Chapter 3: Inappropriate Method

Gu Dan’s face immediately darkened.

His cheap father was killed in a one-on-one fight when he went to Tianlao for treatment. He knew he was going to die.

Let him go to prison to see a doctor? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Andy Hui quickly added: "Prisons are divided into three types. The one your father went to is called Tianlao. The security is as strict as that of the imperial palace. The criminals imprisoned there are all sentenced by the emperor himself. It would be easy for them to be killed directly. There is no hope of getting out of this life, so they are all people who want to die.

There is also a kind of place called dungeon, where most of the prisoners are the powerful people and rebels in the underworld. They deserve to be put to death and have martial arts skills, so the security is quite strict.

The last type is prison, where most of the prisoners are illegal vendors, hooligans, and petty thieves. They are not very dangerous and will not force people to do everything they can to die together."

The Dayue Dynasty has been established for more than two hundred years, and there have been many changes in the period, which is not convenient to talk about.

During the development, the three prison models were gradually implemented.

The prisoners’ situations are different, and the places of detention are also different, with clear division of labor.

"If you want to practice medicine without being harassed or even visited by others, prison is a good place. As long as you don't prescribe too strong medicine, even if there are some side effects, you can say that it is because you have been detained in prison for too long. It is a good place to go."

Andy Hui explained.

"I'll think about that again."

Gu Dan thought about it for a while and felt that what Xu Zhian said made sense.

As a prisoner, it’s good enough if he doesn’t die.

Even if someone gets sick, the prison won't bother to report it unless the person is going to die soon.

Even so, countless prisoners die in prison every year before their sentences are completed. Has anyone ever caused trouble? No matter how unreliable the medicine he prescribed was, it was well-founded and would not kill anyone! Tianlao had a precedent, so he would never go there.

Most of the people in the dungeon are martial arts masters, and they are extremely dangerous. You can always be sure that some of them dislike him.

Prisons mostly hold common people who have committed crimes. Their crimes do not warrant the death penalty, so it is not worth forcing a one-for-one replacement. The danger level and risk are the lowest.

Most importantly, no responsibility.

Although he had a plan in mind, Gu Dan was not in a hurry.

After Andy Hui left, he picked up the parchment scroll left by Qingpingzi.

"Introduce the Yuan Sutra. The door to creation is hidden in the gods. Lead the soul across the sea, and the darkness will begin to light."

Gu Dan read it out loud and slowly went through the contents of the parchment scroll.

Watched it again.

Even watched it backwards again.

"What a mess!"

Gu Dan threw the parchment scroll aside.

No wonder the imperial doctors discarded it one by one. Is it possible for a normal person to understand this thing?

What if I die for speaking human words?

As far as I remember, this world does have the techniques of internal breathing and horizontal training, but I don't know whether there are immortals there.

Gu Dan would definitely not believe that the alchemist was able to fool Emperor Zong Ming into not attending court for ten years without some real skills.

Having ability doesn't mean you don't have bad intentions.

If you want to take something, you must first give it.

Qingpingzi deliberately showed off his skills first and then left behind the Yinyuan Sutra. It couldn't be that he saw that he was a genius, right?

It's just to see if he can survive after taking the pill, just to leave a clue.

I didn't even think that he could understand the Yin Yuan Sutra.

If he really wants to practice, then he will fall into the trap, and it will be easy for him to attack and defend.

However. "The three generations of imperial doctors in the Gu family have left something behind."

As far as I can remember, the Gu family also has an inherited internal energy technique called Qingmu Huasheng Jue.

According to our ancestors, practicing to the extreme can delay aging, and even in old age one can still be healthy and have a youthful appearance with white hair.

It is definitely not a killing technique in the martial arts world, but more like a further method of internal breathing and health preservation.

It’s just that several generations have not been able to master it, and gradually they gave up.

As for the technique of horizontal training, it does exist, but you must find a good teacher and have someone to guide you. If you try to figure it out on your own, you might get injured or even disabled, which is not worth it.

"First take good care of your body, and then practice your own internal breathing technique." Gu Dan threw the parchment aside, too lazy to take another look at it.

Let you make all kinds of calculations and temptations.

I have plenty of time, so I'm not afraid that you won't be exposed.

Time flies and a month has passed.

Gu Dan's body had already recovered, and he was now stretching under the thousand-year-old pine tree in the Imperial Hospital.

The total number of people in the Imperial Medical Bureau was less than two hundred, and there were less than fifty doctors who were truly proficient in medicine, including him.

Most imperial physicians are inherited from their families, and occasionally some outsiders will also become family heirs.

Therefore, the atmosphere in the courtyard is pretty good, and he, the only child of the Gu family, is well taken care of.

After all, no one can be sure that they are blessed with great fortune. Who knows, the younger generation may need other old friends to take care of them? More importantly, although Emperor Zong Ming looked down on the Imperial Hospital, the imperial doctors were actually capable.

For the past month, Gu Dan went to bed early and got up early every day, exercised diligently, read medical books when he had nothing to do, and the imperial doctors were happy to explain to him when he encountered something he didn't understand.

Occasionally, when the imperial physician went out to see patients, Gu Dan would follow him and lend a hand, and after a few visits, they became familiar with each other.

The only pity is that no matter how hard I tried in the past month, I still haven't been able to master the family-inherited "Qingmu Huasheng Jue".

Having the internal breathing technique right in front of him but being unable to practice it undoubtedly made Gu Dan unhappy.

He also secretly consulted several familiar imperial physicians in this regard. Although the internal breathing technique was not bad, the imperial physicians all had some family background, and the Qingmu Huasheng Jue was not unique.

However, Gu Dan was disappointed by what the imperial doctors said.

They also have family-inherited internal breathing techniques, which their ancestors also practiced in the past.

It’s just that in recent generations, no matter how they practice, they can’t even get in.

There are also diligent imperial physicians who have practiced for decades but still cannot make the grade.

They don't know why this is so.

In desperation, Gu Dan could only try some health-preserving techniques. Although they were not as mysterious as the internal breathing techniques, they could still ensure good health, and after practicing more, they could also make people full of energy.

After completing several sets of Five Animals Techniques in a row, Gu Dan let out a breath and stared at the thousand-year-old pine in front of him with full energy.

He sat down cross-legged and started a new attempt.

The Qingmu Huasheng Jue says that the so-called internal breath is the energy of a person. If the breathing in and out is harmonious and unified, the energy will be long-lasting, which can strengthen the body and prolong life.

It’s just that no two leaves are exactly the same, and no two people are exactly the same. Some people can easily feel the energy in their bodies, while others will never be able to get started in their entire lives.

There is also a clever method, which is to find some old trees to feel their energy, and use the external energy to sense the internal energy.

After a long time, Gu Dan opened his eyes and said to himself, "Well, the sun is shining and the wind is blowing, it's a good day."

"Brother Gu, are you practicing inner breathing again?" Lin Xiaoyi passed by and saw Gu Dan open his eyes, so she greeted him with a smile.

"Um."

Gu Dan nodded and stood up helplessly.

"I asked my father, and he said that inner energy cannot be forced. In the past hundred years, no one seems to have successfully mastered it. The so-called masters occasionally practice horizontal training, which has nothing to do with the art of inner energy."

Lin Xiaoyi came over and said, "For horizontal training, most people have to practice it since childhood, and it takes decades to see results. Compared with the effect of strengthening the body, it is not necessarily better than our health-preserving techniques.

Besides, most of the martial arts schools out there teach boxing and kicking skills, and the more advanced ones teach fighting techniques, so it’s really not a good place to go.”

"Really? Sorry to bother you, Xiaoyi."

Gu Dan took out a few large coins and said, "Go buy something to eat."

"I feel so embarrassed." Lin Xiaoyi smiled and two dimples appeared on her face.

"It's okay, just consider it my treat."

"Thank you, Brother Gu. I'll be leaving first."

Standing under the thousand-year-old pine tree, Gu Dan couldn't help but sigh.

The art of internal breathing was not as simple as he thought.

From what I heard, it is not possible to be effective simply by persisting.

The imperial physicians were all highly skilled in medicine, but they did not approve of the method of horizontal training. They all said that only brave and aggressive people would pursue this way. They themselves had no worries about food and clothing, so naturally they would not practice this kind of thing.

On the contrary, he knows a lot about various ways to keep fit, which is a thousand times better than ordinary people.

But this is not what Gu Dan wants.

"It's been a month. My physical condition has recovered to its best state, and I have gained some understanding of this world. But my internal breathing technique has not improved at all, and my horizontal training method..." Thinking of the imperial doctors' comments on those martial arts schools, Gu Dan frowned slightly.

The martial arts school has some stuff, but not much.

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More importantly, it costs money.

The Imperial Physician was a fifth-rank official, and his salary was only five taels of silver.

The imperial physician was of the eighth rank, with a monthly salary of three taels.

As for him, a ninth-rank medical officer, he was even more miserable, with a monthly salary of two taels.

Of course, the Imperial Hospital provides food and accommodation, and there is plenty of meat, so you can eat as much as you want.

As for the medicinal herbs needed for treating the disease, they were naturally provided by the Imperial Medical Bureau, so there was not much expense.

But once you leave the Imperial Medical Bureau, you have to pay everywhere.

Before the advent of alchemists, imperial physicians were rewarded for treating princes and nobles.

A lower monthly salary is naturally nothing.

After the alchemists came, not only did they take away most of the jobs, but the rewards also naturally disappeared.

The imperial doctors were forced to go to the common people to treat wealthy businessmen.

But it was obvious that he couldn't take this path.

There was indeed some property left to him by his father, and it was quite a bit, but it was all dead money. Once he spent it, it would be gone forever.

If you want to practice horizontal training, you can just take any common herbs from the Imperial Hospital, or take some precious ones secretly, and everyone will turn a blind eye.

After all, the fire consumption can still support millions of workers.

But he kept taking advantage of the situation. The Imperial Hospital was not his! Gu Dan originally planned to wait until he had mastered the family's internal breathing technique before considering the horizontal training method. Now he was afraid that he could only give up this idea.

"Let's take it one step at a time. There's no need to do anything risky. The worst that can happen is that we'll just be slower."

Gu Dan shook off the dangerous thoughts in his mind. Since there was no way forward for the time being and he was filled with distracting thoughts, it was time to test his golden finger!

In prison.

Wang the jailer came close to Gu Dan and said with a smile: "You just came, why do you bring gifts? It's embarrassing."

"It's just a little palace medicinal wine. After living in prison for a long time, it is inevitable to be contaminated with some moisture. Drinking two bowls a day can invigorate blood circulation and unblock tendons. If you exercise diligently, you will definitely be healthy." Gu Dan said very politely.

"Medicinal wine?" Prisoner Wang looked embarrassed and blinked repeatedly, saying, "I am in a public office, so I am afraid it is inconvenient for me to drink."

"Oh, it's me who remembered it wrong. It's just some tea, but with a little bit of wine added. It's no problem, it's no problem." Gu Dan waved his hands repeatedly.

"Brothers, come and meet him. This gentleman is a ninth-rank physician in the Imperial Medical Bureau at such a young age. He has a bright future." The jailer smiled and called several jailers to come over and greet Gu Dan one by one.

The customers all greeted us with smiles, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.

The reason he came here was naturally to experiment with medical skills and cure diseases and save lives.

A prison holds at least hundreds of people, and it is not uncommon for some of them to stay in cells for several years, but it is extremely common.

It is normal to have some health problems.

As for illnesses that are not fatal, they will not care at all, let alone hire a doctor to treat them.

Only when the prisoners in the sky prison and underground dungeon are seriously ill will people from the Imperial Hospital be asked to intervene.

As for the prison?

If you don't do enough evil, you don't need to care if you are sick.

The various things that happened in between are really frightening to think about.

"Brothers, there is one thing that needs to be made clear."

After talking with everyone, Gu Dan said seriously: "I have been promoted to the ninth-rank doctor by the emperor, but the art of medicine is profound and I am just a child. I am physically and mentally frightened. After thinking for a long time, I had to go to the prison to treat the prisoners in order to improve my medical skills and live up to the emperor's kindness.

But I am busy with many things and time is running out for me. After the diagnosis and treatment, I am afraid I will still have to trouble you for help. I have caused you trouble for no reason. I apologize in advance. "

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Dan bowed directly.

"Ouch!"

The head of the prison cried out in surprise and quickly dodged, "What are you talking about? You are an official appointed by the imperial court. I am just here to ask for food, but I dare not accept such a great gift from you."

"That's right, my family might need your help if they are sick, so how can I accept such a generous gift from you?"

Even the jailers stepped away and refused to accept the greetings.

The imperial physician who is looked down upon by princes and nobles is extremely popular outside - and you have to have connections!

Let's not talk about the other party's medical skills. Just based on his status, doesn't he know an older imperial physician? If someone in the family is seriously ill, there is no need to ask for a country doctor.

Being able to make friends with an imperial physician, and such a young ninth-rank medical practitioner at that, he could speak three times louder when he returned to the clan.

"Well, as the saying goes, even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. After I get the medicine, I still have to trouble you brothers to help me decoct and boil the medicine, and then deliver it to the prison cell. How can it be done with just a simple gift?"

Gu Dan took out a tael of silver and forced it into the hands of jailer Wang. "Brothers, don't refuse. It's up to you to decide on these two taels of silver. If you are not willing to accept even this, I will not be able to enter this cell again."

His monthly salary was only two taels of silver, which was immediately reduced by half.

One tael of silver is equivalent to about 1,500 copper coins.

If you buy rice, you can buy one stone of rice, which is approximately equivalent to 120 kilograms.

If we only count the food, that’s quite a lot.

The salary of a jailer was even lower, only two or three cents a day, which made it difficult for him to even support himself.

Of course, there are always benefits to be made in prison.

But how much would he get after all the profits were shared? Gu Dan directly took out one or two taels of silver, which could be described as being very wealthy.

The unexpected fortune fell from the sky. Jailer Wang tightly grasped the silver and kept saying, "This, this, this, how can I be so embarrassed!"

"It's my duty. If my medical skills improve here, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you every month. Please don't refuse." Gu Dan said with a smile.

When Wang the jailer heard this, his face became even happier. He patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, I'm here. If you don't like someone, just tell me! The brothers will not let him off!"

Gu breathed a sigh of relief in his worry.

It’s settled!

It is easy to see the King of Hell, but it is difficult to deal with little devils.

The prison bosses and jailers are the ones who really do the work in the prison. If you don't give them some actual benefits, they will inevitably say one thing in public and do another behind the scenes.

Since it concerns your own life span, you cannot help but be cautious.

Next, it’s time to get down to business.

Gu Dan looked at the prisoners locked in the cells with shining eyes.

These are not prisoners at all; these are my own life spans! (End of this chapter)