Chapter 1161 Security
Manbao took the basket listlessly and asked, "What are Fifth Brother and the others busy with at home?"
The officer didn't let them talk any more and shouted, "Take the things and leave quickly. Do you think this is your home?"
Bai Shan and Man Bao thought silently: It will be soon.
Zhou Lijun waved at them and shouted, "Fifth uncle and the others didn't write to tell the family, so don't worry, aunt."
The Minister of Justice checked their baskets and saw that they were all filled with big buns, so he waved his hand and let them take them in.
Seeing their listless expressions, he said unhappily, "Don't act like we've wronged you. We in the Ministry of Justice don't want to detain you yet."
Manbao and his friends understood why the Minister of Justice said that just after they finished dinner. Manbao was giving acupuncture to two patients when they heard a noise outside. They immediately left the bed covered with needles and ran to the prison door to listen.
Then a sharp voice outside shouted, "Tao Yi, how dare you disregard the Empress Dowager's order?"
"Minister Feng said that unless the three (high-ranking officials) come in person, or there is a handwritten letter from the three adults and the decree of His Majesty, no one can see them. I hope that the eunuch will forgive me."
"But why did we hear that the Bai family members could enter and exit the prison as if it were no one's business? They came and went as they pleased?"
"Eunuch, you must have misheard. The Bai family only delivered something here, but we didn't see them. We have to check everything that comes in, and only if there are no problems can we hand it over to the people in the prison. Eunuch, you didn't see anyone, but if you want to send something to the prison, we can also deliver it on your behalf..."
The sound gradually became lower, and Manbao and the others had to listen hard to hear it vaguely.
The two men who were tugging at the prison door couldn't help but look at each other and whispered, "I wonder if this Minister of Justice can stop him."
"So his name is Tao Yi. That's a good name. We can definitely stop him."
Xiang Mingxue and Xiang Chao, unable to move: ...
Xiang Chao coughed lightly and lowered his voice to ask, "Doctor Zhou, can we remove the needles now?"
Manbao glanced at the time in the system and said without turning his head: "No, it's still early, you should get some sleep first."
The noise outside gradually died down. The two waited for a long time but no one came in to explain things to them.
The two men stood up, looked at each other, shrugged, and walked over to check the needles stuck in the Xiang brothers' bodies. They sighed together and said, "It seems that we are all safer in prison."
Manbao checked the time and pulled out the needle from Xiang Chao's body, saying, "But if you don't get out now and the medicine doesn't come in, you'll run out of medicine."
Xiang Chao immediately said, "Then don't give me the medicine. Give it all to the Second Young Master."
Xiang Mingxue's expression changed, "No!"
Bai Shan was not in a hurry. He took a book and said, "People outside will be worried about these things. Let's just stay in jail honestly."
They were really honest. From tonight onwards, the four of them were particularly well-behaved in the cell. They never took the initiative to cause trouble for the officers and even paid them every day to help add water to the cell.
Although life in prison was inconvenient, Zhou Lijun would deliver food to the prison every day. She couldn't get in at the moment, so she could only ask the officer Tao Yi to deliver it.
The advantage of the servants was that every time Zhou Lijun came, he would bring two baskets of food. The rich basket was for the servants, and the light and monotonous basket was for Manbao and the others.
The food Zhou Liulang prepared for them was very simple. It was either noodles that they could make themselves, or large white steamed buns with refreshing vegetables that could be eaten after heating up. The vegetables were high in oil and low in water.
But the four people in the cell ate with gusto and had good appetites.
Of course, there have always been people who want to come in to see them, or take them out for interrogation, but basically, except for Wei Zhi and others, no one has been able to break through the gates of the Ministry of Justice's prison to come in to see them, or bring them out for interrogation.
Last night was the most thrilling moment. The four men in jail were clinging to the cell door and could even hear the sound of weapons clashing outside. At that moment, their hearts were all lifted high.
There was chaos outside for a long time, and finally they heard the roar of Minister Feng, and the noise gradually died down.
But none of the three people clinging to the prison door moved.
Manbao was stunned. "Who is so brave as to rush into the prison with weapons?"
Bai Shan's face looked a little unhappy. "I wonder how grandma and sir are doing."
Xiang Mingxue, the only one sitting on the kang, sneered, "This is what the rich and powerful are like."
There was silence in the cell.
Manbao swallowed and said, "But we weren't taken out either, right?"
So they still have the upper hand now?
Xiang Chao was now able to walk. He supported his waist and limped back to the kang, lying down. He sighed and said, "It seems that the prison is still safe."
It was indeed safe in prison. Wei Zhi finally got the emperor's handwritten letter and handed it to Shangshu Feng. Then Man Bao could write a prescription for Zhou Lijun, who would buy the medicine from Jishidiang and send it to Tianlao.
During this journey, Zhou Lijun did not rely on anyone else, and he had Daji's protection along the way. Jishidiang was also trustworthy, so nothing should go wrong.
But Manbao still found something wrong with the medicine he delivered for the third time. Knowing that many people wanted to kill them, Manbao would pick up the medicine himself every time he boiled the medicine, open the medicine bag, and then weigh out the appropriate amount of medicine with a small scale.
Manbao felt something was wrong when she picked up a herb. She sniffed it and found the scent to be the same, yet different. She compared them again and didn't find any major problems. However, she felt that the prepared aconite in her hand was not right. Finally, she asked Keke for confirmation. "They look similar in appearance, but the preparation methods must be different. Some of them are poisonous."
Manbao was amazed. As she picked out the Aconitum that she thought was wrong, she said, "No wonder Shopkeeper Zheng always says that medicine is important. They really are important."
Bai Shan came closer curiously and said, "Isn't that nonsense? Of course it's important for the medicine to enter the body."
"You don't understand," Manbao shook his head and said, "Scholars look down on doctors, doctors implicitly look down on herbalists, and herbalists oppress herbal farmers. I've always found it strange. They just do different things, so why do they look down on each other?"
Xiang Mingxue said as a matter of course: "Isn't it normal that their status is different?"
Bai Shan looked at him in confusion, "Is this normal?"
The three of them looked at each other, and Xiang Mingxue frowned, "Isn't this normal?"
Xiang Chao said with a headache: "Shouldn't we be discussing the poisoning now? Who poisoned our medicine?"
Manbao picked out all the Aconitum that she thought was poisonous, and then asked Koko to check it. She said nonchalantly, "What's there to discuss? Of course it was planted by someone who wanted to kill us."
Bai Shan nodded. "That's right. How can we investigate with so many people? As long as the case of King Yizhou is settled, we will be safe. We can just hand this over to Minister Feng later."
Xiang Chao quickly looked at Xiang Mingxue.
Who knew that Xiang Mingxue also nodded and did not think that this matter needed to be investigated.
Xiang Chao: ...Why can't he understand their thoughts?
The next update will be around 4:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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