Chapter 36 Sleeve Rolling
Feng Gao barely looked at Wang Xi's growth, she had the most ghost ideas, and it happened that eight or nine out of ten could be successful, and when he heard this, his hanging heart naturally let go of half of it, and calmly sent Wang Xi to the carriage.
Wang Xi was busy all night, and immediately collapsed on the bed after going back, made up for sleep first, and then went to Mrs. Tai's for lunch.
Mrs. Tai was talking about going to participate in the birthday banquet of the eldest princess of Baoqing: "In addition to the lady concubine, several princes will also come, you must not run around, if you collide with the nobles in the palace, you will be embarrassed and thrown home." Twenty years from now, maybe someone will say it. If any of you is not afraid, then do as you please......"
She'd said that several times.
Chang Ke quietly pulled Wang Xi's sleeve and said in a low voice: "I said that you went to Yinlou to order jewelry, how about it?" Have you chosen a good look? ”
This is the excuse made by Mama Wang.
Wang Xi replied vaguely, and Mrs. Tai had already said: "The female dependents are all on the west road of the eldest princess's mansion, and the stage is also divided into two places, the female dependents are in the Yingxiao Pavilion on the west side of the back garden, and the male guests are in the Liyinxuan on the east side of the back garden." Don't make a mistake. ”
Everyone responded "yes" with a smile, and the look, as if they were going to participate in an outing, were full of joy between their eyebrows.
Chang Ning even said: "Grandmother, which troupes have been invited by the eldest princess's mansion to sing, but there is a list of plays." ”
Mrs. Tai smiled: "It's the Pear Blossom Class and Lianzhu Fang." ”
"Who's from Lianzhufang?" The eldest grandmother, who usually doesn't say much, asked with glowing eyes, obviously very interested.
Mrs. Tai smiled and said, "The corners of the two families should be there, otherwise there will be not enough manpower!" ”
Everyone talked and laughed, only Wang Xi was not interested, and wanted to go back and make up for sleep.
Finally, when they dispersed, Shi Zhu invited a few of them to her house to drink tea, saying that it was Fujian rock tea sent from Guangdong by her father's former subordinates: "It is very different from the flower tea and green tea we usually drink." I wasn't used to drinking much, but they gave it every year, and they said it was a tribute, and I drank it a little bit in the past few years. ”
Chang Ning naturally wanted to go to the party, how could Wang Xi be in the mood, under the pretext of copying the Buddhist scriptures for his grandmother who was far away in Shuzhong to go to the temple to worship, and said goodbye alone.
Shi Zhu looked at her back and sneered.
After Mama Shi found out, she muttered a few words in front of Mrs. Tai.
Mrs. Tai didn't take it to heart, and said with a smile: "Although Ah Zhu has a big temper, she has a good heart, and she comes and goes quickly, not to mention Ah Xi, she is delicate, well-behaved and sensible, even if she is wronged, she will not come hard with Ah Zhu." The two have been together for a long time, and it would be good for each other to know each other's temperament. ”
Mama Shi was going to cover her ears when she heard it.
Which eye did your old man see that one of these two people has a quick temper and the other can stand the grievances.
It's just that she can't say this, she can only be secretly anxious in her heart.
On the side of the big shopkeeper, he did not live up to Wang Xi's trust, but in two days, he asked Feng Gao to personally send her the sachets for the Dragon Boat Festival, and told her Dr. Feng's plan: "The master didn't want to refuse Chen Luo and the second prince at all. It's just that I'm afraid that the promise will be too happy and make the two suspicious, so I dragged it out again and again, but I didn't expect it to drag Lord Jin out. ”
Wang Xi also vaguely guessed this at that time, and she said puzzledly: "What is Grandpa Feng going to do?" ”
If it was for fame, he would not be satisfied with being an ordinary doctor in the Wang family at the beginning.
Feng Gao and Wang Xi whispered: "Do you know that my wife and brother have been gone for a long time? Shizu didn't have a son at the beginning, so he wanted to recruit a son-in-law among a few apprentices, and then inherit the mantle. Originally, the master took a fancy to our master, but he couldn't stand the fact that the master fell in love with the master, and later the master became a son-in-law and inherited the mantle of the master. When the senior brother was three years old, the master was invited to see the governor of Sichuan at that time, but it was just a small sting, who knew that it was always bad over and over again. The master was so anxious that he flipped through medical books in the study at home every day. It was just a wall, and the wife and the three-year-old brother were silently cut their throats and died in the bedroom. The ancestor didn't come up the next day when he found out, so it was gone. The master was stunned, and several uncles and uncles helped to organize the funeral, but who knew that a fire broke out in the middle of the night, which burned the pharmacy clean, and several uncles and uncles were also killed. ”
Wang Xi had heard her grandmother and mother talk about this, but she was still young at the time and didn't remember it very clearly.
At this time, Feng Gao mentioned it again, and she immediately remembered it.
It has been more than 30 years, and the murderer has not been found in this case until now.
Among Dr. Feng's several brothers and disciples, only one of them went to borrow a bench next door and Dr. Feng, who carried someone to tie paper flowers for his wife in the backyard, survived.
Feng Gao's voice lowered: "The master suspects that someone set the fire to cover up his murder." In the first few years, the master checked the surviving uncle, but he didn't find out what was wrong with the uncle. Because a fire burned down the pharmacy to the point that there was almost nothing left, and the government failed to find out the ugly man, the case became an unsolved case.
"It's just that the master doesn't give up, and has been investigating this case for so many years."
In order to borrow strength, he later lived in the Wang family.
Feng Gao didn't say this, but Wang Xi knew it.
She said: "So Grandpa Feng went to travel, also because of this incident?" ”
"Hmm!" Feng Gao said, "Coming to the capital to open a pharmacy is also related to this matter. The master tried his best, and over the years, he searched the surroundings and found no murderer, and the master felt that it was impossible to go on like this, so he thought about looking for it elsewhere. But he is old, and it is not easy to gain a firm foothold in the capital in the past few years, and he is afraid that he will not have the energy or time to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou. plans to take advantage of this time to enter the palace and use the power of the second prince to help find the murderer. ”
Wang Xi frowned and said, "If something happens to him, we won't be able to get out of it." Grandpa Feng is not such a person. Did he find out that he would decide to do it on the spur of the moment? Her mind spun quickly, and she only thought of one thing, "That Chaoyun of the Great Jue Temple can't have anything to do with the events of the year, right?" ”
Dr. Feng bought a lot of potpourri from other people, and once said that Chaoyun's incense technique was very similar to that of his father-in-law's family.
If it's the same brother, then it's right.
Feng Gao glanced at Wang Xi appreciatively and said, "You guessed right. The master found out that Chaoyun had a problem, so he decided to enter the palace. The master wanted to see him several times but failed to do so, and the reason why he can be called the first person to make incense in the capital is because of the favor of the eldest princess of Lin'an. ”
"Then come soft!" Wang Xi narrowed her eyes, she believed that Dr. Feng was not the kind of person who had no purpose, since he said so, there must be something wrong with that Chaoyun, "You tell Doctor Feng, Chaoyun is there, I have a way." Can the matter of entering the palace be discussed in the long run? ”
Feng Gao smiled bitterly and said, "The master is reluctant to tell us, because he is afraid that you will come forward to help him." He can't help but want you to get involved. ”
Wang Xi said: "Even if I don't help, with the relationship between Grandpa Feng and our family, our Wang family will be able to get rid of it?" ”
Feng Gao did not speak.
Wang Xi said: "Since that Chaoyun is famous as a woman who leans on a cane, and he is also known as a person outside the party, he must be walking around among women. You can see that his sachets can be sold to Yun Xiangrong. It's definitely more convenient for me to come forward than others. Rest assured, if I look wrong, I will retreat immediately, and I will never put myself in danger. ”
This Feng Gao believes.
Wang Xi said again: "Grandpa Feng suspects who that Chaoyun is? ”
"It's the master uncle who almost married our master." Feng Gao said, his expression was a little solemn, "His original name was Cheng Ling, and he was the son of the same disciple of the ancestor, and after the death of the senior brother of the ancestor, the ancestor adopted Cheng Ling. Cheng Ling studied medicine with his ancestor since he was a child, and was good at gynecology and pediatrics, and his medical skills were very good, and he was already famous in Shu in his twenties.
"It's just that he has a wooden temperament, his wife doesn't like it very much, and his master can't help it, so he follows his wife's wishes. After the master and his mother got married, he still lived in the ancestor's house, and the ancestor felt guilty about him, and he also wanted to marry his daughter-in-law and set aside him to open a pharmacy for him. After the fire, everyone else was on the spot, but only his corpse made the master feel a little inappropriate. Except for the uncle, the master is the most suspicious of him - he is the only one in the house who can enter and exit at will, except for the master, only he has the key to the cage where the master put the prescription. Ten years after the death of his wife, an unknown person repaired Cheng Ling's tomb again. ”
Wang Xi nodded and said, "Didn't Grandpa Feng say why he suspected that Cheng Ling was still alive and a murderer?" ”
If he just hated Grandpa Feng and Grandma Feng, he should kill Grandpa Feng if he wanted to? Why did he kill his brother after killing Grandma Feng's mother and son and his master who was angry with him?
Since he wanted to kill his fellow brothers, why did he leave behind Grandpa Feng and a junior brother who had a grudge against him?
Wang Xi felt that Cheng Ling's murderous method was not like a plan and then acted, but there was no charter, as if he did it casually.
Sure enough, Feng Gao said: "The master said that it should be the book "Taiping Qianjinfang" written for the master. ”
Wang Xi had never heard of this book.
She raised an eyebrow.
Feng Gao said: "The master said that the master wanted to emulate the former sages and write a thousand golden prescriptions to be passed on to the world, and the master has been helping the master to sort out the prescriptions, as far as the master knows, thirty-six volumes have been completed. On the night of my wife's death, everyone panicked, and only thought about catching the murderer and letting the deceased be buried in peace, and no one thought of taking care of the study. Later, after the ancestor heard that the mother and son were killed, he also went, and a master asked who received the manuscript written by the master, and everyone found that the manuscript was missing. For this reason, the master and several uncles and uncles also had disputes, and everyone suspected that the master was secretly collecting it. The master was unhappy at this time, and secretly ran to the backyard to tie paper flowers alone......"
Wang Xi was quite embarrassed. But she still said calmly: "Anyway, Grandpa Feng is suspicious of Chaoyun now, so let's find a way to find out if Chaoyun is Cheng Ling." I'll talk about the rest after we've verified. Don't come and go and make it so complicated, and end up digging your own hole and jumping yourself. ”
Feng Gao said: "I have smelled the incense made by Chaoyun, even if it is not made by Cheng Ling, it must have something to do with him." ”
Wang Xi said: "Even so, if Grandpa Feng had told me about this matter when he borrowed Wang Xi and Baiguo from me, why would he not be able to determine Chaoyun's identity until today?" After you go back, you must persuade Grandpa Feng that complex things must be done simply, and simple things can be done directly. ”