Chapter 106 Meeting Zhang Yufang
"Is what Madam Zheng was talking about your marriage with Zheng Wanrou?" Lin Qian asked Wei Xiaoran in the carriage.
Wei Xiaoran suddenly clenched his hands, glanced at Lin Qian, and found that there was only curiosity on her face and no other expression. He nodded, but his heart felt a little empty.
He hoped to see something else on Lin Qian's face, but nothing.
Lin Qian thought for a moment and said, "Why not? I think Zheng Wanrou is quite good, and her family background is good too."
Wei Xiaoran looked towards a corner of the carriage and said stiffly, "No reason, I just don't like her."
Seeing his expression, Lin Qian tactfully didn't ask any more questions.
There are many underworlds in big families. Wei Xiaoran must know a lot to be able to sit in his current position. Maybe it is because of this that he is unwilling to marry Zheng Wanrou.
The carriage was silent for a while, and finally Wei Xiaoran spoke first, asking, "You revealed your identity in front of those two imperial doctors today. What do you want to do?"
"Hehe, it's just a declaration of war. Tell them that I, Meng Yi's followers, am here." Lin Qian clenched her fists.
Wei Xiaoran glanced at Lin Qian, who had a stern face, and suddenly reached out to rub her head. Lin Qian looked at him in surprise.
"I have the confession of the eyewitness who framed Uncle Meng."
Lin Qian's eyes widened and she asked hurriedly, "Really?"
Wei Xiaoran nodded: "I have been investigating this matter since a year ago, and finally I found an eyewitness, Meng Yuan's medicine boy.
Back then, a strange disease broke out outside the capital. All the people in a village died tragically for no reason. Later, the same thing happened in the neighboring village.
Uncle Meng and several doctors from the Huangfu family searched through ancient books and examined the bodies day and night before they finally came to the conclusion that these people died of poisoning.
As for the source of the poison, it is a flower called Qianyu. It is non-toxic in itself, but it cannot be consumed with alcohol.
There was a winery in the village. It happened that the grain output was relatively high that year, so they did not sell all the sorghum wine produced, but kept a lot for their own drinking.
At that time, the Thousand Feathers had just bloomed, and the women in the village used these flowers to make flower cakes. When they ate them together, it became a deadly poison.
Lin Qian frowned after hearing this, and then asked, "But, if that's the case, then shouldn't it be contagious?"
Wei Xiaoran hummed and continued, "That's right, but that mountain village is located in a remote area. It took several days for the people in the village to know about the death.
But at that time, many people's bodies were bitten by snakes and rats."
"So, there was a rat infestation, and the people in the neighboring village got this poison because they were bitten by rats, or they ate something that was bitten by rats, right?"
Wei Xiaoran nodded: "After the late emperor found out, he sent several doctors with excellent medical skills to treat him, including Uncle Meng.
Uncle Meng lived up to everyone's expectations and was the first to prescribe a prescription to treat this disease.
The prescription was effective at first, but later on the symptoms became uncontrollable. Uncle Meng stayed awake for several days and nights, and then he came up with a new prescription.
And this prescription can perfectly cure this disease.
The late emperor immediately issued an edict, appointing Meng Yi as the head of the Imperial Hospital upon his return. The head at the time was none other than the head of the Huangfu family.
After hearing this, Lin Qian still had something to understand. The first bird to stick its head out gets shot, and Meng Yi was hated because he was too conspicuous.
“The medicine quickly cured one person after another, and later, only the twelve most seriously ill people had not recovered.
Their condition was already very serious, but Uncle Meng had managed to pull them back from the brink of death. With just a few more doses of medication, their condition would likely be under control.
Therefore, Uncle Meng stayed here with them, wanting to see them recover with his own eyes."
"But later they did not recover, instead they died. All of this was blamed on Master. They said that Master was unable to cure them, so he was so cruel that he killed these twelve people in order to get the position of the head of the Imperial Hospital." Lin Qian took over Wei Xiaoran's words and continued.
Wei Xiaoran said, "Yes, that's right. Meng Yuan added a few extra herbs to these people's medicine, and because the dosage was too large, they all died.
Meng Yuan's medicine boy saw all of this. Later, fearing that Meng Yuan would kill him as well, the medicine boy fled the mountain village and never returned.
It took me a lot of effort to find him and get his confession."
After a long silence, Lin Qian forced herself to hold back the tears that were about to flow.
"I understand. Thank you, Brother Xiaoran. When I win the first place in the medical competition, these evidences will see the light of day again." Lin Qian clenched her fists and said word by word.
Wei Xiaoran grabbed Lin Qian's hand, pried open her clenched fist, and stroked the nail marks on her palm that were left by pinching her too hard.
Lin Qian felt that their actions seemed inappropriate, and subconsciously wanted to pull back, but Wei Xiaoran held her tightly.
The two looked at each other, and Wei Xiaoran said, "Go ahead and make trouble. Even if you poke a hole in the sky, I'll help you hold it up."
Looking into Wei Xiaoran's eyes, Lin Qian nodded vigorously, then patted Wei Xiaoran's shoulder with her other hand.
"Thank you, Brother Xiaoran, thank you for doing so much for my master. If he knew, he would definitely be very grateful to you."
Looking at Lin Qian's sincere eyes, Wei Xiaoran's eyes twitched suddenly. He used up all his strength to pull the corners of his mouth to smile at Lin Qian, and then squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Yeah."
Lin Qian had a strange feeling that Wei Xiaoran seemed to be a little sad. Just as she was about to ask, the carriage stopped.
Outside, it was not the Lin Mansion, but Wei Xiaoran’s home, the Wei Mansion.
"Why are I here at your house?" Lin Qian asked Wei Xiaoran.
Wei Xiaoran lied without blushing or panting: "My mother is not fully recovered yet, I want you to come and see her."
"I had completely forgotten about this. Let's go and see Aunt Zhang. I haven't seen her for a few years and I miss her too." Lin Qian immediately became excited when she heard that they were going to see Zhang Yufang.
The two of them came all the way to where Zhang Yufang lived, and Lin Qian said, "Brother, your house is really big and magnificent!"
"Do you like it?" Wei Xiaoran asked.
"I like it. Who wouldn't like such a luxurious house?" Lin Qian said with a smile, and then the two of them entered Xiyun Courtyard.
The yard was bustling with activity. Zhang Yufang, several maids and servants were chatting and embroidering together.
Zhang Yufang's complexion is rosy and shiny, and her voice is full of energy. She doesn't look sick at all, right?
Lin Qian couldn't help but look at Wei Xiaoran beside her. Wei Xiaoran stared at Zhang Yufang intently, then coughed twice.
Zhang Yufang looked up and saw Wei Xiaoran and Lin Qian. She immediately ran over happily, and then received the eye signal from her son.
Suddenly, Zhang Yufang stopped abruptly, covered her mouth, and coughed loudly. While coughing, she reached out to Lin Qian.
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