Chapter 1813 Rong Li Postscript 1

It is June of the fifteenth year of Zhengqing.

The heat of early summer slowly enveloped the entire Qingyun Continent.

Rong Li had just left a farmhouse. He lowered his head and packed up his medical kit. He also told the mother of the patient who followed him: "Don't touch water for seven days. The wound should be changed three times a day. The decoction for oral administration should be boiled into one cup with three bowls of water." Bowl, drink the medicine before eating. The food should be light and not greasy or discolored, otherwise the wound will not heal easily and scars will remain."

The patient's mother hurriedly agreed, then rubbed her hands awkwardly, and took out a small piece of broken silver from her sleeve: "Doctor, this consultation fee..."

Rong Li glanced at the broken piece of silver that was so rounded that the water chestnut corners were touched, and said with a smile: "Keep it, the little girl has suffered a big sin and has been injured on her face again. When the injury is healed, buy her some delicious tonic." .”

The patient's mother's eyes suddenly turned red: "Thank you doctor, thank you doctor!"

Rong Li waved his hand and said goodbye.

On the way back, Rong Li took a ride on an ox cart driven by an old man in the village. The old man was smoking a pipe. Seeing how young he was, he smacked his lips and asked, "Isn't the young doctor from our Guyong Mansion?"

Rong Li nodded: "I'm from Kyoto and will stay here for a while."

The old man smiled and said, "I'm lucky to have you today. Otherwise, the daughter of the Liu family would be dead. You even waived their medical fees. You are really a good person."

Rong Li said: "Even if I hadn't come, Miss Liu wouldn't have died. I don't know, but the one who wasn't seriously injured was just focusing on his face to bluff people."

The old man took another puff of cigarette: "Old man Liu wants to exchange his daughter for ten taels of silver so that his son can get a wife. If the Liu family's daughter's face is ruined, the ten taels of silver will be gone. When the time comes, Old Man Liu is afraid that he will exchange it for ten taels of silver. When this child was kicked out of the house, didn't you save her life by saving her face?"

Rong Li frowned when he heard this.

The old man said: "The plague in Huizhou, the earthquake in Kunzhou, and the severe drought in Dingzhou. We in the north have not had a good life in the past two years. Seeing that the crops are getting more and more dry, Old Man Liu is not the only one. Many people in the village have begun to sell their crops." If you sell your daughter, you won’t be able to survive.”

Rong Li didn't say anything. There was a severe drought in Dingzhou. It was precisely because of this that he came to Dingzhou for medical treatment. The people of Dingzhou were indeed having a hard time recently.

The old man quietly lowered his voice and said: "I heard that this drought is a bad luck sent from heaven. God is not satisfied with the current emperor being the emperor and causing suffering to the people of our Qingyun Kingdom..."

"Uncle." Rong Li said displeasedly: "It's better not to say such disrespectful words."

The old man smiled flatteringly: "Young doctor won't go to the government office to sue my old man, right?"

Rong Li said with a straight face: "I won't complain, but if I often say this to others, the news will inevitably leak out, and it is not impossible for the government to arrest him and kill the chicken to scare the monkeys."

The old man was really scared when he heard it: "I'm just talking nonsense, everyone else says so... Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore, and I won't say it again."

On the way back, the old man became quiet as expected, but Rong Li's expression became worse and worse.

Fifteen years ago, Rong Jindong had just ascended the throne. At that time, rumors about the new emperor's tyranny and brutality started one after another. Later, he finally settled down. However, in the past two years, due to constant disasters in various places, "the emperor is unkind and the road will not tolerate it." The saying became popular again.

These words were spread by some awesome Taoist priests from the beginning. They used the holy name to deceive and use the reputation of the emperor to promote their banners. Later, as the natural disasters in the north continued, these rhetorics were slowly accepted by the people, and finally spread around the streets. It seemed that wherever a drop of rain fell or a grain of grain was harvested, it all belonged to the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Pot, it was God who saw something bad about the emperor, so he gave them a lot of money for the common people.

However, what the common people care about is the pound and a half. Rong Li has traveled around the country in the past two years and listened to many people's voices, and he lamented more and more that "it is not easy for the emperor."

After returning to Fucheng from the village, Rong Li went directly to Qingletang. At that time, the white-haired Wei Chou in the shop was instructing the little medicine boy to cut medicine. When he saw him coming back, he said hello.

Rong Li put down the medical kit, rolled up his sleeves, and went to the counter to get busy.

After being busy for a while, Wei Chou suddenly came over and stood beside Rong Li.

Rong Li looked at him puzzled.

Wei Chou took out a letter.

Rong Li looked at the signature on the letter and raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

Wei Chou sighed: "This was sent from Beijing two years ago. It was written to me by Zhong Ziyu. We have always communicated with each other every two months. I did not return to Beijing during the Chinese New Year this year and did not see him, but his letter , but it has been discontinued for six or seven months."

Rong Li frowned: "So?"

Wei Chou asked: "Did you see him when you left Beijing? Is he okay?"

Rong Li lowered his head and took medicine: "What did I see him doing? He is doing well in prison. Who else in the family would go to him except Chou Chou?"

Wei Chou felt a little sad: "I don't care about him during the Chinese New Year..."

Rong Li's attitude was cold: "If you are worried, just send a letter to ask Chou Chou."

Wei Chou shook his head: "I asked, but she never replied. I heard that she is not in Beijing now."

Rong Li also remembered that Chou Chou seemed not to be there.

During the Chinese New Year this year, Chou Chou participated in the arrest of the Twelve Wolves of Tianpeng Village and made great achievements through it. In mid-January, after she sent Gu Chao to leave Beijing, around February, she joined the Zhengemen Third Battalion team. She went to Anzhou and worked with the Anzhou governor to handle a cross-border trafficking case. She should still be in Anzhou and has not returned to Beijing.

Rong Li said: "Zhong Ziyu is in jail fine and nothing will happen. Even if something happens, someone will always send you a letter. Isn't your name written in the column of his relatives? If he dies and sends his body, it will be sent to you. Come."

Wei Chou waved his hands wildly: "Bah, bah, bah, don't say such unlucky words. He is not sick or in trouble, so why send his body to him?"

"Then what are you worried about?"

Wei Chou was just worried. He stared at Rong Li: "Aren't you going back to Beijing next month? When you get to Beijing, help me take a look. No matter what, you can send me a letter and tell me whether he is okay. "

During the Chinese New Year this year, Rong Li was caught and criticized by his grandmother. She said that he was unfilial by not getting married at such an old age. She nagged him a lot in the end, which probably meant that your uncle didn't get married because of his health. No, he's afraid of hurting a girl from a good family, but he's strong and strong, why shouldn't they get married! In the end, she ordered him to return to Beijing before the middle of the year. Then she would recruit several promising girls and give him a blind date!

Rong Li took the photo because of the majesty of his elders, and finally agreed. No, just last month, his grandmother sent a letter, reminding him to remember that he must arrive in Beijing before August!

Since he's going back, it's not impossible to stop by and see Zhong Ziyu.

Rong Li said "hmm" casually, which was regarded as acceding to Wei Chou's request.

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In the blink of an eye, in July, Rong Li set out to return to Beijing. On July 19, he arrived in Beijing ahead of schedule.

Grandma came from Fengzhou and would not arrive until the first or second day of August. Rong Li came back early, so she simply went to Qingletang for a consultation.

After sitting in the clinic for two days, he remembered to see Zhong Ziyu, so he went to Jingzhao Yin Yamen.

As a result, he was told that Zhong Ziyu could not visit.

Rong Li didn't understand and argued with the prison warden: "I have always been allowed to visit, why suddenly not? He is not a death row prisoner."

Zhong Ziyu was a death row prisoner at the beginning. Later, due to his honesty and good luck, he caught up with several waves of amnesty. Now his sentence has been reduced to twenty-one years. He has been in prison since the first year of Zhengqing and has been in prison for fifteen years. There are still five or six years left before he can be released.

The warden shook his head: "Although he is not a death row prisoner, he is a serious prisoner and cannot be visited."

Rong Li frowned and wanted to ask again, but not far away, he saw the newly appointed Lord Jingzhao Yinhu hurried over.

Rong Li saw Mr. Hu and saluted him.

Mr. Hu was sweating profusely from the rush. He came over and took a look at the warden first. The warden nodded to him, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Rong Li with a smile: "The prince wants to see Zhong Ziyu. He committed a crime years ago." He made a big mistake and was given an additional sentence. Now, he is not allowed to visit. The little princess of the palace also knows about this."

Chou Chou knew, but Chou Chou never said it.

It stands to reason that if something happened to Zhong Ziyu, Chou Chou would definitely tell the whole family that this little girl, for some unknown reason, was particularly close to the person named Zhong.

Rong Li was a little displeased: "Then Mr. Hu may tell me what mistake he made."

"This... it's really hard to say." Mr. Hu said, he blocked Rong Li's front without leaving a trace, and made a farewell gesture to him: "Your Majesty, please don't be embarrassed about resigning."

Rong Li had a sullen face and did not move.

Mr. Hu finally gritted his teeth and said: "If the prince really wants to know, why not go to the palace and ask the emperor?"

This matter is actually related to the emperor?

Rong Li was curious.