Chapter 13: Trouble
When Shen Zhixia came back, she hung her head and looked unhappy.
Behind him was an old doctor who kept talking.
"I've told you so much, but you haven't responded yet. Although these herbs are common, they're not easy to identify. Where did you learn them at such a young age?"
Shen Zhixia covered her ears and threw herself into Shen Chunxing’s arms.
"What's wrong? Someone bullied you?" Shen Chunxing glanced at the old doctor with some surprise, picked up Shen Zhixia with both hands and put her on the cart beside him.
Chen Yandong, who was loading stones under the cart, pricked up his ears instantly.
"How can you, little girl, talk nonsense like that? I'm already this old, how can I still bully her?" The old doctor puffed his beard and glared.
Chen Chunxing said innocently: "I didn't say it was you, but you are a bit...what's your name..."
She looked up at the sky, as if she was thinking hard.
Next to him, Shen Mingqiu, who was squatting on the ground and trying hard to pull Little Fourth out, added calmly: "You confessed without being asked."
Chen Chunxing clapped his hands.
Silence is better than words at this time.
The old man was so angry that he ran away and even forgot the purpose of following him.
Shen Zhixia then smiled and wrote the two words "boil soup" in Shen Chunxing's palm with a wronged look.
The herbs she collected should be boiled into a medicinal soup and served to her elder sister to nourish her body.
Chen Chunxing understood what she meant and said with a coaxing smile, "With so many herbs, can he really use them all? As long as you keep an eye on him, you still have to boil them."
Shen Zhixia rolled her eyes and jumped off the cart to chase after him.
"Can that old man do it?" Shen Mingqiu pulled it out for a long time without success, and suddenly looked up and asked this question.
Chen Chunxing glanced at him sideways.
"You've gone through so much trouble, aren't you just looking for a teacher for your second sister?"
Shen Chunxing didn't answer, and lightly kicked Shen Mingqiu's butt, "You know why you don't hurry up and catch up, your second sister is talented and intelligent, she just needs a guide."
"But I always feel..."
Shen Mingqiu patted the dust off his pants, and under Shen Chunxing's gaze, he didn't finish his words and ran to act as a "mouthpiece".
The second sister is simple-minded and not good at communicating with others, so she needs him to mediate so that the eldest sister's efforts will not be in vain.
Diao watched the two children run away with worry, and couldn't help asking, "Now that we have the medicinal herbs, will our family no longer have any troubles?"
"I think so." Chen Chunxing didn't want to tell the truth directly, so she waved under the cart, and Xiao Lao Si immediately crawled out and hugged her arm.
If the person is cured, of course there will be no problem.
I’m afraid it can’t be cured.
The team camped outside Yuanxi Town for three days.
During this period, Shen Zhixia had been following the old doctor, either watching him make medicinal soup or being begged by him to go out and collect herbs together.
Every time Shen Mingqiu came back to report, he couldn't help but raise questions.
"That old man can't even recognize the herbs under his feet. How can he teach my second sister well?"
In response to this, Shen Chunxing slapped him on the head.
Why do you still look down on presbyopia?
Knowledge grows in the brain, not in the eyes!
If the old doctor didn't have an eye disease, how could he be interested in a little girl who only knew the basics?
Three days later.
Xue Jiazi had not yet woken up. Seeing that more and more refugees were gathering outside Yuanxi Town, Wei Da knew that he could not wait any longer and immediately ordered everyone to pack up and set off.
"If you are willing to follow, then follow. If not, then stay here."
The woman's expression changed again and again. She gritted her teeth and started to rage: "Master Wei, my master was murdered by your men. You can leave if you want, but leave that evildoer behind!"
Wei Da remained silent with a sullen face.
The woman glanced at the crowd and walked straight to the Shen family's cart to stop it.
"She was a mere prisoner, yet she dared to murder an imperial official. Her crime is even more serious! Lord Wei has remained silent on this matter. Could it be that he is trying to cover it up?"
Chen Chunxing sat on the cart, shaking his feet, and felt that this show was quite boring.
"Even if you want to punish her, you should wait until we reach Chiling." Wei Da glanced at the woman unkindly and suddenly asked, "Why do you want to keep her here?"
The woman sighed deeply: "She caused my master to be bedridden, so naturally she has to take care of him. From now on, she will be a maid or something like that for my master."
There was an uproar from the crowd.
Someone shouted.
"She's a maid or a concubine, we have to make the distinction clearly!"
Diao Shi felt that the voice was familiar, it was obviously Master Jiang II.
Thinking of the previous conflict between the other party and the woman, she understood everything completely. Her eyes were immediately bloodshot and she stared at the woman as if she wanted to swallow her flesh.
Wei Da also sneered a few times.
Now that Xue Jiazi has left the capital, he may never be able to make a comeback in the future, but there are still people who are unwilling to let him go.
Someone from the Duke's Mansion actually wanted to forcibly recruit an exiled prisoner as a maid!
If this gets out, I don’t know who will be embarrassed.
"Whoever dares to touch my elder sister will be torn to pieces. Remember?" Shen Mingqiu secretly ordered Yang Yi while standing in front of Shen Chunxing.
They had never been treated harshly since they set out on the road of exile, and they really thought that there was less filth in this world... What a pity.
Yang Yi's eyes were always on Shen Chunxing.
It seems to be waiting for an instruction.
Chen Chunxingze... began to get a little impatient.
She had heard so many messy things in the underworld that she could no longer feel interested in them.
"May I ask, Doctor Chang, is it true that a strong man's life is in danger just because the horse was frightened and bumped a few times in the carriage?" Chen Chunxing had a calm expression and his voice was smooth and level.
The old doctor stroked his beard. This was exactly what he wanted to say.
The Xue family member had been seriously injured, but he had not received careful treatment. Even without the things that came later, he would still be incurable at this point.
This isn't about sending him off to take up his new post across thousands of miles; it's about watching him walk to the underworld!
However, before the old doctor could open his mouth to speak, someone else interrupted him.
"Of course... not that."
The voice coming from the car was low and hoarse, as if it had walked through the desert, with a hint of confusion from not being awake for many days.
But after the setback, there was no hesitation.
"This matter has nothing to do with others. There is no need to discuss it further. I will go with you."
The whole audience was silent.
The woman suddenly clenched her handkerchief, and veins popped out on the back of her hand.
Wei Da looked at the old doctor.
The old doctor had already run towards the carriage.
This is really unexpected.
Even Chen Chunxing tilted his head in confusion and doubted his luck again.
As a former civil servant in the underworld, every time I encounter someone who should have died, I always find that they have escaped death. This feeling... is really fucked up.
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