Chapter 625: Stealing a Disciple
The young man kneeling on the ground recounted the whole story with tears and snot. The shopkeeper Zheng and Doctor Ji who were sitting beside him looked very embarrassed.
But no matter how awkward it was, they had to sit quietly.
Manbao's eyes gradually widened.
Actually, it was the shopkeeper, Old Zheng, who wanted to know where Manbao lived and who else lived in his family...
He wanted to find out more information about her, but who would have thought that such a smart man would often do such inquiries, but in the end he was led directly to the gate of the yamen by a young lady?
The two men, who were over a hundred years old in total and had skins as thick as city walls, lowered their heads slightly under Manbao's gaze, feeling quite ashamed.
Manbao watched them get tangled up, and he tried to hold it back, but he couldn't help it. "Boss, if you want to know where my home is, just ask me directly. Why did you send someone to follow me? I was really scared to death yesterday."
County Magistrate Tang, who was sitting at the top, was drinking tea from his cup. Upon hearing this, he almost spit out the tea in his mouth.
What a shock! He was so excited and screaming yesterday.
He put down his teacup and decided not to drink it for the time being.
Manbao started to chatter, "I live in Kangxue Street now. Do you want to visit my house? My husband originally wanted to find time to invite you to a restaurant for dinner. In fact, it's not bad to come to my house. Aunt Rong's cooking skills are very good..." and it saves money.
"You didn't ask me, so I didn't tell you. I came to Yizhou City to study. This is my husband. I have two junior brothers, a niece, and an aunt named Rong Daji at home. My fourth brother has been traveling back and forth to deliver things, so he's not home often..."
Shopkeeper Old Zheng and Doctor Ji stared blankly at Manbao. County Magistrate Tang lowered his head to suppress a laugh. After shaking his shoulders, he raised his head and asked, "Do you want to settle this privately?"
"Let's settle it privately, let's settle it privately," Manbao responded immediately. After thinking for a moment, he said, "There's no need to settle it privately. Since it's a misunderstanding, let's just resolve it."
Shopkeeper Zheng and Doctor Ji looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
County Magistrate Tang nodded and said, "Alright, then you can go out and pay the fine and leave."
Manbao tilted his head, "Fine?"
"Oh," County Magistrate Tang corrected himself, "It's the money he spent on food last night. The county government has limited expenses, so we can't provide people with accommodation and food for free."
The kneeling young man wants to cry. Does he want to go in?
He did get whipped twice last night, but other than that he didn't even have a sip of water to drink.
Shopkeeper Old Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, thanked him repeatedly and went to pay the fine, oh no, it was the food and lodging fees.
County Magistrate Tang didn't give them a hard time about this blunder. He waited until Shopkeeper Old Zheng and his companions had gone to the front to handle paperwork, leaving only him and Master Manbao and his apprentice in the back hall. Then, nodding at his teacup, he asked with a smile, "I wonder what you have that would cause the shopkeeper of the prestigious Jishidi Hall to send someone after you."
Manbao scratched her head, looked at her husband, and said guiltily, "Because of you, sir?"
Mr. Zhuang glanced at her, then smiled at Magistrate Tang and said, "There's some misunderstanding here. Manager Zheng and Doctor Ji are just interested in talent."
County Magistrate Tang asked meaningfully, "Is it out of love for talent or out of love for wealth?"
Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "My disciple has a clean family background. His family has been working hard for generations. We can't say that he has much wealth, but he is just smart and clever. So naturally, I love his talent."
County Magistrate Tang nodded slightly. He had fulfilled his duty of reminding Mr. Zhuang, and it was obvious that Mr. Zhuang had understood. In that case, there was no need for him to hold on to it.
He nodded slightly to Manbao and said, "They can leave after paying the fine. If you encounter something like this again in the future, just send the person to the county government office. If you can't catch them, just call the yamen runners."
Manbao agreed, carried his book box, and said goodbye to his teacher obediently.
The master and the disciple walked slowly towards the front hall. When they reached an open area, Mr. Zhuang stopped, reached out and touched her forehead, saying, "Be quiet for a while and let me take over."
Manbao nodded repeatedly. She was still confused. "Why did Shopkeeper Zheng send someone to follow me?"
Mr. Zhuang did not answer her, but he already had a guess in his mind.
After hearing the confession, he went over what Manbao had reported during this period. When he thought about the behavior of the shopkeeper Zheng and Doctor Ji just now, it was not difficult to guess what they were thinking.
In Manbao's heart, Mr. Zhuang has always been his only true master.
Teacher Mo was visible but not tangible. Their formal communication was even conducted through emails. They had a deep relationship, but it was definitely not as close as Mr. Zhuang, who was with her day and night and taught her everything.
Mr. Zhuang had a wide range of interests. He studied Confucianism and was more fond of Taoism. Naturally, he had also read medical books. It can be said that what he learned was very complicated.
So he could teach Manbao a little bit about everything. Therefore, when Manbao was very young, when there was no teaching room yet, he would often take the medical books with plant engravings to Mr. Zhuang for advice.
Later, Manbao formally studied medicine, and she would occasionally discuss medical knowledge with Mr. Zhuang.
The apprentice found a job in a pharmacy. Although it was just an internship, Mr. Zhuang didn't show it on his face, but he was still very worried. So every day when he came back, she would tell him what she learned in the pharmacy, any strange diseases she encountered, or any strange patients she watched.
Mr. Zhuang would also listen very carefully and then use examples to teach her some principles of how to behave in society.
So Mr. Zhuang didn't dare to say that he knew everything that Manbao did in the pharmacy, but he knew at least 70% of it.
Don’t say they were looking for the “Mr.” behind her. If they wanted to find him, they would have sent people to follow her some time ago.
They didn't look for her at that time, mostly because they were afraid of and respected the "Mr." behind her.
If you are looking for him now, I am afraid that he is not only looking for "Mr.", but also for Manbao.
Or perhaps it was because of her brain and talent for studying medicine.
To be honest, Manbao's talent in medicine was so amazing that even Mr. Zhuang was amazed.
Just by relying on those medical books, she managed to learn them all by herself. She had memorized all the names and properties of the herbs without even having seen them before.
It was precisely this talent that made Mr. Zhuang dare not stop her from doing anything related to medicine, for fear of delaying her.
So when she wanted to pick wild grasses and flowers along the way, Mr. Zhuang would stop and let her do it; when she occasionally encountered someone with a strange personality who wanted to use a tiger skin to feel their pulse, he would reluctantly let her use that tiger skin...
Mr. Zhuang had no idea that there was a Ke Ke in Manbao's mind, and he had no idea that there was a teaching room in Ke Ke, and that there was a Dr. Mo in the teaching room.
He only knew that Manbao used his spare time to memorize medicine books and medical books, and practiced acupuncture here and there, and he managed to learn all those medical books.
They wanted to snatch this disciple from him, or even this person!
This was Mr. Zhuang’s first perception after learning about the whole thing, so he became alert.
He didn't mind Manbao having more teachers to teach her, but stealing people away was too much.
So when he met Shopkeeper Lao Zheng and the others at the door again, Mr. Zhuang gave them a distant but polite smile.
The next update will be around 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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