Human nature is truly unfathomable. Old Han treated them, and they paid for the medicine at the hospital, yet they were so grateful.
And what about the apprentices he taught step by step?
The Han family, a lineage of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, still follows many of their old rules. For example, when specifying a dosage of 15 grams of medicine, they would write "three qian" instead.
His apprentice, Weng Tai, said that writing it that way was too troublesome and a waste of time. So when he was his master's assistant, he changed it to Arabic numerals, with the unit of measurement being grams.
Old Han is not a person who sticks to the old ways; he is willing to accept new things. Under Weng Tai's subtle influence, Old Han will also use Arabic numerals when writing prescriptions himself.
Weng Tai, Lao Han's apprentice, added a stroke before the Arabic numerals, thus framing Lao Han.
These were things that Xu Pingzhi and Song Yan had talked about before. Song Yan listened to whatever he said without ever raising any questions.
But after what happened today, Song Yan wanted to ask: Old Han is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and Huang Guofu is also a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. How could he command so many people to persecute Old Han?
Xu Pingzhi hadn't said it before, but he felt it was best to tell his junior sister today so she could hear it and avoid being harmed by those people without even knowing it.
Old Han is also very angry about things like what happened today.
Xu Pingzhi then told Song Yan everything that had happened back then.
Huang Guofu and Lao Han are both descendants of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners; their ancestors had both served as imperial physicians. Because their medical skills were evenly matched, no clear victor emerged. This accumulated resentment over generations, though not to the point of deep hatred.
In the new society, they all became doctors in hospitals. Old Han worked at the First Affiliated Hospital, and Huang Guofu worked at the Second Affiliated Hospital.
Even though Lao Han doesn't compete or fight for anything, his medical skills are there, and he gradually stands out, surpassing Huang Guofu in various achievements, especially in reputation.
Later, when Lao Han taught at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he stood out even more.
Later, a leader's family member asked Lao Han to treat the leader's illness.
It's important to understand that for many older generations, their rise to prominence led to the rise of their families. However, some families rose suddenly, lacking a solid foundation. If there's no one to carry on the legacy, it's difficult for them to sustain themselves. In such cases, the first generation head of the family becomes extremely important. Because they have the resources and the achievements. As long as they live, the family will not fall.
Such elderly people often endured great hardship in their youth, and it's common for them to suffer from poor health in old age. Birth, aging, illness, and death are natural laws that cannot be defied, yet some people simply refuse to accept them.
A patient with a similar condition came to Lao Han. At the time, Lao Han felt that he didn't even need to write a prescription, but to consider the family's feelings, he still carefully wrote one. However, he also told the family that he couldn't do anything more and that they should prepare themselves.
The family's surname is Tao. His youngest son is now Tao Ze, the deputy secretary of the Second Affiliated Hospital.
Old Han is a doctor, and he doesn't belong to any faction. If a patient comes to him for treatment, he will definitely see them, especially those from high-ranking officials.
As the old man of the Tao family closed his eyes, Old Han was just coming out after treating another senior patient. Tao Ze happened to see him.
The two families' fathers were bitter enemies due to their differing political views.
The Tao family actually believed that Old Han was instructed by that family to deliberately not treat Old Master Tao properly.
Xu Pingzhi suspected that Huang Guofu was probably involved in the Tao family's ability to contact his master.
With Old Master Tao gone, the family will decline, but if they try to deal with Old Han, he won't be able to handle it.
Tao Ze and Huang Guofu sided with each other. They bribed Weng Tai.
The prescription was changed, and someone died from taking it. Huang Guofu then stepped forward to advocate for an investigation, and Weng Tai reported his own teacher.
The rest was Tao Ze's doing: persecuting Lao Han and forcibly convicting him. While he was in the Qingshan Brigade, he even sent people to torment him…
Xu Pingzhi and his junior sister were talking about these things, while Lao Han listened quietly.
Song Yan: "So, who's behind all this today, Huang Guofu or Weng Tai? What they're doing today doesn't really make much of a difference. The most likely outcome is that our medical appointments will be a little slower. It won't look good, but it won't be a complete embarrassment!"
Old Han: "Huang Guofu is very insidious. He would disregard human life to frame me. This little thing won't hurt me much. It's not like him at all."
"He's incredibly cunning and underhanded when he does things," Chen Qiang said.
“I suspect that the decision to hold the free clinic at the Second Affiliated Hospital was deliberate. And their purpose is definitely not something so trivial,” Xu Pingzhi said.
“Every hospital has its own outstanding doctors and specialties, which gives them confidence in their respective hospitals. Master works at the First Affiliated Hospital. So the medical staff and leaders there are very protective of Master, right?” Song Yan asked.
"Yes. When the incident happened, Tao wanted to report his master to the people in the hospital."
But no one in the hospital, from top to bottom, did that.
"When the big meeting was held to criticize our master, it was people from the Second and Third Affiliated Hospitals who were his former students," Xu Pingzhi said.
"I'll go back to the hospital in a bit and tell the director about what happened today."
Weng Tai was in charge of this expert consultation.
Did you know? When I went to ask for a table, Weng Tai actually said there wasn't one.
The nurse in charge of triage was transferred from the First Hospital. When I asked Weng Tai, she secretly gave me a wink.
I went over to find her, and she told me that the hospital director had just gone upstairs. I immediately followed him and asked, "Can't your hospital even afford a table? You should have said so earlier, I could have brought one from the First Affiliated Hospital."
If they continue to treat them this way at the hospital, next time I'll go directly to the higher-ups on behalf of my master.
The dean came down and scolded Weng Tai, and the table was immediately put in place.
I think this was something Weng Tai did to curry favor with them. He wasn't capable of doing anything significant.
We need to pay attention to what happens in the next few days.
"The free clinic was held at the Second Hospital. Tao Ze must have put in the effort, and he must have had his own reasons." Xu Pingzhi finished speaking and looked at his master to see if he had any opinions.
Old Han: "In the past and now, all I want is to see a doctor. I don't understand all their complicated schemes. You can arrange it as you see fit."
Xu Pingzhi then looked at Song Yan and asked, "Look at so many patients today, can your body handle it?"
Song Yan smiled and said, "I'm perfectly healthy, don't worry!"
Xu Pingzhi frowned. "There won't be any outpatient clinics tomorrow, but there will be consultations for difficult cases. I'm worried that Huang Guofu will use that against you. Because you're young and haven't been with your master for very long."
"You're afraid he can't compete with his master, so you simply don't compete. He'll use his apprentice to compete with me. He's taking advantage of my short medical career, isn't he?" Song Yan asked.
"Junior sister, you're talented and smart. You'd have no problem working in the specialist clinic, but I'm worried they might deliberately make things difficult for you." What Xu Pingzhi didn't say was that Song Yan had a strong theoretical foundation but lacked practical experience. They would attack this weakness.
A cold smile unconsciously crept onto Song Yan's face, a smile that sent a chill down Xu Pingzhi's spine. When Xu Pingzhi looked at Song Yan again, Song Yan's expression was calm, as if the cold smile from before had been Xu Pingzhi's imagination.
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