Chapter 403 A Beautiful Death
“Because I am a woman, you have looked down on me from the very beginning.”
"So as soon as the rumor started, you readily accepted it without even thinking it through!"
"Rumors only give you a legitimate reason to criticize me!"
"You look down on women, so you don't bother to find out what kind of person I am! You just come up here and start throwing mud at me!"
"I don't deny that I'm standing here today because of His Highness the Crown Prince's support."
"Then why did he support him? You all think I used tricks to bewitch the Crown Prince!"
"You're wrong!"
"It's because His Highness the Crown Prince is wise! Unlike you, he's narrow-minded and blind!"
"It's because I'm stronger than you!"
I'm better than you guys!
This sentence represents the result of the competition.
It's an undeniable fact!
Lu Qingqing stood proudly, looking down at the crowd below the stage.
She proved with her genuine talent and skills that she was better than forty-three senior doctors, and even better than the disciples of the Holy Physician School!
She is a truly amazing female doctor!
A group of doctors were speechless.
Others were also amazed by the aura emanating from her.
Their perception of the Crown Prince's favorite concubine, who gained military power through seductive means, as a woman disguised as a female doctor who curried favor with the powerful, has collapsed.
Instead, there is a female doctor who stands out from the crowd, like a blazing flame!
Liu Hao was even more impressed at this moment; Lu Qingqing's move of slapping someone in the face and intimidating them was truly clever.
If only it ended here.
Lu Qingqing raised her hand again, startling everyone into widening their eyes.
Because the assassin in black has reappeared!
Mo Lang and several soldiers carried the captured man forward and threw the bound man to the ground.
"Master, these are the people who are trying to incite others to cause trouble in front of the gate!"
"No, it's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding. We also believed the rumors..."
Mo Lang's knife tip suddenly pressed against a person's spine.
"Ah... I'll tell you, we'll tell you. We were the ones who caused trouble. Someone gave us money to incite these people to make trouble."
What?
These people...
Yes, yes, it's these people. They said Lu Qingqing led a group of people to arrest many doctors, and they raised their arms and shouted that they wanted to seek justice.
So it turns out that someone with ulterior motives was stirring things up?
"Put them all in jail and hand them over to the magistrate. Bring all those criminals here!"
"yes!"
Lu Qingqing's gaze turned cold again, and she turned around with a flick of her cloak.
What is she going to do?
"It seems a little scary."
A group of people started whispering again.
Then they saw the soldiers quickly erect a two-meter-high platform in front of the mansion.
Lu Qingqing stood below the stage, her face frosty, standing silently and aloof, like a plum blossom in winter.
Soon, soldiers arrived with more than twenty prisoners.
One by one, they were brought up to the high platform.
Everyone can see it clearly.
They hung their heads, dressed in filthy prison clothes, no longer possessing the dignity of a resident doctor.
Like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
"This is...this isn't Dr. Liang? That's Dr. Li, I saw him last year, and..."
The crowd became agitated again.
The doctors who had just competed had mixed expressions, and their voices carried a hint of submission.
"Let them go! The culprits are the sect leader and his personal disciple of the Holy Healer Sect."
"Yes, let them go! They've saved a lot of people before."
"As fellow doctors, why must we be so ruthless?"
"We acknowledge that you are a highly skilled female doctor, and didn't you just say, 'Medical ethics are universally acknowledged, and medical care benefits the world'..."
Even those in line were saying the same thing.
Because it's difficult to see a doctor!
In the past, it was impossible to find a good doctor, but now so many people are about to be killed. It feels like watching a bunch of valuable things about to be smashed.
It's such a pity!
"Confiscating their property and driving them out of the city would be fine too!"
The last one to be brought up was Qi Huai-ren.
He was still shouting when he was brought over.
"You are slandering me with baseless accusations. You can always find a pretext."
"I, Qi Huairen, have acted uprightly and sat honestly; I have no shame before Heaven!"
"You will be punished! You will be punished!"
The soldier reported to Lu Qingqing: "Miss, we followed him out of the city and saw him kill his companions and go to the place where he hid medicinal herbs and grain. That's when we caught him. We found everything: 100,000 taels of silver and 30 sacks of unsold grain and medicinal herbs."
"Good, there's a reward!"
"Thank you, young lady!" The soldier smiled, his eyes crinkling.
After Qi Huai-ren appeared, the noise intensified.
"Dr. Qi, Dr. Qi, are you alright?" the wealthy businessman called out to Qi Huai-ren with concern.
"It's you, Brother Zhao! I'm innocent! I'm innocent! You must clear my name!"
The wealthy businessman shouted, "I will, I will! You are my son's savior! I will definitely plead for you, even if it costs me half of my fortune!"
Then he turned around and shouted to a group of students: "I paid you to come here, and now you've come in handy. With a hundred students gathered, they can't make decisions on their own. They need to continue to report and re-examine the case, right?"
The students answered affirmatively: "Yes, as long as we protest collectively, we can at least delay the sentencing, which is stipulated by law."
"Good! We absolutely cannot let Doctor Qi be wronged!"
Then, the trial began on the platform.
Someone is reading it aloud.
The crimes of every single person shall be made public!
Starting from the far left.
"Lin Kaiye, aged forty, has been a disciple of the Sage Physician School for five years. Due to a medical error, five people died. He refused to apologize or compensate them, and even crippled the families who demanded an explanation. He is sentenced to have his family property confiscated and used to compensate the victims' families! His medical license is revoked, and he is exiled to Lingnan!"
"Lu Cheng, aged thirty, had been a disciple of the Holy Physician Sect for four years. Taking advantage of his role in treating patients, he defiled another man's wife and later murdered her husband, throwing her remains into a dry well in the backyard."
The sentence is: confiscation of all property, revocation of medical license, and death penalty! Execution immediately!
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier drew his sword and killed the man!
"ah!"
"Ahh!"
Those watching screamed in horror.
Before I could even process the crimes committed by these doctors, I witnessed this bloody scene. It was incredibly thrilling!
The prisoners on the platform were so terrified that they collapsed, defecating and urinating.
Qi Huai-ren was so frightened that his eyes widened, and he kept repeating that he was innocent.
Then, one after another, some were imprisoned for three years, some were exiled to Lingnan, and some were executed on the spot.
One by one, they were taken away, carried away, and dragged away.
In the end, only Qi Huai-ren remained.
Qi Huai-ren did indeed have some popularity.
Not only those who caused trouble, but also many local residents came, all pleading for him.
"Last year, when there was a shortage of food, Dr. Qi paid for several truckloads of grain out of his own pocket and set up a shed in the city to cook porridge."
"Even if Doctor Qi did something wrong, he was forced into it and had no other choice."
"After all, who can disobey the sect leader's orders? And we believe that he has never killed anyone."
"Let him go. A good doctor is so rare!"
The wealthy businessman even led a group of students to submit a petition written in blood.
"The law also needs to consider human feelings. So many people are pleading for Doctor Qi. Can't you see what's going on?"
"Today, we, the 108 students, protest here! We speak out for Dr. Qi!"
Qi Huai-ren's pale face regained its composure.
Although I've lost everything, it seems I can at least save my life.
Amidst the cries for mercy, Lu Qingqing climbed the platform step by step.
"Qi Huai-ren, not bad. The crimes haven't even been made public yet, and these people are already pleading for you. If they knew what you did, I wonder if they would feel disgusted, like they'd swallowed a fly?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about. I've been wronged."
"Okay, I got it. I'll... make sure you die a very painful death."
Qi Huai-ren's heart skipped a beat, and his face turned pale again.
Lu Qingqing took the charge from the soldier and read it aloud herself.
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