Chapter 16 Turning Point

Gu Yanfei rinsed his mouth, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and then said with a smile: "Big sister, it's rare for you to come to Danyang City, should we go for a walk?"

Gu Yunzhen pursed his lips hesitantly, and heard Gu Yanfei say again: "I've lived here for three months, and I haven't been out much yet. I heard that there are many delicacies in Danyang City, such as salted duck, goose pastry, sweet-scented osmanthus sweet potatoes... The crispy dried fish are delicious."

The milk cat's eyes lit up when he heard the words, "meowing" to help beat the side drums, and looked at Gu Yunzhen expectantly.

Facing this person and cat, Gu Yunzhen couldn't say "no" at all, and responded with a smile: "I'll ask someone to tell grandma, let's go for a walk in the city."

Gu Yunzhen sent the little maid to report to Mrs. Gu, and went out in a carriage with Gu Yanfei.

Before going out, Gu Yanfei made a hexagram and told the coachman: "Go west."

The hexagrams show that the turning point of Danyang City's catastrophe is in the west.

Gu Yunzhen thought that Gu Yanfei was a child at heart, and wanted to relax in the city, so he let her go.

So, under Gu Yanfei's command, the carriage turned left and right, and after passing a few streets, it arrived at Chongxian Street in the west of the city.

The atmosphere on the streets today is not the same as usual, the streets are quite empty, there are no shouting peddlers and shopkeepers walking, and the places you pass are deserted than usual.

Along the way, many passersby gathered together to talk in whispers, mostly discussing the prefect's order to close the city gate.

"Big sister, let's go to the Qingfeng Building in front of us and sit down."

At Gu Yanfei's suggestion, the two sisters and a cat entered the Qingfeng Building located in the middle of Chongxian Street.

During this time period, there were not many guests in the restaurant, and the tables and chairs in the lobby were only occupied by one out of ten.

The two sisters chose an elegant seat facing the street on the second floor, and ordered a table of Qingfenglou's specialty dishes, and Xiaoer, who made a big deal, happily went downstairs.

In the private seat, the fragrance of tea curls up.

The two sisters drank tea, while Juanbi waited for the cat to drink water.

After taking two sips of hot tea, Gu Yunzhen put down the blue-and-white porcelain teacup, and said in a warm voice, "Second sister, when we leave later, please bring a copy to grandma, so that she can try something new."

Although he just knew Gu Yanfei, Gu Yunzhen had a good impression of this cousin. She felt that she was not as vulgar as Nanny Xu said.

Gu Yanfei gave a soft "um", and probably guessed what Gu Yunzhen was going to say next.

Gu Yun really wanted to talk to Gu Yanfei about the people and things in the Hou Mansion, so that she would not be blinded when she went to the capital in the future.

She thought for a while, and started with Mrs. Gu: "Second sister, grandmother likes to eat fish and shrimp. She believes in Buddhism, and she will fast and become a vegetarian on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year."

"Next month is my grandmother's birthday. The third sister suggested that we sisters each copy a copy of the Buddhist scriptures for my grandmother."

"Third sister..." When it came to Gu Yunxie, Gu Yunzhen paused for a while.

Gu Yanfei knew what she was scruples about, so he directly stated: "You are talking about Su Niang's daughter, right?"

Gu Yunzhen nodded, and continued: "The third younger sister was raised under her grandmother's knees since she was a child, and she is the one who loves her the most, and she can listen to her advice on weekdays. This time, the third younger sister is also the one who persuaded the grandmother to come pick up the second younger sister."

Gu Yanfei blinked her big paint-like eyes, and then suddenly realized.

It turned out that it was Gu Yunxie who was behind the push. No wonder Mrs. Gu came so fast, several days earlier than I expected.

Gu Yun really wanted to say something, but there was a sound of rumbling footsteps on the street outside the window, and someone shouted: "The official messenger is here!"

The movement outside the restaurant attracted the attention of the two sisters, both looking for their reputation.

On the street, a group of tall and mighty servants ran over aggressively, well-trained and surrounded a medical center opposite, and several of them rushed into the medical center from the main entrance.

Leading the team was a middle-aged man wearing a scarlet robe embroidered with clouds and geese, riding a brown horse and waiting outside the medical hall with awe-inspiring aura.

"A fourth-rank official uniform?" Gu Yunzhen frowned, and said in surprise, "Could this be the magistrate?"

"It's really the Prefect of He!"

The person who answered Gu Yunzhen was Xiao Er who had just entered the door, and saw him holding six dishes of dishes in his arms, as if performing a juggling.

While craned his neck to look out the window, Xiao Er deftly served dishes to them, including steamed shad, anchovy shrimp, salted duck, goose pastry, sweet-scented osmanthus sweet potato, clear soup stewed chicken... The table is full of color, fragrance and taste.

The movement in front of the medical center also attracted the people walking on the street. Many people stopped curiously and chattered:

"Why did the official come here?"

"Did something happen to Cheng's Medical Center?"

"First the city was closed, and now the medical center is closed, there must be a reason for it!"

"I remember that Dr. Cheng was invited to see the eldest prince yesterday. Could it be that something went wrong..."

"..."

On Chongxian Street, more and more passers-by stopped to watch the excitement, and there was a lot of voices.

All eyes were on Cheng's Medical Center.

Gu Yanfei ate an anchovy shrimp with chopsticks, and looked outside thoughtfully.

The milk cat came over smelling the fragrance, and looked at Gu Yanfei with a "meow meow", those green cat eyes were breathtaking, but Gu Yanfei was unmoved, and just slapped it away, and ordered Xiao Er to serve the cat a portion of boiled shrimp .

After a while, a man's high-pitched shout came from the direction of the opposite medical center, almost toppling the roof:

"You are wronged! The villain is wronged!"

Amidst the screams of grievances, Dr. Cheng was escorted out of the medical hall by four or five tall and burly officials. His turban fell off, his hair was a little messy, and he looked embarrassed.

"Master He clearly learned that Cao Min was wronged, and the medicine that Cao Min prescribed for His Royal Highness is absolutely fine..."

Dr. Cheng raised his head and yelled at He Zhifu who was on horseback, feeling heavy in his heart, feeling that this matter could not be resolved.

Just now, when the government officials went in to arrest him, they kept saying that it was because he had taken the wrong medicine, which caused the Eldest Prince's body to take a turn for the worse and his condition was critical.

But Dr. Cheng was convinced that Chu Yi's critical illness had nothing to do with him.

He is familiar with the medicinal properties of Jade Moon Grass. After taking the Jade Moon Grass for the first time, the patient will only feel that his body is in good shape and refreshed, but he doesn't know that this is just a reflection of the light.

Next, the poison of Jade Moon Grass will erode the internal organs of the patient little by little, prompting the patient to gradually weaken and die slowly, making it impossible for people to judge the cause of death and the time of poisoning.

He only handed the medicine package to Chu Yi's personal guard early this morning, that is to say, it will take at least half a month for the poison of the Jade Moon Grass to take effect.

Moreover, judging from Chu Yi's pulse yesterday, he was only weak and sick, not fatal... Could it be that other people also drugged Chu Yi and deliberately blamed him? !

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