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Chen Kun has been busy in the past few days, not to mention His Majesty's pressure three times in a row, even Gu Xiang has sent people to urge him to find Shen Xiang from time to time, he has mobilized a lot of soldiers to look for him in disguise, but in the huge Biancheng, if he wants to find Shen Xiang without alarming the people, it can be said that it is difficult to climb to the sky, and if Shen Xiang deliberately avoids him, then he estimates that he will not want to find her in this life.
"Tell the general." The people under his command suddenly came to report, "I got the news just now, all the famous doctors in Biancheng, big and small, have been invited to a place called Sanjin Lane north of Biancheng one after another today, and the subordinates guess that it is very likely to be where Lord Shen Xiang is." β
What is very likely, this is simply a letter to him, let him go to her!
Chen Kun was annoyed, but he was helpless, "Take the imperial doctor, let's go." β
If you want to say what Sanjin Lane is, many people in Biancheng may not know, but if the person you ask is a beggar on the side of the street in Biancheng, they will be able to easily point you out the way to Sanjin Lane, and the reason for this is also very simple, because Sanjin Lane is the place where the homeless beggars gather in the north corner of Biancheng.
Sanjin Lane is mixed, and there are not many people in the three religions and nine streams, although there are also businessmen doing business here, but most of them are illegal stolen goods. Someone once jokingly said that Biancheng is rich and noble in the north, ruffians, refugees and bad businessmen, which is also the origin of Sanjin Lane.
As early as when I was a small guest next to the emperor, I had heard of this place, but at that time, the regime of Qi was turbulent, the reigning monarch was cruel and unkind, and the people were in mourning, and the power of Sanjin Lane was getting bigger and bigger, but since the new emperor ascended the throne, the "glory" of Sanjin Lane in the past has gone forever, so that almost no one knows about it now.
If I hadn't been paying close attention to the affairs of Qi Kingdom, I'm afraid I would have forgotten about such a place a long time ago.
However, like all the stories that have ended, Sanjin Lane is now in name only, except for a few homeless people and beggars, there are only some simple inns left for small merchants and hawkers to stay, and the shopkeepers of these inns are also lonely and old, and there is no way to leave here to make a living, so they can only survive on this meager profit.
"Childe, it's time to take medicine." Bai Zhi also pushed the door in, holding all kinds of small porcelain bottles in his hands, which were very crisp.
"I just got scratched on the back of my hand." I sighed, "It doesn't need to be like this, does it?" β
Bai Zhi also put the tray in front of me, reached out to untie the bandage on my hand, and said as he untied it, "Since the famous doctors in the city have been invited to see the injuries, why don't the sons follow the doctor's wishes and heal their injuries well?" β
"That's it, that's it, I won't mention it beforehand." I can't say anything about him, so I can only give up, but there is one thing I have to tell him well, "But the title of this 'childe', you must be changed, you and I are both court officials, if it is to cover up in front of outsiders, it is understandable to call a 'childe', but in private we are still called brothers and friends, I can't afford your 'childe'." β
Officials only have a distinction between high and low grades, how dare they have the theory of high and low? What's more, Bai Zhi is about to become the son-in-law of Lu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, how can I feel at ease and let him call me "Gongzi"?
Lu Xuan, that old fox, I'm afraid it's not going to scrape off my three layers of skin!
In fact, Bai Zhi also understands this truth, but after getting along for so many days, he has become accustomed to being respectful to me, and if he wants to change it, it will really change a little for a while.
"Uh......" Bai Zhi paused the movement in his hand, a little embarrassed, "Just in case, don't change your name." β
I shook my head.
Since he couldn't open his mouth, I was the only one who came first.
"Brother Zhi, it's not a good thing to go on like this." I laughed.
Bai Zhi was still stunned, then sighed and called, "Brother Shen Xian." β
"That's right, remember, don't be too respectful to me in front of your father-in-law, he will eat me." I looked scared and trembled.
"You seem to be jealous of my father-in-law?" Bai Zhi was still puzzled.
"It's wrong, it's not jealousy, it's fear." I corrected him with the utmost seriousness.
Bai Zhi was also surprised, "You...... Afraid of my stepfather? Where does this begin? β
Although his stepfather is a little more smiling and has more rules on weekdays, how can this not make others, especially the prime minister of a country, feel afraid?
I know it's a bit shocking, but it's all true, and there's no point in hiding it even if I wanted to.
"Alas, this has to start from many years ago, when I was still in the White Crane Academy." I explained to him, "At that time, your stepfather, that is, Lu Shangshu, was teaching at the White Crane Academy, in other words, he was my young master. β
"Speaking of which, I can't completely blame Lu Shangshu, when I was in Baihe Academy, I was really not a good student who studied obediently, and there were fights and brawls in the academy, nine times out of ten, there was my shadow, so ...... You know, Lu Shangshu is known for his strictness, and I was accidentally caught by him several times, so I was inevitably punished by him. β
The corners of Bai Zhi's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say.
"According to your previous nature, I'm afraid it's not just my stepfather who will punish you, right?" Bai Zhi also asked, "Why are you only afraid of my father-in-law?" β
"That's the key to that." I recalled the scene of being punished by Lu Xuan in the past, and my face couldn't help but twist, "I'm afraid you don't know how ruthless your father-in-law was when he punished his students." β
"Huh?" Bai Zhi was also surprised, according to his understanding of his father-in-law, his father-in-law was not a person who would physically punish students at all. Trade Winds Literature Network
As soon as I saw Bai Zhihuan's expression, I knew what he was thinking, and sighed, "You really haven't been 'taught' by him, so you are so naΓ―ve." β
"What do you mean?" Bai Zhi was still so hung by my appetite, but he desperately wanted to know what the scene was like in the first place.
After all, I am inevitably a little embarrassed to talk about the troubles of the year, but since the words have been said here, it is not a matter of hiding them.
"Lu Shangshu punishes people, unlike other masters, he also punishes people for copying books and squatting on horses, but he is not as uniform as other masters." I said, "Just talk about me, he knows that copying books or something has no deterrent effect on me at all, so he changed his tactics, punished him for sweeping the latrines, punished him for sorting out the library pavilion, punished every master of the White Crane Academy for bowing down and bowing, and even once, he actually punished me to plant fruit trees on the barren land behind the academy, and I must ensure that the fruit trees bear fruit, and when the day comes, I have to be responsible for picking them, cleaning them up, and sending them to every student in the academy, this is not over, I have to make every student willing to eat the fruit I planted, And leave your name and your thoughts after tasting the fruit in the booklet. β
"Do you know, just for his punishment, I haven't slept well for almost a year, and I squat on the back hill every day to watch the fruit trees." The more I spoke, the more I gritted my teeth: "Finally, when the flowers blossomed and bore fruit, a sudden rainstorm almost wasted my hard work." β
"Uh...... How many wrong things did you do back then? Bai Zhi was still a little speechless.
"It's hard to say." I humbled myself.
Bai Zhi also shook his head silently and continued to give me medicine, but at this time, the door of the wing room was smashed open by a strong force, and a group of plainclothes officers and soldiers with knives rushed in and directly surrounded us.
"General Chen, what do you mean by that?" I frowned and looked at Chen Kun who came with a sword in hand, my face was not only pale, but more angry.
"Lord Shen Xiang." Chen Kun hugged his fist and saluted me, and then said, "Sanjin Lane is mixed, as soon as I hear the news of the adult, I will rush to protect the adult, if there is a collision, please Haihan." β
"What kind of Haihan is not Haihan, General Chen is so imposing, I'm afraid he didn't come to catch the true picture, right?" I sneered.
Chen Kun bowed his head, "Your Excellency, how dare we come to arrest you?" It's just that out of concern for your safety, troops were sent to protect it. β
I snorted coldly and didn't speak.
Bai Zhi saw that I didn't speak anymore, and he didn't pause anymore, and he opened the medicine bottle and was about to give me medicine, but he was stopped by Chen Kun's horizontal sword.
"Chen Kun!" I drank hard.
Chen Kun's face still did not change, he turned around and waved his hand to the people under him, and immediately the imperial doctor was brought over.
"Lord Shen Xiang, it's better for your injuries to be bandaged by the imperial doctor." Chen Kun said to me.
I squinted, then nodded to Bai Zhi and told him to step away.
Bai Zhi still held back and didn't move, and retreated behind me according to his words.
Seeing this, Chen Kun waved his hand for the imperial doctor to come forward to check on my injuries, and then bandaged me with medicine.
"This imperial doctor, how is the injury of his true appearance?" I asked the imperial doctor, but my eyes were looking at Chen Kun, Chen Kun was not afraid or hidden, he straightened up and looked back at me, and for a while a stiff atmosphere gradually rose between us.
Under this atmosphere, the imperial doctor was also sweating, and he trembled and replied to me, "Great... The adult's injuries are not very serious, but there is a lot of blood loss, and he needs to take care of his body. β
"Can this injury be caused by a sharp weapon?" I didn't save face at all, and asked bluntly.
"This ...... This ......" The imperial doctor didn't dare to speak, and looked sideways at Chen Kun who was standing on the side.
Chen Kun knew that I couldn't bear this breath, but he couldn't make the decision on this matter.
Shen Xiang asked, and immediately answered. Chen Kun spoke.
When the imperial doctor got this sentence, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said to me, "Your adult's injury is indeed caused by a sharp weapon, fortunately, the bleeding was stopped in time, otherwise my life would be in danger." β
"Then according to you, is this injury a stab by someone else, or is it the hand of the original self?" I continued to ask.
"By... Judging from the wounds...... "The imperial doctor was startled by the coldness in my words, and couldn't help but wipe the sweat on his head with his sleeve," it should have been done by someone else. β
I looked up at Chen Kun, "General Chen, can you hear it clearly?" β
Chen Kun clenched his fists: "Yes." β
"That's good." I laughed and leaned against the edge of the table, "Next, I will ask you Qi Guo to give me an explanation." β