The sun was just right in the morning, so Chen Ji asked Liang Maoer and She Dengke to carry him and the bamboo chair to the main hall of the hospital.

Old man Yao was treating patients, She Dengke, and Liang Maoer were giving medicine to the patients. Chen Ji was watching from the side, as if he wanted to keep the sunshine coming in from outside the door and the smoke and smoke on Anxi Street in his mind.

If he goes to the Jing Dynasty, it will be difficult to come back before he has reached the realm of seeking the way through the Sword Plant Path and the Tiger Path.

Liu Quxing returned to the hospital happily carrying pork, mutton, fish, a basket of vegetables and a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus rice stuffing from the Xue Family Old Tavern.

Old man Yao was sitting behind the counter checking his pulse. When he saw him coming in with a lot of things, he wondered: "Did you sell your brain to become so rich all of a sudden?"

Liu Quxing: "...Master, what are you talking about? Chen Ji gave me money to buy this. He said he would cook a meal for everyone at noon."

Old Yao was startled for a moment, then turned to look at Chen Ji in confusion.

Liu Quxing carried the things in front of Chen Ji and announced the prices of the vegetables one by one like pouring beans into a bamboo tube: "Today, pork is 41 cents per catty, mutton is 34 cents per catty, and fish is 52 cents per catty..."

After that, he took out a bunch of copper coins from his sleeve: "This is the change for you. I didn't put a penny in my pocket."

Chen Ji smiled and took the copper coins: "Thank you, senior brother, for helping me buy something."

Liu Quxing said cheerfully: "I'll take all these to the kitchen and help choose the dishes first."

She Dengke asked curiously: "Chen Ji, why do you suddenly want to invite everyone to dinner? Is there anything good you can do?"

"Nothing good," Chen Ji responded with a smile: "It was very hard for everyone to take care of me these days when I was injured. You and senior brother Liu Quxing helped me change dressings and bandages. Brother Liang Maoer carried me around. Master gave me back

After diagnosing a disease and prescribing medicine, I should treat everyone to a meal."

In fact, if conditions permit, Chen Ji even wants to buy a Li Ji corrugated corrugated hat from Li Ji for Liu Quxing, a satin dress for She Dengke, a box of Zhengxinzhai snacks for Liang Maoer, and a box of snacks from Zhengxinzhai for Old Man Yao.

A new bamboo chair.

But he will leave tomorrow evening, and it will be too late to go to the distant Jingchao.

Chen Ji suddenly said: "By the way, some of the tiles in our medical center were opened by the grass roof. It should be that bird droppings fell on the roof. The grass seeds in the droppings were not digested completely, and willow saplings grew. The willow saplings were opposite the room.

The roof is very harmful. If it is not removed in time, it may leak in the future."

"The windows of our medical center should also be papered again, otherwise there will be air leakage in winter. The quilts of the two senior brothers should also be spun with cotton, otherwise they will not keep warm."

Old Man Yao said suspiciously: "How come you suddenly start chattering as if to explain the funeral arrangements? Don't worry, your little injury won't kill you."

Chen Ji smiled and said nothing more. He was afraid that if he said more, clues would be discovered.

At this time, Old Man Yao picked up a prescription: "Which of you will go to Guangle Street and deliver these two sets of medicine to Wang Yuanwai?"

She Dengke raised his hand: "Master, let me go. Guangle Street is a bit far away. I have good legs and feet."

"Okay, then you go."

Chen Ji stood up slowly while holding on to the armrest of the bamboo chair. He rolled up his sleeves to his forearms and slowly moved to the kitchen behind to pick vegetables with Liu Quxing.

Liu Quxing laughed happily and said: "It's the right thing for brothers and sisters to take care of each other, and it's not worth spending so much on you. By the way, where did you get all this money? Did your family give it to you?"

"Given by the princess."

Liu Quxing smacked his lips: "The county master is so nice, so nice that he doesn't look like a noble official."

"What does a high official look like?" Chen Ji asked.

"You should have that kind of aloof look. Looking at you is like looking at an ant," Liu Quxing said with emotion: "Back then, my parents and I went to attend Mr. Liu's birthday banquet. Officials and dignitaries gathered that day, and some people even came from the capital.

, Jinling, and Shanghai are coming. You haven’t seen that scene. There are carriages lined up for several miles at the entrance of Liu’s courtyard.”

Liu Quxing continued: "My father is just a small official in Mengjin County, and he is respected by people in Mengjin County. But when we arrived at the Liu family compound, no one looked at him, and the Liu family arranged us to the servants' table.

It’s okay to sit at the same table with the servants, but those noble servants don’t look at us seriously. Only when you get to that place do you realize that there are really different levels of people.”

"Haven't you ever thought about taking a meritorious examination? I see that you have worked very hard to study medicine. There is no reason why you cannot understand the classics and meaning."

Liu Quxing was happy: "The road to the imperial examination is not accessible to small families. The teachers in those schools also look at what others are doing. If you only pay academic fees, you can only listen to the most superficial knowledge in the school. But

If you often send him rice, flour, money and food, he will let you go to his home to give small classes and teach you real things!"

The traces of silence.

Liu Quxing smiled and shook his head: "Instead of giving those people dozens of taels of silver, I should hug the master's thigh and act like an imperial doctor. When I meet those gentlemen from the school again, when I give them acupuncture, I will deliberately insert a few more needles!

"

Chen Ji was happy.

The reason why he is a little reluctant to leave this place may be because Liu Quxing is a bit of a businessman and a bit of a cute person.

Chen Ji looked at Liu Quxing who was lowering his head to pick vegetables and said, "Senior Brother Liu, you will definitely become a good imperial physician in the future and your life will be prosperous."

"For your good advice," Liu Quxing asked, "...what are you planning to cook for lunch?"

"How about braised pork vermicelli, steamed sea bass, braised lamb with green onions, braised eggplant, and a pot of white rice?"

Liu Quxing took a sip and said, "It sounds delicious!"

…

…

At this time, She Dengke ran back to the hospital from outside and shouted loudly: "Master, Master, please save me, my arm was slashed to pieces by a passing thief with a razor blade."

When everyone looked around, they were shocked to see that She Dengke's sleeves had been cut open with a sharp weapon, all the way from the wrist to the elbow. The clothes were torn and blood was flowing.

Old Man Yao tore open the slit in his clothes and saw the wounds were open and his face suddenly darkened: "How could a thief come from such a cruel place? Just steal things, why do you do this to hurt people?!"

Just as he was talking, a carriage slowly stopped at the door, and Shopkeeper Yuan jumped out of the carriage and walked into the hospital with a smile and carrying two bags of snacks.

Shopkeeper Yuan was dressed in bright red satin and had a golden beam crown on his head, looking very wealthy.

He put the snacks on the counter, smiled and cupped his hands: "Yao Yao, I'm here to visit Chen Ji again. Is he feeling better today?"

Imperial Physician Yao glanced at him coldly and said solemnly: "The traces are in the yard, go and see for yourself."

Shopkeeper Yuan went straight to the backyard, picked up his clothes and sat on the stool opposite Chen Ji.

Chen Ji pulled off the green onion skin and asked calmly: "Did you do She Dengke's injury?"

Shopkeeper Yuan said with a smile: "I asked you to contact the person in the palace, but you didn't even leave the door yesterday, and you didn't send me any news. I said I would only give you one day, and since you want to challenge my patience, then I will

I have to let you know the consequences of the challenge."

Chen Ji threw away the green onion in his hand and looked directly into Shopkeeper Yuan's eyes: "What if I still don't contact you?"

Shopkeeper Yuan picked up the discarded green onion from the ground, peeled it layer by layer to the innermost layer, and then gently broke it: "From today on, if you don't contact me, one person will die in this Taiping Medical Center every day.

.If you haven’t contacted me after you die, you will die too.”

The traces are speechless.

Now Liang Gou'er doesn't want to go against the secret agent. Although Liang Mao'er is born with supernatural powers, he can't guard against the spy's conspiracy.

If Shopkeeper Ruoyuan is really determined to force him, letting Taiping Medical Center die one person a day is definitely not an empty talk.

Moreover, once the other party discovers that there are signs of betrayal and reporting to the Secret Service, the three people responsible for monitoring the Taiping Medical Center will immediately kill and silence them.

Chen Ji Ning said: "I told you that I was seriously injured and it is difficult to move. How can I contact the person in the palace?"

Shopkeeper Yuan lowered his voice and said seriously: "Do you know how many people in our Jingchao border army have lost their lives because of Ningchao's firearms? In order to obtain these blueprints and formulas, how many spies of our Military Intelligence Department have died one after another? It's so close right now.

How can the last step be delayed because of you alone?"

Chen Ji suddenly realized that on that rainy night, Shopkeeper Yuan visited the hospital and was hit by a golden pig.

The other party could have killed him at that time, but the reason why he did not kill him was not because he was kind-hearted, but because he was worried that his death would delay the second delivery of the goods!

Once all the goods are delivered, Shopkeeper Yuan will kill himself!

Shopkeeper Yuan stared at Chen Ji and threw the scallions folded into two pieces on the ground: "I have said what needs to be said. If I get this batch of goods one day earlier, I, Jing Chao, can develop this Ning Chao firearm.

The army died heroically on the border, and you and I should also sacrifice our lives in Ning Dynasty."

Chen Ji was silent for a moment and replied: "I know, I will contact the big shot in the palace as soon as possible, and I will definitely get the delivery time and location of the second batch of goods before midnight tomorrow."

Shopkeeper Yuan smiled happily. He stood up and patted Chen Ji on the shoulder: "That's right. By the way, I brought you Zhengxinzhai's snacks and put them on the counter. Don't forget to eat them. After that,

I will definitely promote you to the pigeon level, and my government will not treat meritorious officials ill."

After that, he left the hospital in a big way, while Chen Ji sat alone in the courtyard, falling into endless silence.

Now it is no longer a question of when and where to deliver the goods. Once he leaves, Shopkeeper Yuan will not let go of the people around him.

Shopkeeper Yuan will not let him go, and neither will Golden Pig. The intelligence agencies of the two dynasties have been fighting for countless years, and they have long been hard-hearted and don't care about the lives of civilians.

In their eyes, human life is as despicable as weeds.

So, to go or not to go?

If we don't leave, everyone will die together.

Chen Ji stood up and started cooking step by step. When the dishes were served, everyone was full of praises. Even She Dengke, who had just been injured, had his wounds bandaged and cooked three bowls of white rice.

Amid the laughter and laughter, only Chen Ji remained silent.

This meal should not have been eaten like this.

While eating, Chen Ji suddenly asked tentatively: "Master, She Dengke was stabbed by a thief, so let's just forget it?"

Old Man Yao glanced at him: "Those thieves in the market are all organized. If you take revenge on one, a group of people will come to take revenge on you. Will you still be alive by then?"

"oh."

Old Yao added meaningfully: "Go where you should go, do what you should do, and don't let others influence you."

Chen Ji was startled for a moment. He suddenly felt that the master had guessed something?

What does the other party mean by this, do you want me to leave quickly?

She Dengke said cheerfully: "Chen Ji, please stop worrying about this matter. Don't hurt yourself again because of me."

After finishing his meal, Chen Ji lay down on the bamboo chair again. He slowly closed his eyes, returned to the ancient battlefield, and picked up the long knife named "Whale".

…

…

At night, Chen Ji slowly opened his eyes and came to the courtyard.

Liang Gou'er still didn't come back, and the prince, the princess, and the young monk didn't climb over the wall to find a way out, and they didn't even say a serious farewell.

Under the guidance of Uncle Crow, Chen Ji dug into the backyard of the cloth shop. He saw Wu Hongbiao had found a broom and a wooden bucket from nowhere and was washing and sweeping the floor in the yard.

He asked curiously: "With all your injuries, why are you still sweeping the floor in the middle of the night?"

Wu Hongbiao said with a smile: "There are some rat bones and some blood stains thrown in the yard. If someone is frightened when they come to see the shop, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble for the shop owner."

"You seem to be in a good mood?" Chen Ji asked.

Wu Hongbiao said with a smile: "I'll tell you good news. I met Si Cao today, and it's not that he wanted to kill us. In addition, he arranged for others to send us away, and we can return to Jingchao tomorrow evening!"

Chen Ji hummed: "Is it reliable? Could it be that he wants to trick us into killing us?"

Wu Hongbiao held the broom and thought for a moment: "It should be reliable. When he pulled me into the alley today, I was ready to die, but he didn't do it... He wanted to kill us both, so there was no need to go to such trouble.

.”

With that said, Chen Ji leaned against the door frame, slowly sat on the threshold and said softly: "Do you miss your hometown?"

Wu Hongbiao stood in the yard leaning on a broom. While looking at the moon in the sky, he said longingly: "I miss you. I was taken to a cold camp for hard training when I was twelve years old. I never had the chance to return to my hometown and see my parents."

.When I go back this time, I should have a chance to go home."

"When I was a child, in the village, in autumn, everyone picked the pears from the fruit trees, sold the delicious ones to the city, and kept the unpalatable ones to be made into frozen pears. The varieties of frozen pears we made were sour and astringent, and I

Grandma calls it a 'choked dog', but she just freezes it outside and it tastes better... Do you think it's weird or not?"

"In winter, the adults would carry hard bows and four or five hunting dogs and go up the mountain to hunt the blind bear. We waited and waited at home. When they dragged the blind bear back, grandma would peel off the fat from the blind bear and give it to us.

Eat it fried in oil. Many people say it's fishy, ​​but I think it's delicious."

"When we return to Jingchao, I will definitely take you back to my hometown to visit. Then I will treat you to frozen pears and oily shuttlecocks, and we can also go up the mountain to kill the blind bear."

Chen Ji listened silently. Perhaps Wu Hongbiao had suffered too much during this period, so he was more sentimental, or maybe he had been missing his homeland in the North since he came to Ning Dynasty, and now he is finally going back, so he talked a lot tonight.

.

He had also heard a few words from merchants recently and knew that there seemed to be ten states in the Jing Dynasty, and Wu Hongbiao's hometown should be the northeasternmost state, "Shangjing Road".

Chen Ji sat on the threshold and looked at the moon with Wu Hongbiao: "Brother Biaozi, you were seriously injured at that time. Why did you come to report to me? What if I betray you?"

Wu Hongbiao said with a smile: "Actually, I was a little scared on the way here. What if you really betrayed me? But...if I don't come, I'm afraid I will regret it."

"Um."

After they finished speaking, one of them sat and the other stood, and they were silent at the same time.

Although their circumstances were different, both of them longed to leave this place of right and wrong so that they no longer had to live in fear every day. But when they really had to leave, they felt complicated.

Chen Ji suddenly said: "Brother Biaozi, please go back, I won't leave."

"Huh?" Wu Hongbiao was stunned for a moment: "You're not leaving? You'll die if you stay in Luo City!"

Chen Ji smiled: "Have you forgotten, my father is a fellow magistrate of Luo City, and I have many ideas."

"Then I'll stay too!" Wu Hongbiao said firmly.

Chen Ji and Wu Hongbiao looked at each other: "What about your sister?"

Wu Hongbiao was stunned.

Just now, Chen Ji really wanted to keep Wu Hongbiao and help him kill Shopkeeper Yuan, but he couldn't do that.

He smiled and said: "Don't worry, go back. I will move back to Chen's house in Luo City tomorrow. I don't believe that Shopkeeper Yuan dares to sneak into Tongzhi's house and kill me. Do you think he dares?"

Wu Hongbiao scratched his head: "Yes, if he really dares to assassinate Tongzhi at his home, not to mention Luo City can't tolerate him, the entire Ning Dynasty can't tolerate him... Then you really don't want to leave?"

"Well, I'll stay and continue to serve Jing Chao!"

"……good."

Chen Ji stood up and patted the dust on his butt: "I may not be able to see you off tomorrow. I will go back to Jingchao this time and live a good life. Don't go back to Ningchao again."

Wu Hongbiao laughed: "I don't want to come back and live in fear. I'll wait for you in Jingchao."

As he spoke, he actually opened his arms.

Chen Ji hesitated for a moment, then finally opened his arms, hugged Wu Hongbiao, climbed over the wall and left the cloth shop.

When he pulled it out, Dark Cloud was squatting on the wall of the next courtyard. He asked curiously: "We really don't want to leave?"

Chen Ji said with a smile: "If I don't leave, I'm afraid I will regret it. You go and give Bai Prajna a good beating. I have something to say to its owner."
Chapter completed!