Chapter 153: The Family Massacre in Huazhi County
Liu's strategy only lasted for a while.
When the fourth to seventh newly invited doctors all shook their heads at Xia Youcai's illness and even refused to prescribe a prescription for treating the disease, Xia Youcai panicked.
Liu was also somewhat panicked. Liu just didn't want Xia Youcai to settle accounts with her and drive her out, but she didn't intend to kill Xia Youcai.
Firstly, if she became a widow, even if Jinhua successfully divorced Dai Sanlang in the future, it would affect her remarriage; secondly, Xia Dalang still had to go to school.
If Xia Youcai died, Xia Dalang and Jinhua would have to observe mourning for at least three years.
By then, Jinhua would have been an old maid, having been married once; and Xia Dalang might have been delayed for more than one year.
Wouldn't this delay all the important work?
So Liu went to Puji Hall and waited there for several times. Finally, she found out the movement pattern of Doctor Wang and sent Xia Youcai to Puji Hall.
Doctor Wang gave Xia Youcai acupuncture several times, which stopped the deterioration of his condition but did not cure him.
It was mainly because of the little things Liu had done before that Xia Youcai missed the best time for treatment.
In fact, according to Doctor Wang's medical skills, Xia Youcai is not very old and his physical condition is not bad. Although he suffered some injuries a few days ago, as long as he has a good diet and takes good care of himself for a period of time, he will be able to recover.
Even if you have a stroke, you won't be paralyzed.
In other words, Doctor Wang was able to cure Xia Youcai, but because Xia Youcai came too late, he would need continuous treatment for several years before he could recover to the same level as before the stroke.
After hearing this, Liu's face turned red and white. Xia Youcai was excited and wanted to get up to express his gratitude to Doctor Wang. Unexpectedly, Doctor Wang changed the subject:
"It's just that I originally planned to go to Huacheng to see my apprentice, so I can't stay in Beiguan Town forever."
Xia Youcai became anxious and gestured to Mrs. Liu to quickly persuade Doctor Wang to stay. Doctor Wang, after listening to Mrs. Liu's incoherent words, had a rough idea of why Xia Youcai's treatment was delayed.
He asked his apprentice to give Xia Youcai acupuncture, while he called Liu to the outer room.
Liu was worried, wondering if Xia Youcai's illness would change, but she heard Doctor Wang ask directly:
"The treatment process is long and will cost a lot of money, are you really willing to come for treatment?
Don't rush to answer me.
Let me make it clear in advance that the rule here is that you must see things through to the end.
If you give up halfway through the treatment, you should not start it early. Otherwise, wouldn't it ruin my reputation?
Think about it carefully and make a decision after you have made up your mind.
In my opinion, either don't treat it, or stick to it to the end if you want to treat it.
Otherwise, your family will be kicked out whenever they come to my Puji Hall in the future!"
Of course Xia Youcai had to receive treatment. After hesitating for a long time, Mrs. Liu decided to give him treatment.
She had thought about it over and over again in the past few days and felt that even if Xia Youcai recovered, he would most likely not divorce his wife.
It’s not that Xia Youcai would think about the relationship between husband and wife, or would understand her grievances, but Xia Youcai is a person who cares a lot about face.
If he insisted on divorcing his wife, then this scandal might be leaked out.
By then, he would be laughed at by countless people, including his neighbors, his enemies, and even those whom he looked down upon in the past - if Xia Youcai still wanted to live on, he would have to swallow this humiliation.
Besides, since Doctor Wang will be treating Xia Youcai for several years, even if he wants to divorce his wife, seeing how busy he is and how hard he works to take care of him, he will slowly change his mind, right?
The most important thing is, there is Dalang.
If Dalang wants to go to school, he must have a clean family background and cannot have a divorced mother. Even if Xia Youcai is concerned about Dalang's reputation, he cannot divorce himself.
In fact, if Jinhua divorces, it will not be a good thing for Dalang.
But Dalang insisted on letting Jinhua divorce no matter what, and he would not listen to anyone's advice, but there was nothing anyone could do but let him do it.
Liu thought about it for a while, and finally nodded, agreeing to give Xia Youcai treatment.
Xia Youcai began to go to Pujitang for acupuncture every three days, rain or shine.
Jinhua's divorce took more than three months to complete.
Two of the two families went through several rounds of negotiations, breakdowns in negotiations, quarrels, fights, and negotiations... The level of excitement was comparable to a community opera, which gave relatives, friends, and neighbors on both sides a feast for the eyes and a lot of excitement.
I don’t know if Dai Sanlang got some advice from an expert, but he didn’t leak a single word during this process.
The Xia family would naturally not be stupid enough to expose their own scars.
In the end, it was Xia Dalang who stepped forward and found Dai Sanlang's father. The two of them dismissed everyone else and had a heart-to-heart talk.
This secret talk lasted for more than an hour before it ended.
After coming out of the room with the closed door, both of them looked a little heavy, and no one knew what agreement they had reached.
After this secret conversation, the Dai family agreed to the divorce at lightning speed.
Not only did he send back Jinhua's dowry on the same day, he also did not ask for the return of the betrothal gift, and he was very cooperative when going to the government office to handle the paperwork.
Later, Jinhua asked Xia Dalang what he had said to the Dai family.
Xia Dalang smiled and said, "Nothing, just talking about the murder case in Huazhi County thirteen years ago. That case was very famous, do you remember it?"
The family murder case in Huazhi County?
Thirteen years ago, Jinhua was still a child. But this sensational case was known to everyone in Beiguan Town.
There was a large family named Yang in Huazhi County. They became rich through business, bought a lot of land, and also supported several scholars who passed the imperial examinations and became officials. Their family was thriving.
A widow in this family raised her son with great difficulty and married him to a woman from a village in the suburbs near Huazhi County. After that, conflicts between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law continued.
After a quarrel, the mother-in-law advocated divorce, and the son obediently divorced his wife.
The daughter-in-law was sent back to her parents' home. A few days later, after meeting her ex-husband, she suddenly became depressed and jumped into the river.
The daughter-in-law's family was not convinced and sued the widow and her son, as well as the big family behind them, to the government.
At first, the government was reluctant to deal with the girl's family who dared to file a complaint.
But her family threatened that if the government office did not accept the case, they would file a complaint one level higher at a time. They would not give up even if they had to file the case in the capital, roll a nail board to file a complaint with the emperor, or beat a drum to report the case.
The government office had no choice but to take the case reluctantly.
It just so happened that the core figures of the family at that time, the eldest master who was a sixth-rank Hanlin in the capital, and the third master who was a fifth-rank official in the province, were both dismissed from office and returned home because of some things in the officialdom.
The master was fine. Although more than a year had passed and there was still no news of his reinstatement, at least he was fine and his wife returned home safely.
On his way back home, the third master unfortunately encountered refugees and bandits.
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