HLnovel Chapter 503 I have no elixir!
Chapter 503 I have no elixir!
A group of people surrounded Lu Yangyang, pointing and whispering.
It's as if she really came here to harm people.
Lu Yangyang had no time to waste words with them. She scrambled to her feet and pulled the man away. Caught off guard, he was thrown to the ground, momentarily stunned, but quickly got up and lunged at Lu Yangyang. Lu Yangyang simply kicked him away.
"Human life is at stake. Stop wasting your time with that nonsense and get lost!"
He bent down and picked up the pregnant woman who was on the verge of death.
The man shouted with difficulty at Lu Yangyang, "You, you put my wife down right now, I'll fight you to the death!"
Then he pleaded with those around him for help: "Please, everyone, please help me stop her! My wife is waiting for the elixir to save her life, please help me..."
Seeing his pitiful appearance, the onlookers felt that Lu Yangyang had gone too far and quickly reached out to try to stop her.
At this moment, the Taoist priest spoke up for Lu Yangyang: "What's wrong with you people? How can you not distinguish right from wrong? I told you long ago that I don't have any magic pills and I can't save this lady's life. You don't believe that this girl is a doctor, but you believe that I have some magic pills that can save lives. Can magic pills deliver babies?"
The man, his eyes red, said, "The elixir can save lives! With the elixir, my wife and children will be saved! Daoist Master, please have mercy and give us one elixir!"
The Taoist priest was so angry his beard almost bristled: "I said no, no! Why can't you explain it to me!"
Lu Yangyang, holding the pregnant woman, saw a group of people actually blocking her way. Just as she was about to call for help, Xu Lang, who had received the report, arrived with two constables. "What happened? Make way!"
The constables immediately stepped forward and pulled Lu Yangyang aside, allowing her to pass.
Unexpectedly, the man shouted, "If you dare to take my wife away, I will go to the government office and sue you for murder!"
Xu Lang frowned and looked over, then grabbed the man and lifted him up: "What nonsense are you spouting! This is our Miss Lu, she's a doctor. Can't you see what your wife is like now? If you don't save her, she'll die! You're the one who's going to kill her!"
The man cried out with red eyes, "No—I have found the Taoist priest. If I can get the elixir, my wife will surely be saved!"
Xu Lang turned his head and glanced at the Taoist priest, then snorted coldly, "Another charlatan, arrest him and take him back!"
Then he shouted at the man, "Let me tell you, there is no such thing as a magic pill. The authorities have already investigated and found out that those magic pills are all frauds and are poisonous pills. If you want to kill your wife and children, go ahead and beg them!"
"No, you're lying to me, I don't believe you!" he shouted, continuing to yell at Lu Yangyang, "Put down my wife, put her down! We have no grudge against each other, why do you want to harm my wife and child!"
Lu Yangyang stopped walking away, bent down and put the pregnant woman on the ground. She quickly took out silver needles and inserted them into her acupoints. The pregnant woman soon regained consciousness weakly, looked at Lu Yangyang helplessly, opened her mouth, but could not make a sound.
Lu Yangyang continued to insert needles into her body, speaking rapidly as she said, "I am a doctor. I can save you and your child. The authorities have already verified that the elixir is poisonous. If you wait for your husband to obtain the elixir for you, you and your unborn child will surely die. Do you choose to let me save you, or do you choose to wait to die with your husband?"
The pregnant woman looked helplessly at Lu Yangyang, then turned to look at the man being held by Xu Lang.
The man shouted at her, "She's lying to you, my wife! Don't agree to her request! She'll kill you! Once I get the elixir of immortality, you'll be saved!"
The Taoist priest immediately interrupted, "Don't talk nonsense! I never said that elixirs could save people. I don't have any elixirs, so I can't save them!"
Despair flickered in the pregnant woman's eyes. She turned weakly to Lu Yangyang and asked in a trembling voice, "Can I choose?"
Before Lu Yangyang could answer, the man shouted, "You stupid woman! I am your husband, and I make the decisions. If you dare to agree, I will divorce you!"
Hearing this, the pregnant woman's eyes filled with even greater despair, but she somehow mustered the strength to grab Lu Yangyang's sleeve tightly, crying out, "Help me—"
Without saying a word, Lu Yangyang picked her up and ran quickly toward the yamen.
Seeing this, Xu Lang simply brought all of them into the yamen.
As soon as Lu Yangyang entered the yamen, she called for help to quickly settle the pregnant woman in and begin the surgery. In less than an hour, a small but loud-voiced girl had been cleaned and brought to the pregnant woman. At the same time, Lu Yangyang had also treated the pregnant woman's wounds and changed her into clean clothes.
Hearing her baby cry, the exhausted pregnant woman finally fell asleep peacefully.
Seeing that the mother and daughter were safe and sound, Lu Yangyang also breathed a sigh of relief.
But at this very moment, the government office in front was in complete chaos.
The man's surname was Zhou. He owned a small general store in the south of the city. His family wasn't wealthy, but they were doing alright. His wife was the daughter of the Liang family, who ran a breakfast stall across the street. The two families were considered well-matched. The Liang woman went into labor last night, but the baby wasn't born. Early this morning, the Zhou family went to a nearby temple to pray for a miracle cure. However, before dawn, Prefect Ling mobilized all available resources and ordered the closure of over a dozen temples throughout Yuzhou City.
Even after hearing the news, Manager Zhou was still unwilling to give up. He dragged his wife, who was already in difficult childbirth, to the outside of the Immortal Temple to beg for help. After bumping into a Taoist priest, he pestered him to give him an elixir. The two got entangled and ended up outside the government office, where they were spotted by Lu Yangyang. All of them were taken back to the government office.
Upon hearing this, the Zhou family immediately rushed to the yamen and joined Manager Zhou in cursing Lu Yangyang for his disregard for human life.
The Liang family, who had also rushed over upon receiving the news, were furious. They rebuked the Zhou family for not even informing their maternal relatives about Liang's childbirth. They said they only heard about it from the diners after finishing their work early in the morning, and then went to each of the temples to look for her, only to find out that she had come to the yamen.
The two sides started arguing right there in the yamen.
Manager Zhou covered his face and sat on the ground crying, insisting that Lu Yangyang had killed his wife and children.
Prefect Ling was extremely busy. Everyone he could use in the yamen had been taken away, leaving only Xu Lang, who was in charge of security, and a few yamen runners.
Xu Lang had other matters to attend to and couldn't stay with them indefinitely, so he left two or three constables to watch over them while he went to attend to his own business.
By the time Lu Yangyang finished her work and arrived, the two sides were almost at the point of fighting.
The man, who was sitting on the ground crying his heart out, shouted as soon as he saw Lu Yangyang, "It's her! It's her! She said she was a doctor, and she killed Qiu Niang!"