The autumn rain is cool and light, fluttering, and there is a kind of emptiness that makes people's hearts fall without falling.

Gu Chaoge came out of Liu's mansion, holding an oil-paper umbrella in one hand and a long box in the other, and the rain was sticking to her face, cold and cold.

Except for the Zheng father and son, the subordinates of the Liu Mansion were not allowed to send her on the orders of Miss Liu. Even the gate of Liu's Mansion was opened for her by Zheng Gu.

"Mr. Zheng, don't send it, go back and recuperate, you are a blessed person." Gu Chaoge smiled and said to Zheng Lin, a skilled craftsman on crutches, who was full of gratitude to her and insisted on personally sending her to the street corner before giving up.

Zheng Lin didn't understand that Gu Chaoge's "blessed" was not a cliché, and it was not risk-free to use the knife for him, and the weather in autumn was much more likely to survive than in the scorching summer.

This is the experience of Gu Chaoge and her master, but as long as it is a cure, there is no foolproof such a thing. No one knows how much pressure she was under in the days before and after the surgery.

In the hazy drizzle, the Zheng father and son standing at the corner of the street gradually moved away, and became smaller, becoming two slender gray shadows shrouded in the rain. Gu Chaoge turned around, waved at the father and son, signaling them to hurry back, and then she turned her head, feeling dizzy at that moment, her feet happened to press against the depression of the bluestone slab, her body shook, and she staggered two steps.

A hand reached under the umbrella and took her arm.

"Doctor Gu, be careful." It was the voice of a woman passing by, who was looking at her with concern. Gu Chaoge glanced at her, remembering that she seemed to be a patient he had seen, so he smiled and thanked her. The woman asked her curiously, "Doctor Gu, did you really use a knife on Master Zheng's father, cut open his stomach and cut and sew up the old man's intestines, which cured him?" ”

Gu Chaoge smiled lightly: "Yes." ”

The woman sighed: "Is that scene bloody and scary!" Some people say that you are a monster and cast a demon spell on Old Man Zheng, of course, I, I definitely don't believe it! ”

Gu Chaoge smiled, thanked her again, and then continued to follow the direction of Taishou Mansion along the way he came. Because of the rain, there were not many pedestrians on the street, but almost everyone passing by would stare at her, whispering to each other about the knife she used for Zheng Lin, her eyes were surprised and vigilant, for these Chuzhou people who had never seen a doctor use a knife for generations, Gu Chaoge was really a strange stinger.

If it had been before, she would have been frightened by this gaze, and then packed up and left quickly. In fact, she used to do just that, and tried to avoid coming to the town for medical treatment, lest she become "famous".

However, now she felt that there seemed to be nothing to be afraid of.

Because in these days in Liu's Mansion, she kept vigil and night to take care of Zheng Lin, physically and mentally exhausted, even if Miss Liu always sneered at her, she also put all her body and mind on Zheng Lin, and had no time to care about Miss Liu's provocation.

If you can cure the disease and save people, you can do other miscellaneous things, what do you want to do so much?

In the past, Master always said that she was hesitant and hesitant, so she was timid and timid, but she didn't understand it before, but now she seems to understand a little bit.

"Doctor Gu, are you back?" Chao Ge lowered her head and walked with her heart down, and when she heard someone call her name, she looked up and saw that it was the guards guarding the Taishou Mansion, and she was shocked to realize that she had actually arrived.

"yes, I'm back." She smiled at the guards, revealing two small tiger teeth, and her smile was extraordinarily bright, and the guards were stunned. When she walked far inside, she still stared at her back blankly, and muttered to her comrades guarding the door: "Doctor Gu seems to be in a good mood?" She smiled at me. In the past, when she went in and out, she either lowered her head and looked very shy, or she pursed her mouth angrily, which always made him feel that this girl had a strange personality and was inexplicable.

But today...... "She looks so good when she laughs." The guards sighed stupidly.

The comrade commented sourly: "That's because people are in a good mood, and they don't specifically smile at you." ”

Entering the mansion, the rain gradually stopped, Gu Chaoge took the umbrella and put it on the cage behind him, holding the long wooden box of Huanghuali with both hands wholeheartedly.

This is Zheng Lin's gift, and it is also his fulfillment of her master's promise.

Inside was a knife, a sharp and tough knife with serrated teeth, a tool that Zheng Lin promised to build for her master. Before switching to making fine utensils such as jewelry, Zheng Lin was an extremely good swordsmith.

"This knife, the old man had already made it ten years ago, and it should have been handed over to you when we met. But I have selfish intentions, and I am afraid that after giving it to you, you will leave and will not save me. When Zheng Lin handed it over to the Gu Dynasty singer, his calloused rough hands trembled, his wrinkled face was full of shame, and he didn't dare to look at her with his head down.

Gu Chaoge was stunned for a moment. I didn't expect Old Man Zheng to be sick in bed, and there were so many twists and turns in her heart, but she didn't bother to think about his thoughts, how tired she was.

"It doesn't matter, isn't the end result the same?" He is alive and well, and she has also got the knife for the master, how good. Gu Chaoge took the box, hugged it all the way, and came back happily. Thinking about what he has accomplished by defeating the villainous Sixth Miss and saving Master's old friend, the more I think about it, the more I feel smart and brave.

"Isn't that Doctor Gu? A person smirks while walking, isn't he? A loud voice interrupted Gu Chaogemei's thoughts, she looked up and found that she happened to pass by Yan Zhao's study, the tall and burly General Yan was standing in front of the door, looking at her suspiciously, as if she felt that she was really possessed by a monster like the rumors. Because of the rainy and cloudy weather, the lanterns in front of the corridor were burning, emitting a faint yellow light, next to Yan Zhao, there were some people standing in twos and threes, including Mr. Xue Da, Song Wuyi, ** Qi, Yang Wei, and some men who Gu Chaoge didn't know, young or old, dressed in scribe robes or military uniforms.

They seemed to have just finished their deliberations, and they came out of Yan Zhao's study one after another, and they all remembered the battle situation, planning, and other important things in their hearts, but they were interrupted by General Yan's loud voice, and they all looked sideways in the direction of Gu Chaoge, and their eyes were all blank with interrupted thoughts. When he saw that Gu Chaoge was pitifully carrying such a heavy thing, and holding a box that looked very heavy, he raised his head stupidly, and couldn't help but laugh with a panicked face that had been exposed.

They laughed, but when the little girl saw their smiles, her pretty little face turned red, and her big watery eyes were full of grievances, and she lowered her head in shame and wanted to leave quickly.

Several men touched their noses in embarrassment. Obviously, they didn't do anything, but they suddenly gave birth to a sense of absurdity that a group of big men teamed up to bully a little girl.

And the initiator is their leader, General Yan.

Realizing that there was something wrong with his behavior just now, Yan Zhao coughed lightly and tried to stop Gu Chaoge: "Doctor Gu, what, wait for me, I'll help you carry something." ”

Gu Chaoge stopped and glanced back at him: "Don't." This "don't" is called a categorical and unyielding vow. Yan Zhao was embarrassed, stepped forward quickly, and whispered to Gu Chaoge: "I'll help you get it, Yi Cui's leg hurts, in my study, when everyone disperses, you go and see him." ”

"Leg pain?" Gu Chaoge was immediately attracted by his words, and nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, I'll go." She simply unloaded the things on her back and handed them to Yan Zhao, only taking the small bag she carried with her and the box she was holding, and turned in the direction she was going. Yan Zhao was relieved to see that she was so coaxing, and secretly rejoiced that she was extremely witty, knowing that it would be most useful to move Yi Cui out.

Yi Cui did have a leg pain, but Yan Zhao was suspected of making a big fuss. As soon as autumn and winter arrived, the weather was cold and damp, and his stump leg would ache faintly, and only at this time could he feel that this leg was not completely wasted. But this pain is really insignificant compared to the pain of the first year of poisoning, like a needle prick, like a knife saw, rolling on the ground, dying and alive on a cold day.

He sat in a wooden wheelchair, bent slightly, rubbing his legs gently, and with the other hand he was still reading the news about how Zhang Suiming, the great rebel of Wu Di, was rich. Yan Zhao's Red Turban Army can't be defeated when it hits Jiqing, and further east is Zhang Suiming's territory, whether to temporarily recuperate, low-key accumulation of strength, or to take Zhang Suiming in one go, this is the focus of Yan Zhao and his advisers just discussed.

Due to the different positions, Yi Cui's focus fell on Zhang Suiming's money and food. Yan Zhao's study was burning with a charcoal stove, which was warm, and it was inconvenient for his legs and feet to go in and out with everyone, so everyone else left, and he was the only one who stayed here.

The lantern in front of the porch shone obliquely into the doorway.

Yi Cui didn't look up, he heard Yan Zhao's loud voice just now, and he also recognized the appearance of this shadow.

"Why didn't I know before I came back, I could have sent a carriage to pick you up." Yi Cui said lightly, just stroking his legs and stopping unconsciously, as if he didn't want her to know.

"Send a carriage?" Gu Chaoge walked in angrily: "I don't dare, lest someone laugh at me!" After she finished using the knife for Zheng Lin, she was so tired that the subordinates of the Liu Mansion said that Master Yi was here, and she was just outside the door, and she immediately rushed out happily, thinking that he was here to praise her for doing a good job.

Who knew that this ruthless and unrighteous lame spider said that he was just passing by, passing by!

"I'll take a look by the way, lest you kill someone and cry and wipe your neck," An Ran sat on the lame big spider in the car and smiled coldly, "Now it seems that the situation is not bad, probably don't worry about Liu Fu having to kill two people a day, I don't want to judge the case again and increase my burden." ”

Who will cry and wipe their necks, I am wisdom, wisdom to save people! Where did he come to see her, he was here to mock her for being stupid! Gu Chaoge simply ignored him, turned his head and went back to Liu's mansion, and then Zhou De saw her looking for cloth and straw everywhere, shouting to tie the villain.

Gu Chaoge didn't know that Yi Cui didn't go out of the city at all that day. A person who squats in the Taishou Mansion almost every day to deal with countless chores, a person whose legs and feet are inconvenient and not conducive to walking, since it is not to go out of the city, why did he deliberately take a carriage to "pass" by Liu's Mansion?

Itri didn't intend to explain to her, and although she came in in a huff, she didn't forget what was going on, and ordered him to pull up his trouser legs and give him needles to relieve the pain.

She was busy with her work, and Yi Cui saw that there was a faint green shadow in her eyes, and her mental state did not look good, so he said slowly: "A little pain, it's not a big deal, you go back and rest, it's not too late to see it tomorrow." ”

"Shut up, are you a doctor or am I a doctor!" Gu Chaoge stubbornly pushed his words back, but his momentum was insufficient, and it didn't sound like being angry but like being coquettish.

Itrei rolled up the paperwork in her hand, and she squatted with him to sit at an angle that made it especially convenient for him to roll up the paperwork and tap it lightly on her head.

"Ah, what are you doing! I'm getting a needle! "Do you know it's dangerous?

Yi Cui said slowly: "How many days have you stayed in Liu's Mansion to fatten up your guts?" ”

Gu Chaoge snorted: "I don't know what you're talking about, I just know that the patient has to listen to the doctor, and whatever the doctor says is what it is." ”

This is to blame him for being disobedient, and he said around the bush that the little girl is a little grown. Yi Cui smiled and took back the book: "You handled the affairs of the Liu Mansion well. It's just a little less thoughtful, you shouldn't put your life into it, in case something happens, how will it end? ”

He was "teaching" her again. Gu Chaoge pouted, she knew that he knew everything about Liu Fu, but he deliberately didn't explain it to her in advance, and he wanted to test her "well" with a bad stomach.

Villain.

Seeing that she was dissatisfied, Yi Cui smiled lightly: "If it weren't for your timidity to bear the matter, I am just a patient, why worry about the doctor?" ”

knows that he is for his own good, but he is also too lenient, and he is not her anyone.

"Forget it, I know you're kind, I should thank you," Gu Chaoge muttered unwillingly, "Anyway, it's not a few days, so it's up to you." ”

Yi Cui was slightly stunned: "What's not a few days?" ”

Gu Chaoge glanced at the long wooden box on the table: "I have already obtained the things of Skillcraftsman Zheng, and I should leave in two days to complete my master's business." ”

"What's that?" Yi Cui frowned: "Is it your master's entrustment before his death?" But what is the hard part? ”

Sounding like he cared about her, Gu Chaoge's heart warmed slightly, and he told him: "It's for my master's unfinished notes, maybe three months, maybe half a year, maybe longer, but no matter what, I always have to finish it for him." ”

Itsuri let out a long "oh" and then shut up. He didn't ask what was in that box, or what she had to accomplish or what she had to do.

He thought, she didn't say, presumably it was inconvenient to sue outsiders. And he, speaking of which, is just a friend who is somewhat familiar with her, and a patient who is not very obedient, is really not qualified to ask questions, nor is he qualified to stop her from leaving.

So he just said "oh" to say he heard it. He didn't know that Gu Chaoge was waiting for him to ask, she was thinking about whether to sue him more, but he didn't ask anything.

A brief and awkward silence fell between the two.

Gu Chaoge felt very lost. She took out a silver needle, carefully twisted it into his acupoint, lowered her eyes, and said softly in a low voice, with a shallow melancholy in her tone: "So you are more obedient these days, and don't want me to give you a needle for a long time in the future." ”