Chapter 18: On the other side of the Buddha statue is a face that has been burned beyond recognition
This is what Song wanted to ask yesterday. She thought Jiang Yunzheng went outside to see a doctor and buy medicine, but Jiang Yunzheng actually gave acupuncture to Old Madam Qi. Things are not that simple.
Jiang Yunzheng had already prepared her story: "Daddy taught me when I was little. I didn't want to learn, but the pharmacology was more or less ingrained into my mind. That day, I narrowly escaped death, but it was Daddy who pulled me back. Since that day, it's as if my Ren and Du meridians have been opened. Perhaps it was Daddy who was blessing me."
Jiang Yunzheng said this sincerely.
Song nodded. The world is so big and full of wonders. Perhaps Doctor Jiang has taught everything to Jiang Yunzheng.
Most of the things sent from the princess's mansion yesterday were taken back to Qihuaju by Jiang Yunzheng, and nothing was left for the front yard. There were quite a few ginseng medicinal herbs among them, which were just right for the Song family.
Doctor Zhou told Qin everything Jiang Yunzheng had said. Upon hearing this, Qin was so angry that she threw the bowl.
"I knew it, Jiang Yunzheng is a disaster! I want to see who is behind Jiang Yunzheng and directing her!"
The old woman hurriedly supported Qin's body.
"Madam, you are pregnant now, so you must be careful about everything."
Qin calmed herself down, and Doctor Zhou took Ping'an's pulse again: "Madam, it's time."
By the afternoon, the news that Qin was two months pregnant spread throughout the Shi Mansion.
As soon as Ishida came back from duty, he went straight to Qin's room and happily distributed monthly wages to everyone in the mansion.
But Qin's eyes were red as she nestled into Ishida's arms: "Master, my son told me in a dream that there is an unclean creature in our house that wants to harm me. How about we invite a Taoist priest from Ganyuan Temple to come to our house this afternoon to take a look."
Ishida thought about it and did not dare to relax, so he said, "Then it will be as Madam said."
Qin leaned against Ishida lovingly and asked again, "Master, how is the matter you inquired about this morning?"
Ishida looked hesitant. "What happened yesterday was kept very secret by the Duke's Mansion, so I don't know the details. I only know that the old lady and the princess had a good impression of Jiang."
Where Ishida couldn't see, Qin gritted her teeth.
Jiang Yunzheng has some free time today, so she goes out to buy a few more maids and guards.
However, before going to the dental clinic, Jiang Yunzheng went to Zhaixing Tower.
In the past few days, Zhai Xingzi has almost figured out Jiang Yunzheng's background. She is the daughter-in-law of the Minister of Revenue, so there is no problem with her identity. Then how could she know Xu Jingyang?
Zhaixingzi couldn't figure it out, so he gave up thinking about it. However, that day, Jiang Yunzheng came to his house again, and what she said shocked Zhaixingzi so much that he spit out tea.
Jiang Yunzheng moved away in time, glanced at Zhaixingzi with disdain, and muttered, "Calm down."
"You said you wanted to find out the whereabouts of the Xixia Saint?"
Jiang Yunzheng: "That's right."
Zhaixingzi's gaze shifted from Jiang Yunzheng's face to Jiang Yunzheng's. "How did you and Xu Jingyang know each other?"
Jiang Yunzheng smiled: "Master Zhai, I am the one who is asking you for the answer, not you asking me the question."
Zhai Xingzi frowned and said, "I have no comment on this matter. Please change your request."
Jiang Yunzheng narrowed her eyes slightly. "Why? There are rumors in the martial arts world that the Zhaixing Tower knows everything. I didn't expect it to be just a rumor."
Zhaixingzi: "You!"
Jiang Yunzheng was not anxious: "Could it be that someone asked you not to spread it?"
Hearing this, Zhaixingzi paused, glanced at Jiang Yunzheng calmly, and said with a smile, "Madam, you are too suspicious. It's just that you haven't found anything yet. In recent years, people from Xixia have also been looking for the Saint Maiden, and there are people in Daliang as well. Zhaixinglou is just a small martial arts sect. How could they have the ability to find her?"
Jiang Yunzheng said with a half-smile, "Boss Zhai is really flexible."
The corner of Zhaixingzi's mouth twitched, "Madam, you are so kind."
Jiang Yunzheng smiled: "But you just said you had no comment, and now you're saying you can't find out. Boss, you have to make up a lie."
Seeing Zhai Xingzi's dark face, Jiang Yunzheng felt more confident. "Then let me guess, the Saint's whereabouts are related to Qi Yunshen? Is she in the Zhenguogong Mansion?"
Zhaixingzi chuckled, "How is that possible? You have a really wild imagination."
Jiang Yunzheng raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems I was right. I won't bother you any more today. Boss Zhai, you still owe me two requests."
Zhaixingzi stood up immediately.
"Isn't there only one left?!"
Jiang Yunzheng turned and left, leaving behind a sentence: "I just guessed it, you didn't tell me."
Jiang Yunzheng heard Zhaixingzi's angry shouts from behind. She had a blank expression on her face as she left Zhaixing Tower with a cold expression on her face.
Qi Yunshen, we have a long way to go.
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After leaving Zhaixing Tower, Jiang Yunzheng bought a bamboo hat and went to the busiest teahouse in the capital.
The storyteller inside was spitting out foam at the mouth and talking excitedly about Qi Yunshen's killing of enemies in Western Xia. His description was so vivid that it was almost as if he himself was taking up his sword and going to the battlefield.
"Prince Qi led 2,000 men to attack the 30,000-man army of Xixia Rongcheng at night, defeating the Xixia army in a crushing defeat. The head of the Rongcheng commander was hung at the city gate for three days and three nights."
A young man beside Jiang Yunzheng was talking at length: "If it weren't for the rare drought and locust plague in the south four years ago, which put the court short of money, Prince Qi could have taken a few more cities."
Jiang Yunzheng drank his tea in silence, then pretended to ask, "Where was the Xixia Saint when Prince Qi attacked Xixia? I heard they had a very close relationship back then."
The young man snorted, "Bullshit! Xiao Qinyu was originally engaged to the Crown Prince, but then Prince Chenliu betrayed his country and fled to Western Xia with his wife and daughter. Xiao Qinyu is no longer from Daliang. The Qi family is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, so how could they possibly be colluding with the Western Xia? Who knows where that Western Xia Saintess has gone? She's probably dead."
Jiang Yunzheng twitched her lower lip lazily, her voice indifferent: "So the two of them were once engaged. No wonder..."
The young man noticed that Jiang Yunzheng's focus had shifted, and added, "That's not important! What's important is that Prince Qi is only in love with the deceased Princess Consort, and he doesn't care about anyone else. It's said that after the Princess Consort died, Princess Zhaoyang wanted to marry Prince Qi as her consort, but after being politely rejected by Prince Qi, she was so angry that she married off to Jiangnan."
Jiang Yunzheng couldn't hold back a mouthful of tea and spat it out directly, "You have such a big filter for him."
Seeing Jiang Yunzheng's sarcastic tone, the young man frowned and asked, "Hey, do you have any problem with Prince Qi?"
Jiang Yunzheng threw down a piece of silver and walked out of the tea shop. Opposite was a pastry shop, and a familiar smell wafted over.
Jiang Yunzheng walked into the shop.
The waiter was very enthusiastic: "Madam, what cakes would you like to buy? Our most famous ones are seaweed mung bean cakes, chestnut cakes, and red bean cakes..."
Jiang Yunzheng pointed to the farthest corner: "Half a pound of durian pastry."
Durian is crispy and sweet, but also has a hint of stinky flavor. Not many people in Beijing can get used to this taste.
Finally a customer came to buy something, and the waiter promptly packed it.
Jiang Yunzheng carried the cakes out of the shop. At the very outside of the shop was a bun stall.
A little beggar stared at the shop.
Jiang Yunzheng took a look and walked away expressionlessly.
After a while, a voice came from behind.
"You stinky beggar, how dare you steal my buns? Chase me!"
A dark figure ran past Jiang Yunzheng, tripped over a stone, and fell straight to the ground, leaving a few drops of blood on the ground.
Jiang Yunzheng paused.
The little beggar got up and ran, quite fast, but was still caught soon.
Jiang Yunzheng passed by without changing her expression.
The little beggar was born thin. After a while, he crawled out from under the stall owner's armpit, still holding the buns tightly in his sleeves. The little beggar quickly ran to Jiang Yunzheng again.
Without warning, he fell in front of Jiang Yunzheng again.
Jiang Yunzheng sighed inwardly, turned around and threw out half a tael of silver, "I'll buy her buns."
The stall owner snorted, "Little beggar, you're lucky today."
The little beggar kowtowed to Jiang Yunzheng several times, revealing a dirty little face.
Jiang Yunzheng: "Is it a girl?"
The little beggar's eyes were bright, and his voice was choked with sobs: "Thank you very much, Madam, for today. My little sister is not in good health. Before she dies, she just wants to eat a bun. I really don't have any money..."
Jiang Yunzheng looked towards the alley ahead, where several beggars were begging with bowls in their hands.
"Can you read?"
"meeting."
"How old are you this year?"
"Sixteen this year."
"How old is your sister?"
"fourteen."
Jiang Yunzheng: "Take me to see it."
The little beggar cried out, knowing that she had met a kind-hearted person. She didn't know whether her sister could be saved, but she had to give it a try anyway.
The little beggar took Jiang Yunzheng in.
There is a dilapidated temple in the alley. The temple is not big. As you go in, you will see the beggars on the roadside following Jiang Yunzheng with dull and stiff eyes.
The little beggar's sister curled up under the Buddha statue, her little face was dirty and red, and her whole body was hot.
The little beggar handed the bun to his sister: "Sister, there are buns. You can eat them now."
When my sister opened her eyes, the first person she saw was Jiang Yunzheng.
Jiang Yunzheng took the bun away with an expressionless face, "I can save you."
But at this moment, a head emerged from the other side of the Buddha statue, with a face that was burned beyond recognition.
My sister's eyes turned into fear, and she screamed and fainted again.
Jiang Yunzheng looked behind him and saw only a hunched back.
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