Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

Taipu Temple is in charge of the country's chariots and horses. It has Chenghuang Office, Stable Animal Husbandry Office, and Code Stable Office, etc., which are in charge of different aspects of chariots and horses in turn.For example, the Yellow Office is in charge of carriages and roads and the methods of taming; the Stables and Animal Husbandry Office is in charge of the East Palace's chariots and horses. Since no crown prince has been established yet, the Stables and Animal Husbandry Office is currently in charge of the chariots and horses of several adult princes.

What Yan Liang went to this time was the horse farm of the Stable and Animal Husbandry Department, which was in charge of raising horses and raising miscellaneous animals.To put it bluntly, it is about raising horses.The leader of the Ninth Rank Association can be regarded as an official at any rate, so he doesn't have to feed the horses himself, he just watches others feed them.

When Yan Liang arrived, there was only Yuan Hanzai, the master bookkeeper, in the stable office.The officials in the office all disdain the fact that Master Ningfu holds such an official title.And I heard that although the sage ordered him to come back to be an official, he was not allowed to enter the palace to thank him. It is estimated that some powerful minister urged the sage to walk him to play, so he used this official position to mock him.

Today, it happened that other high-ranking officials were taking a rest and went to Guangyuan Building to drink and have fun together.Yuan Hanzai stayed here because of Yan Liang, he was very resentful, but he saw that Jia Jing himself was calm and stable, he didn't talk much, and he didn't have the aloofness of a literati at all, so he liked it quite a bit, so he didn't make things difficult for him.

"You know Guangyuan Building, the newly opened restaurant in Beijing recently, the food at his restaurant is absolutely amazing! It's a bit expensive, but even if you have money, you can't eat it. If you want to eat like me, you have to choose what to eat. Only when you are in the queue can you be ranked." After Yuan Hanzai wailed, he felt that it would be great if he had a personal relationship with that boss Yan of Guangyuan Building.

"How to say?" Yan Liang looked at him.

"I can go whenever I want, and then I can have a private room, eat a lot, and eat to my heart's content!" Yuan Hanzai himself is taller and has good meat.

Yan Liang smiled, and continued to follow Yuan Hanzai around the smelly stable, and found that the horses were very ordinary.

Seeing what Yan Liang meant, Yuan Hanzai laughed and said, "These are old horses that are retreating quickly, so it's not good. Let's go, I'll show you what to do!"

After Yuan Hanzai finished speaking, he took Yan Liang to another stable.

The stables look different from the outside, the painted red pillars are covered with red tiles, not straw.The entire stable is very clean, there is almost no smell, and each horse is shiny, well-proportioned, with good bones and tendons.Yan Liang took a look at a snow-white horse, grabbed a few handfuls of food and fed it to check the condition of its teeth.

"Ten years old, in the prime of life." Yan Liang patted the horse's neck with a smile on his lips.

Seeing that Yan Liang knew how to tell the age of a horse by looking at teeth, Yuan Hanzai couldn't help but marvel: "So you know this! I wondered before, how could the imperial court send a Jinshi to come to us to look at horses."

Yan Liang smiled again, passed Yuan Hanzai, checked all the horses in the stable one by one, and then still pointed to the white horse, "It is the best, which nobleman does it belong to?"

Yuan Hanzai gave Yan Liang a thumbs up, "You have good eyesight, this is Prince Sui's mount, white."

"King Sui?"

Yan Liang had heard about this third prince, who had been weak and sickly since he was a child, and had to be bedridden for seven or eight months of the year, so he had been living in Suian Palace for a long time, rarely showing up, even the courtiers seldom saw him.He doesn't have the great reputation of his two younger brothers An Wang and Kang Wang.

"Yes, it is King Sui. You must be very surprised. King Sui is obviously not in good health and can't ride a horse, so how can he have such a good mount. Hahaha, it's really funny to say it, he is a breeder to watch!"

Yuan Hanzai smiled with some sarcasm, lamenting the fate of this good horse, "This horse can travel thousands of miles a day and gallop the world, but it will die of old age in the stable."

Yan Liang was not interested in what he was lamenting, so he went out of the stable, asked about his responsibilities, and started to go over it.

Seeing that he was so serious, Yuan Hanzai couldn't help laughing at him, "Everyone is out to play, you and I are here, those horses won't run away in the stables, why are you asking for trouble, go back to drink with me .”

"It's better for me to understand the situation first." Yan Liang picked up the pen book and called a servant to study the ink with him.

Yan Liang recorded what he saw in each stable in the book, and marked the key points.After recording all of this, it's time to scatter.After Yan Liang and Yuan Hanzai said their farewells, they each went back home.

Jia Amnesty was still anxiously waiting for Yan Liang in Ningguo Mansion.

As soon as he saw the person came back, Jia She rushed over and pulled Yan Liang with a mournful face.

Yan Liang still hadn't stabilized his feet, "What happened?"

"Why did you come back?" Jia She pointed to the three red dots on the back of his neck, "You said it's just a little thing, why didn't several doctors notice it!"

Yan Liang turned to look at Wu Qiumao, "Have you invited all the most famous doctors in the capital?"

Wu Qiumao leaned over and whispered to Yan Liang, "I haven't told Master Xi about this..."

Jia Amnesty couldn't hear with his ears pricked up, so he yelled: "What are you masters and servants doing, what can't you say in front of me?"

Yan Liang sighed and motioned Wu Qiumao to speak directly.

Wu Qiumao: "These famous doctors I invited today all said that they couldn't see Master She's illness. One of them told me a little bit, and matched Master She's daily... well. He said that Master She's symptoms may be It was caused by the loss of spirit, and he said it was just a sign. Afterwards, his limbs would itch, his whole body would become weak, and he would gradually lose his energy and die. He also said that Master Xi's disease is rare in a hundred years, and he can't cure it if he is not skilled. "

Jia Amnesty didn't feel anything at first, but when he heard this, he suddenly became nervous and couldn't help scratching his arms and legs.He hurriedly asked Yan Liang to come over and have a look at him, his limbs were itchy and uncomfortable.Jia Amnesty then slumped on the chair, expressing in horror that he seemed to have no strength in his whole body.

Yan Liang couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth and holding back a smile when he thought of the energy with which he jumped over when he entered the door just now.

"Brother Jing, you... say that I, I... have some terminal illness?" Jia Amnesty tugged on Yan Liang's sleeve, his eyes full of appeals.

"Then hurry home and see a doctor!" Yan Liang sent him off.

Jia Amnesty responded and asked someone to help him go, but then felt something was wrong, and came back again, "Then what are you going to tell me this morning?"

Yan Liang stared at the back of Jia She's neck with pity, and shook his head, "Probably not."

"Don't, what do you mean? Let's make an agreement, you will help me revive the prestige of the long-term master. The contract has been signed, how can you play tricks!" Jia She was terrified, feeling that he really I got some serious illness, so I just grabbed Yan Liang's sleeve and said, "The doctor said it was a sign, and it must be cured, right? You see, I'm not to the point where I can't move yet, it will definitely be possible. "

Wu Qiumao interjected at this moment and said to Yan Liang: "My lord, the doctor did recommend a candidate, which may be useful."

Jia She hurriedly begged Yan Liang. After signing the contract with Yan Liang yesterday, Jia She felt that he and Yan Liang had made up their minds and could rely on each other.

"I don't care. You have to do what you promised me. You have to help me with this. I've made up my mind. I can't go back for treatment. The old lady and the second brother were hoping for my early death. My illness is still because of me. It's caused by doing too many such things on weekdays, and if I say it, they will call me what I deserve, how could they bother to find a doctor for me!"

Yan Liang pondered for a moment, Fang agreed, and sent Wu Qiumao to find the doctor.

Wu Qiumao hurriedly said: "I have already sent someone to investigate, it's time to answer now." As soon as the voice fell, someone over there said that the person had come back.

"I'll be on duty tomorrow, and your illness should be cured as soon as possible. How about we go see a doctor now?" Yan Liang asked Jia She.

Jia Amnesty hurriedly said, "I can't ask for it!"

The two immediately took a car and went straight to the doctor's residence.

By then it was dark.

Jia She took a closer look and found that it was in a ruined temple.

Yan Liang explained: "Wu Qiumao told me just now in the car that he is a master, he travels all over the world to practice medicine, and he only saves those who are destined. This time he happens to be in the capital, we are lucky."

Jia She nodded hurriedly when he heard the words, and also felt that only such an expert could cure his disease.

After entering the door, there was a strong smell of herbs. At this time, there were still people waiting in line for consultation in the temple courtyard, and many of them were wearing silk and satin.

Jia She deliberately looked at the richly dressed people, and saw that one person's face was blistered and festered, and there was a stench coming from it, so he couldn't help covering his mouth and nose.

Yaotong ran to ask his identity, and led Jia She and Yan Liang into the house.

The inside of the temple was fairly clean. There was a dilapidated statue of the earth, besides the herbs piled up in the east, two pots of charcoal fire in the west, and a table with instruments for feeling the pulse.The doctor who sits behind the case is an old man with a gray beard, squinting his eyes, and looks like a master.

Just as Jia Amnesty sat down, he suddenly heard a low humming sound, and then felt something tugging at his robe.Jia She looked down and saw that it was a bad hand.He screamed in fright, got up and ran away.

"Don't panic, he is also one of my patients." The old doctor said slowly.

Jia Amnesty stretched his neck to look over there, only to find a person lying in the shadow on the other side of the desk, with rashes and blisters on his face, covered with a quilt.At this time, a drug boy with cloth gloves came over with a jar of medicine, and lifted the quilt from underneath. The man was not wearing pants, and the drug boy was applying black ointment on the man's leprosy and pus.

When Jia Amnesty saw it, the contents of his stomach surged, he rushed out and vomited a big puddle.

Yan Liang then came over and handed him the handkerchief, "I asked, that man is a rich man from Ganxi County outside the city, and he contracted the disease because of his lust and love of playing. He also sought medical treatment everywhere. I had no other choice, so I came to find this doctor."

Jia Amnesty vomited again.

The old doctor then saw Jia She, and only touched Jia She once, and he put down his hand and shook his head, "You are not easy to deal with, you are dead, you don't have much left to live, so it's better than him." The old doctor looked The one on the ground.

Jia Amnesty refused to accept it, and was even more puzzled: "But I am fine now, except for these few red spots on my neck, there is nothing else, how could it be more serious than him?"

"He lost his appearance, but you lost his heart. Naturally, you can't tell. Think about it, if the core of a tree is rotten, no matter how good the appearance is, can it survive?"

Jia She shook his head sadly.

"It's not incurable, but I'm afraid that it would be a waste for a flirtatious person like you to prescribe this medicine to you, so it's better to keep it to save others." The old doctor snorted coldly.

When Jia She heard that there was still hope, he happily begged him to prescribe medicine for him, and he was willing to give it any amount of money.

The old doctor remained unmoved.

Jia Amnesty had no choice but to ask Yan Liang for help.

Yan Liang repeatedly guarantor Jia She, the old doctor agreed, handed over a delicate porcelain bottle, and told Jia She: "There are 66 pills in total, one pill per month. I will write down the specific taboos on this piece of paper. Remember You have to abide by it, or you will fall short, and there will be no medicine to cure you.”

The old doctor also told Jia She that as long as he took his medicine, the red spots on his neck would gradually disappear, but as long as Jia She broke the precept, the symptoms would definitely return.

Jia Amnesty nodded his head, assuring that he would obey.After receiving the medicine and the order, Jia Amnesty breathed a sigh of relief.When he got home, he couldn't wait to take one first, and then opened the taboo paper to look at it. He thought there would be many demands, but in the end there was only one sentence.

"Drink no more than one pot a month, and have sex no more than five times."

Yan Liang came over to take a look, provoking Jia She said: "It's nothing to look at, but it's hard for you to persist for three years? I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Dissatisfied, Jia Amnesty patted his chest to assure that he would do it, and asked Yan Liang to help supervise him.Yan Liang didn't want to, and after he pleaded repeatedly, he reluctantly nodded in agreement.

Jia She'an gave birth for a few days, but at first she tolerated it very well and didn't touch it at all.But in the middle of the month, he became addicted to alcohol, scratched his heart, and had sex. Seeing the beautiful concubines in the courtyard, he was ready to move, and he couldn't control it.In just one day, Jia Amnesty put the two concubines in the three-way room to sleep, and also drank a month's worth of alcohol along the way.

After Yan Liang heard about it, he asked someone to wrap a small coffin in red cloth and send it over. The two people who carried the coffin were still suffering from Hualiu disease.

Seeing this, Jia Amnesty was frightened to death, and he didn't dare to take the concubine to seduce him again, so he took the initiative to send all these people away the next day.

When Jia's mother heard about it, she thought it was strange and asked someone to inquire about it, but accidentally learned the rumor that Yan Liang had sent a coffin to Jia Amnesty.Jia Mu was so angry that she scolded him for being unseemly. It was a taboo to deliver the coffin. Was she going to curse his son to death?This time she has a legitimate reason to deal with this guy, she must peel off his skin.

Jia Zheng also came to join in the fun at this time, "Mother, do you still remember the person who came to the palace that day? I just heard yesterday that the sage appointed him an official. He is a ninth-rank horse factory assistant leader. A horse breeder."

Jia Zheng couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hey, isn't this Bi Mawen sung in the play?" Mrs. Wang covered her mouth with a veil and smiled.

"Hmph, I think this fellow is not even as good as a monkey!" After scolding Jia Mu angrily, she sent someone to invite Jia Jing here.