Poor Family 1

  Chapter 470 Send charcoal in the snow

  In the power struggle between Liang Shicheng and Cai Jing against the upstart Wang Fu and Li Yan, Li Yanqing is just a small pawn, and he is not qualified to be a chess player. He knows this.

But Li Yanqing also knows that whether it is Liang Shicheng or Cai Jing, they are old politicians who eat people and don't spit out their bones. If they want to rely on them to make a fortune, unless they are willing to be obedient pawns for a lifetime, otherwise they will be overstepped a little. swallow it in one gulp.

   Really want to train him to be the mainstay of the Song Dynasty, only Zhong Shidao is an upright person who is devoted to his duty and the country. Unfortunately, the officialdom of the Song Dynasty is getting darker, and there is no place for Zhong Shidao.

He, Li Yanqing, either perishes in the dark, or learns to protect himself in the dark. When everyone abandons Prince Zhao Huan for fear that he will implicate him, Li Yanqing knows that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But none, this time he will be a helper in need.

  The official name of Zhao Taicheng sounds very arrogant, but in fact he is just a ninth-rank sesame official, Imperial Medical Bureau Cheng, but those who can become ninth-rank medical officials are the best among imperial doctors, with extremely powerful medical skills.

Zhao Taicheng's name is Zhao Jici, and he is about fifty years old. His grandfather and father both worked as imperial physicians in the palace. He himself helped his father carry the medicine box since he was ten years old. Nian inherited his father's official position as the Cheng of the Imperial Medical Bureau.

  Decades of medical practice and conscientious professional ethics have made him famous not only in the palace, but also in the capital. People call him Doctor Zhao or Taicheng Zhao.

Zhao Taicheng's mansion is on Yujie East Street, which is a very prosperous and golden location. This mansion covering an area of ​​about five acres is a reward his grandfather received after curing the serious illness of Empress Dowager Gao. The plaque on the gate of his house reads "Zhao Taicheng "Fu" was also inscribed by the Emperor Shenzong at that time.

  At nightfall, Li Yanqing came to Zhao Taicheng's mansion. Zhao Jici had two sons, the eldest son inherited his career, and practiced medicine with him in the palace since he was a child. He is already an imperial doctor.

The second son was self-employed. Zhao Jici specially built a one-acre medical clinic for the younger son on the left side of the gate of the mansion, and hung the sign of Zhao Taicheng to see the doctor for the people in the capital. Sitting here to practice medicine.

But now that Zhao Jici is fifty-five years old, he doesn't go out to see doctors very much. Except for the rich and powerful, he will see doctors in person. Other ordinary people want to see him, so they can only come to the medical clinic for medical treatment. Moreover, he only sees two kinds of diseases. Even the son can't see the disease well, and the second is that the other party is willing to pay fifty taels of consultation fee, or you can go to him directly for treatment.

  Li Yanqing did not enter the mansion directly, but came to the medical hall. A little medicine boy stood at the door and said to Li Yanqing: "Sorry, the medical hall is closed. Unless it is an emergency, it is generally not accepted."

   "I'm looking for Zhao Taicheng, is he there?"

The drug boy looked at him suspiciously, "My old doctor is here, but he usually doesn't see a doctor, not to mention now, if you go to the emergency room, I can ask Dr. Ma, and the consultation fee is the same as during the day, 300 Wen Money, if the officials must find the owner of the museum, it will cost two taels of silver at this time."

  Li Yanqing took out an ingot of ten taels of gold, "This is ten taels of gold, I want to find Zhao Taicheng!"

   "Okay! Officers, please come in and sit down."

The other party took out ten taels of gold, equivalent to one hundred taels of silver, and the drug boy didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly invited Li Yanqing into the inner hall of the medical hall, and asked another boy to serve tea for Li Yanqing, while he himself ran into the inner hall The church reported it.

Li Yanqing was sitting in the inner hall drinking tea while looking at the inner hall. The arrangement of the inner hall is very simple. There is an Eight Immortals table in the middle and four chairs around it. It looked ordinary with a wooden board, but a plaque above his head let Li Yanqing see it. There were four large characters on the plaque in Phnom Penh, "Hanging Pot to Help the World", and Li Yanqing recognized it at a glance. It was the thin gold body of the emperor Zhao Ji.

At this time, there was a slight cough from outside the lobby, and an old man walked in with his hands behind his back. He was wearing a flat scarf and a half-worn dark coat. He was the famous doctor Zhao Keci. Fifty-five years old, but not a single wrinkle on his face.

   "Your Excellency is not here to see a doctor!" Zhao Jici said with a faint smile as he walked into the inner hall.

  Famous doctors pay attention to seeing, hearing, and questioning. He took a look at Li Yanqing's complexion and knew that Li Yan had no symptoms, and it was obvious that he had ulterior motives in taking ten taels of gold to seek medical treatment.

  Li Yanqing got up and saluted, "I'm Li Yanqing!"

  Zhao Jici suddenly realized, "So it's Li Yushi, I'm sorry, please sit down!"

  The two sat down as guest and host, Zhao Jici smiled and said, "Does Li Yushi need my help in handling the case?"

   "I want to ask Zhao Taicheng to deliver a letter for me."

   "Message delivery?"

  Zhao Jici laughed, "I have been an imperial physician for 40 years, and this is the first time someone asked me to deliver a letter. I wonder who Li Yushi wants to send the letter to?"

Li Yanqing took out half a piece of jade pei from his bosom and put it on the table. When Zhao Jici saw the jade pei, his expression changed drastically. He waved his hand quickly and drove the two children at the door out, and said to Li Yanqing: "Please go to the consultation room." say!"

   There is also a small room in the inner hall, which is the consultation room where Zhao Jici sees a doctor. There are no windows around, and it is very quiet. There is a bed next to it and a small table in the middle.

The two sat down at the table, Zhao Jici took out a square piece of white satin from his bosom, opened it, and there was also half a piece of pei jade inside, he put the jade pei and half of Li Yanqing's jade together, and it really was A piece of intact jade pei.

  Zhao Jici nodded, and asked in a low voice: "I wonder if Li Yushi has something urgent to tell the prince?"

  Although the Zheng family was demoted, after all, the cunning rabbit has three caves. In addition to the channel from Liang Shicheng, Prince Zhao Huan also has a very secret external contact channel, which is the Imperial Physician Zhao Jici.

  Li Yanqing took out a letter, put it on the table and pushed it to Zhao Jici, "Please forward this letter to the crown prince!"

Zhao Jici pondered for a while and said: "Although there is no body search when entering the East Palace, there are eunuchs next to me when I see a doctor, and I can't get the letter out. It's better for Li Yushi to write it on silk, and I put it in the wax pill in the medicine box, so that nothing will go wrong. .”

  Li Yanqing nodded in agreement, "That's fine!"

Zhao Jici immediately went back to fetch the pen, ink, and white silk. Li Yanqing took the pen and wrote a new letter on the white silk carefully. , is a big pill.

   "Is Zhao Taicheng going to the East Palace these two days?"

   "I will be on duty tomorrow, and the princess is pregnant. I will go to see her tomorrow morning, and this letter will be delivered."

  Li Yanqing quickly stood up and saluted, "Thank you, Zhao Taicheng, for your help!"

  Zhao Jici got up and laughed, "Li Yushi has no major problem, only Yintang Yang Qi is slightly insufficient. If you restrain yourself from having sex, your body will recover naturally."

  Li Yanqing could only smile wryly, he did have a little more **** with Sisi, and Zhao Jici's sharp eyes could see it.

   Crown Princess Zhu's pregnancy is a big event. Since Zhu gave birth to the first prince four years ago, everyone is looking forward to the birth of the second prince.

  In order to embrace the second grandson, the emperor Zhao Ji was even more careful. He did not hesitate to send eight experienced midwives to take care of the princess, and even ordered three imperial doctors to stay in the East Palace to care for any discomfort of the princess.

  Just after dawn, Zhao Jici came to the Eastern Palace. He was an authority among the imperial physicians. The three imperial physicians in the Eastern Palace were all under his command. As the number one imperial physician, he was also very concerned about the situation of the Crown Princess.

   "How is the situation of the princess these days?" Zhao Jici asked the three imperial physicians.

   "The pulse seems to be a little anxious these two days, maybe it's because I didn't sleep well at night?"

"possible?"

  Zhao Jici stared, "She is a four-month pregnant woman. The fetus is at the most critical moment. The rapid pulse may be due to the fetus' discomfort in the abdomen. How can you be careless?"

  The three imperial physicians were so frightened that they lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything. Zhao Jici asked again: "Has the Crown Princess woke up?"

   "Already woke up, she gets up very early every day."

   "Where is His Highness the Crown Prince?"

   "Also got up, should be walking in the garden with the princess."

   "Okay! Let me check the pulse of the princess."

A **** had already rushed to inform the Crown Princess. Not long after, the Crown Prince Zhao Huan accompanied the Concubine Zhu back to the Hall of Peace. A court lady set up a gauze curtain, and Zhao Jici took the pulse of the Crown Princess on the other side of the gauze curtain. He felt that the pulse had calmed down. , and asked, "Excuse me, how was your sleep last night?"

   "I slept soundly last night, better than the previous two days."

  It seems that the pulse condition is indeed caused by poor sleep. He said slowly: "Your Majesty, try to keep a calm mind and keep the surroundings quiet. It is not advisable to read at night, and don't fall asleep too early. Just fall asleep on time."

   At this time, Prince Zhao Huan asked from the side: "How is the situation of the Crown Princess?"

   "It's not a big problem. It's just that the poor sleep in the past two days caused anxiety. I prescribed five doses of Anshen Decoction, boiled water an hour before going to bed, and took it for five consecutive days. The poor sleep should be gone."

Speaking of this, he turned his back to the two eunuchs and gave Prince Zhao Huan a wink. Zhao Huan was taken aback, but then he understood, and said with a smile, "I don't sleep well either. I can drink this calming soup." ?"

   "I specially prepared this kind for my empress. It is suitable for pregnant women. Your Highness can't sleep well. You can take ginseng nourishing pills. I happen to have a pill here. Your Highness can try it at night."

   After finishing speaking, he took out a large wax-sealed pill from the medicine box and handed it to Zhao Huan. Zhao Huan took the pill and said with a smile, "Okay! I'll try it tonight, and if it works, I'll tell Zhao Taicheng."

Zhao Jici left the decoction and left. Zhao Huan asked the maid to serve the princess to rest. He went back to the study by himself. After closing the door, Zhao Huan crushed the wax ball and took out a white silk from it. Letter from Yanqing to him.

Zhao Huan was refreshed, and sat down to read the letter carefully. In the letter, he wrote about the court struggle for the past two months. Zhao Huan was very shocked. He knew nothing about the court affairs, but he never thought that Liang Shicheng would form an alliance with Cai Jing .

Li Yanqing also mentioned in the letter that the joint trial of the three divisions is about to start, and he clearly told Zhao Huan that this is the first major case for Li Yanqing to gain a firm foothold in Yushitai, if he can withstand the pressure of Wang Fu and successfully conclude the trial In this case, Wang Fu would never want to intervene in Yushitai's trial in the future.

At the end of the letter, Li Yanqing mentioned a detail. The court has reached a maritime alliance with the Jin Dynasty, and the court is fully preparing for the Northern Expedition. At this juncture, the emperor will not do anything to shake the state, which made Zhao Huan a long sigh of relief , at least two or three years, his crown prince's position will not be shaken.

   Zhao Huan read the letter twice, then put the white silk in the incense burner and burned it. He is very cautious now and dare not keep any letter.

  In fact, Zhao Huan didn't trust Liang Shicheng very much. He knew that Liang Shicheng was too scheming. Although he was protecting himself now, if he really showed signs of being abolished, then the person who made trouble must be Liang Shicheng.

Especially after the secret letter incident, Liang Shicheng never contacted him again, obviously keeping a distance deliberately, and Liang Shicheng also played an extremely disgraceful role in the suppression of the Zheng family. The case of Zheng Rongtai cheating in the imperial examination was reported by Liang Shicheng Yes, it was also he who suggested that Concubine Zheng be sent to a Taoist temple to become a monk, which chilled Zhao Huan.

  It was Li Yanqing who sent support when he was at his weakest, which made Zhao Huan feel an inexplicable touch in his heart, and made him feel the warmth of giving charcoal in a timely manner.

  (end of this chapter)