Chapter 58 Blackmailing money
"Doctor, the doctor is here."
Just as Liu Yu and the others helped the man into Zhao Yan's shop, they heard the doctor's voice coming from outside.
"I'll be back soon." Zhao Yan put the man on the small couch in the shop and ran out quickly:
"Here, doctor, someone is unconscious, please check on this person first."
He had just checked and found that the man had no injuries. He was dragged in like that and didn't even wake up. He probably had a head injury and needed treatment immediately.
After a while, Zhao Yan brought in an old man who was over fifty years old.
"Doctor, please take a look. Did he get hit on the head? He has been unconscious ever since."
Guyu, who followed in behind, was shocked when he heard this, and the corners of his eyes turned red.
"Don't pull, don't pull." The old doctor staggered when he was pulled.
Guyu hurriedly supported the old doctor and choked up:
"He is my savior, doctor, you must save him."
"Really?" The old doctor complained dissatisfiedly, put down the medicine box quickly and took the patient's pulse.
As the old doctor's face became more and more solemn, he examined the patient's body and then turned his head over.
It’s over, it’s over. His shop hasn’t even opened yet and he’s already killed someone?
Zhao Yan asked in disbelief:
"Madam, was this man really crushed to death?"
"Who said that?" The old doctor glared at him.
Zhao Yan felt relieved and let out a breath: "Old man, why do you look like someone has died?"
The doctor was about to say something, but Zhao Yan immediately interrupted him and pointed at the unconscious man on the couch:
"Then why hasn't he woken up yet? Did he hit his head? Or did he have internal injuries?"
"No, I just checked him and there is no obvious internal injury. Based on my many years of medical experience, I suspect he was frightened and fainted." The old doctor took out a silver needle from the medicine box and began to give the patient acupuncture.
Everyone was stunned. Liu Yu turned to look at Guyu. How could such a coward be willing to risk his life to save others?
Guyu stopped talking. She felt that the hero in her heart was being belittled.
When the bamboo frame collapsed, he rushed in without caring about his life, using his body as a shield to protect her.
Zhao Yan looked at Guyu carefully. Although she was a little girl, she was quite pretty.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, it was true that this man was fine. He turned around and left the shop to help deal with the injured people outside.
Liu Yu stared at the old lady giving acupuncture to the person again.
Half an hour later, the old doctor removed the last silver needle from the man's body, and the man slowly opened his eyes.
"Ahem." The man looked at the people who were staring at him. When his eyes fell on Guyu, he was stunned for a moment and gradually regained consciousness.
"Are you okay?" His voice was filled with joy.
Guyu lowered her head, somewhat afraid to look at him.
There was a patient outside crying out in pain. The doctor gave a few instructions and left.
Liu Yu took off his hat, walked forward and leaned forward towards the man:
"Sir, what's your name? Thank you for saving my life today."
The man scratched his head shyly: "My name is Yang Shizhong, it's okay, I'm just passing by, no one would stand by and watch someone die."
Yang Shizhong? Yang Shizhong is so young?
No wonder everyone said it was a pity that Yang Shizhong died on his way back from the disaster in Lingnan in his previous life. Although the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Honors were only of the fifth rank, a brick thrown in the capital could knock down a fifth rank official.
Yang Shizhong was young and talented. If he had not encountered an accident on the way back to Beijing, his career as an official would have been bright just for his achievements in water control and dam building.
Looking at Yang Shizhong, who was only twenty-three or twenty-four years old, Liu Yu also felt sorry for him.
Feeling that Liu Yu was staring at him in a daze, Yang Shizhong asked in confusion:
"Do you know me, girl?"
"Ah!" Liu Yu smiled and said, "No, sir, take a rest first. I'll go see if the doctor has finished his work and ask if you can go back."
Before Liu Yu went out, he deliberately kept Guyu.
She walked outside and saw the old doctor setting the bones of an injured person. After looking around, she walked towards Zhao Yan.
"Master Zhao."
Zhao Yan turned around and saw Liu Yu, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Who is the girl?" His eyes fell on the azure blue brocade skirt she was wearing, and he suddenly remembered and grinned:
"So it's you! I didn't expect you to be so pretty."
Liu Yu knew that she was good-looking, but when someone praised her in person like this, she felt so embarrassed that her face turned red.
"Ahem." Zhao Yan realized that what he said was too frivolous, so he coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment, cleared his throat, and asked seriously:
"How's your friend?"
"He's awake, but I think he must have been really scared," she paused and continued:
"You guys have caused such a thing, and Young Master Yang has a psychological trauma. As the instigator, your Zhao family should compensate him for the expenses."
Zhao Yan was stunned. He never thought that Liu Yu came to ask for money on behalf of someone else.
He was right. Liu Yu came to Zhao Yan to ask for compensation for Yang Shizhong. She actually had selfish motives in doing so.
She didn't have much money to spend! So Zhao Yan, the responsible party, had to give her more.
It was true that the man was frightened unconscious by the collapse of the bamboo frame, but when he was asked for money in person like this, Zhao Yan's smile faded a little.
"Of course. I'll ask the shopkeeper to give you twenty taels later. After all, Young Master Yang was just frightened and fainted. Do you think that's okay?"
Liu Yu understood that in the absence of any external injuries, Zhao Yan's compensation of twenty taels was already very kind and righteous.
She thanked him, found the old doctor who happened to be taking a break, and returned to her room.
At Liu Yu's request, the old doctor took Yang Shizhong's pulse again and checked his hands to make sure there was no problem. Zhao Yan was too busy, so they said hello to the shopkeeper and left.
Before leaving, the shopkeeper gave Yang Shizhong 20 taels of silver. Liu Yu reluctantly gave up the remaining 10 taels of silver:
"Mr. Yang, thank you for saving my maid. Take this money."
"No, no, Miss Guyu has already thanked me, how can I still accept money from Miss Liu?"
Yang Shizhong refused without even thinking about it.
Seeing that he was determined, Liu Yu did not insist and personally handed Yang Shizhong to his attendant. After watching them leave, Liu Yu turned around and returned to the shop he rented.
"Where did these two girls go?" Guyu grumbled in dissatisfaction when he didn't see Lixia and Jingzhe in the shop.
From the time Guyu was hit by the bamboo frame until now, there has been no sign of the two men, and no one is in the shop. Liu Yu couldn't help but become worried.
She told Granny Aoi:
"Go look for them down there."
Granny Kui immediately retreated, but before she could go downstairs, she heard hurried footsteps coming up the stairs.
"This is too much, it's really too much, I must find my wife to seek justice for us."
"Jingzhe, shut up! My wife has been busy enough recently, we can't cause her any more trouble."