Because of the Marquis's obstruction, even if she had a quarrel with him, Fan Shi could not find a chance to leave Beijing for Ningcheng, so she wanted to ask her family members to pick up the child. She thought that her family members would be able to identify the child's identity when they saw the child.
It would not work to just send servants to pick them up. She did not want the child to feel that she was not valued. Her children were supposed to be the legitimate twins of the Marquis' Mansion. Apart from the eldest son Zhao Qi, the children had the most noble status in the Marquis' Mansion.
Because of this delay, one of the servants who stayed in Ningcheng rushed back to the capital to report the news. When Mrs. Ding came back, there were still people left there to keep an eye on the young master's situation. However, they did not expect that Luo Yonghai was a cruel person who actually kidnapped their young master and sent him to Liu Fu.
Who is Liu Fu? He is a eunuch. When they found out about this, Luo Yuanjing had already disappeared. The servants found something wrong when the people in Luo's mansion went out to search, and they found out about this after asking around.
So one person returned to Beijing to report the news, while the others stayed behind and secretly went out of the city to look for the young master, anxiously awaiting him.
When they arrived in the capital, they didn't even have time to drink a sip of water before rushing into the mansion to report the situation to Mrs. Fan. Mrs. Fan fainted on the spot. Madam Qian quickly pinched her husband's Ren Zhong to wake him up. Mrs. Fan couldn't wait any longer: "Take everyone with you. Don't worry about the Marquis' Mansion. Follow me to Ningcheng. I want all the Luos in the mansion to pay for my child's life!"
Originally, Fan still gave the Marquis some face, so she did not leave the mansion by force. But this time, her child was gone, and the Luo family originally wanted to give her to a eunuch as a concubine. This was simply stirring up a hornet's nest for Fan. How could she bear it?
They even hated the Marquis. If the Marquis had not been so slow and had not sent a letter to Ningcheng to bring the child back in person early in the morning, the Luo family would not have dared to treat the Marquis' child like this even if they had the courage to do so.
Of course, Mrs. Qian and her confidants listened to Mrs. Fan. They were furious when they heard about this. How dare a merchant treat the young master of their mansion so badly? It would not be enough to take down the entire Luo Mansion. When the group arrived at the door of the mansion, they were stopped. Mrs. Qian immediately asked someone to protect her and fight her way out. By the time Marquis Huaiyuan got the news and arrived, it was too late. Mrs. Fan had reunited with her family and headed for the city gate.
Zhao Dechang hurriedly mounted his horse to stop them and asked Fan what they were doing. By the time he and his men caught up with Fan and his group, they were already outside the city.
"Ms. Fan, what exactly do you want to do? Don't you want to live with me anymore?" Zhao Dechang asked angrily after stopping Ms. Fan's carriage.
Fan pulled open the curtain with all her strength. Her anger had not subsided until now, but she was even angrier than Zhao Dechang when she heard his questioning. She stood on the carriage and shouted, "You and I's biological child was sent by the Luo family to be a concubine of a eunuch. How can you, as a biological father, sit there? As a mother, I don't have such a good temper. You let a merchant step on the head of the Marquis's mansion, and the Marquis's mansion is raising his child. Zhao Dechang, get out of here. It was because of you that I stopped you before. If you don't take my child this time, when I come back, you don't have to divorce me, but I will divorce you first!"
"Get out of here!" Fan snatched the driver's whip and hit Zhao Dechang with it.
Fan's nephew also caught up with Zhao Dechang. He didn't understand: "Uncle, what's the harm in asking aunt to make a personal trip? If the child over there is really your child, can you really sit back and watch him be abused? Isn't that the blood of your uncle and the Huaiyuan Marquisate?"
The whip almost hit Zhao Dechang on the head, which made Zhao Dechang extremely shocked and angry. He has always been the head of the family. Fan used to be a virtuous woman, but now she is like a mad woman and even dares to attack him. He didn't think about his bloodline, but only saw that his authority as the head of the family was violated.
"Okay! You are such a good girl, Fan. If you insist on going against me today, I will divorce you!"
"Ha, go ahead and divorce me, Zhao Dechang. If you don't divorce me today, you're a bastard. Let's go!" Fan ordered.
"Go!" All the people who followed listened to Fan's orders. They left as soon as Fan said so. Fan Lin clasped his fists towards Zhao Dechang and rode his horse to follow.
Zhao Dechang was so angry that the other servants arrived a beat later. Zhao Dechang shouted angrily: "Go back to the mansion. I will divorce Fan!"
"My Lord Marquis, calm down." The servant was shocked. How could the Marquis's family divorce his wife so easily? What would other families in the capital think?
The fact that Marquis Huaiyuan rode his horse in broad daylight to pursue his wife could not be hidden from the dignitaries in the capital. Everyone was very curious about what happened in the Marquis Huaiyuan's mansion. It seemed that Marquis Huaiyuan did not bring his wife back. Where did Madam Fan go after leaving the capital?
The curious ones tried to find out the inside story. The Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion was not impenetrable, and the rumors that had spread in the mansion spread outside, shocking everyone who was paying attention. Some people also thought of the chaos sixteen years ago, when the capital was attacked by the barbarian army from the south and the capital was almost lost. It seemed that Madam Fan gave birth at that time, and it was very likely that the wrong child was taken in the chaos.
If you took the wrong baby, just take him back. Why are the couple making a fuss?
Some people also thought of the other person involved in the Marquis's Mansion, Zhao Han, the twin sister. He was about to marry into Prince Cheng's Mansion. Could it be because of this that Marquis Huaiyuan did not want to swap the two children back?
In their opinion, Marquis Huaiyuan was also a fool. One was his biological child and the other was his adopted child, and they were both raised in the Marquis's mansion. Could it be that the Marquis Huaiyuan's mansion had fallen to such a state that it couldn't even afford to raise another Shuang'er?
There was a lot of discussion in the capital, but Yuan Jing, who was in Ningcheng, Jiangnan, had no idea that Fan and Marquis Huaiyuan had gotten to the point of divorcing her. Of course, even if he knew, he would not stop them. Instead, he would applaud. In his opinion, the Marquis Huaiyuan's mansion was a den of wolves, not much better than the Luo Mansion, so he should divorce her as soon as possible.
After his treatment, Mingyu and Zhang Zhi's injuries were almost healed, and the rest would take time to recuperate. While paying attention to the situation in Luo Mansion, Yuan Jing took Zhang Zhi and Mingyu to the village outside the city to continue working as bell doctors. The consultation fee collected was even less, which was almost equivalent to free consultation.
Anyway, he is not short of money now, and he originally had no intention of collecting medical fees from poor people. Now he just regards it as a good deed to earn some merit.
But not only did he go by himself, he also brought Mingyu with him, which made Mingyu very puzzled. Yuan Jing had always urged him to read more books, and now he wanted him to learn martial arts. He didn't have enough time.
After seeing off an old woman, Yuan Jing said earnestly, "The reason I called you here is to let you take a good look at how the people of Da Zhou live. Jiangnan is a wealthy area, and the people are doing well. Other places are even poorer, with no food to eat."
"As a leader, isn't it your job to make sure the people live a good life?"
Yuan Jing had good intentions. After understanding Ming Yu for a period of time, he found that Ming Yu was born into a wealthy family. Although he had suffered a hard time this year, his temper became cruel and paranoid. Yuan Jing wondered if Ming Yu could be a qualified person to take the throne if he had the chance. Especially since the current situation of the Great Zhou was a combination of internal and external troubles, the country might be destroyed if one was not careful.
Ming Yu frowned, disliking the environment here and not understanding Yuan Jing's approach. What does it have to do with him how these ignorant people live? On the contrary, Zhang Zhi helped Yuan Jing silently and tried hard to learn how to identify medicines from Yuan Jing.
Yuan Jing knew that some ideas could not be changed in a short period of time, but with him around, he was not worried that Ming Yu would go to extremes and become a little pervert. It was not without reason that he had such a mentality. After being locked up in a dark basement by Liu Lao for more than a year, it was considered good that he was still in such a condition now.
"If you are impatient, just sit aside and think about the technique."
Yuan Jing has already taught Ming Yu the martial arts that Mu Cheng'an practiced in his previous life. He believes that since their souls are of the same lineage, they should be suitable for practicing such martial arts.
At first, the kid was a little resistant, and it was no wonder he was there, because Yuan Jing also discovered that the Zhou Dynasty valued civil officials over military officials, and some of the literati were even putting on makeup. Even when the capital was attacked by barbarians sixteen years ago, the court did not pay attention to the military generals, but instead preferred to seek peace with the barbarian king's court. After the barbarian army retreated, the officials and nobles of the Zhou Dynasty continued to live a life of drunkenness and dreams.
Although the country's name was different, Yuan Jing felt that the Zhou Dynasty was similar to the Song Dynasty in his first life. It also emphasized culture over military, and had the same internal and external troubles, and was finally swallowed up by another emerging foreign tribe.
Thinking of the history of that world, Yuan Jing attached great importance to Ming Yu, hoping that he could work hard to prevent such a situation from happening in the Great Zhou.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Isn't it okay for me to practice that technique?" Ming Yu was frightened by Yuan Jing's gaze and muttered to himself. He had never come into contact with such a technique before, so wasn't it normal for him to have doubts in his heart? Besides, as long as he returned to the capital, he would have people protecting him, so was there any need for him to practice martial arts himself?
But he had to admit that what Yuan Jing said made sense. The person he was protecting could not be by his side all the time. He had already suffered a lot from it once. If he had the same skills as Yuan Jing, he would have slaughtered Liu Laoyan and the dog long ago.
Yuan Jing laughed. Another villager came over. He stopped talking to Ming Yu and called over the villagers who came to see the doctor.
So Yuan Jing went out early and came back late, and always brought Mingyu with him. Mingyu was not only impatient, but also forced to come into contact with many kinds of things of the farmers, including some trivial matters. Some farmers were simple, while others were small-timers. But even if they met ruffians, Yuan Jing could make them speechless with just a needle, which made Mingyu laugh out loud. He wanted to learn this skill from Yuan Jing and use it to punish and torture people.
Yuan Jing knew what was in his mind at a glance, but he would not teach him easily. He would wait until he had corrected his three views.
While treating farmers, Yuan Jing would also talk to them about the harvest, taxes and corvée labor, and what the farmers would have left after a busy year. Mingyu had never come across these things before, and he suddenly felt deeply touched. It turned out that most of the hard-earned money of these ordinary people went into the hands of the government, but how much of it actually went into the national treasury? So where did all the money go?
Thinking about how most of the money was taken away by officials at every level and bastards like Liu Fu, Ming Yu was very angry: "These corrupt officials should all be killed! If I were the one in power, I would kill a bunch of them and see if they would dare to do it again."
Sure enough, this is what the little pervert would choose: "From ancient times to the present, corrupt officials have emerged one after another. Can killing a group of them solve the problem? Killing a group will leave another group. You can't keep killing people. Will there still be people who can serve as officials and do their work?"
Ming Yu glared at Yuan Jing. Didn't he tell him to think about it? Now that he had thought about it, he was not satisfied. This guy was really hard to serve. He was obviously a Shuang'er, so why did he care so much about her?
"It looks like it's going to rain, let's go back early today." Yuan Jing patted Ming Yu's head indifferently and told Zhang Zhi to pack up and return to the city.
"Yeah." Zhang Zhi was the most honest and hardworking. The time she spent with Doctor Yuan was much happier than when she was in Zhang's house.
Yuan Jing hired an old couple. The old man drove the cart for them, and the old woman looked after the house for them. This way, they had someone to help them keep an eye on the Luo Mansion and the alley.
When he returned to the city and entered the street where their house was located, Yuan Jing saw several carriages parked outside the Luo Mansion. The door of the Luo Mansion was also wide open. Yuan Jing looked over there and said, "Go back and ask my mother-in-law who these people are from the Luo Mansion."
Mingyu thought of what Yuanjing had said to him: "You don't really think he's from the capital, do you?"
Yuan Jing pointed to a carriage over there and said, "Can you recognize the family emblem on that carriage?"
There is also a family emblem? Ming Yu looked at it carefully, and his eyes widened after seeing it clearly. It was indeed an emblem used by the nobles in the capital. Could it be that Yuan Jing was right?
At this moment, the carriage arrived at the door. The old lady guarding the door opened the door and let the carriage go directly in. Yuan Jing got off the carriage and asked the old lady: "Do you know what's going on in the Luo Mansion across the street?"
The mother-in-law clapped her hands and said, "Young Master, you have asked the right person. I have seen this matter from beginning to end. Those carriages outside are from the capital. They belong to a wealthy family. I heard that one of the Luo family's Shuang'er is theirs. They are here to look for someone, but the Luo family's Shuang'er just died of illness. I heard that the wealthy family in the capital has called the masters from our city over."
Needless to say, it must be the wife of Marquis Huaiyuan, Fan. He really waited for it. Would the Luo family still insist that the person died of illness? Where was he buried? Where was the body in the coffin? It would be strange if the Luo family could change it.
Fan came after all, which made Yuan Jing feel that his original body was still loved by someone and was not a poor little thing without anyone to care for him. So no matter what, he would not let Fan fall into such a dead end again.
"I'll go in and put my things away first. Mother-in-law, you and Old Ma wait at the door. Call me immediately if anyone comes out of the Luo Mansion."
"Oh, okay, old lady, I got it."
Yuan Jing carried the medicine box and walked towards the main courtyard. Ming Yu and Zhang Zhi followed behind him. Ming Yu asked curiously, "Yuan Jing, do you want to recognize the people who are coming? How do you want to recognize them? Are they the people from Huaiyuan Marquis's mansion? Is Huaiyuan Marquis here?"
Yuan Jing finally responded after hearing the last part: "Tsk, Marquis Huaiyuan won't come. He values Shuang'er in the capital more than someone like me who will ruin the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion."
"Then what are you going to do? Don't acknowledge that Marquis as your father?"
"Of course not. I recognize whoever comes. Why would I have to flatter someone who doesn't come? They don't care."
Ming Yu was amazed. He thought he was quite different, but he was far from Shuang'er. How could he be like Shuang'er? How could any Shuang'er be like him, showing up in public all day and giving acupuncture to men? How could he get married in the future?
Mingyu was worried about Yuanjing's Shuang'er's marriage.
Zhang Zhi was confused. What was the name of Marquis Dad? What was Doctor Yuan's identity? Because Yuan Jing didn't tell him, he still didn't know that Yuan Jing was Shuang'er who died of illness in Luo's house.
Yuan Jing also remembered this. He wanted to contact the Fan family, and Zhang Zhi couldn't hide it. He stopped and patted Ming Yu's head: "Ming Yu, explain my identity to Zhang Zhi."
"Why should I explain?" Ming Yu stopped and said unhappily.
"Just because you eat and drink my food now." Yuan Jing continued to move forward.
Ming Yu's pride suddenly deflated. Just this sentence was enough to crush him. Humph, when he returns to the capital, he will use money to beat Shuang'er into a pulp.
"Young Master Ming?" Zhang Zhi called nervously.
"Forget it, I will tell you this without any difficulty. Don't be deceived by this doctor and count money for him. He is the Shuang'er who died of illness in the Luo Mansion across the street. He was originally sent to Liu Lao the eunuch by the Luo Mansion, but he ran away halfway. He said that he was Shuang'er from the Huaiyuan Marquis family in the capital. Now, someone from the Marquis Mansion wants to claim him back. When two pregnant women gave birth, they took the wrong baby."
Zhang Zhi was confused. Doctor Yuan was Shuang'er? How was that possible? How was Doctor Yuan similar to Shuang'er? He was clearly a man.
"Doctor Yuan is really Shuang'er?"
"The real Shuang'er!" Ming Yu rolled his eyes. See, he said that Yuan Jing looked like Shuang'er, and even after he told Zhang Zhi, he still didn't believe it.
Zhang Zhi shook his head. Doctor Yuan was actually Shuang'er, the Shuang'er who died of illness in the neighboring Luo family. Zhang Zhi did not expect that a Shuang'er could be so powerful. He felt endless admiration and worship from the bottom of his heart. He originally thought that it was so difficult for Shuang'er to survive in this world, but Yuan Jing broke his perception.
He really wanted to live as freely as Doctor Yuan.
But thinking about the situation in Luo Mansion, he became anxious again: "What should Doctor Yuan do now? Is Doctor Yuan really Shuang'er from Huaiyuan Marquis's family in the capital? Is Doctor Yuan going back to the capital with the people from the capital?"
Ming Yu clearly saw the admiration for Yuan Jing rising in Zhang Zhi's eyes, and rolled his eyes again, saying, "Yes, he and I are both going to the capital, so you should think about what you will do in the future."
Originally, according to his personality, he would not care about Zhang Zhi's future destination at all, but seeing that Yuan Jing used Zhang Zhi as a medicine boy, he probably would not ignore it, so he "kindly" reminded him, then shook his sleeves and walked out. He wanted to go outside to see the excitement of the Luo family.
What Ming Yu saw was that he climbed up to the top of the wall of Luo's house and lay there looking inside. At the same time, he became more and more curious about Yuan Jing's Shuang'er. The direction of Luo's mansion was actually predicted by him. He was really Shuang'er from Huaiyuan Marquis's mansion. The wife of Huaiyuan Marquis came from the capital to pick him up.
So, how did Shuang'er, who had never been to the capital, know all this?
According to Yuan Jing, Luo Yonghai was instigated to send him to Liu Yangou. This person was Zhao Han who was far away in the capital. So how did Zhao Han know about his life experience?
You have to know that Zhao Han has never left the capital. Obviously, the Luo family only found out about the incident of the wrong child being taken away sixteen years ago today.
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