"You should drink this medicine once in the morning and once in the evening. Don't worry, I have prepared osmanthus candy and locust flower honey candy. Your mouth won't feel bitter after you drink the medicine or eat." Fu Yueli said.
This sentence made Shi Mingyue's heart soften again. Apart from her parents and brothers, who else would be so good to her?
Fu Yueli said: "We are leaving for Lingzhou the day after tomorrow, so please pack everything you need to take with you."
The trip to Lingzhou had been planned long ago. Shi Mingyue nodded. She knew Fu Yueli had other things to do besides reuniting with the old man. But she naturally had to prepare a gift for the old man first; otherwise, it would be embarrassing to go empty-handed.
The next day, Fu Yueli sent someone to the palace to talk to the emperor, and the emperor only told them to be careful on the road.
The carriage was traveling on the main road in the city. Shi Mingyue and Fu Yueli were in the same carriage, Lu Lingyan was riding a horse outside, and Hongyin and other servants were in a carriage at the back.
Fu Yueli smiled and said, "The old man will definitely be very happy to see you."
Shi Mingyue guessed that Fu Yueli's grandparents must be very kind and amiable, and said with a smile, "Really? I wonder if they will like the gifts I prepared."
"It will definitely happen." Fu Yueli said affirmatively.
Shi Mingyue smiled and suddenly heard a noise coming from outside the carriage. She lifted the curtain and saw that Qin Zheng happened to be riding past their carriage. As if he noticed her, Qin Zheng turned around and glanced at her.
Shi Mingyue hurriedly lowered the curtain, and Fu Yueli naturally saw Qin Zheng. Seeing Shi Mingyue's avoidance gesture, he suddenly felt complicated. He almost forgot the old relationship between Mingyue and Qin Zheng that had even reached the point of elopement.
There seemed to be a group of soldiers passing by outside, so Shi Mingyue deliberately changed the subject: "What are they going to do?"
Fu Yueli was in a bad mood and said in a muffled voice, "There was a case in Taizhou, and the emperor sent Fu Baiheng to handle it."
The Taizhou case? Shi Mingyue was shocked to realize she seemed to have heard Qin Zheng mention this case in her previous life. It recounted a period of disappearances of young men and women in Taizhou City, causing widespread panic. Taizhou's prefect, Du Ruzhen, investigated the case for a long time but could not uncover the truth. When the case reached Shangjing, the emperor dispatched the second prince, Fu Baiheng, to investigate. Later, Fu Baiheng found all the missing people in a cave outside the city, but they were dazed and confused. The day after their rescue, they had no idea who they were, let alone how they had gotten to the cave.
This wasn't the most bizarre thing. The most bizarre thing was that on the very night the missing person was rescued, Taizhou prefect Du Ruzhen suddenly died at home. Not only was there a long gash on his chest and abdomen, but even more horrifyingly, his internal organs had been dug out and dumped next to his body. Another strange thing about the body was that the eye sockets were empty; the eyeballs had not been placed beside the organs, but had disappeared. This incident shocked the entire Taizhou, and the people of the city spread the rumor that Du Ruzhen was suffering retribution for his evil deeds.
Fu Baiheng continued to investigate for a while, but he found no clues. He neither found out who had imprisoned the missing person nor who had killed Du Ruzhen. In the end, he had no choice but to close the case hastily and return to the capital.
In his previous life, Qin Zheng had told her the story as a ghost story, deliberately to scare her. Shi Mingyue still remembered the case vividly. It seemed that in this life, Qin Zheng had not left Shangjing and was still serving as the Shaoyin of Jingzhao Prefecture, which was why he was sent to assist the Second Prince, Fu Baiheng.
Shi Mingyue didn't think about it anymore. The case was finally solved. Except for Du Ruzhen, the other missing persons were all fine and no trouble happened later.
At night, the carriage stopped at an inn in the suburbs. After getting off the carriage, the two saw seven or eight horses tied to a tree in the yard. They belonged to Fu Baiheng and his group. They were actually staying in the same inn as Fu Baiheng's team.
Shi Mingyue was puzzled. The road to Lingzhou and the road to Taizhou seemed to be different. When they entered the inn, some guards were sitting at the table eating. When they saw Fu Yueli, they hurriedly stood up and saluted.
Fu Yueli waved her hand lightly to ask them to get up, and then went upstairs with Shi Mingyue and lived in the same room.
Only then did Shi Mingyue ask the question that puzzled her: "Isn't this the way to Lingzhou? Where are we going?"
Fu Yueli nodded and explained, "Well, we'll go to Taizhou first, then to Lingzhou. But it has nothing to do with Fu Baiheng's matter. Have you heard of Xu Tiandong, the miracle doctor in Taizhou?"
Shi Mingyue had heard of the name Xu Tiandong. It was said that no matter how complicated the disease was, it could be cured by him. He was truly a miracle worker.
Fu Yueli continued, "I was born blind, and my father summoned Divine Doctor Xu, but he was unable to help me at the time. But then, when I was twelve, Divine Doctor Xu sent me a letter, telling me that only by finding the red fox could my eyes be healed. After my eyes were healed, Divine Doctor Xu examined me again and said that the remaining toxins in my body had not yet been cleared, and it would be difficult for me to live past the age of eighteen. He then prescribed a prescription for me, telling me to take it daily and come back for a follow-up consultation when I turned eighteen."
So that's how it is. Shi Mingyue thought to herself that the poison that Concubine Cen had given her was really harmful, and Fu Yueli must be feeling very uncomfortable.
"So I have to go see Divine Doctor Xu for a follow-up consultation before I can go back to Lingzhou."
Shi Mingyue nodded: "Yes."
After a long day's journey, the two of them hadn't even had a hot meal, so they told the waiter to prepare some food. After dinner, it was time to wash up and rest. Suddenly, a guest arrived. It was none other than Fu Baiheng. He must have heard from his men that they were staying there, so he came to say hello.
"Didn't big brother go back to Lingzhou with big sister-in-law? Why is he heading towards Taizhou instead?" Fu Baiheng asked directly.
Fu Yueli smiled and said, "I am going back to Lingzhou, but I have been feeling unwell recently. I heard that Dr. Xu Tiandong in Taizhou is a very skilled doctor, so I plan to go to Taizhou first and then return to Lingzhou."
"Xu Tiandong?" Fu Baiheng raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, a playful smile on his lips, "Then let's go and take a look, big brother. Since we are all going to Taizhou, why don't we set off together tomorrow so that we can look after each other."
Fu Yueli nodded slightly to show her acceptance: "Okay."
Fu Baiheng smiled and stood up. "It's late, so I won't disturb my brother and sister-in-law to rest. I'll take my leave first."
"Goodbye, second brother." Fu Yueli didn't even blink for a long time, his eyeballs seemed fixed and didn't move.
Shi Mingyue asked with concern: "Are your eyes so uncomfortable?"
Fu Yueli's eyes lit up at this time, "I'm used to it." But after a long time, his eyes would feel dry and uncomfortable, but he didn't want to tell Mingyue, because he didn't want her to worry.
Shi Mingyue didn't believe it. She had played the "statue" game before, and her eyes were almost painful after not blinking for so long. But now that Fu Yueli had said this, she didn't want to ask any further. She just wanted to see Dr. Xu and ask him to prescribe some prescription for improving her eyesight.
The next day, when they were traveling together and getting on the carriage, Shi Mingyue saw Qin Zheng again. Qin Zheng looked at her as if he had a lot to say to her, but she just turned her face away quickly.
Two days later, they finally reached Taizhou. The road to Dr. Xu's Medicine Valley was different from the road into the city, so Shi Mingyue and Fu Yueli said goodbye to Fu Baiheng. They were heading to the Medicine Valley, but were stopped outside Dr. Xu's compound.
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