Chapter 668 - Chapter 668: Chapter 668: Setting Up a Private Court Room (1/2)
Chapter 668: Chapter 668: Setting Up a Private Court Room
The medicine pageboy glanced at the crowd: “My Old Master said, Miss YingEr’s condition is dangerous and needs someone to help and protect her at all times. Who is willing to come?”
“Me!” “I’ll come!” “Let me go!”
The crowd suddenly squeezed together.
The medicine pageboy impatiently shook his head: “This is a delicate task, and there is no room for mistakes. We need someone who can read and knows acupoints. Those who are clumsy and prone to mistakes need not apply. Don’t blame our Old Master for his poor medical skills if something goes wrong!”
Who could read and knew acupoints?
The crowd unconsciously took a step back, realizing that causing the death of a person wasn’t a joking matter.
Only Liu Sisi didn’t back down and instead stepped forward: “Pageboy, although I don’t know acupoints, I can read. Can I go in and take care of YingEr?”
The medicine pageboy hesitated, but finally reluctantly nodded: “Fine! You come in quickly!”
When Liu Sisi entered, Old He was administering needles. She was arranged to wait quietly at the desk outside. Through the screen, she could see only a limited view. She could clearly see Old He sitting in front of YingEr, and the medicine pageboy’s figure shuttling between them, handing over various items as needed when instructed by Old He.
There was a knock on the door, and Liu Sisi rushed to answer it. The soup medicine was just right, neither cold nor hot.
“Old He, the soup medicine is here.” She reported quietly.
“Bring it in.” Old He’s voice came.
Liu Sisi hurriedly brought the soup medicine in, and the medicine pageboy took it.
Although it was just a moment, Liu Sisi still clearly saw the situation inside. YingEr’s upper body dress had been removed, and her body was covered with densely-packed silver needles. Old He’s actions did not stop because the soup medicine was delivered, but rather quickened.
Before Liu Sisi could figure out what was going on, the medicine pageboy had already turned and handed her an empty bowl. She was dumbfounded; this was half a bowl of soup medicine, how did he feed it into YingEr’s stomach?
“Don’t just stand there, go and write the prescription. Old man said you write.” Old He’s voice came, filled with exhaustion.
“Okay… Okay, Old He, you say.”
Even if she had many questions, she couldn’t spare the time to ask them at the moment. She hastily wrote down the prescription, brought it out the door, and ordered the medicine to be decocted…
On one side, Old He was still doing his best to save YingEr, while on the other side, Di Yelei had already begun the interrogation.
Di Yelei was temporarily acting as the County Magistrate since the original Su County Magistrate had been transferred. However, Di Yelei did not intend to hold court and try the case, after all, this matter was related to his own YingEr, and a girl’s reputation was of utmost importance. Therefore, today’s trial was a closed-door internal trial, and civilians were not allowed to watch.
Naturally, the first person brought in was Old Man Li.
One couldn’t help but say that the proverb “good people don’t live long, while disasters last for a thousand years” was very accurate, just like Old Man Li, who should have died a thousand times, but was still alive and well. It was a great irony of life!