Chapter 121 The Prefect's Wife
"Humph, you're so arrogant! Do you know who I am?"
The prefect's wife waved away the maid beside her, her face turned cold, and she looked at Shen Jinan with some displeasure.
"It is precisely because I know Madam's identity that I want to help Madam solve her problems. And only Madam can lend me a helping hand."
Shen Jinan was neither arrogant nor humble. He raised his clear and firm eyes to meet the inquiring gaze of the prefect's wife.
"He's quite courageous. Well, well, I've had this head ailment for years, so it's no harm if you take a look."
The prefect's wife lay lazily on the exquisite beauty couch, and her rose-glowing fingertips hooked at Shen Jinan, motioning her to come over.
Shen Jinan calmly took out a handkerchief, placed it softly on the wrist of the prefect's wife, and then lightly placed his fingertips on it.
After a stick of incense, Shen Jinan frowned and said in amazement, “Madam’s illness is difficult.”
Her appearance made the wife of the prefect nervous. The doctors had said before that it was an old problem, but only Shen Jinan said it was difficult. How could the wife of the prefect not be anxious?
The maid standing nearby was used to observing people's expressions. Seeing that the prefect's wife was getting nervous, she stepped forward and asked, "Does the young lady have a solution?"
"Yes, of course there is."
Shen Jinan withdrew her hand, looking unfathomable. She was born with a good-looking face, and now when she put on a cold face, she looked a bit like an immortal.
The prefect's wife could no longer hold back, "Tell me quickly, if you can cure me, I will reward you handsomely!"
"Don't worry, Madam. This disease can be cured in just three months."
As Shen Jinan spoke, he opened the medicine box and asked someone to bring paper and pen.
"What medicine should I take and what should I do?"
The prefect's wife sat up from the couch, looking somewhat expectant.
"Madam, please don't worry. Let me give you some acupuncture first."
Shen Jinan skillfully took out a silver needle and inserted it steadily into the wife of the prefect. Within half an hour, the wife of the prefect felt that her headache was relieved a lot.
"Oh my, the girl is really a miracle doctor!"
The magistrate's wife pulled off her headband and touched her head happily.
"Since Madam trusts me, I will write you a prescription. Unfortunately, these medicines are hard to find."
Shen Jinan picked up the pen under the expectant gaze of the prefect's wife, then sighed and slowly put it down.
"My husband is the prefect. If there are any herbs that he can't find, just write it down."
The prefect’s wife slapped the table anxiously, fearing that Shen Jinan would be unwilling to write, but she got excited and her head started to throb again.
"Don't get excited, ma'am. I'll write it now."
Shen Jinan took a deep breath, wrote down hundreds of medicinal herbs on the list, and finally handed it to the maid with satisfaction.
The wife of the prefect couldn't wait to grab the list and found that it was filled with the most precious medicinal materials, not to mention the thousand-year-old ginseng and fresh deer antlers, but also the Tianshan snow lotus and saffron, which were priceless.
"This, Miracle Doctor, may be a little difficult." The magistrate's wife slumped back onto the couch in frustration.
"Alas, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do to save the situation. I'll take my leave then."
Shen Jinan bowed, picked up the medicine box and was about to leave. The prefect's wife suddenly felt a headache again and immediately stopped Shen Jinan.
"Miracle doctor! Miracle doctor, please stay! I will find a way."
The magistrate's wife tugged at her handkerchief as if to compromise, and finally gritted her teeth and agreed.
Hearing this, a smile flashed across Shen Jinan's face as she turned her back, but it was quickly covered up. She turned her head with a smile and met the expectant gaze of the prefect's wife.
"Madam, you don't have to call me a miracle doctor. My last name is Shen, so just call me Doctor Shen."
Shen Jinan's voice was gentle, but he gave a few instructions as if he was worried, "Madam, if you find the herbs, don't decoct them yourself first. I can make the herbs have the greatest effect."
The magistrate's wife quickly agreed. How could she not agree? She would be heartbroken if she wasted such expensive medicinal herbs.
In the end, Shen Jinan was respectfully escorted out by the prefect's wife's personal maid, who also stuffed a gold ingot into Shen Jinan's hand.
The two gatekeepers were stunned. They didn't expect Shen Jinan to have such great ability. They immediately ran over to ask what Shen Jinan had done.
But Shen Jinan just put the gold away with a smile, clapped his hands, and left without saying a word.
On the way back, the system, which had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, "Host, the magistrate's wife's illness doesn't seem to require such expensive herbs."
Shen Jinan was shocked for a moment, then praised the system a few times, "It's worthy of being a system, so smart."
"Then what is your intention?" the system asked curiously. For the first time, it failed to see through Shen Jinan's inner thoughts.
"Think about it, most of the prefect's income comes from bribes from his subordinates, and Cao Xingzhu takes the lion's share. Otherwise, no one would have dared to report it to the authorities for so many years. It's not that no one has dared to report it, it's that everyone has been suppressed."
Shen Jinan sneered and continued to explain, "Brother Broken Tooth told me yesterday that the magistrate's wife is suffering from a headache, and the magistrate is a henpecked husband. After all, the magistrate's wife's family is a powerful helper in the officialdom. The magistrate will definitely help the magistrate's wife find medicinal herbs."
After hearing this, the system suddenly understood.
"So, the reason you wrote about so many precious medicinal herbs was that they found their way into Lord Cao's hands through layers of connections. Lord Cao would definitely help the prefect find the herbs in order to continue his tyranny here."
After hearing this, Shen Jinan clapped his hands and said happily, "System, you are quite clever. That's right! So, Master Cao should be busy tomorrow."
The system twitched its mouth silently, thinking that it would be better to avoid provoking this woman in the future and not let her plot against it.
However, Shen Jinan didn't know this. She was so happy when she thought that the medicinal herbs that Cao Xingzhu had worked so hard to find were about to fall into her arms.
On the second day, Shen Jinan told Aunt Li to set up the stall in peace, and no one would harass them anymore.
Aunt Li and the others were half-believing and half-doubting, but they found that after selling braised food for the whole morning, not only was the business booming, but no one came to cause trouble.
However, when a few people passed by a tea stall, they heard the customers inside discussing how Master Cao had been helping the prefect to find medicinal herbs in recent days and had even sent all his manpower.
After hearing a few words, Aunt Li left secretly happy, not thinking that this was the masterpiece of her boss Shen Jinan.
When Aunt Li came back with the full pottery jar, Shen Jinan had just told everyone in the yard what happened yesterday. Hong Niang happily rubbed Shen Jinan's head twice and praised her for her intelligence.
"Doctor Shen, you are amazing. That group of people really didn't come today." Aunt Li handed over the pottery jar happily.
Unexpectedly, when she said this, everyone in the yard started laughing, but they were all kind smiles.
Aunt Li was already familiar with them. She scratched her head and asked blankly, "What's wrong? What are you guys laughing at?"
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