"This honorable official, why do you look so unfamiliar?"
An old man with a head full of white hair took the medicine bowl from Minister Wu with trembling hands, his eyes brimming with tears. "I am nothing but a lowly wretch with one foot in the grave; how could I dare trouble an honorable official to feed me medicine? I can do it myself, thank you."
"This gentleman is a Capital City official sent by the Emperor to deal with the plague here in Bianzhou," a young man explained. "I hear he is a high-ranking official. Since arriving, he has been busy working alongside the miraculous doctors to develop a special remedy. He has been so occupied that he hasn't had much chance to show his face. It is only natural that we wouldn't recognize him."
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