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"Old lady." Du Ruo approached the four of them and called softly.

The beggars seemed to be afraid of being beaten, and hugged each other quickly, for fear of being beaten again.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." Du Ruo explained, squatting down beside them, untied the cloak on his body, put it on the damp straw mat, and said, "It's wet and cold here. , you should sit here."

"You..." A beggar woman who was a little bolder took a look at Du Ruo, seeing that she was born fair and white, she was not so afraid, "What did you do? How could you be imprisoned at such a young age?"

Du Ruo shook his head and said: "If you want to commit a crime, there is no excuse. I know that I have not harmed anyone."

"Ah...cough cough...poor little baby...cough cough..." Another beggar woman spoke in a breathless voice, and couldn't help coughing violently without saying a few words.

Du Ruo took a closer look at her complexion. Her skin was pale, and there was rouge on her cheeks where there were no bruises. She hurriedly stretched out her hand to touch her forehead, but felt a coldness.

Du Ruo felt her pulse again, frowned and asked, "How long has she had this lung disease?"

The bold woman begging sighed: "I'm afraid it will be many years. If I catch up with the free clinic in Linhuai City, I can still eat a few bowls of soup and medicine, but free clinics are not often available, so I just endured it intermittently for several years." .”

Du Ruo subconsciously touched the needle pouch on her waist, but found that she was too hasty last night, so she left the needle pouch in the room again.

No needles, no medicines, even if she knew how to alleviate her condition, Du Ruo could only watch helplessly.

"Ahem...I...I...dead...better...it won't...would not be a burden...several...sisters...cough cough..."

"Stop talking nonsense! You have to live well! The few of us agreed to take care of each other until we grow old!"

"Ahem...if it wasn't...if it wasn't for me...cough cough...how...you were... caught...into..."

"Actually, it's better to be in prison, at least we don't have to starve anymore..."

"That's right, Fourth Sister, we don't have to worry about water leaking from the ruined temple now. You see, this place is much cleaner than where we live."

Du Ruo felt sore when she heard the words of the four sisters, "Grandma, you should sit here, you need to do some work here."

The bold one is the elder sister, she shook her head, opened her arms and held them in her arms, "Little baby is kind, but we are just lowly women, we can't sit on your cloak, you are still alone Sit down, so as not to be infected by the diseases on us."

"What are you talking about? I am not a lady from an official family, and I am not a daughter of a rich family. I am just like you today, an ordinary person imprisoned in a prison." Du Ruo finished speaking angrily, shook her cloak, and carefully Covering the four of them, "Although life and death are up to fate, human life is not violated like this."

"Baby, you..."

Du Ruo stretched out his hand to feel the pulse of the eldest sister, shook his head and said, "You have been exposed to the wind and cold for many years, and you don't pay attention..." Du Ruo stopped halfway, what's the use of these words?How could they not know their physical condition, but as a beggar woman, it is a blessing not to starve to death and freeze to death, how can they take care of keeping warm and cold?

Du Ruo stood up and suddenly called out: "Is there anyone? Is there anyone?"

The jailer walked in with a yawn, and said impatiently, "What's the matter? Shout out loudly, and I'll bring you food in two hours!"

Du Ruo took out a hairpin from the master from his sleeve, and handed it to the jailer, "Please do me a favor, this hairpin belongs to the jailer!"

The jailer's eyes lit up, he immediately took the hairpin, and while playing with it, he said with a smile: "Speak!"

"I need some silver needles and a bucket of hot water."

"that's it?"

"If possible, put some wormwood in the hot water."

"Wait!"

The jailer gave a wicked smile, held the hairpin tightly and went out again.

Not long after, he came in with half a bucket of hot water, threw the needle pouch at his waist into the prison, and said, "I'll give you the needle, I don't want to go to the pharmacy to buy this wormwood, so the half bucket is Water, just make do with it.” After speaking, he opened the cage, carried the bucket in, and then exited the cell, locked the chains, and walked away gradually.

Du Ruo hurriedly said thank you, then picked up the needle bag, turned to look at them, "I think, I can make you a little more comfortable, if I can go out, I will definitely find a way to cure your illness, although it can't be cured , but it’s better than it is now.”

"You? At a young age..."

"Believe me?" Du Ruo looked at them sincerely, "Let me watch you suffer, I can't do it."

"Are you the...quack doctor that the outside world said?" The second sister suddenly said.

Du Ruo was startled, "I..."

"You are a doctor, I...I don't want to die..." The second sister shook her head in panic, "Elder sister, this is a quack doctor! We don't trust her!"

"Grandma..."

"Anyway, it's a cheap life, I'll trust you once." The elder sister nodded to Du Ruo.

Du Ruo frowned and said, "Old woman, soak your feet in hot water for a while, and I'll give you acupuncture. The cold starts from the feet, as long as the feet are not cold, the cold on the body will not easily accumulate in the body, forming a damp cold." .”

"it is good……"

While Du Ruo was treating the four beggars, Dr. Xu quietly came outside the cell, and said to the jailer outside: "Can you find some terminally ill beggars and lock them up with that girl?"

The jailer nodded repeatedly and said, "How can I forget what Mr. Xu ordered?"

Dr. Xu nodded, took out a few ingots of silver and put them in the hands of the jailer, "You deserve these."

"Thank you, Master Xu!"

Dr. Xu nodded slightly, turned around, seemed to think of something again, then turned around and asked: "Brother Fang doesn't know about this?"

"Master Xu, don't worry, our brothers are doing business, don't worry! Those beggars really stole someone's steamed buns today, and they should be arrested and locked up for three days. If your lord asks, we just tell the truth."

"it is good."

Dr. Xu finally felt relieved, no doctor could do anything to ignore the patient.Those beggar women were all sick for many years, and they were beaten again before entering the prison today, the prison is very damp and damp, they are old, they will not be able to survive tonight.As long as Du Ruo manages them, even if he only has a pulse, tomorrow he will just blame Du Ruo for all the crimes. Even if Qing Dai finds out the truth about the child's death, he won't be able to save Du Ruo.

Qingdai, don't blame grandpa for being cruel, grandpa can't just watch you follow your mother's old path!

The night gradually sank, the wind came to the inn, and it was deserted.

Shang Qingdai waited for Ah Liang for a long time, and finally when it was dark, he came.

Ah Liang was covered in mud, and there was still some wet mud on his trouser legs, making him look a little embarrassed.

Shang Qingdai pulled A Liang into the room, closed the door, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

A Liang said anxiously: "There are a lot of wild fruits that grow along the river bank on weekdays. For some reason, today I searched for half a day and only found a few. It seems that they have been picked all by someone."

Shang Qingdai said coldly: "He must finish picking, I didn't expect him to be so desperate."

"The one who hurt Ruo sister?"

"I'll tell you about these things in detail later, come on, tell me, what kind of food will kill this wild fruit if eaten with it?"

"This...Master once said that this fruit looks delicious and tastes delicious, but it is poisonous. People who suffer from vomiting and diarrhea are like cholera...well...if you encounter...hawthorn...may be aggravated Diarrhea... dehydrates people to death."

"hawthorn?"

"Ok!"

Shang Qingdai thought about the cause and effect of this incident carefully, and she basically understood the key point, "Did the Gu worm bring it?"

"Here!" Ah Liang handed over another box.

Shang Qingdai said: "In southern Xinjiang, is there a Gu doctor similar to Mr. Lan?"

"There is no one whose medical skills are similar to Master's, but there are quite a few who are weaker than Master."

"It's okay, if one person can't do it, then there are many people. As long as they can prove that the Gu worm is not poisonous, then they can prove that the toxin in the child's body is not Gu poison."

"Then if sister is wronged!"

Shang Qingdai nodded.

Ah Liang clapped her hands happily, "I knew that sister Ruo wouldn't be able to heal people to death!"

Shang Qingdai couldn't laugh, she just felt a little uneasy, since grandpa could have expected that she would find these fruits, he naturally guessed how she wanted to get Du Ruo off.

According to Grandpa's thinking, since he set up a trap to catch Ah Ruo, how could he not be on guard against them finding the fruit that slipped through the net?

Prison, Arro.

I just hope nothing happens over there.

"whisper--"

Ah Liang's stomach let out a cry of disappointment, he blushed and rubbed his belly, "I...I..."

Shang Qingdai patted his head, "I've been looking for fruit for a whole day, but I haven't eaten anything. It's strange if I'm not hungry."

"Sister Qingdai, I can hold back."

"What can you bear, A Ruo will come back tomorrow and see that you have been hungry for a whole day, and think that I have scared you not to eat."

"How could it be? If my sister treats her so well, how can she think of her like this?"

"Is it fine?"

Shang Qingdai rarely had a smile on his face.

Ah Liang nodded, "That's great! I've never seen anyone as careful as sister Ruo!"

"Oh?"

"The fish we eat, sister Qingdai, has she ever eaten a fishbone?"

"..."

"The white rice I ate, have you ever eaten a stone?"

"..."

"The weather changes, can you catch a cold once?"

"..."

"Every morning, can you wash your face with cold water once?"

"This silly girl..."

Hearing Shang Qingdai's stern voice, Ah Liang thought he had said something wrong, so he quickly fell silent.

"Let's not talk about that, Ah Liang, I'll take you downstairs to eat."

"Okay!"

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