Sure enough, Hongyue paused, bowed her head and said, "Alas. The old man has been really busy recently, and he has been in Zhaoyuan County. ”

Zhaoyuan County is a small county seat under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Prefecture, located in the southwest of Penglai County, the capital of Dengzhou, adjacent to Laizhou Prefecture.

Zhang Li was taken aback, the dignity of the dignified mansion, light yì will not leave the mansion, what does it mean that this prefect Lord Li went to Zhaoyuan County?

Seeing that Zhang Li's face showed doubt, Hongyue took two steps forward and said softly: "Kong Youde's soldiers and horses have already invaded Laiyang Mansion!" ”

I'll go, Kong Youde is coming?!

Zhang Zhang has always been faintly worried about Kong Youde's rebellion, who would have thought that Kong Youde would hit Dengzhou Mansion so soon!

Hongyue said again: "The little divine doctor doesn't need to panic, the imperial court has arranged a large army in Zhaoyuan County, and it is expected that Kong Youde will not be able to defeat it!" The imperial court ordered Dengzhou Mansion to raise grain and grass, and the lord has been recruiting Yuan to supervise grain and grass recently. ”

Zhang Zhang thought for a while, and said, "Mrs. Nine, this is ...... Such a major event of the imperial court military aircraft, why did you sue sù below? ”

Mrs. Nine was a little anxious: "I heard that the little divine doctor is the apprentice of the 'Penglai Medical Immortal', and the master is also a master in the world, I am afraid that you will travel all over the world, if you leave, my master's illness will ......."

I see, the so-called concern is chaos, it seems that the Ninth Lady Hongyue is very concerned about Master Li.

Zhang Zhang nodded and said, "The Ninth Lady has misunderstood, and she won't leave in the next hour and a half." When Lord Li returns home, you notify me, and I will personally come to Lord Li to treat his illness. ”

Hongyue breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to the tension.

Zhang Li thought for a while, and then said: "Thanks to the Ninth Lady, I will give Master Li a prescription." ”

Hongyue was happy at first, and then frowned again, obviously encountering something difficult.

Zhang Li is such a shrewd person, and said with a smile: "Ninth Lady doesn't need to worry, I know what you're worried about." Lord Li is a dignified and noble person, and I have not personally seen the doctor, so how can I make Lord Li believe the prescription I prescribed? ”

Hongyue was a little embarrassed and nodded: "I'm really not good at mentioning ......"

Zhang Zhang said: "My prescription is dietary therapy, not a prescription, Mrs. Nine can rest assured." ”

As soon as she heard this, Hongyue was very interested, and hurriedly said, "Food therapy? That's easy to do, I'll go to Zhaoyuan in person to do it for my master! ”

Zhang Zhang smiled and said, "This recipe is called 'Ginger Attached Roasted Dog Meat'." You need to cook slices, dog meat, ginger, vegetable oil, garlic, and green onions. ”

Zhang Li explained the dosage and method in detail, and Hongyue nodded again and again when he heard it.

Finally, Zhang Zhang advised: "The attached tablets are poisonous, you must first fry them or buy ready-made cooked attached tablets directly from the pharmacy." Then it can be boiled for two hours before the dog meat can be added, and the Ninth Lady must be careful. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, attached tablets were used as medicinal materials and were already quite mature. Everyone knows that the atums are toxic, and we all know that if they are prepared properly, they can remove the toxicity of the atum. So when Zhang Zhang said this, Mrs. Nine was not surprised, and carefully recorded what Zhang Zhang said.

Before leaving, Mrs. Nine said to Zhang Li: "Little Divine Doctor, my brother is the county magistrate of Penglai County. I'll go to the county office later—if the little doctor has any trouble in the future, he can ask my brother for help. ”

When Zhang Li heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Mrs. Nine!" "I thought, the official position of the ninth lady's brother is probably also obtained by the ninth lady blowing the pillow wind!

After Hongyue left, Zhang Li was very happy in his heart: Isn't it, the county official might as well be in charge now. Lord Liu has lost the city, and he has no power at the moment; Although the prefect Lord Li has a relationship, after all, he is in a high position, and if the relationship is not in place, it is not good to beg him lightly. The elder brother of the Ninth Lady Hongyue is a county magistrate, a bit similar to the deputy county magistrate and director of the public security bureau in later generations, who is in charge of the small things in the market.

Zhang Zhang felt a burst of pride in his heart: Lord Cheng of this county, but you have to be close and close!

Zhang Zhang looked for a day, went to the study shop to buy two good inkstones as a meeting gift, and took Kang Xingan to visit the county lord.

The county is the second official in a county, the second person under the county order, and the official with considerable power.

When I came to the county office, I saw the wall as usual, and the word "light and simple" was engraved on the wall. On both sides of the wall, there is a circle of wooden fences, and a plaque is hung on it, and the plaque reads "Respect the heavens, fear the people's aspirations".

Zhang Zhang gave the porter two cents of silver, and the porter went in to report.

It didn't take long for a small guy to come out of the county office, and after seeing Zhang Li, he said that the county lord had an invitation, and Zhang Zhang followed the little guy into the Penglai County Ya.

As soon as the yamen enters, it is the instrument gate, which is the same as the government office, and the instrument gate is usually closed, and it is only opened when the county prince goes out to patrol to welcome the constitution and celebrate the festival. There is a couplet on the door:

Outside the door at four o'clock spring, the wind and rain,

The three-foot method in the case, the scorching sun is severe.

The approximate meaning of this couplet is that there is a difference between the internal and external affairs of the yamen and the law, and good citizens enjoy freedom, and those who violate the law must be severely punished.

From the mouth of the little girl, Zhang Zhang knew that the county was surnamed Wang, and the county order was surnamed Ma. Ma Xianling was not in the yamen, saying that he had gone out to inspect.

Zhang Zhang followed the little girl to walk around the Yimen, and there was a small pavilion next to the road, and there was a ring stone standing in the pavilion.

Kang Xing'an was illiterate, a little curious, and asked, "Young master, what is written on this stone?" ”

Zhang Li's face was a little solemn, and he said: "Erfeng Erlu, the people's fat and people's ointment." The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive. ”

Looking at Kang Xing'an's half-understood appearance, Zhang Zhang said again: "This was originally the words of Meng Chang, the lord of Shu in the fifth generation, but it was used by Emperor Taizu as a precept to warn parents and officials in the world, and its intention is nothing more than to let these officials obey the law and be loyal to the monarch and love the people." ”

Zhang Zhang couldn't help but be in awe of Zhu Yuanzhang, and said to Kang Xing'an: "When Emperor Taizu was emperor, he embezzled sixty taels of silver and immediately cut off his head!" ”

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, sixty taels of silver was probably equal to 15,000 yuan in later generations. If you embezzle 15,000, you will be killed. I am afraid that this figure is not as good as the meal money of some corrupt officials in later generations.

Kang Xingan whispered: "Alas, it's a pity that no one has obeyed Grandpa's decree now. ”

Tension was silent.

Zhang Li remembered that he had read a book in later generations, saying that Zhu Yuanzhang had a whim one day when he was reading a batch of files on the execution of corrupt officials: the corrupt officials hated by the people were beheaded with a knife, and it was too cheap for them, so why not take torture such as picking tendons, cutting off fingers, cutting off hands, and cutting off knees.

So Zhu Yuanzhang created the punishment of "peeling the skin and the grass", pulling those corrupt officials to the "leather field temple" set up in every prefecture, prefecture, and county to skin them, then filling the skin with straw and lime, and placing it next to the public table seat of the successor of the corrupt official, in order to warn the successor officials not to repeat the mistakes of the past -- otherwise, this "stinky skin" will be his fate.

For the tension of later generations who hated corrupt officials, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Grandpa Taizu is mighty! You really can have this!

After walking through the corridor, Zhang Zhang saw the lobby. But now there is no promotion, Zhang Zhang is just passing by.

Zhang Zhang only glanced at it hurriedly, and sure enough, he saw a plaque with "Mirror Hanging".

Before coming to Wang Xiancheng's official hall, the little guy left.

Zhang Li looked up and saw a couplet on the official hall, which was quite interesting.

"I came here by fate with the people,

I look forward to a clear conscience and live up to the people. ”

Zhang Zhang can see at a glance that the word "ashamed" in this couplet is a little less, and the word "people" is a little more, presumably it means to give the people a little more love and a little less shame, and the person who wrote this couplet is really talented.

After entering the official hall, Zhang Zhang presented the gift, and Wang Xiancheng also shirked one or two before accepting it.

Wang Xiancheng was quite polite to Zhang Li, I am afraid that it is really as Zhang Zhang expected before, the position of this county Cheng was run by Mrs. Tongguò Hongyue.

Before leaving, Wang Xiancheng also specially instructed Zhang Li, saying that if there is anything in the future, just come to him directly.

Two days passed.

Mrs. Gao's complexion has been getting worse and worse recently, and the atmosphere in the whole courtyard has become depressed.

However, the day that everyone feared has finally arrived!

Early in the morning, Gao Yuanliang held the ginseng soup that had been boiled all night last night, and walked into his mother's bedroom excitedly.

"Bang dang! - "Zhang Zhang was washing up, but he heard the sound of the bowl breaking into his ears!

"Mother-mother-" When Gao Yuanliang's thick voice shouted, Zhang Jie was startled.

Zhang Zhang put down the towel and immediately ran into the tall lady's bedroom. I saw Gao Yuanliang kneeling in front of the bed, and the ground was full of medicine residues and fragments of medicine bowls.

Gao Yuanliang cried and grabbed the ground with his head again and again! Zhang Zhang didn't care much and rushed to the bed. I saw that the tall lady looked calm, as if she was asleep, and when she touched her hands and feet, they were cold, and when she snorted, there was no breath!

"Mother...... Woo woo woo woo ......" Gao Yuanliang couldn't hold back his sadness anymore and cried loudly.

Anzi also rushed over, and when he saw the situation in the house, he also lowered his head, and looked sad.

The tension made Gao Yuanliang cry for a long time, and after venting all his feelings, he said gloomily: "Brother Gao's day is mourning." The tall lady looked serene, obviously not suffering from pain when the fairy died......"

Gao Yuanliang was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Zhang Li, suddenly pounced, and knelt on the ground: "Thanks to Brother Li'er for giving my mother an injection every day to relieve pain, my mother was able to pass away peacefully." The day before yesterday, my mother took my hand and repeatedly told me to repay Brother Li'er's great kindness. My Gao Heizi has no other way to repay Brother Li, only a cheap life! In the future, my Gao Heizi's life will be Brother Li'er's! ”

Zhang Zhang hurriedly helped Gao Yuanliang up and said, "Brother Gao, don't say that, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and I have a mother myself." I have always admired the most filial people. After a pause, Zhang Zhang said again: "Anyway, Brother Gao has nowhere to go, since he is willing to follow me, then we will all be our own brothers from now on." ”

Zhang Zhang thought for a while and said, "Anzi, Brother Gao, since we are together in the future, this identity has to be replanned." Brother Gao's identity cannot be exposed, so he said to the outside world that he was with me. Anzi, you can be a medicine boy. In the future, in front of outsiders, call me 'young master', so that it is not easy to arouse suspicion. Anzi, I'll teach you how to identify medicinal herbs from tomorrow! ”

Gao Yuanliang and Kang Xing'an nodded again and again when they heard this, and Zhang Zhang said to Kang Xing'an: "Anzi, you go and buy a coffin for Aunt Gao, and ask for the most expensive one in the coffin shop!" I bought all the other things related to the funeral! ”

Kang Xingan hurriedly agreed, and was about to go out, when Zhang Zhang said: "Wait! ”

Zhang Li saw Kang Xing'an stop, and said, "You inquire, the big families in the city are holding funerals, can you invite monks to overdue?" Which temple monks are generally invited? ”

Kang Xingan nodded and wrote it down carefully, and then pushed the door out.

Gao Yuanliang saw that Zhang Zhang actually buried his mother with the highest funeral specifications, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak, and thanked Zhang Zhang deeply.

After Zhang Lida smashed the silver out, Gao Da Niang's funeral was handled in an orderly manner until it passed the first seven.

After all, it is not an official eunuch's family, and after the tall lady entered the earth, the courtyard gradually returned to peace.