Denghuaxiao

Chapter 53: Bullying others with power

In the backyard of the medicine shop, new medicine is boiling in the medicine jar. With the sound of "gurgling", the snow-white medicine powder floats on the water.

 Lou Si looked at the woman in front of him, his face gradually becoming ugly.

He had vaguely heard of the famous "Chun Shui Sheng" at Renxin Medical Center before, but didn't take it to heart. The master of medicine has seen many good prescriptions from the Royal Pharmacy, and the patent medicines made in a little-known medical clinic are not something he would treat with any special regard. The reason why they led people to smash up Du Changqing's shop was because of the five hundred taels of silver sent by Bai Shouyi.

Bai Shouyi came to the door in person and gave Lou Si five hundred and five taels of silver, hoping that Lou Si could give Renxin Medical Center some suffering.

Lou Si knew that Bai Shouyi Xiao had wanted to visit the Du family's medical clinic for a long time. However, Du Changqing, who was usually distracted, was especially offended on this matter and refused to agree. A few days ago, two doctors were involved in the medical tea incident. There was some discord in the hall.

Using people's money to eliminate disasters for others, Lou Si is an official who identifies medicinal materials. As long as the official seal in his hand remains intact, Renxin Medical Center can no longer sell patent medicines. To him, it is not worth mentioning.

　　In the past, when Mr. Du was still alive, Lou Si and the Du family had some degree of friendship. However, now that the Du family has been defeated, any fool knows how to choose between five hundred taels of silver and Young Master Du's face.

He accepted Bai Shouyi's money and came here just to find trouble. How could he seriously test the color of medicinal tea? Now he couldn't answer Lu Zhuo's unhurried questions.

Lou Si's eyes flickered a few times: "I examine dozens of prescriptions of patent medicines every day. How can I remember the prescription of each patent medicine clearly? There is no need to mess around."

Du Changqing laughed angrily: "Listen to yourself. Are these words unreasonable?"

Lu Yan said: "I see, I thought that a government pharmacy such as the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine would record the verification process of every patent medicine sent in. After all, verification of patent medicines is a big deal for medical clinics. If a single patent medicine fails to be verified, , the medical clinic has no right to continue selling other patent medicines, right, Master Lou?"

Lou Si broke out in a cold sweat.

This woman speaks sharply and meanly, and is terrifyingly to the point. The process of verifying the patent medicine must be recorded in the book. He cannot deny this. Moreover, just because the medicine is not ready, it does not mean that the medical clinic has no right to sell other patent medicines...

He glanced secretly at the screen. Others could not understand. Ji Xun from Hanlin Hospital could not understand.

Lou Simian said vaguely: "Yes. It is naturally recorded in the book. It is just the official book of the Medicine Institute. How can it be read by you outsiders at will?"

Lu Zhuo nodded: "In that case, we are the ones who have overstepped our bounds." She turned around and said to Sheng Quan, the bodyguard of the Dong family: "Brother Sheng has heard clearly that now the hospital has no right to sell manufactured medicines. Master Dong's illness , forgive us and there is nothing we can do.”

Lou Si’s heart tightened when he heard this, and he just asked: “Wait a minute, what does this have to do with Master Dong?”

Lu Zhuo looked at him, her eyes seemed to be mocking, and she said: "I was ordered by Mrs. Dong to develop a medicine for Master Dong. I never thought that the medical clinic would not be qualified to sell the medicine because it failed to pass the identification test. Such a situation Naturally, I will not be able to cure Master Dong. From now on, Master Dong will be troubled by the disease and make Mrs. Dong and Master Dong sad. They should blame me for not being good at studying and failing to pass the patent medicine test at the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine."

"Developing a medicine for Master Dong?" Lou Si didn't believe it. "That's nonsense. Even if Master Dong is unwell, Mrs. Dong leaves the palace doctor alone. How can she use a female doctor from a small medical clinic?"

Lu Zhen said nothing and only looked at Shengquan.

Sheng Quan had a bad temper. He was very impatient just after hearing a series of words between Lu Zhu and Lou Si. Hearing Lou Si's lingering and vague words made him even more angry. He snorted at him: "What are you doing, madam?" Do you need to question me? Now the young master is suffering from an acute illness and needs Dr. Lu’s medicine, which has delayed the course of the young master’s illness. Can you afford the medical treatment!”

The servants of Taifu Siqing have always been domineering, and the medicine shop is under the supervision of Taifu Siqing. Lou Si does not take the victory seriously. Lou Si was startled by his angry words.

 Lou Si looked at Lu Yan with hesitation in his eyes.

Mrs. Taifu Si Qing loves her son as much as her life, and she really cares and dotes on Young Master Dong. It stands to reason that if Young Master Dong is sick, she will definitely ask someone to ask the imperial doctor for treatment before she can feel at ease. How could she trust a little-known doctor? female?

However, Sheng Quan is Mrs. Dong’s best guard, and what he says will not be false.

What exactly is going on?

Du Changqing on the other end saw Lou Si's expression change, and he sneered as he beat the snake and followed it with the stick: "Master Lou, you might as well weigh the weight of your official hat to see if it can withstand the wrath of the minister of Taifu Temple. If Mr. Dong really has three good points and two shortcomings, will you be able to continue to be a medical examiner?"

His power was so strong that Shengquan looked at him displeased, and Lou Si hurriedly said: "In that case, it is of course important to treat Master Dong. Dr. Lu," he turned to Lu Huo, "is the matter of manufacturing and selling patent medicines?" , I will introduce you to you for a few days."

"I'm afraid not." Lu Zhuo shook his head, "Master Dong's illness requires careful treatment. It cannot be cured in one or two days. It will take at least three to five years without weaning off the medicine."

Shengquan narrowed his eyes and urged: "Then there will be no time limit!"

Lou Si secretly resented that this medical woman was clearly using the power of the Dong family to put pressure on him. Keren had to lower his head under the eaves and had to squeeze out the word "good".

Lu Zhuo nodded to him: "By the way, today, due to Master Dong's illness, Mr. Lou did not follow the rules and relaxed the authority of the medical clinic to sell patent medicines. When outsiders talk about it, it is inevitable that Renxin Medical Clinic is bullying others. In order to dispel the fact that this name is not true. He said that he also asked Mr. Lou to point out the inaccuracies in the previous 'Chun Shui Sheng' prescription in the future, so that Lu Zhu could improve the prescription. In this way, Chun Shui Sheng passed the verification, and the medical clinic could continue to sell the patent medicine, and it would not delay Master Dong's treatment. The best of all three.”

Even the losses of ‘spring water’ are unwilling to eat. Lou Si ’s heart is bored, and because of the right of victory, he can only laugh,“ Nature. ”

Lu Zhuo said to Sheng Quan: "When the seal of the cooked medicine office is obtained, the medicine can be delivered to the house." He then smiled at Lou Si and said: "I have disturbed you for a long time today, so I will not continue to delay your business. I will take my leave. "

She and Du Changqing left again, leaving only Lou Si standing there, feeling miserable and speechless. Looking at the backs of these people, he couldn't say a word.

Ji Xun walked out from behind the screen.

Lou Si came to his senses and hurriedly went up to meet him and said, "Medical Officer Ji." He felt a little apprehensive in his heart.

Ji Xun frowned slightly and said in a disapproving tone: "How can a medical clinic be so confident because it has the support of a minister from Taifu Temple?"

Lou Si breathed a sigh of relief. Ji Xun didn't know that Bai Shouyi had bribed him. He only saw Lu Zhuo and Du Changqing relying on the Dong family's coercion, so he had this prejudice. He said: "Isn't it right? It's not easy to offend a low-ranking official if he speaks lightly..."

He wanted to clear himself up, but when Ji Xun heard what he said, he glanced at him and said coldly: "If you seek political power in your position, just because you are afraid of the convenience of your superiors, I am afraid that the place of familiar medicine will not last long." After that, He walked away.

Lou Si stood blankly for a long time, until the little pharmacist came over to call him and he came to his senses. Then he flicked his sleeves and cursed: "This time I really looked like Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - he is not a human inside or outside!"

 …

After Lu Zhen and Du Changqing returned to Renxin Medical Center, Yin Zheng had tidied up the inside and outside of the shop.

 Sheng Quan said hello to the medicine shop and returned to Dong's house to resume his duties. Lu Zhu asked Du Changqing to take Acheng home and have a good rest. After a busy day, it was getting late and the door of Renxin Medical Center was closed. Lu Zhu went into the inner courtyard and took the sorted medicinal materials to the kitchen.

 Dong Lin’s lung disease needs to be nursed back to health slowly. Building a relationship with the Dong family is very beneficial to the current Renxin Medical Center. At least the familiar medicine shop always has to be a little wary.

Yin Zheng walked in from the outside and said to Lu Huan: "Girl, I gave some to Master Cao earlier, and also paid for our stay at Wan'en Temple. We still have forty-five taels of silver left."

 Lu Zhuo nodded.

Yin Zheng sighed: "I didn't think so before, but now that I've come to Beijing, I feel like spending money is like running water."

Lu Hu said: "It costs a lot to gather information, let alone spend more money to build relationships with Mr. Cao in the future."

"Fortunately, the girl is smart," Yin Zheng said with a smile: "We have done business with Shopkeeper Du. From now on, we will share half of the sales of the patent medicines. With an income of more than 100 yuan per month, our money will not be so tight."

After talking to Lu Zhen for a while, Yin Zheng went to the next room to sleep.

 Lu Chen took a basin of hot water and returned to the house. He sat down at the table and rolled up his sleeves. He saw a finger-long bloodstain spreading from the top of his right wrist.

Those were the marks left by being scratched by the struggling Ke Chengxing in the Buddhist hall of Wan'en Temple.

She soaked the handkerchief in water nonchalantly, wiped the wound clean, picked out a small bottle from the table drawer, and sprinkled some powder on the scratch. She spread it slowly, her movements slowed down, and her eyes were lost in thought.

Today in the daytime, in front of Wuhuai Garden of Wan'en Temple, Commander Pei looked at him thoughtfully and said, "Where did the scar on Doctor Lu's hand come from?"

 One sentence, and he seemed to be suspicious of her.

Although he only had a close relationship with this Pei Dian Shuai, and he even helped him out of the siege, Lu Zhuo always felt that this person was not as amiable as he looked. What's more, when we first met downstairs in Baoxiang, he was unscrupulous in his words and deeds towards the people in the Army and Horses Division, and he was full of oppression. Looking at the fearful look on Mrs. Dong's face after learning his identity today, this person is definitely not a kind person.

It is not a good thing to be targeted by Pei Yunying.

but…

Even if he doubts himself and cannot find any evidence, he can only give up. Lu Zhen came to his senses, put the medicine bottle away, took off his sleeves again to cover the scar, covered the flower window, and stood up.

Now that Ke Chengxing is dead, there are many doubts about this matter, but once he is found guilty of privately worshiping the statue of the former dynasty, not only will no one intervene in the case, but the entire Ke family will suffer.

To protect himself and his family, Wan Fu will only take responsibility for Ke Chengxing's crimes. After all, only if Ke Chengxing dies and the entire Ke family collapses, no one will care about the trivial matters of servants like them, and the two thousand taels of rent that Wanquan misappropriated will never be known to anyone.

 As for others…

Lu Zhen's dark eyes reflected the flames of the candles, which were clearly extinguished.

 The Ke family, who are desperate, may place their last hope on Taishi Qi’s residence.

only…

Whether the Taishi Mansion will come to help is another matter.

 …

 Early on the next morning, people from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Store sent an official deed, allowing the Renxin Medical Center to continue selling pharmaceuticals.

 However, the improved recipe for "Spring Water Sheng" was not sent together.

 Du Changqing stood in the medical clinic and yelled: "What does the surname Lou mean? He is domineering and won't let us sell Chun Shui Sheng. Why, he didn't even listen to the words of the Minister of Taifu Temple?"

Yin Zheng passed by and couldn't help but look sideways: "Shopkeeper Du, what you said makes it sound like you are a member of the palace of Taifu Temple."

Du Changqing choked up: "Little girl, what do you know!"

Acheng said: "Forget it, boss, wait patiently for a few more days."

Acheng went back and rested all night yesterday. He applied some medicine on his face and felt much better. He was in good spirits.

Lu Chen was standing in front of the medicine cabinet, grinding the tonic for Dong Lin. He heard Tailor Ge opposite and Niu Blacksmith, who was selling ironware next door, chatting. They said that yesterday at the Qinglian Festival in Wan'en Temple, someone secretly offered sacrifices to the gods and Buddhas of the previous dynasty. As a result, gods and Buddhas appeared, and the man fell into the release pond and died.

Yin Zheng rolled her eyes, and immediately picked up a broom to sweep the dust in front of the door, while asking Tailor Ge: "You're lying, right? Uncle Ge, we also went to Wan'en Temple the day before yesterday, and we only knew something was wrong, why didn't you hear something like this?" Where is the evil sect?”

Tailor Ge slapped his thigh: "Miss Yinzheng, how can I lie to you? My mother-in-law went up the mountain to burn incense. She lived close to the Dharma Hall where the accident happened, so she could clearly see the groups of officers and soldiers rushing in!" They say people look like ghosts when they die, most likely because they saw Bodhisattvas appearing!"

He spoke so vividly that even Acheng and Du Changqing were attracted. The neighboring vendors came closer to listen. Lu Zhu lowered his head to sort out the medicinal materials, with a strange color flashing in his eyes.

 Rumors always get more and more outrageous.

 Naturally, it is getting further and further away from the truth.

 It seems that Wanfu's rhetoric has been affirmed by most people. Even those who are not sure do not want to have anything to do with the previous government.

Tailor Ge was still talking: "The Ke family, a porcelain merchant who used to be a good family, is now ruined. Those who do business with their family also find it unlucky and want to withdraw from their business. I look at it, this family is finished." .”

Aunt Liu from the preserves shop said: "Isn't his newly married lady's mother-in-law an official? We even sent preserves to their old lady in our shop. No matter what, it won't be over."

“What do you know,” Tailor Ge snorted, “I am a young and beautiful bride, I am an official, and now something happens to my son-in-law, and it is too late to draw a line between them. I heard that Grandma Ke went back to her parents’ home yesterday, hey, Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, they fly separately when disaster strikes-"

"I've heard about this too." Sister-in-law Song from the silk shoe shop squeezed in, "The Ke family is now taking their household utensils to the **** shop in exchange for money in order to compensate for the business. It's no wonder that the Ke family only has an only son, Uncle Ke. , and there’s not even a man or a woman left. Once Uncle Ke falls, how long can Old Mrs. Ke hold on?”

Hearing this, Lu Zhuo took action.

Yin Zheng on the other end had already asked casually: "Really? Does Mrs. Song know which **** shop they went to? Maybe if we go shopping, we can still find some bargains and find something good."

Song's sister-in-law laughed when she heard this: "Miss Yin Zheng, there are good things, but how can you get a bargain? No matter how poor the Ke family is, their clothes are still rich. I heard that the things were taken to Lu Yuan's Pawn Shop on Qinghe Street in the south of the city. Miss Yin Zheng wants to see it, but it would be nice to see the fun."

Yin Zheng smiled and said, "Then I'll go back and have a look if I have time."

After saying some more words, the sun was getting higher, there were more and more customers on West Street, and the vendors in the shops dispersed. Yin Zheng put the broom against the wall and walked into the inner shop.

After the official seal of approval from the Cooked Medicine Institute to continue selling patent medicines came down, Lu Huo started to make medicine for Dong Lin. Since the prescription for Chunshuisheng had not yet been delivered, there were not as many people as before during the day.

At noon, Lu Zhuo said to Du Changqing: "The pills for Master Dong are still short of a few herbs that are not available in the medical clinic. I will buy some elsewhere."

Du Changqing said: "You can just ask Acheng to buy it."

"Acheng's injury hasn't healed yet. Don't wander around." Yin Zheng put the tablecloth into Du Changqing's hand, "It won't take much time, shopkeeper Du, don't worry." After that, he pushed Lu Zhu out of the door. .

Luyuan Pawn Shop is on Qinghe Street in the south of the city, and the "Happy House" gambling house opened by Mr. Cao is also on Qinghe Street. In front of Wangchun Mountain the day before yesterday, Lu Zhuo had someone explain to Mr. Cao that Wan Quan would be released after Wan Fu came down the mountain.

The easiest places to get information in Shengjing are the Gambling House and the Flower House. These two places are full of people from all walks of life, so it is much easier to get information. Mr. Cao is a businessman who only cares about making money. There may be some uses for him in the future, so he needs to feed him with money and pay back when he comes.

 After all, money can make the world go round.

While thinking about it, the two of them walked to Qinghe Street and saw the Luyuan Pawn Shop at a glance.

This **** shop is very large. The ordinary shops along the street occupy the width of three shops and are stacked several floors. The word "Lu Yuan" is carved in gold on the ebony wood, which is extremely luxurious.

I heard that this was the largest **** shop in Shengjing. As soon as Lu Zhu and Yin Zhengfang walked in, a kind-looking old shopkeeper came up to them: "Miss, do you want to **** something?"

Lu Hu said: "I want to buy something."

The old shopkeeper was startled, and then asked with a smile: "Young lady, do you want to buy a dead thing?"

 Lu Zhen nodded.

 The old shopkeeper understands.

 When **** shops do business, most people who are short of money come to **** money in exchange for some money. Among them, some Hakkas who are unable to redeem or want to **** more money will choose to die. There were also those who did not come to redeem the items when they expired, and the utensils were returned to Dianxing. Dianxing increases the price of these old items and sometimes sells them.

 After all, there are some good things among the things left in the industry.

 The old shopkeeper asked Lu Huan: "Girl, is there anything you want to buy?"

“I want to buy some jewelry.” Lu Yan said, “Is it available?”

"Yes." The old shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that yesterday we just collected a batch of fake jewelry in the store. They are all in good quality. If you are interested, girl, I can bring them for you to take a look at."

 Lu Zhu nodded: "Thank you very much."

"It's okay, miss, please wait here for a moment." After the old shopkeeper finished speaking, he ordered the boy next to him to go upstairs to pick up the goods, while pouring a cup of tea for Lu Zhu and the other two.

Lu Zhen and Yin Zheng were sitting in the hall downstairs, waiting. Yin Zheng held tea in one hand and asked Lu Zhen beside her in a low voice: "Girl, what do you want to redeem?"

 Lu Xu lowered his eyes.

 “Nothing, just a hairpin.”

　　Yes, Ji Xun is the second male lead!

 (End of this chapter)