Chapter 25 – Elder Duke Meng

The concierge stuck his head out to take a look at Jiang Yishi’s people and said, “Please wait a moment.”

A little more than half a quarter of an hour later, that concierge ran back with a much warmer attitude.

“Old Master Husband invites Miss Jiang to go in.”

Jiang Yishi’s master and servant were brought to a courtyard, or more accurately, a garden.

The garden was planted with all kinds of flowers and green plants, some on the ground, some in pots. An old man in his sixties was busy, his body and hands covered in dirt.

The old man straightened up and clapped his hands and smiled, “Little Miss Jiang is here.”

The voice was loud and clear.

Elder Duke Meng was tall, with a gray beard covering half of his face, wheat-colored skin, thick eyebrows slanting into his temples, and eyes like bronze bells that were not angry. Underneath the formidable skin, there was a kind and generous heart.

Seeing him, Jiang Yishi’s eyes are red, unconsciously heart close. In her previous life, she had only seen him twice, and as long as he was there, no one else dared to bully her with bad words.

In Jiang Yishi’s heart, Elder Duke Meng was the best elder to her besides her parents.

Jiang Yishi curtsied and smiled, “Late generation Yishi has met Elder Duke Meng.” She looked around again, “Flowers, birds and flowers, green mountains, streams, it’s really like a fairyland.”

Elder Duke Meng’s eyes bent with a smile, looked Jiang Yishi up and down, and asked, “Like it here?”

“Very much.” Jiang Yishi said from the bottom of her heart.

The old man was even happier, “Come and play often in the future, and you can also accompany the old man to talk more. Call me Grandfather Meng from now on, so that you won’t be rusty.”

“Grandfather Meng.”

“Eh.”

Elder Duke Meng happily agreed and took Jiang Yishi on a tour of the garden.

There were mostly monarch orchids and orchids here, but also peonies, chrysanthemums, peonies, moonflowers, and other flowers, the vast majority of which were famous, and quite a few rare ones as well. Peonies and other flowers were in full bloom, filling the garden with thousands of colors and fragrances.

There is also a kind of flower that Jiang Yishi has not seen before, the vine man climbed half a zhang high, purple-red, open layer after layer, extremely beautiful.

Jiang Yishi went to the front and said, “Ya, so beautiful. What kind of flower is this?”

“It’s a triangular flower, my old subordinate Zheng Ji bought it for me from a foreigner. I have carefully tended it for more than a year before it bloomed so profusely. Little girl likes it, so I’ll share the plant with you. However, this flower is afraid of cold and likes light, so it should be moved to a warm room at the end of the fall, and it should also be sunny ……”

Jiang Yi shi likes flowers, but also likes flowers that bloom splendidly and luxuriantly the most, smiled and said, “Thank you Grandfather Meng, I’ll take it.”

The old man laughed aloud, “Little girl is refreshing, I’ll have someone divide the plants for you, and then go to your family’s manor to teach you how to serve them.”

He also pointed to a pot of Monarch Orchid and said, “This is the Pearl King, the blooms are big and colorful, Liu Laopifu offered five thousand taels of silver to buy it, but I didn’t even bother to sell it. You like it, come over and enjoy it when it blooms.”

Jiang Yishi happily accepts the invitation, “When it blooms, Grandfather Meng don’t forget to inform me.”

The two of them talked about the flower, and then bragged about each other a few times. Jiang Yishi complimented the old man on his strength, his ability in literature and martial arts, and his love of elegance. The old master complimented Jiang Yishi for being the queen of heroes, not being pretentious, and being generous and understanding of etiquette.

After circling the garden, the two were already very familiar with each other.

In her previous life, Jiang Yishi didn’t even dare to talk to the old man, but in this life, she realized that the old man was so approachable.

Now it is already late spring, a circle down, Jiang Yishi’s forehead and nose tip has beads of sweat, from time to time to take a handkerchief to wipe.

The old man is not good to let her sit in the garden – hot, so he took her to the outer study.

The outer study is a courtyard, dozens of birdcages hung under the porch, birds chirping and chirping merrily, especially loud, like going into the mountains.

The old master not only loves flowers, but also loves birds.

A clean-cut boy came up and laughed, “Old master, that wild cat came again to ask for food.”

The old master asked, “Did you feed it the small fish you left for it?”

The boy laughed, “See, it is eating it.”

A civet cat in the corner was eating the fish with great flavor, looked up at them, and then lowered its head to continue eating the fish.

Jiang Yishi smiled, this cat was very much like the civet cat she encountered in Zhaomingan that day.

Entering the room and taking a seat, the subordinate served tea.

Jiang Yishi took a sip, looked at the subordinates on both sides, and wanted to speak.

The old man asked, “Is there something wrong with you, young lady?”

Jiang Yishi nodded.

The old master waved his hand, and the Meng family’s subordinates all retired. Grandma Wu glanced at Jiang Yishi and also pulled Shui Ling to retreat.

It was only then that Jiang Yishi asked, “May I ask Grandfather Meng, how is the treatment for Shizi Meng’s eyes?”

The old man was upset when he thought about it, “Alas, since I returned to the capital, it’s been more than a year, and all the famous doctors haven’t cured him. Poor Resignation Mo, all his skills are being delayed by his eyes.”

Jiang Yishi asked, “Those doctors are treated according to the eye disease?”

The old man said, “Resignation Mo’s disease was originally an eye disease, so of course it was treated according to an eye disease. However, there are also people who suggested that it might be caused by injuries to the head, but the vast majority of imperial physicians and doctors don’t recognize this argument, and those who suggested it don’t have a good treatment either.”

Jiang Yixi asked again, “Was Shizi Meng’s eye injured by a hard object?”

Of course she knew that it hadn’t, and was asking this on purpose.

The old master shook his head and said, “It seems that he didn’t hurt his eyes, he only fell and broke his head. But there’s nothing serious about the head, it’s just that the eyes can’t see.”

Jiang Yishi said, “That’s it then. The root of the disease is in the brain, it must be the blood that came out of the brain during the fall, and the blood clots pressed down on the meridians connecting to the eyes, resulting in the eyes not being able to see.”

The old master was stunned, “How do you know?”

Jiang Yishi said, “It was my master who said it. I told him about Meng Shizi’s symptoms and he said so.”

The old master was busy saying, “Immediately ask your master to come and diagnose Resignation Mo.”

Jiang Yishi said, “He’s gone. I begged him at the time, but he wasn’t willing to treat Meng Shizi.”

The old master was disappointed and puzzled, “Our Meng family has offended him?”

Jiang Yishi shook his head, “No, he had another reason for not treating him.”

The old man asked, “What is your master’s name, and why doesn’t he treat Resignation Mo?”

Jiang Yishi said, “He said that he once swore a poisonous oath that he would not treat officials and family members of the Jin He Dynasty. He also wouldn’t let me say what his last name was, and I couldn’t say that I had learned medicine from him.”

Elder Duke Meng’s eyes bulged as big as bronze bells and his face turned red with excitement, “Is that person’s surname Shen? Only old man Shen has made this oath. I sent people everywhere to find out about him, but I never thought that we wouldn’t know when he came to the capital.”

Jiang Yishi laughed, “The surname Shen was Grandfather Meng’s guess, I didn’t say that. Although my master is gone, he taught me the way to cure my illness”

The old master was a bit skeptical, “You can cure Zhimo’s eyes?”

Jiang Yi shi didn’t dare to say full words, “I did learn it, but I haven’t cured anyone, and I don’t know if it’s a good cure or not.”

Elder Duke Meng asked again, “How long have you been learning?”

Jiang Yishi replied, “Twenty-one days.”