"I can take you to him, but whether you can persuade him depends on your abilities."
Upon hearing this, Su An pouted as if she were about to cry, and quickly followed.
After tidying up briefly, Fu Zhun took Su An and left the shop in a carriage to find Xie Qingfeng.
The carriage swayed and rocked, making one inexplicably sleepy.
Su An didn't know when she fell asleep. She only knew that she was lying on the carriage looking at the scenery, and then she lost consciousness. She only woke up when she heard a soft voice.
"arrive."
As Su An propped herself up on Fu Zhun's shoulder, she looked at the small puddle of drool on his clothes and immediately looked embarrassed.
She raised her hand and scratched her head, saying embarrassedly, "Would you believe me if I said I didn't do it on purpose?"
Fu Zhun followed her gaze to her shoulder, gently dabbed it with a handkerchief, and smiled soothingly.
"It's alright. Instead of worrying about that, we should think about how to persuade Xie Qingfeng later."
Su An lifted the carriage curtain and stepped down.
What comes into view is a thatched hut, surrounded by only a fence enclosing an open space, with a small stove for boiling medicine in the yard.
Before they even got close, the aroma of medicine wafted into their nostrils.
Xie Qingfeng certainly knows how to avoid taking time off.
Su An sighed inwardly before pushing Fu Zhun inside.
"Why are you here?"
As soon as Xie Qingfeng entered the courtyard, he frowned and looked Fu Zhun up and down, a hint of worry hidden in his eyes.
Fu Zhun tilted his head to look at Su An behind him and casually offered an explanation.
"It is she who came to find you today, not me. I am just accompanying her."
As he spoke, he pushed his wheelchair to the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and sipped it slowly while watching Su An with a gloating expression.
Su An was left alone, disheveled and exposed to the wind.
No, she actually had to convince herself? That's not very loyal of her!
Xie Qingfeng added the herbs to the medicine stove, and only then did he take a moment to look up at her, his tone hardly polite.
What do you want with me?
"I came here today for the sake of those people who were poisoned before. Although the town doctor prescribed medicine to temporarily suppress the poison in their bodies, he could not completely cure them. However, the few people who were treated by the miracle doctor have all recovered, so I wanted to ask if you could help them again."
Su An carefully explained his purpose, while also observing Xie Qingfeng's reaction.
"cannot."
Although Su An had already prepared himself for Xie Qingfeng's rejection, it was still a bit too hurtful that Xie Qingfeng rejected him without even giving him a glance.
Seeing Xie Qingfeng holding a fan in his hand, sitting down next to the medicine stove and gently fanning himself.
Su An quickly followed, persistently pressing for answers.
"Why? Isn't treating the sick and saving lives a doctor's duty? Especially when it's a human life."
Upon hearing this, Xie Qingfeng suddenly stopped what he was doing.
He glanced at Fu Zhun with a dark look in his eyes, then frowned and snorted impatiently.
"You said it yourself, treating the sick and saving lives is a doctor's duty, but I have never considered myself a doctor, so why should I save them? I'm busy all day long, how can I have time to care about their life or death?"
"Furthermore, they were all people who deserved to die. Once they're dead, they're dead. What's there to regret?"
The way he said it made it seem as if, in his eyes, the death of a few people was as simple as the death of a few ants.
Su An was speechless for a moment, and looked at Fu Zhun with a helpless expression.
However, Fu Zhun completely ignored her and just kept sipping his tea.
Seeing this, Su An could only sigh and try to explain to Xie Qingfeng, attempting to change his mind.
"To err is human, to forgive divine. Everyone makes mistakes, right? To make them pay with their lives for a single mistake is far too cruel. Besides, they were manipulated; aren't they victims too?"
"Divine doctor, divine doctor, please have mercy and save them! I promise it will only be this once!"
It's quite amusing that someone would lower themselves to beg for help from a few complete strangers!
Xie Qingfeng glanced at her with a mocking look in his eyes and sneered.
"Miss Su, even kindness has its limits. Moderate kindness is good, but excessive kindness is foolish. If you're going to do something foolish in a moment of weakness, don't drag me down with you!"
If you're not going, then don't go. Why are you being so sarcastic?
Su An was furious and turned her head away, refusing to look at Xie Qingfeng again.
The situation became awkward at one point.
Just then, a figure rushed out of the thatched house.
"Big sister, if Master won't save us, I will!"
The speaker was none other than Su Yue.
It wasn't that Su An didn't believe her, but even the doctors in the town couldn't cure this poison. Could she really be the antidote?
Su An patted her head, feeling both amused and exasperated.
"I know you want to help, but this involves dozens of lives and is no joke. If you really want to help me, why don't you try to persuade your master for me?"
She lowered her voice and whispered the rest of her words in Su Yue's ear.
Seeing that she didn't believe her, Su Yue widened her eyes slightly and patted her chest with an extremely serious expression.
"Why don't you believe me, elder sister? I've been studying with my master for so long and learned a lot. It's just a matter of detoxifying them. It's nothing to me. Just you wait and see!"
Now, Su An couldn't help but believe it a little, and was slightly shocked.
She knew Su Yue's personality. Although Su Yue looked soft and cute and harmless, she was actually decisive and a woman of her word.
Most importantly, she never lies to herself.
Suddenly, Xie Qingfeng chuckled, crossed his arms, and looked down at Su Yue.
"You've only studied with me for a year, yet you're already so arrogant. Do you even remember all the prescriptions I told you? You're just full of empty boasting. Is this how I always taught you to study diligently?"
Perhaps provoked by his disdainful look, Su Yue stubbornly stuck out her neck and accurately recited the entire prescription.
"Don't look down on people. If you want to detoxify them, all you need is one ounce of dried ginger, two ounces of licorice root, one aconite root, three mace of asarum, and seven mace of tetrapanax papyriferus. Decocted and taken three times a day, am I right?"
I can't believe she actually knew! That's amazing!
A look of shock flashed in Xie Qingfeng's eyes, and his expression froze for a moment.
But he quickly realized what he meant, gave a light hum, and casually corrected himself.
"I remember the herbs correctly, but the dosage is wrong. The dried ginger is one and a half ounces and the tetrapanax papyriferus is six mace. Don't be fooled by the seemingly small difference in dosage; when decocted into a medicinal juice, the effects will be very different."
"Since you've chosen to study medicine, you should be more cautious than the average person. How can you be so arrogant?"
While he was talking, Su An had already secretly written down the prescription.
One and a half ounces of dried ginger, two ounces of licorice root...
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