71. Three Nos
The morning rooster crowed, and Chen Ji broke away from the battlefield in his dream. He slowly stood up, limped to the main hall of the clinic, sat on a bamboo chair and waited for the arrival of the wedding cakes.
Liang Maoer changed into a gray cloth dress and got up early to fetch water.
Chen Ji wanted to help sweep the floor, but he was pressed down on the bamboo chair: "Your injury still needs a month to heal, don't move around. I can do all the work in the clinic by myself."
Chen Ji asked curiously, "Actually, you can see that everyone is not opposed to you staying here, so Brother Maoer, you don't have to rush to finish all the work."
Liang Mao'er whispered, "It doesn't matter how much work I do, as long as you don't blame my brother for not helping yesterday. He had his reasons."
"Why did he set the three "no-help" rules for himself?" Chen Ji asked in confusion, "Did he often deal with the Imperial Household Department in the past?"
Liang Mao'er, carrying a shoulder pole, stood in the main hall in silence for a long time before finally saying, "Actually, I lied before. I haven't completely lost contact with my sister-in-law since she left."
"Where did she go?"
Liang Mao'er hung her head. "My sister-in-law was discovered by the Secret Service when she left Ning Dynasty. Tianma intercepted her in a border town, but she was no match for Tianma and was arrested on the spot. At that time, the Minister of Internal Affairs sent someone to find my brother and said that he would not take my sister-in-law to the inner prison, but send her back to Luocheng. However, the condition was that my brother would not become an enemy of the Imperial Household Department in the future. In addition, he needed to do three things for the Imperial Household Department."
"Then why didn't your sister-in-law come back?" Chen Ji suddenly realized that the Imperial Household Department must have suspected the identity of the female swordsman for a long time and had been waiting for her to escape and then use her to control Liang Gou'er.
Liang Maoer smiled and said, "My brother agreed to the Minister's conditions, but he didn't ask the Imperial Household Department to send my sister-in-law back. Instead, he asked the Imperial Household Department to let her go."
Chen Ji was silent for a moment. He didn't expect the answer to be this: "That girl Yan'er from Red Lane... looks a lot like your sister-in-law, doesn't she?"
"Well," Liang Maoer smiled innocently and went out: "I'm going to fetch some water. I still have to cook later."
Just as he was about to go out, he saw the wedding cake girl hurriedly coming with her skirt lifted up on the bluestone road of Anxi Street, and she happened to pass by Liang Maoer at the threshold.
Chen Ji smiled and stood up to greet her: "Why are you here at the clinic so early, Miss Xibing?"
When the wedding cake girl saw him, she hurriedly said, "Chen Ji, I was just looking for you. Bai Prajna was injured by some villain again, and the lady asked you to go and treat it... I don't know who was so vicious as to attack Bai Prajna twice! How wicked!"
Chen Ji lowered his head slightly in shame: "Miss Xibing, I can't go to the palace to treat it. I was stabbed by a villain a few days ago, and the wound on my leg has not healed yet."
According to the principles of intelligence transmission, Chen Ji should communicate with Yun Fei in person about important information to avoid incorrect information transmission.
But there were people from the Golden Pig watching him on the second floor across the street. If he limped to the palace, it would definitely arouse the Golden Pig's suspicion.
Chen Ji stood beside the mahogany counter, picked up the brush and said, "I'll write you a prescription. I'll get the medicine for you to take back and apply it to Bai Prajna."
Xibing hesitated for a moment: "Okay."
Chen Jicheng
The good medicinal materials were wrapped in butter paper and tied with hemp rope. After tying it up, he also stuffed the prescription into the gap of the hemp rope and said: "Go back and apply it externally twice a day. Bai Prajna will be fine."
Xibing took the medicine bag from him and returned to Feiyun Garden.
Outside the Feiyun Garden's covered building, Yun Fei's gentle voice rang out from inside: "Bai Li, Mr. Wang said you've been dozing off in class lately. This won't work. Your father will definitely tell you when he gets back."
Bai Li muttered, "Mr. Wang is a great scholar, how could he speak ill of others behind their backs?"
Yun Fei pretended to be angry and slapped Bai Li's palm: "I'm not saying bad things about you, I'm being responsible for you. Don't say that to Mr. Wang again in the future."
"knew……"
At this time, Xibing walked quickly into the house and said, "Madam, Doctor Xiao Chen was injured and couldn't come, but he prescribed some medicine. Doctor Xiao Chen said that Bai Prajna only had an external injury and that applying some medicine would be fine."
"Xibing, put the medicine bag here for now. Go tell Xitang that the prince has sent a fast horse to deliver the news. He has collected military supplies and is ready to return. Have Xitang and his men clean the palace thoroughly, especially Jing'an Hall and Mingzheng Hall. Even the glazed ceiling needs to be wiped clean." After Concubine Yun finished speaking, she turned to Baili and said, "Bai Li, go review your lessons. Hand in the calligraphy to me tonight, otherwise your monthly salary will be cut off... Baili?"
Bai Li came back to his senses, stood up, took the medicine bag from Xibing's hand, pulled out the prescription inside, and read it carefully over and over again. Apart from a few typos, he didn't find any clues.
But according to common sense, the medicine package should be handed directly to Jianpu. Why did his mother let Xibing leave the medicine package in the building and then find an excuse to send Xibing away?
There must be something wrong here.
At this moment, Bai Li had countless doubts in her mind. She suddenly remembered: when she had just returned from Donglin Academy, she had also seen Chen Ji in Feiyun Garden, but she didn't pay attention to it at that time.
Now, she knew clearly that there was something wrong with Chen Ji's identity. When she recalled the time when Chen Ji came to consult a doctor, she felt that there was even more mystery surrounding Chen Ji.
Outsiders might not understand the situation, but she was familiar with everyone in the clinic and naturally knew that the three apprentices were not qualified to see patients.
Why would a person being pursued by the Secret Service be connected to Feiyun Garden?
At this moment, Concubine Yun casually took the prescription from Princess Baili and asked, "What's wrong, Baili? Why are you suddenly so interested in the prescription?"
Bai Li shook his head: "It's okay, let's see what medicine the Imperial Medical Clinic prescribed for Bai Prajna."
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Outside the Taiping Clinic, an oxcart slowly stopped. Manager Yuan jumped off the cart, walked into the clinic with a smile, and bowed. "Doctor Yao, it's time to deliver the herbs again. I'm here to deliver them to you."
Old Man Yao raised his head and glanced at him: "Let's see the quality."
He slowly walked to the ox cart, untied a sack on the cart, reached into the bottom of the sack and took out a handful of monk fruit, holding it in his palm and looking at it carefully.
Old Man Yao glanced at Shopkeeper Yuan and threw the monk fruit back into the bag: "It looks good. It seems that you put a lot of effort into collecting the herbs."
Shopkeeper Yuan smiled and said, "When have the goods from Bailu Pavilion ever been shipped?"
The questions are definitely the best. Take a look and see what herbs you plan to prepare."
Old Man Yao pulled out a list from his sleeve and said, "According to the list, add ten wild ginsengs of good age. Remember, I don't want any that are less than fifty years old."
Chen Ji was stunned in the clinic. What did his master want ten ginsengs at once for?
But outside the door, Shopkeeper Yuan said in a troubled tone, "Doctor Yao, who would carry ten ginsengs around for no reason? There are none on the cart. They are just some common medicines."
Doctor Yao said slowly, "It's okay. Just send it over before evening. Please make a note of this. I'll check the quality of the other herbs."
At this time, Liang Maoer carried a shoulder pole and strode back to the clinic.
Chen Ji saw a long gash on the chest of the man's gray cloth shirt, cut by a sharp weapon. "Brother Mao'er, what's wrong with your shirt?"
Liang Maoer looked down and immediately became anxious when she heard this: "It must have been the guy who bumped into me just now. I'll go find him... This is She Dengke's clothes!"
Liang Gou'er and Liang Mao'er didn't bring any change of clothes when they came to the clinic, so he could only borrow She Dengke's clothes to make do.
Now that his clothes were torn, Liang Maoer was getting anxious and angry. How could he explain this to She Dengke?
Old Man Yao had a sullen face and grabbed Liang Maoer, who was about to find the thief to settle the score. He said, "He must be a habitual thief. We won't be able to find him. Go back to the yard with some water first, and ask Liu Quxing to get some needlework later."
Liang Mao'er was so anxious that she almost cried: "But after the mending, you can still see it. She Dengke only has two sets of clothes, and his family is not rich..."
Old Man Yao sighed: "Don't be sad, he won't blame you."
Old man Yao, who has always been mean, couldn't be mean to Liang Maoer.
While Old Man Yao and Liang Mao'er were talking, Shopkeeper Yuan walked back to the clinic with a smile on his face. He stood beside Chen Ji and asked in a low voice, "The wedding cakes just arrived. Have you decided on the time and location for the second batch of delivery?"
Chen Ji calmly replied, "Tonight at midnight, in Hongyi Lane, Jinfang, I'll go to the madam and tell her about Luo Tian. We shouldn't trade twice in the same place, but I'm having trouble walking and can't meet with the person in the palace face to face, so I can only pass on the information using the prescription and reserve the same place."
"The same place as before," Shopkeeper Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and patted Chen Ji's shoulder with a smile. "Very good, very good! I will report this success to the Chief Secretary and ask for credit for you."
Chen Ji was silent for a moment. He turned and stared at Shopkeeper Yuan: "Why did you hurt someone again today?"
Shopkeeper Yuan chuckled cheerfully, "I don't know if you've done what I said. Also, I want you to know that even if Liang Mao'er and Liang Gou'er are by your side, they can't be relied upon. Just do your job well for the Military Intelligence Department and don't have any other ideas."
"Understood."
Chen Ji watched with a neutral look as Manager Yuan and his assistant left on the ox cart, then returned to the backyard. Behind the ox cart were two small tabby cats.
In the yard, the crow stood on the branch of the apricot tree, looking at Chen Ji lying on the bamboo chair, and became more and more calm.
Chen Ji slowly closed his eyes and returned to the battlefield in his dream. There was still a lot to do today.
(End of this chapter)
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