Li Shishan's current identity is Liu Ruhai's farm manager. During the day, he goes to the city to report accounts to his employer. There is also a farm donkey cart parked in the courtyard, carrying half of the farm's vegetables, chickens and ducks, and half of the medicinal materials of Chengfu Temple.
Manager Li rested temporarily in Liu Ruhai's courtyard that night and did not leave the city.
Baifu'er was Liu Ruhai's former disciple in Yanjing City. She worked as an eyeliner at Wang Laodang's house. She came to Liu's house morning and night these days to buy medicine for Mrs. Wang. The little eunuch had diligently prepared chicken soup with ginseng slices in the kitchen early in the morning.
Now I put out three bowls of soup noodles for midnight snack.
Liu Ruhai selected a few medicinal materials and asked Baifuer to pack them into boxes, planning to make them as gifts and send them to Cao's family tomorrow.
He mused: "Have you identified the person who is responsible for the timber in the imperial mausoleum, and the people he usually interacts with?"
"I checked and found that none of the people he often met were sick. There was another one. But it didn't look like it."
"who?"
"Uncle Ping Nan, who supervised the construction of the imperial mausoleum, has been feeling unwell for a while. He asked the imperial doctor to diagnose his pulse and said he had wind and cold."
Liu Ruhai's contacts became more and more extensive, and after being recommended by Wang Laodang, he entered and exited all the powerful places.
He was brought back to life with great success in Pingnan Bofu, and for a time he became very famous among the powerful circles in the capital.
Mrs. Cao from the house next door sneered, wrote a small spy note, and quietly inserted it by the window.
The message was given to her friend Biyinggui Su Jintian. She expected that the real target of the spy was the Nankang Marquis Mansion.
Ping Nanbo is just a stepping stone.
Unless Song Chengming, the deputy governor of Jinyiwei, was killed, and Song Liangdi's uncle, Song Liangdi, a relative of the East Palace, was not killed, no one could assassinate the current emperor.
"Why do you need to worry anymore?"
Su Jintian, the green shadow ghost, turned into a green shadow after leaving a message and disappeared from her house.
She walked to the half-open window and saw the remaining half of the wintersweet bushes on the courtyard wall outside the window, as well as a bright moon.
Su Jintian's skills are getting better and better.
She felt a pain in her chest and suddenly coughed violently. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and quickly closed the window where the cold wind blew in with one hand.
When there was no one at home, she squatted by the stove and cooked medicine, worrying and thinking alone, feeling that the spy this time was deeply hidden.
I'm afraid it's not just about going to the capital to seek medicine and seek medical advice.
Maybe Liu Xiaozi was very scheming and took advantage of the Jiubian Domain King.
The fire in the stove danced, reflecting her oval face red. Liu Ruhai's figure carrying a medical box on his back appeared and disappeared in the fire. This person was probably an unknown underground sect believer who used to deceive the powerful with his ghostly stories.
Lure them into religion.
When the powerful were deceived, the common people in the capital would not be spared. Foolish men and women had their wealth taken away and forced to join the religion. This has been the case in all dynasties.
She has seen many rebels like this in the sect. How could he escape from her eyes?
But she is not in the yamen.
Before I finished thinking about it, there was a knock on the door.
Early in the morning, Mother Hong knocked on the door and saw that the courtyard door was ajar, so she entered Cao's house by the familiar route.
"Where is Sister Cao——?"
She quickly cleaned, fetched water, and piled firewood. Although Mrs. Cao saw Tian'er squatting stupidly in front of the stove, Hong's mother remained silent.
When Cao Xiwan heard the noise, he got up and had already measured a liter of rice, which was his wages.
I work odd jobs in the neighborhood in the autumn, and my wages are half a liter of rice. In winter, when it gets cold, I count one liter of rice.
Mother Hong happily opened the rice bag she brought with her, took the rice, and asked carefully: "The young man from next door met me this morning and asked me a few questions. He seemed to want to hire me to do a job. I don't know if he can do it? I
A woman from a foreign country who is not familiar with the place. I dare not respond. I would like to ask Mrs. Cao to help me make an idea."
Cao Xiwan thought that she was not even as good as Mother Hong. A spy like Liu Xiaozi could see that Mother Hong was an honest and reliable elder sister. What about her? She and Su Jintian just couldn't compare. Now she can't even get a job in the inner house.
He is a loser who works in the Yamen and lives on empty wages even in the inner house.
——However, it is useless to be anxious. Mrs. Hou is a bad-tempered rich lady.
She already knew it.
"Are you Mr. Liu who is inquiring about your neighbor?" Cao Xiwan heard the elegant meaning of Xiange and thought about it. Mrs. Wang Lei and Liu Ruhai have not had a private meeting until now. The maid judged that the two of them had no personal relationship and that the concubine had no intention.
She was brave, but the husband was very prosperous, so she said: "He doesn't mess around and doesn't take advantage of women. He is also a doctor. He has money in his hands, and his wages will be paid immediately. He will never default on you intentionally."
When Mother Hong heard this, her eyes flashed with joy, but she hesitated.
Seeing her expression, Cao Xiwan thought for a moment: "In this case, you and Sister Huo come together. It's an hour's work. Is he going to hire you to cook dinner and clean every day?"
"Yes, that's what he said. He has no one at home. He comes back in the winter with a cold pot and a cold stove. He is tired of eating out every day."
"..."
This guy could actually get tired of spending money randomly. She thought, Fanzi ransacked his house and found nothing of any consequence. He simply hired a maid?
——Can we take the opportunity to put Sister Huo in? She pondered.
He lived in a group of houses in the back alley of the Hou Mansion, and it was routine for Jin Yiwei to arrange for hidden stakes to enter his house.
"It's easy. One of you and Sister Huo will clean and the other will cook. The wages will be divided. If you want four liters of rice, he will agree. Two liters for each person. Your husband won't worry and you can talk easily. - It's just a normal meal.
He should be more attentive to hot water and the stove. He is also a great person."
Mother Hong found out the details about Liu Ruhai as she wished. This young man sounded like he didn't care too much, and he could see what he was doing well. Besides, he was not a bastard master who wanted to touch his face and hands, otherwise he would not be paid for his wages.
Mother Hong and Mother Huo were neighbors, so of course they were willing to work together. So they felt relieved and left with a lot of gratitude.
She sent Mother Hong away, so that her retirement life would be smooth and her wife could call her as an errand. She sighed and invited the Buddha statue on the window sill to the Kang table.
She began to chant sutras to the Buddha statue devoutly every day.
In the middle of the night, her murmuring voice in front of the Buddha reached Liu Ruhai's ears.
He soaked his feet in a bucket of hot water and became puzzled.
What on earth is she doing?
Now he has almost found a way to enter the Nankang Hou Mansion, but there is no news about her here? Sure enough, it is because of her nickname, Mrs. Qing, that Mrs. Hou is jealous?
One day, perhaps because of the Buddha's spirit, Mrs. Hou Lou Shuluan finally summoned her to the main room.
Even Cao Xiwan couldn't help but be surprised.
Huh? She finally made it through the clouds and saw the moonlight. Madam Hou knew that she could be as loyal as the old nanny?
She was in Suyun's room, warming herself up like a retired grandmother, cracking melon seeds and gossiping. Suyun heard the girl calling outside. It was Mrs. Hou who sent Mother Chen over to call Sister Cao. Suyun couldn't help but stick out her tongue and smile.
:
"Why bother? My wife had to wait until this moment to summon you. You have been in every room. You don't even go to the Marquis. Everyone in the house pities you because they all know that my wife can't tolerate you. Just wait for my wife."
When you call her, she doesn't move. If you try to force her, what good will she gain now?"
She solemnly said: "That's definitely not the case. Am I such a troublesome little person?"
Su Yun couldn't help laughing, and then heard that Mother Chen outside said that she was waiting for Madam Cao, but she was dragged to the corridor to have tea by the woman in the yard. Su Yun was surprised and signaled to Cao Xiwan with her eyes: People like Mother Chen
, actually allowed her to swallow slowly?
Cao Xiwan quietly pointed to the inner room, where the old aunt and grandma were sleeping. No matter how powerful Mrs. Chen was in front of her, would she still dare to rush in and get her with open fire?
Suyun kept laughing and spitting at her, talking about how she was in the study outside, managing more than ten or twenty shops, Zhuangzi's affairs, how did she pretend that she didn't hear about it? Mrs. Pian thought she was a good person.
Cao Xiwan didn't answer. She knew that she had finally seen the result of copying Buddhist scriptures and giving them to the old lady. The old lady felt pity for her, and she might not be able to bear her grudge after eating the old lady's words. She was busy writing.
He jumped on one leg and embroidered shoes: "Okay, okay. Remember what I said? If my aunt feels uncomfortable, feel free to ask me to help you."
"I got it. If you don't go quickly, you'll have to worry about these diseases and medicines."
Suyun also hurriedly put down her needlework, walked to the kang on her knees, took a mirror for her to take a look at, and used a tweezer to lick up a few strands of her messy hair. Seeing that it was properly and neatly, she pushed her out and laughed again,
"Now that I'm here, I'm a celebrity in front of my wife. I couldn't tell it in the past, but she is indeed your father's daughter. You can learn it yourself with a medical book. Even our old lady said that he was smart since he was a child.
, He is too affectionate. He is so pitiful. Who dares to go to the old lady and say that your father has quit his job? What are you worried about? "
She thought about her silly father and sighed: "Didn't I become a good doctor after a long illness?"
"You have such a big face. How many days have you been sick?"
In fact, it was winter, Cao Xiwan thought, she was visiting each room in the Hou Mansion, fearing that someone would get sick.
Liu Xiaozi is indeed a famous doctor, but the ghost doctor Chen Ming knows how to secretly spread the disease. Maybe Liu Xiaozi is ruthless and poisoned the Nankang Marquis Mansion.
Her whole family was working in the government, so she was naturally worried.
For example, that night, there were two spies on the roof of Liu's courtyard. Did the three of them want to surround her and kill her?
As if she didn't know?
"Okay, female doctor, I understand. From now on, I will call you female Bian Que." Su Yun didn't know the reason and was still laughing at her through the window.
"..."
Cao Xiwan smiled. A good fighter has no merit, so she visited each room one by one and said hello to the ladies.