Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers-Chapter 423 - Young Master Are You Getting Promoted

Chapter 423: Chapter 423: Young Master, Are You Getting Promoted?

Chapter 423: Chapter 423: Young Master, Are You Getting Promoted?

He had not finished speaking when a blow landed on his head from a tea server in green clothes.

“Quit your babbling, be careful if the shopkeeper hears and kills you! Have you forgotten how you ended up here boiling water? You can’t change your habit of spouting nonsense!”

The water-boiling assistant grimaced in pain, but he still muttered defiantly.

“What about it? Are such things not common? Aren’t they all written in our shop’s books?”

The tea server in green grabbed a wooden stick and hit the water-boiling assistant again, his voice turning stern.

“Shut up, how can that be the same? Storybooks are storybooks, how dare you tie such things to Master Liu’s name? Do you not know Master Liu is an impeccable official? I’m telling you, stay away from me in the future; don’t block my path to the nobles.”

As he spoke, he hit the water-boiling assistant on the head again with the stick, picked up the boiling water, and left.

Soon, he had placed the finest fragrant tea in front of Liu Zhinan and Qi Yue and thoughtfully topped up the incense.

After finishing these tasks, he still felt something was missing and whispered in Qi Yue’s ear.

“My lord, if you need anything, just call on me.”

Then he casually strolled to the side, organizing the bookshelf while keeping a keen eye on them.

“Planning to ingratiate yourself with that noble young master?”

Suddenly, a voice rang at his ear, and the shopkeeper’s chilly face appeared before him.

The tea server in green shuddered and hastily bowed.

“Shopkeeper, I wouldn’t dare.”

The shopkeeper snorted and also glanced over at Qi Yue and Liu Zhinan.

“That young master comes with no simple background; you better not bring disaster upon yourself and involve our shop in it.”

The tea server in green bent even lower, his voice quivering.

“The shopkeeper sees clearly; I would not dare entertain such thoughts, just focusing on serving the nobles well and taking care of our shop.”

“Lift your head.”

The shopkeeper’s piercing eyes scrutinized the tea server in green, and seeing his genuinely sincere and fearful face, he finally grunted softly.

“I thought as much; hmph!”

As the shopkeeper strode away haughtily, the tea server in green instantly relaxed.

He glanced around furtively before slowly curling his lips into a smirk.

“Damn cur, I’ll have you dead sooner or later, you bastard.”

Spitting fiercely after the shopkeeper’s retreating figure, the tea server in green then headed towards the water-boiling room.

Seeing the fire tending assistant stoking the fire while constantly rubbing his head, the tea server in green hurried forward to stop him.

“Afa, stop touching it; once Master Liu leaves, I’ll go to the market to buy you some medicine, and it’ll heal right up.”

The fire tending assistant glared at him and added another handful of firewood to the stove.

“You hit me, yet you still care what I do?”

The tea server in green examined the top of his head, and couldn’t help but slap the wound again.

“What do you know? The shopkeeper was right outside the door listening! If I don’t hit you, do you want the shopkeeper to beat you to death and throw you out?”

Hearing this, Afa looked fearfully at the door, “Are you serious?”

“Of course, I am serious; have I ever lied to you?” the tea server in green scolded, raising his hand to hit Afa again, but seeing the wound on the back of his head, he held back his hand.

“Anyway, be more cautious with your words in the future, the shopkeeper is crafty!”

“Alright, I’ll listen to you, big brother Feng.” Afa looked up at the tea server in green with a face full of trust.

“Stop looking at me with those eyes.”

The tea server in green glared at him and quickly ran out.

—He needed to attend to that young master now.

In the lounge, Qi Yue once again delved into the book and became somewhat enchanted.

In her past life, she had been very interested in this technology, and now, as medical aid for the Immortal Bug’s active neurons was advancing to the second stage, she needed this technology urgently to gather some useful information.

Turning a page, she suddenly felt her throat dry up, put down the book, and reached for the tea, then she jumped up immediately upon seeing the seat across from her.

—Lin Zhinan was gone!

She hurriedly looked around but could see no sign of him; the small table also had an extra book on it.

“Isn’t that the book Lin Zhinan was reading? Has he already left?”

Qi Yue stomped her foot in frustration.

She had truly miscalculated!

She never expected that one day, being too absorbed in her reading would cause her to delay important matters!

“Young master, are you leaving now?”

Seeing the beseeching face of the shopkeeper dressed in green, Qi Yue pursed her lips.

Although this shopkeeper’s face was shrewd, for some reason, she didn’t dislike him.

Qi Yue waved the shopkeeper over and pointed to the spot where Lin Zhinan had sat.

“Tell me, when did Master Liu leave?”

“He left about half a teacup’s time ago!” the shopkeeper smiled attentively, but Qi Yue was in no mood to deal with him.

She considered following him to talk more when she heard the shopkeeper still prattling on.

“Young master, you might not know this, but when Master Liu comes to our shop, he usually doesn’t say a word. Today, though, he actually invited you to sit… Young master, you must be moving up in the world!”

Upon hearing this, Qi Yue was somewhat puzzled.

“Moving up? Moving up in what?”

Seeing Qi Yue’s clueless expression, the shopkeeper instantly felt he could be of use and immediately started babbling.

It turned out that the selection of officials at the Nanyue Court was mainly through nominations, and as the Minister of Revenue, Liu Zhinan, being the head of the six ministries, had the qualifications to nominate.

However, what was strange was that Liu Zhinan, having been in the position of Minister of Revenue for many years, had never nominated even a single official for the Nanyue Court.

Initially, when Liu Zhinan first came to the bookshop, it wasn’t like there were no people here hoping to catch the Minister’s favorable eye, but all were turned away.

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“Some brought a few shoddy articles, hoping to get close to Master Liu under the guise of seeking advice, and some even secretly slipped silver notes into his book! But in the end, they all left with their tails between their legs, completely ignored by Master Liu. Young master, you wouldn’t know; when Master Liu doesn’t talk and just stares at someone, he can make one’s hair stand on end… Yet he actually spoke with you, isn’t this indicative of your impending rise?”

Qi Yue tugged at the corner of her mouth.

This shopkeeper in green was clever and eloquent, ideal for doing business.

“From what you say, Master Liu is a good official, then?”

The shopkeeper chuckled.

“It depends on how you see it, young master. Do you want to hear the truth or falsehood?”

Qi Yue raised an eyebrow.

“Of course the truth!”

The shopkeeper looked around cautiously and lowered his voice again.

“Well, from my perspective, I think Master Liu is the kind of official who is neither particularly good nor bad.”

“What do you mean by that?” Qi Yue was quite surprised.

Pointing upward with a finger, the shopkeeper wore a sly expression.

“I’ve been here many years and have seen plenty of Imperial officials. I’ve also heard a bit from them. It seems many higher-ups are quite dissatisfied with Master Liu. But, the Liu family has silver, and he controls the national treasury. That’s a bad thing, but also a good thing, is it not? Isn’t that being neither good nor bad?”

After hearing this, Qi Yue was momentarily at a loss for words.

Could she say that she regretted asking?

But then again, perhaps there was some truth to it.

As Qi Yue was leaving, the shopkeeper in green followed her out, introducing himself as Li Fengshou, and asked her to give him assignments if needed.

Seeing the shopkeeper’s keen and astute manner, Qi Yue felt it would be improper not to employ his service in some way.

She threw him another silver bar, asking him to gather information about Liu Zhinan.

Although she had the Black Feather Guard, this was ultimately Nanyue territory.

The Nanyue Army had split forces in two directions, stationed in the Nanling Marine Area and the Northern Ridge forest, ready to pounce on Longnan County Government at any moment.

Meanwhile, the Rishengchang branch located in Fengdu had also gone underground and merged with the black market operations.

Under such circumstances, deploying the Black Feather Guard was too conspicuous, and some tasks were better handled by someone like the shopkeeper in green.

“Don’t worry, young master; leave it to me. I’ll be sure to get some news,” he assured.

“Good, I remember you now. Do well and you won’t be left unrewarded,” Qi Yue responded.

“Yes, thank you, young master!”