"Investigate! Go and find out for me! I want to see what grudge I have against her! She's just a lowly doctor, how dare she talk back to me like that!"
Enraged, Dong Caizhu cursed. His trusted aide immediately went to investigate the matter. After Dong Caizhu smashed many more things, the aide returned and said respectfully, "Master, this female doctor is related to the people who bought the feather clothes on the street recently. Yesterday, our men went to cause trouble for those people, and the female doctor held a grudge against them!"
It's quite a coincidence that this happened just yesterday. Last night, her husband's illness flared up, and he was in so much pain that he cried out in despair. And coincidentally, he encountered this female doctor. It's really bizarre.
"It's them?"
Dong Caizhu then remembered that he had indeed sent people to cause trouble for those small vendors yesterday, but if those people hadn't been so ungrateful, would his men have needed to take action?
Speaking of which, after taking apart and examining the feather garments I brought back yesterday, I couldn't figure out anything. Anyway, the mystery lies in the spices. As long as I get these spices, I can do this kind of business as well.
Daling County is practically his territory. How can he not give this family some benefits when they do business on his territory?
So what if they hit him? Do they dare utter a sound?
He's the kind of person even the county magistrate treats with great respect!
"They really don't know what's good for them! It's their good fortune to be noticed by me, yet they dare to say they have a grudge against the Dong family. Are they trying to rebel?!"
"That's right, this family is so ungrateful! They've offended the master, so now we have even more reason to punish them!"
The butler beside him immediately fawned over him. Dong the rich wanted to kick him, but remembering how much pain his leg was in, he glared at him fiercely and said, "Then I'm not going to get my leg treated?"
Madam Lin, wiping away her tears, said, "My lord, your health is the most important thing. Why don't we get you treated first, and then deal with that little slut when you're better? You are the pillar of this family!"
Lin was genuinely worried about him. Seeing his foot so swollen and the fact that several doctors had tried to treat it without success, she was truly heartbroken.
"No way! If I really go and apologize to that woman, where will I put my face? How am I supposed to live in Daling County after this!"
Dong, the wealthy man, turned his head to one side, resolutely refusing to bow his head.
Taking advantage of this moment, the steward said, "Master and Madam, there are other doctors in the world besides this one. I have already gone to find other doctors. Last night, I even sent someone to the prefectural city to invite a doctor from there. Judging by the time, he should have arrived by now. The doctor from the prefectural city is definitely better than the doctor from this county town!"
Hearing him say that, the wealthy Dong gave him a rare moment of respect. The steward had worked for the Dong family for many years, and the reason he hadn't been replaced despite his age was because he was meticulous in his work. He hadn't even thought of going to the prefectural city to fetch a doctor.
Now he's just waiting for the doctors from the capital to come and treat the illness. Once the woman is cured, he'll make her regret what she said today!
Soon, other well-known doctors in the county town also came to examine him and prescribe medicines respectfully. However, the prescriptions they wrote were almost identical to those of the old doctor who had examined him the night before, and they were of no use at all.
The wealthy man, Dong, glanced at the prescriptions and threw them on the ground, angrily shouting, "I've already told you these prescriptions won't work for me! They won't work! Can't you understand me? Did you doctors all grow up eating excrement?"
The doctors all lowered their heads, not daring to look at him. After exchanging glances, one of them boldly said, "Master Dong, there are only a few prescriptions for treating gout, and they all require reducing the swelling first. This can't be rushed!"
They were truly on the verge of tears; that was the prescription, and there was nothing they could do about it!
"What my husband needs right now isn't to reduce the swelling, but to relieve the pain! Can't you prescribe some painkillers for him first?"
Lin asked anxiously, "Even if the swelling is difficult to reduce, shouldn't the pain be relieved first? How can you keep in pain like this?"
The doctors wiped their sweat and said, "We do have a pain reliever, but we're really not sure if it will stop the foot pain! Besides, this pain reliever has some side effects, so we wouldn't dare try it unless absolutely necessary!"
In this era, oral painkillers were not very advanced, and many people would just endure the pain in such situations. But this rich man, Dong, was delicate and couldn't bear the pain, so there was nothing they could do!
"I don't care what kind of painkiller it is, just write the prescription now! I just need pain relief!"
Dong the rich man no longer cares about whether he is injured or not. He is in so much pain that half of his body is numb. If this continues, won't he die?
The doctors exchanged glances, wrote down all the pain-relieving remedies they knew, and then discussed which one was better before prescribing it to the wealthy Mr. Dong.
After more than an hour of this ordeal, the painkiller was finally brewed. Dong, the wealthy man, held his breath and drank the bitter medicine, then waited for it to take effect.
However, instead of providing any relief, the pain actually worsened!
"Useless! You're all useless! If you don't heal my leg today, none of you will get away with this!"
The wealthy Mr. Dong continued to rage, leaving the hall in a mess, and everyone held their breath.
It was Madam Lin who spoke first: "Haven't you doctors encountered a truly exceptional physician in all your years of practice? If any of the doctors you recommend can cure my master's illness, the Dong family will reward them handsomely!"
The doctors exchanged glances, their eyes darting around. The boldest of them spoke up, saying, "Master and Madam, we've heard that Yuyuantang has recently produced a female physician with exceptional acupuncture skills. If we could invite her here, she would surely be able to relieve your pain!"
The Dong family: ...
It all comes back to that woman!
Is this never going to end?
Just then, the doctor invited from the prefectural city arrived. The steward happily went to welcome him in, but after examining him, he found that the treatment prescriptions and pain relief prescriptions he wrote down were the same ones written by those doctors.
Everyone: ...
"Among all of you, not one knows how to give acupuncture?"
Dong, the rich man, impatiently scanned everyone present with his tiny, beady eyes. He simply refused to believe that it had to be that female doctor!
Someone muttered under their breath, "I can do it, but I'm not quite proficient..."
Dong the rich man only listened to the first half of the sentence and ignored the second half, and directly ordered the doctor to give him acupuncture.
Then--
"Ah!~!"
A pig's squeal pierced the sky, startling a pair of birds that were courting on the rooftop.
He Jiuniang sat leisurely in the clinic, cracking melon seeds and crossing her legs while asking the young clerk about the Dong family.
"Can't have a son? That's interesting~ Keep going!"
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