A gust of wind with a whimper suddenly swept over the two bare golden-leaved locust trees in the courtyard, and a snowflake rolled down from the eaves of the house, smashed on Chen Pu's cross-legged hat, and landed on her shoulder.

She subconsciously reached out and touched her cheek, gently twisting the fine ice crystals between her fingers that had not yet had time to melt, her mind still immersed in the problem she was encountering.

Yesterday at noon, Wei Mulu brought a few officials to look for her. The Tuqi people attacked the city all the way and plundered the land, lost the military fortress and lost the city, and there were not a few officials who lost the city, how to deal with these officials, and the people below were waiting for her to make a decision. It stands to reason that this kind of thing should not be decided by her at all, the country has a law, the court has a convention, no matter who it is, as long as it is an officer or civil official who has lost his land and lost his city, regardless of the reason, he must be detained first to be investigated, and the Wei Mansion and the Wei Mu Mansion took the lead in sorting out these officials, who should be punished for what reason, and wrote an official document in detail and submitted it, and she signed it with a seal. But this time it wasn't. Lu Ji, who served two terms in the Sixth Ministry, was like a Yamen clerk who had just entered the office, and he actually put this matter in front of her and let her make a decision......

She knew that it was not good for the civil officials to openly come forward against her, a woman's family to act in charge of Yanshan's government affairs, and she was afraid that she would inevitably be held accountable by the court in the future if she really left her pick and did not do anything, so she was not convinced, so she simply took this offending thing to embarrass her, the difficult situation was caused by the defeat of the army, so many troops couldn't withstand it, so why should the magistrate be punished?

She clenched her fists and released them, staring at the gray-black clouds that seemed to clasp overhead. The bleak pale sun moved slowly behind the clouds like a dusty porcelain plate. She sighed silently in her heart. It's hard to do. If these people are arrested, other people will inevitably feel sad that the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad, but if you don't arrest them, you are afraid that other officials will take them as an example, and who will try their best to defend the city if there is a war in the future?

A withered yellow leaf was carried by the wind and crawled over the ridge of the winghouse, swaying down to the courtyard with a thin layer of snow, rolling all the way on the frozen stone slab, and then hitting the steps of the courtyard gate with the help of the wind. On both sides of the courtyard gate, two soldiers in cotton robes stood opposite each other with their swords covered, their faces were red from the cold wind and snow, and they stood still like nails with their chests and bellies.

Chen Pu pursed his lips, his dark eyes staring at the leaves, frowning and just contemplating. This matter could not be easier said than done, and the order was given to these magistrates not to be investigated, but it was a fluttering word. But how can she convince those who look down on her? But if you don't do this, it will break the law of the country again, and it just leaves a handle for those who don't know when they can use it. It's embarrassing!

In her hesitation, an idea suddenly popped into her mind, and maybe she could consult the blind man...... No! Shang Zida's opinion?

She quickly dismissed the idea. Shang Cheng's eye disease is very serious, and what he needs most at the moment is to recuperate in peace, and she can't bother him at this time. Besides, even if Shang Cheng helped her come up with an idea this time, the civil officials of Yanshan would use other things to give her problems.

"General," said one of the guards, walking up to her lightly, "it's windy outside, be careful of catching a cold." ”

Chen Pu said "I'm not cold", but he didn't stop the guards from helping her put on a gray-blue fox fur. She took the corner of her robe with one hand to cover her heart, and asked, "You went to see Pheasant just now, how is her illness?" "When the Luhe Blockade was retreating, Liao Pheasant was knocked off her horse by a flying mallet from the enemy, and it was one of Shang Cheng's own soldiers who dug her out of the pile of dead. The life was saved, but after being saved, he kept coughing, and it rained on the way back to Yanzhou, and the injury became more and more serious......

The guard carefully helped her sort out her clothes, and said softly: "I just got up, I just took pills, and I still can't eat, so I only drank some gruel." Listening to Jiao'er, Sister Pheasant still coughed badly last night. ”

"Have you come to see Dr. Zhu today?"

"The doctor came and changed the prescription, saying that when this dose of medicine is taken, he can feed the soup and rice in the evening. Skim off the chicken broth and boil the porridge, and the worse the rice, the better. ”

"I'll take a look." As he spoke, Chen Pu took the guard straight down the corridor to the room where Liao Pheasant lived in the backyard.

When the thick cotton curtain was lifted and the house was entered, a strong smell of medicine greeted you. Because the patient was afraid of the cold, a large brazier burned in the room, and a layer of charcoal burned red and translucent, and there was a slight beeping sound from time to time. The windows were also densely pasted with layers of cotton paper, and the light in the room was a little dim.

The guard named Jiao'er was taking kraft paper to cover the mouth of the medicine jar and pouring soup along the kang, when he saw Chen Pu coming in and made a gesture to salute her, but was stopped by Chen Pu raising his hand.

Chen Pu first went to the kang to check Liao Pheasant's face carefully. Liao Pheasant was lying on his side on the kang, already asleep. Because he has been coughing and not resting well, and he can't eat, his round face is now so thin that he is out of shape, his eye sockets are deep, his cheeks are sunken, and his face is as pale as snowflakes fluttering outside the house. Although she was asleep, she still coughed one after another, and every time she coughed, she couldn't help but shake under the cover.

Chen Pu gently put Liao Pheasant's arm hanging on the side of the kang back, covered the cover, walked to Jiao'er's side and asked quietly, "She just slept?" Seeing that Jiao'er nodded, she took a small half bowl of black-brown viscous decoction, leaned to the tip of her nose and sniffed it, frowned and asked, "What's in the medicine?" So big fishy smell. ”

"Dr. Zhu brought two pairs of sun-dried snake gall bladders and let them fry them with the medicine."

"Snake gall?" A Sichuan character suddenly appeared between Chen Pu's eyebrows. She thought for a moment and picked up the prescription for the kang. The prescription was obviously from the handwriting of the Yixian miracle doctor, and the names of more than a dozen flavors of medicine were written like a Taoist ghost hunting charm, and she carefully examined it for a long time before she figured out the prescription clearly, and asked, "Why did you hook the licorice again?" Did Dr. Zhu say that there was a reason? Because Zhu Daichun is a doctor highly respected by Shang Cheng, it is said that he is a skilled doctor in pediatrics and gynecology for external injuries and internal injuries, so Chen Pu also invited him to treat Liao Pheasant. Who knew that this "miracle doctor" was really magical, just a handful of Liao Pheasant's pulse, and without saying a word, he handed over a box of pills, pills bigger than chickens, "swallow six warm water a day". When he asked him what medicinal herbs the pill was used to refine it, he didn't say anything else except for the word "ancestral". Chen Pu knew that the medicine prescribed by the divine doctor to Shang Cheng was also this "ancestral" black pill. Two people have different injuries and different diseases, how can they all take the same medicine like a child's play? She was puzzled, so naturally she couldn't follow Zhu Daichun to give Liao Pheasant indiscriminate medicine, and forced the divine doctor to prescribe the medicine again, and also reasoned about whether to add licorice to the recipe and Zhu Daichun for a long time...... Who knew that this medicine had only been taken for two days, and Zhu Daichun actually changed the prescription again!

She wrinkled her brows and thought about it, but she still didn't understand what the truth of this miracle doctor was based on. The snake is gallant and bright-eyed, of course, it is of course beneficial to Shang Cheng's eye disease, but Liao Pheasant has an internal injury to his lungs and abdomen, how can he use this thing? Aren't you afraid that the medicine is wrong and becomes a tiger wolf?

She was about to go out to find someone to call Zhu Daichun to ask for clarification, but Liao Pheasant had already woken up, staring at his eyes that were not shining, and he gasped weakly and said, "General......"

Chen Pu hurriedly came over, grabbed Liao Pheasant's shoulders and let her lie down again, and said softly: "Don't move, be careful of the cold again." ”

Liao Pheasant has been with Chen Pu since she was thirteen or fourteen years old, and she is familiar with her temperament, but she knows that she is going to find someone else's is not, lying on the kang and covered her with a quilt by Chen Pu, reluctantly smiled, and said: "General, I wish the prescription prescribed by the doctor is still successful, and after taking pills for a few days, my heart is no longer so hot......" She was weak, said two more words, and was a little uneven when she landed, struggled twice, and coughed several times empty, suddenly sat up half-sitting, and went to the side of the kang to look for a phlegm bucket. Before the two guards could move, Chen Pu had already patted her back lightly with one hand, leaned over to scoop up the small wooden barrel, and waited until Liao Pheasant was phlegm clear and lay down again, then handed the wooden bucket to the blushing and red-faced Jiao'er, and blamed: "I know that you are afraid that I will blame the doctor." They all coughed like this, and said that the pills were good. It looks worse than the other day. ”

Liao Pheasant shook his head and said, "The general is wrong to blame Doctor Zhu." I had a dry cough in front of me, and I always felt like something was blocking my throat, but I just couldn't cough it out. Now I cough hard, but after coughing, I always feel comfortable and my breath is smooth...... "After a pause, he said again, "Dr. Zhu is a capable person, and it can be seen from his treatment of General Shang." I asked him just now, and he said that General Shang's eyes can be preserved, but the time to recover is ......."

"Oh?" Hearing the good news at first glance, Chen Pu was also overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "That's what Doctor Zhu said?" ”

"Yes. Doctor Zhu said that because the new wound on General Shang's face was treated in time and the medicine was provided in sufficient order, there may be a scar, but it will not leave any root cause. He also said that General Shang's eye disease, in fact, has nothing to do with new injuries, it is a serious offender who was provoked by the wind and sand, and he has found a good prescription in the past few days, and there is also a good way, although it cannot be cured, but he usually pays more attention to himself, and there should be no major problems......

This is the most comfortable news Chen Pu has heard in recent times.

Afraid of delaying Liao Pheasant's rest, she didn't stay any longer, and after instructing Jiao'er to take care of it carefully, she left from here.

She stopped at the door of the upper room and looked up at the sky. The snow hasn't stopped. The sun has taken refuge behind the clouds. The sky was getting darker.

She suddenly felt that she should visit Shang Cheng. The official document that arrived yesterday should be known to him; By the way, you can also ask how to face the problem in front of you......