At dawn, the world is still gray.

Chen Ji slowly sat up from the bed. He subconsciously touched the cell phone next to the pillow, but there was nothing there.

At this moment, he suddenly understood that the world he once lived in was no longer a place within his reach, but his hometown.

"Wait, shouldn't I be in the yard?" Chen Ji's last memory was of standing next to the apricot tree carrying a stone and holding a pile, but when he woke up, he returned to the west wing, wearing the same clothes as last night.

, tattered.

Was it his master who sent him back? Or was it the two brothers? He couldn't be sure, and he didn't remember it at all.

At this moment, Bingliu stayed quietly in his dantian, no longer as fierce as last night.

Chen Ji thought: "Who is the cause of this ice flow? The first ice flow came from Zhou Chengyi, and the second time it appeared..."

When the ice flow appeared twice, several people died each time, but the ordinary people in Zhou Chengyi's mansion did not produce ice flow, and the dead maid in Wanxing Garden did not produce ice flow...

This time, could it be the fetus from Concubine Jing’s miscarriage?!

When he thought of this, She Dengke, who was at the end of the bunk, stood up suddenly, closed his eyes and said, "Master, you might as well beat me to death. If you beat me to death, no one will care for you until you die!"

Chen Ji turned his head and looked over speechlessly. After She Dengke finished speaking, he lay back down again with a thud. It turned out that he was talking in his sleep...

The rooster has not crowed yet.

The strange thing is that Chen Ji came back from being ugly last night and has slept for less than four hours, but now he is full of energy and no longer tired or sleepy.

Is it the changes brought about by the ice flow and the technique of carrying stones and holding piles?

He sat on the bed and meditated for a long time. Finally, he got out of bed, changed his clothes, and went to the yard to pick up a pole. The thin figure of the young man picked up two wooden barrels and walked to Anxi Street outside the door.

Yesterday when I was waiting for my family to send me to school, I observed that there is a well there, and the whole neighborhood goes there to fetch water. If I go there late, I have to queue up in a long line.

When he went out, Chen Ji was stunned for a moment. He saw the black cat from Wanxingyuan squatting on the eaves of the grain and oil shop opposite, looking at him quietly.

It turned out that last night was not an illusion. The black cat was really attracted to the bead in the sleeve, and even secretly chased it outside the palace without giving up!

Chen Ji walked on the bluestone road in the early morning towards the well, while the black cat followed silently on the gray tiles on the eaves, its eyes never leaving him.

He was the only one on the long street, and there was only one cat on the eaves.

They walked side by side through the thin fog in the autumn morning, as if they had passed through a long time together.

He stopped, picked up the pole and looked at the black cat through the air, and asked curiously: "Meow meow?"

The black cat just looked at him coldly.

Whose serious cat is called Meow Meow?

Chen Ji saw that it didn't respond: "Sangbiao?"

Black Cat: "..."

Chen Ji tentatively spread the beads in his hand: "Do you want this?"

Although the black cat was covered in wounds, he still looked at Chen Ji with a noble attitude, without any reaction, as if he was waiting for the young man to take the initiative to give the beads to him.

Chen Ji stretched his hand upward.

This time, the black cat stood on the eaves of the gray tile roof, leaning forward slightly, ready to jump down and grab the beads. But the moment it stretched out its neck, Chen Ji closed his palms again and collected the beads.

Black Cat: "..."

It opened its mouth and wanted to meow, but it couldn't let go.

Finally, he returned to his cold posture and stared at the young man silently.

Chen Ji stuffed the beads into his sleeves and continued to walk slowly towards the well. The black cat followed silently and stared at him coldly. The wound on his brow bone that was left just last night made him look more fierce.

Chen Ji stood at the edge of the well, turning the wooden handle to lower a barrel. Just as he was about to shake the barrel up, he saw the black cat jumping off the eaves at some point, coming to the edge of the well, and looking up.

he.

"伱..." Chen Ji thought for a long time and suddenly asked: "You want this bead? I'll give it to you."

He opened his palms, held the beads in his palms, and stopped teasing the kitten deliberately.

But the black cat just stood on the edge of the well, with the right corner of its mouth slightly raised, as if with contempt: I will never fall for your dog again!

"Wait, are you laughing at me with this expression?" Chen Ji didn't expect that he could see such an anthropomorphic expression on the cat... He looked around the deserted long street, and finally placed the beads on the ground.

He stepped back three meters away and said, "Leave it there and take it away by yourself."

Animals have instincts. They seem to naturally know what to eat and what not to eat. Even if they are poisoned, they will find the antidote on their own.

Human beings lack such instinct and dare to eat anything, even eating poisonous mushrooms for fun...

Therefore, Chen Ji was not worried that something would happen to the black cat if he ate it. He wanted to know why the black cat was attracted and what would happen if the black cat swallowed the beads.

The answer to Bingliu lies in this black cat.

Next to the well, the black cat approached cautiously, looking at the beads for a while, and then warily at the traces. After a long time, it finally came up and sniffed the beads from the air.

"Eat," Chen Ji looked expectantly.

However, when the black cat opened its mouth to pick it up, the narrow, snake-like gray mist in the bead began to stir violently like a living thing, and the black cat was also shaken away by invisible forces!

"Huh?" Chen Ji was shocked by this supernatural phenomenon. He was very sure that an invisible force had just burst out from the beads and pushed the black cat away!

The little black cat arched its back and assumed a fighting stance facing the beads, never daring to come near it again.

"Why is this?" Chen Ji wondered.

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of rapid horse hooves sounded in the distance.

Chen Ji turned his head and looked around, only to see a carriage approaching from far away, rushing towards the hospital, breaking the quiet mist. The carriage passed in front of him, and the driver looked anxious while driving the carriage. Maybe he had something important to do.

.

"It looks like I'm here to find Master. I have to go back quickly," Chen Ji said, "By the way, you..."

When he turned back, the black cat had long disappeared, leaving only the beads lying quietly on the ground.

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…

When Chen Ji staggered back to the hospital carrying a pole, the carriage was parked outside the hospital. The two horses were handsome and powerful, with muscles all over their bodies and their manes neatly combed.

The wooden body is engraved with a canary pattern, and the bird's tail extends to the rear of the car, which is complex and exquisite.

Beside the car, She Dengke was carrying some luggage to the car with the driver.

Chen Ji walked over with a pole and asked, "What's wrong?"

At this time, She Dengke could not suppress the joy between her eyebrows: "Master is going to treat people."

"Why are you so happy..."

"Of course I'm happy!" She Dengke lowered his voice and said: "Master's departure will take at least ten days and a half. We won't be beaten or scolded immediately, and we won't be tested for school studies. Aren't you happy? By then

We can also go to Dongshi and Hongyi Alley together... If my third brother helps the nobles hold a concert, I can sneak you in to listen to the show. A few days ago, I heard that Ma Jia Troupe from Liyuan is coming back to sing a concert.

Woolen cloth!"

"Who are you going to see a doctor for?" Chen Ji was curious.

She Dengke lowered his voice and said: "I heard that when the Secret Service of the Internal Affairs Bureau was tracking down spies from the Jing Dynasty, they arrested several younger members of the Liu family and sent them to prison. One of them was tortured to death in prison. The Liu family

After hearing the news, the old man was so angry that he fainted and is now on his deathbed."

When Chen Ji heard this, he suddenly recalled Yunyang's smiling expression as he stood in front of the Zhou Mansion. That was the sense of crisis he couldn't get rid of now: "Is the Secret Service so powerful?"

"No," She Dengke said, "Mr. Liu's daughter is the Queen Mother of the current dynasty, and his son is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Even with such a family background, the Secret Intelligence Department still arrests him. Everyone in the world says that the Secret Intelligence Department handles affairs.

You can kill it first and then report it, with the permission of the imperial power."

Chen Ji vaguely felt that something was wrong. Even if the Secret Service had great power, it shouldn't even look down on the Queen Mother and the Minister of Civil Affairs, right?

While the two were chatting, they saw old man Yao walking out of the medical clinic, accompanied by a dignified middle-aged man.

Old Man Yao told his three apprentices: "In the past few days since I've been away, you guys are not allowed to check the patient's pulse in private. If a patient comes to your door with a prescription, you will take the medicine according to the prescription. Don't give the wrong name to the medicine."

If I lose money, I will check the inventory as soon as I come back. Anyone who dares to make me lose money will make up for it!"

Chen Ji was shocked. He hadn't figured out what to do with the old ginseng plant yet. What should Old Man Yao do if he found a problem when he came back to take inventory?

The middle-aged man accompanying him said: "Mr. Yao, let's hurry up. I'm afraid my family can't wait any longer. We have to wait until my father comes back from the capital to see the old man for the last time."

Old Yao nodded: "Let's go."

Liu Quxing moved forward to support Old Yao on the carriage, and saw the carriage speeding away, and the sound of horse hooves making a crisp sound on the bluestone road.

She Dengke exclaimed: "How much does it cost to buy a carriage like this?!"

Liu Quxing smiled and said: "I don't know, have you seen the canary on the carriage? This is a trick that can only be used after my Liu family has a second-rank official in the dynasty and is rewarded by the emperor. In my college

In the Ning Dynasty, even if people sit in sedan chairs, they are breaking the rules. How many heads do you have to ride in such a carriage?"

She Dengke sneered: "It's as if you are really a member of the Liu family!"

Liu Quxing looked at him angrily: "Why am I no longer a member of the Liu family?"

"Your family is just a side branch of the Liu family that cannot be reached. Do people recognize you?" She Dengke asked back: "Although our family is poor, we have backbone. We make a living on the dock based on our ability, and we never try to get rich."

Liu Quxing was furious: "I went to Mrs. Liu's 90th birthday party with my parents!"

"Yes, sit at the servants' table."

"What the hell!"

Chen Ji was speechless as he watched the two of them fight their way into the hospital. Suddenly, he noticed something strange. He turned around and saw that the little black cat did not really leave, but was hiding in the scattered shadows of the opposite eaves.

inside, secretly observing them.
Chapter completed!