Two hundred and forty Fengqi Haojing (Part 2)
The young man walked quietly for a while and suddenly saw a door hole in the stone wall with his right hand. Two solid dark wooden doors were firmly embedded in the stone wall. The foyer was three or five feet deep, and there were three steps outside.
After thinking for a moment, the young man slapped the door hard: "Master, please come to see you!"
After a moment of waiting, the door was creaking and opened. A man with a black robe stood in the middle of the courtyard and said in a deep voice: "Enter the courtyard and close the door!"
"promise!"
After Chongqing Li closed the door, he lowered his head and walked into the courtyard with Rongyi. Although the courtyard was very small, it was high rooms on all sides, with a patio in the middle, which was as steep as the stone alley outside the door. There were several stone benches and benches in the courtyard, and there was a stone bench lying horizontally on the ground, which was a desolate scene.
"Master, there are many courtyards in Haojing, why did you find such a remote place? If it weren't for the lane map left by the master, your disciple would almost not be able to find a place." Chongli murmured and returned the bamboo board with the route to the master.
"Be careful that the ship will be sailed for ten thousand years. The road ahead is unpredictable. Hidden in the royal capital, the more secluded it, the better." Rong Yi took back the bamboo board and asked seriously: "Where is the epidemic prescription? Have you taken it back?"
"Fortunately, I will live up to my mission." Chongqing Li took out a piece of sheepskin from his arms and solemnly presented it with both hands.
Rong Yi slightly anxiously unfolded the sheepskin, took out a bamboo slip from his arms, and compared the two, with a solemn expression. His brows became tighter and tighter, and he suddenly slapped the stone case: "Chongli, can this epidemic be fake?"
Chongli Meng was shocked: "Master, this is Junior Sister Ye Zi's life and she will not be fake. In order to get this epidemic prescription, the junior sister deliberately contaminated the epidemic, and to see the medicinal materials clearly, she deliberately delayed her condition. According to the disciple's experience on the grassland, the little king of the lord also cared about the junior sister, and the prescription would not be fake."
"What did you say?" Rong Yi clenched the sheepskin in his hand: "So, Ye Zi has already------"
"Master------" Chongli cried and said, "Junior sister, she has passed away for the sake of her master's great cause----------"
"Ah—" Rong Yi sighed to the sky: "Why is she going to do this? I told her to find the solution to the epidemic from the dying family at all costs, but she didn't let her fight with her life!"
The master and apprentice sighed, and Chongli asked, "Why do you think this prescription is fake?"
Rong Yi handed the bamboo slips in his hand: "You can take a look!"
Four or five days after entering the pass through the grassland, Chongqing Li was already familiar with this prescription. After comparing, he looked up and asked in surprise: "This----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rong Yi shook his head: "This prescription was sent out secretly in the palace, which was given back by Prince Tsuge to Ji Duyou. The Imperial Medical Office in the palace used this prescription to treat the plague-infected palace people, and one death was treated, and even Princess Zhongji was no exception. The King of Zhou had asserted that this was a fake prescription and ordered the Imperial Medical Office to abandon it."
"Is it reliable to sit in the palace to find out the news?" Chongqing Li instinctively questioned.
Rong Yi glanced at his eldest disciple: "There has never been a rebel to the society in Nanlin Society. Moreover, since the King of Zhou has concluded that this is a fake, there is naturally no need to keep it confidential."
"Is it possible that the prescription that the junior sister discovered with her life was fake?" Chongli felt a chill rising from her back, and a bright color flashed in her eyes: "Master, my junior sister once told me that Xiao Bi Wang seemed to have told her that she should take medicine when the symptoms first showed up. Could it be that this prescription is not suitable for the palace?"
Rong Yi's eyes flashed, and he looked at the parchment in his hand again. After thinking for a long time, he said leisurely: "It's not known. It's just that the teacher needs case evidence to test its effectiveness---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Not long after Chongqing Li entered the entrance of the alley where the old elm tree branches were hugging each other, the luxurious bronze car from Zhaogong Mansion also drove here. Of course, without the guidance of the lane map, it was impossible for the driver to discover the alley.
Seeing the old elm tree with the extended cap, Zhao Bohu finally couldn't bear the swaying of his car. He stomped his right foot and called to stop the car. Seeing that the owner was displeased, Mibo rushed forward to serve. Mibo and Uncle Mi were both the heads of the Zhaogong Mansion, but these two brothers had different personalities. Uncle Mi was generous and did not take advantage of the opportunity, so they contacted the outside world. Mibo was steady and mature, and was responsible for the food and clothing of Zhaogong.
"Prince, are you feeling discomfort?" Myb thought that the master had been kneeling down on the poisonous sun for a long time and was uncomfortable in the car. He asked softly, "Do you want to rest under the elm tree for a while?"
"No," Zhao Bohu waved his hand in annoyance: "Come on my hat, I'll walk on the long street."
"promise!"
After wearing the blue long and shoulder-scapula-long veil and confirming that no one could see his appearance and identity, Zhao Bohu felt a little relieved. Today, Ji Hu's words suddenly woke him up. As the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was responsible for the heavy responsibility of the country, and he was neglected to this royal capital. The palace city has been blocked for several days, and the news is inevitably leaked. What will the people think? Will there be any abnormal movement in the city? He knows nothing.
The daily reports of the guests are as calm as usual. So is it really as calm as usual? If you don’t walk by yourself, you will hear it, and he will be the ears of the deaf - decorations.
When he turned around and saw Mibo following behind him, Zhao Bohu frowned. Many people knew the two elders of the Prime Minister's family. With him, wouldn't his identity be revealed to the public?
"My Bo, I'm going to leave, you go back first!" Zhao Bohu ordered.
My uncle waved his hand in a hurry: "No, how can the Prime Minister walk alone on the long street without a single guard beside him? Absolutely not!"
Zhao Bohu knew Mibo's stubbornness and had to give in: "You can follow me, but you have to keep a distance of two feet."
"promise!"
It is noon in May in summer, which is the hottest time of the day in Haojing. Shops on both sides of the long street have put down sunshades, and fewer pedestrians are gradually missing on the street. Zhao Bohu specially walks by the road with arched eaves, so that he can not only hide from the scorching sun, but also hear the gossip of those who are resting beside the road.
The walls of a teahouse on the left seem to be made of green bamboo, green and cool, and there is a butter cloth sunshade in front of the door. When you look at it, there are several tables of guests inside, which seem to be chatting.
Zhao Bohu walked in, picked up a table against the wall and sat down. Flies buzzed around. On the slightly tilted counter, there was a yellow bird cage. In the cage, a starling perched on the shelf, with her feathers hanging down, looking dejected. Mibo looked at the door, and pretended to be resting, looking for a stone under the eaves of the corridor and sat down.
The temperature was still rising. Seeing that no one came to greet him, Zhao Bohu knocked on the table. A guy dressed in short clothes came out from under the counter and walked over to greet him in a lazy walk. Zhao Bohu ordered a pot of tea and a small plate of snacks. The guy nodded and went to work on his own.
Suddenly, a hustle and bustle sound came from the end of the long street. People inside and outside the teahouse stretched their necks to watch the excitement. It turned out that a group of ox carts were about to leave the city, two oxen and one ox cart, and they were loaded with nothing, and they were loaded with a dozen cars, surrounded by two tents and swaying on the long street. It took only half an hour before the ox carts disappeared at the end of the long street and looked at the west gate.
The dead atmosphere in the teahouse suddenly became much more active, and people naturally began to talk about the convoy just now.
"Hey, which magistrate family is this? In the past two days, one team after another has rushed out of the city, and they are all looking west. What's going on?" asked a young man in his thirties.
This is exactly what Zhao Bohu wanted to know, so he quickly pricked up his ears and listened. The shopkeeper was busy, but his mouth was not idle: "Don't you know this? That's the ox carriage convoy of Zhou Gong's Mansion. His family had a batch of leaves yesterday, and this was the second batch! As for Wangxi, it's worth mentioning? Of course, I'm going to Fengyi!"
The shopkeeper came to Zhao Bohu's table with a tray and put down the teapot and dishes as well: "Customer, you have all the refreshments you want, please use them slowly!"
Zhao Bohu stopped him: "Man, you just said that it was the Zhou Gong family's convoy? Is it true?"
The shopkeeper saw that although he was wearing a hat, he couldn't see his face clearly, but his temperament was extraordinary and luxurious. He knew that he was not an ordinary customer, and he felt a little respect from the bottom of his heart. He answered sincerely, "Customer, how many years have we been doing business here? These officials and officials have recognized a lot of carriages and horses, so how could they not recognize them? It was indeed the convoy of Zhou Gong's Mansion."
"Oh?" Zhao Bohu heard the unforgettable voice: "So, in addition to Duke Zhou's Mansion, there are many other members of the Duke's Mansion who have left the city in the past few days?"
"Where is there any fake?" The shopkeeper lowered his voice: "The Zhou Gong Mansion is in batches, so I'll hide some. I'm just paying attention to the Duke Mansion. I'm a good guy. The long horse team lined up from the other end of the long street to this end. That posture, tsk-----"
Zhao Bohu felt an ominous feeling in his heart. Although he had tried his best to avoid the palace, the palace was closed and such a big thing could not be covered. However, he never thought that these elders and important officials of the royal family were so courageous and so arrogant that the people would have rumors when they saw it, and the consequences were hard to imagine.
"Do you know why they took their family and their families to leave the city?" Zhao Bohu asked tentatively.
"I've heard of this." The little man came over just now and said with a mysterious look on his face: "I heard that someone in the palace had a gu, which caused the palace servants inside to die from the epidemic. These people were afraid that they would also get into strange diseases, so why don't they escape quickly?"
"I heard it too------"
The atmosphere in the teahouse was boiling, and four or five people suddenly started talking. Some said that the gate of the palace was closed and allowed to enter and not leave, and some said that the King of Zhou had moved to Fengyi to avoid disaster, so these veteran ministers flocked to follow.
Finally, someone angrily scolded, "Nonsense, today I saw the little Zhou King climbing the corner tower from afar and shouting to Zhao Gong for a while! He is clearly in the palace, don't talk nonsense!"
Chapter completed!