noffsinger Chapter 2306 Unworthy to be a Doctor
Chapter 2306 Unworthy to be a Doctor
Before Zhao's mother could finish speaking, tears began to fall.
He was filled with regret and fear. If Yan Ruyu hadn't happened to pass by, his daughter-in-law and grandson would probably have been lost.
Seeing Zhao's mother like this, Liu quickly raised her hand and patted the back of her hand, gently comforting her.
“Mother-in-law, please don’t say that. You’re only doing this for my and the child’s good. How can I blame you?”
This is all unpredictable; no one could have foreseen this. Please don't take it to heart.
Yan Ruyu looked at the two of them and said, "Excuse me for speaking frankly, but judging from your family's circumstances, you are just an ordinary farming household."
Even if you cook delicious meals every day, the ingredients are ultimately limited and couldn't possibly cause the fetus to grow this large, or even be misaligned. There must be another reason.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yong and his mother were both stunned, and they exchanged a glance.
Zhao Yong said, "Besides the usual home-cooked food, my wife has been taking the medication that Dr. Li gave her to help maintain the pregnancy."
"Dr. Li?" Yan Ruyu raised an eyebrow slightly.
Zhao's mother quickly replied, wiping away tears from the corners of her eyes: "It's Doctor Li from the neighboring village."
People from the two nearby villages would go to him for treatment if they had a headache, fever, sores, or other illnesses; his medical skills were quite good.
When my daughter-in-law was pregnant, I quickly invited him to our house to take a look.
He said he would prescribe some medication to help the baby grow strong and also keep the mother safe and prevent any problems. So we took the medication as he instructed without missing a single day.
He also said that his medicinal herbs were all obtained from the He family's pharmacy in Chongzhou City, and that they were all top-quality herbs, better than those from other places.
"He Family Pharmacy?"
Upon hearing these four words, a barely perceptible cold glint flashed in Yan Ruyu's eyes, and her thoughts stirred slightly.
This He family pharmacy is no ordinary pharmacy; it is the reason for this trip to Chongzhou.
Unexpectedly, I encountered something related to the He family in this remote little village.
She turned her head and called out towards the outside of the courtyard: "Silver ingots!"
The silver ingot outside the courtyard, who had been guarding the entrance, immediately replied, "Understood!"
After finding out where Doctor Li lived, Yin Ding immediately went out to find him.
At this moment, a grove of trees outside the village was quiet, with only a few clear birdsongs occasionally ringing out.
Dr. Li, carrying his medicine kit, was standing under a thick locust tree.
Opposite him stood a person wearing a black cloak.
The man's cloak brim was pulled down very low, obscuring his entire face in shadow, with only a pale jawline visible.
The voice in the black cloak was hoarse, making it impossible to tell if it was male or female: "How is the situation?"
Dr. Li immediately bowed deeply, a fawning smile plastered on his face: "Don't worry, everything is going as expected!"
Liu's pregnancy is almost due, and I was just about to go to the Zhao family to check on things so I could proceed according to plan.
Upon hearing this, the man in the black cloak took out a bag of silver from his sleeve and casually tossed it to Doctor Li.
"In that case, let's proceed according to plan."
Doctor Li's eyes lit up, and his smile deepened. He took the silver, weighed it in his hand, and grinned from ear to ear.
He bowed repeatedly to the man in the black cloak, saying, "Thank you! I will certainly handle it properly. Just wait for good news!"
He stuffed the silver into his pocket and turned to walk out of the woods.
The man in the black cloak stepped forward, pulled a dagger from his sleeve, and with a flash of cold light, plunged it into Doctor Li's back.
Dr. Li froze instantly, then fell forward and landed in the roadside bushes. His body twitched slightly a few times before he became still.
The man in the black cloak sheathed his dagger and wiped the blood off it with a blade of grass.
He glanced down at Doctor Li on the ground, chuckled coldly, his voice full of contempt and disdain: "For a few coins, you put on this disgusting face. Does someone like that deserve to practice medicine?"
Consider this money as your funeral expenses.
Yin Ding hurried to the Li family's house in the neighboring village.
The gate to the Li family's courtyard was locked, and no one was home.
Yin Ding turned to walk back, but as he passed the grove of trees outside the village, he suddenly stopped.
His nose was always very sensitive, and he could vaguely smell a faint scent of blood, along with the faint sound of light footsteps.
He instantly became alert and tiptoed towards the direction of the bloody scent.
Sure enough, they saw a person in the grass under the tree.
The man was wearing a dark blue cloth shirt, and there was a worn-out medicine box next to him.
Yin Ding's heart sank: Could this be Doctor Li?
He knelt down to check Dr. Li's breathing, but he was already dead.
Yin Ding glanced around the woods, but couldn't see a single person.
He withdrew his gaze, glanced down at the corpse on the ground, reached into his waistband and pulled out his short knife. He bent down and cut some of the lush grass growing nearby, then spread the grass over the corpse.
Then, he hurried towards the Zhao family's location.
In the Zhao family's courtyard, Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe were talking by the low wooden fence.
Yin Ding strode in from outside the courtyard gate, his expression solemn.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, something has happened." Yin Ding reported in a low voice, "There is no one from the Li family. When I passed by the woods outside the village, I smelled blood. There was a corpse in the woods, carrying a medicine chest. It looked like Doctor Li."
Huo Changhe immediately frowned and called out towards the main room, "Zhao Yong, come out here for a moment."
Zhao Yong quickly came out of the house: "Young master, what do you need me for?"
"What does Doctor Li look like, and how old is he?" Huo Changhe asked directly.
Zhao Yong thought carefully for a moment and then slowly said, "He is in his early forties, of medium build, and has a goatee on his chin."
He usually wears a dark blue coarse cloth short shirt and carries a worn brown medicine box on his back.
Oh, by the way, there's a "Li" character on the bottom of the medicine box.
Yan Ruyu's gaze darkened slightly, and she said to Yin Ding, "You lead the way, let's go into the woods and take a look."
Under the big locust tree.
Yin Ding parted the long grass covering the corpse: "This is it."
Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe looked closely and saw that the face was covered in dirt, exactly like the description of Doctor Li given by Zhao Yong.
His goatee was covered in bits of grass, and his navy blue shirt was soaked in blood.
Huo Changhe squatted down to examine the wound on the back of the corpse's heart. The wound had clean edges and was deep enough to expose the bone.
"He only had this one wound on his body. It was a single, fatal blow. He was very swift in his attack."
Yan Ruyu looked at the medicine box beside her, opened the lid, and found several packets of medicine inside.
There is indeed a "Li" character at the bottom.
Yin Ding found the bag of silver and handed it to Huo Changhe.
The body felt heavy in his hand, and Huo Changhe glanced at the corpse on the ground, his tone cold: "Looks like it wasn't a robbery."
Yan Ruyu opened one of the paper packages and examined it carefully.
Huo Changhe asked, "Is this a medicine to prevent miscarriage?"
"It looks like a pregnancy-preserving medicine, and most of the herbs are mild ones used for this purpose," Yan Ruyu said slowly as she put down the paper package. "But two herbs have been changed inside, and the proportions of the herbs have been altered. With just this small change, the medicinal properties are quite different."
Ordinary pregnancy-preserving medications protect both the mother and fetus. However, prolonged use of this particular medication can cause the fetus to grow larger and disrupt its position, ultimately leading to Liu's difficult labor.