Jiang Shuyue frowned slightly: "Did the officers say anything?"

Su Nan gasped, "No, they just told me to call the attending physician out as soon as possible, the sooner the better."

Jiang Shuyue understood and pointed to the study: "Go and call Uncle Lin. The officials aren't here to cause trouble; they must have a patient who needs to be seen."

If it can get government officials to come out, then it must be no ordinary person.

Jiang Shuyue put on her veil and strode towards the clinic.

Upon seeing Jiang Shuyue emerge, Su Jin hurriedly greeted her: "Sister, something terrible has happened at Linjiang Academy. The officials have summoned all the doctors on the street."

As soon as Su Jin finished speaking, a man dressed as a yamen runner, with a knife at his waist and an anxious expression, stood in the clinic.

Jiang Shuyue gestured to Su Jin not to rush, and stepped forward to ask, "May I ask what happened at the academy? I am the doctor from Jishetang."

The officials did not expect that the doctor at Jishetang was a woman.

He said succinctly, "After lunch, everyone in the academy is vomiting and has diarrhea, and some people have even fallen into a coma. Are you a doctor? Come with me to save them."

The officer had just reached out to pull Jiang Shuyue when he suddenly remembered that she was a woman, so he withdrew his hand.

The first thought that popped into Jiang Shuyue's mind was food poisoning.

"Wait a moment, I'll go get some medicinal herbs."

Before the officials could speak, Jiang Shuyue strode toward the backyard storeroom.

With a thought, Jiang Shuyue took out emetics, laxatives, and liver-protecting and detoxifying medicine from her spatial storage.

When she came out carrying the medicine bag, Su Huai-ren and Lin Miao-shou rushed over upon hearing the noise.

"Yue'er, I'll go with you." Lin Miaoshou saw a carriage parked outside the clinic.

Jiang Shuyue had a sudden inspiration and said to Su Huai Ren and Su Jin, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. The more people, the better. Let's all go together."

Fortunately, Linjiang Academy wasn't too far away, and Jiang Shuyue and her group arrived at the academy quickly.

Looking around, dozens of doctors had already gathered in the academy.

Judging from their manner, they've probably brought most of the doctors from Laiyang City over.

As you enter the academy, an unpleasant odor hits you.

The scholars were slumped over, their books scattered all over the ground.

The doctors stood by, scratching their heads in frustration, completely at a loss.

Jiang Shuyue handed the emetic and laxative medicine to Su Jin and Su Huai Ren, urging them, "Go to the kitchen and brew the medicine quickly."

Then she shouted to the doctors, "Quickly, find a way to induce vomiting!"

Upon hearing this, some sane scholars put their fingers in their mouths to induce vomiting.

Once the doctor came to his senses, he quickly ordered someone to fetch some diluted salt water.

Immediately, the doctors sprang into action, some giving the patient water, others using silver needles to induce vomiting.

Seeing this, Lin Miaoshou quickly joined the ranks of the doctors treating patients.

Seeing that Jiang Shuyue remained calm in the face of danger, the academy's steward quickly came forward to greet her.

What did you have for lunch today?

The steward hurriedly replied, "I just came from home. I heard that braised pork was cooked at the academy today."

"Take me to the kitchen." Jiang Shuyue didn't believe that braised pork could poison the scholars.

Upon entering the kitchen, one sees several cooks looking energetic, clearly indicating they haven't eaten any poisonous food.

The steward gave the cook an unfriendly look and shouted, "Is there any leftover braised pork from today? Bring it out quickly so the doctor and the officials can see it."

"Yes, yes." The cook brought over a bowl of braised pork.

The braised pork was brightly colored and had a wonderful aroma, clearly made from fresh meat.

Jiang Shuyue said confidently, "There's nothing wrong with the meat; they must have eaten something else."

The officers, experienced and knowledgeable, glared at the cooks and said, "Human lives are at stake. Tell the truth now, or you'll all be taken back to the yamen and tortured."

The cooks were so frightened that they knelt down with a thud, their bodies trembling like leaves.

"My lord, spare my life! I will tell you the truth."

"Today the scholars are eating braised pork with potatoes, and the braised pork is..." The cook looked up at the steward, whose face was dark with anger.

Her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz: "The braised pork was cooked separately by the women of this household, and this bowl is reserved for the steward."

The steward hurriedly retorted, "This wicked woman is talking nonsense. My home is not far from the academy. When have I ever eaten here?"

The other cooks were too frightened to raise their heads. The cook who was reporting to the official gritted her teeth and said, "Everything I said is true. Please investigate, Your Honor."

Then the woman scrambled to her feet and untied the burlap sack on top of the bamboo basket in the corner of the room.

In one corner of the kitchen, several baskets of potatoes that had already sprouted were piled up.

Jiang Shuyue glared angrily at the steward: "Sprouted and green potatoes are poisonous. Why are you feeding them to scholars? Isn't this treating human life like dirt?"

The manager avoided eye contact: "This... how could these potatoes be poisonous? I... I didn't know!"

Su Huai-ren stood up from behind the stove and said righteously, "You can't possibly not know that the academy's doctors will definitely tell you which foods are poisonous to anyone who makes purchases for the academy."

Faced with irrefutable evidence, the manager was speechless.

He only bought the cheapest potatoes to line his own pocket, how did it lead to someone's death?

"Get up and continue brewing the medicine," the official ordered the cooks kneeling on the ground.

Immediately, everyone busied themselves with preparing the medicine.

The officials following Jiang Shuyue learned that the problem stemmed from the potatoes purchased by the supervisor.

He shouted outside, "Guards, take the manager back to the yamen for questioning."

"Injustice! Injustice! I really didn't mean it. Potatoes are sprouting this season. You can go to the market and see for yourselves if you don't believe me," the manager tried to argue.

Several officials came in from outside, and without saying a word, they grabbed the academy's manager and dragged him out.

With such a serious incident, the authorities will surely arrest and punish those responsible.

"Sister, the emetic is ready."

Jiang Shuyue said to the officials, "Quickly call some people in and carry the medicine out to the patient."

The officials were puzzled until Su Jin poured the medicine into the wooden bucket, at which point a nauseating medicinal smell filled the air.

Only then did the officials understand why Jiang Shuyue had said she had forced the medicine down the patient's throat.

Such foul-smelling medicine is impossible for anyone to swallow; it has to be forced down the throat.

"Ah Jin, you continue to oversee the decoction preparation. Once the laxative is ready, have someone send it out as well."

“Uncle, come with me to rescue people.” Jiang Shuyue said as she walked out, with Su Huai Ren following closely behind.

Under Jiang Shuyue's methodical command, everyone worked together and quickly administered the medicine.

The sounds of vomiting echoed throughout the scene, and the stench was overwhelming.

"Where is Headmaster?" Su Huai-ren and Jiang Shu-yue asked at the same time.

Some of the officials noticed that the schoolroom and corridors were full of young scholars and exclaimed, "Oh no, the headmaster isn't here. Quickly split up and search!"

Su Huai-ren held the remaining emetic in his hand and looked up at the layout of the academy.

He said to Jiang Shuyue, "The headmaster might be behind there."

The last time he came to the academy, he didn't even enter the schoolyard; he could only judge based on his own understanding of the layout and division of the buildings.

After passing through the corridor, the group hurriedly knocked on each door.

"Someone come here!"

A faint sound came from a room.