After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 194 The Free Clinic Begins

Hai Chengming was in a terrible mood! He had only spoken on a whim yesterday, but he never expected that his words would come true. He had been experiencing abdominal pain and nausea since last night.

This morning, instead of getting better, my condition worsened, and I developed a high fever and diarrhea.

Thinking of the groom's actions yesterday, he knew he had anthrax without even needing to call a doctor.

He just wanted to get a minor illness, he never expected to lose his life!
It was too late to say anything now. He had no choice but to drag his crippled body to deal with it. If he didn't show up, wouldn't it be a waste that he got this illness?

"Brother Ma, what are you saying?"

"If I'm sick, I'm sick. Would I lie to you?"

Ma Yu pursed her lips and remained silent.

Cao Zhe stood up. "What kind of illness is this? It came on so dangerously!"

"Have you seen a doctor?"

Hai Chengming cursed inwardly; wasn't he supposed to be seeing a doctor?

If it weren't for your two grandsons coming, he might already be taking his medicine.

"I saw it! I saw it! They said it's because he went to an unclean stable yesterday and caught a cold."

"The doctor has already prescribed the medicine."

Stable? Wind-evil? Cao Zhe had heard of this disease. "Lord Hai, this disease is very dangerous. You must take good care of yourself."

Hai Chengming rolled his eyes inwardly, but nodded miserably, "Yes, yes."

"Thank you for your concern, Brother Cao."

After confirming that Hai Chengming was indeed ill, Cao Zhe and Ma Yu exchanged a few more polite words and left the Hai family home.

He didn't utter a single word of what he originally wanted to say to Hai Chengming.

"Brother Cao, I didn't expect that old bastard was really sick."

"Could Lin Yunche be one of them?"

Cao Zhe was now somewhat unsure. "No matter what, we must see Lin Yunche today."

Ma Yu nodded, and the two rode their horses toward the Lin family's house.

As soon as they arrived at the Lin family's house, they ran into Fengniang, who was returning from buying vegetables at the market.

Cao Zhe dismounted first and called out to Feng Niang, "Excuse me, are you from the Lin family?"

Because of Pan Hu, Feng Niang is now extremely sensitive, especially when she sees people she has never met before.

"You are"

Ma Yu dismounted and strode forward, adopting an intimidating posture, "We are people from His Highness the Prince of Huai, here to see your master."

Fengniang took two steps back warily. She had heard Pan Hu mention that the concentration camps where Pan Hu was located were supposedly backed by the Prince of Huai.

Did they actually come directly to us?

"What business do you have with our master?" Fengniang asked, knowing that these two people were not to be trifled with.

Ma Yu spat and was about to curse when Cao Zhe stepped forward and stopped him.

"We have nothing serious to report. We just heard that Lord Lin is ill, so we came to visit him."

"So that's how it is." Fengniang told the two to wait at the door while she ran inside to inform Lin Yunche.

Blocked at the door, Ma Yu's temper flared up. "Brother Cao, she's just a servant. We're already being polite by talking to her."

"If you ask me, we should just grab her and make her lead the way."

"Aren't you just giving Lin Yunche an opportunity?"

Cao Zhe was having a bit of a headache. To say that Ma Yu was the most shameless and hot-tempered of the Prince of Huai's advisors was an understatement.

If it weren't for the instructions given to Ma Yu by the Prince of Huai before his departure, even he probably wouldn't have been able to control this brute.

"We're not here to raid your property."

"Have you forgotten what we came here for?"

After a moment's thought, Ma Yu nodded and said, "I remember now, I remember now."

"We're here to test the waters."

"Yes! If you piss someone off, how are you supposed to find out what's going on?"

Ma Yu stopped talking; he was ready to just follow behind silently.

When Fengniang came out again, a quarter of an hour had passed. Fengniang led the two to Lin Yunche's study.

As soon as the two entered the room, they saw Lin Yunche sitting peacefully in the study reading a book.

He doesn't look sick at all.

"Lord Lin, aren't you ill?" Cao Zhe asked.

Lin Yunche looked up at the two of them and smiled, "Yes! I was sick yesterday, but I'm better today."

"If you're so capable, why don't you go to the yamen (government office)?"

"Once you're in the government office, how will you come to my Lin family to investigate?"

As soon as Lin Yunche finished speaking, Cao Zhe realized that he had probably been tricked.

He immediately turned to Ma Yu and said, "Let's go! Let's go first!"

Before Cao Zhe could finish speaking, both Cao Zhe and Ma Yu immediately lost their senses and sat on the ground laughing like idiots.

At this moment, Fengniang came in and tied the two of them up with rope.

"My lord, if we arrest him like this, we might anger Prince Huai!"

Fengniang was terrified whenever she heard the name of this noble family, and now she had everyone arrested.
Lin Yunche, however, said nonchalantly, "What's there to be afraid of!"

"Isn't this the person that Prince Huai sent to me?"

"If we don't make good use of this, it will really be a waste of Prince Huai's good intentions."

Feng Niang was completely baffled.

Lin Yunche has thoroughly investigated the Prince of Huai's affairs over the past few days.

If we were to name the most intelligent advisors to the Prince of Huai, it would be Zhuang Qi, followed by Zhu Ran and Li Mu. Any one of these people would make him realize that the Prince of Huai has truly suffered a devastating blow.

But it was precisely this Ma Yu. Lin Yunche couldn't help but suspect the Prince of Huai's intentions.

Fengniang looked at the two dazed people on the ground and asked, "Master, what about these two people?"

"Let's lock them in the woodshed for now and deal with them when they've sobered up."

Fengniang had no choice but to pull the two people, who were strung together, into the woodshed.

When Cao Zhe and Ma Yu regained consciousness, it was already night. They opened their eyes and looked around at the pitch blackness.

Ma Yu was the first to respond with two "uh-huhs".

It turns out that Feng Niang had casually removed their chins.

Cao Zhe also tried to say a few words, but could only make muffled sounds.

The two moved their bodies and found that their hands and feet were tightly bound.

Cao Zhe finally broke down. Lin Yunche really dared to do that! When he got back, he would definitely complain to the Prince of Huai.

You have to embellish all of Lin Yunche's actions.

At midnight, the entire city of Huaizhou fell silent.

Bai Wanqing, upon learning that the Prince of Huai's men were imprisoned in the woodshed, brought some bottles and jars to Lin Yunche: "I've been researching some poisons these past few days."

"Perhaps you'll find it useful during the interrogation."

Lin Yunche happily carried all the bottles and jars over, as if he had acquired some rare treasure.

"Wanqing, this is the first time you've given me a gift."

"If we don't count the engagement gift."

Bai Wanqing thought about it and it seemed to be true. When she was in the Meng family before, she couldn't go out to run the business, so she spent a lot of time arranging clothes and books for Meng Zhan.

Now that Lin Yunche has given her complete freedom, she has completely ignored him.

"If you like, I'll give you more gifts in the future."

"I like it, I like it!" Lin Yunche said immediately, not allowing Bai Wanqing a chance to back out.

Bai Wanqing smiled at him and softly said, "Okay."

The next day, Lin Yunche woke up early. Feng Niang had just gone to the woodshed and found that the two of them had already woken up.

"Master, shall we ask now?" Fengniang asked.

Lin Yunche turned to see Bai Wanqing walking out slowly and smiled, "Let's not ask for now."

"The weather is so nice today, madam, how about we go for a walk?"

Since he and Wanqing got married, they have never gone out for a trip together, or even eaten at the same restaurant.

Bai Wanqing didn't want to spoil Lin Yunche's fun.

"Great! I happen to be offering free medical consultations in the city today. Why don't you come and support me, Lord Lin?"

Lin Yunche knew about Bai Wanqing's free clinic, but he never expected Wanqing to have such a magnanimous heart.

"The free clinic starts today? Then I'll definitely go and support them!"

"Feng Niang, bring us more steamed buns. When things get busy later, we can share them with everyone at noon."

Feng Niang smiled and agreed, "Alright!"

Lin Yunche and Bai Wanqing went by horse-drawn carriage.

When they arrived at the clinic, all the doctors from the Fang family clinic were already there.

They had a bad reputation in Huaizhou City. Although they hadn't directly aided and abetted the evildoers before, they had still caused quite a few tragedies, even though they were not in control of their own lives.

So now that the Fang family's clinic has closed down, if they were to open a clinic, I'm afraid no one would be willing to go there.

This clinic can't compete with Doctor Luo in medical skills, nor with Bai Wanqing in benevolence; it simply can't stay afloat.

So when Bai Wanqing invited them to participate in the citywide free clinic, some of them cried at home for a whole day.

How could they not understand what Master Bai was thinking?

Therefore, on the day of the free clinic, the doctors from Fang's Medical Hall arrived exceptionally early.

"Ruixin, how is it? Are the examination table, writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone all ready?"

Bai Wanqing immediately checked as soon as she got off the carriage.

"Everything is ready. As long as the doctors are seated, the free clinic can begin."

Bai Wanqing smiled and nodded, then looked at the doctors from the Fang family.

"Your presence here is a great honor for our clinic, and Bai Wanqing is very grateful to you all."

Doctor Fang waved his hand, "Master Bai, you are so kind-hearted, we should be the ones thanking you."

"Without you, we're afraid we'd have no choice but to leave our hometown and seek a better life elsewhere."

As Dr. Fang spoke, her eyes reddened slightly, and the other doctors nodded in agreement.

Everyone seemed extremely willing to participate in this free clinic.

Bai Wanqing then instructed Doctor Zheng to arrange positions for the doctors. Seeing so many doctors appear at the street corner, passersby came to inquire about the situation.

"Didn't the Fang family's medical clinic close down?"

"Why is it open again?"

The passersby recognized several of the doctors from the Fang family, and when they saw them sit down, they assumed that the Fang family clinic was about to reopen.

At this moment, Dr. Zheng stood in the center, listening to everyone's discussion, and began to introduce himself.

"Everyone, this is not the Fang Family Clinic. This is a free clinic spontaneously organized by the doctors of Huaizhou City."

"If you feel unwell, you can come to the doctor for free."

"If you get the prescription, you can come to the century-old medical clinic to get the medicine."

"During the ten days of free medical consultation, all the costs of obtaining medicine were covered by the century-old medical clinic."

The announcement of a free clinic in ten days caused quite a stir in Huaizhou City.

(End of this chapter)