Practicing Medicine in Three Kingdoms

This is Lu Kang's tenth year in Lujiang.

The hairline has been dyed like falling snow in ten years. In the past, I picked white hair from black hair, but now I have full hair, so I don't have to pick and choose variegated hair anymore.

He looked at the skinny old man in the bronze mirror. This is an old tree that is dying. It can neither scatter seeds nor shelter from wind and rain. Perhaps only by turning into spring mud can it glow with new vitality.

Even his staff are no longer young.For the old trees, the woodpeckers did not dare to hit hard, and the staff's footsteps were very light, but it still disturbed Lu Kang's rare trance.

"Mr. Taishou." He persuaded softly, "It's getting cold, even if you don't want to make an exception to make a fire, you should wear an extra cloak."

Lu Kang withdrew his staring gaze, and gave a rare smile, because his skin was too slack, and his smile was very dull: "As you get older, your senses become less sensitive, and if you don't get cold, you won't even be able to sense the weather. "

"Speaking of the weather." The staff then mentioned the purpose of this meeting. "A soldier surnamed Zhou reported back that the two young masters broke the rules of the fire ban during the Cold Food Festival, and asked how to deal with it."

Lu Kang raised his eyes to look at him, and his cloudy eyes blurred the emotions in his eyes just right: "According to the official document, how should we deal with it?"

"The prefect didn't know that it wasn't them who started the fire, but a poor old woman. They were just discovered together, but I don't know why."

Everyone in Lujiang City knew that Lu Xun was a good tree cultivated by Lu Kang himself, even if he broke a leaf, he would never give it to others.

"Nonsense." Lu Kang slightly closed his eyes, seeming a little tired, "The old woman only has a stupid grandson in her family, how can she and Ah Yan have anything to do with each other? Ah Yan asked her to make a fire, she is a well-behaved old woman, I will definitely not break the ancestral precepts for no reason."

"Yes." The staff knew that the prefect's seemingly thin heart had filled all the big and small people and things in Lujiang, but he didn't have the slightest leeway to share with his relatives. Household affairs, they can't overstep anyway.

"The officials of Zhou have already brought them back to the city. The two young masters and the little beggar they rescued last time are also here, waiting for you in the front hall."

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"It's all my fault for my bad sneeze, which caused so many troubles." Gu Shao reflected on being captured this time, and when he got to the bottom of it, the reason was still on himself.

The sound must have made them suspicious. "

Lu Xun quietly listened to his complaint, and was not impatient: "They have already become suspicious, but they just want to catch the current situation."

"Fortunately, they still have a bit of humanity, so they didn't arrest the old woman." Gu Shao became more and more regretful, "It's really wrong to drag others down. If the old woman is not kind, she won't be implicated by us. If we want to withhold her harvest , I am willing to subsidize her tenfold."

Li Yinzhou got a headache from his quarrel, the target of the officers and soldiers was not the old woman at all, they all caught these two big fish, and let the other small shrimps go away to show mercy, and they will not suffer any loss.

Everyone knows that Prefect Lu is strict in his rule, and now he can be regarded as finding fault with his own people, and Lu Kang is extremely fair, he will never cover up his relatives, on the contrary, he may deal with them seriously.

But this slap, hurt the face of the Lu family.

Just thinking about it in his heart, Lu Kang has slowly walked into sight with the support of his staff. He is almost astonishingly thin. It is hard to imagine that the sporadic flesh can have the power to affect the bones of the whole body. He is like a skeleton that is still alive. Only paranoid beliefs support a crumbling life.

But his words are still worth a thousand dollars in Lujiang.

He took a slight breath and breathed out the cold air: "Whose idea?"

Gu Shao always respected and feared this respected grandfather, but since he took the lead in this matter, he had to stand up: "Going back... the prefect, it's me..."

"It was my idea." Lu Xun cut off Gu Shao's words calmly, and looked directly into Lu Kang's eyes, "Because there are patients who want to take soup, medicine and hot food, I decided to let the old woman do it for me."

His calm attitude, to a certain extent, was very arrogant, presumably he had prepared a set of rhetoric long ago, and he had the confidence to convince Lu Kang.

Behind Lu Kang, the staff member subtly shook his head at Lu Xun, motioning him to keep silent.

Lu Xun didn't seem to realize it: "The eunuch Gongrong reports..."

"Presumptuous." Lu Kang uttered two words in a low voice, which was enough to shut up Lu Xun, "What is your identity? You are my grandson, the young master of the prefect's mansion, everyone has selfishness, even if I don't, others will Use his selfishness to speculate on me. No matter how reasonable your excuse is, it is also the words of relatives, how can you avoid suspicion and convince the public?"

Lu Kang's sharp words were not so much criticizing Lu Xun as teaching him the ways of the world as an official.

Lu Xun is so clever, he can't understand the meaning of being taught by his grandfather carefully.

However, Gu Shao also has a similar identity to him. If he wants to explain one or two things, the only unaccompanied person present

It was Li Yinzhou.

Lu Kang is much closer to the common people: "Child, you don't have to be afraid. The old man knows that you are just obeying the order. If you explain the cause and effect clearly, I can tell the difference. I will never make things difficult for you."

The eyes of the people subconsciously shifted to the medicine boy who was born as a little beggar, but they didn't expect much. Even the eloquent young master was blocked back. How can a naughty boy who has never studied make up his mind?

Gu Shao was also a little impatient. Lu Kang was not someone who could just pretend to be pitiful. Although Li Yinzhou was clever, he was just a fledgling in front of a thousand years of Taoism.

Li Yinzhou was also a little surprised. Lu and Gu were always good at eloquence, and they never expected that prefect Lu would directly remove the standard answers and ask him, an off-site student, to start answering the questions.

He pondered for a while before softly saying, "I...I don't want to explain."

It was rare for Lu Kang to be surprised: "Why, what are you afraid of?"

Li Yinzhou shook his head: "It's not that I'm afraid, it's that I don't think I should explain."

Lu Kang signaled him to continue with a gentle look.

"This morning, I heard the young master tell the story of old Mr. Jie Zhitui, and I deeply feel the righteousness. Mr. Jie Zhitui cut his flesh and fed his blood, not for fame and fortune, but for his sincerity. I think this is the most precious thing."

Hearing this, there were only a few people on the field with different expressions, only Lu Xun showed a faint smile.

Lu Kang said: "What does this have to do with you not explaining?"

Li Yinzhou raised his head, his eyes were extremely sincere: "Although I come from humble background, I also want to imitate the sages. Mr. Jie Zhitui sacrificed his flesh and blood not for fame and gain. We cook medicine to save people from the heart, and we don't want to evade responsibility. If the prefect wants to be punished, there is no need to listen to any explanation, we deserve it. Flesh and flesh can still be sacrificed, but we sacrifice some money and reputation, which is far less than one ten-thousandth of Jie Zhitui."

As soon as these words came out, Gu Shao couldn't help blurting out: "Okay."

Li Yinzhou's words seem plain, but in fact he pushed himself to the moral high ground. To punish those who break the precepts for doing good deeds, or even willing to be punished for it, would violate the original intention of commemorating Jie Zhitui. It's a joke.

Seeing that Lu Kang was silent, the staff knew it was appropriate, and then added fuel to the flames: "This little beggar is sincere. Fire ban is a formality. The most important thing is to imitate Mr. Jie Zhitui's character. The young master and his behavior Although it violates the rules, but the original heart is the same as Jie Zhitui!"

Lu Kang raised his head and closed his eyes, with a sad expression on his face: "Actually, this old man often wonders whether the ban on fire for one month is in line with public opinion, or is it cold.

won the hearts of the people. "

Gu Shao thought of the miserable condition of the old woman he had just seen, and felt sad, and he didn't care about being scolded, so he boldly replied: "If Jie Zhi's soul is still alive, I know that because of him, the poor people can't drink hot food, If he can't even take medicine, he won't be at peace under the Nine Springs, right?"

Lu Xun lifted his robe, knelt down straight, and said in a deep voice: "The sages went to the sages and often mourned the hardships of the people's lives, but the later generations neglected the people's livelihood in the name of commemoration. I think that the one-month fire ban is not a commemoration. , but a bad habit, I hope the prefect will get rid of the heavy corruption and pay tribute to the sages."

He took the lead, and all the people present knelt down and echoed: "Please make a clear decision."

Lu Kang slowly opened his eyes, and there was a decisive decision in his old and dim eyes.

"In the draft document, Lujiang City abolished the ban on fire, so the common people can use fire to drink hot water. Also draft a memorial and submit this matter to the Holy Majesty, please push it to all places."

He pondered for a moment, looked at the icy blue sky of Lujiang City, and sighed: "May next year's Cold Food Festival, there will be no poor people in the world."

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Such a difficult matter was solved so easily, and Gu Shao was in a turbulent mood when he won the approval of his grandfather for the first time in the confrontation.

He shook Li Yinzhou's shoulders, and his admiration was palpable: "A Yin, no, Mr. Li, where did you come up with your words? It really sounds plain, but tastes more interesting!"

"Uh, the young master is overrated." Li Yinzhou silently thanked medical students in their hearts for taking the Maogai exam at every stage of their studies. After all, criticizing formalism, the giants of our country have a rich set of theories.

He just took one scoop, and it was enough to make people sober.

Besides, if he hadn't met Lu Kang, a good official who cared about the common people and helped the world, no matter how reasonable he was, it would just fall on deaf ears.

"And Ah Yan, you used to be the most well-behaved, but today is an eye-opener for me!" Gu Shao wished he could reenact the scene just now ten times, "It is said that men have gold under their knees, but you That kneeling is more precious than a thousand pieces of gold!"

"You only care about yourself, don't you worry about Ah Xiang at all? Why don't you go to the Sun's residence to see him soon." Even Lu Xun, who was always good-natured, was annoyed by him, and calmly changed the topic away.

Only then did Gu Shao remember the origin of the matter, he hurriedly pulled Li Yinzhou into the carriage, and hurriedly said goodbye to Lu Xun: "My good brother, stay with the prefect to prepare the memorial, and A Yin and I will go to the Sun's residence first."

Even Lu Xun could only smile helplessly, and now he remembered that he was the elder brother.

After the horse's hoof took the flying dust away, he turned around, looked at the person hiding in the shadows, and said softly: "You did a good job in this matter, thank you."