There were not many ways to treat the plague in ancient times. The old man Cen wrote a prescription for Sanwen Decoction for Xiaoruo, which mainly relieves the fire in the lungs and stomach.

Xiaoruo knew in her heart that this prescription might not be right for the symptoms.

The plague is caused by a bacterial virus. She has no way of determining what kind of virus it is this time, but it is better than nothing. She hopes that the extensive and profound Chinese medicine will really come in handy.

When she rushed to Tongji Pharmacy holding the prescription, shopkeeper Qian happened to be reprimanding the clerk.

"Didn't you know that willow is used to make aconite! Look at what's produced here! This batch of aconite is all useless!"

Shopkeeper Qian turned around angrily, pointing at the clerk's nose and cursing.

"If it wasn't for your mother's sake, I would have told you to pack up and leave!"

Speaking of which, this fellow is his cousin's nephew, and he was entrusted by his cousin to take him in as an inner servant and cultivate him.

The guy was so scrupulously trained that he was worried about when his uncle would turn off the engine and let him go, when he saw Xiao Ruo hurrying towards here.

"Miss Xiao!" he exclaimed in surprise.

"What girl, Xiao! If you have half the gunpowder skills of Miss Xiao, I'll burn incense!"

Shopkeeper Qian thought he was deliberately changing the subject, so he slapped him on the head angrily.

"Ouch! No! I mean Miss Xiao is here!" the man shouted, clutching his head in pain.

Shopkeeper Qian was admonishing people with his back to the door, and he turned his head to look after hearing what the clerk said, and he really saw Xiao Ruo stepping in the door.

"Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here. Why did Miss Xiao come to my place today? The day we agreed to deliver the medicine hasn't arrived yet, has it?"

His face immediately turned from anger to joy, and he was smiling cheerfully again.

"There are still three days until the deadline, Shopkeeper Qian, I have something else to discuss today."

Xiaoruo didn't show politeness to him, and said bluntly, "Does Shopkeeper Qian have time now?"

Seeing Xiao Ruo Qiao's tense and serious expression, Treasurer Qian's heart tightened, and he hurriedly let her into the inner hall to speak.

The inner hall of Tongji Pharmacy is the place where the shopkeeper keeps accounts and receives distinguished guests on weekdays. It is quiet and bright, and at the same time, it has confidentiality.

Shopkeeper Qian invited Xiaoruo to take a seat, so he had to show her tea in person.

"No, it's important." Xiao Ruo asked after declining the tea offered by Shopkeeper Qian. "I wonder if the chamber of commerce can contact the major medicinal material firms and drug farmers immediately?"

"Yes, since that disaster relief act, the name of our chamber of commerce has been established in Qinzhou. With the inscription of the governor Zeng, those medicinal material dealers and farmers have come to our chamber of commerce on their own initiative this month!"

Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Qian's face was full of admiration for Xiaoruo.

"Miss Xiao's proposal at that time was really effective. Now what kind of medicinal materials our chamber of commerce wants, it's just a matter of one sentence."

As one of the principals of the Qinzhou Pharmaceutical Chamber of Commerce, he is also honored.

"Okay then, you can contact them for the medicinal materials written on it, and you can take as much as you can."

Xiaoruo unfolded the slip of paper with the prescription of avoiding plague powder and handed it to shopkeeper Qian.

On the top of the unfolded note, there are ten kinds of medicinal materials such as nepeta, gypsum, scrophulariaceae, trichosanthin, raw licorice, scutellaria baicalensis, tangerine peel, malt, divine comedy, and poria cocos, and the dosage of each is marked on the side.

"This is?" Shopkeeper Qian didn't realize it for a moment, he didn't understand the purpose of this prescription.

"This is Biwensan." Xiaoruo didn't intend to hide it, she said: "Please tell the shopkeeper Qian to contact all the medicinal materials dealers and farmers today, and make sure to buy as many medicinal materials as possible, and if there is any realgar tung fruit."

"Yes, but there is no plague now, who will we sell these medicinal materials to when we buy them?"

Seeing the puzzled expression on Shopkeeper Qian's face, Xiaoruo thought about it for a while, but still didn't intend to tell the whole story.

After all, the possible arrival of the plague was only old man Cen's guess. If she told Shopkeeper Qian directly, it might cause panic.

"If you believe me, then do as I tell you." Xiaoruo could only reply like this.

"It's best if you don't need it. If you need it one day, I only ask you to sell this medicine for not more than half of the profit."

Among the shopkeepers of all the pharmacies and medical centers in Qinzhou, shopkeeper Qian saw Xiaoruo as the most filtered one. In his heart, Miss Xiaoruo was simply extremely smart, and she never missed a single point in her calculations.

This is also the reason why Xiaoruo chose to go to the money shopkeeper first.

Sure enough, as Xiaoruo expected, Shopkeeper Qian repeatedly read the note that said "Biwensan" several times, clenched his fists and thought for a moment, then said: "Of course I trust Miss Xiao, I'll contact the medicinal material dealers right now."

The matter of medicinal materials has been settled, and after Xiaoruo and Shopkeeper Qian parted ways, they became colleagues.

She deliberately avoided the streets with heavy traffic and walked through the alleys instead.

In fact, she was still wondering where to go next.

Should I just go home and wait behind closed doors, or go to the government office and tell the officials about this guess?
If I told Governor Zeng that I guessed that there might be a plague in the future, but if there was no plague in the end, would I be charged with defamation?
Defamation is a felony in this world, and the legislation clearly states: slanderers will be punished by the family.

Her own life and death are secondary, and other people in the family will be implicated.

If you don't say it, the plague will really break out...

She walked along the edge of the alley with her head down, her heart was in a mess, when suddenly someone patted her shoulder from behind.

Xiaoruo was startled suddenly, she didn't hear anyone approaching, before she turned her head, her palms started to feel faintly hot, and she entered a state of vigilance and attack.

"Miss Xiao? Why are you so absorbed in your thoughts? I called you several times and you didn't hear me."

A familiar voice came, it was the yamen servant Jin Hui.

Only then did Xiao Ruo's stiff body soften, and she quietly put away her half-clenched hands.

"Brother Jin, I'm sorry, I was distracted just now." She said with a smile.

"Ah, I happened to meet you, so I'll save you another trip in the future." Jin Hui scratched his head, feeling a little shy at the gentle smile of the girl in front of him.

"Didn't you ask me to inquire about the child abduction case last time? There is news from above that the arrested Yamen will be escorted to Yingzhou, where they will be exiled after being tried by the Ministry of Punishment."

"Yingzhou? Still need the Criminal Ministry to judge?"

This news was beyond Xiaoruo's expectation. It was just abducted and trafficked more than a dozen children, so it needs to be tried directly by the highest judicial organ?
"Yes, I heard from Sima himself, and I can't be wrong." Jin Hui replied affirmatively. "It is said that Secretary Dali personally ordered it."

"But I don't know why it is like this. We can't guess what the official is thinking. We will follow whatever orders from above."

Xiaoruo nodded thoughtfully, Jin Hui was right, the first rank of the official rank crushed people, what he told himself today was all the information he could know.

"Thank you, Brother Jin, for letting me know." Xiaoruo bowed her knees slightly and saluted to thank her.

"You're being polite, it's just a matter of little effort. Then I'll take my leave first, Mr. Zeng is still waiting for me to reply."

Jin Hui also clasped his fists in return, and turned around to go to the yamen after speaking.

Seeing Jin Hui's tall back, Xiao Ruo frowned, and couldn't hold back and said, "Brother Jin, wait!"

Jin Hui stopped when he heard the sound, turned around and asked, "Miss Xiao, is there anything else?"

There is another chapter that will be updated later in the evening, thank you Sunshine for the recommendation ticket!

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