But Gongsun Ce saw that the woman believed in his medical teachings, and wanted to probe her tone, and asked, "You have been sick for several years, don't you have a husband and a son to ask someone to heal you on your behalf?" "This is also Gongsun Ce, if you change it to a small fish, you only use some extraordinary tricks.

When the woman asked, her face was a little gloomy, and she sighed and said, "It's also sad, my husband's surname is Liu, and he died early, and our Liu family left a lone seedling." Twenty-eight years old this year, he came to open a small shop in this town and married his daughter-in-law for eight years. During the Dragon Boat Festival in May last year, he took his daughter-in-law and my granddaughter out to watch the dragon boat. In the evening, my son was still as usual, but after dinner, he suddenly had a pain in his abdomen. I thought he was suffering from the heat, so I told my daughter-in-law to put him to sleep. When I got to the second watch, I heard him screaming, and my daughter-in-law cried and cried, saying that he was dead. Pity my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, as if the sky has stepped down, and they can see the heirs of the ancestors. Although he opened a small shop, he didn't have a lot of capital, so where could he have cash to do things. It was easy to take my son away. But when he was dying, his two eyes, the size of lamp beads, were exposed. Pity me for being sad, and weeping day and night, for this heart-wrenching disease. ”

When Gongsun Ce heard what she said, he was suspicious: "Although the Dragon Boat Festival is not necessary, the sun does not have to shine, why do you shout when you are dying, and why are your eyes exposed during the funeral season, is there another reason for it?" I came today to visit the case, or if this surname has not been visited, but I have avenged my grievances on behalf of this person, I don't know. With a plan in his heart, he said, "According to this, your disease is more dangerous." If it is caused by stagnation alone, it is a disease. It can be easily treated, but this is a heartache of flesh and blood, and it comes out of the heart's grievances, how can it be temporarily healed? Although I have medicine to cure at this time, I need to decoct the medicine and water by myself, and take it with you to take it to be effective. Now on this street, there is no way to do such trouble. I wonder if you are going to be healed? If you want to eradicate this disease, you have to go to your house and decoct this medicine, so that it can be done properly. ”

The woman heard him say this. He hesitated for a long time. said: "Sir is so willing to go, should I be sick to leave?" But there is one thing to explain to Mr. Since the death of my son, my daughter-in-law has been observant of the festival diligently. Light yì do not see outsiders. It was afternoon. And he closed the door of the room. Whenever outsiders came in, she made a lot of noise. She said, 'The young woman said, why did my mother-in-law let this group come to the house?' So my relatives. Everyone knows the reason for her, and no man has ever come to the door. Recently, even the female dependents have not come, and there are only two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the family, who are still in one place before the afternoon and in their respective rooms in the afternoon. If you go, you should only decoct the medicine in the hall, and after decocting the medicine, please go out immediately. Otherwise, she will quarrel with me again. ”

After hearing this, Gongsun Ce was even more puzzled in his heart, and wondered: "There are also martyrs in the world, but she is too much--it is right for men to come and not talk to her, why don't even the female relatives go to her door, and close the door in the afternoon?" This is a suspicious case, and I promised her to go and see what her daughter-in-law does. Xiang Bi said: "It's rare for your daughter-in-law to be so observant, it's really respectable." I'm only going to heal you, just decoction and then go. ”

When the woman saw that he had agreed, she was overjoyed and said, "I will go back and speak first, and then I will invite you." ”

Gongsun Ce was afraid that she would go back, so he blocked her daughter-in-law, so he hurried and said: "This matter is not necessary, the decoction is finished early, and I have to rush into the city to do some business." Forgive me, a wretched man, and I have not much money to reward me, but I have made a name for myself through you, and I will go with you. So saying, he picked up the medicine bag, and left the people, and went after the woman.

After three or four narrow alleys, there was a small house in front of it, and there was a low gate facing the north, and in front of the door stood a girl, about six or seven years old, who saw the woman coming from afar, and was very happy, and hurried to meet her. When he came to the front, he grabbed the woman by the sleeve of her dress, and her mouth was screaming, and she could not say a word. That finger was drawing everywhere, and I don't know why.

Seeing that she was mute, Gongsun Ce said, "Who are you this little child, why can't you speak?" Was that how he was born? When she had reached the door, the woman went in first, as if to go inside to tell the news.

Gongsun Ce was afraid that her daughter-in-law would take refuge, so she hurriedly entered the gate, and sure enough, there were three houses. As soon as the door of the next room rang, I saw a woman looking out with half of her body, but it happened that Gongsun Ce was opposite, and Gongsun Ce also glanced at it. But seeing that daughter-in-law, who was also under thirty years old, although she was dressed in plain clothes, she had no choice but to have lewd eyes, revealing the light, which really made the soul dissipate. The eyebrows are slightly raised, the snow-white face, and the cheeks are faintly fainted with the reddish color - but it is born of nature. When he saw someone coming in, he shrank back and closed the door with a 'poof'.

I only heard the scolding inside: "Old slut, even this Lang Zhong, who sells medicine, has also brought it to the door." I can be clean for a few days, and today I have to make noise all night, and I don't know where the bad luck is! ”

Seeing such a look, Gongsun Ce already guessed eight points: "This woman must not be a good person, there is always a reason for it." Since I am here, no matter how much I slander, I will also visit the root cause. At that time, he sat down and said: "When I first arrived at the house, I didn't know the surname of the house, and this girl must be the granddaughter." ”

When the woman asked, she had to answer, "My family's surname is Liu, and my son's name is Liu Fu." After his death, he was left with only this eight-year-old granddaughter. As he spoke, he dragged the girl in front of him, and tears rolled down her eyes.

Gongsun Ce said: "It's not early now, you can lead the stove and prepare the decoction." But what did your granddaughter mean by being a dumb man? ”

The old woman said: "It's all the misfortune of the family, she was born since she was a child, she is really clever, when she was five or six years old, she was very articulate." Even after his father's death, there were not two moons, and that morning it became like this. No matter what is important, although I understand it in my heart, I can't say it in my mouth. Isn't it a misfortune for a good child to become a waste? ”

Gongsun Ce said: "Who did she sleep with at that time, could it be that someone asked for medicine and dumbness? You don't have to deal with it, if someone is dumb, I can try to. ”

Before the woman could reply, she heard her daughter-in-law scolding in the room: "What nonsense is Lang Lang Qiankun talking about? Cheating people out of their money is not done in this way. My daughter is with me all the day, who is dumb for her? This old slut, who only cares about being happy for a while, brings this person to heal the sick, and does not ask who this guy is. Listen to this guy talking such nonsense. When his son died, he was not sad, and he couldn't see the widow and daughter-in-law quiet, and they couldn't talk about it. The woman heard her daughter-in-law screaming and cursing in the room, but she did not dare to speak.

Gongsun Ce thought: "This woman must have an outside path, because the old woman can't read people, thinking that she really keeps festivals, and in my opinion, her son must be killed by her." Since the husband is the most important thing, and the husband's mother is sick, how can she not be cured? This little girl, since she was raised by her own child, although she has become mute, why don't you want her to be well? When I heard that someone could heal, I should be very happy, and I came out to ask, why don't you care about it now, but scold people more than once? At both ends, it is obviously a flaw. I don't need to be alarmed, go back to the street, and make another visit. ”

At that time, Gongsun Ce got up and said: "Although I am a friend who walks the rivers and lakes, I also need to be convinced by others, so that I can heal others." This woman in your family hurts people for no reason, and I don't want you to pay a lot of money, so why do you want to sulk like this, you can ask someone else for medical treatment. With that, he got up and walked out the door. The woman did not dare to keep her, so she went with him.

When Gongsun Ce arrived in the town, he saw that it was getting late, and it was too late to enter the city. "I might as well stay here tonight and understand the case, so that I can report back tomorrow." After thinking about it, I saw a big inn in front of me and walked in the door.

A junior came to ask earlier: "You, Mr. Langzhong, do you still want to stay in Zhang Caopu for a while, or do you want to rent an inn to live?" ”

Gongsun Ce saw that there were many houses and vehicles inside, and they were full of them, and said: "I am a single passer-by, and I want to do business in this town for two days, so I have to be a little entangled." It is best to have a single room. ”

Xiao Er saw that he was going to make a deal, and promised to have it at that time, so he immediately took him into Zhongjin, walked to the first room, and arranged to stay. Knowing that he had no luggage, he rented a bunk from the shopkeeper at that time. The arrangement was finished, and I asked about the wine and dinner.

Gongsun Ce said: "You will bring two pieces of high-quality side dishes to drink." ”

After Xiao Er finished, he went to make a pot of hot tea first, and then sent it in one by one. Gongsun Ce finished eating in the room and thought, there are a lot of customers in this store, don't you want that murderer to be mixed in? It's okay at this point, so why not go out and check it out. I went out of the door alone, passed the middle entrance, first went to the outside of the store, looked once, when the lamp was handed in, but I saw the merchants, there was still an endless stream.

When he was in a trance, he suddenly saw a person on the opposite side, and saw Gongsun Ce here, so he hurriedly stood down and wanted to come to greet him, but when he saw two or three idlers next to him, he didn't dare to come forward to ask.

Gongsun Ce had already seen it, and without waiting for him to speak, he said, "Uncle Wang, where did you come here?" It's a coincidence today, just rest in this store, and the two of them also have a companion. When the man saw him like this, he came forward. (To be continued......)