The Martial Doctor

Treating illnesses and saving lives is quite time-consuming.

The Blade Catching Alliance’s night raid on Xue Family Manor naturally achieved unprecedented success. Except for failing to stop Blood Evil Thieves’ leader from escaping, no one else managed to flee.

Everyone from Blood Evil Thieves, the Green Blade Sect, and everyone in the manor were completely captured.

Those who tried to sneak out were ordered by Pei Jian to be captured one by one.

At this moment, Pei Jian absolutely wouldn’t give anyone any chance, including Mr. He who hurriedly brought people to Xue Family Manor.

He was also detained.

For those who walked into the trap themselves, why would he let them go back to report the news? Currently, the situation inside Xue Family Manor is completely sealed off, and no one knows.

Nearby Dongshan City is calm and uneventful, with nothing happening, including Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion, and even Mrs He doesn’t know the real situation inside Xue Family Manor.

Yesterday, Ye worked hard; after a night’s ordeal, her whole body was exhausted, sleeping until afternoon and even forgetting about the children.

Inside Xue Family Manor.

Lin Miao and Sun Youwei dragged their slightly weary bodies back to the front yard and saw Pei Jian, the esteemed head, busy writing at his desk; he had numerous matters to handle throughout the day.

Just overseeing his subordinates’ inventory of items seized from Xue Family Manor’s secret cache took most of his time.

All items had to be registered and recorded, and every corner had to be thoroughly searched to ensure no crucial evidence was missed.

There were so many things that even a day’s time wasn’t enough to complete the inventory, and they didn’t have enough abacuses.

"Chengde Gentleman, what are your thoughts?" Lin Miao approached, and Pei Jian, setting aside his busy work, personally led him to the secret cache.

Inside the cache were weapons, golden nuggets, furs, and valuable herbs from Beiyuan; Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion wouldn’t have so many herbs — these must belong to Ye...

"Stunning and breathtaking."

Even though Lin Miao had seen it before, he still let out a long sigh; that old fox was probing to see if he was the one who leaked the information.

"You know, I paid the Blade Catching people a large hiring fee, and there’s hardly anything left to pay you for your medical services. Whatever you fancy in this cache, feel free to take — except for the golden nuggets and weapons!" Pei Jian waved his hand generously.

Lin Miao understood; the golden nuggets and weapons were solid evidence of Marquis Lingyang’s collusion with the Green Blade Sect for smuggling and treason against Da Li. Pei Jian would naturally hand them all over to the court, whereas the amount of other things handed over was up to him.

To keep these items, he’s paid quite a bit and certainly can’t be expected to also pay out of pocket.

"Mr. Pei, I’m an official of the court; serving the court is my duty, so let’s set aside the consultation fee." Lin Miao said indifferently, "However, if these herbs are improperly preserved, they’ll become worthless. I could relieve Mr. Pei’s worries and buy them — what do you think?"

"Good, Chengde Gentleman is relieving burdens for our prefecture and the court." Pei Jian hesitated but quickly smiled; this method would be reasonable even if the court pursued it in the future.

We couldn’t allow these precious herbs and furs to rot due to improper preservation; storing them here wasn’t viable as the prefecture and warehouse didn’t have the necessary conditions...

Converting everything into cash was the best solution.

"I’ll arrange for someone to come and assess, calculate a total price; we wouldn’t want to short-change you or the court, right?"

"Alright, let’s go with Beihu’s acquisition price, what do you say, Chengde Gentleman?"

"Sure, sure." Lin Miao chuckled; these herbs had low acquisition prices in Beihu, but once sold in Da Li, their prices soared several times over.

People from Beihu paid off debts with these; Marquis Lingyang, presumably, didn’t spend much money — earning this profit comfortably.

This matter tied him and Pei Jian together; with aligned interests, if Pei Jian betrays him, he wouldn’t be able to evade the consequences either.

Such large-scale work requires Xia Zhu, who is familiar with herb prices, or perhaps another person could handle this task.

Lien Yurou, she’s at Miaoxue Manor, very close by.

When you need people, you realize there’s never enough; recruiting and cultivating talent must be expedited.

"Mr. Prefect, I’ll arrange for someone to come assess and provide a quote; then, one hand passes money, the other passes goods."

"Actually, we could first set up a warehouse under joint management and move the goods directly there. Chengde Gentleman can send people to assess, while I provide oversight; I’ve already inventoried a large portion..."

Lin Miao immediately understood Pei Jian’s intention; he wanted to move some goods out, leaving what’s in Xue Family Manor, should Marquis Lingyang go to extremes and destroy the evidence, it would be problematic.

With the emperor far away, no one knows how much power Marquis Lingyang wields in Dongshan, not to mention the Green Blade Sect, a first-rate sect struggling for survival.

If the Green Blade Sect assaults, Xue Family Manor might not be defensible.

"Mr. Prefect, why not move everything back to the city where even the most extreme people wouldn’t dare attack a heavily defended stronghold?"

"If I escort all these evidences back to the city, they would have to be stored in the official warehouse — which, let alone having the capacity, even if it could hold them, I wouldn’t dare. The warehouse’s administrator is closely linked to Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion, and once things are inside, they might just set a fire. Except for the golden nuggets and metal weapons that resist fire, everything else would go up in flames. Especially those crossbow arrows; burn those crucial evidences, and what’s likely to be the outcome?" Pei Jian explained.