The Favoured Medical Princess: 253 Private Visit

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The next day, when the genius was bright, Baihe followed Nangong Yue's instructions and prepared a simple and low-key green-covered carriage at the second gate, and also ordered the people accompanying him to travel lightly.

Nangong Yue only took three maids with her, Baihui Lily and Thrush.

When they arrived at the second gate, Zhu Xing, who was wearing simple blue cotton clothes, was already waiting beside the carriage with a horse, and what surprised Nangong Yue and the others was another person.

"Zhou Dacheng, why are you here?" Lily blurted out in surprise.

It turns out that the coachman sitting in front of the carriage, wearing a simple gray jacket and a bamboo hat, turned out to be Zhou Dacheng.

"I've met the Crown Princess." Zhou Dacheng held a horsewhip, clasped his fists and saluted Nangong Yue roughly, and then said with a bold smile, "I've been suffocated these days, so I'll go out with you to have some fun."

The so-called "release" is aimed at prisoners in prison! Lily's face suddenly turned dark, and she thought to herself: If you want to let it go, don't involve others!

Of course Nangong Yue had no objection to Zhou Dacheng's initiative to ask for help, so a carriage and Zhu Xing's horse set off lightly.

Liu Hezhuang is located on the outskirts of the royal capital, only a dozen miles away from the royal capital. The air in this suburb is indeed much fresher, although it is late autumn, the autumn wind is howling, many trees and shrubs have turned yellow, and the flowers have also Thank you, but Lily and Thrush were still watching with great interest, whispering to each other from time to time.

In less than an hour, the speed of the carriage gradually slowed down, and Zhu Xing's voice was heard coming from outside: "Concubine, the Liuhe Village is ahead."

Since we were traveling in casual clothes anyway, Nangong Yue was not too restrained and said, "Stop the car. I want to get out of the car and take a walk."

After the maids helped her out of the carriage, the first thing she did was to warn Zhu Xing: "Next, you are not allowed to call me Princess Concubine."

Zhu Xing was stunned, and before he could react, Lily and Huamei on the side had already responded with a smile: "Yes, young lady!"

In fact, Nangong Yue's childish look, if she didn't have her hair styled like a woman's, wouldn't look like a young lady, but more like a girl from a wealthy family.

Zhu Xing also dismounted and walked slowly forward with Nangong Yue and the three maids, while Zhou Dacheng followed behind in the carriage.

As Nangong Yue walked, she looked at her surroundings.

According to Zhu Xing, more than ten years ago, after the old king of Zhennan conquered this country with the late emperor, the late emperor rewarded him with a pile of gold and silver treasures, but the old king of Zhennan thought that the gold and silver treasures were dead objects. There was no reliable land, so I bought some Zhuangzi land randomly, thinking that I would pass it on from generation to generation.

It’s just that King Nan of the old town left for Southern Xinjiang soon, so there was no one to take care of this Zhuangzi, that is, he only sent some account books and filial piety to Nanjiang every year.

Although Old Town Nanwang is casual, the village he bought is indeed in an excellent location, close to mountains and rivers. Especially there is a river next to these fertile fields, and the water seems to be rippling.

Huamei was happily explaining to the side how to divert river water to the fields for irrigation when there is little rain, and how to dredge the accumulated water to avoid flooding the fertile fields during floods... Nangong Yue listened in a confused way, but she finally understood what was important to the farmers. Said, this place couldn't be better.

The fields in autumn are a scene of harvest. The endless rice fields are like paving the ground with gold. When a gust of wind blows, waves of golden waves are set off. Some farmers who look like tenant farmers are harvesting crops in the fields.

At first glance, this Zhuangzi seems to be unexpectedly prosperous.

Nangong Yue looked at the farmers not far away and said, "Let's go ahead and borrow some water."

When Nangong Yue travels, her maid Baihui and her three people naturally prepare enough water. Obviously, she just wants to take the opportunity to talk to the tenants here.

Huamei took the initiative to invite Ying and said: "Young lady..., why don't you let me go explore the way first?"

Nangong Yue nodded, and Huamei trotted away. Looking at her petite and thin body, she ran quite fast. Lily suddenly said with emotion: "Actually, Huamei's foundation and condition are not bad, but it's a pity that she is a little older, otherwise I would have taught her martial arts."

Zhou Dacheng, who was driving the carriage, immediately teased from behind: "With your impetuous personality, you still have the nerve to be someone's master?"

Lily was as hairy as a cat whose tail was stepped on. It was unreasonable to be called frizzy by someone who was frizzy than herself.

"Say it as if you have been a master!" Lily looked at him with contempt, making Zhou Dacheng speechless. He had never had a disciple.

I will take on a disciple when I go back tomorrow! he thought to himself.

A few people walked and talked all the way, and Nangong Yue smiled when they heard it. When they came to the small village next to Liuhe Village, Huamei came out of it in a hurry, saying without blushing and out of breath: " Shi... Young Madam, please come with me."

Leaving the carriage and groom Zhou Dacheng outside the village, the rest of the people entered the village.

Although it was daytime, the village was quiet. The men were probably all working. At a glance, I could only see the occasional old man and children.

Huamei, who was guiding the way, whispered: "Madam, this village is not considered wealthy." After a pause, she explained, "Look, the houses here are all old wooden houses. If this farmer has some spare money, , a big house with blue bricks and black tiles has long been built."

When Huamei said this, Nangong Yue looked at it carefully and found that it was true. At first glance, there is only a large house with blue bricks and black tiles in the farthest place against the mountain. The other houses are wooden houses that have been built for decades. If you look closely, you will find that the wooden boards have appeared due to the corrosion of time. Lots of holes and gaps.

Huamei led them into a house only two or three houses away from the village entrance. The owner was an old woman in her seventies. Half of her teeth were lost, her mouth shrank, and her face was covered with chrysanthemums. like wrinkles.

Although this house is shabby and tight, it is still clean. In addition, there are no men in the house, and the woman speaks in a relatively orderly manner, so Huamei chose this house.

The thrush must have been prepared in advance. The old woman had prepared water for them, and also put a plate of dates. The red dates were plump and looked like little red lanterns. The fresh look shows that it was just picked from the jujube tree outside.

After Nangong Yue sat down, she apologized: "Old lady, I'm sorry to disturb you."

"Don't disturb, don't disturb." The old woman said in a flattering yet reserved tone. She had never seen a girl as white as Nangong Yue, who looked as beautiful as the jade girl in the Guanyin painting. "When a noble person like Madam comes to the old lady's house to rest, the old lady's shabby house also seems to be glowing..."

Lily burst out laughing and said, "It's the basil that makes the brilliance shine."

"That's right, the plum blossoms are shining brightly." The old woman nodded repeatedly without caring.

After Nangong Yue ate a date, she praised: "Old lady, your dates are so sweet and crispy."

"The old lady grew these dates herself. If madam likes them, the old lady will pick some for you."

"No need." Nangong Yue said with a smile, "Old lady, sit down and let's talk."

The old woman had already benefited from Huamei just now. She knew that Nangong Yue was a noble person, and if she served well, she would definitely be rewarded, so she sat down with a smile on her face.

Nangong Yue chatted with her seemingly casually: "Old lady, I just saw that your crops outside are growing really well. It seems that you have another good harvest this year. Congratulations."

"There's nothing to congratulate." The old woman curled her lips and didn't take it seriously. "It's not hers anyway..." She hesitated.

Huamei and Nangong Yue looked at each other and felt that there was something going on. Huamei said deliberately: "Even if you rent the master's land, after paying the rent, the harvest will finally be yours, which is not bad."

Nangong Yue followed up and said: "It's not like my village in Huaibei. Because Huaibei suffered from waterlogging, the entire year's harvest was wiped out. Hey, I, the master of the house, can't force the tenants to death, right? I had to waive their rent for one year."

The old woman sighed and said with emotion: "Those of us who are farming are just relying on the sky to make a living. Fortunately, Madam's tenants have such kind-hearted owners like Madam, unlike us..." She said half-finished, It stopped suddenly again, which made Lily and Thrush really itchy.

The old woman looked at the door of the courtyard and made sure there was no outsider, then she lowered her voice and said, "Madam, I just want to complain to you. The master here is more ruthless than blood leeches."

Blood leeches? Zhu Xing and Baihui both frowned slightly, feeling that the old woman's words were too unpleasant.

Nangong Yue didn’t take it seriously and asked, “How do you say that?”

"The rent is rising every year!" The old woman said with great hatred, gritting her teeth, "This year it has risen to 50%! No matter how good the harvest is, what's the use? Why don't we hand it over to the owner? They all drink from the northwest wind. These days, you don’t dare to get sick. Once you get sick, you will not be able to survive. A few days ago, the family next door to the old woman sold their eldest daughter..." The old woman said with a sigh. As the saying goes: distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. This neighbor's family is living like this, which makes people feel sad that the rabbit is dead and the fox is dead!

When they heard that the rent was actually 50%, Baihui, Lily and Thrush all opened their eyes in disbelief. Under normal circumstances, the 30% rent was already the top, let alone this. The account books sent by Liuhe Village show that the rent is only 20%, and the rent has not been increased in the fifteen years since King Nan of Old Town bought Zhuangzi. Where did the rest of the price difference go? One can imagine! This manager of Zhuangzi is simply audacious.

After Huamei thought about it, he deliberately said in an exaggerated tone: "50%? Isn't this too sinister? Old lady, could it be that the manager is trying to deceive the superiors?" She looked at Nangong Yue and said, " In the past, our wife had a bold steward in a village in the south of the Yangtze River. He insisted on writing mulberry silk into tussah silk to report the accounts. Fortunately, last year our chief steward went to Jiangnan to audit the accounts and caught him."

"My wife is also an old tenant of this village. In the past two years, when the rent had just increased to 40%, we also suspected that the manager was lying to us, and we thought about going to the owner to plead... I know last year, my master sent a group of veterans..." The old woman sighed and seemed to hesitate.

Lily saw it and said, "Old lady, there are some of you here who have served as soldiers. It seems that your family must be a big family."

"That is indeed a big business." The old woman looked outside cautiously again and said in a low voice, "Our old master's family was the old King of Zhennan who has passed away. Now the old master is gone. It is said that this place was passed on to the current prince of Zhennan. After that, the rent here increased even more fiercely. The prince even sent a disabled veteran to them last year, apparently to support them. As a result... our life is worse than that of a pig or a dog! Compared to them, we are doing relatively well."

The words used by this old woman were really shocking, and Zhu Xing almost jumped when he heard it. I don't know whether to say that the old woman has a bad reputation as a prince, or to accuse the manager of being lawless.

The old woman was still afraid that they would not believe it, so she added: "The old woman is not talking nonsense. Everyone in this village knows that those veterans are assigned to reclaim wasteland in the back mountains. They can only rest for two hours a day, and eat two meals a day. The brown rice covered with chaff is like pig food. This man is like iron rice and steel. How can he support himself if this continues? Two days ago, a veteran who was missing a leg became ill and could not support himself. The godson went to ask the steward to call a doctor, but not only did the doctor not come, he was also beaten severely. The young man who is missing an arm is still in a coma... It depends on whether he is lucky or not. Get over it!"

The old woman shook her head and sighed, muttering: "What a sin."

Nangong Yue's face was as dark as water. Although she had known that there was something wrong with Zhuangzi, she didn't expect that what the steward did was beyond her expectations. The Zhennan Palace is far away in southern Xinjiang. This Zhuangzi has been in charge of affairs for fifteen years, so that his courage has grown stronger and stronger, and he has become somewhat like a local emperor.

But the top priority is not to settle the score with the manager, but...

Nangong Yue calmed down and asked: "Old lady, do you know where the sick veteran is now?"

The old lady looked at Nangong Yue suspiciously, wondering what her purpose was.

Seeing this, Nangong Yue pointed at Baihui and explained: "Old lady, this maid of mine knows some medical skills. It's rare that I pass by here, so it's fate. I just thought about asking her to take a look at the sick veteran, too. Accumulate some virtue."

At that time, many people believed in Buddhism, so the old woman clasped her hands and recited the word "Buddha". She praised Nangong Yue for being a bodhisattva, and then told her where the veteran lived.

Nangong Yue ordered Huamei to reward the old woman again, and then left.

The old lady sent Nangong Yue and others to the door, and then watched them go deeper into the village. She was about to return home when a familiar figure suddenly flashed across the corner of her eyes. Could it be that...

She vaguely guessed something and wanted to chase Nangong Yue and the others, but she was afraid of getting into trouble, so she finally hid back in her home.

At the same time, Baihui and Zhu Xing exchanged glances, and then whispered in Nangong Yue's ear: "Prince Concubine, someone is following us."

"Let him follow." Nangong Yue said nonchalantly and continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened.

Soon, they followed the dry mud road to the end of the village.

Huamei pointed to a dilapidated house in front of him and said, "Young lady, this should be the home of the veteran."

Looking at the dilapidated house in front of them, everyone frowned. This was not a house, it was simply a converted pig shed. This house is probably even bigger than the penthouse in their house. It is surrounded by almost rotten wooden boards. There are huge gaps between the wooden boards, which may not even be able to block the cold wind in winter.

"Let's go in and take a look." Nangong Yue frowned, her face already very ugly.

Baihui and the others rarely see Nangong Yue like this, they are all focused and solemn.

Huamei walked at the front, pushing open the rickety wooden door and raising his voice: "Is there anyone there?"

As soon as the door was opened, a burst of filthy air came oncoming, as if the smell of pig manure accumulated over the years had completely penetrated into every inch of the house.

Thrush couldn't help but cover his nose, thinking: Where is this place for people to live! This manager is really hateful!

The room was dimly lit, there wasn't even a window, only the sunlight coming in from the door slightly illuminated the inside. At a glance, they could see a young man with his eyes closed lying on the wooden board that was so crude that they didn't know whether it was a door or a wooden bed. The sleeve on his right arm was empty, his face was bruised, and his body was bandaged indiscriminately. There were many strips of cloth, and there was faint traces of blood seeping under the strips, which was shocking to see.

Beside the wooden bed, an old man with some gray hair was lying. His face could not be seen clearly as he was lying on the wooden bed, but at a glance, he could see that there was a piece of wood attached to his right leg, which was obviously used as a prosthesis.

Nangong Yue and others had known for a long time that the young man had been unconscious for a long time, but the sound of them pushing the door did not wake the old man up, which made them feel that the situation was not good.

Nangong Yue's face darkened, and she ordered Baihui to check on the young man, while she went to check on the old man, and found that the man's forehead was hot.

Not good!

Nangong Yue was about to ask Lily to help her support the old man, but before she could say anything, someone grabbed her left wrist. She looked up and found that the unconscious young man had opened his eyes at some point and sat up suddenly. His face was bruised and pale, but his eyes were still as bright as lightning, as if they were about to pierce someone. As if, his right arm tightly restrained Nangong Yue's left wrist.

"Let go of Shi... Young Madam!" Lily was furious. Under her nose, the Crown Princess was unexpectedly attacked. This is simply a great shame and humiliation for her!

Baihui said hurriedly: "We are here to help you, hurry up..."

She didn't have a chance to finish her words, Lily had already struck him on the back of the neck with a palm. For a moment, the other party showed a wolf-like look in his eyes, glaring at Lily fiercely, as if he wanted to tear her apart, but Unable to withstand the heavy blow to his body, he closed his eyes and fell down. Since he lost consciousness, he naturally let go of Nangong Yue's wrist.

Finally, Lily wasn't too harsh and gave him a hand, preventing him from falling on the wooden bed.

"Lily..."

Bai Hui glared at her, but Lily said confidently: "We have to explain to a wolf that doesn't trust people until the end of the year. Why don't we cure them and prove everything with actions." When he woke up, Do you still have the nerve to seek revenge on your savior?

What she said was clearly unreasonable, but there was still some truth to it. This young man's eyes were indeed like a wolf, not only ferocious, but also full of extreme emotions of distrust.

Lily did what she did, and scolding her would not help.

Nangong Yue hurriedly said: "Let's help this uncle to another bed first."

As soon as she gave the order, Zhu Xing picked up the disabled old man in his arms. Huamei took out a piece of blue cotton cloth from the bag and spread it on the dirty-looking bed board.

Huamei brought this cotton cloth with him in case Nangong Yue got tired from walking and could rest on the ground.

After Zhu Xing settled the old man, Nangong Yue felt his pulse.

"Prince Princess, how is he doing?" Zhu Xing asked worriedly. The people who have the most affection for these veterans are probably him and Zhou Dacheng. After all, they are all people who have worked with the old Zhennan King.

Nangong Yue said in a deep voice: "He became ill due to overwork, which caused him to have a high fever and become unconscious. First, we need to help him bring down the fever, so that he can recover well in the future." She thought for a while and ordered Zhu Xing, "Zhu Xing, there are some medicines in the rightmost drawer of my carriage, as well as some medicinal wine and clean cotton cloth. Go and get them."

Zhu Xing hesitated for a moment, thinking that since Baihui and Lily were here, it would be fine, so he took the order.

Nangong Yue first asked Huamei to wet a white towel and put a cold compress on the old man's forehead. Then she took out her silver needle bag and inserted acupuncture points into his Yinqie, Fuliu, Sanyinjiao, Yongquan and other acupuncture points. Reduce fever.

Follow her to see the young man: "Baihui, how is he doing?"

Baihui removed the cloth strips on the young man one by one, and while instructing Lily to clean the wounds, she frowned and said, "Madam, his right leg is broken." She paused and said with some concern. , "Leave it to the slaves to deal with it."

Nangong Yue did not agree immediately, but first took the school test: "Baihui, how should we deal with fractures?"

Baihui replied without hesitation: "After cleaning the wound and supporting the bones, fix it with a wooden board."

Nangong Yue nodded with satisfaction, accepting it.

So, Baihui came to handle it, Lily assisted, and she just supervised.

Baihui first pulled a piece of cotton into strips, and used the strips to fix the wooden board clamped on the young man's leg. At the same time, Baihui also treated other wounds on his body. The warrior therefore carried the golden sore medicine made by Lin Jingchen with him and smeared his face into a mixture of yellow and green.

At this time, a vague groan came from the side, and Huamei hurriedly exclaimed: "Uncle, are you awake? Do you feel okay?"

The old man slowly opened his eyes, which seemed a little cloudy and unable to focus.

Nangong Yue returned to his bedside, leaned over and said gently: "Can you hear my voice?"

The other party nodded laboriously.

Nangong Yue continued: "I just performed an acupuncture on you. Don't move around. I will tighten the needles for you first." As she said this, she skillfully took out all the silver needles.

"A'lan! A'lan..." the old man said eagerly, trying to get up.

Nangong Yue motioned to Huamei to help him up and comforted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Alan is fine. My maid is already treating him."

The old man turned around and saw Baihui bandaging up Alan. He finally breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Madam, for helping me. This time, if it weren't for Madam, our father and son would probably..." He said that his eyes were already moist. "If something happened to Alan, I would never be able to forgive myself. If it weren't for me, Alan wouldn't have come to the capital..." At this point, he choked up.

"Everything will be fine." Nangong Yue comforted him softly.

The old man took a deep breath and tried to stabilize his emotions, but soon he thought of something and said: "Madam, you'd better leave here quickly. If this person finds out and tells the manager, I'm afraid he will look for you. Trouble."

Nangong Yue seemed to be smiling, but she was still hoping that this manager would cause trouble.

Huamei said from the side: "Uncle, it's okay, our young lady is not afraid of those in charge."

The old man frowned and said in a hateful voice: "Madam, you don't know who the master of this village is. This manager is not scary. What is scary is the person behind him. If you continue to stay here, I will be afraid. Sometimes someone will be rude to you."

Huamei puffed up his chest and smiled nonchalantly: "Why don't we know? Isn't the head of Zhuangzi the Prince of Zhennan?"

The old man was startled, looking at Huamei with some surprise, and then at Nangong Yue. Although she was not particularly luxuriously dressed, her appearance and demeanor did not look like an ordinary wealthy family... Could it be said that they were Met a noble person? Is this a noble person who can help them make decisions?

The old man pondered for a moment and said: "Yes, it is the vicious and vicious prince Xiao Yi of Zhennan Prince!" He gritted his teeth as he spoke, and his eyes suddenly burst out with strong hatred, as if he wanted to eat his flesh. Drink its blood!

Huamei frowned slightly, and when he was about to say something, Nangong Yue stopped him with a look.

"Uncle, can you tell me what's going on?" Nangong Yue asked.

The old man’s eyes darkened and he hesitated for a while, but he also felt that he had nothing to worry about. He said simply: “My name is David Chu. I was originally a soldier of the deceased old Zhennan King. A few years ago, I lost my right calf in a battle and have retired since then. When the old prince was alive, he took great care of us old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, but after the current King Zhennan succeeded to the throne, besides The meager annual pension is nothing, and everyone’s life is very difficult.”

"Last year, when the Crown Prince sent people to pick up us veterans in southern Xinjiang, everyone was very happy. They felt that the Crown Prince had the style of the old king of Nan, and he was actually willing to support useless people like us. Originally, I was my godson. Lan didn't meet the requirements of the prince, but he couldn't bear to let me come to the capital alone, so he followed me, planning to find a job near the capital to support himself... But none of us expected that the prince was a wolf-hearted person. Man, he wants a good reputation and doesn’t want to support cripples like us, so he simply treats us veterans with no relatives as free labor to work to death for him!”

The old man was so angry that his face turned blue, and the veins on his forehead were bulging. He looked at the unconscious Ah Lan, and then said: "Originally, my life is gone, but if I trust the wrong person, it will be gone. Anyway, the old King of Zhennan saved my life back then, so I should return his life, but..." He took a deep breath and said angrily, "Alan is innocent!" His hands tightened around mine, forming fists. Trembling slightly.

At this time, Baihui and Lily finally got rid of Alan who was injured all over.

Lily looked at the empty medicine bottles and muttered angrily: "You are really taking advantage of me." When she returns home, she must ask the Crown Princess to compensate her for two bottles.

She was about to put away the empty bottle, but she didn't want a hand to grab her suddenly. The speed was too fast, and she had other things on her mind, and she was actually caught by the other party.

This guy actually woke up so quickly? Is my strength so small?

As Lily was thinking about it, she felt the heartbreaking pain coming from her wrist. She almost suspected that this guy had used all his strength.

"Hey! Is this how you treat your savior?" Lily glared at him angrily. The hateful guy made her lose face twice a day.

The old man stood aside and said: "Alan, let this girl go quickly. They are here to help us..."

Alan hesitated for a moment, wanting to say that they were the ones who knocked him out just now, but after seeing the old man who was in much better spirits, he finally let go of Lily's hand.

Lily rubbed her wrists and felt bruises on them. She secretly swore that she was incompatible with this annoying guy!

At this moment, there was a messy sound of footsteps and the sound of conversation coming from a distance outside the house:

"Right over there!"

"Let's go! Go and have a look!"

Lily's eyes suddenly lit up, she flexed her knuckles, thinking: Finally here! If she were to settle a score with Alan now, she would be accused of bullying the injured patient. Don't blame her for being rude if this stupid manager comes to your door all by himself. Today she must teach these guys a lesson for ruining the reputation of the prince!

"Boom!"

Someone kicked the rickety wooden door hard, and then a short, fat man in a brocade robe walked in with four tall men.