After returning the next morning, when Qingzhi was questioned by her mother Guo and her third sister, she only said that she had gone to a distant place to practice medicine, but because of the long distance, she could not return home.

Mother Guo Shi believed in her very much, after all, this kind of thing is normal for doctors.

The third sister didn't believe her. After Guo left, she still stayed in the green branch room and asked, "What did you do yesterday?" ”

Qingzhi replied to her: "Just go to practice medicine, I have already said it just now." ”

The third sister said: "Then how did I hear that Lu Shikang also happened to disappear last night." ”

Qingzhi didn't return overnight last night, so she went to the gate of Lufu early in the morning to inquire, and heard from the residents near Lufu that last night Lufu dispatched all the little guys to look for people.

It is said that the main reason why Lu Governor's Mansion is not worried about his son is that he has encountered the assassination of Lu Shikang from time to time recently, so Lu Mansion has been sending people to search for Lu Shikang's traces throughout the city.

Qingzhi replied to the third sister: "He was indeed with me yesterday, but he took me to treat people." He took me where I went. ”

As he spoke, he told her what had happened yesterday. Including the assassination of him on the way back.

She knew she couldn't hide it.

If Zhuang Xuqing really sent a pennant in a few days, maybe he would talk about Lu Shikang and her going with him when he thanked him in the pharmacy, and it would be better to admit it now when the time comes.

However, the part that should be omitted in front of the third sister, she naturally never mentioned it.

After the third sister heard what she said, she nodded her head with her hand and said, "What do you want me to say about you, I said that I want you to stay away from him, but you are so close to him!" Are you so disobedient? ”

Qingzhi said: "Between us is not what you think. ”

Third sister: "Don't take me for a fool!" ”

Qingzhi didn't reply to her anymore, and hurriedly left the third sister under the pretext of going to the pharmacy to help Qian Liu.

In the Lu Mansion, Lu Shikang was naturally interrogated by the Lu Governor's Mansion and Mrs. Lu.

It's just that Lu Shikang just pretended to be dumb and asked Wang Lu to answer for him.

Wang Lu was careless in the end, and he didn't talk about the fact that the third prince and Dr. Kong slept in the same room. He thinks that when he talks about this, he can't avoid the suspicion of the people in the Lu Mansion.

Moreover, he has recently become more and more confused about the relationship between the third prince and Dr. Kong.

The recent relationship between the two made him a little foggy. Usually when he heard them talk, he always felt a little strange, but he didn't dare to speculate.

Fortunately, Governor Lu and Mrs. Lu were more concerned about who his third son was going with and where, but that he met the assassin last night.

As soon as she heard that he had encountered another dangerous situation and almost lost his life, Mrs. Lu was so frightened that her legs weakened.

She repeatedly warned Lu Shikang that in the future, Lu Shikang should not walk at night, especially mountain roads.

Moreover, you must bring Qi Fang with you whenever you go out in the future.

waited for Lu Shikang to agree, and then she let him go back.

After Lu Shikang left, Mrs. Lu said to Lu Governor's Mansion: "That Dr. Kong...... Is there anything you'd like to say? ”

Lu Zhifu said: "Young people's affairs, why do you want to do so much?" ”

Mrs. Lu said, "Don't you think it's strange? Why did he take Dr. Kong to Songhe Private School? What does his family's pharmacy have to do with him? Could it be that Dr. Kong is really a woman? Besides, have you ever seen your third son be so interested in whom? ”

Lu Zhifu said: "Aren't you just trying to make him interested in someone?" Isn't it a good thing that he now has someone to love him? ”

Mrs. Lu said: "However, whether he is a man or a woman, we still don't understand." Then if he is a man, isn't he just that ......, besides, if he is really a woman, and when he enters our door in the future, then what kind of chaos will our family have? I don't want patients to come and go every day at home......"

Governor Lu shook his head and said, "Madam, you're thinking too much. ”

Mrs. Lu glanced at him and said, "How much do I think?" You men are so thick and leafy, your eyes can only see the distance of two meters in front of you! I don't know how to think about the hidden dangers of the 300 miles ahead! ”

Lu Zhifu said: "Even if he is really a woman, when he enters our house, there are a few patients coming and going, it is a hidden danger?" How come I haven't seen a doctor who has been infected with a disease? Kong Zhongda has been practicing medicine for so many years, isn't he still very strong? ”

As he spoke, he left the room without looking back, and he was going to the yamen.

Last night, he was so worried that he didn't get much sleep all night, so he felt a little dizzy when he walked, but he could only make up for it by going to bed earlier in the evening.

Mrs. Lu looked at his back and sighed.

She originally felt that the relationship between her third son and Dr. Kong was a little strange, but yesterday's incident deepened her impression.

It's not that she hates this Kong Qingzhi, but she doesn't know why, when she talked about him with Lu Governor's Mansion today, she suddenly thought that if he became "her" in the future and married to live in this Lu Mansion, there would be few patients at that time, and she was a person who would avoid a few steps away when she saw any patient.

So, she now wants him to be "him" rather than "she".

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Qizhou.

It is 300 kilometers away from Jiangbei City, and the terrain of Jiangbei City is different from the mountain, Qizhou only has one point of mountain, and the other nine points are eight points of fields and one point of water.

Early in the morning, several beggars sat together begging on a somewhat dilapidated side street.

One of the beggars, who had fine skin and tender flesh, was fourteen or fifteen years old, and was much more silent than the others, and when the other beggars were talking to each other, he lowered his head and stared blankly at the bowl in front of him.

He is Zheng Hangpei.

That evening, after listening to Aoeda's words, he thought that his brother was on his way north, so he rode his horse all the way north.

Because he was too innocent and ignorant, but he was dressed in fine clothes and led a good-looking horse, he had only been on a trip for a few days when he was caught by two robbers while eating at an inn.

After he had eaten and left the inn, and had gone a few feet north, the two robbers took the horse from him with the speed he had not had time to react, snatched the silver from his sleeve, and then rode away with him.

He wanted to cry without tears.

In order to survive, he looked for a job.

But none of them succeeded.

After half a day of work, the boss thought he was too weak and fired him on the grounds that his work was not neat enough.

In the end, he had to work as a beggar to survive.

He has been a beggar here for seven or eight days now.

When he intended to buy a horse with the money he received as a beggar, he immediately bought a horse and continued his journey north.

However, he didn't know anything about how much it would cost to buy a horse.

Now, he can be given about 50 yuan a day by passers-by, and in addition to 10 yuan a day of food and drink, he can leave 40 yuan.