Chapter 19: Slaughter
Chu Chen pondered for a moment and asked slowly, "Are you sure you want to save Cheng Ershao?"
"Save, of course save!!" Cheng Jinpeng didn't hesitate at all, and immediately nodded, categorically.
"If you want to save Cheng Ershao, you need a lot of silver taels. Chu Chen said: "It may be a number that is difficult for you to accept." β
"Silver is not a problem, how much does Mr. Chu need?" asked Cheng Jinpeng.
"At least one million taels. Chu Chen stretched out an index finger.
"One million taels?!" Hearing the number Chu Chen said, whether it was Zhu Wu next to him or Chen Jinpeng, they couldn't help but be startled, one million taels, they only earned two or three hundred thousand taels of silver in a year of hard work in the Tianming Dart Bureau, plus the up and down dots, all walks of life, there is only more than 100,000 taels of silver left in a year, one million taels of silver, but it takes almost ten years of hard work in the Tianming Dart Bureau to earn so much.
"Hmm. Chu Chen bowed his head, but he was funny in his heart, one million taels of silver was just to buy Cheng Jinbiao to live for a while longer, anyway, the final result was to die.
"Mr. Chu, can this silver be paid in batches? My Cheng family can't take out so much silver for a while. After Cheng Jinpeng made sure that he had heard correctly, he said to Chu Chen very distressed.
"Yes, Cheng Ershao's illness can't be cured in a day or two, so let's pay half first, and I'll go and dispense the medicinal materials." Chu Chen looked very understanding of the Cheng family's difficulties, and nodded slightly.
"Mr. Chu, my Cheng family doesn't have 500,000 taels now. Chen Jinpeng said with some embarrassment.
"Oh?" When Chu Chen heard this, his face couldn't help but sink, and he said, "Then how much silver can you give me now?"
"The silver that can be scraped together now is only about 150,000 taels, but Mr. Chu can rest assured, when his father escorts this dart back, he will definitely get the remaining silver taels to Mr. Chu as soon as possible. When Chen Jinpeng said that he only had 150,000 taels of silver, he hurriedly assured after seeing Chu Chen's face even more unhappy.
"For the sake of being a classmate with Cheng Ergongzi, then pay 150,000 taels first, and when you get all the money for me, I will give Cheng Ergongzi the last medicine. Chu Chen said with an extremely reluctant look.
"Thank you, Mr. Chu, thank you, Mr. Chu, I'll go and get the silver right away. Seeing that Chu Chen promised to save his younger brother, Cheng Jinpeng hurriedly thanked Chu Chen, then turned around and walked out of the room to take the silver.
"Sir, can Cheng Ergongzi really cure him like he is now?" After Chen Jinpeng left the room, Zhu Wu walked to Chu Chen's side and asked in a low voice, he looked at Cheng Jinbiao's appearance, not much worse than a dead man, if this is not cured, the Cheng family is not a good person, and if Chu Chen is blamed and all the responsibility is put on Chu Chen, it will not be good.
"Don't worry, it's just a trivial matter. Chu Chen smiled disappreciatively.
About a cup of tea later, Cheng Jinpeng walked into the room with a stack of silver tickets, respectfully handed it to Chu Chen, and said, "Mr. Chu, you order, this is 150,000 taels of silver tickets." β
Chu Chen took the silver ticket, flipped it through it casually, and put it away.
"Tomorrow morning, I will ask my brother to send the medicine over, and if Cheng Ergongzi is in pain tonight, he will press his Taichong acupoint and Taibai acupoint ninety times in a row. Chu Chen took the silver ticket and said to Cheng Jinpeng, and after finishing speaking, he was ready to leave.
"Won't Mr. prescribe some medicine?" Seeing that Chu Chen was leaving, Cheng Jinpeng couldn't help but ask.
"Ordinary medicine is useless to Cheng Ergongzi, I will ask my brother Li Ao to send medicine over tomorrow morning. Chu Chen said impatiently, and left directly.
Cheng Jinpeng didn't dare to ask again, so he had to follow Chu Chen and send him out of Cheng's mansion.
"Sir, Xiao Wu will go back first, you go slowly. After leaving the Cheng Mansion, Zhu Wu also came out and said goodbye to Chu Chen.
"Hmm. Chu Chen nodded, and Zhu Wumu sent him disappear into the night.
In the middle of the Cheng family, Cheng Jinpeng immediately pressed Taichong and Taibai ** to his younger brother according to what Chu Chen said, and sure enough, this press down, Cheng Jinbiao's heartache instantly alleviated a lot, and with the press to ninety times, Cheng Jinbiao never let out a scream.
"The eldest son, the second son really doesn't hurt anymore!" In the room, Cheng Jinpeng's two henchmen were pressing Cheng Jinbiao, and after seeing that Cheng Jinbiao was no longer screaming, one of them immediately said to Cheng Jinpeng happily.
"Whew!" After seeing that his younger brother really didn't die of pain anymore, Cheng Jinpeng was really relieved, and in his heart, he no longer had the slightest doubt that Chu Chen was the apprentice of Doctor Lin.
The next day, Chu Chen casually took three kinds of medicine from the remaining medicinal materials and kneaded them into powder, wrapped them in a piece of paper, handed them to Li Ao, asked him to send them to Cheng's mansion, and asked him to tell Cheng Jinpeng that this medicine would be given to Cheng Jinbiao in three days to take with warm water, and Taichong and Taibai should also press it ninety times a day when they are in pain.
"Well, big brother, I remember it all. After Chu Chen said, Li Ao replied.
The news that Cheng Jinbiao didn't hurt last night quickly reached the ears of the Chang family and the Bai family, so in the academy that day, the housekeepers of the Chang family and the Bai family came to the academy to find Chu Chen.
"I'll talk about it when I'm out of school. Hearing the intention of the two families, Chu Chen replied without being salty, and then ignored the two families, making the two housekeepers angry and ugly, which made the students of the academy full of curiosity about Chu Chen, after all, there are many children from big families in Luojun City in the academy, they have more or less seen the housekeepers of the Chang family and the Bai family, they have never seen the housekeepers of the two families who are usually high up so polite to a student, and Chu Chen, at all, didn't say a few words to them, so he left them aside, just ask, an ordinary college student, who is not curious about the housekeepers of the two major families who are so facelessοΌ
"Then we will wait for him at the door. "There is no way for the two housekeepers, now only Chu Chen can save their son, even if Chu Chen ignores them, they have to endure it, saving the son's life is the most important thing.
After school in the afternoon, Chu Chen just walked out of the gate of the academy, and saw the housekeepers of the Chang family and the Bai family waiting at the door.
"Let's go to Changfu first, and I'll go to Baifu when I come back. Chu Chen didn't care what the two butlers said, and he didn't bother to say more to them, so after speaking, he went straight to the luxury carriage of Changfu.
"The old man was waiting for Mr. Chu at the door. The butler of the White Mansion had to hold back his anger, bowed his hand to Chu Chen's back, and then followed behind the carriage of the Chang Mansion.
"Mr. Chu, I really didn't expect that our little Luojun City would have such a young divine doctor as you, which really surprised the old man. After getting into the car, the old housekeeper of Changfu said in surprise.
"The divine doctor is my master Lin divine doctor, and the kid doesn't dare to take this title. Chu Chen shook his head and said.
"Eh, Mr. Chu is humble, you are so young, even if you are not a divine doctor now, you will be able to withstand the title of divine doctor in the future!" said the old housekeeper of the Chang family with a smile.
"Old housekeeper, the consultation fee I received is not cheap, how is your master's silver prepared?" Chu Chen asked, he was too lazy to listen to this old guy slapping his ass.
"As long as I can cure my son-in-law, Mr. Chu doesn't have to worry about the silver. The old butler replied.
"Good. Chu Chen nodded, and then closed his eyes, too lazy to talk nonsense with this old guy, and closed his eyes to recuperate.
Seeing Chu Chen close his eyes, the housekeeper of the Chang family was also interested and did not speak again; Li Ao saw Chu Chen close his eyes, and he also closed his eyes.
About two sticks of incense later, Changfu arrived.
Entering Chang's Mansion, Chu Chen saw Master Chang, a man in his fifties, not fat or thin, neither tall nor short, with a mustache and narrow eyes, he was not a good person at first glance.
"Mr. Chu, you haven't had dinner yet, have you? Why don't you drink two cups first, and then go to see the dogs. After the two met under the introduction of the housekeeper, Chang Xian Ling said to Chu Chen with a smile.
"Master Chang, we've already had dinner at the academy, so let's go see Chang Gongzi first. Chu Chen said neither humbly nor arrogantly, but his heart was full of murderous intentions, he didn't have a good impression of this person who convicted him of a serious crime in his previous life, if it wasn't for the fact that it was useless to keep him now, he would have kicked him to death earlier.
"Okay, good, good, Mr. Chu, please!" Chang County Ling personally led the way for Chu Chen.
Not long after, Chu Chen followed Chang County's order to Chang Feng's room, and when he saw Chang Feng lying half-dead on the bed, Chu Chen couldn't help but show a sneer at the corner of his mouth, the young master Chang who was high and invincible in his previous life was now lying on the bed like a dead dog, and he had to beg him to save his life; retribution was never absent, but it was just a little late.
Chu Chen pretended to check Chang Feng's pulse, and then ordered Chang County: "Lord Chang, I can cure Chang Gongzi's illness, but I need two million taels of silver." β
"Two million taels?" Hearing this number, whether it was Chang County Ling or the others next to him, they couldn't help but be startled, but they knew that Chu Chen only received one million taels for Cheng Jin Biaozhi, how could he get here and collect two million taels?
"Yes. Chu Chen nodded and said, "Chang Gongzi's illness is much more serious than Cheng Ergongzi's, and it is estimated that he can live for three days." β
"I can only live for three days?!" Chang Xian Ling was so frightened that his legs were weak and he almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, the old housekeeper next to him was quick and helped him.
"Mr. Chu, under the county order, you can't earn two million taels of silver in a lifetime, for the sake of you and Feng'er's classmates, can you collect less money?" After a while, Chang County Ling took a deep breath and said to Chu Chen with a reluctant smile.
"It's indispensable, this silver is used to buy medicinal herbs, but in fact, the kid didn't earn a penny. Chu Chen shook his head, your county order didn't earn two million taels of silver, at least one million taels, damn it, when you sentenced the case and fined the people, why didn't you say that you would let the people be fined less silver?
"Mr. Chu, I know that Chang Feng offended you last time in Wanfu Restaurant, the old man is here to compensate you, and please don't remember the villain's mistakes, save his life, my Chang family must always be grateful for Mr. Kindness!" Chang County Ling took a step forward, solemnly bowed in front of Chu Chen and said, "We really can't take out two million taels of silver!"
"Listening to what Master Chang said, if the kid doesn't save it, it seems that the kid is too narrow. The corners of Chu Chen's mouth curled slightly, he didn't expect that Chang Daren, who was high in his previous life and put himself on death row, also has today. "In this way, Master Chang can give the kid half of the silver first, and the remaining half, just write an IOU, and I'll go and talk to my peers, hoping that they can sell my master a face, and don't give medicinal herbs when they see the silver." β
"Okay! Thank you Mr. Chu, I'll go get the silver ticket and write an IOU!!" Hearing Chu Chen say this, Chang County Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief, although his Chang family couldn't take out two million taels of silver, but he could still take out one million taels of silver, and when he heard the news from Cheng's mansion in the morning, he had already prepared this million silver, but he didn't expect that his son's illness was even more serious than the illness of the Cheng family's child.
After Chang Xian Ling left, Chu Chen turned to look at Chang Feng, who was lying on the bed and was not alive, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer, this kid's body is weaker than Chang Jinbiao, so the current situation is more serious than Cheng Jinbiao, if he is not saved, it is estimated that he will only have three or four days to live.
The speed of Chang County's order was very fast, it was just the time of a cup of tea, a thick stack of silver tickets was taken, and there was an IOU, Chu Chen took it, and after confirming that it was correct, he said to Chang County: "Lord Chang, if Chang Gongzi is still in pain tonight, press his Taichong and Taibai **, a total of ninety times, tomorrow morning I will ask Li Ao to send the first pair of medicines, first stabilize Chang Gongzi's condition, and wait for a few days when other medicinal materials come, I will give Chang Gongzi medicine to ensure that the medicine is eliminated." β
"Thank you, Mr. Chu. Chang County Ling bowed his hand to Chu Chen, although he felt sorry for the silver in his heart, but it was worth it to save his son's life.
Out of Changfu, Chu Chen got into the carriage of Baifu and went to Baifu, and Master Bai personally greeted Chu Chen at the door.
"Mr. Chu, I finally have you here!" "Master Bai is now almost seventy years old, and he looks quite healthy, after seeing Chu Chen, he bowed down and said: "The last time Wanfu Restaurant happened, it was all ignorant and offended Mr., please forgive me!"
"Master Bai is polite, take me to see how Bai Gongzi's condition is. Chu Chen arched his hand and said.
This Bai Lao Man is still a kind-hearted person, he was convicted of a felony in his previous life, the Bai family did not fall into the well next to him, Bai Lao Ye also once stopped Bai Ruoyun from doing things that hurt heaven and reason, when his father begged the Bai family, the Bai family did not feel sorry for his father, so this time Chu Chen will not kill the Bai family too much.
Entering Bai Ruoyun's room, I saw that Bai Ruoyun's situation was similar to Chang Feng's.
"Master Bai, Bai Gongzi's illness is not very serious, and he can still be saved, I think that the medicine of 500,000 taels of silver can be cured. Chu Chen pretended to finish checking Bai Ruoyun's pulse, and by the way, after relieving Bai Ruoyun's heart drilling technique, he said to Master Bai.
"Money is not a problem, I have prepared a million silver tickets for Mr. Chu, I just ask Mr. Chu to do his best. "Master Bai ordered someone to send a silver ticket, one million taels of silver tickets, each of which is worth 100,000 taels.
Chu Chen only took five silver tickets, and said to Master Bai: "Master Bai, money is nothing to the kid, it's just that the master taught the kid that the gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and the kid will never take a penny more from the white master." β
"I will ask Li Aoming to send the medicine early, and a pair of medicines can be cured of the disease, and then you will give Bai Gongzi more supplements. Chu Chen said again: "Okay, the kid will say goodbye and go back to dispense medicine first." β
After speaking, Chu Chen didn't care how Master Bai kept him, and went straight out of the Bai Mansion.