Chapter 8 Where did this...bomb come from?
The four members of the Lin family, who were cleaning the stables, felt a pang of anxiety. What was going on? Why did the fat yamen runner suddenly call out "Lin Xiyan?"
It was noon, and the yamen runners wanted to have a good meal. The fat yamen runner wanted to go to the county restaurant for a meal and buy some medicine to detoxify.
As long as the poison is not cured, he will be unable to sit or stand, sleep or eat. Look how thin he has become due to hunger.
Lin Xiyan swaggered over under the gaze of everyone: "Sir, what do you want from me?"
The fat yamen runner lowered his voice and said, "What kind of medicine do you want? I'll go buy it now."
Lin Xiyan found his nervous expression amusing and said, "Hmph, take me with you to the set. I'll get you some medicine."
"That's absolutely not allowed. You're going to kill me! Taking prisoners out without permission is a serious crime!" The fat bailiff's face was wrinkled.
"It seems like you want to die today~" Lin Xiyan said and turned back to the stable.
Before he had walked two meters away, he heard the anxious and hurried voice of the fat yamen runner.
The fat yamen runner quickly called out to Lin Xiyan, "My dear aunt! Can't I take you there? You just need to cure me of this poison."
He just felt the numbness coming back.
Oh my god, is the poison about to take effect? Oh my god, I should have known better than to provoke this living devil.
"Sneak out through the side door later and don't let anyone see you!"
"Okay, give me some money for the trip first." Lin Xiyan pursed her lips and stretched out her little hand. She didn't want to walk to the town.
The fat yamen runner took out the copper coins from his inner pocket with great pain and counted them carefully in his hands.
One, two, three, four, five... twelve... fifty... my little change.
He carefully divided out half of it, then thought about it, and divided out another half from the first half... Then he thought about it again, and divided out another half from the first half...
"Stingy!" Lin Xiyan rolled her eyes at the fat yamen runner. She couldn't stand the fat yamen runner's stingy look.
She just grabbed the copper coins with her little hand and put them into her pocket.
He happened to see an oxcart passing through the side door of the post station, so he quietly chased after it: "Uncle, wait for me!"
The fat yamen runner stood there and watched Lin Xiyan's departing back, his heart bleeding.
He shouted at her back, "When you get to town, come find me at Anyue Tower."
With her skills in acting cute and coquettish, Lin Xiyan successfully got a ride from an old farmer who was selling dried beans at the market in a nearby village.
Fortunately, she was petite, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to squeeze onto the ox cart filled with jars of dried beans.
Lin Xiyan sat in the car and chatted with the farmer.
Although there was a smell coming from the dried beans tank next to it from time to time, it was tolerable and better than walking to town.
The ox cart was indeed fast. Lin Xiyan arrived in the town in less than two quarters of an hour. She gave two copper coins to the farmer, but the farmer refused to take them.
Lin Xiyan looked at the bustling streets and felt a sense of trance.
She bought some pastries to fill her stomach, and then went to the herbal medicine shop.
"Boss, what good stuff do you have here?" Lin Xiyan slowly stepped into the door of Huichuntang.
The guy at the door just glanced at Lin Xiyan and saw that she was dirty, so he thought she was a lost kid.
He waved his hand, trying to drive her away: "Where did you come from, kid? Go play somewhere else and don't disturb our business."
"Take out all the medicinal herbs in your shop, I want them all!" Lin Xiyan ignored the clerk and walked straight to the counter.
Only a cold sneer was heard, and the shopkeeper came over from the counter, as if mocking someone.
"Do you know how many medicinal herbs and pills I have in Huichuntang? You are so arrogant, little girl."
"Just give it to me. No need to waste time talking to me."
Lin Xiyan frowned in dissatisfaction. What kind of attitude is this? Who is she looking down on?
The shopkeeper thought the girl was playing tricks on him and angrily flicked his sleeves: "Hey, show me around."
"Girl, please."
"Wait." She slowly took out a gold ingot from her sleeve.
When the shopkeeper saw the glittering gold, his eyes widened.
The waiter changed his expression faster than turning the pages of a book and immediately brought the tea.
"Miss, please have some tea."
It's really weird. I didn't expect that the dirty little girl who looked like a beggar actually had a gold ingot on her. He could never earn so much in his lifetime. It's really infuriating.
The shopkeeper originally had a cold and disdainful look on his face, but in a moment, he changed to a bright and flattering smile: "Little girl, what medicinal herbs do you want?"
"All the medicinal herbs and pills in your shop must be delivered to me at Bailiang Bridge on Xizu River outside Fengyang County within two quarters of an hour."
"This... I wonder why the girl wants so many medicinal herbs?" The shopkeeper was very embarrassed. He stroked his beard, as if thinking.
"For my family's business needs, the convoy will pass by Bailiang Bridge to pick up medicinal herbs. I will give you one hundred taels of gold at that time."
Lin Xiyan took out two more gold bars from her sleeves.
"These three gold bars are the deposit." She placed the three gold bars on the table very generously.
"Okay! The girl is indeed generous and magnanimous, extraordinary. I will take this business."
The shopkeeper stared at the gold on the table, and became very excited at the thought of earning one hundred taels of gold later.
"Hurry up, the faster the better!" Lin Xiyan turned and left without forgetting to remind.
"Don't worry, young lady. I will deliver the goods myself then." The shopkeeper hurriedly asked his men to move the goods and count them.
After a while, Huichuntang hung up a sign and closed down.
Lin Xiyan was just about to go to Anyue Tower to find the fat yamen runner.
On the way, he was blocked by a young man who suddenly jumped out of the alley.
He almost staggered out from the corner of the street and fell in front of Lin Xiyan.
"Hey, why don't you look at the road when you walk?" Lin Xiyan was startled.
He raised his head and looked at Lin Xiyan, said "I'm sorry" with an apologetic look, and hurried away.
Just that quick glance and Lin Xiyan was frozen.
He seems... a little handsome! Then I'll reluctantly forgive you.
Then five or six young men rushed out of the alley and chased after the boy. After a while, they stopped the injured boy and cursed him mockingly:
"Little beggar, you still dare to run!"
"A bastard that no one wants!"
"Being alive is a waste of food!"
As they spoke, they swung the wooden sticks in their hands, which were as thick as their forearms, at the young man.
The young man curled up on the ground, with a fierce look in his eyes.
He was holding a homemade explosive in his hand at this time and was about to pull out the fuse to blow up those people.
Lin Xiyan hated this kind of dandy boy the most. "No way, in ancient times, you could still see a teenage Ba Ling!"
She picked up a few stones and threw them at them, hitting a young man in purple on the head.
He cursed loudly and then covered his head: "Who! How dare you secretly hurt this young master!"
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