Zhou Zhengqing had made all the preparations; he had not only taken a bath but also changed into a brand-new set of clothes.
After doing all this, Zhou Zhengqing lay on the table and wrote a letter in blood. Then, before the ink had dried, he found a rope and prepared to hang himself.
Just before he died, a moment of hesitation flashed through his mind. He thought it over carefully and realized that he had already told everyone he needed to, and his daughter had married off early. It seemed that there was nothing left for him to worry about.
However, just as he was putting his head into the rope, preparing to end his life, he suddenly heard his wife shouting urgently.
"Sir, Doctor Sun is here!"
"Dr. Sun says he can cure your illness!"
"ah?"
Zhou Zhengqing was stunned upon hearing this, and for a moment he was torn between his own thoughts and his own mind.
The next step is death, after which the whole family will be taken care of.
Taking a step back might save you, but it would offend a powerful person, and you might even be silenced by that person!
Should we take a step forward or a step back?
Just as he was hesitating, his wife pushed open the door and saw him about to hang himself.
"Master, you can't die!"
Zhou Zhengqing's wife immediately ran over, hugged him tightly, and then shouted outside.
"Help! The master is about to commit suicide!"
Upon hearing this, the servants of the Zhou family rushed into Zhou Zhengqing's room. Sun Simiao and Li Jue also hurriedly followed the crowd inside.
When Sun Simiao saw that Zhou Zhengqing was indeed going to commit suicide, he immediately kicked the stool under his feet away.
Zhou Zhengqing fell to the ground and before he could even cry out in pain, he was pinned down by several servants.
"Sir, Doctor Sun says your illness can be cured, you mustn't try to kill yourself!"
"I……"
"Let them go first!"
"I can't breathe under your weight!"
Upon hearing this, everyone got up from Zhou Zhengqing. However, everyone stared intently at him, fearing that he might do something suicidal again.
Suicide is something that happens in a moment of impulse; once the initial rush passes, very few people will still have the courage to commit suicide.
Zhou Zhengqing was no exception. Although he was not afraid of death, why would he commit suicide if he could live?
"Dr. Sun, can you really cure my illness?"
"able!"
"Last time, my skills were lacking, but today, with my junior brother's guidance, I finally came up with a way to cure you. That's why I rushed here to treat you!"
"real?"
"Really!"
"May I ask who Dr. Sun's junior brother is...?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Simiao immediately turned around to find Li Jue, only to find Li Jue looking at the letter on the table.
"Junior brother!"
"ah?"
"You go and talk to this patient and tell him if his illness is curable!"
Li Jue nodded blankly upon hearing this.
"able!"
"only……"
"Just what?"
"It's nothing, senior brother, please arrange surgery for him as soon as possible!"
"Okay!"
Sun Simiao had experience with more than a dozen appendectomies, so he was no longer as nervous as he had been at the beginning.
He calmly instructed his disciples to tidy up the room, disinfect it, prepare surgical instruments, and adjust the gas lamp.
The gas lamp was a gadget that Li Jue invented specifically for performing surgery on Sun Simiao.
Although it couldn't compare to the shadowless lamps of later generations, in the impoverished and backward Tang Dynasty, being able to use this thing was already an epoch-making achievement.
After finishing all that, Sun Simiao set up a makeshift operating table at Zhou Zhengqing's home, ready to perform surgery on him on the spot.
Although this type of surgery is very risky, the hospital in Beijing hasn't been built yet. If we take Zhou Zhengqing back to Xianyang, we're afraid the bumpy journey might kill him.
Therefore, to be on the safe side, the only option is to have the surgery performed locally.
Fortunately, hernia surgery is similar to intestinal abscess surgery; neither is considered a major operation.
But then again, if it really came down to major surgeries like heart or lung transplants, he wouldn't know how to perform them...
While Sun Simiao was busy leading his disciples, Li Jue sat listlessly outside the door, lost in thought.
He saw Zhou Zhengqing's suicide note, which explained the reasons for his suicide and his resentment and dissatisfaction with himself as the eldest grandson.
Li Jue didn't even need to think; he knew this person had been bribed and was deliberately using the suicide attempt to disgust him.
After all, he hadn't even taken any action against these deadbeats from the imperial court yet, so where did his resentment and dissatisfaction come from?
Although Li Jue saw through Zhou Zhengqing's treacherous scheme, he was not in a good mood.
He suddenly felt very tired, the kind of tired that comes from being mentally exhausted.
Since arriving in the Tang Dynasty, he has never thought about fighting or robbing anything; he only wants the people of the Tang Dynasty to live a good life and to prevent the Tang Dynasty from experiencing as many calamities as in later generations.
However, there are always people who dislike him and try every means to kill him.
What hurt him even more was that Li Shimin, that old tyrant, not only didn't side with him, but also kept finding excuses to beat him...
"well!"
"Why don't we go back to the Turkic steppes and find our own 'Anda' (traitor)?"
"Although the Turks are a bit poor, Anda certainly won't look down on me, much less let me suffer any injustice..."
Because it was his first time performing hernia surgery, it took Sun Simiao a full 45 minutes to finish.
When he came out of Zhou Zhengqing's room and saw Li Jue sitting on the threshold in a daze, he immediately guessed what was going on.
"What's wrong? Are you thinking of retiring and becoming a hermit?"
"I told you long ago that worldly power and status are nothing but fleeting clouds. If you want to leave your mark on history, you must start with medicine!"
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