Chapter 161 Shen Qingyu Wants to Seek Treatment for Her Face by Doctor Hua
At the city gate.
A long queue had formed at the entrance. Looking around, most of the people were dressed in patched coarse linen clothes and straw hats, carrying grain or vegetable baskets, preparing to go into town to buy and sell.
It's spring planting season now, so we go out to the market before dawn to finish our work and go back to the fields to work.
The exile procession was behind them. Fifteen minutes had passed, and the procession had only moved two meters. There was still a long line ahead of them, so it was estimated that it would take at least half an hour.
The exiled group complained bitterly: "Why is it so slow? Back in the capital, the investigation would be completed in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."
"This is too slow. Xuzhou is such a big city, can't they just send a few people and make two more queues?"
"I'm in so much pain, I need to find a doctor..."
"I'm so hungry, I want to eat steamed buns..."
"Why is it so slow? Can you hurry up? Officer, should we go and urge them on?"
In the past, they were all important figures who could use special channels or cut in line without having to wait in line. The time it took for an incense stick to burn was the time it took for their subordinates to negotiate with the guards at the gate.
Shen Yichun was also anxious to get his wife and daughter into the city for medical treatment. After saying goodbye to the escort, he headed towards the city gate to negotiate with the soldiers.
When the officers and soldiers learned that he was the governor's brother-in-law and that the governor's own sister was at the back of the group, they dared not offend him and followed Shen Yichun to the back to pay their respects to Shen Xushi.
The governor's relatives certainly don't need to wait in line; the Shen family should be allowed to pass first.
As Shen Qingyu followed past the Xiao family's procession, she glanced coldly at Yun Zhaoxue and pointed at them, saying to the soldiers, "Don't let the Xiao family into the city!"
To curry favor with the Shen family, the soldiers bowed and scraped, repeatedly replying, "Yes, yes! Get out of the ranks."
The exiled prisoners were even lower in status than ordinary people.
He disregarded the Xiao family and arrogantly ordered them, "Get out of the group!"
Why won't they let us into the city?
The officer said angrily, "I said no, and that's final. Stop with the nonsense! If you don't get out of here, I'm not going to be polite!"
The officers reached out and grabbed the carriage, trying to pull them out.
Seeing that the escort was on the right track, Shen Qingyu curled her lips into a mocking smile. They were dreaming of going into the city for medical treatment; they only deserved to live and die in the open outside the city.
Xiao Xuance lashed out with his whip, but the whip wasn't long enough to hit his opponent. However, the whip was imbued with powerful qi the moment it was lashed out.
The escort was jolted back a few steps, then angrily drew his sword and slashed!
"Insolence! A lowly convict dares to cause trouble at the gates of my Xuzhou city? Believe me or not, I'll throw you all into prison!"
Shen Qingyu nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, quickly arrest them and put them in jail!"
Once the Xiao family members are in jail, she will torture that bitch Yun Zhaoxue to death, making her watch as the child in her womb is ripped out and thrown into the fire to be roasted into a dried-up human body.
She would feel like she was dying at that time.
Hahaha! ! !
The officers stepped forward, pointing their swords at Xiao Xuance, and shouted, "All of you, get down here!"
Xiao Xuance stared at the blade pointed at him, his phoenix eyes cold and fierce, and retorted, "Which law of the Great Zhou Dynasty allows for the arbitrary arrest of people even when they haven't done anything wrong?"
The officer said, "You are being arrested for assaulting an officer."
A few soldiers at the city gate saw the argument and ran over to the officer, saying, "Sir, what has this man done to offend you?"
When the officers saw his men arrive, they immediately felt emboldened and strode forward, intending to hold a knife to Xiao Xuance's neck again to threaten him to come down.
Xiao Xuance clamped the blade tip between two fingers and moved it to the side, then chopped down with his palm. With a clang, the blade snapped in two.
The officer's hand went numb, and the broken sword slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground with a clang!
The other short knife pierced straight through his instep and disappeared into the ground.
The pain in his foot spread throughout his body; he trembled violently as if struck by lightning. Looking down, he discovered his foot had been pierced, and clutching his injured foot, he screamed, "Aaaaaah!!!"
The injured constable, He Laosan, flew into a rage, yelling, "Guards! None of them are coming! Arrest them and throw them in jail!"
Just then, a middle-aged man arrived in a sedan chair and shouted, "Stop!"
Shen Yichun recognized him; he was Xu, the advisor to Prefect Xu. She went up to him and said, “Advisor Xu, you’ve come at the right time. The Xiao family killed my son. You should have them arrested and thrown into prison so your superiors can behead them.”
He Laosan also took the opportunity to complain, saying, "Lord Xu, he also attacked the officers. He broke his subordinate's sword. Attacking officers must not be tolerated!"
The rest of the Xiao family looked worried; they had now offended the officials.
Startled awake by the commotion, Madam Yang, who was in a coma, lifted the curtain and apologized on behalf of Xiao Xuance, "My lord, we will compensate you for your medical expenses..."
The soldier pulled the broken knife from the ground; it was still embedded in He Laosan's instep, causing her face to contort in pain. "Hiss, ah, it hurts, it hurts, don't move..."
He supported two soldiers with both hands, his foot barely touching the ground, with a large pool of blood on the ground.
"Is paying for the medicine all you need to do? Kneel down and kowtow to me to apologize!"
He wouldn't forgive even if Xiao Xuance kowtowed; it was just to humiliate him.
"I..." Yang compromised for her son's sake; she couldn't just watch him go to jail.
Xiao Xuance looked at Madam Yang and said, “Mother, you don’t need to worry about this. Go back to your carriage and rest. I will handle it.”
Lady Yang was worried that Xiao Xuance would get into another argument with the officials. They were now exiles, and this was someone else's territory. They were under someone else's roof and had no choice but to bow their heads.
"Sanlang is right, you should go back and rest!" Yun Zhaoxue pushed the person into the carriage and lowered the curtain.
Master Xu, a man of great experience, saw that Xiao Xuance was extraordinary. He had broken a long sword with a single palm strike and injured a man. Even after being exiled, he was still able to ride in a carriage, a privilege that even the Third Prince did not enjoy. Master Xu guessed that Xiao Xuance was someone of great importance and dared not act rashly. His gaze fell on the Third Prince, who was not far away.
At this moment, the Third Prince stepped forward and said, "For my sake, let the two sides make peace."
He now considers the Xiao family to belong to him.
When a conflict arises between the two parties, he will definitely step in and say, "Someone, give him two hundred taels of silver and let him take a month off to recuperate."
The Third Prince's guard took out two hundred taels of silver notes and, regardless of whether He Laosan agreed or not, forced them on him.
The Shen family members grew anxious, "Third Prince..."
The Third Prince raised his hand to stop them from continuing, "Once we enter Xuzhou City, I will give the Shen family an explanation regarding Shen Yan's matter."
Master Xu pointed to the side and said, "Your Highness, please come this way."
As the guards carried the Third Prince past Xiao Xuance's carriage, they leaned slightly forward and asked, "Young Master Xiao, is my sincerity sufficient?"
Xiao Xuance replied, "Barely!"
Once they entered the city, Lao Liao led them to two adjacent inns and told them to pay for their own accommodations. Those who didn't have money could stay in the woodshed or the back courtyard.
Many wealthy people in the group were vying for the best rooms, but there weren't many best rooms available; an inn only had seven or eight.
The Third Prince requested two rooms, while the Xiao family requested three.
After arranging accommodation, he rushed to the clinic for treatment.
The Shen family had already informed Lao Liao that they were staying at the governor's mansion, and they would meet up with them later to set off.
At the governor's mansion, the physician treated Shen Qingyu's face and gave the same diagnosis as Physician Chen.
"Useless! You're all useless trash! If I wanted stitches, I would have done it yesterday. Why would I wait for you? Hurry up and think of a solution for me. I don't want stitches. I don't want to be disfigured and scarred."
"Miss's face is too badly injured; my medical skills are not good enough to prevent scarring."
"I don't care, you have to find a way for me, or I'll have my uncle chop off your head." The doctor thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good solution.
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "That's right, I saw Doctor Hua on the street yesterday. If I can get him to treat me, I'm sure I won't have any scars."
"Dr. Hua? Where is he? Go find him quickly and heal my face." Shen Qingyu had also heard that Dr. Hua was highly skilled, and it was rumored that he could bring the dead back to life and revive the bones.
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