Although the matter of a maidservant is said to be a secret of Prince Han's palace, it certainly does not touch on the core secret. You can still ask about it and talk about it. There is no harm in being a traitor.
She thought about it a few times, and Han Changmu also thought about it a few times, and finally decided to exchange this insignificant secret for Yao Yao's equally insignificant secret.
He took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Fifteen years ago, my mother-in-law released a group of palace maids. One of them had a pair of triangular eyes like a poisonous snake, but her face did not change to such a ferocious age. Still young.”
Yao Yao was stunned for a moment. The first thing that came to his mind was that Princess Han's aesthetics was really unflattering. How could she choose such a sinister person to be a palace maid?
But she didn't ask like that. Instead, she smiled like a slut and asked with squinted eyes: "There must be a lot of palace maids who were released. Why do you remember her so deeply? Is it because of those triangular eyes?"
Han Changmu shook his head, seeming to be immersed in deep and deep memories, with a sad expression: "My mother has always been in poor health. This palace maid serves soups and medicines, is also proficient in medicine, and is trusted by my mother, but fifteen years ago The mother-in-law gave birth, but she made a big mistake, which almost killed her, and the younger sister became weak and sick, so she kicked the palace maid out."
Seeing Han Changmu's expression and hearing what he said, Yao Yao lost his smile and looked solemn, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong. Such a big mistake was not punished with a stick. How could King Han be so kind?
There was something in her words: "If it were in the palace, the palace maid would be beaten to death if she made such a big mistake."
Han Changmu felt sour in his heart, and after a moment of silence, he spoke in a low voice: "I was going to beat her to death, but my mother and concubine were reluctant to let her go, saying that I would save her life to bring blessings to my little sister, and my father is also a man who cherishes talents. , since the mother-in-law and the little sister are fine, I spared her life and let her out of the palace to get married on her own." He concentrated slightly: "Her name is Fuxiang. She was about thirty years old when she left the palace. Her medical skills were superb, even her father had I admire her as a genius in medical skills."
Yao Yao raised his eyebrows. He cherishes talents and loves them, and he is kind-hearted and soft-hearted, which is why he has become the cunning and cunning maid today.
After listening to Han Changmu's gossip, she was very sensible and said simply: "Your Excellency just asked Beizhi how he knew that medicine could mask the pulse, and how he noticed that Princess Rong's pulse was different. It's a long story. , Sir, do you have the patience to listen?"
Han Changmu poured a cup of tea and handed it to Yao Yao. He accidentally touched her hand and found that her hand was very cold and trembling slightly. He was stunned for a moment and said gently: "Just say it slowly."
Yao Yao took a sip of tea and calmed down. Suddenly he thought of where he saw those eyes. His mind was shaken and he managed to calmly said: "Sir, do you still remember that Li Yuqing?"
Han Changmu was stunned for a moment and nodded.
Facing the sunset, the carriage turned a corner and suddenly jolted heavily.
Yao Yao opened the car curtain and looked out, his voice unclear: "Sir, please go to Jingzhao Mansion. I have something to show you."
Han Changmu glanced at Yao Yao's back, lifted the car curtain and told Jin Yu: "Go to Jingzhao Mansion."
The carriage turned into Zhuque Street and galloped all the way to the Jingzhao Government Office.
At this time, Fuyin Liu Jinghong had already gone to the Yamen office, and the senior officials in Jingzhao Mansion had also gone home, leaving only some new Yamen servants staying in the Yamen office for a long time.
The carriage stopped at the door of the government office. Han Changmu didn't get out of the car, he just lifted the curtain and watched Yao Yao jump out of the car through the narrow gap and run all the way through the door. He couldn't help but laugh, the smile still on his face. When it dissipated, the man stirred up a gust of wind and fled back to the carriage.
He said in astonishment: "So fast." He looked behind Yao Yao: "Did you steal Liu Fuyin's seal?"
"Come on, hurry up, hurry up." Yao Yao breathed heavily and ordered repeatedly. When she heard Jin Yu's voice urging her horse, she breathed a sigh of relief: "What are you doing stealing the big seal? You can't eat it. I'll touch it when I come out." When we arrived at Hedeng Tower, he gave me this month’s month and was chasing me to treat me. If I don’t run faster, I’m waiting for bleeding!!”
Before Han Changmu could put down his hand to pick up the curtain, he saw a figure coming out of the government office, akimbo and glaring at the carriage as it drove away. He smiled and said, "Then go back to the house and talk while eating."
Yao Yao pressed forward: "Add another bottle of wine."
After spending a long time in Prince An's Mansion, I made another detour to Jingzhao Mansion, and when I turned back to Han Mansion, the brilliant sunset glow on the horizon had dissipated, the sky was getting dark, and the closing bell of Dongshi City sounded in the distance. .
When Han and Changmu entered the house, Mrs. Liu had already prepared the evening meal. Seeing them returning home, she was busy putting the evening meal on the dining table.
A pot of mutton was bubbling. The evenly fat and thin mutton slices were cut as thin as cicada wings. When they were rolled in the clear soup with bamboo chopsticks, they were cooked through.
There are also a few seasonal side dishes on the side, all of which are green leafy vegetables that are rare in winter. They look fresh and tender and very appetizing.
At Han Changmu's instruction, he added an extra pot of plum blossom brew and poured it into the cup, filling the cup with a refreshing fragrance.
Yao Yao first rinsed a piece of mutton and rolled it in the prepared juice. He didn't mind it being too hot and went straight into his mouth, breathing heavily while eating.
She was a little regretful that it would be a pity that such good mutton was not served with a little sesame sauce, but it seemed that people in this dynasty rarely ate it with sesame sauce, and they paid more attention to the original taste.
After eating a few mouthfuls, his stomach was no longer so empty. Yao Yao took out a thin booklet from his arms and handed it to Han Changmu: "Everything you want to ask is here."
Han Changmu took it with a suspicious face.
The paper in this album is old, mottled and yellowed, brittle enough to break when touched, and has jagged edges with lint.
He turned it over and saw that every page was neatly written in small regular script with hairpin flowers. It must have been stored for a long time, and the ink marks had faded a little, and the old smell came to his face.
He flipped through a few pages carelessly, and then his expression changed. The booklet was full of evil medical techniques, including some insidious and vicious methods that combined decoctions, acupuncture, and poisons to harm people. In comparison, here The method of concealing the pulse recorded in the first chapter is really trivial.
He twirled the pages of the book and asked in a deep voice: "Where did this come from."
Yao Yao's expression was solemn: "There is a kind of person in this world who is born with a dark heart. He is so black that he can't even see his fingers."
This opening statement made Han Changmu particularly confused.
Fortunately, Yao Yao's opening remarks were very short and he got to the point quickly: "Your Excellency has checked the details of the humble post, and found out that the humble post was like Ye Ting, and he lived in the same courtyard as Li Yuqing."
Han Changmu nodded.
Yao Yao continued: "There is a crazy woman who cleans the toilet in Yeting. She is deaf, mute and crazy. She cleans the toilet day and night, from morning to night, but she eats the leftover swill. She counts nine. In the cold weather, she couldn't even put on a thicker jacket. No one could tell clearly when she entered Yeting, and no one could tell clearly which family she was from. Everyone was so crazy. The cry of a child." She closed her eyes slightly, recalling those days in Yeting, she was obviously tortured, she calmed down for a while and then said: "The year I first joined Yeting, I went to the well in the winter. I was carrying water to wash clothes. I don’t know who sprinkled a circle of water beside the well. A layer of ice fell down overnight and was solid. When I was a child, I had to step on a small wooden pole to reach the well rope. The ice was thick that day. The straw slipped and I plunged into the well."
Her eyes were misty, as if she had seen past events that had suddenly flashed past: "The crazy woman happened to come over to fetch water to clean the toilet, and she immediately grabbed my ankle, pulled me up and threw me on the ground. Later I found out why Li Yuqing never had enough to eat, and she often saved hot soup and rice to send to the old lady."
Han Changmu stared silently.
Yao Yao took a breath and continued: "Later, there were more and more toilets. Li Yuqing and I were sent to clean the toilets when it came to light that she had helped her. We cleaned them during the day and at night, until," she closed her eyes tightly, Only then could the tears gathering in her eyes flow back to her heart: "It wasn't until four years later that the Beiya Imperial Army went to Yeting to pick people and picked me and Li Yuqing. By that time, she was already very ill and had been ill for a long time. We On the day she was selected, she gave two jackets to me and Li Yuqing. After her death, Li Yuqing and I found this booklet from the jacket. It was originally divided into two pieces. Li Yuqing and I took it alone. Halfway through, adults will know what happens next.”
Han Changmu rubbed the pages of the book and frowned slightly: "Is it because of this book that Li Yuqing threw himself into the lake?"
Yao Yao shook his head sadly: "I don't know. The day before we left Yeting, Li Yuqing suddenly came to me and handed me half of the booklet in her hand. The next day, news came that she had thrown herself into the lake."
Han Changmu was puzzled and said: "Is the Beiya Imperial Army more difficult to deal with than Yeting? Why did she throw herself into the lake?"
Yao Yao was even more confused and said in a dry voice: "She was very happy when we were selected together. The next day, she threw herself into the lake. I don't know why." As she said that, she pointed to the last page of the booklet: "There I clipped a small portrait, which looks exactly like the maid I saw today, only slightly younger."
Han Changmu turned to the last page, and sure enough there was a lifelike little portrait, and the paper became a little brittle.
He picked it up and looked at it carefully for a moment. The painting on this small statue was the fragrance that was released from Prince Han's Mansion fifteen years ago.
He pondered for a while before saying: "Then did you find out about the origin of that woman later?"
Yao Yao had calmed down and nodded: "I checked, but found nothing. It's like she was born in Ye Ting. No one knows how she came here."
Han Changmu frowned: "How old was she at that time?"
