Chapter 547 Old Grudges
The middle-aged man's name was Jia Shun. He was from the capital and his family had been doctors for generations.
The feud between him and Su Taiyuan can be traced back to more than 20 years ago.
By then, he had already made some progress in his studies. He was quite talented in medicine and was the best student among the young people in his family.
There was a famous doctor in the capital, and Jia Shun wanted to become his disciple and continue his studies.
He went to visit the famous doctor, but was rejected by the doctor. He did not give up and visited him several times, but was rejected every time. His father and the clan leader also went to the doctor, but the doctor still refused to give in.
Jia Shun gave up, thinking that the famous doctor was too picky and no one could catch his eye, so it seemed that he would not accept him as a disciple.
However, not long after, he heard that the famous doctor had accepted an apprentice.
The apprentice's name was Su Taiyuan.
Later, the two met in Huichun Hall.
Before Su Taiyuan came to Huichuntang, he was the most powerful doctor in Huichuntang and was very majestic. The most difficult diseases were diagnosed by him.
After Su Taiyuan arrived, he was no longer Huichuntang's top doctor. Instead, he became the most powerful doctor in Huichuntang. Everyone knew Doctor Su, and when patients came, they would go to see him. They would only look for him when Doctor Su was not available.
This Su Taiyuan not only stole his master, but also took away his position as the best doctor in Huichuntang!
Jia Shun was filled with hatred and could not bear it any longer! He wanted to drive Su Taiyuan out of Huichun Hall!
This opportunity soon arrived. One day, a seriously ill patient came to Huichuntang, and no one dared to admit him. Jia Shun examined the patient and concluded that this was a difficult and complicated disease with virtually no cure. He asked the patient's wife to ask Su Taiyuan for help. The woman did, and Su Taiyuan agreed!
Jia Shun laughed inwardly. As long as the patient died, he would go out and spread the news that Su Taiyuan had killed the patient, thus ruining Su Taiyuan's reputation!
However, what he didn't expect was that Su Taiyuan actually had some abilities. Under Su Taiyuan's treatment, the patient was actually getting better!
Jia Shun was suddenly panicked. If this continued, Su Taiyuan would become even more famous and become a famous doctor, who would trample him under his feet!
We must not let Su Taiyuan cure that patient!
Jia Shun quickly found a solution.
He inquired about the patient's relationship with his wife. The patient was honest and dull, and had married at a very old age. His wife had been married before, and the son she had with her was not the patient's biological son. Naturally, the relationship between these two, who were married later in life, was not very deep...
Jia Shun and the patient's wife hit it off immediately. Jia Shun gave her some money, and she poisoned her husband to death and then framed Su Taiyuan...
He also bribed the Dali Temple officials in charge of the case at the time to have them close the case hastily.
Things went smoothly, and the news that Su Taiyuan had killed someone spread throughout the capital.
Overnight, he went from being a famous doctor to a mediocre doctor who killed people.
He was driven out of Huichun Hall and despised by everyone.
From then on, Jia Shun never saw Su Taiyuan again.
Maybe he was a doctor in some small place, or maybe he died in some corner.
He worked as a doctor in Huichuntang for several years, and then passed the selection of the Imperial Hospital and became an imperial physician.
He didn't expect that he would see Su Taiyuan on the selection list of the Imperial Hospital!
When selecting the imperial physician, he went to see him secretly, and found that it was not someone with the same name, but the real Su Taiyuan!
He really didn't expect that Su Taiyuan would dare to return to the capital and even dare to participate in the selection of the Imperial Hospital...
Twelve years have passed, and Su Taiyuan's medical skills have not deteriorated at all, and he successfully passed the selection of the Imperial Hospital!
To him, Su Taiyuan was like a curse that would take away everything from him.
We can’t let Su Taiyuan enter the Imperial Hospital!
So, he found the wife of the patient from twelve years ago and promised her five hundred taels of silver, which led to the scene today...
Su Taiyuan, I was able to get you out of Huichuntang twelve years ago. Twelve years later, I will use the same method to get you out of the Imperial Hospital!
Sure enough, when he returned to the Imperial Medical Service and inquired, he heard that Su Taiyuan had been expelled.
Jia Shun gave a triumphant smile.
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Dali Temple.
Su Taiyuan was imprisoned inside.
He just acted very calm in front of his wife.
But trapped in this room, his hands were clenched tightly, revealing his uneasiness.
He thought of some very bad things.
What happened twelve years ago was his nightmare.
"Quack! Quack!"
"Doctors are supposed to heal illnesses and save lives, but you're killing people!"
"You killed my husband, give him back his life!"
The accusing voices rang in his ears, so far away, yet so close.
He said he didn't, he argued, but no one believed him.
Even though twelve years have passed, I still feel cold and breathless when I think of those things.
He took a deep breath, thought of his wife's face, and gradually calmed down.
If the Dali Temple could re-examine the case, perhaps he could be cleared of all charges.
If he could really be cleared of all charges...
Su Taiyuan was a little excited.
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The person in charge of this case in Dali Temple is Yang An, the Dali Temple Chief.
Yang An was originally an ordinary official in the Dali Temple. He was conscientious and cautious, and was valued by Gu Huainian, who promoted him all the way up.
Yesterday, when the woman came to report the case, Yang An happened to be in the Dali Temple, so he took over the case.
Before Gu Huainian became the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, the Dali Temple was very taboo about overturning a verdict.
Doesn’t this reversal of the verdict just prove that the Dali Temple is incompetent, leading to false and wrongful convictions?
Therefore, it is very difficult to overturn a verdict. It must be a very big case that alarms some big shots.
However, after Gu Huainian became the Supreme Court Justice, overturning a case became commonplace. As long as there were doubts or someone changed their confession, a re-examination would be allowed.
Yang An admired the Dali Temple Minister very much and tried to imitate his way of doing things.
The first thing he did was to look for the original files.
After looking at the file, I found some suspicious points.
The autopsy report of the deceased showed symptoms that looked very much like poisoning...
"Master Yang, have you taken on the case of Doctor Huichuntang?" a voice sounded.
The person who spoke was a middle-aged man, Lord Sun, the Dali Temple's Secretary. He was considered an old man in the Dali Temple and his rank was one level higher than Yang An.
Yang An nodded in agreement, looked at the signature under the file, and looked at the Dali Temple Secretary: "Master Sun, were you in charge of this case in the first place?"
"Yes, this is the case I handled originally. The evidence is solid and there is nothing to re-examine. Sir Yang, please don't waste your time." Sir Sun said.
"Master Sun, please look at this file. This patient is bleeding from all seven orifices and his lips are purple. It seems he has been poisoned..."
Lord Sun's expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal. "You're still young, don't you understand this? Medicine and poison are inseparable. If poison is used properly, it might save people, but if medicine is used incorrectly, it might turn into poison. It was Su Taiyuan who used the wrong medicine, causing the patient to be poisoned. If you can't cure it, don't treat it. You killed the patient. It's immoral."
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