Chapter 14 The first entry into Huaizhou County
With the horse's hooves trampling, the carriage of Xi Ningyu and his party before sunset finally entered the county seat where the capital of Huaizhou Prefecture was located. Huaizhou County is located in the middle of Huaizhou in West Qin, there are no mountains around the county seat, but there is a big river that flows through Huaizhou and Ganzhou and enters the territory of the Qiangnu people, named Canghe. Huaizhou and Ganzhou are also major grain-producing counties in Western Qin under the nourishment of the Canghe River. The county seat of Huaizhou is located next to the main trunk of the Canghe River that flows through Huaizhou, so the surrounding villages and counties have fertile land and lush products.
"Sigh~~~" With a sound, the carriage stopped outside the door of the 'Anfu Inn' in Huaizhou County, and the shrewd guy stepped forward to help stabilize the carriage. With a smile on his face, he greeted Xi Ningyu and the others who got off the carriage.
"Guest officer, it's the road. Where did this come from? Do you stay or eat? Although the dishes of our inn are not comparable to the restaurants in the imperial city, they are still among the best in this Huaizhou county, and a few of them should be tasted...... "The guy with a smile on his face did not dislike the number of words and said the advantages of 'Anfu Inn'.
"Come on~ That's a lot of talk! Ask for three rooms and bring us some food as soon as possible. Uncle Wen, who was guarding Xi Ningyu, said to the shopkeeper with some impatience.
"Yes, yes, it's a little mouthy. Everybody, please inside, inside, please. ”
"Coming~guest~~~~~ three guest rooms. A table of meals, as soon as possible~~~" The shop guy is a voice as soon as he enters the door. The sound is loud, the timbre is rich, but there is a little taste!
As a few people entered the lobby of the inn and sat down, the shopkeeper went to explain the guest rooms and meals that Xi Ningyu and the others wanted, and then went to other guests, and Yang Cheng, the little apprentice of Doctor Shi who came with Xi Ningyu and his party, said on the side: "Miss Xi, I won't eat the meal first." I want to go and tell the master first, and you, Uncle Wen, and Miss Yu'er will have a meal and rest for a while. Maybe my master will come and ask you to help me see a doctor in a while. ”
"Well, then you go and inform Dr. Shi of the hard work. As for when to go to see a doctor, it's up to Dr. Shi to arrange, and we'll wait at the inn." Xi Ningyu thought for a while.
"Yes, I'll take my leave first." Yang Cheng said and left.
"Miss, I heard that there are a few beautiful scenes in Huaizhou County. Shall we take a look? Also, Huaizhou's kumquat pine meat cake is also very good, and the over-fire noodles of the water bridge are also good, and ......" Yu'er, who had just sat down, said after seeing Yang Cheng leave.
"You girl, we came to Huaizhou County this time to do something. Things haven't been done yet, so don't embarrass Miss anymore. It's really ignorant!! This person is not familiar with the place, don't be in danger with the young lady! Before Xi Ningyu could speak, Uncle Wen reprimanded the fish.
"However, you can't look at the disease for a lifetime. After finishing the work, I accompanied the young lady to see the scene, what is there. Hum! Miss finally came out, and Uncle Wen didn't know how to take us around to play and play, so he knew how to train people. The fish pursed her small mouth, twisted her face to the side, frowned, and the two little faces were red and beautiful because of her anger, and even Xi Ningyu was a little stunned for a while.
"Okay, okay, wait until you're done. Let Uncle Wen accompany us to look around and eat some delicious food from the county. I also just wanted to take this opportunity to walk around and see the scenery around Huaizhou County. You don't need to be so angry, Uncle Wen is just afraid that we will encounter danger, and he is also caring. Look, you're so angry, don't do it. Grab a bite to eat, maybe you'll have to go out with me later. Xi Ningyu saw that Yu'er was really a little angry, so he opened his mouth and coaxed.
"Humph! Or the lady is sensible. Hum! After listening to Xi Ningyu's words, Yu'er turned his face and picked up the chopsticks to eat.
"Hey~~ Miss, you've spoiled her. How to discipline! Uncle Wen sighed and shook his head lightly.
Xi Ningyu smiled slightly and didn't speak, but said in her heart: "I was a child in my previous life, what is wrong with loving play." ”
Yang Cheng, who came out of the Anfu Inn, hurried all the way, and soon came to the official mansion where Dr. Shi was.
This official eunuch is the county protector of Huaizhou County, and he is the same rank as Zhizhou, the highest political governor of Huaizhou, but Zhizhou is in charge of the government of a county, and the county is in charge of a county's armed forces and horses.
After being interrogated by the family members of the county capital, Yang Cheng met with Dr. Shi.
"Master, Miss Xi has arrived in the county seat. Staying at the Anfu Inn, can the situation of the county protector improve today? Do you want to ask Miss Xi to come and see the county nurse now? Yang Cheng briefly informed Shi Hanxue of the situation after seeing him, and inquired about the patient's situation, so he stood aside.
"Hmm~~ Miss Xi has worked hard all the way, so I won't invite her to come to see a doctor today. Togo-sama's condition is okay, and although it hasn't improved, it's not getting too bad. It should be okay to invite Miss Xi to come to see the doctor tomorrow, so let her rest for the night. Hey~~~ I really didn't expect this visit to be so twists and turns, is it really an old man's medical skills...... You've also been tired from a day's work, so let's go down and rest first. Ay! After Shi Hanxue heard that Xi Ningyu had arrived in the county town, he let go of the big stone in his heart slightly, but he thought that he was helpless in the face of the patients he was seeing, and instead asked for help from others, and his heart was inevitably a little bitter.
With that, he waved his hand. Let Yang Cheng also go down to rest first!
At this time, Xi Ningyu, who had already had dinner and sent Uncle Wen back to the room to rest first, stood outside the backyard guest room with the fish.
"Miss, why don't you come in? It's summer now, but it'll be cool after a while. It's better to go in and rest early, I don't think Dr. Shi will come tonight to ask us to help him see the patient. Shall I wait for you to rest? Seeing that Xi Ningyu hadn't returned to the room yet, the fish couldn't help but persuade. After all, this is a strange realm, and even though it is an inn, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be some chaos.
Don't look at the fish shouting that she wants to play before, but she still has a sense of safety in her heart, so she always feels inappropriate when she sees Xi Ningyu standing outside for a long time.
"It doesn't matter, how can it be so cold this season." Xi Ningyu looked up at the starry sky, some inexplicable feelings of decline rose in his heart, and for some reason, he always felt a little inexplicable melancholy in his heart since he left the small county town.
"Hmm~~~" Xi Ningyu stood for a while and figured out why he was melancholy in his heart, so he called the fish and planned to go into the room to rest.
Mu Mansion in the small county town.
"But Yun Niang is here?" The old lady who was lying on the bed, An Shi, beckoned her daughter-in-law Xie Yun, who had just walked into the door with a medicine bowl in one hand, to the couch.
"Mother, are you feeling better?" After handing the medicine bowl to the maid waiting for the old lady, Xie Yun sat on the edge of the couch and greeted.
"Hey, I didn't get much better after taking all these medicines. The doctor has also changed three, and my leg is still like this, and I feel more weak in recent days. An Shi lay on the couch and shook his head helplessly.
"This ...... Mother, why don't you let Hui Lang go to Huaizhou County tomorrow and ask a doctor from the county town to come and treat his mother? The daughter-in-law thinks that the medical skills are better than the doctors near this small town! Mu Hui's wife, Xie Shiyunniang, looked at her mother-in-law, seeing that even the three doctors had not improved, and she became more and more anxious in her heart.
"Gollum~~~" An, who had finished drinking the medicine, handed the bowl to the maid who was waiting beside him, and wiped the remaining medicinal juice from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief.
"This medicine is getting more and more difficult to swallow, hey~~ It's really old." After drinking the medicine, An's lay down slightly and muttered.
"Yun Niang, I have something I want to say when you say that." Ahn Road.
"What does Mother command?" Yun Niang sat up straight and said.
"Do you remember the girl you met when your father-in-law was seriously ill on the way back? It's the one who gave Hui'er and his father a needle halfway. Do you remember? Ahn said.
After hearing An's words, Yun Niang's eyes opened slightly, looked at her mother-in-law An's and said, "Mother is talking about that Miss Xi?" The daughter-in-law naturally remembers that if it weren't for Miss Xi giving her father-in-law an injection in time in the car, I am afraid that it would be difficult to support her to go home at that time, and the daughter-in-law will naturally remember. ”
Yun Niang paused slightly, and said with some hesitation: "Could it be that my mother wants to ......?" ”
"Hmmm! Yes, I want Hui'er to invite Miss Xi. Ahn said.
"Actually, I wanted you husband and wife to invite Miss Xi before, don't look at the young age of that girl. You can use the needle for your father-in-law before, and then think about the words of the doctor Shi after he arrived in the city, and Gu Ke can see that the medical skills of the girl present are extraordinary. But seeing that you have invited the doctors next to me one after another, this is your filial piety, and I don't want to refute your intentions.
But after taking the medicinal soup for so long, there is no cure, and this disease is also grinding people day by day. I think it's better than those doctors, but I think that the girl's medical skills are better, so why don't you let Hui'er go tomorrow? An Shi looked at Yun Niang after speaking.
“…… Since the mother has this intention, the daughter-in-law should obey it. Besides, this matter of delaying the doctor's consultation and asking for medicine, if it is used with the mind, it is also good for the condition, how can the daughter-in-law not obey. Then tomorrow I will call Hui Lang to go. Yun Niang said.
"Hmm!" Seeing that his daughter-in-law hesitated, An still agreed with what he said, and nodded with great relief.
"Mother, daughter-in-law has a question in her heart, I don't know if my mother is willing to solve her daughter-in-law's doubts?" Yun Niang glanced at An Shi and asked.
"Oh? What a story? Ann said.
Yun Niang stretched out her hand to tuck the corners of the quilt that were a little open because of the turn of her body, and then said: "The daughter-in-law doesn't understand very much, it seems that the mother is quite ...... to this girl Xi Value. Ignorance...... What is, why is that? ”
"Hehehe, Yun Niang doesn't need to worry too much. It is true that the mother loves that girl very much, but it will not be as worried as you are in your heart. I want you to invite her here, first, to diagnose me. The second is that we have said that we want her to come to the house in our spare time, but for some reason we don't see the girl coming. Three, I don't know why it's just the girl who has eyes, and I just want to be closer. There is no other meaning, Yun Niang does not need to worry. An Shi saw that his daughter-in-law's words were slurred and her expression was melancholy, so she guessed the hesitation in Yun Niang's heart.
I still like this daughter-in-law An very much, so in order to avoid any misunderstanding that will lead to estrangement between my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, I will explain what I want in my heart, so as to make my daughter-in-law unhappy and cause discord in the family.
When Yun Niang saw her mother-in-law say this, the depression in her heart suddenly dissipated. There was also a smile on his face.
Even so, the mother was relieved. Tomorrow morning, Hui Lang and I will go and ask Miss Xi to come and see my mother. Yun Niang said.
"Okay, I'll work hard tomorrow for my daughter-in-law. It's not too early, you go and wait for Hui'er to rest, I'll have nothing to do here. Ann said.
"The mother rested earlier, and the daughter-in-law went back to the room first." Yun Niang got up and bowed, and slowly exited An's bedroom.