"The Duke of the State just fell asleep. His liver fire was too strong, so there was nothing serious. I prescribe a few doses of medicine and then take care of it for two days..."

"Thank you, Mr...."

After an old doctor finished treating Wang Xiao, he carried the medicine box out of the government office and returned to the clinic.

Soon after, a man came in, coughed twice, and handed over a small ingot of silver for consultation.

The old doctor took his pulse and pondered: "Your health is not as good as if you are infected with wind and cold."

"Doctor should prescribe two doses of medicine for me, and I always feel uncomfortable." The man said, "I heard that the old doctor has a good medical skills, and even the Duke of the State invites you to see a doctor?"

"I just came out of the government office and the matter has spread?"

"Which of us people in Xuzhou doesn't care about the Duke? We only received the great kindness of the Duke's grandfather not long ago... How ill is he serious?"

When the man came out with the medicine, he lowered his head and turned around an alley. When he turned around occasionally, he felt someone staring at him and suddenly accelerated his pace.

After two more alleys, the two disguised Jinyiwei looked at him and saw that the man had disappeared.

"Where are people?"

The next moment, the man suddenly rushed out of the firewood pile next to him, and a dagger in his hand pierced into the belly of an Jinyiwei...

"ah!"

As the killing shouts came, three Jinyiwei rushed over on the other side.

The four of them fought for a while, and the man who bought the medicine was stabbed twice and turned around and wanted to escape.

"Leave a living!"

Seeing that the man could not escape, he roared, raised his dagger and stabbed it hard between his neck. He giggled twice and fell down with his eyes...

~~

In the government office, Qin Xiaozhu and Dong Xiaowan learned to make Sichuan Bei Li Water Soup.

She had been worried about Wang Xiao these days, and knew that there were several bubbles in his mouth, and today she was even more anxious.

So Dong Xiaowan comforted her a few words and taught her some dietary therapy prescriptions for treating acute fever.

Seeing Dong Xiaowan's slender hand pounding the ingredients and making the spoon fire, her movements were skillful and beautiful, Qin Xiaozhu was very envious.

"Oh, I would have been able to cook as well as you do. But you don't like to eat these things yourself, why are you so good at cooking?"

Dong Xiaowan lowered her eyebrows and replied: "My mother is not in good health, so I often collect some diet therapy prescriptions and like to do these."

She said it was sparse and ordinary, but Qin Xiaozhu had already found out about her situation.

Dong Xiaowan's family was originally a large Xiu family in Suzhou. Later, her father died of dysentery. Her mother felt that she was staying in the old house and missed people, so she took her to seclusion in half a pond. Unexpectedly, a few years later, the Xiuzhuang was emptied by the evil servants at home, leaving only a thousand taels of debt. Her mother was angry and anxious and couldn't afford to get sick. That year, Dong Xiaowan was only in her teens and had to bear the huge debt and her seriously ill mother.

Qin Xiaozhu thought to himself, judging from the four words "I can't afford to get sick", this diet therapy prescription is probably not very useful...

When Dong Xiaowan gracefully and skillfully put the prepared soup, she saw that the soup in the bowl was clear and crystal clear, and it looked pleasing to the eye.

Qin Xiaozhu looked down for a moment, picked up the bowl, and drank it himself.

Although she trusted Dong Xiaowan very much, she was from the south after all, so she still didn't dare to give Wang Xiao the things she made, for fear that it would be poisonous.

But Qin Xiaozhu didn't want to hurt her heart, so she just drank it herself.

"Xiaowan, this is so delicious! No wonder you want to call it 'Xiaowan'... I also want to make a bowl for Wang Xiao with my own hands."

She picked up a few kilograms of Sichuan shells and pounded them into pieces...

~~

"Duke, just now I found a detailed work sent from the south... but the person didn't catch it and committed suicide." Pei Min finished speaking, and couldn't help asking, "Duke is okay, right?"

"I just fell asleep, what's wrong with it?" Wang Xiao said, "Has the news from Zhang Lian'er been released?"

"I've released it. Zhang Lian'er sent the news to the boss of Zhiyan Shop. The Zhiyan Shop is doing well and sent a friend to deliver goods to each household. He sent dozens of trips a day. Bei Zhi failed to fully find out the line."

"It's okay, just let her release the news."

Pei Min said again: "The humble position is confirmed, and the Zheng Party has arranged many eyes and ears in Xuzhou, and there is no more than this line."

Wang Xiao sneered in his heart when he heard this.

——Play a spy war with me? Don’t look at what my girlfriend did before.

"The Zheng Party wants to send me some of the ways. One is originally used to monitor Guan Ming, and the other is later to Xuzhou. However, no matter how many people he sent, not many people he could really get in touch with me, such as..."

At this moment, Qin Xiaozhu came over with a dining plate.

Wang Xiao stopped talking and looked at her, and saw a scattered dust on her face, looking a little embarrassed.

As for the bowl of black things she brought...

"Is this... Chinese medicine?"

"This is pear water soup." Qin Xiaozhu's tone was proud and concerned, and said, "This is to get rid of liver fire, you're about to drink it, I'll watch you drink it."

Wang Xiao reached out to wipe the dust on Qin Xiaozhu's face and said with a smile: "I'm actually fine."

"I made this out myself, I tasted it, it's not very difficult to drink."

"Is that so? OK."

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

"A little muddy...but it's still delicious."

"Yes?! I made several bowls before I got this bowl. It was Dong Xiaowan who taught me to cook it."

Wang Xiao nodded and thought to himself that it seemed that she had poor cooking skills and didn't teach you well...

He thought for a while and suddenly said, "Let Dong Xiaowan go to visit Li Xiangjun and tell her that I have sent Hou Fangyu back to Nanjing..."

When Qin Xiaozhu left, Wang Xiao said to Pei Min again: "Go to the rouge shop and stare at me to see if they will receive the news that 'Hou Fangyu goes to Nanjing' in the past two days."

"Yes, I understand."

~~

When Gu Hengbo turned to the hall, he saw Dong Xiaowan and Li Xiangjun sitting there chatting.

"It's considered to be seeing you. Xiangjun and I heard that you came to Xuzhou, but we went to a relative whom we were unable to find you. Later, we heard that you were taken into the mansion by the Duke of the State and could not enter even if you came to ask for a meeting. We were really worried."

Gu Hengbo often cross-dresses with young actors and Dong Xiaowan, and they are most familiar with each other. She said this and stepped forward and pinched Dong Xiaowan's chin and stared at her.

Dong Xiaowan quickly avoided and snorted softly: "Look at your frivolous look."

Gu Hengbo's beautiful eyes flashed and he smiled and said, "Don't the Duke of the State gave you this little girl?"

Dong Xiaowan turned her head slightly, revealing a cold and arrogant look.

"If you say it again, I will tear your mouth apart."

"Come on, little beauty..."

"Gu Mei, stop making trouble." Li Xiangjun said, she was younger than Gu Hengbo, but she spoke more calmly, and said, "I'm asking Xiaowan what she had happened these days, so I'll hear her talk first."

Dong Xiaowan then whispered for a while...

Afterwards, she realized that since she left the government office, the Jinyiwei had followed her secretly to find the coachman. If it weren't for Qin Xiaozhu's protection, there would have been a prison disaster.

Qin Xiaozhu originally wanted to send her back to Suzhou earlier, but it was delayed for a few days because of this matter. Wang Xiao was planning to go to Nanjing, so Qin Xiaozhu decided to take her south at that time...

"This time I came to Xuzhou, I suddenly felt that who is different from whom in the temple? In the past, I talked very broadly and heard those literati and ambitious scholars say how righteous Chen Cifu was, but in the end he regarded us as goods."

Li Xiangjun asked with a caring look: "Have you heard that Mr. Hou has gone in the government office?"

"I asked you specifically before going out. Hou Chaozong returned to Nanjing to do something for Wang Xiao." Dong Xiaowan said: "What did he treat you as? He left without saying a word?"

Li Xiangjun let out a sigh and smiled: "He is a great husband, and we should put family and country justice first."

"Sister Xiangjun, how about going back to Suzhou with me? We can't afford to mix these things."

Li Xiangjun said: "Xiaowan, what do you want to persuade me? Mr. Hou has righteousness to his family and country, and affection to Xiangjun. I promised him, not to mention a messy water, even if it is a sea of ​​mountains, seas, and fire, I would like to follow him."

Dong Xiaowan stared at Li Xiangjun with concern and said, "Hou Chaozong does not have the ability and demeanor he thinks he is. I only look at him acting in Xuzhou, and I know that he can't give you the destination you want."

Li Xiangjun thought for a while, and Wen Renruru smiled apologized: "A few days ago, he blamed you for being in a hurry. I will apologize to you on behalf of him. Don't blame him anymore, okay?"

"I am indeed petty, but in this matter, it can be seen that Hou Chaozong is weak and irresponsible. Old Secretary Hou has always been known for his old-fashionedness and stubbornness. He will never agree to your entry into the Hou family..."

"Xiaowan, stop talking."

"I insist that he failed the imperial examination and said he wanted to marry you, but once he had a future, his career was placed before him..."

Gu Hengbo turned his head and saw that Li Xiangjun looked sad, and quickly interrupted Dong Xiaowan.

"Xiaowan, you are really. You have a high vision and are now even more arrogant. No matter how you talk about Mr. Hou, it is not an exaggeration to call him "The First Young Master in Jiangnan". If Mr. Xiang doesn't allow him, who can you agree with?"

Dong Xiaowan and Li Xiangjun both turned their heads and refused to speak, and they were a little angry.

Gu Hengbo continued: "What? People call us "everyone" and really think of themselves as a person? In the end, they still have the life of being a concubine? Even if they are concubines, they look down on the low and cannot afford to be high. Xiaowan, no matter how high you are, who can you choose? A while ago, Mao Pijiang wrote a gorgeous article saying that you fell in love with him. Jiangnan Shilin was a legend for a while. If you want to find someone, who dares to claim to be as good as Mao's eldest son? After all, the Mao family is indeed your best destination."

Dong Xiaowan frowned and said lightly: "Mao Pijiang's family has a virtuous wife, and he always uses this method to mess with her, and he abandoned her. Li Xiangzhen gave up her infatuation, so he could only say, "I'm famous for not being happy to forget my previous dreams." Wu Ruixian "please submit to the Hunting Sect to the Hunting Sect" because he escaped into the Hunting Sect; Wu Kou, Cai Han, Wang Jie... Haha, we are despised, and we don't throw it away like this, and we use it to make him famous for a talented man."

"So? What should you do if he falls in love with you?" Gu Hengbo said: "With his reputation, whoever wants to bring you into the door will chase you and mock you. Who is not afraid of being ridiculed and being too sarcastic? If you marry another husband in the future, what do your husband feel when he reads his affectionate words that spread throughout the world? Can you live a life?"

"Look at Liu Rushi, even if he married the Shangshulang, how did people at that time laugh at them? They arranged them, "I love you with black hair and white hair and white flesh" and "I love you with snow-white hair and black flesh" and why? Because in their eyes, only Chen Maozhong is worthy of her love for..."
To be continued...