The person who came was Hua Zhengfang's concubine Sha Shi, she was originally a maid hired by Hua Zhengfang to work, and then she slept together, and when she had a son, she became a concubine. She is a typical housewife of this era, hard-working, hard-working, and very tolerant, but she has no idea when she encounters something and cannot solve difficulties. As soon as Hua Zhengfang's body was out of order, she only thought of asking Hou Shouyong for help, and she couldn't think of any other way.

Hua Zhengfang's cough is an old disease, according to Fan Jin's view, most of it is asthma or diseases such as old and slow branches, and more serious it may be tuberculosis or even cancer. He didn't know much about medicine in his previous life, and although he knew something about medicine in this life, he was far from being a famous doctor. Daily care, health knowledge, especially personal health care, is stronger than the ancient people's knowledge, and there is nothing to be done in the face of this old disease.

According to Hou Shouyong, Hua Zhengfang will get sick several times a year, and it is said that it will be better if she uses medicine or needles, but this time it is extremely dangerous, not only vomiting blood more times than in any year, but also not getting better. In the case of Zhou Shichen in the former, he overworked again, and now he is sick, and he is already coughing out of breath, his throat is snorting like pulling bellows, and the sputum he spits out is thick with blood.

When the two arrived, Hua Zhengfang had already coughed and held her breath. Hua Jiyin was still young and couldn't help much, she was sad and scared, and her face was already full of tears. Hua Zhengfang taught her children very strictly, and Hua Jiyin didn't cry like an ordinary child at this time, but kept wiping her tears with her sleeves, and at the same time used all the means she could think of to rescue.

Fan has been in the Hua family a few times, and he is also familiar with Hua Jiyin, this child looks more like his mother than his father, with fair skin, red lips and white teeth, very likable, very different from his rigid face. If you stand with Zheng Wan, you are a golden boy and a girl, because of this, Fan Jin likes this handsome child very much. Seeing that he was crying sadly, he stepped forward and handed him a handkerchief, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, it's okay with us." ”

Hou Shouyong also knew medical skills, stepped forward to take the pulse first, and quickly took a few long needles that he carried with him and pricked a few acupuncture points first, Hua Zhengfang's throat rumbled for a while, and he spit out a large mouthful of bloody sputum with a sharp mouthful, and this breath came up. Hou Shouyong said: "I finally picked it back, but the situation is still dangerous, and I have to find a good Langzhong." There are no famous doctors in Dazhiqiao, and it is too late, so I am afraid that Lang Zhong is reluctant to come. ”

Fan Jin said: "I remember that there is a Qian Miaoshou from Changchun Hall here, I introduced him last time, why didn't I look for him?" ”

Sha is a concubine, and she has no status in the family, so she doesn't dare to speak, but she can't open her mouth at this time, so she cowardly said: "Mr. Qian's consultation money...... And those medicines......"

She lowered her head, her hand tightly pulled the corner of her clothes, very nervous, Fan Jin frowned, took out a piece of silver from his arms and put it on the table: "Just report my name, and the medicine will also be credited from him, and I will count the silver with him." Now find someone to invite, if he doesn't come, I'll find someone to settle accounts with him. ”

Hua Jiyin wiped her tears and said, "Uncle Fan, I'll go." ”

"What are you going to do with a little kid? Find a poor neighbor and give him some foot money, don't be afraid that he won't go. ”

Although the authority of Hou Shouyong and Hua Zhengfang is large, it is limited to the criminal department system, and it is of little significance to ordinary people. This kind of power has limited influence on ordinary people, and speaking among the people is not as useful as a petty official of the Terracotta Division, and in the evening, a famous doctor like Qian Miaoshou usually does not rush over.

But Qian Miaoshou himself is one of the believers of the Western Mahayana Sect, and he is considered a member and subordinate of Mrs. Li, Fan Jin himself is not in the Mahayana Sect, but he has the face of Mrs. Li, and it is very useful to speak in the Mahayana Sect of the Beijing Master. After less than a meal, Qian Miaoshou rushed to Hua's house with his disciples, and after a lot of work, he finally turned the corner.

Seeing Hua Zhengfang fall asleep, Sha Shi and Hua Jiyin couldn't help but thank Qian Miao's hand, Qian Miao's hand wiped the sweat on his head, "Don't thank me, heal the immortal disease, Buddha is destined to be a person, and I am just a little thin." Who is in charge of the house, let's go outside and say a few words. ”

Hou Shou came to the courtyard with Qian Miao's hands, Sha Shi lowered his head, and he looked very embarrassed when he stood there, let alone speak. Instead, Hua Jiyin walked in front of Fan Jin, knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you Uncle Fan for your great kindness!" Kowtow vigorously.

Fan Jin pulled him up and wiped the tears on his face with a handkerchief, "What are you doing?" Kowtow so hard at a young age, aren't you afraid of breaking your head and not being able to read? Uncle respects Ling Zun's conduct very much, and besides, the two of us are like a family, and if the family does something, you will be born like this. You are already a man, don't cry your nose at every turn, you have to shoulder the responsibility of this family, so that your mother can worry less. Don't worry, with us uncles, everything will be fine. ”

Hou Shouyong came in from outside at this time, comforted Sha Shi a few words, and instructed her to serve Hua Zhengfang to drink medicine on time, and then pulled Fan Jin out of Hua's house.

Fan Jin said: "The teacher is not guarding here, but pulling the disciples out, presumably the situation of Hua Lao is not very good?" ”

Hou Shouyong was silent until he walked out of the road, stood up suddenly, and asked in a serious tone. "Retire, you have a relationship with your teacher, what is the relationship with the Zhang family now? Can you talk in the Zhang family? ”

Fan Jin's attitude also became serious, "If you return to your teacher, the relationship between the disciple and the Zhang family will not dare to say that you will respond to your needs, but if you are talking about a transaction, you are still qualified to sit down and say a few words." ”

"That's enough. You negotiate a deal with the Zhang family for your teacher, and in a few days I will hold a concert to impeach the second assistant Lu Tiaoyang for being lazy in his official duties and unwilling to do his best, and the concert cannot be approved for a long time, so that the decree will not work. It is pointed out that he may be deficient in talent, or absent-minded, and ask the court to deal with it strictly. If necessary, I will also apply for a piece of affection. ”

To impeach a subordinate in a matter is naturally a great risk. Although nominally, as a speech official in the matter, he has the power to impeach hundreds of officials, and what he does is also his own work. But no one is an idiot and understands how much risk it takes to do so. Even if Lu Tiaoyang has no protégés, but there are so many bigwigs in the court, no matter who wants to defend Lu Tiaoyang, they may hit Hou Shouyong with a backhand and beat Hou Shouyong into scum.

It is said that even if this kind of thing is to be done, it will be the Gangneung Party who will come forward. First let the pawn make a few moves, and then find an opportunity for the big man to make a real threat to Lu Tiaoyang. Those who serve as pioneers are likely to bear some consequences, and then the bigwigs of the system will compensate them afterwards. As for the love recital, if this thing is not good, it will be ruined, and ordinary subordinates are not willing to do this kind of drudgery.

Hou Shouyong has always maintained a neutral and free state, and he does not participate much in the mountains of the court, so it is said that he cannot bear this kind of drudgery. This time, he took the initiative to jump out as a pioneer, and as soon as he made a move, he was a big deal, and he must have asked for a lot of compensation. Fan Jin didn't speak, just looked at Hou Shouyong, thinking about what conditions his mentor would put forward and what compensation he would ask for afterwards.

"I don't ask for anything myself, whether it's derogatory or dismissal, I admit it. I also have some industries in my hometown, and even if I lose my position, I won't starve to death. My request for this recital is to ask for a prisoner of grace for the step-shade. ”

"For the shadows? This...... The disciple couldn't figure it out. ”

"There's nothing to think about and understand, just now Qian Miaoshou said to me, Brother Hua's days ...... Not much. Hou Shou said with a dejected expression: "His illness is terminal, beyond the reach of manpower, even if he is able to use money, it is just a delay." Brother Hua's longevity will not exceed half a year, as for the cause, one is hard work, and the other is lack of nourishment. Sour Hanlin is poor and admonishes, even if he is on the road, it is rare to be an official and poor like him. Originally, he had a chance to live, as long as others were flexible, some things could be let go, and they would be invisible, and someone would thank him for a large sum of money and not have to bear any responsibility. But not only did he refuse to let people pass, but instead forgot to sleep and eat to check and fill in the gaps, just hoping that the traitors would not be able to escape the restoration of the law! I have been an official for the division for so many years, and I have more contact with people. Loyalty, treachery, good and evil, honest and greedy, everyone has seen it, and Brother Hua is the one who is most admired by the teacher. He has a lot of faults, some of which he can't even look down on as a teacher, but his character is impeccable. Even compared to that sea pen holder, it is not necessarily inferior. Looking at the top and bottom of the country, if you have a flower brother with talent, you may not be outstanding, but in terms of ethics, looking at the country, there are few people who can compare with Brother Hua! Even if Zhang Jiangling is talking about governing the country and auxiliary government, he admits that he is not as good as a teacher, but if he talks about conduct and ethics, he is better than him for his teacher! And Brother Hua is ten times better than me! Such a good person, but he ended up dying of such a poor disease, and he was unwilling to be a teacher! ”

He took a deep breath, "I've been an official for so long, and I think I'm well-informed, and I don't see anything in the world." In particular, I have been a pro-people official for many years, and I have seen too many unjust cases, and I have also seen too many people who know that they are full of evil, but they can't catch or touch them, and they think that they don't care about everything. But today, when I learned about Brother Hua's condition, I always felt relieved in my heart, if I didn't do something, I really couldn't explain it in my heart, I had to do something for Brother Hua. ”

Fan Jin nodded and said, "This is natural. I looked at the Hua family, and there was no longevity, if Hua Lao really arrived on that day, I was afraid that it would be very troublesome. ”

"It's on you. He even has problems eating, the house is also rented, and the Beijing debt owed is paid off for the help of the teacher, so where is the spare energy to run a longevity board? You do this, Shouban must be good, the teacher knows that you can do it, and he also knows that you have the power. Next, we're going to talk about Jiyin. ”

"This kid is cute and smart, but being a prisoner is too small, isn't it? And according to the law, the son of the concubine does not enjoy the shade seal. ”

"If it were according to the law, you and I would have been stripped of my skin and hung up." Hou Shouyong snorted, "Brother Hua is in Jurong, in fact, he has some industry, but his main room is very fierce, I heard that Brother Hua accepted a concubine in Jingshi and gave birth to a son, so he no longer sent money to Jingshi, and did not let his sons and nephews come to Beijing, and the two basically broke off contact, otherwise Brother Hua's life would not be so difficult." Brother Hua has a son-in-law, who may be older than you in terms of age, and has long been overshadowed by the prisoners. Brother Hua told me that day that he always felt sorry for Jingshi's mother and son. Although Sha is a woman from a poor family, and she is not complete with him, she is so much younger than him after all, and her appearance is also very handsome. If you get married, you can always get something, but eating and drinking with Brother Hua is no better than when you were a girl at home. He also has to take care of housework, and sometimes he has to help people sew and mend pulp, wash and patch up the household, and he has never enjoyed happiness. As for Jiyin's young age, if Brother Hua goes, the mother and son don't know what to do for a living. So he has always wanted to leave Jiyin some capital to settle down, if he can be a prisoner, he can take the exam in the future, get a fame, and the Sha family will have to rely on it for the rest of his life. This matter can't be done by the teacher, and the only way to do it is to let the Zhang family come forward. ”

Fan Jin said: "I will go and talk to the Zhang family about this, on the Hua family's side, I will find a way to deal with the Shouban." Does Sha have any ideas of his own? If Jiyin is given a shadow prison, but the Sha family wants to remarry, it will be a bit difficult to do. The disciples heard that there are many concubines who are officials in Jingshi, and when they are released, the concubines will leave, after all, Jingshi eats and lives well, not comparable to other places, and they don't want to leave their hometown. ”

"This, the teacher will ask for it. Even if she wants to remarry, Jiyin has to be surnamed Hua, and she can't call the shots. You go to Zhang's family to do this, as long as the Zhang family agrees to a prisoner, as a teacher, you will go and touch Lu Tiaoyang! ”

"Teacher, the disciple should serve his own life in this matter, but you are the teacher, so you don't want anything?"

Hou Shouyong shook his head, "I taught you as a teacher at the beginning, being an official is like making a fuss, you must keep the rules in your heart." But when it comes to abiding by the rules, we can't compare to Brother Hua combined. He kept the rules all his life, but the result was that he didn't even have a longevity board after his death, and now he doesn't know how the dead body will return to his hometown. The son wants to be a prisoner, but he can't do anything about it. If this is the end of following the rules, then it doesn't make much sense to keep the rules or not. What I want to do in the future, I will think about it myself, but no matter what I want, I will earn it back by my own ability, as for now, I just need Jiyin to have a good background! ”

"Don't worry, the disciple should go all out!"

Fan Jin, who said goodbye to his teacher and went home, was also quite sympathetic to Hua Zhengfang's experience, but the world is like this, and his sympathy can't change anything, even if he wants to extend his life. At the moment, we still have to pay attention to the court situation.

There are many people who care about the court situation as much as Fan Jin, and these people have different positions, concerns and purposes, but the degree of concern is not different. Including the people who come and go in Zhang's house, as well as Zhang Juzheng's movements, are all within the scope of these people's attention.

With the status and authority of the first assistant, these people would not dare to act rashly, but now that Zhang Juzheng is worried and he is not on duty in the cabinet, these people are bold. According to the news, Zhang Juzheng is now busy holding a funeral for his father, and he has already made a note to the court, and has contacted the ship to prepare to go south, and it seems that he has made up his mind.

These people's hearts were completely relieved at this point, and they decided that Zhang Juzheng would no longer be a threat, and held many banquets to celebrate in private. As for the scale of the condolences in Zhang's mansion, how many people participated, or who came and went, they didn't care. Especially for a person of Fan Jin's status, although he has been in and out of Zhang's Mansion frequently, in the eyes of these people, he is just an ant-like existence, and he is not worthy of too much attention.

In Zhang's mansion, the ant named Fan Jin was sitting opposite Feng Bao, who was sent by the palace to comfort Zhang Juzheng, and said with a serious face: "Feng Shibo, when I meet Zhang Xiang today, you should use this medicine." ”