Chapter 163: Entrusting a Son

On the bluestone slab road of Anxi Street, Chen Ji walked back alone, carrying a shoulder pole.

Two buckets full of water pressed the shoulder pole, making it bounce up and down, yet not a single drop of water spilled out.

He pondered the information Jin Zhu had provided, only feeling that a layer of gloom covered Luocheng, making it hard for people to breathe.

If the Liu family truly rebelled, probably the first thing they would do is use the "eunuch party" of Si Li Jian as a sacrificial flag, and he, a small secret agent under Si Li Jian, would inevitably bear the brunt first.

This time, many people would die!

Just as he returned to the medical hall, he saw Bai Li County Princess, who had changed into a set of clean clothes, sitting on top of the wall, waving at him with a smile. "Chen Ji, Chen Ji, help me with the ladder!"

Chen Ji bent down, put down the shoulder pole, and moved the ladder over.

As Bai Li climbed down the ladder, she said curiously, "Did you help clean the tiles on this wall? There's not a bit of dust left!"

Chen Ji held the ladder and hummed in response. "I saw that your white clothes always got dusty when you climbed the wall, so I wiped it a bit."

Bai Li lowered her head to look at her clean pants, then lifted her head and said with a smile, "Thank you!"

After Shizi's head popped out from the top of the wall, Chen Ji asked curiously, "It's been a long time since I saw the little monk. Where is he?"

Shizi said proudly, "Father said that if he stayed in Luocheng, he would learn bad habits from me, so he just sent him to Qin Tian Jian in the Capital to cultivate with Vice Jian Zheng Xu Shu!"

Chen Ji said helplessly, "What exactly is Shizi proud of? Why did Shizi and the County Princess come so early?"

Shizi slid down the ladder. "We came to find you to learn knife techniques. Chen Ji, will you teach me knife techniques?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Wang, looking frail, lifted the door curtain. "Although he is a small apprentice, what's the use of learning from him!"

Chen Ji was puzzled. Jing Wang was fine when he was listening to opera yesterday, but this morning he harbored a strong resentment and hatred towards him!

Strange, where did this resentment come from?

At this moment, Bai Li widened her eyes. "Dad, why are you talking about Chen Ji like that?"

Jing Wang also widened his eyes. "I just want to say that, is that not okay?"

Bai Li said in confusion, "Father, why do you suddenly find Chen Ji displeasing to the eye? You praised him before!"

Jing Wang said in a bad mood, "That was then, this is now. Today, my son and daughter came, and instead of visiting me first, you chatted with him first. You're probably all forgetting that your dad is still sick!"

Bai Li quickly moved a bamboo chair out of the room and awkwardly supported Jing Wang as he sat down. "Dad, we rushed over to visit you first thing this morning!"

Jing Wang said slowly, "You know who you came to visit!"

Bai Li quickly covered Jing Wang's mouth with her clean palm and said in a low voice, "Dad, quickly stop talking. Of course, I came to visit you."

She secretly glanced at Chen Ji, and Chen Ji seemed not to have heard their conversation just now. He looked at Jing Wang and asked curiously, "Wang Ye, Xu Shu is the Vice Jian Zheng of Qin Tian Jian, who is the Jian Zheng?"

Bai Li explained, "I know, the young Jian Zheng of Qin Tian Jian is called Hu Jun Yan, the little Shishu of Lao Jun Shan Dao Ting."

"That name sounds familiar."

Chen Ji tried hard to recall. "Wait... Someone told me earlier that in the winter of Jia Ning year eight, Hu Ge Lao's direct grandson was once abducted by Qi Bang during the Shang Yuan Festival, and later found by the Hu family again. Is it him?"

Bai Li stood beside the bamboo chair and massaged Jing Wang's shoulders. "It's him, it's him. I heard Mother say that year was very sensational! After he was found by the Hu family, Lao Jun Shao Dao Ting's Zhang Jiao Cen Yun Zi personally went to the Capital on behalf of his master to take a disciple, and took Hu Jun Yan into the Dao Men. So, this Hu Jun Yan is considered Cen Yun Zi's Shidi and Zhang Li Dao Zhang's Shishu!"

Chen Ji was suddenly a little puzzled. Why did Cen Yun Zi suddenly visit and take a disciple, making Hu Jun Yan become the little Shishu of Dao Ting!

Could it be that when Qi Bang abducted the other party, something unknown happened?

Or, this person, like Xu Shu, came from the forty-nine heavy heavens?

Chen Ji asked curiously, "How old is he?"

Bai Li counted on her fingers. "Twenty-seven years old?"

Chen Ji sighed. "Twenty-seven years old and already a positive fourth-rank Qin Tian Jian Jian Zheng!"

Bai Li said with a smile, "You can certainly do it too."

Jing Wang changed his posture and curled his lips. "He? Dream on!"

Chen Ji listened silently, without retorting!

As they were talking, the respectful voice of the guards in front of the medical hall door came. "Jing Fei Madam, Feng Da Ban has given instructions. Doctors, apprentices, and outsiders from outside the medical hall are not allowed to enter or exit the medical hall casually!"

A crisp slap sound rang out.

Chun Rong Mama said fiercely, "You say my Madam is an outsider? Who taught you all to do things like this? Get out of the way!"

Jing Fei gently comforted her from the side, "Chun Rong, they are just following orders, don't blame them. However, please trouble the generals to make way. I am Wang Ye's side consort, how can you all have a reason to block me?"

In the courtyard, Jing Wang heard Jing Fei's voice and hurriedly stood up and returned to the main room. Before entering the room, he instructed Chen Ji, "You block her for a while. I don't want to see people today!"

Chen Ji hesitated a bit. "Jing Fei Madam is coming with great momentum, I'm afraid I can't block her!"

Jing Wang said mercilessly, "You must block her even if you can't!"

After entering the room, he stuck to the window, quietly listening to the movement outside the door.

As he listened, he asked Yao old head in a low voice, "You say, will this disciple of yours also get a slap?"

Yao old head unhurriedly counter-asked, "Wang Ye, do you hope he gets this slap, or do you not hope he gets this slap?"

Jing Wang thought for a moment and said with a smile, "I'm quite hoping."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Chen Ji outside the room say, "Madam, my master is administering needles to Wang Ye, he'll be fine soon. You can wait a little."

Jing Wang immediately blackened his face.

He slowly looked at Yao old head, only to see Yao old head had already silently taken out a set of silver needles, indicating him to lie on the bed.

Jing Wang reluctantly lay down, and while letting Yao old head administer the needles, he complained in a low voice, "Why is this kid so resentful?"

Yao old head laughed happily, "Isn't Wang Ye the same?"

A moment later, Yao old head lifted the door curtain and said to the outside, "Jing Fei, please enter!"

Chen Ji huddled by the window, silently eavesdropping on the conversation inside the room.

However, the sound was too low, and they could only intermittently hear Jing Fei say, "Liu Ge Lao and Cen Yun Zi Dao Zhang are old acquaintances, they once together... As long as Wang Ye is willing to help the Liu family, the Liu family will certainly help Wang Ye get the Sheng Yu Dan!"

Less than the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Jing Fei left in a hurry with red eyes. The room was quiet for a long time. It was like a chess player sitting in the room, pinching chess pieces with his fingers, facing a complex chess board, and falling into deep thought.

Suddenly, Jing Wang said in a light voice, "It's time!"

The next moment.

He said calmly in the room, "Chen Ji, come in a bit!"

Chen Ji glanced at Shizi and Bai Li in the courtyard, then lifted the door curtain and went in.

He saw Jing Wang sitting up from the bed, pulling out the silver needles one by one with a black face. "I want to go out for a trip. You follow me!"

Chen Ji was startled. "Wang Ye wants to go out during the day? What if Yun Fei and Feng Da Ban come over to visit you?"

"Don't worry. They are endlessly busy right now. They have no time for me."

Luocheng, East Market. An Le Street.

This is the most lively place in Luocheng at noon. There are teahouses standing in rows along the long street, and restaurants are everywhere.

Idle gentlemen in the city like to sit in teahouses, order a pot of tea, ask for a portion of melon seeds or fennel beans, listen to storytelling, from daytime to evening.

In front of the Fu Lou Teahouse, Jing Wang stood with his hands behind his back, lifted his head to confirm the signboard, then lifted his foot to step over the threshold, leading Chen Ji to find a corner to sit down.

The little waiter in the teahouse had a white towel draped over his shoulder, and was just sweeping the melon seed shells on the ground.

Seeing the two people enter, he immediately welcomed them with a smile. "Two guest officers, what tea water would you like to drink?"

Jing Wang said casually, "One pot of Mao Jian, one dish of melon seeds, one dish of fennel beans. One dish of preserved fruit. One dish of sour plums. Right, what is today's storytelling about?"

The little waiter's eyebrows curved into a smile. "Master, just now Mister Zhou lectured a segment of Confucius becoming a sage story, which is considered an old story told anew, very wonderful. Next, he is going to lecture on some fashionable matters, it seems to be a new storybook of the debate scriptures from Lu Hun Shan Zhuang, related to our Jing Wang."

Jing Wang's eyes lit up. "This is interesting, I must listen."

This chapter is not finished, in the middle...