Denghuaxiao

Chapter 193 Stealing Others’ Beauty
Two days later, something big happened in Shengjing.

After the Fengle Tower fire, the eldest son of the Taishi Mansion reappeared, having never been seen.

Qi Yutai appeared at the door of Si Li's Mansion. Many people saw him as he passed by the porch. Those who saw him said that except for his pale face and thinness, his behavior was normal.

As soon as Lu Chen arrived at the dormitory dining hall and sat down with a bowl in his hands, he heard the medical officers at the next table talking.

"I just said, how could he go crazy for no reason? Maybe there was a fire at that time, and Mr. Qi was frightened. What was the rumor like?"

"Master Grand Master is really good-tempered. He is not angry at being spread rumors like this. When I went home a few days ago, even my uncle who was not doing anything asked me if Master Grand Master was suffering from epilepsy? What a terrible thing!"

Lu Chen lowered his head and stirred the rice porridge in the bowl with chopsticks. Lin Danqing put down the steamed buns and looked at the speaker doubtfully: "Is that good?"

"Can I still take a leave? Mr. Qi is doing very well now. Besides, someone from Taishi Mansion sent a thank-you gift to the envoy early this morning. I think he must have recovered!"

"pat-"

Lu Xu put down his chopsticks.

Lin Danqing turned to look at her: "Sister Lu?"

Lu Chen stood up, pushed the porridge bowl, and left without saying a word.

Lin Danqing hurriedly followed up with the steamed bun in his mouth, and said hurriedly behind her: "I know you are unhappy, but who knew he would be fine so soon... But you can't show it so obviously? You are a talkative person in the medical hospital. There are too many to count, be careful of people seeing you talking behind your back——"

Lu Yan interrupted her: "Where is the medicine list that was sent to the Royal Pharmacy Hospital recently?"

Lin Danqing was stunned, "What happened in the medical record library?"

Lu Zhuo turned around and walked to the medical record library without looking back.

Lin Danqing quickly followed.

After entering the medical record library, there was a stack of volumes on the outer shelf. Lu Zhu pulled out a single volume and flipped through it. Lin Danqing was confused, "Sister Lu, what are you doing? This medicine list is not allowed." The medical officer is looking through it, why don't you close the door..."

When the medical official hospital prescribes syndromes based on syndrome differentiation, sometimes the new medicines used are not enough and the medicines have to be obtained from the imperial medicine hospital. All the approved medicines are recorded in the book. But without special reasons, medical officers are not allowed to look through it at will.

Lu Yan flipped through a few pages, then suddenly stopped. Then, he took out one of the medicine sheets, turned around and walked out. Lin Danqing was startled: "Hey, you block..."

"Where is the envoy now?" she asked.

Lin Danqing replied: "He is in his own room. He will not enter the palace today. A medical officer saw him in the morning. What are you going to do?"

Lu Zhuo clenched the medicine list, his expression showing anger.

"Confront him."

……

Outside the study, Cui Minzheng stood with his hands behind his hands, watching the servants of the Taishi Mansion move the wooden boxes into the room.

The wooden box was heavy, and the lid was opened, allowing people to see clearly what was inside. Most of them were unique painting books, as well as good inkstones, paper and ink.

This is a thank you gift from the Taishi Mansion.

It is not an external item such as gold, silver or jewelry. This elegant item can just show his simplicity and benevolence. It can also let the people in the medical and official hospital see that the Taishi Mansion values ​​Cui Min more than money, gold and silver. .

The medical officers passing by talked secretly with their eyes full of envy. The confidant came forward with a smile and complimented in a low voice: "Congratulations to the envoy, the Grand Master is very important to you."

value?

Cui Min looked in front of him with a dull expression, a hint of sarcasm flashing in his eyes.

This month, he had been suffering every day, tossing and turning, going to Qi's house to treat Qi Yutai during the day, and repeatedly adjusting the prescription at the medical hospital at night. Qi Yutai lost weight, and his hair turned gray. At the end of the day, all he got was a box of innocuous things and a few light words of thanks.

We also need to show ourselves to be deeply honored and grateful.

How sad, how ridiculous.

However, it has been twenty years since he entered the Medical Academy. It is not easy for him to get here as an ordinary person. Ji Xun, a rising star, is eyeing him. Concubine Yan, whom he relied on back then, has long since lost power. If not for the Taishifu standing behind him, I am afraid that the current ambassador to the hospital would be The position is not stable either.

There is no choice.

After watching for a moment, Cui Min was about to turn around and go back to the house when he suddenly heard a voice: "Envoy!"

Looking back, Lu Zhuo was walking quickly from outside the hospital.

She walked very fast, and her voice was slightly higher than usual. When the medical officers around her who were looking at the Taishi Mansion to pay gifts saw this, they all raised their eyes to look at her.

Cui Min: "Medical Officer Lu..."

Lu Tong walked up to him and interrupted him: "Master Cui, did you steal my prescription?"

As soon as these words came out, there was silence all around.

Lin Danqing, who followed, was so surprised that he forgot to speak for a moment.

Cui Min's eyes moved slightly, and he looked at her, but his tone remained calm: "Why did Doctor Lu say this?"

"More than ten days ago, the envoy of the hospital ordered me to go to the study room to ask about the new prescription I made in the last question of the Dafangmai test paper for the spring examination."

"The Chinese medicine prescriptions in the examination papers were written down in a hurry. There were deficiencies in them. When the envoy from the hospital asked me how to make up for them, I told him accordingly."

"Now," she looked at the wooden box filled with ancient books and ink that was being moved to the door in the courtyard, and said coldly: "The young master of the Qi family has recovered from his illness, and the Taishi Mansion has presented a gift of thanks. But all this was done by the courtyard. He stole my prescription."

"The envoy of the hospital is upright and you are the head of the hospital. How can you do such a despicable thing?"

There was a pause, and then discussions started.

Cui Min went to the Grand Master's Mansion to treat Qi Yutai, and no one in the medical hospital knew about it.

But no one knows the specific condition of Qi Yutai and the medical records except Cui Min himself.

Now that Lu Zhuo suddenly made trouble here and questioned Cui Min in front of everyone, it was inevitable that people would be curious.

Suddenly someone among the medical officers gathered around said something——

"Medical Officer Lu has such a big face. It is the hospital envoy's job to cure Mr. Qi. What does it have to do with you? You are here with a red mouth and white teeth, and you are making false accusations. Do you really think that being number one on the red list in the spring examination is a big deal, and that everyone is thinking about it?" That recipe of yours!”

Lu Chen glanced sideways, and it was Cao Huai who spoke.

Cao Huai snorted coldly.

A few months ago, he left Jin Xianrong's messy job to Lu Huan, and after he returned home claiming to be ill, he began to have dreams about Lu Huan being tortured by Jin Xianrong at home. Unexpectedly, after waiting and waiting, there was no news of Lu Zhuo's misfortune. Everything in the medical hospital was calm and nothing major happened.

It was really strange in his heart. When he returned to the medical hospital, Cao Huai asked an acquaintance of the medical officers to inquire about Lu Zhuo, but he got a bolt from the blue.

"Medical Officer Lu? Didn't she treat Mr. Jin's renal cyst carbuncle? The treatment was quite good. I saw Mr. Jin's servants delivering medicine books to Medical Officer Lu a few times before. They treated him with great respect. It was much better than the previous treatment of Brother Cao."

"Medical Officer Lu, you are really smart!"

Cao Huai was struck by lightning.

Lu Zhu actually cured Jin Xianrong!

That would have been fine, but what was even more disturbing was that after he returned to the Medical Officers' Court, Cui Yuanshi had not assigned him any other tasks. Although he himself was not a hard-working person, all the new medical officers who entered the hospital wanted to stand out. If they sat on the bench for a long time and failed the clerk assessment, they would have no chance to become imperial doctors.

He put all the blame on Lu Huan. However, Lu Huan, who had cured Jin Xianrong, was already well-known in the hospital. Later, Pei Yunying, the commander of the front department, bullied others from behind, so he did not dare to take action rashly. .

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhen would actively seek death now.

An ordinary person, relying on someone's support, becomes so arrogant that he doesn't know how high the world is.

He wanted to stir up trouble again and make the matter bigger, preferably until it could not be ended, so he shouted loudly: "Do you know what the crime should be for falsely accusing a court official?"

Lu Zhuo's eyes were as cold as ice: "Medical Officer Cao's opening his mouth to make false accusations would be biased."

"There is no basis for what you say. Medical Officer Lu has the ability to provide evidence."

"Of course I have evidence."

Cui Min's eyes were slightly startled, and the hands hanging behind him were quietly clenched.

Lu Zhuo raised his hand, and the scroll of paper unfolded in front of him, dragging it long in front of him.

She said: "On that day, Cui Yuan envoy told the subordinates that the prescription written in the Spring Examination can soothe the soul and relieve panic and palpitations. But if the patient is in addition to that, he is as confused as crazy, troubled by evil spirits, and frightened, and he cannot rely on this prescription. The effect of the medicine is superficial, and it may alleviate the symptoms of false talk and delusion, but the state of being distracted and frightened is still there.”

"So the official added some white root, flax, dandelion, cork, cypress, and xuejie to this prescription..."

Lu Yan showed the medicine book in his hand.

"This is a single list of medicinal materials that the Medical Officer's Hospital asked the Imperial Pharmacy to distribute a few days ago. It contains the medicinal materials of Baiji, flax, Danzhuli, Cortex Phellodendri, Baishi, and Blood Root."

"I just told the hospital envoy the prescription, and the hospital envoy started using this medicine. Is it just a coincidence?"

She stood with a cold face: "The hospital envoy first stole the prescription on the pretext of asking about medical classics and pharmacology, and then used the prescription to cure Mr. Qi's illness."

"During my medical practice, I never once mentioned lowering my official position. It is clear that I want to steal the beauty of others and use it as my own strength!"

The last sentence is sonorous, powerful and impactful. There was silence all around, and all the medical officials looked at each other, and then whispers gradually began to sound.

Although what Lu Zhuo said seems to make some sense at first glance, is it a bit too far-fetched to accuse the hospital envoy of plagiarism based on a prescription?

Cui Min raised his hand, suppressed everyone's whispers, and then looked at Lu Yun.

He stared at Lu Yan for a long time, and then said: "Medical Officer Lu, you said that I plagiarized your prescription to treat Mr. Qi's disease?"

"good."

Cui Min raised his chin slightly, and his gaze on her turned dark for a moment, "Then tell me, what exactly is Mr. Qi's disease?"

"The prescriptions written in the first section of Dafangmai in the Spring Examination are originally aimed at treating dementia and epilepsy. Mr. Qi naturally has epilepsy..."

Before she finished speaking, Lin Danqing, with quick eyes and quick hands, covered her mouth with a look of horror in her eyes.

can not say!
Behind Fengle Tower, there were rumors in Rouge Alley that Qi Yutai was talking about delirium, but the Taishi Mansion never admitted it. They only said that Qi Yutai was frightened by the fire and lost his mind in panic.

Even though the people in the entire Shengjing City were talking privately, who in the imperial city dared to speak openly about the madness of the Grand Master's son?
Even if the Third Prince's men were under his command, it was fashionable to consider the occasion when discussing this matter. Especially now that Qi Yutai has recovered, this matter is even more out of the question!

Lu Chen broke away from Lin Danqing's hand, and Lin Danqing shook his head invisibly at her.

She remained silent for a while.

Everyone in the courtyard seemed to know that Lu Tong's words were taboo, and they didn't speak for a while. As the summer was drawing to a close, the scorching sun became more and more fierce, causing a layer of sweat to seep out of everyone's forehead, and the expressions of the people in the shadows under the eaves became more and more gloomy.

"Medical Officer Lu."

After a long time, Cui Min spoke.

He put his hands behind his back, his gown swaying in the wind, and raised his eyelids to take a look at Lu Huo.

"Let me ask you again, what disease does Mr. Qi suffer from?"

Lu Zhuo was silent for a moment, his face gradually turning ugly.

He then flexed his sleeves and said, "First, the spring test prescription you mentioned is for treating the symptoms of madness and delirium. It can remove bad blood from the heart orifices and relieve wind, epilepsy and phlegm."

"The disease Mr. Qi suffered from was due to the smoke from the fire, which left him with chest numbness and insomnia. I treated him with Qi deficiency and blood stasis. I also used medicinal materials that soothed the liver and relieved depression, replenished Qi and raised Yang. Let me tell you. It has nothing to do with epilepsy."

Lu Yan: "You..."

"Secondly, the medical officer of the Medical Officer's Hospital is not allowed to read the medication orders issued by the Royal Pharmacy Court at will. As a medical officer, you have checked it privately, which is against the hospital's regulations and you should be held accountable."

Lu Tong: "Not to mention whether the official violated the rules or not, the medicine list overlaps with the prescription. How should the hospital envoy explain?"

Cui Min said calmly: "Baiji, flax, Danzhuli, Phellodendron cypress, Baishi, Xuegui... are all commonly used medicinal materials. There are other medicinal herbs on the medicine list. Medical officer Lu only mentioned these few, which would be biased. ”

"What's more," he changed the subject, "that day I only asked Dr. Lu to test the prescription. Because the prescription was defective, I also rashly wrote down a new prescription for Dr. Lu during his consultation. You should be cautious when practicing medicine, for the sake of the medical hospital. As for the prescription mentioned by Medical Officer Lu... I had never heard of it that day."

Lu Chen's eyes turned cold.

The medical officers around her looked at her with different eyes.

When Lu Yun and Cui Min were talking about the prescription, no one else was present. However, one is an envoy with a long history and extensive medical skills in the Medical Officer's Hospital, and the other is a young and impulsive new medical officer who has never even entered the Imperial Medical Bureau to study medicine on his own. Everyone always prefers the former.

Cao Huai showed disdain and suddenly said: "Medical Officer Lu is really out of his mind to try to slander the hospital envoy based on random guesses. He doesn't even look at who the hospital envoy is. He was able to write "Cui's Pharmacology" back then, which is a great example of medical ethics. Your knowledge is far above yours."

"You keep talking about stealing, but you are too conceited!"

An ordinary medical woman thought that her medical skills were the best in the world after writing a few prescriptions, and said some baseless things. I want to climb up the ladder so much that I can accuse someone of stealing a prescription with an inexplicable medicine list. But I don’t know that all the prescriptions in the world are composed of commonly used medicinal materials. As long as they have all the prescriptions on them, wouldn’t it be possible to make any prescription?
Just ridiculous.

Lu Yan stood in the courtyard, his eyes filled with anger. He was accused alone, showing a bit of embarrassment that he didn't usually have.

Cao Huai took advantage of the situation and said: "Hospital envoy, Medical Officer Lu first looked at the medicine list of the Royal Pharmacy Hospital in private. His first crime was slandering you. This is the second crime. How can such unscrupulous people stay in the Medical Official Hospital?" To ruin your reputation? I hope the envoys will punish you severely as a warning to others——"

Lin Danqing: "No! Hospital envoy and Medical Officer Lu were also anxious for a moment." She pulled Lu Zhuo's sleeve and lowered her voice: "Admit your mistake quickly."

Lu Chen had a cold face and refused to speak.

Cui Min looked down at the person in front of him. The woman stood under the dazzling sun. There was no tree to block the hot sky. Her face was slightly red. She didn't know whether it was from anger or the sun. She just looked at him with eyes filled with deep hatred and clenched her fist. The knuckles of the medication list turned white.

Still too young to be calm.

He thought casually, straightened his back, which had been slightly bowed due to busyness recently, and spoke slowly and leisurely.

"Colleagues must be scrutinized. Medical Officer Cao is right. Medical Officer Lu misunderstood me as a minor matter without asking for confirmation. If this is used as a basis in the future, the atmosphere in the Medical Officer's Hospital will be in chaos."

"It is said that those who cherish the grass will waste the crops, and those who benefit the thieves will harm the good people. Although I value the medical talent of Dr. Lu, I cannot just condone it. The rules are established and should be followed."

"Come here," he said calmly, "Off the roster of Medical Officer Lu. From now on, Medical Officer Lu will be suspended from duty for three months. After three months, a decision will be made."

Lin Danqing was shocked: "The envoy of the hospital should be careful!"

Cao Huai was suddenly overjoyed: "The envoy is wise! We don't want to be associated with such a villain who is eager for quick success!"

The medical officers whispered, but Lu Huo was the only one who stared at him stubbornly, like an upright statue under the sun, stiff and refusing to bow his head.

"Medical Officer Lu, do you have any objections?" Cui Min looked at her calmly.

He was suspended from work for three months, but he didn't say that he could return to the medical hospital after three months. Whether he went or stayed was just a matter of Cui Min's thoughts.

Lu Zhuo looked at him steadily for a while, and after a moment, he slowly lowered his head, his voice patient.

"No."

……

Everyone in the courtyard gradually dispersed, and the farce ended.

Lu Chen returned to the dormitory, opened the door and walked in without saying a word.

The wooden cupboard doors were all opened, and she folded the clothes one by one and packed them into the unfolded furoshiki. Lin Danqing stepped into the door and hurriedly held her hand that was packing her luggage.

"Sister Lu," she said urgently, "don't leave in a hurry. This matter is not without change. You and I will ask the envoy again. Suspension is not fun."

Lu Zhuo stopped moving, turned around and asked, "Do you think what I just said in the courtyard was a lie?"

"This……"

Lin Danqing was speechless.

It would be too forced to convict Cui Min of plagiarism based on similar prescriptions. What's more, although there are rumors in Shengjing that Qi Yutai may have epilepsy, no one knows what the truth is.

How can epilepsy be so easy to cure?

Now Qi Yutai has confirmed in Si Li Mansion that the rumors are false.

Lin Danqing was puzzled. Lu Xu was not an impulsive person on weekdays. Why did he question Cui Min with a prescription just after hearing the news that Qi Yutai had recovered.

At least let’s gather more evidence before we talk!
She advised: "No matter what, it is impossible for you to use the prescription to prove plagiarism by the hospital." She lowered her voice, "Not to mention the medical hospital, even the Qi family would not admit that Qi Yutai suffered from epilepsy. If they knew If you say it in front of everyone, you may get into trouble later."

Lu Yan was silent.

"The matter has come to this, I have nothing to say."

She looked like she was refusing to bow her head even if she fought to the death. Lin Danqing was secretly worried: "Just go and be subdued. A good man will not suffer the loss of the moment. The worst is to stay here and slowly find evidence in the future."

"No need." Lu Yan interrupted her, lowered his head and continued to pack his bags on the bed, "You don't have to run around for me. It's not worth it to lose your job because of me."

"But……"

"It's nothing to worry about." She said, "It's the same when I go back to West Street to sit in the hospital. The salary of the medical hospital is not much more than that of the medical hospital."

She spoke firmly, but Lin Danqing couldn't persuade her any more, so he had to sit aside and watch her packing her bags.

"It took a lot of effort for me to find someone I can talk to in this hospital. If you leave, there will be no one left to share the snacks at night."

She was disappointed, "Do you want me to give it to the rat that dug holes in the wall? When you go back, the thought of one person and one rat living in the same house is disgusting. I don't know if the rat poison is effective."

The sun shines brightly outside the window, and there is no bright and dark gap in the courtyard house.

Lu Zhen glanced at the sun outside.

The summer light shines on the green trees in front of the window, and the branches and leaves are thick green and dense. But in a few months, in autumn, the flowers will no longer bloom, leaving only desolation.

She looked away.

"don’t worry."

Lu Zhu stood up, walked to the wooden cabinet, put the four porcelain jars into the medical box one by one, and locked it again.

"It's just that the time of death is approaching."

(End of this chapter)