Chapter 859 No Blame
Bai Shan immediately reacted, "Why are you helping us, but asking County Magistrate Yang to arrange people?"
County Magistrate Tang glanced at him and said, "Guess?"
After saying that, he smiled and went to the main room with Dafu to drink tea.
Luojiang County is the territory of County Magistrate Yang, and unlike County Magistrate Tang who is very restricted in Yizhou City, County Magistrate Yang is almost the only one who has the final say in Luojiang County. He sent people out to find something, and the confidentiality is absolutely high.
At least he must be better than the one sent by County Magistrate Tang.
County Magistrate Tang did not leave immediately. He had to think about whether there were any other issues that he had missed.
It's not easy for him to come here once, and the more times he comes here, the greater the possibility of attracting attention, so he has to be more careful.
County Magistrate Tang sat at the table, gently sliding the teacup with his left hand. When he looked up, he saw two people standing in the yard.
Bai Shan asked Man Bao, "Are you okay?"
Manbao looked up at him in confusion, then shook his head, "It's okay."
As he was talking, Daji came out of the house. He walked in front of Manbao and knelt down. Manbao was startled and took a step back. When he came to his senses, he went forward to pull him, "Daji, what are you doing?"
"Miss Man, Erjitsu..."
Manbao's eyes were slightly red, and he shook his head and said, "I, I don't blame him."
Manbao tried hard to pull him up, but found that he couldn't, so he turned to look at Baishan.
Bai Shan stepped forward to help, and with one hand each, they finally pulled Daji up.
Manbao's eyes were slightly red as he spoke, "My friend just told me that if I feel resentful and sad, I should try to look at him with empathy. I put myself in his shoes and thought about it. If I were his age and had gone through the same experience, I probably wouldn't be able to do any better. He's not wrong."
Manbao paused and said, "He is also a victim. I can't blame the murderer but a victim who ran for his life like my parents."
What Manbao didn't say was that in the past twelve years, it was hard to say who was more miserable, Bai Qi and his parents who were dead, or Erji who was alive but could only be paralyzed in bed, recalling what happened that day again and again.
Daji pursed his lips tightly, holding back the tears in his eyes and not letting them fall. His heart was sour and painful. He opened his mouth, finally looked at Bai Shan, knelt down and kowtowed to the two of them.
He thought that the friend Manbao was talking about was Bai Shan. After all, they were the only two standing together at the moment.
County Magistrate Tang in the main hall did not hear what they were saying, but he guessed it from their expressions.
He sighed softly, lowered his eyes slightly and continued to think. As expected, this was the most annoying, yet also the most touching, aspect of solving a case.
Bai Shan looked at Manbao for a long time, and seeing that her eyes were red and she was in a very low mood, he said nothing, tacitly agreed to the matter, and stepped forward to pull Daji up.
The three of them stood in the yard and talked.
"Daji, can't Erji's leg be cured?"
Daji shook his head and said, "When I brought him back, the old lady hired a very good doctor to see him, but it didn't work."
What's more, his legs are now atrophied, and one of them has been directly amputated. How can he be cured?
Daji paused and said, "It's just very painful, especially below the waist. He has some old injuries that can't be cured. When it rains, the pain is unbearable."
But this is Yizhou, where the most common thing is rainy days and the rarest thing is the sun. It is spring now, so he fell ill as soon as he arrived.
Manbao took a look inside, tapped his toes, and finally said, "Why don't I go take a look."
Daji's nose was blocked, his eyes were sore, and he stepped aside, choking back, "Thank you, Miss Man."
In the room, Bo'an had just covered Erji with the quilt again and put him down. When he saw them come in, he moved aside.
Erji propped himself up with his arms, looked at Bai Shan and Man Bao, and opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
He had never met Bai Shan, let alone Man Bao.
When he came to Yizhou City to serve as an official to serve his master, his wife had not yet given birth. Later, he was arranged to live in a farm. Apart from his family, Dafu's family, and the old lady who occasionally visited him, he had no chance to see anyone.
Manbao walked forward, glanced at the quilt covering his legs, then looked at his face and whispered, "I'm learning medicine. Let me take a look at you."
Erji stretched out his hand, feeling a little nervous, "How can I trouble Miss Man?"
Manbao sat on the chair beside the bed and said, "It's okay."
She reached out and took his hand to feel his pulse, then looked at his face and said, "Let me see your tongue."
Erji glanced at his elder brother secretly, then stuck out his tongue to show Manbao.
Manbao looked at it and nodded, then asked, "Does it hurt?"
Erji exclaimed, "Ah!" and looked at Manbao in confusion.
Manbao asked, "Does your lower back hurt?"
Erji shifted uneasily and whispered, "It doesn't hurt that much."
Manbao rolled up his sleeves and said, "Come, let me turn you over so I can feel you."
Erji was horrified, "How can this be possible? How can this be possible..."
"What's wrong with that?" Manbao immediately turned him over, and Baishan on the side came to help. Erji became even more panicked and quickly looked at his eldest brother.
Daji also wanted to stop him, but he hesitated for a moment. During this moment of hesitation, Bo'an on the side came forward and helped to turn Erji over.
Manbao skillfully lifted up the hem of his shirt, rubbed his hands, and pressed his lower back. Erji, who was still refusing, screamed.
Bo'an couldn't help but glare at Manbao.
Bai Shan gave him a warning look.
Manbao didn't notice, and while pressing with less force, he asked, "Does it hurt?"
"Hmm..." Erji responded muffledly.
Manbao then changed the place and pressed, "Here?"
Erji also groaned, and Manbao knew what was going on. He asked, "Is it a sore pain, a dull pain, or a stabbing pain?"
Erji was silent for a moment.
Manbao pressed it several times to let him feel it. Erji hissed and said, "It's sore, but there's also a little stinging there..."
"Here?"
Erji muttered, "Yes."
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "I'll prescribe a prescription for you. Come give you an acupuncture treatment tomorrow. That way you'll feel better."
Manbao looked at his legs again. She really couldn't do anything, so she helped him lie down.
Erji's face was flushed red. Seeing Manbao about to leave after washing her hands, he couldn't help but call her. When she turned around and looked at him with clear eyes, Erji clenched the quilt in front of him and muttered for a long time, "Yes, I'm sorry..."
The sound was almost inaudible, but the room was so quiet that Manbao still heard it.
Erji couldn't hold back his tears, and he trembled as he said, "I was so panicked at the time. The knife kept slashing at me. I threw the bag out. When they saw it was empty, they came up to kill me, but I slipped and fell..."
It was summer, and he was a servant wearing thin clothes, so those things could not be hidden on his body. He did not think much when he fell, but when he thought about it later, he knew that it was bad.
Especially after the couple hadn't made any movement.
The next update will be around 4:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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