Plotting with You: The Forensic Scientist in Ancient Times!-Chapter 480 - 479: An Invitation from King Fan

After a night, the next morning when Zhu Yu woke up, Lu Qing was sitting by the table, absentmindedly playing with the bronze pendant in his hand. Seeing her awake, he smiled slightly at her, "Had a good sleep? If you’re still sleepy, go back to sleep for a while. If not, it’s never too late to get up."

Zhu Yu shook her head, "Slept well... today... why does it feel like something is off...?"

She rubbed her eyes somewhat drowsily and glanced towards the window, noticing that it was sunny outside, with bright light, suggesting that it was already past 9 a.m.

"I’ve slept so long..." Zhu Yu finally realized what was off, "Why is the inn so quiet today?"

"Yeah, it’s unusually quiet." Lu Qing chuckled, stood up to retrieve the prepared outer garments for Zhu Yu, and conveniently pulled the screen over, placing it in front of the bed, "Today, you might have to exert yourself a bit, you must appear without any flaws."

Zhu Yu understood his meaning, acknowledged, and then carefully rewrapped the relaxed binding from the previous rest tightly around her body, changed her clothes, and turned around in front of Lu Qing.

Lu Qing, after checking, confirmed there was no issue, nodded with a smile, "Since the disciple is ready, let’s go downstairs with Master to find out what’s going on."

The two of them left the room, and the talisman was already standing guard at the door. The rune exchanged glances with Lu Qing, glanced downstairs, and solemnly nodded, "Master, the fish has arrived."

"Call Yan Daoxin, we should head out, it’s not good to keep people waiting outside for long." Lu Qing gestured to him.

No sooner had he spoken than Yan Daoxin opened the door and came out of the room next door, "No need to call, I’ve been up and waiting for you guys.

It’s rare not to be woken up early by people chattering at the door, I was hoping to enjoy this quiet moment a bit longer!"

He sighed and rubbed his temples, "Let’s go, let’s go, they’ve been fussing at the front for so long, just waiting for this moment, so let’s go meet them!"

Lu Qing picked up the hat the talisman handed over, put it on his head, and then followed Yan Daoxin.

When they got downstairs, they saw the inn’s main door tightly shut, the shopkeeper and a young clerk were standing aside, looking utterly miserable, their faces fraught with tears.

"Divine Doctor... Divine Doctor, I’m really sorry! It’s all because of my big mouth!" The young clerk, who had been taking medication as per Yan Daoxin’s previous advice and had been sleeping well, feeling especially comfortable, now felt immensely guilty and distressed, his eyes red with anxiety, rushed over to Yan Daoxin from afar, bending his knees as if to kneel, "I should have never told anyone!

But I blurted it out, told our shopkeeper... never thought... never thought his relative would be so unreliable... caused the whole city to know...

A few days ago, I worried there might be trouble, the shopkeeper comforted me, saying our inn is off the beaten path, probably nothing serious...

But... today this has..."

Yan Daoxin pulled him up from the ground, "The deed is done, are you expecting any chance to rectify things by breaking your leg kneeling?

Moreover, what’s going on, I haven’t figured it out myself yet."

The shopkeeper also came over, helping to pull the young clerk up, making him stand aside, fearing that his sobbing might hinder the Divine Doctor from getting to the truth.

"Divine Doctor... really sorry for the trouble... I should have turned away those coming for medical consultations." The shopkeeper seemed full of regret, "Initially, you cured my uncle’s grandson’s illness... but now, because I was too careless, thinking the Prince Mansion hadn’t posted a notice in the capital looking for doctors for a long time... thought there was no problem... what do we do now..."

"So now, the Prince Mansion’s guards have surrounded your inn, wanting me to visit your Prince for a diagnosis and treatment?" Yan Daoxin waved his hand nonchalantly, "What’s the harm in that, let’s see what happens?

The past few days, those who came after hearing the news, I never insisted on driving them away either, after all, in desperation people clutch at straws, without knowing my background, they’d still recklessly ask me to check them, meaning they have no other options left.

I’m someone who treats all patients at random, healing whoever needs it, a round trip to the Prince Mansion would suffice, can’t leave them blocking your store door all the time, how could you do business if you don’t open your door."

The shopkeeper already seemed embarrassed, and now hearing Yan Daoxin speak so freely, he became even more uneasy, stepping closer to whisper, "Divine Doctor, you might not know... many doctors went to see our Prince before, but none could diagnose anything, later... it was rumored their endings were unfortunate..."

"Rest assured, I know my own medical skills." Yan Daoxin had spoken enough courteously with him, now without patience to say more, he motioned to the shopkeeper, "Go on, open the door, whether you stretch your head or shrink it, it’s just facing the inevitable, no point in dragging it out."

The shopkeeper, with a bitter face, took the young clerk to open the door, and once they did, they saw a row of burly men lined up neatly outside, this time without even trying to disguise themselves in rough cloth attire, they were all formally in narrow-sleeved guard attire, each with a sword at their waist, looking fiercely formidable.

Judging by this stance, it was likely not just the row in front, the back of the inn, and the rear door were likely blocked too.

Zhu Yu followed closely beside Lu Qing, peering out at the guards outside from behind him.

For an unknown itinerant doctor, they put on such a great display, which suggested either King Fan was seriously ill, or they really couldn’t find any other skilled doctors to tend to King Fan.

Perhaps, it was a combination of both.

Even though the row of guards seemed intent on making it impossible for the Divine Doctor inside the inn to escape, when they saw Yan Daoxin and the others appear at the door, their attitude was relatively courteous. They first scrutinized this group of people, except for Lu Qing who was wearing a hat and whose appearance could not be seen, the rest appeared with extraordinary demeanor, and the leader looked almost like a fair-faced immortal, causing them to be a bit more restrained.

"Respected doctors, our Prince has always cherished those who practice medicine and highly values talented medical experts.

Recently, we heard that several divine doctors with skillful hands had come to the capital, and today, we were specially instructed to invite you over for a discussion.

We kindly ask for the honor of your presence, to accompany us to the Prince Mansion as guests."

As they spoke, they made way at the door.

However, the hands of these guards remained on their swords, the implication clear without words.