Qi Henian has a health habit, every day when he arrives, he has to drink a bowl of health soup, this habit has been maintained for more than ten years, and the whole Qi Mansion is clear.

There is a special mother-in-law in the kitchen who cooks soup for Qi Henian, from soaking medicine to decoction, and is busy before dawn.

Today's kitchen is very busy, there are a lot of guests in the middle of the hour, the maid next door goes in and out with snacks and fruits, in the house where the soup is stewed, several stoves are on, only one maid is guarding inside, and from time to time there is still yawning, from the second half of the night the kitchen is busy, and this time the guard is a little sleepy.

After a while, a mother-in-law walked in, saw the maid sitting there listless, and urged her to look at the stewed urn: "There is still half an hour, look carefully, today's people are all distinguished guests, and no one can take responsibility for you if you mess up." ”

"Isn't it the second master's soup?" The maid has been guarding here all day, and she already knows the time of stewing, "The medicine of the old man has been delivered." ”

"There are also the fifth girl and the sixth young master." The mother-in-law put on gloves and opened the lids of several urns to look at them, confirmed that they were correct, and instructed the maid, "Wait for a while to pick it up and stuffy it for a while, don't go away here, wait for them to pick it up." ”

The maid nodded, and not long after the mother-in-law left the house, another maid hurriedly came over, saw the maid in the house, and hurriedly said, "Huanxi, Ah Le is rummaging through your things in your house, you go and take a look." ”

There was still a little sleepy look that woke up suddenly, and jumped with joy: "Then why don't you stop her, why did she turn over my things." ”

"There's still someone in the house now, everyone is busy, she said you stole her new hairpin." The maid glanced down the hallway, she also had a lot of things, it would be nice to be able to inform her.

Hearing that Xinchai's face changed with joy, he hurriedly pulled her tightly into the room: "You are here to watch for me for a while, just for a while, I'll come when I go!" ”

"Hey!" Can't wait to say anything more, Huanxi hurriedly ran away, the maid looked back at the stewed urns, what to do, she still has to go to the front yard to deliver something.

But after a while, someone outside called her, and an older maid saw her in the house, and scolded, "Why don't you go to the front yard, is the snack ready?" ”

"Sister Mingzhu, I'm glad she hasn't come yet, I"

"If you don't do your own thing, you will take care of others for others, and then Mrs. will ask, I will see what you should do."

"Then I'll go right away, Sister Mingzhu, don't tell Mother Li." The maid was frightened, and she no longer had the heart to look at the fire for Huanxi, so she hurriedly went out to bring snacks to the front yard.

The room here was empty, only the urn on the stove made a popping sound, and not long after a figure appeared at the door, Qi Xiangsi walked in, looked at the four stoves, and fixed his eyes on the urn of purple sand in the middle.

The purple sand urn is bigger than the others, the fire of the stove is already slow cooking, Qi Xiangsi picked up the cloth and lifted the lid, there are herbs piled up inside, the medicinal soup is black and brown, and the taste is very strong, but the smell of medicine is not so heavy.

It is easy to inquire about Qi Henian's habits, especially since he attaches so much importance to health preservation, today's banquet is the best opportunity, he is the culprit who caused her family to ruin, he is dead, and the revenge of the Qi family can be avenged.

Qi Xiangsi's hand couldn't stop trembling when she took out the porcelain bottle, even if she had rehearsed it countless times in her heart, she was very nervous when she really did it, the hot mist in the urn kept rising, her cheeks were hot, and the back of her hand was already red by the heat, Qi Xiangsi shrank her hand slightly, pinched the bottle, and clenched her teeth.

The small stopper was removed from the mouth of the bottle, and the mist floating up from the urn was too great, which fascinated Qi Xiangsi's eyes, and as the black-brown powder fell, Qi Xiangsi pinched one end of the bottle, and in a blink of an eye, it was half a bottle.

Qi Xiangsi looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand that was almost empty, and the inexplicable feelings rolled up in his heart, there was resentment, longing, and relief, and he wanted to see Qi Henian die in front of him.

In this way, half a bottle was enough to take his life a few times, Qi Xiangsi did not hesitate, watched the powder melt into the medicinal soup in an instant, closed the lid, lowered his head and left from the right side, and took off the maid's clothes outside in the corner after leaving the kitchen courtyard.

At this time, in the kitchen, Huanxi, who had rushed to stop him, hurried back.

Seeing that there was no one in the room, she looked left and right nervously, and then hurriedly packed up her clothes, and had just argued with Ah Le for a while, and her clothes were torn crookedly.

The fire on the stove was still burning, and Huanxi took out a silver hairpin from his bosom, and after touching it, he quickly hid it back, looked up at the hourglass on the shelf, and got up and put the smallest urn on the table first.

At this time, there was a maid outside the house, Lianxin stepped into the house to take a look, saw Huanxi was there, and asked her with a smile: "Huanxi, our girl's soothing soup is ready." ”

The original little empty joy in her heart was screamed by Lianxin, and her body was shaken, and she turned her head and glared at her angrily: "Don't you see that you are so busy today, how can it be so fast, wait." ”

"I've been waiting for a while." Lianxin didn't mind her attitude, and walked into the room to take a look, "Huanxi, I just saw Ah Le crying outside, and I don't know what happened." ”

"How do I know what she's crying about." Huanxi originally wanted to say that Ah Le came to snatch her things, but after thinking about it, it was wrong, and she couldn't let them know that she wasn't in this house just now, so her tone was even worse, "Everyone is so busy, she has the kung fu to cry!" ”

"Huanxi, have you been here for too long, and you are so angry." Lianxin stuck out her tongue, "You have to lower the fire." ”

Huanxi glared at her: "you, the fifth girl's soothing soup is ready, you can serve it yourself." ”

"Okay." Lianxin smiled and stepped forward to put on a thick cloth and brought the urn to the table, lifted the lid and picked up the spoon and stirred it lightly, then turned around to urge Huanxi, "You help me bring the bowl." ”

Huanxi glanced at her, handed her the bowl, Lianxin poured out the medicine, carefully put it in the food box, and carried it out of the house, without waiting for Huanxi to sit down, the previous mother-in-law came over again, and saw that the urn on the stove had not been taken to the table, and the head was scolded: "Quickly pour out the medicine and find someone to send it to the second master's study, you don't have to work in the house if you go late!" ”

Huanxi was angry in her heart, and she didn't dare to attack the mother-in-law who was in charge, so she brought the urn over with a muffled voice, turned her back to the mother-in-law, and quickly poured the medicine, and then the mother-in-law called a maid to come in and sent the medicine bowl to the study

Qi Xiangsi walked towards the second room, and saw several men who seemed to be officials standing next to the rockery chatting in front, and there were two maids serving on the side.

Qi Xiangsi came closer and heard their conversation.

"Lord Qi is very powerful this time, he has followed the saint to the south for a few months, and I heard that the saint is happy, and he has rewarded a lot of things."

"It's also the accompanying imperial doctor, you see that Master Fu doesn't have that luck, if you want me to say, Lord Qi is also capable, and his luck is good, he went out to travel for a few years and came back, and his medical skills are even more sophisticated."

Then their voices were lowered, as if they couldn't be listened to by others: "You don't understand this, if you want to say that the best medicine in the palace is actually the old lady of the Fu family, people rely on one mouth, sometimes they have to rely on their skills, I heard that Lord Qi is offering a treasure!" ”

"What baby?"

"You see that the saint's complexion has improved a lot in the past two years, I heard that it is an urn of stewed medicine, and I don't know what chance Lord Qi got to find this thing, and the saint praised him after using it."

"If it were ten years ago, how could the Qi family be in such a situation as it is now." One of them sighed, a little jealous of the good luck of the second master of the Qi family, and also envious that he could become a celebrity in front of the emperor.

"It's a pity that there is already a wife room at home, otherwise I can be a little bit of light as an in-law with this Qi family."

"Don't even think about it, we've been waiting here for so long and no one has come to take us over, this Lord Qi is not so easy to make friends with now, and you don't look at who came today."

"I just saw Wei Shangshu coming, tsk."

"Not really."

Qi Xiangsi was not interested in listening to the rest of the words, and her mind was buzzing.

She is very familiar with the urn they say, and her grandfather called it a small medicine tripod, which is worthy of the name, this is an urn made of many kinds of medicinal herbs, because the appearance is like a tripod, so my grandfather likes to call it that.

The function of this medicine tripod is the same as that of the urn, both of which are used to decoction medicine, and the medicine tripod itself is also a medicine, only put water into it to decoction can have medicinal effects, and it is the best for health preservation, according to my grandfather's words, it can prolong life.

However, when Qi Xiangsi was young, the most common thing he saw was not that his grandfather used it to decoct medicine, but that his grandfather took care of it, the better the thing, the more difficult it was to serve, and the ordinary casserole was thrown away when it was broken, which could be used for a while, but this medicine pod had to be rubbed and dried with the juice of herbal grinding, so that it could be preserved for a long time, otherwise it would be ineffective sooner or later.

Before his father was killed, he was still being forced to ask for the whereabouts of the Ding, and Qi Henian took this medicine Ding and dedicated it to the Shengshang, in exchange for the glory and wealth of the Qi family and his status.

Qi Xiangsi's mind is full of the past of the Qi family and the present of the Qi family, ten years ago, the Qi family was just an ordinary Kyoto City official family, and like many imperial doctors in the palace, at most Qi Henian was better.

Ten years from now.

The Qi family has so many lives, and the hard work of the grandfather has brought the glory and wealth of the Qi family.

Why.

Qi Xiangsi's mind flashed with a flash of thought, Qi He Nian can't die!

Kill him, who knows who is the murderer in the case of the Qi family's destruction in Nanxian County four years ago; Who knew that the medicine that he took for himself was the brainchild of his grandfather; How much did he take away from the Qi family.

There is also the Qi family.

Qi Henian died, but the Qi family was still there, enjoying the glory of exchanging other people's lives.

Qi Xiangsi clenched his fists and walked quickly towards Qi Henian's study. Can't let him die, can't let him die like this!

Qi Xiangsi arrived outside Qi Henian's study, the maid with the medicine had already knocked on the door, Qi Xiangsi's heart was about to jump to her throat, she hurriedly chased after her, and the moment she entered the door, the maid had already sent the medicine to Qi Henian and waited.

Qi Xiangsi hurriedly shouted: "Second uncle! ”

Qi Henian was about to go to serve the bowl for a meal, and when he saw that it was Qi Xiangsi, he smiled and let her in.

Qi Xiangsi glanced at the medicine bowl, walked into the room, ran in a hurry, and his face was still red, Qi Henian motioned to the maid to put the medicine on the table: "You go down." ”

"It's not going to be bustling outside, why are you here?" Qi Henian was looking at the calligraphy and paintings sent by others, seeing that she was a little nervous, and asked her kindly, "Are you feeling better?" ”

"Much better." Qi Xiangsi's body moved, and he stood cleverly at the table, just covering the medicine bowl behind him, looking at the several rows of bookshelves in the study, he had an idea, "Second uncle, I wanted to ask you to borrow a book to read, but I was a little embarrassed, so I came over while the second uncle and mother were not there." ”

Qi Henian rolled up a pair of calligraphy and paintings and handed them to the steward beside him: "What book do you want to read?" ”

"I want to read medical books!" Qi Xiangsi blurted out, hoping that this was the most interesting thing for him, "Grandmother said that the second uncle is a doctor, so you must have a lot of medical books here." ”

Qi Henian sighed and looked at her with interest: "Do you like to read medical books?" ”

Qi Xiangsi touched the table behind him with one hand and nodded.

Qi Henian picked up another painting, didn't pay attention to her, lowered his head and said very casually: "I heard that you saved people when you went to the Chengye Marquis Mansion." ”

"No, it's just a favor, it's not a rescue." Qi Xiangsi lowered his head, his eyes flashed with nervousness, and his back gradually leaned against the table.

"It's not something that can be helped, you can think of such a way in a hurry, it's also your talent." Qi Henian put down the painting and looked at her, the smile on his face was faint, and his round face was full of kindness, "Do you want to study medicine?" ”

"It's me who wants to learn." Before the word "doctor" could be spoken, Qi Xiangsi's feet were crooked, his body leaned accordingly, and he hurriedly held on to the table with his other hand and did not stand firmly, and shook off the table, the sound of the bowl breaking, the medicine was scattered on the ground, and a hot mist rose.

Qi Xiangsi grabbed the chair with one hand and tried to stand firmly, and when she saw the broken medicine bowl, she looked at Qi Henian guiltily: "Second uncle, I'm sorry." ”

"Sit down and see if your feet are okay." The steward went out to call someone in to clean up, Qi Henian didn't care about her breaking the bowl, but asked her to sit down with concern, and told her to pinch her ankle herself, "Do you feel pain when you touch this position?" ”

Qi Xiangsifu leaned down, pinched his ankle with a look on his face, and shook his head gently: "It doesn't hurt." ”

"It doesn't hurt." Qi Henian glanced at the medicinal juice on the ground, then retracted his gaze and asked her, "You said you want to study medicine?" ”

Although she said this to attract his attention, she also liked it, so she nodded very sincerely, not forgetting the "purpose" of her own visit: "Second uncle, can you lend me a few books to read?" ”

Qi Henian called the maid to come in to help her and send her out of the study: "It's good that you like it naturally, I'll find it here in a few days and send it to you." ”

Qi Xiangsi left the second room with the support of the maid, Qi Henian stood at the door for a while, and when he turned around, the ground was almost wiped off, and he entered the house and continued to look at the rest of the calligraphy and paintings.

Instructed the steward to send these calligraphy and paintings to several mansions according to the points, Qi Henian took out a book from the shelf, and the cover of some years of books was broken in several corners, but fortunately the pages inside were still intact, Qi Henian flipped through it and put it back, and took another one from the upper shelf.

Speaking of which, he is also quite interested in his niece's tricks to save people.

"Old Feng." Qi Henian called out to the steward, "Go to the envoy's house again." ”

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After leaving the second room, Qi Xiangsi only asked the maid to send her outside the garden and let her go back, hearing the laughter from the garden, Qi Xiangsi found a place to sit down, and her feet were still a little numb.

She did it, and for the first time when she faced Qi Henian, she was able to be calm and composed.

"You're doing the right thing." Qi Xiangsi gently said to herself, looking up at the high shade of the trees, squinting. Even if he wants to do it himself, he is not now, when she finds her younger brother, when she takes back the Qi family that originally belonged to her, it shouldn't be, grandfather and father, so many people in the Qi family shouldn't just die like this.

"What are you doing here?" A childish voice suddenly came from her ears, Qi Xiangsi looked down, and Brother Hun'er was standing there not far away, and there was no one waiting for her, looking at her curiously.