Da Suining

Chapter 156 Enchanting
Find a medicine man.

It sounds simple, but it is difficult to do it.

If you only want to find one person, not to mention Qingcheng, even the whole Xuan Kingdom, you can find him by digging three feet.As long as the princess asks the emperor to issue an imperial decree, everything is at hand, no matter who he is, he will not be able to escape from a state of Xuan.

If you know the address of that person, you can send a team of soldiers to arrest him directly without delay.

Ke Yaoren, where can I catch him?

The imperial physician didn't believe what the medicine man said.

Since the founding of the Kingdom of Xuan, I have only heard of hundreds of herbs to cure diseases, but never heard of medicine for people.

The study of herbal medicine has been passed down for hundreds of years before the declaration of the country. Isn't it absurd that suddenly the herbal medicine is useless and you need to go to a medicine man for help?
Using pangolins, earthworms, nine-scented worms, centipedes, toads, and giant geckos as medicine can also be imagined.

What kind of creature is the medicine man?
Is it possible that drinking his blood and taking his medicine can prolong life?

If there is such a person, why would the doctors of the past dynasties bother to read at night, rummaging through medical books to memorize prescriptions?
The Changxinhou Mansion found Mr. Documentary, and it took more than an hour before they finally wrote a letter of engagement, hiring a pharmacist.I found someone to copy dozens of copies and posted them all over Qingcheng.

It was stated in the letter of employment that the remuneration would be favorable, and if the disease of blue fading could be cured, a reward of 1000 taels of silver would be given.

1000 taels is enough to live a lifetime.

Of course, in order to prevent someone from making trouble, or pretending to be a medicine man, which would aggravate Lan Fai's condition, the employment letter also stated: those who pretend to be medicine men will be sent to the officials for investigation.

This letter of appointment was posted all over Qingcheng, three or four people came over to look at it, and shook their heads: "I've heard of people posting notices looking for people, but I haven't seen people looking for medicine, who is this medicine man?"

Another commoner also shook his head: "Maybe it's Princess Guo's son who is dying of illness, and it's useless for Princess Guo to ask the imperial physicians all over, so I'm not sure what folk remedies I listen to. Maybe it's not folk remedies, but witchcraft words. People like to make things that talk about gods and gods."

"It would be great if I were a medicine man. If I cured her son, I would get the 1000 taels of silver reward. I would never have to worry about eating and drinking again in this life, and I would marry two beautiful concubines."

"Let's go, you're dreaming before it's dark. Now that the plague is spreading, if we don't go out to buy rice, how dare we go out for a stroll. It's good to catch the disease again. Even if we are medicine people, we can't go to Changxinhou Mansion, who knows if Princess Guo will tie up the medicine man to let the blood out for her son? That would be fatal, even if you get money, you will die."

A few people shrunk their necks and chattered, the more they talked, the more scared they became. Coupled with the rain from the sky, the rushing people could hardly open their eyes, and soon they dispersed.

The letter of engagement posted on the wall was quickly wet by the rain, and the handwriting on the letter of appointment gradually became blurred. In less than a cup of tea, the letter of engagement was completely wet and fell to the ground.

Princess Guo and others are sitting on pins and needles.

The rain outside has not stopped, and the servants of the Changxinhou Mansion carry umbrellas to and from various courtyards. The rain falls on the umbrellas, and the splashes bloom everywhere.

The boy jumped out of the carriage and went into the inner hall without thinking about opening an umbrella.

"What's the matter? Has anyone torn off the letter of engagement?" Princess Guo looked out anxiously. The boy came back alone, and no one followed, which meant that the medicine man was not found.

"The slave is afraid that the master is in a hurry, so come back and tell the master first, and then the slave will go out to find the medicine man." The servant rushed out again in the rain.

Princess Guo kept walking back and forth in the room, and she felt dizzy when she walked, and she almost fell down.

A maid came out of the curtain weeping, weeping softly with a copper basin in her hand.

Seeing the maidservant's mournful expression, Princess Guo knew that the situation was not good.

These days, there is no good news for Lan Fai.

Princess Guo looked into the copper basin and closed her eyes in pain.

The water in the copper basin was originally used for scrubbing Lan Fai, and the clear water was brought in, but now it turned red. Thinking about it, he vomited blood again.

Such a pot of blood came out, I don't know how long he can last?
Princess Guo knelt in front of the Bodhisattva, praying with a rosary in her hand: "Bodhisattva bless you, let Miss Xiang find the medicine man."

She prayed to the Bodhisattva many times.

Sometimes, I pray that Lan Tai can eat more.

Sometimes, I pray that the blue fading can reduce the fever as soon as possible.

Sometimes, I pray that Lan Fai can spit out less blood.

But all these prayers have not come true.

It's not that Princess Guo doesn't know that asking for others is better than asking for herself, but she is already at a loss. Now kneeling in front of the Bodhisattva, although she is praying to the Bodhisattva, it is better to say that she is asking the Bodhisattva to bless Xiang Suining to find the medicine man.

Perhaps in this world, she and Xiang Suining are the only ones who believe what the medicine man said.

Xiang Suining had just heard about the medicine man's theory.

As for whether to believe it or not, she had no idea.

She has been sick since she was a child, and the doctor prescribed the medicine she took.

But once she was reborn, she understood that people can be resurrected from the dead. The things in this world are so wonderful that they cannot be described. Can a mere medicine man not exist?
Xiang Suining asked Lu Yu to come out.

Meet in a teahouse.

In the past, the teahouse was full of people, singing operas, talking about chivalry and five righteousness, selling melon seeds and sesame candies, and they were busy from morning to night.

There are more than a dozen such teahouses in Qingcheng.

Now closed, only this one is left.

The shopkeeper is old, leaning behind the cabinet and squinting his small eyes. Although he is squinting, he is not dozing off, but staring at the rain outside the door with great interest.

Maybe it's been a long time since he received a guest, but seeing Prime Minister Suining come in, he was a little flattered: "Oh, she's still a girl."

The shopkeeper rubbed his yellow eyeballs again: "Oh, a plague, so many people dare not go out, and my teahouse has not opened for several days, I thought I was 60 years old, buried up to my neck , not afraid of death, I don’t think the girl is not afraid of death at such a young age, she dares to come out to drink tea.”

The shopkeeper came up with the teapot, flicked the table with a white towel, put a pot of crude tea on it, brought two tea bowls, and put on another plate of melon seeds and peanuts.

This humble place was placed a month ago, and picky guests would turn the table over.

It's different now, it's not easy to find a shop that is open, and I don't dare to pick and choose.

Soon after seeing Lu Yu coming in the rain, he walked outside the window of the restaurant, bent down and sneezed a few times.

Xiang Suining sat inside the raised window.

The two looked at each other for a while, Lu Yu was a little embarrassed: "Xiang Er, I didn't scare you, did I?"

"come on in."

"Here we come." Lu Yu lifted up his robe and entered the teahouse, picked up the towel on the cabinet, touched his face, and flicked the rainwater off his body.

The shopkeeper couldn't stop him: "Oh, young master, I'm just a towel for wiping the table, not my face."

"It's okay, I don't dislike it."

"I'm afraid that the towel will smell of you, and the guests will dislike it."

Lu Yu choked immediately.

Well, he doesn't dislike the towel that wipes the table, but does the towel that wipes the table dislike him?
"You are just a guest." Lu Yu said with a smile: "I know that girl very well, she will not dislike me. Father, serve a plate of cold cut beef."

"No."

"Come and order some refreshments."

"No."

"Girls like to eat fruit, what kind of kiwi, orange, serve a plate."

"No."

Lu Yu sized up the teahouse, the scale is not small, there are about ten private rooms on the second floor: "What do you guys have?"

"Melon seeds, peanuts."

"Apart from these two, what else?"

"No more. Now I'm here alone to guard this teahouse, and I can't provide anything else. You can just make up for some, and go to other places. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat these two things."

Seeing that Prime Minister Suining was sitting there upright, Lu Yu hurriedly sat down.

It doesn't matter what to eat, he just wants to give Xiang Suining something to eat.

He, the son of the Lu family, is he still short of something to eat.

He is not hungry.

Xiang Suining first poured him a cup of tea, the tea soup was a little cloudy, and the floating tea leaves were bigger than usual, like half a leaf: "Drink some."

On the contrary, Lu Yu felt embarrassed: "Xiang Er is so polite, can you find me if you need something?"

"I want to ask you about someone."

"Who is it? I know Qingcheng well, so just ask."

"The medicine man."

"who?"

"The medicine man."

"You want to give someone medicine." Lu Yu's eyes widened in surprise, and seeing the shopkeeper was wiping the counter, and he was so close, he covered his mouth with a tea bowl and asked, "Who are you going to attack? The concubine in your house, the concubine sister bullied you again, are you talking angry? There are many poisonous drugs, such as arsenic, a silver spoon can make people bleed, but I can't give it to you, I believe Two, you don't think about it anymore? You can't get out of it if you do murder and arson."

"I'm not going to poison people, and I don't want arsenic either. I want to ask you, have you ever heard of medicine people after practicing medicine for so many years?"

"What is a medicine man?" Lu Yu shook his head: "Can this kind of person be used as a medicinal man?"

As expected of Lu Yu.

Born into a family of medical practitioners, Xiang Suining didn't need to explain too much, he understood the role of medicine man.

"Where did you hear about the medicine man?" Lu Yu was curious.

Xiang Suining opened the brocade box on the table, and inside was a medical book, which was the one dug out by Princess Guo's house.

Lu Yu turned it over and closed it again.

"The imperial physician thinks...the medicine man's statement is absurd, and they don't believe it." Xiang Suining asked Lu Yu, "What do you think?"

"I think what the doctor said makes sense."

"Ok?"

"I've been a doctor for many years, and I never knew there were medicine men in this world, but since there are records, maybe there really are. You want to cure Lan Fai?"

Xiang Suining nodded.

"The idea is good, but the world is so big, where can I find the medicine man? Lan Fai can't wait." Lu Yu looked at the rain outside the window and sighed sullenly: "It's not that I cursed my brother, he really died this time." .”

Xiang Suining lowered his head.

"Don't worry, I'm familiar with Qingcheng. I'll inquire more these two days. If I can find news about Yaoren, I'll tell you as soon as possible. If there's no news, I'll tell you."

Xiang Suining nodded.

Many people know about the posting of the letter of engagement in the Changxinhou Mansion.

The people in Xiangfu also know.

Xiang Daying didn't have to go to the palace to go to court these days, and he spent more time at home, so it was inevitable to pay his respects to Mrs. Xiang.

When I greeted you, I mentioned this matter.

After all, when everyone is idle, they are also idle. They are locked in the yard every day, and they are going crazy. If there is something new, they always have to share it with everyone to pass the lonely time.

"I'm afraid Princess Guo is crazy." Tang Xiaoniang ate melon seeds and poohed: "Whether it is medicine or not, I have stayed in the palace, and I am knowledgeable. I have never heard of medicine. explain?"

"Although you have stayed in the palace, you are just a lowly servant. You have some knowledge." Mrs. Xianglao plated the red beans with a "crash".

Tang Xiaoniang was so choked that she couldn't speak, she picked up a piece of wishful cake and ate it.

Seeing that the two were about to bite again, Xiang Daying had no choice but to say: "Princess Guo is also eager to save her son, and her mother's heart is understandable. Seeing that her son is dying, no one will be able to bear this blow. She should go to the medicine man, but she won't be able to find it anyway."

"If you can find it, you can get 1000 taels of silver." Tang Xiaoniang swallowed the wishful cake: "Why don't I have such good luck."

Mrs. Xiang couldn't understand her appearance as a money fan.

The ruyi cake was just out of the pan, and it was newly made by the woman in the kitchen.

Now that I'm idle in the mansion and have nothing serious to do, I'm working hard on eating, this wishful cake is soft and sweet, and the white is translucent, no wonder Tang Xiaoniang also needs two yuan for breakfast.

After sitting for a while, Mrs. Xiang sent Xiang Daying and Tang Xiaoniang away on the pretext of panic.

Mrs. Xiang turned away the maidservants who were waiting on her left and right, leaving only Madam Su to wait on her side.

Xiang Suining brought Ruyi Cake to Mrs. Xiang, the steaming Ruyi Cake tasted really good.

"I just finished my meal, so I'm not hungry." Madam Xiang put the red beans into the basket, and sat down with Xiang Suining: "Grandmother has something to tell you."

Xiang Suining sat down and listened respectfully.

Nanny Su took a pair of scissors and cut off the withered and yellow leaves in the flower pot, and tidied up the growing branches.

Mrs. Xiang's back was facing her, with silver hair and handsome face, she was very peaceful.

But her words surprised Xiang Suining.

"Suining, grandma knows that you are also looking for a medicine man."

Xiang Suining nodded.

"Grandma knows that you are not looking for the medicine man for the 1000 taels of silver."

Xiang Suining nodded again.

"Few people in Xuanguo have heard of Yaoren. Now that he mentions it rashly, it is rare for a person of Aunt Tang's age. However, grandma knows a person, and that is the only one grandma has ever seen in her life. A different person. In the past, my grandmother had little knowledge and always thought that she might be a monster. Now that I think about it, my grandmother misunderstood her. She is honest and responsible. How could she be a monster? Maybe, she is that Medicine man."

Mrs. Xiang said these words very quietly.

Su Momo was trimming the flowers and trees behind her, and she also listened very quietly. Even when watering the flowers, the speed of pouring water did not change. It seems that she also knew about the medicine man.

"These words have been buried in my grandmother's heart for many years, and my grandmother has never mentioned them to anyone, perhaps because they are afraid that their mouths will not be reliable, or because my grandmother trusts you very much. I thought these words would be brought to the grave, and I didn't want to die in my lifetime. I can still say it." Mrs. Xiang let out a long sigh of relief, and Madam Su quickly put down the kettle, took a soft pillow for her to lean on, and handed a cup of brewed green tea to her hand: "Old lady, slow down!" Slow down."

(End of this chapter)