Chapter 4 Examination (Part 1)

  Guo Haiyun was thinking of an old man named Wang He Nian, who was Wang Xu's grandfather and a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner from Yangfu County in Xiping City, Changzhou Province in the north.

  It is said that a mountain is not necessarily high to have immortals, but it must be famous; water is not necessarily deep to have dragons, but it must be spiritual. Yangfu County, although just a remote small county in Xiping City, has produced a master traditional Chinese medicine doctor like Wang Heyan.

  Wang Heyan is a low-key person, not famous, and not many people know him nationwide. He only has some reputation in Xiping City. Guo Haiyun was lucky to meet Wang Heyan unintentionally when he went to Xiping City on business and was immediately impressed by Wang's medical skills.

  Guo Haiyun has been practicing medicine for over thirty years, and his medical skills are quite good. He is well-known in Yuncheng, but compared to Wang Heyan, he is inferior by an unknown margin.

  After getting to know Wang Heyan, Guo Haiyun would visit him on holidays and even asked to be his apprentice, but was politely declined by Wang.

  Although Wang Heyan did not accept Guo Haiyun as a disciple, he was also willing to guide him. The relationship between Wang Heyan and Guo Haiyun can be said to be both teacher and friend. It is precisely because of this that Guo Haiyun strongly recommended Wang Heyan's grandson, Wang Xu, this time.

  Guo Haiyun met Wang Heyan ten years ago, when Wang Xu was only 12 or 13 years old. At that time, he showed a strong medical talent. Later, Guo Haiyun saw Wang Xu many times, and his medical skills became more and more profound. He later entered the Chinese Medicine University in Kyoto.

  Last year before the Chinese New Year, Wang He passed away. Guo Haiyun went to pay his respects and met Wang Xu again, who had not yet graduated from the Traditional Chinese Medicine University at that time.

  To thank Wang Heyan for his guidance, and also to enable Wang Xu to make great achievements in medicine, at that time Guo Haiyun expressed that if Wang Xu graduated, he would recommend Wang Xu to come to the First Affiliated Hospital to work, guaranteeing Wang Xu a formal position, which led to Wang Xu's trip to Yun City this time.

  Guo Haiyun's impulsive promise at the time did not anticipate today's unexpected turn of events. Wang Heyan had repeatedly reminded him, and now if Wang Xu cannot get this official position, Guo Haiyun will have no face to see Wang Xu's parents in the future. When he arrived downstairs and saw Wang Heyan, he was even more embarrassed.

  "Alas!" Guo Haiyun sighed helplessly, leading Wang Xu towards the inpatient clinic while thinking to himself about how to get Wang Xu through the assessment smoothly.

  Wang Xu and Guo Haiyun were shocked by the scene when they arrived at the inpatient department, as there were so many doctors surrounding the building, with over a hundred people chattering, was it not a working day for the hospital today?

  Seeing so many people on the scene, Guo Haiyun's face turned even more iron-blue. Although many temporary doctors had opinions about his recommendation of Wang Xu, this was also the hospital's rules, and he hadn't overstepped. With so many people surrounding him early in the morning, it was impossible that no one was instigating from behind; Guo Haiyun wouldn't believe it even if you killed him.

  "Tsk tsk! It's this country bumpkin who actually gained Old Guo's appreciation, I really don't know what kind of good luck he had."

  "This kid won't be Old Guo's illegitimate son, will he? Old Guo is really vigorous in his old age."

  When they saw Guo Haiyun and Wang Xu coming, the doctors who came to watch the commotion suddenly whispered to each other, some speaking very badly, even making malicious guesses.

  These people spoke in a low voice, and Wang Xu and Guo Haiyun naturally couldn't hear them. Wang Xu was even more unaware that he had become the target of public criticism, silently following Guo Haiyun into a spacious waiting room inside the outpatient department.

  Pushing open the door of the consultation room, there were actually quite a few people inside. Except for Director Tian Minghui who didn't come yesterday, all the others from his office had arrived.

  "This is the hospital's deputy director Chen Shaoyun, this is the traditional Chinese medicine internal medicine director Zhang Yiming, this is the Western medicine brain specialist Jiang Junsen, and this is the surgical department head Han Songnian." Guo Haiyun introduced the people sitting inside to Wang Xu with a cold face after entering the office.

  Guo Haiyun introduced while Wang Xu smiled and greeted a few people, who all nodded slightly with an indifferent expression.

  After Guo Haiyun finished introducing, Chen Shaoyun spoke up and said: "Old Guo, this assessment will be presided over by us few people. Dean Tian has something on and won't come."

  "Got it." Guo Haiyun looked at Chen Shaoyun with a cold face, too lazy to bother with him, and directly turned to Zhang Yiming on the side: "Old Zhang, you are also an old man in the hospital, and it is right to take responsibility for the hospital. But don't you think that this time the selected patient is a bit too difficult?"

  This time, the patient Wang Xu chose was from the internal medicine department of traditional Chinese medicine. Guo Haiyun and Zhang Yiming had both examined him, and Guo Haiyun questioned Zhang Yiming for a reason.

  "Old Guo, you should know that I also disagree with taking this patient out for assessment. This was Old Chen's proposal and most people agreed... Ah!" Zhang Yiming said with a sigh, clearly he also couldn't bear Chen Shaoyun's intentional obstruction.

  However, the hospital is not a dictatorship. As deputy director, Chen Shaoyun already had a significant following in the hospital. This time, Guo Haiyun directly recommended a stranger, which made some people look down on him. Therefore, everyone knew that this proposal was intentionally obstructed by Chen Shaoyun, but most people still approved it.

  "Chen Shaoyun, remember this: even if Wang Xu's assessment doesn't pass, this position won't go to your nephew." Guo Haiyun's face turned iron-gray with anger.

  Guo Haiyun felt uncomfortable in his heart, as the saying goes, "people leave and tea cools". He was about to retire soon, but some people didn't want to offend Chen Shaoyun too much, which led to this abnormal assessment.

  "Hehe, Old Guo, I understand your feelings, but I'm also considering the hospital's situation, and it can't be helped." Chen Shaoyun smiled and completely ignored Guo Haiyun's cold words.

  Guo Haiyun was so angry with Chen Shaoyun that he didn't know what to say, and could only sigh and walk over to Wang Xu's side, patting him on the shoulder encouragingly.

  "Haha, it seems that many people want this official position. No wonder there were so many people outside looking around fiercely." Wang Xu nodded to Guo Haiyun and muttered to himself.

  Now that Guo Haiyun had fallen silent, Chen Shaoyun didn't delay either. He instructed a nurse standing beside him and before long, two nurses pushed in a cart with a man in his forties lying on it. It seemed this was the person Wang Xu was going to assess.

  Normally, for someone like Wang Xu who is visiting the hospital for the first time, the assessment would only involve some theoretical aspects and wouldn't allow them to come into contact with patients. After all, human lives are at stake, and it's impossible to know how skilled this person is in medicine, making it easy for mistakes to occur.

  But Wang Xu's situation was clearly different, he was recommended by Guo Haiyun to the hospital's formal establishment as soon as he arrived, and doctors with a formal establishment must have independent clinical experience. Chen Shaoyun directly letting Wang Xu participate in the clinical assessment is not considered intentional obstruction, the only excessive thing is that this patient's condition is indeed more complicated.

  As the patient was pushed in, Chen Shaoyun smiled faintly and glanced at Wang Xu, saying: "Little Wang, this patient is your assessment project this time. As long as you can correctly diagnose the opponent's symptoms and prescribe medication accordingly, it will be considered that you have passed."

  Chen Shaoyun's face was smiling and his voice was warm, but in Wang Xu's eyes, he couldn't help but feel a bit like a "smiling tiger".

  "Understood, thank you Director Chen." Wang Xu nodded and without another word, walked forward to observe the patient on the pushcart.

  The middle-aged man on the cart was pale, with a furrowed brow, looking like he was suffering greatly. There were no severe symptoms between his eyebrows, but what was shocking was his swollen abdomen.

  Wang Xu lifted the quilt covering the man's body, reached out and gently pressed his abdomen a few times, finding that the man's abdomen was swollen like a drum, and looking down further, his feet were also swollen.

  After observing the man's condition, Wang Xu reached out and felt the man's wrist, starting to take his pulse...

  Wang Xu examined the patient, while the others stood quietly by and watched. Before arranging for Wang Xu to take the assessment, the hospital had naturally understood that Wang Xu was skilled in traditional Chinese medicine. The several doctors were also unimpressed with Wang Xu's pretentious pulse-taking, and Chen Shaoyun even snorted inwardly: "A young whippersnapper like him actually dares to learn from others how to take pulses, truly absurd."

  Wang Xu listened to the pulse for about three minutes, then furrowed his brow and stood on the spot in contemplation. After a moment of deliberation, he turned around and looked at several people, saying: "The patient's pulse is slow and rough, with dry and dull skin, and a dull complexion. It should be a syndrome of deficiency of the liver, spleen, and kidney yang."

  When Wang Xu spoke, Chen Shaoyun and Jiang Junsen didn't quite understand, but Guo Haiyun and Zhang Yiming's eyes lit up, with Zhang Yiming excitedly saying "Young man, go on."

  "The Chongmai starts from the Qi Street, and goes up to the abdomen, causing the patient's abdominal distension. The Renmai starts from the lower part of the Zhongji, and runs up from the abdomen to the Guanyuan and then to the three yin meridians of the foot, causing swelling in both feet." Wang Xu sighed and said: "If my guess is correct, the patient should have taken some medicines like Jixia and Wupi that can dissipate and reduce stagnation these two days, which would make the abdominal distension worse."

  "Ah!" After listening to Wang Xu's analysis, Zhang Yi Ming could no longer sit still, took a deep breath in reverse, and stood up quickly, walking rapidly to Wang Xu's side, his voice trembling as he said: "The patient had indeed taken Wu Pi and other drugs that dispel and reduce pathogenic factors, but I misdiagnosed it."

  "Ah!" Listening to Zhang Yiming's words, Chen Shaoyun suddenly opened his mouth wide, as if someone had stuffed an egg into it. His face was uncertain, and he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad... PS: I don't know if you like this plot development. If you do, please recommend this chapter and add the book to your shelf. Thank you.