Everything was packed up, and then I went out in a big way. The four sedan chair drivers in front and back are tied with non-slip hemp ropes on their feet, so as not to step on the snow and fall.

There are two on one side of the maid, and once you find that you may fall, you can immediately step forward to help.

The two little guys who walked in front paid attention to exploring the way, looking for a flat place to walk without ice.

Seeing these maids and women busy, Mrs. Cao curled up in the sedan chair with an expressionless face, but even if she had an expression, others couldn't see it, because her face was also wrapped in a thick fox skin scarf.

Mrs. Cao did not say where she was going, but only said that she walked around the inner house, so the maids carried her, stepped on the creaking snow, and wandered around the garden.

The wind and snow began to drift, the snowflakes were not big, and the umbrella man on the side hurriedly opened the giant umbrella, and then covered the top of Mrs. Cao's head. This giant umbrella is too big, if there is no wind, it can be held and inserted on the sedan chair, but now there is wind, and it seems that the wind is not small, if it is inserted into the sedan chair, the wind blows, it will pull the sedan chariot and shake, but it will make the lady riding bumpy and uncomfortable, and it may even be driven by the wind, the sedan chariot will be overturned, then it will be troublesome. So the two umbrella drivers held this umbrella together to shield themselves from the wind and snow.

Seeing that the wind was strong, several servants holding the screen also hurriedly held the screen like a wall to block the wind and snow, but this action made Mrs. Cao obviously a little unhappy, snorted, and said, "What are you doing in the way?" I'm not old enough to even blow a little wind, am I? Blocking my view, what else are you going to go around? If that's the case, why don't I stay in the house, because there are walls on all sides anyway, it's like seeing you. ”

The servants quickly removed the screen again and followed. The wind blew, blowing Mrs. Cao's scarf and scattering, and the snowflakes drilled into her neck. She couldn't help but shudder.

The maid who followed next to her hurriedly beckoned the sedan chair to stop temporarily, stepped forward and carefully wrapped the scarf around her neck, and then continued walking.

In the end, this is just the inner house of the Yamen, and the site is not spacious. Soon walked in front of the small courtyard where the Turkic princess Siyun was being held.

Mrs. Cao waved her hand to stop, and two female guards with big shoulders and round waists on duty at the door stepped forward and bowed.

They also heard that Mrs. Thorn Shi had a strange illness and became a sixty or seventy-year-old woman overnight, so they also invited the imperial doctor of the imperial court, as well as the loyal prince who was good at medical skills, to see Mrs. Tshorn, which also showed the face of Thorn Shi.

Now that I saw Madame's sedan chair coming, and then took a closer look at Madame Cao, she really became an old woman of seventy or eighty years old, and these female guards couldn't connect her with the original Mrs. Thorn Shi. So come forward and give a salute. I couldn't help but look at her with sympathetic eyes.

Mrs. Cao nodded slightly, and said in a slurred voice through her neck, "You have worked hard!" ”

Most of her voice was drowned out by the fox scarf, and most of it was swept away by the wind, and the rest of the voice was inaudible. Fortunately, the maid who followed next to her could basically hear it, and translated loudly: "Madame asked you how hard you worked." ”

The two female guards hurriedly bowed down again and thanked them repeatedly.

Mrs. Cao continued: "The prisoners are serious criminals in the imperial court, so you should be more careful. Don't let her escape, or our lord won't be able to afford it. ”

The maid repeated the words again. The female guard hurriedly said that she would rest assured that she would do her best to guard this important prisoner.

The personal maid on the other side of the chariot saw that the lady was in a good mood, and even comforted the guards guarding it, so she smiled and said, "Yes, she was only a Turkic princess before. And now it may be the princess of the prince, but I heard that the prince came this time to propose to this Turkic princess, yes or no? ”

In fact, this matter has spread throughout the inner house of the Yamen. This kind of thing is the most gossip, and it spreads the fastest, Mrs. Cao has been tormented by her own strange illness in the house, and she has no heart to listen to other people's affairs, and no one is talking about these things to disturb her at this time, so she doesn't know yet, and when she heard it, she let out an oh and nodded slowly.

Madame Cao looked sideways at the maid and said, "Why did the prince marry a Turkic woman to be the princess?" Is it possible that there will be no good women in our Datang? I don't believe that if the prince really wants to choose a princess, the emperor will definitely choose a good match for him from among the daughters of the princes and ministers, how can he marry a Turkic woman? ”

The maid lowered her voice and said, "I heard that this is a harmony, and we want to marry the Turks, so that the Turks will not go south to invade our Tang Dynasty." I heard that this loyal prince is the prince's cousin, and he is also a person that the prince admires and admires very much. The emperor and the crown prince attach great importance to this matter, so the Turks should agree, after all, they have been fighting with us for many years, and they have not obtained any benefits, it is better for the two families to stop and form the good of Qin and Jin, isn't it beautiful? ”

Mrs. Cao sighed, thoughtfully, and then said, "Did the Turkic woman agree?" It's a good thing if you say yes. At least our master doesn't have to worry about guarding against the Turks anymore, for fear that something will go wrong, which is also a good thing for the thousands of people in my Datang Dynasty! ”

One of the guards accompanied him and said with a smile: "Madam, I'm afraid this thing won't work out." ”

"Oh, why is that? Could it be that this Turkic woman still looks down on our prince? I see that the prince Yushu is in the wind, talking elegantly, and he has excellent medical skills, and he is a prince, is he not worthy of a woman who is not worthy of the soil on the edge of the wilderness? ”

"Madame didn't know, the prince had come before, and also discussed this matter with this princess Siyun, at the beginning, they talked very happily, but unfortunately later they somehow didn't speculate, and was rejected by Princess Siyun, and now she has to ask the prince to apologize to her. How could the prince apologize to a Turkic woman? I heard Princess Siyun say that if the prince does not apologize, this matter will definitely not be considered. In this way, isn't this thing yellow? ”

Mrs. Cao frowned and said, "What the hell is going on?" She actually needs the prince to apologize to her? ”

The guard said, "It seems that the prince wrote a poem to ridicule the father of Princess Siyun, the Khan. In fact, that poem was written extremely domineeringly, but Princess Siyun thought that it would damage his father's face, since he asked for a kiss, how could he do so? I had to ask the prince to apologize, and the prince told her that the poem was actually about the Huns, hundreds of years ago, but this woman didn't think that the prince was bullying his father. If you don't apologize, you don't have to talk about the marriage, so the prince was angry and walked away. ”

Mrs. Cao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is not impossible, as far as I am concerned, why should our Tang Dynasty want to marry him Turkic?" They are not willing and there is no need to force it, our lord is guarding the Lingzhou Mansion, and the Turks have not dared to violate the slightest bit over the years, which can also be seen that they are taboo against my Datang. I don't think it's necessary for our prince to marry a Turkic woman. Since this can't be done, that's what God means. Okay, you guys are watching. The prince doesn't like her, so there is no need to give her a good face. I'm leaving. ”

The two guards hurriedly agreed and sent Mrs. Cao's sedan chair out of the small courtyard.

At this time, the snow gradually became heavier.

In the midst of the heavy snowfall, Lu Jinping is visiting and investigating the homes of people who have had an overnight case of old age.

Prior to this, Lu Jinping had already written a recipe listing dozens of flavored medicines, some of which also emphasized that authentic medicinal materials must be used, and fresh medicinal materials must be dug from the local area, not stale goods. And some of these medicinal herbs are in the east, and some are in the south, thousands of miles apart.

Moreover, these herbs are necessary and cannot be replaced, so Thorn Shi urgently sent people to purchase them, so that it is estimated that it will take half a month to receive them.

And Imperial Doctor Zhang also immediately ordered someone to prepare all kinds of concocted supplies and put them in a separate room in Lu Jinping's courtyard, but Lu Jinping said that there was no way to concoct those flavors of medicine before they came, so he prepared them for the time being. Other medicinal herbs were delivered one after another on the same day, and they were also piled up in the room, waiting for those few flavors.

After arranging this matter, Lu Jinping's work focused on the very important matter of investigating the homes of the three strange patients.

On this day, he was busy from morning to evening, because the three families were not together, and some were still outside the city, and they had to walk for a long time in the wind and snow on the road.

At dusk, Lu Jinping felt a little dull in his heart, because the investigation of these three families is basically the same, all of them are women who have aged overnight for several years, and these three are a little different from Mrs. Cao, because the three old women did not stop growing old, but continued to develop, and died of old age at home a few days later.

The reason why Lu Jinping spends so much time is mainly that there are many places that need to conduct detailed investigations, such as family genetic history, family living environment, usual diet and daily life, and everything that may cause strange diseases to occur. In this way, it took him a whole day.

Through investigation, similar to Mrs. Cao, these three families did not have any strange diseases, and there was no cause of the disease that made him suspicious.

However, this investigation has allowed Lu Jinping to further confirm some of the speculations in his heart, and he still needs further verification.

After coming back, he told Cao Tingshi that he would open the coffin for an autopsy.

It was very taboo to open the coffin for an autopsy in ancient times, but if this order came from the imperial court, then ordinary people would not be able to say no, not to mention the occurrence of a strange disease, whether it would happen in this family, no one could say, these people were still somewhat afraid in their hearts, and they also hoped to find out the cause as soon as possible, so as to eliminate the doubts and worries in their hearts, so after the assassin sent someone to say it, these three families agreed to the request of the yamen to open the coffin and conduct the autopsy without much effort. (To be continued.) )

PS: Lao Mu opened a new book "Doctor of the Stick", the theme of urban Western medicine, and after the rebirth of the students of the medical university, he obtained all the medical records of all hospitals in the country, and accordingly told people fortunes and treated diseases, and became a doctor of the Stick.