"Please be kind, uncles..."
"Uncle, please be kind and give me some money..."
On the busy street, a grandfather and a grandson were begging passers-by. The old woman seemed to be blind, and she was holding a seven or eight-year-old girl's hand tightly. The two of them kept bowing to the passers-by, begging them for some money. Unfortunately, people were indifferent, and most people didn't even look at the old beggar woman and her grandson and hurried past. Occasionally, there would be one or two kind-hearted people who would sympathize with them and give them a few coins.
"Oh, Doctor Zhang, you really have done me a disservice this time." Zheng Taisheng saw the old beggar woman and her grandson from afar, his face suddenly darkened, and he said with a worried look: "Look, the old beggar woman and her grandson are alive and well, nothing happened to them. I think we can't escape the crime of false accusation this time."
Zhang Dean said in disbelief, "How is that possible? There is no reason for someone poisoned by Hedinghong to survive. Unless the doctor named Xu Xian is a god, I really can't believe that he can cure the poison of Hedinghong."
Zheng Taisheng pointed at the old beggar woman and her grandson in the distance and reminded them, "Doctor Zhang, this fact is right in front of you. You can't help but believe it."
Zhang Dean frowned and shook his head, saying, "I just don't believe that Xu Xian has this ability."
Zheng Taisheng said casually: "If Xu Xian didn't have the ability to bring the dead back to life, then the old beggar woman and her grandson were not poisoned by the Crane's Beak Red at all."
It was an unintentional remark, but Zhang Dean was stunned after hearing it, and suddenly blurted out: "Could it be that Ah De didn't give the buns with Hedinghong to the grandfather and grandson?"
"What's the matter, Doctor Zhang? You asked someone else to do the poisoning? How could you be so careless about such an important matter?" Zheng Tai was so angry that he kept scolding Zhang Dean.
Zhang Dean waved his hands impatiently and said, "Okay, now is not the time to talk about this. Let's go find Ade and ask him clearly first, and then think about how to deal with what happens next." After that, he strode towards his own Ci'en Hall.
Zheng Taisheng stamped his feet and quickly followed.
"Ade, let me ask you, did you give the buns with Crane's Beak Red to the old beggar woman and her grandson as I instructed?" After hurriedly returning to Ci'en Hall, Zhang Dean called Ade to question him.
Ade quickly replied: "Yes, sir."
"Nonsense!" Zhang Dean was so angry that he slammed the table. He pointed at Ade's nose and scolded angrily, "You are still lying to me, huh? You didn't give the buns to the two old beggars as I ordered. How come you are getting more and more independent, aren't you? You dare to pretend to obey me but secretly disobey me? Don't want to work in my Ci'en Hall anymore? If you don't want to do this, get out of here as soon as possible and don't waste my food."
Ade was so anxious that he fell to his knees on the ground and said repeatedly: "Master, I did do what you told me. How could I dare to disobey your orders? Master, I have elderly parents and young children to support, and the whole family depends on me for support. Please don't drive me away..." His voice was a little hoarse, and he was anxious at the moment, so there was a hint of sharpness in his voice, which made people feel uncomfortable.
"Okay, okay, shut up and stop yelling." Zhang Dean covered his ears and shouted.
Ade was so frightened that he immediately shut up and dared not say another word.
Zhang Dean's eyes flickered, staring at Ade for a long while, seeing Ade's body trembling constantly, with a panic and helpless look on his face, and then thinking carefully about how Ade usually obeyed his orders, he could not help but gradually dispel his suspicion of Ade, but if Ade had not obeyed his orders and did not give the buns with the red-crowned crane to the old beggar woman and her grandson, how could the old beggar woman and her grandson have survived? There is really no reason! Zhang Dean's mind was in a mess, he paced back and forth irritably, trying to find out the reason why the old beggar woman and her grandson did not die from the poison, but no matter how hard he tried, he still found nothing.
"Ade, let me ask you, after you gave the buns that had Crane's Beak Red in them to the old beggar woman and her grandson, did you see with your own eyes that the two of them ate the buns?" Zheng Taisheng looked at Ade and asked.
Ah De nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I put the buns in the begging bowls used by the old beggar woman and her grandson. I was afraid that someone would see me and ruin the master's plan, so I hurriedly left and hid in the alley. Then I watched the old beggar woman and her grandson from a distance. When I saw them faint after eating the buns, I carried them to the door of Baoan Hall according to the master's instructions."
"Okay, Ade, you go down first. Your master and I have something to discuss." Seeing that he could not get anything out of Ade, Zheng Taisheng waved his hand and asked him to leave.
"But..." Ade looked up at Zhang Dean cautiously, murmuring as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to open his mouth.
Zheng Taisheng knew what he was worried about, waved his hand, and said, "Go down. Your master just said those words in anger. He won't chase you away."
"Thank you, Doctor Zheng, thank you, master..." Upon hearing this, Ade was suddenly overjoyed. He kowtowed several times and retreated.
"Doctor Zhang, now you have to believe it. Maybe Xu Xian has some secret method that can cure the poison of Hedinghong. It seems we can't escape the crime of false accusation." Zheng Taisheng sighed and shook his head, "Forget it, forget it. It's our own fault. We can't blame anyone else. Doctor Zhang, I'll go back first. In the future, you and I should avoid messing with the people from Bao'an Hall." After that, he turned around and left with tired feet.
"Secret method? Humph! I don't believe that Xu Xian has any secret method." Zhang Dean curled his lips and muttered with disdain. He reached out and took out a porcelain bottle from his arms. Staring at the porcelain bottle, a sneer suddenly flashed across his face: "... I don't believe that this red poison is not deadly. This time I will do it myself. Xu Xian, I wonder if you can save the old beggar and her grandson..."
At midnight, a dark shadow sneaked to the gate of a dilapidated temple outside the city. Under the cover of darkness, he poked his head into the temple and saw that there was no one else in the temple except a grandfather and a young grandson sleeping together. So he tiptoed into the temple and came to a bowl of drinking water. He quickly took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and poured the contents into the bowl. Then he quickly put the bottle away. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard a woman's meaningful sigh behind him.
"It's late at night, but you came all the way from the city. What are you doing here?"
The author has something to say: Haitang, there will be a drama of a short separation making the relationship better than a newlywed one, don’t worry, just wait patiently~~