Chapter 996: Difficult
Editor: Henyee Translations
The next night, Shao Qingyuan and Gu Yundong received Dong Xiulan’s letter.
The two of them were a little surprised. They could not care less about the fatigue of the day and hurriedly opened the letter.
After reading it, the two of them were stunned.
“The second son of the Li family actually has your things?” Gu Yundong’s face was filled with disbelief.
Shao Qingyuan frowned slightly and shook his head. “When Old Li carried me home, he exchanged clothes with the third young master of the Tao family. That handkerchief might belong to the third young master of the Tao family.”
“But it’s also possible that it’s yours.” Gu Yundong was unwilling to let go of the only clue. After reading the letter just now, Eldest Brother Shao’s eyes clearly lit up. This meant that he was actually looking forward to finding his biological parents.
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Since that was the case, what did it matter if he searched?
Perhaps Brother Shao’s family was still looking for him after so many years?
“No matter what, it’s just a guess now. Since the second son of the Li family wants us to attend the wedding banquet, we’ll go there in a month. We’ll know the results after we get that handkerchief and investigate.”
Shao Qingyuan nodded. “Okay.”
“Say, if the second son of the Li family has your things, does that mean that the first son has something too?”
“I don’t think so. Even if there was, I’m afraid they sold it,” Shao Qingyuan said. “After Old Li died, I searched First Brother Li’s house in order to find out his background, but I didn’t find anything.”
Moreover, Auntie Dong’s letter also said that Old Man Li had burned all the clothes and items he was wearing back then, leaving nothing behind. It was an accident that Second Brother Li could obtain that handkerchief.
Moreover, First Brother Li was a person who was afraid of death. If he really had something of Shao Qingyuan’s, he would definitely use it as a bargaining chip when Shao Qingyuan went to beat him up.
Gu Yundong felt a little regretful. It seemed that they could only wait until they saw Second Brother Li in a month.
“There’s no hurry.” Shao Qingyuan placed the letter on the candle and lit it. After watching it gradually burn to ashes, he said, “On the other hand, the cowpox vaccination can’t wait. Tomorrow, we’ll go to the Dai residence first and convey the emperor’s decree to Lord Dai.”
Speaking of this, Gu Yundong felt a headache.
The emperor was too good at giving people trouble.
“This is not easy to do. After all, no one has ever tried the cowpox vaccination. Everyone is afraid of death, and I’m afraid no one is willing to be the first test subject. Even if the emperor spoke the truth and the prince personally verified it, the distance is still too far. For most people, it’s less convincing if they don’t see it with their own eyes.”
Some people could get smallpox, but some people wouldn’t.
Even if they did, they might be able to survive.
Everyone would think that they were the lucky ones.
The cowpox vaccination method was just a prevention method, and it was a method that they had never seen before. Who was willing to take the risk? What if it failed and they died?
The problem was that the emperor had also issued a decree that they could not use too rough a method.
There were only four words on Gu Yundong’s mind — Subdue people with virtue??
As expected, they went to the Dai residence the next day. After Gu Yundong went to look for Madam Dai, Shao Qingyuan met the prefecture magistrate.
After hearing the decree brought by Shao Qingyuan, the prefecture magistrate frowned fiercely.
The first sentence was, “This matter is not easy to handle.”
He sighed and walked around twice. Finally, he stood in front of Shao Qingyuan and asked him, “Do you have an idea?”
“There is one.”
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