Chapter 85
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The two sturdy men were local thugs and members of a local gang. They fought in their daily lives and didn't take Cheng Yeran seriously at all.
But Cheng Yeran easily grabbed a sturdy man by the collar and threw him out, and stepped on the head of the scarred sturdy man who wanted to get up from the ground.
After a fierce fight, the two strong men were tied up with ropes by Cheng Yeran. In order not to attract attention, he blocked the mouths of the two strong men, put them in sacks, threw them on his donkey cart, and drove the donkey cart to the government office, ready to send the man to jail.
When he arrived at the gate of the county government office, he found that there were a lot of people gathered there. He had just got off the car and had not yet unloaded the two sacks on the car when the door of the county government office opened. Several yamen runners came out and took all the people gathered at the door in, including Cheng Yeran.
Cheng Yeran wanted to speak up and ask what was going on, but people around him were talking and making a lot of noise, and his words were mixed in, so the yamen runners couldn't hear him at all.
He could only follow him inside and listen carefully to what the people around him said.
When one person speaks, it is easy to hear what he says, but when a group of people speak, it becomes noise and it is impossible to hear what is going on.
He could only calm down and block out all other sounds, concentrating on listening to the conversation between the two people next to him. After listening for a while, he finally realized that these people were all doctors.
The county magistrate's son had been ill for half a month. He had recurring fever and a cough that hadn't gotten better. His throat was almost hoarse from coughing.
The county magistrate was looking for a famous doctor throughout the city, and anyone who could cure his son's illness would be rewarded handsomely.
Cheng Yeran then realized that he was mistaken for a doctor. He thought that he would explain everything to the county magistrate later, but the county magistrate would not have the time to care about those two ruffians. If they ran away and called their accomplices to embarrass him and Shen Yuntang, they would not be able to bear it.
He touched a purse in his arms. This purse was shown to him by Shen Yuntang. It contained some cold medicine, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs. Who knows, maybe his medicine can cure the county magistrate's son's illness.
The medical level in this world is very low, which is different from the ancient world he traveled to. There were many famous doctors in the ancient world he traveled to, but there are none in this world. When villagers get sick, they are more likely to ask fortune-tellers to prescribe medicine. The business of pharmacies in the county town is far less prosperous than that in the temples.
Last time, Shen Yuntang said that he just had a minor cold and it took him a long time to get better after taking herbal medicine. It was not known whether it was the herbal medicine that worked or his body healed itself, but two months ago, Shen Yuntang had such a severe fever that he took two antipyretic pills and was completely cured overnight.
If he could cure the county magistrate's child with medicine, could he ask the county magistrate to protect him?
All of them were led to a room where a child about eight years old was lying on the bed, and a thin man in his forties with a goatee was standing beside the bed.
Everyone saluted the man with a goatee and called him County Magistrate Chen.
Cheng Yeran also followed suit and after that, County Magistrate Chen signaled that they could begin the diagnosis. The doctors rushed forward one by one to examine the county magistrate's son.
Everyone wrote out the prescriptions and handed them to the county magistrate for review. It was like an examination room, with County Magistrate Chen as the examiner and the doctors as the examinees. The scene became very strange for a while.
After looking around the pharmacy, County Magistrate Chen frowned, "If these medicines worked, my son would have been saved long ago. What a bunch of quacks."
County Magistrate Chen has been tormented by this incident and has suffered a mental breakdown. His child's illness is not so serious, but after seeing a doctor and drinking a lot of medicine, the illness has become more serious. If it continues like this, he is afraid that he will have to bury his child before he dies.
The originally elegant man became irritable due to the torture and wanted to drive everyone out. He happened to see Cheng Yeran standing in the corner.
Although Cheng Yeran was dressed simply, he had an extraordinary temperament and was very conspicuous even if he was standing in the corner. "Why don't you come forward to diagnose? Do you think the child doesn't need to be treated?"
While County Magistrate Chen was speaking, the child on the bed began to cough violently, as if he was going to cough out his lungs, which was terrifying.
County Magistrate Chen immediately turned around, sat down, helped the child up, gave him something to eat, suppressed his cough, and gave him some water. Only then did the child feel better.
Cheng Yeran took a few steps forward and said, "Sir, I have a few pills here. They are a secret recipe passed down from my ancestors. I cannot tell the pharmacy about them, but maybe they can relieve your symptoms after you take them."
As he spoke, he spread out his palm, which contained a fever-reducing pill, a cough suppressant, and an anti-inflammatory pill.
Because there are no children in their family, they did not consider children's use when buying the medicine. However, he had read the instructions and knew that these medicines can also be taken by children, but adults take two pills and children take one, so the dosage should be reduced by half.
The child looked like he had a bad fever, his skin was all red as if he was almost cooked.
The people around him saw the medicine in his hand and talked about it, "Where did this barefoot doctor come from, and how dare he treat the son of the master's family?"
"If the young master takes your medicine and something happens to him, how will you compensate him? His life is precious, and yours is just a cheap life."
County Magistrate Chen looked him in the eye and asked, "Are you a doctor?"
Cheng Yeran shook his head.
County Magistrate Chen asked him again: "Were your ancestors doctors?"
Cheng Yeran still shook his head, and said amid the laughter of the people around him: "If you don't believe me, I can swallow the medicine in front of everyone. If I don't die, it can prove that these medicines are harmless."
Although some medicines are poisonous, Cheng Yeran is willing to take the risk as he would not die from taking it once given the situation.
"You don't need to come and test the medicine." County Magistrate Chen said as he had someone bring in a man in his twenties who also kept coughing. "This is the person who fell into the water with my son. Let's try it on him first."
Cheng Yeran looked at his symptoms, which were a cold, fever and cough. He took out a wooden medicine box from his purse, which contained various medicines of different sizes. "You are an adult, you need to take three pills of this medicine, and two pills of this medicine. You can take these two medicines together, but you need to take this one an hour apart. In addition to taking the medicine, it is also necessary to rest and drink plenty of water."
County Magistrate Chen asked everyone to leave except Cheng Yeran to stay. They watched the servant drink Cheng Yeran's medicine and lie down on the couch in the room.
Not long after the servant drank the medicine, he felt dizzy and sleepy, and fell asleep with his eyes closed.
Seeing the county magistrate staring at the servant, Cheng Yeran said, "This is not a miracle drug. It won't work in a short time. My husband is still waiting for me in the inn. If I don't go back, he will worry."
Cheng Yeran felt so distressed when he thought of Shen Yuntang's pitiful appearance waiting for him in the inn that he no longer cared about anyone else and only wanted to rush back to see his husband.
"How long will it take for this medicine to take effect?" County Magistrate Chen asked him.
Chen Yeran glanced at the sky outside. It was just past noon. "Tonight or tomorrow, it's hard to say. I told you, my medicine is not a miracle drug. It may not be able to cure it."
"Which inn is your husband staying at?" Magistrate Chen saw how nervous he was and said, "Don't worry, even if you can't cure him, as long as he doesn't make the disease worse, I won't punish you. But you can't leave until I see the effect."
"Can you really keep your promise?" Cheng Yeran looked at him doubtfully.
"You are very brave. You dare to speak to me in this tone. Aren't you afraid of me?" County Magistrate Chen looked at him carefully and felt that he was not an ordinary citizen. Could it be that he was some important person who was visiting incognito?
"You are the official in charge of parents, so why should you be afraid to talk to your own parents?" Cheng Yeran used his thick skin to this. Unexpectedly, County Magistrate Chen fell for it and did not continue to blame him. Instead, he assured him that he would not punish him and his husband unless he was selling fake medicine.
Cheng Yeran received his affirmation and felt that he looked like an upright person. He was also worried about his husband staying alone in the inn, so he agreed to County Magistrate Chen's suggestion to bring Shen Yuntang over.
County Magistrate Chen arranged a guest room for him to stay in.
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After entering the room, he found that there were yamen runners guarding the door, as if they were worried about him leaving. About half an hour later, Shen Yuntang was brought in.
Shen Yuntang had been the wife of a county magistrate in her previous life, so she was not as afraid of government officials as ordinary people. However, he thought something had happened to Cheng Yeran, and he was very nervous on the way here.
It was not until he saw Cheng Yeran that he felt relieved. After entering the house and closing the door, they were the only two left. He quickly stepped forward to ask Cheng Yeran what had happened.
Cheng Yeran told him everything, and after he finished speaking, he saw that Shen Yuntang's face had turned black with anger.
"Have you ever thought about the consequences of doing this? What if the medicine doesn't work and delays the treatment of the county magistrate's son? Do you want to kill yourself?" Shen Yuntang knew that he was bold, but he never thought he could be so bold.
"If the child doesn't take the medicine in time, I'm afraid he won't live long, or he may develop pneumonia or become a fool due to fever. Other doctors will only give conservative treatment, which is of no use. I want to save his life, just take a gamble. I've always had good luck." Cheng Yeran didn't just want to save the child's life, but also because the two ruffians said that they were very powerful locally. If they didn't find an umbrella to protect themselves and Shen Yuntang, how could they live safely in the county in the future? But when he saw Shen Yuntang's worried look, he decided to wait until later to mention it, otherwise he would have one more thing to worry about.
Shen Yuntang sighed, wanting to blame him, but he didn't say it in the end, "Forget it, since you want to gamble, I'll accompany you."
After just one hour, the servant's fever subsided. He was an adult with stronger resistance and was easier to cure.
County Magistrate Chen was surprised to see this. It happened that his child's temperature had risen a lot, and it was scary to touch. The child was still mumbling in pain. He also helped to stop it and called Cheng Yeran over to ask him to feed the medicine to the child.
Cheng Yeran didn't say much, he took out the antipyretic medicine and fed it to the child.
After waiting for a while and giving the child some cough suppressants and anti-inflammatory drugs, the child indeed slept much more soundly.
Cheng Yeran and Shen Yuntang did not return to the room, but waited here with County Magistrate Chen. The effect of the medicine was not immediate, but the situation improved a lot, which gave County Magistrate Chen hope.
He did not let Cheng Yeran leave immediately, but asked him to stay here for a few days before leaving. The child took the medicine for three days in a row, and his fever was almost gone, and his appetite was better, but he was still coughing. Cheng Yeran said that he had cough syrup at home, and he would go back and get it. The medicine he brought was gone, so he would go back and get some more. County Magistrate Chen said that he would send someone to take them back in a carriage, so that it would be faster.
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