With this little incident, everyone immediately behaved themselves.
Shi Muyuan ignored these people and directly asked the guard to take her to find San Qi.
The people around gradually dispersed, and only then did she get the chance to ask.
"Is the divine doctor doing okay? Has anyone deliberately made things difficult for him?"
The guard sighed and briefly told her the current situation. It was neither good nor bad. To put it another way, it was a blessing in disguise.
She frowned as she listened to the guard. Just as she was about to say something more, suddenly she heard a quarrel coming from ahead.
"It's you who killed my wife. My wife was kind - hearted and kindly helped you test the medicine. Who would have thought that she would end up dying such a tragic death. My poor wife! If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll risk my life to seek justice for my wife outside."
San Qi sighed helplessly. In fact, he also blamed himself for the patient's death.
"This is something that no one wants to see. Tell me, what kind of compensation do you want? As long as I can do it, I will never decline."
Hearing this, the middle - aged man became even more aggressive.
"Do you think I came here to seek justice just for money? I've already heard from others that you seem to be the so - called divine doctor in the world. But seeing you today, you're nothing special. You even want to use money to buy my wife's life. It seems that you don't have the so - called benevolence of a doctor. Bah! People like you don't deserve the title of divine doctor."
The middle - aged man put his hands on his hips and spat on the divine doctor's face. Shi Muyuan had an illusion that she seemed to see the potential of a shrew in him.
"If you don't solve this matter properly today, I'll go out and make a big fuss so that everyone knows. Let's see who will still dare to come to you, the so - called divine doctor, for treatment."
The divine doctor's face was ugly, but he didn't refute a single word. The person was really dead, and it was no use for him to say more. He had been providing free medical treatment for the common people for many years and had traveled to many places. He really didn't have much money left.
Moreover, the man in front of him said he didn't want money as compensation. He was at a loss for a moment.
One of the imperial doctors beside him couldn't stand it anymore. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor had praised the divine doctor many times in the palace, and they, as colleagues, had also been taken care of by him many times. Now, the person they never even said a harsh word to was being constantly insulted in front of others. He really couldn't bear it.
So, the imperial doctor protected San Qi behind him, his face cold. "Your wife was already terminally ill. We doctors are really grateful that she volunteered to test the medicine. Before this, she also promised us that no matter whether there would be any problems with the medicine test or not, she wouldn't blame us."
These words were like a fuse. As soon as the middle - aged man heard them, he immediately got angry and started shouting, "I knew you must have colluded. Now that something has happened, you use such an excuse. Don't forget that at that time, you kept assuring us that there would definitely be no big problems and that you would try your best to save my wife's life."
"We all said we would try our best! It's normal for problems to occur during a medicine test. Your wife also said she was willing. But now that something has happened, you shift the responsibility to us. Isn't this clearly extortion?"
The middle - aged man didn't seem to realize what was wrong with himself. Instead, he raised his head. "Everyone, come and take a look! See what this unscrupulous quack is saying. My wife kindly helped them test the medicine, but now she gets such words from them. They're just a couple of ungrateful wolves. I should have advised my wife earlier."
As he spoke, he wiped his nose and tears, as if the people in front of him were extremely evil.
However, a grown man crying and sniveling like this still attracted a lot of onlookers. After those people heard the whole process, there was ridicule on their faces.
"I've always said that these unscrupulous quacks can't be trusted. That's why I disagreed when they said they were testing the medicine before. Brother, you should mourn in moderation. It shows that your wife has this disaster in this life. But since she had such a serious illness, maybe it's a good thing that she left earlier."
"Exactly! Things have come to this. You must live well and avenge your wife. These two people might have deliberately harmed us innocent common people."
There was an implication in the words. There were smart people around, and they immediately sensed something was wrong.
"It seems that you, brother, know some inside information. Since that's the case, tell us. Otherwise, we don't know how much we'll be harmed by these two quacks in the future."
The middle - aged man wiped his nose and tears. It took him a while to calm down.
"Actually, I had a relative who was an official in the palace before. Although the Emperor intended to keep this matter a secret, I still got some information. The plague we've contracted is related to a high - ranking official in the palace. That official didn't care about our lives in order to make money."
This was a big deal for everyone. They listened intently. Finally, they summarized the information they knew.
"Ah! So that's it. I was wondering why we got this damned disease even though we didn't do anything. It turns out that the Emperor didn't release the news in order to protect that dog - official."
"It's really hateful. At first, when I knew that the Emperor was tired because of our illness, I even felt a little guilty, thinking that I was dragging down the young Emperor. Who would have thought that it was all the result of the power struggle among the officials."
"If the Emperor hadn't protected that dog - official, we wouldn't have ended up in this situation. We're on the verge of losing our lives. By the way, the Emperor proposed to gather us together before, but he didn't bring any useful medicine to save us for a long time. Did he just wait for us to die so that he wouldn't have any responsibility?"
People's imagination is terrifying, especially when it comes to their own interests.
As soon as the speaker said this, the people around couldn't help shivering and thought of more possibilities.
"Maybe the Emperor really thought so. He'll just bury us secretly after we die, and no one in the whole world will know what those dog - officials have done. Sure enough, even though the Emperor is young, as long as it's for the reputation of the Great Liang, he won't have any mercy. How can such a person sit on the throne?"
This last sentence hit the nail on the head. If it weren't for Shi Muyuan knowing what had really happened, she might have believed it too.
"Humph, aren't you done making up stories?"