pjbooks Chapter 100 Gold
Chapter 100 Gold
Lin Ziping contacted Inspector Chai and quickly obtained the transfer document. Although Xinping Village was not far from the county seat, the document required the supervisor to stay and be on duty for seven days, with one day off per week. He then left the county office and returned home to pack his luggage, planning to rest for a day before heading to Xinping Village the day after tomorrow.
The next day, Lin Ziping avoided the pillar, changed into women's clothing, wore a mask and a face towel, and took the medicine that Granny Liao had sent from Qingyang before going out.
I visited Huaichuntang with Lao Huang last time. I heard that this shop has been open for decades, and the doctors there learned their skills from the imperial physicians. It is the best pharmacy in Fuchun.
Sure enough, when Lin Ziping arrived, there was already a long queue at Huaichuntang. Most of the patients were pale, breathing rapidly, and coughing could be heard from time to time.
Thinking of the pandemic he had experienced, Lin Ziping silently distanced himself from them and covered himself up even more tightly with his mask.
It was finally Lin Ziping's turn.
He entered the main hall of Huaichun Hall and saw that both the pharmacists and doctors were wearing cloths to cover their mouths and noses. In contrast, Lin Ziping's attire did not seem out of place.
Lin Ziping paid the money and followed the medicine attendant to sit down in front of a gray-haired man. He placed his hand on the pulse diagnosis board, and the man began to take his pulse without asking any questions.
After a while, seeing that the man did not speak, Lin Ziping's heart began to pound. He wondered if he might be poisoned. Could it be diagnosed by taking his pulse without a CT scan or blood test?
"Stick your tongue out," the man's voice came.
Lin Ziping removed his face towel and mask, opened his mouth, and stuck out his tongue.
The man frowned and looked at her for a while before saying, "Your liver qi is stagnant. Miss, you've been overthinking lately. Have you been experiencing loss of appetite, abdominal distension, chest tightness, insomnia, vivid dreams, or irregular menstruation?"
As expected of an expert, I have indeed been unable to eat or sleep lately, and I feel like I've lost a lot of hair. Lin Ziping nodded and added, "That's true, and sometimes I also feel tired and weak."
The man said, "That is indeed a case of liver qi stagnation. I will prescribe some medicine for you to regulate it, but the most important thing is for you to relax and take it easy."
Lin Ziping sighed. He might be poisoned and not long for this world. Even the most carefree person wouldn't be indifferent to such a thing, would they? And was it just liver qi stagnation, and not poisoning? Thinking this, he quickly asked, "Doctor, I only have liver qi stagnation, do I have any other symptoms?"
The man frowned, somewhat displeased: "Does Miss doubt my medical skills?"
"No, no," Lin Ziping quickly shook his head, stammering, "I just feel that I'm not going to live much longer."
"Your complexion is rosy, which doesn't indicate serious illness. Please don't worry," the man said.
Upon hearing this, Lin Ziping nodded in agreement and took out the medicine he had brought, saying, "Doctor, please don't be offended. This is medicine prescribed for me at home, but I have been taking it for a long time and there has been no improvement. That's why I feel... Please help me see if there is anything wrong with this medicine and why it has no effect on me?"
After saying this, she unwrapped the brown paper, pushed the medicine in front of the doctor, dabbed at the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief, and looked heartbroken.
The doctor remained unmoved, sizing up Lin Ziping.
Lin Ziping took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and pushed it in front of the doctor: "Please help me, doctor."
After saying that, he looked sorrowful again.
The doctor leaned closer to examine the medicine that Lin Ziping had pushed over. He frowned, sighed, and relaxed. Seeing this, Lin Ziping's mood was like a rollercoaster, going up and down.
"This medicine is poisonous," the doctor said.
Poisonous?! I've definitely been poisoned!
"However, when these ingredients are combined, their toxicity is neutralized, and it's also a highly nourishing medicine." The doctor considered it carefully and then exclaimed in admiration, "Wonderful! It's amazing that medicine can be prepared this way; any more or less would be toxic!"
This...this medicine can be prepared like this? Was the dispensing accuracy reduced to two decimal places? Did it pass quality inspection? Did the drug administration approve it? If the hand handling this dispensing shakes even slightly, the person taking the medicine will surely die!
After a long pause, the doctor frowned and asked, "Miss, where did you get this medicine?"
"To be honest, this is a prescription given to me by a traveling doctor when I was critically ill. It worked for me when I was sick before, but now... I'm worried about it, so I'm asking you to take a look. As for that traveling doctor, he's long since disappeared." Lin Ziping pressed a handkerchief to the corner of his eye, his voice trembling slightly. "Doctor, can I still take this medicine?"
"From what you've said, Miss, you've already taken this medicine. In my opinion, you should stop taking it for now and try my medicine instead," the doctor said, stroking his beard beneath his veil.
Lin Ziping carefully put away the medicine, bowed to the doctor, and said, "Thank you for your help."
I went out with one packet of medicine, and came back with three more packets. The doctor at Huaichuntang said a lot, but almost none of it was useful. Some experts are indeed experts.
Forget it, Lin Ziping gave up. As the saying goes, if the King of Hell calls you to die at midnight, who dares to keep you alive until dawn? Every day he's alive now is a gift. So be it if he's poisoned. There's nothing he can do when it's time to die. He'll just die naturally.
After figuring it out, Lin Ziping suddenly felt refreshed. He packed a few more sets of clothes into his packed luggage. He would go to Pingding Village first when he went to Xinping Village tomorrow. Why hadn't the village head come to find him yet? Could it be that he discovered the wall he broke down at Dai Qin's house and saw the secret room behind it?
Thinking of this, Lin Ziping took out the box he had brought out from the dark room. Originally, he was reluctant to damage the box because it was too exquisite, but now he didn't care anymore. He found a hammer, avoided the box, and quickly smashed the lock on the box.
Slowly opening the box, a golden expanse came into view!
Lin Ziping was stunned. He pinched himself hard and exclaimed, "Mom, I've made something of myself! Seeing so many gold bars!"
Swallowing hard, Lin Ziping hurriedly closed the box, shut all the doors and windows inside and outside the room, and then opened the box again. Sure enough, it was gold! After calming himself down, Lin Ziping took out the gold bars and examined them carefully. There were no markings on them. He then took out the gold bars and counted them carefully. There were a total of 50 bars, weighing about 20 jin (10 catties).
20 catties is equivalent to 200 taels of gold, or 2000 taels of silver, which is approximately 1 million RMB!
Lin Ziping was tempted. Ten million! And that was after tax. He would have to work honestly for 85 years to earn that much!
Lin Ziping counted the gold bars in the box several times before suppressing his overwhelming joy. He then discovered two books at the bottom of the box. Taking them out, he found one containing a list of medicinal herbs, seemingly a prescription. Turning to the back and seeing the annotations, Lin Ziping realized that this was a collection of methods Dai Qin had found for Dai Yining to conceal her female identity. Overjoyed, he felt as if a pillow had appeared out of his sleep, a stroke of good fortune after a long period of uncertainty!
Only then did Lin Ziping realize the meaning behind Dai Qin's request for his help in dealing with the house. However, with gold and a secret recipe involved, it seemed like he was being given a bit too much!
Then I opened another book, and it said:
On the eighth day of the fourth month of the ninth year of Shunhua, Zhang Keren of Anding, Pingzhou, had two young daughters, aged six.
On the 14th day of the fifth month of the ninth year of Hue, eight sheep were found in Xinping: five females and three males.
On the third day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Hue, Wang Hanshan of the capital had one virtuous daughter, aged fourteen, and three sons, aged eight.
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What is all this? One minute it's people, the next it's sheep, it's like a diary entry, I can't understand it at all!
Then, considering that this booklet was placed alongside 50 gold bars, years of experience told me that there must be something fishy about it.
Lin Ziping looked at it several more times, still completely confused. He put the booklet and gold bars back into the box, found a new lock, locked it, and put it away.