Chapter 52: Ji Xun

Chapter 52: Ji Xun

Chapter 52 Ji Xun

The light in Lipu is dim, and fine dust is floating in the air.

Acheng's voice came slowly from the chair.

“…The cooked medicine laboratory is run by the government, and all the medicines sold by Shengjing Medical Clinic and various drug stores must pass the inspection of the cooked medicine laboratory.”

“When selling herbal tea before, Renxin Medical Center had clearly passed the official seal of the Institute of Cooked Medicine and could sell it to make medicine on its own. But today…”

Today, people from the Medical Center came and found the "Chun Shuisheng" herbal tea from the medical center without saying a word. They only said that the recipe for the herbal tea was wrong and that the patent medicine was fake. They confiscated the official seal deed for the medicinal tea sold by Renxin Medical Center. In the future, Renxin Medical Center is no longer allowed to sell patent medicines.

Yin Zheng asked: "The shopkeeper and the injuries on Acheng's face..."

 “It was those **** who made the first move!” Du Changqing gritted his teeth.

At first, the people at the medicine store wanted to confiscate the medicinal tea. Acheng was reluctant to part with it and reached out to grab it. Unexpectedly, those people were so vicious that they would kill even a small child despite him. How could Du Changqing see Acheng suffer a loss? He only regretted that he was also a weak young man and interfering in the battle was just one more person to be beaten.

Lu Zhen looked at Du Changqing: "Why did the people from the Medical Clinic suddenly attack the medical clinic?"

Du Changqing punched the table and said angrily: "Why else? Of course it was that old **** who was responsible for it!"

“The people at the medicine store were familiar with my father in the past. When new medicines were made, they never asked questions. Today, they clearly got the information in advance and deliberately smashed the store.”

"Bai Shouyi is despicable and shameless. He will never succeed by copying his academic skills. I thought he would be stable for a while, but I didn't expect him to be waiting here. This old bastard!"

As Du Changqing spoke, his expression became more and more resentful: "The same goes for those people at the Medicine Institute. When my father was here, they were always seeking compliments and wagging their tails more happily than anyone else. Now that they see people in despair, they all rush to add insult to injury. Bah. , a group of snobs! If my father were still here, they would all be forced to step down..."

Although he spoke harshly, his tone was a little choked. Du Changqing turned his face away and brushed his face randomly with his hand.

Yin Zheng was startled, looked at his face, and comforted him: "Shopkeeper Du can't be so angry. How can a grown man cry when something happens? When my girl came to Shengjing, she almost ran out of money. I have no place to live anymore, I am much more miserable than you, and I didn’t shed a single tear at that time, Shopkeeper Du, you have to cheer up!”

It was okay not to say this, but when he said this, Du Changqing couldn't help but feel sad, and his nasal voice became thicker: "What do you know, a girl? I think back then, wherever I went, I would be cheered by everyone, and everyone would flatter me. Now, these people broke in and smashed up the shop, without even a place to complain, so why don’t you feel aggrieved!"

Yin Zheng couldn't help but looked at Acheng who was sitting on the couch, and then turned to Lu Huan: "Girl..."

Lu Hu said: "I'm not aggrieved."

Du Changqing stopped sobbing, wiped his nose, and turned to look at her.

Lu Zong sat down at the table: "They flattered you in the past because you were Mr. Du's favorite son. When Mr. Du is away, you are just a useless **** with no ability. Naturally, you don't need to bother with compliments."

Du Changqing glared at her: "Lu Huo!"

“In the past, you were aloof and only knew about the wealth and wealth, but did not know the sufferings of the world. Now you have fallen from the clouds, you have nothing to rely on, and you are down and out, so you can only let others bully you.”

"Bai Shouyi can bully you because he has money, a family business, and a profitable Xinglin Hall, and he also manages his connections carefully. People from the Shu Pharmacy Store can give you face by selling him off, and they can give you a stumbling block against you."

She spoke slowly and evenly, and her tone could even be called kind: "That's how the world is. Now you are no longer the beloved Young Master Du. If you want others to respect you and not dare to bully you, you have to climb up and climb to the top. Being in a higher position than them allows them to please you, compliment you, and even fear you.”

"It's easy to say," Du Changqing said angrily, "Don't you know? I'm just a waste, a puddle of mud. I can't do anything in culture or martial arts. How can I climb up?"

"Why not?" Lu Zhen asked him back: "Without Master Du's skin, you can't do anything? Don't you still have a medical clinic?"

Du Changqing looked at her.

Lu Huo smiled: "If you can coax Mr. Hu to buy medicine here and support the medical center for a few years, of course you can coax others."

Du Changqing frowned: "But now the Pharmacy Bureau won't let us produce and sell patent medicines." He paused suddenly and looked at Lu Yu: "You have a way, don't you?"

 Lu Zhen said nothing.

Du Changqing suddenly became excited and grabbed Lu Huan's wrist: "Doctor Lu, you have to help me!"

Lu Yan lowered his eyes and his eyes fell on his hand. Du Changqing coughed lightly, retracted his hand angrily, looked at her and spoke again: "Doctor Lu, you can help me, right?"

Lu Yan said: "I have a way." Before Du Changqing showed a smile, she continued: "But why should I help you?"

Du Changqing was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously replied: "Of course you need to be loyal to be friends!"

 Lu Yan was silent.

The tiny oil lamp was like a solid ball of light, stagnating the atmosphere. Yin Zheng and Acheng cautiously shut up. Du Changqing looked at the people at the table with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

 Lu Zong is the strangest person among all the people he knows.

Du Changqing has been a good-for-nothing young master for many years. He is surrounded by friends who are just like him. They only know how to eat, drink and have fun, but do not know the sufferings of the world.

 Lu Zong is different.

This young girl's temperament is completely different from her delicate and frail appearance. She is always cold and calm. Call her cold, but her goal is to inherit her master's legacy, and she would rather not accept money for medicine and tea but still want to be a sitting doctor. She is said to be kind-hearted, but look at her method of dealing with Xinglintang. She spends four taels of gold, moves step by step, and is as cunning as Bai Shouyi, but he cannot get a good deal in her hands.

He looked at Lu Zhen and considered his words: "You and I have known each other for a few months, and we have shared the joys and sorrows for many days. Aren't we friends...?"

 The last word "?", I didn't feel confident enough to say it.

 Lu Zhendan smiled and said nothing.

He still refused to give up: "If our shop can't sell patent medicines, it won't last long. When this shop closes down, you, a doctor, will have to live on the streets. Even if you find another job, where will you find a young master like me? How about such a bright and discerning boss... tell me, what do you want?"

Lu Zhen said: "I need money."

Du Changqing jumped up and shouted: "Didn't I just give you one hundred taels a few days ago?"

　　 Lu Tong: “It’s all used up.”

Du Changqing immediately turned to look at Yin Zheng. Yin Zheng looked away as if nothing had happened and did not look at him.

"People don't speak secretly, Shopkeeper Du, you don't want to be a good-for-nothing young master and be trampled on by others. I need money to establish myself in Shengjing. Now that we are in trouble, we should cooperate. From now on, I will continue to practice medicine in the hospital. I The profits from making and selling the patent medicines will be split in half between you and me.”

　Du Changqing: “Split in half?”

To be honest, this request is not too much. After all, the patent medicine was made by Lu Zhuo, but it is still a bit troublesome for the young Master Du who is currently strapped for money.

Acheng quietly tugged at the corner of Du Changqing's clothes and reminded in a low voice with his swollen mouth: "My boss, as long as it's half and half, Doctor Lu is already very kind."

"I know." Du Changqing replied angrily, looked at Lu Huan again, and said hesitantly, "You made the condition readily. If I agree, how will you get through the difficulty? You are unfamiliar with the place in Shengjing. How can we make those **** at the Medicine Institute relent? Don't just talk big words."

 Lu Zhu stood up and said, "Simple."

Du Changqing looked at her doubtfully.

Lu Zhen had already stood up and walked outside the shop.

Outside Renxin Medical Center, the Dong family's horse-drawn carriage was still parked, and everyone in the shops on both sides of the West Street was looking this way. After all, since Mr. Du's death, except for Mr. Hu, it has been a long time since such a distinguished carriage came to seek medical advice.

The woman from the Dong family was still waiting outside. When she saw Lu Zhu coming out, she hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and said with a smile: "Doctor Lu."

Lu Zhen smiled at her apologetically: "Master Dong's serious illness has not been cured yet. I wanted to make some medicine to warm him up. Madam asked my grandma to come to the hospital to get the medicine, but now I'm afraid my trip will be in vain."

The old lady was startled and asked, "How did you say this?"

Lu Zhu turned sideways so that her mother-in-law could see clearly the mess in the shop. She sighed with a look of embarrassment on her face: "A few days ago, the hospital made a new medicine for smell and nose suffocation, and it was very effective. I don't know why the cooked medicine was disturbed. So, both the boss and the clerk are injured, and they can no longer sell patent medicines for the time being." She apologized to her mother-in-law, "Please go back to your house and explain to your wife."

The old lady was helpless when she heard what she said. She saw Du Changqing coming out with a bruised nose and swollen face. She made some guesses in her heart and just smiled and replied to Lu Zhu: "What's wrong with Doctor Lu? It's not your fault. Doctor Lu doesn't have to be too nervous." I'm just too worried. I'll wait until the old slave turns around and tells his wife that it's not a big deal." She said a few words to Lu Zhen and then left with the Dong family's carriage. Du Changqing looked at the shadow of the carriage and said in confusion: "Whose family is this from? I heard that he speaks in a loud voice."

 “The Dong family of Taifu Temple.”

Hearing this, Du Changqing's eyes widened: "Dong family? That's the Dong family who has a young son with tuberculosis? How did you get involved with his family?"

Du Changqing was indeed a dandy in Shengjing, and he was well versed in the secrets and private affairs of other houses.

Lu Zong looked towards the end of West Street: "If I remember correctly, the Cooked Medicine Institute is under the control of Taifu Temple."

Du Changqing's heart moved: "Do you want to..."

“Who doesn’t know how to bully others?”

Lu Zhen said softly, "If you want to fight, fight with a big one."

 …

The Cooked Medicine Institute is located at the south corner of Shengjing's outfield. It is a government-run pharmacy in the Liang Dynasty. All the medicines sold in the pharmacies of Shengjing City Medical Center must be verified by the Cooked Medicine Institute.

Lou Si, the medicinal material identification officer, was in a very good mood at the moment, leaning on his chair and humming a tune.

He is not a medical officer who develops prescriptions in a pharmaceutical institute, nor is he an inspector who makes mistakes every day. The position of medicinal materials inspector is really a fat job. All the patent medicines delivered by major pharmacies have to go through his hands, and whether they can be sold or not is all at his whim.

This power is inconspicuous in the Imperial Medical Bureau and Hanlin Hospital, but in this well-known medicine office, it is the best position to make money.

He was sitting on a chair, thinking about which restaurant to go to to have fun after getting off work, when suddenly the little pharmacist came in from outside and said to him: "Sir, Medical Officer Ji Xunji from Hanlin Hospital is here."

Lou Si was stunned and sat up straight: "Ji Xun? What is he here for?"

He had just stood up and straightened his clothes when he saw a hand lifting the long curtain, and a young man with elegant features walked in.

The fragrance of traditional Chinese medicine in the cooked medicine house is like clouds in the valley. The young man is dressed in light green lake silk and has a plain face. His long hair is tied into a bun with a green jade hairpin. He is tall and thin, like a lonely crane in the sky, and he has the air of a refined scholar.

As he approached, Lou Si hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "Medical Officer Ji, why are you here?"

This young man with a loose body and a crane's bones is called Ji Xun, and he is the youngest imperial doctor in Hanlin Hospital today. Ji Xun is also strange. His father, Mr. Ji, is a bachelor of Guanwen Palace, his grandfather is a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, and his elder brother is a bachelor of Fuwen Pavilion. He belongs to a family of civil servants, but he has been obsessed with medicine since he was a child. When he was young, he did not want to take the imperial examination, so he took the spring examination of the Imperial Medical Bureau with his family behind his back, and became the youngest imperial doctor in the Hanlin Hospital.

Ji Xun is extremely intelligent and has a cool and calm temperament. Academician Ji initially disagreed with his youngest son becoming a medical officer in the palace. Unexpectedly, Ji Xun had outstanding medical skills. During his time at Hanlin Hospital, he developed many new prescriptions, which were adopted by the Imperial Medical College. Both His Majesty and the Queen were full of praise for him. Even if he did not rely on the reputation of the Ji family, Ji Xun was now a popular figure in the palace and a genius medical officer praised by everyone.

How could such a famous person be offended by Lou Si who had the ability to identify medicinal materials? Also knowing that Ji Xun was a noble person, Lou Si asked anxiously: "Medical Officer Ji is here today..."

Ji Xun asked the child next to him to come forward, and the child presented a red paper book.

He said: "The Royal Pharmacy Academy selects a batch of prescriptions and sends them to the cooked medicine laboratory, where they can be manufactured and sold."

Lou Si took it flattered and said with a smile: "It's such a small matter, just tell me and go ahead, why bother Medical Officer Ji to go there in person?"

 “It’s okay.” Ji Xun looked calm.

 After delivering the bureau's prescription book, he seemed to be turning around to leave. Lou Si was about to give a few more compliments when the little pharmacist ran in again with a strange look on his face and said, "Mr. Lou, there is someone outside asking to see you."

“Who is it?” Lou Si glared at him, “Don’t you see Doctor Ji here?”

"They said they were from Renxin Medical Center." Seeing Lou Si frowning and looking like he couldn't remember for a moment, the pharmacist added, "Today during the day, let's go to the store on West Street where the herbal tea prescriptions were confiscated."

 “Confiscated the cooked prescription?” Lou Si thought about it, “It turns out to be that company!”

Ji Xun paused and looked at Lou Si: "Why were the prescriptions confiscated?"

Lou Sipai said with a smile: "Medical Officer Ji didn't know something. Renxin Medical Center was originally a serious medical center. Who knew that after the old shopkeeper died, he gave the medical center to his incompetent young son. That boy was a dandy. He spent all day long. They were walking around the streets, only eating, drinking and having fun, but they didn't know anything about pharmacology. A few days ago, they randomly developed a herbal tea and sold it in Beijing. As the medicinal materials identification officer of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, how could I let them play with the people like this? Of course it will be stopped."

Ji Xun asked: "Is there any problem with the patent medicine?"

Lou Si choked for a moment and then replied: "Of course! The lower official sent their medicinal tea back for analysis. The properties of the medicine are mixed and the ingredients are different. It is really not suitable for patients to drink."

Ji Xun nodded.

Lou Si secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said righteously to the little pharmacist: "Since I have verified that the medicinal tea is false, I have dealt with it impartially and asked them to go back. Don't come to plead for mercy again!"

 “But…but…” The little pharmacist was a little embarrassed.

 “But what?”

“But that girl is also accompanied by people from the Dong family of Taifu Temple.”

 The Dong family?

Lou Si choked up.

 Shu Pharmacy is under the command of Taifu Si Qing. When did Renxin Medical Center have a relationship with the Dong family? Lou Si secretly glanced at Ji Xun who was silent and felt confused.

Ji Xun is the imperial doctor of Hanlin Hospital. He is a popular person in front of the emperor. He has a noble and refined temperament. I have never heard that he is easy to please. Comparatively speaking, the Medicine Institute often has to deal with the Minister of Taifu Temple. This person will not look down when he raises his head, and they will spend a lot of time together in the future. The Dong family cannot offend him.

 It’s just that Ji Xun is here…

Lou Si looked at Ji Xun and pretended to scold the little pharmacist: "Medical Officer Ji is here right now. If you have anything to do, please wait..."

His original intention was to hint that Ji Xun should leave, but he never thought that the man would look at him after hearing this and said calmly: "It's okay, I'm behind the screen, Mr. Lou can have a pleasant conversation with them." After that, he walked directly to the medicine shop. The figure is hidden behind the screen inside.

Lou Si was stunned for a moment, and then gritted his teeth. This was obviously to spy on him.

But he was afraid that the delay would be too long and the Dong family would be annoyed. He also thought that although the Dong family was the guarantor, a doctor at Renxin Medical Center would not dare to be too arrogant, so he said to the young pharmacist: "In that case, , let them in."

 The little pharmacist hurried out, and soon he led a few people in.

Those two men were known to Lou Si. One was Mr. Du’s sweetheart, and the notorious good-for-nothing Du Changqing. The other man is tall and dressed as a bodyguard. He is Mrs. Dong's bodyguard Sheng Quan.

Standing between the two of them was a young girl with a fresh face.

This girl has attractive facial features, is dressed in a white cloth skirt, and has a fragrance as pure and bitter as the medicine in a well-cooked medicine store. Standing here she looks like a fairy painting. Lou Si vaguely heard that the doctor at Renxin Medical Center was a woman, and couldn't help but wonder, could this be the female doctor? But she looked really young and surprisingly beautiful.

Before he could speak, the woman spoke first. She said: "I am the doctor at Renxin Medical Center, and the recipe for 'Chun Shui Sheng' was made by me. I dare to ask Dr. Lou why he suddenly banned Renxin Medical Center. Selling medicinal tea.”

Lou Si calmed down and wanted to express a few words of comfort for the sake of the Dong family, but suddenly he remembered that there was Ji Xun behind the screen. Naturally, he could not take all the responsibility on himself, so he coughed and said seriously: "Of course It’s because the medicinal tea from Renxin Medical Center is not medicinal.”

“Lie!” Du Changqing couldn’t help but scolded: “You obviously approved the prescription when I sent it before, why did you suddenly say no again? It’s obvious that you took advantage of others and deliberately made things difficult for us!”

Lou Si sneered: "Master Du, you can't say that. It takes time to identify the medical prescription, and I tell the truth."

Hearing the words, Lu Chen nodded and spoke calmly: "Since Mr. Lou keeps saying that spring water is unreasonable for medicine, I dare to ask Mr. Lou, where is it unreasonable for medicine? Which of the medicinal materials is unreasonable for medicine? Is it because the medicinal properties conflict with each other, or is the medicine too strong? Or maybe the medicinal materials are slightly poisonous, which medical classics and pharmacology should be included?"

“People’s girls are stupid,” she said slowly, “please give me some advice.”

The hospital is in tatters, and Xiao Du is patching it up (T.T)

The content of this chapter has been replaced. I once again bow and apologize to my friends who bought this chapter yesterday (holding my forehead and smiling bitterly)

　　

　　

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