Zhao Jinzhong took Zhou Ruo back to the Ling Shu Hall.

They had barely arrived at the entrance of the Ling Shu Hall when they heard screams coming from inside the clinic.

"Ouch, my arm! My leg! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! Ouch... Ouch... Ouch... Ouch... Ouch... Ouch... Ouch... Ouch..."

Zhou Ruo ran in upon hearing the sound and saw Liu Zhengxuan lying on the bed in the clinic, groaning in agony.

"It's you!" Zhou Ruo exclaimed, pointing at him.

Liu Zhengxuan turned to look at Zhou Ruo, who was covered in sweat, his clothes soaked through.

When Zhou Ruo appeared, Liu Zhengxuan didn't recognize her and didn't bother with her.

It wasn't until Jia Yuntian greeted Zhao Jinzhong, "Young General, you're back!" that they heard him.

After blinking twice, Liu Zhengxuan saw Zhao Jinzhong appear in his line of sight.

What are you doing here?

Liu Zhengxuan and Zhao Jinzhong asked the question in unison.

Jia Yuntian came up and explained to Zhao Jinzhong,

"Young General, this man has been at our clinic for a long time. I saw that he was in a lot of pain, so I advised him to see another doctor, but he wouldn't leave."

The servant boy next to Liu Zhengxuan got angry when he heard this.

"How can you run a clinic like this? How can you turn patients away?"

Jia Yuntian retorted, "How can you talk like that, you little rascal? I'm only thinking of your young master."

"We don't know when our young lady will return. You're all wasting time here, delaying her treatment and recovery. Who will be held responsible for that?"

Zhao Jinzhong suspected Liu Zhengxuan was up to no good, "Doesn't your Liu Guogong Mansion have a physician? Why come to my clinic?"

Servant B: "Our physicians can't even cure a common cold, let alone something like what happened to you, young master..."

You broke my hand and crushed my foot bones, it was that serious.

Zhao Jinzhong showed no sympathy. "Besides our Ling Shu Hall, there are many other medical clinics in this city, aren't there? Why do you insist on sticking to our place?"

"I went! I've already been there!" the servant boy said miserably.

"We've already visited four or five clinics, and all the doctors there said they couldn't cure it."

Finally, it was Dr. Li from Jishetang who sent us here, saying that the doctors here could cure my young master.

Zhao Jinzhong's expression relaxed slightly; what the servant said wasn't wrong.

Zhou Ruo is sure she can cure Liu Zhengxuan's hand and foot problems.

"Zhao Jinzhong!" Liu Zhengxuan cried out in anguish, "You're the one who caused this! You have to take responsibility for me! Otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Zhao Jinzhong was furious, but asked with a sly look on his face.

"Otherwise, I will report you to the Ministry of Justice and have you punished!"

Zhao Jinzhong thought Liu Zhengxuan might have suffered a brain injury, "You tried to assassinate me on stage, and hundreds of people witnessed it."

"I've already been kind enough by not sending you to the Jingzhao Prefecture, and you still want to bite me back?"

It seems there's no point in keeping your dog's life.

"Hey, no, no, no!" Liu Zhengxuan's change of expression came so suddenly that it caught everyone off guard.

Zhao Jinzhong thought he would struggle and make excuses again.

"Young General, Lord Zhao! I beg you, please have your doctors treat me quickly, the pain is unbearable!"

The two servants also pleaded with Zhao Jinzhong on his behalf.

"General Zhao, please, my young master has fainted from pain several times during this long journey."

Zhao Jinzhong thought about it and realized that saving him like this didn't seem like something he could swallow.

"Liu Zhengxuan, I still can't think of a reason to save you. Am I supposed to heal you only to wait for you to come and kill me?"

"No, no, no!" Liu Zhengxuan vehemently denied it, so agitated he almost fell off the bed.

"Young General, you saved me! After you heal me, I will follow your lead without question!"

As he spoke, Liu Zhengxuan felt it wasn't enough, so he held up three fingers.

"I swear to God, if I ever dare to harm Young General Zhao Jinzhong in the slightest again, may I be turned into a dog!"

Zhao Jinzhong sniffed, trying to suppress his laughter. He had to remain serious and not give Liu Zhengxuan the impression that he wasn't angry.

He thought of An Chang again, and remembered how An Chang collected Wang Mengling's consultation fee.

He also wanted to do something bad.

"I can save you, but our clinic's consultation fees won't be low."

Upon hearing that Zhao Jinzhong had relented and was willing to save him, Liu Zhengxuan was overjoyed.

"The money is no problem, no problem! I'll pay one hundred taels..." Liu Zhengxuan wanted to say a number first to test Zhao Jinzhong's reaction.

But to his surprise, Zhao Jinzhong's reaction clearly showed that he was very dissatisfied with the number.

Is one hundred taels of silver too low? The prize for the champion of the martial arts tournament is also one hundred taels of silver.

Not a lot.

Just as Liu Zhengxuan hesitated, Zhao Jinzhong suddenly felt a little soft-hearted.

After all, one hundred taels is already quite a lot. Wouldn't it be too much to ask for more?

But then he remembered An Chang. He couldn't be soft on someone like Liu Zhengxuan. He needed to put on a show of force and make him raise the price himself.

"It seems that Young Master Liu's desire to get cured is not strong enough, and his sincerity is not quite there either!"

"Gold! Gold!" Liu Zhengxuan dared not hesitate any longer, nor did he dare to ask the price again. He directly held up one finger.

"One hundred taels of gold!"

"Huh?" Zhao Jinzhong was stunned. He didn't expect Liu Zhengxuan to raise the price so drastically.

Liu Zhengxuan couldn't understand Zhao Jinzhong's reaction and thought that Zhao Jinzhong was still not satisfied, and he even felt like dying.

"Young General, I beg you, this is all I can offer..."

Jia Yuntian, who had been watching all this from outside the door, was stunned. He never expected that doctors could charge prices like this when doing business.

"Ahem!" Zhao Jinzhong quickly suppressed his surprise and said seriously, "Then send your servant back to get the consultation fee!"

"Huh? Now...now?" Liu Zhengxuan asked in alarm.

"Otherwise what?" Zhao Jinzhong thought he was going to back out.

"No, young general, look at me like this, it would take ten days, half a month, or even a hundred days or longer to heal, right?"

"Give me some time to slowly gather all this gold, okay?"

Zhao Jinzhong raised an eyebrow and asked Zhou Ruo without turning his head, "Ruo Ruo, does it really take that long to cure someone like him?"

"It will only take the time it takes to drink a cup of tea!" Zhou Ruo replied.

Zhao Jinzhong smiled, he really wanted to pick up Zhou Ruo and kiss her little face, this child is so good at acting!

"Did you hear that, Young Master Liu? You only have the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Send your servant to fetch the money!"

Liu Zhengxuan suddenly deflated, lying lifelessly on the bed, feeling that Zhao Jinzhong was playing a trick on him.

"Young General, I'm already like this, please stop teasing me! How could she possibly know how long it will take?"

Liu Zhengxuan wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Who's kidding you? She's the one who can cure you. She's the doctor at Ling Shu Guan."

Liu Zhengxuan's pupils, which were about to dilate, suddenly focused, and he turned his head to carefully examine Zhou Ruozai.

"Liu Zhengxuan, do you want treatment or not? If you do, send someone back to get the money right now. If not, get out!"

Zhao Jinzhong no longer wanted to waste his breath arguing with him.

If it weren't for the ten taels of gold, he would have thrown the man out long ago.

"Get him, get him, get him!" Liu Zhengxuan dared not struggle anymore; Zhao Jinzhong's oppressive aura was simply too overwhelming.

After sending a servant back to the Duke's mansion to retrieve the gold, Zhou Ruo was about to begin restoring his bones.

"Brother, should I pretend for a bit?"

Zhou Ruo hesitated whether to cure him with a simple wave of her hand or to put on a little act, like feeling his pulse or giving him acupuncture.

After all, bone injuries were child's play for Zhou Ruo; he could recover with just 60% of his spiritual power.

"Pretend? Hmph! Pretend a little more and it'll cost a different price!" Zhao Jinzhong really looked down on Liu Zhengxuan.

He's not a real man if he resorts to underhanded tactics.

"Okay!" Zhou Ruo turned to Liu Zhengxuan and said, "If you're scared, just close your eyes!"

"Ouch? Does it hurt a lot?"

Liu Zhengxuan has been in pain for more than an hour. I wonder if it will hurt even more when the doctor treats him.

"Then close your eyes!" Zhou Ruo was worried that he would be frightened if he found out that he could heal him with just a wave of his hand.

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