Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

Lu Ziqing stood on the street, not knowing where to go. It seemed that there was no other place to go except the familiar yet unfamiliar Marquis' Mansion.

"Uuuuuu——"

The sound of a few children crying broke his thoughts.

Hearing the sound, Lu Ziqing turned his head and saw several wild dogs tearing the clothes of a six or seven-year-old child next to a garbage dump at the corner of the street not far away.

He looked around and saw that there were shops along the street but no sticks.

Finally, he had no choice but to run to a nearby bun shop, snatch the rolling pin from the owner's hand and ran away, causing the owner to be unable to react and just stand there in a daze.

Lu Ziqing swung a few sticks at the wild dog to scare it, but the wild dog was not afraid of people at all. Instead, it bared its teeth and barked at him eagerly.

Passersby gathered around, laughing and pointing as if they were watching a free circus.

A wild dog opened its mouth and bit Lu Ziqing's hind legs. He turned around quickly and hit the dog on the head with a stick, causing the dog to cry out in pain.

He chased away several wild dogs in just a few moves. Passersby applauded and cheered, and several copper coins flew out of the crowd and landed at his feet.

Lu Ziqing secretly held his forehead, thinking, are they treating him like a circus performer?

The crowd slowly dispersed, and he squatted down to help the child up.

The child's clothes were tattered, he was dirty, and he was holding a dirty bun in his hand. He was a homeless child.

Just this look reminded Lu Ziqing of his childhood, when he was lying on the ground beside a garbage dump with mosquitoes and flies flying around and a foul smell filling the air, and several wild dogs were biting him in the same way.

It was the master who picked him up and saved his life.

Lu Ziqing wiped the dirt off the child's face with his sleeve and said softly, "You don't want the dirty buns in your hand anymore. Can I buy you a clean one?"

The child had tears in his eyes and looked at him timidly and nodded.

Lu Ziqing was walking back with the child when the owner of the bun shop caught up with him and grabbed his collar as if he was demanding a debt.

"Boy, you dare to rob people in broad daylight in the important place of the capital. You want to see the officials, right?"

With this posture, if you don’t know, you would think how much money was robbed?

But it was Lu Ziqing who first snatched things from others without asking the reason and even broke them.

He apologized, "I'm so sorry. I was trying to save the child, and in a moment of desperation I snatched your rolling pin. I'll compensate you whatever you have."

The bun boss lowered his eyes and thought for a moment.

"This rolling pin of mine was passed down from my great-grandfather. You broke it by beating the dog with it, and it's affecting my business. Don't even think about leaving if you don't give me one or two taels of silver."

"What? This..."

Lu Ziqing glanced at the two sections of the rolling pin, each smaller than half his wrist.

"You're asking for one ounce of silver for a rolling pin. Even gold-inlaid ones aren't that expensive, right?"

"Stop talking nonsense! If you don't pay me, I'll take you to the authorities. Let's go!"

Lu Ziqing was dragged into the crowd by him, and everyone around him was looking at him, which was really inappropriate.

"I'll pay you back. Let go first, and then give this kid a bag of buns."

He originally had five taels of silver given to him by Su Chengfeng, the money manager, but he spent it all in Xianglanyuan two days ago.

The ten taels were given by Yang Zhounan. As an intern doctor at the Imperial Hospital, I didn't have any monthly salary. Now, I have to spend other people's money.

When they came to the capital, they had brought enough banknotes with them, but they had lost them all during the Northern Expedition. Now they were really penniless.

Lu Ziqing shook his head helplessly and sighed, then turned around and saw a person standing not far away.

It's Xiao Yan.

Most of the government offices in the capital were located directly opposite the palace gates, separated by a wide street.

The Beizhenfusi and the Imperial Medical Bureau are just back to back.

As soon as Xiao Yan came out of Lang Si's place, he saw Lu Ziqing and walked over.

"It's not too late at this time. You're not busy at the Imperial Hospital, so why are you buying buns here?"

Lu Ziqing subconsciously turned his eyes to the side, glanced in the direction of the Imperial Hospital, and said something that made things even more obvious.

"I...was passing by and saw this child being bitten by a dog, so I rescued him and bought him some buns. Didn't the Marquis go to the government office?"

Xiao Yan's gaze quickly returned to the direction he was looking.

"I just came to the Northern Pacification Division to investigate a case. Come on, I'll go with you."

"Ah?" Lu Ziqing was a little flustered. "It's not like I can't find the way. You don't need to accompany me. My Lord, go and do your own thing."

Xiao Yan looked at him sideways and said, "I'm not busy now. Anyway, I have nothing to do. It's a good opportunity for me to go to the Imperial Hospital and see the two judges. Let's go."

Lu Ziqing's heart was pounding. If Xiao Yan knew that he had just been kicked out of the Imperial Hospital, he was a little afraid of seeing Xiao Yan's expression of being betrayed, and it would also bring bad reputation to him.

He walked over and stood in front.

"The judge doesn't seem to be in here. He's in the palace seeing patients. My Lord, please go and do your work. I, I can go in by myself."

Xiao Yan's gaze rested on the pair of panic-stricken eyes. After a while, he took a step closer and smiled faintly.

"Why are you acting a little weird today?"

"I……"

Before anyone could finish speaking, Xiao Yan grabbed Lu Ziqing's wrist and walked into the street. The passing officials on both sides greeted him with smiles when they saw him.

Lu Ziqing was dragged along the street, surrounded by strange looks, and felt uncomfortable all over.

"My Lord, please let me go first. I will walk by myself."

The imperial doctors were sitting in the hall holding a meeting to discuss the disease, when they suddenly felt that the light was blocked by a tall figure.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the door and saw Xiao Yan walking in with his hands behind his back and a knife on his waist.

Everyone looked as if they had seen a ghost and stood up one after another.

These imperial doctors rarely saw him, let alone in the Imperial Medical Bureau. They were all very surprised to see this powerful figure on the battlefield.

Compared with everyone else, Xiao Yan was too tall and looked very out of place.

He had never set foot in the Imperial Hospital before, and today was his first time. He looked around casually without any expression.

"Hey, they're all here. I came at the wrong time."

Judge Gou immediately came out with a smile on his face and bowed to flatter him.

"I didn't know that the Marquis of Dingbei had come. I'm sorry for not welcoming you."

"Master Gou, you're too polite." Xiao Yan's expression was as cold as usual. "I came to the Northern Pacification Division to investigate a case, and I stopped by to see an old friend. I hope I didn't disturb you all."

Judge Gou immediately understood who this "old friend" was referring to. He was shocked and thought to himself, "Why did he come at this time?"

He was in a state of mind. A person of Xiao Yan's status and position was definitely not someone a mere sixth-rank judge like him could afford to offend.

To put it bluntly, the deputy generals and even the lieutenant generals around this man are several levels higher than him, and are people who cannot be provoked.

"Don't bother me, don't bother me." Court Judge Gou said with a smile, "Your Majesty is usually busy with military affairs. It is an honor for us to come to the Imperial Hospital."

"My Lord, are you here to look for Lu Ziqing? He was here just now, but he must be busy now."

He looked at the other imperial physicians and ordered, "Go and get Lu Ziqing over here."

The imperial physicians below looked at each other with complicated expressions.

A middle-aged doctor came out and saw Lu Ziqing standing in the corridor of the courtyard outside. He walked over and said something with some dissatisfaction.

"Lord Gou wants to see you, go in."

As Lu Ziqing stepped through the door, he was immediately met with the arrow-like gazes of everyone in the room, and he even slowed down his pace.

Judge Gou greeted him with a loving smile, as if he had seen his own son coming back from playing outside.

"Ziqing, are you done with your previous work? Come in quickly."

"Ah?" Lu Ziqing didn't react for a moment, "Sir, it's not... I..."

"Don't bother with me, the Marquis is here to see you, come and meet him."

Before Lu Ziqing got close, Xiao Yan walked towards him in two or three steps and put his hand on his shoulder.

"How is it? Are you used to working in the Imperial Hospital?"

what's the situation?

Lu Ziqing was puzzled. Hadn't he just met this person outside?

Also, the judge, who usually had a dark face and looked like a god, suddenly changed his expression, and his smile was even more terrifying than when he wasn't smiling.

"I'm...fine. All the gentlemen are...nice to me."

There was a smile in Xiao Yan's eyes that only Lu Ziqing could see.

He pinched Lu Ziqing's shoulder lightly, then slowly lowered his hand while nodding, and then looked at the people present.

"You are new here. If you don't understand something, you must consult the imperial physicians."

The imperial doctors were stunned, looked at each other in panic, and bowed in response one after another.

"Marquis Dingbei is very polite, very polite."

Xiao Yan turned his head and stared at the two judges, then continued, "And the two judges, my friend is quite reserved, so I'll have to trouble you to take care of him and give him some guidance from now on."

"Your Excellency is too polite." Judge Xu stepped forward and said.

"Lu Ziqing is extremely knowledgeable about medical matters. He doesn't need any instruction from us. On the contrary, he is diligent and respectful in his daily work. He is a very good doctor."

Upon hearing this, Judge Gou immediately chimed in, "Yes, Lu Ziqing's medical skills are excellent, Lord Marquis, don't worry."

Xiao Yan nodded, "In that case, I won't bother you any more. You guys get busy."

"My Lord, take care."

Xiao Yan turned to look at Lu Ziqing, gave him a reassuring look, patted him gently on the shoulder, and then walked out the door.

The imperial physicians present were stunned for a moment before they sat down and relaxed, muttering to themselves.

"Why is he here at the Imperial Hospital?"

"This man must be Marquis Dingbei. This is the first time I've seen him."

"He has a special relationship with Lu Ziqing, right?"

"........."

"Alright, alright, we've almost finished discussing the condition. Let's all go."

After Xu Yuanpan finished speaking, he looked at Gou Yuanpan with contempt, and then turned to Lu Ziqing.

"Ziqing, go get the medicine box and follow me."