Jinzhou great pharmacist Liu Shifang.
He was a legendary figure. He was the founder of the medicine shop. It was said that he had attained enlightenment and became an immortal. His traces are hard to find in the world.
Peng Yizhen stuttered a little. He wanted to laugh but couldn't.
"Sir, are you kidding me," he said, "You said Mr. Liu is in my pharmacy?"
It didn't look like he was faking it. A trace of surprise flashed across the old man's face. He glanced at the middle-aged man and saw confusion in his eyes.
"You have found the wrong person..." Peng Yizhen said with a bitter smile. He was joking. If the great pharmacist Liu Gong was in his pharmacy, he would have closed the medical clinic in Hezhong County and come here to serve as Liu Gong's doctor. That's not right. , he should have run around the eight neighboring counties, shouting at the top of his lungs for everyone to know...
"There are only three people in my pharmacy since it opened. Not to mention the age, there is no one with the surname Liu..." Peng Yizhen said with a smile, and pointed to the stacked tables and chairs, "Now we are also closing. This house is for sale.”
"Uncle, Mr. Liu didn't show up..." the middle-aged man whispered, "That's a little girl. That day she went to sell medicine in front of Mr. Dong's door."
Peng Yizhen heard this and immediately guessed who he was talking about, "Eighteenth Mother?"
The little boy came out kicking and beating with a bag of medicinal materials on his back.
"Shopkeeper, do you think you have enough of these medicines?" he asked.
As soon as the middle-aged man saw him, his expression immediately became excited, and he walked over in a few steps, "Brother, where was the little lady who sold medicine with you that day?"
The young boy looked up and was deeply impressed by the noble man who made them famous in front of Mr. Dong's door. He immediately recognized him, "Oh, you were the shopkeeper that day..."
He grinned, "Are you still here to sell braised kudzu?" As he said this, he remembered something and shook his head with regret, "But it's a pity that the Eighteenth Mother is gone..."
Both the old man and the young man were very happy to see the young man recognizing the middle-aged man, but when they suddenly heard his last words, they were stunned. "Gone?" Shopkeeper Wang was also stunned, his face full of excitement. "Going home? Where is her home?"
"No, no, wait a minute." Peng Yizhen seemed to understand, and said hurriedly, "Are you looking for Mr. Liu or the Eighteenth Niang?"
"Is it true that Mr. Liu is not here with you?" The old man also believed Peng Yizhen's words and asked.
"I wish he was here with me... If he really was here with me, I would have screamed that the whole world would know it, so why are you hiding it..." Peng Yizhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said simply to Gu Shiba Niang The origin of "... opened a medicine shop. This young lady from the Gu family knew a lot about the processing of medicinal materials, so she was hired as a preparation master. It was she who went to Master Dong to sell medicine a few days ago..."
"She is her." Shopkeeper Wang shouted excitedly, "I bought her medicine."
Peng Yizhen's face became solemn and he glared: "Sir, I dare not say anything else. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the medicine sold by Shiba Niang..."
"That's not what I meant." Seeing that he had misunderstood, Shopkeeper Wang laughed and said, "Even if I question anyone, I dare not say that there is something wrong with the medicine made by Mr. Liu and his disciple."
"Liu Gong's disciple?" Peng Yizhen's eyes widened, "You mean Gu Shiba Niang?"
The braised kudzu root was carefully laid out. After listening to shopkeeper Wang's words, Peng Yizhen opened his mouth wide but still couldn't close it.
"You are not kidding..." he murmured, "Shiba Niang is Liu Gong's apprentice..."
"So, shopkeeper Peng doesn't know who this young lady from the Gu family studied under?" the old man asked.
Peng Yizhen shook his head, he had also asked.
"She doesn't talk about her inheritance..." Peng Yizhen said, with a somewhat depressed look on his face.
In fact, Gu Shiba Niang said that she had no master. Of course, he would never believe this. He only thought that she might be following the master's orders and not telling her. Now it seems that he is more convinced of his guess.
At a young age, he knew how to prepare medicinal materials, could recognize fake medicines that others could not recognize at a glance, and had a mysterious smile when asked about his mastership...
All these doubts that once made Peng Yizhen curious, now have reasonable explanations, and there is no more reasonable explanation.
It turns out to be Liu Gong, with such a big background...
"Is it really Liu Gong's craftsmanship?" Peng Yizhen still couldn't believe it. This was too incredible. . . . .
The old man nodded, unable to hide the excitement on his face, "Yes, I can guarantee that I have already looked it over with four or five people, and I will never be wrong..."
Peng Yizhen was so upset that he didn't even know what he was thinking.
This little lady, with such a great master, still sells medicine with such care and difficulty? Once you mention the master's name, everything will be easier...
Maybe this is also a kind of experience, Peng Yizhen nodded.
"Shopkeeper Peng, where is Miss Gu? Can you introduce her to us?" the young man asked impatiently.
"Well, what a coincidence." Peng Yizhen said with a smile, "She has returned to her ancestral home, and the elder in the family is not in good health..." After that, he added, "I just sent her out of the city."
He rubbed his nose and looked at the three people with depressed faces in a good mood.
I should be sitting in front of you and greeting you earnestly but not looking...
"Where is her ancestral home?" Shopkeeper Wang and the old man asked at the same time.
Peng Yizhen calmed down at this moment and looked at the three people in front of him in silence for a moment.
"The Eighteenth Mother told you personally that this is Liu Gong's secret recipe?" he asked in a deep voice.
Hearing him ask this, the old man smiled slightly.
"That's right. I dare to guarantee with the century-old reputation of Baohetang that my nephew did not lie. He and another nephew, as well as my grandson, were present at the time, and they can all prove that it was Miss Gu who said in person that this was Mr. Liu's secret recipe." He said with a straight face, stretching his hand towards the sky.
This was a true promise, and Peng Yizhen breathed a sigh of relief.
With a century-old reputation, he came from the capital. Peng Yizhen could guess that this old man's medicine shop was not an ordinary small medicine shop. Since he dared to say so, Peng Yizhen felt relieved. This was indeed Gu Shiba Niang's own admission. It was inherited from my master, not what the old man inferred from the medicine alone.
"I think Mrs. Gu chose to sell medicine at that time and place, and she also personally told Liu Gong's secret recipe, so she must be a disciple." The old man continued, "So, Shopkeeper Peng..."
There is no need for Shopkeeper Peng to hide his identity for Madam Gu anymore.
Peng Yizhen smiled bitterly, and at the same time felt a little aggrieved. Gu Shiba Niang didn't tell herself, but told an outsider...
Seeing Peng Yizhen's expression, the three of them looked at each other. It seemed that the man in front of them, who was the shopkeeper, had no idea who the master craftsman he hired was.
It's like a person suddenly discovering that the inconspicuous stone he placed in the corner of the room to support the legs of the table turned out to be a gem...
Did I just hear him say that this medicine store is going to close? That means this gem has been thrown away. . . . .
The old man coughed. Although he felt cruel, he still had to ask Madam Gu where she was.
"Jiankang...her ancestral home, the elder in her family is not in good health..." Although Peng Yizhen was a little frustrated, he did not hide it.