Zhang Shiyan received the medicinal diet prescription prescribed by his aunt, and sat with him in the pavilion of the wine cellar Qushui on Nuji Mountain. The two of them discussed medical techniques and medicinal scriptures that he did not understand.

, there are many lush vegetation on the mountain, and the air on the mountain carries the fragrance of the vegetation, which seems to be more calming than the air below the mountain. Somehow, Zhang Shiyan's palpitation disappeared unconsciously.

Until Huangfu Mi interrupted Zhang Shiyan's silence and said, "Brother Shiyan, you have been sitting here for a long time. It is almost sunset. The mountains are wet and dew heavy. If you don't go back, someone will come to the house again." Strange to say, Zhang Shiyan

I just sat in the pavilion and listened to the discussion between the two of them. Once I heard it, I was delayed for a long time without realizing it.

It was getting late, and Si of the family also went up the mountain to welcome the young master back home. "I didn't know that I was sitting here at this time, so I'm going to leave now." Zhang Shiyan glanced at Huang Fumi, stood up, hesitated in his heart, and looked at the person sitting in front of him.

The woman just said, "Auntie, Zhang, take your leave."

Ah Si followed Zhang Shiyan, feeling that the young master's atmosphere today was strange, a bit depressing and serious, so he walked in front without saying a word. In the past, on the way back home from the hot springs in Nvji Mountain, the young master would always hum Liyuanzi.

The girl's ditty.

"Master, why are you a little unhappy about going down the mountain today?" Ah Si asked cautiously.

Strange to say, Zhang Shiyan didn't know why he felt a little unhappy after going down the mountain. "Nothing happened," he said, "I don't know why, but I feel inexplicably... not very good, or maybe an old illness has recurred..."

The sun sets at the foot of the mountain, and the afterglow reflects on the streams and springs in the mountain. The sound of riding boots stepping on the bluestone echoes with the chirping of birds returning to the forest. "This is the medicinal diet recipe prepared by the doctor aunt," Zhang Shiyan took out the recipe from his arms that he had just prepared on the mountain.

Ah Si took the prescription that was folded in the pavilion and put it away carefully. He lowered his voice and said, "My lord, please be careful about your health."

Zhang Shiyan, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, has long been suffering from the root cause of the disease. The miasma in the Zhenbei battle in the early years still has not been cleared away. "Don't worry, I am determined to die." Zhang Shiyan smiled, "The entrance to the Hexi Corridor has not been opened.

, I will not die."

The Zhang family's cavalry is extremely prestigious in Liangzhou and is resounding everywhere. Zhang Shiyan has also made outstanding achievements for the court many times, but he does not dare to make a big move to move his power to the Hexi Corridor. The Liu family, the lackeys of the former dynasty, is eyeing Yiyang. He

Once he leaves, Liu Cong will definitely raise his troops to rebel and separatize Yiyang. If this happens, no one in the court can suppress the Liu family, and the court will probably lose Liangzhou.

The eldest son of the Song family, the eldest grandson Song Pei, was very resourceful and was also Zhang Shiyan's playmate when he was young. He was very knowledgeable and was smart and eager to learn when he was young. Now he is also a famous scholar in Liangzhou and a guest of the Zhang family. Zhang Shiyan's

Literary general and counselor.

Song Pei had been waiting for Zhang Shiyan to come back to review the military documents early in the study room in the east chamber. He waited left and right. Zhang Shiyan came back late. But when Shiyan came in, his brows were lightly furrowed, as if he had something on his mind, "Ming Gong, why do you look like this today?"

Are you worried?" Zhang Shiyan took off his outer robe and removed the water.

He Gu Ning's medicine candle was burning in the room, and there was a faint smell of herbal medicine in the air. Zhang Shiyan sat down silently and unfolded the scroll from Xixia, "I don't know, I always feel an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness these days.

"Song Pei talked about the intrusion of the Xianbei people from the north, "I have reported from the front that the Xianbei people from the north have recently come to Liangzhou to kidnap women and commit theft and thieves, which has disturbed the people and made the women afraid to go out."

"Nowadays, the world is in chaos, the plutocrats are separated from each other, the central government is insufficient, and the foundation of the court is unstable," Zhang Shiyan sighed, "These thieves will be killed if they can't be caught."

"Xianbei let Liu Ying deal with it for the time being. If the soldiers are mobilized, they will flee after hearing the news. Let Liu Ying catch up."

The Liuying Secret Guards are the nobles secretly trained by Zhang Shiyan. They live in every corner of Liangzhou as ordinary people. When summoned for action, they wield invisible sharp knives. This is his secret power.

Song Pei added, "The more troublesome thing now is the several chaebols in Yiyang. They took advantage of the troubled times to monopolize food and grass to make money. It is said that they also trained a group of killers, and several chaebols fought against each other."

It is true that the external troubles have not been eliminated, but the internal worries have increased. "What is the result of applying to the imperial court for the troops to conquer the west?" Zhang Shiyan asked, "They were killed by the court's sycophants, and the emperor did not allow the expedition to the west." Song Pei replied.

"Where is Fan Yuan?" Zhang Shiyan asked, "Are you still locked up by my mother?" Zhang's mother could not stop Zhang Shiyan from drinking flower wine, so she could only take it out on Fan Yuan, blaming him for his bad nature and always dragging Zhang Shiyan to fool around in the garden. .

Song Pei shook his head and wanted to persuade Zhang Shiyan not to go to such sensual and sensual places, but he had never heard of it, and he also bothered him to control them. It was too harsh.

"Still locked up by the old lady." Song Pei said.

"Have you met the miraculous doctor aunt?" Zhang Shiyan suddenly asked about this. Song Pei had admired the doctor Zhitang since he was a child and admired the doctor's benevolence. "I haven't met her, but I have admired her name for a long time," he said.

Suddenly a smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Shiyan's mouth, and his tone was inexplicably brisk: "You should go and ask for advice. She has superb medical skills, clear knowledge, elegant person, free and easy but not dissolute, she is a strange woman!"

What he said aroused the admiration of Song Ping's aunt, the miracle doctor, "Then I will go to the mountain to pay homage tomorrow."

It was almost 1 hour before Song Pei left.

Returning to his residence, Song Pei ordered his servants to wait for him to burn incense and bathe, arrange his clothes, sleeves and robes, prepare for meetings, calligraphy and painting, and go to see the miraculous doctor aunt early tomorrow morning, hoping to make a good friend.

At Mao o'clock the next day, when the sun had just appeared and the inner palace had not yet opened the door, he finished washing and eating, and went up the mountain with the greeting gift and dignified clothes.

As luck would have it, He Guyin went out to practice medicine at night and came back from practicing medicine at night. On the way, he happened to meet Song Pei, a Confucian scholar.

Traveling to see patients at night always requires more energy than during the day. When I was tired from walking, I put down the medicine box and sat on the mountain steps, leaning on the medicine box and fell asleep.

Song Pei, who was carrying calligraphy and paintings, saw a woman in white sitting on the stone steps in the mist in the distance. The mountains were quiet. Song Pei thought he had met a weak woman in distress. Although he didn't know martial arts, he quickened his pace. forward.

As I got closer, I saw clearly that it was a woman who was on her way. She seemed to be tired, so she sat on the roadside and took a nap. This woman was dressed in linen and white, with a square scarf covering her face. She was thin and beautiful, leaning on the medicine with her head propped up. Fell asleep on the box.

Song Pei took out the folding fan from his waist, poked the woman's shoulder gently, and asked: "Miss?" "Why is the girl taking a nap here?" Song Pei's movements were too gentle and his words were soft, so he didn't wake up He Gu at all.

In the morning in the mountains, the cool air penetrates the skin. "Don't sleep here. It's not good if you catch a cold." Song Pei saw the medicine box leaning on her side and thought that this woman must be Mr. Huangfu's medical apprentice. "I and I You may be on the same journey, girl, wake up and go to the mountain to sleep again..." Song Pei was worried that if there were bad people in the mountain, she, a girl, would not be able to restrain a chicken.

Song Pei shook the medicine box under the girl's arm, and then he woke up his aunt. When he opened his eyes, he suddenly saw a man in Tsing Yi bending down in front of him, taking his own medicine box in his hand, but

This man has such a scholarly air that he doesn't look like a bad guy, and his good intentions are clearly written on his face.

"What's going on?" Auntie was still in a daze, so Song Pei smiled and explained, "Don't be afraid, girl. I am Song Pei, Zhang Mansion's adviser, and seeing you as a weak woman, I'm worried that you won't be able to sleep here alone."

It's safe. I'm going up the mountain to the Taoist temple. If you are too, I can help you carry the medicine box and we can go together."

After hearing this, the aunt didn't think it was necessary, so she agreed, "It's okay, it's okay. I just came back from a night trip and was dizzy, so I asked the young master to help me carry the suitcase." She was about to get up, but she didn't expect that her legs were numb, and she stumbled in.

into Song Pei's arms.

Song Pei had just picked up He Gu's heavy medicine box with one hand and held his calligraphy and paintings in the other hand. The girl also accidentally lost her balance and fell into his arms. He Gu plunged into Song Pei's arms and couldn't use her legs.

Son, I had to hold his waist with one hand and put the other on his shoulders and back.

Song Pei didn't notice anything at first, but the girl was too close to him. He could feel the ups and downs of the girl's breathing in his arms, "Uh..." He started to panic, "Girl..." He was a quiet Confucian scholar,

There is little contact between men and women, and now that he has a woman in his arms, he really can't get used to it.

On the stone road in the green mountains, a man and a woman were hugging each other on the road. Hegu couldn't feel anything strange about the man at all. She stood up suddenly, feeling dizzy for a moment, and her legs were numb as if they were eaten by ants. "Sorry, my legs are just numb."

, I have no intention of bullying the young master.”

Song Pei didn't dare to move, "Can you please lend me some support, young master," the woman in her arms said, "This leg is very numb..." He Gu tried to lift his leg to move, but her knee accidentally hit Song Pei, "..."

Song Pei pretended not to feel anything.

After slowing down for a while, she could barely walk. She bent over and supported her knees, turned around with difficulty, and took each step as if she were stepping on an ant nest. "I'd like to ask you to help me carry my suitcase, let's go..."

Seeing the woman in front of her, whose face was covered by a scarf, bent over and hunched over, "If the girl's legs are numb, just rest for a while before leaving." Song Pei said.

"No," Hegu said stubbornly, "I can walk even if my legs are numb." I can't hold you all the time even if you don't walk. It's too embarrassing. Hegu thought, what if he misunderstands me as an abrupt woman...

I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of the miracle doctor...

As I walked, my legs became less numb, and my aunt's steps became much brisker. "Why did you go up the mountain, Master?" I asked involuntarily.

Seeing him holding a scroll in his arms, he asked, "Are you a disciple of Taoist Master Huangfu?"

"Are you Mr. Huangfu's apprentice?" Song Pei also asked.

"no."

"no."

The two of them answered in unison.

"I am Liao Mu, counselor of Zhang Mansion in Yiyang. I just announced my family name." Song Pei said, and Hegu couldn't remember what he said in a flash, "Then..." Hegu was reluctant to say that he was a miracle doctor.

, because he is too young and is always not trusted.

"Why did the girl go up the mountain?"

Hegu thought about it for a while, and then said it. It didn't matter if he didn't believe it: "I am 'Auntie the Miracle Doctor'. My real name is Hegu. I live temporarily in Huangfu Taoist Temple and practice medicine in Yiyang."

When Song Pei heard this, he was surprised and happy, "Oh!"

"What's wrong?" He Gu turned her head to look at him and saw that this man was overjoyed. She bowed her head and said in salute, "I am ignorant and did not see my miraculous doctor aunt. I am rude and disrespectful..."

This man's behavior made He Gu a little confused: "You came to the mountain to find me?"

"Is there any illness in the family?"

The man shook his head and explained, "No, it's just that I have admired outstanding medical talents since I was a child. I heard that the miracle doctor traveled here, so I wanted to pay him a visit."

"I also hereby bring calligraphy and paintings by famous people in my family as a meeting gift."

The aunt took the scroll from the man's hand and unfolded the calligraphy and painting. The paintings of landscapes, flowers and birds were very vivid. "I don't know how much the paintings and calligraphy cost. I have been homeless for a long time. Don't waste the treasures. I have received them with my heart. You can take the calligraphy and paintings home again."
Chapter completed!