After walking away for some distance, Luther looked back once again with worried eyes. However, he still didn't see anyone suspicious. "Is it true that I'm being over-cautious?"
"General, is something wrong?" the deputy general asked in confusion.
"Nothing. We have to expand patrols in the city. Since the pass has been blocked, some merchants would complain. We will double the patrols from today." Meanwhile, Luther had no clue about where the three carriages of medicinal herbs that Matthew had procured were hiding. He wondered if it had something to do with the aroma of medicinal herbs from their house last night. He doubted that they had decocted those herbs last night and taken it along with them. But since the quantity of herbs was high, it was not easy to transport the decoction!
When Luther was walking, lost in thought, he suddenly saw someone at the door of a pharmacy, grinding the medicinal herbs into powder before packing it. He stopped and wondered, 'Did they grind the materials into powder before taking them away?' But that seemed impossible. There were a lot of such medicinal materials.
"General, what are you thinking about?" The deputy general sensed that something was wrong with Luther since Matthew and others had left.
"Do you have any idea about how to take away three carriages of medicinal herbs without attracting any attention?" Luther shared his concern, his eyes almost popping out.
The deputy general thought for a moment, and then replied, "Of course, you can make them into pills and take them away."
"Pills…" As soon as Luther heard the word, his eyes lit up. Harper was an excellent physician and was good at making various kinds of pills with strange effects. Did she manage to turn all the three carriages of medicinal materials into pills within just an overnight? What was the effect of these pills?
"Let's go to the Treasure Pavilion."
If they wanted to know what effect Harper's pills had, they should know what kind of medicinal materials she had bought. But when Luther went to the pharmacy with his people, he found that the door there was closed and a notice was hung on it, saying that the shopkeeper had some family issues and the shop would remain closed for a month.
Luther squinted his eyes. 'What a coincidence! Her Highness bought three carriages of medicinal herbs. But as soon as she left, the Treasure Pavilion closed for a month. One would only be delusional to believe that there wasn't any trick in it, ' he thought.
"Go find out where the shopkeeper of the Treasure Pavilion is! Catch him and bring him to me!" Luther felt uneasy, so he went back to his mansion to check if there was any residue of medicine left in the house where Harper had stayed. But the room was clean, except for a faint scent of medicine. To his surprise, there wasn't even a tiny piece of residue left.
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