Chapter 578: Searching for Medicine
Ding Pingzhou clapped his hands anxiously. In the end, he had no choice but to turn to Su Lin for help.
If any missing ingredient is missing from this prescription, the whole prescription will be scrapped. It will have no effect and may even be toxic. Anyone who practices medicine knows that it must be accurate.
Just for Ding Pingzhou's sake, Su Lin said, "Don't worry, I can find it, but you have to give me a day."
Ding Pingzhou's mentality became much calmer now, and his heart was full of gratitude to Su Lin. This not only saved his career, but also saved the lives of the nine clans above him.
Otherwise, why do people say that being with a king is like being with a tiger?
However, just as he was preparing to pack up the medicinal materials he had found and put them away, Su Lin reached out to stop him, "Wait a minute."
"Is this century-old ginseng wrong?"
Su Lin could tell at a glance that ginseng was included in the prescription, and the ginseng on the counter was completely fake!
Hearing this, the old men from the Taiyuan Hospital just now trembled slightly, and big beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads. This was clearly a sign of guilty conscience.
When Ding Pingzhou saw this scene, his face suddenly turned ugly, "Brother Su, what do you mean?"
He had actually guessed the mystery hidden in it, but he still didn't dare to imagine that there were fake and inferior medicinal materials in the Imperial Hospital of the King of the Northern Kingdom?
This is a big deal, and if things go wrong, hundreds of people from the Imperial Hospital may be killed as well.
Su Lin picked up three ginseng roots, and a system prompt sounded in his mind: "Dried water radish is worth three copper coins and has no medicinal value."
He also couldn't believe that this old man from the hospital, even though he was greedy, was still so blatant and even a little too arrogant.
How about using water radish worth a few copper coins to replace century-old ginseng worth thousands of taels of silver? The profit in this is not small.
When Ding Pingzhou learned the truth, he was furious and threw the package of medicinal materials to the ground.
"Ridiculous! You old guys, don't you want to die?"
But the old doctor still stood up and accused Su Lin. Perhaps, because of the pharmacology that Ding Pingzhou didn't understand, he framed Su Lin and maybe there was a chance of survival.
"Master Ding, you must be careful. These medicinal materials entered the Tai Hospital through regular channels. After inspection, how could there be any problems?"
"It's obvious that this person framed him!"
"If I'm not mistaken, he also prescribed this medicine, right?"
"What kind of medicine is this to cure diseases and save lives? It's clear that he wants to poison the Holy Emperor and the noble concubine!"
Faced with the old doctor's accusation, Su Lin was not worried at all. He didn't even care at all. He also believed that Ding Pingzhou would not be affected by such remarks.
"Hmph, I see you really don't want to live!"
Ding Pingzhou's tone was cold, and he picked up the three ginseng sticks on the ground. This was the evidence. "As for whether it is water radish or not, don't think that you are the only ones who understand medicinal materials."
After hearing this, this group of people became worried, so they immediately changed their reason.
"What an injustice!"
"Master Ding, to be honest with you, this is indeed a radish, but we can't blame it."
"These are all sent from Lanzhou. They are Lord Wu's cronies. Even if we know, no one dares to say clearly that most of the medicinal materials in this hospital are actually..."
This sentence made Ding Pingzhou's eyes widen. He couldn't believe that this actually came from the Lanzhou disaster.
But neither he nor Su Lin believed that these old guys were innocent. Otherwise, there would be no need to be so panicked.
I'm afraid that if we investigate carefully, no one will break away from the relationship. Didn't Wu Yuancheng give them any benefits?
However, as for how to check, that is another matter. Ding Pingzhou will not care about such a trivial matter. The top priority is to find another medicinal material with guaranteed quality and quantity.
Early the next morning, he followed Su Lin and headed outside the city to look for the fallen red flowers.
"Brother Su, I have never heard of this medicinal material. Is there such a medicinal herb still existing in the suburbs of the capital?"
"According to common sense, it's not particularly unusual."
Faced with Ding Pingzhou's doubts, Su Lin gave him a pass and asked him to guess, but even with Ding Pingzhou's intelligence, he couldn't imagine it.
After all, these are two completely different worlds.
"Is it so common that no one knows that it is a useful medicinal material?"
Su Lin shook his head and looked not far ahead. It was a small hill. Thanks to the special terrain, almost all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the capital city was gathered here.
In this environment, the chance of finding fallen red flowers is greatly increased, and it is extremely likely that it will exist 100%.
"No need to guess, you will see it soon."
Su Lin led Ding Pingzhou directly up the hill, but he did not relax his vigilance, knowing that there should be spiritual beasts here.
Ding Pingzhou followed him closely, not leaving even an inch. In fact, he was a little panicked in his heart. Seeing Su Lin rushing in carelessly, he couldn't help but said: "Brother Su, you are not a native of the capital, so you don't know anything. I'm afraid it's dangerous."
"Oh?" Su Lin asked with interest.
It turns out that this place is called Tiger Hill.
According to common sense, ferocious beasts such as tigers will only stay away from human habitations. The capital is surrounded by places where human footprints spread.
Even in the suburbs, there are still residents, which will scare these beasts to some extent.
But this place is different. Many woodcutters entered and never returned. Later, someone found broken limbs outside and realized that they were all eaten by a snow-white tiger.
Some people have seen its figure and said that it is different from ordinary tigers and is extremely ferocious. It was also lucky that it escaped.
"But this legend has been circulating for a hundred years."
Ding Pingzhou added.
His meaning is very clear, that is, something is wrong here. Can a normal tiger live for a hundred years? Could it be that its descendants are making trouble here?
The probability of this is naturally small.
If Su Lin guessed correctly, the so-called white tiger was a spiritual beast attracted by the spiritual power of heaven and earth.
However, he didn't know what level it had been in. Facing an unknown enemy, he couldn't help but be doubly careful.
The hill itself was not big, so soon, the two entered it.
As expected, on the ground here, many red flowers were seen, growing low, and exuding a strange fragrance as the wind blew.
To be precise, it smells fragrant and smells like blood.
"Could this be the red flower?" Seeing so many of them growing on the ground, Ding Pingzhou was so excited that he picked them immediately.
But at this moment, a tiger roar was heard.