Boss Wei got down from the carriage and carried down a recliner from the ox cart at the back, carried it to the backyard and kicked open the door of Doctor Yao’s house with his foot, “Old Yao, the recliner is here for you.”
As he spoke, he entered the house, put the recliner on the floor and took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, “This is the best recliner you can buy in Qingping County, it cost me a lot of silver.”
“You. ……”
Yao Daifu came over and sat down, his body swaying comfortably with the swaying of the recliner, “More and more stingy, how much silver is worth a mouthful to you?”
Boss Wei stretched out his left hand towards him, “You’re not stingy, give money!”
Doctor Yao looked at his hand and slowly reached into his arms.
This guy was famous for being stingy, why was he suddenly so generous today?
Doctor Yao took out a squarely folded handkerchief and put it in his hand, “Here you are.”
“You ……”
The owner of Wei was just about to say two words about his stingy nature, when he noticed that there was something in the handkerchief, put his own handkerchief on the table to the side, opened it, and inside was a medicine pill.
“Just in case.”
The shopkeeper tightened his heart and clutched his handkerchief, but on his lips he scolded him with a smile, “I think you are overthinking, we don’t need this.”
Yao Dafu’s body swayed with the rocking chair, not returning his words, “Old Wei, it’s been years since we’ve had a drink together, hasn’t it?”
Boss Wei put the pills away, “No, we haven’t had a drink together since we opened this restaurant in …….”
“Just in time, today is free, you ask them to make some dishes, we both have a drink.”
“A drink?”
“A drink.”
Boss Wei looked at him carefully for a few moments, “You wait.”
The owner went to the kitchen and asked them to cook a few dishes and send them to the house, and went to the wine cellar and brought a small jar of good wine over, “I’ll tell you, for all the years I’ve been running the restaurant, I’ve never had a sip of this good wine, so I’ll keep you company today.”
“Let me smell it.”
Boss Wei opened the lid, and the fragrance of the mellow and rich wine instantly wafted all over the room.
Doctor Yao inhaled his nose several times and was a little impatient, “Don’t wait for the dishes, go get a bowl, let’s both have a drink first.”
“You’re too greedy.”
He went out and brought two bowls, poured half a bowl and handed it to Dr. Yao, then turned around and brought a small table in, placing it within reach of Dr. Yao’s body.
“Good wine.”
Dr Yao put the bowl down and smacked his lips in retrospect.
Boss Wei picked up the wine jar and filled it up again for him, pouring it for himself as well, “Naturally it’s good wine, a jar of it costs hundreds of taels of silver.”
Dr. Yao was disgusted, “Why are you so vulgar now? You can’t stop talking about silver, can you still have a good drink?”
Mr. Wei made a gesture to take away his bowl of wine, “You are not vulgar, don’t drink it.”
Yao Dafu was quick to grab it and put it in his hand, taking a slow sip and narrowing his eyes in satisfaction.
The owner, Mr Wei, also took a sip, and felt his mouth and teeth lingered, also giving a comfortable praise.
The servant knocked on the door, brought in the food and then retreated.
But neither of them moved their chopsticks.
Doctor Yao took another slow sip, “Old Wei, do you still remember our old days at the royal residence?”
Master Wei was silent for a moment, draining the bowl of wine in one gulp, the bowl thumped back onto the table, seemingly drunk, in a jarred voice, “Naturally, I do remember.”
“Those were the most leisurely days I’ve ever had.”
Doctor Yao half lay down with the bowl in his hands, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Back then, he was so proud of his medical skills that he wanted to go to the capital to find a way to enter the palace to become an imperial doctor, and he met robbers halfway to the capital. The robbers not only robbed him of all his silver money, but also tried to kill him. When he was desperate to die, the King passed by with his men and saved him.
The king learns that he is going to the capital and gives him a lift all the way again.
After entering the capital, he realised that he had no access to the palace to become a royal doctor. In his desperation, he remembered King Qin and went to his palace with the attitude of giving it a try. Just after he was led into the palace, he ran into Miss Chu who was suffering from an illness and immediately said he could give it a try.
After he had stabilised Miss Chu’s condition, the king asked him if he would be willing to stay at the royal residence and treat her exclusively.
Naturally he did not want to, being an imperial doctor was what he wanted. He talked to the king about the conditions: he said he could cure Miss Chu, but only if the king would recommend him to the palace after he was cured.
The king agreed.
He stayed at the royal residence and treated Miss Chu every day for a few years.
He was the head guard of the royal residence, and the king was always away on campaign, so he was completely at ease with all the big and small things in the residence.
At that time was also the most leisurely days for him, the king only had the royal concubine, the backyard was free of those messy matters, the royal concubine was kind-hearted and treated them, the underlings, very well, if not, if not ……
Bang!
Wei’s hand slammed hard on the tabletop, “I should have stopped the royal concubine back then.”
If the royal concubine had not entered the palace, nothing would have happened, and the king would not have broken into the palace with a sword and ended up being boned.
“That beast has long coveted the royal concubine, even if he had avoided that one time, there would have been other times.”
After finishing his sentence, Doctor Yao also tilted his head and drained his wine.
A silence fell in the room.
“Boss ……”
The mate’s voice rang out at the door.
Shopkeeper Wei wiped his eyes, “Come in!”
The mate pushed open the door and came in, reporting in a low voice, “Just now Qi Wu and his wife went to the county court.”
“Understood.”
The mate retreated.
Boss Wei got up and poured the wine for Doctor Yao, “I’ll go and find the young master, take your own time and don’t drink it all, save some for me.”
Yao Dafu raised his eyes and returned him one word, “Stingy.”
The moment he walked out of the room, his smile fell, this time Qi Wu and his wife had gone to the county courthouse, there would be nothing else to do but defect to the Third Prince.
“Prepare the carriage.”
……
Song Wangyue and Gu Yi were still playing chess when they heard Xiao Si report, and let Master Wei in.
“Young master and Miss Song, the person who went to spy just now came to report that Qi Wu and his wife had gone to the county court.”
Song Wangyue’s hand, which was about to drop the chess piece, paused before dropping it, “It’s your turn.”
Boss Wei looked at the chessboard, which was covered with pieces, and Song Wangyue’s piece was the only second position.
This was the first time he had seen someone play the chess pieces like this, and he couldn’t help but look at Gu Yi.
Gu Yi gently placed the last black piece in the last position, “A draw.”
“Let’s go ……”
Song Wan Yue didn’t pack up the chess board and got up, “Let’s go to the county office.”