Seeing this, the Queen shouted to everyone:
"I'm afraid that Doctor Luo's medical skills are unmatched in your entire Ningluo City. Do you think they are excellent?"
"Who dares to speak big words here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from not far away. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and when they saw the person coming, they all made way for him.
This man was dressed in official clothes, and was followed by dozens of officials in official uniforms. Judging from his appearance and clothes, he should be the head of the Ningluo City government.
Luo Lan still understood the principle that a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake, but this person must have come with bad intentions. She was about to step forward to greet him when Leng Yu beside her pulled her back. He said coldly:
"Lan'er, wait here. I'll go."
After he finished speaking, he met the official from the government office who was walking towards him with a gloomy face and asked bluntly:
"May I ask who you are?"
At this time, the official with a small mustache looked at him with a frown, raised his hand and gestured at himself with some displeasure, and said triumphantly:
"You're blind? Wearing this official uniform, can't you tell who I am?"
Leng Yu's face, which had been relatively calm just now, instantly turned gloomy when he said this, and he said in a cold voice:
"You're wearing this dog skin, but you look like a human being in it. But why can't you speak human language from this dog's mouth?"
Hearing this, the official was furious. The two small wisps of mustache under his nose stood up. However, Leng Yu's dark eyes frightened him a little. He waved his arm and pointed at Luo Lan who was standing not far away and shouted:
"I just heard her say she's a doctor, so Huichuntang must be under her control. Let her answer the question. I won't talk to you."
"She's not available."
Leng Yu directly refused in a cold voice:
"Just tell me if you have anything to say."
this……
When had this official in front of him ever suffered such an injustice? He gritted his teeth and glared at Leng Yu. Just as he was about to lose his temper, Luo Lan came over and pulled Leng Yu aside. She stood in front of him and said to the official with a smile:
"Judging from your attire, you should be an official. May I ask, sir, what brings you to Huichun Hall?"
Seeing that Luo Lan's tone had softened somewhat, the official nodded in satisfaction.
"You are speaking in a sensible way. This official uniform of mine is not fake."
"Who are you calling inhuman?"
Hearing the official's words, Leng Yu didn't like it. Before Leng Yu could get angry, Xiao Ningzi came forward with a cold face, grabbed his collar, and said angrily with gritted teeth:
"Keep your mouth shut, or I'll make you crawl out of here."
Hearing this, the official became even more angry. He stared at Xiao Ningzi with his eyes as big as an ox, and waved to the official behind him:
"This is rebellion! These people dared to attack the imperial court officials. Arrest them!"
Hearing this, Luo Lan hurried forward, patted Xiao Ningzi's hand, frowned at her and said:
"Let go! How dare you be so rude to the official?"
Although Xiao Ningzi was unwilling, he could only shake his hands vigorously. The official staggered and almost fell. The officials behind him hurried over to support him.
Luo Lan hurriedly took two steps forward, clasped his fists and said to him:
"This official..."
"Call me Lord Shi."
Luo Lan rolled her eyes secretly. She thought, "You are only known by your last name. Sir Shit!" She changed her words and said:
"Sir, I'm sorry for offending you just now. I hope you don't mind."
"snort!"
He snorted coldly, shook his sleeves, straightened his official clothes, and roared in displeasure.
"I'm here today to investigate whether you, Huichuntang, are practicing medicine without a license and operating without authorization. It seems you're intent on harming others!"
After hearing this, Luo Lan finally understood the purpose of Mr. Shi's visit. It turned out that he blamed Huichuntang for not going to the government office to register for business, nor did he go to give him any gifts.
So she winked at Ahong, and Ahong reluctantly took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and handed it to Ahou. Ahou muttered, took two steps forward, stuffed the silver ingot into his hand, and then took two steps back.
Luo Lan then said:
"We are new here and don't know the rules of Ningluo City. We hope Lord Shi won't mind. Now that Huichun Hall has opened, we will inevitably trouble Lord Shi in the future. We hope you can give us some convenience."
Mr. Shi touched the silver in his sleeve, his expression softened slightly, and he raised his beard and snorted coldly.
"Since you've already opened for business, I, as the official, can't stop you. So, within three days, hand over one thousand taels of silver to the government office."
Hearing this, Ah Cai, who was standing aside, couldn't help but yelled:
"One thousand taels? Are you robbers?"
“Bold…”
This Lord Shi suddenly pointed his finger at Ah Cai and roared, "How dare you scold me? You are so audacious!"
Ah Cai also kept glaring at him. "What's wrong with scolding you? We opened a clinic so that the people can afford to see a doctor, but you want a thousand taels. Do you think our silver was blown by the wind?"
"Acai..."
Luo Lan frowned and shouted at A Cai:
"Stand back."
Hearing Luo Lan calling her, A Cai pouted, glared at Mr. Shi hatefully, and said nothing more.
Luo Lan looked at Mr. Shi, frowned, and said softly, each word like a pearl:
"Master Shi, this whole world belongs to the king. As far as I know, there is no rule in Daning State that requires opening a clinic to pay 1,000 taels of silver to the government office, so we will not pay this amount."
"you……"
Lord Shi pointed at her and gnashed his teeth angrily:
"If you don't pay, you can forget about opening this clinic."
As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Yu stood in front of Luo Lan again, half-closed his eyes and looked at Mr. Shi, and replied word by word:
"If you dare not let us open this clinic, I will make you take off your official hat and your official clothes."
This really angered Lord Shi, who was walking sideways in Ningluo City. He waved his arms and shouted to the people behind him:
"Come here, close this clinic for me."
Leng Yu's face was slightly angry, and he shouted to the people behind him without any courtesy:
"Whoever dares to move will be thrown out."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Lingzi, Xiao Tanzi, Xiao Shuangzi, Xiao Ningzi, A Yu, A Hou, Zhang Yuan, together with A Cai and A Hong rushed over and stood in front of these people. In an instant, they started fighting with these rushing officials.
He held Luo Lan in his arms, pulled her aside, and whispered to her:
"This kind of corrupt official is nothing to be feared. If we don't kill him, we won't be able to survive in Ningluo City in the future."
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Lan looked up and saw Lord Shi standing alone and helpless, like a deflated balloon, with the official lying beside him, groaning.
Xiao Lingzi and the others proudly dusted off their hands and retreated behind Leng Yu and Luo Lan.
Leng Yu raised his eyebrows and said to Mr. Shi:
"Get out of here! My people don't recognize a scumbag in official uniform."
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