"Mother, I'm fine," Wu Ziyun said, her lips pale as she comforted Madam Wu.
She heard what Su Ruojin said and gently touched her lower abdomen. For the sake of her child, she had to be strong.
"Sister, sister, how are you?" Wu Yichen rushed in.
"Chen'er, I'm alright." Wu Ziyun forced a weak smile.
Seeing that his sister had woken up, Wu Yichen felt a little relieved and bowed to Su Ruojin, saying, "Thank you, Doctor, for saving my life."
Madam Wu gently helped Wu Ziyun lean against the bed and walked to Su Ruojin's side. "Doctor, you have saved me and Yun'er twice. I still don't know how to address you, doctor."
“My husband’s surname is Jiang, so you may call me Madam Jiang.”
Madam Wu nodded to the old woman beside her. The old woman quickly went out and came back, carrying a sandalwood box in her hands.
Madam Wu took the box and opened it. Inside was a set of tourmaline jewelry, clean and without any impurities, worth a fortune.
"Madam Jiang, thank you for your help on so many occasions. This is just a small token of my appreciation. I hope you won't find it offensive."
After speaking, Madam Wu took out several silver notes and handed them to Su Ruojin.
Su Ruojin only took one of the hundred-tael silver notes, saying, "Madam Wu, one hundred taels is enough to pay my consultation fee. Please take back the rest."
Before Madam Wu could say anything more, Su Ruojin said, "I only take what I deserve as a doctor; otherwise, it would be against the principles of medicine. Please forgive me, Madam Wu."
After Su Ruojin said this, Madam Wu could not say anything more and bowed to Su Ruojin again, saying, "Madam Jiang truly deserves the title of a benevolent doctor."
"My husband and I are staying at an inn in the east of the city. If you need anything, Madam Wu, you can come to the inn to find me. Just continue taking the medicine I prescribed before. Now, I'll take my leave."
"I'll see Madam Jiang off." Madam Wu personally escorted Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu out of the mansion.
"Ah Jin, something's not right." After leaving the mansion, Xiao Yanchu glanced back at the General's Mansion.
"What's wrong?" Su Ruojin looked at Xiao Yanchu curiously.
"I just asked Young Master Wu, and according to him, no one actually saw General Wu injure Lord Tao. It was Lord Wu who confessed to the crime on his own initiative."
Furthermore, Lord Tao was pushed by General Wu, causing his head to hit the table and die. If that were true, a general who had rendered outstanding service to the country, accidentally causing the death of a third-rank official, would be sentenced to imprisonment, but not beheading, and certainly not so swiftly.
Generally speaking, prisoners sentenced to death in the past, unless they were extremely heinous, would be executed in the autumn. But General Wu went from accidentally killing someone to being beheaded in just one month, which is too fast.
After being reminded by Xiao Yanchu, Su Ruojin suddenly remembered what she had wanted to tell Xiao Yanchu. She had forgotten about it because Xiao Yanchu had interrupted her when she mentioned wanting to keep dozens of male concubines.
“Yanchu, when General Wu was beheaded, those people carried his body past me. I saw that his fingers were very long and slender, with calluses only on the tips of his thumb, index finger, and middle finger.”
Xiao Yanchu seemed to be thinking, "General Wu is a person who uses a long spear, so his fingers, palms, the base of his fingers, and the space between his thumb and forefinger should all have calluses."
“Generally speaking, only a certain type of person will develop calluses on three fingertips, so…” Su Ruojin didn’t finish her sentence, but looked at Xiao Yanchu.
Xiao Yanchu nodded slightly, "It should be."
Then, considering that Lu Hong supervised the execution, the speed at which he collected the body after the execution was far beyond what ordinary people could do.
The two stopped speaking, but at the same time they could sense that although the Howling Moon Kingdom appeared calm on the surface, there was a sense that a storm was brewing.
At night, Gao Hongyuan stood on the observatory and looked up at the sky. The small stars next to the Ziwei star were not as bright as the Ziwei star, but they were a little brighter than before.
He frowned slightly.
Ye Zhao, could it be you?
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