Chapter 218: The Old Man's Identity
As the two were talking, Sinan suddenly paused, looked in the direction of the staircase, and saw the old man with the wooden barrel coming down from above, he was still the same as before, full of silver hair, rickety, and the whole person looked very old, and his sense of existence was very low.
Ren Xiaoshuang also looked at Sinan, she was a little puzzled, she didn't know why Sinan was so interested in this old man who was cleaning.
The latter was naturally aware of these two gazes, and he couldn't avoid them, perhaps it was the first time he had been so noticed after working in the Tai Hospital for so long.
He walked slowly in front of the two of them, bowed his head slightly, and said hello before turning around to leave.
"Wait." Sinan stopped him, and she saw that his back was visibly stiff, and then turned around slowly.
The old man's expression was a little nervous, although there was no obvious expression on his wrinkled, furrowed face, but those dark and deep eyes could not deceive peopleβhe was nervous.
"What else do you command?"
Sinan looked him up and down a few times, and his voice was slightly cold: "Take out the things." β
Stuff? What is it?
Ren Xiaoshuang looked at the old man blankly, the latter was also puzzled, he shook his head and said, "I don't know what you're talking about." β
"Whether you really don't know, or pretend not to know, you should know it very well in your own heart, I don't want to do it with you, take it out yourself, so as not to be embarrassed."
Sinan's tone was not kind, her eyes were cold, and she felt the aura of coldness around her in an instant, Ren Xiaoshuang was a little scared, she had never seen Sinan like this.
She subconsciously took a step back, and the old man also looked abrupt, and he was also a little stunned by Sinan, he lowered his head and didn't move.
Sinan waited for three seconds, and didn't say a word more, a dodge approached the other party's body, the old man didn't seem to react that Sinan would suddenly make a move, he wanted to dodge but it was too late, he panicked, and the moment he staggered with Sinan, he was hit by a palm!
Although the palm used was not strong, it interrupted the balance of the old man's body, and while Si Nan closed his palm, the other hand quickly attacked, the two palms intersected, bang in a row, and accurately pointed at the acupoint on his body.
The feeling of soreness and numbness instantly surged most of his body, the old man's feet were weak, his center of gravity was unstable and fell to the ground, and a small transparent bottle rolled out of his pocket.
The old man was lying on the ground holding the sore acupoint and groaning, Sinan squatted down and picked up the bottle on the ground, shook it in front of the old man's eyes, and laughed in a low voice: "What is this?" β
She stood up and glanced at the contents of the bottle, which she had refined yesterday when she taught Xiao Shuang to purify the potion, because she had refined too much, lost and wasted, she was piled up on the second floor.
Ren Xiaoshuang's eyes widened, and she looked at the bottle in Sinan's hand in surprise, her face full of disbelief: "Really...... Really stole something?! β
Sinan raised her eyebrows, gave her a look of "what do you think", looked at the old man again, and said with a smile: "What else do you want to say?" β
At this time, the soreness on the old man's body also disappeared by half, he reluctantly stood up, lowered his head and didn't look at Sinan, as if acquiescing in his crime, and said after a while: "Let you dispose of it." β
Ren Xiaoshuang looked at Si Nan, thinking that she would drive the old man to Lin Yi, but she didn't think that Sinan didn't say anything, just looked at the old man deeply, turned around and left.
"Let's go." Her voice was scattered, as if it were a slouch of the afternoon sun, "Don't hide your breath next time you come." β
Hearing this, the old man's pupils shrank and he looked up at Sinan suddenly, but the latter still looked like he didn't care.
He was shocked in his heart, he didn't expect Sinan to know that he deliberately hid his breath, you must know that he has worked in the Tai Hospital for so long, in and out of every refining pharmacy, as long as there are people inside, he will hide his breath, but after so many years, no one has found out.
"How are you ......," the old man's eyes widened.
Sinan glanced at him, didn't speak, and walked to the operating table while fiddling with the potion, and said, "Xiaoshuang, I'll teach you next." β
"Oh...... Oh! Here it comes! Ren Xiaoshuang came back to her senses, she was now full of questions, but she didn't know where to start, in short, she had to wait for the old man to leave.
The old man locked his eyebrows and thought deeply, glanced at Sinan again, didn't say anything more, and left with the barrel again.
"Sister Sinan, Sister Sinan!" As soon as the old man left, Ren Xiaoshuang hurriedly ran to Sinan's side, infinitely exerting his gossip heart, "Wow, you're too powerful, how do you know that the old man stole something?" And you, papapa, your hands are as fast as what, how did you get it? I want to learn too, can I? β
Sinan turned his head to look at Ren Xiaoshuang's face, reached out and patted her on the door of her head, and rolled his eyes: "You can learn the purification potion first!" β
Ren Xiaoshuang pursed her mouth, and her small appearance was extremely aggrieved.
Sinan smiled, and while adding medicinal materials to the Dan furnace, he said, "Didn't you notice that he was very wrong since he came last time?" β
"Hmm......" Ren Xiaoshuang nodded, "It seems that yes, he seems to care about that Ding." β
"Not only that, but when he came in today, he kept staring at the potions on the table, and when he went out, his right arm was tightened, as if he was protecting something, as if he had stolen something."
In her previous life, Sinan was a special forces military doctor, and the battlefield is changing rapidly, and any small detail will kill you.
Ren Xiaoshuang was surprised when she heard this, she blinked her eyes and looked adoring: "Sister Sinan, I found that you are really amazing, you are my goddess!" β
"You can talk." Sinan nodded her forehead with a smile, raised her eyebrows and said, "But it's useless to pat yourself on the back, you still have to practice it, go back and read this book, and I'll check it in three days." β
As he spoke, Sinan stuffed a thick medical book into Ren Xiaoshuang's arms.
Ren Xiaoshuang's face collapsed instantly, holding the thick book, feeling worried.
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As night falls, the moon hangs high.
Sinan refining the medicine was too late, and it was already late at night when he went home.
There were basically no people on the road, and it was so quiet that she could even hear her own breathing, but this path was not the one she usually went home to.
Sinan deliberately went to a lakeside kiosk in the middle of Kyoto City, where there are small vendors setting up stalls on the side of the road during the day, but because it is far away from the residential area, almost no one comes when it gets dark, let alone in the middle of the night.
She stood in front of the small pavilion and said in a deep voice: "When do you want to follow, come out." β
The early autumn night is a little cool, the wind also carries a hint of coldness, and the rustling sound is accompanied by the rustling sound when it sweeps over the treetops, and the moonlight is slanting down, which makes people feel even more bleak.
After a while, there was a squirming sound behind him, and then a slightly rickety figure appeared behind Sinan, the voice was low and deep, "When did you know?" β
"I knew it from the beginning." She tugged at the corners of her mouth and turned around, otherwise she wouldn't have gone home.
The old man's figure seemed to be straighter than in the Tai Hospital, although he was still full of silver hair and his face was full of wrinkles, but his eyes were extraordinarily deep and bright in the dark night, sharp and sharp.
"Not hiding?" Sinan asked him with a smile, feeling the powerful aura coming from the other party, she already knew that this man was not as simple as she imagined.
The old man's face froze, he paused, as if he was brewing something, and said, "During the day, it's not to steal your medicine, but to ...... Rather, it is confirmed. β
"Confirmed?"
The old man nodded: "Actually, as early as when you competed with Guan Shan to purify medicinal materials, I got your potion by me, but because of the importance of the matter, I have to be cautious." β
Sinan frowned, with an expression of "what are you talking about".
"My name is Fang Anzhi, in fact, I was the personal guard of the first queen, and I was a member of the first queen's family, but the first queen didn't like the harem fight, but was persecuted to death by Zhuang Daiqing, the emperor was in the early days of his ascension to the throne, the power of the Zhuang family was strong, and the status was unshakable, even if the emperor liked the first queen, he couldn't do anything to Zhuang Daiqing."
Speaking of this, the old man looked ashamed, heartbroken, and beat his chest: "It's a pity that I had a body of martial arts at that time, but the method was improper, not only failed to help the former queen avenge her hatred, but I was also poisoned, and I became like this, this old dragon clock's appearance, I can only survive and live in humiliation in this world......"
Fang Anzhi was originally a retainer of the former queen's family, and his martial arts were the strongest, and the old man loved his daughter, so he asked him to accompany the former queen into the royal family to protect the safety of the first queen.
The old man still remembers what he said to himself, as if it was yesterday, but not only did he fail to keep the former queen safe, but even let her die tragically, how could he not feel distressed?!
Sinan was surprised in his heart, he didn't expect Fang Zhian to have a relationship with the former queen, but at the same time, he felt that something seemed to be wrong with this matter.
"You say, poisoned?"
"It was Zhuang Daiqing who did it." Fang Anzhi clenched his fists, and his dark and deep eyes were full of resentment, "Back then, when the strange people from the Western Regions entered the palace to see them, there was a person from the Western Regions who was good at refining medicines, Zhuang Daiqing and that person poisoned me, so that I couldn't protect the former queen." β
makes people age instantly, and their physical skills are extremely reduced, which is indeed something that Zhuang Daiqing can do.
Sinan sneered in his heart, and his flat voice was a little indifferent: "So, you want to ask me to help you configure the antidote?" But even if you configure it, what can you do to help the first queen take revenge? β
"I ......" Fang Anzhi gritted his teeth, his resentful voice was unwilling, and said, "I can't ......"
After many years, the clue is broken, not to mention that he is just a small hospital miscellaneous worker, in the huge palace, his status is like an ant, and it is too difficult to go through many obstacles to help the first queen take revenge.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Sinan pulled the corners of his mouth and asked, "How do you know that it was Zhuang Daiqing who persecuted the former queen to death?" β
"Isn't that obvious?!" He said with some excitement: "Back then, the Zhuang family in the court was powerful, and even the largest nobles in the family except for the emperor, it was difficult to get rid of it, and the daughter of the Zhuang family was the concubine of the emperor's harem, so naturally she had to be the most noble!" β