Everyone sighed, worried for Master Wang.
Doctor Sun waved his hand and continued, "That's not all. The shopkeepers of the Wang family's shops, afraid of being implicated, all wanted to return to their hometowns with indentures. It's like kicking someone when they're down. Master Wang is so angry he vomited blood again. Tell me, it's so serious. I'm already doing a good job by helping to stop the bleeding, but the Wang family's servants insist that my medical skills are poor and that I'm not doing my job properly!"
"It's clearly their family's fault. It's just a minor injury that could have been healed with a few doses of medicine, but they refused to treat it and dragged it out for over ten years. Now that someone has died, they're trying to pin the blame on me. It's outrageous!"
The teahouse owner, sensing something amiss, exclaimed in surprise, "That can't be! Master Wang has been ill for so many years, and he's never stopped receiving treatment. I've seen no fewer than a dozen doctors come and go from the Wang family, and he's taken a lot of medicine."
The bystanders nodded in agreement; they were all neighbors and had naturally seen it all.
Doctor Sun scoffed, "What's impossible about that? The Wang family has ulterior motives; it's easy for them to cheat people. They're afraid their son-in-law will run away. It's just an illness that can be cured with a few doses of medicine, but they're dragging their feet and refusing to treat him properly. Now their son-in-law is dying, and their business has collapsed. This is their retribution!"
After saying that, he stood up and left, cursing, "Whoever can cure me can, I can't do it! I didn't take a single penny, and I've gotten myself into all this trouble!"
The teahouse remained silent for a long while before someone broke the silence, asking, "Did I hear that right?"
"That should be right..."
It was as if someone had dropped a bomb in the teahouse; it had been so quiet a moment ago, and now it was incredibly noisy.
"Dr. Sun, are you saying that Madam Wang is refusing to treat Master Wang properly? That can't be true, can it? Madam Wang and Master Wang are so loving, and they even have two children..."
"Yes, Master Wang is such a good man. Even we outsiders can't bear to see him sick. How could Madam Wang bear it? After so many years of marriage, she wouldn't be so heartless, would she?"
"That's hard to say. When Master Wang first came to the Wang family, he seemed very refined and scholarly. If he hadn't injured his head and forgotten where he lived, he wouldn't have stayed in the Wang family as a live-in son-in-law!"
“That makes sense. If Master Wang’s headache gets better and he remembers what happened before, he’ll realize that his family is a scholarly family and he would never want a merchant’s daughter, let alone a son-in-law!”
"I still can't believe it. The Wang family seems to behave well in their daily lives. They can't be this ruthless, can they? Besides, with so many doctors coming and going from the Wang family, it's impossible that no one noticed that Master Wang's illness was being neglected."
"You're really clueless. Even if you figured it out, so what? A few taels of silver won't shut you up!"
"That's right. Master Wang is just a son-in-law who married into the family. The Wang family is very powerful and wealthy. If it were you, would you risk offending the Wang family by telling Master Wang the truth?"
"Poor Master Wang, he was murdered like that?"
The teahouse owner quickly tried to smooth things over, reminding everyone to be careful, "It's not easy to say that. We've only overheard some gossip; perhaps there's some misunderstanding."
But even though he said that, he knew in his heart that Master Wang might really have been held back by the Wang family.
After all, if it were him, he wouldn't want to let go of such a good son-in-law either.
But thinking from Wang Yuanwai's perspective, he couldn't help but feel sad.
From youth to middle age, half a lifetime has passed in the blink of an eye. He has given birth to two sons for the Wang family to carry on the family line, and worked like a beast of burden in business, but he has not received a single bit of sympathy from his wife!
Someone whispered, "Master Wang's illness is incurable, and he probably won't even remember where he's from or what his name is anymore. He's really dead; he'll be a wandering ghost."
"Yes, I wonder if his family was hoping he'd come home. They never imagined their son would be in such a pitiful state..."
"Couldn't God have opened his eyes and let Master Wang find his family before he died?"
"How could such a good man as Master Wang end up like this?"
"Good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years..."
"Let's find out if anyone around here has lost their son?"
"Where are we supposed to ask? What if they're not from around here? Besides, so many years have passed!"
As everyone was chatting animatedly, a group of people passed by the teahouse and went straight into the Wang family courtyard.
Someone recognized the person in the lead and couldn't help but exclaim, "It's the Third Master of the Wang family!"
"Have members of the Wang family arrived?"
"I knew it! With the Wang family causing such a ruckus, how could our clan not send anyone?"
"Yes, we've been making a scene all day, and we're way too late."
"Let's see what the Wang family does."
“What can be done? Master Wang is all alone and so ill. Even if he knows he has been murdered, there is nothing he can do.”
"In the end, it was just that Master Wang had a hard life."
Everyone wanted to say a few more words, but it was already dusk, and to avoid worrying their families, many paid for their tea and went home.
Of course, they also took the excitement they witnessed that day back with them...
In the Wang family courtyard, Third Master Wang was suffering from a headache from the strong smell of medicine throughout the house. Seeing that his brother-in-law looked really bad, he could only frown and step forward to ask, "Xinqiu, how come you've gotten so sick in just over half a month?"
Master Wang seemed somewhat absent-minded, and replied simply, "I don't know either, how did it turn out like this..."
After thinking for a moment, Master Wang gestured for the doctor he had brought to come forward. "I've brought the family's personal physician to take your pulse. Perhaps a few doses of medicine will do the trick."
Master Wang didn't speak, but a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes.
The attending physician hesitated for a moment, then rolled up his sleeves, sat down to take the pulse, and said as he stood up, "Please don't worry, let me write a prescription, and you'll feel better after drinking it for a few days."
After saying that, he turned around and gave Third Master Wang a wink.
Master Wang understood and followed them out.
Finding a secluded spot under the eaves, the doctor whispered, "Third Master, I actually examined the patient's pulse a few years ago and noticed blood stasis in his head. Improving blood circulation and removing the stasis would cure him; it's not difficult. But..."
"But what..." Third Master Wang didn't understand for a moment and asked again.
The doctor hesitated for a moment, but still replied, "But the young lady said she doesn't need blood-activating and stasis-removing treatments, just temporary pain relief. After so many years, the condition has become serious, and now it's completely incurable. The patient only has about a month left..."
Master Wang wasn't stupid after all, and he finally understood.
For a moment, he truly didn't know whether to be astonished by his cousin's ruthlessness or to pity his brother-in-law's pitiful state...
But ultimately, since his surname is Wang, he couldn't possibly ignore his cousin and favor a brother-in-law who had married into the family.
Even though they interact quite a bit on a regular basis and get along very well...
Master Wang took a deep breath and instructed, "Since it can't be cured, prescribe some mild and nourishing medicine."
The doctor received the order and quickly went to prescribe the medicine.
Master Wang then called Wang Fu over and carefully inquired about the events of the past few days. He said, "I will send someone to handle the business matters. You should stay home and take good care of your master for the next few days. Also, I will send someone to bring your wife back."
Wang Fu lowered his head and quickly agreed, appearing timid and submissive, but no one saw the mockery in his eyes.
The master had everything planned out. Did the Wang family think that by sealing off the courtyard and preventing them from entering or leaving, no one would know about the evil deeds they had committed?
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