Chapter 252: Chapter 252: Bitterness

Xia Wenjin didn’t know if Huangfu Jingchen aware of this matter was good or bad.

Thinking of his gaze when he left, her heart was filled with mixed emotions.

He wants to seek renowned doctors and find good medicine, which is good.

At least, he will temporarily leave Wangshan Town.

With the current development of the epidemic, she cannot control it or predict it. He shouldn’t have been involved, it’s good that he’s leaving!

When Huangfu Jingchen walked out of the Severe Epidemic Area, his face was heavy, his eyes were somber, and his whole body seemed as if covered in frost.

The four soldiers guarding the entrance stopped him.

Huangfu Jingchen turned his head, the redness in his eyes, and the cold aura in them startled them. One of the soldiers pointed to the bowl of medicinal soup placed over there and stuttered, “You just came out of the Severe Epidemic Area, you need to drink two bowls of this medicinal soup!”

Huangfu Jingchen thought of Xia Wenjin’s thousand reminders before, was this the medicine she wanted him to drink?

He went over without a word, took the medicine bowl, and drank it all in one gulp.

The medicine was bitter, so bitter that it seemed even his mouth couldn’t open, but he did not feel the bitterness.

At this moment, his heart truly was filled with bitterness.

Having drunk the medicine was not enough, he had to change all his clothes in a room next door. These clothes would be boiled and disinfected before being picked up later.

Huangfu Jingchen didn’t care about these things, he changed into a set of blue cloth clothes and hurriedly walked out of the isolation point.

Wenjin was just a woman, an ordinary Jianghu person, yet she could do so much for the people of Nanxia. As an Imperial Grandson, even though this place did not belong to Yunzhou, it was his Grandpa’s land, his Grandpa’s people, he couldn’t simply leave.

But he needed to find a renowned doctor for Wenjin.

He couldn’t watch Wenjin silently die in six days.

The Town Mayor’s Mansion had especially vacated the eastern wing to become Shang Jingwang’s study. At this moment, Shang Jingwang was in the study writing memorials.

This was also a reminder from Huangfu Jingchen.

There was a knock on the door, he looked up and saw Huangfu Jingchen standing at the door. He immediately put down his pen, stood up, and went to greet him, saying, “Young Master Jing, your face doesn’t look good, have you encountered something troubling?”

Huangfu Jingchen looked at him and asked, “Lord Shang, have you ever heard of any famous doctors in this world, with superior medical skills, who can definitely cure the current epidemic?”

Shang Jingwang looked at Huangfu Jingchen, with deep admiration in his eyes, he even bowed and said, “So Young Master Jing is troubled about the epidemic! Young Master Jing is kind-hearted, concerns himself with the people, and even personally takes risks. For this lofty virtue and benevolence, I thank you on behalf of the people of Wangshan Town!”

Huangfu Jingchen had no mood to listen to this empty talk; he interrupted, “No need for these words, tell me the important matter!”

Only then did Shang Jingwang straighten his face and say, “If we speak of the most skilled doctors, it should only be the Imperial Physicians in the Capital City. They are the ones who treat the Emperor, Empresses, and nobles; each is a highly skilled doctor. The first memorial you asked me to write should arrive in the Capital City in three days. If the Emperor sends an Imperial Physician to handle this matter, there would definitely be hope in controlling the epidemic here!”

Huangfu Jingchen frowned, the Capital City is so far from the Jiazhou Northern County, not to mention whether the Imperial Physician’s skills surpass Wenjin’s, even if it did, they wouldn’t make it in time.

He asked in a soft voice, “Besides the Imperial Physicians?”

Shang Jingwang said, “There are indeed some renowned doctors in the Jianghu, said to be more skilled than the Imperial Physicians, but those are just legends. I’m not familiar with matters of the Jianghu… just a few days ago I heard someone under me chit-chatting about a person, that this person in the Jianghu is called the Holy Doctor, it’s said they could bring the dead back to life. However, no one knows their appearance, no one knows their whereabouts, and no one knows whether they are male or female, so it remains just a legend…”

Huangfu Jingchen’s heart, which had just blossomed with a thread of hope, cooled down again, his handsome eyebrows furrowed deeply as he walked out in a daze.

Shang Jingwang watched his departing figure and couldn’t help but bow again. Such a Royal Family member who could worry about the life and death of a town’s unfamiliar people to such an extent was truly rare.

Huangfu Jingchen’s heart sank to the ground, but, the Holy Doctor of the Jianghu? He still had to search for them.

Jiang Ning was sent by Huangfu Jingchen to purchase medicinal herbs. His heart was anxious, and he finally managed to acquire some, delivering the first batch of medicinal herbs.

After handing them over to the person in charge of the isolation point, he immediately went to see Huangfu Jingchen.

At this moment, Huangfu Jingchen was just walking out of the Town Mayor’s Mansion, Jiang Ning rushed forward, calling, “Young Master, Young Master…”

Huangfu Jingchen looked up and gave him a faint glance.

His eyes were cold and unfocused, which startled Jiang Ning. He involuntarily lowered his voice and said, “Young Master, as per the list, the herbs I purchased have arrived, I’ve come to deliver the medicine!”

Huangfu Jingchen stared at him for a moment, then suddenly asked, “Are you familiar with the matters of the Jianghu?”

“Well, not very familiar either!” Jiang Ning scratched his head and asked, “What does Young Master wish to know?”

“Renowned doctors!” Huangfu Jingchen pondered for a moment, then said, “No, miracle doctors!”

Reputation can be earned over time, but to cure the epidemic in Wangshan Town, it would take someone with truly magical medical skills to save Wenjin.

Jiang Ning scratched his head again and said awkwardly, “Young Master, I don’t know much about the matters of the Jianghu either; however, there isn’t a piece of information in the world that the Shadow Pavilion does not know. If you truly want to inquire, and it’s urgent, why not go to the Shadow Pavilion to buy information!”

Huangfu Jingchen glared at him: “The Shadow Pavilion is in the Capital City!”

Jiang Ning looked at his princely heir, wanting to slap his own forehead. The heir had been in Yunzhou for so long, he was even less knowledgeable about the Jianghu than him. He explained, “The headquarters of the Shadow Pavilion is in the Capital City, but they have branches everywhere!”

“Where in Jiazhou can you find one?” Huangfu Jingchen didn’t waste a single word.

Jiang Ning said, “County town, prefecture city, commandery city, there should be!”

“How do you find them?”

Jiang Ning looked at his state heir, uncertainly and said, “Coincidentally, I heard a piece of information when the Prince and Princess were chatting, I’m not sure if it’s true!”

“Speak!”

Jiang Ning recalled, saying, “Back then the Princess mentioned the Shadow Pavilion, and the Prince also asked how to find the Shadow Pavilion. The Princess said that if you don’t know the location of the Shadow Pavilion, there’s a simple method to find it. That is to hold a bouquet of bright flowers, it must be thirty-three, or sixty-six, eighty-eight, or ninety-nine in number, choose the busiest and most prosperous street, and give one to each passerby until you run out. Afterward, the disciples of the Shadow Pavilion will contact you on their own initiative!”

This sounded somewhat childish; Huangfu Jingchen asked, “Will a Shadow Pavilion disciple definitely contact you after you finish giving them out?”

Jiang Ning shook his head: “The Princess said it’s not certain; first, the place needs to have a Shadow Pavilion branch, secondly, a Shadow Pavilion disciple must happen to see it, and thirdly, the Shadow Pavilion must be willing to take the order. Moreover, even if a Shadow Pavilion disciple comes into contact, it won’t be in the usual way; the Shadow Pavilion will inspect you! They might use strange methods or disguise themselves as passersby to engage with you. If you don’t pass their inspection, they will not reveal their identity!”

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