"Then you still ask me what words Master is testing?" The young man was quite unconvinced, and asked questions. Wei Zhongxian was stunned, and glanced at Tian Ergeng coldly, cold sweat flowed out of Tian Ergeng's forehead again, and he hurriedly explained: "The two guys in the Hexiang Pavilion are the Dongchang Sitting Notes placed by the child, and the original hands are not weak, but the light skills are a little worse. The three floors of the Hexiang Pavilion are all made of fine bamboo, it is really difficult to get close to it, hide yourself and eavesdrop, plus you are afraid that Xu Yingyuan is skilled, and you are afraid that you will miss it by him, so you don't dare to get too close, and only vaguely hear a few words. However, since they have insulted their mission, the child has sent them to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses to patrol the city at night. ”

"It's a good reward and punishment. Our family hates those who just want to eat a bowl of rice and have nothing to do, and if they make a mistake, they should be severely punished and not soft. Those who can do things, those who can do things, gold, silver and jewelry, high-ranking officials, our family has always been at the expense! After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking hatefully, he turned to Zheng Yangtian and said, "Old man Zheng, I won't ask you what words you measured for Prince Xin today." I heard that your teacher is famous, so I ask you to test it for our family. ”

Zheng Yangtian and his apprentice were blindfolded, and they couldn't see anything, so they said, "Okay! Please say a word. Suddenly, I felt a strange itch on my back and shook my arms. When Tian Ergeng saw it, he thought he was going to break free, and suddenly slashed out a palm, Zheng Yangtian felt a potential attack, and he couldn't stand on his feet, and fell to the ground on his back, his blood rolling.

"Master!" The young man knelt beside Zheng Yangtian in a sound of sound, Zheng Yangtian gently touched his back a few times with his head, and comforted: "Apprentice, don't be afraid, Master is fine, it's just that he fell on his heels." Then he turned back and smiled miserably, "Thank you to this adult, the little old man has not washed in the past few days, and there are lice on his body, which is extremely itchy, how can his hands be tied and he can't scratch it, and it just so happens that the adult struck with a palm, and killed these nasty lice under the palm, which helped the little old man a lot." ”

When Tian Ergeng heard this, he was so angry that his face turned red and white, and he didn't dare to attack, so he had to force himself. The young man listened to the master's laughter and humor, and when the disaster was coming, he didn't care about it and secretly admired it. The master and apprentice snuggled on the ground and listened to Wei Zhongxian's words. Wei Zhongxian didn't know a few words, and he was afraid that it would not work if others helped him say it, so he had to think about it and search his intestines and scrape his stomach, so that Tian Ergeng knocked down Zheng Yangtian with one palm just now, and he didn't realize it. Wei Zhongxian was pondering to himself, when he saw the head of the dynasty looking in by the door, as if he was entering but not entering, and blurted out: "One person is in the mouth." ”

Everyone was puzzled, Zheng Yangtian said: "This is the word 'prisoner'. I don't know what adults want to test? Wei Zhongxian was afraid that it was not a text, and was secretly laughed at by his subordinates, and when he saw Zheng Yangtian say the word "prisoner", he said casually: "Let's test the identity of our family!" Zheng Yangtian pondered for a moment and replied: "The mouth of the mouth, its shape represents the four directions, the four directions are the country, the entrance of the people, the so-called country is a person, the country cannot be without this person." The status of the adult is below one person and above ten thousand, but it does not seem to be in the same vein as the saint. Wei Zhongxian was extremely surprised, and suddenly admired a little in his heart, and shouted: "Someone! Untie their master and apprentice and take off their masks. ”

The master and apprentice stood up, secretly loosened their hands, and stepped forward to salute, Zheng Yangtian stood with his head bowed and his hands down, but the young man was very curious, and rolled his eyes to look around. Wei Zhongxian laughed and praised: "I heard that Yuan Hui, Yuan Mingche and his son are your ancestors, and the famous teachers are high-level apprentices, and they are really a bit accurate." Try it again! As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the golden cage hanging on the beam, and saw a pair of yellow birds in the cage bowing their heads to forage for food in the small blue and white jars, and shrugged a few times, as if to say to themselves: "This pair of yellow birds is also hungry, and they are eating in front of the master." Ha ha! Let's just say the word 'hunger'! ”

Zheng Yangtian raised his head slightly, and saw that the person who spoke was tall and fat, with a big face, big eyes, big mouth, thick eyebrows, gray hair, fat accumulation under the chin, and his eyes were uncertain, and he suddenly felt a little chill, and there was an indescribable fear

There was an endless stream of people all around, and I saw his mouth moving open and closed, and I didn't hear anything at all. Tian Ergeng saw his unruly appearance, and shouted: "Are you dumb? Nine thousand years old is waiting for you to test the word! ”

"Speak quickly!" Xu Xianchun also threatened.

Zheng Yangtian then knew that the person who measured the character was Wei Zhongxian, a great eunuch who was called nine thousand years old, and he did not dare to slack off at the moment, and replied: "The word 'hunger' from the nine thousand years old must be asking about the fate of the future. This word can be split into two, the word "several" on the right is "fan" a little less, and its image is "extraordinary people", the main position is extremely human. On the left side of the word "food" is the word "no" is less than two strokes, which is like "bad people", then I am afraid that it will not die well. ”

"Bold! How dare you slander a 9,000-year-old? ”

"Nonsense!"

Without waiting for Wei Zhongxian to speak, Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun got up and drank. Zheng Yangtian was about to defend himself, but Wei Zhongxian laughed and said, "Old man Zheng, it seems that you are indeed proficient in Taoism, not a wild medicine seller in the rivers and lakes." The so-called fate is blocked at both ends, and the good and bad are in charge. Looks like you know the trick. Ah! If you only test our words, we will reward you with a large piece of gold and silver. It's just that you also tested Prince Xin, and our family can't let you go away like in Hexiang Pavilion, but we don't embarrass you, as long as you say what words you test for Prince Xin, our family will let you master and apprentice. I heard that you are still clenching your teeth in Dongchang and don't say anything, which is incomprehensible. Don't think about it, how can you know your loyalty? Even if you really know, it won't do you any good! He is not able to protect himself, so where will he protect you, so why suffer for him? ”

"The state has its own laws, and there are rules and regulations. Xiao Lao'er has always been unable to speak in his six ears, and he has not spoken twice, this is the rule set by the ancestor, and it can't be broken! Zheng Yangtian looked righteous and awe-inspiring.

Wei Zhongxian stretched out his hand and touched the young man's head and said, "Doll, you don't have to play like your master. That ancestor in your Dao Sect has been dead for many years, how will he know if he says it? They will not come to you for trouble, and they will beat you on the board, so why should you suffer so much for the broken rules and precepts? The young man raised his head, got rid of his palm, and said in a loud voice: "I have already sworn a blood oath when I started to apprentice, how can I change it at will!" If you want to fight or kill, you can come casually, and you don't have to waste your words. Wei Zhongxian saw that he couldn't even ask, so he said angrily: "Children, escort them back to the edict prison, strictly chase the comparison, and play once every three days." I don't believe they are really iron-mouthed and steel-toothed! ”

"Even if it's an iron mouth and steel teeth, the small ones will be pried open." Xu Xianchun said, his right hand made a move outward, and a few brocade guards came in to tie up the master and apprentice, wearing a mask, Tian Ergeng knew that this matter was important, so he went to Beizhen Fusi for interrogation together.

Wei Zhongxian went to the secret room where he enshrined his castration treasure, burned incense and prayed, his mood calmed down a little, he paced back to the middle hall and sat down, and drank a sip of fragrant tea, but saw that the dynasty was patrolling outside the door, raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?" Dodge. Wang Chaoyong hurriedly came in and sneered: "Back to the words of the old grandfather, the big Sima Huo Weihua of the military department asked to see him, and he has been here for a while, and the little one asked him to wait in the west hall of the front yard!" As he spoke, he offered a red prayer post.

"What's the matter! It's hard for our family to be quiet for a while. Wei Zhongxian's tone showed a little displeasure, and he didn't answer the post. Wang Chaoyong remembered that he didn't recognize a few words at the age of nine thousand, and glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and saw that the post was written respectfully "Foolish nephew and grandson-in-law Huo Weihua bows", knowing that Huo Weihua's concubine was the cousin and niece of Wei Zhongxian's nephew Fu Yingxing, he secretly felt funny in his heart, and said with a hunch: "Lord Huo didn't say it, and the little one didn't dare to ask." Besides, what is there in our Ming Dynasty that we can't report to our grandfather? Nothing can be done without your old man! If it weren't for the old grandfather supporting the ......" in the words, Wei Zhongxian felt that he was used, and waved his left hand outward a few times, interrupting: "Don't pick something nice to tell me, pass him in!" ”

"Nephew and grandson-in-law Huo Weihua visited nine thousand years old." With the words, he strode into a red-faced and purple-bearded man, wearing a six-beam Zhongjing crown, wearing a second-grade lion patch suit, and a flower rhino belt around his waist. Wei Zhongxian raised his hand to stop it, and said pretendedly: "Don't do this!" Our family and you are in the same palace, and we belong to colleagues, how can we do this great gift? ”

Huo Weihua's eyes flowed, and he said earnestly: "Nine thousand years old is a saint's heart, and the world admires it, if you can thank you in person, you can't say that you can't line up until you are outside the city!" It is a great honor for Weihua to bow down for all the people of the world and say hello to the nine thousand years old, and the nine thousand years old should not be hindered, so as not to chill the hearts of all the people in the world! ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled and no longer forcibly stopped, but only received a half-kneeling salute. Huo Weihua bowed again: "Now in the nine-thousand-year-old mansion, Weihua also has to make a private gift." ”

"What personal gift?"

"I'm afraid I've forgotten that the third lady of Weihua is the niece of Uncle Fu Yingxing, the nephew of the nine-thousand-year-old nephew. When Wei Hua came, your granddaughter specially instructed her grandson-in-law to meet her for a private gift. With that, he knelt down on his knees and knocked his head three times in a row. Wei Zhongxian sat down and saluted, and ordered him to get up and sit down at the bottom of the head. Huo Weihua only sat half of his body gratefully, and without waiting for Wei Zhongxian to ask, he said, "Son-in-law heard that the Holy Dragon is not in good health, so he has come to offer an immortal prescription to the nine thousand years old. Wei Zhongxian raised his eyes and stared at him and asked, "Long live the dragon's body, did you listen to what the palace said, or did you listen to the rumors outside the palace?" Huo Weihua hesitated a little and said, "I didn't dare to deceive the nine thousand years old, I overheard it in the palace." ”

Wei Zhongxian gently wiped his eyebrows with his left hand, and said casually: "Oh, if that's the case, our family will be relieved." Our family is afraid that the news will spread, and some people with evil intentions will take the opportunity to stir up trouble and stir up unrest in the government and the opposition. Huo Weihua hurriedly said: "Grandson-in-law is dedicated to the safety of the saint, and he is dedicated to solving the worries of the nine thousand years old, and he will never dare to have any other intentions!" ”

"Don't dare? No way! If you don't dare to have any intentions, how can you spend money to buy any news in the palace? We're right! ”

"This ......" Huo Weihua oozed a fine bead of sweat on his head, and he didn't know how to answer.

"Humph! Think about it, how can you enter the palace without our family's order? What was overheard in the palace? How did Lu Xinchen, the younger brother of your concubine, get the fifty taels of silver yesterday, and we don't know it? Our family only allowed him to reveal you because you are usually obedient, otherwise how could you, a second-class minister, get out of the palace when he knows such shocking news! Huo Weihua felt that his back was already soaked, and he clearly heard the sound of cold sweat dripping onto his robe on his face, and hurriedly left his seat, bowed down and said repeatedly: "Xie Jiu thousand years old!" Xie 9,000 years old! Wei Zhongxian showed a little smile on his face, and said slowly: "Our family believes in you, otherwise you won't be able to enter my flower hall!" Let's talk about your fairy formula! ”

"The grandson-in-law's immortal recipe was obtained from a master outside the party in his early years, and the immortal liquid prepared was called 'Linglu Drink', which was made by refining the essence of water and rice......"

In the imperial pharmacy in the southwest corner of the Qianqing Palace, the silver pot for decocting medicine is placed in the clean japonica and glutinous two rice, which is filled with sweet spring water drawn from Yuquan Mountain in the west of the city, and the dried mulberry wood under the pot is burning red. In less than half an hour, the hot steam on the pot was steaming, and it was changed to a thin heat and slowly boiled, and the small hole above the silver pot continued to flow out of the water, dripping into the long-necked silver bottle below. Wu Yiru took a little from the bottle with a small silver spoon, blew it to cool his mouth, shook his head and said to Wang Shou'an puzzledly: "The soup is slightly sweet, and it is slightly close to the wine lady." If it can heal the holy disease, what is the pharmacology? It is not recorded in ancient and modern medical books, and it is really unheard of. Brother Shou'an is knowledgeable, can you know? Wang Shouan shook his head and said apologetically: "Don't make fun of my little brother." Even a medical master like my brother has not heard of it, so how will my little brother know. The two of them were discussing themselves, Wang Yongzuo, the imperial brand of the Qianqing Palace, had been urging outside the door, Wu Yiru did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly filled the silver kettle, put it in the insulated food box, handed it over to Wang Yongzuo, and followed all the way behind.

There was silence in the Xibian Hall of the Qianqing Palace, and the heavy breathing of the patient could be faintly heard. Zhu Youxiao was lying on his back on the dragon bed, his face was pale and yellow, his eyes were closed, his mouth was wide open, and he was panting. There was a palace beauty about twenty years old sitting next to the bed, holding one of his hands and touching his forehead from time to time, full of anxiety and sadness. She is Zhang Yan, the queen of Zhu Youxiao.

Wu Yiru walked lightly to the dragon bed with a silver pot containing Linglu Drink, and whispered: "Weichen respectfully invites Niangniang Sheng'an." Zhang Yan came back to her senses, saw the silver pot in Wu Yiru's hand, her eyes suddenly glowed, her lips opened slightly, revealing a mouthful of clean and neat teeth, and said hurriedly: "No need to be polite, get up quickly, give this immortal medicine to the emperor!" ”

Several palace ladies helped Zhu Youxiao's body up slightly, and Zhang Yan personally fed him with a silver spoon and drank it one bite at a time. Zhu Youxiao hadn't eaten for two days, and when he swallowed, he felt sweet, drank two small silver bowls in a row, and his spirit seemed to be better, so he stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhang Yan's jade wrist and asked, "E'er, have you been here with me?" Zhang Yan nodded, seeing the emperor calling his name softly, his heart was sour, two lines of hot tears flowed out of his eyes, his nose twitched, he choked up, turned around and wiped his tears, and asked with a smile with red eyes: "Emperor, but do you feel lighter?" ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Youxiao responded, pulled Zhang Yan's skirt, motioned her to sit on the edge of the dragon bed, and said comfortingly: "E'er, don't think about it, I'm fine." Look at your face haggard and pale, as if you are sicker than me! ”

"If the emperor can be safe, the concubines are willing to suffer a little, and I just want the emperor to recover as soon as possible." Zhang Yan raised her face slightly and looked at Zhu Youxiao, and her tears couldn't stop flowing again.

"Good, good! I promise you that it is. Zhu Youxiao raised his hand to wipe away a teardrop from the corner of her eye, Zhang Yan felt that his hand was still burning and hot, and it was still a little swollen, and she felt even more sad, and the joy and happiness that had just sprung up disappeared in an instant. Li Yixiao, Yang Cuisleeve, and a few palace ladies who were close to him could understand Zhang Yan's feelings, and when they saw the emperor and the queen talking, they thought that their condition had improved greatly, and they withdrew from the hall, dancing and running to tell each other. Wei Zhongxian's personal eunuch Li Chaoqin happened to come over to investigate, listened to what the palace maid said, and hurriedly returned to the Maoqin Palace to report. Wei Zhongxian heard that the emperor's condition had improved, and thought that the immortal formula fruit had a miraculous effect, so he suddenly relaxed, and felt that it was no longer important for Zheng Yangtian to measure what words he was, so he said to Li Chaoqin: "Child, go to the Xian'an Palace outside Fengcai Gate, and inform Mrs. Fengsheng that our family is going to go over and teach her to relax and relax, but she has been tired for the past few days." ”

Li Chaoqin smiled lightly: "Mrs. Fengsheng has also inquired about the nine thousand years old several times in the past few days!" I was afraid that the 9,000-year-old would be tired, so I specially instructed the child to see when the 9,000-year-old would be free, so he went over to rest without sending a letter in advance. Son, let's go with the nine thousand years old! Perhaps Mrs. Bongsheng has been anxious for a long time. Wei Zhongxian scolded: "You monkey cub, why didn't you say it earlier!" ”

As soon as the two of them stepped out of the gate of the Maoqin Palace, Feng Yuansheng, the sign in front of the Qianqing Palace, ran over, saw Wei Zhongxian, and said in a panic: "Nine thousand years old, long live the lord has some edema, Niang Niang is afraid that it is not a good sign, please go over and think of a way." ”

Wei Zhongxian was shocked in his heart, and said in a vicious voice: "Didn't the palace maids say that Long Live Lord has already improved, why is there edema?" Feng Yuansheng saw that his face was gloomy, and he was scared, so he said in a snort: "Imperial Doctor Wu has just finished the diagnosis, and secretly told Niangniang, saying that that the recipe has no effect. Wei Zhongxian said: "You go back and tell your mother that our house will be there immediately." There are a few more famous people from Jiaotai Hospital, and then they will be diagnosed and treated. Feng Yuansheng slipped away.

Wei Zhongxian walked around the palace a few times, and ordered Li Chaoqin to say: "You go and inform Li Yongzhen and Tu Wenfu that the 10,000 internal supervisors who practice internal exercises will be divided into three shifts, and they will patrol the Forbidden City day and night, and no one is allowed to walk around the palace indiscriminately, let alone enter and leave the palace at will." He also said to Pei Yousheng: "You go and tell Tian Ergeng that there will be more brocade guards outside the imperial city, and passers-by must be strictly checked, and the news in the palace will not leak at all!" After finishing the order, he remembered Zheng Yangtian in the edict prison, and hurriedly called Pei Yousheng, adding: "Go to the Zhenfu Division again to see how Xu Xianchun interrogated Old Man Zheng." As soon as there is a result, report it to me! ”

Note: Five labors and seven injuries: long-term vision hurts blood, long-term lying hurts qi, long-term sitting hurts flesh, long-standing hurts bones, and long-term walking hurts tendons, which is called five labors. The seven injuries refer to the seven kinds of labor injuries and their causes that hurt the spleen, liver, lungs, kidneys, heart, shape, and will. The six poles are qi, blood, tendons, bones, muscles, essence deficiency and the symptoms that appear, the ancients thought that "the six poles should be the six intestines, from Tibet and the house." Those who are said to be extremely sick are also more sick than those who work hard. ”

Those who are injured and deficient are yin and yang, qi and blood, glory and health, spirit, bone marrow, and fluid. Those who are damaged are also damaged by the skin, veins, flesh, tendons, and bones, and internally by the lungs, heart, spleen, liver, and kidneys. Those who have worked hard are said to have been weakened for a long time, and they will not heal, and they will become five labors, seven injuries, and six poles. He also said: "If you are deficient, your blood and qi will be insufficient, and after a long time, your skin and internal organs will gradually deteriorate, so you will be weakened every day." Those who work for a long time are sick and have no rest, as those who do not cease to work. "