Chapter 502 Doctor Li
When Doctor Li heard that no one had been caught, he felt relieved. He said in embarrassment, "What should we do now? There's not a single drop of medicine left in the pharmacy. It's so late, and all the pharmacies outside are closed."
What he meant was that it wasn't that he didn't want to get the medicine, but that there was nowhere to get it. Whatever happened to the head of the Lin family had nothing to do with him.
Aunt Zhang wiped her tears, thought for a moment, and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Doctor Li to go to the Zhao residence."
After all, Aunt Zhang was an old woman who followed the eldest lady. She was not as panicked as the little maids when something happened. She calmed down quickly and thought about the Zhao Mansion.
The Zhao Mansion is near the Lin Mansion, not far away, and it only takes an incense stick of time to walk there.
Doctor Li glanced at Aunt Zhang. This old woman was quite clever. He sighed and said, "Well, I'll go right away."
As for whether he, a doctor from the Lin Mansion, could knock on the door of the Zhao Mansion, that was hard to say.
Anyway, he didn't want to save the life of the head of the Lin family. Of course, the head of the Lin family would not die, but his anger and heartache hurt his lungs. If he didn't take medicine in time, he would develop a chronic illness in the future and die prematurely.
The head of the Lin family was in his forties, so his death was not premature.
Aunt Zhang nodded and went back to report.
Doctor Li also hurried out and headed towards Zhao's house.
After going out, Doctor Li dragged himself to the door of Zhao's house, then went up to it breathlessly and started knocking on the door.
The Zhao residence's doorman opened the corner door and saw an old man knocking on the door. He immediately got angry and said, "You're knocking on the door so late at night. Don't you know you're looking for death? Don't you even know where you are?"
Doctor Li pretended to be anxious and said, "Young man, I am the court physician of the Lin Mansion. Something happened at the Lin Mansion, and I just came to the Zhao Mansion to borrow some medicinal herbs."
"Borrow medicinal herbs? Are you joking? If such a big Lin Mansion has no medicinal herbs, are you here to cheat me, old man?"
The doorman didn't know Doctor Li and didn't believe that the Lin Mansion had no medicinal herbs.
If the Lin family, one of the four major families, has no medicinal herbs, then there probably are no medicinal herbs in the capital.
Isn't that a joke? Which of the four major families' pharmacies has fewer and more complete medicinal materials than the Imperial Medical Bureau?
The doorman didn't believe it at all and chased Doctor Li away.
"You old man, you're talking nonsense. Get out of here now. Don't make trouble here. I might break your legs."
Doctor Li lamented, "Young man, what I said is true. The Lin Mansion was robbed tonight, and all the herbs in the pharmacy were taken away. Now our master is so angry that he vomited blood and fainted. The pharmacies outside are all closed. I had no choice but to come to the Zhao Mansion to borrow some herbs. I will return them at dawn tomorrow."
The doorman was even more unconvinced by what Doctor Li said. How could the Lin Mansion be robbed that even the medicinal herbs were not spared? How could there be a thief who steals medicinal herbs? Besides, the Lin Mansion was heavily guarded and normally not even a fly could fly in. How could such a thief be humiliated?
The more the doorman thought of Doctor Li, the more he thought of him. He must have some other purpose for knocking on the door of Zhao's house in the middle of the night.
The doorman raised his leg and kicked Doctor Li, shouting, "Get lost! Do you think anyone will believe what you say?"
No one believed it. The doorman cursed and slammed the door.
Doctor Li dodged the doorman's kick, quickly took a few steps back, almost spraining his waist, then turned and left.
After walking a dozen steps, he turned around and smiled at Zhao Fu. What he said was true anyway, and it was not his fault that he could not borrow the medicinal herbs.
Doctor Li hurried back to the Lin Mansion, calmed down his emotions, and then went to the courtyard of the head of the Lin family.
At this time, the Lin family was in chaos.
There are five branches in the Lin family. The head of the Lin family is the eldest and also the legitimate son. Master Lin Wu is the fifth, the youngest and also the illegitimate son.
Lin Haobei is a bastard son of the second branch of the Lin family.
Of the five Lin brothers, except for the head of the Lin family, the other four brothers have gone out on business. Now, only a few family members are left in the Lin family.
Now the families of each branch were crying and wailing. They had all gone to see why the study of the head of the Lin family was burned, but they couldn't figure out the reason, so they all returned to their own courtyards.
It was only after returning to his yard that he discovered that his yard had been robbed. The yard seemed to have been swept clean, with nothing left.
When the housekeeper learned about it, he hurriedly sent people to check each room, but he himself walked away.
When the servants saw what happened, none of them was not frightened and they hurried back to report to the housekeeper.
The housekeeper was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot.
It's unbelievable that the entire Lin Mansion was robbed in such a short time.
The butler was supported by several servants and staggered to each courtyard to take a look. When he saw that scene, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Quick, take me back to my yard."
The butler suddenly thought of his own yard. There were also many precious things in his house. After being a butler for so many years, he had made a lot of money and got a lot of good things.
The servants hurriedly took the housekeeper to his own yard, which was a small courtyard where he lived alone. Seeing that the yard doors were closed, he felt relieved, hoping that nothing in his yard had been stolen.
The housekeeper trembled as he took out the key, opened the gate, and turned to the servants behind him and said, "You all stay here and guard."
The servants nodded. They were not in a hurry at all. They had all their belongings in their pockets. The thieves would not look down on their worthless doghouse.
The housekeeper entered the yard and ran straight to his bedroom. When he arrived at his bedroom, he was dumbfounded. None of the precious ornaments in the room were gone, and the things in the secret cabinet were also gone.
"It's over."
The butler collapsed on the ground and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. All his years of hard work went down the drain overnight.
The things in the secret compartment were all the silver he had embezzled over the years, a total of more than 100,000 taels, as well as the deeds to several houses he bought in the capital. Otherwise, how could his wife and children live a life of luxury like the rich families in the capital, and his children could not have passed the imperial examinations.
Now there is nothing left, we are back to the pre-liberation era overnight.
The butler fainted magnificently.
At this time, in the old lady's yard, the old lady woke up faintly on a broken chair, which was taken from the servant's room.
When the maids saw her wake up, they immediately shouted in surprise: "Old lady, you are finally awake."
The Lin Mansion is now in a mess. The ladies, concubines, young ladies and young masters from each courtyard are all crying outside the courtyard, asking the old lady to make a decision.
After a moment of confusion, the old lady finally understood how she had fainted. She looked around and asked in disbelief, "Is this my room?"
The maids' eyes flashed, and they all nodded cautiously, then looked at the old lady nervously, fearing that she would faint again.
However, their worries were in vain. After seeing everything in the house, the old lady fainted again.
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