Chapter 2224: Revealing Identity
Da Yu and his friends came back quickly with the medicinal herbs.
After the housekeeper heard them explain it in detail again, he narrowed his eyes and said, "Go ask Ah Man to come over and ask him."
Ah Man was the only doctor in the town. He ran a very small pharmacy that specialized in selling medicines for injuries, colds, and fevers. The town was very small, and Ah Man's pharmacy was next to the mayor's house, so he was quickly invited.
"Ah Man, check to see if this Baoji Pill is real or fake."
Ah Man glanced at the pills stuffed in his hand and blurted out, "How should I know? Are there fake pills? Don't you ask clearly when you buy medicine?"
Housekeepers: ...
Ah Man looked at them and asked, "Did you steal this?"
"No," the butler said sullenly, "I bought it!"
Da Yu, standing nearby, was already shouting, "We bought these with real money from the merchants. They said they were Baoji Pills, and the boss even had someone write something on them. We bought five boxes, and we ate three, so there are only two left."
Ah Man looked at it for a long time, but couldn't make out anything, so he said, "How can I tell? It's already like this, I can't even tell what medicinal ingredients it's made of."
Heavy Rain couldn't help but murmur, "But people can see it."
Ah Man looked at him and said, "Ask whoever figured it out."
Don't think he doesn't know that he had an argument with someone at the inn.
Da Yu was angry and turned to look at the housekeeper.
The butler was silent for a moment, and finally went to find the mayor with the things in his arms.
The mayor was practicing swordplay in the back, and the smile on his face fell when he heard what the butler said.
The housekeeper said, "Master, two years ago, I sent someone to Yumen Pass. On the way back, Xiao Shiba suffered from acclimatization problems. He took two boxes of this medicine, but he got worse and worse, and died when he returned to the town. If this isn't Baoji Pills, then what did we give Xiao Shiba?"
The mayor gritted his teeth, clenched the knife in his hand, and placed it on the knife rack with a clang. He turned and said, "Go to the inn and find them and ask them clearly!"
The steward didn't move, and the mayor realized that this time the guest wasn't the merchant from before, but an official appointed by the imperial court. He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said, "Bring your things, and we'll go there ourselves."
The housekeeper responded and turned to pack up. Of course, they didn't go empty-handed.
The housekeeper thought for a moment and asked Dayu to pick up some medicinal herbs that looked good as an apology. He then said, "Bring two more baskets of melons. If you have any vegetables, bring some as well."
Heavy Rain: "...Butler, isn't that too shabby? Can you at least give me a leg of lamb?"
The housekeeper gave him a sidelong glance and said, "The lamb is getting fat right now, and we're reluctant to eat it, so why would we give it the leg?"
He added, "You don't know that rich people don't care about meat, they only care about vegetables."
Now that the weather is getting warmer, it is the time when the town has the most vegetables. The soil and water in the vegetable fields by the lake are good, and one crop grows after another after the harvest, so vegetables are not expensive now.
There was nothing we could do due to the heavy rain, so we had to go to the backyard and get out two baskets of melons.
The housekeeper asked him to go with him, but Dayu shook his head and said, "It's too embarrassing. I just had an argument with someone."
"You must go," the butler said seriously, "and you will have to admit your mistakes later. Otherwise, how will the master talk to others?"
heavy rain:……
As soon as Manbao entered the yard, he said, "Let's wash up first. After breakfast, we'll go to the town for a walk and take a look at the medicine shop here."
Zhou Liru asked, "Auntie, they deliberately placed the herbs in front of our door, right? What's their intention? Do they want us to slap them in the face?"
Manbao said uncertainly, "Maybe he wants to sell medicine to us?"
Bai Shan had already come out of his misunderstanding and said, "They may not know that you are doctors."
Bai Erlang was a little angry. "Who is it that came here to trick us? If we didn't have Manbao and Liru, wouldn't we have been tricked?"
Yin Huo said, "They were able to occupy the stall in front of the door as soon as they arrived. Who else could it be besides the mayor's people? Wait a moment, maybe there will be other things later."
So everyone went to wash up and get ready.
Manbao and his friends were sitting in the lobby having breakfast. Halfway through, there was a knock on the courtyard door. The guard came in to announce, "Miss Man, the mayor is here."
Manbao nodded and said, "Please ask him to come in."
Bai Erlang asked, "Do you want to go to the lake and ask the master to come back?"
Manbao shook his head: "No need, just invite General Nie over."
If a fight breaks out, General Nie will be more useful than you, sir. If there is no fight, they can solve it themselves.
The mayor looked to be in his forties, very strong and energetic. Manbao looked him up and down and stood still on the steps.
The mayor looked at her for a moment, then looked away and realized that there were six young men standing on the steps, and Mr. Zhuang, whom he had met yesterday, was not there.
That would have been fine, but the person standing in the middle was actually a girl, which was a bit beyond his expectations.
This time Manbao didn't speak first, and Bai Shan, who was standing next to him, didn't say anything either. Bai Erlang and others behind him just stood there watching with sparkling eyes, looking a bit gloating.
The mayor frowned slightly, thinking that these teenagers were rude, but he didn't want to speak first and appear weak.
The guards sensed something was amiss and were about to speak when Lieutenant General Nie hurried over from the next room and called out, "Master Zhou—ah, it's the mayor."
General Nie held an official position, so the mayor couldn't bring himself to confront him. Therefore, he smiled and turned around, "General Nie, I've brought this kid of mine to apologize."
He glanced sideways at Zhou Man and the others, his smile faint. "These boys of mine are ignorant. They heard that the guests at the inn are very generous, so they took some herbs from the warehouse and sold them. Although they violated the rules of our mansion, they did not mean any harm to the guests. But when I got back, I heard people talking about them. Some people said that they were selling fake medicine."
He said, "I thought I'd come over and take a look. It would be great if the misunderstanding was resolved. Otherwise..."
He tilted his head to look at Zhou Man and Bai Shan, and said with a half-smile, "But now it seems that the kids have some misunderstandings about us."
Lieutenant Nie's eyes flickered as he looked up at Zhou Man. Seeing her still standing quietly on the steps, he smiled and said, "The mayor has misunderstood. Our Lord Zhou is not a stingy person. He is just a little too serious when it comes to medicine."
The mayor was slightly startled. He followed his gaze and looked at Zhou Man for a moment before saying, "Master Zhou?"
Manbao nodded at him, glanced at the heavy rain, turned around and said, "Mayor, please come in."
The mayor's news was a little delayed, and he paused for a long time before following up, but he was wondering in his heart, when did the court have female officials?
Could it be that he came out of the palace?
The mayor felt a little disdainful and looked down on people who came out of the palace, but he didn't say anything.
As soon as General Nie saw his expression, he knew that he didn't recognize Zhou Man and might not even have heard of her. He went to look at Bai Shan and happened to see Bai Shan nodding slightly at him, so General Nie followed her in with a smile.
After entering, he introduced them to both parties, "Mayor, this is our chief officer on this trip, Mr. Zhou, the editor of Chongwenguan and the imperial physician of the Imperial Hospital. Mr. Zhou, this is the mayor of this town."
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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