Chapter 276: Chapter 115 The Nameless Expert_1
The snow in Shengjing had not stopped.
For seven or eight consecutive days, Du Changqing had not visited Renxin Medical Hall again.
It was as if he had set his heart on being angry with Lu Tong; even on the day for issuing the Month Allowance, it was only Ah Cheng who came to handle it.
The winter was originally desolate, and without Du Changqing popping in from time to time with his jokes, the medical hall seemed even more deserted.
Yin Zheng tucked the Month Allowance brought by Ah Cheng into a chest. When she turned around, she saw Lu Tong sitting behind the desk, reading a book.
The spring examination in February next year was not far away, and there was not much time left for Lu Tong. She had no master, nor did she, like the students from the Imperial Medical Bureau, have nine teachers to instruct her personally. All she could do was to flip through medical books.
The medical texts were brought back by Ah Cheng, who said, "Doctor Lu, these are the medical texts I specifically sought out for you... I bought them with my own Month Allowance. The master doesn’t know!"
At that time, Yin Zheng couldn’t help laughing out loud and muttered to Lu Tong, "Shopkeeper Du has the toughest mouth of all."
Since it was a kind gesture from Du Changqing, there was certainly no reason to waste it. During the free time at the medical hall, Lu Tong would flip through these texts. The medical books on Luomei Peak had been burned by Lady Yun, and in Shengjing, medical books were very expensive. It was not easy for Du Changqing to find these few.
There were not many, and Lu Tong read through them quickly. In just a few days, she had already finished reading the previous few. These medical theories and practices were different from what Lady Yun had practiced, which made Lu Tong somewhat worried about the upcoming spring examination.
Yin Zheng, who was wiping the medicine shelves with a damp cloth, saw Lu Tong reading attentively and couldn’t help but ask, "Miss, you were reading until midnight yesterday and haven’t stopped today. Be careful not to hurt your eyes. Why not take a rest?"
Lu Tong seemed unaware.
Yin Zheng found it strange.
Lu Tong had an excellent memory. She had flipped through the previous medical texts during her downtime, but since yesterday, it was as if she was possessed, studying until late into the night. If it hadn’t been for Yin Zheng’s urging, Lu Tong might have read until dawn.
But those medical theories and principles were beyond her comprehension, so she didn’t understand why Lu Tong was so fascinated.
Behind the desk, Lu Tong finished the last page of the volume in her hand, closed the pages, and traced her fingertips over the flamboyant characters on the cover:
— A Detailed Solution to the Imperial Medical Bureau’s Spring Examination Papers Over the Years in Shengjing.
This title was almost laughably absurd, as everyone knew that the examination papers of the Imperial Medical Bureau’s spring examinations would never be disclosed. Even if there were people knowledgeable in medical theories and principles who wanted to compile "detailed solutions," they were mostly written by teachers from the Imperial Medical Bureau or the medical officers from the Hanlin Medical Institute.
For an outsider to blatantly offer "detailed solutions" was no wonder the book had been unsold for many years and had been treated as waste paper, added as padding and given away for free.
However...
Lu Tong stared at the volume in front of her, her gaze shifting slightly.
She had read this "detailed solution" until midnight yesterday. In just a few short pages, she had gained far more than from the remaining bulky medical texts. The range of knowledge in this volume at first appeared wild and unfocused, but upon closer inspection, it seemed to contain hidden insights, different from the common medical texts available on the market.
She looked down again at the signature at the end of the volume.
— Written by a master who does not wish to reveal his name.
Lu Tong: "..."
This seemed even more like a joke, and perhaps the author himself never expected the book to be sold, let alone read overnight.
"Ah Cheng," Lu Tong called out to the young servant.
Ah Cheng, busy making grasshoppers, hurriedly turned his head: "What is it, Doctor Lu?"
Lu Tong held up the volume: "Thank you for the medical texts you gave me. I want to buy a few more, so..."
"So?"
"Where is the bookshop?"
Ah Cheng: "Huh?"
...
After being away for several days, over three feet of snow had accumulated in the courtyard of the Palace Front Office.
The black dog, awakened by the footsteps of the approaching person, joyfully pounced towards the person entering the yard, scattering snow all over the person.
"Zhizi! Stop, don’t lick—" Duan Xiaoyan was being licked in the face by the black dog and awkwardly avoided it.
A few days earlier, there was an assassination attempt in the Eastern Palace. The Emperor urgently summoned the troops from the Palace Front Office to enter the palace for martial law. After several busy days, today the various companies finally had the time to return to the office.
Pei Yunmeng finally had some free time as well.
Inside the room, Pei Yunmeng, having taken off his official clothes and bathed, changed into a moon-white robe and leaned back in a chair. With one hand, he pulled canlı seks at the clothes on his shoulder, ready to apply medicine to his shoulder wound.
After doing it several times, the movements became more practiced. He deftly removed the previously bandaged white cloth, cleaned the wound with a cloth, and sprinkled on some powdered medicine.
Xiao Zhufeng, just entering the door, saw such a scene and paused for a moment. He walked over to Pei Yunmeng, picked up the half-used bottle of medicine on the table, and spoke with some surprise, "Isn’t it the medicine from the palace?"