Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

The sun was shining brightly in the sky. In a quiet corner of the back street of the yamen, Gou Dongxi stood under the shade of a century-old locust tree and respectfully asked the person in front of him.

"I wonder what the Marquis wants to talk to me about?"

Xiao Yan turned around when he heard the voice, but didn't speak immediately. He just looked him up and down with a cold look in his eyes. Gou Dongxi felt a little uncomfortable being stared at and became restrained.

He then glanced at himself twice and said cautiously, "My Lord, please tell me what you want to say."

Xiao Yan said, "Master Gou has been in the Imperial Hospital for thirty years, right?"

Gou Dongxi didn't understand what this person meant by asking this question suddenly and inexplicably, and answered with some caution.

"I have been serving in the Imperial Hospital for over thirty-two years."

Xiao Yan nodded and said, "Lord Gou, as the Chief Judge of the Imperial Hospital, is also a veteran in the court. He should be very clear about the consequences of deceiving the emperor, right?"

Gou Dongxi panicked and his heart was beating fast.

I have worked diligently for decades. Although I am not very popular, I am cautious and hardworking. Not to mention the serious crime of deceiving the emperor, I would not dare to do it even if I had a million times the courage.

Xiao Yan brought this up for no apparent reason. What was his intention?

"My Lord, your words have a hidden meaning. Please explain clearly."

"Lord Gou has been in office for a long time, and his courage has grown bigger and bigger." Xiao Yan stared at him with his hands behind his back and said.

Gou Dongxi's eyelids twitched, and he said with a folded hand, "Your humble servant is terrified."

Xiao Yan bluntly said, "Lu Ziqing was appointed by the Emperor himself to the position of clerk, yet he has become an intern doctor at the Imperial Hospital. Doesn't Lord Gou want his life anymore?"

Limu? What Limu?

Gou Dongxi was confused and at a loss for a moment, but when he saw that it was Xiao Yan who said it himself, he was half-believing and half-doubting, and his face gradually turned pale.

"My Lord, where did this come from?"

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly explained.

"When Lu Ziqing first came here, he was indeed a trainee doctor. How dare I change that position at will?"

"Lord Gou, what you mean is that what I said is not true?" Xiao Yan said.

"I dare not," Gou Dongxi said, "I am only telling the truth. There must be some misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding?" Xiao Yan asked him back, "Then Lord Gou, please tell me what kind of misunderstanding it is."

Gou Dongxi stammered, unable to explain for a long time, and finally had no choice but to make an excuse.

"I was only following the order read out by Eunuch Gao. I am truly unaware of the rest of your knowledge, am I? I hope Your Majesty will understand."

Xiao Yan didn't speak immediately, but just took a few steps closer and extended his hand towards him.

Gou Dongxi lowered his gaze and stood still, feeling a little nervous, not knowing what this man was going to do.

The next moment, Xiao Yan took a leaf off his shoulder.

"Is Lord Gou implying that the Emperor lied? Or is Eunuch Gao falsely conveying the imperial edict?"

When Gou Dongxi heard this, his head buzzed and he immediately took two steps back. He lowered his head in fear and almost knelt down. His face looked extremely ugly in the hot weather.

He cannot bear any of these two charges.

His words were not precise, and people could easily find fault with him. He couldn't help but slap himself twice in secret.

"No, no! This humble servant absolutely did not mean that. This humble servant will investigate this matter thoroughly and give the Marquis an explanation."

Xiao Yan looked at the top of his head and said coldly, "I want to see the results tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, the leaf spinning between his fingers suddenly fell to the ground.

After Xiao Yan left, Gou Dongxi stood there in a daze for a long time without reacting. Even when he returned to the office, he still didn't understand why Lu Ziqing was personally appointed as a clerk by the emperor.

He walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, thinking hard, trying hard to recall the oral order read out by Gao Jian, and turning every word over in his mind several times.

He was very sure and certain that it was only mentioned in the oral instructions.

"Private military doctor Lu has been appointed to the Imperial Hospital. He has been ordered to teach palace etiquette, study medicine and pharmacy in depth, and participate in regulatory assessments. Our dynasty is in dire need of medical professionals, and any talented individuals must be cultivated."

There is no mention of Ren He at all, and the meaning of Lu Ziqing being the clerk is unclear.

Now, Xiao Yan actually came to ask for punishment, so the most likely thing to go wrong was...

He didn't miss the last two words.

Gou Dongxi clenched his teeth, his heart suddenly filled with rage. He slammed his fist on the table and said in a low voice, "Gao Jian, you actually tricked me."

Speaking of the grievances between Gou Dongxi and Gao Jian, it is a common occurrence in the palace.

It's just the result of them being together in the past and then going their separate ways. It's hard to say who is right or wrong.

Things had come to this point. In order to save his head, Gou Dongxi was in the yard early the next day, looking for Lu Ziqing everywhere like a madman.

Whenever he saw someone, he would pull them over and ask, "Where's Lu Ziqing?"

"Didn't see it!"

"Have you seen Lu Ziqing?"

"Your Excellency, we didn't see it."

"........."

Gou Dongxi searched the yard inside and out for a long time but didn't see anyone. He stood under the corridor of the small garden with his hands on his hips, thinking to himself.

"It's still early, and Chi Musheng isn't here. Have these two entered the palace again?"

He put his hands behind his back and prepared to go to the palace. As he walked out of the gate and before he went down the stairs, he saw the two of them coming back, talking and laughing.

In the past, seeing Lu Ziqing was like seeing the plague god, and I wished he would leave the Imperial Hospital.

But now, when Gou Dongxi saw this person again, it was as if he saw his reborn parents. He changed his usual sullen face and put on a smile that was even more unfamiliar than the sullen face, and walked quickly to greet him.

"Hey Ziqing, thank you for your hard work this morning. Come here, I have something to tell you."

This extremely abnormal behavior almost petrified Lu Ziqing on the spot, and that smile gave him goose bumps.

Chi Musheng, who was standing nearby, felt nauseous as he watched. His experience told him that this man must be asking for help again.

At night, Lu Ziqing was sweating after finishing his homework. He wanted to cool down in the yard, but the night wind was as hot and suffocating as the day wind.

He walked into the side room and blew out the lights for Wu Ji, then returned to his own room, took a few medical books and sat beside a low table. He looked sideways at the wooden couch opposite and thought of Su Chengfeng.

In the past, when that person was around, she always liked to lie on the couch with her head propped up and talk to him.

Ever since following Yang Zhounan, she moved out of the Marquis' Mansion and always came back alone at night.

The two noisy ghosts are no longer quarreling, and Lu Ziqing suddenly feels a little nostalgic for the past.

He chuckled and shook his head, then opened the medical book and looked at it.

After an unknown amount of time, a crisp "creaking" sound was heard in the quiet room, and the hot wind blew open several pages of the medical book on the table.

Lu Ziqing looked up and saw Xiao Yan walking in with a tray.