AWB Chapter 188 The Witch of the Ye Family Killed Someone
Chapter 188 The Witch of the Ye Family Killed Someone
Chapter 188 The Witch of the Ye Family Killed Someone
"Why can't we speak? The Lin'an Prefecture controls everything, and now it controls whether or not we can speak?" The people in the inner city rely on their family's power and influence to act arrogantly on weekdays. Now that they hear the Lin'an Prefecture governor ask them to shut up, they can't do it.
"We can wait for aid from the court because our family members and elders work for the court, so we deserve to enjoy the court's salary. What have those untouchables in the outer city done for the court? Why do they still need aid from the court?"
Chi Hongfang didn't understand, "So you mean that people from outside the city should die? The court shouldn't provide them with tents or cook porridge for them? Let them freeze to death or starve to death? Do you think that the Northern Qi only cares about the inner city of Lin'an, and the lives of people in other provinces don't matter?" The prefect of Lin'an was so angry, "Who taught you this?" The one who spoke was a young man in his twenties. He was waving a fan in the middle of winter. He was wearing white even when there was a disaster, as if he was in mourning for someone. He had an greasy head and powdered face, and it was obvious that he was an uneducated young man.
Chi Hongfang was really angry when he saw such people. Such people usually feel good about themselves, and it is hard to tell whether others like him or hate him. After hearing Chi Hongfang's question, he said, "I didn't say that everyone in the outer city should die. I just said that Miss Four cared about the outer city that night and only cared about the lives of the people in the outer city. She only went to treat the people in the outer city, but ignored us in the inner city. How could this be justified?"
After hearing this, Ye Wenyan was also furious.
She stood up from the carriage, lifted the curtain and walked out. Zhuier wanted to follow her out, but found that her mistress did not get off the carriage and was standing outside the carriage, so there was no place for her, so she had to stay inside.
Ye Wenyan stood on the carriage, looking down at the people from the inner city who surrounded the convoy. Although they had encountered a great disaster, it was clear that not every household had suffered heavy losses. At least they still had clean clothes to wear, enough food to eat, and the energy to shout here.
She asked the man in white who was speaking, "Whose family are you from? Are you a servant or a master?"
The young master was furious, "Look at my clothes, which servant can wear them so well?"
Zhuier stuck his head out of the carriage, glanced at the man, snorted, and stretched out his arm. "Look, isn't the fabric of my clothes better than yours? You're not happy when I say you're a servant. Which master can wear something as shabby as you? Don't embarrass the masters in the inner city."
Zhuier was originally a very aggressive girl, and she became even more aggressive after following Ye Wenyan. Sometimes even Ye Wenyan felt that if he didn't suppress her a little, this girl would really be able to pry the earth up if given a lever.
The young man in white was so angry that he almost lost his mind. He pointed at the carriage and shouted, "Come out! Let's confront each other and see who is the master and who is the servant!" Ye Wenyan frowned when he saw him like this, "You still say you are the master, but you yelled and cursed at a maid in the street. How can you act like a master? Okay, stop talking about useless things. I only want to ask you one question - I want you to spend your money for me, don't use it for drinking and having fun, okay?"
The man was furious at the time, "Why? Ye Wenyan, are you sick? Aren't you just robbing me? Why should I give you my money? Who are you to me?"
Ye Wenyan was not angry, she just nodded and said: "That's right! Then by the same token, why should I use my own medical skills to treat you? Who are you to me? What does the ups and downs of the inner city have to do with me?" Her face turned completely cold, her pale face and sharp eyes made many people subconsciously turn their heads away, not daring to make eye contact with her.
Ye Wenyan looked around the crowd and snorted, "Listen to me! Don't try to blackmail me morally here. I'm not an official, and I don't receive a salary from the court. Whether it's Lin'an Inner City or Outer City, it's not my responsibility whether they are good or bad, dead or alive. If I go to govern, it's up to my mood. If I don't govern, it's natural and can be tolerated by heaven. To put it bluntly, I can govern whoever I want to govern, and I can ignore whoever I don't want to govern. Do you understand?"
Some people don't understand: "Why don't you do anything? If you know medicine, you should do it!"
"Oh, so that's it!" Ye Wenyan nodded again, "Then it's still the same question, take out your money and spend it on me, why can't I? If you have money, you have to take it out!"
“I earned my own money!”
"You didn't teach me medical skills! I learned my medical skills by myself. I wasn't trained by the court, and you didn't pay me tuition when I was studying medicine. Why should I let you enjoy my own skills?"
People also felt guilty after hearing this, and some even whispered, "That's right, they have no reason to control us."
But someone asked her again: "Then why do you treat people from other cities? They haven't paid your tuition!" Ye Wenyan smiled, "I am happy to do so!"
The words "I'm happy to do it" completely shut the man up. He couldn't find any reason to argue and could only stand there sulking.
Ye Wenyan looked at them with the corners of his mouth curled, and the more he looked, the more annoyed he became. "I don't know where your sense of superiority comes from. What's wrong with living in the inner city of Lin'an? Are your lives more noble than those in the outer city? Go to the outer city and take a look. Most of the people in the outer city are civilians. Their houses collapsed much more thoroughly than yours, but they are not running around in the streets like you. They are helping each other and taking care of each other. They don't cause trouble for the court. They live in a tent and try to save the tent to supply the inner city. On the contrary, you are all dressed neatly and tidy, and you don't touch the affairs of your family or the court, not to mention the bricks and rubble on the street that have not been cleared yet."
Ye Wenyan was getting angrier and angrier as he spoke. "Look at your streets, and then look at the streets in the outer city. Why are the outer city so neat and tidy that carriages can run, but the inner city is still so crowded that people can't even walk? Our convoy can only go this far, and there is no way forward, right? Is this the inner city of Lin'an? Is this the closest place to the imperial city? The imperial guards are here to set up tents and maintain order, and they also have to take care of your food and drink. They are also human beings, and they can't take care of everything. Even if you lend a hand, each moving a brick, the streets in the inner city wouldn't be like this. You don't do your job all day long, and you still have the nerve to stop my car. What's the difference between this and highway robbery? The prefect of Lin'an and the minister of justice are here now, do you want me to report to the police and arrest them?"
Anyone who still had a bit of dignity was forced to lower their heads after being insulted by her. Some even quietly walked away, never wanting to get involved again.
But after all, there are many shameless people. They still stand there, still arrogant, and even shout: "Call the police! What? We just stand here and say a few words, and the government is going to arrest us? Is the government run by your family? Miss Ye Si, don't be so arrogant. We ask you to treat our illness because we think highly of you. Don't be ungrateful!"
Snap! Ye Wenyan grabbed the whip from the driver and whipped him without hesitation. The man who was speaking was whipped so hard that he screamed and shouted, "Murder! The witch of the Ye family killed someone! Why don't you do anything, Lin'an Prefecture Governor! I want to report to the police! I want to report to the police!"
Chi Hongfang looked at the man covering his face and yelling, and just snorted twice, not wanting to even look at him, let alone care about him.
But the Minister of Justice Jiang Feng took over the conversation: "According to what you said, Miss Ye Fourth whipped you because she thinks highly of you, don't be ungrateful!"
"Do you still have the law?" The man jumped up in anger. "Do you still have the law?"
"The law of the king has never changed in my heart. But my determination to whip the beasts has never changed." Ye Wenyan looked at the man with contempt, "You all call me the witch of the Ye family. If I don't develop according to the path of a witch, wouldn't I be living up to the reputation you have given me? Okay, don't just think about whether this whip hurts or not. Whether it hurts or not, I have already whipped you, and you have to bear it too. But I see that you have a serious wound on your arm, and the blood has seeped through your clothes. Why don't you treat it? I kindly remind you that the wound is infected and you will have a fever before tonight, and then the wound will worsen and you will be bedridden."
"You, you cursed me?"
In another carriage, Doctor Bai stood up, looked at the man for a while and said, "It's not a curse, but a fact."
"Who are you?" The man looked a little bad, obviously frightened.
When he asked this question, someone in the crowd who knew Doctor Bai answered, "That's Doctor Bai from the Imperial Hospital. He has great medical skills and is highly respected. He is especially good at treating injuries. One year, the late emperor broke his leg while riding a horse, and it was Doctor Bai who cured him."
When the man heard that he was the imperial physician of the palace and that he was a skilled doctor, he immediately shouted, "Since you are a doctor, why don't you treat me quickly! Do you want to watch me die?"
"Humph!" Doctor Bai was furious and shouted at the man, "I am a doctor, but I am a doctor in the palace. May I ask what rank your elders hold? What position do they hold?"
The man raised his chin and said proudly, "My father is a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, a fifth-rank official!"
This made everyone present laugh. Even those who were in his group felt ashamed and stood away from him. Some gossipers asked him, "Are you new here?"
The man glared and said, "What's wrong with us just moving in? My father has made great achievements and has become an official in the capital, so naturally we have to move to the capital with him. What, do you have any objection, or are you jealous of our family?"
The person asking the question laughed so hard that his stomach hurt. "It's just a fifth-rank official. What's there to be jealous of? I'm just kindly reminding you that your family is new and doesn't understand many things. An official of the fifth rank is almost at the bottom of the list in the inner city of Lin'an. Don't take your father's fifth-rank official position too seriously."
Doctor Bai also said with a cold face: "Now the families of fifth-rank officials are using the imperial physician's doctors. I will bring this back to the palace. I believe the head of the Imperial Hospital will be interested in talking to your fifth-rank official."
The man wanted to say something, but someone pulled him aside and said, "Stop talking now. Your father finally got promoted to an official in Beijing. If you continue talking, it will bring disaster to the family. Even if you are like this now, you will get a good beating when you go back."
The man finally stopped talking. The wound on his arm began to ache, and he felt his head getting hot and his body getting cold.
He thought of what Ye Wenyan and Doctor Bai said, and suddenly he felt like he was going to die...