The governor turned back to look inside the medical hall for a few moments, raised his hand to beckon his beloved and gave a few low instructions, his voice urgent, “Be quick!”
Without any delay, the believer went over the hill of corpses, mounted his horse, turned it around and galloped away.
The governor exhaled a deep breath and ordered the government soldiers to load all the corpses onto the car, pull them back to the government office and wash the blood off the streets.
That night, no one in the town slept, listening to the arrival of one set of men after another, the sound of blades clashing, the sound of horses’ hooves moving like thunder, and the sound of washing away, until dawn, when these sounds died away and the town regained its silence.
It was a long, long time before it was light enough for the bold ones to open the doors of their houses again and peek out quietly, without the heavy smell of blood or the suffocating sounds of fighting.
The men walked boldly to the gate again and looked out through the crack, and as every morning they rose, the fog shrouded the town, and everywhere was silent, with no dead or blood in sight.
It was really all right.
As far as they could see, they saw a number of people standing in front of the doctor’s office, all dressed in the clothes of magistrates and with straight bodies. When they heard the commotion, they only glanced slightly this way and then withdrew their eyes.
One by one, people came out and stood in front of their own homes, and gradually more and more people looked in unison in the direction of the medical hall.
Inside the medical hall, the governor was sitting in the chair where Doctor Chu usually sat to see people, busy all night, but instead of being half-tired, he was in high spirits.
Across from him, the county governor, who had just arrived in a carriage, was still in his official clothes, his hair more dishevelled and his face still stained with dust, but he couldn’t care less. He looked at the governor and his lips moved many times, but no sound came out.
He had thought of many possibilities on the way here, and the one he thought of most was that Song Wangyue and the guards had been killed and then their bodies destroyed. Without the bodies, who would prove that Song Wangyue had been here, but he had not expected to hear such shocking news.
“Da, my lord ……”
He finally made a sound, even he himself noticed the shaking in his voice, but he couldn’t care less, he looked at the governor, his eyes were filled with suppressed heat, “I will really be a county parent from now on.”
The governor also looked at him with a warm smile that had never been seen before, reaching over and patting him on the shoulder, “Do a good job.”
The magistrate almost jumped up and down, but the smile in his eyes could not be suppressed and came out, he put out his hands and covered his face for a long time.
The governor knew how he felt and did not console him, looking towards the door connected to the back, he had been sitting here for over an hour, his mind was filled with the mountain of corpses, he could not imagine how Song Wangyue had killed those people with seven guards, he could only think of Song Wangyue’s extraordinary ability, he had to pull this young girl in for his master.
The curtain shifted and then was lifted up as Doctor Chu and the government doctor came from behind, both of them had not slept all night and there was a clear look of weariness on their faces.
“How is it?”
“It’s all fine.”
In the latter part of the night, three of the guards developed a high fever, but they were all well enough to take the medicine and then retreated.
“Where is Miss Song?”
“I sent her to rest.”
After finishing his sentence, Doctor Chu went behind the counter, moved a stool and placed it in front of the medicine cabinet, then stood up, opened the top drawer where it said Huang Lian, took out a cloth bag from inside, carefully came down and placed it on the counter, opened the cloth bag little by little, revealing the ginseng inside, it was a hundred year old ginseng, he had paid a high price for it, and was afraid of being seen by the Zhou family, which was why he had hidden it.
“Erming.”
The fellow, who was watching dumbfounded from the side, darted over to the
Chu Daifu carefully gave him the ginseng, “Go and boil it.”
The mate held it and went to the back very slowly, step by step, and Chu Dafu was about to follow, when he was shouted at by the governor and asked politely, “Chu Dafu, can you tell me what happened last night?”
When he came, out were Song Wan Yue and the seven guards, the only one left was Doctor Chu.
“I didn’t see that either.”
Doctor Chu shook his head, a guilty look on his face, “Song Wangyue was afraid of getting us involved, so she had us hide out at a relative’s house early on, I only came back after I heard no more commotion outside.”
The governor nodded his head.
There was a sound in the street.
The governor glances at the county magistrate.
The magistrate had calmed his emotions, he stood up and walked outside, saw the street blackened with people and raised his voice, “The Zhou family has been severely punished, from now on …… no one will oppress you anymore!!!”
The streets were quiet for a moment.
The county magistrate thought they didn’t believe him and was about to reveal himself when the frozen crowd moved, some laughing to the sky, some rejoicing, some bawling, some covering their faces and squatting on the ground ……
The county magistrate’s eyes were burning and his throat was tight, he knew what it was like to be oppressed and how they felt at the moment, and raised his voice again, “All this is the work of Miss Song, it was she who punished the Zhou family and saved you from the fire.”
“Where is Miss Song?”
Someone raised their voice and asked.
“She was wounded and hadn’t slept all night, so she just went to rest.”
People flocked towards the medical hall, and halfway there they remembered something else and turned and ran home. In a short while, some were carrying eggs, some were carrying chickens, some were carrying meat …… that their families had bought for the New Year, and they walked to the door of the medical hall and put it down, kneeling down and kowtowing towards the inside of the medical hall.
The county magistrate looked at all this with a smile. If he wasn’t wearing official clothes, he would have wanted to kowtow to Song Wangyue like these people, and if it wasn’t for Song Wangyue, his official career would have come to an end. But now it’s different, his official path is brighter, he can afford to read the sage books for so many years.
The outside noise Song Wan Yue didn’t hear a thing, last night used a different power, and real sword fight, her body has been overdrawn, strong wait for the three guards fever subsided, she went back to the house to lie down and sleep over.
When she opened her eyes and saw the warm sunlight coming through the window, she wondered where she was.
“Still not awake?”
There was a questioning voice from the courtyard, the voice of Yellow Cake, tinged with worry.
“Hush ……”
I don’t know who shushed, but Huangcao’s voice was immediately lost again.
Only then did Song Wangyue remember where she was, blinked and got up, accidentally pulling the wound on her shoulder and sizzling in pain.
“Sizzle ……”
The door curtain was immediately lifted and the yellow cake daughter-in-law walked in, “Is it the wound that hurts? Don’t move, I’ll call Doctor Chu to come over.”
Before Song Wangyue could stop her, she had already pulled out her voice and shouted, “Doctor Chu, Doctor Chu!”
Doctor Chu jogged over with his medicine box.