Cai Yuan lowered her head and said: "The control skills of slaves come from the lineage of white witches. White witches are different from black witches. They only practice witchcraft to protect themselves and save others. If you use witchcraft to harm others, you will be rejected by the witches."
My slave... I didn't obey the rules before and almost killed my savior, and I also suffered the backlash..."
"You are from Xikang." Mingruo used a statement tone, not a question.
Cai Yuan's body trembled and she replied: "My mother is from Xikang and my father is from Donghuan."
Donghuan and Xikang have a good-neighborly and friendly relationship, so there are some intermarriages in the border areas.
Si Haochen, who had been silent until now, also spoke: "It's a long way from the border to the imperial capital, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to look for someone. My cousin came to the imperial capital last year to do business and has never returned." Cai Yuan continued, "I came to look for him. I encountered robbers on the way, and my luggage and transportation were gone..."
I begged all the way to the imperial capital, but I couldn’t find my cousin after searching for a long time. I really couldn’t survive, so I sold myself into slavery.”
Si Haochen was noncommittal, and Mingruo asked again: "Weren't you Miss Jin's maid before? Why are you doing business on the street again?"
Cai Yuan believed that she was already a slave of her 'benefactor', so she told everything that happened in Jin Shangshu's house one by one. She even told how Jin Shangshu ordered the housekeeper to kill people and silenced her, and she used manipulation techniques to escape.
The carriage stopped at the door of a medicine hall. Because it was not the carriage Mingruo was accustomed to, no one knew that the person in the carriage was Mingruo.
Until Mingruo walked into the medicine hall, Nan Xing, who was packing medicine, looked up and exclaimed: "Ah, Master!"
Shen Cong, who was napping behind the examination table, suddenly opened his eyes: "Master, why are you here?"
"I came to see if you guys were lazy. I happened to see you sleeping."
"It's unfair, Master Mingjian, I just finished injecting the patient and just rested for a while..." Shen Cong looked aggrieved.
"Okay, there's no point in complaining. I'm not Lord Qingtian, and I don't go to court to resolve the case." Mingruo waved to Caiyuan and asked Caiyuan to come over, "Show her her injuries."
Cai Yuan remembered that her master had just said that she would spend more than a dozen taels of silver to see her injury, and she quickly shook her head: "I'm fine, I don't need to see a doctor. I gave you medicine powder, and I'll just put some medicine on it and you'll be fine."
Too lazy to show emotion, he responded rationally: "This is an order."
"Yes." Lao Shen and Cai Yuan responded in unison.
Ming Ruo nodded with satisfaction, and Lao Shen first checked Cai Yuan's pulse, and then prescribed decoction and gold sore medicine.
Old Shen respectfully brought the prescription to Mingruo: "Master, do you think the medicine used by the apprentice is okay?"
Mingruo took the prescription and looked at it carefully, but found nothing wrong: "Not bad. You give it..."
Only then did Mingruo realize that he hadn't asked the girl her name yet: "What's your name?"
"My original name is Cai Yuan. Please give me my name, Master." Cai Yuan knelt down directly.
"You should get up first. You are still injured, so don't kneel down." It was time to choose a name again. Mingruo was too lazy to think of the names of the herbs. "From now on, you can call her A Yuan."
"Thank you, Master, for giving me the name." A Yuan knelt down and kowtowed to Mingruo. She liked this new name very much, because her mother-in-law had called her A Yuan since she was a child.
"Get up." Mingruo was also speechless. Didn't he just say that he didn't need to kneel, "Old Shen, please arrange for A Yuan to stay here. He will usually help Aunt Zhao with her work first."
"Okay." Old Shen thought for a moment, "Nan Xing, take Miss A Yuan to the back house and let her live with your Aunt Zhao. By the way, ask Aunt Zhao to help her apply medicine and take more care of her."
"Okay, Master." Nan Xing said with a smile, "Sister Ayuan, come with me."
A Yuan looked at Mingruo and saw her master nodding towards her, then followed Nan Xing to the back house.
"Master, will you still attend the clinic on the fifteenth day of next month?" Lao Shen asked.
"Of course I have to sit in for a consultation." Ming Ruo sat up straight, and the 'training of military doctors' mentioned by Si Haochen before had to be arranged. "Not only will I come for the consultation, but I will also find a few classmates for you, so that you can interact with each other.
Learn and make progress together.”
"Oh." What does the master mean by this? Will I not be the master's only old apprentice in the future? Uh-huh-huh...
"What's your expression..." Mingruo said with a smile, "They came to study for a while and then left. They won't stay and divide the family's property with you. Don't worry."
"Master, if we have calculated carefully, between you, Nan Xing and I, the biggest 'property' is you, master..." If we dare to 'divide' you, Lao Shen secretly glanced at his face
Si Haochen is so chilling, can't 'Master's wife' beat us to death?
"How many people are you going to send over?" Mingruo turned her head and looked at Si Haochen.
"Six people."
"Oh." Mingruo said to Lao Shen, "We have to take care of the food at noon. There are already more than a dozen people eating. I guess Aunt Zhao and A Yuan will be too busy..."
"You can call a cook from the house and bring two boys to help with the shopping." Si Haochen said.
"Okay." Mingruo nodded, "Let's make this arrangement for now. It's getting late and we should go back."
Shen Cong sent Mingruo and Si Haochen to the door. The palace's carriage was already waiting there, and Xun Yi also followed the carriage.
Ming Ruochong waved to Xunyi: "Come here."
"Master." Xunyi immediately came to Mingruo's side.
Mingruo introduced Xunyi and Lao Shen: "In the future, I may ask Xunyi to deliver messages or things. You two should get to know each other first to avoid any misunderstandings."
"Xun Guards."
"Doctor Shen."
The two of them greeted each other and seemed to know each other.
Si Haochen helped Mingruo get into the carriage, Xunyi and the coachman sat outside the carriage, and the carriage clattered towards the palace.
Si Haochen let Mingruo lean on his shoulder: "The art of witchcraft and poison is hard to guard against. I don't agree with you keeping that maid by your side."
"Didn't I bring her into the palace?" Mingruo hugged Si Haochen's arm to make herself more comfortable. "She knows hypnosis. Rather than letting her wander outside and be used by others, it's better to let her go."
Right under my nose, even if I can't use it, I won't be plotted against it.
Linglong said she had no ill intentions, so I took her to the medicine hall. Moreover, her witchcraft can't harm me."
"Linglong said?" Si Haochen frowned slightly, "That little Gu spirit?"
"Hmm..." Linglong is a Gu spirit, but it is really not small now. Have you ever seen a 'little butterfly' that is more than one meter wide?
"Can it talk?" Si Haochen was a little curious.
"No." Mingruo shook his head, "It's just a spiritual communication. Anyway, we can understand each other's meaning."
"As long as the maid can't hurt you." Even so, Si Haochen was still worried and sent secret guards to monitor A Yuan.
