“Sister, Tuoba Ze hasn’t returned yet, and it’s not good for us to just keep waiting here. The rain outside has subsided now. Why don’t I go out and look for him, and see what he’s up to behind our backs?”
Lu Tianjiao called Mei Xiyuan outside, and the two went to the side and spoke quietly.
Mei Xiyuan thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, but it's getting late, so please be careful and come back soon."
Lu Tianjiao agreed, saying, "Don't worry, sister, I'll be right back."
As soon as he finished speaking, he strode straight downstairs.
As evening approached, the torrential rain finally subsided.
A beautiful rainbow appeared on the horizon, like a seven-colored bridge, breathtakingly beautiful.
This attracted many people to leave their homes and gather on the street to watch.
Suddenly, a man appeared in the crowd.
His black hair was tied up, and he wore a black brocade robe. He moved among the crowd, looking very anxious, asking everyone he met, "Who is the best doctor in this city who can treat women's illnesses?"
This person was Tuoba Ze, who came out of the Azalea Valley and was rushing to find the doctor who had treated Yi Shangyun.
Seeing his aggressive demeanor and complete lack of manners, the initial passersby simply gave him a cold look and did not answer his question.
Perhaps he was so anxious that he didn't realize his own attitude, or perhaps he had always been used to interacting with people in a superior manner.
He assumed he hadn't asked the right person, so he took two more steps forward and asked another woman, "Do you know who the best doctor in this city is at treating women's illnesses?"
Unexpectedly, the woman also turned around and glanced at him disdainfully, then spat out the sunflower seed shell in her mouth, snorted, and said, "Is it appropriate for you to be so fierce and pry into things like that?"
As he spoke, he turned back to eat sunflower seeds and continued to discuss something with his companion with great interest.
"You..." Just as Tuoba Ze was about to angrily reach out and grab the woman again to argue, a middle-aged man dressed in a blue robe, with a slightly refined appearance, stood tall and stroked his short beard, and spoke leisurely.
The middle-aged man said, "This gentleman must be from out of town, right?"
Tuoba Ze then gradually withdrew one of his hands, which had been hanging in mid-air, and looked at the refined-looking man with a puzzled expression.
The middle-aged man said, "Everyone in the Western Qin Imperial City knows that the best doctor to treat women's diseases is, of course, from the Western Qin Academy. When he paints, his paintings are dark and inky, and when he writes, his characters are dark and inky circles, like spring snakes and autumn worms, or like silkworms spinning silk. That's Doctor Fu."
Upon hearing this, Tuoba Ze immediately took two steps closer to him and asked again to confirm, "Is what you just said true? Do you know the best doctor in this city who treats women's illnesses?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said nothing more.
Tuoba Ze thought for a moment, then continued to ask, "Where can we find this Physician Fu?"
The middle-aged man slowly turned around and said mysteriously, "Although this Physician Fu's medical skills are quite superb, his temper is notoriously bad. He only treats those who are destined to be treated. Moreover, he always travels all over the world and has no fixed abode, so it will not be easy to find him."
Tuoba Ze thought for a moment, then suddenly became agitated. He grabbed the middle-aged man by the collar and said fiercely, "Isn't that obvious? Do you want to die...?"
To everyone's surprise, the middle-aged man appeared calm and collected, showing no fear of his rudeness and impoliteness.
After staring at him for a moment, Tuoba Ze had no choice but to slowly let go of his hand.
Just as he turned away in despair, about to leave, the middle-aged man suddenly asked, "What is the woman's condition now?"
Upon hearing this, Tuoba Ze paused for a moment, then replied with his back to the middle-aged man, "I was more than three months pregnant, just had a miscarriage, and then got caught in a heavy rain. Now I have a persistent high fever and am in a coma."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man angrily said, "A woman's miscarriage is no different from postpartum recovery; she must be kept warm and carefully cared for. How could she be exposed to the rain! That could be fatal, do you know that?"
Upon hearing this, Tuoba Ze turned around abruptly and said excitedly, "That woman is asking for death by running out in the pouring rain. What can I do to her?"
The middle-aged man could tell that although Tuoba Ze was saying harsh words, he was actually very anxious to save people.
Otherwise, a proud, arrogant man like him wouldn't have failed to notice that his shoes were covered in mud, let alone bother to clean them, and would have been preoccupied with searching for a doctor on the street.
Whatever has happened, at this moment, someone must be suffering from a very serious illness.
Upon realizing this, the middle-aged man roared at him, "What are you still standing here for? Hurry up and get the medicine!"
Tuoba Ze looked at the middle-aged man's face in surprise and asked in confusion, "Get medicine... what medicine?"
"You're driving me crazy!" the middle-aged man said, quickly walking to his roadside medical stall and sitting down.
He picked up a pen and paper from the table, quickly wrote down a prescription, and handed it to Tuoba Ze.
Tuoba Ze looked at the words written on the prescription; they were crooked and twisted, and he couldn't understand a single one of them.
Next, the middle-aged man urged, "Hurry up and go! Can you even understand it?"
Tuoba Ze suddenly realized what he meant and said, "Oh, I'll go right now."
He quickly folded the prescription and stuffed it into his pocket. He turned around and took a step, but then turned back and asked doubtfully, "But are you sure the people at the pharmacy will recognize your handwriting?"
The middle-aged man said confidently, "As long as you are in a pharmacy in the Western Qin Kingdom, someone will recognize my handwriting. Enough with the nonsense, hurry up and go!"
Although Tuoba Ze was still somewhat skeptical of this person, he had no other choice.
A heavy rainstorm forced almost all the shops on the street to close, leaving him no choice but to comply.
But after taking only two steps, the middle-aged man called him back: "Come back, come back, come back..."
Tuoba Ze had no choice but to go back again and ask, "Is there anything else?"
The middle-aged man instructed, "Make sure to get this medicine from Baicaotang in the city. The herbs there are the best, and it will be most effective for your wife."
Upon realizing he had been misunderstood, Tuoba Ze immediately retorted, "What wife? We're not like that. She and I..."
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man interrupted him, saying, "Alright, alright, there's no need to say so much. None of this is important. Saving lives is the most important thing."
Tuoba Ze scratched the back of his head, and could only helplessly walk away again.
But then his voice called out again: "Come back, come back, come back..."
Tuoba Ze grew impatient and asked the middle-aged man, "What's wrong with you now?"
The middle-aged man said, "Bai Cao Tang is quite far from here! Your wife's condition is very critical right now. I'd better go there myself to check her pulse first."
"This..." Tuoba Ze was clearly hesitant.
But what the middle-aged man said wasn't entirely unreasonable, so after thinking about it, he compromised and said, "Okay, she's alone now... in Azalea Valley on the western outskirts of the city."
The middle-aged man thought for a moment and then said, "Alright, I understand. Go and get the medicine quickly, and come back as soon as you have it."
“Azalea Valley…” The middle-aged man muttered to himself as he watched Tuoba Ze’s departing figure, then hurried over to pack up his stall.
Just then, a young woman appeared.
She stopped in front of the stall, scrutinized the middle-aged man from head to toe for a while, and then tentatively called out, "Are you... Uncle Fu?"
Hearing a familiar voice, the middle-aged man slowly raised his head and looked at her. After scrutinizing her for a long time, he couldn't help but ask in disbelief, "You are... Miss Tianjiao?"
"It really is you... Uncle Fu," the woman said excitedly after confirming that he was indeed the familiar person she hadn't seen in a long time.
The middle-aged man stepped forward, unable to contain his joy, and said with deep emotion, "It's been so many years! Miss Tianjiao has grown into a beautiful young woman! I remember when I left the academy, you were just a little girl, always pestering me to learn how to make rouge..."
The woman said excitedly, "Yes, Uncle Fu. Time flies so fast. It's been more than ten years since we last met. Where have you been all these years? Back then, Father had already arranged an important position for you in the Imperial Hospital. With your medical skills, Uncle Fu, you certainly wouldn't stay in a subordinate position for long. So why did you leave without saying goodbye?"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man lowered his head and continued what he was doing, but the smile on his face gradually faded.
Seemingly unwilling to revisit the past, she merely offered a faint smile and said, "As you know, Miss, I've always been accustomed to a carefree, wandering life. The palace has many rules, so..."
The woman seemed to understand his thoughts, and asked with concern, "Uncle Fu, how have you been all these years?"
The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "Over the years, I've been practicing medicine and helping people, traveling all over the world. I'm doing well, thank you for your concern, Miss..."
Then he asked, "By the way, how are the Dean and the young master?"
Upon hearing this, the woman smiled and said, "My father and brother are both doing well."
Seeing the middle-aged man in a hurry to pack up his stall, he asked, "Uncle Fu, where are you going?"
The middle-aged man replied, "Oh, I was just about to go to an emergency in the western suburbs of the city."
After saying that, he suddenly remembered that Tuoba Ze had mentioned that the patient was alone in Dujuan Valley with no one to take care of him.
Thinking that he, a grown man, might encounter many inconveniences, he said, "If Miss has some free time now, would you like to come with me?"
Seeing the puzzled look on Lu Tianjiao's face, the middle-aged man quickly explained, "The patient is a young woman living alone."
“Alright.” Lu Tianjiao thought for a moment that although she still needed to find Tuoba Ze, she seemed unable to refuse the middle-aged man at the moment, so she agreed.
"By the way, why is Miss here all alone..."
So the two continued catching up and headed straight west of the city...
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