Chapter 19 You're Fired!
After drinking the medicine, the coughing in the team gradually subsided.
The water in the pot was boiling all the time, providing hot water all night long.
Lin Xiyan prepared six bowls of medicine, secretly adding some powerful herbs that can dispel cold and replenish qi, which can improve immunity.
She distributed the medicine to everyone in the main room and told them to drink it.
Then he gave Jiang Moyu another bowl.
Jiang Moyu was very happy. He didn't expect that Xier had specially left a bowl for him.
After one night, everyone's high fever had almost subsided, and they all came to thank Lin Xiyan.
Only the people from the second house were glaring at her from a distance.
There was some sun this morning, and the wet mud on the ground slowly dried up.
"The weather is nice, let's get going!"
The fat yamen runner shouted.
Everyone packed up their things and set off for Nanyan City.
The closer you get to Nanyan City, the easier the road becomes because more people walk on it.
Nanyan City is the last prosperous city in the southernmost part. Going further down is the southern wilderness.
There were more and more horse-drawn carriages on the road, all loaded with goods, ready to go to the city to do business.
The yamen runners led the Lin family to a porridge stall outside the city and gave everyone a bowl of pickled vegetable porridge.
The fat and thin yamen runners wanted to go into the city to look for the key. He ordered everyone to rest here for an hour and arranged for the yamen runners to keep an eye on the prisoner.
Prepared to take Lin Wuyu and Lin Xiyan into the city.
"Why do you want to bring my younger sister along?" Lin Muyi asked curiously.
"The fat yamen runner asked me to get some medicine to strengthen the condition of those who have a high fever."
"That's good. Xier, you must follow your father closely and don't run around." Mrs. Lin warned worriedly.
"Okay, mother. I'll be back soon."
Qingying couldn't bear to look at Lin Xiyan either.
The fat and thin yamen runners then took the father and daughter into the city.
The largest city in the Southern Wilderness is indeed very prosperous. The streets are bustling with people, selling all kinds of things, and it has a very local flavor.
The thin yamen runner first went to Nanyan Money House and asked the shopkeeper for Lin Wuyu's key.
The shopkeeper whispered to him and then went into the side room to look for it.
Sure enough, he came out with a key and handed it to the thin yamen runner.
Lin Wuyu was stunned when he saw this. He leaned over and asked quietly, "Xier, how could there really be a key here?"
Lin Xiyan smiled and replied, "Dad, money makes the world go round..."
Looking at his daughter's cunning smile, Lin Wuyu couldn't help but shudder.
The fat and thin yamen runners held the key and smiled when they thought that the contents of the treasure chest would be within reach soon.
Then he took Lin Xiyan to the pharmacy to get medicine.
This time, when she was going to write a prescription, Lin Xiyan obediently picked up some common cold-relieving herbs.
In the pharmacy, there is a wide variety of medicinal materials, exuding a unique medicinal fragrance.
Lin Xiyan selected carefully, silently calculating the dosage and efficacy in her mind.
After getting the medicine, the fat yamen runner took them for a stroll in the city for a while.
Lin Xiyan's attention was attracted by a small stall selling sugar paintings. The sugar paintings were crystal clear and beautiful in the sunlight.
The fat yamen runner seemed to see through her thoughts and generously bought her a sugar painting and handed it to her. Lin Xiyan took it, licked it lightly, and the sweet taste spread in her mouth.
Meanwhile, in the porridge stall outside the city, Lin Muyi was feeling a bit restless. He felt that bringing his sister into the city was not right, and was worried that something might happen.
Mrs. Lin comforted him softly.
"Xi'er is smart and clever, and with her father by her side, she should be fine."
Qingying also echoed from the side, but Lin Muyi's worry did not diminish in the slightest.
The fat yamen runner saw that the invoice required a lot of silver. He heard that the Nanyan City government was rich, so he thought of going to the treasury to ask the treasury commander for reimbursement.
He asked Lin Xiyan and Lin Wuyu to wait outside the treasury while he went to ask for money for the medicine.
Lin Xiyan was not someone who could sit idle. She had heard that Qinjiang was very barren, and they were going there to open up the wasteland and do hard labor, so they had to make preparations in advance.
She took her father to a nearby place selling farm tools and bought a large number of farm tools, all of which were of high quality. She also bought some handy tools along the way.
Lin Wu Yu looked at Lin Xiyan who waved her little hand and paid the bill generously.
Feeling puzzled, he pulled Lin Xiyan aside and asked seriously:
"Xi'er, where did you get this money?"
"Don't worry, Daddy. I got all this money from legitimate sources."
Unexpectedly, the treasurer did not believe what the two said. The two yamen runners then remembered that Lin Wuyu and Lin Xiyan could testify, so they had them brought in.
When Lin Xiyan saw an official coming out of the treasury, she wanted to hurry back.
"Daddy, what's going to happen next may not make sense." She took a deep breath.
"But I don't have time to explain it to you now. I'll explain it to you later. And I'll explain my money to you later."
Under Lin Wuyu's surprised gaze, Lin Xiyan put all the tools into the space.
Looking at the disappearing thing, Lin Wuyu was stunned for a moment.
"Xier, you put these things..."
Lin Xiyan grabbed her father's hand and rushed to the door of the treasury.
"Let's talk about it when we get back."
"Are you Lin Xiyan and Lin Wuyu?"
"That's right." Lin Wuyu replied.
He glanced at the two men in confusion; they didn't look like exiled prisoners at all.
"Come with me."
They followed the official into the treasury. The treasury commander was sitting in the hall, while fat and thin yamen runners were waiting in front of the hall.
Next to the Treasurer was the Vice Minister of Justice, who was drinking tea.
After Lin Xiyan and Lin Wuyu saluted, they raised their heads. When the treasury saw Lin Xiyan's appearance, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly covered up by calmness.
"I've come to you to ask you something. Is anyone in your exile group suffering from a cold that needs herbal treatment?"
Lin Wuyu replied, "That's true."
"Then I see that today's herbs only cost six taels of silver, so why did they cost thirty taels last time?"
"Sir, these thirty taels of medicinal herbs are for the fat yamen runner's own use. Only today's herbs are prepared for the prisoner."
Lin Xiyan's small figure stood up and answered in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
"Oh? I said there was something fishy about this!"
"Zhao Heying, you are actually a private company!"
The fat yamen runner glared at Lin Xiyan and quickly knelt down to beg for mercy: "Sir, don't listen to this little girl's nonsense."
Lin Xiyan shed a few tears timidly and cried.
"Does your Excellency know why so many people in our exile group have caught a cold?"
The treasurer looked at the fat and thin yamen runners suspiciously, only to see that they were both trembling.
He narrowed his eyes, as if thinking: "Tell the truth."
"We encountered heavy rain on the way, and they were so depressed and only cared about their own safety that they left us outside in the rain all night without any proper food, so we all caught a cold."
"Masters, please help us! He saw that we might not be able to survive, and he was afraid of not being able to report back, so he took a detour here to buy medicine."
"How could this happen! You two leaders are so vicious."
"Brother Xu, what do you think?"
The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice beside him sipped his tea and said slowly, "I will submit a petition to the court later. You have neglected your duties and tortured prisoners. From now on, when I enter the Southern Wilderness, I will send someone to take charge of the Lin family prisoners."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiyan looked proudly at the two yamen runners kneeling on the ground.
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