Duan Chengwen looked at his embarrassed old friend, and looked at the complaint handed to him with his hands full of small wounds.

Duan Chengwen has been an official for decades now, and he has been up and down in this officialdom for a long time, and the youthful spirit when he was promoted back then has actually been worn out much.

He and Qin Ling hadn't seen each other for almost ten years, and it had been almost a year since the two of them had last been in contact by letter.

Looking at the bloodstained complaint in Qin Ling's hand, Duan Chengwen finally took it from his hand.

After months of torment and fear, the moment Duan Chengwen took over the complaint, Qin Ling seemed to finally feel a little relaxed. For several months, he relied on his own legs and begged along the way to come to the imperial capital, without clothes and food, if it were not for the breath in his heart and the hope of returning home alive to reunite with his wife and children, he would have been unable to hold on.

"Thank you." After only saying two words, Qin Ling fainted.

Duan Chengwen was frightened by his sudden fainting, and hurriedly lowered his body and reached out to test Qin Ling's snort.

Fortunately, under his try, Qin Ling's snort was faint but still existing.

Duan Chengwen's attendant listened to the silence in the carriage, and several people looked at each other outside the carriage, and one of them saw that it was not early, so he had to step forward and gently tap on the wall of the carriage.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, are you alright?" He asked, looking into the carriage.

Fang Fang suddenly threw himself down from the side of the road and fell in front of the carriage, obviously a beggar, but when the adult got out of the car to check, he clearly said the adult's name, and the adult obviously recognized the beggar. But how could a man like an adult know a beggar?

However, Rao was full of doubts in his heart, and several attendants did not show it on his face.

"If you don't go back to the house today, turn around and go to the house on Lizheng Street." A moment later, Duan Chengwen's voice came from inside the carriage. "You will send someone to Dr. Shi's medical center to ask Dr. Shi to come to the clinic."

The house on Lizheng Street was originally the dowry of the Duansu County Lord, because it was planted with green calyx plums in the garden, and every time it was in flowering, Duan Chengwen would accompany the Duansu County Lord to live for ten days and half a month.

Normally, the house was vacant, and only a few maids, grandmothers, and nurses were left there.

"But now it's getting dark, and the county lord's wife is still at home waiting for the adults to go back."

"Send someone back to the house to spread the word, saying that I will meet with my colleagues tonight and return to the house later."

Qin Ling fell asleep all the way until he was carried out of the carriage and never woke up after being settled.

"My lord, Dr. Shi has arrived."

The attendant came from outside the door and brought in an old man with a white beard, followed by a teenager carrying a huge medicine box.

"Old man has seen Master Duan." The old man walked in the door with a smile, stepped forward with his long white beard, and bowed his hand to Duan Chengwen.

"Doctor Shi, you're on the doctor." Duan Chengwen got up and returned the salute, and pointed to Qin Ling, who was still in a daze on the bed, to Dr. Shi and said. "I'd like to ask Dr. Shi to treat him."

"Oh, Lord Duan was born in a family, how could he let the old man treat a beggar for no reason." Dr. Shi stepped forward unhurriedly, sat on a stool on the side of the bed, and asked unhurriedly.

"He's not a beggar, he's an old friend of mine, and for some reason he's in this situation." Duan Chengwen said with a smile. "He has fainted for almost an hour, and I still have important things to ask him, hoping that Dr. Shi can treat him as soon as possible."

"Okay, okay." Doctor Shi's hand rested on Qin Ling's left hand, and the smile on his face slowly fell.

After waiting for the pulse, Doctor Shi motioned to the young man behind him to put down the medicine box, and assisted him to peel off the outermost layer of Qin Ling's outermost coat that was already dirty, the young man leaned over and took out a sharp silver scissors from the medicine box, Doctor Shi held the silver scissors, cut open the layer of underwear that was not very dirty, and gently pinched every joint on his body.

When Doctor Shi and the young man cooperated to check on Qin Ling, Duan Chengwen silently took a few steps back, making it easier for the two of them to move back and forth.

"Alright, you go get a basin of water." After about a quarter of an hour, Dr. Shi finally straightened up and told the young man to fetch water.

When Duan Chengwen heard this, he immediately ordered his attendant to lead the way for the young man to fetch water.

"Doctor Shi, how is he doing?" When the attendant and the young man in the room had already left, Duan Chengwen looked at Doctor Shi and asked.

"Well, it's not a big problem, there are some external injuries caused by fists and kicks on the body, and there is no major problem with the bones and internal organs." Dr. Shi sat back in his chair, looking overworked. "The reason why he fainted and never woke up until now is because he is exhausted and his blood is weak. I had already taken out a piece of ginseng from the medicine box and pressed it under his tongue, thinking that he would probably wake up in a while. ”

After washing his hands, the young man took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the medicine box, and after Dr. Shi took the pen, wrote down a few prescriptions and handed them to Duan Chengwen.

"In the next few days, this person needs to be well raised, and it is not appropriate to rush to let him eat those fishy things with big fish and meat, his diet must be light, white porridge and side dishes are fine, and then let people catch the medicine according to the old prescription, drink it three times a day for seven or eight days, and he will naturally be almost better."

Duan Chengwen asked the attendant to send Dr. Shi back to the medical hall, and by the way, he grabbed the medicine from the medical hall according to the prescription.

At present, the clothes on Qin Ling's body are either dirty or cut by Dr. Shi with a few scissors, and he can't continue to wear them, but fortunately, although Duan Chengwen only comes to live in this house for about ten days every year, his change of clothes is still readily available here. He asked the attendants to go to the maid to fetch the clothes he had placed here, and asked them to help Qin Ling simply scrub them and change into clean and comfortable new clothes.

"You leave two men here tonight to watch over him." Seeing that the hour was not early, Duan Chengwen still had to return home, Qin Ling had not yet woken up at this time, he could only leave two attendants here to take care of him. "I'll come back tomorrow when I'm on duty. Tomorrow you will see him drink medicine and eat. ”

"Yes, my lord."

In the darkness of the night, Duan Chengwen took a carriage back to the Zhenguo Mansion.

When he entered the main courtyard of the second room, the lord of Duansu, who had been waiting for his return, heard his voice and hurriedly greeted him.

"Why are you back so late today?" Lord Duansu personally changed Duan Chengwen's clothes, and when she took off her robe from him, she sniffed it lightly, but she didn't smell a trace of wine on the robe.

But when the attendant came back to report the news, it was clearly said that Duan Chengwen had an appointment with his colleagues to drink.

"What's wrong?" Duan Chengwen saw that the county lord of Duansu was holding his robe, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he took the initiative to ask her.

"I don't smell any alcohol on you." Lord Duansu said frankly. "This is rare, when did you come back from a banquet in the past when you didn't have the smell of wine, but today it is strange, you have a little bit of medicinal fragrance on your body."

"My colleagues and I got together today because we had an urgent business to do, and we could only make an appointment to eat outside and talk, since it was to discuss business, it was naturally not appropriate to drink." Duan Chengwen rolled his eyes and explained with a smile to the Duansu County Lord. "Even if I don't talk about business, my colleague has been unwell recently, and he needs to drink medicine every day, and he also needs to avoid alcohol."

"I see." After listening to Duan Chengwen's explanation, Lord Duansu said without any doubt. "Now that it's almost the end of the year, I know it's time for you to get busier. It's just that you have to pay attention to your body, don't be too tired, and if you have any discomfort, send someone to ask for Dr. Shi immediately. ”

"yes, I see." Duan Chengwen smiled and bowed his head.

"You've worked hard outside for a day, and I've asked the maids to arrange it for you, so take a good bath first, and rest tonight."

"Okay."

On the second day, Duan Chengwen saw that the hour had come, so he hurriedly got out and got into the carriage, and asked the attendant to drive to the house on Lizheng Street.

Knowing that Duan Chengwen was coming, one of the attendants who had been left by him to take care of Qin Ling last night hurriedly greeted him.

"Are you awake?" Duan Chengwen didn't stop walking, and asked the attendant who greeted him.

"If you go back to your lordship, he woke up once in the early hours of this morning, but before he could say two words, he fell asleep again. Fortunately, this morning the man woke up completely, and we served him to drink the medicine prescribed by Dr. Shi and eat some light diet. ”

"Okay, I'll have something to talk to him later." Duan Chengwen walked outside Qin Ling's house, then he stopped, looked at the attendant who followed closely, and he commanded in a deep voice. "Stand down, and keep an eye on the outside."

"Yes."

Duan Chengwen pushed the door in, Qin Ling, who had already woken up, was half-sitting on the bed in a daze, and another attendant who had been left to take care of him was delivering the boiled medicine to him.

"You're here?" Hearing the movement of Duan Chengwen entering the door, Qin Ling and the attendant both turned their heads, and while taking the waiter's hand over to play, Qin Ling greeted Duan Chengwen with a smile on his chapped lips.

"Okay, you go down," Duan Chengwen waved the attendant away, and the attendant closed the door after receiving the order to go out, Duan Chengwen then sat down on the stool next to the bed, looked at Qin Ling, who was still very pale, and asked. "Yesterday you fainted neatly, and I didn't have time to ask you what happened? Shouldn't you be your county leader in Huaishu County right now? How could it be that beggar dressed as a beggar appeared in the imperial capital yesterday and stopped in front of my carriage. Do you know that you are in an official position and leaving for no reason is a great crime that can kill you! ”

"It's because I can't stand you, I haven't seen you for so many years, and I'll trouble you as soon as we meet," Qin Ling held the hot medicine bowl in his hand, and was not in a hurry to drink it, but looked at Duan Chengwen with some apologetic expressions and said. "I'm really at a dead end, and I can only come to you."