The old man said, "That's right, that night, I had a stomachache, and my wife and son accompanied me to the pharmacy to see Langzhong. When I came back from the medicine, my son said that something seemed to be humming in the corner of the house, which startled us. The son used to see that he was lying on the ground as if he were a woman. So my wife went over to help her and asked her what was wrong? But the woman didn't speak, but seemed to be in pain, because I recognized her as the mad woman who was begging in the streets a few streets ahead, because she was carrying the lantern. This woman is crazy, she can't speak and only giggles, and I gave her food, so I admit it. We found her leg broken and bleeding. My wife said to carry her to the hospital immediately. I just said who will pay for it to be sent to the hospital? We don't have that much money to help her heal, and the hospital won't pay her for treatment. She is a beggar and has no money of her own, so she should be sent to the Beitian Nursing Workshop. ”

"You sent this female beggar to Beitianfang?"

The old man nodded, smiled bitterly and said, "We can't help it, our family is not good, but we can't afford to pay for this medicine." ”

Lu Jinping came to the Tang Dynasty for half a year, and now he is a doctor of medicine at the Yamen Medical Center, and he still has some understanding of the medical system of the imperial court, and knows that there is a system in the Tang Dynasty called Beitian Nursing Workshop. It is a kind of charity, which is equivalent to the current shelter for vagrants and beggars. It is an institution set up by the imperial court in various states and counties to treat sick beggars and lonely elderly people. It is mainly set up in some temples, and there are also some well-meaning rich people who set up porridge workshops, and the imperial court feels that it is safe and reliable, so they hand over the Beitian Workshop to such people. The imperial court would allocate a certain amount of money for the treatment of these people's illnesses and injuries, and they would only take care of the treatment and food during the treatment period, and then let them leave after they were cured. Of course, the rescued person can come and go freely and leave on his own.

At that time, after Lu Jinping knew about the system of the Tang Dynasty, he still sighed, and he didn't expect that the social welfare security of the Tang Dynasty had been quite developed, and even extended to the assistance of homeless beggars.

Lu Jinping asked the old man again: "What happened later?" ”

The old man said, "I also think it would be more appropriate to send him to the Beitian Nursing Workshop for treatment, so I asked my son to carry the beggar on his back, and the three of us sent it to the Beitian Nursing Workshop in the east of the city." After knocking on the door, they did the registration, put it on the cot, and then we came back, and that's it. ”

Lu Jinping exclaimed: "You can have this compassion, help the needy, see the beggar injured, and take the initiative to send her to be sent for treatment, it can be seen that you are all kind-hearted people, I thank you for the injured." ”

The old man was a little sad, and nodded with him and said you're welcome. He asked cautiously: "I heard the head catcher say just now that the female beggar is dead, isn't it?" I don't think so, when I found out, it was just a leg injury, and when we carried her away, she was still humming and chirping and not dead, and it was just a broken leg, which usually doesn't die, how could this be? ”

Lu Jinping said: "This is also something we need to verify clearly. ”

After sending away the kind-hearted old couple and their children, Lu Jinping immediately ordered to go to the Beitian Nursing Workshop in the east of the city.

The founder of the Beitian Nursing Workshop in the same state is surnamed Huang, a rich man, and his family is very rich, and he is known as Huang Dashanren.

This great good man opened the Sorrowful Field Workshop in the eastern city near the city gate. A group of them came to the gate of Beitianfang. Lu Jinping had never been here before, and when he looked up, the façade was not big, the courtyard gate was the doorway of the south wing of the courtyard, and there were two rooms on both sides, with open windows, and a few people in the room were talking lazily.

Lu Jinping was about to go inside, when he saw Yunzi and his brother also following behind, and said, "You can go back." ”

Yunzi said, "Can we go with us to see you investigate the case?" Because this case involves my brother and the marriage between our Tubo and Datang, the stakes are very high, and I can't sit idly by. ”

Lu Jinping snorted: "I'm sorry, the investigation is our matter of the Tang Yamen, after the investigation is completed, I will inform you of the situation if necessary, now it is inconvenient for you to participate, so let's go back." By the way, your brother is suspected of murder, he has a special status, I don't have the right to arrest him directly, I need to report it to the court and then make a decision. However, he could not leave the same state and could only stay at home and wait for the next news. ”

Yunzi had to say more, Lu Jinping had already turned around and walked in, and the two catchers stopped Yunzi and them, staring. Yunzi was helpless, so he had to glare at his brother again, get on the horse and go back.

Lu Jinping stepped in, and several people in the wing room continued to chat, as if they were blind. Lu Jinping covered his mouth with his hand and coughed heavily, and only then did the few people stop, and said a little impatiently: "What are you doing?" ”

As soon as they said this, they saw the bear catcher who came in behind them, and immediately stood up, came out with a smiling face, nodded and said, "The bear catcher is coming, what wind blew you here?" ”

Xiong Zhutou said coldly: "Do you know who you just talked to? This is the new doctor of medicine in the same state, Lu Jinping Lu. ”

When those people heard this, they were immediately frightened, and hurriedly bowed down to salute: "The villain doesn't know that the lord is here, and he asks the lord to forgive the sins, and the squirrels to forgive the sins." ”

Xiong Zhutou explained on the side: "They are from the Yamen Medical Center, and they are in charge of the registration affairs of Beitianfang. ”

After listening to Xiong Zhutou's explanation, Lu Jinping learned that Beitianfang was allocated by the imperial court, and then assigned a special person to be responsible for registration, to determine how many people to treat, and to keep the accounts even. These people were responsible for registering the situation of the lonely elderly and homeless beggars who came to Beitianfang for treatment, so as to apply to the yamen for payment and mobilize medicinal materials for treatment. The specific treatment was managed by Lang Zhonghe and some attendants recruited by Huang Dashanren.

Although Lu Jinping is a doctor of medicine, he is mainly responsible for the medicinal material warehouse, so he does not directly manage the other people in the medical hall, especially the people in Beitianfang, so he only knows that there is such an institution, and he doesn't know who the specific people are, and these scribes usually work in the nursing workshop, and they don't go to the yamen, so of course they don't know him.

Lu Jinping said: "Bring me your registration book." ”

The two scribes hurriedly took a registration book that looked a little dirty, and carefully sent it to Lu Jinping with both hands.

Lu Jinping didn't answer, and said, "Did you treat a female beggar with a broken leg three days ago?" He was in his thirties. ”

The three scribes glanced at each other, and one of the old scribes, who seemed to be the head of the middle, hurriedly opened the register to look for it.

Lu Jinping frowned and said, "It's only been three days, you can't remember?" Do you treat many lonely elderly people and homeless beggars every day? ”

The old scribe was a little frightened, and hurriedly said, "That's a lot, sir." It's just that some people come to stutter purely without food, and our rule is only for sick or injured lonely old people and wandering beggars to be treated, and after they are cured, they can be allowed to leave, and they can be provided with food and drink during the treatment, but basically they are very simple food, such as cooking cakes and the like. If there is no illness or injury, then we don't care. But those who make people very troublesome, often get some diseases to ask for treatment, so that there is a bite to eat, so there are many people who come every day......"

Lu Jinping nodded and said: "I know, then you can check it quickly, I can't imagine that my Tang Dynasty has been founded for more than 100 years, and the granary of the world is rich, and there are so many homeless old people and children begging." ”

The old scribe smiled and said: "Yes, even if there is food everywhere in the world, it is inevitable that there will be natural disasters**, no one to take care of the lonely and widowed elderly, they wander around begging, this is no way, but also our Datang helplessness, these people have to be rescued, we can't watch them die on the street." ”

As he spoke, the old scribe had already found it, and after reading it, he said, "Yes, yes, there is such a person, who was sent by an elderly couple and their children on their backs, and said that they were found in the back corner of a house in the alley. It was a demented female beggar who couldn't speak and couldn't understand what was being said. About thirty years old, his right leg was fractured, the cause is not clear, the bones are exposed, he has been bleeding, and he has been sent to Beitianfang for treatment, and the person should be inside. ”

"Someone in there?" Lu Jinping shook his head with a wry smile, "You guys are really bureaucrats." ――Who treated you at the time? ”

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