Hong Zhou walked over, saluted the tombstone, and said to the silent man, "You must be Dr. Tao."
"I'm no longer a doctor!" The man replied harshly, then looked at Hong Zhou and the guards behind him, and sneered: "It seems that you are his master, but it's useless, I said
If you don't want to go, you just won't go. If you have the ability, you can carry my body to treat the queen."
The guard couldn't bear to see his rudeness and shouted: "This is my prince. Please stop being rude to the court and the prince!"
Doctor Tao snorted coldly, waved his hand and said, "Go back, don't do any more useless work."
Hong Zhou stopped the guard from talking and took a step forward to say sincerely: "I know that Doctor Tao has an oath in advance, so he shouldn't force it. However, the empress is virtuous and loves the people like a son. Because of the severe drought in the capital, she ignored the impending childbirth and took risks.
I went to the Temple of Heaven to pray for rain. Now that she is in danger, I ask you to make an exception and treat the Queen. As long as you can save the Queen, I will agree to whatever request you have."
Doctor Tao rolled his eyes and said unceremoniously: "What does her virtue have to do with me? I have never received any favors from her. Anyway, I will not break my oath. You can go back."
Ning Er scolded: "My prince has already said it to you in a good voice, why are you so ignorant, do you have to suffer a lot before you agree?"
It was okay if he didn't say it. As soon as he said it, Doctor Tao suddenly became excited. He stood up and pointed at Ning Er's nose and said loudly: "What else do you people do besides oppressing the people? You are an official, I can't fight him."
You guys, it's up to you to kill or behead her, but if you want me to save the queen of Lao Shizi, don't even think about it!"
Ning Er was Hong Zhou's confidant. No matter who he met, he would treat him politely for Hong Zhou's sake. He had never been scolded like this before. He turned blue with anger and said angrily: "You are toasting and not taking punishment."
liquor!"
Hong Zhou said: "You don't have to think about yourself, but what about your wife? If something happens to you, who will take care of your wife?"
Doctor Tao's face changed slightly, but he just snorted heavily and said nothing. At this time, a strange laughter came from the side, but it was an old woman walking over with a basket in her arms. She seemed not to have seen Hong
Zhou and others walked straight to the grave and said with a smile: "Daughter, mother made you your favorite pastry. Try it quickly. If you like it, mother will make it for you tomorrow."
As she spoke, she took something out of the basket, but to Hong Zhou's surprise, what she took out was not cakes at all, but stones one after another. They were obviously useless things, but she treated them like treasures.
He carefully placed it in front of the grave and kept urging his "daughter" to eat it quickly. His demeanor and words were not like those of a normal person.
Doctor Tao looked sad and said: "Did you see that? After Xiujuan died, she went crazy. Life or death was meaningless to her." At this point, he covered his face and said sadly: "
I was the one who harmed them. If I had not saved that person, Xiujuan would not have died and my wife would not have gone crazy. I have saved countless people in my life, but in the end I killed my daughter, drove my wife crazy, and destroyed my family."
Hong Zhou sighed deeply and said, "I understand the pain in Doctor Tao's heart, but..."
Doctor Tao suddenly put down his hand and said ferociously: "No, you don't understand; the son of the prefect Li Shikun was suffering from dysentery, and I took the risk to save him, but when I asked him to issue a document to hunt down the escaped beast, he always shied away.
, unwilling to do their best; to help the world and save people... Haha!" He sneered and waved his hand: "I will never do such stupid things again in the future, they will die if they want, it has nothing to do with me!"
"Li Shiqiu has been arrested and imprisoned by the emperor's order. As for the person who killed your daughter, I can promise you that as long as you can save the queen, I will immediately ask the Ministry of Punishment to issue an arrest document and arrest him as soon as possible.
Arrest and bring her to justice to comfort your daughter’s spirit in heaven.”
His words made Dr. Tao's expression soften slightly, but he still shook his head and said, "It's useless. So what if we catch him? Will my daughter survive? Will my wife be okay?"
Hong Zhou sighed again, "In these two matters, I really can't do anything, but God is kind and kind. I hope Doctor Tao will temporarily forget his hatred and lend a helping hand."
"You don't have to talk sweet words here. I will not change the oath I made, just like you, a noble prince, will not kneel down to ordinary people. Please come back." After that, Doctor Tao walked over to the crazy wife who was mumbling to herself.
By his side, he no longer spoke to Hong Zhou.
Ning Er said in Hong Zhou's ear: "Your Majesty, this person is so ungrateful that I am afraid it will be difficult to persuade him. Why not tie him back first and then try to force him to save the Queen?"
"I'm afraid it will be counterproductive." After saying this, Hong Zhou was silent for a while, then came to Dr. Tao again and said in a deep voice: "As long as Dr. Tao is willing to save the Queen, I will promise you anything, even if you take my life.
, you can take it as much as you can.”
His words attracted Dr. Tao's attention, "Life...are you really willing to do that?"
"Yes." As soon as Hong Zhou finished his words, Doctor Tao suddenly picked up a stone with a sharp edge from the ground, put it against Hong Zhou's neck, and said in a cold voice: "Although I haven't practiced medicine for a long time, I am not as good at treating people as killing people.
Forget, as long as I exert a little force, the blood on your neck will be cut off, and then you will really be dead, have you seriously thought about it?"
"No one is allowed to move." After stopping Ning Er and the other two, Hong Zhou said calmly: "Yes, I am willing to trade one life for another. I only ask that you save the Queen."
Doctor Tao stared at him for a long time, his expression changed continuously, and finally he dropped the stone in his hand and said: "Unfortunately, I am not interested in your life, you can go."
"Doctor Tao..." Before Hong Zhou could continue, Dr. Tao said, "It's your business if you want to exchange one life for another. In short, it has nothing to do with me, and I won't take action."
Seeing that he still couldn't get him to take action after all his good words, Hong Zhou couldn't help but darken his face. The guard had long been holding back his anger and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, let's go back. I don't believe anyone else in Hangzhou Mansion is him.
, there is no doctor who can cure the Queen’s illness, so why should we suffer his anger here.”
Hong Zhou ignored his words, stepped forward, reached out and patted the tombstone, and suddenly said: "The person that Doctor Tao cherishes the most in his life is probably this Miss Ji, so he blames himself so much and even made an oath."
, I will never practice medicine again for the rest of my life.”
"It has nothing to do with you!" Faced with Dr. Tao's cold reply, Hong Zhou smiled instead of getting angry, "Miss Ji is indeed pitiful. She was humiliated for no reason. She hanged herself and she will not have peace after her death."
Doctor Tao stiffened and said warily: "What do you want to do?"