The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 675

Xu Tian glanced at Song Ren.

Didn't say anything.

He then looked at the villager.

"Fellow villager, please take me to that clinic!"

Upon hearing this, the villagers immediately stood up, eager for Xu Tian to go and see for himself.

As they walked outside the clinic, Xu Tian discovered that the clinic was incredibly popular.

It was so crowded that they couldn't even squeeze in.

Moreover, all those who come here for treatment are suffering from the plague.

Xu Tian glanced at the villagers who seemed to be in more serious condition.

How do you know this is a plague?

He asked the villager.

The villagers were stunned for a moment.

"You jest, sir. I can't even read a single word, how would I know that this illness is a plague?"

"These were all said by the doctor in the clinic."

Xu Tian, ​​however, felt that what these people had was not a plague at all.

It looks more like poisoning.

Without making a sound, he led the villager who had come to find him away from the clinic.

After they returned to the yamen.

"Who in your family is sick?"

He hadn't asked before, but now he's asking the villager.

The villagers said directly that it was their son.

Xu Tian answered.

"You may go back now! I will handle this matter myself."

After hearing what Xu Tian had said, the villagers didn't say anything more and left.

It's simply unrealistic to expect Xu Tian to pay for the villagers' medical treatment.

After all, he was just a minor county magistrate with a low annual salary. If he were to use his money to pay for all the villagers' medical treatment, wouldn't he be eating dirt?

After he returned to the yamen.

The more remotely he thought about it, the more something seemed off.

He then beckoned Song Ren over.

"Let's go take a look first. Keep an eye on everyone in the clinic."

Song Ren nodded in agreement.

Soon, Xu Tian discovered the truth behind this so-called plague.

"It seems that this so-called plague is just a way for the clinic to make money."

Xu Tian heard about the clues that Song Ren had found that day.

Contact him again about what he saw before.

Then he stood up.

"Let's go to the villagers' drinking water source."

They arrived at the village's water source and ordered Songren to open the lid.

Then he took out a silver needle.

The silver needle was placed in the villagers' water source.

It was pulled out quickly, and the silver needle had turned black after it was removed.

"Has the water source been poisoned?"

Pine Nut was amazed.

Xu Tian nodded.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

"Should we just go and arrest them?"

Xu Tian shook his head.

"Do you have evidence?"

Song Ren looked completely bewildered.

Shake his head.

“We didn’t catch them doing this at all, so there’s no evidence. Even if you arrest them now, they won’t admit it.”

Song Ren had no idea things would be so complicated.

"Then what do we do now?"

We can't let the villagers continue like this.

Everyone assumed it was caused by a plague.

They kept sending money to that clinic.

In order to get a better spot in the queue, some wealthy people would even bribe the staff at the clinic.

"There's nothing we can do right now. We can't let that person know that we know there's more to the water source than meets the eye."

Song Ren was surprised.

But he knew that any decision made by adults was always right.

into the night.

Xu Tian put on some black clothes.