Today, it was a sunny day, but something strange happened in the north of the city.

The wells in the courtyards in the north of the city produce salty water, which is not drinkable at all.

What is even more suspicious is that there is a large area at the north gate of the city, the ground is frosty, and a layer of white things is visible to the naked eye.

People who know the situation know that these hoarfrosts are actually salt.

The saltiness of the well water is also related to salt.

But the people did not dare to speak out, and if they wanted to stay in Jixian County for a long time, they had to know how to cooperate with the government and the Zheng family.

Since what happened in the north of the city, the government and the Zheng family have already gone door-to-door to warn that no one should talk about it.

Relying on the deterrence accumulated over the years, the rumors among the people can be regarded as suppressed.

But the government, together with the Zheng family, thought about a wrong question.

A heavy rain did not hide all the traces, but only made them disappear temporarily.

The rain will evaporate, but the salt will not.

Today, as soon as the sun rises, there is less water, and some of the salt that melts into the rain is revealed, and some of it seeps into the soil.

It happened suddenly, and the officials stationed at the north gate were unconscious, and after discovering the problem, it took half an hour to find that the crystals on the ground were all salt.

Before they could report it, the legendary Lord Yushi appeared at the north gate, and the officials were at a loss again.

This salt crystal full of land can be regarded as a strange scene, and Lord Yushi is not blind, seeing this scene, he naturally stopped to check, and asked the patrol officials, but the officials were unable to say clearly.

Lu Xiaochen thought about it, knew the doorway, and didn't ask any more, entered from the north of the city, and took in everything he saw and heard along the way, but pretended not to see anything, and asked someone to pass on the assassination of Master Shi.

This small episode interrupted all the deployments of the government and the Zheng family.

All the thoughts of the Zheng family were focused on the visit of the young master of the Bai family, who knew that this young master Bai directly released the pigeon, and it didn't appear at all.

dragged a bunch of people from the Zheng family in the mansion, and they didn't have the heart to take care of other things.

Thorn Shi would not have thought that Lord Yushi would have changed his route halfway, and he should have entered from the west gate and turned to the north gate.

When he first heard the news, he felt that something was wrong, but when he heard that the north gate was full of salt crystals, he was all seen by Lord Yushi, and then he was scared out of a cold sweat. There was no time to investigate the matter, so he quickly returned to the city to intercept Lord Yushi.

intercepted the imperial history, and then it was a banquet like a process.

During the banquet, the assassin was naturally inevitably knocked on the side, wanting to hear what the young imperial history had and how much news he knew.

As a result, this lord of the imperial history has an excellent temperament and does not say a word about what he sees and hears in the north of the city.

The wine table is decently spoken, humble and polite, but it is pleasant.

It's just that such a character will only be more troublesome, and it won't make Thorn Shi feel relaxed.

After a meal, it can be regarded as official etiquette.

Lu Xiaochen also expressed his intention to come, just to inspect the defense of the Northland, and he was just passing through Jixian County.

Since it was a byway, I first visited the assassin history and the officials in Youzhou, and the rest naturally had to visit the local wang clan in Youzhou.

I heard that the head of the Zheng family was too frightened and bedridden the day before yesterday, and Lu Xiaochen proposed that he bring a famous family to treat the head of the Zheng family.

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I heard that the doctor accompanying him was a military doctor who treated countless wounded.

Although it is not as famous as some famous doctors, it is better because of its rich experience, and its medical skills have been tempered by blood, which is not comparable to ordinary doctors.

Mrs. Zheng has been bedridden for more than four days, and this illness is not light, and there are hidden signs of incurability.

Today, the Zheng family is really suffering from internal and external troubles, and as soon as Lu Xiaochen entered the Zheng house, he felt one of the declining atmospheres.

Seeing this, I was also curious, I heard that the Zheng family had been deeply rooted in Youzhou for hundreds of years, even if the imperial court wanted to suppress it, it would be difficult to start.

Now that I have come to Jixian County, look at the weather of the Zheng family, it seems that it is not as good as the outside world rumores.

Seeing that everyone in this family is worried, I don't know what has happened?

Thinking that the head of the Zheng family fell ill suddenly, it seems that the Zheng family's life is not very easy.

This is a good thing, this scene is transmitted to the court, and the emperor must be happy when he hears it.

As soon as the emperor is happy, his errand will be considered happy.

Lu Xiaochen was admitted to the living room to wait, and the accompanying doctor was sent to the inner hospital for treatment of Zheng Tai'a.

Half an hour later, the doctor came out of the Zheng family's old man's room.

The old lady was waiting outside, and when she was diagnosed, she listened to the doctor's kind words on the side, saying that it was a minor illness, but some medicine could be used to regulate it.

When the old lady heard this, she was worried, and the doctors a few days ago said that they were helpless, and they said it tactfully, everyone could guess that the old man of the Zheng family was not curable.

Even if this military doctor has a thousand abilities, he will not judge a serious illness as a minor illness.

When the military doctor came out, the old lady asked, "Doctor, how is the old boy doing?" ”

"This disease still has to look at one or two pairs of drugs, and try the effect to know."

The old lady was uneasy, but it was inconvenient to ask too much.

The doctor went to open the house and honestly gave Lu Xiaochen his life.

Lu Xiaochen took a hasty circle around the Zheng family, and knew that there was something going on in the family, so he left under the pretext of leaving for an excuse.

Lord Thorn Shi arranged a residence for the inspection of the imperial history, which was a small villa of the Zheng family in Jixian County.

got on the frame, Lu Xiaochen called a military doctor and asked in a low voice, "What is the situation of the head of the Zheng family?" Can it be cured? ”

The military doctor thought and shook his head: "The old man is difficult to treat. ”

Lu Xiaochen immediately understood: "What does Liu Lao mean is that there are still others who can be cured?" ”

The military doctor stroked his long beard and nodded approvingly.

"Is that the miracle doctor that the young lady said?"

"That's right. If there is really such a miracle doctor in Youzhou, the old man believes that the illness of the old man of the Zheng family can be saved. ”

"Miracle Doctor...... Is there really a miracle doctor in the world? ”

Lu Xiaochen sighed lightly, and suddenly the carriage stopped and stopped.

"What's going on?"

"My lord, there is a white prince who claims to be from the Bai family in Shuzhong who wants to see you."

"The Bai family in Shuzhong? Bai Gongzi? ”

Today is not the first time I have heard of the Bai family.

Communicating with Lord Thorn Shi before, the other party was knocking on the side and asking about the news of the Bai family in Shuzhong.

Lu Xiaochen was still puzzled, and he had never heard the words of the Bai family in Shuzhong.

Unexpectedly, after leaving the Zheng family for a while, the Shuzhong Bai family appeared in front of him?

Lu Xiaochen lifted the curtain, looked at the young man blocking the road, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"I want to talk to an adult in a secluded place."

"This official has official business, how can he have time to talk to you?"

"I'm the one who led you to the north of the city."

Lu Xiaochen frowned slightly, thinking of entering the city today, but he was a little strange in retrospect.

Unexpectedly, there is someone behind this.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"Help the adults find evidence of the Zheng family's crimes."

Lu Xiaochen looked left and right, and was now on the main street of the county seat.

Is this person so bold that he is not afraid of being heard?

Lu Xiaochen flicked the curtain and snorted coldly: "Go." ”

This is for the coachman.

The coachman immediately urged the horse forward, and no longer cared about Bai Song blocking the road.

Seeing that he was passing by Bai Song, Lu Xiaochen's voice came from the car: "See you in Lu Fu." ”

Lufu ......

Jixian is not the Ji County of the Zheng family.

There is still a little-known Lu family in the Youzhou family.

Who would have thought that this Lu Xiaochen would be a member of the Lu family in Youzhou?

The Zheng family inquired, only to hear that this Lu Xiaochen was admitted to the Jinshi two years ago, and has been waiting in the Hanlin Academy since then.

Since it is a person who has entered the official position through the imperial examination, the world will subconsciously think that such a person will not have a relationship with the family.

Because the family is vigorously opposed to the imperial examination, the children of the family without exception disdain to participate in the imperial examination. If a child of a family goes to participate in the imperial examination, he will inevitably be spurned by the whole clan.

So after hearing that Lu Xiaochen was born as a Jinshi, he treated him as a poor family.

It's just that this Lu Xiaochen is a special case, and he resolutely participated in the imperial examination despite the opposition of his family.

So much so that he had a big conflict with the family, and even broke off the relationship with the family.

Therefore, the Lu family has never mentioned that there is a person named Lu Xiaochen in Youzhou.

Now that Lu Xiaochen has returned to Jixian County as an inspector of the imperial history, he has returned to his hometown, and it can be said that he has become the most beautiful person in the family.

When he went back to his family to visit relatives, he was even more ashamed.

Bai Song was stunned for a long time when he heard that the Lu Mansion had arrived, and even when he arrived at the Lu Mansion, he didn't think it had anything to do with it.

When Bai Song arrived at the gate of the Lu Mansion, Lu Xiaochen seemed to have arrived in the mansion, leaving an entourage waiting at the door.

When he saw Bai Song, he didn't say a word, and led Bai Song to the house.

Bai Song was taken to a small courtyard that had been abandoned for a long time, and there were many people who were cleaning it up.

Yushi's subordinates sent the people away, and let Bai Song sit on the stone bench in the courtyard for a while.

After a while, Lu Xiaochen came.

"Shuzhong Bai family...... This official left Youzhou a few years ago, traveled the world, and was fortunate to travel to the Bashu area, and had a life in the Bashu generation. I heard of the popularity of Bashu, but I never heard of a family surnamed Bai in Shu. This white boy, is the official lonely or are you bold? ”

In a word, he is questioning the identity of Bai Song.

After all, he was a Qincha from the capital, and his insight and bearing could not be compared with that of officials in remote areas.

It's just that Bai Song is not an ordinary person, since he regarded himself as the Bai family in Shuzhong, he never thought about the time when the lie was exposed.

A faint smile appeared on his face, and he asked rhetorically: "The world is so big, has Lord Yushi ever seen everything?" There are so many families in the world, how dare adults say that they have heard them all? The Xuanwumen Incident was in an uproar in the world. There are different opinions on the merits and demerits behind the imperial power. When the news came to Shu, the people of Shu did not believe in the current emperor, and the literati of Shu denounced the emperor for his crimes. It was my Bai family who came forward to stop the negative news, and it was the Bai family who blocked the mouths of the literati in Shu. ”

Bai Song's words were conclusive, without the slightest hesitation, as if there was such a thing.

After listening, Lu Xiaochen broke out in a cold sweat.

Xin said that this kid is so young, and what he said is a secret from a few years ago, but not everyone dares to mention it.

And seeing his appearance, he seems to know very well, and if he lies, he won't tell it so realistically.

Lu Xiaochen also remembered that in the year of Xuanwumen, the crown prince was killed, and the world was shocked.

Everyone in the world recognized it as a usurper of power, triggering a massive literati mutiny.

In order to suppress the verbal and written criticism of literati in various places, the current emperor has made great efforts.

Among them, there are the merits of famous families from all over the world.

Could it be that the scholar clan who appeased the hearts of the people in Shu back then was really a family with a white surname?