Escape after crossing

"Ah, what a bad year!"

"Lao Lu, Lao Sun, the dude is now ill, and we don't know if he can be cured. Who knows, we might get infected someday, and then we won't be able to return alive."

"Doctor Zhao, do you have any good ideas? Tell us quickly."

"Yes, now is the time, Doctor Zhao, you should stop hiding it. Tell us and we can discuss it."

Doctor Zhao was being urged by the two men and was no longer in a hurry to speak. He looked back and forth at his two colleagues, and the two of them became very anxious.

"What do you think? We are in the same boat now. Don't even think about leaving us behind!"

"What's the hurry? Don't you know who I am? If I wanted to leave you behind, why would I have asked you to come?"

"Then just do it. Stop dithering and make me anxious."

Doctor Zhao walked to the door again, opened it, looked outside, made sure there was no one there, closed the door, walked directly to the table, sat down, waved to the two people, and motioned them to come closer.

The two of them obediently came together. The more they listened, the wider their eyes opened, and their faces no longer looked as anxious as before.

After a while, Doctor Sun asked, "Is this really okay?"

"I heard that Lord Wu is the Third Prince's man. Can he help us if we do this?" Although Doctor Lu also wanted to do so, he still had some concerns.

"Now that the Third Prince is not in Kyoto, we can spend some money and ask Lord Wu to help us. It should be possible." Imperial Doctor Lu was still optimistic about the situation.

"There is no other way right now. Do we really have to wait like this? What do you think? Can you give me a definite answer?" Doctor Zhao was getting anxious.

Doctor Lu and Doctor Sun looked at each other, and then said to Doctor Zhao, "Let's follow Doctor Zhao's suggestion. Let's find a reason to go see Lord Wu tomorrow."

"Okay, remember to prepare the money tomorrow!"

"How much do we need to prepare? We are outside now and we brought some silver and money with us, but it's not much!" After listening to what Doctor Lu said, Doctor Sun also nodded.

Doctor Zhao thought about it and agreed. This was not like being in Kyoto, where he could send someone home to deliver the money immediately. "How about this, when we talk to Lord Wu, we can have him send people to each family's house to get the money?"

"That's fine, but how much should we give? Although we are all imperial physicians, we are not the favored ones. How can we have so much wealth?" Imperial Physician Sun's family background was indeed not that good.

In fact, the three of them did not have a good family background, and they were just mediocre in the Imperial Hospital, and only occasionally served the favored concubines.

They could not get in front of the Queen Mother or the Imperial Concubine, so naturally they would not receive so much reward silver or anything like that.

The salary from the Imperial Hospital alone might not be enough to cover the family's expenses. They also have to rely on the medical staff in Kyoto to visit any sick family members, so they need some extra money.

Now, in order to save their lives, if they take too much, they will not be able to give it out. If they take too little, they are afraid that Lord Wu will look down on them and refuse to help.

At this moment, the three of them didn't know how much they had taken. The room was silent again. After a while, Doctor Sun spoke.

"We will tell Lord Wu the truth tomorrow. For the sake of our own lives, we can't care about so many things."

The three of them looked at each other and nodded, which was considered a deal. Then the three of them dispersed and went back to their rooms to rest.

At this time, the lights in the study room in the backyard of the government office were also on. After Wu Shiyong and Wu Shijie came back, they did not discuss things together.

Wu Shiyong still asked Wu Shijie to take the silver and buy some food and drinks or directly distribute the silver to the people guarding the city gate tonight.

Wu Shiyong didn't want them to shut up, but wanted them to spread the news that a doctor would come to the city to see the Ninth Prince tonight.

Only when this matter gets out and more people know about it, will it be easier for them to proceed with the next steps.

Wu Shijie followed Wu Shiyong's advice and finished his work before returning to find Wu Shiyong. The two of them talked about things in the study.

"Brother, I have just passed on what you asked me to do. We will just wait for them to spread the news tomorrow, and then we can take action."

"Xiao Jie, you have to accompany those two people tonight and walk around the city and the epidemic area tomorrow, so that those people outside can believe it."

"But, big brother, if we do this, the people will say that we just found a young man with poor medical skills. That's normal. It will give them something to hold against us."

"Don't worry, you take them to the epidemic area tomorrow and let them take a closer look. It would be best if they could prescribe a prescription. Then, we can add the antidote to the medicine little by little."

"Haha, the disease in this epidemic area has improved, but the Ninth Prince's disease has become worse and worse, and he was finally cured to death. By then, it will have nothing to do with us. Big brother, you are smart."

"You'll have to work hard these few days. Besides accompanying those two people, you also have to spread the news. Once things are settled, you can have a good rest."

"Brother, we found this doctor. If someone from above blames us, will you be implicated?"

"Don't worry, now that the Ninth Prince is dead, we can arrest him. We'll have him sign a confession, and with a few good words from the higher-ups, we'll be fine."

Speaking of the people above, Wu Shijie lowered his voice and said to Wu Shiyong, "Brother, you keep talking about the people above. Can the people above keep us safe? Does he have that much power?"

"Of course, he is second only to the first person. Well, it's getting late, you should go back and have a good rest, because you still have to accompany those two to do things tomorrow."

"Yes, big brother. You should also go to bed early."

"Wait." Wu Shiyong took out a few banknotes from behind a painting and handed them to Wu Shijie.

"Take these banknotes first, and you can handle the rest on your own. When the time is right, I will find someone to put the antidote into the medicine."

"Brother, no need. I haven't used up what you just gave me."

"Take it, don't be reluctant to part with it. You will have more money in the future. You must not make any mistakes in this matter, understand?"

"Yes, don't worry, big brother. I will make sure that things are done properly." Wu Shijie took the banknote, put it in his arms, left the study, and left the government office from the back.

All of this was heard by the man in black on the roof. Wu Shiyong didn't know it yet. He turned around to look at the place where he had just put the banknotes, and found nothing wrong, so he left the study.

The man in black waited until Wu Shiyong left before leaving and headed straight for the Huajianfu Restaurant in the city.

Xuan Yi was already waiting in the Huajianfu Restaurant at this time. Originally, Xuan Yi wanted to send a message to Master Leng.

After revealing his identity, Shopkeeper Zhang told Xuanyi that Prince Leng had just arrived in Jiangdu City today and was out now, so he should wait for his master to come back.

Xuanyi was not idle either, asking Zhang for some information. In fact, if he wanted to find out something, Xuanyi should go to the person in charge of finding out in Jiangdu City.

However, Xuanyi felt that it would be easier to find out more about the prefect's affairs from this restaurant. After all, those who could see Huajianfu consuming it were either rich or noble.

"Manager Zhang, how long have you been in Jiangdu City?"

"I have not been in Jiangdu City for long. I was transferred from Jingdezhen when the former shopkeeper Liu returned to Kyoto to report a few years ago."

"Jingdezhen? Is it also under the jurisdiction of Wu Shiyong of Jiangdu City?"

"Yes."

"Did you hear anything about Wu Shiyong when you were in Jingdezhen?"