Chapter 180 Why Destroy the Canal
"What are you talking about? Little girl, do you even know anything about medicine? Cut it open? Do you think this is a pig bone?"
"This is utterly absurd and makes me a laughingstock!"
"Did you learn your medical skills from a doctor, or did you just read a few books and start practicing medicine? By the way, do you have a medical license?"
"What kind of medical license can a woman have? She probably just learned a few prescriptions from her family and then went out to become a doctor..."
A group of "clever" doctors seemed to have heard something amusing, and breathed a sigh of relief because of Lu Qingqing's "superficiality".
Cut open the leg? Find the broken bone?
Does she think people are dead?
First of all, the villagers themselves would not agree!
But they seem to have forgotten Dr. Pang, the only doctor in Ming'an County who knows suturing.
"I'm sorry, but I once cut open the leg of a patient with a fractured tibia, fixed the bone fragments, and then stitched them up. The patient recovered very well."
Miss Lu asked, "Is it funny to cut open someone's legs?"
Dr. Pang is just well-mannered; otherwise, he would have said that this group of people is truly ignorant!
A group of doctors blushed.
They knew Dr. Pang and the others; his medical skills were indeed superior to theirs.
Unexpectedly, even he helped Lu Qingqing.
Lu Qingqing had just cursed him out!
Wan Yuting stepped in to mediate again.
"Everyone, there's no need to escalate this to this point. I think we should focus on disaster relief first. This man's broken leg problem might be quite complicated. Let's gather several doctors later to examine him together."
"Young Master Wan is absolutely right."
"Disaster relief efforts must not be delayed."
...
At this time, the group of people could see the disaster victims again.
The villagers were really anxious; they had been waiting there for half a day.
"No way!" Lu Qingqing refused coldly.
"Young Master Wan, please don't try to smooth things over here. This is clearly a very simple matter. Anyone who knows how to read bones can tell it, but you can't. That means you're covering for each other!"
This matter must be clarified today!
If these people are not suppressed, the government will continue to be ignored by the villagers.
If the rotting corpses in those houses are not cleaned up, they will cause an epidemic and make things even more serious!
Wan Yuting's gaze turned cold.
He was furious.
Lu Qingqing is now determined to help the government.
She's completely head over he!
"How will Miss Lu find out? Is she going to use her power to oppress people?" he blurted out.
"I don't want my leg cut open! You've made a mistake! You haven't made a mistake! You definitely haven't made a mistake!"
The villager was so frightened that he backed away.
Lu Qingqing suddenly blocked her way.
He took out a silver note from his pocket.
She didn't use her power to oppress people; she used money to lure them.
The villager stared at the banknotes: "What are you doing?"
"One hundred taels."
Lu Qingqing pulled out another bill: "Two hundred taels!"
"Three hundred taels, four hundred taels... five hundred taels!"
"If that's not enough, there are two more loads of fine rice."
"Still not enough? I'll give you an easy job as a shop manager, thirty taels a year!"
"So, should we proceed with the surgery?"
The villagers were so excited and confused that they didn't know which way was which. "I, I, I, I..." Open!
Before he could finish speaking, Dr. Lu interrupted hastily, "Don't risk your life for money!"
"Dr. Lu, I guarantee his life will be safe. So many villagers are here to testify. If he dies from the surgery, I will pay with my own life!"
Lu Qingqing smiled enigmatically, "Dr. Lu, are you in such a hurry because you're afraid?"
"What am I afraid of? I'm not afraid! If I didn't answer the wrong call, I didn't answer the wrong call!" He was all bark and no bite, his eyes already showing panic.
"Okay! Are you willing to bet? I'll operate and let everyone see if I really made a mistake!"
If you made a mistake, you'll have to pay five hundred taels! And you'll have to kowtow to all the villagers and confess your guilt! They'll say you lack medical ethics and were just trying to fool them!
If I haven't made a mistake, I'll kowtow to you doctors to confess my sins, donate 10,000 taels of silver to the villagers for disaster relief, and swear I'll never practice medicine again! Do you dare to bet?
"Do you dare?!"
Doctor Lu retreated in alarm.
The bet Lu Qingqing made resulted in a punishment for herself that was several times harsher than his.
If he still doesn't dare to gamble, what else does that prove?
Wan Yuting lowered his eyes.
The tide has turned.
Doctor Lu finally lowered his head, looking dejected and listless.
"No surgery is needed. I admit, the bones were set incorrectly."
If it's not corrected, he'll be lame when he grows up.
Lu Qingqing quickly put away the silver notes.
An uproar erupted around them.
The villagers were astonished: "Dr. Lu, you..."
Why didn't he admit it just now, as others said, that he thought they were easy to fool?
It's a good thing the villagers trusted these doctors so much!
The doctors invited by the Wan family all lowered their heads and covered their faces, too ashamed to show themselves.
Now that things have come to this, the villagers' trust in them has been greatly diminished.
The doctors from the government office also began to admire Lu Qingqing.
"I apologize; it was an oversight on my part, Wan family."
Wan Yuting immediately bowed and apologized to the villagers.
"To make amends for our mistakes, the Wan family is willing to donate 10,000 taels of silver for disaster relief. We only hope that everyone can properly bury their families and get through this disaster as soon as possible."
His words brought everyone's attention back to the disaster.
Just as Lu Qingqing was about to say something, she heard the sound of gongs and drums.
A group of government officials were walking this way.
Leading the way was Xu Rui, whose face was covered by a silver mask!
Behind him, yamen runners escorted five stubborn young men.
"Young Master Wan, what a coincidence." Xu Rui's voice seemed to carry a different meaning.
Wan Yuting bowed his head in greeting.
Xu Rui's gaze swept over them, lingering on Lu Qingqing for a moment before turning to the villagers who looked miserable.
Then he waved his hand behind him, "Bring them up here and let them see what kind of sins they've committed!"
What?
What's going on?
Who are these people?
Among the five, there was even one dressed in a scholar's robe, who was a respectable scholar.
Now, his hair is disheveled, his face is swollen, and his mouth is cracked, clearly indicating that he has been slapped.
Compared to the others, he was the most composed, his eyes cold and indifferent.
“Zhao Xiucai? What is this…” Wan Yuting exclaimed in surprise.
"Young Master Xu, what crime have these people committed?"
"He has committed a heinous crime!"
Chengzhou, tell the villagers what these people have done!
Gu Chengzhou stepped forward, his voice booming like thunder:
"Zhao Tianyi, Wei Aniu, Zhu Dashan, Zhu Xiaoshan, He Guang, and other villagers from Fengcun deliberately sabotaged the irrigation canal embankment, causing it to collapse and resulting in countless deaths and injuries in three villages. Their crimes are heinous!"
Still showing no remorse, they have been specially escorted here to uphold the law and appease public anger!
What?
It's not that the canal wasn't properly constructed; it's that someone deliberately sabotaged it.
The gaunt-faced villagers looked bewildered. "Why did you destroy the irrigation canal?"
Although Fengcun was not flooded, many people were still used to plug holes in the river, and didn't they die there too?
Why? It doesn't make sense.
Why would you hurt yourself?
The five men remained silent, heads bowed, not daring to look the villagers in the eye.
"Could it be that there's a mistake?" Wan Yuting looked at Zhao Tianyi, equally bewildered.
"Scholar Zhao has a bright future ahead of him, how could he..."
Zhao Tianyi's eyes flickered slightly, and he lowered his head even further.
Xu Rui's voice was as cold as a sharp blade striking stone:
"Let me tell you why he did this heinous thing!"
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