Servant of the Otherworldly Pharmacopoeia

Nine is gone.

This was discovered when Shazhou was waiting for a long time and knocking on the door was not answered.

"Nine, nine?" Shazhou knocked on the door, and when there was no response, he apologized to Wu Li, then punched the door open, and under the surprised gaze of the other party, he reached in and pulled the latch.

Wu Li: "..."

There was no one in the room, and the two looked up at the open window above their heads together.Sha Zhou wiped the footprints on the sink with a sullen face.

"My lord, this..." Wu Li looked in disbelief.

Shazhou strode out: "I'll go outside and have a look."

"Then I'll be with you." Wu Li quickly trotted to keep up.

To get outside you have to turn back into the lobby and go around the back corridor.Shazhou made strides, and soon came to the window of the toilet.The surrounding area is clean, to the right is the restaurant within easy reach, and to the left is the road leading to the medicine field.

Shazhou was silent for a while, pointed to the room next to the restaurant and asked, "What kind of room is this, can I go in?"

Wu Li said: "This is a small lounge for the uncles to rest their feet at ordinary times."

Because the house is too big and it is inconvenient for big families to go back and forth, they usually reserve a spare room for occasions where they often stay. It is said to be a temporary resting place, but it is actually no different from a bedroom.Some older family members simply live there, saving time running back and forth every day.After Shazhou heard this, he retracted his step and said, "I'll report to the housekeeper."

The two entered the restaurant directly from the corridor.

Shazhou turned his head to report to the big steward, and on the other side, Wu Li also told the story.

"What!" Wu Man jumped up, "The person disappeared?"

"This child is naughty. I didn't restrain him properly. I'll talk to someone first." The head housekeeper calmly stood up.

Wu Man was furious: "How can my witch doctor clan rush in, who knows if he is going to steal our medicine?"

The big housekeeper said in a deep voice: "Don't talk nonsense. Find someone first, and it will be clear at a glance whether your medicine has been stolen."

"Boss, you are a person with less than one person and more than ten thousand people in our territory. I dare not object to what you say, and I will send someone to find him immediately. But the ugliness comes first, in case he breaks into something he shouldn't place, if I see something I shouldn’t see, then the result is beyond my control.”

"Go find it!" the steward ordered the accompanying servants, not giving in to Wu Man's words, "You don't need to scare me, I know your pharmacy is very important, and it contains the life roots of your witch doctor clan. This area is so far away that Jiu can't get in just for a while. And people outside the room can't get in, you witch doctors are heavily guarded, and even got a drop of blood on it to enter the door, Jiu is not that capable."

Amid the chaotic sound of looking for someone, Wu Man's words came clearly: "Housekeeper, my witch doctor family is not just a forbidden place like a pharmacy."

"How are you doing?"

"If he appears where he shouldn't be, you can't take this person away."

The noon sun was blazing, the big housekeeper strode out the door and stood in the corridor. From time to time, some people hurried past, the old man turned his head and said to Wu Man, "You can't keep this person."

Wu Man pulled the corner of his mouth.

……

"Sir, no."

"My lord, there are none on the right side of the first floor."

"My lord, there is none on the left side either."

"My lord, the 21 maids and servants on the second floor have been guarding the door, and no one has been seen going up."

Wu Man looked at the big housekeeper: "The second floor is our bedroom, does the big housekeeper want to send someone to search?"

"All rooms must be searched." The big housekeeper made a final decision, looking directly at Wu Man, "I will apologize for any offense."

Wu Man nodded to the attendant: "Search."

A group of people took orders.

Wu Man lowered his head, unable to see his expression clearly.

……

It was Qing Kong who came back again.

Because of the haste to leave, the young man's face was rarely flushed, he bowed and said to the housekeeper, "Go back to your lord, Jiu did not go to the medicine field."

The butler shrank his pupils and clenched his fist behind his back: "Are you sure?"

Aozora nodded affirmatively.

"Everyone has asked, but no one has seen him. The medicine field is an important place for the witch doctor clan. There are people holding hands from the intersection, layer by layer. It is impossible for Jiu to avoid so many checkpoints."

There was a suffocating silence.

The butler recalled when he was in the lobby, maybe there was something he wanted to say to him?I asked myself, but he didn't answer.What was he thinking at that time?The old man decomposed and recalled his words and deeds little by little in his heart. Since when did he start to be wrong?

He went to the bathroom twice... sitting in the dining room with agitation so obvious that everyone could see it.

What is it for?

"...Go back to my lord, the guards of the Witch God Temple said that no one trespassed."

"...Go back to your lord, there is no one trespassing in the Temple of Medicine."

"Return to your lord, this maid said she heard the voice."

The guards brought a girl, a little maid from the witch doctor family, who was about to cry when she was brought over.

The butler waved her to let her go, and asked kindly, "What sound did you hear?"

"I came out of the corridor when I was delivering tea to the adults, and I heard something hitting the floor, which is where the washroom is." The maid was quite frightened, "I ran over to check immediately, and found nothing, so I left."

Looks like Nine did jump out of the washroom.

"At such a high place, his leg is injured, so he must not be able to run far." The butler said slowly, "Wu Man, I want to see it myself."

Wu Man was expressionless: "If you want to see the housekeeper, just look at it."

The first was the bathroom where Xu Jiu ran out, the window was still open, and there were two gray footprints on the table, one of which was scratched by a finger.

The butler took a look, then went out to the window with a sullen face.

"This room is open." The old man came to the door of the next room.

The servant opened the door.

This room is a simple suite with a bedroom inside and a study outside.In addition to the two rows of bookshelves in the outer room, there is also a row of Duobao Pavilion on which many boxes are placed.

"What is this?" the butler asked, pointing to a row of boxes.

"These are all samples of medicines collected by my family."

"Oh." The butler looked at it for a long time, then asked suddenly, "Is everything there?"

Wu Man, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said, "They're all here."

The spotless Duobao Pavilion is indeed full of things.Even the box containing the new ore samples that was taken away by the servants was there.

"Take it down."

Aozora took off the box neatly and put it on the table.

The butler opened it himself——

Half a box of new ore samples was placed in the box completely, with scattered black powder mixed with golden awns, and the silk around it was as clean as ever, without any trace of being touched by anyone.The servants brought from the manor walked about and beat quietly.

The search was fruitless... The servant shook his head at the butler.

"...Let's go."

Because of Xu Jiu's disappearance, the chief housekeeper stayed in the witch doctor family for a day, and returned to the manor at night.The witch doctor family was searched upside down, but they couldn't find Xu Jiu, and both sides looked distraught.

Du Tuxuan waited for a whole day, and when Shi Rang came back alone, he asked in surprise, "Where is Jiu?"

The butler walked slowly: "Go back to your lord, Jiu is lost."

"What do you mean lost?"

"He got lost in the castle of the witch doctor clan." The head steward told Du Tuxuan the whole story of the day.

Du Tuxuan looked blankly: "A big living person just disappeared so suddenly?"

Huan fell silent.

"The witch doctor clan is so bold!" Du Tuxuan became angry.

Let the people in the manor search casually, even if they can't find it, they won't be convinced. The witch doctor family really has a good plan!

"My lord, calm down..."

"They have already paid attention to Shangjiu. I should have thought that they would not tolerate a doctor whose surname is not Wu! No matter how well I protect him, there is no impenetrable wall in the world."

Huo was startled: "Sir, do you think Jiu is a doctor?"

"The rice and soup I usually eat are all boiled with medicine."

"...Your Excellency's illness is cured because of him?"

Du Tuxuan acquiesced.

"Isn't it because the adults have awakened?"

"Huan, I have a disease from the root, and I am different from others when I wake up."

"..." The butler instantly aged ten years, and looked even older.

"Huang, you go down."

After watching the old man go out, Du Tuxuan immediately stood up from the chair. He supported the wall and kicked many things along the way, and the toes he kicked were bloody.He continued to walk non-stop as if he was unconscious, describing himself as embarrassed, and his mind was filled with the great anger that Jiu had disappeared.

The witch doctor clan, how dare you!

Du Tuxuan's heart was full of hatred, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there were plots and traps everywhere.What he knows is that even if he is too lively, and occasionally his brain is not enough, he is by no means a reckless person.He would use the method of sneaking away, even if he never wanted the matter to become a big deal, he didn't want the manor to be difficult.And what made him decide to take the risk must be very important.

It is extremely rare for the witch doctor family to invite outsiders into the castle. This time they found a new mine and they had no reason to report to the manor.It's a shame that both he and Huan thought that the witch doctor tribe wanted them to prepare for reconciliation, but who knew they were targeting Jiu!

Even the head housekeeper doesn't know about the Jiuhui medical skills!

In front of the big housekeeper, Jiu would at most just massage his legs, but after learning etiquette, he didn't even do it in front of others.But after all, it’s not without a trace... The witch doctor family has never entered the manor since the nine came, the small kitchen that was remodeled in the Black Tower... the weird vegetation in the garden...

It's even more likely that the witch doctor clan wasn't sure if he had medical skills, but he was the best suspect, so they took action...

hateful!

Du Tuxuan lost all demeanor, and kicked the leg of the table again, and the freshly healed wound burst open again.He quickly sat down at the desk and began to draw up plans one by one, the central goal of which was to exterminate the witch doctor clan!