mtlumby2d Chapter 57 Being followed
Chapter 57 Being followed
After Jiang Yuwei came out of Lianxiang Tower, she wanted to go to Huichuntang on North Street to buy some more medicinal bath packs for Ning Huaizhi. Now his legs seemed to have regained some sensation after soaking in medicinal baths every day.
Jiang Yuwei felt that every time she helped him up, he could use some strength, but he was still far from being able to stand up.
As Jiang Yuwei walked towards Huichuntang, she was thinking about how to cure Ning Huaizhi's leg as soon as possible. She didn't notice the two men following her after she came out of Lianxianglou.
Jiang Yuwei soon arrived at Huichun Hall. The servants there all recognized her. When they saw that it was her, they hurriedly led her to the inner courtyard.
Jiang Yuwei smiled when she saw Doctor Lin:
"Doctor, the medicinal bath bag I bought for my husband some time ago is indeed useful. I want to buy some more to take back today."
Doctor Lin frowned upon hearing this and said:
"I've said before, just soaking in this medicinal bath is useless. If you want to completely cure your husband's leg, you must find that thousand-year-old wild ginseng. Don't waste your money in vain."
Jiang Yuwei smiled and took out the Gastrodia elata she had dug up from the mountain from her backpack:
"Doctor Lin, don't worry about me. I can afford the money for this medicinal bath. Now my husband's legs feel better after taking a medicinal bath every day. I came here today to ask Doctor Lin to help me take a look at this Gastrodia elata."
Doctor Lin saw that he could not persuade Jiang Yuwei, so he could only shake his head helplessly:
"Well, you can handle it yourself. Let me take a look at this Gastrodia elata."
Jiang Yuwei quickly took one and handed it to Doctor Lin. Doctor Lin took it and said in surprise:
"This is a good thing. It must be several decades old at least. Okay, can you sell it to me?"
Jiang Yuwei smiled and nodded:
"Of course I'm selling it. How about this one?"
Doctor Lin took it and looked at it carefully, then said with a smile:
"This one is even older, probably a hundred years old. It's all good stuff. I'll take as many as you have!"
Jiang Yuwei pushed the pile of Gastrodia elata in front of Doctor Lin and said with a smile:
"That's all I have right now. I believe in Dr. Lin's character, so I brought it directly to Huichuntang to sell. Just name a price. If the price is right, I won't have to go to another pharmacy today."
Doctor Lin examined them one by one, thought for a moment and said:
"For these, I can give you two hundred taels of silver."
Jiang Yuwei knew that Gastrodia elata was a precious medicinal herb, but when she heard that Doctor Lin wanted to give her two hundred taels, she was really shocked. It seemed that digging medicinal herbs was really profitable, more than what she could make from setting up a stall or selling food.
Jiang Yuwei calmed herself down and smiled calmly:
"Okay, then I won't ask other shops and will just sell them all to Doctor Lin. I will send them to Doctor Lin if I find any good herbs in the future."
Doctor Lin was very pleased to hear Jiang Yuwei say this, so he ordered the servant to take Jiang Yuwei to the accounting office to collect the banknotes.
Jiang Yuwei took the silver note and bought a twenty-day medicinal bath package before leaving Huichuntang and preparing to go to the carpenter shop on West Street to buy furniture.
Jiang Yuwei was thinking of finding an empty alley to go into and store all the medicinal bath bags in the space. It was really troublesome to carry so many bags.
But as soon as Jiang Yuwei entered the alley, she realized that someone seemed to be following her in. She hurriedly and vigilantly took out the chili water she had prepared earlier from her arms, opened the lid and was ready at any time.
Jiang Yuwei took a few quick steps and heard the people behind her quickly following. Jiang Yuwei turned around and saw two men with wretched faces, smiling at her with big yellow teeth:
"You're walking pretty fast, little girl."
"That's right. It's been so hard for us two brothers to follow."
"Come here, and let us have some fun, and we will spare you."
Jiang Yuwei tensed up at this moment, staring at the two men intently and asked loudly:
"You, what do you want to do?"
One of the short guys with pockmarks on his face came forward and said with a smile:
"It's no use for you to shout. This is a dead end, and no one usually passes by here. Today, just obey us two brothers and I will spare your life."
Seeing that she couldn't reason with the two men, Jiang Yuwei quickly observed the surrounding terrain. When the two men let down their guard, she rushed forward and poured the high-concentration pepper water in her hand directly into their faces.
The two were startled by Jiang Yuwei's sudden action. Before they could react, pepper water was splashed into their eyes.
"Ahhh, what is that? It hurts so much!"
"My eyes, you damn bitch!"
While the two men were covering their eyes and howling like ghosts and wolves, Jiang Yuwei quickly ran out of the alley between them. As soon as she got out of the alley, she ran into the head of the police patrolling the street. Jiang Yuwei hurriedly stopped the head of the police and shouted:
"Hurry, there are two bad guys in there, follow me!"
The head constable was not ambiguous after hearing Jiang Yuwei's words. He signaled to the constable next to him with his eyes. The two of them drew their swords and walked quickly into the alley. Jiang Yuwei leaned against the wall and squatted at the entrance of the alley, breathing heavily:
"I didn't expect that my life here would be so uneasy. Fortunately, after what happened to Zhang Laizi last time, I prepared some things with me. Otherwise, I would have been in danger of death again today."
Jiang Yuwei was holding her chest in fear when she saw the captain of the police bringing out two thieves tied up with ropes.
The two people who were tied up saw Jiang Yuwei squatting at the entrance of the alley and spat at her:
"Bah, you damn bitch, you killed me!"
"Just wait, I'll kill you even if you don't take the money!"
Seeing that the two were still so arrogant after being arrested, the head of the police kicked them on the legs and shouted:
"Behave yourself and follow me back to the government office!"
When Jiang Yuwei heard what the man said just now, she realized that someone had paid them to follow her and wanted to frame her. So she didn't care about the consequences, she stood up and said to the head of the police:
"Thank you very much, Captain, for saving my life today. These two men are really dangerous. I want to go with you to the government to sue them for committing murder in the street. You heard what they just said, and I am really worried."
The constable on the side stepped forward and said:
"Captain Huang, I think what this lady said makes sense. These two are not good people. They have been in prison several times before, and every time they are released, they start to do evil again."
Captain Huang nodded and said to Jiang Yuwei:
"Then you can follow me."
When the two people who were tied up heard Jiang Yuwei say that she would go to the government to sue them, they begged for mercy:
"No, no, no, I was just trying to scare you."
"That's right, that's right, we didn't hurt you at all, but you made us unable to open our eyes now."
"That's right. My eyes are still hurting. If you want to sue us, we will also sue you for hurting our eyes."
Captain Huang was so annoyed by the quarrel between the two that he stabbed each of them on the head with a palm knife:
"Shut up! If you keep making noise, I'll sew your mouth shut!"