Chapter Seventeen: The Bet

  The next day, coincidentally a weekend, Murong Zi went to Chen City. After getting off at the bus station, she took a taxi to Baicao Hall. Baicao Hall was an ancient and fragrant shop, even if it wasn't on the most prosperous street in Chen City, but it was still crowded with customers. The sign above the door had three large characters that seemed to be flying and dancing like dragons and phoenixes, exuding a hint of classical charm.

  ……

  "Chē diào~ chē diào~" The sound of the train arriving echoed through the quiet station. A kind-hearted auntie looked at a cute little boy wearing a hat and asked, "Little friend, where are you headed?"

  The little boy who was playing games with his game console finally stopped moving and saw the sign outside, "Get off..." He looked up and showed a cute smile, saying: "Thank you, auntie reminded me, I'm getting off here, 88." Then he got off the bus with his small backpack.

  At this time, the woman opposite finally saw the child's appearance clearly, her mouth agape in shock. So delicate, so lovely, indescribably beautiful, whose child is this?

  ……

  The Baicao Hall was packed with people, all the way to the door. Upon inquiry, it turned out that Baicao Hall offers free medical consultations every weekend, and I had really come at the wrong time.

  Murong Zi walked over to the other side and was about to speak when she saw a female doctor frowning and saying, "Miss, please line up."

  "I'm not here to see a doctor, I'm here to find your master." Murong Zi said calmly.

  "The master of the hall is not someone you can see just because you want to, little girl." The female doctor said disdainfully, looking at what seemed like a student who dared to request an audience with the master.

  Murong Zi's mouth curled up in a cold smile, "Since you're unwilling, then I can only use some special methods."

  Murong Zi looked at the middle-aged man who was first in line to see a doctor and said, "Your face is pale, your lower limbs are swollen, it's kidney deficiency. Use 15 grams of raw land, 10 grams of cinnabar, and... The medicine will arrive immediately and the disease will be cured."

  The patient's face turned green with rage when he heard Murong Zi exposing his illness in front of everyone, and he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

  The doctor sitting in the hall was also stunned, so he found a little girl to ask what she came for.

  Then he looked at the next one, just as he was about to say the condition of the next patient, Murong Zi spoke again, "You look pale, lack of nerve, obviously suffering from menstrual disorder, use Ajiao, red dates..."

  When Murong Zi clearly stated the patients' conditions, everyone's attention shifted to her. Feeling embarrassed in front of so many patients, he angrily said: "Little girl, are you intentionally coming to our Baicao Hall to cause trouble? Be honest, which store did your teacher send you from?"

  "I'm not here to find trouble, I'm here to find your master. If you say your master's name is trouble, then of course I am here to find trouble." Murong Zi said calmly.

  When she heard that she had insulted the master, the doctor who was sitting in the hall also couldn't care about any elegant demeanor and angrily said: "Throw this crazy girl out for me."

  Murong Zilie sneered, "Are you going to drive away customers at Baicao Hall?" How the dog looks down on people, the tiger falls into the plains and is bullied by the dog, Murong Zilie finally understood.

  "This young lady is looking for you." At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a white long gown came out, with a kind and gentle face, looking much more skilled than the doctor sitting in the hall.

  "Don't you think it's a waste of effort to look for me?" Murong Zi had an icy expression, this master of the Baicao Hall was considered a great Chinese medicine expert in his hometown, but apparently not impressive enough in An City.

  "I am Bai Shao, the master of Baicao Hall. Patients need to see a doctor here, let's go to the room and talk." Bai Shao made an inviting gesture, this girl had an extraordinary temperament, and her medical skills were also so powerful, absolutely not an ordinary person.

  Murong Zi also knew that this was not a place to discuss matters, and followed Bai Zhi in. On the wall were posted selections from "Ben Cao Gang Mu", and some traditional Chinese medicinal herbs were placed on it. Just as they sat down elegantly to discuss something, Murong Zi heard Bai Zhi say: "Miss, let's open the skylight and speak clearly, who exactly sent you to stir up trouble?" At this time, Bai Zhi's appearance was no longer as benevolent as before.

  "How much do you want to drop it?" He had spent money to buy peace, and when his store first opened, he encountered such situations. After becoming famous and having a wide network of connections, no one came to make trouble anymore.

  "I'm not here to cause trouble, I just came to buy things."

  Murong Ziyu's eyes turned cold, she had sincerely prepared to shock him with business talk, but this person actually thought that way.

  "What's that?"

  "I heard that your Baicao Hall has a set of ancestral acupuncture needles, I want to buy this." Murong Zi said with a smile at the corner of his mouth. Yueshen said that their ancestors were imperial physicians and didn't dare confirm whether they had them or not, but trying would make it clear, and the ancestral ones are much better than the ordinary ones.

  Bai Mian was taken aback, "How did you know?"

  Murong Zi's eyes flashed with a hint of cleverness, "You don't need to know how I found out, just tell me if you're selling or not. If you're not, then don't blame me for using underhanded tactics."

  Bai Miao's eyes showed some displeasure, but he was also afraid that this girl would do something to ruin his Baicao Hall business, so he said: "If you want to sell our ancestral silver needles, you must pass the medical examination, otherwise, no matter how powerful or influential you are, I will not give in."

  Murong Zi's slender eyebrows, shaped like a crescent moon, slightly raised as she asked, "What exactly does it take to pass?"

  "As long as your medical skills are better than mine, then you pass, how about that?" He was studying medicine when this little girl wasn't even born yet! Even if she knew a bit of the basics, she would absolutely not be able to beat him.

  Murong Zi nodded and said, "No big deal." Although she didn't have internal energy now, she had slowly cultivated her medicinal power. If she couldn't even surpass him, Murong Zi could go back to the drawing board again.

  "If you win, our ancestral silver needles will be presented to you. If I win, shouldn't the young lady give some indication?" A glint of sharp light flashed in Bai Mou's eyes, and he also thought about those benefits.

  Murong Zi's mouth curled up with a playful smile, originally her little money might not be enough to buy silver needles, but she didn't expect this man to be so knowledgeable, then said lightly: "How about the excerpt from the long-lost Shen Nong Ji?"

  Baizhou said in surprise: "How can I believe you have this lost thing."

  "Bring me a pen and ink, then you'll know." She didn't know this thing before either, but it was in the Supreme Medicine Canon.

  Before long, Bai Rou was trembling as he looked at the row of elegant and unrestrained characters on the rice paper, muttering to himself: "It's true..." He was secretly pleased with himself, thinking that this thing would soon be his, and his Baicao Hall would become even more famous.

  "Since I've already made such a big bet, can't I make another request?" Seeing the excited Bai Zhan, Murong Zi spoke up. She wanted to let him know what it means to be greedy and not satisfied.

  Digression

  Xiao Zi Mo and Murong Zi are about to meet, ah!