Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

Lu Ziqing watched Xu Shizhang's expression change from shock to confusion and then to joy. He clapped his folding fan in his palms and laughed twice before speaking.

"Oh, so you are Xi Huai's apprentice. No wonder, no wonder. I was wondering how amazing your acupuncture skills are. Your diagnosis is very methodical and well-organized. You are nothing like an ordinary quack doctor. Wait, I'm going to show you something."

As he spoke, he stood up and went into the inner room. Lu Ziqing looked confused and couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be that Judge Xu knows my master?"

At the same time, doubts also flashed through his mind. His master was just an unknown doctor from the folk. How could he know the doctors of the Imperial Hospital?

As I was lost in thought, I heard Xu Shizhang come out from the inner room with a book in his hand.

"Take a look at this, is it familiar?"

Lu Ziqing took the book. There were two circles of water marks on the cover, but it did not affect the handwriting at all.

He stared at the large, somewhat blurred words on the page, and his eyes began to feel a little sore.

This is exactly the Secret Records of Acupuncture and Moxibustion that he has read since he was a child.

Lu Ziqing still remembers the scene when he was a child, he ground the ink, his senior sister spread the paper, and his master came to write.

It took me a month to add and delete the manuscripts and organize them into a new book.

The senior sister is good at pharmacology and doesn't like to watch acupuncture because she thinks it is difficult to learn. Only he watches it every day before going to bed and after meals.

In order to achieve academic success as soon as possible, Lu Ziqing carried books with him wherever he went, even when he went to the street to sell herbs with his senior sister, Su Chengfeng and Su Chengyi.

Sometimes when he met someone in urgent need of emergency treatment, this book came in handy. He bravely learned the method and treated the patient immediately, and always cured him.

Lu Ziqing flipped through the book and asked Xu Shizhang, "Why does the Lord also have this book?"

"This book is exactly what your master gave me." Xu Shizhang sat down and said, "I originally put it in the library for everyone to see. I don't know who took it to the Imperial Pharmacy while on night duty, and it has been placed here for a long time."

Lu Ziqing didn't understand, "Master Xu also knows my master? He..."

He wanted to ask, who exactly is the master? What is his connection with this place?

Or, there are more...

Xu Shizhang's face was filled with worry again, and he spoke slowly.

"Your master and I were colleagues many years ago. To be more precise, he was my superior, the Director of the Imperial Hospital, and I was just a minor imperial physician."

Lu Ziqing's eyes were slightly surprised. He had once thought that his master was a good doctor in a good medical clinic in some royal palace.

Or has he worked in the Imperial Hospital?

But he never thought of the highest-ranking official in the Imperial Medical Service.

He secretly suppressed his inner excitement and said, "I didn't expect that my master had such a connection with the Imperial Hospital. Does Lord Xu know how my master left?"

Xu Shizhang shook his head slightly, shifted his gaze into the void, and recalled.

"That day, we saw many eunuchs looking for him in the courtyard. We didn't understand why. Later, we heard from the eunuchs that the emperor sent many guards to search the palace, even to his residence, but they couldn't find him."

"That period seemed quite turbulent. Security inside and outside the palace was extremely tight. The palace maids and eunuchs were whispering about it one after another. The emperor was inexplicably furious, and the colleagues in the court were all suspicious. They all thought Xi Huai must have committed some serious crime and had secretly escaped. So, no one knew what exactly happened during that time."

"But even so, I don't believe those rumors. Xi Huai was still young at that time, but he was able to serve as the envoy of the academy. He was extremely capable and upright. I don't believe that he could do anything so treasonous and leave in this way."

If this were true, Lu Ziqing would not believe that his master was such a inconsistent person. He must have some unspeakable secret.

He took over the prescription in Lin Yi's hand and carefully recorded it after the patient came back, and couldn't help thinking in his mind.

"What on earth did Master do wrong? Why did he give up his good job as a temple servant and instead take Senior Sister with him to wander around? Why on earth is this..."

The early morning sun shines on the streets and alleys, casting oblique shadows of pedestrians on the cobblestone road.

Lu Ziqing sat in front of a noisy breakfast stall on the street, took out his copy of "Secret Records of Acupuncture and Moxibustion", and read it in the sunlight.

"Eighteen years." He looked longingly at the book and said, "Master, I only just learned about you today. I will investigate all the secrets you were reluctant to reveal."

After breakfast, Lu Ziqing did not rush back to the Marquis' Mansion. He walked aimlessly on the street with his thoughts in his mind, and unknowingly passed by Jinyu Street.

Jewelry and jade shops of all sizes can be seen everywhere here, and there are many foreign merchants, and the goods are of various varieties, which is dazzling.

He walked into a jade shop owned by a Hu merchant. It was extremely spacious, with tall display shelves on all sides filled with various jade and gold wares.

The shopkeeper was greeting guests. When he saw someone coming in, he quickly glanced at the person's clothes and immediately greeted him politely.

"Whatever style this guest wants to buy, our store has everything."

Lu Ziqing looked around casually. Apart from the novel styles and wide variety, the quality of the items was not very good.

Seeing that Lu Ziqing had no expression, the shopkeeper pondered for a moment and then asked him.

"Sir, are you not satisfied with anything? Our shop is the largest jade shop on Jinyu Street. As long as you can tell us what you want, we have it."

Lu Ziqing looked at the jewelry cabinet and asked, "The jade in your shop is all Hetian jade. Do you have jadeite?"

The shopkeeper's eyes turned slightly, and he said, "Young Master, you are an expert and you also know about jadeite. Most of the jade in circulation on the market is Hetian jade, and jadeite is extremely rare. Only the royal family can use this kind of thing."

Sure enough, even such a prosperous capital city does not have it, let alone other provincial capitals and counties.

Lu Ziqing bowed and was about to leave, but the shopkeeper stopped him immediately.

"Sir, please wait." The shopkeeper glanced at the other guests, took Lu Ziqing aside and said in a low voice.

"If you want jadeite, my shop has it, but the price is..."

Since this kind of thing is not circulated among the people, if it is discovered by the government, the person will definitely be arrested and sent to jail, so the shopkeeper has to be cautious.

Things that can be used by the royal family are naturally expensive and few people can afford them. If you don't come across someone who knows about it, he must be a wealthy person who knows the value of things.

The shopkeeper wanted to act quickly, secretly sizing up Lu Ziqing's expression and asked, "Sir, would you like to see it?"

Speaking of the price, Lu Ziqing coughed unconsciously and said, "Well, take it out and let me see it. If you like it, everything will be fine."

Someone who even had to ask Su Chengfeng for five taels of silver to go to Xianglanyuan, dared to act like an expert in such a store and spoke without even blinking.

He felt that if Su Chengfeng were here, he would scold him again.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Then please follow me, sir."

Lu Ziqing followed him into the private room, and the shopkeeper took out a dark red wooden box with embossed flowers and birds from the wooden cabinet. It was extremely exquisite and high-end, and just looking at the box made it look like he couldn't afford it.

When the lid was opened, Lu Ziqing was stunned and surprised by what was inside.