In the inner hall of "Puji Zhai"

"My little lady pays homage to Mr. Li!"

Li Sanjian solved Gongsun Rouniang's trouble, so Gongsun Rouniang saluted with great gratitude.

"Youniang, there is no need to be so formal between you and me. Why are you always so polite?" Li Sanjian said to Gongsun Rouniang with a smile.

"Officials, this is what you should do." Gongsun Rouniang pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Officials always appear when the little girl is in the most distressed situation, and help the slave family solve their problems. The little girl is very grateful for this."

Gongsun Rouniang's parents died when she was young, and she fell into prostitution. Her life experience was relatively bleak. Li Sanjian felt pity for her, so he did his best to take care of her in many aspects.

But the relationship between the two at this time was rather awkward.

"Young lady, you are wrong. You think too highly of me." Li Sanjian heard this and shook his head: "When it comes to solving problems, with my current ability, I can only solve them temporarily, but not forever. Do you understand, Madam Rou?"

Once Gongsun Rouniang is targeted by the Duke of Wei, things will be very bad. She is like a little sheep being targeted by a ferocious beast. Where can she escape?

Gongsun Rouniang will fall into his hands sooner or later.

And Li Sanjian could only protect her for a while, but not for a lifetime. The reason was that the Duke of Wei was a relative of the emperor. Li Sanjian was helpless about this, and Li Sanjian could not do anything and stay in the "Puji Zhai"

Bar?

"I understand." Gongsun Rouniang said with a sad smile: "Little girls are like duckweeds in the water, they float wherever they go, and they don't care much."

"Why don't you want to follow me and work for the government? Why are you so public?" Li Sanjian sighed secretly and looked at Gongsun Rouniang and asked.

Li Sanjian did not consider bringing Rou Niang into his room. This was not because Li Sanjian was not lustful. Li Sanjian had already been attracted to the charming Gongsun Rou Niang, and it was not because he disliked her. It was not her fault that she was sold into the academy since she was a child.

The reason is that Li Sanjian is only a sixth-rank official in the imperial court, so he takes a concubine again? Not to mention how to quell the criticism of the ministers, Li Sanjian cannot afford it based on his current salary.

Furthermore, if Li Sanjian did this, what would Cai Rongxue and Wang Wen think? Especially Cai Rongxue, Li Sanjian would hate to see Cai Rongxue feeling so depressed in her heart.

Li Sanjian still wanted Gongsun Rouniang to serve as his "scribe" and use her exquisite medical skills and unique autopsy skills to serve the government.

Li Sanjian then tried to find a way to make her a "non-staff member" of the government office, so that she could get some salary.

Gongsun Rouniang smiled and shook her head and said: "The young lady is very touched by the fact that the senior officials value me so much. However, the Nu family is a womanly family after all. How can we serve as officials?"

In fact, this is only one of the reasons why Gongsun Rouniang is unwilling to become a scribe. The main reason is that she does not want to follow Li Sanjian without any explanation.

What is this? Is it mercy or something?

Sometimes Gongsun Rouniang did not explain clearly why she rejected Li Sanjian's proposal several times.

"Hey, in that case, I won't force you anymore." Li Sanjian said helplessly: "But you have to be more careful in the future. It's best to leave the medical clinic to others and try not to show your face."

"Thank you, sir. The Nu family knows." Gongsun Rouniang smiled and said to Li Sanjian: "Master, sir.

If you are thirsty for talents, there is someone in the slave family who can be recommended to high officials."

"Huh? Who?" Li Sanjian asked in surprise when he heard this.

"That's the person who was in the store just now." Gongsun Rouniang replied.

"The person who is fighting the injustice?" Li Sanjian asked again.

"Exactly." Gongsun Rouniang nodded.

"Well...who is he to you? How does he compare to you?" Li Sanjian asked after pondering for a moment.

"My great official!" The weather at this time was approaching winter, and the weather was gradually getting colder. Although it was not the coldest time yet, and the sky had not yet snowed, some braziers were still burned in the house, so Gongsun

Rou Niang used a fire hook to hook the charcoal fire in the charcoal basin to make it burn vigorously. She thoughtfully placed a small thermos pot in Li Sanjian's arms and said with a smile: "The sky is beyond the sky, and people are outside the world. The world is so big.

There are so many talented people, but this person's ability is even worse than that of the slave family."

"Oh? Really?" Li Sanjian put his hands on the thermos and felt much more comfortable immediately. He turned to look at Gongsun Rouniang and asked: "The person who can catch the girl's eyes must be very capable. Who is this person?"

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"His surname is Xu, his name is Shuwei, and his courtesy name is Zhike." Gongsun Rouniang put a thick blanket on Li Sanjian's knees and said, "He is a member of the Baisha family in Zhenzhou. When he was eleven years old, his parents were 100 years old.

He died of illness within a few days and became an orphan. His family's financial situation was extremely difficult. Later, he studied scriptures hard and went to Beijing to take the exam. He took part in this year's Gengchen Kelibu Examination.

Unfortunately, he was demoted. Hey, compared with the high-ranking officials, there is a huge difference."

"Haha, I don't know what you mean." Li Sanjian heard the words and said with a smile: "But this can be said that life is like clouds and dew, it is better to wait for the long rope to see the scenery, gain and loss, prosperity and decline, only in the blink of an eye. To put it simply, this

It is a person’s fate, it is destined by God and cannot be forced.”

When a candidate is promoted to a higher position, you cannot just say that he is not good at writing, is illiterate in arts and sciences, has little knowledge, etc. It also depends on whether the examiners and even the emperor appreciate your writing. If you meet their eyes, things will naturally go much smoother for you.

.

Li Sanjian knew this very well. He himself had been ranked first, but he was ranked first in high school again. The key lies in the examiner, the prime minister, and the emperor.

Li Sanjian could only express deep regret for Xu Shuwei's misfortune.

"A high-ranking official understands how life is at such a young age. This little girl is deeply impressed." Gongsun Rouniang praised Li Sanjian and then continued: "Xu Shuweigong was promoted to the lower rank. Because his family was poor, even the cost of going to Beijing to take the exam was difficult.

It was put together by neighbors and borrowed by him, so he ended up living in the capital, unable to return to his hometown."

"Well, how did you know him?" He was also a poor scholar. Once he was promoted to the imperial examination, he would fall into such a miserable state. Li Sanjian felt extremely unbearable when he heard this.

"One day he came to Puji Zhai. The slave family saw that he knew a lot about medicine and his life experience was very pitiable, so they kept him and asked him to help the slave family manage the medical center in Puji Zhai." Gongsun.

Rou Niang heard the words and replied.

"Well, in that case, let him do some things in the government office first." Li Sanjian nodded.

At this time, Li Sanjian, as the "number two person" in the Kaifeng government office, hired someone as a government official. Don't be too simple, it was almost a matter of one sentence.

Since he was once a civil servant, it is expected that his articles should also be good.

As a scribe, he should be competent, Li Sanjian thought to himself.

"Thank you so much, sir." Gongsun Rouniang immediately beamed when she heard this. She stood in front of Li Sanjian and thanked him after giving him a blessing.

"Don't thank me in a hurry." Li Sanjian looked at Gongsun Rouniang's face, which was burned red by the charcoal fire, and smiled: "This is just for Miss Gongsun's face, otherwise there will be many pitiful people in the world. I

It’s impossible to take care of everyone.”

"Hehe, thank you to the officials for taking him in out of consideration for the slave family." Gongsun Rouniang thanked him happily after hearing this.

Why did Li Sanjian feel that Gongsun Rouniang cared so much about this person? Even if he felt pity for this person, he shouldn't be... like this, right? Li Sanjian was secretly puzzled, looked up at Gongsun Rouniang and said, "I told you, don't thank me yet.

, I came to Pujizhai today for a request. I have been thanking you for a long time. If I want to thank you, I would also like to thank Miss Gongsun. In the case of Bi Lin, there is no such thing.

With the girl's help, the case wouldn't have been handled so smoothly, but in the end... the girl didn't get even half of the benefits, so I feel very sorry."

After the Bi Lin case, the imperial court rewarded a lot of gold and silver and other items. Li Sanjian's officials shared some of it, and some of them gave birth to officials, but there was no Gongsun Rouniang. Li Sanjian felt extremely sorry about this.

"The senior officials take good care of the slave family, and the slave family can be praised by the senior officials. This is enough." Gongsun Rouniang said with a smile: "Also, the senior officials sent people a lot of property.

Is she a little girl? Why should a high-ranking official be so worried about her?"

"You deserve this." Li Sanjian smiled.

"I wonder what the high official came here for today?" Gongsun Rouniang then asked.

"There are so many things in Kaifeng Mansion, and the girl already knows about them." Li Sanjian heard this and replied: "I recently tried a case, and there were some doubts in the case, so I came here to ask Miss Gongsun. This doubt is the 'gu disease'

'."

"'Gu disease'?" Gongsun Rouniang thought for a while and said, "Can you please elaborate more, please?"

Li Sanjian nodded and repeated what was described in the case.

"Listening to what the officials said, why do you think the disease is like a 'bug' disease?" Gongsun Rouniang thought about it carefully and said, "The so-called 'bug' disease is a worm in the abdomen.

Insects from the pan, this disease has existed since ancient times, but this disease is more common in the south, especially in Dongting, Poyang, and Taihu Lake. It occurs every year, but it is rare in the north. Therefore, the Nu family has a hard time thinking about it.

untie."

"The disease of 'gu worm'?" Li Sanjian said happily when he heard this: "Young lady is indeed very knowledgeable. I seem to have heard of this disease before. It seems that there is something fishy about this matter."

"Officials, please don't thank me yet." Gongsun Rouniang pursed her lips and said with a smile: "This disease is common in the south, and my family is from the north, so I have heard about this disease through hearsay."

"Oh, even the girl only heard about it, so what should we do?" Li Sanjian frowned and said.

"Don't worry, high officials!" Gongsun Rouniang saw this and said, "The Nu family is from the north, but Xu Shuwei is a true southerner. If you ask him... you might be able to find out."
Chapter completed!