An Xiyue finally persuaded An Xixiu to leave the house, but the streets were still bustling with the laughter of children and the cries of vendors.
An ordinary carriage was driving slowly on the street. An Xiyue and An Xiqiu were sitting steadily in the carriage, and the carriage was heading towards Qixing Street. The rent of the shops here is relatively cheap, and the people living around it are ordinary people, so after An Xiyue had the idea, he asked Jiang Shuang to pay attention, but it took too long.
An Xiyue and An Xixiu got out of the car, Xiuer paid the driver, and they walked towards a rental shop with the three characters "Qingxintang" written on the door plaque.
An Xixiu thought that the eldest sister really wanted to take her out of the house to relax. Why did she come to Qixing Street now? She asked, "Sister, isn't this Qingxintang a medicine shop? What are we doing here?"
An Xixiu covered her handkerchief and coughed twice. The people living on Qixing Street were ordinary people. She knew this because Wang Xiucai's family also lived in this area. She didn't know exactly which courtyard.
Xiu'er also found it strange that they did not use the carriage in the mansion, but hired a new one. If they wanted to go shopping, they should go to South Street or Xilinmen. They were all good places for ladies to go shopping. What's wrong with the eldest lady? Come to Qixing Street.
"It's boring for you to stay in the house all day. I'll take you out for a walk after I finish my errands." An Xiyue said and walked into the medicine hall.
"Second Miss, be careful of the steps." Xiu'er followed the Second Miss. Seeing that the Second Miss was distracted and almost fell down, she quickly supported the Eldest Miss and followed her into the medicine hall.
The medicine hall was very large and spacious, and there was no one in it. There was only a young man in his twenties crawling listlessly on the table, looking very depressed.
"Are you here to see a doctor? Find another place." The young man raised his head when he heard the footsteps and said slowly. Since his father's death, their Qingxintang has not received a customer for several months, so he is also lazy. Yes, he simply didn't receive any guests, and he returned to his hometown after fulfilling his father's last wish.
An Xiyue arrived in a blink of an eye. An Xiyue took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and handed it to the young man: "Can you introduce Dr. Feng to me? We have made an appointment with him."
The young man's name was Feng Dong. He glanced at the note without even looking at it, and said lazily: "You guys are late. My father has been dead for a few months."
An Xiyue was stunned for a moment and asked: "How could it happen? I've seen Dr. Feng before, and he's always in good health."
As soon as Feng Dong mentioned this, his eyes filled with tears. He bit his lip and said bitterly: "My father was killed by that bastard Zhu Ding."
An Xiyue raised her eyebrows and said, "Shopkeeper Zhu from Yongsheng Pharmacy?"
Since An Xiyue was determined to become a doctor, he had already inquired about all the medicine halls and drug stores in Kyoto. However, Yongsheng Pharmacy did not have a doctor to consult, so why did they come to acquire Qingxintang?
"Who else could it be if it wasn't him? He wanted to buy our medicine hall. My father said that he had already sold it to a girl. She paid a deposit of five hundred taels, but he couldn't sell it to him, so he used a trick to kill my father."
When An Xiyue thought about it, there was no doubt that the girl was Jiang Shuang.
Then Feng Dong continued: "We originally planned to go back to our hometown. We had planned to sell the medicine hall in Kyoto a year ago because the medicine hall was on Qixing Street and could not be sold at a high price. In addition, my father had practiced medicine here for many years and was reluctant to part with it. , so it was delayed until half a year ago, when a girl offered two thousand taels of silver. At that time, we were preparing to return to our hometown. Unexpectedly, after the girl paid a deposit of five hundred, she never showed up again. My father is a talker. I was trustworthy, so I was waiting for someone to pick up the shop at the medicine hall. But not long after, that damn Zhu Ding also found out that our medicine hall was going to be sold. He only paid a thousand taels in total and asked my father to give them a free consultation. Of course we don't want to let him go in the new year. My grandfather is ill at home and can't get out of bed, so he has to go back to take care of him. Besides, our shop has already been sold to someone else, and the price is twice as high as Zhu Ding's price, so we definitely can't sell it again. Zhu Ding’s.”
Feng Dong said that his eyes were already red, and An Xiyue also roughly understood the cause and effect of the matter, that is, Zhu Ding wanted to buy and sell by force. Doctor Feng was a man of his word and guarded the medicine hall, but he could not defeat Zhu Ding's conspiracies. In the end, Qingshui Hall made a fuss and the doctor died, not to mention paying a lot of money. Doctor Feng was also forced to die because Doctor Feng accepted Jiang Shuang's five hundred taels of silver. Doctor Feng called his son before he died. Feng Dong is waiting here, and he must wait until he comes before returning to his hometown.
Because doctors at Qingxintang died, Dr. Feng died again, and Feng Dong's medical skills were not good enough. Even the poor were unwilling to pay to go to Qingxintang for treatment. Therefore, the business was getting worse day by day, and it was close to closing down.
Feng Dong has always adhered to his father's last wish, and he must wait until the girl pays a deposit of five hundred taels before he can leave. He must be trustworthy in his life, otherwise he will not have the face to meet the ancestors of the Feng family when he goes underground.
An Xiyue listened quietly, feeling cold in her heart. How could the emperor do such evil under his feet and dare to force him to buy something.
"The government didn't investigate and deal with it." An Xixiu was also frightened when she heard this.
"Our Qingxintang doctor died, and we were at fault. The government came to investigate and asked us to pay the money, but they did not hold us responsible. We also paid two hundred taels to the sufferer. We thought everything was fine. Unexpectedly, One day later, Zhu Ding came again with the official, saying that we had to close the medicine hall after we had died, or if we sold it to Zhu Ding and changed the owner, it would not have to close. He also forced my father to sell the medicine hall at a price of one thousand taels. They sold it to Zhu Ding, but my father said that the medicine hall had already been sold to someone else. They took a deposit and said that someone else paid two thousand taels. They said that my father was using an excuse to raise the price and wanted to arrest him and prosecute him. My father was angry. But he crashed into the pillar and died. When the official saw another murder, he ran away in fright. Unfortunately, my father died within two days, and we couldn't find Zhu Ding."
"So Zhu Ding came to the medicine hall to buy your medicine hall before he died, and the murder happened because you didn't sell it." An Xiyue analyzed it, feeling that it was full of conspiracy.
Feng Dong nodded repeatedly: "Zhu Ding came to talk to my father a few days ago. No matter how I thought about it later, I felt that my father's medical skills should not be able to kill people. It must be Zhu Ding who is behind this, but there is someone in his yamen. , we ordinary people can’t fight him, and I’m just waiting for the girl who paid the deposit to come and take over the shop before I’m ready to go back to my hometown.”
"See if this is a receipt written by your father." An Xi Yuefu handed the note in his hand to Feng Dong again.
Feng Dong nodded repeatedly when he saw it, and then looked at An Xiyue seriously: "My father wrote this when he collected the girl's money, but you and the girl look different."
"She is my maid. Now she is away on business. I will pay Doctor Feng the final payment in person. Who would have expected that something like this would happen." An Xiyue also felt depressed. It had been a few months and it would be very long to investigate. Disaster.
"Boy from the Feng family, your father has been dead for so long. Have you decided who you want to sell this medicine hall to? This funeral has been going on for several months. No matter how sad it is, it's sad. People can't be resurrected after death. My condolences." Suddenly a scornful voice came over.
