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"": "Zhang Baijiao stopped in front of Luo Bin and held out the bowl.
The stabbing pain in his right shoulder made it difficult for Luo Bin to raise his arm, so he took it with his left hand.
The thick medicinal brew gave off an even stronger bitter stench. His throat was already rebelling against it, and he even felt something rising in the back of his throat.
Luo Bin could hardly turn down Zhang Baijiao's kindness. He set the medicine on a nearby table, smiled, and said, "I'll let it cool a little. I'll drink it before I leave."
Zhang Baijiao nodded slightly, looking pleased. "This medicine invigorates the mind and strengthens the back and bones. A secret remedy of my Zhang Family."
Luo Bin felt a jolt.
Why did that sound so familiar?
A scene replayed before his eyes: the day he and Gu Yiren had been assigned to stay in the little courtyard in town.
After changing his dressing, Zhang Baijiao had also given him a porcelain bottle, saying it contained the Zhang Family's secret remedy, which invigorated the mind and strengthened the back and bones.
Did this medicine come in two forms?
Luo Bin hadn't even gotten around to taking the pills.
And now he was going to drink the brew first?
"Old Zhang, I need some medicine from you."
A steady, slightly muffled voice sounded inside the Medicine Shop. Then a man entered-the tall, imposing Town Chief, Lu Fu.
Seeing Luo Bin, Lu Fu nodded in acknowledgment.
"What medicine?" Zhang Baijiao asked.
"The usual," Lu Fu said.
"Oh," Zhang Baijiao replied. He turned and went back into the room behind the curtain.
"Hmm?" Slightly puzzled, Lu Fu stared at the curtain.
Inside the room, Zhang Baijiao's eyes darted from side