Chapter 92, Holy Land

Although Jinyiwei Tongzhi Ding Peng was only a third-rank official, Gu Qiming, the third-rank director of the Medical Department, still gave him enough face and personally escorted him out of the Medical Department gate.

Watching Ding Peng walk away, Gu Qiming walked back with a serious face. When he arrived in front of the Medical Bureau building, he did not go in directly. Instead, he continued walking forward and walked to the street entrance, silently looking at the square behind the Ninth Street.

Even though he was far away, he could still see the stone tripod in the square and the old courtyard behind it at a glance.

"Master."

Gu Qiming saw the two disciples coming from the second street, and he withdrew his thoughts and looked at them: "Why are you here at this time?"

Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying first bowed to Gu Qiming, and then Yuan Tianchou spoke: "When my disciple and I read Medicine Ancestor's notes, there were a few things we didn't understand, so we came to ask you, Master."

Gu Qiming said "hmm", turned around and walked towards the Medical Department building, and motioned his two disciples to follow him.

Yuan Tianchou quickly followed and said, "Master, I heard that the Jinyiwei came to the Medical Department again. Is it because of the theft of the pills a while ago?"

Gu Qiming nodded: "Master has already sent him away."

Yuan Tianchou: "Have all the stolen pills been recovered?"

Gu Qiming shook his head.

Yuan Tianchou looked surprised: "The Jinyiwei just left without finding all the elixirs?"

Mu Qingying, who had been silent the whole time, looked at the silent Gu Qiming and said, "Master, do you not want the Jinyiwei to continue investigating?"

Gu Qiming took his two apprentices back to his office and said sternly, "More than a hundred people were arrested in the apprentice hall. I took a look and found that they were all people with no background."

"The Royal Guards knew very well that they had nothing to do with Leng Xiangru, but they still took her away. Why do you think that was the reason?"

Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying looked at each other and said nothing.

Yuan Tianchou's father was the director of the Imperial Observatory. Although his official position was not high, the Yuan family was one of the most well-established families in the capital. Before the founding of the Jin Dynasty and making the capital its capital, the Yuan family had been passed down in the capital for countless generations.

Therefore, the Yuan family is relatively well-informed.

Yuan Tianchou could see the suppressed anger in Gu Qiming's eyes. He knew the real reason behind the disaster of the Apprentice Hall this time.

My father is good at qigong, and as early as the year before last, he saw from the observatory that the sky above the Medical Department was covered with auspicious clouds.

My father reported this matter to the court.

At the beginning, the imperial court didn't care much about it, and the powerful people just casually sent some people in to make do with what they had, and most of them were arranged in the apprentice hall and disciple hall.

But after September last year, the powerful and influential people suddenly began to pay attention to the Medical Bureau and set their sights on the drugstores on Jiu Street.

In recent months, all parties have taken action and deployed personnel to Ninth Street.

Because the competition was so fierce, those with less power set their sights on the Disciple Hall and the Apprentice Hall.

The stolen pills were found in the Apprentice Hall, but because the thief Leng Xiangru was found, it would have been sufficient to punish the person in charge of the Apprentice Hall. However, someone put pressure on the Jinyiwei, which led to the arrest of hundreds of apprentices.

With hundreds of apprentices captured, various forces can start to place people there.

Gu Qiming was very annoyed about various parties trying to place people in the Medical Bureau. He was the director of the Medical Bureau, but various forces acted on their own without even informing him, totally ignoring him.

"If the Jinyiwei continue to investigate, not only will the Apprentice Hall be in a state of panic, but the Servants Hall will also be turned upside down by them."

Mu Qingying was a mountain dweller from the outskirts of the capital. As he had a wood spirit, he had felt close to plants and trees since he was a child. He learned a lot of medical skills by following half-baked traveling doctors and teaching himself.

Gu Qiming discovered her when he was collecting herbs in the mountains. He then accepted her as his apprentice and brought her back to the Medical Bureau. Now she has become a qualified pharmacist who can refine grandmaster elixirs.

Mu Qingying was limited by her vision and was often confused by the twists and turns in the court: "Master, is there anyone who wants to place someone in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall? The Miscellaneous Affairs Hall is where people do heavy and tiring work."

Gu Qiming's eyes flashed coldly: "Someone with ulterior motives is secretly spreading the news that the Medical Bureau is a holy place." As he said this, he looked at his two disciples.

"A cultivator cannot live without elixirs. What kind of holy place can the Medical Department be? It must be a holy place for alchemy."

"Each family wants to make plans and train their own alchemists. It is a bit humble to work as a servant in the errand hall, but for them, the most important thing is to enter the market first and seize the opportunity." Mu Qingying: "If that's the case, why did the Jinyiwei leave again? Why didn't they search the errand hall?"

Yuan Tianchou guessed a little about this question and looked at Gu Qiming: "Master, is it because of that female servant who dared to fight with the Jinyiwei?"

Gu Qiming didn't want his two apprentices to only know how to make pills, so he didn't hide it from them: "Although that female servant is a cultivator, she is obviously not good enough for the Jinyiwei."

"What really worries the Royal Guards is the person behind that female servant."

Mu Qingying was confused: "Since the female servant has a background that makes the Jinyiwei wary, why does she still want to be a servant?"

Gu Qiming: "She has such a poor background that she doesn't even know what resources she has. Hua Changxin, the disciple of the head of Taisu Palace, is the younger sister of the maid, but she and her family don't even know this."

Speaking of this, it’s actually not the Hua family’s fault.

If it weren't for the great battle at Wuzhi Mountain, some things would never have been revealed so quickly.

In order to conceal the relics, monsters, spiritual plants and fruits that appeared one after another in various places, the royal family and some powerful people spared no effort and did many things.

The Hua family is not taken seriously by the clan, and the Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion does not pay attention to it either. In addition, the Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion has not squeezed into the core circle of the powerful and wealthy, so the Marquis' Mansion probably has not known about the revival of spiritual energy for a long time, and has no time to make any arrangements.

Mu Qingying was surprised: "Hua Changxin, the Qinglian Fairy of Taisu Palace?"

Yuan Tianchou suddenly realized, "Fairy Qinglian is not only inseparable from the Sixth Prince, but also has a close relationship with the Prince of Dong'an. The other disciples of Taisu Palace are also all very important."

"With such a backer, it's no wonder that the Jinyiwei dared not touch that female servant."

As he spoke, Yuan Tianchou looked at Gu Qiming and said, "Master, I heard that the female servant is very brave and not afraid of trouble. Let her stay in the servants' hall. I think her presence will make some people more cautious."

Gu Qiming looked at Yuan Tianchou with satisfaction. He really thought so. What worried him most was not that someone was targeting the Menial Services Hall. What worried him most was that someone was targeting the Old Courtyard.

"By the way, I asked you to go and pay respect to the old man in the old courtyard in the square. Did you go?"

Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying nodded: "Yes."

Mu Qingying: "Master, that old courtyard is very strange. The gate can only be opened a crack, making it difficult to enter and exit. The old man living in the courtyard is also strange. No matter what my brother and I say, he ignores us."

Gu Qiming: "Did the old man ask you to take the wooden plaque from the wall?"

Yuan Tianchou: "Yes, it took me a lot of effort to take it off, but Junior Sister took it off very easily."

After hearing this, Gu Qiming was shocked: "You all got the wooden plaques? Hurry up and show your wooden plaques to the master."

Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying did not hesitate, took off the wooden sign from their waist and handed it to Gu Qiming.

Gu Qiming took it in his hand and looked at it, then stood up and walked to the bookcase and took out a wooden box.

When the wooden box was opened, there was a wooden sign inside, exactly the same as the ones Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying got.

"When I first joined the Medical Department, I also went to the old hospital and got a wooden plaque like this."

Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying were both very surprised: "Master, what is this wooden sign used for?"

Gu Qiming shook his head: "I don't know either." Then he returned the wooden tokens to them and said, "Take the wooden tokens and study them carefully. I feel like this looks like a key."

"If the Medical Department is really a holy place, then this wooden sign must be extraordinary. You two should keep it well."

Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying nodded in agreement. Then, Yuan Tianchou thought of something and said to Gu Qiming, "Master, Gu Jinfan often goes to the old courtyard. She should have also received the wooden sign."

Speaking of Gu Jinfan, Gu Qiming's eyes flickered.

Although they all have the surname Gu, they are not from the same clan.

He found that this young lady was a little mysterious, and he couldn't understand her in many things.

She seemed to be particularly well-informed. He had not heard about what happened in Kunlun Mountain, but she knew about it. She had even taken the cultivators of the Gu family to Kunlun Mountain in advance.

I don't know where she got the news from.
It is estimated that the Xin Guo Mansion will return with a full load from this trip to Kunlun Mountain.

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