In the two days since they left, the inn has been completely looted.

Many guests returned with their belongings still at the guesthouse, hoping to save up some money, only to find that nothing of value was gone. They were so angry that they cried.

"They've peeled off layer after layer of skin, are they trying to make us live?!"

"This Jizhou City is no place for a human to live!"

Just as two people started complaining, the shopkeeper was so frightened that he quickly covered their mouths and advised, "Oh my goodness! Please don't say another word, or you could kill so many people with just one sentence!"

Hearing the shopkeeper's words, the person who had spoken pursed his lips and dared not complain anymore.

Shen Yuan went to the backyard to take a look, and fortunately, half of her carriage was still there.

The carriage is still there, but the horse is gone.

Shen Yuan pinched her philtrum hard. Another hundred taels!

She returned to her former bedroom. Fortunately, these people only looted gold, silver, and items that could be directly exchanged for money. Shen Yuan's ten gold coins had long been deposited in a money exchange and converted into flying coins, so all that was left in the inn were her clothes and medicine jars.

These items couldn't be exchanged for money, so no one touched them; they were all left safely at the inn.

Shen Yuan packed her things into the carriage, planning to go to the city to buy a horse and leave Jizhou as soon as possible.

But when she went downstairs, she saw the waiter being supported by several innkeepers.

Although he had been given wound medicine, he developed a high fever in the latter half of last night, whether because the cell was too damp and cold or because he was too weak. He was unconscious from the fever and was barely breathing when he was carried back to the inn.

Several of his men surrounded him, saying, "Wang Xiaoqiang, hang in there! We'll go get a doctor for you right away!"

Wang Xiaoqiang lay on the bed, seemingly unable to hear what these people were saying, showing no reaction whatsoever, like a person on the verge of death.

The waiter turned to the innkeeper and said, "Manager, we need to get some money on credit so we can get Xiaoqiang a doctor. Otherwise, he definitely won't make it!"

"My inn has been completely looted, where am I supposed to get money for you? I can barely survive myself!" The innkeeper slapped his thigh, his eyes wide with rage.

This inn is the culmination of his life's work. Although he pays a lot of protection money every year and doesn't earn much money, he has managed to keep it going for so many years.

But now, all his hard work has been ruined by a single sentence!

He was the one who said that!

But that person is right, the prosperity of Jizhou City is not built on the corpses of these people!

Waiter: "Boss, we've all worked together here for five or six years. We can't just stand by and watch Xiaoqiang die, can we?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper sighed helplessly a few times, then went into his room and rummaged through the pocket of his undergarment that he had changed out of the day before, finding a few taels of loose silver.

This is the only silver that hasn't been looted.

The shopkeeper, with a long face, gave the clerk one tael of silver.

The shop assistant took the money and went out, quickly bringing the doctor back.

But the doctor only glanced at Wang Xiaoqiang and said, "You can start preparing for the worst!"

"He only took a few lashes, how..." How could he die?

What happened next, no one could say.

They all witnessed how badly Wang Xiaoqiang was beaten in the torture chamber. Those prison guards really wanted to beat Wang Xiaoqiang to death!

It was because Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't pay the money.

Wang Xiao'er actually had money, but those five taels of silver were money he had saved up for a long time. It was his younger brother and sister's food rations for the next year, so he couldn't take it out.

He refused to pay, so the jailers beat him to death!

In the end, Wang Xiaoqiang not only lost the five taels of silver he had, but now he is also about to lose his life!

The doctor took the consultation fee and left.

The shopkeeper shook his head: "Having worked together for so long, I've done my utmost."

The men looked at Wang Xiaoqiang sadly. Others might not know, but they did. Wang Xiaoqiang's parents were gone, and his younger siblings depended entirely on his earnings to support them!

He's only sixteen years old, and he has younger siblings waiting for him to earn money to buy food! If he dies, how will his family survive?

Seeing everyone so grief-stricken, Shen Yuan could not escape her own compassion.

"I know some medical skills, let me take a look!"

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's voice, the shop assistant quickly made way for her.

Shen Yuan stepped forward, lifted Wang Xiaoqiang's eyelids to take a look, and then took his pulse.

It's very weak, but there's still hope.

Shen Yuan turned her head and ordered, "Bring over a jar of white wine."

After bringing the liquor, Shen Yuan took out her silver needles, wiped them with the liquor, and then pricked Wang Xiaoqiang's ten fingers one by one.

The ten fingers are connected to the heart, and Wang Xiaoqiang groaned in pain.

Hearing his voice, Shen Yuan didn't stop what she was doing. She held up Wang Xiaoqiang's hand and drew blood from each of his ten fingers.

The shop assistant said, "He already lost so much blood yesterday, are we going to bleed him out again? Even if he doesn't die now, we'll bleed him to death!"

"The doctors all say that Ah Qiang is beyond saving!" the shopkeeper interrupted them. "But this girl is willing to be saved. Whether she survives or not, it's not up to us to say."

The shop assistant thought the shopkeeper's words made sense, so he quietly shut his mouth.

Shen Yuan took out a Six-Ginseng Pill from her bosom and made Wang Xiaoqiang put it in his mouth.

After the bloodletting, Wang Xiaoqiang's high fever miraculously subsided.

Before long, Wang Xiaoqiang woke up and saw that the person who saved him was Shen Yuan. Wang Xiaoqiang weakly opened his mouth and said, "Thank you... thank you, young lady!"

This girl gave him medicine for his injuries yesterday and treated him for his illness today; she is truly his savior!

Shen Yuan smiled faintly: "It was nothing, no need to thank me."

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