Text Chapter 52 Picking Girls
Entering the inner room, sitting down at the small table, Scarlet looked at Mr. Yang Jiuwei with a calm expression, and motioned for him to speak first.
"Childe, this is the time when you are away, the expenses of Shantang, and the patient's recovery record, please take a look." As he spoke, Mr. Yang handed over an account book, and when he opened a page, he saw that the handwriting was neat, and every expense of Shantang was listed one by one, which showed that the person holding the pen was careful and rigorous.
Scarlet Smoke only glanced at it a few times, then closed it, smiling, "Elder Yang takes care of this good hall, the kid is very relieved, but the kid has been the shopkeeper for so long, and he is quite sorry in his heart." ”
"Hey," Yang Lao waved his hand when he heard this, "What did Yan Gongzi say?" The old man can still do good deeds every day because of the son's gift, and the old man wants to thank you. ”
Scarlet Yan smiled and said busily, "Elder Yang, don't be polite to me, boy, otherwise if the two of us continue to be so polite, I'm afraid it's going to be dark." ”
Brushing the goat's whiskers on his chin with a smile, Yang Lao said, "What the son said is very true, let's get down to business." ”
"Sir, please."
Hearing this, Elder Yang's face was dyed with a slightly complicated look, "A few days ago, the old man personally went to find some medicinal materials, and after returning to the good hall, I heard that Xiao Du in the front hall said that someone had been sent from the palace. ”
The embroidered eyebrows frowned, and the thin lips of the scarlet smoke opened lightly, "But the prince's people?" ”
The old man shook his head, "I don't know about this, but I heard that I am looking for an old man and a son, and they are looking for a noble person in the palace to see a doctor together, and it is said that no matter whether they can be cured or not, there is no punishment and reward." ”
Hearing Yang Lao's answer, the first thought that popped up in Scarlet Yan's mind was that Wei Xian was looking for someone to see the emperor for a doctor. Immediately, she shook her head and removed this thought from her mind: Wei Xian couldn't let people see the emperor so easily, otherwise he wouldn't stop a group of ministers from letting them meet the emperor.
Unless...... The emperor's body is really bad to the point where the Da Luo Immortals are powerless to return to the sky.
Seeing that Scarlet Smoke was deep in thought, Yang Lao did not urge, only faintly observed the slightest expression on her face.
After a long time, Scarlet Yan raised his eyes to the old man, and said softly, "Boss Yang can respond, the kid's medical skills are not as good as yours, you can just call the shots in this matter." The implication is that there is no need to ask him for instructions.
However, Yang Lao shook his head lightly in the surprised gaze of Scarlet Smoke and sighed, "The old man actually wants to ask the son to go for the old man......"
"Oh?"
A pair of hands rubbed uneasily, as if he had encountered something unspeakable, hesitated for a long time in the scarlet gaze, and Yang Lao finally spoke, "As far as the old man knows, it is a lady in the harem who needs to be found to see a doctor, but ...... The old man was inconvenient to see her. ”
His eyes narrowed slightly, Scarlet thought for a while, and slowly spoke, "Does Elder Yang have anything to do with that lady?" ”
Yang Lao sighed deeply, a pair of cloudy old eyes showed a rare hint of confusion, and his dry lips trembled and he spit out a few words, "She...... She's the old man's daughter......"
Scarlet smoke was startled, but he saw the old man get up suddenly, and said in a low voice, "When the old man traveled all over the world, looking for a herb in the jungle of the Western Regions, he inadvertently saved a woman, and the old man had no intention of letting her repay her, but the woman was very stubborn and followed the old man from the Western Regions all the way back to the south. ”
There are always such stubborn people in the world who know how to repay well, Scarlet Yan looked at Yang Lao's somewhat rickety back, and listened to him quietly.
"The old man was so focused on medicine and herbs that he had no time to take care of her, but she kept silently by the old man's side, learning to read and learn medicine, and gradually the old man had feelings for her, and later gave birth to a baby girl."
"But...... One day, the old man came back from the clinic, but found that there was no longer their mother and daughter at home, and there was only a letter left by her on the desk, saying that it was the war in the Western Regions, and she couldn't rest assured that her family was in danger, so she went to the Western Regions alone and entrusted her daughter to the sister-in-law next door. ”
"When the old man looked for it, he found that the house next door had already been empty......
The old man's voice was already a little choked up at the end, "These old men sent people around to inquire about the news, only to learn that after the little girl was abducted and trafficked, she went around and around but entered the harem. ”
Scarlet Yan bit her lip, and then asked, "Then why don't you go and see her in person, Old Yang?" ”
Yang Lao smiled bitterly, "For so many years, the old man really can't think of how she came over, whether she still complains about the old man in her heart, she is not in good health at this time, and the old man is afraid of affecting her emotions, so I implore the son to go this trip for the old man." ”
"But the boy's medical skills are not as good as the ...... of the gentleman"
"Childe's medical skills, the old man can trust." Elder Yang said and bowed to the scarlet smoke, "Please, son." ”
Seeing Yang Lao's request, Scarlet Smoke was moved and had no choice but to agree.
In the afternoon, when the palace car from the palace stopped at the gate of Shantang, Scarlet Smoke got into the carriage under the eyes of Yang Lao and drove towards the palace. However, when passing by the Wu Mansion, Scarlet Yan asked the father-in-law who led the way to stop the carriage for a while, and then brought a slightly taller maid to the carriage again.
The maid is the concubine of the Wu family who is dressed as a woman, Wu Coixin.
Once in the carriage, the man lifted his face and looked at the girl sitting across from him with a pair of uncertain eyes in his eyes. How can there be such a person in this world? Not to mention the private house, he also coerced and lured him to make a dignified seven-foot man wear women's clothes, and even said that he might have to take the position of a mother? If it weren't for her hurried expression, Wu Yanxin almost thought that she was sent by her cousin to fix him.
"Don't look at me like that." Scarlet Smoke was stared at by him so that his scalp was numb, and finally he slowly spoke, "I remember that you said before that you wanted to thank me, and now the opportunity to repay me is right in front of you, how can I be embarrassed to let you miss it in vain?" ”
Wu Yan was angry, "Didn't you push me into the fire pit?" No matter how much I thank you, I can't take my own life, can I? ”
Scarlet Smoke reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said comfortingly, "Hey, it's not that exaggerated. It's just that entering the palace to treat an unfavored lady may not really let you replace her. Don't be too nervous, just like you did last time you played the ball, take it easy and be natural. ”
glanced at the scarlet smoke indignantly, for some reason Wu Yixin was a little awkward in his heart, but he quickly regained his calm, he was born with good looks, dressed as a maid, in addition to the figure looks taller, if you don't look closely, you can also confuse the real with the fake.
Looking at the woman's reserved smile that gradually appeared on the man's face, Scarlet Smoke couldn't help but quip, "By the way, I found that you do have an extraordinary talent for impersonating others." ”
Hearing this, the expression on the man's face froze, he glanced at the girl, and said coldly, "Thank you for the compliment." ”
Scarlet Yan waved his hand with a smile, no longer teasing him, and the palace car drove slowly towards the deep palace.
However, after going all the way, Scarlet Smoke found that this time entering the palace was very different from the last time, the palace car had been driving into the harem, although there were people checking along the way, but they never stopped their palace car, Scarlet Smoke not only had some doubts in his heart.
When Scarlet Smoke and Wu Yixin, who was pretending to be a maid behind him, finally got out of the carriage, they found that they were in front of a courtyard at this time, and the father-in-law who led the way behind him only made a gesture of please, and then retreated to the side.
Scarlet Smoke quietly stuffed a purse into the father-in-law's hand, and then walked towards the courtyard with Wu Yixin. The courtyard is silent and deserted, and it does look like a place where an unfavored lady lives, but observing the surrounding pattern, I find that this courtyard is not as plain as it seems, and there are several scenes that are exquisitely arranged, and my heart is becoming more and more curious about the people living in this courtyard.
"You are from outside the palace, and you are treating my young lady, right?"
Suddenly, a crisp voice pierced the silence of the courtyard and broke into the ears of the two of them. Scarlet Smoke looked up, but saw a girl with cute horn hair in a goose yellow maid dress, who looked less than ten years old, standing not far away.
This girl doesn't call Niangniang but Miss? Scarlet Smoke raised her eyebrows slightly, and said in a rough voice, "Exactly, please also ask the girl to give me directions." ”
The girl glanced at them a few times, then turned around neatly and walked inside, "Come with me." ”
The two walked for about half an hour before they saw the girl's figure stop, turned around, pointed to the room behind her, and said crisply, "It's here, my young lady is happy, I won't go in, so as not to be accused by the young lady again." ”
The little girl was no more than half a person tall, like a porcelain doll, so cute, Scarlet Smoke resisted the urge to rub her little face, and raised her feet and went into the house.
After taking a few steps inside, he vaguely saw a woman's figure faintly appearing behind a curtain, and Scarlet Smoke dragged Wu Yixin to salute respectfully, "Xiaomin has seen Niangniang." ”
After a long time, just when Scarlet Smoke thought that the woman didn't want to pay attention to them, she heard a soft female voice coming from behind the curtain, "I'm just a picker, you might as well call me like water." The two of them came from afar, and there was still some tea in the house, so it was not too late to quench their thirst and then check Ruoshui's pulse. ”
Seeing that the self-proclaimed Ruoshui girl also regarded herself as a young lady of a certain family, Scarlet Smoke was surprised in her heart, but according to what she said, she picked up the tea cup on the small table in the room and took a sip, and when she raised her eyes again, she saw that the curtain had been lifted.
A petite woman with plain clothes and hair walked out slowly from behind the curtain, gasping without a scarlet smoke. This woman was about the same height as the girl they had seen before, but she had the charm of an adult woman, and time seemed to stop on her face, her face was like a child, but a pair of eyes revealed a little tiredness and vicissitudes.
Ruoshui stood still in front of Scarlet Smoke, and a shallow smile spread out on her tender face, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, Scarlet Girl." ”
It was only at this time that Scarlet Smoke really felt incredible, who was this woman in front of her?