Chapter Forty-Eight: Speak Up
Wen Xiang was drenched in water, except for scolding him secretly, he didn't take this matter to heart.
She now has silver in her hands, and it won't hurt her to buy herself another set of clothes.
It's still the coarse linen clothes worn by ordinary people, and you can dress as low-key as you want - Wen Xiang's goal is that it can't be seen best if you throw it into the crowd.
The teahouse not far away sounded bursts of applause, and Wen Xiang walked over curiously.
The lobby was already full of people, Wen Xiang walked in, and the shopkeeper greeted him warmly.
Wen Xiang saw that there was a group of flat-headed people standing at the door dressed like her, and they didn't sit down to drink tea, so she waved her hand at the shopkeeper and stood next to the group of people.
The shopkeeper was a little stupid, and asked Wen Xiang to take a penny and turned to leave.
In the middle of the lobby, an old storyteller with white hair was spitting and saying loudly, "...... How Princess Qing saved the lives of the whole city of Kyoto, we won't say much today. Today, let's talk about Princess Qing's disembowelment and retrieval of the young grandmother of the Yun family, mother and son, who were rescued by the doctors of the city and Wen Po, who claimed that neither mother nor son could be saved. β
As soon as the old man said this, there was a silence below.
Wen Xiang felt a little strange, why did these people who were applauding just now suddenly change their faces?
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Wen Xiang lowered her voice and asked the seemingly honest man next to her.
"Don't you feel scared?" The man folded his hands, and his voice trembled.
Isn't it a caesarean section, how could Wen Xiang feel scared? But after thinking about it, it is understandable that the people of this realm can't accept that they can't open their stomachs and take out the fetus and then stitch their stomachs together, after all, they are not like her, although they have never seen it, they are also familiar.
If Princess Qing, who saved the lives of the whole city, made the people grateful and grateful, then Princess Qing, who took out her son by disembowelment, seems to be not so accepted.
This Princess Qing is really a strange woman, and even the storyteller uses what she has done as storytelling material, which also shows the high popularity of Princess Qing.
Wen Xiang recalled the scene where the white tuanzi she saved before said that Princess Qing was not, and the people vied for support, which shows how she won the hearts of the people. But Princess Qing, who is so popular, still can't make people accept the caesarean section?
"What's so scary about that?" Wen Xiang raised her voice: "This is saving people!" Although the matter of disemboweling the child sounds very mysterious and dangerous, but Princess Qing's medical skills are excellent, since she dares to use the knife, she will definitely be able to save people. Doesn't the facts also prove that Princess Qing finally saved both mother and son? β
The honest man beside her was stunned for a moment, seemed to really think carefully about what she said, and then nodded and agreed: "What you said also makes some sense, but it ...... cut open the stomach of a living person."
"Folks, my little brother used to be in his hometown, and he actually saw a caesarean section to take a child." Wen Xiang stood forward, looked around at everyone, and said slowly: "That's our neighbor's sister-in-law, and when she was about to give birth, she invited Wen Po to deliver the baby, and Wen Po said that the child was in an improper fetal position, and she was not born for a day and a night. The family was about to die, and Wen Po finally had no choice, and shook her head regretfully and said that the mother and son could not be saved. β
Everyone's eyes fell on Wen Xiang, her little man stood in the crowd, not frightened, not panicked, although her little face was dirty, her eyes were extremely clear, and the words she said were inexplicably convincing.
"And then?" Someone couldn't help but ask.
Even the old storyteller looked at her in surprise, he should have been very angry when someone suddenly robbed him of the limelight, but the old man was not angry, he only quietly glanced in a certain direction on the second floor.
Seeing that the upstairs room was still quiet, the old man quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Could it be that this little brother also arranged it on purpose?
Later, a sloppy old man came to the village, and when he heard about it, he said that he could save Zhou's sister-in-law's mother and son, but his way of saving people was a bit special, for fear that he would scare others. The eldest brother of the Zhou family is dying in a hurry at this time, regardless of whether it is scary or not, it is serious to save people first. Wen Xiang told the story vividly, and for a while he made a sloppy old man hunched over and brushed his beard, and for a while he learned from the worried appearance of the eldest brother of the Zhou family who didn't exist at all.
Everyone was naturally attracted by her performance and urged her to continue.
"I was still young at that time, and when I heard what the old man said so mysteriously, I was naturally very curious, so I sneaked into Sister-in-law Zhou's room, and guess what-" She asked in a tricky way.
The honest man around her is simply her loyal fan, and when she heard this, she immediately asked, "What's wrong?" What do you see? β
The person next to him also urged: "Little brother, say it quickly." β
"As soon as I slipped in, I saw that the old man cut open Sister-in-law Zhou's stomach with a knife, and there was a lot of blood, I was almost scared to death, so I didn't hear Sister-in-law Zhou cry out in pain, do you think it's strange?"
"I know, I know." Someone happily replied: "That old man must have drunk hemp boiling soup for that sister-in-law Zhou - when Princess Qing took her child, she also drank hemp boiling soup for the young grandmother of the Yun family." It is said that it can make people feel no pain, and the child will be taken out after sleeping! β
"That's exactly what this brother said!" Wen Xiang gave him affirmation in time, "I saw with my own eyes that the old man cut open Sister-in-law Zhou's belly, and then took the little doll out of her belly. The old man took the little doll and slapped it twice, and then picked the little doll's mouth and nose, and the little doll cried. The old man said, fortunately, the dissection was timely, and if it was a little later, the little doll would be stillborn. β
She didn't say it as overly glamorous as the old storyteller, and she understood the details clearly, as if she had seen it with her own eyes. This kind of authenticity is naturally much more credible than that of Mr. Storyteller.
Everyone was stunned.
After the old man handed over the little doll to Mrs. Wen, he pounded in Sister-in-law Zhou's stomach for a while before sewing Sister-in-law Zhou's belly. The old man had a meal at Zhou's house, and when Zhou's sister-in-law woke up, the old man left our village. At that time, we all chased after the old man, hoping that he would stay, so we stayed in our village and did not leave. The old man refused, saying that he had not found someone who was destined to inherit his medical skills, and he would continue to look for it. With that, the old man left. β
Wen Xiang admired herself and told the story so real and wonderful, "That's why I said that there are some medical skills that we haven't heard of or seen, and we don't have to feel too scared and afraid, it can't be because we are lonely and have too little knowledge." Anyway, disembowelment can save lives, and it does save people's lives, that's good, there's really no need to think too much about this kind of thing, and I'm scared of myself, right? β
Everyone listened, there were those who pondered, those who applauded, and those who were ashamed, in short, they all said that they were indeed lonely and unknowledgeable, and that Princess Qing had good medical skills and the benevolence of her parents, which should be their blessing, how could they question and distrust Princess Qing's treatment methods?
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Wen Xiang was about to retreat successfully, when a white-faced middle-aged man walked up to her side at some point: "Little boy, my master asks you to talk upstairs." β
Wen Xiang looked at him vigilantly: "Who is the master of your family?" β
The man seemed to be even more surprised than her: "You don't know my master?" β
Wen Xiang was inexplicable: "Your master is very famous?" Do I have to know him? β
The man frowned suddenly, as if Wen Xiang had offended his master, and his voice was sharp, "Presumptuous! β
Wen Xiang's heart moved, and when the middle-aged man spoke, she felt that something was wrong, and at this time, hearing his sharper voice than an ordinary man, combined with his feminine appearance, Wen Xiang had a plan in her heart.
Ouch, this is a living eunuch!
The middle-aged man was stunned when he saw Wen Xiang, and thought that his majesty had shocked her, and was about to nod with satisfaction, when he saw that her expression suddenly changed.
He couldn't help but take a step backwards, no one could bear such an eager and strange gaze, especially that gaze always swept towards his lower body. For this presumptuous gaze, he should have been furious. But in this gaze, there is no contempt and disgust that he is used to, only curiosity, that simple clear gaze, like a newborn little milk dog, curiously looking at the world.
The middle-aged man didn't know why he made up the little milk dog in his brain, and he couldn't help but think about Yu Yuan, so he hurriedly stopped, "Little boy, my master has no ill will towards you." On the contrary, our master listened to what the little boy said just now, and he was very grateful. β
He had already mentioned it so clearly, and Wen Xiang also put on a look of sudden realization at the right time - she was talking to Princess Qing just now, and a certain master upstairs was very satisfied, so the master upstairs was someone related to Princess Qing?
Do you want to go up?
Wen Xiang hesitated, these royal relatives or something, it is better not to touch it.
But he had just said that the master was very grateful to her.
So what would he do to show his gratitude?
The two villains in Wen Xiang's mind have been inseparable-
One says go. The other party is sincerely grateful, and your benefits must be indispensable.
One said no. Who knows if the other party is a good person or a bad person, and what if you provoke someone you can't afford to mess with?
One said that he was afraid of Mao, you are the sister of Xu Xiang's little brother, and when the time comes, just bring out Xu Xiang's little brother's name.
One said that you don't want to lose face, just escaped from Xu Xiang's mansion, if you have the ability, you are really self-reliant, don't run away if you rely on Xu Xiang's little brother!
In the end, the villain who wanted to save face killed the villain who didn't want to save face.
Wen Xiang cleared her throat, put on a tall and righteous look of doing good deeds without leaving a name, and Yun Danfeng waved her hand lightly: "I didn't do anything, I just felt it." I inadvertently helped your master, and even if my words were not in vain. Be grateful or something, you don't have to. Uncle, farewell. β
Seeing that she was not taking Qiao, but really wanted to leave, the middle-aged man was anxious, grabbed her, and said in a low voice: "I said, do you know who my master is?" β
Wen Xiang looked at him strangely: "I don't know, didn't I tell you?" β
The middle-aged man was choked by her and almost stomped his feet: "My master is King Qing!" β
After speaking, he stared at Wen Xiang for a moment.
Wen Xiang blinked: "Oh." β
No wonder she helped Princess Qing speak, and some people were very grateful to her, it turned out to be Princess Qing's husband.
It seems that King Qing and Princess Qing have a very good relationship, and they specially went to the teahouse to listen to the opinions of the people about her wife.
The middle-aged man looked at Wen Xiang with a confused expression, "...... And then what? β
Just "oh"? Nothing else?
This is King Qing! For the flat-headed people who can't be at the bottom anymore when she looks at her like this, aren't you excited to hear the name of King Qing? Not excited? Aren't you impressed?
"What?" Wen Xiang asked inexplicably.
And then what do you want her to do?
Wen Xiang and him had two confused faces, staring at each other, and they all had a feeling that it was so difficult to communicate with him.
"Hey, leave that alone." It was still the middle-aged man who came back to his senses first, and directly picked up Wen Xiang and went to the second floor: "Let's go with me to see the prince first." β
"Hey, I didn't even say I would, you're not a strong man!"
"Manager Wu, this little brother is unwilling to go with you, if you give this king a face, don't embarrass her."
There was a "swish" sound, and a fan opened.
Wen Xiang turned her head to take a look, and saw the purple-clothed man standing not far behind them who was smiling at her, folding a fan and shaking slowly, with a graceful temperament, it was the person who poured tea on her not long ago!
This king?
So he is also a relative of the emperor?
Hey, why are there so many royal relatives in this realm, isn't it that ordinary people may not be able to see these golden and noble people in their lifetime?
Is it because she's not an ordinary person?
Also, who usually has the unusual experience of her wearing a wrench?
Wen Xiang saw the familiar light of prey in this person's eyes again.
She just came here, and this prince also came, if it was a coincidence, she didn't believe it.
So why on earth did he follow her? It can't be a whim.
Wen Xiang, who felt more and more that this person had bad intentions, stopped struggling almost without thinking about it, and looked at the manager Wu obediently: "Uncle, in fact, I was joking with you just now, I haven't seen what King Qing looks like, so why do you have to open your eyes with your uncle." β
After that, he smiled at King Jin again: "I was playing with my uncle just now, this prince doesn't have to take it seriously." But thank you for your wordsβ"
Mr. Wu didn't seem to expect to meet King Jin here, and King Jin also said to help this little guy who didn't look inconspicuous at all. Although he was full of suspicions, at this time, Wen Xiang chose their family King Qing instead of King Jin, and was willing to go with him, so he didn't need to think so much.
So he bowed to King Jin: "I don't want His Royal Highness King Jin to be here, the slave maid is here to greet you." β
"Mr. Wu doesn't have to be polite." King Jin didn't expect to be rejected by Wen Xiang, his face became not so good-looking, and after retracting the eyes of the yin owl, he smiled and said to Manager Wu: "The third brother is upstairs?" This king hasn't seen the third brother for some days. β
As he spoke, he passed Manager Wu and Wen Xiang and went upstairs: "Since we met here, we should say hello to the third brother anyway." β
It's just the anti-customer-oriented that goes up first.
Wen Xiang's eyes rolled, and at the moment when Manager Wu lost his mind, he quickly smeared oil on the soles of his feet and slipped quickly.
When the two brothers talk, she shouldn't join in the fun!
"Hey!" Manager Wu came back to his senses, where is there still Wen Xiang in the lobby of the teahouse? He couldn't help but stomp his foot: "This little slippery head, it's so fast." β
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In the teahouse, the brothers King Jin and King Qing were staging a meeting.
"Third brother, you're finally back." King Jin saluted King Qing with joy on his face.
King Qing got up and took two steps to greet him, and smiled heartily: "Fifth brother, I haven't seen you for many days, and you look good." β
said, and patted King Jin's shoulder again: "Yes, it's a lot stronger, it seems that your brother is not lazy these days when you are not in Kyoto, it's good." β
Qing Wangsheng is tall and burly, his face is not as delicate and graceful as King Jin, and he has the freedom and recklessness of a martial artist between his gestures.
"Sit down and talk."
King Jin sat down according to his words: "Can the third brother's trip go smoothly?" β
Emperor Xiang received a report that the mountain bandits were rampant in the Huangzhou Mansion and the people were miserable, so Emperor Jing thought about it for a few days and ordered King Qing to lead the troops to Huangzhou Mansion to suppress the bandits.
"You have been gone for half a year, and my younger brother heard that the bandits in Huangzhou Mansion are cunning and fierce, and he is really worried about the third brother day and night." King Jin personally held the pot in his hand and poured tea for King Qing with a worried expression.
King Qing's eyebrows were deep, and he laughed when he heard the words at this time: "Although the bandits are cunning, they are a group of rabble. The terrain of Huangzhou Mansion is dangerous, and in the process of suppressing bandits, some fish that escaped into the net escaped into the city of Huangzhou Mansion, so my brother had to assist the county magistrate to catch the thieves in the city, but fortunately, I was lucky, and finally wiped out these mountain bandits. β
King Jin breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the third brother came back safely, and he has already entered the palace to meet his father?" β
King Qing nodded: "Just came out of the palace." β
"The third sister-in-law doesn't know you're back, right?" King Jin smiled on his face, and only he knew what he was doing in his heart.
King Qing's trip can be regarded as another meritorious service!
I think that he tried his best to fight for this opportunity and make a contribution to himself, but after thinking about it, his father still decided to be King Qing!
Everyone in the world said that his father favored him, but any good thing never fell on him. is also afraid that he will be injured if he goes - if his father really loves him, he should let him make a few more contributions, and win that position in the future, so that he can be more qualified and more justified!
"I've had someone send a letter home." At the mention of Princess Qing, the smile on King Qing's face became even brighter, "I just came out of the palace, passed by here, and heard what the storyteller here said wonderfully, so I couldn't help but come in and sit down." β
The fact is that King Qing came out of the palace and was about to return to King Qing's mansion, but he heard someone criticize Princess Qing's behavior of disemboweling her child. King Qing was very unhappy, so he asked Manager Wu to arrange a storyteller to correct Princess Qing's name.
I don't want to say that Mr. Storyteller hasn't started yet, but he was preempted by the kid just now. Thinking of the child's vivid appearance when he told the story, it was more effective than that of the old storyteller.
Thinking of this, King Qing finally remembered that he had asked Manager Wu to invite someone to come up just now, and he hadn't seen anyone yet, so he raised his eyes to look at Manager Wu.
Manager Wu shook his head with a bitter face, and pointed downstairs again.
King Qing couldn't help but be a little surprised, but this was just a small episode for him, and he hadn't dealt with the importance of King Jin in front of him, so he turned his head and left Wen Xiang behind.
King Jin missed the scene where Wen Xiang spoke for Princess Qing just now, so it was only the excitement of the book here that King Qing couldn't help but stop, anyway, his third brother didn't do such a thing.
"Third brother, let's go back to the house early." King Jin showed a look of wanting to speak, "The third sister-in-law was a little frightened today, and I don't know if there is a big problem......
King Qing was really shocked, and while getting up in a hurry, he almost knocked down the teacup on the table: "What does the fifth brother mean by this?" Princess, what happened to her? β
"Third brother, don't be nervous, listen to your brother first." King Jin hurriedly calmed the horse before and said, "...... Fortunately, Lord Wan restrained the startled horse in time, otherwise I don't know what the consequences would be. What made my younger brother even more shocked was that the child that the third sister-in-law's car almost hit was Brother Xuan! β
King Qing's face turned white: "Brother Xuan'er is okay, right?" β
"Brother Xuan is fine." King Jin hurriedly said: "A little boy passing by desperately saved Brother Xuan, and the third sister-in-law gave him ten taels of silver and let him go." However, Brother Xuan said something in public, but he was afraid that it would be bad for the third sister-in-law. β
As he spoke, he learned what Brother Xuan said.
King Qing's face sank, and he slapped the table suddenly: "How can this kid say that!" Fifth brother, the third brother really can't rest assured, so I'll rush back to the house to take a look, and next time we will talk together. β
King Jin hurriedly got up and sent him off: "Third brother, don't be too anxious, Brother Xuan is still young, and those words must have been taught to him by someone with ulterior motives." The third brother must talk to him well when he goes back, don't beat and scold the child. β
King Qing thanked King Jin again and left the teahouse in a hurry.
He is not a fool, and he will not believe all his words based on King Jin's words. But King Jin dared to say in front of him that these things must be true.
He still had to find someone to ask what the truth was.
King Jin watched King Qing leave the teahouse with a good mood, hummed a little song in a good mood, squinted his eyes and took a sip of the teacup, and then threw it away in disgust.
"What the hell, it's hard to drink."
The people serving around him hurriedly stepped forward and said, "This outside thing is naturally not as good as that of our palace." Lord, you said, King Qing will believe your words and have an estrangement with Princess Naqing? β
"What is this what the king said?" King Jin snorted and said, "This is what Brother Xuan said himself, so many people have heard it." Brother Xuan, Brother Xuan, don't let this king down. β
King Qing and Princess Qing have a very good relationship, Princess Qing is not only the prince's virtuous help, but also her reputation outside is also a big help for King Qing. King Jin smiled and thought, his brothers, I'm afraid they are all like him, looking forward to King Qing and Princess Qing being like fire and water, then it will be really happy!