Zuo Gui turned back to Zuo Shaoyang and said, "Zhong'er, calculate the cost of diagnosis and medicine for Dr. Ni." Speaking of this, he glanced at Dr. Ni again, and said in a long voice: "Remember, if you do it, you must not overcharge!" lest you become an unscrupulous traveling doctor in Dr. Ni's mouth, charge a few more for small things, and say that our Guizhitang signboard will be detrimental to the matter! ”

Dr. Ni is a well-known doctor in Hezhou, he has always regarded himself as a benevolent doctor, and he looks down on other doctors in his bones, especially Lang Zhong, who has mediocre medical skills like Zuo Gui, just talked about this matter, and the pride and arrogance in his heart were unconsciously revealed, but he didn't expect to be caught by Zuo Gui and sore feet, and he was really ridiculed for a few words, and he couldn't help but be ashamed and embarrassed, but he just saved his son, and promised to go out to help his younger brother testify, and he couldn't afford to offend, so he laughed at himself: "Zuo Lang is noble in Chinese medicine, Everyone knows everything in our Hezhou apricot forest, and the old man has always admired it very much, but these honorariums, hehe, can't be regarded as a thank you gift other than the consultation fee. Instead, he was rewarded for Ling Lang's help in testifying in court and treating the dog. I also hope that Zuo Langzhong will be accommodating and laugh at it. ”

Dr. Ni repeatedly begged Zuo Gui to accept these three boxes of heavy gifts, naturally worried that Zuo Shaoyang would not be able to testify in court, although the other party had promised to help, but in his opinion, it was always uneasy to help without receiving gifts, and this matter had already cost a lot of money, and he could only succeed and not fail, otherwise his brother's head might move, so he tried his best to get the other party to accept the things.

Ni Mu and the others also know that it is powerful, and they have spent a lot of money to pave the way for the relationship, and they are most worried about the failure of this move in the end, so they also accompany Xiao and persuade. But Zuo Guisuo's surname ignored it, sat behind a few long cases, leisurely sipping tea and looking at the street scene outside the door.

Ni's mother and the others have never met someone who can't give it away with money, so they have no idea and look at Dr. Ni. After all, Dr. Ni has been practicing medicine in a medical hall pharmacy for more than 30 years, and he has seen a lot of things, and he has also encountered this kind of scene, and he may be able to come up with a way.

Dr. Ni's eyes rolled a few times, and finally came up with an idea, and he arched his hand and said: "Zuo Langzhong, the old man has a reluctant request, I don't know if I should talk about it." ”

"Dr. Ni, please speak."

In addition, the old man admires Guitang's prescription for curing prostration under the Shaoyang certificate very much, in addition, Guitang's recipe for concocting aconitum is also very appreciative, so he wants to buy it with a lot of money, and last time, Lao Yu asked his brother to discuss the purchase of a prescription for the treatment of stroke, but his brother did not understand etiquette, and he did not listen to what he said, and offended Guitang, and Lao Yu made amends for him. At the same time, the old man also wants to buy this prescription for the treatment of stroke, there are three prescriptions in total, and it doesn't matter how much money is in which prescription, the three prescriptions are a total of these three boxes. Hehe, I hope Zuo Langzhong can cut his love and want to let it. ”

Zuo Gui stroked his beard and said: "Of course I have no problem with this, the prescription, it is used to treat diseases and save people, and the more people who know the disease, the more hope there is." Nature is a good thing. However, you have to ask the dog about this, Fang Zi learned it from him, and he said it. ”

Doctor Ni hurriedly said to Zuo Shaoyang: "Zuo Gongzi, what do you think?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang laughed dryly: "Dr. Ni's generation of famous doctors also admires our Guizhitang's prescriptions, hehe, it turns out that my prescriptions are still somewhat useful." ”

Doctor Ni's old face turned red again, when Zuo Shaoyang came to Huimin Hall to sell prescriptions, Doctor Ni once ridiculed him as a liar, the prescriptions he sold were definitely useless, otherwise Guizhitang would not be so poor. Zuo Shaoyang said to Dr. Ni at the time that he wanted to prove it to him, and Dr. Ni replied coldly at the time, he looked at it, and he didn't think that before a month came, he begged to ask for a buyer, and he really felt a little bad in his heart.

Zuo Shaoyang only teased a few words, and ignored the unforgiving, and said with a smile: "I can't sell the method of concocting aconitum because I have already agreed with Hengchang Pharmaceutical Store to let him operate it exclusively." As for the treatment of stroke, as long as the price is right, it is possible to consider it. And the prescription for treating Ling Lang, in fact, Dr. Ni doesn't need to buy it. Since we accept the treatment for Ling Lang, we naturally have to take as much medicine as we need to take until we are cured, and I will prescribe a decoction and send it to Ling Lang. until healed. ”

"No, no, the old man really admires the efficacy of this prescription, so he sincerely wants to buy this prescription for future treatment. In addition, the stroke of the prescription, as long as you make a price, the old decay will never bargain. Huh"

"Really?" Zuo Shaoyang glanced at him and said slowly: "It's better for Dr. Ni to make a price." Now it's you who want to buy, not us who want to sell, so naturally buyers should bid. However, in the front, if there is only one or two hundred texts, it will be better to avoid opening the mouth. ”

Dr. Ni once said that if Zuo Shaoyang's prescription for treating stillbirths was one or two hundred wen, he would buy it out of curiosity, and if it came out of nine hundred, it was deliberately to deceive people. Listening to his words at this moment, although it is not a mockery and ridicule, after all, it is still a little embarrassing to be a thief. He said: "Now this recipe has saved the life of the dog, and the prostration of the less yin certificate is more morbidden, and the price of this recipe is definitely not expensive." And the prescription for treating stroke is even more valuable, but the old decay has limited financial resources, so it is good to use these old ginseng, jewelry, and silver as the price! ”

Zuo Shaoyang said: "To be honest, the stroke recipe is indeed worth some money, but it is not worth as much as your three boxes." As for my prescription for Ling Lang's treatment, to put it bluntly, it is worthless, if I sell it to you at such a high price, people will say that I am a big liar who is greedy for huge profits. ”

This sentence made Dr. Ni feel that Zuo Shaoyang was retaliating against him for saying that Zuo Shaoyang was a liar for selling fake parties last time, and said in fear: "No, as the so-called is not afraid of comparing goods, I am afraid of not knowing the goods." The one who says this is illiterate and does not know the good or the bad. Lao Yu naturally knew that these two recipes were expensive, so he bought them with a lot of money. ”

"I'm telling the truth, the prescription for your son's illness is really worthless, and you will regret it if you buy it. A stroke recipe isn't worth that much money. ”

"No, no, that's what you buy, if the buyer thinks it's worth it, it's worth it! Hehe, I exchanged these three boxes of things, just worth so much, the two are not in arrears, hehehe"

Since ancient times, buyers have only lowered the price, how can there be a suspect that the selling price is too low, and those who take the initiative to raise the price, since they insist on raising the price and buying at a high price, they naturally still have another purpose.

Father Zuogui on the side heard this, and then he understood that Dr. Ni was still borrowing a buyer to give gifts, and he was unhappy in his heart, and said loudly: "If Dr. Ni insists on buying this recipe with a lot of money, it doesn't matter, but it's already morning, and the sky is already bright, we should go to the yamen, and I will accompany you." You have to go first to go to this promotion, and you can't let the county magistrate wait. As for the purchase of prescriptions, let's wait until we are done with business before discussing it. Now that I am discussing, I will give people the suspicion of taking advantage of the danger of others, although I am poor, I will not do such unscrupulous things. ”

When Dr. Ni heard what he said, he was really happy and worried, and he was happy to hear Zuo Langzhong say that he was going too, so it seems that he must have really helped, but what he was worried about was that the other party saw through his thoughts and insisted on not accepting heavy gifts. Especially the person who had some grudges with his own pharmacy before, which made him even more uneasy, but he couldn't think of another way, and it was too late, so he could only believe that he was really helping and not accepting gifts.

Mother Ni, Mrs. Ni and others also have this thought, but to persuade, what should be said has been said several times before, and they can't say anything new, the main reason is that it's too late, and it can only be so.

In ancient times, women from large families did not go to the yamen hall, and even if they were involved in a case, as long as it was not a life lawsuit or a weathering case, they would ask their father and brother to come to the hall instead, and they would not go to the lobby to watch. Of course, ordinary women are not so particular.

Ni's mother and others were reluctant to go to the lobby, but this matter was related to Ni Er's surname, and they couldn't care about it so much.

There are already many people outside the Yamen hall who have come to hear the trial, and the people in the whole city have almost heard about this case, and they are all very curious, after all, this involves the younger brother of the most powerful famous doctor in Hezhou, the matter of Huimin Hall, and it also involves the nurse of Lord Shi, and it is a capital crime if it is not done well. So I'm interested in seeing the results.

When these people saw Dr. Ni and the others coming, they all got out of the way and looked at him with a look of pity or schadenfreude.

The sedan chair of Ni Mu and others came to the open space on the right side of the lobby and stopped, the sedan curtain was closed, and the maids and servants were waiting around. Dr. Ni stepped onto the platform on the right in front of the lobby.

According to the rules, relatives of the original defendants, as well as witnesses who may need to testify, can be heard on the platform and are always on the table. Of course, in modern courts, witnesses are not allowed to attend the trial. Ancient interrogation did not have such strict restrictions.

On the left side of the platform is the location of the plaintiff and his family, and on the right is the location of the defendant and his family. Of course, if the defendant is in custody, only the family members will be there.

The family of the plaintiff Sui shopkeeper has arrived, and there are quite a few of them, all of whom are wearing linen and filial piety, crying and crying. There are also a few sedan chairs parked under the platform, hanging long white curtains, presumably by the Sui family's female relatives who came to hear the trial. When the Sui family saw Dr. Ni coming up, they either glared angrily, or spit on the ground, and scolded in a low voice.

On both sides of the lobby, the soaps were already waiting there, and the county lord was nowhere to be found. The people who were listening under the lobby were quietly waiting, occasionally discussing, and the voices were very soft, and the loud noise in the yamen was going to be punished.

At this time, the medicine cabinet of Hengchang Medicine Store also came with his son and a few old tea customers, and Dr. Ni did not come forward to give a gift, because the medicine cabinet was to testify for his younger brother, and he greeted him at this time, for fear that the Sui family would gossip, so he just smiled at him.

Zuo Shaoyang's sister Fennel and brother-in-law Hou Pu also came, standing in front of the crowd and watching.

(To be continued)