Chapter 28 - 27. Inner prison
The early morning in Luocheng City was brimming with vitality, with people bustling about.
Bullock carts headed to East Market to attend the fair, occasionally causing traffic jams on the narrow roads, as the cart drivers munched on their pastries and cursed impatiently for people to make way.
Laughter, anger, shouting, the sounds of selling were endless.
You might never guess from its bustling scene that this city has been in decline for hundreds of years; it seemed as though it still dwelled in its most glorious moments.
At Taiping Medical Hall, Chen Ji stood behind the counter with his sleeves rolled up, weighing medicine with copper scales for the patients with a clean smile that would never associate him with "catching spies."
On the other side, Old Yao was examining the students.
She Dengke sat straight behind the counter, eyes closed as he took a patient's pulse. Old Yao stood by, holding a bamboo strip, and sternly asked, "Speak quickly, what is the pulse?"
She Dengke placed three fingers on the patient's wrist and guessed tentatively, "Surging pulse?"
Snap! The bamboo strip struck She Dengke's back, startling the middle-aged male patient across the counter.
Old Yao signaled for the patient to stay calm and pressed She Dengke again, "What pulse?"
She Dengke grimaced, "Excessive pulse!"