Chapter 2385 Meeting
Manbao, who had no idea that he could raise chickens and was about to learn how to raise pigs, was standing on the edge of the field with his hands clasped, watching people in the distance turning over the straw covering the wheat field.
The weather has been good these two days and it seems to be getting warmer. Turning over the straw and letting the wheat seedlings get exposed to the sun will help them grow faster.
The fields in front of Manbao were empty, probably for growing rice.
Xibing stood behind Manbao and said enviously, "Sir, the fields here are so beautiful, and the weather is great too."
No wonder they always heard that the Central Plains was very rich when they were in the Western Regions. It turns out that their fields were so good.
Manbao smiled at her and sighed, "Spring is here. How many days are left until the Mingjing exam?"
Xibing didn't know, so Jiulan replied, "Seven more days."
Jiulan glanced into the distance, then walked over to Manbao and whispered, "Madam, look over there, there are two people watching you."
Manbao turned his head and saw a man carrying a hoe. There was another person standing next to him. Because they were too far away, Manbao couldn't see the person clearly, but from his demeanor, he seemed to be an old man.
Manbao squinted his eyes and looked at them, and couldn't help asking Jiulan and Xibing, "Did you see clearly who they are?"
Xibing had the best eyesight. After looking at them for a while, he said, "One looks about thirty, and the other about sixty. They look like a grandfather and a grandson. The older one is well dressed, like he's wearing silk."
Apart from the manager, few people in this village can wear silk.
Jiulan said, "My lady, they are just looking at you. They look like two eunuchs."
There are quite a few eunuchs in this village.
Manbao thought for a moment and said to Jiulan, "Go ask."
Jiulan agreed and walked towards them.
Seeing Jiulan approaching them, Tong the eunuch covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed softly, saying softly, "Young people are naturally curious, and that's not a good thing. In a palace like that, curiosity is the last thing you want."
The eunuch boy said, "Godfather, when we meet Doctor Zhou later, if you say something kind to her, maybe she will be able to cure your illness."
Tong the eunuch said calmly, "It's incurable. Didn't we ask Imperial Physician Liu to help us? He just prescribed a few prescriptions."
"Everyone in the capital and the palace says that Doctor Zhou is a little miracle doctor."
Tong, the eunuch, smiled and said, "Silly child, she's called a miracle doctor in the capital because she can perform laparotomies and cure infertility. How does that have anything to do with my illness? As for my internal illness, the most capable are still Xiao Yuanzheng and Imperial Physician Liu."
The young eunuch was a little annoyed, "I can't invite Xiao Yuanzheng..."
Tong, the eunuch, said nonchalantly, "How many people in the capital can afford to invite Xiao Yuanzheng? Aside from those high-ranking dukes and marquises, only the third-rank foreign ministers have the opportunity to invite him. Even the concubines in the palace find it difficult to invite him, let alone a eunuch like me."
The eunuch boy's face flushed red, and he wanted to speak, but the eunuch boy said calmly, "The person has arrived."
When he looked up, he saw a maidservant beside Doctor Zhou walking towards him cautiously, holding her skirt.
But before she got close, a patrolling guard saw her and immediately rushed over to stop them, pointing at them and shouting, "What are you doing? You are not allowed to cross the fence. Anyone who violates this will be killed without mercy."
Jiulan was startled and stopped in her tracks. She waited for the guards to come running over before patting her chest and saying, "You scared me to death. I didn't even think of jumping over the fence."
The guards who were about to reprimand her choked, then took one look at her and saw she looked so familiar that veins on their foreheads twitched. "Miss Jiulan, why is it you?"
He turned his head to look at Tong Nei Shi and his son across from him, and couldn't help but frown, "Who are you? Don't you know that this is an epidemic area and you are not allowed to approach?"
The eunuch boy covered his mouth and started coughing. The young eunuch boy immediately put down his hoe, supported the eunuch boy with both hands and said, "Your Excellency, we did not cross the fence and did not dare to go in. It was because an old friend of Doctor Zhou asked us to do so. We just wanted to give Doctor Zhou something."
Jiulan looked at the guards with an innocent look on her face, pointed at Zhou Man and said, "No, our wife is over there. She has never been close to outsiders. She only asked me to pass on the message."
The guards had become accustomed to delivering things and letters to Zhou Man, and since they were so soft-hearted, they couldn't say anything harsh. They could only stand aside and glare at the eunuch Tong and the other two, saying in a gruff voice, "If you have anything to say, say it quickly. Also, from now on, you can only go to the checkpoint to deliver messages. You are not allowed to come here without permission."
Although they used wooden sticks and hemp ropes to enclose the entire infected area, even a child could easily step over it.
This thing can't stop people at all, it just makes the people in the imperial farm aware that people inside are not allowed to cross these fences to go out, and people outside are not allowed to cross these fences to go in. It all depends on everyone's awareness.
Although the guards were on patrol, they could not keep an eye on such a large epidemic area all the time, so they were very dissatisfied with the behavior of Tong Nei Shi and the other two.
Although Doctor Zhou always communicated with the outside world, the only things he sent out were letters, and they were all sent through formal channels - their checkpoints always sent beautiful and warm cakes, and they didn't find it troublesome.
They felt that Doctor Zhou was a law-abiding man, and if it weren't for the eunuch Tong and the other two tempting him, Doctor Zhou would not have done anything to embarrass them.
So they glared at Tong Nei Shi and his son, appearing very unfriendly.
Little eunuch: ...
Even Eunuch Tong was silent for a moment, then he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Jiulan, saying, "This handkerchief was given to you by an old friend of Imperial Physician Zhou. Give it to Imperial Physician Zhou, and he will understand."
The guard stepped forward, took the handkerchief, turned it over and over, but couldn't see anything, so he handed it to Jiulan.
They are mainly concerned about preventing the things inside from being passed out. As for the things outside, as long as they are not contraband, they generally don't care.
Jiulan took the handkerchief and asked, "What are the two gentlemen's names?"
The young eunuch bowed and said, "I don't deserve it. Both my father and I are surnamed Tong."
Jiulan looked at them in surprise, looked them up and down, nodded, saluted, and went back.
She handed the handkerchief to Manbao and said with a look of surprise, "Madam, I heard them speak softly, just like the eunuchs who came to the mansion, and they were white and beardless. I thought they were also... Who knew they were actually father and son? Strange, why doesn't the old man have a beard?"
Manbao took the handkerchief and took a look, but couldn't see anything. He explained nonchalantly, "Who says eunuchs can't be father and son? They both said their last name is Tong, so it must be Eunuch Tong and his godson."
Jiulan: "...Eunuch Tong?"
"Oh, you don't know. He was the former Junior Eunuch Tong of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to Imperial Physician Liu, he was sent to our imperial farm. However, he is old, and His Majesty is kind and did not punish him with hard labor. Instead, he was allowed to retire at the imperial farm, and his godson came to serve him."
Manbao pondered for a moment, smacked his lips, and said, "It was also from the fourth rank, the same rank as mine. It's a pity that it's gone now."
Jiulan and Xibing: ...You are half responsible for this, right?
I’m so happy, tomorrow is the 4th and my nephew and niece are going to school!!!
Taking them out to play today is really tiring, so I won’t update tonight. Starting from tomorrow, I will start to fulfill Mo Yan’s promise of posting 10,000 posts a day for five days!
The divine beast is finally going to be put in a cage, so happy!
(End of this chapter)
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