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    Zuo Shaoyang didn't want to go to the prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River, where the people didn't lack medical care. He wanted to go to a place where there was a shortage of medical treatment and medicine. While traveling, he would provide medicine and medicine to the people.  Zuo Shaoyang and Wu Meiniang rode two donkeys, with a carriage behind them filled with Zuo Shaoyang's new medicinal materials.  The horse was tied behind Zuo Shaoyang's donkey, and he just followed.  His travel route is to go north first and then south. While it is still the warm season of summer and autumn, he will first travel to northern Xinjiang to practice medicine. When winter comes, he will then go south.  Next spring and summer, I will return to the capital.  So they went all the way north, practicing medicine along the way. In late autumn, they arrived at Lingzhou Mansion at the foot of Helan Mountain.  This place is already a northern scenery. Since the Tang Dynasty has wiped out the Eastern Turks, it has been a peaceful and prosperous time. Along the way, I saw many businessmen stationed on horseback, wearing fur coats.  For the sake of safety on the road, Wu Meiniang had changed into men's clothes and wore a thick jacket to cover up her slim figure. Like the people in northern Xinjiang, she wore a turban on both sides of her face. From the outside, she didn't know she was a daughter.  "However, it is relatively rare for two people to ride a donkey to northern Xinjiang, and passers-by look at them with some suspicion.  The two of them rode donkeys and pulled a carriage containing medicinal materials into Lingzhou City in the heavy snow.  When we entered the city, there were many people and it was bustling. As we entered the city, the streets were filled with people and it was very lively.  Wu Meiniang looked east and west, wanting to see everything, but Zuo Shaoyang was very surprised. He passed many towns along the way and had never seen so many people before. This was even less than in the capital.  And most of them seem to be outsiders. Is there something going on?  They came to an inn in the city, and the clerk greeted them with a smile. He didn't ask whether they were staying in the hotel or staying in the hotel, so he invited them to the lobby to ask for them, as if they must be staying in the hotel.  The shopkeeper looked at the two of them with a smile. Although the miracle doctor Zuo Shaoyang is famous all over the world, not many people have seen him in person. In addition, he dressed sloppily on purpose, and covered his bald head with a fur hat.  , so no one recognized him.  Said: "The two guests are?" Zuo Shaoyang said: "We are staying in the hotel!" "Of course, everyone who comes to Lingzhou now must be staying in the hotel." "By the way, the shopkeeper" Wu Meiniang was curious  He asked, "Why are there so many people in Lingzhou City? Are there always so many people?" The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then smiled, looked at the two of them again and said, "You two must have come from afar.  "Yes" We are from the south.  "Zuo Shaoyang laughed. "It's no wonder," the shopkeeper said with a smile. "The Fire Worship Festival is coming soon. People from all over the country come to worship, so the city is full of people. I thought you two also came to worship the fire.  , But it turns out it¡¯s not the case.¡± Zuo Shaoyang said with a smile: ¡°We are traveling doctors who treat people everywhere. By the way, shopkeeper, what¡¯s going on with the Fire Worship Festival?¡± He has only heard of the Torch Festival.  I have never heard of this Fire Worship Festival.  The shopkeeper said: "The Fire Worship Festival is the practice of the Master, worshiping the God of Fire." Zuo Shaoyang understood a little bit. The ancients had many worships, among which the worship of fire was very common. He had been in the Western Regions for many years and practiced Bon Religion in the Western Regions.  There is also worship of the god of fire, which must be the case here as well.  He is still the Dharma King, but he has not revealed it, and he does not want to use this status to participate in this fire worship festival. He is only here to travel, and he is not interested in watching this kind of religious ceremony. He said: "Shopkeeper, open two  Room on the room!  The shopkeeper said: "Are you two brothers?"  " "No, it's the father. This is my son.  Zuo Shaoyang pointed at Wu Meiniang and said. The shopkeeper smiled and said: "I see, then I'm sorry, I can only give you two a room!"  " "Why is this?  Are you still afraid that we can¡¯t afford the money?  "The shopkeeper's busy companion smiled and said: "That's not the case. On weekdays," you can have as many rooms as you want. But now the city is full of worshipers. The Lord Jiedushi has already issued an order in order to allow more people to live there.  Next, when participating in worship, the inn should accommodate guests as much as possible. Brothers, fathers, mothers, daughters, sisters, etc., who can live together, should stay together as much as possible and leave rooms for others in any inn in the city.  Like this. You see, there are more than two people living in each room of ours, and some of them are even a family sharing one room! Man said that you two are fathers, and even if you are a father and daughter, you can only live in one room.  You can't live in two rooms." Zuo Shaoyang was dumbfounded and looked back at Wu Meiniang.  Wu Meiniang smiled, infinitely charming, and it seemed that the shopkeeper had figured out who her daughter was from what she said just now.  So there is this saying.  Zuo Shaoyang glanced upstairs again, and sure enough, all the people were coming in and out, and the store owner would not turn away the opportunity to make money unless he had to. It seemed that the Jiedushi Commander had this requirement, and the store owner  It had to be done.  He had no choice but to nod and say: "In that case??, then let¡¯s open a room, a cleaner one and a bigger one.  " The shopkeeper's assistant smiled and said: "I'm not satisfied with what you said. I'll be here in two days. It's small and warm, but it's a little dark and relatively small. There are no other rooms.  "    "oh?  Then take us to see it.  Zuo Shaoyang said. The shopkeeper took the key himself and led the two of them upstairs. They squeezed through the crowds of people and walked into the corridor with walls on both sides. The shopkeeper pointed to the opposite wall and said: "  This is the wall of the house next door, and it has been repaired to this side. I told them, but they ignored it. I told the Yamen, but the Yamen didn't care either. I was so angry that I couldn't do anything.  "Zuo Shaoyang stretched out his hand and touched the brick wall next to the corridor. It was cold and covered with frost. There were four rooms against this wall. The two outside rooms were already full of people, and the two inside ones were still full of people.  It was empty. They walked to the door, and the shopkeeper took out the key and opened the two doors. Although the outer one was closer to the patio, it was relatively bright, but smaller, and the inner one was larger, but very dark.  Later, he found that the outer window was closed and dark. When he walked over, he saw that the window had been nailed shut. Zuo Shaoyang said, "Can't this window be opened?  " "If it can be opened, there is no need to close it and nail it.  Outside one window is the back wall of another house, which is blocked and the window cannot be opened.  " Zuo Shaoyang looked out from the gap in the window and saw that it was indeed a high wall of blue bricks. He shouted angrily: "What's going on with these people? Why are they building their houses next to other people's windows?  How do people get light like this?  The shopkeeper smiled sheepishly: "This family built the house first, and we built it last."  " Wu Meiniang burst into laughter: "So this time it was you who blocked someone else's window?  " "It's out of the question, they don't have a client here.  " "There is a wall outside your window, why are you opening the window?  " "After opening the window, there is still more than a foot away from the opposite wall. I can open the window half way to get some ventilation in summer, so I opened it.  " "That's it.  Wu Meiniang asked Zuo Shaoyang, "Dad, which room should we live in?"  " "What do you think?  " "Let's live in the innermost room. We can open the windows on the corridor side so that others won't pass by the windows.  "That makes sense. This one is fine."  Shopkeeper, please bring me another Huan!  " The shopkeeper agreed, and quickly ordered the waiter to get another bed and put it on the other side. In the middle, against the inner window, was a square table, which was almost like a modern standard room. " The waiter brought in the bedding again, and it was all clean.  He boiled a large basin of hot water and brought it to wash the dishes. Zuo Shaoyang wanted to order some dishes to be delivered to the room, but after hearing the names of the dishes the waiter reported, they were all boiled beef and mutton. He really didn¡¯t have any appetite.  Seeing that it was still early, I carried the medicine box, took the streamer, and took Wu Meiniang with me, and went out downstairs to practice medicine and find a restaurant to eat. The streets were bustling with people, and the shops here were not restricted to the east like in Chang'an.  They are set up everywhere in the city and the west market. There are shops on both sides of the street, so when people walk in the street, they look left and right at the shops with dazzling goods. This feeling is quite good. They have to carry it everywhere they go.  I practiced medicine for a few days and then went to the next town. At that time, it was very common for doctors to walk around in the rivers and lakes, so no one was surprised that Zuo Shaoyang was practicing medicine.  The words on it say, "Specializes in treating difficult and complicated diseases that others cannot cure!"  ¡± This tone is very loud, but Doctor Ling mostly relies on his mouth to practice medicine, and he cheats money and then runs away, and the tone is much louder than this, such as "Sai Huatuo", "Living Immortal", etc., but  They all brag about their amazing medical skills. It is rare for someone like Zuo Shaoyang to dare to say that he specializes in treating diseases that others cannot cure, so he still attracts the attention of some passers-by. It's just that Dr. Ling boasts too much.  Most people thought it was just a gimmick, so no one asked him to see a doctor. Zuo Shaoyang was not in a hurry. He didn't need to worry about money at all. Seeing a doctor was just a hobby. He didn't take the initiative to see a doctor.  Banner, took Wu Meiniang to stroll along the way. Wu Meiniang liked the excitement the most, and she especially liked to visit the shops. She would go there one by one and look at everything. Fortunately, she only wanted to buy. She also knew that the two of them wanted to go shopping.  Traveling throughout the Tang Dynasty, if you buy everything you like, you won't be able to take away so many things. Zuo Shaoyang finally saw a very grand restaurant, so he walked in with a banner. Doctor Ling usually didn't have much money.  , so the shop clerk only glanced at him and went to greet others. He was not surprised and went straight to a table and chairs by the window. It was already late autumn and it was already freezing in Mobei.  ?Here, this restaurant is relatively large, with a large charcoal fire lit in the middle. Some diners were sitting around the fire, chewing beef and mutton and drinking wine. No one sat by the window, because even though the windows were closed, the cold wind could still  It blew in through the cracks.  , the small shop has already been occupied, and there are only two rooms in the upper room, the ones closest to the windows.  §ê§ê§ê
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