Xu Liang carefully carried the bowl of medicine into the house.
Xu, who had only rested for half an hour before coming over, smelled the medicine and looked back, shaking her hand as she tried to take the bowl of medicine over ……
“It’s better for me to do it.”
Song Wangyue reached out and took it, Xu hastily got up and made way for Song Wangyue to sit down, watching hopefully as Song Wangyue scooped up a small spoonful of soup and medicine and brought it to the old man’s mouth, using the side of the spoon to pry open his mouth and feed the soup and medicine in.
A little of the medicine dripped down the corners of the old man’s mouth.
Xu wanted to wipe it, but Gu Yi bent down before her and gently wiped the medicine away.
It took a quarter of an hour to finish feeding the bowl of soup and medicine.
Song Wangyue got up with the bowl and Xu then sat down, looking hopefully at the old man.
The dean and his wife and Xu Liang also waited nervously.
A quarter of an hour passed, two quarter of an hour passed, three quarter of an hour passed ……
The old gentleman showed no sign of waking up at all.
The hopeful hearts of the people sank a little.
Doctor Yao sighed after taking his pulse, “This remedy is not working.”
The hearts of the people sank to the bottom.
Xu’s tears flowed down again.
Xu Liang wiped his eyes and went out.
The dean knelt down helplessly, and the dean’s wife, also instantly red-eyed, choked up and advised, “The old man is lucky ……”
“Regret, I shouldn’t have let the teacher lecture ……”
“If the person behind this is determined to harm grand great grandfather, even if you don’t let him come over to lecture, grand great grandfather will still be harmed somewhere else, dean or don’t blame yourself too much, you get up first.”
Song Wan Yue and the dean’s wife helped him up, “Madam is right, grandfather will wake up sooner or later. You, on the other hand, should take good care of your health, grandfather would not want you to do so.”
The dean’s tears welled up, from the time of his benefactor’s accident until now, no one blamed him, whether it was his sister-in-law, Xu or Song Wan Yue.
“You go back and rest first, I will discuss with Master again, since this prescription doesn’t work, we will research a new one.”
The dean staggered and was helped out by the dean’s wife.
Doctor Yao and invisibly nodded to Song Wan Yue.
Song Wangyue let out a long breath of relief.
“Xu Liang!”
Xu Liang came in with red eyes.
“Go and ask for a cooker for Madam, and boil the hundred-year-old ginseng Uncle Gu brought into soup.”
Xu Liang choked back a sob and withdrew.
Doctor Yao picked up his pillbox and headed out, “Old sir is fine for now, I’ll go back and redevelop the prescription again.”
Outside the academy, the students who were waiting for news saw him coming out and immediately gathered around.
Before they could say anything, Doctor Yao shook his head with a heavy expression, and the students’ eyes were red again.
Dr Yao pushed his way through the crowd, got into his carriage and went back to his residence.
“Well?”
Master Gu asked as he was greeted.
“Solved.”
Master Gu breathed a sigh of relief.
……
In the county courthouse, the county magistrate was going crazy, three days had passed and nothing useful had been asked from Qin Qian’s mouth. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
“Why haven’t the people from the capital arrived yet?”
The master stood cautiously to one side and whispered back, “Today is only the fourth day, even if it is quicker, they will have to wait until tomorrow to arrive.”
The magistrate took a look at the sky outside, the sun was still in the east, not even the hour, “Why is time passing so slowly, can’t it go any faster?”
The master bowed his head.
The county magistrate turned back and forth in the house, almost trampling a hole in the ground, “No, we can’t just wait, call Sheriff Liu to come over.”
The Master quickly went out and called Sheriff Liu to come over.
“You take someone to send out a message to say that Qin Qian couldn’t survive the torture and died, and his body was thrown to a mass grave.”
Sheriff Liu immediately understood the magistrate’s meaning and said, “Since this is a show, let’s make it a full one.
“Go, go quickly.”
The magistrate went out quickly and called for some officers to come over and gave some instructions in a low voice. The officers left the magistrate’s office and scattered in all directions, while the magistrate took two officers to the charity farm to find a body similar to Qin Qian’s and quietly took it back to the magistrate’s jail.
After waiting for half an hour, he felt that the story was almost ready, and then he asked the two officers to throw the body on a cart, cover it with a white cloth and push it to the mass grave. He followed behind with the two magistrates.
“Master and Madam, it’s not good!”
A young dart master rushed into the dart board, he had been pretending to be an ordinary citizen going to the entrance of the college for the past few days so that he could hear the latest news in time.
Hearing his shout, the Qi family cackled in unison.
The dart master ran in, his face pale, “I just heard people talking about how the Duke of Qin couldn’t survive the torture and died, and his body was thrown to a mass grave!”
A buzz went through Madam Qi’s head.
Qi Run stood up in shock, “Is the news reliable?”
The dart master nodded, “I sneaked to the mass grave after I heard the news, just in time to see two magistrates throwing the corpse, I was afraid they would find out and didn’t dare to go over.”
“Master ……”
Lady Qi was already in tears.
Qi Wu’s hand gripped the arm of his chair tightly, the veins on the back of his hand jutted out, and his face was gloomy and terrifying.
“I’ll go and take a look!”
Qi Run headed out.
“Stop!”
Qi Run stopped.
Qi Wu released his hand and his tone was unquestionable, “No one is going!”
“Master!”
“Father!”
Qi Wu looked at them sullenly, “The magistrate put out such a big commotion just to lure us over, if we don’t move, it will be Qian’er alone who dies, if we do, it will be all of us.”
Madam Qi’s eyes went black and she fainted from the pain.
……
The two officers of the police force, led by Liu, waited until dark but did not wait to collect the corpse, and returned with a downcast face to report.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
“This kid’s mouth is really tough.”
The head of the cell shook his head and said.
Those who had entered the prison would not survive more than two sentences before they all confessed, but Qin Qian, a weak scholar, had survived for several days.
“What’s the use of talking tough? The people in the capital have more tricks up their sleeves than we do. If he doesn’t confess now, he’ll have to suffer later.”
After saying this, Sheriff Liu spat again before turning to leave.
The prison head followed suit and locked the cell door.
When they were far away, Qin Qian opened his eyes. They had planned for so long, everything was planned, but they had not expected Song Wangyue to send him straight to the prison and make him suffer.
“Song Wangyue, you wait, I will take this revenge back one day sooner or later!”
……
Grand Master Sun and Master Sun didn’t leave either. The old man had been kind enough to teach Sun Jin, and Master Sun visited the academy on the first day, but couldn’t get inside its doors.
“Wait for two more days, if the old gentleman is still awake, I will not wait any longer and take the people back first, you can stay for a few more days, when the old gentleman wakes up, have someone send me a letter with a fast horse.”