Duoer is well
Shi Yanqing prepared enough medicine for bathing for fifteen days. She separated the herbs one by one, put them into a gauze bag, and tied it tightly with a rope to prevent the broken herbs from falling out of the opening.
When she finished all this, Dan Ye also returned from Liu's house.
"Madam, when I went to the Liu Mansion, I happened to see Shi'an leaving. He was in a hurry, probably busy helping the master with something."
Shi Yanqing nodded.
She picked up the moxibustion hammer on the table and gently tapped her shoulders and neck, feeling the stiff shoulder muscles slowly relax.
Seeing this, Dan Ye stepped forward, took the moxibustion hammer, and massaged her shoulders with appropriate force.
On the other side, Shi'an hurried back to the county government office.
He took out the letter written by Mr. Liu from his breast pocket, stepped forward, and handed the letter to Zhou Hanzhang with both hands.
"Sir, Master Liu has not seen me. This is the letter his trustee gave me."
Zhou Hanzhang took the letter, opened it and read it carefully. His slightly frown gradually relaxed and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Very good, the Liu family has agreed to transport the grain."
"Shi'an, go and tell Master Lu about this and ask him to prepare the next plan."
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The next day, it was dawn.
Shi Yanqing felt someone gently kissing her forehead, and the warm breath sprayed into her eyes. An itchy feeling arose from the bottom of her heart. She waved her hand to push the person away, then looked at Zhou Hanzhang with half-closed eyes.
"Why are you up so early and waking me up?"
Shi Yanqing sounded tired when she spoke, and to Zhou Hanzhang's ears she sounded like a kitten, soft and cute.
He leaned back slightly, supported his head with one hand, and half lay on the bed.
"Didn't you say last night that you were going to treat Miss Liu and asked me to wake you up early?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Yanqing pulled up the quilt to cover her head. She rubbed her face with her hands under the quilt, rubbing away all the sleepiness and waking herself up.
"Okay, okay, I'll get up right away."
She got up as soon as she said it, quickly lifted the quilt covering her whole body, supported herself on the bed with her hands, and sat up.
Zhou Hanzhang hadn't changed his clothes yet and was still wearing his pajamas. He was half-lying on the bed without a blanket, showing no fear of catching a cold.
Shi Yanqing thought.
She reached out and pushed Zhou Hanzhang's upper body, "Didn't you say you wanted to get up? How can I get out of bed with you blocking my way?"
The next second, Zhou Hanzhang changed his posture from lying on the bed with his head half-supported to lying flat on his back.
He clasped his hands together and placed them on his abdomen, with a look of anticipation on his face.
"That way you can just step over me."
Looking at his expectant expression, Shi Yanqing suddenly realized that this man was becoming more and more childish and extremely shameless.
She did not answer, but put her hand on Zhou Hanzhang's abdomen and touched inside through his clothes. She found that the vertical and horizontal lines there were very clear, the muscles were tight and elastic, and the touch was very good.
Shi Yanqing showed joy on his face. He grabbed Zhou Hanzhang's hands and placed them on both sides of his body. He took a step forward and stepped over him.
But before she could steady herself on the bed, Zhou Hanzhang's hands suddenly broke free and he hugged her waist.
"Are you deliberately bullying me? You have a really bad heart, my lady."
Shi Yanqing grabbed his face. His skin was so smooth that she couldn't help but knead it.
I forgot what I was going to say for a moment.
"How could I bully you? Stop being so joking and get up and change your clothes, otherwise don't go to the Liu Mansion with me later."
Hearing this, Zhou Hanzhang stopped making a fuss. He hugged Shi Yanqing's waist and rubbed it gently, then let go after a few seconds.
At the gate of the Liu Mansion, Butler Liu had been waiting there since early morning, waiting for Yan Qing to come and see his young lady.
However, when he saw the county magistrate coming out of the carriage, the smile on his face became stiff.
Fortunately, he is an experienced butler and has a way to deal with any unexpected situation.
Butler Liu raised his hand to call the servant behind the door and asked him to call Miss Liu's personal maid Qi Qi over.
The servant ran very fast, and Qi Qi came just as fast.
When she saw Shi Yanqing, her eyes lit up.
"Doctor Shi."
Shi Yanqing put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and faced Zhou Hanzhang, "Hanzhang, I'll go to Miss Liu first."
Zhou Hanzhang nodded. He came to Liu Mansion today mainly to discuss the issue of grain transportation with Mr. Liu.
The Chinese New Year is just over a month away. If the food shortage problem is not solved as soon as possible, many poor people will probably die this winter.
There was chaos in the Lin Mansion. Lu Jue followed the account book given by a mysterious man and found the hiding place of the embezzled money.
When Zhou Hanzhang sent people to investigate, they found that the place was an abandoned mine with the entrance covered by rocks. The investigators took a lot of effort to enter the mine. The silver inside matched the embezzled silver that disappeared from the account book.
Afterwards, Zhou Hanzhang secretly transported the silver out and sent people to other counties to buy grain. However, the amount of grain he bought was too much, and how to transport it back without attracting attention became a problem.
The Liu family made their fortune from waterways and were familiar with all the waterways in Yunshui County. Zhou Hanzhang wanted to cooperate with the Liu family from the beginning.
He asked for Mr. Liu's opinion indirectly through Liu Dianshi, but Mr. Liu either avoided the question or pretended not to understand.
Things took a turn for the better yesterday.
After Shi Yanqing finished treating Liu Duoer, Mr. Liu suddenly agreed to cooperate.
Zhou Hanzhang lowered his eyes and chuckled. It seemed that he had benefited from Yan Qing's help, which was why he caught the eye of Master Liu.
"Sir, the master is waiting for you in the study. I'll take you there right away." Butler Liu said respectfully.
In the study, Liu Chongshan sat in a chair in a relaxed posture, with a pipe in his mouth, taking a puff from time to time and then exhaling the thin white smoke.
He half-closed his eyes, looking as if he was enjoying himself.
"Master Zhou is here, please sit down quickly."
Zhou Hanzhang frowned almost imperceptibly as soon as he stepped into the study. He held his breath slightly, but the next second he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and covered his mouth and nose.
"Mr. Liu is in a good mood and has been smoking tobacco since early in the morning."
Zhou Hanzhang stood at the door and did not go in and sit down.
He spoke to Liu Chongshan, who had not yet stood up, through the lingering white smoke in the room, in a calm tone without any emotion.
"Hahaha..." Liu Chongshan laughed out loud, his voice as loud as a bell. He blocked the mouth of the pipe, slapped the table with his hand, and stood up. "Don't blame me, sir. This is an old problem of mine. I like it every morning when I wake up."
"How about this, let's go to the tea room next door and chat. I heard that you like tea, and I just got some excellent tea cakes, please taste them."
On the other side, Liu Duoer's courtyard.
Just like yesterday, Shi Yanqing walked to Liu Duoer almost in the dark and sat down.
The room was dark, without any light, and even without air circulation, and there was a strange smell.
Shi Yanqing smelled a damp and moldy smell. It seemed that he had taken a shower last night, but the water stains in the house were not cleaned up.
"Ms. Liu, I gave the medicine to Qiqi to boil before I came in. It will be delivered in a while. First, take a pill to warm and nourish your qi. Then I will give you acupuncture for a quarter of an hour. This way, the treatment will be more effective."
"But acupuncture is too dangerous in the dark, so we need to light a candle." Shi Yanqing hesitated for the last sentence, but still said it.
Liu Duoer's body is too weak. If she doesn't replenish and mobilize the yang energy in her body, her body will not be able to withstand the medicine if she takes it directly.
"I'll listen to you. I'm willing to do anything as long as my illness can be cured." Liu Duoer agreed to light candles in the house without any hesitation.
After a while, Qi Qi and Lin Lin lit the candles.
The room which had been shrouded in darkness suddenly became bright. Liu Duoer, who was lying on the bed, saw the faint light outside through the curtains beside the bed. Her eyes couldn't help but become moist and soaked with tears.
This was the first time that Shi Yanqing saw Liu Duoer's appearance clearly.
Although her skin was dry and wrinkled with irregular color ranges, her facial features were bright and beautiful. Before she was poisoned by witchcraft, she was definitely a bright and stunning woman.
"Don't worry, I will make you recover." Shi Yanqing put his hand on the back of Liu Duoer's hand and held it gently to comfort her.
She handed the pill to Liu Duoer and asked her to take it.
Then he took off her inner garment, took out a silver needle soaked in strong liquor, and inserted it into the acupuncture point quickly and accurately.
"How is it, Duo'er? Do you feel any soreness or swelling where you were pricked?" Shi Yanqing asked seriously.
Liu Duoer: "Yes, yes."
After hearing the answer he wanted, Shi Yanqing continued with the acupuncture, holding the needle handle with his thumb and fingers, and gently lifting and inserting it.
About a quarter of an hour later, Liu Duoer's complexion turned from pale to rosy.
Qi Qi also came in from outside carrying a bowl of black medicine.
"Doctor Shi, the medicine is ready."
Shi Yanqing took out the last silver needle, then wiped the sweat off Liu Duoer's cheek with a fine cotton cloth. She held Liu Duoer's shoulder with her right hand and helped her up from the bed.
"Here, the medicine is a little bitter. But you have to drink it all in one gulp, so that the medicine will be more effective."
Liu Duoer took the medicine bowl with both hands, leaned into Shi Yanqing's arms, and drank the medicine in the bowl in one gulp.
The moment she drank it, her tongue was so bitter that she lost all feeling and even wanted to retch, but her desire to recover was above all else, so she forced herself to endure it.
"Okay, you guys go out first. I still need to treat Miss Duoer for a while."
Shi Yanqing rubbed Liu Duoer's shoulders and spoke to Qiqi and Linlin who were standing beside her.
The two maids had no objection and left the room the next second.
After everyone left, Shi Yanqing lifted the thin blanket covering Liu Duoer, his eyes fell on the exposed skin, looking for An Ying who had nowhere to escape.
Not long after Liu Duoer drank the medicine, she became drowsy and confused, and was in a state of half-asleep and half-wakefulness.
Naturally, she didn't notice Shi Yanqing's actions.
I saw a raised dot two inches below Liu Duoer's navel, which was surrounded here, and finally there was no movement.
An Ying is dead.
Shi Yanqing inserted the silver needle into this place and used the acupuncture method taught by Pang Guan to decompose An Ying's body and dissolve it in the blood.
This can then be followed by a medicinal bath to repair the skin and replenish the body's lost yang energy.
After Shi Yanqing finished all this, he put on Liu Duoer's underwear, covered her with a quilt, and left the room.
Qi Qi and Lin Lin had been waiting outside the door. When they saw her come out, both pairs of eyes looked at her with great anticipation.
Shi Yanqing smiled slightly and said, "The treatment is halfway done. For the next half month, just let Miss Duo'er take a medicinal bath every day. I have also prepared the herbs needed for the bath. You can send someone to go with me to the clinic to get them."
Qi Qi and Lin Lin looked at each other, their eyes full of joy.
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