When you are about to arrive, the foot of Zhenshui Temple is very lively, after getting off the carriage, go up with the crowd, at this time the people who come to pray for blessings are the most, there are many stalls along the way, when you arrive at the temple, if no one is holding aside, it is easy to scatter.

Qi Xiangsi took Brother Rong to the front hall to offer incense, and when he came out, the bell in the temple began to ring, and the monks chanted scriptures in the apse to pray for the New Year.

Many large temples have temples that pray for blessings and writing, smaller temples are hanging walls, in the open space of the side hall of Zhenshui Temple, there are three old locust trees planted on the handrails painted along the mountain edge, I heard that Zhenshui Temple was built before it was built, and they were not cut down after the temple was established, but set up a prayer hall here, and the wall of the listing was painted outside.

The three old locust trees are hung with red and yellow cloth strips, the cloth strips are begged from the prayer hall, and they are either asking for home or karma, holding the cloth strips around the locust tree devoutly walking around a few times and then hanging it with their own hands.

Qi Xiangsi didn't come to ask for this, she walked to the wall where the sign was listed, and asked the master over there to write three signs.

"Girl, do you have a name and a surname?" The old master raised his head and asked her, Qi Xiangsi shook his head, "Just write as I say." ”

"Then what is written on the back of this sign, many people here are asking for peace, and most of the ones hanging on the wall over there are asking for marriage, if you have a sweetheart, you can also write it, it will bless you with all your wishes."

"You don't have to write on the back of the sign." The old master still wanted to persuade her, others asked for it to be written, and where someone wrote a name, it can be seen that she insisted on this, and the old master still wrote three signs according to what she said and handed them to her, "The girl really doesn't need to add it?" ”

Qi Xiangsi asked the jade to pay: "No need, thank you master." ”

Walking to the card wall, Qi Xiangsi stood on tiptoe and hung up the three signs together.

"Girl." Jade shouted at her side, Qi Xiangsi turned around, and not far away, Qi Yanrong came out of the prayer hall, holding a peace charm in his hand, walked in front of Qi Xiangsi, and handed her the peace charm.

"Can you ask for my aunt?"

Qi Yanrong nodded: "Sister, do you still want to light the lamp?" ”

"It's fine." Qi Xiangsi also wanted to light a lantern for A Ying, and the two of them walked towards the front, Qi Yanrong asked her, "Sister wrote a sign?" ”

"Hmm."

Qi Yanrong turned his head and looked at the card wall, but he couldn't see anything at such a distance, the signs on the windbreaker blowing the wall turned over one after another, and the three pieces hanging by Qi Xiangsi were also blown over, one of which had Qi Yanrong's name written on it, and another one said Qi Zhiyuan, and finally, the one on the side there, vaguely distinguishing the word Yu, after the wind passed, it quickly turned back

The New Year passes very quickly, the first day of the new year to the elders, the third and fourth days of the new year began to visit relatives and friends, to the sixth or seventh day of the new year to go to duty, although the atmosphere of the New Year has been able to continue until after the Lantern Festival, the hospital is not so relaxed, with the snow melting, the temperature is cold for a while, and you have to boil medicine to let the various government offices distribute.

Qi Xiangsi went back to the Tai Hospital on the ninth day of the first month, followed Dr. Wen during the day, and at night she would run to Baihua Lane whenever she was free.

Men's clothes are worn more times, Qi Xiangsi is more and more similar, when Mrs. He didn't come, she sat on the stall at the mouth of the alley, no one came to her to see a doctor at first, and after two days, Ah Lan from Xiaoyao Lou started a start, and some people came to Qi Xiangsi to see a doctor.

At the beginning of February, He Yi went to Baihua Lane after he was busy, and these flower girls had already regarded Qi Xiangsi as his new apprentice.

If you want to drive her away, this girl is thick-skinned and looks like a hippie smile when she says anything.

I want to kill her, with a straight face, she also asked him if he was uncomfortable, and coldly asked the patients she had seen, because she was not sure of the condition, she didn't dare to prescribe medicine, so she waited for him to come over.

Thinking that even if she didn't come to Baihua Lane, she would go to Anle Hall to pester herself in the future, He Yi felt helpless.

"Master, do you think I prescribe medicine like this?"

Qi Xiangsi's voice pulled him back, he looked down at the recipe she handed over, and then at the flower girl sitting there, raised his hand to check the pulse, and repeated the sentence lightly: "I'm not your master." ”

"You are not happy to have such a good apprentice, Dr. He, she often comes over when you are away, I said that it is not easy for a girl's family to be in such a cold day." Hua Niang took the prescription and began to praise Qi Acacia immediately, "She also gave us some medicine to dispel dampness, it is really useful to eat." ”

After Hua Niang left, He Yan asked her, "The pill you made yourself?" ”

"Yes, I often grind my own medicine in the Tai Hospital when I have nothing to do, and I saw that most of them were damp, so I gave them some." Qi Xiangsi raised his hand and said with a smile, "Master, don't worry, I have the right medicine." ”

He Yan was choked by her master's shouting, thought for a while, and pointed to let her pack up the medicine box: "You come with me." ”

Qi Xiangsi was overjoyed in his heart, there was a play, and he was busy packing up his things to keep up with He Yi.

Coming out of Baihua Lane, He Yan took her to Jinyang Street, and not long after entering the alley, she arrived in front of a small courtyard.

With the Empress Dowager's favor to Imperial Physician He, it was not difficult to give a mansion in Kyoto City, but He Yan lived in this half-old courtyard, with attics on both sides, and stood in the courtyard at night and felt black and oppressive.

"Master, do you live alone?" Qi Xiangsi followed him in, saw him lighting a lamp, stepped forward to give him a hand, and waited for the lights in the corridor to be lit Qi Xiangsi saw clearly, this seemingly simple courtyard courtyard, even the pillars on the corridor are carved with patterns.

"The housekeeper went to visit his family." He Yan turned his head to look at her, "Don't call me master." ”

"Then what shall I call you?" Qi Xiangsi was stunned when she saw the shelves full of medicine when she entered the house, next to the medicine sieve for drying was the cabinet, and there was a desk on the side, and the books on it were placed in a mess, just like what she saw in the Anle Hall.

"I won't take you as an apprentice." He Yan moved the book on the desk, poured himself a glass of water, and thought about it, after the housekeeper left, there was nothing to do at home, so he didn't open his mouth to invite her to tea, "You die of this heart." ”

"You're quite accomplished in women's science." Qi Xiangsi had a straight face, "I sincerely want to worship you as a teacher." ”

I don't know where he found a cigarette stick, knocked it on the desk, lit the fire, and then put it to his mouth and took a puff: "I said, don't accept it." ”

"If you don't accept it, you won't accept it, then I'll learn from you, and I won't call you a master." Qi Xiangsi also turns fast, as long as he is willing to teach.

He Yan put down the cigarette stick and looked up at her: "You are a girl, what do you do to learn this." ”

"Save people, I didn't say that only men can be doctors." Qi Xiangsi pursed his lips, and when he turned his head, he became interested in the messy stacks of books on his desk, "Doctor He, can I take a look at these books." ”

He Yi didn't object, Qi Xiangsi took a copy, and when she opened the first page, she saw the medicine stalk that had dried up, she was stunned and continued to flip down, about when she was turning the book, she was decocting the medicine, and there were a few pages with medicinal juice.

There are also many years of new and old Cheng dù who can read books, and this kind of old book is worth preserving, how can it be handled so roughly.

"Hey, the person who wrote this book is also surnamed He." Qi Xiangsi turned back to the front and looked, He Qian, could it be the father of Imperial Physician He?

He Yan sat on the chair and fell back, very indifferent: "Take it if you like." ”

Qi Xiangsi has the impression that his grandfather and father are both book lovers, not to mention letting the medicinal juice get on the books, it is unbearable to pile them up like this, and in the year of Qi He, he also cherishes these books very much.

But when I got here, how to look at it and how to disobey.

"These books" Qi Xiangsi flipped through a few books casually, not like the kind of hand-copied by others she bought from the bookstore, and the signatures were all the same person, "Doctor He, can these books really be lent to me?" ”

He sighed lightly.

Qi Xiangsi touched the cover of the book: "Doctor He, then I'll return it to you when I go back to Baihua Lane." ”

He Yan raised his head to look at her, and put the cigarette stick: "What are you still doing in Baihua Lane." ”

"At first, I went there to ask you to take me as an apprentice, but later, I found that I could learn a lot in Baihua Lane." Without his greeting, Qi Xiangsi found a stool by himself, wiped the dust on his head and sat down, and looked at him with a smile, "Besides, you are busy with the Imperial Doctor on weekdays, and you may not be able to spare time for a month, I go often, and they can always pay attention to their bodies, minor illnesses are easy to prevent, and major illnesses are difficult to treat." ”

If it weren't for the fact that this girl was special, He Yan wouldn't have bothered to talk to her so much, but this is special, sometimes it's not good.

He Yan spat out a cigarette: "It's late, you should go back." ”

Qi Xiangsi took a few of them, but He Yan didn't give them to her, and sat in the room with a cigarette, looking more like a decadent addict

On the way back to the palace, Qi Xiangsi suddenly stopped when passing through an empty street, turned his head to look behind, and there were only two alleys of empty streets at a glance, and the pillars with lanterns stood there, and the shadows were projected on the ground, one of which was very abrupt.

"Come out." Qi Xiangsi shouted over there, "You've been with me for a while." ”

The shadow next to the pillar did not move, Qi Xiangsi hugged the heavy book, and sighed: "Lord Lu, your robe is exposed." ”

As soon as the words fell, the shadow moved.

After a while, Lu Qin walked out from behind the pillar, his face was still a little embarrassed, he was a dignified guard, and he couldn't hide it from her after practicing martial arts for many years: "Miss Qi." ”

Qi Xiangsi smiled and rounded the field for him: "If Lord Lu uses distraction, I'm afraid I won't be able to find you." ”

There was no need to hide when she was discovered, Lu Qin walked over to her: "It's so late, I'll send Miss Qi back to the palace." ”

Qi Xiangsi nodded: "The prince called you?" ”

"Yes, the prince knows that you often go to Baihua Lane and is worried about your safety, so he sent his subordinates to follow." Lu Qin took the book from her hand, and did not forget to say that his prince was good, "If it weren't for the injury, the prince would still want to come in person." ”

After taking care of those few days in the palace, he has never seen the little prince since he left the palace.

Qi Xiangsi turned his head to look at Lu Qin: "The prince can't go to the ground yet?" ”

"Yes, yes." Lu Qin hesitated, "It's just that it's cold, and the injury is slow, Miss Qi also knows, at that time, the prince stayed in the cave for two days, and after coming back, he had a fever one after another." ”

It's strange, Imperial Doctor Wen prescribes the right medicine, it shouldn't be so slow, Qi Xiang thought about it and wanted to ask him: "Is it convenient for me to go to the palace to see him?" ”

"Convenient!" Lu Qin hurriedly replied, and at the moment he felt that his answer was a little too neat, so he hurriedly restrained his expression, "Naturally, it is convenient, Miss Qi is a person from the Tai Hospital, and she is still a student of Imperial Doctor Wen, and she has taken care of the prince for a few days before, and she also understands the prince's condition." ”

Qi Xiangsi smiled and nodded: "The teacher is not in the hospital for the past few days, I'll go over tomorrow afternoon to take a look." ”

Lu Qinduan's face was straight, and he sent the person to the gate of the palace, and when he saw the person enter, his expression relaxed, the prince's injury was not completely healed, he just said it strictly, and it was not wrong.

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When Qi Xiangsi went to Yuwang's Mansion the next afternoon, Lu Qin waited for her early.

Welcome her into the house, all the way to the study of the main courtyard, the Yuwang Mansion during the day is not the same as at night, the only thing in common is that there are very few people, and the trees planted outside the study are also trees, and there is no clump of flowers.

The door and window of the study were open, Qi Xiangsi followed up the steps, and when Lu Qin went in to report, she also saw the situation inside, she was stunned, didn't she say that she couldn't get off the ground.

Yan Congyu, who was sitting at the desk, raised his head, there was surprise in his eyes, obviously he didn't expect her to come.

Qi Xiangsi entered the house, glanced at Lu Qin, and put down the medicine box with a smile: "The teacher is not free these days, I will come to see the prince." ”

Lu Qin looked very respectful, as if what he said yesterday was not what he said, and he only knew about Qi Xiangsi's visit for a while before the prince: "My subordinates will prepare tea for the prince and Miss Qi." ”

After saying that, Lu Qin went out, and the few guards guarding outside the house seemed to be a little far away, Qi Xiangsi originally planned to take a look at the injury for him, but now seeing that he is almost better, she didn't know what to say first for a while, and only spoke after touching the medicine box: "I'll check the pulse of the prince first." ”

Yan Congyu got up and sat down beside her, Qi Xiangsi took out the pulse pillow, and the pulse diagnosis results were all good, Qi Xiangsi looked at his arm: "Does it still hurt?" ”

"It doesn't hurt."

"It doesn't hurt, and I can't use it now." Qi Xiangsi knew that he was hard, and when he pulled out the arrow, he said that it didn't hurt, "You can't practice the sword until it's all right." ”

Yan Congyu looked at her: "Okay." ”

What a thing! Qi Xiangsi muttered in her heart, Lu Qin's courage is really big enough, even if she is blinded, she will also be the little prince.

In February, there were two warm basins in the study, and Qi Xiangsi felt a little hot after sitting for a long time.

She got up and wanted to stand by the window for a while, but when she passed the desk, she looked down and saw the file spread out on the table, and the rolled up part revealed a Qi character.

Suddenly, Qi Xiangsi looked up at him, with some doubts in his eyes, more of an affirmation of the things on the table, this is a file about the Qi family's case.

"Aren't these supposed to be in the Criminal Department?" Seeing him get up, Qi Xiangsi simply walked to the desk, spread out the part rolled up in front of him, and it was written on the case of Qi's arson.

Qi Xiangsi figured it out at once: "You are investigating the case." ”

If she had known in advance that she was coming, these would not have appeared on the table, Yan Congyu nodded: "Hmm." ”

"But" why.

Qi Xiangsi looked at the words on it, it should have been written seven years ago, it was old, and the content was very simple, only roughly writing about the situation of the Qi family, because the culprit was not caught and became an unsolved case, and even the case analysis was very concise.

No matter how long it has been, seeing things about the Qi family is always uneasy, and she opened the whole volume: "How is the investigation?" ”

"Some eyebrows." Yan Congyu's voice was faint, "The reason why the case was not reported is that it was deliberately concealed, and second, the case is too big and the murderer is unknown." ”

The magistrate of Nanxian County deliberately concealed it, but the several government officials up didn't want to take responsibility, such a big case, it was a credit to find out, but if it couldn't be found out, it would be a hot potato, and whoever took whom's black gauze hat couldn't wear it firmly, so it would keep pressing.

"Is the magistrate of Nanxian County also related to the matter of private salt?"

Yan Congyu nodded, Qi Xiangsi couldn't help but wonder if the Qi family was rich, and Qi Henian could hook up with the county lord of Nanxian County, and he was also involved in the matter of private salt.

"What do you say you found out some eyebrows?"

"Those killers are Nanhuai's wild paths."

The Nanhuai area is relatively chaotic, there are often people who rob homes and houses, and the government has sent people to suppress it several times, these people who are good and ruthless are called wild roads in the southern area.

Qi Xiangsi clearly remembered the people he saw when he returned to Nanxian County two years ago, guarding the Qi family's house in the name of the government, and wanted to use the excuse to attract people to appear, that Hai Ge was Qi Henian's subordinate, and he was also one of the murderers of the year.

No wonder she has never been able to find out the identity of the murderer, Qi Henian's subordinates turned out to be these people.

Nanhuai is so chaotic, if Qi Henian has a close relationship with these people, plus he can buy the magistrate of Nanxian County, he really has nothing to do with the matter of private salt?

Thinking of this, Qi Xiangsi raised his head: "The person who instructed them, have you also found out." ”

Yan Congyu looked at her steadily: "Yes." ”