Chapter 171
Xue Shun called her in a daze.
The room was quiet and no one responded.
Xue Shun got up, feeling a little uncomfortable, put on his clothes and went to look for her: "Shen Jiao?"
He glanced at the outer room behind the screen, and it was also empty.
Where did you go?
Xue Shun frowned and was about to go out to look for her when he heard a voice outside calling out, "Is the young master awake?"
The voice sounded familiar. Xue Shun opened the door and looked at Qiongzhi holding the basin of water, wondering, "Why is it you? Where's Shen Jiao?"
"Hey!" Qiongzhi opened her eyes wide in surprise. "She said that the Master had something for her to do and that she would be away for two days before calling me in. How could the Master...she lied to me?"
Qiongzhi knew what was going on when she saw Xue Shun's expression. Shen Jiao must have been lying.
"Did she say what happened?" Xue Shun was a little panicked, and always had a bad premonition.
Qiongzhi's words just confirmed his premonition: "She said that the young master was investigating a case and questioning someone, but someone claimed to be sick and refused to come. The young master asked her to bring Doctor Wei to verify the authenticity..."
Xue Shun said calmly, "Did Wei Qian go with her?"
"Doctor Wei initially refused to go. He had so many patients in the clinic and was busy with his free clinics. But she said it wouldn't take much time, half an hour to go and back, and that she might not trust another doctor. So, she finally took the patient away."
The more Qiongzhi spoke, the lower her voice became.
The more Xue Shun listened, the uglier his expression became.
He couldn't figure out why, they had clearly agreed on this...
"Sir, she...she doesn't want to harm Doctor Wei, does she?" Qiongzhi knew that this day would come, but she didn't expect it to come so soon and so suddenly.
How could Xue Shun admit it? He forced a smile to cover up for her and said, "How is that possible? I have something for her to do. Go to the boat and see if she has taken Wei Qian to see Li Yan."
Shen Jiao has always been a bad person, so it is not impossible for her to take advantage of his good mood and find a lover for herself.
Qiongzhi said bewilderedly, "Who is Li Yan? Young Master said maybe... Does that mean you don't know her either..."
"Just go ahead when I tell you to! Why are you talking so much nonsense!" Xue Shun knocked over the copper basin in her hand and roared angrily.
"Yes! I'll go right away."
Qiongzhi was startled and dared not say anything more. She quickly stepped back.
"Wait," Xue Shun called her, "Where did Shen Jiao go?"
"She... left the clinic and went to the left."
Qiongzhi had been yelled at by Wei Qian for several days, and thought she could relax after he left, so she ran to the door to take a look.
"Left, left...it's the south..." Xue Shun leaned against the door with his hand and laughed. He bent over with his hands on his knees and muttered to himself, "You don't believe me? I've wasted my efforts..."
He was so scary, Qiongzhi didn't dare to leave: "Master, are you okay?"
"Prepare the horses." Xue Shun raised his head.
"What?" He spoke so softly that Qiongzhi didn't hear it clearly at all.
Xue Shun stood up, banged on the door, and shouted, "I said, prepare the horses! Prepare the horses!"
He suddenly raised his foot and walked out. His eyes went dark and he hit the door again. Qiongzhi wanted to help him but he raised his hand to block her.
"Saddle my horse!"
As he spoke, he spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground. He felt dizzy and completely passed out, knocking the door panel against his head, making it creak.
Like a mockery of him.
He actually thought that Shen Jiao would really like him...
Before Xue Shun completely passed out, he felt as if something in his chest had completely broken off, and the pain was so severe that he couldn't even breathe.
At this time, the extremely painful Shen Jiao was...blaming Wei Qian.
"You're a loser. You can't even disguise yourself."
Wei Qian didn't respond, just glared at her.
Shen Jiao didn't argue about this. Anyone who was tied up and had a rag stuffed in his mouth would be unable to speak.
She poured the last basket of fish and shrimp on him, and her face could not be seen, let alone her eyes that were glaring at her.
Shen Jiao wore the straw raincoat and straw hat that Li Yan had used. With a push of the oar, the boat left the dock and swayed along the river to the south.
She sat down and rowed for a while. Seeing that the wider the water, the more turbulent the waves became, and that there was no one around, she sneered, "As expected."
She said that no matter how rampant these people were, they could not follow her all the time, let alone follow her to the dock.
She only needed to cheat Wei Qian out of his money, ask for a boat in the name of Xue Shun, and then disguise herself to leave here smoothly.
As for fish and shrimp...
She had to make herself a little more annoying, at least so that people couldn't easily smell the scent of medicine.
Shen Jiao thought about it for a long time, but there was no way to have the best of both worlds.
The best way is to run.
It would be better if you can disguise yourself, but it doesn’t matter if you can’t.
Shen Jiao did learn a little bit. She found two people of similar height on the boat, dressed them up simply, and asked them to pretend to be her and Wei Qian. She then went off the boat wearing bamboo hats to confuse them.
I also left a letter with Li Yan, and if Xue Shun came looking for him in an hour, I would give it to him as a reminder.
Tell him to find Luo Wendi as soon as possible and put the blame on her.
There are people from the Demon Cult in the town, and they have evil intentions. Luo Wendi is most likely going to catch them, and Shen Jiao can take the opportunity to run further away.
If Xue Shun didn't find it, then burn it. Shen Jiao didn't want to be a good person at all.
As for whether Zhou Boyan and the Five Guests of Huangmei would chase after her... well, doesn't she have Wei's money with her?
The purpose of bringing him along is to find out where he hides his money and then kill him.
Those people would definitely not let her go, so she had to give them a reason not to kill her.
"Doctor Wei, you know, sometimes you can't be a good person just because you want to. Take me for example, I can't be a good person. I want to put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha right away, but the souls of the wronged dead won't agree. People like you and me who have done bad things will either be tortured to death without a burial place, or use killing to prove our truth and live a prosperous life. There is a saying that goes, killing one person is a sin, killing ten thousand people is a hero."
Shen Jiao chuckled and said,
"That's bullshit. Killing one person is a sin, but killing ten thousand is an even greater sin. But once someone becomes useful and powerful, no one dares to mess with him. No matter what he does, people cheer him on. I think it's difficult to do this, but I'm not going to repent. Before I get killed, I will kill you first. Now tell me, where is your money hidden? Who has it?"
Shen Jiao reached into the cabin, pulled him out of the fish, and took the rag out of his mouth.
Wei Qian was almost out of breath from the smoke. He gasped for a long time before looking up at the sky and whispering:
"Lindeka, costus root..."
"What?" Shen Jiao suspected that he was stupid.
Wei Qian said, "Please write down your son's prescription. I just came up with it. There won't be any other medicine as good as this one. His illness cannot be cured without medicine."
"Oh, Doctor Wei is truly a compassionate doctor. Why don't you take care of yourself first?"
Shen Jiao blocked his mouth again, drew his knife and nailed his palm to the boat.
"If you don't say it, it's just the eyes."
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