Wan Shu and San Shun exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
No way! Is the prefect really that ruthless as to use himself as a test subject for medicine?!
If it were just regular allicin, that would be fine, but it's an aphrodisiac used to stimulate cattle!
Sam-soon: "Mother, what are we going to do?!"
Wan Shu: "What else can we do? Run!"
She grabbed San Shun's hand and ran at top speed towards the prefect's residence.
...
A sudden exclamation came from the guest room of the prefect's residence.
"Your Excellency! Something terrible has happened! Wan Shu has arrived with his son!"
The county magistrate, who was sitting in a rocking chair gnawing on a pork knuckle, was startled and fell off the rocking chair with a "plop".
"Damn it, that wretched village woman actually dared to chase after me! She must be trying to report me to the prefect! I finally managed to gain some respect in front of the prefect, I can't let her ruin my chance for promotion!"
The clerk nodded hastily: "That's right, Magistrate. It hasn't been easy for you to get to where you are today. What should we do?"
"Heh, what else can we do? Of course we have to..." The magistrate looked confident and certain of victory.
The advisor, seeing this, thought that his pig brain had mutated and that he had really come up with some good ideas, and a little expectation rose in his heart.
However, the next second, the magistrate spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"I'm going to ask Dean Meng for a solution! After all, he came up with the idea, and he's the dean of an academy, so he can definitely come up with a better idea than me!"
The advisor: "..." He shouldn't have had any extra thoughts about this pig.
The magistrate didn't care what the clerk was thinking and turned to walk towards Meng Zhenshou's room next door.
Meng Zhenshou was also surprised to hear that Wan Shu had actually come after him.
"How dare she have such courage, a mere village woman! I really underestimated her!"
However, Meng Zhenshou had done many immoral things and had seen a lot of storms, so he quickly calmed down.
"The most urgent task now is to strike first and drive her away before she can speak! We must not allow her to say another word in front of the prefect!"
The magistrate nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, that's what I was thinking too. Let's take advantage of the early hour and hurry over to stop her!"
The two hurriedly walked to the main hall of the prefect's residence, intending to stop Wan Shu.
However, to their surprise, Wan Shu had already disappeared by the time they arrived.
The prefect leaned weakly against the main seat, coughed twice, and explained in a slow voice.
"Wan Shu? Are you talking about the young village woman with her son who just barged in? I've already chased her away. She said she came to see me about epidemic prevention and control. I thought she had some good insights on this, so I let the guards let her in."
"But who knew that as soon as she came in, she started talking nonsense! She said that she made allicin and that the reason you have allicin is because you stole it from her."
The prefect's face turned red with anger.
"She's just a village woman, completely illiterate, how could she possibly make allicin? I think she's just taking advantage of my illness and mental confusion to deliberately scheme against me! She's trying to trick me!"
"I won't be fooled by such a lame lie! I already sent someone to kick her out!"
The county magistrate and Meng Zhenshou almost burst out laughing after hearing the whole story.
Hahaha, what a wonderful thing! Without them having to stop them or explain, the prefect himself solved their problem.
Sure enough, the old saying is right: when luck comes, you can't stop it.
The credit for allicin should rightfully belong to them!
The prefect looked at them strangely: "What are you two laughing about?"
The magistrate and Meng Zhenshou then realized that they were too happy and their emotions were showing.
In order not to reveal their true colors, the two quickly concealed their smiles. They first pretended to be indignant and joined the prefect in cursing Wan Shu for a while before they began to ask questions.
"Your Excellency, I wonder if you can take allicin and how effective it is?"
The prefect coughed twice, head bowed: "I have already taken the medicine, but my condition has not improved."
After all, there was a successful case in Qingshui Village where only one person died. Upon hearing this, the county magistrate and Meng Zhenshou were not in a hurry and comforted him gently.
"Illness comes like a landslide and goes like a slow, drawn-out process. Your health has been severely damaged by the plague, and even with medicine, it won't be cured in a short time."
"Yes, Your Excellency, please don't worry. Take a good rest these next two days. I believe your health will improve by tomorrow at the earliest."
This was the time it took for the medicine to take effect, as Wan Shu had stated, and the county magistrate spoke with great certainty.
The prefect had no doubts; on the contrary, he seemed relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.
"I really have to thank the two of you. Otherwise, I'm afraid my body wouldn't have lasted more than a few days. Oh, right."
The prefect seemed to suddenly remember something and casually said, "My wife specially made a plate of pastries for you to thank you."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and immediately a servant brought over a plate of snow-white pastries.
The pastries look soft and sweet.
The county magistrate and Meng Zhenshou immediately expressed their gratitude and each took a piece to eat.
Contrary to its soft and sweet appearance, the taste inside the pastry is, frankly, rather indescribable.
It has a slightly bitter taste, and also carries an indescribable, strange flavor.
However, since the prefect's wife had specially prepared these for them, they couldn't show it. They could only force themselves to eat the pastries while praising them.
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