Chapter 2806 What a coincidence
Zheng Gu returned to the backyard of the medical office, which had already been ransacked. Things were scattered everywhere, even quilts and other items had fallen to the ground.
Manager Zheng looked at it and frowned slightly. "The stove is cold, and even the room is cold. How can we live here?"
Shopkeeper Zheng Jiu also said, "Why don't you stay at my house first? Or go to Jishitang."
"No," Zheng Gu said, "The less involvement I have with Jishitang at this moment, the better."
"You come from the Zheng family, so there's no way you can sever your connection with Jishiditang," said the shopkeeper Zheng unhappily. "If we want to avoid being involved, we have to sever our relationship as father and son."
Zheng Gu said helplessly, "Dad, I live in the hospital and have less contact with Jishiditang. At least Jishiditang is not so conspicuous now."
Manager Zheng Jiu agreed, but he couldn't let them live in the hospital like that. He said, "I'll find some servants to clean up. Once the kitchen is heated up and the house is warmed up, we can move in."
After Shopkeeper Zheng Jiu left, Master Zheng Si stuffed the medicine box into Shopkeeper Zheng Da's hands and said, "Brother, apply the medicine to Zheng Gu."
Manager Zheng looked around and could only reluctantly light a brazier to apply medicine to Zheng Gu.
Zhou Man met Zheng Gu the day after he was released from prison. Coincidentally, Lord Yu and his men had also finished reading the case files and came to the Medical Bureau for investigation.
Zhou Man's carriage came from the north road, while Lord Yu and his group's carriage came from the south road. The two teams of carriages met in front of the medical office.
Lord Yu got off the carriage and was looking at the royal carriage that had just stopped in front of him with some doubt, when he saw the curtain being lifted and a very familiar-looking man came out with his back bent.
Mr. Yu: ...
Manbao bent down and came out, holding Xibing's hand. He looked up and saw Lord Yu and the others. He smiled and happily stepped down from the stool. He bowed and said, "What a coincidence! I didn't expect to meet Lord Yu and Lord Xia today."
Manbao glanced back and added, "There are also Imperial Doctor Lu and Imperial Doctor Xiao Tan."
Imperial Physician Lu and Imperial Physician Xiao Tan: ...We can't ignore them just because they are from the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Lord Yu felt a little headache and reminded him, "Lord Zhou, this case involves Zheng Gu. According to the rules, you have to hide yourself."
Manbao nodded and said, "Don't worry, I won't stop the investigation."
"If you need any help, you can come to me," she said with a smile, "I trust my disciples."
Lord Yu then tried to test the waters, saying, "If you say Lord Zheng has any intention, I don't quite believe it. But if we're not careful and introduce fake herbs..."
He paused and sighed, "This is actually understandable. After all, it's work. Who doesn't make mistakes sometimes?"
Manbao became serious and didn't say that Zheng Gu was definitely right. After all, she hadn't met Zheng Gu yet, nor had she seen the batch of fake herbs. She just stated a fact, "When it comes to identifying herbs, Zheng Gu could be a graduate student of the Imperial Medical Bureau's pharmacy department. His ability is even better than mine."
Lord Yu's eyes flickered slightly, and he turned his head to look at Lord Xia.
Lord Xia simply turned his head to look at Doctor Lu who was standing beside him, "What does Doctor Lu think?"
Doctor Lu nodded and said, "Zheng Gu's family has a long history of medical knowledge. He worked as a small shopkeeper at Jishitang for a few years. He is indeed very knowledgeable about medicinal herbs, and is no worse than us old doctors. And because his family runs a pharmacy, he is also more skilled in preparing medicinal herbs than we are."
Lord Yu said, "Let's go in. Lord Zheng must be waiting anxiously."
Someone went up and knocked on the door, but it turned out that the door of the hospital was not closed at all and opened directly with a push.
The Medical Bureau was not like the county government, which was run by wealthy families. The Imperial Medical Bureau was backed by the emperor's treasury and was not very rich. The Ministry of Revenue was also very stingy with them. Therefore, when the local medical bureau was first established, they would give priority to choosing a more suitable place from the local official assets to convert into a medical bureau.
If you don’t have it, then buy land and build a house or buy a house.
The Luoyang Medical Bureau was a three-courtyard medical bureau selected from official assets.
This was a house that was reclaimed by the county government during a property raid. It would normally be put up for sale, but for some reason it was never sold.
The location of this place is good, with a wide street in front. Luoyang is divided into inner and outer cities. This place is right in the outer city, but it is just around an intersection to enter the inner city.
The place is in the outer city, so there are many poor people to deal with.
This house has a spacious courtyard after entering the gate. There are only two trees and many chairs and stools scattered in the yard. Lord Yu and his companions paused. Although many things were knocked over, the original layout could still be seen.
Zheng Gu had obviously arranged many chairs and stools in the yard, probably for patients who came to see a doctor to sit on.
There was a long table in the corridor, with some cups and plates lying on the ground. Lord Yu lowered his eyes and took a look, and saw some yellow soup in the quilt, which should be medicine or tea for keeping warm.
After passing through the hanging flower gate, you will enter the inner courtyard and the main house and two wings on the left and right.
Most of the doors were open, and the east wing was open, revealing rows of medicine cabinets. They could smell a faint medicinal aroma before they even entered.
Zhou Man frowned when he saw the counter was in a mess. He walked around the counter and opened the medicine cabinet. He saw that it was empty except for some medicine residues that had not been collected yet. He pushed the medicine cabinet back in anger.
Lord Yu and Lord Xia also frowned.
The east wing was connected to become a pharmacy, while the west wing was divided into small rooms. When you push the door open, you will see that the room is divided into two. There are very few things inside, two beds, a table and four stools on each side, nothing else.
Zhou Man, Imperial Physician Lu and Imperial Physician Xiao Tan knew at a glance that this was a ward, and explained the same to Lord Yu and Lord Xia.
Lord Yu seemed to be lost in thought. "So the medical department will still accept patients?"
Zhou Man said nonchalantly, "Some patients are seriously ill and cannot be moved for the time being, so they can only stay in the hospital."
Lord Yu nodded.
The lobby of the main house is still there, probably used for banquets. The doors of the rooms on the left and right sides have been removed, and only curtains with signs hanging on them are left.
After taking a look, Master Yu asked, "Aside from Master Zheng, are there two other doctors in this medical office?"
Doctor Lu explained, "The local medical bureau's affairs are complex and cumbersome, and he alone is not enough. If the Imperial Medical Bureau does not assign him enough doctors, he has the right to recruit doctors from the local area."
Lord Yu nodded, and Lord Xia pointed to a sign on the side and said, "This is the chief pharmacist. He is also a clerk in the medical department. Where did he go?"
When Doctor Lu saw him looking at him, he said bluntly, "How would I know?"
They came together, ask him?
Shouldn’t we ask County Magistrate Luo?
Lord Yu coughed lightly and said, "Let's take a look at the back. Lord Zheng should be living in the backyard of the hospital."
The third row further back is the residence for medical officials and their families.
There was a small door at the back of the main house. The door was very thick and locked tightly. Lord Yu pushed it and found that the door was locked from the inside and outside, which meant that they could not go to the back from here.
They looked at each other awkwardly, as if they had come to the wrong place.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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