Chapter 623 Tracking
Doctor Xiao Ji is certainly of poor character, and his medical skills are inferior to those of his father and the shopkeeper Lao Zheng, so he has to listen to them.
"We are doctors, so we should know that when someone needs help, no matter whether the doctor is old or young, male or female, as long as they can save lives, we must respect them." Doctor Ji stroked his beard and said, "I have noticed recently that the gentleman behind her probably doesn't see many patients."
Shopkeeper Old Zheng also nodded. The combined age of the two men was over a hundred years old, so they were naturally very smart. Scholars judge people by their handwriting, while doctors judge people by their prescriptions.
After reading the prescriptions written by the "gentleman" for so many days, the two of them also realized this.
So that gentleman is important, but Manbao with unlimited potential is also important.
In fact, after today, Manbao's position in the two people's minds has been slightly elevated. After all, she is young and has unlimited possibilities.
Shopkeeper Zheng turned his head and looked at Doctor Ji, who nodded slightly at him.
So the next day when Manbao said goodbye and left the pharmacy, someone followed him.
There were so many people on the street, and there were countless people walking in the same direction as Manbao, so not only Manbao, but even Keke didn't notice anything wrong. What's wrong? Isn't it possible that someone just happened to be going the same way as you and heading towards the provincial school?
It was not until it entered the bookstore and stayed inside for about half an hour and came out that Kokoca discovered that a very familiar person sitting in the corner followed it again. Only then did it confirm that the host was being followed.
"Did you follow me out of the pharmacy?" Manbao was surprised. "I don't have much money on me."
Koko scanned the other person and said, "It's not necessarily for money."
"Then why? Should I go home?" Manbao asked Keke in his heart while slowing down his pace. "How about we find a way to get rid of him?"
Before Keke could say anything, Manbao said distressedly, "That won't work. We just went to the bookstore and talked to the clerk for quite a while. He must have seen it too. The people at the bookstore knew us and even gave us books. If he asked them, he would definitely be able to find out."
Seeing that the host had thought of it, Koko remained silent.
Manbao hesitated for a moment, then turned around and headed out of Kangxue Street.
The person following her was stunned for a moment, then immediately followed.
Manbao walked out of Kangxue Street on his own two feet, turned around the main street, and went directly to the county government office.
Manbao walked straight into the county government office and happened to see the yamen runners about to finish their work and leave. They were stunned when they saw a little girl coming in with a basket on her back.
Manbao immediately pointed outside and said to them, "Brother officer, there's a bad guy outside who wants to take a picture of me and sell me. Go and arrest him."
When the yamen runners heard this, they looked outside and saw the young man who was standing far away looking up and met their gaze.
Just then, Manbao said, "He has been following me from Kangxue Street to here. He has been trying to catch me, but he never had the chance..."
As soon as the yamen runner saw the boy's eyes, he knew that he was staring at the girl, so he rolled up his sleeves and called his brothers, "Let's go!"
Five or six yamen runners rushed down like tigers descending the mountain.
The young man standing far away was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and turned around and ran away.
Manbao rushed out of the county government office and stood at the door to cheer them up. When County Magistrate Tang heard the noise and came out, he saw her jumping up and down. He looked up and saw several of his men chasing someone, who turned a corner and disappeared.
County Magistrate Tang: “…”
County Magistrate Tang stood silently behind her, waiting for her to calm down before asking, "What are you doing?"
Manbao was startled, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he turned around and saw County Magistrate Tang, "Keke, why didn't you remind me?"
"I didn't sense any ill intentions," Koko said, "and they weren't being sneaky."
People walked out openly, but if you were reminded of this, I guess your mind would be filled with reminders all day long.
Manbao thought so too, apologized to it, and then went to deal with County Magistrate Tang.
She followed Magistrate Tang into the county office, put down the small basket on her back, and told him about being followed. She said, "I don't know if he's a thief, a robber, or just a beggar, so I don't dare take him home."
"So you brought him to the county government office?" County Magistrate Tang stared.
Seeing him glaring, Manbao couldn't help but glare in surprise as well, "Isn't the county government office a place to catch bad guys? If you meet a bad guy, shouldn't you bring him to the county government office?" It saves you a lot of effort.
Magistrate Tang thought about it and actually felt that what she said made sense. He called over a bailiff who hadn't yet left the yamen and said, "Go and see if they've caught anyone. There are six of them. It's not like they can't catch even one person in broad daylight, right?"
The yamen runners who were delayed in leaving the yamen could only bow their heads and go out to work overtime.
Manbao and County Magistrate Tang drank two cups of tea. Just when she was about to take out some snacks from her backpack to eat, seven yamen runners came back with a young man.
The bailiffs' faces tensed and they were sweating profusely as they said, "Sir, this kid is really good at running. We chased him for two blocks before we caught him."
The young man who was caught looked even worse than them. His face turned pale, his legs were weak, and he almost fell to the ground.
In fact, he also knelt on the ground. After being pushed by the yamen runners, he knelt directly and cried out: "Sir, I really didn't do anything."
"Humph, you've been following me, trying to catch me, and you still dare to say you didn't do anything."
The young man shook his head. "No, no, I was just passing by. I, I don't know you, young lady. Why would I want to harm you? Young lady, you can't wrongly accuse me."
"I don't even know you, why would I wrongly accuse you?"
The young man was choked by Manbao and could only lower his head and sob.
County Magistrate Tang narrowed his eyes at him, and after a while, he waved his hand and said, "Take him away and lock him up in jail. Let him calm down and think about it overnight. We'll retry him tomorrow."
"yes."
Manbao didn't understand the trial, and since it was County Magistrate Tang's responsibility, she would not interfere. Although she wanted to know who the bad guy was and why he was following her, she still said nothing.
When County Magistrate Tang saw her obediently pick up the backpack, he smiled and said, "This place is not close to Kangxue Street. It will take quite a while to walk there. I'll have someone take you back."
Manbao was happy, "Thank you, Master Tang."
The yamen runners then looked at Man Bao carefully and said, "I was wondering why the young lady looked so familiar. It turned out to be you."
Manbao turned around and gave them a bright smile, saying, "Yes, yes, I've been to the county government office before, and the officers may have seen me. Oh, and I'm studying medicine in the pharmacy. If you get sick or have any bumps or injuries, come to me and I'll see you for free."
Yamen runners: ...
Shopkeeper Lao Zheng: What kind of trick is this?
PS: Good night
(End of this chapter)
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