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Chapter 120 Gifts

He was speechless all night. The next day, Wei Zhao had breakfast and took a gift to the prefect's office.

Liang Haomiao has been very comfortable recently. His son is in good health and is still as lively and active as before. There are no major cases under his control. He is relatively idle and can go out to stroll around the streets when he has nothing to do.

Someone in the capital brought him a thrush. The sound was pleasant and the fur color was bright, which he liked very much.

He had breakfast today and was about to go out for a walk. Tianhe came in and reported that Wei Zhao had arrived. He quickly put down the bird cage, tidied up his clothes, and went to the flower hall where he was entertaining guests to see him.

When Wei Zhao saw him, he lifted his clothes and prepared to kneel down to salute. Although he didn't like to kneel down to others, in this era, this kind of etiquette must be followed.

Liang Haomiao did not let him kneel down, and went up early to hold him up, and spared his salute.

Wei Zhao stood up and said, "Master Xie!"

After two more greetings, Wei Zhao took out the gift and explained his purpose.

"A few days ago, because of the misunderstanding between my elders and my family, the adults were troubled. Wei Zhao came to apologize today. I am just a little favor, and I hope the adults will accept it with a smile."

After saying that, he waved his hand and waited for the pillar outside the door to come in and put two wine jars and a box on the table beside Wei Zhao.

Wei Zhao took the wine jar and handed it to Magistrate Liang and said, "This is a wine that I have improved and specially sent it to the adults to taste."

Tianhe, who was standing beside him, was about to come forward to take the wine jar, but was stopped by the prefect Liang, so he personally reached out to take it over.

As a literati, Liang Haomiao is naturally a person who loves wine. When he heard that Wei Zhao sent him wine, he knew that it must be good wine.

As early as when Wei Zhao performed surgery on his son, he asked him for a strong wine. At that time, he asked someone to prepare good wine that he had collected for a long time for Wei Zhao to use. However, when he entered the ward, he found that the smell of the wine had obviously become more intense. He knew that Wei Zhao must have treated the wine, otherwise the taste would not be so strong.

He had no idea that Wei Zhao and his request for wine were just a cover, and wanted to cover up the smell left by his disinfection with alcohol, so he naturally thought that Wei Zhao was bringing that kind of good wine.

He carefully put the wine aside and said politely: "Doctor Wei, you saved my son, which is equivalent to saving my wife's heart. You are the benefactor of our family. I heard that you are in trouble, so how can I stay indifferent? Fortunately, everything is a false alarm. I wonder if your relatives are injured now?"

As early as the day Su Yuancheng recovered, Wei Zhao asked him to send a message to the prefect, lying that the person who took him away was his uncle. Because he had no money on him at that time, he could not invite a doctor, so he was going to rob a doctor for treatment. Unexpectedly, he happened to rob Wei Zhao's head.

Such a perfect statement is to say that Wei Zhao left a note in the ruined temple. As for Dong Lin's matter, he asked Su Yuancheng to tell the prefect Liang that when he came back, he would give the prefect Liang an explanation.

Because Dong Lin was first discovered by the government after his death, the news of his death had not been spread yet, and the prefect Liang was not in a hurry to ask for an answer, so he suppressed the matter and sold Wei Zhao a favor.

Now that he heard the Du brothers of Liang ask about him, Wei Zhao quickly replied: "My uncle is in good health and has returned to his home now."

Prefect Liang nodded, looking at ease, showing that he was very concerned about Wei Zhao's relatives.

After Wei Zhao thanked him, he took the brocade box at his hand and handed it to Magistrate Liang and said, "I heard from Chief Lu Shan of Changshan Academy that you like calligraphy and painting, so I prepared a painting for you, and I hope you will not dislike it."

When the prefect Liang heard Wei Zhao mention Chief Lu Shan, he was excited and asked, "Doctor Wei knows his family teacher?"

Wei Zhao hurriedly told him how Liu Xiaoman's meeting Lu Shanchang. After hearing this, Liang Haomiao shouted about fate. Unexpectedly, the child of Wei Zhao's family became his junior brother.

Now Liang Haomiao suddenly looked forward to the painting sent by Wei Zhao. The painting that his master likes must be of ordinary quality.

At that moment, he took the box and couldn't wait to open it, taking out an unmounted roll of paper inside.

Wei Zhao said: "I came in a hurry today and didn't have time to frame it. I hope you don't get surprised."

Liang Haomiao waved his hand and said he didn't care. He slowly spread the drawing paper with both hands. When the drawing paper was unfolded and the drawing paper was clearly seen, he was stunned.

Tianhe, who was originally standing behind him, also looked over. This glance made him scared and almost screamed.

Oh my God, what did he see?

The painting is a portrait of Liang Prefect. He is sitting at the desk, studying hard, with a calm expression, as if immersed in the book and unable to extricate himself. However, this is not the most surprising thing. What is surprising is that the painting is lifelike and clearer than the one shown in a bronze mirror. Neither Liang Haomiao nor Tianhe have seen such a painting, and they are dull and are on the spot for a while.

Wei Zhao actually didn't know whether the prefect Liang liked calligraphy and painting, but since he saw Lu Shanchang liked that portrait, he understood that people in this era had never seen the painting method of sketching, especially sketching self-portraits, which made them even less resistant, so he simply drew this portrait overnight to give gifts, which saved money and face.

Liang Haomiao came to his senses after a while. As expected, he liked this painting very much like Lu Fengmian.

He repeatedly exchanged for the butler and asked the butler to put the painting away. He wanted to frame it himself. He also ordered the butler to take the wine together and pack it up, so that he must not bump it.

The butler responded and took the things carefully with the people.

Liang Haomiao then remembered that Wei Zhao, the gift giver, was still there, and was a little embarrassed, and smiled and said, "Doctor Wei, don't blame me, I really like this painting. No wonder the teacher likes it. It turns out that the painting skills are amazing."

Wei Zhao said: "But it's not worth mentioning, just like it if you like it."

The two of them exchanged polite greetings, and Wei Zhao then talked about Dong Lin.

He originally prepared many reasons, such as Dong Lin was not killed by them, but happened to appear in that place, or Dong Lin had a marriage with him, and he tried to kill him, but accidentally injured Dong Lin during the fight, resulting in his death, etc.

But before he could speak, the prefect Liang said, "Dong Lin is a man with poor medical skills. He went out of the city to see a medical treatment and offended someone and was killed. It's a pity, alas!"

When Wei Zhao heard this, he understood that Liang Haomiao had just picked him out. He nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, yes, yes, what a pity."

He was not killed by him, but the Du brothers are his now. If Liang Haomiao really wants to pursue it, he will definitely be involved.

Fortunately, Dong Lin did not have a family member in Luoxiang Mansion, so no one came to complain. As long as Liang Haomiao didn't pursue it, it would be over. If someone really made a fuss about Dong Lin's affairs in the future, there would be no evidence to die. How could it be said that Liang Haomiao, the prefect, had the final say?
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