Chapter 672 That's really impressive~

Before Dr. Huang could fully recount what he had seen in the West Market, the gong on the high platform was struck again.

Everyone looked up at the high platform and saw a line of soldiers in full armor walking towards them from behind it.

Two soldiers, one on each side, dragged a disheveled, unkempt, and pale-faced man onto the high platform.

The five men were thrown onto the high platform by the soldiers. A quick-thinking doctor below immediately realized, "Could these be the people who were poisoned by opium?"

The man's exclamation drew everyone's attention, causing them to crane their necks to look at the high platform, all eager to see how powerful this opium was.

Before the doctors in the audience could even begin to discuss the matter, one of the doctors standing in the front row exclaimed, "This... this person has gone mad?"

Fortunately, these doctors still cared about their reputation as doctors, so they managed to crowd towards the front of the platform in an orderly manner.

Li San Niang naturally didn't join in the fun. Instead, she took the opportunity to leave the crowd and went to the end of the covered walkway, where she stood with Qiu Xiang, Qi Li, and Nan Xing.

"Dr. Li, why aren't you moving forward?"

Seeing Nanxing's curious look, Li Sanniang instructed him to move the flowerpots under the corridor to the railing, "Stack them up higher, and let Qili hold them for you. You can see ahead when you stand on them."

Qili was also good-tempered. He and Nanxing carried a tall flowerpot under the corridor to the platform of the railing. Qili held the flowerpot, while Nanxing, who was tall and slender, nimbly used his waist strength to jump onto the flowerpot.

"You better watch carefully, I'll let you see it once I've made my decision."

Nanxing looked towards the other side of the platform and saw that the several dirty-clothed men who had been thrown off by the soldiers were now falling ill!

They must have been bound and guarded by soldiers in the back of the hall, waiting for the time to come for them to fall ill so that they could be dragged out for the doctors to examine.

Nanxing had clearly heard Li Sanniang's description of the symptoms of a person addicted to gambling when she went on stage.

He watched as the men twisted their bodies, seemingly trembling or having an epileptic seizure, but instead of foaming at the mouth, they were spewing saliva, thick saliva.

Not only that, the man on the far right of these people suddenly stood up and reached out with his claws to grab a doctor who was standing very close by, trying to observe him closely.

This really startled the doctor. Nanxing saw the doctor and quickly reached out to try to shake off the man's hand that was grabbing his clothes, but he couldn't shake it off even after two attempts. Moreover, at this moment, the man knelt down and pounced on the doctor.

This startled Nanxing so much that she almost slipped off the edge of the flowerpot, but luckily Qili caught her ankle just in time.

"What are you doing? Don't move!"

When Qili looked up at the platform again, the man who had fallen into drug addiction had already been kicked back to his original position by a soldier.

Seeing this, Qili, who had just jumped down from the flowerpot, calmed herself down, grabbed the flowerpot, and let Nanxing jump up to take a look.

This real-life experience of watching patients suffering from drug addiction lasted for about half an hour, until one of them became incontinent and became too filthy. Only then did Wang Shuzheng wave his hand and order the soldiers to drag the group away again.

Hearing is unreliable, seeing is believing.

Previously, Li San Niang's words on the high platform seemed reasonable and well-founded. Given her reputation, after all, she had previously lectured to the physicians of the Department of Ulcer Medicine at the Imperial Medical Academy and had taught many techniques to the public free of charge, so the people naturally believed what she said.

Even if you believe it, it's still not as shocking as seeing it with your own eyes.

After the soldiers dragged the people away, Wang Shuzheng and Yao Shucheng, who were sitting on chairs next to the platform, did not rush to ring the gong to summon everyone. Instead, they gave the hundred doctors below the platform time to discuss and exchange ideas.

Therefore, Li San Niang was surrounded by people at this moment. After seeing the real symptoms of drug addiction, the doctors were full of curiosity and questions about this kind of poisoning.

"Could Dr. Li please explain the pharmacology of that poisoning again?"

The doctor, whose hair was already mottled and mixed with some white hair, looked to be older than Li's father. He cupped his hands in greeting to Li San Niang and asked her this question.

Since they had already spoken, Li San Niang naturally wouldn't refuse. She was eager to explain it ten or eight times so that all the doctors present would understand the medicinal properties of opium.

After all, according to the agreement between Li San Niang and Mr. Bu Ke, those who have been poisoned by opium will need to be detained in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and doctors will be needed to treat them.

According to Li San Niang's suggestion, it would be best if those with mild symptoms could suppress their addiction by taking herbal medicine and acupuncture. If that didn't work, then they could consider what Mr. Bu Ke said: sending these people to the mines.

At that time, Li San Niang said to Mr. Bu Ke: "Apart from those doctors who are interested in this addiction, most doctors probably don't want to save these people, especially after witnessing the addiction and the way it is when people are suffering from it. They would be even more disgusted to treat them."

Even if the Imperial Medical Bureau could use its power to force these people to take up their posts, the effect would likely be minimal.

That would be a losing proposition.

Mr. Ke raised his head, his eyes conveying the message: "You have a solution? I'd like to hear the details."

Li San Niang nodded, "In that case, it would be better not to use coercive methods, but to arouse the hearts of those doctors who are curious or have a sense of righteousness. In this way, these people will take good care of those people, which will be good for both of us."

While Li San Niang was still explaining things to the doctors, Zhuque Street, just a wall away, was bustling with activity.

Squads of soldiers moved back and forth, some escorting people back, others escorting people out.

These people being escorted by soldiers were all people whose connection to opium had been investigated earlier by the Bad Guys and the Imperial Guards.

Most of them were shop assistants and managers who were lured into taking opium because of business dealings. There were only a few shopkeepers involved. The rest of the people who were lured into taking opium were caught in Pingkangfang.

Yes, it's Pingkangfang.

Most of these bad things are probably related to places like Pingkangfang, places known for their extravagance and waste.

The Bad Guys already had a base in Pingkangfang. Under Mr. Bu Ke's orders, Qi Zhidie and the others in Shihualou naturally obeyed, and they obtained a lot of intelligence for Mr. Bu Ke.

Furthermore, because Linglan was secretly treating the women in the third-class brothels in Pingkangfang, which were similar to Shihualou, she also received some help from these women who were not from the gangs.

Therefore, the arrest of this person today was extremely fast; it was a blitzkrieg.

Besides, the places with the most soldiers were the East and West Markets.

In Xishi, in front of a residential building.

Shi Le'an, dressed in armor and holding a red-tasseled spear, rode a tall horse and waved to his adjutant beside him. As soon as the adjutant raised his hand, a line of soldiers behind the two of them drew their bows and aimed at the houses across the street.