"Don’t worry. Ah, I guess you probably don’t know?"
Old Xue gently patted her hand and sighed deeply: "Yi’er ca to Changze to investigate the case of selling counterfeit drugs. Is it related to you?"
Selling counterfeit drugs?
So, Old Xue is talking about that! Qin Yi’s brow instantly relaxed.
Su Pan’er suddenly realized!
"Old Xue, are the counterfeit drugs you ntioned the ones in the fake dicine warehouse at the market fair?"
Su Pan’er clearly rembered that during the fair, Rascal Pig ran around and accidentally broke into a dicine warehouse to steal ginseng. Later, it was claid that the ginsengs in the warehouse were dried radishes.
Afterwards, it was proven that those were indeed dried radishes, with a large number of counterfeit dicinal ingredients mixed in.
Lui Muyi later took over the matter and launched a follow-up investigation. But he unexpectedly traced it to Changze County. Lui Muyi never ntioned this, and Su Pan’er naturally knew nothing.
"Exactly!"
Old Xue nodded his head seriously: "Yi’er found out that the person in charge of that warehouse was actually Cao Xian, the manager of his Lui family’s branch at the market fair, and a bogus doctor with the surna Hu. Then he continued to trace it down and unexpectedly found out that there was more to this incident. He then went after Cao Xian, but when he arrived at Cao Xian’s house, he found a suicide note left by Cao Xian, who had hung himself."
So much had happened afterwards!
Su Pan’er and Qin Yi looked at each other, both surprised in their eyes.
"Oh! If it was an ordinary person, they would have stopped the investigation at this point. However, Yi’er did not give up and continued to investigate."
With a look of hesitation on his face, Old Xue continued: "In this investigation, he found out that the disgraced doctor Hu, who was expelled from Yongze County, was frequently seen in Changze. Even though he had the evidence, he still needed witnesses. With Cao Xian dead, the witness would presumably be the disgraced doctor Hu. So..."
"So, Big Brother Lui ca to Changze!"
Su Pan’er suddenly understood so of the reasons: "I understand what you an, Old Xue. Are you suggesting that whether it’s the deceased Cao Xian or the fraudulent doctor Hu who is now in Changze, they might be working for soone else? And Big Brother Lui has discovered this puppeteer, so he needs to collect strong evidence and witnesses to reveal his true identity?"
Old Xue nodded his head.
"Then do you know who the puppeteer is according to what Big Brother Lui has said?" Su Pan’er asked directly.
"It’s... Deputy County Magistrate Su."
After hesitating for a while, Old Xue finally said it.
It turned out to be Su Sikong!
Su Pan’er completely understood, no wonder Lui Muyi had not told her! No wonder Old Xue hesitated so much.
At first, when Lui Muyi left Yongze for Changze, he didn’t tell her why, probably because of Su Sikong. He was afraid she would be caught between loyalty and friendship, right?
Su Pan’er suddenly laughed!
"Old Xue, you may not know it yet. Right now, Deputy County Magistrate Su has been stripped of his official position, sent down to the prison, and is waiting for further investigation and judgnt from the Imperial Court!"
Old Xue was shocked!
"What happened?"
"I know this. I was personally involved. Let tell you, let tell you! Hehe!"
Jun Ruoxue smilingly appeared before everyone.
Old Xue, Qin Yi, and Su Pan’er’s faces were all filled with an odd expression. Why has this girl suddenly appeared?
Jun Ruoxue originally eavesdropped outside for a while. Seeing everyone looking at her with a subtle expression, she couldn’t help but feel sowhat embarrassed and stuck out her tongue.
She giggled and said: "This happened like so..."
She quickly recounted the incident that occurred at the county governnt office, embellishing it for effect.
Especially when she tricked Su Sikong, she particularly emphasized those parts.
Old Xue couldn’t help but shake his head as he listened.
He was both amused and surprised, and could not help but listen carefully to her story.
It wasn’t until Jun Ruoxue ntioned that Su Sikong had been sent down to prison that Old Xue sighed, "Indeed, good begets good and evil begets evil, but the ti had not yet co. By the way, I heard the plague has also spread to Yongze. How is the situation over there?"
"The disaster over there is not severe. The main reason is that the thod of planting cowpox has been promoted in Yongze County early..."
Su Pan’er detailed the epidemic situation in Yongze County.
In the end, she also discussed the thod of planting cowpox with Old Xue, as well as the possible sequelae after vaccination.
When he heard that vaccination could prevent individuals from contracting smallpox for the rest of their lives, Old Xue’s face was full of surprise and happiness.
He imdiately marveled at the amazing thod while rolling up his sleeves: "This vaccination thod is so amazing, let’s try it out. When you have ti, teach how to vaccinate. This is a great cause that saves lives and is better than building a seven-story pagoda!"
"You’re really funny, Old Xue. If you want to learn, you’ll learn it instantly. I’ll vaccinate you right away, and you’ll understand by watching."
Su Pan’er naturally did not hesitate and made so preparations to vaccinate Old Xue, who had been in contact with smallpox patients all day and was most prone to infection.
Now he’s still fine, which is already very fortunate.
"Pan’er, I’ve been looking forward to your arrival!"
After the vaccination, Old Xue seed even older. He sighed, "You didn’t see the horror of this plague. The northern part of Changze, large villages were infected with smallpox, leaving the majority of hos vacant. Everyone was terrified. We were helpless as we watched, seeing one healthy person after another fall. We were unable to help, the feeling..."
"Old Xue, don’t be upset. This is a natural disaster, who can we bla?"
Su Pan’er imdiately comforted him.
"Yes! How can re mortals like us contend with natural calamities and disasters?"
Old Xue sighed helplessly.
"So, we just do our best in everything, and we have nothing to regret."
"Well said, ’nothing to regret’. Pan’er, you see more clearly than this old man."
Old Xue gave a thumbs up.
"Old Xue, stop praising , or I won’t have a place to hide."
She just casually ntioned it, so it was a bit too much for Old Xue to express such admiration.
"Alright, don’t be modest."
Old Xue’s face turned serious: "Since we’re on the topic, I have a presumptuous request. You can think about whether it’s feasible. Pan’er, Yi’er is currently building fortifications on the river bank, which is also severely affected by the plague. I’m too busy now and can’t take care of him. Why don’t you volunteer to go to the river bank area for disaster relief and epidemic prevention? What do you think?"
"Even if you didn’t ask, Old Xue, for the sake of Big Brother Lui, I would definitely go there."
Su Pan’er imdiately agreed: "As for the matter of Big Brother Lui, Old Xue, you can rest assured that I will handle it! I will definitely investigate the case on his body and clear his na."
"That’s good!"
Old Xue stroked his long beard, nodding in satisfaction.
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