Feng Qingzi was secretly shocked, but quickly calmed down. Weidong was not a cultivator, and no matter how profound his skills were, it was impossible to tell that he had taken over Lao Wu's body.
"Manager Wei, what's the matter?" The boss turned around and asked with a smile.
Feng Qingzi turned around as the boss did, deliberately subduing his edge and pretending to be simple and honest. But Wei Dong's eyes darted back and forth across his face, and his heart began to beat fast.
That shouldn't be the case. This old man is not from Southeast Asia. How can he see anything with his mortal eyes?
"This guy looks unfamiliar, where is he from?" Wei Dong said coldly. The eldest brother laughed, "My fifth brother, just came back from outside." Wei Dong looked Feng Qingzi up and down again, "What were you doing outside?" Before the eldest brother could speak, Feng Qingzi followed his example and laughed, "I was hiding from my creditors and went out to hide for a month."
Weidong then remembered that he had seen Laowu at the ancestral hall when he first arrived. He was beaten black and blue. He squatted on the ground with a large bowl in his hand and ate rice in big mouthfuls, gnashing his teeth in pain from time to time.
His brows relaxed. They had all retired last night when someone from the Dingzihao arrived overnight to report that there was activity at Prince Zhao's palace, that someone had arrived from the capital. Early that morning, a horse-drawn carriage had left the palace. The Dingzihao agent followed it to the south gate of Jin County, only to find it stopped and the driver gone. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Dingzihao agent dispatched a peasant woman to lift the carriage curtain and ask the occupants if they wanted to buy any mountain produce.
According to the peasant woman, there was only a burly young farmer in the cart, and the Dingzihao driver stopped following after the driver came around. But later, the Dingzihao driver suddenly remembered a detail he had overlooked: the driver had changed, and when they left the palace, the driver was a middle-aged man in his forties.
Since the people from the Ding family followed the carriage all the way from the Zhao Palace to the south gate of Jin County, a distance of only ten miles, no one was seen getting off the carriage along the way. However, the carriage stopped for a while on the road, and the people who followed did not dare to get too close for fear of being exposed. Later, thinking back on it, they felt that something was amiss, so they went to the Zhao Palace to inquire.
After inquiring, they learned that the driver had not returned yet. The people from Dingzihao thought something was wrong and, in accordance with Huo Jincheng's instructions to report every detail, they braved the cold and came to report overnight.
The fact that Prince Zhao had not left the palace for a month was also reported.
Prince Zhao wasn't someone who could stay in the palace for even a month or so. Huo Jincheng and Wei Dong both took this matter very seriously, so Huo Jincheng returned to Jin County early this morning. Wei Dong, on seeing Old Five, Feng Qingzi's incarnation, naturally became more cautious.
"Manager Wei, if there is nothing else, we will go to work." The boss said again, bending over.
Weidong waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and do your best."
Feng Qingzi chuckled in his heart. He was determined to do a good job and catch them all in one fell swoop!
Halfway down the mountain.
The old man's body gradually became stiff, and the young boy finally believed that his grandfather could not be resurrected. He wiped his tears, ran to the clinic, and knelt down in front of Jian Ning.
"I'll tell you everything. I just ask the miracle doctor to show mercy and help me bury my grandfather. Qiaofeng is willing to work like a slave to repay the miracle doctor's kindness..."
The young boy turned out to be a girl named Qiaofeng, who told Jian Ning the whole story. She told him that a one-eyed man had found them, bought them new clothes, and even gave her grandfather a pill to fake his death. She said that as long as her grandfather went to the clinic and secretly took the pill, she would then firmly say that it was Jian Ning who killed him, and they would not have to worry about anything else.
"That villain promised us that he would only capture the miracle doctor and make him suffer for a few days. He would release him when my grandfather resurrected him. Otherwise, my grandfather would not have agreed to his promise. We are not evil people, we really are not, and we don't want to harm the miracle doctor's life. It was that villain who deceived us, he deceived us!"
"Why, why? We have no grudge against him, why would he want to kill my grandfather..."
Qiaofeng fell to the ground and burst into tears.
"You believed him just because he said so. Who can you blame? They say you shouldn't have the intention to harm others, but you should always be on guard against them. If you hadn't harbored greed, how could you have lost your life for nothing?"
Jian Ning sighed secretly and looked at Qiao Feng who was crying loudly. Suddenly, she had an idea. This girl was not a bad person by nature. She had taken her grandfather's pulse before. It seemed that she knew some medical skills?
"Don't cry yet. Let me ask you, have you ever studied medicine? Do you know anything about herbs?"
Qiao Feng raised her head, looked at Jian Ning with tears in her eyes, and asked uncertainly, "Doctor, do you want to teach me medical skills?"
After asking, she kowtowed three times to Jian Ning.
"Qiaofeng thanks Master. Qiaofeng will study hard and will never let Master down!"
Jian Ning's lips curled slightly. "You're quite clever. Don't rush to call me Master. Who did you learn from? How long have you been studying? How many herbs can you identify? Tell me slowly, and don't lie."
"Yes." Qiao Feng wiped her tears and straightened up. "I never had a master, nor did I learn from anyone. I learned it on my own in Yishengtang. My grandfather and I begged outside Yishengtang every day. When I had nothing to do, I would pay attention to what was going on inside and peek at the herbs on the counter. Then, I would go up the mountain with my grandfather to pick herbs and sell them to them. They also taught me how to identify some herbs."
She then recited a string of herbal names in one breath: "Chen Yan, Bai Ying, Chan Yi, Su Mu, Sichuan cypress, Ma Iris, Yun Ling, Tian Dong, Bletilla striata, Arisaema, Guan Zhong, Cabbage, Honeysuckle, Indigo, Indigo, etc...."
As if she were counting treasures, Jian Ning randomly checked the effects of a few herbs. She asked about Mulan, and Qiaofeng replied, "It can clear away heat and detoxify, cool the blood and stop bleeding." She then asked about Asparagus cochinchinensis, and Qiaofeng replied, "Asparagus cochinchinensis is cold in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste, and can nourish yin, clear heat, moisten the lungs and nourish the kidneys."
Jane Ning asked her several questions and she answered them fluently. Then Jane Ning told her the name of the medicine and asked her to find it on the counter. She was able to find it quickly and accurately and tell her the effect.
He is a good candidate for studying medicine.
"Did you learn all this secretly?"
"Yes, whenever someone comes to see a doctor or get medicine, I listen attentively. I often sell them herbs, and if I don't understand something, I ask them. If they have time, they are willing to teach me."
Qiao Feng lowered her eyelids, was silent for a moment, and then continued, "The reason we agreed to Duyan wasn't entirely out of greed. My grandfather wanted to use the money to send me to Yishengtang as an apprentice. But who would have thought...
She covered her face and started crying again.
"Don't cry, I'll ask my daughter to call someone to help you bury your grandfather."
Outsiders are not allowed to be buried in the mountains behind Dingjia Village. They can only be buried in Guanshan, which is a hill that has not been sold by the government and is mostly a barren place with rocks.
Fortunately, Qiaofeng was not picky and just wanted a place for her grandfather to be buried. Jian Ning also asked Mr. Ding San to go to the town to buy a thin coffin and help Qiaofeng bury her grandfather.
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