The twenty-seventh chapter: Emperor Kangxi's sick house in Xinglong store, Han Liu's night trip
In February of spring, flowers are blooming in the south of the Yangtze River, and apricot pistils are blooming white along both sides of the Yellow River. However, the sky in the north of Saibei is high and cold, and the cold is still unbearable. On the second day after leaving Gubeikou, the weather has indeed changed, and a white-haired wind blows.
Wrapped in snow particles and flakes, sometimes they are like sand running wildly, and sometimes they are like jade dragons pillaring the sky. This is what the so-called "Yan'er Pao" looks like. Kangxi was greedy for travel and was careless in his daily life. He caught wind and cold without thinking, and became dizzy and hot.
Too lazy to move. Although Gao Shiqi was attentively taking care of him, he had no choice but to pass through Heishan County. There were deserted villages and small shops along the way. The food and medicine were not fully prepared, and the high fever in his body could not be relieved. The several ministers were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
Seeing that they were about to arrive at Longhua Town, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Gao Shiqi clasped his hands and chanted Buddha's name: "Amitabha, at least there will be a herbal medicine shop in this town!" Mingzhu smiled after hearing this, and Suo'etu teased: "You are not
Is Confucius a direct disciple? Why did he suddenly convert to Sakyamuni?" Wei Dongting also smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have been to Longhua Town, and there are two herbal medicine shops!"
"It is human nature to seek medical treatment in a hurry." Gao Shiqi felt relieved and said to Suo'etu with a smile on his horse, "I'm just afraid that the master has contracted typhoid fever and will have to visit the ancestral mausoleum in Fengtian and see Mongolia.
Prince, I'm afraid that if I can't bear it and become disabled again, if you don't depose me, where will my face go?" Suo'etu complained: "After passing the Karaqin Zuo Banner Camp, how can Lang Ling keep his master? You guys are the only ones who want me.
A few of them stayed silent and left it to the Emperor's temper!" While speaking, Wei Dongting pursed his lips and said with a smile: "No need to talk about these gossips, no, Longhua Town has already arrived!"
There are more than a thousand households in Longhua Town. Due to the heavy snow, there are very few pedestrians on the streets and alleys. The ground is covered with plow marks. The forks on the street are neatly stacked, one stack after another. Because it is already dusk, there are only a few people walking along the street.
At the entrance of several dry shops, there were waiters standing, holding watermelon lanterns in their hands, hunched their necks and stamping their feet to greet the guests. According to Wu Dan's wish, he just found a hotel near the town to stay first, but Wei Dongting was not allowed to accompany Kangxi because of his illness.
Having encountered an assassin while staying at a hotel, he was extra careful and picked again and again. Fang found a century-old shop called "Xinglong" in a densely populated area in the center of the town to rest. Gao Shiqi prepared a prescription and prepared the medicine.
After tasting it, he served Kangxi and took it to sleep. Seeing that Kangxi had taken the medicine and slept peacefully, he felt relieved and left the upper room. Seeing Wei Dongting standing under the eaves, he smiled and said, "What can happen now? You are too much."
Be careful! After walking for a day, you should change your wet boots after all! Suo Laosan, Lao Ming and Wu Dan are all eating in the front hall, you should go too!"
"Be careful not to overdo it. The master cannot live without us knife-playing people." Wei Dongting said with a smile, "Wu Dan and I have agreed that we will take turns guarding here, and you can just eat your food - the master's illness
Isn’t it relevant?”
Gao Shiqi felt moved in his heart. When it comes to loyalty, this Wei Dongting is indeed the first. No wonder Kangxi loves him. He said: "This dose of medicine will ensure that the emperor is fine. My master's body is strong and bones are strong. How can it be true?"
Are you sick?" After saying that, he went to the front store.
This is a shop with three facades, selling food in the front and a hotel in the back. Kangxi brought more than 30 civil and military attendants, eunuchs, and palace servants, setting up six tables. Because of the snow, the boss was not prepared to come all at once.
There were so many customers, even though they were all dressed in casual clothes, but each of them looked majestic and clearly distinguishable, so they knew they were not ordinary guests. She was so busy that she was sweating looking after them, because as soon as Mingzhu arrived, she booked the entire store and ordered the waiters to close the store.
Go up to the ban'er and no longer receive guests. Gao Shiqi came in and ignored the eunuch. He just nodded to Wu Dan's table, then went straight to Mingzhu, asked for the Etu mat, and sat down on the crossbar. Mingzhu saw that there were miscellaneous things in the store.
The man asked in a low voice: "Master, have you used medicine?"
"After using it, I slept peacefully. If I sweated this night, my illness will be half gone tomorrow!" Gao Shiqi picked up a bowl of hot rice wine and drank half of the bowl. The cold air dissipated in one day, and his face glowed red.
Seeing that the food was very greasy, he just picked a piece of jellyfish and chewed it. He laughed and said: "The master will not be here tomorrow, just spit on me!" Suo'etu knew that he was funny, so he wanted to make him laugh and relieve his boredom, because he laughed.
Said: "Don't talk nonsense, a doctor suddenly becomes ill and dies at the patient's home. I've seen this happen before!"
Gao Shiqi crossed his legs and trembled, and said with a smile: "What's so strange about that! I've seen the midwife deliver the baby to the mother's home!" This sentence made the whole store burst into laughter, but Gao Shiqi said again,
"The doctor brother Lao Suo mentioned is no stranger to me either. I even wrote a memorial service when he died!"
"Oh?" Suo'etu said while sipping rice wine, "There must be some wonderful words, why not recite them and let us feast our ears?" Mingzhu also felt tired and wanted to make fun of him, so he also teased Gao Shiqi.
Recite the sacrificial rites.
Gao Shiqi couldn't stand the pressure and pondered for a long time, then said: "The article was written in a way that hurts the Yin Zhi. It was originally a young man's exercise and he was unwilling to show his shame. Since you are so pious, you chose someone to recite a paragraph and ask for advice." After thinking about it again, Fang said loudly.
Chant:
The young master failed to study, and was told by his teacher that he was a piece of rotten wood that could not be carved. So he learned fencing, but after five years he was unable to cut a chicken. He then turned to medicine, but no one cared about him for ten years. The public was angry, and the public was ill, so he took his own medicine, but it did not work, so he succeeded
Death. Woohoo! The Duke's death was in vain. The young man in the city killed the sick and ghosts unjustly. The medicine of tigers and wolves has no place to wreak havoc. Even though the Duke died, he would benefit the sick and sick a lot...
Before the "memorization" of this wonderful article was finished, everyone was already laughing. When Gao Shiqi was waiting to finish, he heard the sound of the door outside the store. A waiter hurried over, stepped out of the door, looked at the visitor and said:
"I'm very sorry. The shop is full. Please go to the west. There is still room available in Cai's old shop over there." "Fuck you!" an old lady cursed in a loud voice, "We live here.
The Cai family's old store doesn't open fire there, so you come here to buy food, do you understand? I've never seen a guy like you blocking people outside the door to talk on a snowy day!" As he said that, he squeezed his body and walked in.
, and a young boy was dragged in by the way, and after knocking off the snow on his body, he sat down at Mingzhu's table, causing everyone to look here in silence. The young man was very shy and lowered his head.
Sitting silently, the old lady put two ounces of silver on the table and said loudly: "Put a pound of rice wine, heat it up, a braised chicken, two bowls of mushroom soup, two bowls of water to boil the rice - you
Why are you stunned? We don’t have enough money?”
The waiter was deliberately making things difficult. He picked up the silver and took a closer look. He saw that it was a 98%-quality "true round" silver cake. Half of it had been clipped off, and the cut feet were still slightly white. It was really impeccable, so he smiled and said: "
Old lady, it’s not that I don’t want to support you. The scissors in the shop are broken. How about you go and change the money?” “I don’t want you to give me back!” The young man sitting silently next to him couldn’t help but suddenly raised his head and said loudly.
.As soon as he turned his face, he met Gao Shiqi's eyes, and he was suddenly shocked.
"You -" the young man stared at Gao Shiqi and muttered, "Oh, your surname is Gao?"
Gao Shiqi was stunned for a moment, and then looked at him carefully, and saw that he was wearing a large crimson silk sheepskin cloak, a pair of high-waisted cowhide boots, and a large lambskin hat held low, with beautiful eyes and thin eyebrows.
The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and there were a pair of deep dimples on his cheeks. Although he looked familiar, he couldn't think of where he had met before. While he was frowning in thought, the old lady suddenly said: "Ms. Gao, you are such a noble person who forgets things so much.
,Don’t you remember Huang Liangmeng’s old lady?”
"Han Liu!" Gao Shiqi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly smelled a faint fragrance. This young man must be the daughter of Tuxie Tuhan, Axiu, who is better off with Chen Huang! He stood up with a rush.
, said to the bewildered waiter: "Get out of here! These two people are with us - old lady, how did you get here? Where is Chunhe?"
"He was sent by a ghost!" Mrs. Han Liu said with a proud smile, "Chunhe went to his uncle's house to study business in Hangzhou, and he was really thinking about you as his savior. The child you saved is now more than five years old.
, let’s name him Han Mugao!”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Seeing everyone's surprise, Gao Shiqi briefly told the story of how he rescued Han Chunhe on his way to Beijing, and only concealed the story of how he rescued Miss Zhou and Axiu in a sedan chair.
.These two things, one related to his own reputation and the other related to national affairs, are inconvenient to talk about. Now that everyone was laughing and eating, Gao Shiqi ordered people to clean up his back room and let Han Liu and his son live in it.
, he actually lived in the outer room, and went to the upper room to visit Kangxi. Seeing that Kangxi was sweating profusely and sleeping deeply, he came back to see Han Liu and Axiu.
"Mr. Gao, people say that my old lady is too thoughtful, but she is actually a fool!" Ms. Han Liu sat on the warm hot bed, listening to the silence of the people outside, only the whistling wind carrying the rustling of heavy snowfall,
Fang said slowly, "Did you know that the golden monk who lives in Tianwang Temple is actually a thief monk!"
Gao Shiqi looked at the miserable faces of Han Liu and Axiu, recalling the time when he lived in a temple in abjection, and his body shivered and goosebumps arose.
"Not long after you left, it started raining continuously," Mrs. Han Liu sipped her tea and fell into deep memories. At this moment, Gao Shiqi suddenly felt that this Mrs. Han Liu must have been a stunningly beautiful girl when she was young. He
Nodding, he poked the charcoal pot with hot chopsticks, and listened to the old lady continue, "You know there is a solitary grave in the back garden of my house. I moved to Shandong and left it untouched when I built the house. I thought it would be left without an owner."
It is also a sin to expose corpses in wild graves. Because it was raining, a big hole collapsed in the grave, and rainwater kept pouring in. I saw that it was not full, so I became suspicious. As soon as the weather cleared, I called
Someone knocked down the big poplar tree on the grave and wanted to dig it up to see what was buried there. If it was really a dead person, he would have to be moved to a place so that he wouldn't suffer in the water."
"Did you dig it up?" Gao Shiqi asked, "What was buried inside?"
Axiu said nothing, and took out something as big as a stick from her sleeve. Gao Shiqi took a look and saw that it was an emerald. Under the light of the candle, Axiu's soft palm gave off a faint green light!
"That's it. There are also cat eyes and rubies in a box." Han Liu said with a sigh, "The other boxes are too heavy to move, and I didn't dare to move them. They are probably gold bricks, silver ingots...
"Gao Shiqi was so excited that he couldn't breathe. He stared and asked, "What happened next?"
"Later I found out that as soon as the big tree was sawed, a message was sent to Monk Jin." Han Liu said, "Although I have no knowledge, I also know that there is a treasure trove of gold and silver buried behind the garden, which is a source of trouble.
I didn't dare to inquire about this kind of thing, and I couldn't let it come to light. On the morning of the third day, I took Axiu, my son and my wife out with my grandson in their arms. I only told my family that I was going to the Golden Summit of Wudang Mountain to offer incense to my ancestor.
After making a big detour, I quietly hid at Mengzhou's in-laws' house in Huangliang at night, wanting to see the scenery before making any plans.
"There was no movement for half a month. I thought to myself that this must have been buried by some rich man in the previous Ming Dynasty during the war. Later, when the man died, it became ownerless property. I was thinking about going back. In the middle of the night, my
The housekeeper Ma Gui ran to Zhou's house in panic and told Monk Jin that Yu Yishi had brought a hundred big men with Shandong accents. He first said that he wanted to stay overnight, but when he didn't agree with his words, he took action. The family asked him to kill three of them.
.Please ask your parents-in-law to make suggestions.
"As you know, my in-laws have a fiery temper. They got angry as soon as they heard about it. The moment they lit up, they wanted to go over and fight. I heard from behind the screen that something was wrong, so I came out. Ma Gui was startled and said
:'Old lady...you...didn't you go to Hubei?'"
"I said: 'Ma Gui, go back and tell Mr. Jin that everyone knows that I went to Wudang and I took the box with me. If you don't have the box, you will lose your life! Let him move the rest and let him take it. Linming Pass
There were only a few dozen post soldiers, and they were far away from Handan. With the in-laws’ in-laws, they weren’t just moths rushing into the fire. When Ma Gui returned, the people here also went out and sifted gongs, beat drums and shouted in the dark far away.
Scare them away and forget it!"
"That's it. In less than half an hour, Monk Jin and Yu Yishi were busy taking away the boxes of gold and silver without killing anyone. They lit a fire before leaving, but it rained again and the fire didn't start.
." After Han Liu finished speaking, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
Gao Shiqi also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I don't know what to do if I have to blame others for causing such a big trouble! You are really a person who can't afford any loss! Didn't you go back later?" Axiu said
: "I think I went back. My mother said that this home was no longer a safe place for her, so she gave the house to Zhou Yuanwai."
"If Monk Jin doesn't die, it will be rare for me to live in peace in this life." Han Liu said with a smile, "Am I that stupid to stay at home and wait for him to kill me? I thought I had no choice, so I took my family by boat to Hangzhou Spring Festival.
With his second uncle. His second uncle is a businessman, and his second sister-in-law is intolerant of others. She thinks that I have lost my family fortune and defected to them. If nothing happens, I will throw spoons and knock pots, criticize people and scold people. I am not poor.
He is extremely rich and avoids revenge. How can he stand it? He bought the original name of a silk and satin shop owned by his second uncle in Luomahu Town so that his son and wife could have a place to live. Because my daughter was anxious to see Long live the Lord, she took him with her.
When you come out with her, it's like you've entered the world of martial arts!" After saying that, he pursed his lips and smiled.
Gao Shiqi chuckled after hearing this and said: "Fortunately, you are a wise man. I don't know what it would be like if I were a woman with another family! Although you are understating it, from what I think, it is really shocking. Xiu Gege, you are in a hurry."
Are you going to see the emperor to avenge the troops?"
"Where is the Emperor now?" Axiu asked with a flash of his eyes.
"Far away in the horizon, close in front of you!" Gao Shiqi said, looking at the lights in the upper room outside, and then whispered, "The emperor's trip to Fengtian was apparently to visit the ancestral mausoleum, but in fact it was more
The most important thing is to meet the Mongolian princes. It is difficult for women to understand all the articles here! Xiu Gege, with all due respect, the princes coming to the meeting this time include the Khan of Chechnya and the envoys of Galdan. You have many enemies.
, the emperor is trying to win over you now, I’m afraid it won’t be good if you show up in public!”
After hearing this, Axiu sneered and said: "There are enemies but also relatives! My uncle Wendur Khan is coming too. If the emperor really doesn't care about us, I, Axiu, don't want to live anymore. I will try my best to come to see you all when we meet."
It's so lively, I'm afraid you still regret it!" Gao Shiqi was stunned and said in astonishment: "How do you know everything? It's incredible, Wenduer Khan is coming, and I don't know yet! No wonder Chen Huang didn't
It's fate, you are a god!" Seeing that he was talking frivolously, Axiu sat up straight and said, "Mr. Gao, please respect yourself, don't forget our identities."
"Yes, that's what Gege taught you!" Gao Shiqi blushed, leaned over, and said with a smile, "Shiqi and Tianyi are old friends, so they forgot about their feelings when they talked - I don't know if you saw Tianyi again later.
?" When Mrs. Han Liu saw A Xiubie turning her face and not answering, she sighed: "This is an injustice done in the past life. There is nothing we can do about it! We took a boat from Hangzhou to Luoma Lake and passed by Qingjiang River. I looked at my daughter
Her face was as white as paper, and she was advised not to get off the boat to see Mr. Chen. I don’t know what she was thinking, but she shook her head with tears in her eyes, but she just refused. Later at Luoma Lake, I heard that Mr. Jin had a fight because of Xiaojiadu.
After being involved, the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to lock Mr. Jin and Mr. Chen to Beijing. A Xiucai panicked and was anxious to go to Beijing. Who knew it was a rumor when he thought about it in Beijing... Sigh..." At this point, the three of them all looked sad.
, Axiu held it in for a long time, but the tears still flowed out silently. Gao Shiqi could not comfort him, so he left. This night, the candlelight was bright inside and outside, and no one fell asleep. (To be continued)
