Chapter 18 Chapter Sixteen

The three of them got off the boat, walked forward dozens of steps, turned around a dense forest, and saw a tall building standing majestically. Taking a closer look, the ground floor of the tall building is densely packed with wooden pillars, each of which is as thick as a person surrounding it.The second floor is built on the floor platform supported by wooden pillars. It is also made of wood, with red and black paintings all over, carved beams and painted buildings, and is magnificent.The roof above the second floor is exceptionally high, as if there are still three floors hidden.It must be because of the humidity here that high-rise buildings were built to insulate the moisture.

The three of them zigzagged up the stairs, and there was a clank of the qin and zither from upstairs, which sounded like they were playing randomly and out of tune, but the anxious, bored, and resolute emotions conveyed in the music were clearly expressed clearly. Passing through the main hall and entering the back hall, I saw a woman sitting on the mat in the hall, who seemed to be caressing a brocade silk on the table boredly, it was none other than Yan Wei. Seeing the three of them coming in, Yan Wei stopped her hands, opened her mouth slightly, and stayed there in disbelief. Mr. Kandui smiled handsomely, and said: "Talk about the situation after the farewell slowly, and I won't bother you. If you need me, just call me." After saying that, he turned and went out.

Li Qichen briefly talked about the scene in the car and in the bamboo house, and Tong Shui couldn't wait any longer, so he hurriedly asked Yan Wei, "Where are you over there? What's going on?" Yan Wei said: "It's similar to you. I was also imprisoned in a carriage, but only my feet were bound, and my mouth, eyes and ears were intact. They took good care of me. They didn't lack tea, rice, soup and medicine, and their words were also polite. , but no matter what I asked, they refused to say." Tong Shui smiled and said, "You are quite happy, you don't suffer more than us."

Li Qichen said: "It should be like this, it is only reasonable to be gentle with girls." Yan Wei continued: "When we got here, we met Mr. Kandui. He asked me to stay here to treat his illness." Tong Suqi asked, "What's wrong with him?" Yan Wei caressed the jinse, and made some messy and broken sounds, which sounded disturbing, and she said absent-mindedly: "It's hard to say, it seems that the pulse condition is also a syndrome of cold, but it is much more serious than that of Young Master Su. The times are not the same…” Li Qichen pressed her hand with both hands, stopped the noise, and asked, "Did you promise him?"

Yan Wei shook her head lightly: "No, I just don't like the way he invites doctors, and I haven't seen you, so I refuse to treat him. He didn't force me, saying that if I want to leave, So he sent someone to take me out of the valley; if you want to keep it, I will do as you please, but he refused to reveal the whereabouts of the two of you, and took the piece of silk left by my father to copy it, saying that the doctor would not save me , the patient had no choice but to save himself..." Tong Sui said, "This man is so strange..." Yan Wei said again: "His words seem to imply that you are in his hands, as long as I am willing to heal him, I will set you free, but he never makes it clear, it only makes people suspicious."

Li Qichen smiled: "He seeks medical treatment when he is sick, so naturally the doctor is willing to be reassuring, and he cannot be threatened. If the doctor has a little bit of resentment, wouldn't he give up his life?" Yan Wei nodded and said: "Exactly, so before I can't see you, I can neither leave nor agree to him. I just waste my time doing this... Actually, even if I want to heal, I have no certainty at all. His The pulse condition is very strange, even my father may not dare to respond..." Tong Suqi said: "Then why did he let us out again? Did you promise him anything?"

Yan Wei opened her eyes wide, looking very confused: "No, he didn't say anything to me, he just brought you two here all of a sudden." Now even Li Qichen didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Mr. Kandui's gourd.His pretentiousness naturally wants Yan Wei to heal him. If Yan Wei is alone with him and persuades him with kind words every day, and then makes Yan Wei feel pity for his illness, it will only take a few days to persuade him. Yan Wei.What's more, it is an aboveboard thing to seek medical treatment when you are sick, why is it drugged and imprisoned, if you send someone to ask directly, I'm afraid Yan Wei may not refuse.

Yan Wei glanced at the bamboo stick, and said in surprise: "Is your leg bad again?!" Li Qichen smiled awkwardly, and said: "It's nothing, the humidity here is heavier, so naturally there will be a little pain." Yan Wei said: "Don't lie to me! Can you use a stick when you feel a dull pain?" As she spoke, she pulled Li Qichen's leg to check it, and she almost burst into tears, "How did you make it like this? All the hard work of the past half a year was in vain. If this continues, this leg will be disabled, and you still say it’s nothing?!” After Yan Wei finished speaking, she stood up and pulled a colorful silk hanging from the top of her head, and saw that the upper end of the silk was formed into a big silk flower, hanging in the middle of the roof. The roof extends in all directions, until beyond the cornices.With a pull, more than a dozen wind chimes hanging from the eaves of the house rang together, the sounds were different in pitch and low, and mixed together, it was like fairy music, which was much better than the twittering that Yan Wei played casually just now.

Li Qichen couldn't help being dumbfounded, he was in charge of the inner court's customs defense, and had a little understanding of the news from the agencies, but the news from the agencies here was something he had never heard of or seen before. As soon as the ringing stopped, Mr. Kandui came in, took out a piece of silk with a smile, handed it to Yan Wei with both hands, and said: "This is your father's property. I have finished copying it, and I will return the original." Then he turned to Li Qichen He said, "The three of you are guests from afar. You have offended me a lot before. One meal and one night is considered an apology. Please be sure to stay with me. I will send the three of you out of the valley early tomorrow morning."

Yan Wei said with a straight face, "What if we want to hang around for a little longer?" Mr. Kandui said with a smile: "Of course you can't ask for it." Yan Wei pointed at Li Qichen and said, "I have a patient here, and I need to trouble you to prepare some medicinal materials, can I?" Mr. Kandui said: "I have all the medicinal materials here, come with me." After saying that, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of "please", as if to ask Yan Wei to put her hand on his arm, but Yan Wei ignored it , he just smiled and turned to lead the way, not paying attention.

The two walked to a big cabinet on the east side and stood still, only to see Mr. Kandui flip a geometric pattern carving on the side of the cabinet door, and the cabinet door opened inward, and there was a section of steps inside. Climbing up the stairs, it turned out that there was a low attic above. There were tall medicine cabinets on the left and in the middle, but there were rolls of bamboo slips on the right. Looking at the nameplates on the shelves, they were all medical books. Yan Wei smelled the familiar scent of medicine and saw so many medical books. She couldn't help being surprised and happy, and said, "Can I take these medicines as I like? There are also these..." She pointed to the medical books, "You can lend them to me. Shall I see it?" Mr. Kandui nodded with a smile: "This is natural, please feel free." Yan Wei felt a little guilty, and said in a low voice: "Your illness is not because I refuse to treat it, I am really not sure." Mr. Kandui sighed: "I know... life and death are fate, you can't force it." After saying that, he turned and went out, holding a candle in his hand, leaving Yan Wei with a huge back, which looked very lonely. The shadow of the sun has already slanted, Li Qichen has finished taking the medicinal bath, and Yan Wei is advising him. Mr. Kandui sat on the side, watching with great interest, and suddenly asked: "How much do you understand about that piece of silk?" Yan Wei was busy with both hands, and replied without raising her head: "In those few days in the carriage, I was very depressed. I kept studying this over and over again, but I only understood 70% to 80% of it." Mr. Kandui said: "I can prepare all the materials and medicines mentioned above in three to five days..." Yan Wei raised her head, looked into Mr. Kandui's eyes, and said seriously: "It's not that I won't treat you, it's that I can't really cure you. Not to mention that this method is extremely risky, and I only understand 70% to 80% of it. It's your pulse, so I have no clue... When I find my father, ask him to heal you, okay?" Mr. Kandui's eyes flickered, he stared at Yan Wei and asked, "What's so special about my pulse condition?" Yan Wei hesitated for a moment, and said, "I can't tell whether you have a cold syndrome or a cold poison!" As soon as this remark came out, Mr. Kandui murmured dejectedly as if his energy had been sucked out: "Sure enough... sure enough..." Tong Shi was puzzled and asked, "You have never been poisoned, don't you know?" Mr. Kandui looked at Tong Shi like a fool: "If someone secretly poisons you, will they tell you with drums and gongs?" After speaking, he staggered and turned to leave, as if he had no strength left... Li Qichen patted Tong Shuai on the shoulder and said, "Do you think that he was poisoned like Master, and was not cleaned up, leaving behind the root cause of the disease?" Tong Su wondered, "Isn't it?" Yan Wei said: "Perhaps... he was secretly poisoned by others... I have been observing carefully these few days, and his situation here is a bit strange..." Li Qichen asked: "What kind of strange method?" Yan Wei said: "Although there are many servants here, they are all young men. No matter what his status is, among the servants of ordinary nobles and ladies, there are always old and young, male and female. Belonging to the servants of the world, men and women get married, and have children as slaves for life, how can they all be young men?" Tong Rate had a smirk on his face: "Maybe he prefers male sex, I don't know. Brother, you should be more careful when you sleep!" Li Qichen spat: "You better be careful yourself!" Yan Wei blushed, and said with a light smile: "The attitude of these servants towards him is also very strange. Although they are respectful and obey their orders, they don't have the awe that ordinary servants have towards their master. His attitude towards these servants It's also very special. When these people are present, he is unsmiling, his every gesture is like acting, his whole body is tense and on guard. If he is alone or even with me, he will relax. This point may not be obvious to ordinary people, but as a doctor, I can tell it at a glance..." Yan Wei frowned slightly, as if she was thinking hard about the reason. Tong Shu winked again and said with a wry smile: "It's easy and happy to be with you, I'm afraid it's..." At this point, he exaggeratedly covered his mouth and did not say anything, deliberately making an expression on his face as if he had realized something. Seeing such a scene, both Li Qichen and Yan Wei couldn't hold back and laughed. Yan Wei joked: "Sometimes you say that he is a man, and another time you say that he is a woman. Do you have a right score? Or do you have a crush on him?" Tong Shu looked around exaggeratedly again: "Hey? Who is he? Where is he? Tsk tsk, I've only known each other for a few days, and I'm talking for him." He especially bit the word "other" very hard. Yan Wei blushed and made a gesture to hit Tong Shi, the three of them laughed together. Downstairs, in the clear moonlight, Mr. Kandui was looking at the pigeons he was raising with a lamp. When he heard the laughter floating down from upstairs, he stopped and looked up at the window upstairs, although he couldn't hear clearly. What was said above, but the laughter echoed, making the situation even more lonely. Under the shadow of the tree at the side, two servants were accompanying them, they were about the same height, with a straight waist and head held high, as if they were carved out of the same mold—speaking nothing and not moving. Mr. Kandui looked at it for a long time, then he looked away and moved slowly.Those two people also followed, keeping a distance of three steps from Mr. Kandui.The warm yellow light draws a circle of gentle radiance, wrapping a thin silhouette with fluttering clothes, not tight, not slow, neither sad nor happy...