Chapter 21 The Aged Household Registration Officer
When he woke up, Lu Jing's spirit and physical strength were all restored to his original state.
The only drawback is that his internal strength has also recovered.
However, Lu Jing is now used to this kind of thing. He washed his face and practiced his legs in the yard for a while.
After Nada prepared breakfast, the two of them had enough food and drink, they caught up with a new round of sandstorm.
With the admiring gaze of the female shopkeeper, Lu Jing walked out the door with a Zen stick.
Then...they sneaked in and packed the goods.
This time, because of experience, Lu Jing killed ten iron-armored warriors in one breath, but his own internal energy consumed only two-thirds.
After returning, he didn't have much rest, so he took Nadama to visit the household registration official without stopping.
Ayub started as a household registration officer for Malasar Khan at the age of 27. He is almost seventy years old this year. He has worked in this position for more than 40 years and has been diligent and deeply loved by the residents of the city.
But after all, he is old and his legs are no longer as quick as when he was young. The most important thing is that his head is not very smart. So although he is still a household registration official of Malasar Khan, most of the work is actually under the responsibility of his two assistants.
After Lu Jing and Na reached Da Ayub's residence, they deliberately lingered outside the door for a while, and waited until the sun was three times before knocking on the door.
As a result, the household registration official had just put on his clothes with the help of his third wife.
Heard that it was Malasar Khan's current hero coming, Ayub's family quickly opened the door and welcomed the two of them in.
After a while, Ayub also walked out with his wife.
However, his steps were very staggering, and his skin was wrinkled into orange peels, covered with old man spots, full of dusk air, and his eyes were a little dull.
After sitting down, he heard the family members next to him introduce Lu Jing and Nada. He just nodded in confusion, as if he didn't know what the meaning of these two names was.
After sitting for a while, a trace of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth. Seeing this, his wife quickly wiped the saliva with a handkerchief for him.
Seeing the old look of the household registration official, Nada's heart sank, but she still spoke with a try-and-see attitude.
"Mr. Ayub, we know that you know very well about every household in the city, so I want to ask you for a surname."
As a result, Ayub didn't respond when he heard this.
Nada no longer knew if she had any need to continue, so she heard the wife of the household registration official say, "Sorry, Ayub is not in good health, and it is difficult to communicate with others now."
"When did he start like this?" Lu Jing asked.
"About seven months ago, his body has always been very strong compared to his peers. He usually exercises regularly. However, seven months ago, our family was sitting together and having dinner normally. Ayub ate very quickly, but when he put down his knife and fork, he suddenly fainted on the table.
"When he wakes up, he will be like this now. Now someone will have to serve him even when he eats." The wife of the household registration official sighed.
Judging from her description, Ayub was very similar to a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. It was a blessing to survive. Today's exercise and cognitive impairments are within the scope of several sequelae of cerebral hemorrhage.
The old household registration official fell ill seven months ago, and it seems to have nothing to do with the disaster that happened in Malasar Khan.
Finally, Ayyub's wife added, "Although Ayob is still a household registration official, the work of household registration management has been done by his two assistants since three years ago. If you have any questions, it will be the same for them.
"Just when you came in, I had someone to call them here."
"I'm working hard." Nada thanked.
Not long afterwards, two young men walked in from outside, one named Kraft and the other named Badres. As soon as they entered the door, they saluted the household registration officer and his wife.
Then he expressed his respect to Lu Jing and expressed his willingness to cooperate with the two of them in their investigation, but when Nada told them that the ancient surname Lu Jing found on the mural, both of them frowned.
After thinking hard for a while, they did not deny it immediately. They just said cautiously that they would check again and confirm it. Then the two of them went to the house where the household registration was stored on the second floor.
Nada also went up with her. The three of them stayed inside for an hour, but Nada's face was very disappointed when she went downstairs.
He said to Lu Jing, "We searched through all the household registration files in the city and couldn't find anyone named this surname."
"Is there any household registration missing or has been altered?" Lu Jing put down the dried fruit in his hand and said.
"No." Nada shook her head.
"Where are people who used this surname and changed their surname?"
“No, either.”
"So the ancient family behind this surname has completely disappeared from history?"
There is nothing to be surprised about similar things.
After all, there are few things in this world that are eternal and unchanging. Nobles are indeed easier to continue their families than ordinary people. However, there are still many once prominent surnames that have lost their inheritance, not to mention a declining surname.
However, Lu Jing still wanted to make another final attempt.
He asked Nada to ask the wife of the household registration official if they could stay alone with the household registration official for a short period of time. The wife of the household registration official obviously hesitated for a moment when she heard this.
But perhaps because of Lu Jing's current heroic status, he finally reluctantly agreed.
He took Lu Jing and Nada into Ayub's bedroom, turned away the maid there, and then looked at Lu Jing and Nada deeply, walked out himself, and brought the door with him.
Looking at Ayub, who was stunned and unresponsive on the bed, the female shopkeeper asked Lu Jing, "Do you really have a way to let him speak?"
"It's hard to say, I can only give it a try." Lu Jing said truthfully.
Cerebral hemorrhage, as the name suggests, is the rupture and bleeding of blood vessels in the brain.
The sequelae of Lu Jing's cerebral hemorrhage in his previous life was difficult to completely cure, not to mention that in this era, there were neither related medical devices nor appropriate drugs at hand.
So all Lu Jing could do was to put one hand on the back of the household registration official, and slowly reach his brain by placing his true aura into the latter's meridians.
Then he found a way to repair his fragile meridians and at the same time, a small amount of blood stasis was removed.
Lu Jing did it very carefully because he could feel that there was not much vitality in Ayub's body, and his meridians also aged and shrank, becoming riddled with holes.
So Lu Jing could only move his true energy into little by little, for fear that he would break the old man's meridians by accident.
Chapter completed!