She fell out after crying at the wrong grave

The master and his two disciples traveled all the way from the fairyland in Wuling Mountain to the human world in Kezhou.

Chu Qingfang was wearing a purple dress and walking behind Gong Sheng and her senior brother Gong Yangliang.

I saw that the two people in front were carrying a lot of luggage, but Chu Qingfang had nothing in his hands, not carrying anything heavy.

Before leaving, Chu Qing decided to come along. Gong Sheng thought it was great that this girl had such awareness, so he was satisfied with everything and didn't plan to let her work at all.

So before Gong Yangliang asked, Gong Sheng spoke first, "How can a girl carry so much stuff on her shoulders? You and I, the master and disciple, can just share some."

Gong Yangliang was always amiable. He picked up the carrying pole with a smile. He couldn't ask his master and junior sisters to carry heavy objects, could he?

Talking about the time they were master and apprentice, Gong Yangliang was just a little boy when he became Gong Sheng's disciple.

Gongyang clan was a noble family of the previous dynasty. After the founding of Da Chong, they were not included in the eight councils and their treatment was much worse. Some enemies kept coming to the door, but the court did not care. Therefore, in Gongyang Liang's generation, he was the only male.

When Gongyang Liang was young, he suffered from minor illnesses frequently. His family was very worried, fearing that the Gongyang family would have no descendants, so they searched everywhere for ways to make him live longer. However, his family did not believe in gods or Buddhas, so they set their sights on Gong Sheng, a famous alchemist.

At first, Gong Sheng was unwilling. He traveled abroad to avoid being used by the powerful, which inevitably prevented him from fulfilling his ambition to save the world. If he really accepted Gong Yangliang, wouldn't he be pushing himself into the fire pit?

The old aristocracy also has power!
But when he saw Gong Yangliang, he felt that this boy was really lovable, his heart softened, and he couldn't help but stay with him for a few more times to treat Gong Yangliang's weaknesses.

It didn't matter that he waited for a while. When Gong Yangliang recovered from his illness and Gong Sheng left, the boy tugged at his clothes with tears in his eyes, but he didn't cry openly and easily won Gong Sheng's kindness.

So Gong Sheng requested that he could accept Gong Yangliang, but he must take the child away and never go back to this worldly world again.

The men, women, old and young of the Gongyang clan listened to Gong Sheng's bluffing words without reacting. By the time they found out that the young master had said goodbye to them, he had already fled with the child in his arms.

Fortunately, Gong Yangliang was a kind and resolute person. Even with Gong Sheng, an unreliable master, he grew up to be a handsome man. Once he went down the mountain to see a free doctor, there would be a long queue that was so long that it was difficult to get out.

Gong Sheng really understood this disciple whom he had personally brought up. The person who arrived that day along with the eagle that brought A'ao's message was Gong Yangliang who had hurriedly run up the mountain.

"There is an epidemic in Kezhou and the city gates are not open. Let Liang go and knock on the door. Master and junior sisters, please wait." Putting down the carrying pole, Gong Yangliang took the lead in proposing.

Gong Sheng nodded and took out the document and gave it to him. Chu Qingfang also said, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

Gong Yangliang stepped forward, and Gong Sheng stared at his back, saying, "Qing Fang, don't you really want to consider your senior brother?"

Chu Qingfang took a breath when he heard this, and turned his gaze from Gong Yangliang back to him, "I say, how can you be such a teacher? My senior brother and I are brothers and sisters from the same sect, what is there to consider?"

It's true, the emperor is not anxious, but the eunuchs are, worrying about nothing.

Gong Sheng sighed, "Your senior brother is too kind. I am worried that he will not be able to get married... I am just being kind."

Chu Qingfang: ...

Chu Qingfang: Thank you so much, but please don’t use your kindness on me.

Fortunately, Gong Yangliang had excellent negotiation skills, and he entered the city easily after a short while.

Changqing Building occupies the best location in the city, with convenient access for people to come and go, so the address for dispensing the medicine was chosen here.

Zhang Hai would never miss this opportunity to show off and take credit. He opened the door early and cleared out the tables and chairs in the lobby to set up ten small stoves for boiling medicine.

In order to save the court money, Ah-yi took the initiative to give the job of directing the dispensing of medicine to Zhang Hai. She was also confused by some things, and was afraid that the patients would show bad emotions if they talked for too long, so she simply boiled the medicine quietly in the lobby.

Her long hair was casually tied up and hung down behind her head, her face was plain without any makeup, and her whole body was filled with the bitter smell of medicine. She held a cattail leaf fan in her hand, fanning herself back and forth. Although it was boring, it was not cold in the early cold weather in Kezhou.

"Are you just sitting there in a daze?"

Chu Qingfang's smiling voice suddenly appeared in her ears. Ah'ao sat up straight from the position where she was supporting her cheek, "Why are you here?"

Ever since she followed Gong Sheng, Ah-yi had never thought about Chu Qingfang coming back. After all, if she stayed in Kezhou, she would always be criticized by others for imprisoning her own father.

Whether others know the truth or not, it is the same.

Chu Qingfang took the palm-leaf fan from her hand, opened the medicine jar and took a look. "There is an epidemic in Kezhou, but not at the foot of Wuling Mountain. Master felt it was strange and wanted to go down the mountain to take a look, so I followed him." She smiled. "How are you these days?"

Like a kind of calmness after a thousand sails, Chu Qingfang's life has undergone earth-shaking changes in just half a year.

After these painful transitions, my mind matured.

Ah-yi cleared half of the stool for her to sit on and replied calmly, "Fortunately, I wanted to expand a shop in Pingzhou, but given the current situation, I guess that's not possible. Let's just focus on the present."

Chu Qingfang nodded. "What are the symptoms of this epidemic? Did it start overnight?"

There were many people in the hall, and it was noisy all around. Every medicine jar was constantly emitting mist, and even if the doors and windows were opened, it would not help. The hot and humid atmosphere was still cramped for the two of them, making them dizzy and dizzy.

"It didn't start overnight. I went to Pingzhou to discuss something, and when I came back, the east of the city was already full of epidemics." Ah'ao sighed as she recalled the situation at that time. "The symptoms were vomiting, diarrhea, drowsiness, headache, and rashes on the body. But the strange thing is that it doesn't seem to be contagious. I had close contact with several people in the mansion, but I didn't have any symptoms. Sister Zhou and I were both fine." "Not contagious?" Chu Qingfang murmured, "If we want to find the source as soon as possible, your words can save a lot of trouble. I'll go tell Master now, and we'll rule out one if we can."

"That makes sense." Ah-yi also stood up and handed the prepared medicine and the jar to the waiter who was passing it to the door. She wiped the medicine stains on her hands with her skirt and said, "I'll go with you. It's a good opportunity to mail a letter."

Hearing about the letter, Chu Qingfang's lips curled up instantly, "Being separated from each other, you must be missing each other, right?" Like an ordinary young lady who likes to join in the fun, "I can understand."

With her intricate tone of voice and her eye contact, Ah'ao felt that she had learned the essence of Gong Sheng.

Can perform.

So he pushed her and said, "Why don't you write it? I'll say hello for you?" Seeing Chu Qingfang shaking her head in fear, Ah'ao also called it a day, "Let's go, business is more important."

Gong Sheng and Gong Yangliang didn't even have time to put down their luggage before they started asking questions to the people in the queue.

Ah-yi was not familiar with medicine, and Chu Qingfang was not very knowledgeable either. The two of them followed behind with pens and ink, and wrote down the people's descriptions in detail. As they continued to ask questions, it was already afternoon, and the crowd had dispersed. Several people had not eaten anything and were too hungry to speak.

The chef from Yanqinglou came specially from Zhang Hai's house and prepared a warm meal to feed everyone.

Zhang Hai and A'an were sitting at the same table. Although the rules state that one should not talk while eating or sleeping, the atmosphere at the moment made it impossible to care so much.

"Where's the water you used for cooking today?" Gong Sheng asked with a frown after taking a look at the dishes on the table.

Zhang Hai was stunned. After thinking for a long time, he finally figured out the matter. "Changqing Building has always used the well in the backyard. I took advantage of this to bypass the moat for water. I wanted to call it spring water to attract attention." Zhang Hai knew he was in the wrong. He chuckled twice, his face flushed. "This way, we can pay less maintenance fees to the state government. I also used well water to decoct medicine today."

After saying that, he looked at Ah-yi. Ah-yi knew that he was afraid that she would go to court to file a complaint, so she put down her chopsticks and said in a dignified tone, "This will not happen again."

"Hey, hey." Zhang Hai quickly echoed.

Ah-yi looked at Gong Sheng's expression and felt that the matter was not so simple. He did not seem like someone who would care about such a thing, so she asked, "But what's the problem?"

Gong Yangliang left the table at this time and asked the kitchen for a bowl of well water to be brought in.

Gong Sheng stretched out his finger, dipped a little and put it in his mouth to taste it.

"There is nothing wrong with the water from this well." Gong Sheng raised his head, glanced around at the people at the table, and then explained, "It is precisely because we use this well that there is no problem."

Chu Qingfang was also confused, "Master, what do you mean by this?"

A group of people are in it, but some clues are like a mystery that is impossible to understand in thick fog. The cold rain falling outside the window at the right time enveloped the silent people at the table.

It was near the beginning of winter, and the bone-chilling wind blew in through the windows. Even the heat from the hot soup was difficult to resist, and several people shivered.

Gong Yangliang was near the window, so he stood up quickly and closed the window.

The room suddenly became darker.

"If you're talking about epidemics, I don't think so." Gong Sheng's brows were serious, and he took out the notes he had just compiled. "Epidemics must be mediated by livestock or food, or at least the air in the air. However, looking at what people eat every day, the places they live in are different, the things they have done are different, and the things they eat are also complex. There is only one thing that you and I have all eaten."

The answer was clearly written in Gong Sheng's eyes.

Gong Yangliang suddenly realized and said in a deep voice, "It's water."

In A'an's mind, a few words that Ruzui had said when they were in Shui Changdong suddenly flashed through her mind.

——I stay in Mrs. Zhou’s house in the west of the city every day and have never come out. Today is the first time.

——Because the owner of the coffin shop was not feeling well, the families who died of illness were unable to order coffins, so he came to us and we reopened the shop.

West of the city, east of the city.

The owner of the coffin shop, his shop is located in the northeast of the city.

"Could it be poison?" Ah's back suddenly felt cold as she spat out these words, "Since I came back from Pingzhou, I have never stayed in Shui Changdong or his private residence. I either stayed in Yanqing Tower or went to Zhou's wife's residence in the west of the city. I have not been infected with this disease so far."

If there is a problem with the water, then all doubts will point to the same answer.

moat.

With a mixture of shock and realization, the meal suddenly became tasteless.

"In order to conceal our whereabouts, we will go to the source tonight."

(End of this chapter)