There were too many citizens that had come to complain about the Eighth Prince. Not to mention beating up so many people, but Xu Jingyuan's court could not even fit them all. Even with the people standing on the street, it was still very crowded.
Xu Jingyuan smiled and stabilized the citizens' emotions. He also expressed the importance of this case. He then decided to immediately enter the palace to have the Emperor make a decision. As for the citizens that had come to complain, they had some backbone, as they followed behind Xu Jingyuan's carriage. Xu Jingyuan entered the palace, and they kneeled in front of the palace's entrance. There were even some that spent money to have a scholar write the words: Your Highness the Eighth Prince, return my life! The family members of the deceased raised the words high above their heads and began to cry.
The Imperial Guard standing guard at the palace's entrance was now under the control of the Eighth Prince, Xuantian Mo, but in the short term, Xuantian Mo did not have the ability to change all of these people to his own side. That was a large project. Based on his power in the capital, he could not do it in a short period of time. At most, he could make some small changes to the people close to Emperor Tianwu. Everything else remained the same.
Keeping things the way they were meant that these people's hearts were still with Xuan Tianming. That was why when they saw so many citizens kneeling in front of the palace's gates, crying and screaming, they turned a blind eye to it. In fact, all of them hoped that it would be a little more intense. The citizens saw that the Imperial Guard was turning a blind eye, thus the commotion became even more intense. Gradually, countless people came to watch, and more and more people joined in. The line was very spectacular, and it was very difficult to see the end of the line.
At this time, Xu Jingyuan, who had entered the palace, was kneeling in the outer hall of Zhao He Hall. Tianwu had been resting, but he was completely stunned by the news that Xu Jingyuan had brought, "You said that Eighth Brother opened a medical clinic? Nonsense! "The old emperor angrily slapped the table," What sort of medical clinic would he open? Is he cut out for that? What's with Thousand Herb Hall. He's clearly going against Cheng Heng? "
Xu Jingyuan nodded: "Your Majesty is very correct. That's why this medical clinic has only been open for a few days, but people have already died. They even sold moldy medicine to the citizens. Now that the commoners had complained to the magistrate, almost half of the commoners in the city had come to complain. This subject has sent people to temporarily seal up the Thousand Herb Hall, capture the Persian doctor in charge of the hall, and seal up all the medicinal herbs. Your Majesty, take a look. "Xu Jing Yuan opened a bag that he had been carrying. Inside were the herbs that he had brought back from Thousand Herb Hall," These came from Thousand Herb Hall. This official does not understand the medicinal properties and specially brought them into the palace. Would Your Majesty please have the imperial physicians take a look. "
Tianwu nodded and motioned for Zhang Yuan to go to the Imperial Hospital to call for someone. Not long after, the head of the Imperial Hospital personally came to Zhao He Hall and shook his head at the bag of herbs: "Replying to Your Majesty, these herbs basically no longer have any medicinal effects. There are even some bad spots on them, so they are clearly useless. If the patient took the medicine, not only would he not be cured, but he might also be poisoned. Where did you find these herbs? "
Xu Jing Yuan said: "This is medicine that was brought back from His Highness the eighth prince's Thousand Herb Hall. Has lord guard taken a good look at it? We absolutely must not wrongly accuse His Highness the eighth prince. "
"This …" When the guard heard that it was something from His Highness the eighth prince's side, he could not help but become even more cautious. Picking up the medicine, he carefully inspected it for a while before helplessly nodding and saying to Tianwu: "This subject will say the same thing. These are all useless things that have become moldy. They will be eaten by bad people."
Smack!
Tianwu angrily threw the teacup on the table, and Zhang Yuan felt a bit of heartache. That was a newly made tea set, and it was worth over a thousand taels of silver. Just like that, it was no longer a set. It was truly a pity.
"Say something about the matter of cutting open someone's stomach!" Tianwu asked Xu Jing Yuan, "What do you mean by cutting open someone's heart? What exactly are they doing? Is this treating a patient? They are clearly trying to kill someone! "
The guard of the imperial physicians was also given a fright and looked at Xu Jing Yuan in confusion. Xu Jing Yuan was very satisfied with this outcome, thus he seriously said: "Thousand Herb Hall imitates Princess Ji An's Hundred Herb Hall in all aspects. The doctors of Hundred Herb Hall have been taught by Imperial Daughter and old sir Yao Xian. They have a unique method of treating people. Among them are cutting open the chest, cutting open the skull, cutting open the flesh to connect the bones, and even cutting open the belly to retrieve the child. The current Thousand Herb Hall feels that they can also perform this sort of surgery, thus they received a patient with a fractured sternum. The Persian doctor was the chief surgeon, and the patient's chest was cut open. As a result, the patient died on the operating table before they could be treated. "
He spoke as calmly as possible. At first, he wanted to make it a bit gory to increase the stimulation, but he also felt that Tianwu was old and might not be able to handle this sort of stimulation, thus he could only speak plainly. But even if this was the case, it still caused Tianwu, Zhang Yuan and the guard of the imperial physicians to turn pale with fright.
Before Tianwu could speak, the eunuch, Zhang Yuan, trembled and said: "This … isn't this too bold, right? Cut open a person's chest? Wouldn't the things inside spill out? "
Tianwu was so angry that he really wanted to kick this eunuch. It was not easy for Xu Jing Yuan to be merciful and not speak in such a disgusting manner. As a result, Zhang Yuan nearly caused him to vomit. He fiercely glared at the eunuch, but the eunuch did not even look at him. He was still feeling conflicted on his own: "They really did cut open someone's stomach. Has that Persian gone crazy? Did they use anesthetics? This really is killing someone. This is definitely killing someone! Your Majesty, His Highness the eighth prince's Persian has come to our Dashun to kill someone! "
The guard of the imperial physicians nodded and said: "This official had once gone to the Hundred Herb Hospital opened by Princess Ji An for guidance and personally saw old sir Yao perform that so-called surgery on a patient. At that time, it was also a chest opening. But it was not a knife that was used to kill someone. Instead, a series of preparations were made. Not only was there a drip, but an anesthetic needle was also used to give the patient a general anesthetic. There was no pain, and it was as though the patient had fallen asleep. During the process of the surgery, there was a continuous supply of blood. Old sir Yao's technique was brilliant. After removing the foreign object from the chest, he immediately disinfected it and sutured it. The entire process took three hours. Apparently, the patient was discharged and returned home in less than a month. However, I don't know how the Persian cut open the chest to actually cause the patient to die? "
Xu Jing Yuan said: "How else could the chest have been cut open. It was as Eunuch Yuan said. It was directly cut open with a knife, and anesthetics were useless. What drip, what blood supply. There were no measures at all. The person was tied directly to the bed and the knife was used to cut open the chest. With one cut, the person died. "
Tianwu finally understood. The Eighth Brother was challenging Feng Yu Heng. As a result, a Persian quack doctor had come to cause trouble. Not only did he sell useless medicine, but he also treated people's lives like grass. He did not treat the citizens of Dashun as people at all!
Xu Jing Yuan asked Tianwu once more: "Your Majesty, this official has already sealed Thousand Herb Hall, and the Persian has already been locked up in the government's prison. But the citizens are unwilling to let it go because on the day that Thousand Herb Hall opened, His Highness the eighth prince personally came. That Persian doctor was only acknowledged by the people because of his trumpet. The medicine was also only bought by the people because of his guarantee. At present, the citizens are very emotional, and they are all shouting for His Highness to provide an explanation. There are too many people, and this official is unable to make this decision. Would Your Majesty please provide an idea. "
Tianwu became furious: "What bullshit idea! Kick down that Thousand Herb Hall of his. Cut that Persian in half at the waist. As for the Eighth Brother … Xiao Yuan Zhi, send Our orders. Have him go to the streets and kneel before the citizens to admit his mistakes. Have the person that caused the death of the doctor compensate him with a thousand taels. If his family does not comply, have him kneel there and allow himself to be beaten and scolded. After that, drag him to the governor's office and give him 50 beatings! "
Zhang Yuan trembled, "50 beatings. That's pretty much enough to beat him to death, right?"
"It would be great if he really could be beaten to death!" Tianwu was so angry that he blew at his beard. With his fiery temper, if it was not for the fact that he was the emperor, he would have already rushed out to beat that unfilial son. He did not do any proper work and only knew how to cause trouble. Yet the Eighth Brother was just the manager of Thousand Herb Hall. The one that had truly caused the death of the patient was the Persian doctor. Otherwise, he really wanted to have the Eighth Brother pay with his life! Didn't he like to cause trouble? He might as well just cause trouble to death. That way, he would not have to worry.
Xu Jingyuan said: "He won't be beaten to death. His Highness the Eighth Prince's martial arts are powerful, and he has internal strength to protect his body. 50 beatings is just the same as 10 beatings for a normal person. It's fine."
It would have been better if he had not said this. Once he said this, Tianwu immediately changed his mind: "Then 100 beatings! Beat! Quickly go beat him for Us! "
Zhang Yuan rolled his eyes and thought to himself that he now knew to want to beat that damn son to death. What was he thinking at the time? Who was it that said that they really wanted to have the Eighth Brother compete with old ninth! Hmph!
He cursed in his heart, but there were still two officials present, so he did not dare speak carelessly. Thus he quickly went to the Sheng Palace to pass on the decree. Xu Jingyuan and the head imperial physician also retreated outside the hall to do their own things. The remaining Tianwu sat in Zhao He Hall and continued to get angry at the group of eunuchs and palace maids.
The situation at Thousand Herb Hall this time was outside of Xuantian Mo's expectations. He never thought that the Persian would be so bold as to actually copy Feng Yu Heng's operation. But no matter how surprised he was, it was too late. After he heard about this matter, he did not even dare to leave the palace because the palace had been surrounded by the citizens. Cabbage and rotten eggs were thrown at the palace's gate, and the guards guarding the gate were beaten until they held their heads. When Zhang Yuan came to pass on the decree, he stood in the main yard and loudly sang. The noise was so loud that the people outside could hear it clearly. The people became even more confident and loudly called for the Eighth Prince to come out and admit his guilt.
As for the governor, he announced Emperor Tianwu's decision to the citizens at the palace's entrance. The citizens could be considered to have accepted it, as they shouted in unison: "Long live His Majesty! His Majesty is wise! "It was just that the family that had lost someone was a little more emotional, as they called for the Eighth Prince to pay with his life. But someone told them: "That person's life was taken by the Persian. His Majesty personally sentenced him to be executed at the waist. That is already a capital punishment. After all, the Eighth Prince did not personally instruct him to kill someone for money. This matter was just the Persian acting on his own. His medical skills are shallow. For His Majesty to send out a son to kneel and apologize is already a great deal of face. Don't continue to oppose the imperial family. Quit while you're ahead! At the very least, you can get a thousand taels in compensation. "
The family analyzed it and found that it was correct, thus they stopped causing a fuss and followed the governor toward the Sheng Palace. They were waiting to see the Eighth Prince, Xuantian Mo, kneel and apologize.
With Tianwu speaking, even if Xuantian Mo was unwilling, there was nothing that he could do. Thus he kneeled on the steps of the Sheng Palace and sincerely apologized to the citizens of the capital …
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