At this time, the city of Beijing was also called Shuntianfu, and everyone was used to being called Jingshi. It was called Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was also the Yuan Dadu that we usually hear in TV dramas, and it was once the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.

In 1368 (the first year of Hongwu), the Ming army expelled the Yuan army and occupied the capital, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, promulgated the "Edict of Beiping Mansion" and changed Dadu Road to Beiping Mansion. After Zhu Di obtained the throne, he had the intention of moving the capital, and on February 4, 1403 (the first month of the first year of Yongle), he issued an edict to change Beiping to "Beijing", called "Xing". In February, it was renamed Beiping Mansion as "Shuntianfu". At the same time, the Beijing Left-behind Military Governor's Office and the Beijing Administration Department were set up to be in charge of military and political affairs, and the political envoy of Beiping Chengxuan was abolished to prepare for the relocation of the capital. Since then, the Ming Dynasty government has emigrated to Beijing many times and organized manpower to dredge the north-south Cao Canal. And from 1406 (the fourth year of Yongle) began to build the city of Beijing on a large scale, to 1420 (the eighteenth year of Yongle) the urban construction project was basically completed. On the first day of the first lunar month in 1421, the Ming Dynasty officially moved its capital to Beijing. Abolish the name of "Xingzai", change Beijing to "Beijing Division", and change the original Beijing Division to Nanjing, as the accompanying capital. Beijing is once again the capital of the country.

After breakfast, the soldiers guarding the city gate also opened the city gate, and we came to the city with the flow of people into the city, Uncle Wei Zihan lived near the Chongwen Gate in the inner city, which can be said to be the place where the nobles lived, and most of the people who lived there were high-ranking officials and nobles. The old man's mansion is near Chaoyangmen, although it is not an aristocratic area, it is also a better place.

We walked through the outer city, walked a few streets, followed Shunzi into the Chongwen Gate, walked another street, came to the gate of a compound, the gate is in charge, the door is hung with two lanterns written with two Wei characters, there is a plaque with red characters on a black background above the gate, and two large characters of Wei Mansion are written in seals.

Shunzi got off the donkey, came to the door and patted a few times, the door opened from the inside, and saw that it was Junzi, and a carriage hurriedly said: "The master confessed when he came to the court, Miss is here, you can go in directly, Miss's room is ready." After speaking, he went in again to greet his family members to help unload things, and Wei Zihan also got off the carriage. Several family members knew that the young lady was coming, and they also knew that the lord and the lady loved the young lady, so how dare they slack off, so they hurried over to meet the ceremony.

Wei Zihan said to the person who opened the door: "You take me to see my aunt, you help me move the things here, they have been on the road all night, you can also find a room for a few of them to rest, and these two are my eldest brother and one is my father-in-law, my eldest brother knows medical skills, let them go and show my aunt together."

I heard Wei Zihan say this, and just wanted to excuse myself, the old man pulled my sleeve and said, "The old man also understands the medical skills, let's go in together to show the old lady." The family looked at us and said, "Okay, it's just that you're going to leave when you're done, and you'll be unhappy to see strangers when you come back." "Actually, I really don't want to meet Wei Zihan's elders, it's a little embarrassing to see them, if they see something, it will be difficult for me to see Wei Zihan in the future, it's better to sneak around now and still meet."

A few of us followed the door into the Wei Mansion, this is a three-entry courtyard, the first courtyard is the study living room, and there are wings on both sides, probably for the family to live, the second into the backyard, the family of the daughter, Wei Zihan and her uncle because there have been no children, her wife also Zhang Luo to accept a few concubines, also live here, the family has a lot of buns, see the yard, there are a few servants washing clothes and drying clothes.

The door of the main hall was closed, and there stood a young woman aged twenty-seven or eighteen at the door, wearing a jacket of white palace silk and a pale blue skirt, with several hairpin rings inlaid with gold and jade on her head, and the skirt was covered below, so that the size of the foot could not be seen. But although it is a casual outfit, it is red and green, and it is pretty and moving.

I saw the woman lightly open her lips: "Butler Lan, is this the eldest lady?" "The one who opened the door was the butler. Hearing the woman's question, she stepped forward and bowed and said, "Third Lady Qiqi, this is the eldest lady of the second master's family." ”

The third lady went down the steps and walked towards Wei Zihan, and Wei Zihan also stepped forward and said, "My niece has seen the third lady." ”

The third lady came over and took Wei Zihan's hand and said, "My niece is really handsome, just like in the painting, your uncle and wife remember you every day, and your aunt knows that you are coming in the morning, so I won't be waiting for you at the door." Butler Blue, you take these two guests to the front hall to serve tea first, and I will go with the young lady to see the lady first. After speaking, he led Wei Zihan into the main hall.

I saw that Wei Zihan was also worried about her aunt's condition, and she didn't have time to say anything to us.

At this time, the blue butler came to greet us and came to the front hall again, the girl brought tea, and the old man and I sat here drinking tea and waited slowly.

After half an hour, Wei Zihan came out and came to the front hall: "Father-in-law, you sit here for a while, Brother Lei and I will go to see my aunt's condition, and we will come out in a while." ”

"Alright, alright, go ahead, boy, you have to take a good look." After the old man finished speaking, he made a grimace at me.

I'm not very proficient in medical skills, I've learned from the master, the common diseases are okay, if it's really incurable, it's helpless, Uncle Wei Zihan is hot in the officialdom, and the invited doctors are all famous doctors, these famous doctors can't be cured, and I'm choking enough.

As Wei Zihan came to the main hall in the backyard, there was a faint smell of sandalwood in the house, and the previous bedrooms liked to light sandalwood to neutralize the herbal smell in the patient's house, and sandalwood could calm the nerves. There were two maidens in the room, and the third lady just now was also sitting at the head of the bed. There was a woman lying on the bed, also forty miles old, her face was pale, I followed Wei Zihan to the bed, Shi Li said, "Laoshan Taoist Lei Yunzi to meet Madame." The lady said softly: "Dao Chief, please sit down, I have heard Zihan say, my niece was also cured by you, the old body has been sick for two months, and many famous doctors have been unable to cure it, Dao Chief, you can see if the old body is incurable." ”

I hurriedly said: "Madam, auspicious people are not a sign of early death, I think I will definitely get better, and Xiaodao will do his best." Madame was not feeling well there and told me that I would see how to apply the medicine. ”

"I just feel sore and weak, I have nightmares at night, and when I go to sleep, I dream that someone me with a needle, and I can't eat."

I said, "Madame, can you please let me take the pulse?" "At that time, it was impossible to take the pulse of a woman casually, especially from a wealthy family like this, so there was a saying that the pulse of the suspensory filament was diagnosed, no matter how high the medical skills were, I couldn't see through the disease just by my face, so I said so.

"The Taoist needs to take the pulse, let's take the pulse, we are not the kind of people who are brainless, so many people are guarding, what else can there be to take the pulse."

The girl brought me a stool and put it next to the bed, and I gently pressed my wife's pulse with my fingers, but when I saw the pulse, it was weak and weak, but there was a faint pulse beating.

I know in my heart that this is not a disease, this is the technique of Nightmare Town. No wonder these famous doctors can't cure this disease, but a woman's family can offend anyone who is guilty of such a black hand.

Madame looked at me and frowned, and said, "Is it true that my illness is very serious and cannot be cured, you can just tell the truth." ”

"Madam, your disease can be cured, you just feel cold, because the treatment is not timely, it has dragged on for a long time, and you have been frightened, so it has not been cured for a long time, I will prescribe a prescription for you, you can eat for a few days, but I also have a tranquilizer mantra for you, you will get twice the result with half the effort if you recite it."

Hearing me say that my wife's illness was saved, Wei Zihan happily went to pull my hand again like a bird, I shrank back and hurriedly avoided it, at this time Wei Zihan also understood, how dare I hold my hand here.

I came to the bookcase, the girl polished the ink, I opened a prescription for settling, handed it to the girl, took a piece of paper, and wrote a few words: Madame's illness is the art of Nightmare Town, find the person who casts the spell within thirty steps. If this technique is broken, the disease will be cured.

After drying the ink on the paper, I came to the bedside and said, "Madame, this spell can only be seen by you and Lord Wei, if the third person sees it, it will not be allowed, and Madame has seen this spell, you must be calm and not impulsive." ”

I'm also afraid that the old lady will be impulsive and startle the caster, and it will be difficult to do it in the future.