Chapter 23: Still a Backhand
Ye Chutang looked at her quietly, thinking, this turned out to be her real purpose.
They said the prescription was lost before, probably because they thought there was no way to verify it, so they just poured the blame on Ye’s Clinic.
But she didn't expect Ye Chutang to have left a second prescription, and she was caught off guard.
However, this is not a big deal. If this trick doesn’t work, there is another trick.
The medicine she took that day was clearly not from Ye’s Clinic, but she dared to say so now, which showed that it had been arranged in advance.
Seeing that Ye Chutang didn't say anything, the woman thought she was frightened and asked proudly, "Why, you don't dare?"
Yang Zhen also looked at Ye Chutang.
Things have come to this point, it is impossible not to go to the clinic. If Ye Chutang refuses, it will only prove that she is guilty.
The next moment, he heard Ye Chutang calmly say: "My Ye's Clinic is clean and honest, so we have nothing to fear."
She stood straight with clear eyes and looked very confident.
Anyone who sees this will feel that she is indeed open and guiltless.
However, seeing her reaction, the woman's eyes flashed with a hint of success.
Of course Ye Chutang dared to say this now, but after searching the clinic later, she might not be so tough!
Yang Zhen immediately ordered: "Investigate!"
Ye Chutang's eyes swept across the woman's face calmly, and he asked loudly, "Wait a minute. If my Ye's Clinic doesn't find anything in the end, it will prove that you are accusing me falsely, right? Then, what will you say?"
"How could you not find anything in your clinic?" The woman paused and sneered, "If you can't find anything, I'll let you do whatever you want!"
The corners of Ye Chutang's lips curved slightly.
"If that's the case, then it's settled. You're all here as witnesses, so don't deny it when the time comes."
Being stared at by her pair of dark and clear eyes, the woman felt inexplicably uneasy.
She took the initiative to look away and said in a tough voice: "Wait until we finish searching the clinic, and then we'll see if you still have the courage to say that!"
…
Ye's Medical Clinic.
Ye Jingyan, Ye Yunfeng and Xiaowu were waiting in the house together.
Ye Jingyan took out the book left by his elder sister. Ye Yunfeng was anxious and paced back and forth. Xiaowu was holding an abacus and looking at the closed door with a melancholy look on his face.
——Alas, the shop is closed and I can’t make any money today.
As if he had guessed what she was thinking, Ye Jingyan turned a page of the book and handed her a purse.
“This is newly collected.”
Xiaowu's eyes lit up, and he took the purse, squeezing it back and forth several times with his two tender, white, and chubby hands.
Feeling the heavy weight, the smile on her face became even brighter.
She looked towards the next door with bright eyes.
——It would be great if they could live here forever! In that case, I could collect money for the rest of my life!
Ye Jingyan followed her gaze and glanced over there, suddenly remembering something: "Oh, by the way, Sister said that we will cover their food and lodging for the next period of time. Feng, you will cook for two more people later."
Ye Yunfeng scratched his head: "Third brother! It's already so late! You're still thinking about eating! My sister is still in the government office, I don't know what's going on!"
Ye Jingyan was not without worries, but he believed in his elder sister.
"Don't worry, Sister told us to just wait at home, so let's wait."
Ye Yunfeng sat down on the chair.
However, at this moment, there was suddenly a noise outside.
Ye Yunfeng quickly jumped up and exchanged glances with Ye Jingyan: "Is it my sister who is back?!"
"You watch over Xiaowu, I'll go take a look."
Ye Jingyan said this, put the book away, stood up and walked out.
…
Ye Jingyan didn't expect his sister to come back so soon, and he didn't expect so many people to accompany her.
Especially—the county magistrate is here too!
Yang Zhen actually didn't have to come, but there have been several murders in Jiangling recently, so he had to make a gesture and let people know that he was not idle.
In addition, Liu Yiyi specifically asked him this morning to pay more attention to Ye Chutang's case, and he readily agreed. Now of course he has to follow and investigate it.
Ye’s Medical Clinic is not big, with just one room in the front for consultations and a square courtyard, several bedrooms and a pharmacy in the back.
Yang Zhen raised his hand, and the officials from the yamen quickly separated to search.
Seeing this, Ye Jingyan frowned, walked quickly to Ye Chutang, and asked in a low voice: "Sister, what's going on?"
Ye Chutang shook his head gently: "It's hard to explain it in a few words, let them search first."
Ye Jingyan had no choice but to swallow the rest of his words.
On the other side, Ye Yunfeng, who was originally waiting in the house, saw people coming and going in the yard. He could no longer sit still, so he came out holding Xiaowu's hand.
Seeing Ye Chutang, Xiaowu let go of Ye Yunfeng's hand, ran towards Ye Chutang with his short legs, and threw himself directly into her arms.
Ye Chutang rubbed her hair and held her hand: "Don't be afraid, Xiaowu, they are just here to look for something."
Xiaowu was a little confused.
She didn't know these people, so why did she come to their houses to look for something?
Ye Yunfeng glanced around and saw that the officers were searching very roughly. In a short while, they turned the originally clean and tidy yard into a mess, and he immediately became furious.
He just cleaned this!
Do you know how much effort it takes to put all this back together?
He wanted to speak several times, but held back.
Forget it! I can’t care about these things at this time!
only……
"Sister, what are they looking for?" Ye Yunfeng couldn't help but asked with a frown.
Ye Chutang said: "Of course we are looking for what they want to find."
Ye Yunfeng: “…”
Isn't it just a waste of words for Sister? What on earth is this——
“Found it!”
An officer suddenly spoke excitedly, and everyone looked over and saw him taking out a handful of Chuanwu from the medicine cabinet.
Chuanwu is an irregular cone with one side bulging. At first glance, it looks a bit like turmeric.
He put the pieces of Chuanwu under his nose and smelled them: "It looks like this thing has been soaked in wine!"
Chuanwu can be used as medicine, but it has certain toxicity, especially after being soaked in wine, its toxicity becomes stronger.
The woman almost jumped up on the spot: "That's it! This is what she gave me that day!"
She immediately looked at Ye Chutang and said sternly, "Ye Chutang! This was found in your clinic in public, what else do you have to say!"
The yard was dead silent.
This is truly irrefutable evidence. How else can she refute it?
However, at this moment, Ye Chutang suddenly said, "Are you not going to continue looking?"
Everyone was stunned, even the official who found Chuanwu didn't react immediately.
Ye Chutang raised his chin and said, "Although our yard is not big, there are many people living here, and there are many miscellaneous items. Can you guys look for more and see if you can find anything else?"
The woman laughed and said, "That's enough! You still want to deny it?"
"Oh?" Ye Chutang blinked. "You mean, you can convict me just based on these dirty pieces of Chuanwu?"
The woman's voice got louder. "Of course! You—wait, what do you mean?!"
Ye Chutang turned his head to look at the official who found the Sichuan Wu and said, "Smell it carefully again, what else is there on it?"
The man was stunned, and subconsciously moved closer to smell it, then his face changed slightly.
Yang Zhen looked at him strangely, frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Ye Chutang smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that it should still be stained with the smell of tung oil."
She tilted her head slightly and explained in a brisk voice, "Oh, I forgot to mention that since I couldn't buy herbs for a few days, there wasn't much left in the medicine cabinet. I simply asked Ah Yan and Ah Feng to clean it up and repaint it with tung oil to give it a new look. The only downside is that tung oil dries slowly, and it takes three hours. If you put anything in during this time, it will get stained with tung oil."
She seemed to be somewhat curious and asked with a slight smile: "I wonder if there are any traces on these pieces of Chuanwu?"
(End of this chapter)
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