June, 2015.

The heat of early summer slowly enveloped the whole Qingyun continent.

Rong Li just left a farmhouse. He bowed his head and collected his medicine box. At the same time, he told the patient's mother, "don't touch the water in seven days. Change the medicine for the wound three times a day. The medicine in the soup should be boiled into a bowl of three bowls of water. After drinking the medicine, use the rice. The food should be light and not greasy and colored. Otherwise, the wound will not be easy to recover and will leave scars."

The patient's mother agreed and rubbed her hands. She took out a small piece of silver from her sleeve and said, "doctor, this money..."

Rong Li looked at the round silver pieces of the water chestnut and said with a smile, "keep them. The little girl has suffered a big crime and hurt her face. When the wound is over, buy her some delicious tonic."

The patient's mother's eyes immediately turned red: "thank you doctor, thank you doctor!"

Let Li wave and leave.

On the way back, Rong Li took the ox cart of the old man in the village. The old man smoked a cigarette bag. Seeing that he was young, he smashed his mouth and asked, "isn't the little doctor from Guyong mansion?"

Rong Li nodded, "I'm from Kyoto. I'll stay here for a while."

The old man said with a smile, "thanks to you, my daughter of Liu family will be dead, and you will get rid of their money. What a nice person."

Rong Li said: "even if I didn't come, Miss Liu would not die. I don't know. It's not serious. It's just focusing on the face and looking at people."

The old man threw a cigarette again: "old Liu wants to exchange his daughter for ten liang of silver to let his son marry his daughter-in-law. If the face of Liu's daughter is destroyed, the ten liang of silver will be gone. At that time, old Liu is afraid that he will drive the child out of the house. You have saved her face, but you have saved her life."

Rong Li frowns at the words.

The old man said: "Huizhou plague, Kongzhou earthquake, Dingzhou drought, we have not had a good life in the north in the past two years. Seeing the crops getting drier and drier, old Liu is not the only one. Many people in the village began to sell their children and sell their daughters, and the life can not go on."

Rong Li didn't say a word. It was because of the drought in Dingzhou that he came to visit doctors in Dingzhou. Recently, people in Dingzhou really have a hard time.

The old man lowered his voice quietly again and said, "I heard that the drought is bad luck. God is dissatisfied with being the emperor of today's holy Kingdom and suffering the people of Qingyun country..."

"Sir." "Let Li displeased voice:" this kind of big disrespectful words, or do not say good

The old man flattered and smiled: "the little doctor will not go to the government to sue my old man, will he?"

Rong Li scowled: "I won't tell you, but if you always say this to others, you will inevitably leak the news. When the time comes, it's not impossible for the government to catch the attack and make an example of others."

The old man was really scared when he listened: "I'm just talking nonsense. Everyone else said that All right, I'm not going to say it anymore. "

Later on, the old man was quiet, but Rong Li's face was even worse.

Fifteen years ago, Rong Jindong just became king. At that time, rumors about the tyranny and ferocity of the new emperor came up one after another. Later, it was not easy to settle down. In the past two years, however, because of the continuous disasters all over the country, the saying that "the Emperor is not kind and the road is not allowed" prevailed again.

These words, at the beginning, were preached by some oxnose Taoists, who used the holy name to cheat and use the emperor's reputation to raise the banner. Later, seeing the natural disasters in the North continued, these words were gradually accepted by the people. Finally, they were heard by the streets, as if a drop of rain had been lost, and a grain had been collected. They were all the pots of the ninth five-year-old. Only when Heaven saw the emperor's bad, did they give their people two pounds less.

It's just the common people who care about that one catty and a half Liang. In the past two years, Li has traveled all over the country, listening to more folk voices, and lamenting more and more that "the son of heaven is not easy.".

From the village back to Fucheng, Rong Li went directly to qingletang. At that time, the white haired Wei couple in the shop were instructing the little medicine boy to cut the medicine. Seeing him back, they said hello.

Rong Li put down the medicine box, put on his sleeve, and entered the counter.

Busy for a while, Wei couple suddenly came together and stood beside Rong Li.

Rong Li looks at him puzzled.

The Wei couple took out a letter.

Rong Li looked at the signature on the letter and raised her eyebrow: "what's the matter?"

The Wei couple sighed: "this was sent from Beijing years ago. It was written to me by Zhong Ziyu. We have always sent a letter once every two months. I haven't returned to Beijing this year and haven't seen him, but his letter has been broken for six or seven months."

Rong Li frowned: "so?"

The Wei couple asked, "when you left Beijing, did you see him?"? Is he OK? "

Rong Li bowed his head and took medicine: "what do I see him doing? He's good in prison. Besides ugliness, who in the family will have nothing to look for him?"

The Wei couple were a little sad: "they don't care about him during the new year..."

"Rong Li's attitude is cold:" if you are worried, send a letter to ask ugly

Wei couple shook their heads. "I asked. She hasn't replied. I heard she's not in Beijing now."

Rong Li also remembered that the ugly seemed to be gone.This year, clown took part in the capture of twelve wolves in tianpengzhai and made great contributions. In the middle of January, after she left Beijing to send Gu Chao, around February, she went to Anzhou with the Third Battalion team of the town gate, and cooperated with the government Yin of Anzhou to deal with a cross-border trafficking case. Now she should still be in Anzhou, but did not return to Beijing.

Rong Li said: "Zhong Ziyu's prison will be fine. It will be fine. Someone will send you a letter. Isn't your name written in his relatives' column?"? If I die, I'll send my bones to you. "

Wei couple waved wildly: "bah bah bah, don't say such unlucky words, he is not ill or disaster, send some bones."

"Then what are you worried about?"

Wei couple is worried. He stares at Rong Li and says, "aren't you going back to Beijing next month? When you arrive in Beijing, please help me to have a look. No matter how bad you are, send me a letter to tell me whether he is OK or not. "

Rong Li was arrested and criticized by her grandmother this year when she was celebrating the new year. She said that he was unfilial and didn't marry at such an old age. At last, she nagged a lot, which probably means that your uncle didn't marry because he was not in good health and was afraid of harming the girls of other people's good families, but he was strong and strong. Why didn't he marry! At last, he was ordered to come back to Beijing before the middle of the year. At that time, she would arrange for several girls to look after him and make a blind date!

Rong Li took photos of the elder's majesty and finally promised to come down. No, just last month, grandma sent a letter to remind him that he must arrive in Beijing before August!

Since I want to go back, I can't stop by to see Zhong Ziyu.

Rong Li's casual "hum" was in response to the request of the Wei couple.

……

In July, Li was allowed to leave for Beijing. On July 19, he arrived in Beijing ahead of time.

My grandmother came from Fengzhou. She didn't arrive until the first and second day of August. When Rong Li came back early, she simply went to Qingle hall.

After sitting for two days, he thought of going to see Zhong Ziyu, so he went to the Yamen of jingzhaoyin.

As a result, Zhong Ziyu was told not to visit.

Rong Li didn't understand. He broke off with the prison head and said, "you can visit all the time. Why can't you suddenly? He's not a death penalty."

Zhong Ziyu was a death penalty criminal at the beginning. Later, he was honest and good luck. He caught up with several waves of amnesty. Now his sentence has been reduced to 21 years. He has been in prison since the first year of Zhengqing. He has been in prison for 15 years and is still five or six years away. He can be released.

Prison head shakes his head: "although he is not a death penalty, he is a felon and cannot be visited."

Rong Li frowns and wants to ask again, but not far away. The newly appointed Mr. Jing Zhaoyin Hu rushes over.

When Rong Li saw this man, he saluted him.

Lord Hu was sweating. When he came here, he took a look at the head of the prison. The head of the prison nodded to him, and then he was relieved. He said to Rong Li with a smile: "Shizi Ye wants to see Zhong Ziyu. He made a big mistake and was sentenced. Now, he can't visit. The little princess of the Wang's mansion also knows about this."

Ugly know, but ugly did not say.

If anything happened to Zhong Ziyu, the ugly girl would tell the whole family that she was very close to Zhong for some reason.

Rong Li was a little unhappy: "then Lord Hu may tell me what mistake he made."

"This It's hard to say. " Hu said, imperceptibly in front of Rong Li, and made a gesture to see him off: "shiziye, don't be embarrassed to resign."

Rong Li's face is taut, not moving.

Lord Hu finally bit his teeth: "if you really want to know, don't you go to the palace to ask the emperor?"

How could this matter be related to the emperor?

Rong Li is curious.