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Chapter 7 Nyingchi Hall (Part 2)

Zhang Huan's master is Lin Delong. He has a wide purple face, leopard eyes, lion nose, and a big beard. He is burly, walking as fast as a flying person, and acting neatly. If it weren't for the reputation of Doctor Lin, those who first met him would have thought he was a general in the army. In fact, he was originally a military doctor. Fifteen years ago, his army was defeated by the Uighur cavalry, so he left the army and moved his family to Taiyuan, creating the famous brand of Linzhitang.

He and Zhang Huan were on the road to the great defeat in the capital. It was a period of unbearable years. The Uighur cavalry went southeast of the river and crossed the Yellow River in Lingbao. Then they defeated the Tang army and broke through Tongguan. Guanzhong panicked. The new emperor who had just ascended the throne fled to Hanzhong first. Nearly one million people in the capital flocked out of the city and ran west without target. When Lin Delong rushed back to the capital, the Hu soldiers had already come from behind. He found a noble mother and son on the roadside. The child was shot through the shoulder blade by arrows. The mother leaned on him and cried sadly. Their guards were fighting to the death to resist the crazy attack of a team of Uighur cavalry. Most of the casualties were killed and injured. The situation was at stake.

Lin Delong killed the scattered Uighur cavalry and saved their mother and son. They claimed to be the Zhang family in Taiyuan and fled to Chang'an due to the fall of Taiyuan. Although Lin Delong saved the child's life, he was too seriously injured. Lin Delong took them to his hometown, Jiannan Shu County. His father slowly treated the child's internal injuries. After quelling the rebellion, Lin Delong escorted them to Taiyuan. In order to treat the child's internal injuries for a long time, their Lin family simply moved their family to Taiyuan. Naturally, he became the master of the child.

And this child is Zhang Huan.

At this moment, Lin Delong just finished a diagnosis and treated the desk with a clean rag. From morning until now, he had seen more than 20 patients and was really tired. It was almost noon and the sun was dazzling outside the store. He suddenly saw a familiar figure appearing at the door, nodded, turned around and said to the medicine boy: "Sorry to the next patient, please wait for me for a quarter of an hour."

The person who came was Zhang Huan. Lin Pingping didn't dare to see his father, so he had already slipped home from the back door, so he had to come to see his master alone.

The gate of Linzhi Hall is small, but it is very spacious inside. The air is filled with a strong fragrance of medicine. A long screen divides the lobby into two halves. On the left is a row of semicircular counters. There are a row of wooden fences on the counter. There are more than a dozen rows of high medicine cabinets with straight roof beams. The medicine cabinet is covered with dense small medicine drawers. Several medicine children are standing on the ladder and picking up medicines quickly.

"Next!" The fat and fat shopkeeper in black called out, and immediately walked up to an old man and trembledly handed the prescription into the wooden fence. The shopkeeper saw that it was a red prescription, and his originally bright smile immediately became cloudy, "One free one!"

He muttered in a low voice, and impatiently stuffed the prescription to a medicine boy, and ordered him to catch the medicine, but he said to himself hatefully: "Half of today is free. If this continues, everyone should drink the northwest wind!"

"Uncle Lin Er, are you worried about money again?" Zhang Huan saw his sad face, bowed to him and smiled, "I heard that saving ten lives can bring you a treasury of gold in the underworld. Although Uncle Lin Er has no money now, when he reaches the underworld, he will be in a mountain of gold and silver, but he is worried about too much money."

The shopkeeper of the medicine cabinet is Lin Pingping's second uncle, named Lin Deli, so the name means that profit is the first in everything. The eldest brother Lin Delong only sees medical treatment and does not care about affairs, and the third brother Lin Deqi is idle, so he is responsible for the actual operation of Lin Zhitang.

Although Linzhi Hall is famous far and wide, there are long queues in front of the door every day, they are doing business at a loss. They basically treat the poor people for free, and the poor even give free medicine. Thanks to the Zhang family waived their rent, Linzhi Hall barely kept it from closing.

When Lindley saw Zhang Huan coming, he immediately smiled. He hurriedly pulled Zhang Huan aside and begged softly: "Shibalang, I have something to do and ask you for help."

Zhang Huan was startled, "Uncle Lin Er, what do you mean by saying this? If you have something to do, please give me instructions."

"This matter is probably a bit difficult, so I beg you." Lindley laughed dryly, and saw that there was no one around, and then whispered: "I have a friend who has an empty house in Ganyunfang who is interested in selling it. He is close to your Zhang Mansion. I want to ask if your Zhang Mansion wants it, and I will not accept any penny."

‘No penny is accepted!’ Lindley took these four words very seriously. He secretly looked at Zhang Huan’s face, but Zhang Huan smiled without saying a word, waiting for his follow-up words.

Seeing that he was silent, Lindley had to hesitate and continued: "Of course, my friend has a small condition. He is engaged in grain business in Nanshi. The throughput is too large, so he wants to build a warehouse on the open land by the city river and pay at the market price. I hope your Zhang family can give priority to him."

Zhang Huan sneered slightly, "Uncle Lin Er is talking about Master Qiu from the rich rice shop! The open space on the edge of the city river is at least twenty acres, and many people are jealous. He gave the Zhang family an old house and could get the land. The plan is very good!"

Lindley blushed and said, "If my nephew refuses, forget it."

Of course, Lindley never does anything without profit. If he can accomplish this, he can get at least 200 guan commissions, 200 guan! You can buy dozens of acres of land in Shu County.

Seeing his face showing disappointment, Zhang Huan patted his hand and said apologizing: "It's not that I don't want it. Uncle Lin also knows that although I am a member of the Zhang family, my words are useless. I really can't help."

"It's okay! It's okay!" Lindley suddenly became excited when he saw him agreeing. He hurriedly said, "Yesterday afternoon, the head of your Zhang family came to visit my elder brother, just for you. It's obvious that he values ​​you very much. If you go and ask the head of your family, this matter will be done."

"The head of the family is here to visit the master?"

Zhang Huan was stunned and suddenly realized. No wonder when he mentioned the land of the Lin family this morning, the head of the family made a conclusion without hesitation. It turned out that he had already arrived yesterday afternoon.

"Don't worry, Uncle Lin Er, I will definitely help, but I have to find an opportunity to do this, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it right away."

Lindley was overjoyed, his hand was shaking like a fan, "No hurry! No hurry! Just do it before your head returns to Beijing."

At this time, a little medicine boy came over and pulled Zhang Huan's clothes and said, "Shibalang, the boss has been waiting for you for a long time. If you don't go, he will be angry."

Zhang Huan looked up at the other side of the store, and saw the master frowning at him. He hurriedly bowed to Lindley, "Uncle Lin, then I'll go first!"

"Go! Go!" Lindley smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. He thought that Huang Cancan's 200 guan of money would be put into his pocket. Before he knew it, his eyes turned square.



















Zhang Huan quickly walked to the master and saluted respectfully, "Master, are you looking for me?"

"I originally wanted to ask you about your current situation today, but it was just a small matter, but your uncle came yesterday, so it became a big matter for me to look for you."

After saying that, Lin Delong sighed and waved to him, "Come with me!"

















"What! Master wants to leave Taiyuan and return to Shu?" Even though Zhang Huan was calm, he was still stunned by the news. For more than ten years, he had seen his father very few, but his master taught him carefully. Before he knew it, he had regarded his master as his father and never thought that he would be separated from them one day.

Zhang Huan was born in a famous family. For more than ten years, he has been competing with his internal injuries. His daily thoughts are about how to challenge his physical strength. After performing the treacherous ceremony, his body gradually recovered and became stronger. In addition, he studied and understood things since childhood. He also had the same pursuit of the future as other Zhang family children. He then joined the minister for his parents and officials, and realized his political ambition of "being poor is to be safe, and being able to help the world."

But he was born in a concubine. Because of his mother, he had no status in the family and was treated with expressions from all over the world since he was a child. When he was a teenager, he talked about the ambitions of the world with his clan members in the school, but he was ridiculed by everyone. In this era where the status of origin was extremely important, a concubine's son said something that was inconsistent with his identity, either he was ignorant or did not know how to love himself. However, only his master encouraged him all the time. If a man did not do big things, he would come to the world in vain, which made him feel confident in himself. But now the master is leaving.

"Master, what happened?"

Zhang Huan had calmed down, and the master suddenly proposed to leave, which was most likely related to the head of the family coming yesterday. Things would not be that simple, and he would not make any guesses at will.

"Get sick, do you know why I moved to Taiyuan? Although it was to treat you, the patient, it was not actually the case." Lin Delong slowly walked to the window, his eyes filled with memories of the past, and he slowly said: "I came to Taiyuan to avoid disaster under my name."

He turned around and glanced at Zhang Huan, smiled helplessly and said, "Your uncle is my old colleague. Although my face has changed drastically, I can see that he is still suspicious. Just don't mention the past."
Chapter completed!
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