men carrying the corpse were drinking around the campfire.

"It's really bad luck today, you said that this person will not die sooner or later, but he is stuck before the door closes and let us send it out, if it weren't for the more money given by the pharmacy, Lao Tzu wouldn't have taken this business. ”

Another human: "I always have hair in my heart, this person used to be a doctor, and he must have healed people, so he was skinned and his right leg was broken by the enemy...... If this is the case, the yin qi will not dissipate after death, and it will be very dangerous. ”

In the afternoon, they received an order from the government, and when carrying the corpse, the wooden board accidentally hit the wall, and a piece of something slipped down from the white cloth. The two couldn't help but shudder, the current doctors have few medical ethics, and there are dozens of Guangchengnan who have been crippled and disabled, and this person is still a doctor at Huimin Pharmacy, and he was sent out with "heavy money", which is absolutely abnormal.

Doctor Shu, who reported to the official in the pharmacy, gave them two taels of silver and asked them to carry them to Yizhuang in the east for burial, but they wanted to catch up with the closing of the city gate, so they carried them directly to the nearest place. Unexpectedly, when they returned to the city, they happened to encounter the closing of the gate, and the guards who killed them that day saw that they did not pay money for bribes, but they were not allowed to enter, and told them to come back early tomorrow morning in a rude tone.

"What kind of heart does my brother bear, in my opinion, this person has no relatives and no reason in the capital, he doesn't even have a household registration, he was a mixed rice eater before he died, and he can't make waves after death. ”

There are quite a lot of outsiders in Fanjing, and the mass graves behind them are basically all small minions who do not have a household registration in the capital.

The man who spoke took a big sip of wine and hiccuped, "The old guy we carried last time is also a doctor, right?"

The other laughed and scolded: "You are confused! He is not, his master is—he is still buried on Liuyin Mountain! The big officials of Junjinfang will die as soon as they die, and even the housekeeper will die!"

"Yes, yes, it's the housekeeper of the Sifu! I wondered, didn't he save up to buy a tomb on weekdays, but let us bury it indiscriminately. ”

"Like this, he has no family and no words for others, even if he has money, he will be in charge of the government through the government, and he must casually order someone to get out of the city, for fear of polluting the eyes of the Son of Heaven. As for the money saved, God knows who touched it. ”

The two of them scolded the government with great interest, and suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the moon was covered by clouds, and the surroundings immediately darkened. The bonfire flickered faintly, and the faces of the big men turned pale.

"Fuck it...... Let you accumulate some virtue!"

The crows overhead fluttered and flew down, and the wind stopped.

One breathed a sigh of relief, "It's still a little bright and comfortable." He jerked and pointed to the grass behind his companions, "So, what is that?

The wine of the two suddenly woke up, and they cautiously walked to the black shadow together, only to see a man lying in the inch-long grass, combing the maid's hair in a bun, and the blood stains on the green cloth skirt had not dried.

The big men carefully turned the person over with a long stick, and were taken aback: "Which maid, is there still any anger?"

"Don't you have brains, there is such a big blood hole in your body, everyone has sent it here and will you live......"

I really didn't see anyone in the grass when I lit the fire, that is, I just threw it in the grass? The smell of blood in the air became stronger and stronger, and the hairs on their backs stood on end.

After holding their breath for a while, but there was no movement, the two dug a pit in the mass grave and moved the maid to the bottom of the pit.

One said: "Bring that kid here too, and let them be companions on the two Huangquan Road." ”

The mat was quickly dragged in, and the doctor was put down. When a man dies, his body stiffens, and the woman and the man lie side by side, and they are in great harmony—

"Hey, it's really a match made in heaven, you two should get married!"

It turned out that the doctor's right foot was lame, and the maid's left leg could not be straightened, one was torn off, the other was poked hole, and no more suitable person could be found.

In the gloomy environment, the big men found this scene quite interesting: "What can I do if I don't know the other party's name and surname?" and leaned over the dead man and pulled it up to see if there was anything to prove his identity.

"And the money!" The maid had a purse tied to her belt, and one of them took it directly, poured out the contents with a bang, picked up a pair of wooden cards and looked at the moonlight carefully: "Sifu...... Damn! It won't be the one in Junjinfang again! The housekeeper is dead, and he won't even let go of the maid!"

He shook his head, "What did this Lord Si do?" Where's your side?"

I rummaged through my clothes before, but I didn't find anything valuable, so Dahan thought about it: "I only know the name, what is the name of Lin......

"People's name is Lin Qizhi! Doctor Shu of the pharmacy told us, what a broken memory!"

*

The entrance of the dust cleaning temple outside the city is also full of acacia flowers.

At dawn, the sun rose from the corner of the eaves, and the Taoist boy swept from east to west with a broom, until there was not a single petal on the stone steps, and he dared to sit down and rest.

The nobles who live in the temple are happy, and as long as there are flowers and leaves on the ground, the maidservants will come out and reprimand them. Half a month ago, the nobleman moved out of the palace, and only brought two palace maids to accompany him, and he was determined to live this life in the Taoist temple, which made the viewer sigh.

As we all know, when he returned to Beijing from Nan'an, he announced to the whole country and dismissed the harem.

Everyone's attention was not on when His Majesty would go to Nanqi and whether he would quell the rebellion of the Yue Domain, and everyone was stunned by the word dismissal.

Everyone speculated that Jinshang really wanted to marry the princess of the Northern Dynasty, otherwise it would be impossible to move the people out of the palace with great fanfare. After two generations of emperors and Huizong, the subjects have become accustomed to the scarcity of people in the palace, and they only hope that this generation can give birth to a son to inherit the unification, and don't make it like the Northern Liang to cut off the children and grandchildren. But Princess Beiliang has a bad reputation, and it is said that she does not abide by women's morals, and she is not as good as the first two queens - although one is the daughter of a merchant and the other is the daughter of a traitor, but she is Qi Guo's own people!

As for the dismissal, in fact, there are not many concubines who can be dispersed, after the first year of the Eastern Dynasty in the first year of Mingguang, there has been a drag without a draft girl, the little girls in the palace grew up in the East Palace, they can't see each other, they are empty, they are either embroidering and embroidering in the West Palace on weekdays or accompanying the little princess to play hide and seek, there is no queen mother and concubine who need to ask for peace, and there is no prince and prince to talk about, all of them are extremely idle. Let them marry on their own, several masters are very self-aware with the palace maids over twenty-five years old to run home, renegotiate the marriage, many years ago brought into the palace not only returned as it was, but also pasted a few boxes of gold, silver and jewelry.

The people that Empress Yuan picked for the prince were all the daughters of some petty officials, and the family was stunned when they saw the money, so they accepted the apology silently, and they were silent when someone asked about it. Huizong Dynasty also did this at that time, and everyone has some confidence in their hearts, and now they are afraid that they will favor the queen alone. But on the other hand, the Empress Yan of that year, although the scenery was infinite, the blessings were only three generations, and the relatives of the Yuan family also died and depreciated, so will the queen family of this generation not end well?

"Maybe General Rong will fight to the Northern Dynasty, and the world will be surnamed Sheng, and the princess will not be a princess. ”

In the makeup mirror, a dignified face was reflected, and the beauty frowned lightly, gently blocking the dazzling sunlight with a silk fan.

Xi Tao finished speaking indignantly, and added: "What is the Northern Liang barbarian? When the time comes, come to Qi Country to see who gives her a good face." Miss is in charge of the harem for Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will treat you differently, if you ask Lu Duzhi, can you still suffer in the Taoist Temple like now!"

Half a month ago, her own Jieyu received the holy decree, and there were two paths in front of her: go to the prepared private mansion to pass the time, or enter the Taoist temple to cultivate, but she didn't expect to choose the latter without blinking.

Xi Tao muttered and combed Wei Qingyan's hair, but unexpectedly heard a sneer from the master.

If you don't enter the Taoist temple, can you still go home and plan to marry like those little girls who haven't touched the corners of today's clothes? The Wei family was punished, she held the gold seal and silver book for five years, and she was the same concubine, and she only stayed in the silver candle Zhai today, and that nightmarish night, he used her blood to drip on the mattress and gave her the evidence she wanted.

It was impossible for her to deny her dignity to a group of mediocre subordinates, so she could only hurriedly move into the Dust Cleansing Temple with the so-called chastity.

…… The princess of the Northern Dynasty is comparable to a hair of his sweetheart?

Wei Qingyan looked at her pale face and smiled slowly, "Xi Tao, bring the red box." I'm not feeling well, so I'll ask Dr. Chen from Huimin Pharmacy tomorrow to see my illness, where can I ask for an imperial doctor like me. ”

The imperial doctor is on his way back to Beijing, and he will denounce Beijing in about three days.

The Su court judged, don't come to harm?

*

The next day, the sun was still shining, and the entrance of the pharmacy in the south of the city was full of people and traffic. Since Yan's reorganization of the local pharmacies, business has become better and better, Ben has earned it back, and the extra money is distributed to the doctors to buy donkey meat and roast cakes to eat.

Chen Hua wrapped the hot baked cakes in two layers of oiled paper, walked from the head of the team to the back of the team, and saw the carriage of the Hou Mansion waiting for her at the corner of the street. Even if Yan Gongzi left, the things in the house were still kept, she told her father that she was going to go to the dust cleaning temple outside the city to see Wei Jieyu, the old man thought that he couldn't lose the face of the pharmacy, so he talked to the house and borrowed a carriage to pick him up.

Shu Heng helped her hold the medicine box in the back, and said strangely: "Even your medical skills can make the nobles in the palace take a fancy to you?" What did I talk to her about the last time, and I still think about you." ”

Chen Hua was impatient: "It's nothing, she mentioned the warm-up, I don't want to say more, she has to talk nonsense, I don't know which tendon is wrong." Don't send it, I'll be back in the afternoon anyway. ”

Wei Qingyan's body has always been very weak, after leaving the palace, she fell down in the wind, she was bedridden last month, and she heard that the Huimin Pharmacy was doing well, so she refused the officials sent by the envoy of the Zhang Yuan to see the doctor, and instead asked the female doctor in the pharmacy to visit the doctor and prescribed a few pairs of medicines to nourish qi and blood.

"Does Jieyu not sleep well at night, often palpitating and sweating?"

Chen Hua finished the pulse, felt that she was just a little weak, and was ready to write a recipe to fix the foundation of Peiyuan. Wei Qingyan leaned on the pillow, her black hair poured on her thin shoulders, did she cover her mouth and cough a few times, but she looked like a sick beauty who I saw pity.

"Doctor Chen still calls me the Tao, out of the palace, the concubine is nothing. She smiled bitterly, "I can't sleep well in the palace every day, and now it's even more serious." ”

Chen Hua asked with a concerned expression: "What kind of incense is burning on your dressing table? This smell is too strong, it is best to snuff it out at night." ”

There was a round lacquer red box on the small table, which was very delicately made, and when the lid was opened, a wisp of fragrant fragrance lingered in the room, and it was very nasal as soon as you entered the door. Chen Hua grew up in the Hou Mansion since he was a child, and he has seen a lot of precious spices, but it is the first time he has smelled this smell, as if it is not the fragrance of the Central Plains.

She raised her sleeves, and the fabric was scented. Doctors don't like too strong smells, and at this time my scalp is numb, so I decided to take a shower when I go back.

Wei Qingyan said in a low voice: "Ah, Doctor Chen said this-this is the incense cake I brought out from the Silver Candle Zhai, which is said to have a refreshing effect. Yesterday, I was upset, so I asked Ah Tao to take it out and light it...... Because it was given by the Emperor, it was also a thought. ”

Chen Hua's heart is really refreshing, even the fainting people have also woken up, it seems to have added mint ice chips and other things, if it is placed in the temple on a hot day to sell to pilgrims, it is a good choice.

She had no intention of closing the box, so Chen Hua didn't mention the stubble and concentrated on writing.

"Master Su is coming back soon, Doctor Chen and she are friends, can you think about how to ask her out for a walk?" Wei Qingyan's lips curled slightly, and there was some envy and banter in her eyes, "The concubine's injuries were healed by Lord Su, and I wanted to thank her well, but it was impossible." ”

Chen Hua glanced up at her and said with a smile: "There are still two days." However, there are few interesting places in Fanjing, and we have almost walked around, and we really don't know where to go. ”

"I heard the pilgrims in the temple say that there is a newly opened hot spring garden in the suburbs of Beijing, and many adults take their ladies and ladies out of the city to play during the Shangsi Festival. ”

Chen Hua said regretfully: "Doctor Su is on duty in the palace, and it takes two hours just to get to the south of the city. Thank you for your kindness, I'll explore the path first. ”

Wei Qingyan nodded thoughtfully, "Yes." Alas, if it was the annex to the east, it used to be my grandfather......" Her eyes were red, and she stared at the finch in the window in a daze, looking haggard.

After staying in the Taoist temple for an hour, Chen Hua went out with the medicine box and couldn't help but take a deep breath of the fresh air outside.

She got into the carriage and asked the coachman, "Is that hot spring in the eastern suburbs famous?" ”

The coachman said: "The big officials in the court led the way, and the asking price was not high at first, but now it can only be used by the officials and their wives to soak, there are few people, and it is quiet." ”

Chen Hua wrote down that it was already past noon when he returned to the pharmacy.

There was a food box in her room, which was the meal that Shu Heng left for her. She considered whether to eat first and then take a bath, and after eating a small half bowl, Shu Heng knocked on the door outside.

"What did Wei Jieyu ask you to do today?"

Chen Hua couldn't help laughing, "You even want to eat her vinegar! It's really fine, so he asked me to show her body, and recommended a hot spring to me, saying that you can take it with you." She was so attentive that I was a little scared. ”

"No, I don't feel like it's been peaceful lately. Shu Heng frowned, "Lin Qizhi died not long ago, and his heart is unstable. His Majesty scattered all the concubines out of the palace, this Wei Jieyu has been in the palace for many years, and she is not worried about her connections, why do you want to find our pharmacy? According to what you said, she is actually fine, just say hello, it is not difficult for the medical woman of the Shangshi Bureau to come out to treat her, why do you just call you to the Taoist temple three times and twice, and you still want to ask about Lord Su?"

Chen Hua thought for a while, "She said that she healed her injuries while warming, and she has been worried about it." ”

"As a palace concubine, will you have a good impression of a woman who is close to Your Majesty? Even if Lord Su is kind to her, at that time she is just fulfilling the responsibility of the court, and she deserves it. ”

"Makes sense. Chen Hua said categorically: "The next time she looks for me, I won't be able to refuse." ”

Shu Heng still couldn't hold back, covering his nose: "What smell do you have, went to Hualou to drink?"

Chen Hua wanted to cry without tears, "Wei Jieyu has to burn this incense, can't it be washed off, I have washed my hands three times!"

"She can stand it...... What kind of incense is this, I've never seen it so strong. Shu Heng sighed, now the things in the pharmacy are decided by him, and his mind is a little messy, which is not suitable for thinking.

Chen Hua put down his chopsticks: "If you don't eat, go take a bath first, don't believe that it can't be clean." ”