The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 963

A woman at the next table to Xu Tian and his group suddenly stood up and yelled at them.

"How could eating here cause food poisoning? What's going on? Is it because the food here is unclean?"

Li Zhi also looked worried, patting Xu Tian's back while questioning the boss.

"Is there something unclean in your food? Why did my master react this way after eating it?"

The boss retorted, "They're all the same stuff, so why are you fine after eating them, but your master got sick?"

Li Zhi went straight up and grabbed the man by the collar.

“Let me tell you, watch your mouth. My master is already like this, and you still dare to yell at me? Believe me or not, I’ll take you to the authorities right now.”

Upon hearing Li Zhi say that he would take him to see the officials, the shopkeeper immediately softened.

"Young master, let's talk this out. Why do we have to make a scene like this?"

Li Zhi, however, did not let go of him.

I just asked the doctor next to me.

"How is it? How is my master now?"

The doctor didn't look too good.

"It's hard to say. His signs of poisoning could be serious or minor. Give me five taels of silver first!"

Unexpectedly, this doctor was a ruthless character, demanding exorbitant sums from the moment he opened his mouth.

The shopkeeper just tried to swindle ten taels of silver from Xu Tian and his group, and now the doctor is trying to swindle five taels of silver from him.

The key issue is that the shopkeeper cheated Xu Tian. They haven't even received their money yet, and now they have to pay half of it out here.

The shopkeeper was reluctant to spend his own money and went straight to the doctor, asking, "Can you cure him or not?"

The doctor's attitude also became less friendly.

"What do you mean by that? Are you saying I can get treatment whenever I want and leave whenever I don't?"

The doctor also seemed very angry and picked up his medicine box to leave.

Li Zhi was completely unaware of Xu Tian's plan at first, but when the doctor examined him, Xu Tian gave Li Zhi a meaningful look.

He then realized that his master was simply playing a prank on the shopkeeper.

He grabbed the shopkeeper's hand and demanded, "Are you going to treat me or not? If anything happens to you, I won't let you off the hook."

The shopkeeper was terrified when he saw his fierce appearance and quickly said, "Cure, cure, I'll give you the money, okay?"

He was now in deep distress, having lost both his wife and his army.

Now, not only has he not gained any benefit, but he has also given away his money.

The doctor prescribed several doses of medicine for Xu Tian.

"Once you get back, you only need to eat one pack at a time."

Xu Tian's lips twitched.

The doctor didn't know what was in that big bag of medicine; he just told him to take one packet.

He might not have had food poisoning; he might have died directly from the medication in that packet.

The doctor then gave Xu Tian a pill.

Xu Tian pretended to swallow the pill, then swallowed a mouthful of blood and slowly woke up.

"Master, are you alright?" Li Zhi quickly went up and helped Xu Tian up.

Xu Tian shook his head.

"What on earth just happened?"

He pretended that he knew nothing about it.

Li Zhi explained everything that had just happened to him.

In the end, not only did the two of them not pay for the meal, but the owner even spent several taels of silver on them.