Jin Ziyuan arrived, but he was not to be treated like an ordinary patient.
He said, "Never mind, just give me some of the same medicine as last time, my old ailment has flared up."
Gu Youyou immediately understood, hurriedly went to the inner courtyard to fetch him the medicine.
Fortunately, she had been locked up by her aunt a few days ago, which had allowed her to make quite a lot of it.
Gu Youyou gave him most of the medicine, and as she touched his hand, she noticed it was frighteningly cold, and quickly said, "Why don’t I take your pulse for you? Your illness..."
"No need, the medicine will do!" Jin Ziyuan immediately declined, handed her a bag of silver, and left Jisheng Hall with the medicine.
Upon closer inspection, she realized his complexion was even paler than before, and he spoke in a feeble manner, which made Gu Youyou genuinely worried.
She had no idea what he had encountered.
Lin Qianqing came out from the backyard, saw Gu Youyou gazing blankly outside, and asked, "What’s wrong?"
Gu Youyou came to her senses and said in a low voice, "Nothing. An old patient of mine seems to have gotten worse."
"Oh." Lin Qianqing didn’t think much of it and went back inside the inner courtyard.
Suddenly, soldiers barged into Jisheng Hall, blocked the entrance, and ruthlessly grabbed the Shopkeeper Hu, demanding, "Are you the manager here?"
Shopkeeper Hu had never encountered such aggression and was completely startled.
"Official, what... what is this about?"
"I asked if you are the manager here." The soldier raised his voice and repeated the question.
The man seemed satisfied, took a breath of relief, turned his head to glance at someone beside him, and that person immediately produced a scroll and said, "Do you recognize this person?"
Shopkeeper Hu adjusted his glasses and found the person in the portrait somewhat familiar, but... after all, he was someone who had been around the block for many years and knew not to recklessly recognize someone, so he decisively shook his head and said, "I don’t know him."
"Don’t know him?" The soldier was about to leave, but a curious old woman who was there for a consultation looked over and said, "Eh, isn’t this the man who just bought medicine from your store? He insisted on seeing Doctor Gu."
Shopkeeper Hu held his forehead, wishing he could smack that blabbermouth old woman.
Hearing the old woman’s words, the soldier became enraged, threw Shopkeeper Hu onto a subordinate behind him, and shouted, "Tie up this dishonest old thing and take him to the Ministry of Punishment’s Prison for interrogation!"
The old woman, knowing she had blurted out the wrong thing and caused trouble, slapped her own face and said, "Oh dear Official, you can’t blame Shopkeeper Hu for this. That man did indeed come earlier to buy medicine, but he doesn’t quite match the person in the painting. The young master in the painting looks neat and well-groomed, but the man who came earlier had a face full of whiskers. It’s normal for Shopkeeper Hu, with his poor eyesight, not to have recognized him on the spot."
Shopkeeper Hu, with shaky legs from fear, hurriedly added, "Yes, Official, my eyes aren’t what they used to be, I truly didn’t recognize him."
Everyone else was frightened, and given the authority of the Ministry of Justice, no one dared to leave.
The soldier then said, "Call out your Doctor Gu."
He hadn’t overlooked what the old woman had said, the criminal had specifically asked for Doctor Gu to see him.
Could there be a connection with this Doctor Gu?
Gu Youyou, hearing the commotion outside, had already come out with Lin Qianqing.
"What’s the matter?" Gu Youyou was quite surprised to see a group of officials blocking the entrance.
"Are you the Doctor Gu they’re talking about?" the soldier asked.
"I am!" Gu Youyou nodded.
"Seize her!" With Gu Youyou’s affirmation, the soldier immediately commanded his subordinates.