- In the private residence of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the north of the city, new greenery can already be seen everywhere in the garden, but those fresh and tender green leaves are reflected in Shi Jing's eyes, but they seem to be rendered by his calm gaze The color of dry winter.

Shi Xin, the third son of the Shi family, who was walking beside his father, was not in the mood to look at the new greenery on the side of the road, but he still had some faint sadness in his heart from the words that he cherished when he said goodbye to Cen Chi just now.

For Cen Chi, a guest in the house, Shi Xin sometimes couldn't tell whether he used him more, or whether he really had a friendship.

His father's admonition reminded him to ring in his ears from time to time, and when he thought of this, Shi Xin's eyes were slightly biased, although he didn't see the look in his father's eyes clearly, he could clearly perceive the depth of his face, which made Shi Xin calm down immediately.

When he was about to enter the living room, Shi Jing suddenly sighed: "This month, there seem to be a lot of sick characters in Beijing, and doctors with some skills are all entangled in something." ”

Shi Xin pondered for a moment after hearing this, and after entering the hall, he said softly: "If Yan Yizheng is not a thief at home, maybe ......."

"The one who steals things and can steal them to his house is also a character." Shi Jing raised his hand and interrupted his son's words, he secretly held his breath, and said: "Don't steal anything else, just pick up his medicine box, this thief has to be a big person." ”

The servants standing in the hall saw Master Shi beckoning, and hurriedly bowed down in response, and hurriedly walked out of the hall to prepare tea.

Hearing his father's words come to this point, Shi Xin's eyes froze, and in an instant, he showed a look of surprise: "Could it be ......?"

At this time, he was still unbelievable, Yan Guang, as the most qualified elder of the Yan family and the most authoritative physician representative of the Taiyi Bureau, actually lied about what he valued the most?

This behavior is too far from his image!

Although Shi Xin is young, he is also a person who has been in officialdom for a few years, plus before he joined the office, he could get his father's teachings when he was at home, so he is naturally familiar with some rules in officialdom, and people's hearts cannot be regarded as the most basic common sense.

But Yan Guang is different. It seems that his character cannot be measured by such rules.

Yan Guangguan served as the chief physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and like many of the courtiers of the current court, he was a relict of the previous court. Although Yan Guang has been a doctor for decades, the official movement has withstood the subversive baptism of changing the dynasty. The qualifications are quite heavy, but he has never been able to enter the honorary position of minister.

All the imperial doctors and students of the Taiyi Bureau are never allowed to be involved in politics or discuss politics, which is a strict order that has continued for most of the previous dynasty. Now that the emperor surnamed Wang is in charge of the operation of the dynasty, this decree is still retained without any change.

And the pattern of Beijing officials, because of this decree that has lasted for more than a hundred years, has naturally formed a division. If it is said that the longer the people in the officialdom are mixed, the more exquisite they are, and even the faces of Buddhas and ghosts, then the team of medical officers in the Taiyi Bureau will be in office for a longer time. The more peaceful it is, the more you keep to yourself.

About fourteen years ago, the mother of the Ling Emperor of the previous dynasty was seriously ill, and Yan Guang, who had just been promoted to the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau, was a little helpless. Adhering to the heart of a doctor who saves people, Yan Guang asked Emperor Ling for a gift and recommended his friend Liao Shilai to treat the Queen Mother.

Although the Spirit Emperor is indulged in pleasure. But for his biological mother, he is indeed very filial. Because he was concerned about the safety of his mother, Emperor Ling didn't care about Liao Shi's unknown identity that almost suddenly came out of the ground, and allowed him to enter the palace to check the pulse of the queen mother.

Unexpectedly, Liao Shi really took out a kind of yao powder that he carried with him as a medicine guide as recommended by Yan Guang, and prepared a dose of medicine. woke up the unconscious Queen Mother. Because of this, Liao Shi was personally given the reputation of 'pharmacist' by Emperor Ling.

However, Liao Shi only rescued the Queen Mother 'awake', but did not save her.

After waking up after taking the medicine for the first time, the Queen Mother lived for less than a month before she suddenly died! This time, his condition took a turn for the worse. It was even more sudden than the previous time, and the human life was gone if it was gone.

The sudden death of the Empress Dowager made Emperor Ling furious, and at the same time, Liao Shi was also attacked by a group of medical officers of the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Because during Liao Shi's treatment of the Queen Mother. Although he insisted on using one of the medicines he had brought with him as a medicine guide, other compounds and cooking utensils were provided by the Taiyi Medical Bureau. The death of the Queen Mother, the medical officers of the Imperial Medical Bureau are also responsible.

However, in the face of the angry emperor, the large group of medical officials did not want to be dragged down by a mistake by a never-famous Tulang, and went to bury the dead old woman of the emperor's family, so they could only shirk all the responsibility.

At first, because of the recommender Yan Guang's efforts to protect people, Emperor Ling was still a little hesitant about whether to punish Liao Shi severely. Yan Guangwei Liao Shi defended the reasoning, and Emperor Ling could still listen to it in his mind at that time.

But the sad thing is that because Liao Shi not only does not have a trace of fame in the world, he is also extremely ugly. And sometimes when he laughs wildly, there will be a little bit of sparkle in his eyes. Some medical officers of the Imperial Medical Bureau noticed this, and after conspiring, they covered him with the notoriety of the medicine ghost heir, but this said that the Spirit Emperor believed it.

In the end, if it weren't for Yan Guang's life to protect his friends, and the emperor did as Yan Guang argued, he couldn't find strong evidence of the relationship between Liao Shi and the medicine ghost descendant, Liao Shi might really want to be in a different place.

Liao Shi's final punishment was permanent imprisonment and imprisonment.

The people who were originally watching this matter coldly estimated that with Liao Shi's appearance, he would die of old age after living in the prison for a few years, so they didn't fall into the well again.

But he never thought that Liao Shi was extremely hard-hitting, in the prison where there was no sunlight all day long, and rats and insects were rampant, he not only lived for nearly five years, but also luckily lived until the fall of the Zhou Dynasty and the new monarchy's decree of amnesty to the emperor.

But when Liao Shi was released from prison, there was no joy or anger on his face, and he only said coldly: "Liao is alive and will not treat anyone again." ”

Now it seems that these are all gossip, but what happened to Liao Shi has made a certain atmosphere in the Taiyi Bureau more and more solid. No one will dare to stand out in front of everyone anymore, and in the face of the more serious matters for the Taiyi Bureau, it must be the results that the medical officers have discussed with each other, and then one of them will take the lead.

I don't want everyone to share the burden, but it's best to share the credit equally. Prudence and precision are not only one of the key principles of medical morality, but a certain kind of cautious feeling has now infected and changed everyone in the Taiyi Bureau.

The people in the Taiyi Bureau may not all be virtuous and benevolent saints, but they must definitely not make a single mistake or omission. Even if you do, at least don't show your mistakes.

Yan Guang spanned two dynasties and served as the chief physician of the Taiyi Bureau, and he has always done so. I don't know if it is shaped by the environment of the Taiyi Medical Bureau, or because of Yan Guang's own tempered heart.

But. As long as it is a normal person, he has maintained a posture mentally for more than ten years, even if he played a part of this image at first, and accumulated over so many years. It will also affect the heart.

If Yan Guang has been in the position of the Taiyi Bureau for more than ten years, he has not yet retired after the age of sixteen, and the emperor has not yet drawn up the actions of candidates, this is all because of his meticulous style, which makes people impeccable, then this time the theft of his medicine box can be regarded as an opportunity that some people in the Taiyi Bureau can grasp if they are interested in seeking promotion.

Although Yan Guang lost the medicine box, it didn't seem to have dealt a fatal blow to his work at the moment, but what those medical officers under him could find was this far-fetched condition.

It's just because the Yan family's affairs are unbearable, just like what Shi Jing said at this moment. In this matter, if you want to make some articles, you may be able to do it with your heart.

If Yan Guang slowly equips his lost things, even this opportunity will be lost.

The servant was already carrying the tea that had been made. Back in the Flower Hall. Gently resting the teacup on the table by the hands of the master and the third young master, the servant saw that the two masters were pondering, and did not dare to pestle in the flower hall to obstruct the eyes, so he retreated outside with interest and stood by the door, so as to respond to the master's orders at any time.

Shi Jing's words aroused many clues in the hearts of his third son.

In recent years, there has been a peaceful scene between the government and the opposition. There is no war outside, the border defense is stable, and as for the affairs within the national territory, the emperor has been doing things very carefully to restore the people's livelihood, and the ministers of various departments are also actively cooperating with the ability to contribute, but this seems to have little to do with the Privy Council.

Shi Xin stayed in the Privy Council. It feels unusually relaxed.

In addition to the holidays assigned by his own position, most of his daily work is a court meeting every five days, standing in the main hall to listen to the deliberations between the ministers and the emperor - most of the affairs related to the people's livelihood and society, he wants to say a word - other times. If Shi Xin needs to ask for leave, most of them can be approved on the same day, and it is easy to take a full day off.

In extraordinary times, the work pressure of the Privy Council and the changes in the situation are extremely strong and complicated, so leisure time is an alternative reward for this department by the emperor, and most of the ministers in other departments also agree with this.

But Shi Xin himself doesn't think so.

If there is nothing to do at work, he often thinks about the changes in the pattern of court officialdom on his own. He won't actually do anything because of his deliberations, he just wants to rub his brain with this, and he doesn't want his judgment of the situation to become dull because of his long-term idleness.

Shi Jing's attitude towards the third son's habit and 'exercise' method is biased. However, although Shi Jing mentioned the matter of the Yan family just now, he didn't think too much, his contemplation was because of another thing.

After all, he is a certain age person, and he has often worked late into the night recently, and Shi Jing has felt some symptoms of internal fire floating in his body. Taking a sip of sweet tea soup and moistening his somewhat dry throat, when Shi Jing put down the teacup, he slightly suppressed some of the emotions he had stirred up when he was contemplating just now, glanced at his son, who was especially contemplative, and asked casually: "Are you still thinking about the Yan family?" ”

Shi Xin nodded, and when he heard his father's question, he also collected his thoughts and picked up the teacup.

"Don't think about it." Shi Jing said three words lightly, and then he was speechless.

However, Shi Xin heard a hint of unfinished words from the three words his father said, but he didn't know why his father didn't continue to say the second half of the sentence...... Or did he give up mentioning it, as he said himself?

There is a slight difference between not being helpful in mentioning and abandoning mention.

After Shi Xin picked up the teacup on the table, he lifted the lid and blew the tea soup, but he hesitated for a moment and didn't drink it, then covered the lid and put the teacup back on the table.

Shi Jing, who was sitting opposite him, saw his move, his eyes moved, and said, "When I said goodbye to Cen Chi just now, I didn't see you so impetuous. ”

Shi Xin originally thought that his father's contemplation just now was also because of the Yan family's affairs, but when he looked at his father's eyes, he made some other discoveries.

According to the words, he put down his pondering about the affairs of the Yan family, Shi Xin was silent for a moment, and then hesitated: "Father is busy with affairs, and he also wants to take the time to come back, just to bid farewell to a doorman?" ”

"It's not that simple, Cen Chi is not a simple Qingke." The crow's feet at the corners of Shi Jing's eyes deepened slightly.

Just half an hour ago, the father and son sent Cen Chi away. And the reason for Cen Chi's departure this time was a bit sudden. It's not that he's going to travel, it seems like he's forced to do so.

Shi Xin fell silent again.

If he didn't think about the affairs of the Yan family, he would feel troubled.

After all, the affairs of the Yan family are foreign affairs, but if Shi Xin calms down. will unconsciously think about half of his own family. Regarding Cen Chi, there is a contradiction in Shi Xinxin.

Seeing that the expression on his son's face changed slightly, but he didn't speak, Shi Jing took a sip of tea slowly, and then said in a flat tone: "You will doubt him, that's normal." I doubt him too, but he is not the only one who doubts. ”

"Father is ......" Shi Xin's eyes moved, and he finally spoke.

"That's it." Shi Jing put down the teacup and said slowly: "San'er, even if the situation is really as you suspected. So how? The battle in that land will inevitably be a struggle between countries, and in this context, what can one or two people change if they are interspersed? Although the battle of the country is also the battle of people, Cen Chi is just a lonely person. ”

All the time. In Shi Xin's impression, his father's attitude towards Cen Chi has never completely let go of doubts. But why, what his father said at this time seemed to tell him not to doubt Cen Chi?

Shi Xin thought that he had heard it wrong, but after concentrating, he felt that he did not seem to have heard it wrong. It's just too quick to assert. After doubting for a moment, he calmed down and silently pondered his father's words.

Indeed, Cen Chi has neither fame nor soldiers, and now he is being haunted by slowness. What can you do in a while? What can he do in the northwest where the mountains are high, the roads are dangerous, the miasma is full of miasma, and the wilderness is close to the wilderness?

The reason why the Prime Minister's Mansion took Cen Chi in was actually because his father understood the meaning of his mentorship.

After Shi Jing paused, he said to his third son: "If Cen Chi is really as you suspect. Isn't it exposed when we do it at this time? It is not worth taking this risk for a thin person who has no power or soldiers, and it is better to give up it in time if it is not available. ”

It's not the first time I've talked to my father like this, and when I talk about Cen Chi, every conversation atmosphere will have a time when it's unpleasant. Father will not say too bluntly, Shi Xin knows this very well, and he also knows the trace of slaughter in his father's words at this time.

But he finally couldn't bear it, sighed, and said softly: "Do you really want to do this? ”

Before talking about Cen Chi, Shi Jing had already expected it. Even if Shi Xin would not disobey him on his face, if he really wanted to be ruthless to Cen Chi, Shi Xin would definitely hesitate in his heart.

"This matter ......" his mood froze slightly, and Shi Jing opened his mouth with joy and anger: "There are still variables." ”

As soon as the word "variable" in these words fell, Shi Jing saw a little light in his son's eyes, but for no reason, he felt a trace of boredom in his own heart.

Shi Jing was very puzzled, and couldn't figure out how Cen Chi used to have such a big impact on his son.

Because he once served as Mr. Xixi of Xin'er? No, it was just Mr. Pseudonym, a false name, and in fact he taught Xin'er almost nothing.

Because he and Xin'er are crowned on the same day? No, no, it was originally his own kindness, but when the Prime Minister was holding a banquet because of Xin'er's crown ceremony, Cen Chi broke the jade crown in the garden, what kind of crown is it?

Or is it because of ...... That's it, the young man surnamed Cen doesn't live in the Prime Minister's Mansion at all. But it's strange to think about it, he doesn't stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion often, but it doesn't diminish Xin'er's importance for him in the slightest, if he lives here often, wouldn't it be ......

Could it be that the legendary North Fence School has even studied and condensed the science of mental art so terrifyingly?

Mind wandered to this point, Shi Jing did not continue to think about this issue, he sighed silently, and then said to Shi Xin: "Whether to stay or abandon, we all need to make a choice in the end, if we come to a fork in the road with him, my father hopes that you will not be indecisive." ”

Shi Xin nodded when he heard this, and didn't say anything more.

This time, after listening to his father's admonition, the look in his eyes did not make any waves, as if he had made a choice after his father's words just now.

He picked up the teacup again, lifted the lid, and before he could blow away the little foam that floated on the tea, he was about to take a full sip—he suddenly felt a little dry in his mouth, although he did not move his tongue or say a word as he listened to his father's words.

However, the teacup in his hand only tilted slightly. Before the tea soup touched his lips, he put down the tea cup again.

It was only because he saw a woman walk in at the door.

At first glance, this woman was about forty years old. There aren't too many deep wrinkles on her face, but there are quite a few fine lines. Her skin seemed to be a little dry and lacklustre, which seemed to be the result of her less work but less attention to decent maintenance.

The woman was dressed in splendid clothes, and her clothes were brightly embroidered, but she could not reflect her face with ruddy and spirit. Looking closely, except for the wrinkles on her face, her complexion is also very fair, but it is a kind of white caused by rare sunlight, and there is no healthy and vivid luster.

It is true that she rarely worries about the things in life and the things around her, because she is so capable of worrying that she must be deprived of the right to worry. lest her insanity affect others.

This woman should have the status of the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion - of course, she has such an identity now, but she is only the legendary eldest lady in the servant's heart.

She's just a crazy woman who is carefully raised by the Prime Minister as the eldest lady, and to be precise, she should be a crazy woman who is closely confined in a small courtyard.

Among the few old servants left in the Prime Minister's Mansion, occasionally a few people privately recalled the past of this crazy woman, although after a few years, it still made people feel chills on their backs. This is something that people still can't help but fear after talking about it. It was the madwoman who almost strangled her own son to death when he was five years old.

Generally speaking, if something happens in a high-ranking family, the responsibility will eventually be thrown to the last weak person to bear it, but it may not be to return the blame to the person who should be responsible. This can be regarded as a kind of law of competition derived from the human group, cold and inevitable.

Shi Fu has a crazy master. If they are not locked up and allowed to be a disaster, I am afraid that the life of these servants will be extremely difficult in the future. Therefore, the servants are grateful for the decision of the prime minister.

What's more, the second son of Shi born to the eldest lady is also a little crazy now, which cannot contribute to the Shi family in the slightest, and it also adds a burden. Master Shi still took care of their mother and son's worry-free life and did not abandon them.

In addition, Master Shi often invited Lang Zhong to see a doctor, and for more than ten years, he kept a belief in curing the eldest lady in his heart, and even this belief passed through the war years when Zhou destroyed Zhaoli. This is undoubtedly a man's deep affection for him.

At this moment, seeing this wife who he hadn't visited for a long time in this flower hall, Shi Jing's mood suddenly became a little complicated.

I thought that if she was locked in that quiet garden, she would not be able to make any movement. She has been living so peacefully, and the chances of a complete recovery may still be very slim, but maybe she will no longer be sick and can prolong her life for a few years, as many people who have seen her say.

I never thought of it......

After the accident, Shi Jing was full of disbelief, he didn't believe that a person who was out of control could still have that kind of calculating and scheming control.

"Sit down." Shi Jing looked at the crazy woman and spoke softly.

Though his wife had done wrong, and that he had her summoned out of the garden to-day, it was to sort things out, and it was this matter that had been so troubled by which he had sat in the flower hall for a long time, but at this time he had not been angry with her.

Behind the eldest lady were two maids and three nurses.

The nurses did not enter the flower hall, but only stood sideways on both sides of the door like javelins, only looking at each other's eyes, not looking sideways into the flower hall at all. When it comes to Xiangye's family affairs, their perception is very sensitive and their attitude is very consistent: do their jobs well and be less nosy.

The two maids involved followed the eldest lady into the flower hall, and when they heard Master Shi's words, they hurriedly helped the eldest lady to sit down on a chair under Shi Jing's seat.

The third prince of the Shi family had already left his seat, walked up to the eldest lady and bowed deeply, and called softly: "Mother is fine." ”

The eldest lady is not Shi Xin's biological mother, but he still respects her enough. However, in a family with more than one wife and concubine, although there is only one word difference between the mother and the mother in the verbal title, the difference in the depth of affection is only clear to the person who called these two words.

From the moment she stepped into the flower hall with her front foot, the eldest lady's face was slightly sluggish, but after hearing the word "mother", she suddenly moved her shoulders and opened her eyes and said: "I know you, you are my son, you are disobedient, you should be beaten!" ”

These were the first words she said after entering the flower hall, and her tone was obviously stiff and straight. He was going to hit the child.

As soon as she finished saying the word "should be beaten", she suddenly stood up from the chair, grabbed Shi Xin's hand that was stretched out because of the gesture towards her, raised her slap and slapped it.

She hit Shi Xin's movements. Like a mother who catches a child who has made a mistake and slaps her hand, she smashes the child's palm with the tips of her four fingers together.

This didn't hurt an adult, but the two maids standing behind the eldest lady were shocked. Seeing that they were not paying attention and did not hold down the eldest lady who suddenly stood up, which caused this later incident, they suddenly panicked, as if they were about to pull left and right.

Suddenly, Shi Xin shouted: "I made a mistake, and I should be punished." Willing to let his mother beat. ”

The two maids were stunned, looked at Shi Xin, and subconsciously turned their gaze to look at Shi Jing in the upper seat.

Shi Jing's brows furrowed slightly. Things in the flower hall took a turn for the worse, but it was completely related to the fact that he was still sitting here at this time. The little time that I squeeze out in my busy schedule to prepare for housework has nothing to do with it.

But he still didn't get angry, and after a while, he just said softly: "Alain, the child is wrong, I asked him to go to the study and think about it behind closed doors, don't be angry." ”

Shi Jing not only didn't get angry, but also called his wife's nickname in a soft voice.

Before getting married, he often called her like this. In recent years, he had rarely called her that way, but when he spoke again, the affectionate title was as simple as taking it out of a treasured box, and it was not unfamiliar.

When the eldest lady Mu Yulan heard this soft call, she seemed to have found part of her personality from her name, and she suddenly quieted down.

After no more slapping Shi Xin's hand. Mu Yulan first looked sideways at her husband who was seated, and then she turned her face to look at Shi Xin who was standing in front of her again, and suddenly said happily: "My son has grown so big, but unfortunately he is not like me at all." But isn't it natural for a son to look like his father? What's more, my brother Jing is so heroic! I have to have a lot of children for him. ”

The eldest lady also evoked her nickname for her husband.

Unlike Shi Jing. The last time the eldest lady evoked this nickname was during the Lantern Festival last year. Shi Jing accompanied her to watch the servants hang lanterns in the yard, pinched a spoon and fed her rice balls, she bit the rice balls and was burned by the hot rice balls, she suddenly exhaled these three words, as if shouting these three words can relieve the pain.

As soon as he heard this title, Shi Jing couldn't help but be moved.

What the wife said just now, except for the first sentence, the words that followed can be expressed, and her memory at this time was postponed until when she had just given birth and was still in confinement.

At that time, she was not insane, but when she started beating her third son just now, that memory was the fourth year after she gave birth.

At that time, her madness was already obvious, but he thought that putting her blood-related parents and children by her side would allow her to slowly be nourished by family affection and repair her mental damage, but he didn't expect her to go crazy and even be ruthless with her own flesh and blood.

Scenes of the past surfaced in front of his mind, and he was soon forcibly pressed down by Shi Jing. But after that, a trace of anger finally came to his heart, but it was still not at his wife, but at the two servants who were serving behind.

Although the furrowed brows had been stretched, the furrow between Shi Jing's eyebrows still could not be completely calmed.

After a moment of silence, Shi Jing said as slowly as possible in his voice: "The child has not only grown a lot taller, but also writes much more energetically than when he first learned it, Alain, do you want to test him?" ”

"Yes, yes!" The eldest lady applauded very childishly.

Shi Jing gave his son Shi Xin a look, and said calmly: "Accompany your mother well, but don't let her play too tired, rest early." The tone of his second half of the sentence was slightly heavier.

Shi Xin quickly understood, ordered the two maids not to follow, and then bid farewell to his father and led his mother out of the flower hall.

As soon as the non-biological mother and son left, Shi Jing, who was sitting on the upper seat, had a wave on his calm face, and shouted outside the door: "Someone! ”

The three guards who escorted the eldest lady to the flower hall with the two maids just now have been guarding the door. Hearing Master Shi's shouts, the three of them hurriedly entered the hall.

Before they could bow down, they heard Shi Jing angrily reprimanding: "Take it down!" ”

The sharp-eyed nurse saw that at the same time as Master Shi gave this order, his palm had already clenched into a fist and clasped it on the table. The knocking sound was not loud, but a few of the guards immediately understood, and escorted the two maids who accompanied the eldest lady to go out.

The situation in the flower hall changed suddenly, but the two maids were a little late and were on the spot. Let the hands of Ding Tietong, a nurse who had practiced some kung fu, clasp their shoulders like pincers, and they refused to move.

However, hindsight does not mean that they do not know what is going to happen in their hearts, and who can remember the bad things they have done better than themselves?

The pain of being pinched in the shoulder came. After the two maids came back to their senses, they instantly felt a sense of fear in their hearts, and they were already crying.

The two maids were powerless to resist the nurses who dragged them outside the flower hall, and they didn't have time to argue, Master Shi didn't give them this opportunity and time at all.

But the two maids know very well that under the fury of the head of the family, what will happen to the so-called 'dragged out'. They were so frightened that they could only shout in desperate voices: "My lord spares his life!" Spare your life! ”

Only now, do you know that you are begging for mercy and still want to beg for your life? Shi Jing's cold eyes stabbed at the two maids who desperately turned around and begged. Not only did he not ignore this scene, but he also had to show his decision head-on.

If he would give forgiveness, he would still order such a cruel order?

A few days ago, in that single courtyard, which had been quiet for more than ten years, an incident occurred that almost killed someone.

That afternoon. Cen Chi was originally taking a walk in the garden in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and unconsciously gradually approached the small courtyard where the eldest lady lived. At that time, the eldest lady was basking in the sun at the gate of the courtyard. Cen Chi saw that she was the eldest lady who lived in a simple house in the Prime Minister's Mansion, although she rarely met her, he still smiled politely and greeted several times.

Unexpectedly, the eldest lady was in a trance when she saw Cen Chi, who had gentle and kind eyes. He regarded him as his grown son and invited him in.

Cen Chi is an outsider, and he doesn't know the past of the eldest lady and what her madness is. Seeing the kind invitation of the original hostess of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and perhaps some pity for her living a 'widow' life for a long time, Cen Chi only hesitated. So he went in and sat down, had some refreshments, and chatted with the eldest lady.

Originally, this was just a small episode in the daily life of the Prime Minister's house.

With the current age of the eldest lady, she can be longer than Cen Chi's generation. Cen Chi was originally an informal temperament, and went into the courtyard to chat with the elders. It's not a big deal. Even if Master Shi knew about it afterwards, he probably wouldn't have any reason to worry about it.

However, when Cen Chi was chatting with the eldest lady halfway, he suddenly felt unwell, and his physical condition suddenly became bad. Later, the servant called Lang Zhong to take a look, only to know that he had been poisoned by the extremely vicious chronic du-drug!

What shocked the whole house even more was that the du-medicine actually asked the maid to brew the tea for Cen Chi when the eldest lady was chatting with Cen Chi!

The doctor explained that this chronic du-medicine, which is said to have been refined by a medicine ghost with a very bad reputation and a flourishing reputation in the rivers and lakes, and no one can solve it, and it seems that even the medicine ghost himself has no antidote.

The reason why the notoriety of the medicine ghost in the rivers and lakes is so prosperous is not only that he has refined the medicine puppet, which is a monster that looks like a man and a demon, but also because he has a habit of refining all kinds of du-medicines, but does not care about preparing antidotes.

Cen Chi suffered a disaster, no matter what the specific reason is, saving his life is an imminent matter. However, thinking about the doctors in Kyoto who can compete with the legendary medicine ghost in terms of medical skills, one can't help but think about it.

Recently, the strongest physician in Kyoto, the old man Yan Guang, who was the doctor of the Taiyi Bureau at the time, reported the theft of the medicine box at his home, and the old man was also so angry because of this incident that he took a big vacation to recuperate at home.

Shi Jing originally didn't expect that he could invite Yan Guang to treat a Qingke who had no merit in his family. And the key reason why he chose to send Cen Chi to the northwest was because he remembered that another Qing guest named Fang Wu in the mansion had said that the whereabouts of the medicine ghost were in the dense Chiyun Gorge in the northwest.

Among the Qing guests in the mansion, Fang Wu is a person who likes to study astrology, but this knowledge is too ethereal, and he rarely talks about this aspect with others.

In addition, Fang Wu was also obsessed with practicing the kung fu of turtle breath to prolong life. He is also like Cen Chi, often leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion and traveling between the four fields, but he only goes to the inaccessible places because he once said: "Some places are secluded and strange, and there is little aura, which is suitable for spitting and prolonging life." ”

Fang Wu's two hobbies, it is difficult to find a soulmate in the Xiangfu Qingke. At first, Shi Jing was rude and respectful to the other party with hospitality, but he just thought that he was a strange person, and did not ask him for help.

Unexpectedly, to this day, a sentence that Fang Wu once said seemed to be able to bring a ray of life to Cen Chi-

ps: Slightly modified, there are a few words that can't be sent out (╯‵□′) ╯ (┻━┻