Chapter 243 Hell on Earth
“Miss Lu, I’m not that kind of person. You don’t need to lie to me.” Gu Chengzhou said with a righteous expression.
"I'm kidding you... Are you going or not? If you don't go, I'll tell your young master that you molested me."
Gu Chengzhou was terrified.
"Go! We'll go even if it means facing mountains of knives and seas of fire!"
However, Lu Qingqing still needs a set of men's clothing.
Gu Chengzhou quickly opened Ji Ruyan's door.
"Miss Lu, please go in and choose. The young master has the most clothes. We train every day, we don't have a single complete outfit."
"Isn't that inappropriate? Taking it without asking?"
Gu Chengzhou: "My young master is a generous man, Miss Lu, please don't worry about such trivial matters."
Now it was her turn to be conflicted.
Lu Qingqing went inside.
Gu Chengzhou beckoned a guard over and whispered a few words to him.
Lu Qingqing came out very quickly.
Ji Ruyan has quite a few clothes, and they are all brand new and stacked there. I've never seen him wear them before, so they're probably all new.
She randomly picked a snow-white dress from the wardrobe and tied her hair up.
There's no need to be perfectly disguised; simply wearing men's clothing will make you less conspicuous.
It's fine if the clothes are a little loose, but it won't do if they're too long.
She dragged the shoes out until they reached her ankles.
"The clothes are too long. Would it be okay if I cut some of them?"
"It's alright, my young master is very generous."
"Where should I cut it?" Gu Chengzhou asked.
"Calves, I guess."
Gu Chengzhou drew his sword and cut it off in a few swift strokes.
What a fine sword!
To be honest, Gu Chengzhou is truly an excellent man in every way.
Like... a well-bred and ambitious young man from a prestigious family.
Ji Ruyan and I are on the same level.
Lu Qingqing became curious.
"Why are you so loyal to your young master?"
"Of course, young master is the savior of my whole family."
Gu Chengzhou said, "If it weren't for the fact that you secretly investigated and found out the truth back then, my whole family, all 108 members of General Huiwu's mansion, would have been framed by a few wicked villains!"
So he really is from a prominent family.
Father is a great general, brother is a great general, and he is a junior general; the whole family are heroes who protect the country.
Lu Qingqing's gaze towards Gu Chengzhou changed; she now held him in genuine admiration.
The two went to the back door of the brothel. An old woman opened the door and, upon hearing that she was a doctor who came to the door, immediately thought she was a fraud.
This is a brothel, where would a doctor come to the door!
She's a girl!
"Is this a place you can come to? Get out of here, get out of here."
"Ma'am, I'm here to see Hong Shiliu. She wants to see me for a medical consultation."
Only after hearing about the red pomegranate did the old woman begin to believe it.
After she ran inside to ask for permission, she came back to open the door.
"Are you really a doctor? How can someone so young do it? The headmistress has been furious these past few days, a bunch of girls are clamoring to see a doctor..." The old woman's eyes swept over Lu Qingqing.
Suddenly I felt a chill behind me, and when I turned around, I was startled.
A handsome young man was staring intently at her, which was frightening.
Gu Chengzhou carried the medicine box for Lu Qingqing and stood motionless outside the door, like a cold-faced demon.
Lu Qingqing called out to him, "Let's go?"
Gu Chengzhou stepped inside with difficulty, saying, "I feel like my whole body is starting to ache..."
His father tied him to a tree and whipped him thirty times.
He still remembers the pain from being whipped.
"Why don't you wait for me outside?"
Lu Qingqing had originally asked him to keep her company, but she didn't expect that his family was so strict, so she couldn't force him.
"That won't do!"
Gu Chengzhou stepped inside.
“I have to follow you closely. As long as I follow you, what is a small brothel? Even if I poke holes in the sky or pull out dragon tendons from the sea, my father won’t dare to beat me again.”
This guy talks about her as if she were a blessed talisman.
What merit does she possess to frighten a great general?
Should I scare him with a silver needle?
The madam from the brothel came over.
His cheeks were sunken, his clothes were disheveled, and his eyes were dull and tired; it seemed that his rest had been disturbed.
"Are you that female doctor?"
She sized up Lu Qingqing, her eyes filled with doubt and distrust.
Gu Chengzhou slammed his sword to the ground and waved a sign.
The sign of the county yamen runner.
The madam's expression changed in an instant.
She smiled and said, "So you really are the female doctor who has rendered meritorious service to Ming'an County. My apologies, please come in."
Several girls in the building were feeling unwell, and the manager said he had allowed them to get medicine from Shanshitang, but he didn't know if they were feeling better..."
As the madam spoke, she led the two men through several turns until they reached a room.
A woman's sharp reprimand came from inside.
"I've already granted you permission to go out twice, and you're still having these wild ideas!"
You actually took people's words seriously? Don't you even know what kind of people you are?
Why should a perfectly good doctor have to tarnish his reputation for people like you lowly creatures!
"You went to Shanshitang to get the medicine, but do you know how much people respect Doctor Pang these days? You're old and you've ended up with a bucket of shit dumped on your head!"
Lu Qingqing looked at Gu Chengzhou.
Gu Chengzhou shook his head. He hadn't paid attention to that either, but he had once encountered Old Pang, that little medicine boy, complaining to him about something, and he didn't dare to utter a sound when he saw him.
It seems that's what they're talking about.
These rumors circulating in the streets are just hearsay, and you can tell without even thinking that they're going to be very unpleasant.
It's hard to believe that Lao Pang, at his age, is still being criticized like this.
There was a girl inside crying and pleading.
"Second Aunt, I beg you, please let us go to Liuyun Village one more time. Doctor Lu should be back by now, please."
"I don't want to die. I can make money again once I recover..."
The shrill female voice spoke again: "Don't even think about it! It's not that your mother is heartless, but all your money has been spent on this. You've been taking the medicine for so long, but it keeps recurring and you're not getting better at all!"
Don't you understand? Why not take a gamble? At least you have a 50% chance of survival!
"Press her down!"
"No—I'd rather die!"
The door slammed open.
The chaotic scene inside was fully exposed to view.
A woman was completely naked, being dragged by two men, while several other women lay on the ground, covering their mouths and crying.
Chaos, misery, filth.
Gu Chengzhou hastily retreated, turning his back on him.
His eyes showed the shock of having suffered a severe blow.
He had heard of brothels before, where beautiful women vied for attention, singing and dancing, a paradise on earth.
But what he saw was ugliness and filth, a living hell.
The woman's body, oozing pus, the red-hot branding iron, her desperate struggle, her desperate screams.
How is this any different from treating the most heinous criminals?
But they were just frail women...
Lu Qingqing patted his shoulder, "Wait here."
She walked in with the madam without changing her expression and closed the door.
Gu Chengzhou was worried and wanted to follow them in, but then stopped.
I listened intently to the sounds coming from inside.
Upon seeing the newcomer, the manager quickly ordered his men to stop.
"Dr. Lu!"
A woman crawled out from the corner on her knees, crying loudly, "Dr. Lu is here! It's Dr. Lu! She's Dr. Pang's mentor! She can save us!"
We're saved!
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