Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Chapter 236 Unlucky Toy

"Ah! What else can I do? It's retribution. The emperor is investigating me!"

As he spoke, the man grabbed Zhou Rui's sleeve and warned him, "Don't go over there. If you're mistaken for a servant of the Duke's Mansion, you'll be arrested! You might not even get out alive!"

Zhou Rui's heart suddenly hung in his throat. He looked towards the towering gate of Rongguo Mansion, where a row of Jinyiwei stood. The captain in the middle was even more imposing.

He shrank his neck and turned his face to the side, trying to avoid the sight of those people, and whispered to defend himself: "Haha, how could I be from the Duke's Mansion. Look, my wife is sick, and I brought her here to see a famous doctor nearby..."

"Looking for a doctor? You've found the right person! Let me tell you, there's a doctor nearby who has excellent medical skills. Let me tell you..."

Zhou Rui was pulled by the man and turned to walk towards an alley. Seeing this, the coachman hurriedly drove the coach to follow.

However, just as they reached the corner of the alley, a dirty beggar appeared from nowhere and almost bumped into them.

The beggar saw the carriage behind them and immediately showed disgust on his face.

The beggar spat fiercely and cursed: "What an unlucky thing, a cursed thing, it's so unlucky to encounter such a thing so early in the morning! Bah! I will never walk through this alley again, if I get a little bit of it, I will be unlucky for the whole year!"

The beggar finished cursing and ran away like a ghost before anyone could react.

The man holding Zhou Rui saw that he was still in a daze, and patted his shoulder with a smile: "Hey! Don't pay attention to that lunatic! We are not a wealthy family, and we have no hatred or grudges. Who would have nothing to do after eating and find a witch to curse us!"

Zhou Rui's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that this person's words seemed to have a hidden meaning.

But he quickly denied his guess. He was just helping his master collect rent in spring and autumn. Although his clothes were unusual, they were not enough to remind people of the Duke's Mansion.

He was lost in all sorts of thoughts and was taken to a pharmacy by the man.

This is the pharmacy that Daiyu bought for Yu Ziru. In addition to Yu Ziru, there is also a doctor named Pang. His medical skills are not as good as Yu Ziru's, but he has good medical ethics.

Daiyu had no plan to stay in the capital for a long time, so the shop she took over was not big: it was just a three-meter square medicine room, with one wall full of palm-sized drawers containing different medicinal materials.

The bamboo benches against the wall of the drugstore were filled with patients, some with their heads down and eyes closed to rest, while others were chatting in low voices.

Zhou Rui just followed the man to take a look. He would never really let this doctor, whom he had never heard of, treat his wife.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard the man lobbying: "The doctor in this pharmacy is very good. Since you are here, you might as well let him take a look. If you think the doctor here is unreliable, you can just not get medicine here. A consultation is only ten cents, so it's not a loss."

Zhou Rui thought about it and realized that it was indeed true, so he carried his wife down from the carriage, muttering in his heart: This damn woman, what good food does she eat on a daily basis? Why is she so heavy!

Before he could move his wife into the pharmacy, he heard the man exclaim, "Doctor! The patient has fainted!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present looked at Zhou Rui. Even Doctor Pang, who heard the noise outside, drew aside the curtain and came out.

Zhou Rui had never been so embarrassed before. He was so anxious that he pinched his wife's waist, hoping that she would wake up immediately.

But things went against her wishes. Zhou Ruijia started to talk nonsense: "Every wrong has its perpetrator. Go find my wife! Don't arrest me!"

People all around started whispering.

"Is this woman possessed by evil spirits?"

"It's hard to say, it looks like he must have done something wrong!"

"Whose family is this? He doesn't live around here, does he? Look at what he's wearing, maybe he's from a wealthy family in the capital!"

The scrutinizing gazes of those people were like a broom in the yard, scraping Zhou Rui's body. It didn't hurt much, but it was certainly uncomfortable.

At this time, Doctor Pang spoke up to help Zhou Rui out: "Everyone, this lady's condition seems to be quite serious. Can you give me some face and let her see her first? The weather is getting hotter and hotter. When you go back later, please take a pack of herbal tea back with you. It will be a small token of my appreciation."

After saying this, Doctor Pang bowed and clasped his fists to greet everyone.

Soon, the patient closest to him reached out and helped him up: "What are you talking about, Doctor Pang? We can understand that there are emergency patients."

He turned to the other patients and said with a smile, "Besides, this herbal tea costs five cents a pack, and one pack can be consumed for several days. We are still getting a bargain!"

"That's right!"

Amidst the chorus of approval, Doctor Pang gestured to Zhou Rui to pick up his wife and follow him into the back hall.

Doctor Pang carefully felt Zhou Ruijia's pulse, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

After a long while, he sighed and said, "I am not very good at learning! I can only see that Madam's spleen and stomach are weak, her pores are stagnant, and she also has qi stagnation and blood stasis.

These symptoms are easy to treat, just treat the phlegm, replenish qi and eliminate phlegm. But Madam's hysteria, I really can't figure out why."

Zhou Rui murmured: "What should I do?"

When Lan Rui took Yu Ziru away, she had already reminded Doctor Pang.

Only after he personally felt Daiyu's pulse did he believe what she said. Despite this, he still wrote down a prescription that was aimed at the symptoms he had seen.

He handed the prescription to Zhou Rui and said, "I won't charge you for today's consultation. Let's find another doctor!"

Zhou Rui held the prescription in his hand, half believing and half doubting.

With the mentality of giving it a try, he went to several famous pharmacies in Shenjing City.

After going through so many trials, the results were surprisingly similar. Now, Zhou Rui had no choice but to believe in this diagnosis.

He suddenly remembered what the beggar had said before, and he shuddered.

The Duke's Mansion is in big trouble!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but push his wife away.

The coachman drove the carriage around the Duke of Rong's Mansion, but found that all the entrances and exits were strictly guarded by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, making it impossible to enter or exit.

Although Ningguo Mansion was safe for the time being, Zhou Rui did not dare to go in. What if Ningguo Mansion was also surrounded tomorrow? What should he do then?

After thinking it over again and again, Zhou Rui could only say to the driver: "Go to Huaihua Hutong."

This small house in Huaihua Hutong was Zhou Rui's private property in his early years. His wife knew nothing about it, but she couldn't care less at the moment.

The driver followed Zhou Rui into the courtyard. There was no other way, as the driver's wife was also a member of the Jia family, and she was probably also imprisoned in the mansion.

The driver thought about it and decided that instead of risking being caught by everyone and going back to the back street, it would be better to follow Zhou Rui!

The sky had darkened completely, and the people in other courtyards were so anxious that they couldn't even muster any interest in their favorite daily activities of drinking and playing for money.