Chapter 393 Medicine for the Great Cold
That day, Mo Lang caught the two people who had been implicated, and without much effort, he found the grain that Jin Diandian had hidden on the mountain.
But it's not enough, far from enough.
It doesn't match the arrogant tone Jin Duoduo used when talking about these grains.
Finally, under Mo Lang's torture, the two confessed to hiding the grain.
It turns out that the big rat that stole food raised baby rats that stole food too.
but……
"It's still not enough!"
"Medicinal herbs can be sold for money to exchange for land deeds, but grain will not be sold, as Jin Diandian is particularly afraid of starving to death."
But the two of them knew nothing, and they didn't even know each other.
Jin Diandian is naive but also has a touch of shrewdness.
Just then, the people who had been following the father and daughter returned.
“Miss, I overheard that the woman was being bullied by Qi Huai-ren, the most beloved doctor in the city, in order to treat her mother’s illness. She was at the scene of the contract signing to tell Magistrate Qi Huai-ren that he was no good person.”
However, her father forbade her to speak carelessly, saying that Qi Huai-ren was clearly their family's savior, and if she went out and talked nonsense, he would immediately strangle her mother and her to prevent her from disgracing their ancestors.
"That old bastard is the one who has disgraced his ancestors! A spineless coward who can't even protect his own daughter!" Qiaoxiu cursed.
This reminded her of her incompetent yet domineering father!
The more useless a person is, the more likely they are to shift the blame onto others.
“Qi Huai Ren…” Lu Qingqing knew this doctor.
The entire city is being raided for clinics under the name of the Holy Physician Sect. Doctors and pharmacies have all been arrested and shut down. In the past few days, the investigation into the doctors' backgrounds, clinic ledgers, reputations among the people, and whether they have committed any wrongdoing has been accelerated.
Almost all the doctors were convicted, and only seven or eight were released.
Those who were released are still under secret surveillance.
Qi Huai-ren was one of them.
Among them, Qi Huai Ren had the best reputation and outstanding medical skills. Everyone said he was kind-hearted and compassionate.
"Let's go take a look."
Lu Qingqing, along with Qiaoxiu and Qingyao, boarded a carriage and headed to Guye Village.
The houses in the village were all old and dilapidated; not a single one was newly built, exuding an air of decay and decline.
The girl's home was located in a corner of the village.
When they arrived, the girl's father wasn't there; he had gone to the newly allocated land.
The girl was hanging clothes to dry in the yard, a melancholy look lingering between her brows.
Upon seeing Lu Qingqing and the others, along with two armed guards following behind, she was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground.
"Get up, stop kneeling. We just came to talk to you."
Qiaoxiu stepped forward and pulled her.
She hurriedly hid her blistered, wrinkled hands, stood up on her own, her eyes filled with panic and defensiveness.
“I heard your mother is sick. We are doctors, and we can examine her for free,” Lu Qingqing said.
She ordered Mo Lang and two guards to stand watch at the door.
Seeing that only three women remained, and that they were all beautiful and kind-looking, the girl felt much less nervous.
"free?"
"Yes, it's free! My sister is a legendary doctor; all the doctors here combined can't compare!" Qiaoxiu boasted.
"I'm just a little miracle doctor, my medical skills are a bit lacking. Hehe..."
"Where is your mother? Take us there quickly!"
The girl hurriedly stepped aside, saying, "I'm on the kang (heated brick bed), please come in, miracle doctor."
If Qiaoxiu said these words in the city, she would be laughed out of the room. In the territory of the Holy Physician Sect, the foremost medical sect in the world, how could anyone dare to call himself a divine physician?
But in this rural area, no one laughs at them.
The reputation of the Holy Physician Sect spread far and wide, yet the poor people living nearby, those who grew and sold half a large amount of medicinal herbs, never received any of the so-called divine physician's favor.
This perfectly illustrates the saying: "Those adorned in silk robes are not the ones who raise silkworms."
The girl's name is Feng Shuang, and her mother has been ill for three years.
Because they had no money, no doctor was willing to come to see them.
Only Qi Huai-ren gave them seven days' worth of medicine.
But seven days was not enough to cure her. Her mother had ingested worms because she drank raw water from the river. After being dewormed, she was always anemic and needed to recuperate for a long time.
But she never expected that this care would last for three years.
At her best, her mother could only stand at the front door; otherwise, she was mostly lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) and couldn't do anything.
“Your mother does indeed have anemia,” Lu Qingqing said after taking her pulse.
She put a pill into Feng Shuangniang's mouth.
"But if you take good care of yourself for half a year, you'll be fine. It won't take three years to recover. Show me the prescription for the medicine you're taking."
Feng Shuang quickly took out the prescription she had carefully kept.
Lu Qingqing didn't notice anything wrong after looking at it.
"Is there any dregs?"
"have."
Feng Shuang then brought over the dregs of the medicine.
"Divine doctor, I've brewed this medicine several times already, I'm afraid you can't smell anything anymore," Feng Shuang said awkwardly.
Lu Qingqing picked it up and smelled it.
Then Qiaoxiu heard about it.
Qiaoxiu identified: "It contains Rehmannia glutinosa, licorice, peony, and angelica sinensis."
She couldn't distinguish the others.
Feng Shuang's eyes gradually brightened, and she began to look forward to Lu Qingqing and the others.
Lu Qingqing added: "There are also Chuanxiong, Zhi Ke, and Mai Men Dong. Originally, there should have been ginseng, but ginseng is too expensive, so he didn't add it. This is Zengshen Siwu Tang, which is a very good formula for replenishing qi and blood, but it has an extra herb that shouldn't be in it, Longdancao."
Gentian root is extremely cold in nature and clears excess heat from the liver and gallbladder. Since deficiency of qi and blood often manifests as deficiency heat, if patients take it, it will aggravate the depletion of yang qi.
This prescription is missing ginseng, and with this added, it's ruined. Drinking it for a lifetime won't cure the blood deficiency."
Feng Shuang was astonished, her eyes wide open: "But Doctor Qi said there is ginseng powder in this!"
"Then he's lying to you. There's no ginseng in this medicine, and the prescription doesn't mention gentian. He must have picked the herbs himself, right? He must have done it on purpose."
Feng Shuang stood there dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning.
Lu Qingqing had already figured out why Qi Huai Ren was lying.
With just a few of the cheapest herbs, one can take advantage of a young woman.
Clearly, Feng Shuang understood as well.
She started trembling all over.
Qiaoxiu and Qingyao looked at her with concern. Her back seemed to have been bent over in an instant, as if any more weight would press her to the ground.
Lu Qingqing reached out and grasped her wrist: "Your body is also suffering from kidney yang deficiency, qi stagnation, and blood stasis, which should be due to taking extremely cold medicine."
Feng Shuang instinctively shook off Lu Qingqing's hand out of fear.
Lu Qingqing's eyes seemed to see through everything.
Feng Shuang felt her face burning hot, as if it were about to be torn off.
Foods prepared for the Great Cold.
It was after each time that Qi Huai-ren gave her the drink.
For preventing pregnancy.
"I won't treat her anymore... I won't treat her anymore... Shuang'er, Shuang... Mother won't treat her anymore, don't go get any more medicine."
Feng Shuangniang woke up.
Ever since her mother overheard her arguing with her father yesterday, she has been in a daze and refused to take her medicine.
Lu Qingqing gave her a pill just now and she woke up, and she spoke very clearly.
Feng Shuang stared blankly at her, then knelt down on the ground with a "plop".
"Miracle doctor, miracle doctor, save my mother! I'll do anything to save my mother!"
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