Whether in ancient times or modern times, most people like to gossip and join in the fun.
Therefore, almost everyone present agreed to go to the county town together.
Especially those who need good medicine, also asked Shi Qingluo to help them find the prescription.
I plan to take it to the county town and ask other doctors to look at the prescription and the medicine to see if there are any problems.
Then a dozen people pulled Doctor Shi and his apprentice and walked towards the county town together.
When they met people on the road, they saw Doctor Shi being tied up and dragged away by a little girl, and they couldn't help but come up to ask curiously.
Shi Qingluo publicized what Doctor Shi had done.
People in the town couldn't believe that Doctor Shi could be so cruel as to intentionally harm others.
It only takes about 40 minutes to walk from the town to the county seat, so many people couldn't help but join in the fun.
On the way to the county town, whenever someone asked him something, Shi Qingluo didn't need to repeat himself, as the people following him would tell him the story all at once.
Then the team heading to the county town continued to expand.
By the time we reached the county town, more than forty people had already followed us.
When they arrived in front of the yamen, the bailiff was stunned to see a little girl dragging two tied people towards them, followed by a group of people.
One of the guards stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing?"
Shi Qingluo replied: "We are here to report to the authorities."
"This is the doctor in our town. He deliberately gave my husband conflicting medicine and almost killed him."
After saying that, she took out the petition Xiao Hanzheng had written last night from her backpack, "This is the petition written by my husband, Mr. Xiao Xiucai. Please submit it to the county magistrate."
When the bailiff heard that she was the scholar's family member, he took her more seriously.
He took the complaint and said, "Wait a moment."
In the main hall of the yamen, a stern-looking young man wearing the uniform of a seventh-rank official was looking through the documents of Nanxi County in recent years.
The bailiff came in and presented the complaint, "Sir, there is a young woman outside who wants to report to the authorities. This is the complaint written by her husband, Mr. Xiao."
Mo Qingling took it and looked at it, "Bring the person up."
"Yes!" The bailiff retreated respectfully.
Then he brought Shi Qingluo and others into the court.
Shi Qingluo was a little confused when he saw the young and cold man sitting at the top. Wasn't the county magistrate an old man in his fifties? "Greetings, Mr. County Magistrate." Shi Qingluo did not kneel, but just saluted.
Mo Qingling was surprised when he saw a girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, tying up and dragging two men into the classroom.
He asked, "The man you tied up and dragged is Doctor Shi, the one you want to sue?"
Shi Qingluo nodded, "Yes, they resisted and didn't want to come with me before, I was afraid they would run away, so I tied them up and dragged them here."
"It also saves the county magistrate from having to send someone to arrest someone."
Mo Qingling: “…” This is the first time I’ve seen someone report to the police in this way.
He asked again: "I have read the complaint. You said Doctor Shi deliberately poisoned your husband. Do you have any evidence?"
Shi Qingluo handed the old medicine residue in the backpack, the medicine that had not been boiled last time, the medicine prescribed this time, and all the prescriptions to the yamen runner.
“These are the evidence.”
Mo Qingling took the prescription, looked at it, and asked someone to go to the back of the county government office and call the court doctor from his yard.
When he heard that the court physician was to be called over, Doctor Shi's face changed again.
Because of this, Shi Qingluo judged that the young magistrate might have an unusual background, otherwise he would not have a dedicated doctor at his disposal.
Soon, an old man came in with the bailiff.
Mo Qingling pointed to the medicine residue and prescription on the table.
"Please check the prescription, the medicine residue, and the newly prepared medicine to see if they match up, and then check if there is any problem with the prescription."
He walked over, quickly picked up the corresponding prescription, and reached out to pull out the medicine residue and the new medicine bag.
After he finished, his face darkened, "Reporting to the Lord, the person who prescribed this medicine has bad intentions and wants to kill people."
"The previous prescription will cause a person to have a high fever that won't go away. Once they fall into a coma, they won't wake up if they continue to drink this medicine."
"The prescription at the back looks like a tonic, but it actually contains two counteracting herbs."
"After drinking it, your body will become weaker and weaker. I guess you will have to lie in bed for the rest of your life."
Mo Qingling knocked on the table. "Is it possible that they were caught by mistake?"
The court doctor replied truthfully: "It is impossible to use the medicine according to the prescription, and it was an accident once. If there are problems with all of them, it can't be an accident."
Mo Qingling nodded, "I thought so too."
Shi Qingluo pointed to the opened package of new medicine and said, "Doctor Shi also said that the whiskers in that package of medicine are ginseng whiskers."
The court doctor was stunned for a moment, then picked it up, looked at it carefully, and smelled it.
"This is not ginseng root, but a wild medicine. Eating it will not only fail to replenish the body, but will cause dizziness."
Shi Qingluo took the opportunity to say, "Sir, I will not only sue Doctor Shi for intentionally murdering my husband, but also sue him for selling fake medicine and harming people."
Those who had previously visited Shi Langzhong Pharmacy for medical treatment and bought medicine were all panicked after hearing what the court doctor said.
A middle-aged man requested, "Sir, could you please ask this old gentleman to help us check if there is any problem with the medicine we just dispensed?"
Mo Qingling nodded: "Yes!"
The court doctor began to check the prescriptions and medicines for the dozen or so people who came with Shi Qingluo.
After reading it, he said: "More than half of the people's medications are fine, but the dosage is not so accurate. It is obvious that they want to delay the time for recovery."
"For example, if a patient originally needed to take three doses of medicine to recover, he would need to take five or six doses."
The court doctor paused and said, "There are still a small number of people whose medicine has problems. Either it is mixed with fake medicine, or the medicine is not suitable for the disease."
As soon as the court doctor finished speaking, the people who followed him became anxious.
"No wonder every time I go to Doctor Shi to get medicine, it takes a long time to get better. It turns out he's deliberately dragging it out."
"I had a relative who went to him to get medicine and see a doctor, but died a few days later. I suspect he did it on purpose, or that the medicine was fake."
"The medicines at Shijia Pharmacy are cheaper than those in the county. It turns out the trick is fake medicines."
"Doctor Shi is so evil that he would even make this kind of money."
Everyone couldn't help but start cursing at each other.
Doctor Shi’s face turned pale and he sat limply on the ground. He was finished.
Mo Qingling asked the yamen runner to remove the cloth stuffed in Doctor Shi's mouth, "Doctor Shi, now that the evidence is irrefutable, what else do you have to say?"
Doctor Shi shook his head, "Nothing to say."
With the evidence before him, he has to admit it even if he doesn't want to. If he refuses to admit it, he might even be punished.
Shi Qingluo said, "Sir, my husband and Doctor Shi have no grudge against each other. Logically, he has no reason to harm my husband, so I suspect someone is behind him."
Mo Qingling looked at Doctor Shi and asked, "Tell me, was there anyone who ordered you to do this?"
He also suspected that someone was behind this, and even if the young woman didn't say anything, he would have asked.
Doctor Shi swallowed his saliva, thought for a moment and said, "Someone did instruct me to do this, but I don't know that person."
"He suddenly showed up in the middle of the night half a month ago, and gave me 100 taels of silver, asking me to tamper with the medicine prescribed by Mr. Xiao."
"And he promised to give me another two hundred taels after the matter is completed."
"I only know that he is a masked man, but I have never seen his true face."
(End of this chapter)
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