Lamp Flower Smile

Suddenly a light wind blew up from the flat ground, and thick clouds gradually drifted in from the sky further away, blocking the sun completely.

There was something gloomy in the yard.

Miao Liangfang continued to speak.

"The young lady gave a pill to the poisoned little girl. After half a stick of incense, the little girl vomited out a pile of filth, gradually woke up, and lived like that. At that time, the people watching applauded her, but the young lady He got up and got into the carriage and left."

"I saw that the lady was gorgeously dressed and asked the shopkeeper who she was. The shopkeeper told me that it was the Mo family's carriage."

Lin Danqing asked: "Mo family?"

Miao Liangfang slowly laughed.

"Mo Wensheng, the Imperial Physician, was working at the Imperial Medical College. When I was a clerk, I heard his name. He was old, and his medical skills were rigid. He followed the old-fashioned prescriptions and refused to be flexible at all. Because of his old age and longevity, others trust him. He prescribes his own prescriptions and is conservative, which makes him very popular among the nobles in the palace. "

"Mo Ruyun is Mo Wensheng's granddaughter."

This name is a bit unfamiliar to everyone here.

Miao Liangfang paused before continuing.

"Rumors about Shengjing Medical Clinic spread quickly. I was very interested in this lady's medical skills at the time, so I asked a few more questions. Only then did I realize that this Miss Mo was completely different from her grandfather Mo Wensheng's medical practice."

"Mo Wensheng is conservative, but Mo Ruyun is fierce and domineering in her use of medicine. But she is a genius, and difficult and complicated diseases that the medical profession has no solution for are easily solved in her hands. I heard that she also went to the Imperial Medical Bureau for a period of time when she was young, but she soon died. I went there and said that the medical theory taught by the gentleman from the Imperial Medical Bureau was extremely pedantic."

Hearing this, Zhuling glanced at Ji Xun secretly.

These words can be regarded as scolding Ji Xun.

Ji Xun didn't notice. He just looked at Miao Liangfang and said with confusion: "If Miss Mo has never been to the Imperial Medical Bureau, and Mr. Mo's medical practice is very different from hers, could there be another good teacher teaching her?"

"No."

“Then how does she practice medicine?”

There are geniuses in the world, whose intelligence and agility are better than ordinary people. You may have a photographic memory, or you may have a good plan, but practicing medicine is completely different from these. If you cannot see a large number of patients and symptoms in person, it is difficult to achieve this level by just reading a few medical classics and pharmacology.

Miao Liangfang smiled and waved.

"Medical Officer Ji, don't be anxious, listen to me and continue to speak——"

He sighed: "In short, Miss Mo is like a legend, and her popularity is even greater than that of today's Medical Officer Ji. People in the medical practice say that although Miss Mo has never entered the Imperial Medical Bureau, waiting for her When he reaches his age, he will naturally enter the Hanlin Medical Academy and become an imperial physician in the future. His achievements will definitely exceed those of his grandfather."

"At that time, I only listened to this kind of genius as a person in rumors. After all, the other party's status is not low, and it is not possible to meet ordinary people like us every day."

"I worked well in that drug store. Two months later, one day when I was busy, the woman holding the poisoned girl appeared at the door again. This time, she came alone."

Lin Danqing was nervous: "The little girl is still dead?"

Miao Liangfang shook his head: "She is missing."

Lu Zhen's fingers holding the wine bowl stiffened slightly.

"The woman's face was haggard and full of sorrow. She only said that after the little girl returned, she was all well within a few days. Unexpectedly, one day she went out to drink and did not return home for half a day. If she searched again, she could not find her."

"The woman came to ask us at the pharmacy if anyone had seen the little girl, but none of us had seen her."

Miao Liangfang sighed.

"In fact, in those days, children often disappeared in Shengjing. The city guard said that the kidnapper might be arrogant, but most of the abducted children were from poor backgrounds. The government was impatient to find them, and the parents couldn't afford to bother them. Just forget it in a few days."

"I thought the woman was pitiful. Half of her hair had turned gray overnight, so I wanted to help. However, I stared at her for a long time and asked many people for help, but there was no sign of her."

"Later, six months later, I left the original drug store, and Sheng Jing lost another baby."

He said: "This doll is extraordinary."

Duan Xiaoyan was curious: "Who is this doll?"

"He is the son of Mr. Li, the doctor of the Ministry of Justice!"

Everyone looked at each other.

The kidnapper was indeed a little audacious when he abducted him into the house of a doctor from the Ministry of Justice.

Miao Liangfang stroked his long beard and said, "Master Li, a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, was henpecked, and his wife only gave birth to a pair of daughters. Master Li raised an outhouse in Huaihua Lane, and the outhouse gave birth to a son who was only five years old. age."

"Because he was afraid that his wife would find out, Mr. Li was extremely cautious, and the mother and son did not dare to show off. Others thought they were orphans and widowers from a relatively wealthy family who came to live in Beijing."

"The young master went out to visit the temple fair with his mother at night, but he disappeared for some reason. As soon as Mr. Li found out, it was okay. He immediately notified all the people to join the city to guard the city. He will not stop until Shengjing is turned upside down."

"This big movement was actually found by him."

When Miao Liangfang said this, he paused and looked at everyone at the table: "Guess where you found this young master?"

Everyone was at a loss.

Pei Yun frowned: "Hiding in Mo Mansion?"

Miao Liangfang was shocked: "How did you know?"

Pei Yunying shrugged: "Seeing as you have been preparing for this for a long time, it's just a random guess."

Miao Liangfang choked.

"Find it in Mo Mansion?" Lin Danqing was surprised: "Why is that child in Mo Mansion?"

"more than--"

Miao Liangfang looked at the wine bowl in front of him, and his eyes suddenly changed: "Not only the young master of the Li family, but also the little girl who was rescued from poisoning and then lost... There are also the children in Shengjing who have disappeared one after another in the past year. child……"

"...They were all found in the flower garden in Miss Mofu's backyard."

As soon as these words came out, there was silence all around.

Lu Chen lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly.

Duan Xiaoyan was shocked and Zhuling shrank back in fear.

"That Miss Mo family killed children?" Yin Zheng asked in a trembling voice.

Miao Liangfang shook his head.

"There is a secret room in Miss Mo's boudoir. The young master of the Li family is still alive. When the officials found him, he was reduced to a handful of bones and dying. Mr. Li interrogated him and learned a shocking story from the child's mouth. Secret."

He paused for a moment before speaking: "That young lady from the Mo family is looking for young children to be her medicine men."

"Medicine man?" Lin Danqing shouted.

Everyone looked at her, and she explained: "I heard that some people used new drugs on people to develop prescriptions. However, this method caused great harm to the body of the person who tested the medicine. It is against medical ethics for medical practitioners to do this. , Therefore, I have only heard of it in rumors.”

Miao Liangfang nodded: "Not bad."

"On that day, officials dug up the bones of many children from Miss Mo's backyard. It was later discovered that Miss Mo had been secretly buying children as medicine men."

"In the beginning, they were just maids and girls in her courtyard, but the frequent changes of servants in a month aroused suspicion. Later, she bought children from poor backgrounds from various people. Because she gave them a lot of money, she gradually included them. A group of people went to Beijing to find some beggars and farmers’ children to buy.”

"She hid these children in a secret room, provided them with food and drink, fed them various poisons, and then untied them, repeating the process. The bodies of young children are already delicate. No matter how much they can be tortured, they will die in just a few months at most."

Miao Liangfang sighed: "As Medical Officer Ji said, practicing medicine requires seeing a large number of patients. Although Miss Mo's family is extremely talented, it is these children who she regards as herbalists who are responsible for her frequent miracles. key."

"Those children were miserable under her hands, and no one survived except the newly captured medicine man."

"If those people hadn't caught Mr. Li's illegitimate child, I don't know when the case would have been solved, and how many innocent children would have died at her hands."

Duan Xiaoyan frowned: "This is too unconscionable? What happened to the woman? Was she rectified on the spot?"

Miao Liangfang nodded, then shook his head.

"The case shocked the capital at that time, and the Mo family was implicated. Mo Wensheng was also imprisoned. He said that he did not know about his granddaughter raising a medicine man, but the matter was so important that there was no reason for the Mo family to be alone. They were all imprisoned. ”

"On the day of the accident, Miss Mo happened to go out, so she escaped. His Majesty ordered a city-wide search, but Miss Mo secretly returned to the mansion one night."

Yin Zheng was curious: "What will she do when she goes back?"

"It is said that there are a large number of prescriptions hidden in the Mo family's daughter's boudoir, which were all developed when she was raising medicine people. Miss Mo set a fire in the house and burned them to ashes along with the prescriptions left behind."

"The officials dug up a charred corpse from the charred mansion. The jailer took old medical officer Mo to the scene and personally confirmed that it was indeed Miss Mo. Not long after, Mo Wensheng was beheaded and the case was concluded."

The breeze brought a slight chill to people's skin. Miao Liangfang picked up the wine bowl, moistened his lips that were dry from talking, and said, "The story is over."

The story is over.

This can be regarded as good deeds and evil deeds are rewarded, but when I heard the end, I couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Lin Danqing murmured: "I see. But since I was a child, why have I never heard of this person's name? My father has never mentioned it."

Miao Liangfang shook his head: "After being a medical officer, I am a medicine person. I feel ashamed to tell it. The medical practice prohibits talking about this matter and regards the Mo family as a shame. Even the prescriptions that Miss Mo used before are banned."

"There are not many people talking about it, not to mention that twenty years have passed. Except for the older people in the medical practice, it is common for young people like you not to know."

Lin Danqing nodded, "That's right."

Everyone was silent for a moment.

Miao Liangfang, on the other hand, suddenly remembered something and looked at Lu Huan and asked: "By the way, Xiao Lu, your previous master was somewhat similar to Miss Mo in his domineering and fierce use of medicine. He was also proficient in various poisons. I wonder if you heard Did she say anything about the Mo family? "

There are thousands of medical doctors in the world. Although Miss Mo's actions are vicious and unreasonable, her handbooks and poison sutras are not without merit. If someone regards this as the Tao and studies and progresses on this basis, it may not be impossible.

Lu Zhu lowered his head and did not answer.

Pei Yunying turned his head and saw the woman beside him staring blankly at the wine bowl in front of him, as if in a daze.

"...Xiao Lu? Xiao Lu?"

Miao Liangfang shouted twice in a row, and Lu Zhuo came back to his senses.

"What's wrong, Mr. Miao?"

"Has your master ever mentioned Miss Mo to you?"

The table is full of aromatic aromas, the small courtyard is lively and warm, the plum tree under the window is swaying its branches and leaves, and the lanterns hanging on the branches are slightly fluttering in the wind.

It's not winter yet, it hasn't snowed yet, and it hasn't bloomed yet.

Trance-like hallucination.

Lu Zhen paused and then raised his head.

"No."

She said calmly: "I have never heard of this person."

…

After the banquet ended, everyone was a little tipsy.

Although peach wine tastes sweet, it is wine after all. Du Changqing was not a good drinker. After he got drunk, Acheng and Miao Liangfang supported him and went home first.

Lin Danqing also said she was sleepy, Duan Xiaoyan volunteered to drive her back to her home, and Sui left with Duan Xiaoyan.

The small courtyard suddenly became much deserted.

Zhuling was sitting in the back shop playing grid painting with Acheng. In the small courtyard, Pei Yunying and Ji Xun moved the tables and chairs in the courtyard back to their original positions one by one.

They were both sober.

Ji Xun didn't drink any alcohol from beginning to end. He only drank bamboo juice and tea, so he was fine. As for Pei Yunying...

He did drink a lot, but he seemed to have a good drinking capacity, and he still looks as normal now.

There was a mess of cups and plates on the table that needed to be cleaned up. In line with the idea of ​​making the best use of everything, Lu Zhen simply asked these two people to contribute and help clean up the mess.

The last chair was put back on the back berth. Yin Zheng took away the dustpan in Lu Zhu's hand and whispered: "Girl, how can there be any reason to let guests work?"

"I'll just take it to the kitchen to wash up later. You go into the room first. I'm looking at these two people. I have something to say to the girl."

Lu Zhuo stood still and thought so, so he walked up to the two of them and said, "Commander of the Palace, Medical Officer Ji, if you have something to discuss, you might as well go into the inner room next to you and wait. There is tea on the table, I will be here immediately."

The inner room is next to Lu Shun and Yin Zheng's bedroom. After Xia Rongrong left, she piled up medicinal materials. Now that the two medicine shops are connected, the shop is spacious and the room is freed up.

Yin Zheng went to a junkyard and chose an old bamboo table and some chairs, and turned them into a tea room. When Lu Chen returned to the hospital, he would sometimes read and make medicine there.

She carried the empty wine jar into the backyard kitchen. Pei Yunying and Ji Xun paused for a moment before entering the inner room first.

As soon as I entered the room, I felt a strong medicinal fragrance.

The inner room is not big, and the furnishings are very simple. There are two chairs in front of the bamboo table, and the yellow wooden shelves against the wall are filled with medical books.

There were piles of medical books piled high on the ground, and some prescriptions were scattered. There were half a stack of them on the bamboo table, which were probably originally placed on the table. They were blown everywhere by the wind outside the window.

Unlike her own Qing Jian, this house even looked a bit messy.

Ji Xun was still looking around, while Pei Yunying bent down, picked up the prescriptions that had blown off the ground one by one, and put them on the table again. When he looked up, he saw that the window next to the bamboo table was still open.

In this weather, it would be too boring not to open the windows on weekdays.

He turned his head and saw that there was also a silver medicine jar that Lu Zhu used to make medicine on the bamboo table. Sometimes when the palace commander was giving treatment, Lu Zhu would ask Pei Yunying to bring it to her.

Pei Yunying reached out and picked up the medicine jar, intending to press it on the folded prescription to prevent the ink paper from being blown away by the wind again.

As soon as Ji Xun turned around, he saw Pei Yunying picking up the silver medicine jar on the table and suddenly said: "Don't move."

Pei Yunying raised his eyes.

Ji Xun pursed his lips, knowing that he was rude, but he still insisted on speaking: "Medical Officer Lu doesn't like others touching her things."

Ji Xun remembered very clearly that he had picked up this silver jar in the medical pharmacy before, but Lu Zhu snatched it back, as if he didn't care about others watching it.

The dark eyes of the young man in front of him moved slightly, as if by surprise, and he slowly repeated: "Medical Officer Lu doesn't like others touching her things?"

Ji Xun said: "Not bad."

"I see."

Pei Yunying nodded.

The next moment, the young man's lips curved and he looked at him provocatively.

"But I'm not 'someone else'."