The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

"Since they were competitors, shouldn't Doctor Du be happy that he's dead?" Chu Yunxi's voice turned cold, pointing at the tablet and saying, "Why do we need to set up a tablet specifically for him and burn incense for him?"

Doctor Du lifted his eyelids, glanced at the tablet, then closed his eyes again and said calmly, "As fellow doctors, we are just paying our respects."

Is that all? Chu Yunxi certainly didn't believe it. She stood up and looked around. The temple was small, and the Guanyin Bodhisattva was enshrined. There were two faded cushions in front of the incense table. In addition to Yan Haosong's tablet, there was another tablet on the incense table, which read: "The spirit tablet of my mentor Luo Enjiu".

Xiao Mubei suddenly asked, "Are you Doctor Luo's disciple?"

Luo Enjiu, is actually the imperial physician?

Upon hearing this, Doctor Du suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Mubei, "Do you know my master?"

Xiao Mubei smiled and said, "Not only do I know him, I was rescued by Doctor Luo himself."

Doctor Du stood up puzzledly, walked up to Xiao Mubei and looked at him carefully. Xiao Mubei did not dodge or avoid her, but kept smiling and let her look at him.

Chu Yunxi had never thought that there was such a connection between them. Imperial physician? Shouldn't he be in the palace? Why did his disciple open a clinic among the common people?

The temple fell silent, and no one spoke. A subtle emotion was growing in the air. Just when Chu Yunxi felt that a long time had passed, but in fact it was only an incense stick of time, Doctor Du suddenly asked, "Are you the eighth prince Xiao Mubei?"

"That's right." Xiao Mubei said, "After I grew up, Doctor Luo had already left the Imperial Hospital. It was my mother who told me that if it weren't for Doctor Luo's miraculous healing, I would have died at birth. She told me to remember Doctor Luo and repay him for saving my life if I had the chance to see him in the future."

"Empress Xian is a good person who values ​​love and friendship. What a pity..." Doctor Du sighed and did not say the rest of the words, but Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi knew what she was going to say. What a pity, good people do not live long.

Xiao Mubei was silent for a moment, then said, "Doctor Du, I heard from my mother that Doctor Luo was expelled from the Imperial Hospital because his apprentice used the wrong medicine, which caused the condition of a noble in the palace to worsen. I remember that I never heard my mother say that the apprentice was a female doctor, so was she another apprentice of your master?"

Having said that, is there anything Chu Yunxi doesn’t understand?

Sure enough, Doctor Du also sighed, sat down on the armchair, and said, "Yes, I believe you have already guessed it. The disciple who used the wrong medicine is Yan Haosong, who is also my senior brother."

Although Chu Yunxi guessed that Doctor Yan and Doctor Du must have a connection, she did not guess that they were actually senior and junior brothers and sisters. If that was the case, why did they run a clinic on the same street for so many years but never had any contact with each other?

Doctor Du took a sip of tea, his eyes looking in an unknown direction through the mist, and he said slowly: "Yan Haosong and I were both brought up by our master since we were young. The difference is that because he is talented and a man, he was brought into the Imperial Hospital by our master at an early age, while I have a mediocre aptitude for studying medicine, so I followed my master and became a medicine boy."

Chu Yunxi sat down below Xiao Mubei, staring at Doctor Du, listening to her telling the unknown past in her slightly weathered voice.

Doctor Du's real name is Du Ruoying. She is five years younger than Yan Haosong. Although she did not work in the Imperial Medical Bureau, she spent the longest time with her master, Doctor Luo, because the old doctor would take her with him wherever he went for medical consultations. She is more familiar with the inner courtyard of the imperial palace than her own home.

Back then, Empress Xian gave birth prematurely due to insufficient energy and blood. It took her two full days and two nights to give birth to the Eighth Prince. But after the child was born, he didn't cry or make a fuss, and he didn't even open his eyes. There was no sign of life!

At that time, Doctor Luo was the most skilled doctor in the Imperial Medical Bureau. If he was not indifferent to fame and fortune, the position of the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau would have been his. The birth of Empress Xian's child was a major event in the palace, so Doctor Luo took Du Ruoying, the then medicine boy, to stay in Fanghua Palace for two days and two nights. If it were not for Doctor Luo's medicine that kept Empress Xian alive, I'm afraid she would have lived to see Xiao Mubei's birth.

Who would have thought that the eighth prince would be like this when he was born? The wet nurse hurriedly took the little prince out of the bedroom and brought him straight to Doctor Luo, begging him to save his life!

Doctor Luo took a look at the little prince and without saying a word took out the golden needles and started to give him acupuncture. The baby was just born, and was premature, so small as a cat. Du Ruoying held him very carefully, not daring to use any strength, for fear of hurting the little prince by accident.

Doctor Luo gave eight needles. His official uniform was completely soaked with sweat. Du Ruoying was not much better off. It was a very cold day and her clothes were soaked layer by layer. Finally, when the eighth needle was given, the little prince cried out "wow".

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Doctor Luo looked up and saw that Emperor Sui Ming had stood beside him, watching him give him acupuncture.

He wanted to kneel, but Emperor Sui Ming stopped him and said only, "If anything happens to you in the future, I will spare your death."

This was a golden ticket to save his life. Du Ruoying knew that her master was always cautious and prudent, and his medical skills were superb, so it was unlikely that he would commit a crime. However, her senior brother was greedy and reckless. Although he had superb medical skills, he was always arrogant. Her master said that he lacked the benevolence of a doctor, and kept warning him not to get close to the powerful, but he turned a deaf ear to her.

Finally one day, when the senior brother was examining Concubine Rou, he used a strong medicine because he wanted it to work quickly. This caused Concubine Rou's condition to worsen and she fell into a coma for five days. In the end, it was Imperial Doctor Luo who turned the tide and saved Concubine Rou.

After the incident, Emperor Sui Ming was furious and wanted to execute Yan Haosong. Imperial Physician Luo pleaded for mercy and said that he was willing to give the golden medal of immunity from death bestowed by the emperor to his apprentice. Emperor Sui Ming became even angrier, thinking that Imperial Physician Luo did not value the golden medal of immunity from death bestowed by him. However, the emperor never jokes about his words, and in the end, although Yan Haosong was pardoned of the death penalty, he was beaten with fifty sticks, and both Imperial Physician Luo and Yan Haosong were expelled from the Imperial Hospital.

After this incident, Doctor Luo lost all hope and fell seriously ill. Yan Haosong also felt guilty, so Doctor Luo took the opportunity to ask him to do more good deeds in the future and go to Qilou Street for free medical treatment every three days. Yan Haosong saw that his master was already terminally ill and could not bear to refuse him, so he reluctantly agreed. Unexpectedly, he agreed for twenty years.

Because of Yan Haosong's mistake, Doctor Luo had been bedridden for three years until he passed away, so Du Ruoying hated Yan Haosong. When the master was dying, he asked the two of them to help each other, and Du Ruoying agreed reluctantly. The three of them have lived on West Fourth Street since they left the palace. After the master left, Du Ruoying didn't want to live with Yan Haosong, so she left the house to Yan Haosong, and bought another shop on West Fourth Street and opened Tongxin Hall.