The legend of Dukang

The Fang family's other courtyard was originally a summer house, and it was built in a pleasant place next to Yandang Mountain. Although the scenery is good, but because it is located at the foot of the mountain, the surrounding area is relatively remote.

Du Shaokang was weak, so he could only ride the same horse with Wen Ruyu, and the three of them set off in the dark.

Jie Tianchou is worthy of being the queen of the gate. Although he is a civil servant, his riding skills are quite superb. The dark night and the rugged mountain road did not affect his speed at all. In less than half an hour, the three of them stood in front of the gate of the other courtyard.

There were young men waiting at the gate of the other courtyard. Seeing a few people, they rushed up to meet them.

Jie Tianchou threw the reins to the boy, and led Du Shaokang and Wen Ruyu into the gate.

An old man with the appearance of a housekeeper came to meet him, and saluted quickly when he saw him.

"Uncle Fu, is Dr. Hu here?" Xie Tianchou asked as he strode inward.

"It's already here, and I'm seeing a doctor for Young Master Biao." Uncle Fu replied.

This Uncle Fu seemed to be over sixty years old, but he didn't have the slightest signs of decay in his old age. He followed closely behind Jie Tianchou, walking firmly, walking all the way, neither blushing nor panting, he seemed to be a practicing family man .

Seeing Wen Ruyu staring at Uncle Fu, Jie Tianchou introduced: "This is Uncle Fu, who has fought with his father for many years." After saying that, Uncle Fu saluted Wen Ruyu and Du Shaokang.

Wen Ruyu said: "It turned out to be someone from Lord Hou. I said he has profound skills, but why have I never met him in the Hou's mansion?"

"Uncle Fu has been staying here for the past few years, so you haven't seen him." Jie Tianchou explained: "Fange's ancestral home is in Jinling, and his uncle was the governor of Jinling five years ago. Then the whole family moved back to Jinling, just because the aunt and Yunheng in the other courtyard liked it very much, so they didn't sell it like other land properties, but entrusted the Marquis to take care of it, and Yunheng occasionally came to stay for a few days."

"Oh, so that's the case." Wen Ruyu nodded knowingly.

After passing through a series of winding waterside corridors, I came to Fang Yunheng's room just now.I saw that the room was brightly lit, and a group of servants came in and out, busy in full swing.Fang Yunheng was lying quietly on the bed in only a snow-white undershirt, covered with a thin quilt, his face was pale and his eyes were closed, and he was about to lose weight.

An old man with a white beard was sitting next to him, feeling his pulse.

After a while, the old man took his pulse, put Fang Yunheng's hand back under the quilt, and stood up.

Jie Tianchou hurried up to meet him and asked, "Uncle Hu, how are you doing?"

Dr. Hu shook his hand, and Jie Tianchou hurriedly let all the servants in the room go out. After a while, there were only five people left in the room: Jie Tianchou, Wen Ruyu, Du Shaokang, Doctor Wang and Uncle Fu.

Only then did Doctor Hu speak, with a perplexed expression on his face: "I'm afraid it's not easy to handle. The reason why Mr. Fang is unconscious is a sign of poisoning, but the poison is strange."

"What kind of poison can make Uncle Hu so embarrassing?" Jie Tianchou asked quickly.

"Master Fang seems to have the poison of 'Ice Snake Heart'." Dr. Hu stroked the white beard on his chin and said in a deep voice.

"What is 'Ice Snake Heart'?" Wen Ruyu asked suspiciously.

Doctor Hu didn't answer, Jie Tianchou glanced at him to signal him not to talk too much.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her in the room, Wen Ruyu was a little embarrassed.

Du Shaokang on the side spoke softly: "'Bing Snake Heart' is a kind of grass. According to legend, it grows in the extremely cold place in the north. Snake heart'. Anyone who is poisoned by this poison will have chills all over his body, until the whole body's meridians freeze and crack and die, it is very poisonous!"

After listening to his words, Dr. Hu pinched his beard and looked at Du Shaokang, saying: "This young master also knows medical skills?"

Du Shaokang hurriedly bowed: "The younger generation just heard about it by chance. The old man mentioned it just now, and he just remembered that it's just a trick." In a few words, he immediately wiped himself clean.

Jie Tianchou didn't have time to pay attention, and asked quickly: "Uncle Hu, what Mr. Du just said is true."

Doctor Hu nodded.

"Ah." Wen Ruyu couldn't help being shocked: "How could Yunheng be poisoned like this?"

Dr. Hu said: "This point, the old man also finds it incredible! This kind of poison can only exert its toxicity when it sees blood, but Mr. Fang has no wounds on his whole body."

"How long can Yunheng last?" Jie Tianchou asked.

Dr. Hu didn't answer right away. He walked up to Fang Yunheng who was lying on the bed, stretched out his hand and rolled his eyelids to check, and said, "In Mr. Fang's current condition, he can last up to seven days. The old man uses some medicine, maybe It can take a while longer.”

"Uncle Hu may cure this poison." Jie Tianchou asked eagerly.

"It's not difficult to detoxify this poison. You only need the rhizome of Bing Snake Heart to be used as medicine. However, the place where this grass grows is too remote, and it is difficult to survive. Besides, Mobei is the territory of barbarians. Although there was no war in [-], the relationship is still tense, and we are not familiar with the place in Beiman, so it may not be easy to find it, and I am afraid that time will not be enough!" Doctor Hu said solemnly.

The room fell silent in a gloomy cloud.

Seeing Tianchou's sad face, Dr. Hu immediately comforted him in a calm voice: "Don't worry, the old man will prescribe a few medicines first, and there should be no problem if it takes ten and a half months! In the meantime, we are trying to find another way, maybe there will be a turnaround?"

At present there is no better way, Jie Tianchou hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Hu will have to do everything." After speaking, he ordered Uncle Fu to follow Dr. Hu to prescribe medicine.

Wen Ruyu patted Jie Tianchou on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Brother, don't worry, Tianyun Mountain Villa has some friendship with the Jianghu gang in Mobei, I will send a letter to them immediately, and ask them to help find it. Send it to the capital before the poison is released."

Jie Tianchou took Wen Ruyu's hand, and said in a deep voice: "The person who poisoned him has not been found out yet, I'm afraid they will definitely put Yunheng to death, and then there will be a bad relationship between us Dingguohoufu and Mr. Fangge Done! I hope Ruyu will act in a low-key manner and must not leak the news!"

Wen Ruyu understood his concerns, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, big brother, I will send Wen Feng to personally, and I will definitely fulfill my mission."

Xie Tianchou clasped his fists in both hands and thanked him: "I've heard for a long time that the 'Fast Like the Wind' Wen Daxia of Tianyun Mountain Villa has high martial arts skills, and his lightness kung fu is even better. Few people can match him in the Jianghu! If he goes, it is natural to rest assured Brother, thank you for your kindness in helping me." After finishing speaking, he was about to bow to Wen Ruyu.

Wen Ruyu hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother said that, he is looking down on younger brother! I have a life-and-death relationship with Jieyou, but it's just a matter of raising my hand, why should I do this?" After finishing speaking, he went out and recruited a guard, and asked him to deliver a letter to Wen Feng in Yixiaotang Son, by the way, send someone to Tianranju to get some clothes.

After a hard day, even if you are impatient, fidgeting, or restless, you can't neglect the guests, and hurriedly order the servants to prepare meals.

The food in the Hou's mansion is considered "rich", probably because of an accident at home, the master was not in the mood, and the servants did not try their best.Although there are many plates on the table, the dishes are not very good.Wen Ruyu couldn't help but clicked her tongue, this is the rhythm of fasting in the Hou Mansion!But now that people are too busy to take care of themselves, it is not the time to be picky about whether the food suits their taste.Wen Ruyu put down his chopsticks after taking a few mouthfuls of pretentiousness, and Jie Tianchou was not in the mood to eat, so he didn't move his chopsticks at all.

Dr. Hu thought that the two of them were worried about Fang Yunheng's poison, so he comforted him: "You two nephews don't need to worry, Mr. Fang's condition has stabilized, and there is no danger of his life at present. You still have to eat what you should eat."

Jie Tianchou hurriedly added food to Dr. Hu: "We are fine, but Uncle Hu is working hard, so we should eat more."

"Your father and I are family friends, we should." Dr. Hu smiled and looked at Jie Tianchou thoughtfully adding tea and vegetables to himself, with a look of approval.

At this time, Uncle Fu came in and said in a low voice in front of Jie Tianchou: "Eldest Young Master, Lord Hou and Second Young Master have already returned to the residence. Lord Hou asked you to stay here tonight and go back tomorrow."

Jie Tianchou said: "Okay, you send someone to take back the situation here, and also, go to arrange rooms for Uncle Hu and Brother Wen, Mr. Du." Uncle Fu responded, and Jie Tianchou said to Doctor Hu: "Uncle, I have wronged you to live in the house for the past two days."

Dr. Hu nodded and said, "It's all under your arrangement."

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest after a busy day.

Just as Wen Ruyu took off his coat, a black shadow flashed into the inner room, and the person who came knelt down on one knee towards Wen Ruyu, and said, "This subordinate has seen the young master."

"Get up." Wen Ruyu said with a smile, "Has Wen Feng set off already?"

The visitor said respectfully: "Young Master, Hall Master Feng set off as soon as he received your letter. Before Hall Master Feng left, let me tell you that he has already seen Du Shaokang's room, except for a few clothes and books. There is nothing special outside of the book. But..." The visitor hesitated for a moment.

Wen Ruyu was listening carefully, seeing him stop, asked impatiently: "But what?"

"There is a piece of embroidery in Du Shaokang's bag. It is well wrapped. Hall Master Feng said that it is probably worth a few dollars."

"He will pay attention to these insignificant things!" Wen Ruyu paced back and forth in the room impatiently, and said, "Is there anything else special?"

Seeing Wen Ruyu's unhappy expression, the visitor said hesitantly, "There is also a piano."

"Qin? It's embroidery and qin. He's really an elegant person." Wen Ruyu smiled lightly, then turned her head and asked, "Is there any more?"

The visitor took a careful look at Wen Ruyu's face, and said softly, "This... Hall Master Feng said that he didn't dare to stay in Fengming Villa for too long. Originally, he wanted to find time to investigate again, but this is not..."

"Hmph." Du Shaokang only has so little luggage, so check how long it will take!Wen Ruyu snorted coldly: "He is complaining to me, thinking that I sent him to Mobei!"

In fact, Wen Feng's original words were: Be my donkey and drive wherever you want!The visitor looked at Wen Ruyu's face, swallowed his words wisely, and asked cautiously, "Why don't you go and confirm it again?"

"This matter is not urgent." Wen Ruyu glanced at him and asked, "When you escorted Xie Youyunheng and the others back to Beijing, what happened on the way?"

The visitor bowed his head and pondered for a while, then said: "It was very peaceful along the way, nothing happened, and the subordinates sent them to the Dingguohou's mansion before leaving."

"Nothing happened." Wen Ruyu thought to herself: It seems that Yunheng became mysterious because of some incidents after returning to Beijing.He turned his head and glanced at the person, and said: "You have worked hard today, go back and rest first, and I will bring you a message when there is something to do."

"Yes, my subordinates retire."