At this moment, I heard the sound of hurried footsteps running down the street outside.

The little girl laughed in a low voice: "It's the eldest judge who is looking for a daughter-in-law!" ”

The old woman hurriedly said, "Hurry up, invite him in!" ”

The little girl pursed her lips and said, "He threw his wife on the side of the street in the middle of the night, and now he is looking for it, so let him be in a hurry!" ”

The old woman said: "You damn girl, the old man must have something urgent, so he left in a hurry." It's not a deliberate attempt to leave the lady behind. ”

"What could be more important than your daughter-in-law's illness? Hum! ”

"Stop chewing your tongue, hurry, he seems to be walking away. Call it back! ”

The little girl got up and said as she walked out, "He must have not paid attention to where he put the lady just now, so he was looking around." ”

The little girl guessed right. Leng Yi thought that Zhuo Qiaoniang was dead, and when he lost his soul, he walked aimlessly with Zhuo Qiaoniang in his arms, and he didn't know where he went, he was really tired, so he casually found a bluestone slab on the side of the street and sat down, and sat outside the door of this Hua's pharmacy by mistake. But the strong enemy attacked, and it was two, he was powerless to fight, so he could only flee, using his familiarity with the terrain of the streets and alleys of Bazhou, and finally succeeded in hiding and getting rid of the two strong killers, but, while dodging, the killer also killed two masters of his hiding house in order to find him, which made him feel very guilty.

Leng Yi collapsed all over his body, and could only watch them kill, and he had no choice but to wait for himself to recover. At the same time, I have already made a decision in my heart that I will compensate these families who were killed because of me with a lot of money.

After believing that the killer couldn't find him and left, he returned to find Zhuo Qiaoniang's "corpse" according to his memory.

But he was in a hurry and didn't remember exactly where he put the body. I can only anxiously search back and forth in the streets of this area.

He was about to go crazy, Zhuo Qiaoniang died of sadness, but he didn't protect her body well and lost it, didn't he want his life. So he went crazy and searched around, thinking to himself, if he couldn't find it, he could only return to the yamen and ask people to help search door to door, no matter what, he must find Zhuo Qiaoniang's "corpse" anyway!

Just then, he heard a woman's voice in the distance shouting, "Master Tongju!" ”

Leng Yi hurriedly turned around, looked at the place where the voice came from, and saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl standing at the door of a shop, waving to him.

Leng Yi hurriedly ran over. "You know me?" ”

The little girl nodded and said, "You are the great benefactor of the people of our Bazhou City, leading the people of the city to fight the flood, and also distributing relief food, how could I not know it!" ”

Leng Yi said: "Then may I ask if you have seen my lady?" I put her on the side of the street in this area, and she ......, and she's dead......."

The little girl smiled: "I didn't see the dead, only the living!" ”

Leng Yi was pleasantly surprised, and his voice trembled: "My ......, my lady, she ......, she is still alive?" ”

The little girl nodded, turned sideways and said, "In the house!" When my grandmother and I saw you leave your lady on the side of the road, we took her back and cured her in the same way that our ancestors had done. Now I'm lying in bed, but I haven't woken up yet, and I'm waiting for dawn. ”

Leng Yi's heart was so happy that it seemed to explode, and in the ecstasy, he felt that his eyes were dark, his body shook, and he almost fell. The little girl hurriedly hugged him and said, "You are too tired, come in and rest!" ”

"I'm fine!" Leng Yi said: "Thank you!" Thank you! Where's my lady? Please take me to my lady! ”

The little girl led Leng Yi into the pharmacy and came to the back room, under the dim light on the table, Leng Yi saw Zhuo Qiaoniang lying on the bed at a glance.

He stepped over in two steps, leaned down, and saw Zhuo Qiaoniang's nose fanning slightly, and her chest was rising and falling with her breathing.

Zhuo Qiaoniang is still alive!

Leng Yi felt as if he had fallen from a cliff, but he was held up by the pine tree that stopped him. The kind of happiness and happiness of coming back from the dead, under extreme prostration, made him feel the world spinning, holding on to the railing at the head of the bed, kneeling down on the side of the low bed, trembling hands hugged Zhuo Qiaoniang, and called in a low voice: "Qiaoniang!" Qiao Niang! ”

At this moment, Zhuo Qiaoniang felt that she had been drifting helplessly in the whirlpool. She groped in the night from time to time, and no matter how much she shouted, she could not find a single relative; Sometimes thunder was heard, and torrential rain was heard; Sometimes it is the baking of flames; Sometimes thousands of arrows pierce the heart; Sometimes the stomach is turned upside down.

In the end, she also saw the official Leng Yi, who was smiling at her with several women in his arms, smiling happily, as if to say: "I am not your husband alone, I am the husband of many women!" ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang cried in despair, her tears flowed into a river, and she floated away, but the official Leng Yi was still there holding several women and smiling at herself...... Zhuo Qiaoniang woke up crying, and when she woke up, she could still hear her own crying.

Leng Yi stroked her tearful face, happy and sad, and said, "Qiao Niang! You're awake! That's great! Don't cry! Don't cry! In the future, the officials will definitely treat you well and never let you suffer a little grievance! ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang slowly focused her eyes on the person next to her, and little by little, she recognized that he was in her own dream of ice and fire, hugging other women, laughing loudly at herself, and saying that he was not her husband, but the husband of many women.

Zhuo Qiaoniang felt that her heart had been broken into thousands of pieces. She closed her eyes weakly, she just wanted to sleep, and she kept sleeping, never to wake up again.

The old woman said to Leng Yi: "Master, let Mrs. Zun rest for a while, she is very sick and needs a period of recuperation, and when she is better, you can slowly comfort her." -- Let's talk outside, let her rest and recuperate. ”

Leng Yi nodded, got up, and saw that the window lattice covered with white paper had turned white. How did you come over this night, several times of life and death, and in the end, I and my wife are still alive.

Is there anything better than being alive?

And all this is thanks to the old woman and the little girl. He attached himself and kissed Zhuo Qiaoniang's forehead, and saw that her breathing was basically stable, so he was a little relieved, stepped out, stood in the lobby of the pharmacy, turned around, and clasped his fists at the old woman and the little girl who came out and said, "Didn't you ask the two benefactors for their names?" ”

The old woman blinked her godless eyes, and said, "The old man is called Granny Hua." This is the granddaughter of the old body, named Hua Wuxiang. ”

"Flowers don't have fragrance?" Leng Yi was a little curious.

The little girl tilted her head and said, "The flowers of flowers, without fragrance, are without fragrance." -- My grandmother said that when my father named me, it is better if the flower has no fragrance, and if it has a fragrance, others will like it, and the flower will die, so it is better to have no fragrance than to have a fragrance. ”

Leng Yi smiled and said, "Well said, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it!" Or the golden mean is the long-term policy. ”

Hua Wuxiang smiled and said, "The eldest lord is really the official who presides over the imperial examination, and the export is a chapter." ”

Leng Yi hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The girl smiled." ――The two ladies who have treated me, I will engrave it in my heart, and there will be a reward. ”

The old woman smiled and said, "The old man is polite, we open a medicine shop, and it is natural for us to treat diseases and save people." No additional reward is required. ”

The little girl rolled her eyes and said in a low voice: "Master, do you really want to repay us?" ”

"That's natural, when it's dawn, I'll hold a hundred gold and say thank you."

"100 gold?" The little girl shook her head and said, "My grandmother said that our Hua family treats people, and in addition to the normal consultation fee, we are not allowed to ask for more, so even if you take a mountain of gold, we can't ask for it." ”

Leng Yi said: "This is a little bit of my heart, you saved my wife, I am very, very grateful, just to express my little gratitude." ”

Hua Wuxiang tilted her head to look at him: "What do you really want to do to express your gratitude?" ”

"yes!"

"Okay, so be it, I want to take the imperial examination. But I don't know how to write poetry, can you help me? ”

Leng Yi was a little embarrassed and said: "This, it seems that women can't participate in the imperial examination, although I am the main examination of this government, but the imperial examination is the system of the whole country, and I don't count if I say it alone." ”

"I know this, what I want to participate in is not the Jinshi Department of being an official, but the Ming Medical Department. The women's department of Ming Medicine can be applied for by women. If you are in the first place, you can be a female medical officer, and you can even enter the palace to treat your concubines. ”

The imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty were divided into two categories: regular and systematic. The most important thing in Changke is Jinshike. In addition, there are nine classics, five classics, Ming classics, Ming Law and other subjects. Because the emperor of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to medicine, he also opened a special department of Ming medicine, and admitted a small number of women as female medical officers, so as to diagnose and treat dignitaries and even royal women. After all, some women and men are inconvenient to diagnose and treat.

Leng Yi didn't have any research on the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty, and when he heard Hua Wuxiang say it seriously, it wasn't like he was lying, so he sighed.

Hua Wuxiang said: "My medical skills, I can cope with it if I ask myself, but I not only have to take the medical examination, but also have to test poetry and songs." I can't get through this. You are the chief examiner of the imperial examination, if you really want to thank us, can you help me with this? ”

The Song Dynasty attached great importance to poetry and songs, and in the entire Song Dynasty, except for a few periods when the imperial examination did not require the examination of poetry and songs, the rest had to be examined. Especially in the early Northern Song Dynasty, it was even more emphasized. It is stipulated that not only poetry and poetry should be tested in subjects such as Jinshi and other subjects, but also very specialized subjects such as Ming Medicine.

Leng Yi looked at her, saw her eagerness, and thought that someone had just saved Zhuo Qiaoniang, who was his life-saving benefactor, so he said such a request, if he refused, what would he say in return. Besides, doctors, as long as they are skilled, why do they need to write poems? Nondescript. As long as she has excellent medical skills and can't do poetry, she can also become a miracle doctor who treats diseases and asks for help, and she can cure Zhuo Qiaoniang's other doctors who have been determined to be incurable diseases, and there is absolutely no problem with medical skills.

Hua Wuxiang saw Leng Yi groaning, thinking that he was worried, and hurriedly explained: "Actually, I don't want to be an official, I want to use my medical skills to treat more people, but I am a woman, and I am too young, and others look down on me and are unwilling to let me see a doctor." My grandmother is old again, her eyes are broken, she can't see, and she can't treat her illness, that's why our pharmacy business is so bad. I can't help the world with a good medical skill, and I feel very sad, so I want to take the imperial examination to become a medical officer. ”

Leng Yi's heart is hot, with such a compassionate thought, coupled with superb medical skills, he will definitely be able to become a good doctor. Thinking of this, Leng Yi said, "Okay, I'll help you." ”

"Great, thank you, sir! - Grandma! The eldest lord promised to help me take the exam! ”

The old woman next to her also smiled and nodded: "Okay!" It's just that you can't make the old man too embarrassed! ”

Leng Yi said: "There is nothing to be embarrassed about, it is also our duty as parents to be able to select a truly skilled medical officer." However, I can't let others know about this, so I'll tell you when I go back and think about it, okay? ”

"Okay, thank you!" Hana Wuxiang is very happy.

At this moment, I heard someone knocking on the door: "Open the door!" We are from the yamen, if there is an emergency, open the door quickly! ”

Hua Wuxiang hurriedly went over and opened the door of the pharmacy, and a catcher said loudly: "Last night, was there a man who came to your ...... with a woman" As soon as he said this, he suddenly saw Leng Yi at a glance, and was surprised, and said, "Master!" You're here, huh? Let's find it! ”

Leng Yi took a look, this arrest was the head of the Yamen's martial arts. "How did you find here?" - Ears of grass! He saw that the woman behind Wu Zhu's head was the grass spike.

"Brother-in-law!" Cao Sui was also pleasantly surprised, "Where's my sister?" ”

"In the back room, thanks to this mother-in-law, grandchildren and grandchildren, medical skills like gods, this saved your sister. Otherwise......" Thinking of the consequences, Leng Yi couldn't help but be afraid for a while.

Grass Spike didn't care about gratitude, and rushed into the back room like a gust of wind.

Wu Zhutou smiled: "It's okay now, there is no danger." Hehe, -- when the day was about to dawn, Miss Caosui and Second Master Leng went to the Yamen Catch Fast Room and told the night catcher that Mrs. was seriously ill, and the eldest lord took him to see a doctor, and the horse pulling the carriage on the road lost his hoof and fell and was injured. But by the time they arrived, you were gone. The old doctor also said that his wife's illness was no longer cured. The grass girl was crying like something. I went to a few big medical centers to look for you, but I didn't find it, so I ran home, and met the second master who came out to look for you on the way. After I got the report of the brother on duty, there were not so many people for a while, so I called the brother who was on duty in the yamen, as well as the husband, the porter, etc., and visited the pharmacies and clinics in the city. Finally found it. ”

Leng Yi said: "Brothers, you have worked hard! ”

"Yes, this pharmacy is really small, it seems that it only sells medicine. Most people don't come here to see a doctor, and they don't expect the eldest master to come here. ――It doesn't matter if Madame's illness matters, right? ”

Leng Yi didn't know how to answer this question, and turned his head to look at Granny Hua.

Unexpectedly, Granny Hua rolled her eyes and ignored him. Hua Wuxiang burst out laughing and said, "Grandma, the eldest master wants to know if his wife's illness matters, and he is looking at you." -- My grandmother has bad eyes and can't see. It's not that I mean to ignore you. ”

Leng Yi then understood, and said, "Mother-in-law, can this blindness still be cured?" ”

Granny Hua smiled: "It's not curable, it's been more than 30 years." -- Madame Zun's illness is no longer dangerous, but her pulse is very weak, and she seems to have been greatly stimulated, so it is necessary to let her calm down and recuperate, and not to make her angry again. It's okay to recuperate slowly like this, and you must make her feel better. Speaking of this, Granny Hua leaned into Leng Yi's ear and said in a low voice: "Mrs. Zun is very bitter in her heart, she doesn't seem to want to live anymore, you must enlighten her well, if she keeps doing this, I'm afraid that Yang will not live long." ”

Leng Yi was shocked, nodded slowly, and arched his hand: "Thank you mother-in-law for reminding me!" Thanks a lot! ”

At this time, Cao Sui came out of the back room, with tears in her eyes, and said to Leng Yi: "Brother-in-law, my sister said that she wants to go home." ”

"This," Leng Yi turned his head to look at Granny Hua. Granny Hua had already heard it and said, "You can go back, Xiang'er, give the eldest master a prescription, grab some medicine and go back to eat."

Hua Wuxiang hurriedly agreed to go into the medicine cabinet to grab the medicine. handed it to Leng Yi and said, "This medicine is for seven days, and I will come back for a follow-up visit in seven days." Mrs. Zun's illness has only been suppressed temporarily, if you want to be completely cured, you must treat it for a long time, if the eldest lord believes me, I can come to the door every seven days to treat Mrs. Zun's acupuncture. ”

"Of course I believe it, thank you!"

"In addition, I would like to remind you, sir, that you must not make your wife angry, and you must not let her be stimulated in any way! Be sure to! ”

"I remember!"

Wu Zhutou instructed the following soap to run back and call the carriage.

Soon, the carriage came, and the medicine was ready. Leng Yi personally carried Zhuo Qiaoniang into the carriage and waved goodbye to Granny Hua.

Back in the house, the old lady Leng Changbei stood at the gate with a cane and looked forward, the porter and servants also accompanied, saw the carriage stopped, Cao Sui got off the carriage first, Leng Changbei hurriedly greeted him, waited for Leng Yi to come out with Zhuo Qiaoniang in his arms, and hurriedly asked, "How is the granddaughter-in-law?" Okay? ”

The first night, after Zhuo Qiaoniang's brother-in-law and Leng Fu got the news, they also went out to find Leng Yi and them. There is only one person in the family, the old lady Leng Changbei. Cao Sui and they didn't dare to tell him about Leng Yi's disappearance with Zhuo Qiaoniang, for fear that something would happen to him if he was worried. I just comforted him while looking for it, and said that he was looking at the disease and there was no big problem. So Leng Changbei is not in a hurry. However, now when I saw Zhuo Qiaoniang lying softly in Leng Yi's arms, closing her eyes tightly, she became nervous and asked Caosui, "Isn't it okay?" How? ”

Cao Sui hurriedly smiled and said, "My sister took the medicine, and I didn't sleep all night, so I fell asleep." ”

"Oh!" Leng Changbei hurriedly followed Leng Yi into the gate, walked through the patio, entered the main house, and arrived at the master bedroom. Leng Yi had already put Zhuo Qiaoniang on the bed in the bedroom and covered her with a quilt.

Leng Changbei stepped forward and took a look at Zhuo Qiaoniang, only to see that she didn't say a word, closed her eyes tightly, and really seemed to be asleep, but her expression was extremely haggard, her face was burned red, knowing that her condition was not good, she pulled Leng Yi to a corner of the courtyard and said in a low voice: "What's going on?" Why did the granddaughter-in-law become so sick all of a sudden? ”

(To be continued)