Opposite the entrance hall
Chapter 91
As night falls, the lights are on.
The palace was surrounded by silence, everyone held their breaths and did not dare to make a sound, and the sound of their breathing became weaker, for fear that a little movement would offend the master above, so they were extra careful in every move, and their footsteps were very soft, There was no sound on the long corridor, and their figures were reflected on the polished mirror-like floor, and the lanterns hanging on both sides of the corridor made the shadows thin and long.
The footsteps gradually stopped, and the closed door in front of it creaked and opened slowly. The golden dragon carved on it was lifelike. The candlelight hit the golden dragon's eyeballs and flowed with the depression angle of the door opening. The finishing touch seemed to leap out.
The door was not fully opened, only a gap that could allow one person to come in and out. Sun Hai lifted his foot and stood out from the inside, then turned around and closed the door tightly, not even a little light came in.
"Leave them all, Your Majesty has no appetite." Sun Hai lowered his voice and waved his hands, "Is the medicine ready?"
After he finished speaking, the maid at the end quickly responded, "If you go back to your father-in-law, it's done."
Sun Hai didn't make a sound, and motioned to the little eunuch beside him to take over the tray containing the medicine, waved his hand to make them retreat, and hurriedly turned around, waiting for someone to enter the palace. Close it tightly, leaving no gaps.
Candles were lit everywhere in the hall, but it was penetratingly cold and lifeless. The surroundings were very quiet, except for the sparkling sound of the burning candle wick and coughing from time to time, there was no other sound, Sun Hai hung his head. Mou approached the dragon bed, bent down and said softly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's time to drink the medicine."
After calling it several times in a row, there was a slight movement from the yellow veil, and a hand stretched out from it. The hand was trembling a little, like a skeleton covered with a layer of dry yellow skin. With one slap, it can be broken into powder from the inside and become dead ashes.
"Sun Hai," the voice came from the gauze tent. It was hoarse and unpleasant, as if playing a broken motouqin with dry bark, "cough cough cough, what time is it?"
"It's just passed the time of Xu." Sun Hai replied.
"Help me up."
Hearing this, Sun Hai hurriedly moved forward to lift the gauze curtain, and carefully helped Emperor Chengde to sit on the head of the bed. The candlelight shone into the bed, illuminating the person on the bed. Emperor Chengde must have lost weight, his body straight Stiff.His face was gray and blue like dead ashes, both eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of cloud, and it took a long time to stare at one spot to see clearly.
The little eunuch at the side handed over the tray. Sun Hai lifted the lid and took out a long silver needle from the tray and inserted it into the bowl. He poured out one-third and handed it to the little eunuch who had been guarding him for a long time. After confirming that it was correct, he picked up the medicine bowl and sent it to Emperor Chengde.
Emperor Chengde frowned, raised his head and drank it, his mouth was full of bitter taste, he suppressed the feeling of vomiting, took the handkerchief from Sun Hai, wiped his mouth, handed it back and asked: "What's the matter with the prince?" How is it?"
"His Royal Highness hasn't woken up yet. The Empress has been going to the East Palace every few days, and she has to be busy with the affairs of the palace. Her body has lost a lot of weight. She came to see His Majesty earlier, but you rested at that time. I didn't bother you either." Sun Hai sighed.
"Where are King Liang and King Rui?" Cheng Dedu asked again.
"They are all in the mansion. I haven't gone anywhere these days, and I haven't met any adults in private. It has calmed down a lot." Sun Haidao: "There are Prime Minister Qi and the Tai Tuo in charge of the court, and there will be no problems. , the top priority is for His Majesty to take good care of his body as soon as possible, and a healthy body is better than anything else."
"How long has Ji Si been gone?"
"It's been a little half a month."
Emperor Chengde coughed with his head tilted, his ashen face turned red, Sun Hai's face changed and he was about to go up to meet him, but he saw Emperor Chengde raised his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's nothing."
He straightened up, his chest rose and fell quickly, his face was sickly red, and he looked up at the beam, "I have been seeing the late emperor and my brothers standing in front of the bed these days, like Waiting for me to die."
Sun Hai drooped his head and did not dare to make a sound.
"Actually, among the emperors of the Jin Dynasty, I live a long time," Emperor Chengde smiled, "but the longer I live, the less I want to die. Others don't think so. Everyone in this palace lives every day. They all look forward to my death, the crown prince, the king of Liang, and even the queen, they all wait for my death, they all look forward to my death, cough cough cough..."
"Your Majesty!" Sun Hai threw himself forward and patted Emperor Chengde's heaving chest to relieve him, sweating profusely on his forehead.
Emperor Chengde gasped for breath with his mouth wide open, the whites of his eyes rolled up, his fingers twitched unconsciously, like a fish out of water, struggling to die on the shore, he grabbed Sun Hai's arm, and said in a hoarse voice: "I am the emperor, yes The Son of Heaven... I... I can't... I can't die... Ji Si... wait... wait for Ji Si to come back. .....come back... poof..."
Looking at the blood stains on the dragon bed, Sun Hai's face turned pale, his hands and feet were cold, and he shouted tremblingly: "Send the imperial doctor, send the imperial doctor quickly!"
The candles in the Kunyuan Hall were lit all night, and the people inside and outside were even more busy all night. The noisy voices calmed down a little near dawn. When Sun Hai came out of the hall, his eyes were pierced by the bright light outside. Feeling sour, he raised the back of his hand to cover the sun, and after getting used to it, he just stepped down the steps when a young eunuch hurried over from the original place, hurriedly approached Sun Hai's ear, and whispered something in his ear.
After the words fell, Sun Hai frowned, and his expression became a little complicated.
The distance from the Kunyuan Hall to the palace entrance took some effort. When the person arrived, Sun Hai had already changed his clothes and was waiting at the entrance of the palace early. From a distance, he saw the figure of the visitor put on a smiling face and greeted him. He bowed and saluted, "See you!" Pass the King of Qin."
"Eunuch Sun," Li Hongyu saluted back.
"I heard that the King of Qin has found a genius doctor who has a way to treat the emperor's illness. I wonder if there is such a thing?"
"Exactly," Li Hongyu smiled, and turned his body slightly, revealing the person beside him, "Father is suffering from an old illness, and I, as a minister and son, see it in my eyes, but I can't do anything, sleep and eat all day long, so I want to search around the world There are capable people and strange people, but the emperor pays off, and I have found someone, and this is Yan Yiyan genius doctor."
Hearing this, Sun Hai looked in the direction of his hand, and saw a person standing behind Li Hongyu, dressed in earth-gray cloth and trousers, without a crown, and only tied his hair up with a single hair. He was about [-] to [-] years old. Below, with a beard, his facial features are handsome and his appearance is very refined, and there is a faint medicinal fragrance wafting around his body, like Atractylodes macrocephala and cassia seeds, with a bit of bitterness.
Sun Hai looked at this man back and forth, Yan Yi's name was quite big, he had heard a little bit about it, he heard that this man was from the world, known as a master of medicine, with the ability to kill human flesh and bones, he was a unique person with a eccentric personality Zhu'er, who is used to living alone, has no fixed place to go to get medical treatment, but saving people depends on his mood. Emperor Chengde also had the idea of recruiting peace at first, including this Xiangzhou epidemic. , but did not find any clues.
The person who had been searching for a long time without a trace suddenly appeared, and it looked so weird, so when he saw him for the first time, Sun Hai had a doubtful expression on his face, but he smiled and said: "I am very happy to meet you again today, and I still remember the time I met Mr. Yuan was still in Chengde in the XX year, although what Mr. said that day is still in my ears through a door, but I don’t know how many years have passed, and it only makes people sigh that time flies.”
Yan Yi leaned over and said softly: "Eunuch Sun actually still remembers what the grass people said that day and it hasn't changed since then. I can only be someone else's dog when I enter the palace, but I can be a human being outside the palace. Gong is not because the grassroots want to be a dog, but it is just a matter of being loyal to others."
After finishing speaking, Sun Hai narrowed his eyes, and said to Li Hongyu with some embarrassment: "It's about the body of the dragon. The slave can't be the master of this matter. King Qin wait a moment, and wait for the slave to go in and report."
"It doesn't matter," Li Hongyu smiled, "I'm sorry, Eunuch Sun."
Sun Hai nodded and hurried into the hall.
"All the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital are here, will the emperor let me in?" Yan Yi asked.
Li Hongyu didn't return, but with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked up at the lifelike Kissing Beast on the top of the Kunyuan Hall. It was a dragon, but in fact it was more like a Kissing Owl. He looked at the meaning of the four directions very seriously, and when Yan Yi thought that this person would not answer, he heard him say: "He will."
"What?" Yan also didn't hear clearly.
"Stop talking, someone is coming."
As soon as the words fell, the door of Kunyuan Hall opened slowly, and Sun Hai walked out from inside, bowing and saying: "My lord, the emperor calls you two to come in."
Li Hongyu followed Sun Hai into the hall, and when he was about to enter the door, he stopped suddenly. He stood at the door of Kunyuan Hall, and looked back at the boundless sky outside the hall. The sky was gray, but the palace was bright. Yes, one light and one dark, divided into two like yin and yang, Li Hongyu lowered his eyes, turned and walked into the hall.
With a click, the heavy palace door was slowly closed, separating the inside and the outside. The palace is very large, with five steps to the first floor, and ten steps to a pavilion. Every day is a different story, and everyone has different choices and encounters. The queen looked at the prince on the bed with a dignified expression, the concubine Chang smiled like a flower and combed Princess Shunping's hair, and the concubine Duan's sneaky behavior made her feel like a princess. The little eunuch brought the letter out of the palace, the sound of chanting in the Dongwan Hall was still there, the beads were flipped up and down between the fingers of the concubine Shu, and the incense smoke was lingering. The thin thread of the prayer bead broke, and the bead fell to the ground, making a crackling sound, which disturbed people when it fell into the ear.
"Is your majesty alright?" hearing the sound, the maid hurriedly opened the door and rushed over.
The wind blew in from the window lattice, raised the blue veil, and messed up her hair. Shubi looked at the tree branches outside the window, and then looked down at the few Buddhist beads left in her hand, and murmured: :"got windy."
The wind was blowing very hard, Ji Si lifted the curtain and looked at the scenery outside the carriage. His face was blurred by the cool wind, and he shivered. He raised his head and asked the man on horseback in front, "General Xiao, How long will it take to get here?"
Hearing the movement, Xiao Changyu turned his head, stared at the head protruding from the carriage, then retracted his gaze, and replied in a flat tone: "Hurry up, it's just ahead."
Ji Si rubbed his nose and retracted his head, but Kong Lingqiu, who was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, said, "The road to the mine is not easy, it's bumpy and bumpy, and it's just to check the situation of the mine. It's no big deal, Ji Shilang doesn't need to come with him."
"It's okay," Ji Si bent down to pick from the fruit plate on the low table, threw a grape into his mouth and stared at the man opposite him, "If you're bored in the city, why don't you come out and have a look, this Kashgar I’ve never seen a jade mine before, so I’m still quite curious.”
After Ji Si finished speaking, he threw a grape into his mouth, squinted his eyes and asked again: "By the way, what has Kong Shilang been up to these few days, I don't see anyone in the mansion all day, and I want to find you to drink flower wine There is no chance, so don't secretly meet your little lover behind my back."
Kong Lingqiu raised his eyelids and looked over, closed his eyes after a while, and smiled with his lips curled up: "Master Ji was joking, the implementation of the new policy is full of difficulties, the population verification needs to be recorded in the register, school repairs, tax collection, and law changes are all far away. No one, I was ordered by the emperor to carry out the new policy and I dare not slack off even for a moment, where is the time to go to have fun, but Ji Shilang and General Xiao are very close, I thought you two were incompatible, but I was mistaken."
Ji Si licked the grape juice on his lips, bowed and leaned forward, and said mysteriously: "Mr. Kong does not know anything. No matter how serious the conflict is with this man, as long as he eats, drinks, sleeps, and sleeps, women will be fine." It can be solved, you and I understand the true nature of a man, not to mention that the girl in Kashgar is different from the one in Lin'an, with her waist and small mouth, there are thousands of styles, no matter how difficult it is to deal with it, it will become in their hands. Twist your fingers around, and you will know when I take you to try it tomorrow, hehehe."
"Ji Shilang is really romantic and affectionate. I have a confidant in Lin'an. I didn't expect to be in Kashgar among the flowers. Maybe it's the romantic nature in my bones. It makes people uncontrollably fascinated by it, and makes people envious."
"This is Kong Shilang, there is something in the words, but the truth is, Kong Shilang is so boring that girls really don't like it."
Kong Lingqiu opened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him. Their eyes met. The carriage stopped slowly. He looked away first, lifted the curtain and looked outside the carriage. With some drizzle, the noise of the team came from the front.
"Here we are." Kong Lingqiu said as he got up and got out of the carriage.
On the first day of the lunar new year, he turned his eyes away from the man, approached Ji Si and said softly: "Why doesn't your lord like this Kong Shilang very much?"
"It's the other way around," Ji Si rubbed his sore shoulders, "It's because he is always hostile to me, and what he says is harsh, and those who don't know think that I have robbed his sweetheart, but Maybe I really did this immoral thing, wouldn't it be retribution? It's a sin, a sin."
"Ah?" Chu opened his mouth in disbelief.
Ji Si was amused by his appearance, stuffed a grape into his mouth, opened the curtain and walked out. After he jumped off the carriage, a gust of cold wind blew, making people tremble suddenly. This place is a river valley , located near the endless mountains on the border between Kashgar and Nandian, because the terrain is higher and it is colder than Kashgar city, the weather is foggy and there is no sunshine, a flat land is reclaimed around it full of gravel, surrounded by high mountains It presents a concave valley landform, and the wind blows from the top of the mountain to the valley with coolness.
"There are a lot of gravel here, Ji Shilang be careful where you step."
A voice came from behind, Ji Si turned his head, Yao Youwei walked over from the carriage behind, and said with a smile: "It's colder here in the mine, Ji Shilang is just recovering from a serious illness, it's better to stay in the carriage to rest to avoid catching the cold."
"Master Yao, who is looking down on you?" Ji Si sneered, "Others can withstand the cold wind, but I can't hide in the carriage alone, and the yin and yang will kill people, hum."
After speaking, he rushed away angrily, and when Chu Yi saw this, he quickly jumped out of the carriage and followed.
The mine road is narrow and full of gravel, and only one person and a horse can pass through it, so the carriage cannot enter, and the group of people have no choice but to do so. It is simply not far from here. After passing this crossing, the road gradually widens. Seeing a lot of people in the future, among them the manager of the quarry who is in charge of the mine has been waiting early. Seeing the person coming, he hurriedly greeted them, bowed and saluted: "I have seen all the adults, and I heard that all the adults To come to inspect the mine, this has not been arranged long ago."
This mine belongs to the Yao family. The mining workers are the people in Kashgar. They have signed an employment relationship with the Yao family. There are probably hundreds or thousands of people working hard along the way. The older ones were fishing for jade in groups on the river bank, while the young and middle-aged were doing coolie work, digging up gravel bit by bit with shovels and hoes. It is measured by a unique method at home, and the slightest difference will destroy the integrity of the jade mine.
When they arrived, a burst of black smoke suddenly rose, followed by noisy and lively voices. When everyone looked around, they realized that the black smoke was coming from a mountain wall. There was a lot of wood piled up on the ground, which was as high as a person. The raging fire has blackened the mountain wall, and the original color of the stone wall cannot be seen. The fire is not small. The miners around the side are still filling in wood. A small patch of sky was darkened.
Walking behind Ji Si on the first day of the lunar new year, he stretched his head to look around, frowned and asked, "My lord, what are they doing?"
"They are mining jade, also known as attacking jade." Ji Si replied: "The common methods of mining jade in the Jin Dynasty include picking jade and attacking jade. The first two are mostly at the bottom of the river bed. Jade is also relatively fragmented, small and not very valuable. It is the most difficult and time-consuming to mine jade, but the jade mine you get is a whole piece. The most important thing is the ability of the person who seeks the jade vein. In the Jin Dynasty, there was also official mining, which used gunpowder to blow up mountains, but the quality of the jade picked was average, because of the lack of ability of the people who searched for jade veins, and the power of gunpowder was too great."
After he finished speaking, he just happened to meet Xiao Changyu's eyes, the latter's eyes were a little complicated, with these sizings, he hurriedly moved away before he could think deeply, strangely tight.
"Ji Shilang is right," Yao Youwei on the side smiled, "This method of attacking jade is also left by the ancestors of the Yao family. After finding the jade veins, first gather fire to burn the mountain. If the fire cannot stop, it will take two days After two nights, pour cold water on it, and the high-temperature stone wall will crack when it encounters cold water. At this time, the stone can be easily mined with shovels and hoes, and the integrity of the jade mine will not be damaged."
"This method is quite interesting," Kong Lingqiu said from the side, "Lord Yao, this ancestor is also a capable person, but it's a pity that we didn't get to know him."
"The ancestor was born as an ordinary merchant, and he was not as capable as Kong Shilang said. This method was also taught by others." Yao Youwei explained, "I have picked a lot of jade in the past few days, so I have to trouble Kong Shilang to go with me to take stock. For the record, good luck to return to Lin'an in a few days, Ji Shilang and General Xiao want to go and see it together?"
"No, no," Ji Si waved his hands again and again, "I'll just look around."
Speaking of this, he tilted his head and looked at Xiao Changyu behind him, and raised his eyebrows: "General Xiao, if it is convenient for you and me to walk together?"
"Ji Shilang kindly invites you, if I don't accompany you, it would seem that I don't know what to do, please come here."
Kong Lingqiu squinted his eyes as he stared at the figures of the two, but he didn't know what he was thinking, until Yao Youwei called him a few times before he realized it.
When Ji Si said to look around, he really meant to look around, but Xiao Changyu beside him felt uncomfortable, and before his patience finally ran out, he couldn't help but said: "It's unlikely that Ji Shilang will come to the mine. temper."
"General Xiao is busy with military affairs, so why did he come to this mine?" Ji Si didn't answer but asked back, "It can't be because you don't put me under your nose and don't worry about it, so come with me, huh?"
Xiao Changyu's eyelids twitched at what he said, and his throat choked up. Suddenly, he didn't know what to reply, but felt angry in his heart.
It is true that he followed Ji Si, and he also knew that Ji Si came to the mine to find something, and was annoyed at the temper of every truth in the man's ten sentences, so he followed, but When these words came out of this man's mouth, why did they sound so strange? If this fell into the ears of others, they might not know what to think of him.
Thinking of this, Xiao Changyu looked around from the corner of his eye, and when no one noticed, he came over and said bitterly: "Ji Shilang's face is really unmatched, as thick as a city wall!"
Ji Si was taken aback for a moment, and Shaoqing twitched the corner of his mouth, raised a smile and whispered: "Someone just said that not long ago."
The person's tone was lingering and nostalgic, and the smile on the corner of his mouth seemed to be full of affection. Xiao Changyu looked at it carefully, and for some reason asked, "Who is it?"
Hearing this, Ji Si raised his eyes and smiled, "Naturally he is the one I like."
This person is inherently good-looking, especially when he smiles.
Xiao Changyu stood motionless on the spot, his brows were tightly furrowed, and a feeling of irritability welled up from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't know the reason and couldn't figure it out.
The wind disturbed the surface of the lake, the branches rustled, and the horse galloped through the forest, heading towards Kashgar.
The author has something to say:
ps: This method of attacking jade is an ancient method, maybe in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It proves that the ancient people were still very smart. I really appreciate everyone waiting for so long. Thank you, thank you very much.
The palace was surrounded by silence, everyone held their breaths and did not dare to make a sound, and the sound of their breathing became weaker, for fear that a little movement would offend the master above, so they were extra careful in every move, and their footsteps were very soft, There was no sound on the long corridor, and their figures were reflected on the polished mirror-like floor, and the lanterns hanging on both sides of the corridor made the shadows thin and long.
The footsteps gradually stopped, and the closed door in front of it creaked and opened slowly. The golden dragon carved on it was lifelike. The candlelight hit the golden dragon's eyeballs and flowed with the depression angle of the door opening. The finishing touch seemed to leap out.
The door was not fully opened, only a gap that could allow one person to come in and out. Sun Hai lifted his foot and stood out from the inside, then turned around and closed the door tightly, not even a little light came in.
"Leave them all, Your Majesty has no appetite." Sun Hai lowered his voice and waved his hands, "Is the medicine ready?"
After he finished speaking, the maid at the end quickly responded, "If you go back to your father-in-law, it's done."
Sun Hai didn't make a sound, and motioned to the little eunuch beside him to take over the tray containing the medicine, waved his hand to make them retreat, and hurriedly turned around, waiting for someone to enter the palace. Close it tightly, leaving no gaps.
Candles were lit everywhere in the hall, but it was penetratingly cold and lifeless. The surroundings were very quiet, except for the sparkling sound of the burning candle wick and coughing from time to time, there was no other sound, Sun Hai hung his head. Mou approached the dragon bed, bent down and said softly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's time to drink the medicine."
After calling it several times in a row, there was a slight movement from the yellow veil, and a hand stretched out from it. The hand was trembling a little, like a skeleton covered with a layer of dry yellow skin. With one slap, it can be broken into powder from the inside and become dead ashes.
"Sun Hai," the voice came from the gauze tent. It was hoarse and unpleasant, as if playing a broken motouqin with dry bark, "cough cough cough, what time is it?"
"It's just passed the time of Xu." Sun Hai replied.
"Help me up."
Hearing this, Sun Hai hurriedly moved forward to lift the gauze curtain, and carefully helped Emperor Chengde to sit on the head of the bed. The candlelight shone into the bed, illuminating the person on the bed. Emperor Chengde must have lost weight, his body straight Stiff.His face was gray and blue like dead ashes, both eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of cloud, and it took a long time to stare at one spot to see clearly.
The little eunuch at the side handed over the tray. Sun Hai lifted the lid and took out a long silver needle from the tray and inserted it into the bowl. He poured out one-third and handed it to the little eunuch who had been guarding him for a long time. After confirming that it was correct, he picked up the medicine bowl and sent it to Emperor Chengde.
Emperor Chengde frowned, raised his head and drank it, his mouth was full of bitter taste, he suppressed the feeling of vomiting, took the handkerchief from Sun Hai, wiped his mouth, handed it back and asked: "What's the matter with the prince?" How is it?"
"His Royal Highness hasn't woken up yet. The Empress has been going to the East Palace every few days, and she has to be busy with the affairs of the palace. Her body has lost a lot of weight. She came to see His Majesty earlier, but you rested at that time. I didn't bother you either." Sun Hai sighed.
"Where are King Liang and King Rui?" Cheng Dedu asked again.
"They are all in the mansion. I haven't gone anywhere these days, and I haven't met any adults in private. It has calmed down a lot." Sun Haidao: "There are Prime Minister Qi and the Tai Tuo in charge of the court, and there will be no problems. , the top priority is for His Majesty to take good care of his body as soon as possible, and a healthy body is better than anything else."
"How long has Ji Si been gone?"
"It's been a little half a month."
Emperor Chengde coughed with his head tilted, his ashen face turned red, Sun Hai's face changed and he was about to go up to meet him, but he saw Emperor Chengde raised his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's nothing."
He straightened up, his chest rose and fell quickly, his face was sickly red, and he looked up at the beam, "I have been seeing the late emperor and my brothers standing in front of the bed these days, like Waiting for me to die."
Sun Hai drooped his head and did not dare to make a sound.
"Actually, among the emperors of the Jin Dynasty, I live a long time," Emperor Chengde smiled, "but the longer I live, the less I want to die. Others don't think so. Everyone in this palace lives every day. They all look forward to my death, the crown prince, the king of Liang, and even the queen, they all wait for my death, they all look forward to my death, cough cough cough..."
"Your Majesty!" Sun Hai threw himself forward and patted Emperor Chengde's heaving chest to relieve him, sweating profusely on his forehead.
Emperor Chengde gasped for breath with his mouth wide open, the whites of his eyes rolled up, his fingers twitched unconsciously, like a fish out of water, struggling to die on the shore, he grabbed Sun Hai's arm, and said in a hoarse voice: "I am the emperor, yes The Son of Heaven... I... I can't... I can't die... Ji Si... wait... wait for Ji Si to come back. .....come back... poof..."
Looking at the blood stains on the dragon bed, Sun Hai's face turned pale, his hands and feet were cold, and he shouted tremblingly: "Send the imperial doctor, send the imperial doctor quickly!"
The candles in the Kunyuan Hall were lit all night, and the people inside and outside were even more busy all night. The noisy voices calmed down a little near dawn. When Sun Hai came out of the hall, his eyes were pierced by the bright light outside. Feeling sour, he raised the back of his hand to cover the sun, and after getting used to it, he just stepped down the steps when a young eunuch hurried over from the original place, hurriedly approached Sun Hai's ear, and whispered something in his ear.
After the words fell, Sun Hai frowned, and his expression became a little complicated.
The distance from the Kunyuan Hall to the palace entrance took some effort. When the person arrived, Sun Hai had already changed his clothes and was waiting at the entrance of the palace early. From a distance, he saw the figure of the visitor put on a smiling face and greeted him. He bowed and saluted, "See you!" Pass the King of Qin."
"Eunuch Sun," Li Hongyu saluted back.
"I heard that the King of Qin has found a genius doctor who has a way to treat the emperor's illness. I wonder if there is such a thing?"
"Exactly," Li Hongyu smiled, and turned his body slightly, revealing the person beside him, "Father is suffering from an old illness, and I, as a minister and son, see it in my eyes, but I can't do anything, sleep and eat all day long, so I want to search around the world There are capable people and strange people, but the emperor pays off, and I have found someone, and this is Yan Yiyan genius doctor."
Hearing this, Sun Hai looked in the direction of his hand, and saw a person standing behind Li Hongyu, dressed in earth-gray cloth and trousers, without a crown, and only tied his hair up with a single hair. He was about [-] to [-] years old. Below, with a beard, his facial features are handsome and his appearance is very refined, and there is a faint medicinal fragrance wafting around his body, like Atractylodes macrocephala and cassia seeds, with a bit of bitterness.
Sun Hai looked at this man back and forth, Yan Yi's name was quite big, he had heard a little bit about it, he heard that this man was from the world, known as a master of medicine, with the ability to kill human flesh and bones, he was a unique person with a eccentric personality Zhu'er, who is used to living alone, has no fixed place to go to get medical treatment, but saving people depends on his mood. Emperor Chengde also had the idea of recruiting peace at first, including this Xiangzhou epidemic. , but did not find any clues.
The person who had been searching for a long time without a trace suddenly appeared, and it looked so weird, so when he saw him for the first time, Sun Hai had a doubtful expression on his face, but he smiled and said: "I am very happy to meet you again today, and I still remember the time I met Mr. Yuan was still in Chengde in the XX year, although what Mr. said that day is still in my ears through a door, but I don’t know how many years have passed, and it only makes people sigh that time flies.”
Yan Yi leaned over and said softly: "Eunuch Sun actually still remembers what the grass people said that day and it hasn't changed since then. I can only be someone else's dog when I enter the palace, but I can be a human being outside the palace. Gong is not because the grassroots want to be a dog, but it is just a matter of being loyal to others."
After finishing speaking, Sun Hai narrowed his eyes, and said to Li Hongyu with some embarrassment: "It's about the body of the dragon. The slave can't be the master of this matter. King Qin wait a moment, and wait for the slave to go in and report."
"It doesn't matter," Li Hongyu smiled, "I'm sorry, Eunuch Sun."
Sun Hai nodded and hurried into the hall.
"All the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital are here, will the emperor let me in?" Yan Yi asked.
Li Hongyu didn't return, but with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked up at the lifelike Kissing Beast on the top of the Kunyuan Hall. It was a dragon, but in fact it was more like a Kissing Owl. He looked at the meaning of the four directions very seriously, and when Yan Yi thought that this person would not answer, he heard him say: "He will."
"What?" Yan also didn't hear clearly.
"Stop talking, someone is coming."
As soon as the words fell, the door of Kunyuan Hall opened slowly, and Sun Hai walked out from inside, bowing and saying: "My lord, the emperor calls you two to come in."
Li Hongyu followed Sun Hai into the hall, and when he was about to enter the door, he stopped suddenly. He stood at the door of Kunyuan Hall, and looked back at the boundless sky outside the hall. The sky was gray, but the palace was bright. Yes, one light and one dark, divided into two like yin and yang, Li Hongyu lowered his eyes, turned and walked into the hall.
With a click, the heavy palace door was slowly closed, separating the inside and the outside. The palace is very large, with five steps to the first floor, and ten steps to a pavilion. Every day is a different story, and everyone has different choices and encounters. The queen looked at the prince on the bed with a dignified expression, the concubine Chang smiled like a flower and combed Princess Shunping's hair, and the concubine Duan's sneaky behavior made her feel like a princess. The little eunuch brought the letter out of the palace, the sound of chanting in the Dongwan Hall was still there, the beads were flipped up and down between the fingers of the concubine Shu, and the incense smoke was lingering. The thin thread of the prayer bead broke, and the bead fell to the ground, making a crackling sound, which disturbed people when it fell into the ear.
"Is your majesty alright?" hearing the sound, the maid hurriedly opened the door and rushed over.
The wind blew in from the window lattice, raised the blue veil, and messed up her hair. Shubi looked at the tree branches outside the window, and then looked down at the few Buddhist beads left in her hand, and murmured: :"got windy."
The wind was blowing very hard, Ji Si lifted the curtain and looked at the scenery outside the carriage. His face was blurred by the cool wind, and he shivered. He raised his head and asked the man on horseback in front, "General Xiao, How long will it take to get here?"
Hearing the movement, Xiao Changyu turned his head, stared at the head protruding from the carriage, then retracted his gaze, and replied in a flat tone: "Hurry up, it's just ahead."
Ji Si rubbed his nose and retracted his head, but Kong Lingqiu, who was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, said, "The road to the mine is not easy, it's bumpy and bumpy, and it's just to check the situation of the mine. It's no big deal, Ji Shilang doesn't need to come with him."
"It's okay," Ji Si bent down to pick from the fruit plate on the low table, threw a grape into his mouth and stared at the man opposite him, "If you're bored in the city, why don't you come out and have a look, this Kashgar I’ve never seen a jade mine before, so I’m still quite curious.”
After Ji Si finished speaking, he threw a grape into his mouth, squinted his eyes and asked again: "By the way, what has Kong Shilang been up to these few days, I don't see anyone in the mansion all day, and I want to find you to drink flower wine There is no chance, so don't secretly meet your little lover behind my back."
Kong Lingqiu raised his eyelids and looked over, closed his eyes after a while, and smiled with his lips curled up: "Master Ji was joking, the implementation of the new policy is full of difficulties, the population verification needs to be recorded in the register, school repairs, tax collection, and law changes are all far away. No one, I was ordered by the emperor to carry out the new policy and I dare not slack off even for a moment, where is the time to go to have fun, but Ji Shilang and General Xiao are very close, I thought you two were incompatible, but I was mistaken."
Ji Si licked the grape juice on his lips, bowed and leaned forward, and said mysteriously: "Mr. Kong does not know anything. No matter how serious the conflict is with this man, as long as he eats, drinks, sleeps, and sleeps, women will be fine." It can be solved, you and I understand the true nature of a man, not to mention that the girl in Kashgar is different from the one in Lin'an, with her waist and small mouth, there are thousands of styles, no matter how difficult it is to deal with it, it will become in their hands. Twist your fingers around, and you will know when I take you to try it tomorrow, hehehe."
"Ji Shilang is really romantic and affectionate. I have a confidant in Lin'an. I didn't expect to be in Kashgar among the flowers. Maybe it's the romantic nature in my bones. It makes people uncontrollably fascinated by it, and makes people envious."
"This is Kong Shilang, there is something in the words, but the truth is, Kong Shilang is so boring that girls really don't like it."
Kong Lingqiu opened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him. Their eyes met. The carriage stopped slowly. He looked away first, lifted the curtain and looked outside the carriage. With some drizzle, the noise of the team came from the front.
"Here we are." Kong Lingqiu said as he got up and got out of the carriage.
On the first day of the lunar new year, he turned his eyes away from the man, approached Ji Si and said softly: "Why doesn't your lord like this Kong Shilang very much?"
"It's the other way around," Ji Si rubbed his sore shoulders, "It's because he is always hostile to me, and what he says is harsh, and those who don't know think that I have robbed his sweetheart, but Maybe I really did this immoral thing, wouldn't it be retribution? It's a sin, a sin."
"Ah?" Chu opened his mouth in disbelief.
Ji Si was amused by his appearance, stuffed a grape into his mouth, opened the curtain and walked out. After he jumped off the carriage, a gust of cold wind blew, making people tremble suddenly. This place is a river valley , located near the endless mountains on the border between Kashgar and Nandian, because the terrain is higher and it is colder than Kashgar city, the weather is foggy and there is no sunshine, a flat land is reclaimed around it full of gravel, surrounded by high mountains It presents a concave valley landform, and the wind blows from the top of the mountain to the valley with coolness.
"There are a lot of gravel here, Ji Shilang be careful where you step."
A voice came from behind, Ji Si turned his head, Yao Youwei walked over from the carriage behind, and said with a smile: "It's colder here in the mine, Ji Shilang is just recovering from a serious illness, it's better to stay in the carriage to rest to avoid catching the cold."
"Master Yao, who is looking down on you?" Ji Si sneered, "Others can withstand the cold wind, but I can't hide in the carriage alone, and the yin and yang will kill people, hum."
After speaking, he rushed away angrily, and when Chu Yi saw this, he quickly jumped out of the carriage and followed.
The mine road is narrow and full of gravel, and only one person and a horse can pass through it, so the carriage cannot enter, and the group of people have no choice but to do so. It is simply not far from here. After passing this crossing, the road gradually widens. Seeing a lot of people in the future, among them the manager of the quarry who is in charge of the mine has been waiting early. Seeing the person coming, he hurriedly greeted them, bowed and saluted: "I have seen all the adults, and I heard that all the adults To come to inspect the mine, this has not been arranged long ago."
This mine belongs to the Yao family. The mining workers are the people in Kashgar. They have signed an employment relationship with the Yao family. There are probably hundreds or thousands of people working hard along the way. The older ones were fishing for jade in groups on the river bank, while the young and middle-aged were doing coolie work, digging up gravel bit by bit with shovels and hoes. It is measured by a unique method at home, and the slightest difference will destroy the integrity of the jade mine.
When they arrived, a burst of black smoke suddenly rose, followed by noisy and lively voices. When everyone looked around, they realized that the black smoke was coming from a mountain wall. There was a lot of wood piled up on the ground, which was as high as a person. The raging fire has blackened the mountain wall, and the original color of the stone wall cannot be seen. The fire is not small. The miners around the side are still filling in wood. A small patch of sky was darkened.
Walking behind Ji Si on the first day of the lunar new year, he stretched his head to look around, frowned and asked, "My lord, what are they doing?"
"They are mining jade, also known as attacking jade." Ji Si replied: "The common methods of mining jade in the Jin Dynasty include picking jade and attacking jade. The first two are mostly at the bottom of the river bed. Jade is also relatively fragmented, small and not very valuable. It is the most difficult and time-consuming to mine jade, but the jade mine you get is a whole piece. The most important thing is the ability of the person who seeks the jade vein. In the Jin Dynasty, there was also official mining, which used gunpowder to blow up mountains, but the quality of the jade picked was average, because of the lack of ability of the people who searched for jade veins, and the power of gunpowder was too great."
After he finished speaking, he just happened to meet Xiao Changyu's eyes, the latter's eyes were a little complicated, with these sizings, he hurriedly moved away before he could think deeply, strangely tight.
"Ji Shilang is right," Yao Youwei on the side smiled, "This method of attacking jade is also left by the ancestors of the Yao family. After finding the jade veins, first gather fire to burn the mountain. If the fire cannot stop, it will take two days After two nights, pour cold water on it, and the high-temperature stone wall will crack when it encounters cold water. At this time, the stone can be easily mined with shovels and hoes, and the integrity of the jade mine will not be damaged."
"This method is quite interesting," Kong Lingqiu said from the side, "Lord Yao, this ancestor is also a capable person, but it's a pity that we didn't get to know him."
"The ancestor was born as an ordinary merchant, and he was not as capable as Kong Shilang said. This method was also taught by others." Yao Youwei explained, "I have picked a lot of jade in the past few days, so I have to trouble Kong Shilang to go with me to take stock. For the record, good luck to return to Lin'an in a few days, Ji Shilang and General Xiao want to go and see it together?"
"No, no," Ji Si waved his hands again and again, "I'll just look around."
Speaking of this, he tilted his head and looked at Xiao Changyu behind him, and raised his eyebrows: "General Xiao, if it is convenient for you and me to walk together?"
"Ji Shilang kindly invites you, if I don't accompany you, it would seem that I don't know what to do, please come here."
Kong Lingqiu squinted his eyes as he stared at the figures of the two, but he didn't know what he was thinking, until Yao Youwei called him a few times before he realized it.
When Ji Si said to look around, he really meant to look around, but Xiao Changyu beside him felt uncomfortable, and before his patience finally ran out, he couldn't help but said: "It's unlikely that Ji Shilang will come to the mine. temper."
"General Xiao is busy with military affairs, so why did he come to this mine?" Ji Si didn't answer but asked back, "It can't be because you don't put me under your nose and don't worry about it, so come with me, huh?"
Xiao Changyu's eyelids twitched at what he said, and his throat choked up. Suddenly, he didn't know what to reply, but felt angry in his heart.
It is true that he followed Ji Si, and he also knew that Ji Si came to the mine to find something, and was annoyed at the temper of every truth in the man's ten sentences, so he followed, but When these words came out of this man's mouth, why did they sound so strange? If this fell into the ears of others, they might not know what to think of him.
Thinking of this, Xiao Changyu looked around from the corner of his eye, and when no one noticed, he came over and said bitterly: "Ji Shilang's face is really unmatched, as thick as a city wall!"
Ji Si was taken aback for a moment, and Shaoqing twitched the corner of his mouth, raised a smile and whispered: "Someone just said that not long ago."
The person's tone was lingering and nostalgic, and the smile on the corner of his mouth seemed to be full of affection. Xiao Changyu looked at it carefully, and for some reason asked, "Who is it?"
Hearing this, Ji Si raised his eyes and smiled, "Naturally he is the one I like."
This person is inherently good-looking, especially when he smiles.
Xiao Changyu stood motionless on the spot, his brows were tightly furrowed, and a feeling of irritability welled up from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't know the reason and couldn't figure it out.
The wind disturbed the surface of the lake, the branches rustled, and the horse galloped through the forest, heading towards Kashgar.
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ps: This method of attacking jade is an ancient method, maybe in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It proves that the ancient people were still very smart. I really appreciate everyone waiting for so long. Thank you, thank you very much.
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