The exquisite space of the ruffian concubine

Chapter 89 Am I Like a Madman?
Wu Miaoxin, who was at the back of the crowd, suddenly realized that this matter seemed to be out of her control - if that old woman could really cure the plague, wouldn't she, a medical girl, be pushed down?
She hurriedly said loudly: "Don't listen to this man, this man is a lunatic!"

Everyone turned to look at her, discussing:

"Which family's little girl movie is this?"

"It seems to be a doctor girl!"

"Why is the doctor girl here? Is she also here to sell medicine?"

"That's right, I'm the doctor girl." Wu Miaoxin nodded, pointed at Meng Xiaoshu's nose and said, "This person is talking nonsense and deceiving people, you must not let her go!"

Among the villagers, some people immediately believed her: "The doctor's words should be correct, this person must not be really crazy!"

Meng Xiaosu smiled lightly: "Do I look like a lunatic?"

After Yun Feitian changed her appearance, she changed into silk clothes. The clothes looked neat and her face was blessed.Everyone looked at her carefully, but they were a little uncertain.

madman?It's really not like it!

In contrast, Wu Miaoxin, who was drenched by the rain, had a few strands of black hair sticking to her face, and her complexion was somewhat distorted, which really looked a little abnormal.

Meng Xiaocoma smiled faintly again: "The doctor girl is just suspecting that the old woman can't cure this plague..."

"That's right, I mean you can't cure it!" Wu Miaoxin interrupted her, and said arrogantly, "This doctor girl is powerless, so can you think of a way?"

"So, it's fake if I can't cure it, and it's true if you can't cure it yourself?" Meng Xiaocom raised his eyebrows.

The crowd was in an uproar:
"What, can't the doctor cure you?"

"No wonder she came here for several days, just busy praying for rain, and didn't ask about the plague at all."

Wu Miao was furious and couldn't help shouting: "Shut up!"

"Why, did I say something wrong?" Meng Xiaocom pulled the corner of his mouth.

"You...you..." Wu Miaoxin was momentarily speechless.

Firstly, she did not have the ability to cure the plague, and secondly, she did not have the courage to lie and deceive people.The matter of identity may be faked to become true, but such a big lie cannot be told.If it is said that it can be cured, but it is not cured, the people will be furious, and they will probably scratch themselves.

"I said I wanted to take you in as an apprentice, but you don't know how to cherish it. No wonder I'm not to blame." Meng Xiaosuo glanced at her with an indifferent expression, then turned to ask the little official, "Is your lord there?"

The little official nodded quickly: "Yes, of course I am, I will report to your lord right away!"

"Go!"

"What are you still doing?"

Among the crowd, the ones who screamed the loudest were those gorgeously dressed merchants. They had plenty of silver and were extremely afraid of death. a few.

Seeing their menacing approach, the petty official didn't dare to hesitate, turned around and ran into the yamen, and closed the door heavily with a "bang".

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps from inside, the door creaked open, and a face appeared from the crack: "My lord said, please go to the study to discuss it in detail."

Meng Xiaoshu nodded, then turned to the people guarding the door and said, "Everyone, be safe and don't be impatient, the medicine will be here soon, don't be in a hurry."

With that said, he followed the man into the yamen.

The last time she stole the portrait, she came here once, even if no one was leading the way, she still knew the direction of the study.

The magistrate of Shannan County, surnamed Fang, is a short and thin man, not at all like Duan Tai, with a fat body, he looks like a corrupt official.

He was holding a writing brush, and he didn't know what he was writing. When he saw Meng Xiaosuo approaching, he stopped writing and looked at Meng Xiaosuo carefully: "Who are you?"

"Xin Qianmeng, a folk woman, is from Meixian County." Meng Xiaosuo said.

Ordinary women would respect him when they saw him, but Meng Xiaosuo's expression was calm, she didn't seem to regard him as a magistrate, only as an ordinary citizen.Of course, he was a little dissatisfied.Under dissatisfaction, her tone became a bit blunt: "Why did you come to me?"

"The women of the people want to borrow the lord's yamen to distribute pills to cure the plague." Meng Xiaosuo said.

"Oh? Why don't you post it on the street?" Wang Zhifu asked knowingly.

"Your Excellency, do you know how much is my elixir?" Meng Xiaocom asked back.

Wang Zhifu didn't seem to take her words seriously, he casually took a sip of tea, and asked, "How much?"

"100 taels of silver." Meng Xiaocom said.

"puff……"

A sip of tea was sprayed all over the table. Fang Zhifu coughed for a long time before he straightened out his breath. His voice was fully octave higher, "You just said, how much?"

"100 taels of silver." Meng Xiaocomb smiled meaningfully and raised her eyebrows, "Lord Fang, I will naturally not take this silver by myself."

"Oh?" Fang Zhifu immediately became interested when he heard this, "I can't think of you, an old woman, who is so knowledgeable and understands the truth, not bad, not bad... But what do you mean by saying that you won't take it all alone? Huh? My lord still doesn't understand."

Sure enough, he is the same as that Duan Tai!
Meng Xiaocom sneered in her heart, and said calmly, "Of course you can have as much as you want."

"How do you say that?" Fang Zhifu wrote all his greed on his face.

"I will choose three patients to take the elixir, so that everyone can see the magic of this elixir. After that, there will be rich merchants rushing to buy it. I have twenty elixir on me, but I will tell everyone about it. Falsely claim that there are only ten pills, test three pills, sell seven pills, and set the price for the remaining ten pills. At that time, let alone 100 taels of silver, it will be 300 taels or 500 taels, I am afraid that some people will come Buy it." Meng Xiaocom said solemnly.

It's just that this seriousness is just pretending.

Fang Zhifu felt itchy in his heart when he heard it—300 taels, 500 taels... Tsk tsk, even if you scrape the ground for a year, I'm afraid you won't be able to find so much money...

He is a native magistrate, unlike Duan Tai, who once served as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the capital. After being demoted to Mengshan, he secretly sent his confidants to bring the small treasury here.The counties managed by the two prefects happened to be adjacent to each other, so there was naturally some sense of comparison on weekdays.

This time, he was finally able to suppress Duan Tai!Thinking of this, Fang couldn't help but beam with joy.

Although Shannan County, like Shanbei County, is also located on the border, it happens to be the place where caravans from neighboring countries must pass through. Therefore, many wealthy businessmen often stay in inns here.Right now, among this group of people, many have accidentally contracted the plague and are in urgent need of medical treatment.In Fang's eyes, these are lambs waiting to be slaughtered...

"Okay, it's a deal!" He slapped the table, shaking the teacup on the table, "However, you have to leave the elixir first..."

"The elixir is not with me. I have asked a friend to keep it for me. The magistrate only needs to lend me the yamen for a day, and I will never break my promise." Meng Xiaosuo said calmly.

Greed is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant, who knows if the magistrate will kill her with a knife because of his greed, and occupy all the medicines?
In fact, someone Fang really had this idea—anyway, the plague is everywhere, and if more people from other counties die, who will investigate?However, after hearing what she said, I could only dismiss the idea, and said unwillingly, "I forgive you for not daring to break your promise!"

Meng Xiaoshu nodded: "Then I will trouble you, sir."

Fang Zhifu acted vigorously and quickly transferred all the officers and soldiers to the gate to guard it.

Meng Xiaoshu went out, found Yun Feitian, and said: "This Fang is a corrupt official, if you have time, kill him."

Yun Feitian didn't expect her to say this suddenly, his face was slightly surprised, but he still agreed: "If it's true, I will naturally not let him go."

"Do you suspect that I lied to you?" Meng Xiaosuo snorted.

"Of course not. By the way, why did you ask for one hundred silver pieces?" Yun Feitian asked.

"On those merchants who are so rich, they will be ruthlessly slaughtered, and then the fat from the slaughter will be distributed to the poor people." Meng Xiaosuo said, squinting at the impatient merchants not far away, "There will be a famine in this place after autumn. I heard before that several caravans transporting grain stayed here for a long time because of the plague. I want to buy the grain and distribute it to Common people, this way, you don’t have to go to Beijing to ask your father for it.”

"Ask my dad for it?" Yun Feitian was puzzled.

"Do you think that I don't want to pay for his medical treatment?" Meng Xiaoshao gave him a white look, "I originally wanted to ask your father to open the treasury and distribute food to these two counties after I came to Beijing, but after thinking about it, now Corrupt officials are in power, and the food may have been embezzled before it reaches this place, and there is not much left."

"It makes sense." Yun Feitian sighed.

While the two were talking, many people were impatiently urging, Meng Xiaocom raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand to push Yun Feitian, flicked in his sleeve, and then in his pocket, one by one. One, took out ten pills and pinched them in the palm of his hand.This movement is very subtle, and almost no one notices it.Of course, except for Fang Zhifu, Meng Xiaocom deliberately turned Yun Feitian's back to the people, while she faced him, so that he could see clearly.

"What are you doing?" Yun Feitian asked.

"Pretend to show that corrupt official, so that he thinks that the elixir was taken from you. Come with me, lest I be accidentally killed by him." Meng Xiaosuo said, turned and walked in yamen.

Yun Feitian followed her side as he said, never leaving her.

Under the yelling of the officers and soldiers, the people who bought the elixir formed a small team.

There are many people watching the excitement, but there are very few people buying medicine, either they don't believe it, or they can't afford it.

"Come on, give way, give way!"

A voice sounded from behind the crowd, and everyone turned their heads to see a few officers and soldiers, carrying three dying people, coming from outside.Those few patients should have been abandoned by their relatives in a remote alley after they got sick. All of them were skinny, with sallow complexions, and shabby clothes, as if they had just been fished out of the mud.

"You guys all know these people, right?" an officer and soldier asked with a raised voice.

(End of this chapter)