Early in the morning of the seventh day of the first month of the third year of Xiande (February 21, 956), the brothers who "went south to meet the delegation" began to get busy. Since the next day is the scheduled return date, everyone will start to pack their things and prepare their luggage at this time, so as not to miss the departure time early tomorrow morning.

Fortunately, the truckloads of things when they came were basically dealt with, and the gifts and the like were naturally given to Chai Rong, and the leather goods, medicinal herbs, and other goods used to hide people's eyes and ears had been sold by Xie Tian by all means, and they were sold at a good price, and the profits could fully cover the expenses of entering Beijing this time, including the cost of those gifts given to Chai Rong.

Without these goods, there were not many things that the "delegation" needed to pack, except for their belongings, mainly a large box of official uniforms, official certificates, and letters. Originally, according to Xie Tian's meaning, it was best that the car was not empty, and some goods in short supply in the north should be purchased from Kaifeng City. In this way, you can make another profit. It's just that Wang Kunjun and others were in a hurry to rush back, feeling that pulling goods and going again would inevitably slow down the speed on the road, so Xie Tian's suggestion was not adopted.

Everyone spent the morning packing their luggage, and then went to Master Tai's residence to greet them, and asked the old fairy if he intended to go back to Youzhou with them to live for a while. Fuyaozi did not accept their invitation, saying that he had been down the mountain for a long time and planned to return to Huashan in a few days. When everyone saw that Master Tai had made up his mind, they didn't say anything more.

At noon, all the brothers in the "delegation," except for Lin Xiaoyu, who was once again summoned to the palace by Empress Fu in the morning, went to a famous restaurant in Kaifeng City for a meal, which could be regarded as a reward for their hard work in the past few days. After returning from the restaurant, the brothers divided into several ways and went to bid farewell to Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu and other acquaintances.

Because he was busy with Chai Rong's expedition, Zhao Kuangyin's work during this period was very busy, so Zeng Zhilin and Xu Shaoan, who went to bid farewell to him, just talked to him for a while, and then said goodbye in the other party's blessing of "safe journey".

Unlike Zeng and Xu, Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin, Zheng Zhiwei and others, who went to Zhao Pu's mansion to resign, were warmly received by Zhao Pu and Zhao Anyi. Everyone talked happily, and Zhao Anyi was very reluctant to let Wang Kunjun and others leave. Moreover, because Wang Kunjun and others had official bodies at this time, Zhao Pu's attitude towards them was much more enthusiastic than when they first met.

After the two sides met and exchanged pleasantries, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin began to chat with the Zhao brothers. At the same time, Zheng Zhiwei excused himself to say goodbye to his old acquaintance Xu Xinsheng, temporarily went out of the main hall where everyone was talking, and went to the place where the nurses lived to find Xu Xinsheng, preparing to tell the other party what Wang Kunjun said the day before.

Wang Kunjun and the others sat in the Zhao Mansion for nearly an hour before bidding farewell to the Zhao brothers. The Zhao brothers originally planned to leave Wang Kunjun and others for dinner together, but considering that the "delegation" would have to go on the road the next day and needed to rest early tonight, Wang Kunjun and others politely refused the kindness of the Zhao brothers and returned to the pavilion.

Wang Kunjun and the others stepped into the door of the courtyard where they lived, and saw Xu Shaoan, who had already returned, hurriedly coming out of the main room. Before Wang Kunjun and the others asked him about going to bid farewell to Zhao Kuangyin, Xu Shaoan had already rushed to them as if he had seen a savior, and said eagerly: "Fifth brother, seventh brother, you are back." If you don't come back, I'll go to the Zhao Mansion to find you. ”

Xu Shaoan's anxious look startled Wang Kunjun and the others, and Zhang Weixin hurriedly asked, "Old eight, has something happened to the brothers?" ”

Xu Shaoan shook his head when he heard this, and said, "It's not the brothers who have an accident, it's the sisters who have an accident, and it's a big deal." ”

"Could it be that something happened to the eighteenth sister?" Zhang Weixin guessed.

Xu Shaoan nodded hurriedly and said, "It's Xiaoyu." ”

"Tell me about it, what's wrong with the eighteenth sister?" Wang Kunjun asked eagerly.

"After Xiaoyu came out of the palace, he said that he would stay in Kaifeng and not go back to Youzhou with us," Xu Shaoan replied.

"What?" Wang Kunjun said with some disbelief, "She's not leaving?" She's not leaving? Is it that Queen Fu won't let her go? ”

Xu Shaoan shook his head and said, "It's not that Queen Fu won't let her go, but she decided not to go." She said that she really couldn't bear to leave Queen Fu alone, and she wanted to stay as Queen Fu's health care doctor. Moreover, she also said that if Empress Fu could convince Chai Rong, she would follow Empress Fu to the south. ”,

"She's going to the south? This is just nonsense," Wang Kunjun said angrily, "Does she think it's fun to travel long distances to fight?" Wang Kunjun said that the person had already rushed to the door of the main house.

As soon as Wang Kunjun entered the door, he saw Lin Xiaoyu sitting on a chair with a serious face. Next to her, Zeng Zhilin and other brothers were chattering and persuading. When everyone saw Wang Kunjun and others coming in, they stopped persuading, and under the leadership of Zeng Zhilin, they quietly left the main room and went back to their own room. Zheng Zhiwei, who came in with Wang Kunjun and others, was stunned at first when he saw this, and then he understood Zeng Zhilin's hint to him, and also followed the other brothers out, leaving only Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and Xu Shao'an.

Wang Kunjun didn't care about pondering that the Weishenme brothers ran away one by one, he came straight to Lin Xiaoyu's side and asked, "Eighteen sister, is it true that the eighth brother said that you want to stay?" ”

"Yes" Lin Xiaoyu nodded and replied in a firm tone.

"What is this for?" Wang Kunjun asked.

"I can't bear to see my good sister lose her life after half a year," Lin Xiaoyu replied.

"Who said she would definitely die," Wang Kunjun retorted, "Didn't we already discuss this issue a few days ago?" Didn't Lao Qi say that history has changed slightly because of our arrival, and many things may be different from the records in the history books of the previous life. ”

"But the problem is that history has only changed slightly, who can guarantee that Empress Fu will not die" Lin Xiaoyu said unconvinced, "Fifth brother, you also said last time, 'Everything is possible'." Since it is 'all possible', then Queen Fu still has the possibility of dying. ”

Wang Kunjun didn't expect Lin Xiaoyu to understand what he said last time, so he immediately changed the topic and said: "Even if history still develops according to what is written in the book?" Is this Empress Fu so important to you? Has she surpassed our sworn brothers and sisters in your heart? Are you really willing to leave your siblings behind for her sake? ”

"Fifth brother, I didn't mean that," Lin Xiaoyu defended, "In my heart, the righteous brothers and sisters are of course the most important, you are all my relatives, and I will never leave you behind." However, Empress Fu is also my good sister, and I will not leave her aside, knowing that she is going to be more auspicious and less auspicious. Besides, I just want to be by her side before she comes back from the southern expedition, not to stay in Kaifeng forever and never return to Youzhou. I can assure you that as long as Empress Fu can return to Kaifeng safely this time, I will immediately go north to Youzhou without delay. ”

"Eighteenth sister, you are too naïve," Zhang Weixin persuaded, "Queen Fu is the mother of a country, how can she be a sister to you." In my opinion, she is more curious about you, a woman from overseas who has some medical skills. Maybe at first, because it feels fresh, she will be very fond of you. But after a long time, after the novelty gradually fades, your status in her mind will naturally decline, and in the end it will be no different from the female dependents of ordinary officials. At that time, don't say it's a sister, I'm afraid it's very difficult for you to see her.

Moreover, in any case, Empress Fu is a political figure, and many of the things she does may have political agendas. How can you conclude that she is not approaching you with political motives, not with the intention of using you to find out more about the core of our team? Or Chai Rong saw that his brothers insisted on returning to Youzhou, in order to keep us openly, so he asked Empress Fu to come forward and achieve her goal of retaining the 'delegation' by wooing you. ”

"That's it, that's it," Xu Shaoan agreed, "What Seventh Brother said makes a lot of sense. Besides, even if that Queen Fu doesn't have ulterior motives, Xiaoyu, you have to think twice. ”

"Empress Fu is really good to me, I believe she definitely doesn't want to take advantage of me," Lin Xiaoyu said stubbornly, "Besides, even if Empress Fu really has a plan, I'm afraid that there will be no gain, because you won't change your original intention for me anyway." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Xiaoyu paused slightly, and without waiting for Wang Kunjun and the others to refute, he continued to say with feeling: "Don't look at me with such eyes, am I wrong?" Since I moved into 'Qingyuan' in the second half of last year, I have become a complete idler. In our team, except for the old thirty-six and the underage Yunxia girl who are still learning a skill, who else is idle all day long. Fortunately, as the head of the infirmary, I am obliged to be present at the enlarged meeting of the committee, otherwise I am afraid that everyone would have forgotten about me. A person like me, who is dispensable to the team, doesn't matter if he can't go back to Youzhou. ”,

"Who said you were dispensable," Xu Shaoan retorted, "You are the medical director appointed by the committee, and the brothers in the team are still counting on you to ensure everyone's health." Moreover, you have also spent a lot of time learning Chinese medicine with Dr. Xue, which shows that you still want to do this haode. ”

"Do the brothers really need me to keep them healthy?" Lin Xiaoyu asked rhetorically, "Except for the fact that I had a minor operation when Brother Jiu was accidentally injured when we first arrived in Liangxiang City, and I was a dispensable assistant to Wen Po when the two fifth sisters-in-law gave birth, have I ever treated and healed another brother in the past two years?"

Actually, I don't say that everyone understands that the experience of time travel has changed our bodies, both physical strength and physique are not the same as before the time travel, and it is definitely more difficult to make us sick. Moreover, with the current strength of the team, I am afraid that there will be no more accidental injuries like Brother Jiu did at the beginning. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Xiaoyu sighed helplessly, and said in a somewhat sad tone: "Starling said that I was the medical director appointed by the committee, but everyone in the team understood that the reason why I was able to be this supervisor was that several sisters took pity on me, and they were afraid that I would lose my position after experiencing emotional setbacks, and I would not be able to bear it, so I moved a few committee members to give me this opportunity." Second, it is also because this position is actually just an idle position, which will neither produce any achievements nor have any impact on the development of others, so the other brothers will not care about me.

As for me and Xue Shen's medical skills, it's not so much that I want to play my part in the team, but that I want to find something to do to pass the time. ”

Lin Xiaoyu's words made Wang Kunjun and the others stunned on the spot, speechless for a long time. Although some of Lin Xiaoyu's words are more extreme, if you think about it carefully, it is basically the truth. Lin Xiaoyu was able to continue to serve as the medical director because Zhang Xiaofei made relevant suggestions to the committee in advance and was appointed by Wang Kunjun's strong support. The other brothers didn't know much about this matter, but the three committee members present knew it very clearly.

Moreover, since Lin Xiaoyu lived in "Qingyuan", he has indeed become an "idler". Except for a few sisters-in-law or younger siblings in "Qingyuan" who sometimes ask her some questions unique to her daughter's family, the only thing she can do as a job is to provide pregnancy guidance for Zhang Xiaofei and Han Qingwen. After Zhang and Han gave birth successfully, she turned into a baby care guide and served as Xing Zhengnan's tutor. In a sense, Lin Xiaoyu has actually become the personal doctor and teacher of Wang Kunjun's family for more than a year.

Although everyone knows very well that these are basically Zhang Xiaofei's intentions, and Zhang Xiaofei is also doing this to protect her good sister, and will not think that Wang Kunjun is doing this to Lin Xiaoyu himself, but it is inevitable that the brothers will have some discussions - after all, the medical director receives the same salary every month as other department heads.

Although several committee members had heard of these discussions, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin did not take it seriously, thinking that it was just a few complaints made by the brothers who were idle and bored, and had no impact on the development of the team. Xu Shaoan always has a sense of guilt towards Lin Xiaoyu, and naturally he will not object to Lin Xiaoyu's situation of 'idlers receiving high salaries'. As for Li Junwu, his mind was completely focused on the work of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and he didn't care about this kind of thing.

Seeing that several committee members have adopted a way of ignoring this, after a long time, although everyone's discussion has gradually decreased, the pressure on Lin Xiaoyu has not weakened at all. When she was in Youzhou before, although Lin Xiaoyu didn't like this kind of life very much, she had no choice but to bear it silently - although she had a lot of knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine from Xue Shen, and she could barely support herself with these medical skills, but if she really wanted to leave this comfortable life in the team and go outside to work alone, she really couldn't make up her mind.

However, now it is different, this time it was originally just a trip to Kaifeng that she begged Wang Kunjun to distract herself, giving her a chance, a chance to prove that she is not a useless person. Although there was a lot of uncertainty behind this opportunity, with the current appreciation of Empress Fu, she still felt that she was sure that she would live well, so she finally decided to take a gamble. ,

After a short silence, although it could be seen from Lin Xiaoyu's eyes and expression that her attitude was very resolute, Wang Kunjun still tried to persuade him: "I thought it would be a good thing for you to take you to 'Qingyuan' to relax, but it turns out that I was wrong." For more than a year, the eighteenth sister has suffered, and the responsibility lies with me, and I am here to review it with you. However, I still hope that you will carefully consider your decision to stay in Kaifeng. You have to understand that being a doctor for the royal family is by no means as simple as being a doctor in an ordinary medical hall, as the saying goes, a good 'companion is like a tiger', and a careless treatment for the royal family may cause death. ”

Seeing that Wang Kunjun's attitude had softened, Lin Xiaoyu's expression softened a lot, and said: "Fifth brother let me enter the 'Qing Garden' with good intentions, what is wrong. My unsatisfactory time is entirely due to my own psychological problems, and I can't blame others. In addition, I am mentally prepared and jishu prepared for the difficulties that I may face when working as a doctor for the royal family. Although I studied Western medicine in my previous life, there are some things that are still common between Chinese and Western medicine. Besides, I come from a family of traditional Chinese medicine, so I don't have any foundation in traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, I have also had a lot of medical things with Xue Shen for more than a year, and I will not have a problem dealing with general diseases. ”

"So, the eighteenth sister has really made up her mind to stay, and there is no room for negotiation?" Zhang Weixin asked helplessly.

"Yes" Lin Xiaoyu nodded and said firmly.

"Everything is negotiable, how can it be said that there is no room for it" Xu Shaoan still did not give up a chance to zuihou, "You are a member of the team, if you want to leave the team and develop independently, you should also be discussed and approved by the team." ”

"When the plenary meeting was held last year, the fifth brother said that as long as it does not endanger the interests of the team, the team does not restrict members from leaving the team to develop independently," Lin Xiaoyu argued, "Besides, I just said that I would stay in Kaifeng for a while to take care of Queen Fu, and when she came back from the southern expedition, I would still go back to Youzhou." ”

Because at the third plenary meeting last year, Wang Kunjun was sure that he had said such a thing, and these words were also supported by all the traversers in the team, so although Xu Shaoan was still a little unwilling, he couldn't find a proper reason to refute it for a while. This guy was silent for a long time before he came out with a sentence: "Anyway, I don't agree with you staying in Kaifeng alone, if you have to stay, then I won't leave, stay with you." ”

As soon as Xu Shao'an's words came out, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin felt that one head and two were big, and they said in their hearts, what are you fooling up here, an eighteen sister hasn't been done yet, how can you join in the fun. However, the two of them were stunned and thought about it, thinking that this was not a bad idea.

Therefore, when Lin Xiaoyu refuted Xu Shaoan's "absurd" statement, he was interrupted by Zhang Weixin reaching out and said: "Eighteen sisters, don't be in a hurry to get angry, the idea of the eighth sister actually has a certain amount of truth." ”

Hearing Zhang Weixin say this, not only Lin Xiaoyu, but even Xu Shaoan felt a little surprised. The reason why Xu Shaoan said this just now was just because he was in a hurry, so he casually came out of his mouth, but he didn't expect to get Zhang Weixin's support. He hurriedly asked, "Brother Qi, do you mean to support me to stay?" ”

Zhang Weixin nodded and said, "That's exactly what it means." Just now, we have been entangled in the problem of the eighteenth sister leaving alone, and our eyes are too short-sighted, in fact, we might as well consider this problem from another angle. ”

"Think about it from another angle?" Xu Shaoan asked.

"That's what I think," Zhang Weixin explained, "Since the eighteenth sister has one mind to stay in Kaifeng to help Empress Fu survive the catastrophe a few months later, then instead of struggling to disagree with Haode, we might as well revise the policy we set before the departure, and leave a small team of people in Kaifeng City as our eyeliner here." In this way, it can not only provide mutual assistance with the eighteen sisters, but also provide various information for Youzhou in a timely manner.

Especially judging from Chai Rong's current development trend, I am afraid that he will still send troops to the Northern Expedition after pacifying Jiangbei, as written in the history books. Even with the help of the firearms we provide, his Northern Expedition will not be much earlier than what is written in the book. In other words, it is impossible for us to have the opportunity to meet Chai Rong again in at least two or three years. Then, when we meet him again, I'm afraid that there will be not much left of the various dividends brought by this meeting. At that time, we will have to establish greater merits, in order to re-establish our image in Chai Rong's heart, and to grab greater benefits for the future development of the team. ,

Rather than this, it is better to send someone to stay in Kaifeng, and strive to be able to have all contact with Chai Rong frequently, so that he will often think of us people. In this way, when he goes on the Northern Expedition, if we make any more meritorious achievements, we will get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Wang Kunjun nodded slightly after hearing this, and said, "Old Seven, although your idea is good, the premise seems to be that Chai Rong must live to recover the clouds." If he dies as written in the book, the Northern Expedition of the Later Zhou Dynasty will not be successful, and it will not be much for us to send people to stay in Kaifeng. But the question is, who can guarantee that Chai Rong will definitely arrive after recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun? ”

Lin Xiaoyu interjected: "Even if Chai Rong can't live until then, there will be no loss to us." It's a big deal, when the time comes, let's withdraw the people, or find a way to continue dealing with Zhao Kuangyin. ”

"That's it," Xu Shaoan echoed, "Fifth brother, you are too cautious. Regardless of whether Chai Rong can succeed in the Northern Expedition or not, it will not have any big impact on our brothers who stayed in Kaifeng. If he can succeed, he will naturally have a share of us when he is rewarded for his meritorious deeds. If he can't succeed, then it's a big deal for us to continue to be the 'head snake' of Youzhou. Besides, we now have a relationship with Zhao Kuangyin, and after he becomes the emperor, let's continue to form an alliance with him and help him recover Youyun. ”

Wang Kunjun pondered for a long time after hearing this, and finally nodded and said: "What you said also makes sense, since this is the case, then this matter is decided." Let's discuss it with the eldest brother immediately, and draw up a charter for sending people to stay in Kaifeng. ”

Wang Kunjun's decision was tantamount to agreeing to Lin Xiaoyu's request in disguise, and Lin Da Beauty's face immediately turned gloomy. If it weren't for the identities of both parties, Lin Xiaoyu might have happily pounced on Prince Kunjun for a few bites.

Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, especially Xu Shaoan, who had already begun to mumble in Wang Kunjun's ear, trying his best to persuade Wang Kunjun to agree to let him stay in charge of the work of this left-behind group.

Just when several people were happy, Lin Xiaoyu suddenly remembered something and hurriedly urged: "Brothers, if you want to discuss, you have to discuss it quickly, otherwise it may be too late." ”

"What's too late?" Wang Kunjun and the others asked puzzledly.

"Because I had already told Empress Fu about my idea of staying before I came back," Lin Xiaoyu explained, "and Empress Fu was also very supportive of my decision, saying that she would report this matter to Chai Rong as soon as possible, and ask Chai Rong to issue a decree to summon me to the Imperial Medical Department as a medical officer, so that I can treat her justifiably." ”

"What? Why didn't you say it earlier? Wang Kunjun and the others were surprised.

"People, people are also afraid that you will not agree, so they have to ...... it, so they cut it first and then play. People originally planned to use this as Zuihou's hole card.,I didn't expect you to change your mind as you talked.,So I forgot about it when I was happy.。 People didn't mean to ......" Lin Xiaoyu was there to justify her behavior of cutting first and then playing, but her voice became smaller and smaller, and when it came to Zuihou, even she didn't know what she was talking about.

Although Wang Kunjun and the others were very dissatisfied with Lin Xiaoyu's fact that he had only spoken out about this situation until now, now was not the time to blame Lin Da Beauty. According to the calculation of time, I am afraid that Chai Rong's will will come soon. So, Xu Shaoan hurried to find Lu Yue and asked him to set up the radio so that he could talk to Li Junwu from "Liangyuan" here.

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