Chương 20

Ye Chutang closed the just-written “Liu Guo Lun” (Treatise on the Six States), put it back into the drawer, and then reminded Xiao Wu to stay inside and not run around. Only then did she get up and walk outside.

“What’s going on?”

Ye Yunfeng looked anxious and pointed in the direction of the main gate: “The yamen! People from the yamen have arrived! They’re even carrying seals!”

They had been in Jiangling for three years, always behaving very properly and lawfully. Although they occasionally encountered some minor troubles, they had never experienced such a situation before.

Ye Chutang stepped outside and quickly saw Wu Xu leading several officials blocking the entrance.

“Officer Wu, what’s going on? Why do you suddenly want to seal our clinic?” Ye Chutang asked.

Wu Xu looked troubled, glanced around, and then said in a lowered voice, “Doctor Ye, someone has reported you to the yamen, claiming that there are problems with the medicines from your clinic!”

Ye Chutang narrowed her eyes slightly: “Oh? Who is it?”

Wu Xu smiled bitterly: “More than one person. Just today alone, four people have come forward, each with different stories, but they all claimed that their conditions worsened after taking the medicines prescribed by you! We are just acting on orders; please understand.”

Ye Chutang almost laughed.

Four people...

She had been practicing medicine for many years and had never made a mistake. It was indeed strange that so many cases of wrong prescriptions occurred in one day.

If it were just a single case, without any deaths, the yamen would probably not get involved. But now that there were four cases, the yamen had to take action.

“For how many days do you plan to seal it?”

Wu Xu hurriedly replied, “Don’t worry, as soon as it is confirmed that you are not involved, we will immediately lift the seal! Generally speaking, it will take about three to five days.”

Ye Chutang was not so optimistic.

First, they couldn’t get the medicinal herbs, and now there were complaints about the medicine. Clearly, someone had planned all this, just waiting for her to step into it.

With this seal in place, it was uncertain when they would be able to reopen the clinic again.

Ye Chutang said, “Officer Wu, there is still a patient staying at my clinic; he has nothing to do with these incidents. If he gets implicated because of this, I would feel guilty. I hope you can make an exception and let him leave.”

Wu Xu already owed Ye Chutang a favor, and this request was reasonable, so he readily agreed, “No problem.”

Ye Chutang thanked him politely.

……

Xiao Wu lay on a small table and looked outside the window; she saw her elder sister walking through the courtyard and then heading towards the door of the room across from them.

Immediately afterwards, Lian Zhou came out as well.

He glanced in the direction of the main gate and had already guessed most of what had happened.

Ye Chutang briefly explained the situation: “...I have already explained to them that you have nothing to do with my clinic, and these incidents are not related to you either. It’s uncertain when our clinic will be able to reopen, so it’s best for you to leave as soon as possible.”

Có lẽ để cho họ yên tâm hơn, Ye Chutang tiếp tục nói: “Vết thương của chủ nhân các người đã gần như lành hẳn rồi. Trong ba ngày tới, hãy sắc thuốc theo công thức mà tôi đưa, sau đó lại bôi thuốc mỡ thêm nửa tháng nữa là sẽ sớm khỏi hẳn.”

Lián Chou nhìn cô ấy một cái, cuối cùng vẫn gật đầu.

“Tôi sẽ đi báo cáo với chủ nhân.”

Khi vào phòng bên trong, Lián Chou lặp lại những lời vừa rồi của Ye Chutang: “Chủ nhân, tôi sẽ ngay lập tức tìm một khách sạn phù hợp…”

Shen Yanchuan nhướng mày nhẹ.

“Ai nói tôi cần phải đi chứ?”

Lián Chou bất ngờ, một lúc không thể phản ứng kịp: “Ý của chủ nhân là muốn tiếp tục ở lại đây sao?”

Nhưng việc phòng khám bị đóng cửa thực sự không liên quan gì đến họ cả. Hơn nữa, như Ye Chutang đã nói, không ai có thể chắc chắn khi nào nó sẽ mở cửa trở lại, thậm chí cũng có khả năng nó sẽ bị đóng cửa vĩnh viễn.

Ai cũng có thể nhận ra rằng lần này họ đã gây ra rắc rối lớn.

“Trước đây chủ nhân không phải đã nói rằng chỉ muốn ở đây một thời gian ngắn rồi sẽ đi sao?”

Những người họ đang chờ đợi đã đến, theo kế hoạch ban đầu của chủ nhân, lúc này họ cũng nên lên đường rời khỏi Jiangling.

Shen Yanchuan nhớ lại những nét chữ viết tay đẹp mà mình đã thấy trước đó, và nói một cách từ tốn: “Tính cách của Xu Fengchi rất nguyên tắc và cứng đầu, ông ấy làm quan nhiều năm mà không bao giờ tham gia vào các cuộc đấu tranh phe phái, luôn giữ khoảng cách với mọi người. Nhưng chính vì tính cách đó mà hoàng đế rất ngưỡng mộ ông ấy, vị trí của ông ấy rất vững chắc. Chẳng lẽ chủ nhân không tò mò sao? Tại sao ông ấy lại có thể trao đổi thư từ với một người phụ nữ ở xa xôi như Jiangling?”

Lián Chou hơi mở to mắt: “Vậy chủ nhân định tiếp tục ở lại đây để tìm hiểu mối quan hệ giữa cô ấy và Xu Fengchi?”

Shen Yanchuan nhìn về phía sân, đúng lúc thấy Ye Chutang đang đi về phía phòng của mình.

Cô ấy đến dưới mái hiên, đứa trẻ nhỏ bên trong đã không thể kiềm chế được sự tò mò và nhô đầu ra nhìn.

Đứa trẻ nhỏ nhìn cô ấy, cô ấy cười nhẹ, rồi nhẹ nhàng nắm lấy khuôn mặt mềm mại của nó.

Shen Yanchuan giơ cằm lên, nói với vẻ hứng thú: “Loại người nào mà dù nhà mình bị đóng cửa vẫn có thể cười được nhỉ? Hơn nữa…”

Hơn nữa, cô ấy vẫn giữ thái độ thoải mái và tự nhiên như vậy.

Ai cũng có thể nhận ra rằng lần này họ đã gây ra rắc rối lớn.

Ye Chutang understood in her heart, so she didn’t delay for too long.

But—why hasn’t Shen Yanchuan left yet?

Ye Chutang had no choice but to go over and ask again, “Haven’t you finished packing yet? If it’s any later, they won’t let you leave.”

Lian Zhou felt a bit embarrassed; he clenched his fist and coughed, “My master is not feeling well; he really can’t leave right now.”

Ye Chutang: “……”

How could she not know the condition of her own patient?

That Shen Yanchuan had an extremely strong constitution and recovered very quickly. Now, aside from not being able to ride a horse or hunt, he should be able to do everything else.

But why is he still lingering and not leaving?

……

The Cao family.

In the study, Cao Chengwen was kneeling on the ground, his face full of urgency, “Dad, I really didn’t kill Chengwu! You have to believe me!”

Standing in front of him was a middle-aged man in his forties, the owner of Cao’s Restaurant, Cao Deping.

He stared at Cao Chengwen with a gloomy expression.

“Whether Chengwu’s death is related to you or not, you know very well!”

Cao Chengwen’s face turned pale, and cold sweat began to break out on his palms.

Although he was cunning, Cao Deping was still too experienced; how could he not see through all the intricacies involved?

But… now that Chengwu was dead, Cao Deping had to protect his only remaining son!

That’s why he decided to take matters into his own hands to resolve these troubles, even resorting to using his niece as a connection!

He gritted his teeth, pointed at Cao Chengwen, and said with hatred, “Just wait! After we deal with Ye Chutang, then we’ll talk about you!”

Hearing these words, Cao Chengwen knew he was safe, and his spirits were immediately lifted a lot.

“Dad, once she’s entered the yamen this time, she definitely won’t be able to turn things around, right?!”