After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 133 That was a stopgap measure
For several days in a row, the old man did not find an opportunity, so he went back to the housekeeper to report back, feeling dejected.

The housekeeper was taken aback. "What did you say? You mean he really rescued Niu Da?"

The old man nodded immediately, "He's been saved, absolutely saved. I can visit Niu Da for a quarter of an hour every day. Niu Da is getting better day by day, and I'm afraid he'll be able to walk straight out of the century-old clinic in just a few days."

The housekeeper had heard that Doctor Luo was highly skilled in medicine, but he never expected her skills to be this remarkable.

Seeing that the housekeeper was silent, the old man assumed that the head housekeeper was angry with them for not handling things well, so he shrank back and dared not utter another word.

After the housekeeper came to his senses, he said, "Alright! You can go now! I'll talk to Mr. Fang about this."

Seeing that the housekeeper didn't blame him, the old man felt relieved and prepared to leave. But then he thought of Niu Da, who was still at the clinic, and turned around to ask, "Housekeeper, what should we do with Niu Da?"

The housekeeper raised his eyelids slightly and said, "Once he recovers, we'll bring him out, let his whole family move to another place, and send them away."

"Remember, don't let them talk nonsense! Otherwise, all of you will be sent to work in the mines."

The old man trembled at the mention of the mine, then bowed his head and replied, "Don't worry, steward, I will handle this matter properly."

After the old man left the side hall, the butler reported the matter to Master Fang.

Master Fang raised an eyebrow and said, "I didn't expect them to actually have some skill."

"So what? There are so many serious illnesses in the world. I don't believe they can cure them all. Wouldn't that make them Hua Tuo reincarnated?"

"If there's one they can't cure, let's send someone to do it!"

The housekeeper now understood the situation, so he went down and found different difficult and complicated cases to send to the century-old medical clinic for treatment.

As a result, Dr. Zheng, who was originally a seasoned resident doctor, is now almost like an apprentice to Doctor Luo.

Sitting in the backyard organizing medicinal herbs, Doctor Zheng couldn't help but sigh, "I never imagined! I thought I had mastered the skills, but in reality, I only know the basics."

"What if these people were in the past?"

Dr. Zheng felt ashamed and could only shake his head at the family members.

Then, his eyes shone as he looked at Doctor Luo, who clicked his tongue twice with his hands behind his back, "Insufficient aptitude, too old, extremely low potential, hopeless! Hopeless!"

Dr. Zheng instantly looked like a wilted eggplant, his head drooping down.

Bai Wanqing comforted him from the side: "Dr. Zheng, your medical skills are not low, so there is no need to belittle yourself."

"Besides, although your master doesn't accept you as a disciple, he hasn't deliberately kept it from you when he's treating patients these days. If you stay by his side more, you'll gradually learn everything, won't you?"

Dr. Zheng was surprised by Bai Wanqing's generosity. After all, for doctors like them, medical skills are their livelihood.

They wouldn't easily teach this medical skill unless he was taken as an apprentice. However, Bai Wanqing was right, and he looked at Doctor Luo somewhat embarrassedly.
Does this count as him learning by stealing knowledge?
Doctor Luo showed no expression; he was simply holding a medical book and reading it. Doctor Zheng wondered why Doctor Luo, whose medical skills were already so advanced, still carried around a medical book every day.

Old Man Luo seemed to sense Doctor Zheng's thoughts and said slowly, "It's because you don't know how to study that your medical skills are poor!"

Dr. Zheng, whose thoughts had been seen through, was filled with shame.

In the evening, after Bai Wanqing finished attending to all the patients at the clinic, it was already getting dark. Not long after she returned home, Lin Yunche also came back.

"Fengniang made braised pork, come and try it, it tastes very good." Bai Wanqing just came out of the kitchen carrying the meat.

Lin Yunche looked at Bai Wanqing, smiled slightly, and sat down at the table to wait for the meat to be eaten.

Bai Wanqing didn't say anything to him. She had gotten used to Lin Yunche's way of doing things. Although he could be considered a scholar, his style of doing things was unrestrained and unconventional.

He rarely uses flowery language in his daily speech, which is probably why, even though he passed the imperial examination with top honors, those around him didn't realize it for a long time.

After all, no one would associate a person with somewhat vulgar manners with a refined and cultured top scholar.

In Bai Wanqing's eyes, Lin Yunche was not the top scholar, but just the hunter Lin Yunche she met in Linjia Village, so he could do whatever he wanted.

Looking at the sumptuous dishes on the table, Lin Yunche picked up his chopsticks and first placed a piece of lean and fatty meat into Bai Wanqing's bowl. Then he said gently, "I heard from Fengniang lately that your clinic has seen an increase in patients?"

Bai Wanqing looked at the meat in the bowl and smiled, saying, "Yes! Recently, some people have been sending us patients who are not easy to treat. For some, we prescribed medicine and gave them acupuncture on the spot and sent them home to recuperate. For others, we kept them at the clinic and sent them to the hospital for treatment."

"Perhaps it was because those who received acupuncture looked much better that word spread, and our clinic's reputation truly took off."

Lin Yunche glanced at Bai Wanqing and understood what she meant.

"How did you arrange for the hospitalized patients?"

Bai Wanqing blinked innocently and said, "Once they're cured, let them leave through the back door. I think someone will tell them what to do."

Lin Yunche laughed after hearing this, "I never expected my wife to be such a little fox."

"No wonder your father-in-law spoils you so much."

Lin Yunche's gaze towards Bai Wanqing grew increasingly bright, making Bai Wanqing feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Lin Yunche immediately looked away. "The Fang family has been humiliated by you, they probably won't let this go easily!" "Yes! I know!" Bai Wanqing remained calm.

"Does Madam have a solution?" Lin Yunche asked with a slight smile, his eyes narrowed.

Bai Wanqing's eyes flickered, and she said, "I have already written to my father."

"I plan to personally go out of the city to pick up the medicinal herbs for the next century-old medical clinic. I should pass by the bandit mountain on that trip."

Lin Yunche frowned. "No, that's too dangerous."

Bai Wanqing continued to plead, "Don't worry, I've already spoken with my father. When this batch of medicinal herbs is being transported, I asked him to find three skilled men."

"With the three of them around, they are more than enough to protect my safety."

"But..." Bai Wanqing didn't know whether she should say it or not, fearing that Lin Yunche wouldn't agree to her going in person.

Seeing her confident demeanor, Lin Yunche didn't want to discourage her. "You want me to help you clear out those fake bandits on the mountain first?"

Bai Wanqing nodded. She had been busy with the clinic these days and hadn't had time to ask Lin Yunche and the others about the fake bandits.

However, the only unexpected factor in this method is the fake bandits on the mountain. If they can be eliminated in advance, the safety factor will be greatly increased.

Lin Yunche naturally understood what Bai Wanqing was thinking. In the past few days, under his urging, Magistrate Zhou had figured out the situation of the bandits on the mountain and had led people to capture them. However, for some reason, he had not captured a single one. Instead, he had alerted the bandits and they had escaped.

He has been investigating Magistrate Zhou for the past two days, but so far he has come up empty-handed.

“The bandits at the fake mountain may not be there anymore, but just in case, I’ll send a guard to you, or I can go with you myself,” Lin Yunche said.

Bai Wanqing shook her head. "If you were here, the Fang family probably wouldn't have taken action."

“I can disguise myself!” Lin Yunche said with a serious expression.

Bai Wanqing's mind flashed back to the image of Lin Yunche she had seen at the gambling den that day, and she couldn't help but shudder. "Um... really, it's not necessary!"

Seeing Bai Wanqing's expression, Lin Yunche seemed to recall the scene when the two first met, and his face flushed red.

"It's not like I only know how to dress up as a woman. I did that back then because that big-bearded Yan only wanted women!"

Bai Wanqing stared at Lin Yunche's features and sighed softly in her heart.

Lin Yunche felt uneasy under her gaze. "What kind of look is that? I'm not a pervert. It was just a temporary measure."

"I don't have that fetish. Otherwise, have you seen me dressed as a woman again in all this time?"

Bai Wanqing covered her mouth, smiled faintly, and shook her head, "No, never."

For some reason, although Bai Wanqing said that, Lin Yunche felt that she definitely didn't think that way in her heart.

"Okay! Then I won't go. Just be careful."

"The servants of this Fang family are probably all of extraordinary status," Lin Yunche advised.

Bai Wanqing nodded to indicate that she had remembered. She wasn't just going through the motions with Lin Yunche; that very night, she went to Master Luo's courtyard to ask for his help.

Master Luo was drinking tea and studying the patients' conditions when he saw Bai Wanqing come to see him. He turned his head and looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"What serious incident has happened so late at night?"

Master Luo never expected Bai Wanqing to come and study medicine with him so late at night. Although his grand-disciple didn't seem to work very hard, compared to Doctor Zheng's talent, Bai Wanqing was simply cut out to study medicine.

Putting aside everything else, everyone has witnessed Bai Wanqing's progress these days.

Of course, it wasn't that she wasn't hardworking. I don't know about other things, but whenever Bai Wanqing was home, she would hide in her room to study medical books whenever she had nothing to do. However, she always knew her limits and wouldn't come to his room so late to ask him questions.

Bai Wanqing said without any politeness, "Grandmaster, I might need some poison. I wonder if you have any?"

"Poison?" Master Luo looked at Bai Wanqing's calm face, a hint of surprise flashing across his eyes. "We are healers, how could we have poison?"

Although he said that, Master Luo's heart was pounding wildly.

What's going on? Is Wanqing going to follow in Zirou's footsteps? How can these two, mother and daughter, have such identical ideas?
"Medicine and poison are inseparable, Grandmaster, don't tell me you don't know anything about poison?" Bai Wanqing clearly didn't believe it.

Master Luo felt a little guilty. "Then tell me first, what do you need this poison for?"

Bai Wanqing told Master Luo about her plan to lure the snake out of its hole. Master Luo thought for a moment, then got up and took out a book from the cabinet behind him.

"Take this! These are all non-lethal poison formulas; you can choose which ones to use."

Bai Wanqing happily took the book, but she was stunned after just one glance.

"Grandmaster, is this my mother's handwriting?"

(End of this chapter)