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Chapter 136 Is there danger? (Chu Pang Chapter)
In the following two or three days, although Xue Xiao went to the yamen to do work, he was not so busy that he stayed out all night like in the past. He spent more time in the east wing, and gradually found that Shan Yue was not as sleepy as before. He called Luo Feng to ask, "Did Xinglin Hall come to see Madam a few days ago?"

Luo Feng was puzzled and scratched his head: No, Boss, when you stayed up all night in Tianbao Temple, shouting and killing, it was the dog that followed you! ?
Am I hiding at home and sleeping or am I splitting into two? ——I know as much as you do! ! ? Why are you asking me this!
After Xue Xiao asked, he realized that his question was extremely unreasonable. He was silent for a moment and waved his hand: "Go play."

Luo Feng: Okay!
When Shan Yue went to Zhu's funeral hall to change incense and candles, Xue Xiao appeared at the right time and accompanied him.

Xue Xiao asked casually, "Has the female doctor from Xinglin Hall come to check Madam's pulse?"

Shan Yue nodded: "I have been here, and the mansion treated me well. I even had a cup of tea before I left."

Xue Xiao was silent for a moment before continuing, "If you have a prescription, you can give it to Mother Su and ask her to help boil it. She may not be good at other things, but she is good at recuperating people. In the first one or two years after I came back from Qingyue Temple, she took care of me like a bloated bun."

It's hard to imagine a bunch of buns climbing walls and flying over rooftops.

Shan Yue smiled, and as she smiled, her brows relaxed: "No prescription."

That’s good, it means everything is fine.

Xue Xiao felt relieved, and Shan Yue immediately sensed that he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xue Xiao's concern floated on the surface of the water, shining brightly and wandering around.

Are you afraid that she might get sick before she succeeds?

Out of gratitude for his ally's concern, Shan Yue responded in more detail and sincerity: "I was a little sleepy the past two days because I was sure that I was temporarily safe here and would not be attacked in the middle of the night or dragged to the street. The strings in my brain relaxed, and my bones naturally became a little lazy. In the past few days, I have gradually recovered and slept well at night. Naturally, I can't waste my days anymore."

This place is safe. Sleep peacefully.
She thought she was safe next to him, so she could sleep peacefully.

Xue Xiao turned his eyes to the side, and opened and clenched the hands in his sleeves.

Shanyue thought of another incident: "Speaking of Xinglin Hall, the female doctor behaved very properly and didn't look like an ordinary person."

"She is a female official of the Internal Affairs Bureau, released here for 'cultivation'."

Xue Xiao also talked about the origin of Xinglin Hall and briefly talked about several other special places in the capital city.

The Wei Dynasty was different from some of the previous dynasties. Thanks to the Emperor Taizu Wei, who had suffered for half his life, he knew what was most dangerous to ordinary people. He made up his mind and issued a number of decrees that broke the convention: the Jimin Hall was set up, with special allocations of silver. It was built and managed by the Taichang Temple. It was dedicated to the treatment of ordinary people and medicine. It was different from personal pharmacies and clinics. It had an extra layer of government endorsement. Each household was allowed to spend three taels of silver on medicine every year. Other expenses could not be guaranteed, but at least it could save lives temporarily.
A Huimin School was set up under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Academy. All boys aged four and above and under ten could attend. I dare not say that they were well-versed in history and modern knowledge, but I guarantee that they could read Chinese characters and were not blind. If there were any particularly outstanding students, they could be guaranteed to enter the Imperial Academy directly and from then on stand on the same white line as the wealthy and powerful families.

In addition to Jimin Hall, Xinglin Hall was set up to treat female patients. It was under the jurisdiction of the Medicine and Medical Department of the Six Departments. Before the female doctors in the palace could treat the masters in the palace, they had to learn their skills in Xinglin Hall for three years. Only those who were particularly outstanding could enter the palace to work. This was both a training and a practice. Doctors are talented and have to accumulate experience. The more they see, the more confident they will be. Where else can they have more patients than the common people? This move not only solved the problem of the difficulty of seeing a doctor for female patients in the common people, but also accumulated a large number of excellent female doctors for the palace women. It was a win-win situation.

"It sounds like Emperor Taizu truly cares about the people." Shanyue whispered.

Xue Xiao walked forward with a slow pace, nodding his head: "Everything is good. But over the past hundred years, things have gradually changed in the Wei Dynasty."

Xue Xiao's eyebrows did not move, and his tone was calm, but one could tell he had been thinking about this for a long time: "For example, Jimintang, how much of the three taels of silver actually subsidized the people's medicine? And how much fell into the pockets of officials after being exploited by various levels?"

"For example, at Huimin School, the children were admitted to study, but they did not study. They only wrote their names on a booklet to get the meat meal provided by the school at noon. The rest of the time, they were kept at home by their parents as helpers - how could the family support them to study lazily while they could use their free labor?"

"For example, the Xinglin Hall of female doctors is very different from the Jimin Hall. Its most fatal problem is that if a poor girl is not feeling well, would she dare to speak up?"

"If you tell her, it will cause endless doubts - are you trying to be lazy? Are you bored and have too much money to spend? Are you pretending to be sick to win sympathy? Women are all like this. If you can just bear with it, why bother spending the money? - Therefore, the use of Xinglin Hall is limited to officials and wealthy merchants who have money and free time. In order to protect the relationship with the imperial wife, the Six Departments even specially asked Xinglin Hall to come to her house every three months to check her pulse. This move made ordinary female patients dare not step into that door."

From the first two, Shanyue could guess the approximate direction of the order.

As for the last one, Shanyue was very surprised. She was amazed that Xue Xiao could see so clearly the difficulties faced by women in this world?
Every speculation he made was not groundless.

Shan Yue looked at Xue Xiao with surprise.

Xue Xiao smiled, his brows were open and his eyes were deep: "It's not easy for women in this world, anyone with eyes can see it. But as a beneficiary, the man will not say anything after seeing it. If he says it out loud, how can he enjoy the comfort brought by exploiting women openly?"

Reaffirm that allies are individuals.

Shanyue felt relieved and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

Let’s get back to the previous topic.

The original intentions of Emperor Taizu of the Great Wei were all good, but they all went awry in the end.

"Madam, why do you say that?" Xue Xiao asked.

Shanyue couldn't think of an answer for a while and fell into deep thought, almost missing the intersection of the corridor.

Xue Xiao reminded: "Madam, the only way to go home is to go straight."

Shan Yue let out an “Oh”.

Xue Xiao left the silence for Shan Yue to think freely.

Entering the main courtyard, Xue Xiao and Shan Yue stopped at the porch between the east and west wing rooms.

"It's human."

Xue Xiao leaned forward to help Shan Yue roll up the windproof curtain to facilitate her entry. His tone was calm and his voice was as low as ever, like the thickest string of a guqin: "It's the human heart that is uncontrollable."

"Wei Taizu was born in the countryside and started his career as a peddler. He made the scandal of the former dynasty ceding the 26 cities of Yanyun to the Tatars by saying 'The upper country is a plain, and the 26 cities are yellow earth'. He organized a bandit group, avoided the power center of the capital and the wealthy land of Jiangnan, and took the 26 old cities of Yanyun from the hands of the Tatars. He did not proclaim himself emperor, but only called himself the King of Northern Frontier, winning the hearts of the people. Then he marched north and south, dethroning the former dynasty, which was like a dead centipede, and won the country and founded the Great Wei."

"He is a scoundrel who doesn't understand the twists and turns behind the respectful appearance of the ministers, and he doesn't understand that his actions to benefit the people actually infringe on the interests of the aristocratic families. So, think about it, who is the person who executes the order?"

Xue Xiao held the curtain with one hand, bowed and looked up, his tone was gentle and persuasive, but his low voice inexplicably carried a hint of temptation.

Shan Yue didn't notice it, she just followed Xue Xiao's words and thought about it - she had never had such a conversation before! She was also a mud-slinger, and in order to understand people's hearts, she worked under Master Sun Wu and barely settled down. She read hundreds of miscellaneous books without thinking, but no one had ever discussed such a topic with her!

Shan Yue was like a fish biting the bait: "The people who execute the decree are naturally the so-called aristocratic families with rich heritage and descendants who have served as ministers in every dynasty and generation." "Madam, you are wise." Xue Xiao praised: "This group of people pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed, so they naturally allowed the decree to be deformed and twisted into a shape that was beneficial to them."

Success depends on heaven, but planning depends on man.

Therefore, the first thing the current saint controls is the Censorate and cultivates a group of trusted people under the Tianbao Temple.

After this group of confidants grew up, they were deployed to various departments and administrative offices, and after several rounds of rotation, the purge could be completed without bloodshed.

Shanyue was fascinated by what he heard. He squinted his eyes, thought about it, and nodded.

If she wanted to take revenge on Marquis Guanbei, Princess Jing'an, and Marquis Wu'an, should she also make good use of this kind of thinking?

Not only does she have to use the opponent's power to her advantage, she also has to force herself to grow and become someone who is listened to.

She must manage the "Liu Shanyue" brand well!
There are also the relationships, assets, and connections of these three families in Beijing. She doesn't have time to inquire door to door like she did in Songjiang Prefecture!
Shan Yue set his gaze on Xue Xiao.

ally.

All the allies know it.

Just like this conversation today!
Xue Xiao casually told the inside story of Xinglin Hall in detail, and even analyzed the current and past situations in the capital!
People nodded repeatedly and their blood boiled after hearing it.

Understanding of the capital, control over the past, and insight into the intricate relationships, these are exactly what she lacks.

"Master Xue." Shan Yue raised her head and said, "If you have time, can you tell me about everything in the capital? I'm new here."

Although he has assisted Xue Xiao in killing Zhu and Xue Changfeng, is there still a lot of knowledge that needs to be learned?
Is this reason sufficient?
Shan Yue was thinking about the reason.

"The second, fifth, eighth and ninth days of every month are in the government office."

Shan Yue hadn't figured out a reason yet, but Xue Xiao immediately spoke up: "When the time comes, Madam, you can come to the waterside to have a chat. I will tell you everything I know in the book."

Two, five, eight, nine?

This doesn't sound like much, but when you think about it, the free time is a bit dense, right?
Does this mean that the Censorate is not as busy as rumored?

Shan Yue didn't ask if his allies were slacking off on official duties, so he paused and said, "Speaking of 'people', I was planning to go to the pawnshop to see one or two strong farmhands doing odd jobs in the outer courtyard. The Nan Mansion is so big, with overgrown vegetation, and the two little girls beside me even have to bear the heavy burden of carrying wood."

Xue Xiao glanced at Luo Feng out of the corner of his eye.

Luo Feng:?
What?
The little girl was carrying a wooden pot, and she threw it on his back?

"Now, you and I live together in Nan Mansion. You don't need to hesitate too much about such trivial matters." Xue Xiao said.

Anyway, the people we are looking for have to be re-examined by Tianbao Temple.

Shan Yuefang pursed his lips and smiled: This ally really guessed it right, he is so smart and capable - he lowered his head and took advantage of the opportunity when Xue Xiao lifted the curtain to return to the west wing.

Xue Xiao withdrew and walked back to the east wing.

The parrot Snowball fluttered onto my shoulder.

Luo Feng followed closely behind, and after reporting a bunch of official business, he let out a "hiss", as if hesitating whether he should ask or not.

"Don't fart." Xue Xiao raised his chin and filled the fat white-glazed double-handled bottle on the wooden shelf with husked wheat: "If you have to fart, let it out."

"You trust Madam?" Luo Feng asked tentatively: Oh my God! Even for a helpless and delicate flower like him, it took him a year and a half to win the trust of the boss!
Xue Xiao paused holding the copper spoon, his eyes fell on the beechwood frame that was covered with snowballs, and said casually, "She is my wife, shouldn't I trust her?"

It is impossible for anyone who is not trusted to step into this yard.

When he agreed to Zhu's proposal to marry Shanyue, he had already given her his absolute trust.

He doesn't like much contact with species that walk on two feet.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't know people.

For example, Shanyue.

For example, saints.

"Shan Yue! Shan Yue!" The parrot Snowball flapped its wings and screamed.

Xue Xiao scooped another small spoonful of wheat germ into the porcelain bottle.

Luo Feng looked at Xuetuan's wings that were as strong as chicken wings and couldn't help but pout: What a traitor!
After noon, the sun gradually became brighter. There was no need for the host to come in person, but Shanyue needed to go out under the pretext of buying odd jobs in order to gain more understanding of this city that he had never been to.

The human tooth shop is located in the busy West 12th Hutong.

The Xue family's carriage came to a complete stop.

Shanyue got out of the car and Qiutou followed behind him.

As soon as he entered the alley, Shanyue slowly stopped.

He tucked his hands into his sleeves, tightly gripping the butterfly bone knife.

Someone is following her.