A few days before the first lunar month, Hong Zhou went to Tao An's residence again. Tao An still stood guard in front of his dead daughter's grave, but he looked more energetic and his long gown was clean.
After Hong Zhou saluted the tombstone, he said, "I heard that Dr. Tao's medical clinic has been found and it will be opened tomorrow?"
Tao An said with a hint of emotion: "Yes, the people who supported me before heard that I was going to reopen the medical clinic, so they gave up the shop without saying a word. They even refused to accept the money and even helped me renovate it.
Fan."
"Dr. Tao has superb medical skills. You can open up your heart, reopen the hospital, and help the world and save people again. Everyone is very happy."
Tao An was silent for a while and said: "I heard that your lord, you are leaving for Fuzhou tomorrow?"
Hong Zhou smiled and said: "Doctor Tao, don't worry, I will wait until the firecrackers are set off in your hospital before leaving." After that, he said: "If there is nothing wrong with Dr. Tao right now, why not go somewhere with me?"
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"Where to go?" Faced with Tao An's question, Hong Zhou smiled and did not answer. He just ordered someone to bring Tao An's crazy wife, walking in tandem.
After walking for about two miles, Hong Zhou stopped in front of a house that was being built. It looked like an ancestral hall. The workers working there recognized Hong Zhou and stepped forward to salute.
Tao An couldn't help but feel curious, and asked again: "Your Majesty, why did you bring us here?"
"We'll find out when we go in." With that said, Hong Zhou took the lead and walked in. Tao An had to drag his crazy wife to follow him. He guessed right. It was indeed an ancestral hall with a stone statue on it. The craftsmen were working on it.
While carving, when he saw the facial features of the stone statue clearly, a look of surprise flashed across Tao An's face. Why...this stone statue looked a bit like his daughter who died young?
Before he could think about it, the crazy wife beside him had already broken free from his hand and ran towards the stone statue, shouting as she ran: "Daughter! My daughter, mother finally sees you again!"
Anyone who can be enshrined in the ancestral hall is a person of status. Tao An was afraid that his wife would get into trouble, so he quickly stepped forward to grab her and scolded her: "That is not our daughter, don't mess around!"
The crazy wife couldn't listen to his words. She kept staring at the stone statue and struggled to get over. Just when Tao An was in trouble, Hong Zhou said: "Let go, that stone statue... is your daughter!"
Under Tao An's surprised eyes, Hong Zhou said slowly: "In order to protect me, you said in front of the emperor that I promised that if you could save the queen, you would build an ancestral hall for your daughter and receive the fireworks from the world; the emperor and I
The king remembered this sentence, so the next day he chose a place to build an ancestral hall, and found people who had seen Miss Tao before, and followed him
Their narration allowed the court painter to draw the portrait and the craftsmen to carve it according to their instructions; in addition, the emperor also decreed that Miss Tao should be named the Princess of Pingyang County." As he spoke, Hong Zhou took the bright yellow scroll from the shelf on the left side of the stone statue.
He came down and said: "This is the emperor's will. From now on, the president will be enshrined in this ancestral hall to ensure that your Tao family will be prosperous for hundreds of years!"
Tao An took the imperial edict with trembling hands and murmured: "Pingyang County Lord... Pingyang County Lord..."
After a long time, he knelt down in front of Hong Zhou with a plop, kowtowed excitedly and said: "Caomin Tao An, thank you for your emperor's grace, and thank you for your grace, Prince He."
The thing he was most sorry for in his life was his daughter. Although this imperial edict could not bring his daughter back from the dead, it at least gave her a share of mourning and honor, and even allowed her to receive the fireworks of the world, which was more to his liking than rewarding high-ranking officials with generous salaries.
"Doctor Tao, please get up." Hong Zhou helped him up and said, "In the future, if anyone is in trouble for you in Hangzhou, you can come to the capital to find me, and I will definitely help you."
"Thank you." Tao An nodded repeatedly and choked with sobs: "If I have offended you before, I hope you won't blame me."
Hong Zhou smiled and said: "Doctor Tao has saved lives both for the queen and for me. Please don't say such disrespectful words again. Well, it's getting late, so I should say goodbye. I'll come back tomorrow to congratulate Dr. Tao on reopening the medical clinic."
Very happy."
"Farewell, Your Majesty!" With Tao An's grateful words, Hong Zhou left the ancestral hall. After walking out for a long time, he looked back and saw Tao An and his crazy wife accompanying the stone statue, like...
...with their daughter.
The next day, Tao An's medical clinic in the east of the city reopened. Everyone who had been treated by Tao An came to congratulate him.
He kept looking in the direction of the street and said, "Wait a moment."
The man said strangely: "Doctor Tao is waiting for someone?"
Tao An was about to speak when he suddenly felt happy. He quickly pushed aside the crowd and walked towards the group of people who appeared at the street. After getting closer, he was about to lift his robe and kneel down when he was stopped by a person next to him and said with a smile: "
This place is not in the palace, and the fourth master and his wife are here specifically to congratulate Dr. Tao on the reopening of the medical clinic, so Dr. Tao does not need to be formal."
It was Hong Zhou who spoke. As for the fourth master and his wife he was talking about, they were naturally Hongli and Xiayue. After Tao An nodded, Xianyue stepped forward and gave him a brief salute, "Dr. Tao's life-saving grace, I
But I have never thanked you personally, which is really rude, I hope Dr. Tao won't be surprised."
Tao An wanted to help her, but felt that it was not suitable for her, so he had to say: "Madam, you are serious. Treating diseases and saving people is a small person's job. I really don't dare to accept Madam's thanks."
At this time, someone behind him shouted: "Doctor Tao, if you don't come to set off firecrackers, this auspicious time will be over."
When Hongli heard this, he smiled and said, "Go quickly, don't miss the good time."
Tao An said "I'm sorry" and returned to the hospital. He took the firecrackers handed to him and lit the firecrackers hanging on the pole. For a while, the sound of firecrackers was endless and it was very lively.
After the firecrackers were over, Tao An personally pulled off the red silk covering the plaque, revealing the four words "Tao's Medical Center". When the people watching saw this plaque, their thoughts went back to that time many years ago.
, Tao An's medical treatment and medicines saved countless lives, and also inspired hope for many poor people who looked down on doctors.
After that incident, they thought they would never see the plaque "Tao's Medical Clinic" hung again in their lifetimes, but they never expected that Tao An would take the initiative to reopen the medical clinic.
At this time, Si Xi and Xiao Wu carried a plaque also covered with red silk to Tao An and said respectfully: "Doctor Tao, this is the opening gift given to you by my fourth master and his wife. Please accept it."
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Tao An cupped his hands towards Hongli and others who were standing not far away and said: "It is already a great honor for Tao that the fourth master and his wife can come here. How can I be so embarrassed to accept the fourth master's gift again?"
Hongli smiled and said: "This is a little thought from my wife and I. It's not worth much, so I ask Dr. Tao to accept it."
Seeing what Hongli said, Tao An could only say: "Thank you very much, Mr. Tao."