The broken needle fell into the mud.
Chu Tianxing glanced at it.
The needle tip was still embedded in the flesh, and the air that had just escaped from Ye Qingyun's chest was blocked again.
This is troublesome.
His worst fears came true.
Ye Qingyun leaned backward, and the two guards couldn't hold him down, so they were dragged down to the ground together.
Chu Tianxing lunged forward, pressing his knee against the man's right arm.
"Hold it down!"
Don't let him start it again!
The two guards scrambled back, their hands covered in mud.
Ye Qingyun let out a low growl, trying to struggle, but there was no response below his shoulders.
Chu Tianxing gripped the back of his neck, pressing his fingers against the Fengfu acupoint.
" Ye Qingyun, listen to me."
Ye Qingyun's vision blurred, and his ears were filled with a cacophony of ringing.
Chu Tianxing close to his ear and whispered the words out.
"If you want revenge, then stay alive."
"Now that you're dead, people can use your corpse to write whatever they want in their case files."
Ye Qingyun's erratic breathing paused for a moment.
Is he still alive?
He's finished.
"Too..."
Chu Tianxing turned and shouted to the guard.
"Cold water, dry cloth, brazier!"
"Run! Are you waiting for me to treat you to a feast?"
The guard took a couple of steps, then hurriedly turned back.
" Physician Chu, what he just said..."
"Remember!"
Chu Tianxing's voice became hoarse from shouting.
"You're the guards, if you're not deaf, write this down, don't ask me!"
The guard turned and rushed out.
The other stayed where he was, using an iron ruler to block the hospital entrance.
He was afraid that Ye Qingyun would suddenly lash out again, and he was also afraid that someone outside would rush in.
Chu Tianxing lifted Ye Qingyun's clothes and pressed his palm against his chest.
The people below were jumping around wildly.
Quickly, then stop.
If this chaos continues, people could die at any moment.
Chu Tianxing moved the needle to the back of his hand to divert some of the blood and qi.
As soon as the needle was inserted, Ye Qingyun's right shoulder twitched, and blood flowed from his ear to his temple.
Chu Tianxing's hands were sweating, his fingertips pressed against the acupoints, not daring to deviate even slightly.
"If you're going to die, don't die by my hand."
"I haven't even had the government compensate me for my medicine kit yet."
Ye Qingyun let out a low murmur.
" Su Yao..."
Chu Tianxing paused for a moment.
"Even after all this, you're still thinking about her?"
Ye Qingyun's scattered gaze returned to a single point.
"She... should have..."
The rest of the words got stuck in my throat.
Chu Tianxing didn't want to hear about these old grievances.
But when you're hanging by a thread, there are only a few thoughts you can hold onto.
Even if this thought was incredibly stupid, it would allow him to hold on for a few more breaths.
"What should have been?"
"I should have married you?"
Ye Qingyun's lips moved slightly.
"Watch me... ascend to the Qingyun..."
Chu Tianxing almost cursed out loud.
"Even a dog would shake its head at you looking like that!"
"You storm into the clinic with a knife, practice until you bleed from all seven orifices while holding a broken bamboo tube, and you're about to die in the Western Paradise. What makes you think you can ascend to the Qingyun?"
Ye Qingyun coughed up blood.
"It's not my fault..."
"It's your fault."
Chu Tianxing pressed his hand against his chest.
"You went astray on your own. Who put the knife in your hand? Who told you to attack the doctor in the middle of the night?"
Ye Qingyun's chest heaved even more violently.
Footsteps approached, muffled by the mud and water outside the courtyard gate.
Cao Jin arrived first with the Chang'an County Yamen, followed by Yuan Shen's men.
Lanterns were carried into the courtyard one by one, illuminating the blood, broken needles, short knives, and bamboo tubes on the ground.
Cao Jin glanced around, his expression grim.
What happened?
Chu Tianxing pressed Ye Qingyun down while cursing.
"Don't crowd around me! Let the wind blow!"
Cao Jin didn't argue with him, but turned to look at the guard.
The guard's face was pale, and his lips were trembling.
"My lord, Ye Qingyun broke through the prison gate, seized a knife, and Physician Chu."
" The Physician Chu used acupuncture to save the patient."
He swallowed hard, his voice lowering.
Ye Qingyun also said that the Crown Prince had sent Physician Chu to harm him.
No one in the courtyard responded.
Only Ye Qingyun's intermittent panting could be heard.
Yuan Shen had just stepped into the courtyard when he heard this, and he stopped in his tracks.
Cao Jin's expression turned even uglier.
No one is allowed to leave.
Chu Tianxing's hand slipped, and blood stained his palm.
Stop standing there acting all high and mighty! Get to work!
Cao Jin tore off the lining from his sleeve and handed it over.
Chu Tianxing, pressed it under Ye Qingyun's nose, and inserted two more needles to push the rushing blood back.
Ye Qingyun lifted her eyelids, but her gaze had already wandered.
"The Crown Prince has ruined me..."
Yuan Shen took a step closer.
" Ye Qingyun, if you have a grievance, speak now."
Upon hearing the official's voice, blood bubbles oozed from the corner of Ye Qingyun's mouth.
" Chu Tianxing..."
Chu Tianxing's face darkened.
"Don't call on random people!"
"I saved you so much that even the needle broke, and you still want to drag me down with you?"
Ye Qingyun stared intently at Yuan Shen.
"Buy my life..."
Yuan Shen looked down at him, his expression changing.
The needle in Chu Tianxing.
After this injection, Ye Qingyun might never be able to utter a complete sentence again.
If you don't prick, the blood will rush upwards, and the person will die immediately.
Chu Tianxing clenched his teeth, but the needle still fell.
"Life is more important than nonsense."
Ye Qingyun's body twitched.
The throbbing in my chest was getting weaker and weaker.
Chu Tianxing pressed on his neck, sweat dripping from his forehead to the ground.
"Jump."
"Dance!"
Ye Qingyun's lips moved one last time.
Only breathy sounds remained.
Gu... Mo...
Chu Tianxing's expression changed.
Yuan Shen took half a step forward.
What did he say?
Chu Tianxing raised his head, about to speak.
But Ye Qingyun's chest sank down, and he never rose again.
He seemed to see a place not far away where everyone was banging drums and gongs for him.
Everyone was cheering for him...
The lights in the courtyard flickered.
Ye Qingyun bled from all seven orifices and died completely.
After the rain, muddy water flowed along the cracks in the bricks, and the smell of herbs and blood mingled together, making one's throat feel blocked.
Chu Tianxing pressed his hand against the side of his neck, his fingertips lingering there for a long time.
The guard beside him shouted, trembling.
" Physician Chu?"
Chu Tianxing didn't look up.
Cao Jin looked at him.
How is he?
Chu Tianxing slowly loosened his grip.
His palms were covered in mud and blood.
She still died. I couldn't save her.
A cry came from the alley entrance.
"Young Master!"
Shuhe stumbled in, his knees buckled, and he collapsed into the mud.
Cao Jin closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again, his face was now filled with the hardness of someone investigating a case.
"Sealing the body."
Chu Tianxing up, his eyes bloodshot and filled with helplessness.
He went mad with his cultivation and killed himself.
Cao Jin looked at him.
"You can't leave either; you'll be imprisoned."
Chu Tianxing was taken aback, and his anger flared up instantly.
"I saved someone and ended up being a prisoner?"
"Your Chang'an County relies on hiring doctors to fill quotas for handling cases?"
Cao Jin did not dodge his insults.
"The person ultimately died at your hands."
"You were the last person he rescued, and the person he specifically called out on his deathbed."
Chu Tianxing his mouth to curse again.
Cao Jin stopped himself from speaking.
" Chu Tianxing, you are not allowed to leave until the case is closed."
Chu Tianxing's throat tightened.
He looked down at the broken needle in his hand, then glanced at Ye Qingyun's corpse, his face turning extremely grim.
Cao Jin turned and gave the order.
Ye Qingyun's body was sent to the authorities for examination.
" Chu Tianxing detained pending interrogation."
"The names of all officials, civilians, and patients present must be recorded."
" The Shun'an Lane case is hereby declared closed: the lane, the medicine, and all witnesses are to be sealed off."
After saying that, he looked at the bamboo tube next to Ye Qingyun.
"Seal the bamboo tubes as well."
The clerk immediately took out paper and began to write.
The clerk asked, "Sir, how do you write an urgent report?"
Cao Jin looked at the herbs scattered on the ground, the fallen shed pillars, and the bamboo tubes in the blood, and spoke slowly.
" Ye Qingyun stormed into the emergency shelter with a knife, resisted arrest and injured people, practiced unorthodox martial arts, and died by forcibly activating his internal energy."
Chu Tianxing up.
He was still breathing at the end.
Cao Jin looked at him.
"Therefore, it was also written that Chu Tianxing's rescue attempt failed."
Chu Tianxing gripped the broken needle, his chest heaving a few times.
He looked down at his blood-stained hands.
Cao Jin added, "Write it again: Ye Qingyun, on his deathbed, identified the current Crown Prince as the mastermind behind his murder, Chu Tianxing an accomplice."
The clerk's hand trembled.
"My lord, does the Crown Prince also write?"
Cao Jin looked towards the Hall of Supreme Ultimate.
"Write."
"If even one word is missing, more than just Ye Qingyun will die tomorrow."