Chapter 24: A Good Man
There was a heaving echo of answers from the crowd.
Wei Shishi took Bai Ling's hand and said to the crowd, "Fellow villagers, let me go." β
The crowd silently parted into two sides, and several brocade guards with torches followed behind Wei Shixi and Bai Ling, and followed them into the alley, the gate of Bai's house was tightly closed, and Wei Shixi stepped forward and knocked on the door.
"Oops! Don't knock! Let's go! I really can't take your stuff! This is for your own good! β
Hearing Bai Shijun's voice, Bai Ling couldn't hold back anymore and called softly, "Dad, it's me." β
Bai Shijun inside was also stunned, quietly opened the door a crack, and when he saw that it was really Bai Ling standing outside, he hurriedly opened the door - and then saw the faces of those brocade guards reflected in the firelight.
Especially Wei Shixi's face, which was as white as paper, was like a ghost in the firelight.
Bai Shijun gasped, stretched out his hand and pulled his daughter into his arms, patting his back gently to soothe him, while looking blankly at the villagers on all sides - everyone's face was full of fear and expectation.
Bai Shijun was completely confused at this time, he couldn't understand what was going on.
Wei Shishi looked at Bai Shijun, "Master Bai, do you know all these people standing outside?" β
Bai Shijun nodded, "Yes, these are my former patients." β
Wei Shishi casually pulled a tall and thin teenager next to him, "Who is this?" β
Bai Shijun was a little inexplicable, and looked at Wei Shishi with a little hostility, "Who are you?" β
Bai Ling, who was in his arms, raised his head and pushed Bai Shijun's chest with a crying voice, "Dad...... Answer quickly and truthfully. β
Bai Shijun said "oh" several times in a row, then frowned, and said to Wei Shishi again, "This is the third child of Fang Yuangui's family in Fangjiazhuang, he has been suffering from a cold in the past few years, and he can't get off the ground, so his father came to me to take a look, I grabbed some dried papaya, herb leaves and good ginger, and ate it for a month, and it was fine." β
The young man nodded again and again, put down the things in his hand and kowtowed to Bai Shijun a few times, "Yes, it's me!" Doctor Kashiwa still remembers me! β
Wei Shishi looked sideways, and then pointed to a fat woman holding a female doll in the crowd, "What about this?" β
Bai Shijun glanced at Wei Shixi, looked at the woman, "This is the sister-in-law Jiang of Eighteen Libao, her younger brother and sister have been in poor health since giving birth, and they have asked me to prescribe a few nourishing prescriptions...... Is it better now? β
The fat woman touched her nose and nodded again and again, "It's hard for you to remember!" People are much better, much better! β
Just identified three or four people, Wei Shishi turned around and looked at the scribe who had been taking notes on the side, "Have you written them all?" β
The scribe nodded again and again, "Lord Hui, it's all recorded." β
Only then did Wei Shishi say to Jiang San, "You go back and send someone to verify the identities of the people I just mentioned, and then verify it with the description of Fang Cai Bai Shijun, and you will know whether these people are telling the truth or a lie." β
Jiang San's face was slightly condensed, but he also solemnly took the confession of the scribe on the side with the red handprint, and said yes.
Wei Shixi said again, "Also, the people arrested in prison will be released tonight, and if there are injuries, they will be subsidized according to their injuries." β
Jiang San was slightly stunned, "But now the truth hasn't been ascertainedβ"
Wei Shishi said in a low voice, "Do what I say, I will carry the burden afterwards." β
Jiang San had to nod, "Yes." β
Wei Shishi thought for a while, and then said in a loud voice, "It's past the end of the year now, and everyone can't go home tonight, so let's go to the post station in the west of the city with this adult for one night." β
The peasants were silent, and Jiang San immediately shouted, "Are you deaf, answer!" β
Only then did a young woman lower her head and mutter, "...... My lord, we still have something to hand over to Dr. Kashiwa......"
In the firelight, the woman uncovered the blue cloth of the bamboo basket in her hand, which was filled with eggs, all of which were cleanly washed. The beating fire flashed in the woman's eyes, she took a few steps forward, and also knelt down for Bai Shijun, "Engong, we also heard that you suffered a great disaster in the city, so everyone came over to see you." You're the one who treats the emperor's mother, and you definitely don't look down on these things of ours, but it's a little heart, you-"
A voice in the back row suddenly shouted, "Bourne Gong! I'm a hunter from Dongshantun last year, and I brought you two wolf skins! β
This voice directly brightened everyone's eyes. The people who were originally in the back row were also desperately squeezing forward at this time, and everyone rushed to report what they had brought
"I have twenty catties of new rice for this year's winter rice here, and Dr. Bai has to accept it!"
"Doctor Bai, this is a specially pickled goose mushroom! Mushrooms can be big and fresh! β
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Bai Ling glanced around at the noisy crowd, and she saw Bai Yi also walking from the mouth of the alley step by step.
Looking at each other, they realized one thing almost at the same time.
Just as Bai Shijun didn't know anything about them, they were also unfamiliar with their father's years.
Bai Ling's eyes darkened.
Bai Shijun is not just an ordinary good person, he is almost a good person who is close to the saint, but this may be worse.
"That's it! All right! Bai Shijun only felt that his two ears were making a commotion, and he couldn't even stand it for a while, so he hurriedly opened his hand and told everyone to calm down, "Listen to me, everyone's kindness, I understand it!" But now, I'm still half a criminal, and if you send me something, you will all be affected! β
The woman who delivered the eggs before stepped forward, "Doctor Bai, I'm not afraid of being involved!" One is one, two is two, there is always a reason for everything! A person like you Bodhisattva will never do anything that hurts nature and reason! β
"Yes, yes!"
"Nonsense!" Bai Shijun lowered his face, "Listen to me!" All gone, all gone! β
The crowd that was still enthusiastic just now suddenly became solemn again, everyone's eyes looked at Bai Shijun, with hope and concern, Bai Shijun couldn't stand this the most, sighed, put Bai Ling down, walked to the woman, and took two eggs from her basket.
"What about the little brother who said he carried the rice just now?"
A voice in the crowd kept saying "borrowed" and "borrowed", and after a while, a strong man stood in front of Bai Shijun with a burlap bag on his shoulder.
Bai Shijun bent down and pinched the corner of his front swing with one hand, "Tired, pour me a pound or two of rice......
Without saying a word, the man untied the rope that sealed the bag, and poured it down on the "rice bag" that Bai Shijun made temporarily-
"Eh, it's too much, it's okay! Hey, that's enough, that's enough! The clothes were torn for a while! β
The strong man's rice was poured in half.
Bai Shijun carefully carried the rice, and then raised his head, half persuading, half pleading, "Okay, folks, you come, I know, you are worried about me, but you are like this, you can't really help anything, but you will implicate yourself and me, and I will be at a loss at that time." Go back, go back! β
The strong man who had just poured the rice also raised his hand at this time and said to the villagers behind him, "Listen to the cypress doctor!" Listen to the cypress doctor! β
In the crowd, everyone responded to each other, Jiang San was not very impatient, he shouted, "Okay!" Come with me! The crowd reluctantly moved towards the mouth of the alley. At this moment, a voice came from the mouth of the alley, "What's wrong, get out of the way!" Let the officer in! β
Jiang San's face was not good-looking, and he stepped forward and said, "Lord Zheng, you can come." β
The person who came was wearing a red official uniform, which was the color of the official robe enjoyed by all Beijing officials and feudal officials above the second rank, and he had a smile on his face, "Third master! I heard a message overnight that there were Diao people gathering to make trouble here, so I hurried over. β
"Ass!" Jiang San didn't look at him, walked straight out, waved his hand, and beckoned his group of people, "Go!" β