A knife in love

Chapter 1128

Humpty Humpty was originally unhappy with Li Qiufeng's blatant extortion of bribes from Wang Jingcheng and the magistrate, but he didn't realize it until now.I thought to myself that what Feng'er said was right, the money left in the hands of these dog officials is useless, it is better to give it to everyone for emergency.This yellow-robed man presumably is Zhu Shishi, the down-and-out prince.Seeing his distressed appearance, there is no trace of the majesty of a royal family.Moreover, the child in his arms remained motionless all the time, perhaps he was already terminally ill.Putting the money into his hands could save the child's life.

Hearing what Li Qiufeng said, Zhu Shishi's complexion improved a little.It's just that he looked at the bank note in Li Qiufeng's hand, shook his head, and said: "This king has a national salary, which is enough to support daily expenses. I only hate those dirty officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs for obstructing, which made this king fall into a trap." Such a predicament. This king wants to take back his silver in an upright manner, and cannot accept your alms."

Li Qiufeng thought to himself that this person was too pedantic, but he still had a backbone.When he was thinking about it, the short fat man walked up to Zhu Shisi, stretched out his right hand, and caught the pulse gate of the left hand of the child Zhu Shisi was holding.After a while, the short fat man's face changed drastically, he took his hand back, and said in his mouth: "This child is seriously ill, why don't you take him to see a doctor?!"

Zhu Shishi's face was gloomy, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, but he didn't speak.The woman in Chinese clothes was Zhu Shisi's concubine, hearing what the short fat man said, she almost shed tears again.She said in a trembling voice: "Don't lie to me, sir. Our mansion had no money a few months ago, and we lived on pawned items. My child was seriously ill more than 20 years ago, and he was seen in several medical centers in the city. I went to the doctor, but it didn’t get better. The illness has become more and more serious in the past few days. I can’t wake up all day long. I can't even come up with ten taels of silver. In desperation, the prince wanted to ask the prefect of Chengdu to go to the Ministry of Culture and Rituals to return the salary owed to our palace for decades. But the magistrate excused his absence, and we can't forcefully break into the yamen. Later we heard that the Ministry of Rites sent people to Chengdu to handle business, so we had no choice but to stop that lord in the street, just begging him to persuade all the lords in the Ministry of Rites to return the owed wages to us."

When the princess said this, her face was gloomy, and she continued: "Although we are not the direct relatives of the King of Shu, we are also the blood of Emperor Gao of the Great Ancestor after all. If there is no way out, how can we not feel ashamed, let us in the street? People read jokes? I really feel sorry for this child. After birth, he hardly ate a few full meals. Now he is sick like this..."

The short fat man didn't wait for the concubine to finish speaking, and rushed to say: "I have learned some medical skills. If the prince and the concubine don't dislike it, you might as well let me try to heal the son. Maybe the heavens will help you to save the son from danger."

Zhu Shishi and the princess have seen Li Qiufeng's methods.Since this short fat man is walking with Li Qiufeng, he must also be a person with great ability.So hearing what he said, both Zhu Shisi and the princess had expressions of surprise on their faces.

The short fat man said: "This illness can't be delayed any longer. Please take me back to the palace with you, and I will try to cure the son."

Zhu Shishi and the princess looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

The short fat man asked Li Qiufeng to find the old man surnamed Huang, and the three of them went to the palace with Zhu Shishi and the princess.Zhu Shishi is a side branch of the King of Shu, although he was named a prince, he is an inconspicuous little king, otherwise Wang Jingcheng and the prefect of Luoyang would not dare to belittle him so much.The palace where Zhu Shishi lived was in the northeast corner of Chengdu. It was a house with two entrances.Master Li Qiufeng and the old man surnamed Huang followed Zhu Shishi and his wife to the gate of the palace, but they saw that although the courtyard walls were tall, they were in disrepair for a long time, and the walls in many places were mottled.The red-lacquered gate is even more dilapidated, with very few round nails left on the door panel, and the two rings used to knock on the door are also gone.

Zhu Shishi took Li Qiufeng, master and apprentice, to the gate, reached out and knocked on the door twice.Humpty Humpty and Li Qiufeng thought to themselves, this door has become so dilapidated, if they kick it hard, the two doors will fall down, knocking or not knocking is useless.

After a while, someone opened the door inward, and an old man with gray hair appeared in front of everyone.When the old man saw Zhu Shisi, he hurriedly bowed and said, "My lord is returning to the mansion, but this old slave was late to welcome me, and I hope my lord will forgive me."

Zhu Shishi said: "Uncle Wu, I said earlier that we should stop talking about these vain etiquettes, but you just didn't listen. Sigh."

While letting Zhu Shisi and the princess into the mansion, the old man said: "My lord, the rules cannot be broken at any time. The old slave has followed the old lord since he was a child, and he pays attention to the rules in everything. Although our palace has suffered a lot these years Difficult, but the rules left by the ancestors must not be forgotten."

When he said this, he saw the short fat man, Li Qiufeng and the old man surnamed Huang walking behind with their horses, he couldn't help being slightly startled, then turned to Zhu Shishi and said, "My lord, these people are..."

Zhu Shishi said: "These are my friends, and they are guests in our residence today."

The old man hastily bowed to the short fat man, Li Qiufeng and the old man surnamed Huang, and said, "This old servant has seen all the distinguished guests."

The short fat man knew that the old man was an old servant of the palace, seeing him doing such a great gift, he quickly stretched out his hand to support him, and said: "The old man must not do this, it will kill us grassroots."

The concubine said on the side: "Uncle Wu, our palace has fallen to this point, what are we talking about about the etiquette? After closing the gate of the mansion, you are our old man, and you don't need to make any more big gifts, which will set us juniors back Lifespan."

The old man just shook his head in disapproval.Humpty Humpty thought to himself how much time would be wasted if he continued to be so entangled.So he took out a piece of scattered silver from his bosom, and said to the old man: "Please trouble the old man to go to the pharmacy to buy some medicine, and I will treat the sickness of the prince."

The old man was startled, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Zhu Shisi.Zhu Shishi nodded and said, "Uncle, please let me go."

Only then did the old man agree, and reached out to take the money.The Humpty Dumpty told the names and dosages of the six medicines, asking the old man to memorize them by heart.The old man had always been worried about the son's condition, but now he heard that Humpty Humpty had a way to heal the son, and he was overjoyed.After memorizing the name of the medicine, he left the palace in a hurry.

Zhu Shisi and the princess led the short fat man and Li Qiufeng around the main hall and walked straight to the backyard.Li Qiufeng looked around as he walked, and saw overgrown weeds in the front and back yards. Although the main hall and wing rooms were considered complete, the roof tiles were much less, and weeds grew from the roof, which looked quite desolate.

After everyone arrived in the backyard, the short fat man said to Zhu Shishi: "Please, my lord, find a quiet place for me, and let me take a look at your son's condition."

Without waiting for Zhu Shisi to speak, the concubine rushed to say: "The prince's study is very quiet, but there is no couch, I don't know if it is suitable."

Humpty Humpty said: "It's okay, just need a quiet place."

Zhu Shishi hugged the child tightly and said, "Sir, please follow me."

Shorty Fatty, Li Qiufeng and others followed Zhu Shishi to the side room on the left side of the main house in the backyard.After entering the room, I saw three rows of bookshelves in the room, and the shelves were full of books of various colors.Facing the door was a sandalwood desk, on which was a half-written white paper.

The short fat man said to Zhu Shishi: "My lord, please hand over your son to me. Your lord and concubine can wait outside the house, and let me check on your son's condition."

Zhu Shishi hesitated a little, but saw the child in his arms with a blood-red complexion, intermittent breathing, and hot and cold body. He knew that if he continued to delay, the child would only die.So he gritted his teeth, supported the child's body with both hands, and handed it to the short fat man.

The short fat man took the child and said to Li Qiufeng who was standing at the door: "Feng'er, after you go out with the prince and princess, remember to guard the door, and no one can come in. Remember, remember!"

Li Qiufeng agreed, and said to Zhu Shisi and the princess: "My lord, my concubine, please wait outside the house."

Zhu Shishi and the princess saw that the short fat man wanted to leave the house by himself, wondering what the hell he was going to do, they were a little hesitant.The short fat man knew that the two of them were worried, so he said to Zhu Shishi: "The son's meridians have been messed up, and his mind is completely lost. When performing the spell, if there is any abnormal movement next to the son, which shocked the son, I'm afraid his soul will be frightened and he will leave his body. .At that time, I am afraid that Da Luo Jinxian will not be able to save the life of the son."

(End of this chapter)