Brocade tears

Meng An began to treat the boy in the consultation room of the main hall, but the boy's mother was blocked by her.She first quickly checked the wounds on the boy.The boy's left arm was broken, and his back was bruised heavily from the fall. The most serious injury was a big gash on his head, about three inches long, cut by the iron nailed on the horse's hoof. Fortunately, the skull did not seem to be cracked.Meng Yan stopped the bleeding while cleaning up the sand from the wound.Immediately wash the wound with the prepared numbing liquid to eliminate the poison and numb the pain.Then they took a special silver needle, threaded it with mulberry thread, and sewed up the wound on the boy's head after roasting on the fire.With dexterous fingers, she quickly sewed up the wound and pulled up the thread.Then apply the dressing neatly.After the end, the boy's left arm was fixed, and the splint was applied and bandaged.

After doing all this, she was already sweating profusely, and she sat aside and checked the boy's pulse for a while, seeing that his pulse had gradually stabilized, and knowing that there was nothing serious, she felt relieved.But when she put the splint on the boy's left arm just now, she saw a scene that made her uneasy: there was a large red palm mark on the boy's left arm, which was clearly the mark of someone holding him hard.And those who can possess this kind of strength are often grown men, maybe this is the reason why this boy from the Sun Laosan family appeared so abruptly on the race track today.

She walked out of the consultation room, and as soon as she opened the door, she saw the child's mother anxiously guarding the door. When Meng An opened the door and came out, she immediately asked how the situation was.Meng Yan smiled wearily and said:

"It's okay. I had a cut on my head and a broken arm. I've already dealt with it. But I lost a lot of blood and was frightened. I'll give you a prescription. You follow this prescription these days Give him decocted medicine, and then give him some blood-recovery food, the child will recover quickly, and he will definitely recover within three months."

Sun and Lao San's family couldn't help being overjoyed, and took Meng Yan's hand to express their gratitude.

She moved away, and Meng Yan noticed that there were many strangers in the main hall at this time.Sun Laosan was standing not far away, talking to a young man who looked like a military officer.On the other side was an older black-faced officer, who was trying to talk to Sui'er next to him, but Sui'er ignored him. Seeing Meng Yan coming out, Sui'er also hurriedly approached.

Seeing Sui'er, Meng Yan couldn't help letting go of his hanging heart.She had been worried that Sui'er would run away like this before, but she came back after all, it seems that she did not trust the wrong person.

"Xiao Ai, I invited two military masters from Zhongcheng Bingmasi to drive away the refugees for us. This is Commander Zhan Yuzhan, and this is Commander Cao Guangcao. They also promised that these days they will often Come here to patrol and drive out the refugees." Sui'er explained the situation and introduced two officers.

Meng Yan blessed the two officers and thanked them: "Thank you for your help."

"Doctor Meng, you are welcome. Is the doll okay?" The young Commander Zhan approached and asked.

"There is no serious problem, and it will be all right after raising it." Meng Ai replied.

Sun Laosan heaved a sigh of relief, his expression seemed to be reborn.Zhan Yu was also relieved, and couldn't help but smile.Only Cao Guang, the black-faced officer in the distance, showed a little disdain.

"This is really great. This child suddenly rushed into our blocked area somehow, and appeared in front of the horse, startling the horse. I was also caught off guard at the time, and it was too late to help, and I hurt this Child. If there is something wrong with this child, I will bear the blame." Zhan Yu said.

Meng Yan looked at them, a sentence stuck in his throat, not knowing whether to say it or not.She hesitated for a moment, and first asked:

"Is Commander Zhan in charge of the security of our neighborhood?"

"Exactly, I just took office three days ago, and I'm not very familiar with this area. Today is the first time I've heard that Lingji Hall has such difficulties. I'm really ashamed that the Bing Ma Si didn't come to control it before." He said. .

Meng Ai leaned close to Sui'er and asked in a low voice, "What happened to Commander Cao?"

"I don't know, he came here with the team commanded by Zhan, but he doesn't seem to be responsible for the security around here." Sui Er replied in a low voice.

Meng Ai knew it well, so she said: "Commander Zhan, and the parents of the child, please come into the consultation room to talk." She pulled Rasuier's sleeve while talking, signaling her to deal with Commander Cao.Spike nodded in understanding.

After Meng Yan led the three people in, he took them to check the child's wound and the palm print on his body, and explained his guess.The Sun family's parents turned pale immediately, and Zhan Yu said angrily: "How can there be such a vicious person in the world, who would think of hurting innocent children?!"

"Father and mother, you must pay attention from now on. I don't know who has sneaked into the city right now. You must take good care of the child and don't let the child run around. Commander Zhan, I will trouble you to strengthen the patrol around here from now on." Now, I feel that there seem to be a lot of new faces in this area recently, and I feel really uneasy." Meng said.

"Okay, I'll save it, please rest assured Doctor Meng." Zhan Yu immediately responded.There are many lazy and arrogant soldiers in the five cities. It is good not to run wild on the streets in the past, and it is rare for someone to listen to the words of ordinary people like this.A commander of soldiers and horses like Zhan Yu can't be found even with a lantern.It was indeed the luck of the Meng family and the Sun family to meet him today.

Not long after, the child woke up, but he was probably frightened, and his head was injured again. The child seemed dazed and kept shouting dizziness.Meng Ai prescribed medicine and food supplements for the child, and led Sun's parents to the pharmacy to get the medicine.Zhan Yu also said that he was about to say goodbye, and walked out together.

As soon as he came out, he saw Cao Guang and Sui Er were having a "happy conversation". Sui Er curled up and lowered his head, showing complete helplessness and disgust. Get close, and the words are as provocative as possible.

"Commander Cao! It's time for us to return to Bingma Division." Zhan Yu said immediately.

Cao Guang smacked his mouth, anger rose in his eyes, and he gave Zhan Yu a hard look.Then he gave Sui'er a reluctant look, and then he took the first step to leave.Zhan Yu followed behind, and when he left, he saluted Meng Yan and others.Meng Yan took the Sun's parents to grab the medicine, and then the Sun's parents thanked them a lot and returned home with the child in their arms.

The tranquility returned in front of the door, and Meng Yan couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.Seeing that the sun had reached the mid-west position, I remembered that I hadn't prepared lunch yet, my stomach was empty, and I was suddenly hungry.

She went to the kitchen, but saw that Sui'er was already preparing dishes in the kitchen.She suddenly felt like crying, her nose was sour, and she went forward to hug Sui'er.Sui'er smiled and asked her:

"what happened?"

"Sister Xiaosui, if it weren't for you today, I really wouldn't be able to handle it by myself."

"Today's matter is also a risk. Let's discuss a safe solution after your sister comes back. Don't be afraid, your sister is from Beizhen Fusi, and she will have a way to protect us." Sui Her son comforted her and patted her on the back, but there was deep worry in Amber's eyes.The strange incidents that happened in the past few days gave her a bad premonition. If her guess is correct, the Meng family must be careful in the future, and I am afraid that peace will be rare in the future. "

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Behind the Wenhua Hall in the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City, there is a Xieshan-top building with six rooms in width and depth. It has three floors, two floors on the outside and three floors inside.There is a gilded plaque on it - Wenyuan Pavilion.This is the Royal Library Pavilion, and it is also the power center of the entire Ming Dynasty—the place where the cabinet directly handles affairs.

It's past noon, and it's time for lunch.Wang An, the servant in charge of the cabinet's internal affairs, entered the large room where the cabinet ministers worked, approached the eunuch Chen Ju, the supervisor of ceremonies, and whispered:

"Second Grandpa, lunch is ready."

The loyal eunuch, about fifty years old, thin, with white ears, black teeth, and piercing eyes, nodded, then got up, walked in front of today's direct cabinet ministers, crossed his hands and said respectfully:

"Everyone in the cabinet, lunch is ready, it's time to eat."

On duty today is Zhao Zhigao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Dongge University, who is now the acting chief assistant of the cabinet.He was teamed up with Zhang Wei, the second assistant, Zuo Shilang of the official department and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion.Now there are no ministers and assistants, and there is another cabinet minister——Wang Xijue is currently visiting his seriously ill mother in his hometown and has not yet returned.Today, Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War, and members of the Ministry of War were called into the cabinet to discuss matters, and Yang Junmin, Minister of the Ministry of Households, also participated.Yang Junmin went to inspect the warehouse earlier, and the cabinet meeting did not start until the end of the morning, and the discussion was not finished until noon, and it still needs to continue in the afternoon.

Lunch is provided by Guanglu Temple, and the dining hall for meals is located between the six northeast rooms of Wenyuan Pavilion.A large round table of pear blossom wood, five dishes and one soup, complete with rice and noodles.Compared with other departments of Beijing Central Government, the meals of the cabinet are already the best, and the meals of other departments are really not flattering, making it difficult for senior officials who are used to delicious delicacies at home.Wang Jiaping, the former chief minister of the cabinet earlier, liked to bring his own meals, and asked his family members to warm them with a charcoal stove under the food box, and took the trouble to carry them around every day.Except for him, most of the officials bite the bullet and eat this meal every day, and dare not not eat it, otherwise, because of the problem of eating, they will also be arrogant and lustful because of the problem of eating, it would be too wronged.

Now every meal, acting chief assistant Zhao Zhigao would think of the appearance of former chief assistant Wang Jiaping carrying the food box every day, and secretly vigilant in his heart.The reason why Wang Jiaping resigned from office, but three or four days later, everyone in the court still remembers it vividly.

On the 21st of the first lunar month of this year, Li Xianke led the ministers of the six subjects to ask the eldest son of the Pope to pre-educate him, saying: Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, is already 11 years old. middle.As soon as this book was published, the Holy One was furious, and he misrepresented the year title of Hongzhi in the excerpt, and blamed Li Xianke and others for "violating the order and deceiving the emperor". .Wang Jiaping, the first assistant, thought that what Li Xianke and others had said was serious, so he refused to follow the edict to carry it out, and returned the seal of the Holy Master Zhu.The Holy One angrily criticized Wang Jiaping for not having "the etiquette of being a minister".

At this time, the official department gave Zhong Yuzheng a sparse statement: "Li Xianke's negligence, the minister agrees, and is willing to commit the same crime as Li." It has to be done." The Holy One was furious, so he transferred Shu Hongxu to the south, and Zhong Yuzheng and Li Xianke were sent to the frontier with miscellaneous duties.

Zhao Zhigao himself went to discuss rescue, but was reprimanded.Then, many censors and officials resisted and argued against each other, but they were all punished, and the government and the public were horrified.Li Xianke was dismissed from office and dismissed.The censor Feng Congwu resisted and criticized the Holy Majesty, saying: "Your Majesty does not go to the suburban temples in person, the court lectures are not imperial, the chapters are kept in the middle, and the efforts are not effective, and the foreign invaders and internal troubles continue. Recently, it has been ordered that your majesty is not in good health I want to use this to cover up my fault. I don't know that the drum bell is in the palace, and the sound is heard outside. Your Majesty must drink every night, and every time you drink, you will get drunk. Every time you get drunk, you will be angry. I don’t know, the future generations of the world should not be bullied. Please, Your Majesty, don’t take the sky to become something to be afraid of, don’t take people’s words as something to be sympathetic to, don’t take the present banquet as something to rely on, and don’t take future chaos as something to be ignored.”

On the [-]th day of the same month, the Holy Master Deshu was furious and reprimanded him for leaving his post and returning home.

This series of turmoil in the court caused by the dispute over the country has been raging until March. Wang Jiaping, the chief assistant, has always stood by the party of officials and officials, and wrote a letter for him.He even used resignation as a threat, intending to force the Holy Majesty to set the country's foundation. Three days ago, the Holy Majesty personally approved his resignation.The big red character "Zhun" on the memorandum seems to express the anger of the Holy One without words.Wang Jiaping lost his official position as chief assistant, but became a model of eunuchs in the world, an example of literati, took off his hat and robe, and returned to his hometown in Shanyin.All the mess of this dynasty fell into Zhao Zhigao's hands.

"Alas..." Dai Shoufu sighed, facing the lunch in front of him, most of his appetite went away.

"Ge Lao? You should eat something at least, you won't be able to survive like this." Zhang Wei, the assistant next to him, persuaded.

Zhao Zhigao nodded politely, raised his chopsticks and began to eat slowly.Sitting across from Zhao Zhigao, Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War, was eating with Yang Junmin, Minister of the Ministry of Households beside him, talking in a low voice about the recent situation of the Ministry of War's requisition of grain and grass from the Ministry of Households.Before Yang Junmin, Shi Xing was the Minister of the Ministry of Households. Shi Xing was changed to Minister of the Ministry of War in September last year, so he knew the situation of the Ministry of Households very well.In addition, there have been frequent border wars recently, and there are frequent consultations between the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households on the distribution of food and grass, so the two ministers have very close contacts.Both of these two are mature and prudent people who are dedicated to serving the country, and they are indeed the pillars of the current Ming Dynasty.Looking at the two ministers, Zhao Zhigao was thinking.I don't know if these two ministers can withstand the Ningxia rebellion this time.

At this time, a waiter who served the meal came, took away the empty plate, and quietly handed a small note to Bingbi eunuch Chen Ju under the table.Chen Ju looked at it calmly, leaned over and whispered in Zhao Zhigao's ear:

"Elder Ge, I just got the news from the imperial concubine that His Majesty will come to the cabinet to discuss the Northwest military affairs in person in the afternoon. Elder Ge, pay attention to it, and put a string on all the cabinet ministers first. Don't mention the matter of the country to disturb His Majesty. .”

Zhao Zhigao couldn't help feeling tense, this is really rare, His Majesty has not seen his cabinet ministers for many years.It seems that His Majesty attaches great importance to this frontier battle.He hurriedly stopped his chopsticks and said:

"Everyone, I will eat as soon as possible, and go back to make preparations after eating. In the afternoon, I will welcome His Majesty to the cabinet to listen to the government."