Chapter 67: This brat has ruined my reputation!
In the bustling yet deserted city of Xianyang, pedestrians are walking in a hurry.
In a rice shop on the street, the shop owner and the Qin people who came to buy rice got together under the opportunity to buy rice.
The two of them kept observing whether there were any patrolling city defense troops passing by, and when no one was around, they would quickly whisper a few words to each other.
This is not a statement of treason or assassination.
" ...A few days ago, my brother made a scene in the building. He is such a dandy."
"…Is there no war recently? If this continues, we won't be able to fill our stomachs."
"... Father and Sanwa didn't make it through last winter, and we don't know how they'll make it through this winter."
That is the case. Two people who have known each other for three years cannot chat more than a few times in a month because it is against the law.
If the two were seen in this situation by the patrolling city defense troops, they would most likely be sentenced to one month in prison.
If there was another Qin person entering the rice shop to buy rice at this time, he would see the two of them chatting.
The second Qin person who buys rice will most likely report the incident - Qin law stipulates that any Qin person who knows someone has committed a crime but does not report it is considered a harboring crime, and harboring is a crime.
Perhaps because they hadn't chatted for a while, the two were so excited about the conversation that they forgot to pay attention.
A city guard happened to pass by the rice shop. He caught a glimpse of two people chatting and laughing in the shop, which did not seem like they were buying rice normally, so he went in to ask.
He had just taken a step towards the rice shop when an arm appeared in front of the city guards.
The city guards' eyes narrowed.
He was sure that there was no one nearby just now, so where did the arm come from?
In broad daylight, could it be that the ghosts that the people talked about a few days ago were real? !
When his sight shifted, the city defense soldier saw that the person blocking his way was a doctor carrying a medicine box, and he felt relieved.
"Why stop us?" the city defense army asked in a deep voice.
The voice of the city defense army was transmitted into the shop. The two people in the shop followed the voice and saw the city defense army. They were so scared that their faces turned pale.
That’s it!
The two were caught in the act and, according to normal practice, would be sentenced to prison.
Just when the two were filled with despair, they saw the man who was stopping the city defense forces handing them something that looked like a sign.
The city defense soldiers took it and inspected it, then saluted hurriedly.
Then the man who blocked the road made some remarks. The city defense soldiers looked at the two men from Mi Pu hesitantly, and actually followed the man who blocked the road.
The two men escaped the disaster and breathed a sigh of relief.
The Qin man who bought rice left in a hurry, and the rice shop owner did not try to keep him.
After about an incense stick of time, the Qin man who wanted to buy rice pushed open the door of the rice shop again. The owner of the rice shop was startled and hurriedly sent the man away.
"You don't want to live, but I do!" He thought the Qin people who bought rice were here to chat with him.
"The rice has not been bought yet." The Qin man who wanted to buy rice raised his empty hands.
Just now he was so busy chatting with the rice shop owner that he even forgot to buy rice.
…
"Have you ever participated in the war to destroy Chu?" Xia Wuqie asked casually.
Next to him was the city defense soldier who had just discovered something strange about the rice shop.
"Yes." The city defense army nodded.
In the war to destroy Chu, the Qin army had 600,000 soldiers, and the number of civilian laborers and people transporting baggage was as high as one million.
Basically, as long as they were not new soldiers recruited in the past two years, all Qin soldiers had participated in that epic battle.
"It is said that there are people in Chu who are skilled in witchcraft and can summon souls and take away gods. Have you ever seen it?" Xia Wuqie asked again.
The city defense soldiers showed contempt and said, "It's just a trick."
It was the imperial physician who almost made me think it was a ghost just now.
The two walked along the way, and were about to reach the gate of Xianyang Palace when Xia Wuqi took out a small blue porcelain bottle from the medicine box.
"I'm not asking you for nothing. This bottle of hemostatic powder is better than those external injury medicines out there."
"Thank you, Imperial Physician!"
The city defense soldiers took the hemostatic powder handed over by Xia Wuqie, and there was a look of great joy in their eyes.
Even a fool would know that the hemostatic powder that the imperial physician ordered to be placed in the medicine box must be extraordinary.
Being able to stop the bleeding in time is your second life on the battlefield.
Even if it doesn't go to the battlefield, selling it to someone who knows the value of it can still be a considerable income for the family.
The city defense troops resumed patrolling.
Xia Wuqi tightened the medicine box on his back , looked thoughtful, and walked steadily towards the Xianyang Palace, ready to return to the Imperial Medical Bureau.
To enter the Xianyang Palace, one has to pass through a corridor that is more than ten meters long.
As Xia Wuqie walked over, a man in a Confucian robe came out of the corridor and saluted to him, saying, "Chun Yuyue greets the Imperial Physician."
Xia Wuqie returned the greeting politely, he recognized Chunyu Yue.
Chunyu Yue was the eldest prince's teacher and often went in and out of the Zheng Palace. The two had met more than once.
"May I ask the Imperial Physician, what disease is the eldest son suffering from?" Chunyu Yue asked directly.
Is the eldest son ill?
When did it happen?
How come I don’t know?
Xia Wu was stunned.
But having lived in the palace for many years, he is not ignorant of the ways of the world and naturally has some shrewdness.
He frowned and shook his head, and replied: "Your Majesty has not asked Wuqie to treat the eldest son recently."
With just one sentence, he removed himself from the matter.
I am His Majesty's imperial physician, not the eldest prince's. I have not treated the eldest prince in these days, so I don't know anything about him.
Chunyu Yue came to the Da Zheng Palace today to ask to see Ying Fusu, but was stopped outside again.
The reason is that the eldest prince's disease is contagious and he cannot come into contact with others.
But Chunyu Yue clearly saw through the window that there were people busying around in the Da Zheng Palace, and there was definitely more than one person.
This made Chunyu Yue even more doubtful about whether Ying Fusu was really ill, so he turned around and went to the Imperial Medical Bureau.
There must be someone to treat the eldest prince if he is sick, right?
As a result, all the doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau responded that the eldest son had fainted in the court a few days ago and it was the Imperial Physician who personally treated him.
As for recently, the doctors present did not treat the eldest young master, and no one knew that he was ill, but it is true that he has not been seen for a long time.
Chunyu Yue's anxiety increased rapidly, like an ant on a hot pan.
People from the Imperial Medical Bureau don’t chat?
No one has heard that the eldest son is ill?
This is not a joke!
When the eldest prince fell ill, the First Emperor did not send an imperial physician to treat him. Did he invite a doctor from outside?
Upon hearing that it was Xia Wuqie who rescued Ying Fusu who fainted in the court, Chunyu Yue became uneasy and did not return home. Instead, he stood at the corridor inside the palace gate waiting for Xia Wuqie.
As soon as the two of them started chatting, Chunyu Yue's heart sank into the abyss.
Xia Wuqi didn't know that the eldest son was ill!
"Excuse me for disturbing the imperial physician."
"Chun Yu Pushe, walk slowly."
The two said goodbye.
Xia Wuqie noticed that Chunyu Yue's face looked pale and if he continued like this he would be easily invaded by the evil wind. He wanted to stop him and say a few words to comfort him, but after thinking for a while he did not open his mouth.
Chunyu Yue's illness was also a mental illness, just like Loutai Guanshi's. Without knowing the cause, Xia Wuqie was helpless.
If Lord Chang'an were here, perhaps he could help.
Xia Wuqi shook his head, put the idea out of his mind, and leisurely returned to the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Along the way, Xia Wuqie discovered that the patrolling officials, passing eunuchs, and palace maids all looked at him with extremely envious and strange eyes, which was somewhat puzzled.
When he returned to the Imperial Medical Bureau, he was stunned to see the hundred gold coins lying on the ground and surrounded by many doctors.
He finally understood why he received so many strange looks along the way.
"You bastard ruined my reputation!"
On that day, Xia Wuqie, the kind-hearted imperial physician, scolded Ying Chengjiao in the Imperial Medical Office.
