In the side room at the backyard of 'Shi Zhen Tang' medical center, the atmosphere was heavy with grief. Fei'er and Lady Du wailed in agony, Wu'er, and Wen'er also cried in despair. Mu Zhongqing, his face pallid, strained against his illness to stumble off the Kang, intending to personally go to the county government office to report the crime.
The shopkeeper at Shi Zhen Tang was a compassionate sort, moved by their pitiful plight and also by the young lady who had been abducted, who had always been kind and generous to him. Therefore, he stayed with them in their room, trying to offer words of comfort.
When he heard that Mu Zhongqing wanted to report the crime, he tried to dissuade him. "Elder Mu, in my humble opinion, you should save your energy. Who doesn't know that the county official is in cahoots with those Liaodan savages? They've taken the money from the Liaodan people and have been causing all sorts of harm to the people of the Great Jin!"
