Chapter 15 is herbal tea. "30 grams of fire charcoal, 15 grams of gardenia..."
"I'm sick and I won't leave. Just prescribe the medicine according to what I said and cure all my illnesses one by one! Otherwise I won't leave here." The healthy man dodged the pharmacy servant who came to ask people to leave, and yelled while hugging the table leg.
Pei Yixue frowned. He always felt that these two people were weird.
Thinking of the diagnosis just now, the man's gums and tongue coating were slightly red, and the pulse was straight and slender, the pulse was strong, the pulse channel was hard, and when he felt the pulse, he kept his fingers straight up and down. He picked up the pen and wrote down a prescription: "30 grams of fire charcoal mother, 15 grams of gardenia, 15 grams of cotton wormwood, 15 grams of hawthorn, 15 grams of selfheal, 10 grams of mulberry leaves, 10 grams of plantain seeds..."
After writing it, he handed it to the man who was looking for medicine for no disease and said, "This prescription is most suitable for your situation."
The man let go of the table leg and took it, his face full of joy: "Can this prescription cure my illness?"
"Of course." Pei Yixue signaled the servant beside him to see the guest off. What he said was to cure the man's illness, not the illness that the man mentioned.
After getting the prescription, the man didn't have to rush and went out with his distant relatives in high spirits.
The two men took many turns, looking around along the way like thieves, and after turning through five or six alleys they arrived at the Pei family pharmacy.
From beginning to end, they did not notice the servant of the Dawn Pharmacy who had been following them since they came out of the Dawn Pharmacy and was hiding at the entrance of the alley.
Not long after the two men went in, two Pei family pharmacy waiters came out of the pharmacy and rode their horses at full speed all the way to Yancheng.
"The medicine is here." The waiter shouted to the people in the room as he stepped into the room, and then he gasped heavily, which was enough to show how anxious he was.
"The medicine has arrived!" Pei Jun and others who had been hesitating back and forth in the room anxiously turned around and went to greet them.
But when he opened the layers of yellow paper wrapping the outside and saw the medicine on the prescription, Pei Jun's expression froze. He looked outside and signaled to close the door.
The closed door blocked the sunlight from entering the room, and the light suddenly dimmed.
"Is this the guy from the Liming Pharmacy? He wrote the prescription based on the symptoms we described?" Pei Jun asked in a low voice the guy who delivered the prescription to the pharmacy.
"But is there something wrong with this recipe?" Liao Qiubai came forward, glanced at the recipe and said hesitantly: "Why does this recipe look a bit like..."
Liao Qiubai did not say "cold tea for reducing internal heat", but anyone who has a basic understanding of pharmacology would have such doubts after reading the prescription.
However, the usage and dosage of this medicinal material are slightly different from the common herbal tea recipes.
"This is the only way now. Let's give it a try." Pei Jun hesitated for a while and finally made a decision. He was not sure whether this medicine would be effective for the governor's illness, but as long as he was sure that it would not kill him, he would give it a try.
After taking a dose of medicine, Pei Jun and the others felt uneasy, as they were all looking forward to seeing results.
Unfortunately, the recipe, which was different from common herbal tea, did not bring about a miracle. For three consecutive days, Governor Fang's condition showed no signs of improvement.
The scandal of the Pei family being kicked out of Yancheng spread to most of Lingyi Province thanks to the efforts of major peers.
"The Pei family pharmacy is not good enough, but they want to climb up the social ladder. They can only think of some crooked ideas. Now they have shot themselves in the foot." The steward smiled a little attentively and asked, "Boss, can you cure Governor Fang's illness? If you can, we will go to Yancheng tomorrow to cure the governor's illness and then stomp on the Pei family's face a few more times."
"Of course we have to go, but we can't go by ourselves." It would seem so worthless to go by ourselves. What's more, Governor Fang had just been used as a guinea pig by the famous Pei Family Pharmacy for such a long time. Now it was not possible for anyone who claimed to be a doctor or a famous physician to come to his home to treat him.
They still lack an opportunity.
"Knock knock." There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." After getting permission, a pharmacy clerk pushed the door open with a gift box in his hand, then closed the door and walked in mysteriously.
Seeing what was in the person's hand and his expression, Pei Yixue had an inexplicable intuition that the gift box came from Xie Yushu, and his heart couldn't help but move.
The Liming Pharmacy and the Yan family had such a big quarrel. Even if the reason was not made public, anyone with a discerning eye could guess that it must have been caused by the case in the provincial examination.
Xie Yushu felt guilty towards Liming Pharmacy and even wanted to pledge himself to the pharmacy to pay off his debt.
As expected, the pharmacy clerk then said, "Thank you, young master, for coming to the pharmacy. This is specially brought to the miracle doctor."
"He's gone?" Pei Yixue took the gift box and asked anxiously.
"No, Master Xie is still waiting in the guest room on the first floor. He said he's waiting for Master Pei to come back together." The pharmacy waiter had a flattering smile on his face. Whenever the boss was in a good mood, these people under him would benefit from it. His smile came from the heart.
"Well, I'll go change my clothes. I've indeed stayed here for a long time today." Pei Yixue couldn't suppress the upward curve of her lips. As she turned around, she said to the manager, "Tomorrow is the end of the month, so I'll give the shop assistants an extra two taels of silver for their wages."
The steward's mouth twitched, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "This... Boss, we are still losing money. We have been losing money for almost two months."
It would have been fine if he had just spent money like this in the past, but the situation is still like this now. The manager is a little worried about his future. Should he still keep the Liming Pharmacy open?
"Don't worry about the money." Pei Yixue said this, leaving the manager with a chic back.
After changing his clothes, Pei Yixue went to the first floor and returned to his sickly look again.
"Ashu came all the way to look for me?"
"No." Xie Yushu's ears turned visibly red. "I came to see the miracle doctor, but I thought it was getting late now and I was afraid that it might be unsafe for you to travel alone, so I thought of waiting for you to come together."
"Then, if you don't come to see the miracle doctor, you won't be afraid that something might happen to me on the road?" Pei Yixue approached and asked.
Xie Yushu then slowly took two steps back. Not only his ears turned red, but also his face and neck.
Glancing aside, he said, "I have explained these things to you many times. Please don't do this again."
Pei Yixue smiled and pretended to be confused, "What are those things?"
"Just..." Xie Yushu hesitated, "Just that it's impossible for you and I to get married."
Pei Yixue stopped laughing, said "Oh" lightly, and moved away quite "consciously".
There was silence in the room for a moment.
Pei Yixue stood upright beside him, coughing from time to time, but not saying anything. Xie Yushu broke the silence at the right time: "Let's go, let's go, otherwise it will be very late when we go back."
"Hey, everyone, come and take a look. This miracle doctor at the Liming Pharmacy has a black heart!" A man's voice suddenly came from outside the pharmacy.
Pei Yixue looked in the direction of the sound and walked out on his own.
At the entrance of the pharmacy, the man sat on the ground, crying and slapping the ground with one hand, "I came from afar to see the miracle doctor for treatment, and spent money, but in the end the miracle doctor in this pharmacy gave me a herbal tea recipe that has no effect.
I have been drinking it for four or five days, but it has no effect at all! I asked other doctors to take a look and found out that this prescription can't cure the disease at all! It's so unfair, everyone please give us some advice!"
Xie Yushu argued, "A miracle doctor would never give you a random prescription."
"How is it impossible? The prescription is right here. Anyone who knows a little about pharmacology will know that this is very similar to the recipe of herbal tea!" The man waved the prescription in his hand and motioned the onlookers to come and see for themselves.
The crowd of spectators were watching the fun and didn't mind the trouble. A man squeezed out of the crowd and said, "I am not very talented, but I know a little about pharmacology. I can tell you a thing or two." The man took the prescription and scanned it, then said firmly, "In my opinion, the efficacy of this prescription is no different from that of herbal tea."
This remark caused a commotion among the crowd, and conversations broke out one after another.
"Even if this prescription is no different from herbal tea, the miracle doctor has his own reasons for prescribing it."
Looking at Xie Yushu, who was unaware of the ins and outs of the matter and was still fighting with the troublemakers to protect the miracle doctor, Pei Yixue's bad mood that was previously disturbed disappeared. He glanced at the crowd of onlookers. There were a lot of people, but not too many.
Now that the Pei family pharmacy is at the center of controversy, the Pei family naturally hopes to have a cannon fodder who can share the firepower of public opinion. The man who the Pei family sent to the Liming pharmacy last time to trap him can be used as a cannon fodder.
Everything the man did revealed the Pei family's purpose, which was to make the matter of the miracle doctor at the Liming Pharmacy prescribing herbal tea to treat illnesses as big a fuss as possible.
Pei Yixue was worried that he had no chance to get in touch with Governor Fang, but the Pei family gave him one.
"Cough, cough, cough..." He coughed rapidly and held on to the door frame, almost falling down. The next moment, he was supported by Xie Yushu.
"What's wrong with you?" Xie Yushu asked.
"I don't know why, but my heart feels so uncomfortable, cough cough cough..."
"The miracle doctor..." Xie Yushu looked anxiously towards the second floor, "The miracle doctor should still be there. I'll take you there."
In the second-floor wing, the pharmacy clerk took Pei Yixue and said to Xie Yushu, "Please wait outside, Mr. Xie."
"Thank you for your help."
Xie Yushu was waiting at the door. Several pharmacy employees downstairs stared at the troublemaker quietly. No matter what the man was shouting, they did nothing.
Seeing the crowd's accusations and condemnations getting louder and louder, Xie Yushu glanced at the door and walked downstairs. At this time, footsteps from inside the door were gradually approaching. He stopped and turned around to greet them.
The door opened and Xie Yushu saw that the doctor had not seen Pei Yixue, so he asked hurriedly, "How is he?"
The other party's anxious and worried look turned into a sweetness that spread in Pei Yixue's heart. He couldn't help but sigh. It was obvious that she cared about him, so why did she have to avoid him?
This unintentional sigh was like a bolt from the blue exploding over Xie Yushu's head. Even the miracle doctor sighed, so Pei Yixue must be in danger.
"Is his condition very serious?" Xie Yushu said as he walked into the side room. He stumbled when he entered and was supported by Pei Yixue.
Looking into those crimson eyes filled with mist, Pei Yixue couldn't help but sigh again. Did Xie Yushu think he was going to die?
"Mr. Pei is fine now. My sigh has nothing to do with him. I am old and my energy is not as good as before, so I sigh."
Pei Yixue raised the corners of his mouth under the mask, "Mr. Pei needs some time to recuperate, so you'd better not disturb him." After saying that, he asked casually, "What is the relationship between Mr. Xie and Mr. Pei? You seem to be very worried about him."
"Friend." Xie Yushu looked at him, as if he had not yet recovered from the emotion of Pei Yixue's impending death, and answered blankly.
"Just friends? Mr. Pei looked a little sad just now, and what he said seemed to be in a rage." Pei Yixue played the role of a mature doctor, with a smile in his tone, just like a grandfather who had seen through everything and was quietly watching the younger generations making a fuss.
Xie Yushu's breathing stagnated slightly, and the redness in his eyes unconsciously spread to his cheeks and ears. "What did he say?"
"He told Master Xie to go back first and not to wait for him." Changing the subject, the genius doctor Pei Yixue said with a hint of sarcasm: "He said that even if he fainted on the way and was carried away and eaten by wild beasts, it was his fate."
Business at the pharmacy and medicine farm has been bad recently, but beneath the deserted surface there is an undercurrent.
All the available manpower had been transferred out. He was a sickly man who was out of breath after every three steps. He came to the county town alone today. It was normal for him to encounter some problems along the way.
This is probably the reason why Xie Yushu couldn't help but come to the city to find him.
Without waiting for Xie Yushu to answer, Pei Yixue pretended to glance at the sky which was already getting darker, and kindly offered to help: "Mr. Xie, do you need a carriage to go back? The pharmacy is not doing well recently, and the carriage is unused in the backyard. This is a good opportunity to get some business." He wanted to see whether Xie Yushu would leave or not.
"...Okay." Xie Yushu took out his purse, looking a little confused.
"Twenty coins." Pei Yixue grabbed a bunch of copper coins, counted out twenty, and returned the rest. "Sir, follow me downstairs so that the waiter can take you back."
After taking two steps, he saw that the person behind him was not moving, so he looked back.
“No… no need.” Xie Yushu lowered his head, his expression could not be seen clearly, but the blush on the tip of his ear was particularly noticeable. His voice was as soft as a mosquito’s: “I, will be back later.”
"Sir, do you have anything else to do in the city?"
Xie Yushu glanced into the room and then immediately moved his eyes back, and replied vaguely: "Yeah."
Pei Yixue smiled secretly, "Well, whenever you need help, just ask the waiter in the pharmacy."
At this time, the entrance to the pharmacy was already crowded with people, and with the troublemakers adding fuel to the fire, there was a lot of curses everywhere.
The time is almost right, it's time to close the net.
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