Chapter 72 Three No Helps

The morning rooster crowed, and Chen Ji broke away from the battlefield in his dream. He slowly stood up, limped to the main hall of the clinic, sat on a bamboo chair and waited for the arrival of the wedding cakes.

Liang Maoer changed into a gray cloth dress and got up early to fetch water.

Chen Ji wanted to help sweep the floor, but he pressed him down on a bamboo chair: "You still need to heal your wound for a month, don't move. I can do all the work in the clinic by myself."

Chen Ji asked curiously, "In fact, you can see that everyone is not opposed to you staying here, so Brother Maoer, you don't have to rush to finish all the work."

Liang Maoer whispered, "It doesn't matter how much work I do, as long as you don't blame my brother for not helping yesterday. He had his reasons."

"Why did he set the three "no-help" rules for himself?" Chen Ji asked in confusion, "Did he often deal with the Imperial Household Department in the past?"

Liang Maoer carried the shoulder pole and stood in the main hall in silence for a long time. Finally, he said, "Actually, I lied before. I didn't completely lose contact with my sister-in-law after she left."

"Where has she gone?"

Liang Mao'er hung her head. "My sister-in-law was discovered by the Secret Service when she left Ning Dynasty. Tianma intercepted her in a border town. She was no match for Tianma and was arrested on the spot. At that time, the Minister of Internal Affairs sent someone to find my brother and said that he could send my sister-in-law back to Luocheng instead of imprisoning her in the inner prison. However, the condition was that my brother would not be an enemy of the Imperial Household Department in the future. In addition, he needed to help the Imperial Household Department do three things."

"Then why didn't your sister-in-law come back?" Chen Ji suddenly realized that the Imperial Household Department must have long suspected the identity of the female swordsman and had been waiting for her to escape and then use her to control Liang Gou'er.

Liang Maoer smiled and said, "My brother agreed to the conditions of the internal minister, but he did not ask the Silijian to send my sister-in-law back. Instead, he chose to let the Silijian let her go."

Chen Ji was silent for a moment. He didn't expect the answer to be like this: "The girl Yan'er from Red Lane... looks a lot like your sister-in-law, right?"

"Well," Liang Maoer smiled naively and went out: "I'm going to fetch some water. I still have to cook later."

Just as he was about to go out, he saw the wedding cake girl hurriedly coming with her skirt lifted up on the bluestone road of Anxi Street, and she happened to pass Liang Maoer at the threshold.

Chen Ji smiled and stood up to greet her: "Why did Miss Xibing come to the clinic so early?"

When the wedding cake girl saw him, she hurriedly said, "Chen Ji, I was just looking for you. Bai Prajna was beaten by some villain again, and the lady asked you to go and treat it... I don't know who was so vicious that he actually attacked Bai Prajna twice! It's so wicked!"

Chen Ji lowered his head with a little shame: "Miss Xibing, I can't go to the palace to treat it. I was stabbed by a villain a few days ago, and the wound on my leg has not healed yet."

According to the principles of intelligence transmission, Chen Ji should communicate with Yun Fei in person about important information to avoid incorrect information transmission.

But there were Golden Pig's men on the second floor across the street watching him. If he limped to the palace, it would definitely arouse Golden Pig's suspicion.

Chen Ji stood beside the mahogany counter, picked up the brush and said, "I'll write you a prescription. I'll get the medicine for you to take back and apply it on Bai Prajna."

Xibing hesitated for a moment: "Okay."

Chen Ji weighed the herbs, wrapped them in butter paper, and tied them up with hemp rope. After tying them up, he stuffed the prescription into the gap of the hemp rope and said, "Go back, apply it twice a day, Bai Prajna will be fine."

Xibing took the medicine bag from him and returned to Feiyun Garden.

When we got to the building outside Feiyun Garden, Yun Fei's gentle voice came from inside the room: "Bai Li, Mr. Wang said that you always fall asleep in class recently. You can't keep going like this. Your father will definitely scold you when he comes back."

Bai Li muttered, "Mr. Wang is a great scholar, how can he speak ill of others behind their backs!"

Concubine Yun pretended to be angry and slapped Bai Li's palm: "I'm not saying bad things about you. I'm being responsible for you. Don't say that to Mr. Wang again in the future."

"understood……"

At this time, Xibing walked a few steps quickly and came to the house: "Madam, Doctor Xiao Chen was injured and couldn't be invited, but he prescribed medicine and got the medicine. Doctor Xiao Chen said that Bai Prajna only had an external injury and it would be fine after applying some medicine."

"Xibing, put the medicine bag here first. Go tell Xitang that the prince has sent a fast horse to deliver the news. He has already collected military rations and is ready to return. Let Xitang take people to clean the palace, especially Jing'an Hall and Mingzheng Hall. Even the glazed roof must be cleaned." After Concubine Yun finished speaking, she turned to Baili and said, "Bai Li, go review your lessons. You must hand in the calligraphy to me tonight, otherwise I will cut off your monthly salary... Baili?"

Bai Li came back to his senses, stood up, took the medicine bag from Xibing's hand, pulled out the prescription inside, read it carefully over and over again, and found no clues except for some typos.

But according to common sense, the medicine package should be handed directly to Jianpu. Why did his mother let Xibing leave the medicine package in the building and then find an excuse to send Xibing away?

There must be something wrong here.

At this moment, Bai Li had countless doubts in her mind. She suddenly remembered that she had seen Chen Ji in Feiyun Garden when she just came back from Donglin Academy, but she didn't pay much attention to it at that time. Now, she knew that Chen Ji's identity was questionable. When she recalled that Chen Ji had come to consult a doctor, she felt that there was more mystery about Chen Ji.

Outsiders might not understand the situation, but she was familiar with everyone in the clinic and naturally knew that the three apprentices were not qualified to see patients.

Why would a person being pursued by the Secret Service be connected to Feiyun Garden?
At this time, Concubine Yun took the prescription from Princess Baili nonchalantly and asked, "What's wrong, Baili? Why are you suddenly so interested in the prescription?"

Bai Li shook his head: "It's okay, let's see what medicine the Imperial Medical Clinic prescribed for Bai Prajna."

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Outside the Taiping Clinic, an ox cart slowly stopped. Manager Yuan jumped off the cart, walked into the clinic with a smile, and bowed: "Doctor Yao, it's time to replenish the medicinal materials again. I'm here to deliver the goods to you."

Old man Yao raised his head and glanced at him: "Look at the quality."

He slowly walked to the ox cart, untied a sack on the cart, reached out and took out a handful of monk fruits from the bottom of the sack, and looked at them carefully in his palm.

Old Man Yao glanced at Shopkeeper Yuan and threw the monk fruit back into the bag: "It looks good. It looks like you put a lot of effort into collecting the herbs."

Shopkeeper Yuan said with a smile: "When has there ever been a problem with the goods in Bailu Pavilion? They are definitely the best. Take a look and see what medicinal materials you plan to prepare?"

Old Man Yao pulled out a list from his sleeve: "According to the list, add ten wild ginsengs with good age. Remember, I don't want any that are less than fifty years old."

Chen Ji was stunned in the clinic. What did his master want ten ginsengs at once for?
But outside the door, Manager Yuan said in a difficult tone, "Doctor Yao, who would carry ten ginsengs around for no reason? There are none on the cart. They are all common medicines."

Doctor Yao said slowly, "It's okay. Just send it over before the evening. Please make a note of this. I will check the quality of the other herbs."

At this time, Liang Maoer carried a shoulder pole and strode back to the clinic in big strides.

Chen Ji saw at a glance that the chest of the man's grey cloth was cut open by a sharp weapon. "Brother Mao'er, what's wrong with your clothes?"

Liang Maoer looked down and became anxious when she heard this: "It must be the guy who bumped into me just now. I'll go find him... This is She Dengke's clothes!"

Liang Gou'er and Liang Mao'er didn't bring any spare clothes when they came to the clinic, so he could only borrow She Dengke's clothes to make do.

Now that his clothes were torn, Liang Maoer was getting anxious and angry. How could he explain this to She Dengke?
Old Man Yao had a gloomy face and grabbed Liang Maoer who was trying to find the thief to settle the score: "He must be a habitual thief, we won't find him. You go back to the yard with water first, and ask Liu Quxing to get the needle and thread to mend it later."

Liang Maoer was so anxious that she almost cried: "But it can still be seen after the mending. She Dengke only has two sets of clothes, and his family is not rich..."

Old Man Yao sighed: "Don't be sad, he won't blame you."

Old man Yao, who has always been mean, couldn't be mean to Liang Maoer.

While Old Man Yao was talking to Liang Mao'er, Shopkeeper Yuan walked back to the clinic with a smile on his face. He stood beside Chen Ji and asked in a low voice, "The wedding cakes just arrived. Have you decided on the time and location for the second batch of delivery?"

Chen Ji replied calmly, "Tonight at midnight, in Hongyi Lane, Jinfang, I will still go to the madam to report the name Luo Tian. I shouldn't trade twice in the same place, but I have difficulty walking and cannot meet with the person in the palace face to face, so I can only pass on the information with the prescription and set the old place."

"The old place is the old place," Shopkeeper Yuan slowly breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and patted Chen Ji's shoulder: "Very good, very good! This time I will report the success to the chief and ask for credit for you."

Chen Ji was silent for a moment, then he turned and stared at Shopkeeper Yuan: "Why did you hurt someone again today?"

Manager Yuan laughed cheerfully and said, "I don't know if you have done what I said. Also, I want you to know that even if Liang Mao'er and Liang Gou'er are by your side, they can't be your support. Just work hard for the Military Intelligence Department and don't have any other ideas."

"understood."

Chen Ji looked at Manager Yuan and his assistants leaving on the ox cart with neither joy nor sorrow, and then turned back to the backyard. Behind the ox cart, there were two small tabby cats following.

In the yard, the crow stood on the branch of an apricot tree, looking at Chen Ji lying on the bamboo chair, and became calmer and calmer.

Chen Ji slowly closed his eyes and returned to the battlefield in his dream again. There was still a lot to do today.

(End of this chapter)