Chapter 17: The Host Turns the Table "Oh, if that's the case, then it must be God Jiang...

The hunchbacked man took the patient's pulse, and his expression was much more serious than when he diagnosed the troublemaker before.

After a diagnosis, the hunchbacked man looked at Pei Yixue, with some unknown emotions in his eyes, and then he stood up and reported to the county magistrate: "Your Excellency, this person does have a chronic disease, but his pulse is similar to Zhang Laoliu's, but it is different. This chronic disease will not endanger his life, but it will make people suffer day and night, living a life worse than death, and it is not easy to cure. I am not talented enough to treat Zhang Laoliu's stubborn disease, but I happened to have cured several cases of this disease in my early years, so I can be considered handy."

"Tsk, this miracle doctor from Liming Pharmacy is really embarrassed. He thought he had cured some earth-shattering difficult and complicated disease, but people say he cured several cases many years ago!"

"You said it could be cured, so he had to bring out Dr. Jiang to demonstrate. He is showing off his skills in front of Lu Ban. Let's see how he ends up."

The county magistrate listened quietly to the crowd's sarcastic remarks, with no intention of speaking out to stop them. But before he could speak, Pei Yixue was about to speak.

"Dr. Jiang has been in seclusion for many years. It's understandable that he made a mistake in diagnosis because he was not familiar with it." Pei Yixue's words were three parts disdain and seven parts nonchalant. "Is that so? Dr. Jiang."

"My diagnosis will not be wrong." The hunchbacked man said indifferently.

"Oh, if that's the case, it means that Doctor Jiang has been stuck in seclusion in the mountains for many years. His medical skills are questionable and he has diagnosed diseases even for people who are not sick." Pei Yixue lamented, seeming to be very sorry for the end of a generation of miracle doctors.

The hunchbacked man's eyes were dark. "Even if I have been complacent for many years, it is not the turn of an unknown person to question me. You were just an unknown person before you came to Qingzhou. Don't think that you can look down on others just because you have cured a few people in Qingzhou in the past year. I have been famous in Qingzhou since I was a young man. Over the past few decades, I have cured more people than you have eaten salt."

"Why talk about the past? We only need to talk about the present. Or is it that Dr. Jiang can only rely on the reputation he left behind in the past to maintain his reputation as a miracle doctor? Otherwise, how could he diagnose Zhang Laoliu's stubborn illness? How could he not know that the illness Zhang Laoliu mentioned was the same as the illness of the patient in my Liming Pharmacy?

However, my patient is still in the early stage, while the symptoms mentioned by Zhang Laoliu are those that only appear in the middle and late stages. "

The hunchbacked man naturally knew that the symptoms Zhang Laoliu described and the patients at Liming Pharmacy were the early and late stages of the same disease, but since he had previously said that he had never seen Zhang Laoliu's disease, how could he admit it now? He could only bite the bullet and make up for the lie.

"You keep saying that the two are the same disease. Have you ever seen a patient in the late stage of this chronic disease?"

"nature."

The hunchbacked man snorted coldly, "I wonder how the patient is doing now?" This stubborn disease is rare and difficult to cure. In the early stages, the chances of diagnosis and cure are very small, not to mention in the later stages, when there is basically no possibility of cure.

Pei Yixue said, "Under my care, he recovered from his illness in two months. As for how he is doing now, I really don't know. He left as soon as he recovered and I have no contact with him since then."

The hunchbacked man's mouth twitched at an inopportune time. He thought to himself that this old man was really good at bragging. He said he could recover in two months, but no one would believe it.

Not to mention two months, two years, or even twenty years, the disease cannot be cured. Moreover, in the end, the symptoms will become more and more serious, and the patients often cannot bear it and will commit suicide early.

He thought so in his heart and said so out loud.

He glanced at Pei Yixue and said, "Lying doesn't add to your poor medical skills."

At first, he had some admiration for Pei Yixue's ability to treat the early stages of the disease. But now, seeing Pei Xue bragging just to compete with him, he was left with only disgust and disdain.

Pei Yixue smiled, turned around and said to the crowd outside the government office: "I, Liming Pharmacy, will announce today that if a person suffering from this disease comes to my pharmacy and cannot be cured, my Liming Pharmacy will close down and never return to the world again. I also accept the two hundred gold compensation given to Zhang Laoliu in the previous judgment."

After saying this, he turned to the hunchbacked man and said, "I wonder if Dr. Jiang has such confidence?"

Having said that, he knew very well that this hunchbacked man's disease was obviously incurable.

This is exactly what he wanted, to drag the hunchbacked man into the water, let him make a bet, and then fall from the altar into the abyss.

Doesn’t he claim to be a miracle doctor with great medical skills?

He has never been a good person, let alone someone who is weak and can be bullied.

Anyone who dares to play tricks on him behind his back and bring him unnecessary trouble will have no peace of mind, whether he is a miracle doctor or a county magistrate.

He gladly accepted the title and reputation of miracle doctor that the hunchbacked man had earned over most of his life.

From now on, his position in the Qingzhou medical community will be unshakable.

"I won't boast about curing a disease I haven't seen before. If I encounter one, I can only do my best. But I have long since retired from society. This time I was entrusted by an old friend, so I shouldn't have this opportunity again." The hunchbacked man said, "Besides, if you really want to cure it, why not Zhang Laoliu in front of you?"

This is an attempt to fool people by saying he is going to retire from the world, but Pei Yixue will not let them have their way. "I've said before that Zhang Laoliu doesn't have any intractable disease. Why don't we stay for half a month? If we meet a patient with the disease in the late stage during this half month, how can we treat him? Doctor Jiang, maybe I can ask him for some advice? Since the doctor has already left the mountain, staying for another half a month should not delay his retreat from the world."

Pei Yixue cornered the hunchbacked man, who stared at him for two seconds and said coldly, "It's not like you're asking for advice. I'll just watch the miracle doctor show his skills."

"Yes, of course." Pei Yixue had no intention of being modest. He turned to the county magistrate and said, "Please be a witness here, sir."

The county magistrate snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "If you really have such medical skills, you should be able to know the stubborn disease of Zhang Laoliu.

"Is it because Zhang Laoliu has offended you in private that you are not taking any action now? So you hold a grudge against him, refuse to treat me, and even use other medicines to fool me."

The county magistrate said this, which might not sound very offensive at first, but it was fatal to a pharmacy.

If a pharmacy were to do something bad behind the backs of patients because of personal grudges, once word got out, few people would dare to come for treatment again.

The dirty water was thrown so suddenly that no one was prepared.

Pei Yixue stood in the hall and said, following the county magistrate's words, "Since the opening of Liming Pharmacy, we have treated everyone equally, but after today, I'm afraid there will be two more rules.

First, if Liming Pharmacy has been found to have prescribed drugs indiscriminately in the past or in the future, and this is true, then five hundred gold coins will be paid as compensation.

Second, if Liming Pharmacy does not want to treat patients, it must have made it clear in advance that people like Zhang Laoliu who deliberately make trouble will never be accepted by the pharmacy again, as well as their blood relatives within the six generations of mourning. "

When I came out of the yamen, it was already past the hour of Xu.

Outside the box of Liming Pharmacy, Xie Yushu leaned quietly against the wall, his posture as straight as a pine tree, his shiny and thick black hair fluttering gently in the breeze, revealing a quiet and affectionate temperament.

His lowered eyes made it hard to tell what he was feeling, but his slightly furrowed brows revealed a sadness that could not be ignored.

Pei Yixue stood at the corner of the corridor and looked for a while, then stepped forward and said, "It's so late, why is Mr. Xie still here?"

Xie Yushu suddenly looked over, his deep eyes flashing with joy, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "You're back."

"Yeah." Pei Yixue responded.

"What's going on at the government office?"

"It's solved, no need to worry."

"That's good." Xie Yushu breathed a sigh of relief, but the worry on his face did not dissipate. He turned his head and looked into the house through the closed door, hesitantly saying: "Divine Doctor, why does he need so long for this quiet treatment? Is it because his condition is more serious than usual?"

Pei Yixue paused, his tone a little serious, "Mr. Xie should know that his illness is indeed a bit tricky, and there is no cure for the time being, so we can only barely stabilize the condition.

This time, it was probably due to some kind of stimulation, and the excessive emotional fluctuations made the condition worse, so naturally, it will take a longer period of static treatment, but it's not a big deal."

Xie Yushu's pupils shrank, his guilt evident as he murmured, "Because I was stimulated..."

Pei Yixue's heart skipped a beat. "This is just my guess." It was just an excuse he made up.

He couldn't say that he was delayed in the government office and couldn't finish his "quiet treatment" in time.

I didn't expect Xie Yushu to think so much.

You don't think his condition got worse because of the previous rejection?

"Mr. Pei's rest time is almost up. Please wait a moment."

Pei Yixue went into the house to change his clothes, and when he walked around the screen, he happened to bump into the steward who came out of the secret door in the house.

"Is everything arranged?"

"Everything is ready. We are just waiting for the news to spread to Yancheng and the big fish to take the bait." The steward said, "The original small fight was not enough to attract Governor Fang. Now there is a hermit doctor involved. Governor Fang will probably lose his patience and come here soon."

After explaining some things, Pei Yixue went out. It was too late now, and it would be inconvenient to rush back to the Wang family's ancestral home at night.

He and Xie Yushu found a nearby inn and asked for two adjacent rooms.

Xie Yushu sent him to the door and reminded him, "I'm next door. If you have any questions or feel uncomfortable, you can call me directly."

"Okay." Pei Yixue responded verbally, his voice as thin and weak as a mosquito, and he coughed from time to time, acting like a person who was still seriously ill.

"I'll take you in." Xie Yushu said hesitantly.

He was actually quite afraid to be alone with Pei Yixue now, and seeing Pei Yixue in this state, he felt a little reluctant.

Gently pushing the door open, he helped Pei Yixue walk in, praying in his heart that Pei Yixue would not say anything like that again.

If he told her, would he refuse, or would he try to calm her down first to avoid making her angry again?

The closer he got to the bed, the farther away the voices outside became. The quieter the room became, the more uneasy Xie Yushu felt.

Almost the moment he pushed Pei Yixue to sit on the bed, he turned and left.

Pei Yixue seemed to have been drained of all his strength. He leaned against the head of the bed, watching Xie Yushu's back as he turned and left, feeling only amused.

The night was dim and the candlelight in the house flickered in the darkness, stretching his shadow very long, making him look a little lonely.

In fact, he also felt so. He finally had the opportunity to stay in the inn with Xie Yushu. How could he stay in this room alone?