Chapter III

He still looked at her condescendingly, without any emotion, just watching.

Thinking back to this man's past, at the age of thirteen, he was the apprentice of the Northern Liang Taishi Xugu, and at the age of fifteen, he temporarily handled important matters on behalf of the Taishi.

He always has a smile on his face, and he doesn't get angry easily.

She deeply remembered that a maid broke into his study by mistake and moved an old and simple bead flower, for this, he was angry, like an awakened demon in hell, which made people frightened, she didn't know what happened to the maid in the end, only that it was definitely not as simple as death!

Shi Yan staggered down and knelt down towards Ying Qi, looking slightly flustered, "My subordinates know their mistakes." ”

Ying Qi glanced at Shi Yan and smiled, but there was a chill invisibly, "Know the mistake? Shi Yan, can you fool this seat with a sentence of knowing your mistakes? ”

How dare she? Besides, she didn't mean to hide it to the end.

"My subordinates don't dare, but my lord, my subordinates ...... The whereabouts of the county lord of Nanchu were found. ”

The words "Southern Chu County Lord" suddenly woke up Ying Qi's long-dormant heart, he felt it beating in his body, and when he heard the news, he had an urge in his mind to hold back and want to ask questions, and finally, he restrained himself.

Ying Qi looked indifferently at Shi Yan who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Go on."

Shi Yan took a deep breath lightly and said slowly: "The subordinates found out that after the death of King Ning of Southern Chu that year, a person who had received the favor of King Ning took away the county lord of Southern Chu, and they traveled to every corner of Beiliang, changed their names and surnames, and finally disappeared in Yucang Town in the southwest, and when their subordinates were about to track down the name of the county lord, they were unexpectedly stopped by the people of Yao Palace and poisoned......"

"Yao Palace?"

Ying Qi was a little surprised, the Yao Palace has always done its own thing and never interfered in the rivers and lakes and the imperial court, but the rivers and lakes and the imperial court were afraid of this small Yao Palace and never collided with it.

"What makes the subordinates puzzled is that Miao Zhen, the head of the Yao Palace, has always adhered to the iron laws of the palace, if the people in the Yao Palace do not have her warrant, it is impossible to go out privately, and the subordinates think that the Yao Palace has no contact with the Taishi Mansion, and the grudge is impossible, I am afraid that it is for the lord of Nanchu County, as for why...... Forgive your subordinates for being stupid. ”

The right hand slowly rotates the transparent jade wrench on the thumb of the left hand, which is Ying Qi's habit for many years. He hooked his lips slightly, looked out of the window with a smile, and said after a while: "Shi Yan, you should reflect on this mistake."

Shi Yan knew what Ying Qi meant, and said, "My subordinates understand."

The so-called introspection is to endure the pain of eating bones in the dark and damp dungeon of the Taishi Mansion, only giving sugar water and not food, and after seven days, it is up to you whether you are dead or alive.

After Ying Qi left, Shi Yan's weak body was able to relax, she sat on the ground, thinking about this man, who never stopped for more than ten years, and did everything to find the dead county lord who was uncertain about his life and death.

She had the courage to ask him, who was she? Why is it worth the desperate search for that little piece of track? That time, the smile on his face suddenly stopped, and he didn't say much. After a long time, she found that every evening Ying Qi would sit on the locust tree in the east courtyard, holding the pearl flower that he cherished so much, and often muttered, "I'm sorry, Ah Xin......"

Yucang Mountain

In order not to let the master know that she had not returned overnight, Ning Bai planned to sneak in quietly from the backyard, unaware.

Ning Bai lightly climbed over the fence in the backyard, gently pushed open the door of the stove room, stepped in, turned his back and slowly closed it, tiptoed through the stove room, panicked, and a shout came from the front yard, startling Ning Bai.

"The younger Helian Jinyuan is far away, and I ask to see Dr. Qingyuan......"

Ning Bai leaned sideways and tilted his head to look at the front yard. I saw a man in white standing upright outside the courtyard, shouting incessantly to see the master, very sincere, but a little anxious. Behind him was a few attendants with knives, looking around, but without the slightest slackness.

Ning Bai looked around, suddenly heard a few coughs behind him, his head suddenly went blank, and then he heard the voice of talking, "I haven't returned for a night, it seems that I didn't punish you hard enough some time ago!" ”

Qing Yuan sat in a wheelchair, his eyes were very stern. He's a good apprentice, he is a woman, but he doesn't have half a woman's appearance, he looks sloppy all day long, how can he marry someone in the future! It's really a headache for him as a master. Fortunately, this apprentice has learned good medical skills, and he is not useless, which he is very pleased with.

Ning Bai grinned strongly, turned around, and said, "Master, Ning Bai knows that he is wrong, and he will not dare next time."

"You......" Qing Yuan sighed softly, and at this time, the man's voice came from outside again. Qing Yuan glanced at Ning Bai and said, "You go, send that man away, and this time, the teacher will not punish you."

Ning Bai said happily: "Thank you master, the apprentice will definitely do it!"

Helian Jin had been begging to see Doctor Qingyuan for a long time, and the guards next to him were a little unbearable when they saw their son-in-law like this, so they stepped forward and said: "Childe, since this Doctor Qingyuan is so avoided, why bother to beg him." There are many miracle doctors in the world, can he cure his wife's illness? ”

Helian Jinyuan didn't reprimand the guard, but said sharply: "Talky!"

The guard was about to continue, but was interrupted by Ning Bai, who walked out of the grass hut. "My master has been poor all his life, and he doesn't take a penny to treat diseases and save people, but he didn't expect to be falsely accused like this in front of his own hospital, it's really not worth it!"

finally saw someone coming out of the grass hut, Helian Jinyuan naturally would not let go of the slightest opportunity, and hurriedly apologized.

"I'm really sorry, it's because of the lax discipline, which almost tarnished the reputation of Dr. Qingyuan, can you please introduce the little brother, and I want to apologize to Dr. Qingyuan in person and ask for his old man's forgiveness. ”

When Ning Bai heard this, of course he wouldn't introduce them to the master. First, the master didn't want to contaminate the rich and noble people in this world, so he asked her to send these people, and secondly, she was actually called a little brother! This is intolerable!

"My master has always only healed the poor people, and my son is a rich and noble family, will he not find a better doctor than my master? This son, in order not to delay the sick person in your family, please go back! ”

Ning Bai didn't care how the man in white felt, he wanted to turn around and leave, but there was a shout behind him: "Presumptuous!" My son-in-law is the third highness of the day, how can you be disrespectful! ”

Your Highness? The people of the palace? Ning Bai turned around, only to see that the impatient guard was about to rush in, but he was severely reprimanded by the young man, and secretly retreated.

Helian Jin didn't change his face from afar, leaned over and said: "I'm tired of the little brother to help me, let me see Dr. Qingyuan, my mother's illness can only be cured by his old man, if not, I can't kneel here." After speaking, Helian Jinyuan knelt down on both knees with a resolute expression.

Ning Bai saw him kneeling like this, but felt that he was being stingy, so he asked, "Your mother's illness...... Is it really serious? ”

"My mother has been sleeping for several months, and I haven't seen her get up, and the imperial doctors are helpless, only the strange illness of my mother can only be saved by Dr. Qingyuan." Helian Sumire came afar.

Ning Bai thought about it for a while, and then asked, "Is there anything abnormal in your mother's sleeping room?"

Speaking of which, Helian Jin Yuan remembered some abnormalities and said anxiously: "Yes, there are whispering and convulsions at night, but I haven't woken up for a long time."

Ning Bai is selfish, she has followed her master for all these years, she is careful everywhere, for fear of being targeted by people with intentions, and finally after two years of peaceful life, she wants to go out and take a look.

Pick a random reason. "Okay, your filial piety and sincerity have touched me, and today I will help you persuade my master to go out of the mountain and treat your mother."

When Helian Jinyuan heard her say this, his face was overjoyed, and he said happily: "Jinyuan has thanked her here."

Ning Bai wanted to go back to the house to discuss the matter with the master, but the house was searched everywhere, but there was no trace of the master. After thinking about it, did you go to the small bamboo forest?

The small bamboo forest is a ten-mile bamboo forest in the back mountain, and usually the master will come here in his spare time, just because here is a benefactor who is extremely important in his heart.

Qingyuan's legs and feet can't walk, and Ning Bai made a chair seat with wooden wheels for his master a few years ago to make it easier to act.

Ning Bai stepped forward quietly. Although Qingyuan is a little older, his ears are not deaf, and he can hear the movements behind him clearly.

"When you come, you will kowtow." Qingyuan Road.

Ning Bai didn't say much, and walked straight towards the unengraved clothed mound, kneeling in front of the monument as usual, and kowtowing three times.

Every time she comes to the bamboo forest, Ning Bai will kowtow three times first, just because the owner of this well-dressed mound is not only the benefactor of the master, but also her father, the king of Nanchu Ning, Mu Chengji!

Ning Bai is just her pseudonym, and the name Mu Xin has always been engraved in her heart, but she has never heard anyone call her "Ah Xin" again.

She clearly remembered that it was early autumn at that time, and the Northern Liang army, which had been silent for several months, suddenly counterattacked, and it was like a bamboo, and in just over a month, it occupied all the cities of Southern Chu. A few days later, the master went back again, but only brought back his father's sword and the short jade Xiao he carried with him, and the master said that the emperor of Northern Liang respected his father and buried him in Huaishan Mountain, a hundred miles outside the capital of Southern Chu. My master and I erected a mound for him with my father's relics.

"When your father entrusted you to me, he hoped that you could find a good family like an ordinary woman and spend this life quietly and ordinarily, do you understand?" Qingyuan Road.

Ning Bai changed the kneeling posture to a sitting posture cross-legged, and said, "Master, the apprentice was raised by you, and the grace of nurturing is as great as the sky!" If the apprentice is blinded by hatred, goes against his father's last wishes, and can't live up to his father and master, then it is the apprentice's fault. ”

Ning Bai then said: "The master is kind and benevolent, everyone has sought medical treatment here, not to mention that the poison can only be removed by the master's skillful rejuvenation, the master has saved so many people, and this one is not bad."

"Aning! You also know that he is a member of the royal family, and we should not have anything to do with them in the first place. Qing Yuan sighed lightly.

"What about the people in the royal family, Nanchu has long since died in the country, and I am now a disciple of a skilled doctor Qingyuan, whose name is Ning Bai!"

Qing Yuan saw his own apprentice like this, and he couldn't bear it, besides, people traveled thousands of miles to seek medical treatment, so that he could not be saved when he died! So, Qingyuan responded to Helian Jinyuan's request and went to Suiyang, the capital of Northern Liang.

Helian Jinyuan was naturally overjoyed, and he was especially grateful to Dr. Qingyuan. Ning Bai later learned that they were the distinguished guests in the mouth of the shopkeeper Lin.