Chapter 607 Gu
If Yun Yichen still had doubts about Lu Changqing last night, he is now absolutely certain that Lu Changqing is the one who caused all this trouble.
When Gu Shuyan mentioned that Lu Changqing was the one who had previously administered the strange poison, Yun Yichen's eyes darkened slightly.
"My lord, a group of people has arrived outside. They say they are delivering medicinal herbs."
A soldier rushed over and reported the news outside the tent.
Yun Yichen was surprised that the medicinal herbs arrived so quickly. He had calculated that they would arrive by the evening of the day after tomorrow at the earliest. He immediately disregarded everything else and hurried out to greet them.
However, when Yun Yichen saw the person who delivered the medicinal herbs with his own eyes, he was startled and almost gave himself away.
Because the person who delivered the medicinal herbs was not someone he had sent out, but someone else he knew very well.
"May I ask who this gentleman is?" Yun Yichen asked in the most primal way, as if he were seeing the person for the first time.
Lu Changqing was also surprised to see this. After Yun Yichen expressed his doubts, he took the initiative to introduce him to everyone: "This is Doctor Mu. He treated my illness before."
Lu Changqing's words made everyone look at the old man with slightly white hair. Nowadays, everyone in the Great Zhou knew that there was a divine doctor who cured the fourth prince, who even the imperial physicians could not cure. They all thought that the other party should be an old man with white hair, but now it seems that this old man is no different from the old men in the Imperial Hospital.
"So it's Doctor Mu, my apologies for not recognizing you."
Yun Yichen was the first to 'react' and quickly beckoned the old man to go inside, while Ji Wenjin's men swiftly led their men to unload the goods.
"I was worried about what to do about this illness, but now that the divine doctor has arrived, I feel more at ease."
Yun Yichen's expression softened slightly, and he spoke more easily, which made everyone who had been on tenterhooks just moments before breathe a sigh of relief.
"You flatter me, sir. I heard that Suzhou was devastated by the earthquake, so I thought I would do my part. If I can help alleviate the suffering of the victims, I will gladly give up my life of practicing medicine."
The old man's words were full of righteousness, which others saw as Hua Tuo reincarnated, but Lu Changqing saw as meddling in other people's business.
I don't know if this old man is just bored, but he insists on coming here to join in the fun. Why can't he just stay in the capital and enjoy his good life? Why does he have to come here and cause trouble for himself?
Everyone felt reassured, chatted with the old man for a few moments, and then went about their respective duties.
Once only the old man and Yun Yichen remained, the old man clasped his hands in a salute to Yun Yichen and said, "Valley Master, I have been ordered by the young master to stockpile medicinal herbs in various places. The remaining herbs will be delivered one after another."
Yun Yichen had already found it strange, but after hearing the old man's words, he immediately understood.
So he didn't spoil that kid for nothing; he even knows how to care about him. "Is he still in the capital?"
Upon hearing the question, the old man nodded. "When I left, the young master was still in the capital. However, it seems that the young master made some kind of deal with the madam, so he probably won't stay in the capital for long."
"A deal?" Yun Yichen had just finished praising Xu Yunzhi in his heart when he heard that he was actually making a deal with his little wife. Yun Yichen declared that his previous words were invalid.
As the younger brother-in-law, shouldn't he take better care of his sister-in-law while his older brother is away? Instead, this guy is directly trying to sabotage his wife.
Yun Yichen silently made a note of it in his mind before looking at the old man and asking, "Uncle Mu, do you know of any diseases that are only contagious to young people?"
Uncle Mu had been by his master's side for many years, and it was only because of his strong request that he came out of the mountains to help him this time.
"It only passes on to young people?" Uncle Mu thought for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "Could it be tuberculosis?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Yichen shook his head. "Although tuberculosis is more contagious to young people, it doesn't mean it won't infect others. Besides, I've seen those people's symptoms, and they don't have tuberculosis."
Yun Yichen immediately thought of tuberculosis, but after personally examining the patients, he confirmed that their illnesses were unrelated to tuberculosis.
“Since it’s not tuberculosis, and the Valley Master can’t figure out the cause, then there might be one possibility.”
As Uncle Mu spoke, his expression suddenly turned grim, because he had only heard the old Valley Master mention that thing, but had never actually seen it before.
"What's possible?"
Although Yun Yichen's medical skills are not bad, he still has less experience compared to Uncle Mu, who has followed his master for many years.
Looking at Yun Yichen, Uncle Mu clasped his hands in a fist salute before saying with a grave expression, "Perhaps it's a Gu."
"Gu?" Yun Yichen had seen it when he was reading medical books. Gu was raised by the Jiuli tribe in Mingdi a hundred years ago. After the founding emperor seized the world, in order to prevent the Jiuli tribe from becoming a threat, he led a large army to wipe out Mingdi.
From then on, there were no more people in the world who used or raised Gu. But where did Lu Changqing find such a person to use for his own purposes?
"Is Uncle Mu sure this is a Gu?" Yun Yichen felt that the possibility was still too small, but without this explanation, he really couldn't understand what was going on.
"I'm not sure either. Perhaps I should write a letter back to ask the old Valley Master. He'll surely know the answer."
Uncle Mu was only guessing, after all, he had only heard the old valley master mention these things occasionally.
Yun Yichen was already at a loss for what to do, so he could only nod upon hearing this. It would be good to ask his master; even if it was confirmed not to be a Gu poison, his master's medical skills should allow him to know something.
He fetched paper and pen and had Uncle Mu write a letter. Yun Yichen then used the excuse of going to check on the medicinal herbs to have Uncle Mu deliver the letter to the person delivering the herbs.
"Doctor Mu, would you like to go and see the patient?"
Since they were there under the guise of treating patients, Uncle Mu naturally couldn't just ignore the patient. He made a gesture of invitation, and the two of them went to the tent where the patient was staying.
"It's too stuffy in here, we need to ventilate it more."
As he smelled the pungent aroma, Uncle Mu felt a discomfort in his stomach.
Imagine a group of grown men who sweat all day without a place to shower, plus their pesky athlete's foot, all inside a tent that's completely covered up – the smell would be unbearable.
"Lift up all the curtains!" Yun Yichen immediately ordered. To be honest, he also couldn't stand the smell yesterday, but he was preoccupied with other things and didn't pay much attention to it.
When he came in again today, his face was almost green.
Once the air had circulated a bit, Uncle Mu then symbolically checked the patient's condition.
"Dr. Mu, how is the condition?"
Since it was an act, Yun Yichen naturally wanted to make it as realistic as possible. Upon hearing this, Uncle Mu stroked his non-existent white beard and said with some difficulty, "Forgive my bluntness, but I dare not make a hasty judgment as to what exactly this illness is, or whether it is a plague. How about this? I will prescribe a medicine first and then adjust it based on the effect."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Divine Doctor." Yun Yichen said, glancing outside the tent. Sure enough, he saw a figure quickly leaving into the distance.
After everyone left, Yun Yichen smiled and exchanged a glance with Uncle Mu.
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