Lu Dacheng remained calm in the face of Fan Zuan's questioning, instead putting on airs.
"Ignorant brat, how old are you? How many patients have you treated? I am the authority in this Southern Chen Kingdom. If I say this disease can be cured in this way, then he can cure it!"
"You claim to be an authority, but is that authority recognized by the people? How many days have you actually treated the common folk? Although I, Fan Zu'an, am young, half the illnesses in the capital have been treated at my Jishantang clinic. I've seen more illnesses than you, not fewer!"
He might be vague about other things, but when it comes to treating and saving lives, Fan Zu'an always speaks his mind.
[Lu Dacheng's medical achievements were nothing more than a case of "borrowing," though he did possess some talent. However, he plagiarized a considerable number of prescriptions from other physicians in the Imperial Medical Academy.]
Xiao Sheng: No wonder the Imperial Medical Academy only knows Lu Dacheng, but not the names of the other imperial physicians.
Li Ting: This Imperial Hospital is utterly rotten!
Lu Dacheng immediately displayed the authority he had accumulated over the years: "Grand Tutor Li, where did you find such a boorish country bumpkin? I say that this is how you treat Madam Li's illness. You don't have to listen to me, but if anything goes wrong later, just don't blame me."
After saying that, Lu Dacheng left the room without even saying goodbye.
Besides prescribing medicine, Lu Dacheng also did other things. He was a cautious man, and when he discovered that some people could find an antidote for the "July Fire" poison, he switched to another kind of poison.
This time, the poison wasn't just targeted at Xu Ningyou; he also poisoned Li Ting.
Lu Dacheng stormed out of the room where he was treating Xu Ningyou. When he got to the outer room, Xiao Sheng was sitting there without even saying hello.
Anyway, he used to be a ruthless person in the palace, and he treated all the imperial physicians, palace maids and eunuchs the same.
Li Ting had no choice but to chase after him, pretending to see Lu Dacheng off.
Seeing that Li Ting was quite well-mannered, Lu Dacheng told Li Ting as they walked that the Imperial Medical Academy had excellent medical skills and that Li Ting should never believe the words of quack doctors in the folk.
[Tsk tsk tsk, feeling guilty, he ran away! This Lu Dacheng is quite the expert in poisons. Mother, Mother, quickly get Fan Zu'an to take a look at you. Just pretend you're not feeling well!]
Hearing Li Xingran's thoughts, Xu Ningyou guessed that Lu Dacheng had already gone far away, and then she vomited.
Seeing that her mother was cooperating so well with her younger sister, Li Ruizhang quickly asked Fan Zuan to continue treating Xu Ningyou.
Seeing the Li family's attitude, Fan Zuan couldn't understand whether they believed him or the Imperial Physician who only served the powerful and wealthy.
But saving lives is the priority.
After Fan Zu'an washed his hands, Li Ruizhang helped Xu Ningyou lower the curtain and took out Xu Ningyou's hand so that Fan Zu'an could take her pulse.
However, Fan Zuan did not take the pulse first, but instead smelled the air.
Apart from Xiao Sheng, who was still waiting in the outer room, the five brothers of the Li family inside the room saw the expression on Fan Zu'an's face and wondered if something else had happened.
"Young Master Li, quickly open all the doors and windows of this room, and also fetch two catties of lime and ten catties of charcoal. This room has just been poisoned with another kind of poison, which has already seeped into the air."
[I knew Lu Dacheng was up to no good. Next time we'll teach him a lesson; Lu Dacheng is a womanizer.]
[Furthermore, he has a peculiar hobby: a fondness for young girls. While the young girls in the capital have not yet suffered at his hands, many have already been abducted from towns and cities surrounding the capital.]
Xu Ningyou: My dear daughter, these are things you shouldn't know!
Li Ruizhang: Knowing the enemy's weaknesses makes things much easier.
Xiao Sheng: How did someone like that rise to the position of Director of the Imperial Medical Academy? What was Father Emperor doing?
As they walked along the corridor, Lu Dacheng remarked with particular admiration, "Grand Tutor Li's courtyard is quite beautiful."
However, upon closer inspection, Lu Dacheng confirmed that the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Formation was indeed used, but he found no hidden secrets. He had someone investigate the house; the ancestors were merchants and had considerable wealth.
After several generations, some of their descendants passed the imperial examinations and achieved official rank.
After passing the imperial examinations, he abused his power for personal gain, resulting in the confiscation of his property. This house had already changed hands five or six times by the time it came to Li Ting's possession.
Lu Dacheng also spent the night looking at the layout of the house, which had been the same since the house was built, and even the position of the artificial hill had not been moved.
[In the book, Lu Dacheng discovers the secret of the house and, upon returning to the palace, he and Zhao Yunwan meticulously devise a series of conspiracies.]
But now that I'm here, Mother has already prepared this house in advance. I really want to know what Lu Dacheng's expression will be when he finds out that this house is just a slightly more refined one.
Upon hearing their sister's words, Li Ruiheng and Li Ruijin immediately ran out of the room, their feet barely touching the ground.
When he caught up with his father, he saw Lu Dacheng standing at the gate. Before leaving, Lu Dacheng was praising the house for its ingenious layout and the profound skill of the feng shui master, saying that the Li family would surely produce many talented people.
But the expression on his face really wasn't very pleasant, sometimes gloomy, sometimes sunny.
Finally, he angrily boarded the carriage and sped away.
When Li Ting returned to Xu Ningyou's courtyard, Li Ruizhang also ordered someone to bring lime and charcoal. Fan Zuan instructed the Li family servants to place the charcoal in various corners and the center of the room.
Then he walked out of the house and stopped Li Ting, saying with a solemn expression, "Grand Tutor Li, this house is no longer habitable. Someone has added a very sophisticated poison to the air."
"Oh? Then why doesn't Dr. Fan leave?" Li Ting looked at the young man whom Ruan Ruan called a genius doctor with great interest.
"Because this poison has no effect on us. But it's very potent for you and Madam Li. But don't worry, I've already got Madam Li under control. You, however, must leave this courtyard immediately," Fan Zu'an replied matter-of-factly.
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