Chapter 160: Chapter 162: Frad?
Seeing Dugu Wu also present, the governnt officers from the Capital Governor’s office beca even more respectful.
“Subordinates are ordered to invite Princess Feng and Dr. Lu for questioning.”
“It must be another issue at the dicine Shop.”
Lu Yin muttered to himself.
Feng Bailing told Dongfang Lianhua not to worry, to take good care of the two children, and went with Dugu Wu and Ouyang Chenchen to the Capital Governor’s office.
Deep into the night, the inside of the Capital Governor’s office was brightly lit.
Third Prince Dongfang Qi had just taken office as the Capital Governor, and unexpectedly, a case had already co his way, and it was an accusation against the dicine Store Xinglin Spring. Not only was Xinglin Spring’s shopkeeper Su Wang accused, but also the owner Feng Bailing and doctor Lu Yin were implicated.
“My lord, I am Wang Shu, a commoner living in the east of the city, and this is my father Wang Sun. We are here to accuse a group of people from the Xinglin Spring dicine Store.”
A middle-aged man brought an old man with him. As the middle-aged man kneeled in front of the court and saw Feng Bailing, he burst into tears.
“My lord, you must stand up for us commoners. A few days ago, my elderly father felt unwell and went to Xinglin Spring in the city to buy so dicine. After drinking it, my father suddenly lost his voice. I took the unused portions of the dicine to other dicine Shops for examination. It was found that the ginseng in the dicine was moldy, and there were so dregs of dicine. Quack doctors harm people, and the unscrupulous dicine Shop harms people. Please, my lord, stand up for us commoners and for my old father!”
The old man made several unintelligible sounds, indeed appearing to be mute.
As he spoke, the father and son kowtowed loudly in unison.
“Princess Feng, are you indeed the owner of Xinglin Spring?”
Dongfang Qi asked, as he was not quite convinced. Xinglin Spring was accused of being so unethical, especially since he had just highly recomnded Xinglin Spring’s hair cream to Father Emperor.
“Indeed, Xinglin Spring is owned by the Princess’ Mansion.”
“Is this prescription one that your doctor, Dr. Lu, provided?”
Dongfang Qi ordered soone to present a prescription.
Lu Yin glanced at the prescription.
“Yes, the prescription is mine.”
“My lord, look, we have both human and material evidence. The dicine from Xinglin Spring poisoned my father’s throat. Please, my lord, discern the truth and secure justice for us, the common father and son.”
“Princess Feng, I have already seized the account books of your dicine Shop and discovered that you were short several key ingredients awhile ago, but not long after, you restocked. Unfortunately, the quantity of those dicines is the sa as the quantity of expired dicines sold by another dicine Shop earlier on. Great Chu strictly prohibits the sale of expired dicines. If it causes sickness to patients, the cri is to be increased by one degree.”
After Dongfang Qi finished speaking, the middle-aged man on the ground stood up and pointed at Feng Bailing yelling,
“It is her, the heartless businesswoman. My lord, arrest her quickly.”
“Quiet in the court!”
Dongfang Qi slamd the gavel and observed Feng Bailing, who appeared calm and not alard, then glanced at Dugu Wu, who had been silent since entering. Could he not say a word in such circumstances?
“My lord, I was referring to the account books of those other dicine Shops. They knew that the dicines were expired, yet still sold them to outsiders. This is clearly recorded in black and white, and they must be punished for their cris.”
Feng Bailing deliberately changed the subject.
The man on the ground was not appeased.
“You turn the tables and accuse others first. Xinglin Spring bought their expired dicine and sold it to custors, poisoning my father mute. It is you who are utterly heinous.”
“The dicines listed here are all of mild nature. Even if the dosage is incorrect, there would be no issue. Also, I clearly rember that this prescription was one I issued to a mother and daughter. I rember every prescription issued by Xinglin Spring, and I do not recall having such a father and son among my patients.”
Lu Yin’s mory was exceptional; he rembered clearly everyone he had seen.
“My lord, they are lying. My father being poisoned mute is an absolutely true affair.”
The man insisted, disgruntled.
Dugu Wu walked up behind the old man and suddenly called out, “Old man.”
But the old man didn’t move an inch, showing no reaction whatsoever.
Dugu Wu’s eyes deepened.
“You say your father beca mute from our dicine’s poison? It looks to like he was mute from birth.”
“Nonsense, my father was made mute by your poison.”
The man’s expression began to panic, but he was still adamant that the old man had beco mute after taking the dicine from Xinglin Spring.
“Soone who becos mute later in life would not be deaf. This man can’t hear, which ans he must have been born deaf, and that’s why he is both deaf and mute. If Lord Governor doesn’t believe , we can call a doctor to examine the man’s vocal cords. If there are no issues with his vocal cords, it ans he was born deaf and mute, not rendered mute by poison later on.”
Just as Feng Bailing finished speaking, the man’s expression changed drastically. He jumped up, moving very quickly, and attempted to run outside.
The man had only taken a few steps when Dugu Wu raised his hand, sending a palm wind that struck the man, causing him to tumble to the ground.
Just as he was about to bite his own tongue and commit suicide, Dugu Wu grabbed his jaw, and with a crack, the jaw was dislocated, a poison pill rolling out from his mouth.
“I’m here to ask questions.”
Seeing an opportunity to demonstrate his ability, Dongfang Qi hurriedly lifted the man up, only to hear a loud shout from behind the governnt office.
“Fire has broken out!”
Startled, Dongfang Qi ordered people to go extinguish the fire.
Governnt officers rushed in, hurriedly; among them, one person moved instantaneously, and Dongfang Qi was pushed back several steps by a palm wind. His vision blurred for a mont.
“Be careful.”
With a flash, Dugu Wu moved in front of Feng Bailing and shielded her behind him.
The assailant clearly did not intend to injure anyone. He grabbed hold of the man, and with a motion like a great roc spreading its wings, he had already left the governnt office.
“Chase him!”
Everything had happened too quickly, and by the ti Dongfang Qi had reacted, there was no trace of the assailant to be found.
“No need to chase. The other party set the fire and planned the rescue in advance. That person is skilled, and even if we chased, we wouldn’t catch up.”
Only then did Dugu Wu realize that he was still holding Feng Bailing’s hand, and he quickly let go.
Turning his head, Dongfang Qi saw that the old man had also already passed away.
“Third Prince, although the criminal has escaped, Xinglin Spring is innocent. However, those dicine Shops that sold expired dicinal materials lack dical ethics and should be severely punished.”
Feng Bailing spoke with righteous indignation.
“You are right, this ti we must strictly deal with those unscrupulous dicine Shops. Huichun Hall, which previously sold fake hair cream, should also be dealt with.”
Dongfang Qi imdiately ordered the arrest of the owners of those dicine Shops.
“You let that man escape on purpose.”
As they left the Capital Governor’s office, Feng Bailing gave Dugu Wu a cursory glance.
Dugu Wu could have directly interrogated the man but instead handed him over to Dongfang Qi. As for the fire, he must have guessed there was sothing fishy, yet he chose to stand by and watch.
“That’s Dongfang Qi’s territory, and the assassin had mixed into the Capital Governor’s office. I was not aware of it beforehand.”
Dugu Wu kept a calm expression, while Feng Bailing thought to herself, ‘Believe you? Hah, as if. You just don’t want to implicate your beloved Nalan Yan’er.’
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