Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 812

That night, just as Dr. Hu lay down in bed, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside. It wasn't the door of the pharmacy that was being knocked on, but the door of his bedroom.

Dr. Hu was startled, because judging from the knocking, it couldn't possibly be his daughter.

"Who is it?" Dr. Hu's voice was muffled in his throat. Seeing how frightened he was, Dr. Li immediately offered to open the door himself.

Doctor Hu tried to stop them, but just then, the person outside the door spoke up, "Doctor Hu, it's Fang He. Lord Meng has an urgent message for you."

Upon hearing the voice, the people in the room recognized it immediately; it was indeed the voice of Fang He, a constable from Beishan County. After hearing what he said, the two men immediately jumped out of bed.

"Changqing must have something urgent to discuss with you." Doctor Li quickly put on his coat. "Could it be that Madam has suddenly fallen ill?"

Although Dr. Hu didn't say it, he was guessing the same thing.

The door opened, and there stood Fang He, just as expected.

Fang He was still holding the letter in his hand when Doctor Hu immediately snatched it and started reading, asking as he went, "What's the urgent matter?"

Doctor Li also asked, "Who is unwell?"

"Dr. Li," Fang He said after greeting him, "it's not that anyone is ill, it's just that there's an urgent letter that the master wants me to deliver before tomorrow morning."

"By the way, Dr. Hu, I'm not leaving the city tonight, so I'll be sleeping at your shop again, right?"

Dr. Hu had already finished reading the letter. "Just for this? You jumped into the yard in the middle of the night and came to knock on my door?"

"What is it?" Before Dr. Li could figure out what was going on, Dr. Hu handed her the letter.

"I saw that the lights in the backyard were still on, and I figured you must still be awake. I also wanted to save you a few steps, so I came here to knock on the door." According to Fang He, this action was still out of kindness and consideration for others.

Dr. Li quickly read the letter and got the gist of it. He then turned to Dr. Hu, who was still angry, and said, "Alright, getting so angry before bed is just making things difficult for yourself. Fang He, your bedding is still in the same place. It's getting late, go and rest."

"Oh, thank you, Dr. Li."

After Fang He entered the pharmacy, the couple closed the door to talk. Doctor Hu couldn't help but complain about Meng Changqing's actions, "I thought she was more composed than before, but she's still just as unreliable. What kind of nonsense is written here?" "Since Changqing asked you to help, just do as he says. It'll only take a bit of talking. As for the pill formula, you're not stingy, so pick a few to give away. If it helps patients in the future, it will be a good deed for you."

"Give me the letter, I'll take another look."

The next morning, Hu Xiaohua was the first to get up.

When I got up, I found that the stove was lit and there was breakfast on the table, which was still warm to the touch. There was a note under the bowl, a message from Fang He thanking me for letting him stay overnight.

It was only then that Hu Xiaohua learned that Fang He had come the previous night.

She naturally assumed that Beishan County must have started selling plasters again, which was why Fang He had run to the city.

After she finished breakfast and went to open the door, she had only opened it a crack when three faces came in from outside.

"Is this Dr. Hu's house?" the woman outside the door asked.

Before Hu Xiaohua could answer, a man added, "Is it the Hu family, where all three members are doctors?"

"Yes." Hu Xiaohua told them to step back, and after putting the door away, she asked the three men, "Do you want medicine or a doctor's consultation?"

"We need to see Dr. Hu about something." Feng Zi'an said with a smile, showing Hu Xiaohua the gifts he had just bought from Liangzhou City. "I wonder if Dr. Hu is here?"

Judging from their complexions, Hu Xiaohua knew that the three of them were probably just not well-rested and were not really sick.

If you're not here for medical treatment, then what are you here for?
Seeing that Hu Xiaohua seemed unwilling to pay attention to them, Du Lan added, "We were introduced here by the magistrate of Beishan County."

"Are you from Beishan County?"

"No, we are from Quping County."

Hu Xiaohua made way for her, "Come in and talk. My dad is still resting. Please have a seat and I'll go call him."