Chapter 29 [Comparison is harmful]

Jiang Lili kept a distance from the group of sick yamen runners. She asked Xiaopang to bring her another pair of KN95 masks to prevent her from being infected during the "consultation" later, and at the same time she asked their squad leader for help in the group.

Xiaopang quickly brought over the mask, thermometer and stethoscope.

@Jiang Lili: @Squad Leader, Mr. Squad Leader, I have something urgent to talk to you about!

@Yan Chaoyue (Grassland Khan): I've been trying to contact the squad leader in the group recently, but he hasn't replied. Is he busy with something?

@Hou Xiaoxiao (Princess of Jin): Yeah, the squad leader showed up for a bit on the first day and then disappeared. I wonder where he got his big job? He's busier than me managing eighteen concubines!

@Deputy Class Leader: Stop yelling! The class leader is probably still studying hard and might have blocked the group messages. Li Li, you're in a hurry! I'm going to the Imperial Hospital to see the class leader right now.

As the deputy squad leader headed towards the Imperial Hospital, he explained in the group chat: "The squad leader has been reborn as the youngest judge in the Imperial Hospital. From the first day he arrived, he has refused multiple summons from the concubines and has been cramming ancient medical books."

Jiang Lili understood that their class monitor Qi Yunrang was the test-taker king. He was the type who would queue up in the cafeteria with his No. 53 exam paper in hand, doing questions. He would come up with three or four solutions to the final question. Except for eating and doing exercises, he had never been seen taking a break.

Now he has traveled to ancient times and although he has inherited the memories of the original owner, this is far from enough for the King of Rolls. When encountering a field he does not understand, the King of Rolls’ spirit is to become the best.

Wang Zifu is also having a headache now. Those bandits are so bad. He said that he hates these ruffians the most. Who are the hooligans?

This wasn't a solution, so Wang Zifu agreed to Jiang Lili's request: "Okay, I'll lend you this cart for now. Show it to the brothers."

When the convicts heard Jiang Lili say that she could cure colds, some of them looked at Jiang Lili with a different look, hesitating whether to show goodwill to her.

Some people suspected that Jiang Lili was lying, after all, Jiang Lili seemed unreliable along the way.

It would take a while to connect with the squad leader. Jiang Lili thought about pretending to ask about symptoms, but she didn't expect someone to come out and cut her off.

"Captain Wang, would you mind letting me take a look at the colds of the yamen runners?"

A woman in orange walked up and spoke directly to Wang Zifu without even looking at Jiang Lili.

Her hair was neatly combed, her features were delicate, and she had a hint of arrogance.

When Jiang Lili saw someone trying to steal her job, she looked up and saw that it was an acquaintance.

The woman in orange is Yang Yunzhao, the niece of Lady Yang, Marquis of Zhaoping.

Yang Yunzhao worked as a female official in the palace. Her father was the director of the Ministry of Revenue. The whole family was in the same exile team, but they had been trying to avoid suspicion with the Zhaoping Marquis' Mansion along the way and had little contact.

However, Yang Yunzhao's family was exiled not because of their involvement with the Zhaoping Marquisate, but because they were punished for embezzling official funds for disaster relief.

The Yang family had been a parasite for so many years, but they still had a backup plan. Before his father was brought down, he was a socialite in the officialdom and had connections in the court.

The Yang family's crime was not as sensitive as that of the Zhaoping Marquisate, so they had made arrangements along the way to exile and were not living in such a miserable state.

"I'm a female official from the palace. I used to serve the Empress Dowager and learned some medical skills from the female doctors in the Imperial Hospital. It's safer to let me treat you."

Yang Yunzhao originally disdained to treat people of the status of yamen runners, but when he saw Jiang Lili using the cart as a bargaining chip, Yang Yunzhao was tempted.

She was too lazy to walk and wanted to ride on the cart.

Sure enough, after she finished speaking her resume, Wang Zifu immediately left Jiang Lili alone, and the other yamen runners also came to Yang Yunzhao.

"Miss Yang, please let me take a look quickly. It's really too painful."

"Have you ever served the Empress Dowager? Miss Yang, why didn't you tell me earlier that you have this ability?"

The yamen runners suddenly felt that it was a great honor for Yang Yunzhao to treat them!

Jiang Lili looked at the yamen runners approaching her, quickly put on the mask that Xiaopang had handed her, and stepped back to keep a distance from them.

When Yang Yunzhao saw Jiang Lili being "pushed" out, a haughty smile appeared on his lips.

In fact, the so-called serving before the Empress Dowager meant that when the head female official met the Empress Dowager, he came up to serve her tea and changed the spittoon once or twice.

However, Yang Yunzhao would not elaborate. One must know how to package oneself. Besides, being able to become a female official made her an outstanding woman.

Colds are just common minor illnesses, and she and the Imperial Hospital learned a few common universal prescriptions that are enough to solve them.

Yang Yunzhao proudly said to Jiang Lili, "Miss Jiang, to be on the safe side, let me treat it. The result will be the same anyway, and Auntie will be able to ride on the cart."

The Zhaoping Marquisate still owes her a favor.

Before, Yang Yunzhao wanted to avoid suspicion with the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion, but after experiencing this bandit incident, she realized that it was not enough to make preparations on the road. In case of an emergency, the military force of the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion was the key to saving her life.

Yang Yunzhao looked at the mask on Jiang Lili's face in disbelief. What was that thing covering Jiang's face? It was so ugly.

Jiang Lili saw Yang Yunzhao talking to some yamen runners who had fever without any protective measures, and she shook her head and retreated.

Her own medical consultation plan was to avoid close contact with the patients, and to let the squad leader conduct online video consultations and calculate the dosage of the medicine. After all, she knew the causes of these yamen runners' illnesses very well.

"Miss Jiang, my Dabao is sick. Can you take a look at him?"

At this time, a young woman came to Jiang Lili with her child on her back and begged.

The woman's name was Yin Zhen. She was the concubine of an official who had angered the emperor and was exiled to Haizhou. As a concubine, Yin Zhen had no choice but to be exiled with him.

The child on her back was only over one year old, skinny and weak, lying on Yin Zhen's back, looking pitiful and listless.

Jiang Lili was puzzled. After all, the female official seemed much more reliable than herself. "Do you trust me?"

Yin Zhen said stubbornly, "The disaster relief money that Yang Yunzhao's father embezzled was originally intended for my hometown, but it was exploited by many levels of government, and only a tiny amount remained in the hands of the villagers. More than a hundred people in the county starved to death.

"I won't beg them no matter what!"

Yin Zhen stuffed the cloth-wrapped bracelet into Jiang Lili's hand and said, "This is the only bracelet I have. As long as you can save Dabao, I will obey your orders on the road. You can do anything you ask me to do."

Jiang Lili sighed softly upon hearing this, the corrupt official really deserved to die!!!

Yin Zhen held the child in front of her and was about to kneel down to Jiang Lili, but Jiang Lili quickly helped her up.

She squatted down to take Dabao's temperature and was stunned for a moment when she looked at Dabao's facial features.

The facial features of a one and a half year old child have fully developed and are no longer as wrinkled as when he was just born. You can see some signs of his future growth.

The broad earlobes and the curved nose gave Jiang Lili a sense of déjà vu.