Chapter 69: Ishida's past; Xu Suyuan was injured
When they moved, the Song and Xu families agreed to have dinner together in the middle and end of each month.
Mrs. Xu had already set the table in the middle of today, and they could have dinner when Xu Qingsong came back from work.
But unexpectedly, everyone waited for Xu Qingsong covered in blood and Xu Suyuan seriously injured.
A few days ago, the Jinyiwei discovered traces of Western Xia spies in Zuiqingfeng. They didn't find anyone in the building, so they searched Zuiqingfeng and caught two Western Xia spies.
Later, the Jinyiwei handed the two over to the Dali Temple for trial.
Today, Xu Qingsong and Xu Suyuan had just finished their shift when they drove out in their carriages one after the other and were surrounded by Western Xia assassins. Fortunately, they were near the imperial city, and the Yulin Army and the Jinyiwei arrived quickly. Xu Suyuan blocked a sword to save Xu Qingsong.
The assassin's sword pierced directly into Xu Suyuan's chest.
Because the Xu Mansion was close to the imperial city and Jiang Yunzheng lived next door, Xu Qingsong directly rode his horse to drag Xu Suyuan back.
Xu Qingsong yelled:
"Yun Zheng, quickly get Yun Zheng to come and rescue them!!"
"Xu Suyuan is going to die!"
Jiang Yunzheng heard her uncle's voice from a distance.
She stood up, still afraid that Xu Suyuan was not dead.
Xu Suyuan was placed in the front yard, with blood oozing from the large hole in his chest. All the blood on Xu Qingsong's body was Xu Suyuan's.
Xu Suyuan was not completely unconscious yet. He vaguely saw the person coming and murmured, "Thank you."
Xu Qingsong didn't want to waste a life, so he frowned and said, "Yun Zheng, how is he?"
Jiang Yunzheng took Xu Suyuan's pulse. He was weak and bleeding too much, so she pressed a few acupoints to stop the bleeding, then went back to the Song Mansion to get the medicine box.
She first sprinkled hemostatic powder on Xu Suyuan's wound, and then used a small dagger that had been burned by fire to scrape off the rotten flesh near the wound.
Xu Suyuan's face turned pale and he couldn't help but scream in pain.
Jiang Yunzheng had an indifferent expression. Xu Suyuan on the couch was no different from the injured King Yu. They were both hypocritical people in sheep's clothing.
Xu Suyuan's servant frowned and said, "Doctor Jiang, can I have some painkillers?"
Jiang Yunzheng pulled her lips and wiped the blood off the dagger with a dry towel.
"Your master's wound is poisonous. From what I've seen, it's the infamous quinine poison from the Jianghu. This poison is caused by the poisonous grass Yangxuecao from southern Xinjiang. Yangxuecao and painkillers have opposite properties. This poison isn't fatal, but countless deaths and injuries in the Jianghu are due to the use of Yangxuecao and painkillers, which block the blood circulation of the wounded."
"So, to cure this quinine poisoning, we can only cut off the rotten flesh and then sew it up with needle and thread." Jiang Yunzheng paused, then said, "Master Xu, you should be able to endure it, right?"
Jiang Yunzheng said this expressionlessly. Xu Suyuan glanced at the servant and motioned for Jiang Yunzheng to take action. "Excuse me, Doctor Jiang."
The servant didn't dare to say anything more.
Xu Qingsong naturally believed in Jiang Yunzheng.
Jiang Yunzheng moved very quickly, but Xu Suyuan on the couch remained silent until Jiang Yunzheng sewed a few stitches on his chest and asked Xu Suyuan's servant to wrap his master's body.
After finishing everything, Jiang Yunzheng wrote a prescription and asked the servant to pick up the medicine first.
Xu Suyuan didn't know whether it was because of the pain or what, but despite losing too much blood, he still forced himself to stare at Jiang Yunzheng's back.
I don’t know if it was his illusion.
Jiang Yunzheng was hostile towards him.
Jiang Yunzheng's hands were stained with Xu Suyuan's blood, and she washed them in front of the mirror for a long time. When she raised her eyes, she saw Xu Suyuan staring at her face in the mirror.
Jiang Yunzheng turned around, her clear eyes dark. "Oh, Master Xu's wound is quite deep. Whenever it rains in the future, the old wound will ache again."
Xu Suyuan was still staring at Jiang Yunzheng. He said calmly, "Thank you so much for today, Doctor Jiang. I owe you another favor."
Jiang Yunzheng smiled faintly: "You're welcome."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yunzheng went out with his medicine box.
Quinine alone should not be mixed with painkillers, but she has other painkillers.
When she was suturing it, she added some medicine...
From then on, whenever it rained, Xu Suyuan was the one who suffered.
Xu Suyuan couldn't return to the Xu Mansion for a while, so Madam Xu sent someone to bring a light meal to Xu Suyuan's room. The Xu and Song families were no longer in the mood for a reunion meal. After a quick meal, Jiang Yunzheng and Song Wanyun went back to the next room.
The people in Xu's house also received the news and sent someone to the Xu's house overnight to express their gratitude and greetings, and also called someone to serve Xu Suyuan.
On the other hand, Jiang Yunzheng also found the answer to the matter that Wu You had investigated before.
On the day of moving out of the Shi Mansion, Jiang Yunzheng asked Wu You to investigate Shi Tian's life. Investigating Shi Tian's appointment and transfer was not a task that could be completed in a short time. Wu You used to be a beggar, and he was able to get a rough idea through the complex network of relationships among beggars.
Shi Tian was a farmer's son. After passing the imperial examination, he was sent to the coast to work as a minor official in charge of the Salt and Post Road. At that time, Song Wanyun was pregnant and lived in Anrenfang. In less than three years, Shi Tian was promoted to the position of Salt and Post Road Transport Judge, which was a sixth-rank official.
In just three years, Ishida was transferred so quickly. It is impossible to say that there is no trickery involved.
Since its founding, the Daliang Dynasty has always prohibited the sale of private salt.
Two years later, the salt administrator in the coastal area died suddenly. Ishida became the new generation of salt administrator there. He made outstanding achievements in local administration and was transferred back to Beijing by His Majesty and assigned to the Ministry of Revenue. Until now, the salt administrators in the coastal areas are all people who once worked under Ishida.
Jiang Yunzheng recalled the hesitant and flustered look of the accountant that day. In the mansion, only Shi Tian had the right to look at the public accounts. Not even Qin, and even Song Wanyun in her early years, could do so.
An idea in Jiang Yunzheng's mind grew stronger and stronger.
No wonder……
No wonder King Zhou wanted to win over the Shi family.
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The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
After going out to watch the excitement during the day, Qi Zhenzhen was extremely excited in the evening. After Qi Yunshen returned home, the father and daughter had dinner at Luoyaju.
Qi Zhenzhen brought the newborn puppy to the yard and let the big yellow cat carry the puppy around the yard.
The little girl was playing wildly in the yard.
But in Qi Yunshen's study, the situation was terrifying.
Qi Yunshen's private guards rode at full speed to find the passage to Ningzhou, and the people they sent had successfully infiltrated it.
Qi An's deadpan expression finally changed, and he looked extremely angry. "We, the people from the Zhenguo Mansion, are fighting on the front lines, but the royal family behind us are deliberately making trouble!"
Qi Yunshen's cold gaze fell on the memorial on the table.
The secret passage was built five years ago, and countless weapons have been transported through it in the past few years.
Qi Yunshen said calmly: "Kill the people from Ningzhou first."
Qi An: "Yes."
Qingying: "Yes!"
Qi Yunshen will rest tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The day after that, he will go to the West Mountain Camp.
"When we return, we will capture all of King Zhou's men."
Qi Yunshen has been planning for several months, and now it is time to close the net. Before heading to Xiazhou, he must clear all obstacles.
After Qingying was ordered to leave, Qi An had something else to report.
"Master, I checked what Doctor Jiang said that day, and it's true."
Jiang Yunzheng's father did travel to Jiangnan in his early years.
Qi Yunshen twirled the ring on his hand and said calmly, "The guards at Phoenix Mountain should be strengthened. Next time, if anyone is blind, we'll dig out their eyes."
Qi An swallowed and said, "Yes."
In the first year after Xu Jingyang's death, King Yu bravely went to his ancestral grave to pay homage, but was beaten by Qi Yunshen and had to stay in bed for two months. The outside world only knew that King Yu fell while walking and was almost paralyzed.
The next year, King Yu was spotted by Qi Yunshen at the foot of the mountain, and three of his ribs were broken.
In the third year, King Yu learned his lesson and drank alone on a small path near Phoenix Mountain. He was discovered by Qi Yunshen's secret guards and thrown into the lake, where he almost drowned.
This was the fourth year, and King Yu went to a mountain opposite Phoenix Mountain, gazing at it from afar.
Qi Yunshen's eyes were cold. King Yu and the Xu family would only dirty the road in front of Xu Jingyang's grave.
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