Chapter 182 Please invite Doctor Lu over
Si Xi gasped, "Auntie, isn't he very talkative? I've never heard him say more than a few words before."
Lu Qingqing strongly agreed.
Not only can they speak, but they speak very well, with clear logic.
What about those nonsensical statements from before?
Upon hearing Xu Rui's words, the resentment in the eyes of the five sinners vanished instantly.
I originally thought that he had done something so heinous because of his benefactor.
But now we tell them that their benefactor broke the law himself, the government acted according to the law, and that he committed suicide, not because the government forced him...
Looking at Wan Yuting's expression, they realized that what he said was true.
So, what did they do?
"So, it was because of the Wan family..."
The villagers found it laughable.
They had just trusted the Wan family so much, and trusted the doctor they had invited.
As a result, the doctor fooled them.
The entire village died because someone was avenging Master Wan.
Although the Wan family did not directly harm them, the source of the disaster was the Wan family.
They are not saints of noble character, and cannot be so clear about right and wrong, especially after so many family members have died.
At this moment, looking at Wan Yuting and the doctor he brought, all you could see was an extremely hypocritical face!
"Get out! Get out of our village!"
"That's right, the Wan family is just after fame, they're all hypocrites!"
"What kind of good person would collude with bandits!"
"You've killed so many people, and now you're offering us some rice and grain as compensation? Get lost, we don't need it!"
Someone carried out a dead body, wailing, "Mother, look closely at these people's faces. When you get to the underworld, remember to complain to King Yama and make them throw them into the oil cauldron so they can never be reincarnated and harm people again!"
If one does this, the rest will all follow suit.
One corpse after another was laid out.
There were elderly people with white hair, infants still in swaddling clothes, and mothers holding their children, inseparable.
On their swollen faces, one could still see fear, contortion, or an inability to close their eyes.
One row, two rows, three rows...
In total, there were 130 corpses.
An unpleasant odor emanated from the air.
The scene was one of devastation and wailing.
A living hell, enough to bring tears to the eyes of anyone who sees it.
Wan Yuting staggered and fell to the ground. His long-held resentment collapsed in an instant, and the regret in his eyes was like a flood breaking through a dam, almost drowning him.
If he did not harbor resentment towards the government, and did not deliberately remain silent in the face of rumors, allowing others to misunderstand.
If they had come forward to clarify things earlier, perhaps this tragic situation wouldn't have happened.
What should he do?
How can we salvage this situation?
Zhao Tianyi and the other four were escorted to the corpse by the yamen runners, who forced their heads down and walked past them one by one so that the corpse would remember their faces.
After completing the entire process, all five of them were completely exhausted.
Lu Qingqing rubbed her eyes and looked at Xu Rui.
All I could see was his tightly pursed lips, his raised hand as if shielding his eyes from the sun, and the way he wiped away the tears welling up in his eyes.
Fu Leng, Gu Chengzhou, and the others next to him only had red eyes.
At that moment, she saw through Xu Rui.
At his core, he is a gentle person.
Lu Qingqing walked in front of the villagers.
He shouted loudly, "Fellow villagers, now you should believe the government, right?"
Since Magistrate Xu and his son arrived in Ming'an County, they have not colluded with others to engage in corruption and bribery. Instead, they have wiped out the bandits on Fuhu Mountain. As for the dam incident, everyone now knows that it was the work of villains.
Therefore, we must now obey the government's arrangements.
Let our loved ones be laid to rest as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if an epidemic breaks out, that would be truly serious!
Xu Rui stood next to her and continued, "Don't worry, everyone. The government has already ordered a coffin, and it will be delivered soon."
People were also arranged to help you rebuild the collapsed houses.
Cheer up and live well for your loved ones.
The villagers wept uncontrollably.
He knelt down to express his gratitude.
Looking at the people standing side by side, Wan Yuting vaguely felt that they were the same kind of people standing at the same level.
How could this be?
A village girl and a county magistrate's son?
...
Next, Dabozi Village began to cooperate with the government's arrangements.
Five criminals were dragged away.
The villagers began burying their loved ones.
The constables went door to door to check, and some families had no survivors, so they had to find all the bodies.
We also need to drain the sewage, clean up the filth, and burn mugwort for disinfection.
The doctors did everything in their power, hoping to cure all the villagers as soon as possible.
The longest line in front of Lu Qingqing was filled with women and children.
Si Xi also set up a stall nearby, with people lining up in front of him, because he was Lu Qingqing's apprentice.
The villagers trusted Lu Qingqing and her apprentice.
In fact, Sixi had a solid foundation in knowledge. At first, he might have been a little slow due to nervousness, but his technique was very steady.
The rest of the time they worked quickly: bandaging, prescribing medicine, and acupuncture. If the condition was serious, they wouldn't try to be brave; they would simply admit they couldn't handle it and ask their master to do it.
Because of respect for and rigor towards life.
Seeing that everything in the village had been arranged, Xu Rui asked Fu Leng to stay behind and personally pick up and drop off Lu Qingqing.
He then led his men to other villages.
No sooner had he left than two constables came rushing toward him carrying a stretcher.
"Doctor, doctor! Come quick, this is serious!"
The stretcher was made of woven grass and vines, and blood dripped down through the gaps in the vines.
On the stretcher, a man lay, breathing heavily, a sharp piece of wood protruding from his chest.
"We heard his cries for help and dug him out of the collapsed house; he had been injured by broken beams!"
The doctors gathered around.
"This won't do; it's too close to the heart!"
"The wood still has splinters; I don't know what's inside."
"Surgery is the only option! Dr. Pang, Dr. Pang, come quick!"
Dr. Pang rushed over to examine the patient and shook his head: "I've only ever operated on the legs and abdomen. I can't do it, I can't do it!"
"Save me...save me, I don't want to die..." The patient's lips were dry and white, and he had lost a lot of blood, but his eyes were full of the will to live.
Dr. Pang looked reluctant and thought he might as well try anything, even if it seemed hopeless.
He placed his hand on one end of the wood, but never dared to pull it out.
He pressed on the wound to prevent the bleeding from flowing out faster.
My mind raced, trying to come up with a solution.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he shouted urgently to a doctor, "Quickly, please invite Doctor Lu over."
Dr. Lu? Who?
The doctor didn't react for a moment.
"Lu Qingqing!"
"Dr. Pang, you mean that... Lu Qingqing?"
"Could there be someone else with this name? Let's go ask!"
Lu Qingqing is the only female doctor here, and she has broadened everyone's horizons and earned everyone's admiration.
But in terms of medical skills, they had never truly witnessed them.
She set up a protective tent specifically for treating women, so you couldn't see what she was doing inside.
In addition, she was too young, and her relationship with Xu Rui seemed unusual, so they secretly speculated that she was invited here through connections, and her medical skills probably weren't that great.
But Dr. Pang actually asked us to invite her over?
Lu Qingqing was bandaging a woman's back, which had been scratched by a stone, inside the tent when she heard someone calling her, and she responded.
After bandaging the wound and giving the woman some instructions, he left.
"What's wrong?"
"There's someone over there with a piece of wood stuck in their chest. Dr. Pang wants you to go take a look."
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