Chapter 29: Battle of wits and courage, playing tricks
Early in the morning, an ecstatic voice came from the elegant courtyard, "Solanum serrata, Tianshan snow lotus, purple-leafed Polygonum multiflorum..."
Every time the ghost doctor saw a rare medicinal herb, his eyes would brighten a little bit, and later on, they were as bright as light bulbs.
These were treasures that he had tried his best to obtain, but with just one word from Yun Zheng, they were delivered to her in just one night.
It's incredible!
He finally understood what the power of the richest man in Da Qi meant and what the power of money meant!
Yun Zheng sat by the window, looking at his obsession with medicinal herbs, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
He was in her territory, and he still wanted to run away? What was he thinking? She had the strength and means to trap him.
Ankang rushed over and looked eagerly at the various snacks and candied fruits in her hand, "Sister, your smile is so strange."
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "I was wondering if I could have Buddha Jumps Over the Wall for lunch today."
Ankang asked curiously, "What is that?"
Yun Zheng picked up a piece of dessert and fed it to the child. "It is a combination of 18 kinds of delicacies from land and sea, including sea cucumber, abalone, shark fin, tendon, native chicken, three-year-old duck, Jinhua ham, mushrooms, etc., simmered for several days, and the aroma is so rich that even Buddha would jump over the wall to eat it. However, the time is too short, so I am afraid I can only eat the simple version." Note (1)
The ghost doctor's ears pricked up quietly.
Ankang swallowed hard. It sounded delicious. He wanted to eat it so badly! "Didn't they say that you can't eat meat in the temple?"
Yun Zheng raised her chin and looked towards the maple forest outside. "Then, let's go eat in the forest."
The ghost doctor's heart was pounding, but he retorted, "What's the difference? We're still in the temple. You say one thing and do another. How hypocritical."
This girl is not a good person. She always uses tricks. But she does it openly and honestly. You know it in your heart, but you still can't help but take the bait. It's so infuriating.
Yun Zheng glanced at him and said proudly, "Then don't eat it. Ankang and I will eat it together."
The ghost doctor snorted coldly, "You little bitch, you have no respect for the elderly at all!"
Ankang looked at this and that with a smile, and wisely did not get involved.
No matter how young he was, he could see that the two were competing secretly, battling wits and courage, and playing tricks.
As for what they were competing for, I don’t know. He is still a child. He just wants to have delicious food every day.
At noon, in the maple forest, a table full of dishes was laid out, which were colorful, fragrant and delicious, and really pleasing to the eyes.
Chunhua brought over a pot of soup, placed it on the table, and lifted the lid. A rich and exotic aroma hit her face, instantly stimulating her taste buds and making her mouth water.
Chunhua first served a bowl to her young lady, and then served another bowl to Ankang.
The ghost doctor looked at it eagerly, swallowing his saliva. It smelled so good and he wanted to eat it so much.
Yun Zheng acted as if she didn't see it. After taking a bite, an intoxicated look immediately appeared on her face.
Rich meaty aroma, meaty but not greasy, fresh and delicious, so fresh that it makes your eyebrows drop.
Ankang was smiling from ear to ear while eating. It was so delicious. He had never eaten such delicious food before.
The ghost doctor looked at this one and that one. The two of them were eating without even raising their heads. This made him very angry. These two bastards.
Ankang was eating happily when he was suddenly kicked in the foot. He looked up and saw his grandfather glaring at him, telling him to stop focusing on eating.
He was stunned for a moment, then reacted and tried to suppress his smile and pleaded, "Sister, give Grandpa a bowl too."
Yun Zheng said proudly, "Okay, I'm doing this for your sake."
"Thank you, sister."
This time Chunhua didn't need to do anything. Ankang filled a bowl and placed it in front of the ghost doctor. "Grandpa, eat quickly."
The ghost doctor swallowed, but felt a little embarrassed, "I don't..."
Ankang saw that the situation was not good and quickly stopped him, "Grandpa, my sister is not someone who is easy to talk to."
The ghost doctor swallowed his words in time and said, "Never mind, I'll eat first and talk later." "Hmph, then I'll eat one bowl for your sake."
One bowl? Haha, I ate bowl after bowl, it was so delicious that I couldn’t stop.
He suddenly felt that the past few decades had been wasted. What had he eaten? Pig food.
Yun Zheng saw this and asked curiously, "As a great ghost doctor, you shouldn't be short of money. There must be plenty of people giving you money."
The ghost doctor was born in poverty and has lived a life of displacement. He is a loner by nature and has no friends. Most of his relatives have died, leaving only the two of them to depend on each other.
"It's free to collect herbs? It's free to start the furnace?"
His tone was not very good, but Yun Zheng was not going to tolerate him. "So, you are poor? What a coincidence! I am so poor that I only have money left."
The Ghost Doctor was furious. She clearly wanted to recruit him, but she resorted to such infuriating tactics. "I hate people who show off the most."
If Yun Zheng wanted to subdue him, she had to suppress him from the beginning, "Then don't eat my food!"
The ghost doctor was silent for a moment, and had to admit that the food in her house was really delicious, much better than those in big restaurants.
"If you can get all the herbs, I can make you a few pills, but each one costs ten thousand."
It’s not shameful to bow to money.
Ten thousand per pill? And that's when she provided the herbs? They're taking advantage of her.
She calmly tested, "What pill?"
The ghost doctor's eyes rolled, "Qi-nourishing pills can prolong life."
"Zhu Xue Dan, calms the mind, soothes the spirit, clears the heart and opens the mind, a treasure for emergency treatment."
"Seven Star Detoxification Pills can cure all poisons."
Yun Zheng's eyes sparkled. She wanted them all! The more the better.
"One tael for each, the more the better."
The ghost doctor was so angry that he laughed, "Do you think it's white radish? You can grab a handful at once, and the more the better. One thousand taels, that's impossible."
Yun Zheng knew he was difficult to deal with, but she didn't expect him to be this difficult. "Is it really that difficult?"
The Ghost Doctor also found her difficult to deal with, and she was the only one in the world who dared to bargain with him.
So, is it really impossible to poison her to death?
"Impossible. Not only are the ingredients in the Seven Star Detoxification Pills rare, they also require a special refining method. You can't just get as much as you want."
Yun Zheng's eyes spun around. "How about this? We'll see how much we need. I'll give Ankang a house in Beijing. He can't always be wandering around with you. A child needs a stable environment to grow up in."
The ghost doctor fell silent. After this incident, he began to doubt whether he had done something wrong.
However, he has several big enemies, so it is impossible for him to settle down in one place unless he finds a big backer.
The Yun family is rich, but has no power and cannot protect their grandfather and grandson.
Yun Zheng thought he had agreed, "Also, help me get some poison, healing medicine, sleeping pills, and hemostatic powder..."
As she spoke, she began to make a list, a long page. The Ghost Doctor had never seen such an insatiable demand. "I don't make poison."
Yun Zheng made an offer, "Ten thousand taels of silver."
The ghost doctor was quite resolute, "I said, no control."
"fifty thousand."
The ghost doctor was a little shaken and refused with difficulty, "I won't."
"One hundred thousand."
The Ghost Doctor was very moved. "Alright, just this once, and I'll write off the favor."
Yun Zheng's lips curled up slightly. "Write it all off?" What was she thinking? "Ah, I heard the Black Jade Fracture Ointment is incredibly effective and can even heal broken limbs. Give me some too."
"Don't push your luck." The Ghost Doctor suddenly looked into the darkness and shouted coldly, "Who is it? Come out!"
A man in black came out pushing a wheelchair. When the Ghost Doctor saw the young man in the wheelchair, he was so scared that he jumped up and fell to his knees with a thud.
"I have seen the Nine Thousand Years Old, and I wish you good luck."
How badly hurt was he to be so scared? Yun Zheng couldn't help but look at the stern-looking man, the legendary and feared Nine Thousand Years Old...
The gears of fate began to turn at this moment.
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