"This Zhu Xiancai is the county lord of the Han people, you won't have any problem talking to her like that. Although she is now exiled, maybe she will be able to return to the Central Plains in a few years, and even directly find her a place in Yunnan to be the county lord, in case she holds a grudge against you, wouldn't it be bad for our chief lawsuit. After all, the people in the village don't know her detailed identity, and you do. Wu Zhuge said again.

"It shouldn't be fine." Long Ping'er said: "I have inquired with other people, she does not have the squeamishness of the county lord at all, she does everything herself, and she has no objection to the people in the village calling her little sister, so I don't think it's okay." ”

"And the days we have to deal with her in the future will not be short, and we will take care of her without a trace in the future."

"Forget it, I don't know as much about these things as you do, let's do what you say." Wu Zhuge said.

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Zhu Xiancai took Long Pulan back to his house, took out all the medicinal materials to be used from the warehouse according to the amount, mixed them together, and said to Long Pulan: "This is the amount of two pairs of medicines, go back first and let Sister Long taste it, if the condition improves, continue to come and get the medicine; If the condition does not improve, I will go for a pulse check. ”

Long Pulan nodded, took the medicine and left.

At this time, Luo Yi went out to see a doctor, Zhu Xiancai cleaned up the house, and seeing that it was noon, he started cooking again.

After a while, Luo Yi came back, and when he entered the door, he said with a smile: "Xiancai, look at what I brought?" ”

Zhu Xiancai came out and took a look and said, "What kind of meat is this?" ”

"It's tiger meat!" Luo Yi said with a smile: "Today, Lao Liu's family hunted a tiger, and on the way to carry the tiger home, he met me, gave me two catties of tiger meat, and said that he would give me some bones." ”

"That's a good thing!" Zhu Xiancai also smiled: "Tiger meat is okay, tiger bones are good things, and they may not be able to buy them if you have money." ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Luo Yi said: "Even though the tigers here are generally smaller than those in the north, they are not easy to fight, and every time they go out to fight tigers, they have to kill a few people." Besides, I see that the tiger skin is still intact, and it has to be sold for thousands of taels of silver in the Central Plains! Even if it's a lot less here, it's hundreds of taels or even thousands of taels. ”

After eating at noon, Luo Yi left home again and went to Lao Liu's house. When he came back in the evening, he had some shaved bones in his hand, and he took out his own treasured wine and soaked the bones in it.

Early the next morning, he took out a few jars of poor wine and went to Lao Liu's house. This family because a son who was dying was saved by the two of them, so now they are very superstitious about the medicine of the Han people, and they heard that the Han people have their own way of making tiger bone wine, so they divided half of the bones to use the Han method to make wine.

At noon, Luo Yi came back with five catties of tiger meat. But this time Zhu Xiancai said: "We are not in Shandong, although it is already November, but the weather is still very warm, you take so much tiger meat back and the two of us can't finish it." ”

"If you can't finish it, make it into cured meat and eat it slowly." Luo Yi said: "This is tiger meat, even if it is marinated meat, it is not bad." ”

"Use tiger meat to make cured meat, you are really, who will not say that you are a loser in the Central Plains! But now there is no other way, cut out a pound of meat to eat for the past two days, and I will marinate the rest in the afternoon. Zhu Xiancai said.

After waking up at noon, Luo Yi got up and went to the backyard to pick up the vegetable garden, and Zhu Xiancai began to marinate four catties of tiger meat.

But as soon as she started, she heard a woman say at the front door: "Sister Zhu, Sister Zhu." ”

Zhu Xiancai heard that it was Long Pulan's voice, walked to the door and said, "It's Sister Long, what's the matter?" ”

"Sister Zhu, you forgot, you saw my sister yesterday and prescribed two pairs of medicines, and these two pairs of medicines have been eaten." Lumpland said.

"I'm sorry, Sister Long, there were too many things yesterday, I didn't think about it for a while. Has Sister Long's illness improved? Zhu Xiancai said.

"It's been a little better, my sister said you can be regarded as a miracle doctor." Lumpland replied.

"I'm not a miracle doctor. Then I will prescribe four more pairs of medicine, and you go back and let Sister Long continue to take it. If it continues to improve, I will go to the clinic again the day after tomorrow to change the prescription. Zhu Xiancai said.

With that, she went to the storeroom, grabbed four pairs of medicines according to yesterday's prescription, and handed them to Longplan.

Long Pulan took the medicine with his left hand, took out a silver horn from the bag hanging on his clothes with his right hand, handed it to her and said, "Sister Zhu, this is yesterday's consultation fee. ”

"This is too much," Zhu Xiancai saw that this silver horn was more than two taels, and said: "This is too much, if it is in the Central Plains, the consultation fee and medicine fee are only three hundred yuan." ”

"But this is Miao Village, and Sister Zhu is the only one in Lang who understands internal medicine. My sister said that Sister Zhu is the most important person in the whole village, second only to my father. Lumpland said.

"How can it be so important." Zhu Xiancai said with a smile. But he still refused to make such a large sum of money.

But Long Pulan insisted on giving her this silver horn, and in the end she really shirked it, but she could only accept it.

After that, Zhu Xiancai returned to the backyard to continue marinating tiger meat, but after a while, someone shouted at the door. This time it was a man's voice: "Lord Anqiu." Lord of Anqiu. ……”

Zhu Xiancai heard that this was the voice of the guard guarding the door, and he didn't want to pay attention to it; But they screamed endlessly, so Zhu Xiancai walked to the door angrily and said, "What is it called!" Some of you are sick and can't ask me to see a doctor! ”

The guard who called her just now hadn't seen her get angry like this in two years, so he immediately knelt down in fright and said, "County Lord, His Royal Highness King Min sent someone over, so the ministers greeted the county lord." ”

"What are you doing on your knees! Get up! I'm not a county lord either. Zhu Xiancai said.

When the guard stood up tremblingly, Zhu Xiancai continued: "What about the people sent by the eighteenth uncle? ”

He immediately got out of the way, and Zhu Xiancai saw six people wearing the color of the prince's guard come over, bowed to her, and said, "I've seen the county lord of Anqiu." ”

"I said that I am not the county lord." Zhu Xiancai said: "But Uncle Yang is still my eighteenth uncle." Tell me, what did Uncle Eighteen send you over? ”

"His Royal Highness sent ministers and others to deliver things to the county lord." As he spoke, the guard at the head stepped aside, pointed to something behind him, and said, "County Lord, these are ten pieces of silk, five hundred pieces of porcelain for daily use, five iron pots, two pieces of soft armor, two thousand taels of silver, and," he pointed to the four little girls and continued, "Four maids." With his last words, the four little girls bowed and said, "The slave has seen the lord of the county. ”

Zhu Xiancai looked at all this, sneered and said: "Uncle Eighteen is really well-prepared, and they are all useful things, and there are no extravagant things. ”

"So, the county lord accepted it?" The head guard said.

"When did I say I accepted it," Zhu Xiancai said with a straight face: "Take it back, I don't want it." ”

"County Lord, Your Highness also knows that the County Lord doesn't like luxury, so he didn't send any luxurious things over, they are all things that can be used daily, and these things are nothing." The head guard said.

"Isn't that nothing?" Zhu Xiancai pointed to the silk and said: "Do you know that even the richest earthen house here only has one or two silk clothes, which are only worn when he goes to Kunming to meet Mu Sheng, and they are usually homespun clothes; ”

She pointed to the porcelain again and said, "And this porcelain, there is not a single porcelain in the whole village, even if the nine chief lawsuits are counted, there are not many; ”

"The iron pot is normal; Two thousand taels of silver may be able to make up; Two pieces of soft armor, which may also be available here; But these four neat maids, even if it is the prefect of Lin'an Mansion, there is no one. She concluded.

"How can the county lord's thousand-pound body be compared to a few natives?" The head guard said.

"As I said, I'm a commoner now, and I don't have the title of county lord. So I can't ask for these things, you can take them all back. Zhu Xiancai said.

At this time, Luo Yi had already heard the sound and came to the door, looking at Zhu Xiancai and King Min's guards. The guard at the head turned his head and saw him, and immediately said as if grasping a life-saving straw: "Luo Yibin, you persuade the county lord to accept these things." ”

A trace of longing obviously flashed in Luo Yi's eyes, but then he suppressed this trace of desire, shook his head at the guard and said, "This lord, I am not a guest of honor, and we can't accept these things." ”

The guard at the head wanted to say more, but Zhu Xiancai interrupted: "You don't have to say it, I will definitely not accept it." If you persuade me again, I will let your companion go back and tell Uncle Eighteen that I will keep you here as a guard, and I believe that Uncle Eighteen will not be stingy with a guard. ”

The guard at the head immediately did not dare to speak, and after a while said, "In this case, the minister will retire." As he spoke, he instructed the others to lift up the box and get out of here.

But at this time, Luo Yi walked up to Zhu Xiancai and said something to her, Zhu Xiancai probably thought about it, and suddenly said, "Stop!" ”

The guard at the head immediately ordered the people carrying the goods to stop, turned his head to Zhu Xiancai with hope, and said, "The county lord has changed his mind to accept these things?" ”

"Five iron pots, two pieces of soft armor are left, and you still take the rest, I don't want it." Zhu Xiancai said. At the same time, Luo Yi turned around and walked into the room.

The guards at the head immediately asked people to put down the box carrying the iron pot, and took out two pieces of soft armor from the other box and put them on this box.

At this time, Luo Yi walked out with a jar, Zhu Xiancai took the jar and said to the guard: "But I don't want anything from Uncle Eighteen in vain, you can bring back this jar of tiger bone wine to Uncle Eighteen." ”

"Tiger bone wine?" The guard at the head stepped forward to take the wine jar and thought to himself, 'It's not bad, the county lord has finally accepted something, and also gave back a jar of tiger bone wine, His Highness shouldn't reprimand us too much.' ’

Then even greater surprise came over him. "Also, the bones soaked in the wine were taken from a tiger that had recently died, and the skin was still there, and it was very intact. You buy this tiger skin back and give it to Uncle Eighteen, and Uncle Eighteen will definitely not blame you anymore. Zhu Xiancai said.

"And tiger skins!" The guard at the head said in surprise. It was a real bonus.

"Hmm." Zhu Xiancai immediately asked Luo Yi to take them to Lao Liu's house to see the tiger skin.

When the guards saw the complete tiger skin, they immediately decided to buy it. They took out all the remaining goods, except for the four maidservants, to exchange them for the tiger skin. That's not enough, they're not afraid.

But for Lao Liu's family, two thousand taels of silver is already a huge amount of money, not to mention countless precious silk and porcelain. So they were very happy to exchange the tiger skins for these things, and they made a great deal for everyone.

Looking at Zhu Yan's guards who were very happy to leave with only a tiger skin, Zhu Xiancai said to Luo Yi: "Although I only accepted five pots and two pieces of soft armor this time, the eighteenth uncle will definitely send someone to deliver things in the future." ”

"Just say no to them all then." Luo Yi said: "I also have to accept these five iron pots because our family's pot is about to break; Two pieces of soft armor are for safety. ”

Zhu Xiancai did not speak. She also accepted these seven items for the same reason, otherwise she would never have asked for anything from Uncle Eighteen and Mu Sheng.

I gave back a jar of tiger bone wine, and I didn't ask for anything from Uncle Eighteen in vain. Zhu Xiancai comforted himself at the same time.

Looking at Zhu Xiancai, who was pondering and didn't know what he was thinking, although Luo Yi thought this picture was beautiful, he could only say to her: "Xiancai, the tiger meat is about to spoil." ”

"Oops! I forgot there was still tiger meat to marinate. Zhu Xiancai, who reacted, hurriedly ran into the kitchen.

Luo Yi smiled and picked up the box containing the iron pot and soft armor and walked into the house.

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In the high village in the middle of the village, in a room where it is difficult to get sunlight, a woman who also watched Zhu Yang's guards leave the village carrying tiger skins and said: "Dad, King Min sent someone to deliver something to Zhu Xiancai, which is enough to prove that what I said is right: for the Han people, even the exiled royal family is not something that ordinary people can bully. As she spoke, she turned her head to look at the middle-aged man beside her, and with the faint sunlight, she could recognize her as Long Ping'er.

"The Han people really have different rules from our Miao people. But what does this have to do with you reading the Di Bao? Tusha Long Shangden said.

"Dad, since the current emperor succeeded to the throne, the governance has changed a lot, you can't use the old ideas before, you must keep abreast of the actions of the court." Long Ping'er said.

"If we are close to the Han people's territory, such as the Annan Division, then this is right; But we are deep mountains and old forests, and the Han people will never come to such deep mountains and old forests. Long Shangden said.

Long Ping'er was about to continue to persuade, when suddenly Long Shangdeng said again: "However, it is not expensive to buy a copy of the newspaper from the hands of the officials, you can buy it for a month with a few taels of silver, and you can afford these few taels of silver in the village." Although Dad was skeptical, it was better to buy it and take a look. ”

"Thank you, Daddy. These newspapers will definitely have a role in the future. Long Ping'er said.