The next morning.

Ruan Mingjiao woke up and asked for a bucket of water, and when she was washing her face, someone knocked on the window, and before she could react, she turned in through the window, and she was slightly stunned and saw that it was Yan Zheng.

"Where have you been, and you're only coming back now?" Ruan Mingjiao said as she hung the towel on the shelf and walked over.

Yan Zheng glanced at her, and then glanced around the room, "No one came to look for you when I left, right?" ”

Seeing Ruan Mingjiao nodded, he relieved himself, picked up the kettle and poured himself a cup of tea, and said while drinking: "After breakfast, we will go to find Du Zhong, he has returned." ”

Ruan Mingjiao just sat down, and was slightly stunned when she heard this, "You came back so late to find Du Zhong?" ”

"No, I also went to the surrounding area to inquire about the understanding of many people in the city about Huajing Village, but what they said was only superficial, and they didn't know as much as the second child of this shop." Yan Zheng paused for a moment, automatically ignored Ruan Mingjiao's gaze, and replied a little uncomfortably.

The two didn't talk again, drank some tea, and after a while, the shopkeeper brought breakfast, and the two went out after using some.

On the other side, Bai Ran waited in the government early in the morning, Bai Ran sat on the top and drank tea leisurely, stood on the side and squinted at Bai Ran, and said a little speechlessly: "Let you pretend to be an adult, you are really in the play, and no one has come yet." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, if you break the adult's business, you will wait to be punished!" Bai Ran took a sip of tea, did not look at him, only suppressed his voice and argued with him.

As soon as this remark came out, Congfeng shut up with some fear, he came out to do a few errands, which made his family have a lot of opinions about him, he really has to work hard, he can't mess up the adult's plan again, otherwise I'm really afraid that his family will let him roll up and leave.

As soon as the two of them stayed for a while, a guard from the government came to report, saying that Fang Ming and the other two adults had arrived, Bai Ran raised his head and glanced at the wind, as if to warn him not to talk nonsense, to be quiet, and then put down the tea cup in his hand and followed the guard to the study.

"Your Excellency!" Fang Ming and the others saw Bai Ran, and they all took a few steps forward and bowed.

"A few adults don't need to be polite." The white-dyed chin head is indicated.

As he spoke, someone came up and closed the door, Bai Ran sat on the top, and Fang Ming and the others sat on the left and right.

"My lord, this is the confession of the people who have been robbed by Huajingzhai in recent years, according to them, they are basically gold and silver jewelry, nothing more than others, bandits, what is robbed is money.

He said for a moment, slightly embarrassed, "As for what happened a year ago, it was said that a year ago, the wife of the big boss Scar went down the mountain to buy and was targeted by the government, and took people away and almost killed Scar's wife Li Cailian died in childbirth. ”

Bai Ran flipped through the account books for a moment, and his eyes swept over everyone, "Lord Fang, Yizhou is the state capital under your control, didn't they report this matter?" ”

"It's reported, and the lower officials also sent someone to support it, and when they rushed over, it was already Scar and others who fled, and they were beaten down by their fire oil and other things before they were halfway up to the foot of the mountain."

"Oh, by the way, my lord, it's strange to talk about this, they used gunpowder at the beginning to instruct the people of the government to not enter the mountain, and it is estimated that a large part of the stolen silver robbed later also bought gunpowder, and a year ago, the gunpowder weapons of the government were also robbed by them a lot, and some people suspect that the identity of this scar is not simple."

Fang Ming said, as if he remembered something, and hurriedly pointed out the suspicious place in his heart.

A bandit who occupies the mountain is the king, with such abundant weapons, and knows how to use the terrain to take advantage of the situation to take the soldiers of the people's government back, and the bandits in the mountain are all well-trained and really suspicious.

"Master Fang knew that Scar's identity was not ordinary, so he didn't go to check, he entered Panlong Mountain that year, what happened that year, and where did he bring how many people he brought to Ningcheng's territory in the first place."

Bai Ran and Congfeng glanced at each other, a little impatient, how did the people of Ningcheng say in private that he had heard a lot of these state officials in Ningcheng since he entered the city, and now he felt even more unbelievable after dealing with him personally, how could such a person be the parent official of a city.

Hearing this, Fang Ming's body stiffened, and his face was obviously a little unbearable, he was in charge of so many things under a county order, and Huajingzhai controlled so many things about him, and there were Nine Highnesses above, even if he wanted to inquire, he had to listen to the people.

He groaned slightly, quickly got up, lifted his robe and knelt down, "Lord Yushi Ming checked, many officials in Ningcheng Prefecture are really powerless, and they have maintained a balance with Huajingzhai for many years, if the balance is broken, I am afraid it will bring disaster to the people of Yizhou!" ”

"It's a joke, the well-trained elite soldiers of the court and the government have reached a balance with the bandits, how can such a submissive promise become a parent official, how to speak for the people!" Bai Ran's eyes widened, his chest was full of anger, and he slapped the table angrily and glared at Fang Ming.

When he was angry, Fang Ming's miserable voice stopped abruptly, and he leaned down tremblingly, Qi Zhou and Su Yun also got up from their chairs one after another, leaned over and bowed down in front of Bai Ran: "Yu Shi is angry, Lord Fang has no such intention, we are also angry with the bandits in our hearts, but we really shouldn't have the intention of giving in to the bandits." ”

"Humph!" Bai Ran flicked his sleeves and retracted his gaze, "Then ask a few adults to come up with a solution." As he spoke, he patted the topographical map of Panlong Mountain on the table.

Several people glanced at each other, and then hurriedly got up and walked to the table to talk to Bai Ran about the terrain of Panlong Mountain and the location of the flower mirror village.

As soon as Du Zhong came down from the mountain, he hurriedly put the herbs in the basket on the shelf to dry, and before he could rest, he heard a knock at the door.

He paused, a hint of hesitation flashed in his slightly tired eyes, and then reacted and hurriedly put down the things in his hand, trotted over and opened the door.

Outside the door was Yan Zheng, who was disguised as an ordinary person, and Ruan Mingjiao, who was wearing a turban covered a little tightly, Du Zhong was just about to speak, Yan Zheng stopped with a look, and then he realized that this was not the place to speak, so he hurriedly beckoned the two into the courtyard, turned around and swept around the door, and then closed the door with confidence and went on the latch.

"Du Zhong has seen the county lord, Yan Yushi!"

Du Zhong was about to bow down in the courtyard, but was stopped by Yan Zheng raising his hand, "No need to be polite!" ”

"You didn't come back today?" Ruan Mingjiao took off her headscarf and glanced at Du Zhong's small courtyard, which was slightly monotonous compared to Yang Suizhi's courtyard, and it was not as big as that small courtyard, the courtyard was full of shelves for drying medicinal herbs, and the smell of herbs came to her nose, Ruan Mingjiao somehow not only did not dislike this smell, but also liked it a little, and always felt sober and elegant.

"Oh, if you go back to the county lord, I received a letter from the lord more than half a month ago, and I have been waiting here, today is the time to bypass the county lord, and no one will come to disturb me." Du Zhong raised his head and glanced at Ruan Mingjiao, and hurriedly explained, "The minister will go and prepare now, and the county lord Yamato will wait a minute." ”

"Don't worry, you just came down from the mountain, the boat is tired, let's rest for a while." Yan Zheng glanced at the herbs that had just been dried on his shelf, which seemed to be still carrying dew, and hurriedly raised his hand to stop him.

"My lord, the minister is not tired, angina is caused by many diseases, and the minister can be treated as soon as possible by diagnosing the county lord as soon as possible."

Du Zhong was slightly stunned, and then bowed his head to explain to Yan Zheng.

Ruan Mingjiao raised her eyebrows and looked at Yan Zheng, who was standing on the side, and an unknown emotion flashed in her eyes, what disease could there be, it was not his sword, but she didn't say it, she just turned her head to look at Du Zhong, "There is Imperial Doctor Laodu." ”

Du Zhong received a response and bowed his head.

The courtyard was quiet for a while, a huge plane tree in the courtyard blocked a large area of sunlight for them, Ruan Mingjiao sat on the stone bench and poured tea for herself, no matter what the expression of the person next to her was.

"Actually, I can come alone, if you are worried about Bai Ran, go back and watch."

Although Yan Zheng on the side was sitting opposite, he looked a little absent-minded, his brows were furrowed as if he had something on his mind, she had never seen Yan Zheng like this since she knew Ruan Mingjiao, thinking that he was worried that Bai Ran would expose flaws in their dealings with that group of old stubborn people, and be seen through the plan.

Yan Zheng was stunned for a moment, and looked back at her, with a faint halo in her eyes, and the sadness between her eyebrows was like the misty distant mountains she saw when she got up this morning.

"Although the wind is unreliable, but Bai Dye is beside it, I am worried about what they will do?"

"Then you ......" Ruan Mingjiao frowned, a little puzzled.

Before he finished asking, Du Zhong went and returned, staying by Ruan Mingjiao's side, "County Lord, please come with me." ”

The conversation between the two ended temporarily, Ruan Mingjiao and Yan Zheng exchanged a look, and then followed Du Zhong into the inner room, Yan Zheng sat at the stone table, but became more and more restless, and finally poured three cups of tea for himself, and the worry in his heart did not subside.

Entering the inner room, the room is still simply furnished, next to it is the bookshelf, the oil polished on it is full of medical books, the main hall is a plan, Du Zhong asked Ruan Mingjiao to sit on one side of the table, he took out a silk scarf from the medicine box and put it on Ruan Mingjiao's wrist, and he sat on the other side with a silk scarf on his hand to take the pulse of Ruan Mingjiao.

"The county lord should be attentive." Ruan Mingjiao was looking around, Du Zhong suddenly interrupted, so frightened that she quickly withdrew her eyes and quietly looked out of the door.

In the courtyard, the man under the plane tree is sitting in a precarious position, although his body is an ordinary long robe, not as good as his own long shirt and official robe, but it still does not reduce the noble atmosphere on his body, the whole person is breezy and the scenery outside the courtyard is integrated, as if he is a fairy who has strayed into the mortal world and does not eat fireworks. The manners are all the decent and generous of the sons of the family.

"The minister heard the lord say before that the county lord was assassinated in the heart and lungs before?" Ruan Mingjiao was stunned, and it was Du Zhong's question that pulled her thoughts back.

She was stunned for a moment, quickly withdrew her eyes, coughed a few times to try to hide her embarrassment, raised her hand to rub the tip of her nose weakly, and nodded slightly, "Well, the centrifugal lungs were very close at that time, and the imperial doctor in the palace said that it was on the heart and lungs, and I am afraid that there will be sequelae in the future." ”

"Yes, the county lord's sometimes unbearable angina pain is caused by the assassin's sword, and if it is not cultivated, the symptoms may become more and more obvious in the future, and even worse...... Lives are hurt! Du Zhong paused, glanced at Ruan Mingjiao, and finished his words with a slight hesitation.

Hearing this, Ruan Mingjiao's problem of running away was cured instantly, Du Zhong was so cautious in his words and deeds, with a little sadness in his eyes, it was not like a lie, and Yan Zheng brought her here for thousands of miles must be Du Zhong's medical skills, she believed in the words of the person in front of her very much, "Doctor Du, I can still be cured like this." ”

"Although the assistance of snow lotus and other drugs cannot completely eradicate it, it can relieve the problem of angina, but it is more important for you to recuperate, don't work hard, otherwise you will ......"

Du Zhong didn't say any more, but Ruan Mingjiao already understood, and after a little hesitation, he was a little puzzled: "It is said that the doctor wants to hide it from the patient, but Imperial Doctor Du, you don't shy away from it?" ”