Chapter 41 Wait, we are sent by Lord Tan!
The waiter was about to speak when he heard a buzzing sound coming from the door.
He looked up and his eyes lit up immediately.
"Shopkeeper..." He nudged the person next to him and whispered, "Maybe she can really eat it."
Shopkeeper Zhou looked in the direction of the voice and stood up suddenly.
Everyone around knew about Manager Zhou’s predicament. He had lost all his money, and if the weather didn’t improve, he would probably have to sell the shop and return home.
The waiter immediately came over and said, "Madam, do you want to buy some medicinal herbs?"
Zhu Mingqing nodded slightly, then looked at Fen Tao, who immediately turned around and closed the door: "It's not convenient for you to see this, sorry."
Shopkeeper Zhou looked at her behavior with a hint of hope in his eyes. Could it be...
Zhu Mingqing said in a clear voice, "Shopkeeper Zhou, I heard you have a lot of inventory here. Can you sell it to me?"
Snap——
He slapped the mahogany table beside him hard, his palms turned red and looked painful.
But Shopkeeper Zhou seemed to feel nothing at all. His face was full of joy: "Of course, how much would you like, madam?"
"Take me to see the goods first?"
"No problem." Shopkeeper Zhou was so excited that he immediately asked the waiter to prepare tea and cakes to entertain the two officials, while he took Zhu Mingqing to the backyard.
The young officer Qin San wanted to follow but was stopped by Chang Wu.
"Sit down and rest for a while. You'll be busy later."
"But...Captain Liang told us to follow her closely."
Chang Wu laughed and said, "I'm here, what are you afraid of?"
In the backyard, Shopkeeper Zhou opened the two heavy doors of the warehouse, and what came into view were countless wooden boxes.
He opened several of them one after another: "These are all top-quality honeysuckle, houttuynia cordata, and rhodiola rosea..."
Fen Tao stepped forward, took a closer look, and nodded slightly to Zhu Mingqing.
Shopkeeper Zhou patted his chest and assured: "I prepared all of this according to the requirements of the wealthy families in Beijing. It is absolutely of the best quality!"
Zhu Mingqing also slowly picked up some medicinal herbs to check.
She has also been learning to identify medicinal herbs these days. This piece is about three or seven in size, plump, and feels thick and solid. It is indeed of high quality.
But how much is appropriate to buy?
If they could leave Zhencheng before the flood came, everything would be fine.
But if you are delayed, you have to make more preparations to be on the safe side.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Manager Zhou's heart began to tighten. Does she want to buy it or not?
He asked tentatively, "Madam, do you want me to help find someone to transport it for you?"
"No."
Shopkeeper Zhou's heart sank. Just as he was about to ask what she was dissatisfied with, he heard her say, "How much?"
Finally, he looked at the pile of banknotes in his hand, his face beaming with excitement and his eyes filled with tears.
After personally escorting the person out, he returned to the room and announced the good news: "Mother, we don't have to leave!"
Not long after Zhu Mingqing and others left, a tall man in his twenties dressed in blue, waving a fan and walking in a sloppy manner, appeared at the door of the drugstore with a group of people.
When the waiter saw the person coming, he hurried to the backyard to call for help.
When Shopkeeper Zhou heard that Young Master Wang had arrived, his expression changed slightly and he hurried back to the front yard.
He smiled and stepped forward to greet him: "What brings you here, Prince Wang?"
Prince Wang leaned back in his chair and glanced around casually: "I heard that you stockpiled some medicinal herbs, is that true?"
Shopkeeper Zhou nodded and said hesitantly, "It's true, but..."
Prince Wang raised his fan and stopped him: "That's easy. I'll give you five thousand taels, and you can have someone bring out the herbs. I need them urgently."
Shopkeeper Zhou's heart sank, and he said, "I'm so sorry, Master Wang, that batch of herbs has already been sold!"
Prince Wang saw that his expression was not fake and said with an unpleasant look: "Who did you sell it to? I want to see who dares to buy what I like!"
After finally seeing off the son of the county magistrate, Shopkeeper Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then his face was filled with guilt again.
I'm so sorry to that lady.
…
On the way back to the inn, people were coming and going, and that feeling of being watched came back.
Zhu Mingqing lagged behind a few steps and was about to turn around to watch—
Suddenly, a hand reached out from the side, and she was caught off guard as her mouth and nose were covered and she was dragged into a quiet alley.
Zhu Mingqing didn't expect that the other party would dare to kidnap people in public.
She stomped hard on the other person's feet, then exerted force with her arms and knocked the person to the ground.
Snap——
A cloud of dust was raised.
"Madam Zhu, wait!" Seeing that she was about to attack, another thin man hurriedly said, "We are sent by Lord Tan to take you away from here."
Talk about adults?
Talk about light instrument?
These three words suddenly popped up in Zhu Mingqing's mind!
The scumbag who deceived the original owner now wants to take her away?
Zhu Mingqing sneered, raised his leg and let go of the person under his feet. The other person immediately got up and limped away from Zhu Mingqing.
She stared at the two people opposite her, one fat and one thin, with a cold expression: "Are you from Tan Guangyi?!"
The thin man nodded hurriedly, his expression very respectful:
"Madam, the Lord knows that you had a very difficult journey, and that you didn't eat or sleep well, so he sent us here to take you away."
"Do I look like someone who has trouble eating or sleeping?" Zhu Mingqing asked back.
The two men looked at the radiant woman opposite them and fell silent.
They originally felt it was not worth it for the adults to take such a risk just to save someone else's wife.
But who would have known that Madam Zhu was so beautiful, worthy of being the most beautiful woman in the capital at that time.
It’s sad that adults have been thinking about me for half their lives.
However, now is not the time to discuss this. The most important thing is to leave here first.
The thin man: "Madam, let's go now."
Zhu Mingqing wanted to know more, so he didn't refuse or agree. His voice was extremely gentle: "How do you know what happened to me on the road?"
The thin man stopped talking, but he wouldn't leave until Zhu Mingqing said something.
In the stalemate, fearing that he would attract more people, he had no choice but to say, "Master Tan asked us to protect you all the way, so he knows everything about you."
Zhu Mingqing sneered in her heart, did she think she was the fool that was the original owner?
And protect all the way?
They didn't show up once during her two times of danger, but now that she is safe, they did show up.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but ask, "Really? I'm so touched. But why didn't you show up when there were wolves and when we were poisoned?"
"We..." The two were originally smug about having deceived each other and gained the adults' favor, but after hearing the latter part of the words, their faces froze and they were speechless.
The fat man who had just been knocked down by Zhu Mingqing didn't have such good patience. Seeing that Zhu Mingqing insisted on an explanation, he couldn't help but say, "Why are you asking so many questions? Madam Zhu, you need to understand your situation. We are here to save you from suffering. Why are you still dithering?!"
"Haha." Zhu Mingqing couldn't help laughing, his eyes tinged with sarcasm. "Save me from this sea of suffering? Why don't you go back and ask your master if he feels guilty about this?"
The two of them didn't understand the situation and certainly didn't want to get involved any further, so they tried to forcibly take the person away.
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