Doctor Fan Zu'an is now on good terms with General Li, and I've heard that he has already become sworn brothers with General Li and his wife.
The people of the capital already trusted Fan Zu'an, and the people of Nanchen Kingdom also sincerely admired and thanked Li Ting.
For a time, Jishetang was bustling with patients. Fan Zu'an's medical skills were superb, and no patient could be cured.
A month or so later, Fan Zuan's name resounded throughout the capital.
Some insignificant officials in the court sensed that something was wrong. They called their own doctors for a checkup, and the doctors were terrified, but dared not say a word for fear of losing their heads.
They only said that the head of the household was addicted to a certain food, which caused his lethargy, weakness, and intense cravings for it. They couldn't cure this ailment, but they had heard of a doctor in the countryside who specialized in treating it.
One after another, some mysterious patients came to Jishetang. Fan Zuan didn't ask any questions. After taking their pulses, he inquired about the frequency of their illnesses and how often they occurred. He then gave them medicine and told them to go home and decoct it according to the prescription.
Because Zhao Yunwan stopped providing opium to these minor officials, and the technology for refining opium was practically nonexistent in this era, opium addiction was relatively easy to break.
Since Xiao Sheng became addicted to opium, Fan Zuan devoted himself to studying it for a long time. With the help of the medical books that Xu Ningyou found for him, Fan Zuan made some pills that could effectively control the frequency of the addict's attacks until he finally quit.
Gradually, many officials noticed something was wrong with their own bodies and their family members. Some officials who were well-versed in the founding history of the Southern Chen Kingdom knew that they had been drugged with opium, but they did not know whose doing it was.
Fan Zu'an treated them, provided them with pills, and even told the officials who came for treatment how to control their addiction when it flared up.
For a time, officials of all ranks in the capital praised Fan Zu'an's medical skills.
When Lu Dacheng found out, he was so angry that he wanted to skin Fan Zuan alive.
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