by Zhi Bai
The doctor saw that An Zheng did not look like a bad person, and after a moment of silence, he nodded and replied, "Second Young Master comes to my medicine shop three times a month, and the day after tomorrow happens to be the day after tomorrow. If I recklessly bring you into the manor, it would be hard to find an excuse. "How about this, the day after tomorrow, you can go to my medicine store and wait there. You can pretend that you just happened to meet his. Whether or not you can help out at that time will depend on you."
An Zheng nodded, thanked his, and took his leave.
When the time came, An Zheng left the sect with Qu Liuxi and directly went to the medicine store to wait.
The doctor had said before that Li Yannian's wife was someone who protected his husband's dignity, so he never brought Second Young Master here to see the doctor as there were a lot of people. Thus, before the sky brightened, An Zheng and An Zheng had already arrived outside the medicine store, and the doctor, in order to wait for the people from the Li Family to open the door, had to open it for two hours more than usual. and Qu Liuxi entered the door and waited for them even before the sky brightened.
But after waiting for a few minutes, a forty year old woman and a maid that An Zheng had met that day brought in a little boy who was seven to eight years old. The little boy's face was very white, but he had delicate features and was very beautiful. However, his body was too weak, causing his steps to be unstable.
The doctor hurriedly got up, "Greetings Madam."
The middle-aged woman was Li Yannian's wife. She did not look very old, but the frown between her eyebrows was too heavy. She was wearing a cloth robe, and there were even patches on her clothes. The people on the streets all said that the madame lived in seclusion, but in reality, it was because she was too reluctant to put on new clothes and was too shabby to go out, afraid of losing her husband's face.
"Who are these two?"
When Madam Li saw An Zheng and Qu Liuxi, she was obviously stunned for a moment, and then became a little nervous. With her appearance, she really didn't want to see many people.
"This is my Junior Martial Uncle."
The doctor could not find an excuse, so he blurted out something along the way, "Although he is young, he is the last disciple in charge of the family's affairs. His medical skills are extraordinary." We just happened to pass by this time. I heard about Second Young Master's matter and purposely stayed behind to treat Second Young Master. "
An Zheng took a step forward and cupped his fists: "Greetings Madam."
The servant looked at An Zheng: "Ahh... Why is it you? "
An Zheng said: "The other day was too abrupt, please forgive me."
The young maid whispered something into Madame Li's ear, causing her expression to turn even more unsightly. It was not that she had any enmity towards An Zheng, but that she felt that she had let her husband down by letting others know of her embarrassing situation.
An Zheng did not say much and pulled the little boy's hand over. The little boy was obviously scared, but he did not resist. Qu Liuxi squatted in front of the little boy and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid.
The boy nodded and held out his hand.
Qu Liuxi carefully checked her pulse, and then, let out a long breath: "It isn't too hard, it's just that when you were born you suffered from the cold, so the cold within your body was too heavy. However, this will drag on for too long. If you want to be cured, it will be impossible for you to do so for a day. "
An Zheng asked: "How long will that take?"
Qu Liuxi replied seriously: "Two days."
Even the doctor was stunned for a moment. The doctor looked at Qu Liuxi, and said in a questioning tone that he did not dare to question, "Although I am not considered a genius in the way of medicine, I have still studied hard for decades. "The second young master's cold is indeed too strong, and ordinary medicine can't cure him completely, but he's not just wet and cold …"
Qu Liuxi replied: "I know, the reason I didn't say it earlier was because I thought Madam and the others didn't know. Second Young Master was indeed not only cold and wet, there was also a lesion in his body that was completely at odds with the cold and wet … Within the Dantian Qi Sea, the fire energy in his aura sea is too strong, and his body is cold and wet. The fire in his body is unceasing, to the point where the two extremes of his body are constantly suppressing each other … "
The doctor's face changed, "Alright …" Just through my pulse examination, I was able to see that there are so many problems. "
Lady Li, who initially thought that Qu Liuxi was too young to trust, suddenly had her eyes lit up. She walked quickly and pulled Qu Liuxi's hand: "Miss, may I ask if you can really cure Wei'er's illness?"
Li Yannian's second son was called Li Pingwei, and his name was Vishnu.
Qu Liuxi pulled Madam Li to the side and asked softly: "The noble young master's talent is extraordinary, why did he use medicine to suppress his talent and not let him cultivate? The reason why the doctor could not see through the root of the matter is because he does not understand the path of cultivation. "
Lady Li's face turned pale. "He … Father, didn't you allow him to cultivate? "
Qu Liuxi was slightly angry: "So we have to kill him?"
Madam Li was stunned. "You mean?"
Qu Liuxi said seriously: "Noble master is born with a fire attribute physique, if you cannot use your cultivation to vent your anger, sooner or later, you will die from internal fire. You have been suppressing it with cold and wetness for so many years. On the surface, you seem to be suppressing the internal fire, but in reality, you have suffered enormous damage. That's all I can say, if you still want to keep your young master alive, then you better listen to me. I can remove his cold and wet clothes, but I can't remove his internal fire.
Madame Li said bitterly, "Wei'er's brother had Qi deviation during his cultivation and is now paralyzed in his bed …"
Qu Liuxi said: "Heavenly Awakening Sect of Xing Wei Street, send the eldest young master over for me to treat. If it was just Qi deviation, then it was fine even if his meridians were disrupted. Just one Origin Returning Pill was enough to straighten out his blood vessels. Second Young Master must return with me right now, and give me two days' time to remove the cold and damp Qi. "
Madam Li was about to kneel down, but was supported by Qu Liuxi: "Doctor, saving people's lives is one's duty, and I don't want your medical fee. Since I've met you, it's fate."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and looked at Li Pingwei, "Can you go back with big sister to treat your illness?"
As she said this, the young girl's calm confidence was filled with elegance.
Madame Li was extremely grateful as she followed An Zheng and the others back to Heavenly Awakening Sect.
Qu Liuxi brought Li Ping Wei to treat his sickness while An Zheng went to look for Du Shoushou when he had nothing else to do. At this time, the sky had just started to brighten and Du Shoushou had not woken up yet. An Zheng heard the few big men talking, Du Shoushou had wrestled with them last night, whoever won would drink a pot of wine. In the end, Du Shoushou won seven consecutive rounds, and was so drunk that he could no longer walk steadily. An Zheng thought that this scum, compared to someone who couldn't cultivate, wrestling was one thing, and there was even someone who won and drank …
An Zheng pushed open the door to Du Shoushou's room. An Zheng looked at the messy room and couldn't help but let out a sigh. He packed his things, then used cold water to wash a towel, and quietly walked to Du Shoushou's side … He stuffed the towel into Du Shoushou's pants.
Du Shoushou woke up suddenly. After seeing An Zheng, he gave him a glare and pulled the towel out of his pants …
An Zheng looked at the ground, then asked while smiling: "What dream did you have last night?"
Just as Du Shoushou was about to say something, An Zheng waved his hand: "Let me guess, I'm guessing that you must have dreamt of eating the apple last
night."
Du Shoushou was startled. "How did you know?"
An Zheng picked up a potato that looked like it was chewed into an apple core and placed it beside Du Shoushou. Du Shoushou's face turned red when he saw it, "This … "It would be more awkward."
An Zheng said: "Hurry up and come out with me."
Chapter 81 - Hit him if he doesn't wake up
Li Pingwei was a shy child even more shy than a girl, and this had something to do with his father's discipline. So after understanding a bit, An Zheng had a huge revulsion towards Li Yannian's way of teaching.
That night, Li Yannian, who had specially changed into a commoner's outfit, arrived at Heavenly Awakening Sect. He merely gave An Zheng a symbolic nod of thanks, then grabbed Li Pingwei's arm. "Come, follow me home."
Li Pingwei was obviously extremely afraid of his father, and did not even dare to speak. The seven to eight year old boy was grabbed as he walked forward, occasionally turning his head to look at Qu Liuxi.
Qu Liuxi chased after him, "You still can't bring him away, the cold and wet energy in his body has not been completely eliminated. You will only need to use the medicine a few more times tomorrow to treat him, is it really for his own good that you're taking him away now?"
Li Yannian took a big step forward: "I don't need you to care, this is my son."
Du Shoushou stomped his feet in anger, and went up to stop Qu Liuxi: "Ignore them."
Qu Liuxi still wanted to say something, but Li Yannian had already pulled Li Ping Wei and quickly left.
With a creak, the big door of the Heavenly Awakening Sect closed.
An Zheng closed the door, turned around, and looked at Li Yannian: "Give me the reason why you don't want to cure your child."
Li Yannian stood there, and looked at An Zheng with loathing: "This is my family's matter, if you take my child away without my permission, I can go to the Fanggu and sue you for abducting a child. On account of your kindness, I will not bother with you. But please move away, you are now a prisoner under private law, you have violated the laws of the great swallow. "
An Zheng leaned on the door and said, "This is your family matter and it is not wrong that I do not have the right to ask. But if I see you trying to kill your child without asking, then I'm also committing a crime. "
Li Yannian said loudly: "You are truly a strange person. Since you admit that this is my family matter, why did you stop me? I am Vishnu's father, and I have the right to protect my children. "
"Protect?"
An Zheng coldly snorted, "Are you really considering for him, or for yourself?"
Li Yannian looked at An Zheng: "Of course I'm thinking for him!"
An Zheng laughed coldly: "I have seen many people like you. At all times, you always keep thinking about your own child, but in reality, you are just being selfish. You don't think children should be like that, they shouldn't be like that, it's wrong to go against your will. You think you can arrange everything for your child, even life. Was this for his own good? I know that your eldest son went berserk due to cultivation, so you're afraid of losing your youngest son … Li Yannian, are you protecting your son? No, this is just you protecting your own fragile feelings. "
Li Yannian was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly: "Shut up, no one else is allowed to interfere in my affairs."
An Zheng walked over and looked at Li Yannian closely: "Do you know what kind of person you are? To put it nicely, you are a hypocrite who has been spoiled by a false name and his wife. To put it bluntly, you are just a self-serving, shameless person. "
"I'm a hypocrite? I'm selfish? "
Li Yannian stared at An Zheng and shouted: "After so many years of being an official, I have never done anything selfish!"
An Zheng curled his lips: "See, this is your face. It's all for the sake of a just and honest reputation, so it's okay whether you take it or not. This is your ethics, and I have no right to comment. However, you forcefully influenced your family with this selfishness. As a fifth-grade capital official, your family often doesn't get to eat meat once a month … Is this your achievement? "
An Zheng paced back and forth, showing a certain degree of anger.
"For the sake of a reputation, even if it's just a reception on official matters, you still have to pay for it yourself. Why did he do this? If you did so, people would praise you for being impartial and selfless! But your wife hasn't bought any new clothes in years? How long has it been since your family had a proper meal? In order to treat your son's illness, your wife pawned her dowry time and time again, and even used the last hairpin to pay back the debts of the medicine store! "
"In order to take care of your face and save money, Mrs. Li spent all her money on maintaining your identity. Although your daily clothes are not new, that's because you intentionally wear old clothes, but as long as it's foreign affairs, when aren't you wearing bright and beautiful clothes? Even if she went to the pawnshop, she was afraid that if others found out about it, it would affect her reputation, so she would make sure that the maidservants would be able to escape for a few more streets. "
An Zheng raised his hand and pointed at Li Yannian's nose: "And you, what did you do for your family?"
Li Yannian opened his mouth, his face ashen.
An Zheng laughed coldly: "I am not your family, there is no need to spoil you. Your son is so young, yet he's still helping you protect your dignity. But you, did you give your family the dignity to live? "
Li Yannian took a step forward and extended his hand to push An Zheng away, "Get out of the way! You don't need to worry about these things. They are my family, and they are already prepared to bear all of this. "
Pow!
An Zheng slapped Li Yannian so hard on the face.
"Don't hit my dad!"
Li Ping Wei rushed forward and struck An Zheng with his fist.
An Zheng looked at Li Ping Wei with pain in his heart, allowing Li Ping Wei's fist to strike him down. He raised his head and looked at Li Yannian: "Back then, great swallow King praised you for your righteousness in front of all the officials. This became your problem, and you felt that you had to preserve your image. Your mental state is already abnormal. The reason why you think that your wife and children are suffering alongside you is to prove that you are truly upright and honest … "Pfft."
An Zheng spat, as though he did not care about Li Yannian's image, and spat on his face.
"It has been a long time since someone has humiliated me, right? It's been a long time since someone scolded me, right? "
An Zheng said coldly: "A person like you, would actually be better off dead. You can die. Die from illness, starve to death, or commit suicide. That way, you can end your life with the words' righteous and honest '. In the mouths of your colleagues, they would hypocritically praise you as a model official, but in their hearts, they would call you a retard. The people feel they have lost a good officer, but they will live as usual, eat, drink, and sleep, and the next day they will forget you. Do you know why they admire you? This is because they feel that it is impossible for normal people to do such a thing, which is why they offered up their respect. However, in reality, the evaluation they have towards you might only be the word 'idiot' in their hearts. "
"No one forced you to take bribes."
An Zheng looked at Li Yannian who was standing there dumbstruck with his hands over his face, his words becoming even sharper than before: "You think that if your wife doesn't go out and doesn't add to her clothes, she will go through a bit of hardship, that is to say, following the path of a woman, right? "It's no big deal. This is what women should do, right?"
Li Yannian looked at An Zheng with hatred, but he was clearly frightened by An Zheng's imposing aura.
An Zheng asked Qu Liuxi to bring Li Pingwei back, and then continued to speak: "Your child's health is getting worse, where's your money? If the imperial court were to receive foreign affairs, there would be a special allocation. It was one thing if you weren't
greedy, but why would you need to pay for it yourself? "Public is public, while private is private. If a person can't even distinguish between public and private, and feels that it is right to sacrifice everything for the sake of a false reputation, then he is a scum."
An Zheng said, "I heard that a few days ago, there was a request from the imperial government to donate money to the soldiers who were wounded after the war. This matter, was the first one to be donated after you proposed it? "
Li Yannian said: "The soldiers are bleeding at the border. As an official of the imperial government, is what I'm doing wrong?"
An Zheng punched forward, and instantly smashed open Li Yannian's nose. "What the f * * k?"
Li Yannian fell to the ground with a thump as blood spurted out from his nose.
An Zheng lowered his head and looked at him: "Donating wounded soldiers is no problem, you can, anyone is fine, but you f * cking can't. When you say that you need to contribute, your wife will be even more frugal. In order to support you, she will even need to pawn her small dowry. After marrying you for twenty years, what did she get? Not only did you not get a present from my hands, you even gave me your dowry, and you even f * cking took it for granted! "
An Zheng stomped his foot on Li Yannian's chest, looked him in the eye and said: "Donating something like this, if I had ten taels of silver, giving me one or two taels, under conditions that are not enough to affect my family's livelihood, would not be a problem. The reason why I gave away hundreds of thousands of silver in the southern border of great swallow is because I have money. Even if I don't have millions of silver, I still won't do it because I need to maintain the daily lives of hundreds of people and take care of those who need help. "
"What about you? You obviously don't have a single copper coin, yet you still force your wife to pawn it! "
Li Yannian retorted: "I didn't force her!"