The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

The next day was not a holiday. Shi Ding had just returned from Guangdong, so Emperor Taizong naturally arranged for him to serve his mother at home, which was actually a rest; but Prime Minister Wen was on official business.

But in ancient times, the servants went to court very early. In the early courts, they waited in line outside the palace gate at Yinshi.So Shi Ding went to visit Prime Minister Wen in the afternoon, and he met him.

Prime Minister Wen always had a serious face, but when he saw Shi Ding, he still had a smile on his face.One reason is that Shi Ding was also a young man in Beijing back then, and now that he has returned to Beijing, he has been conferred the title of Marquis.Seeing the young children grow up to be the pillars of the country, Prime Minister Wen is naturally happy.The second reason is that Prime Minister Wen thought of that little girl from the Lin family. She had expected Shi Ding to come, and asked him to give Shi Ding a message.

Now these juniors are really better than each other.

The group of outstanding teenagers that Prime Minister Wen is more familiar with is Shi Ding's group.Back then, Lin Ruhai, Jia Jing, and Shi Ding were all from extraordinary backgrounds. Because of that ability, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were all geniuses.But after meeting Daiyu and Su Lan, Prime Minister Wen also had to say that there are many talented people, and these two girls are not inferior to Lin Ruhai's group in all aspects.

After the ceremony, the two entered the study room and sat down as guests and hosts.

One of these two people is the prime minister of the dynasty, and manages a lot of opportunities every day; the other is the frontier guard, who has not been back to Beijing for many years, so naturally there are many official affairs to discuss.

However, after Shi Ding came back, apart from entering the palace to face the emperor, he had already inquired with Shi Nai and his wife about the important affairs of the court in recent years.Besides, although Shi Ding has been released to the public, he has not stopped communicating with the capital these years, and he has read every issue of the mansion newspaper carefully, so Shi Ding has inquired about many major affairs in the court, and those who need to ask Prime Minister Wen face to face are all for previous information. corrections and additions.

After arriving at Prime Minister Wen's residence, in addition to answering some questions from Prime Minister Wen, Shi Ding asked some questions that he was interested in, just like the day he talked with Shi Nai and his wife.Of course, Prime Minister Wen is not only a prime minister, but also an elder, and Shi Ding's tone is very respectful.

Compared with Shi Nai, Wen Cheng's level is much higher. Although Shi Ding's questions are scattered, they are almost all turning points or landmark events of some major events. You know that Shi Ding is still the quick-witted Shi Ding back then. It's just that he has calmed down over the years, and still has the unique murderous look of a general.

At the end, Shi Ding asked: "Can Prime Minister tell me about Miss Lin?"

Prime Minister Wen laughed and said, "How does this old man know about a girl's family?"

Shi Ding shook his head lightly, and said: "Cheng has met Miss Lin quite a bit." He used a declarative tone, not an interrogative sentence.

Prime Minister Wen didn't deny it either, just said: "The last time Miss Lin came to our house to play, I had a relationship with Miss Lin once, she is a very beautiful and elegant girl, Miss Lin asked me to tell Lord Hou a word. Miss Lin said that Liu Xing and Liu Lang of Baoqingtang have excellent skills."

Shi Ding's eyes shot out two lights again, looking in the direction of Hubu Shangshufu.My own judgment is correct. Miss Lin's ability is not limited to the cleverness of the boudoir. This girl has great wisdom.

Shi Ding and Prime Minister Wen had some other exchanges, and then Shi Ding came out of the prime minister's mansion.At the same time, his move has shocked many people.

For the important position of Governor of Guangdong, one does not need to know what Shi Ding and Prime Minister Wen talked about. After Miansheng, he did not visit Cheng Engong's mansion first but Prime Minister Wen. This shows Shi Ding's departure and attitude.

When Daiyu heard the news, she was in a very calm mood. After all, she was the one who earned back the Marquis by virtue of military exploits, so how could she be swayed by nepotism.Only pet dogs need to be chained and begged for mercy, and Shi Ding is obviously a wolf.

The matter of the military power in Guangdong was also the focus of attention of all parties. Naturally, Lin Ruhai also knew that the first important minister Shi Ding visited was Prime Minister Wen, which was very interesting.

When discussing this matter with Daiyu, Lin Ruhai said: "Sure enough, nothing in the world is unexpected by Yu'er." But Lin Ruhai was still curious: "When Zhong Jinghou joined the army, Yu'er was not born yet, and you have never met each other. How can Yu'er be sure that Shi Ding will make this choice."

Regarding the probability of Shi Ding's choice to cut off with Changkang Palace, Daiyu has also analyzed it before.But people are different, what if Shi Ding is the one who thinks differently from ordinary people?

Daiyu naturally knew what her father was asking about, so she said, "Even if Shi Ding did not take the Yangguan Road, but took the single-plank bridge, we would not gain at most, but we would not lose anything. What is the worst outcome of this matter? It is nothing more than The Governor of Guangdong was replaced by Shi Guangzhu or Shi Ding, but Shi Ding still chose Changkang Palace. So what? This was the pattern before, nothing more than maintaining the original state.

But as long as there is the prince's kindness and power at the Great Court Meeting, the prince will win the hearts of the people.From this point of view, Donggong still has something to gain, so why not do it?It's like playing chess, some people take advantage of power, while others take advantage of the ground.The game between us and Changkang Palace is bound to win, and there is a high probability that we can still win the field, which is the best game. "

Lin Ruhai had to admit that he couldn't refute what Daiyu said.And now that Shi Ding went directly to Prime Minister Wen, it also proved that Daiyu's layout was correct from the beginning. In this game, Daiyu has already begun to end, and she has almost seen the foregone conclusion of Tulong's victory.

Prime Minister Wen has no obvious political bias and always puts the overall situation first.When Shi Ding communicated with Prime Minister Wen, the signal he released was to follow the imperial court and put the country's interests first.On the surface, there is no choice between the crown prince and the ninth prince, but in fact, he has been separated from the nine princes.Following the imperial court, the prince is the orthodox crown prince of the imperial court.

After hearing the news, the Ninth Prince took the opportunity of entering the palace to pay his respects to the Changkang Palace, and angrily told the little concubine Zhong about it, and said: "We did not doubt Shi Ding. Shi Guangzhu should be promoted when he is asking for credit for the generals in Guangdong. I never expected to promote Shi Ding, but he is a white-eyed wolf."

In the current situation, Concubine Zhong is also anxious, but she still criticizes the Ninth Prince: "You, the habit of talking nonsense when you are in a hurry should be corrected. Not to mention that Shi Ding's achievements were higher than Shi Guangzhu's in the past, just say Shi Ding is the elder brother of Mrs. Cheng Engong, if I don't do my best to promote Shi Ding, how can I get the support of Cheng Engong's mansion? Just because Shi Ding doesn't know how to praise now, you can't feel that what you did back then was wrong."

The Ninth Prince also understood this truth, and said: "My son is just talking in a moment of anger."

Concubine Zhong said, "Although it was an angry word, it exposed your weakness that you are not calm enough once you get emotional. If you want to achieve great things, no matter whether you succeed or fail, you must not lose your temper."

The Ninth Prince bowed his head and said that he had written it down, and the mother and son began to discuss Shi Ding's issue.

Concubine Zhong squinted her eyes, and said: "Old Mrs. Baolinghou has also been ill for a long time, since Shi Ding doesn't know how to flatter, let him stay to keep his filial piety."

The Ninth Prince's face was also frosty, and he nodded fiercely.Changkang Palace made the arrangements and didn't mention it.

After Shi Ding returned to the mansion, he began to inquire about the character, medical skills, and medical ethics of Liu Lang in Baoqing Hall in the west of the city.

Liu Xing is easy to inquire about, he is a side branch of Duke Li's mansion, and his elder brother Liu Zheng is the new prefect of Songjiang.Even though he was just a fourth-rank official, Emperor Taizong beat his courtiers specially for this position.Even Shi Nai and his wife knew something.

Mrs. Baolinghou said: "If you want to talk about Liu Xing, it is said that his medical skills are really good. Lin Ruhai's wife took his medicine when she was in the south of the Yangtze River. After so many years, her complexion looks better and better. After the Lin family returned to Beijing, the palace is full of He came to the imperial physician to treat Jia Min, but Jia Min still took Liu Xing's medicine afterwards, which shows that the Lin family trusts his medical skills very much. It is the Patriarch of the Xue family in Jinling who was ill before, but after taking Liu Xing's medicine In the past few months, I have been able to bring my family back to the south.

But this Liu family is very close to the Lin family. There is a girl in the Liu family, but she is the daughter of a doctor, but she often travels with the Shangshu Mansion. It is said that she lives with the girls of the Lin family and lives with her classmates. Down.The fact that the Lin family praised a doctor's daughter so much shows that the two families have a deep friendship.

The third uncle said that Liu Langzhong was recommended by Prime Minister Wen, so I shouldn't be suspicious at first.It's just that Prime Minister Wen's residence has nothing to do with Baoqingtang.This Lin family, the girl from the Lin family was a guest at Prime Minister Wen's residence before, so I don't know what this evil girl said to Prime Minister Wen. "

Shi Ding was used to leading troops, his face was majestic, and he hummed in a low voice.This time the second sister-in-law was clever enough to guess Miss Lin. "Since brothers and sisters-in-law say Liu Langzhong's skills are superb, mother's illness should invite Liu Langzhong to come back and have a look."

This, Baolinghou and his wife dared not agree, and they mentioned that Daiyu wrote a letter to Xiangyun, which directly separated the affairs of Changkang Palace and the Shi family: "Although the girl of the Lin family is young, she is full of bad things." Come on, don’t come up with any bad idea, harm the old lady, right? Our old lady is blessed, and will live a long life.” Naturally, the two Shijia brothers also knew that the old lady must not pass away at this time.

In the past few days, outside the courtyard of Mrs. Baoling Hou, there are guards brought back by Shi Ding from Guangdong.

Ask Shi Ding to say, look at what the Lin family girl is doing, everything is aboveboard, and she won't do something harmful to recommend a doctor, but the brother and sister-in-law insist on not using Liu Xing, and the old lady's condition is also stable, Shi Ding I didn't insist.

In the following days, apart from serving his mother at home, Shi Ding occasionally went to the palace to meet the Holy Father, Duke Cheng's Mansion, so he didn't plan to go.

After a period of time like this, Mrs. Bowling Hou's condition worsened.

If Shi Ding could sit still before, he couldn't sit still now.I came back to report on my work and to celebrate my mother's birthday. If it becomes Baixi, the remaining post of Governor of Guangdong and Hai will be gone.

For things like military power, the most important thing is to pay attention to factions.For example, Jia Daishan’s old department produced so many outstanding generals, and now they are all in Ping’an Prefecture; the Nan’an County Kings have been stationed at Xihaiyanzi since the founding of the Tai|zu; the Dongping County Kings have also been stationed at Shanhaiguan; After losing the battle, he was surrendered to the Marquis of Beijiang, and he is still the commander-in-chief of Beijiang.If the old lady had gone at this time, the historians would have lost the military power in Guangdong and Hai for nothing.

But at this time, Mrs. Baolinghou's health is getting worse day by day; moreover, several imperial physicians have come to check the prescriptions for Mrs. Baolinghou, and there is nothing wrong with it.In short, the imperial physicians all said that they did their best, and they didn't think of a better way for the time being. If it really didn't work, they had to use more powerful medicine.But no one is sure whether the old lady's body can resist it now.

This time, Shi Ding didn't discuss with his brother and sister-in-law this time, and directly sent someone to Baoqingtang to invite Liu Xing.Liu Xing was originally a doctor with a benevolent heart, and although he was not an official, he was a branch of the government, his elder brother was a very capable official, and Liu Xing's ability to read politics was not bad.So he took the medicine box and followed the Shi family to Cheng'en Gong's mansion.

Liu Xing took the pulse of Mrs. Cheng Engong, carefully checked the prescriptions used by Mrs. Baolinghou, and asked about the process of decocting the medicine. There was nothing wrong with these, but Mrs. Cheng Engong's body had a problem. .

Seeing the old Mrs. Cheng Engong's condition, Liu Xing himself was not sure if he took the medicine mildly, so he asked: "You two lords, I see that the old lady's condition is serious, but she is not helpless. I just don't know the two Would Lord Hou be willing for Liu to give acupuncture to the old lady?"

Shi Nai worried: "I just don't know if there is any risk?"

Liu Xingdao: "There is no certain effective cure in the world, otherwise it is not a medicine stone, but a elixir. However, compared with mild medicine, acupuncture does have higher requirements on the patient's physical foundation, but due to the direct effect The patient’s acupoints and tendons will take effect sooner. For the old lady’s condition, seeing that mild medication is no longer effective, it is up to the two princes to make a decision. If acupuncture is applied, the old lady’s body will still be in good condition sooner. It's a little bit better, if it's too late, Liu won't dare to do it. If you don't use acupuncture and use tiger wolf medicine instead, it's not necessarily safer than giving acupuncture."

Historians and brothers all understand the reason for using tiger wolf medicine.For example, if you use a hundred-year-old ginseng to hang your life, if you meet a young, strong and energetic person, you may be able to save him if you rush over in one breath; For a moment, explain a few last words.

Shi Nai was still hesitating, but Shi Ding had already said: "Then there will be Mr. Liu Liu. Our brother will not delay Mr. Liu's injection." After speaking, he pulled Shi Nai out of the screen, trying not to disturb Liu Xing.

When Liu Xing took old Mrs. Baoling Hou's pulse before, he found that the old lady's pulse was blocked. This kind of problem may be caused by a disease, but it may also be artificial.Now, after careful inspection, it seems that the acupoints have been sealed by someone.

Of course, the so-called sealing of acupoints is not like what the scriptures say can make people immobilized or kill people with just a click of a finger.However, for an old man who was already low in energy and blood, being blocked by means of acupoints could delay the circulation of her energy and blood even more.In this way, the old man's life will naturally gradually dry up, and he will look like he is dying of a serious illness.

The person who sealed the acupoints for Mrs. Baolinghou was very clever, and he just blocked the flow of Qi and blood of the old man little by little, as if the disease was getting worse naturally, so it would be extremely difficult to find out without a thorough investigation.

After finding out the cause of the illness, Liu Xing administered acupuncture to Mrs. Cheng Engong, and the Shi family brothers came in again to check on the illness.Only hearing the old lady say that although she was still weak all over, she felt that her body was not as heavy as before and seemed to be a little more relaxed, so the Shijia brothers felt relieved.

Mrs. Cheng Engong is getting old, even if acupuncture is used to promote the circulation of qi and blood, Liu Xing can only do it step by step.The Shijia brothers asked the old lady, and Liu Xing had already written the prescription.

Shi Ding asked, "I don't know if Mr. Liu has anything special to say."

Liu Xingdao: "Those are the precautions for decocting medicine. I asked the maids in charge of decocting medicine before, and they have done a very good job. There is nothing special to explain. It's just... if the two masters trust me, and Give me a period of time, don't hire another doctor for the old lady during this period, and, as the old lady is getting old, don't massage or pinch her shoulders and beat her legs after acupuncture, otherwise it will be counterproductive."

Shi Ding agreed on the spot.

When Liu Xing performed needles on Mrs. Baolinghou before, she found that although the acupuncture points of the old lady were sealed by hand, there were no pinholes on her body, so it is possible that someone lent it to Mrs. Baolinghou when she massaged her. hands and feet.

But Mrs. Baolinghou's situation is no longer related to the inner house struggle.The two marquis guard Ding You, and they are very involved, so Liu Xing didn't say much.At least before asking Lin Ruhai for advice, Liu Xing didn't intend to get involved in this kind of private struggle involving the officials of the border.

Mrs. Baolinghou finally slept a little better after undergoing Liu Xing's acupuncture treatment. The next day, when the two Shi family brothers paid their respects, they asked about their condition. The old lady said that the young doctor was very good yesterday, and not only did he sleep soundly last night. Yes, and my spirit is better.

Shi Ding couldn't sit still anymore, and planned to visit Lin Ruhai, mainly to meet Miss Lin.

The Lin family and the Shi family had a rift at least before Shi Ding returned to Beijing.Even if Shi Ding wants to see Miss Lin, she may not be willing to see you.So Shi Ding carefully wrote the post early in the morning and sent it to Lin's residence.He also specially explained to the lady who delivered the letter that she must be polite.

The girls of the Lin family were going to class in the morning, and the mother-in-law Shi Ding sent did indeed fulfill Shi Ding's request for courtesy, waiting quietly in the porter's room without urging or impatient.

Jia Min didn't know the details of Lin Ruhai's father and daughter about the Guangdong Governor's dispute, but he knew a little bit more. Hearing that Marquis Zhongjing sent someone to send a post, he asked someone to invite Daiyu.Now most of the Lin family's posts about the inner house have been handed over to Su Lan and Yinglian, but about the previous dynasty, Daiyu still handles them.

Daiyu came out after morning class. After reading the post, she took up a pen and wrote a reply.The first courtier Zhongjinghou returned to Beijing to visit was Prime Minister Wen, which proved that his plan was close to success, so why would the Lin family refuse Zhongjinghou's visit?Don't say that Daiyu can't, even Lin Ruhai can't reply in his own handwriting.

The historian's wife took the reply, saluted and left to return home.When returning, Shi Ding first asked how the Lin family received her, and then asked who answered the post, the woman answered truthfully, and Shi Ding let her go.

Sure enough, as Shi Ding expected, when Lin Ruhai was not at home, Miss Lin was in charge of the Lin family's affairs.The relationship between people in the Shangshu's house is not a trivial matter. If a small mistake is made, the officials will not let it go, and if it is a big mistake, people will find a gap.Lin Ruhai's ability to entrust such an important matter to Miss Lin has already proved that this girl is extraordinary.After Shi Ding opened the post and read Daiyu's handwriting, he was even more surprised.

How should I put it, when Daiyu wrote the post to the outside world, the characters had already been collected, but even if she wrote it casually, it didn't mean to show calligraphy, but the strength of character in a herringbone is difficult to change.Otherwise, how could there be a saying that seeing characters is like seeing people.

Daiyu's characters reveal an atmospheric pattern, which is consistent with the atmosphere in the ten peony poems.Shi Ding also became more convinced of his own judgment, this Miss Lin cannot be judged by her age.

Although Shi Ding mainly wanted to see Daiyu, but he was a foreigner after all, and it was not easy to meet a little girl directly, so Shi Ding also waited for Lin Ruhai to come to visit after he fell into office.

Of course, it was very easy for Shi Ding to meet Miss Lin, because after Shi Ding and Lin Ruhai exchanged pleasantries, he asked to see Miss Lin, and Lin Ruhai agreed without any surprise.

Lin Ruhai sent someone to invite the girl, and Daiyu came soon after.She saluted Lin Ruhai first, and then gave Shi Ding a blessing, and Daiyu took her seat, not showing any restraint from a foreigner, not to mention that Shi Ding is a great official from Guangdong who came back from Guangdong.This girl, as soon as he met, made Shi Ding feel special.

Then Shi Ding and Daiyu looked at each other.Calling Shi Ding said that Daiyu's appearance is really good, but this is not the most impressive characteristic of Daiyu. What is impressive about Daiyu is that a little girl, when she meets a stranger, has a calm expression on her face. Take it easy.You must know that people who come down from the battlefield have a murderous aura on them. Many children will avoid people like Shi Ding intentionally or unintentionally, but Daiyu just stares at Shi Ding like this.

Shi Ding has deep facial features, and he has a soldier's temperament. However, compared with the soldiers of later generations, Shi Ding has a superior aura.Of course, this is also understandable, after all, the current Shi Ding is an aristocratic general, and he naturally has a class character; and the soldiers of later generations, no matter what their backgrounds, are soldiers of the people when they join the army.So although the sharpness and ability on the body are similar, the temperament is different after all.

Anyway, Daiyu didn't dislike this temperament and didn't feel aggressive, so when Daiyu saw Shi Ding, she was very indifferent.

Maybe soldiers are used to directness, but Shi Ding didn't make any twists and turns, and said directly: "Miss Lin is different from what I imagined."

Lin Ruhai raised his eyebrows with a smile.

Shi Ding continued: "I didn't think about what Miss Lin would look like, because I have never met such a smart little girl, but a strategist like Miss Lin, I always feel that she should be different from ordinary people. But at first From what I can see, Miss Lin seems to be no different except that she is more calm than ordinary girls."

Lin Ruhai continued to laugh: "I haven't seen you for more than ten years, Lord Hou will praise you." Before Shi Ding joined the army, he also studied in the Imperial College, so he knew Lin Ruhai and other outstanding students well.At that time, Shi Ding was also extremely intelligent, but he was arrogant and never boasted easily.

Shi Ding said with a smile: "If Miss Lin is not worthy of praise, there is no one in the world to praise." After speaking, he turned to Daiyu and said, "Shi thanked Miss Lin for recommending the virtue of a famous doctor."

It is not surprising for Daiyu to see Shi Ding's ability. After all, on the battlefield, if there is no ability to see the subtleties, it is not Shi Ding's turn to confer a title based on military exploits.However, not long after Shi Ding returned to Beijing, he thought of thanking himself so quickly, which still proves that Shi Ding is a wise person.

Daiyu did not deny that it was her own idea that Liu Xing recommended Liu Xing, but said indifferently: "It turns out that Mrs. Baolinghou has this blessing, so you don't need to thank me for Zhongjinghou."

Shi Ding nodded his thanks, and he didn't fight any more, but asked: "How does Miss Lin know that Liu Langzhong can cure my mother?"

Daiyu also didn't play the game, and said bluntly: "I don't know about Mrs. Baolinghou's condition, but I can trust Uncle Liu's medical skills and character. Mrs. Mrs. Baolinghou's illness is involved in too many major events. If you want to come to Hou Grandpa will also take care of it, I am just busy."

There is one more thing that Daiyu didn't say. At this time in the previous life, Mrs. Baolinghou was indeed ill, but because the crown prince had long been imprisoned, and Changkang Palace received all the support of Cheng Engong's family, there was no need to treat the old lady. Mrs. Baolinghou took action, and the old Mrs. Baolinghou also recovered safely.Then Daiyu is sure that if it is not man-made, Mrs. Baolinghou will be safe and sound.

With this premise, Liu Xing's medical skills will definitely be able to cure the old lady, but because the two brothers in the Baolinghou's family disagreed, time was delayed, and the old Mrs. Baolinghou suffered more, but Daiyu didn't expect it. outside.