Chapter 926: Madwoman

The staff quickly covered his mouth and said, "Young Master Gu, please don’t yell, there are no robbers in the inn; we are the inn’s staff, don’t be afraid."

Damn it, with you yelling like that, how is the inn supposed to do business?

Robbers in the inn? Who would dare to stay here in the future?

Gu Chengli, with his mouth covered, became even more frightened, mumbling and struggling, and it took all the strength of several staff members to hold him down.

While holding Gu Chengli down, a disheveled madwoman rushed in from the doorway, shouting at them, "Help, help, Gu Jinli poisoned me, she wants to kill me!"

The staff of the Fu Inn were stupefied again, staring at the newcomer for a moment before recognizing her: "...You’re Youfu’s wife?"

Ms. Zhang, with messy hair and her inner garment open, cried and shouted at them, "Yes, it’s me, hurry and get a doctor to save me, Gu Jinli poisoned me, there are worms growing in my stomach, I’m going to die!"

Ms. Zhang kept repeating that she was poisoned, that there were worms in her stomach, and demanded they get a famous doctor.

The staff of the Fu Inn tried to console her, telling her not to make noise, but their combined voices couldn’t match Ms. Zhang, who nearly deafened them with her yelling.

Having no choice, they had to hold Ms. Zhang down as well, but it was already too late; some guests heard Ms. Zhang’s voice and came over to ask, "What’s going on? Yelling for help so early in the morning, scared us to death."

Upon hearing the commotion, the shopkeeper also rushed over and hurriedly explained, "Rest assured, guests, our inn is definitely safe; there’s a night watch. It’s just some old Gu Family people going mad and spouting nonsense. We’ll get a doctor for them right away. Please go back; we’ll serve you breakfast shortly."

Adding, "It’s on the house."

The guest, upon hearing this, angrily said, "Old Gu Family people? Their reputation is already ruined, yet you still welcome them? Aren’t you just inviting trouble for the inn?"

The shopkeeper regretted it too, but the Old Gu Family people were generous; they insisted on staying in the best courtyard, and one night’s stay cost thirty taels. He couldn’t resist the silver, so he let them stay, not expecting trouble after just one night.

Seeing the shopkeeper’s good attitude, the guest finally left, but not before warning, "Resolve it quickly; all the guests in the inn are awake. If word gets out, your inn will be finished."

"Oh, thank you for the reminder, we’ll sort this out right away." The shopkeeper escorted the guest out of the courtyard, wiped the sweat off his forehead after the guest left, closed the door to the Jinfu Courtyard, and stormed inside, yelling, "What are you useless guys doing? Quickly shut her mouth; her voice is so loud I could hear her from the front!"

"Yes." The staff hurriedly covered Ms. Zhang’s mouth and relayed both Ms. Zhang’s and Gu Chengli’s words to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper frowned, "Robbers? Gu Jinli? Who’s Gu Jinli? What a load of nonsense, I couldn’t understand a word."

He also instructed the staff, "Go get a doctor, use the back door, and don’t let anyone know."

Ms. Zhang claimed she was poisoned and she was in their inn; they couldn’t just ignore it without having a doctor check her.

"Got it." A staff member responded, hurrying to get a doctor.

By the time the doctor arrived, the front of the Jinfu Courtyard was already crowded, as the guests in the inn had learned about the Old Gu Family incident and came to watch the commotion.

The shopkeeper felt like dying.

He had no other choice but to go inform Old Master Fu, the Dong Family.

Old Master Fu and Young Master Fu rushed over without even having breakfast, continuously apologizing to the guests and promising a thorough investigation of the matter.

They then instructed the shopkeeper to open the door and invite the guests in to show they had nothing to hide.

Dozens of guests poured in and watched as the doctor checked Ms. Zhang’s pulse.

After a short while, the doctor said, "She’s fine, not poisoned."

Old Master Fu asked, "Really not poisoned? But she keeps yelling that she’s been poisoned. Could it be that she’s gone mad?"

If she was mad, it wouldn’t be the inn’s responsibility.

Or maybe she was trying to cause trouble and extort the inn for silver.

The doctor said, "I couldn’t find any signs of poisoning. If you don’t believe me, you can have Doctor Liu and Doctor Xiao take a look."

The Fu Family had the money, spending some silver to hire renowned doctors to protect the inn’s reputation was worth it, so they immediately sent people to hire Doctor Liu and Doctor Xiao at a high cost to diagnose Ms. Zhang.

The two doctors also found nothing, with Doctor Liu even adding, "She probably really has hysteria."

Hysteria, this word in the guests’ ears confirmed Ms. Zhang was mad.

Old Master Fu sighed in relief, "It’s good she’s not poisoned."

But Ms. Zhang wouldn’t give up, continuously shouting, "I’m poisoned, really poisoned; last night Gu Jinli came with people to poison me, trying to kill me; you guys quickly report to the authorities and arrest her!"

Hmph, damn girl, let’s see me not destroy you this time!

Regardless of whether she was poisoned, as long as she could get Gu Jinli into a government office, that would ruin her reputation; let’s see who would dare marry her after that.

Ms. Zhang was bent on destroying Gu Jinli, but Young Master Fu said, "That’s just your side of the story; what’s your evidence to prove Gu Jinli harmed you? Besides, who’s this Gu Jinli anyway, never heard of her."

Ms. Zhang said, "Gu Jinli is Gu Dashan’s second daughter; she came last night to avenge her father!"

Young Master Fu oh-ed, eyeing Ms. Zhang with suspicion: "So it’s Gu Dashan’s daughter? Then we definitely can’t help you report this to the authorities; it’s obvious you’re holding a grudge and deliberately framing someone, trying to harm Gu Dashan’s daughter."

These words caused the guests present to nod in agreement: "Young Master Fu is right; these Old Gu Family people just won’t give up, pulling this stunt to frame Gu Dashan’s daughter, probably to extort silver from Dashan’s family."

After all, a young girl wouldn’t want to go to court, so she’d opt to settle with money; Ms. Zhang sure had it all planned out.

Ms. Zhang shouted, "I’m not lying, Gu Jinli really came last night and poisoned me!"

"Tch, you’re not lying? If you weren’t scheming to continue accusing Dashan’s family to extort money, how could you say something so ridiculous? Gu Jinli? We don’t even know what she looks like, yet you claim she poisoned you. You’re presenting no evidence, and the doctors said you’re not poisoned—aren’t you clearly framing someone?"

Young Master Fu pointed at Ms. Zhang, "One must have a conscience; haven’t you harmed Dashan’s family enough? How could you continue to harm others? Are you really that wicked?"

He apologized to the guests present: "Dear guests, we’re truly sorry, it’s our shopkeeper’s greed that brought in the Old Gu Family. We’ll expel them right away, so they won’t disrupt your sight anymore."

They seized the opportunity to expel Ms. Zhang and her lot.

Ms. Zhang panicked, getting up and fighting with Young Master Fu: "You vile whelp, what nonsense are you spouting? I’ve said it’s that damn girl Gu Jinli who harmed me—why don’t you believe it? Why don’t you believe it? I’ll beat you to death!"

Ms. Zhang’s ferocious demeanor fell into the eyes of the guests present, confirming she was really mad.

Old Master Fu saw his son being hit and urgently shouted, "Quickly pull this madwoman away!"