Chapter 51 Fang Zi

  Chen Jiong bought back five times the amount of Wu Bei Zi, Pu Gong Ying and Ku Shen.

  He had all the kitchen staff pour into a large pot and boil out a full pot of water.

  Once the medicinal liquid is decocted, you can take a medicinal bath.

  Everyone at home is busy preparing.

  Brewing the medicinal liquid was a slow process. After waiting for about half an hour, a pot of medicine finally produced a thick, dark brown liquid. Adding warm water to it filled up a bathtub full.

  The maidservants supported Li Xiangxiang as she went to take a bath.

  Mrs. Li was still worried, muttering to herself: ".... That rash all over his body, can it be exposed to water? If it gets infected and abscesses form, he'll die!"

  Li Dalang glared at her.

  Mrs. Li also felt that her daughter-in-law was naturally suspicious, timid and prone to second-guessing herself, without any of her own opinions, and slightly furrowed her brow.

  "It doesn't matter," Chen Jing said to Li's wife. "That is medicine water, it only has good effects, no bad ones, you can rest assured."

  No sooner had he finished speaking than a shrill cry of anguish came from the inner chamber.

  Mrs. Li's face changed greatly and she hastily wanted to rush in to take a look.

  "Ah, that's just the medicinal liquid boiling. Qianqian has just started her medicine bath, it might hurt a bit. What are you worried about?"

  Her tone was a bit heavy.

  Li Dainai stopped in her tracks and slowly turned back.

  Everyone sat down, each with their own heavy thoughts.

  It has been an hour since Li Dalang entered the inner courtyard.

  One time period is two hours, and even though the medicine has been decocted, the doctor still hasn't arrived.

  Not just Li Dalang, even Chen Jing this outsider felt that something was off.

  Yaojiang is also the county town. The economy and population are slightly inferior to Wangxian, but there is no shortage of medical clinics and doctors. The Li family sent many people out to invite doctors, but two hours later, no one came back.

  Unusual.

  "What's going on?" Li Dalang finally couldn't help but speak up, "Have Li De send someone to invite the doctor, has he not? Hui'er, go take a look!"

  Hui'er is the maid who serves beside Mrs. Li.

  "Yes." Huierde Ling, he hastily bowed and retreated.

  She had just walked to the gate of the courtyard when she saw Li De hurrying towards her with quick steps.

  Hui'er quickly brought him in.

  ......The little man went to Cui's medicine furnace. Mr. Cui originally said he was coming, but just went back to the house to fetch his medical box. Unexpectedly, the little man waited in the main hall for a moment and didn't see him come out. He sent a young servant to ask, and the young servant came out and said that something had happened at Mr. Cui's home, so he went back first.

  The little man felt that something was not quite right, but he thought of the young lady's illness and did not dare to entangle himself further, so he went to the Jiang family's house again. The Jiang family's servant said that Mr. Jiang was at home, and led the little man to the middle hall to drink tea and wait a bit. After waiting for another half an hour, the servant came out and said, "Mrs. Jiang has gone out, and her previous words were inconsistent." Li De explained to Li Dalang one by one why he had been delayed so long without returning.

  Everyone in the house was stunned.

  What's going on?

  Why are all the doctors hiding in their homes?

  Among these doctors, Dr. Cui often visits the Li family and they also give him gifts during holidays, so their relationship is not bad. Dr. Cui's medical skills and ethics are quite good, and Mr. Li highly praises him.

  What's going on with seeing someone dying and not saving them?

  "Old master, have we offended someone?" Li Dainai anxiously asked.

  Li Dalang is also puzzled.

  It's not just this one thing.

  For the past half month, many things have not been right. Li Dalang initially didn't pay much attention to it. The day before yesterday, Cao's money house, which has a good relationship with their shop, suddenly said they wanted to come and settle accounts.

  The Li family's shop and money house have been in contact for many years, all of which are settled at the end of the year.

  At that time, Li Dalang still thought it was Cao's money shop that had an accident and needed money urgently. They were all old friends, so Li Dalang didn't ask much and settled the account with them.

  It can be connected with today's affairs, and it is somewhat suspicious.

  "Who can we afford to offend?" Li Dalang furrowed his brow, "Our family has never bullied others with power, and doing business is even more transparent..."

  Li Balang, who was sitting on one side, had an extremely unpleasant expression.

  He couldn't help but look at Chen Jing.

  Chen Jie was also watching him.

  The two brothers exchanged a glance and both knew what was going on in each other's mind.

  Home!

  Du Shiji lost 20,000 taels of silver and 18 top-grade fine horses, totaling 40,000 taels.

  The Du family is unwilling to give up and seeks revenge against the Li family.

  One hundred and fifty taels of silver can support Chen Jing's family for half a year without worrying about food and clothing. Then, 40,000 taels is undoubtedly a sky-high price, even the richest families would feel painful.

  Du Shijie was defeated, and the silver flowed like water. At that time, he lost, so be it. Du Shijie didn't know the value of firewood and rice when he wasn't in charge, but the Du family wouldn't take this loss.

  Throughout Yaojiang River, they have never fallen so heavily before.

  How can I swallow this bitter insult?

  They are going to slowly destroy Li Yongrong and bring down the entire Li family, making it impossible for the Li family to stand in Yaojiang.

  This is just the beginning.

  "Lao Ba, have you been causing trouble outside?" Li Dalang suddenly turned his gaze to Li Yongrong and asked sternly.

  The younger generation of a family, even if they cause trouble, can't cause big trouble, because they don't have the ability.

  Only Li Balang, he knew people, whether friends or enemies, all had some family background.

  Li Yongrong was shocked by his elder brother's aura and felt a bit timid. After a while, he composed himself and pretended to be innocent: "No, what could I have done? I haven't even left the house in over ten days..."

  "Why don't you go out?" Li Dalang's heart suddenly skipped a beat, his eyes became even more sharp and cold.

  Half a month after the Dragon Boat Festival is the grand occasion of horse racing. Li Balang has liked horse racing since he was young, which was influenced by his father. The eight horses at home are not good horses, but were personally selected and domesticated by his father when he was alive.

  Later, after his father's death, Li Dalang and his brothers wanted to sell those racehorses, but Mrs. Li disagreed, thinking it was unfilial to their late father and they should be kept.

  Those few horses were handed over to Li Balang.

  In recent years, the brothers have been arguing from time to time about how to deal with those horses. Because raising those horses requires a lot of money every year, Li Balang's several older brothers thought it was not worth it.

  The Li family is not truly wealthy either.

  Later on, Mrs. Li used her own private money to support Li Balang in raising horses and playing polo.

  Every month, Li Balang goes out to play polo five or six times. During the Dragon Boat Festival, Ghost Festival and Double Ninth Festival, Yaojiang has a half-month polo match, and Li Balang never misses it.

  After this Dragon Boat Festival, Li Balang didn't go out for over ten days despite the excitement of the horse racing.

  This has never happened before!

  Still saying you didn't cause trouble?

  Why stay at home and avoid going out if you haven't done anything wrong?

  "What have you done now?" Li Dalang suddenly stood up and asked Li Balang in a stern tone.

  "No!" Li Balang also got annoyed, sticking out his neck and shouting loudly, "I didn't cause any trouble!"

  The more he does this, the more it shows that he has really gotten into trouble and still doesn't know to repent.

  Li Dalang was out of breath and his face turned red.

  "Alright!" The old lady heavily slammed the cane in her hand on the ground, her face tense, "Is Qianqian's illness urgent or is it more important to investigate who caused the trouble?"

  Li Dalang came back to his senses, his expression slightly solemn.

  Things have their own weight and urgency, his daughter's illness has not been treated by a doctor yet, now is really not the time to scold his brother.

  Mrs. Li was anxious in her heart and wept quietly on the side.

  Li Erniang is a married-out daughter. She doesn't find it convenient to interfere with the household chores of the Li family, so she just sits aside and gently pats the old lady's back, saying in a low voice: "Mother, don't be angry."

  Chen Jiong was even more unsuitable to speak up.

  The atmosphere in the house was gloomy and depressing, the air seemed to have solidified, and everyone breathed cautiously.

  At this stalemate, the maid Bi Tao suddenly ran out of the bathroom, crying and laughing, and knelt down to everyone, saying: "Old lady, old master, big madam, the young lady said it's much better now, not so itchy..."

  "Really?" Mrs. Li was worried that she couldn't invite a doctor, what about her daughter's rubella? She couldn't just watch her daughter scratch to death. In just over half an hour, her daughter's condition had improved slightly, making Mrs. Li overjoyed.

  She looked at Chen Jing with gratitude.

  Without waiting for others to speak, Mrs. Li went to the toilet to look for Li Juanjuan.

  The eyes of the few people left in the house were all focused on Chen Jing.

  "It wasn't a serious illness to begin with." Chen Jiong smiled, easing the tension, "If big brother trusts me, I'll write another prescription and completely cure Qianqian."

  Li Dalang had no choice but agreed to let Li Xiang use Chen Xing's medicinal bath.

  But unexpectedly, it actually had this strange effect.

  Li Erniang repeatedly praised Chen Jiong's medical skills.

  Li Dalang had already trusted Chen Jing about 70-80%. Now, other doctors couldn't be invited, only Chen Jing was available. After some deliberation, Li Dalang finally nodded and said: "Then please trouble you to help!"

  Chen Jiong went to open the prescription.

  After the opening, Chen Jiong handed the prescription to Li Dalang and said: "Qianqian's illness is 'wind-heat lung stagnation'. I have prescribed 'Xinliangping Decoction Yinqiao San', which promotes blood circulation, dispels wind, clears heat and resolves stagnation. This disease needs to be treated slowly, take this prescription for 10 doses, one dose per day, for 10 days."

  Li Dalang took it over.

  Chen Jiong wrote a large pile of drug names: Jin Yin Hua five money, Lian Qiao three money, Ju Hong three money, Zhu Ye three money, Chan Tui one money, Niu Bang Zi three money, Mu Dan Pi two money, Zi Cao two money, Bai Mao Gen three money, Lu Gen five money, Sheng Gan Cao two money and so on.

  "This prescription mainly clears heat and dispels wind, also resolves toxins and benefits dampness; Cowslip and Cicada shell can also relieve itching and stop rashes......" Chen Jing saw Li Dalang looking at it for half a day with furrowed brows, so he explained again.

  Taking medicine is a serious matter.

  Chen Jiong is too young after all.

  Li Dalang is a father who is being cautious because he dotes on his daughter and cannot be careless. Chen Jing understands his feelings, so she explains again and again.

  Finally, Li Dalang nodded and let people go get medicine.

  "Take that medicinal bath medicine and grab three more portions. Boil it into a thick liquid, don't soak in the bath, directly apply it to the itchy area, the effect is also good." Chen Jing said.

  Li Dalang ordered the servant girl to take it to the outer courtyard and hand it over to the manager, telling him to hurry up and grab the medicine.

  Another quarter of an hour passed before Li Fu-sheng finally invited an old Chinese doctor in.

  This old man was over sixty, with a bit of a tremble in his legs. The well-known doctors in the county town of Yaojiang were all invited but couldn't be found, so Li Fusheng had to invite this unknown old Chinese doctor instead.

  This old fellow is so blind he can't see his hand in front of him.

  It's better to trust Chen Xiang, at least his medicine bath has taken effect.

  "The girl has already recovered, it was a waste of effort for the doctor to rush over. Let's send the doctor back." said Li Dalang.

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