imperial psychologist

Chapter 32 The Secret of Donglin Temple
Bai Shijun fell into a daze he hadn't seen for a long time.

He faintly felt that there was something in Bo Ling's words that he hadn't considered, which made him a little scared and also made him a little curious.

It's just that I haven't fallen asleep for several nights, and today I have tossed and tossed for a long time, even if my body is made of iron, I can't support it now.

"You should rest first." Bo Ling twisted the quilt for his father, "I'll talk about it when I wake up."

Bai Shijun just nodded, and just closed his eyes, he said again, "By the way, after we came back today, Bai Yi and I cleaned up some things in the yard...it was too much, we ate it for a month I can’t finish it. You can take some and give it away, it’s our family’s apology.”

The Bai brothers and sisters nodded, and opened the door from the outside.

The two of them came to the backyard together and packed their things in thin frames made of bamboo strips. Each bamboo basket was about an arm's height and the mouth of the basin was as thick.

The brothers and sisters picked up one or two kinds of fruits, and they made a simple fruit basket.

After tidying up, the two of them went out of the courtyard with two baskets in hand, and happened to bump into Uncle Wu, who was squatting on the stone teeth by the side of the alley, smoking a dry cigarette.

The eyes of the three met, and before the two siblings could speak, Uncle Wu immediately stood up and walked into the room, slamming the door shut.

Bai Yi and Bai Ling glanced at each other, both a little puzzled, they stepped forward and knocked on the door lightly.

"Uncle Wu," Bai Yi said while knocking on the door, "open the door, my father asked us to collect some fruits and mountain products, all of which are freshly picked, for you—"

"No, no! Don't! Take it away!"

They tried to knock on the doors of several other neighbors, without exception, no one was willing to open the door for them, either pretending not to be at home, or unwilling to meet like Uncle Wu before.

Bai Yi and Bo Ling were a little surprised.

Just when the brothers and sisters were wondering, a familiar figure came to the alley.

"Aunt Zhong, you're back." Bai Ling smiled and waved to her, "My father asked us to—"

Sure enough, before the words were finished, the always kind Mrs. Zhong gave them a glance as if she had seen a ghost in the blue sky, and ran home in twos and threes without saying anything.

Bai Yi walked faster, blocking the door of Aunt Zhong's house, "Auntie, what's wrong with you?"

Aunt Zhong's face turned pale with anxiety, but Bai Yi was firmly blocking the way, so she could only grin and show a smile that couldn't be more bitter, "...Auntie is so tired right now, let her go back and have a rest Bar."

Bo Ling also stepped forward and said, "You rest, I won't delay your rest. Yesterday, some folks sent some wild fruits. My father and we both picked some, and wanted to share with everyone."

As he spoke, Bo Ling held a fruit basket and handed it to Aunt Zhong's arms.

But as soon as the fruit basket was in Mrs. Zhong's hands, she pushed it out violently as if she was touching a piece of hot coal.

Bo Ling couldn't hold it steady, and everything in his hand fell to the ground and rolled everywhere.

"Oh! You...you let me go!"

Bai Yi only said, "Ma'am, please speak clearly, otherwise I won't let you in today's door."

Aunt Zhong slapped her legs anxiously, her voice was still buzzing with mosquitoes, "We are all ordinary people from small households, unlike your family, where we eat royal food and meet noble people, just, just let me go !"

Only then did Bai Yi and Bo Ling understand.

Bai Yi still wanted to explain something about what happened last night, but when the two of them were not paying attention, Aunt Zhong quickly dodged and rushed back to the house.

"Bang—" there was another sound of closing the door.

Bo Ling pulled La Boyi's sleeve and whispered, "Forget it, let's go."

The two returned to their dilapidated courtyard, sat on the threshold without saying a word, propped their chins on their hands, and looked at the things in the courtyard, worrying.

Bo Ling sighed, "Jinyiwei made such a fuss last night, I'm afraid no one in this alley would dare to be our neighbor anymore."

Bai Yi looked ahead, frowning tightly, "There are so many things piled up here, it will be even more difficult to deal with when they are broken and smelly."

The two were silent again.

Suddenly, Bai Yi's eyes lit up, "I thought of a way!"

Bai Yi got up, picked up four baskets of mountain fruits on the ground with both hands, "Follow me!"

"Ah, wait!"

Bo Ling followed behind Bai Yi and chased outside.

With two baskets in one hand, Bai Yi led Bo Ling to the east.

After walking for a long time, Bo Ling couldn't help asking, "Where are we going?"

Bai Yi: "Chaotian Street."

Bai Ling thought for a while and guessed, "Do you want to take the things and sell them to Baiweilou?"

Bai Yi just shook his head, "No, where are you thinking~ These things are too much for the three of us, but if they are placed at Baiweilou, the quantity is too small, and they have old ways of purchasing goods, so they won't pick up these loose items. goods."

"That's..." Bai Ling tilted his head and looked at Bai Yi.

Bai Yi laughed, "You'll know when it's over!"

Just after stepping into the intersection of Chaotian Street, a bell sounded from far away—it was the monks on Donglin Mountain striking the noon clock.

The two were attracted by the sound of the bell, and both followed the sound.

Donglin Temple is the largest temple in the Pingjing area, and the incense is extremely prosperous. Even if they are separated by twenty or thirty miles, Bai Ling and Bai Yi can still see the green smoke curling up in the temple from a distance.

Bai Yi couldn't help thinking about what happened in the morning, and asked, "Hey, you haven't finished talking this morning...'What do you mean by 'Emperor Zhang's trip to Donglin Temple is worse than Imperial Doctor Zhang's trip to Donglin Temple'?"

Bo Ling didn't answer, but looked at him sullenly, "Go to the mountain some other day and take a look, and you'll understand right away."

"Hey, why are you holding grudges like this?" Bai Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I'll be there soon, and I'll tell you how to deal with these wild things in a while, okay?"

Only then did Bo Ling get closer, and explained softly, "What is the most famous Donglin Temple, do you know?"

Bai Yi tilted his head, "Temple...isn't it just offering incense and lighting lamps, and performing rituals and so on."

"Not only that, think again."

Bai Yi thought about it again, "Consecrate the baby?"

"Almost." Bai Ling's voice was very soft, "Sincere said, the monks in the temple have been selling a sachet that can make people 'invincible from all diseases' since last year. The palace secret recipe that I asked for only sells [-] pieces every month. If it is sold out, I can only wait for the next month, and I can’t even ask for it.”

Bai Yi nodded, "How much is the sachet?"

Bo Ling glanced at him, "Ten taels of silver."

Bai Yi almost lost his grip on the basket in his hand.

One ten taels of silver, that month is 3000 taels!
He heard from his father Bai Shijun last year that because of the summer floods, the entire Pingjing and the six counties below received 3000 shi less food from the state treasury than in previous years, which was converted into silver, which was [-] taels.

And a Donglin Temple, relying on the sale of sachets alone, can make up for the food shortage in this area for a year with one month's income!

Bai Yi couldn't believe it, "The government doesn't care about this kind of thing?"

"It doesn't matter," Bo Ling replied flatly, "the government takes [-]% of the profit, the remaining [-]% goes to the temple, and [-]% goes to the imperial hospital. The imperial hospital is converted into the monthly subsidies of several imperial doctors according to a certain percentage." .”

Bai Yi fell silent, he couldn't say anything except for a "fuck" that choked in his throat.

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