Chapter 4 Medication

  Mr. Chen's diarrhea lasted for ten days, with stools pouring out like water, uncontrollable by himself. Various methods were tried but to no avail, which made Xu Yi, who had been practicing medicine for decades, feel extremely frustrated.

  He has been practicing medicine for decades and this is the first time he has encountered such uncontrollable diarrhea, such a violent outbreak.

  Mr. Chen used to be a bit fat and had some style, but now he's thin as a skeleton.

  Because he couldn't cure it, Xu Yi also invited three good friends of his own to argue together.

  All kinds of treatments for diarrhea have been tried: Qing Li, Jun Gong, Wen Pi, Gu Jing, Wen Shen, etc.

  What about Bai Tou Weng Tang, Ge Gen Tang, Hu Chai Bai Shao Tang and other ancient and modern treatments for diarrhea, all of which have been used?

  None of them work, all useless!

  Xu Yi is somewhat exhausted of his talent.

  He was diagnosing and taking the pulse of Old Master Chen's third son while his mind was racing non-stop.

  Mr. Chen San lay down and his breathing was a bit rapid, which is a new symptom that has developed over the past two days.

  "Third Master, is this shortness of breath something new in the past two days?" Xu Yi asked.

  Mr. Chen nodded his head three times.

  Xu Yi didn't say anything more.

  He withdrew his hand in an instant.

  "What's wrong?" Old Master Chen hastily asked.

  "When dampness prevails, it leads to diarrhea. In the past, when we made a diagnosis, we only thought that diarrhea must be due to excessive dampness and heat, and related to the large intestine, so the medicines used were all for the large intestine. Now looking at it, San Lao Ye's breathing is short and urgent, I'm afraid it's lung heat." Xu Yi said slowly.

  He suddenly thought of this and finally let out a sigh of relief.

  He thought he had finally found the cause of the disease.

  "What's wrong with your lungs?" The Chen family, including Old Master Chen, were all stunned.

  Diarrhea is a matter of the intestines and stomach, what does it have to do with the lungs?

  Isn't this doctor at his wit's end and talking nonsense!

  Mr. Chen's face didn't look good and he didn't respond.

  Xu Yi swept his gaze across the crowd and said, "The lungs and large intestine are interdependent. If the lungs have heat, it will move down to the large intestine. The large intestine suffers from the residual heat of the lungs, which is why it erupts uncontrollably. In the past, when treating illnesses, we've been doing it backwards, leading to repeated relapses and no cure until now."

  The lungs and large intestine are exteriorly-interiorly related...

  The Chen family listened to Xu Yi's words and thought they made sense. They had never studied medicine, so they couldn't hear anything wrong with what he said.

  Several people exchanged glances.

  Mr. Chen San on the bed had no strength to open his eyes, and the Chens couldn't delay his treatment any longer.

  "Xu Daifu, what medicine is being used?" asked Old Master Chen. "Will he recover this time? If not..."

  "Don't worry, Second Master, I'm sure he'll be fine!" Xu Yi said confidently.

  When a doctor hesitates in treating a patient, the patient also loses confidence.

  Once you lose confidence, this disease is hard to cure.

  So, as long as a diagnosis can be made, Dr. Xu will tell the patient with certainty how to treat it, making the patient feel that he is in control and that the disease is almost certainly curable, which calms the patient's mind and speeds up their recovery.

  With this skill, Xu Yi was most famous in Wangxian County.

  "...take Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang, after taking three doses, the diarrhea will stop." Xu Yi saw that there was still a bit of distrust in the eyes of the Chen family members, and guaranteed again.

  Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang is pungent and cool, dispersing and clearing the lungs to calm wheezing. As long as the lung heat is gone, the lung heat will no longer oppress the large intestine, and the violent diarrhea can also be stopped.

  This medicine is quite risky.

  "If so, it's all up to Doctor Xue's skilled hands to bring her back to life." said Mr. Chen, the second elder of the Chen family.

  He didn't understand medicine either and didn't know what to say. The illness had to be treated, it couldn't be left like this with Lao San.

  "Preposterous!" A clear and crisp voice suddenly came from behind Mr. Chen's back, causing him to nearly jump in fright as he was caught off guard.

  Everyone looked up at the sound.

  The speaker is Chen Jing.

  Chen Qi suddenly became spirited.

  Inappropriate.

  This kid actually said it's not okay!

  What medical ethics and pharmacology do you know, yet dare to say it's inappropriate in front of a senior doctor!

  "This... " Xu Yichang often walked in the Chen family, and most of the old masters and young masters of the Chen family knew him. Chen Jing stood among the crowd of Chen family members, should be a master, but Xu Yichang had never seen him before, and was momentarily stunned.

  "This is Chen Jingchen, the elder brother of Chen Zhong, from Qiwan Lane. His brother is a scholar-official." Chen Qi hastily jumped out and explained with a smile, "Doesn't Doctor Xu know him?"

  Because the imperial court selects officials infrequently, the imperial examination is particularly difficult.

  Chen Jiong's elder brother passed the imperial examination and became a jinshi, which was very noticeable, and everyone in the county knew about it. Of course, Chen Jiong's elder brother failed to pass the spring exam later on, and then there was no news of him at all, and again everyone in the county knew about it. They secretly speculated that Chen Jiong's elder brother had taken his own life in despair.

  "It turned out to be Young Master Ying and his master." Xu Yi Dao said.

  Chen Jing did not participate in the ranking of Jingzhong Alley, and Xu Yi didn't know what to call him, so he simply called out his name.

  "Xu Dafu, Second Uncle, you don't know, do you? Ceng Ji has studied medical books." Chen Qi stepped forward and pulled Chen Jing out from behind the Second Master, "He just told me that his medical skills are unmatched in all of Wang County, and even in the entire Two Zhe Road."

  "Hmph..." Someone in the crowd snickered.

  How dare you say such things, how can your face be so thick?

  Mr. Chen furrowed his brow, thinking that the child from Qiwan Alley was indeed uneducated, how could he be so arrogant?

  Lose face for the Chen family!

  "Is it, Central Bureau?" Chen Qi asked Chen Jing after slandering him.

  Chen Jiong smiled and said, "It's about right..."

  "Hah..." Chen Qi almost burst out laughing.

  You're really shameless, I'll give you a high platform, and you actually dare to climb up, can you get down later?

  Xu Yi's face showed a few points of displeasure. Young people don't understand things, speaking wildly, always making others unhappy. Xu Yi was a doctor, being told by a child that he wasn't as good as him, naturally felt uncomfortable in his heart.

  "Ah yo!" The third uncle on the bed was in severe abdominal pain again, unable to control himself and wanting to go to the toilet. However, he felt dizzy and lightheaded, without even having the strength to open his eyes, let alone get up.

  His son Chen Lin hastily carried his father to the toilet.

  Mr. Chen San had to go relieve himself every quarter of an hour, suffering terribly.

  This time it was still something like water that poured out.

  When Third Uncle returned from the toilet, Xu Yi and Chen Jing had a complete falling out.

  Chen Qi was again on the side stirring up trouble, wanting Chen Jing and Xu Yi to fight each other. Looking at Chen Qi's appearance, it seemed like he wanted to help Chen Jing gain recognition from others.

  In fact, he pushed Chen Jing onto the fire frame.

  "Let's not talk about the others, just my third uncle's pulse. His pulse is weak and almost gone, only a last bit of yang energy left. You didn't give him warming tonics to restore his yang energy, but instead gave him Ma Zhi Gan Tang, which is a cooling and purging medicine. After taking this bowl of medicine, my third uncle's last bit of yang energy will be cut off, even Hua Tuo would be powerless." Chen Jing said to Xu Yi.

  That sounds pretty much like what happened.

  Chen Qi listened on the side and paused for a moment: This kid won't really understand medicine, will he?

  It's impossible, he's still so young! I've never heard of anyone mastering medicine without a teacher. This kid has never had a mentor, and before that, he was always stuck in clan school studying books to death, what a bookworm, Chen Qi knew this much.

  He must be talking nonsense, Chen Qi thought.

  Thinking of this, Chen Qi was even more delighted.

  He will make Chen Jing lose face in front of the Chen family today, and from now on, the Chen family in Jingzhong Alley will be prohibited from entering, just like his grandfather did not allow him to go to Qiwan Lane.

  Hmph, I won't go to your home and you shouldn't come to mine either, that's only fair.

  I'm going to destroy you today!

  Chen Qi thought so in his heart and became even more pleased with himself.

  "Nonsense!" On the other side, Xu Yi was furious.

  Look, look, the old doctor said it was nonsense, and this kid is indeed talking nonsense. Chen Qi's heart also returned to its place, and he smiled even more calmly.

  "Xu Daifu, why don't you let Yang and the third uncle take a pulse too?" Chen Qi fanned the flames on the side, provoking Xu Yi and Chen Xuan's relationship to the most tense.

  "Nonsense!" Xu Yi was so angry that he puffed out his cheeks and glared with wide eyes.

  "Director Xu, don't be angry, just let Jian and his brother take a look. You're not afraid that you're not as skilled as this kid and intentionally suppressing Jian and his brother, are you?" Chen Shi finally understood Chen Qi's meaning and chimed in to help.

  "Xu Daifu, you're even afraid of little kids, aren't you going to take their pulse? Tsk tsk, you can't be a charlatan, can you?" Chen Eleven said.

  Xu Yi's face suddenly turned iron-green.

  He glared at Chen Jing fiercely.

  Others also saw Chen Qi's intention, but they didn't make a sound. They all knew that Chen Qi had a past with Qi Wanxiang.

  They all looked at Old Master Chen, and if he was dissatisfied, they might have persuaded him a bit. But Old Master Chen's face was expressionless at the moment. Since Old Master Chen didn't express his opinion, others could pretend to be deaf and dumb, letting Chen Qi stir up trouble.

  The two old men of the Chen family knew Chen Qi best.

  Chen Qi is the old master's precious son, and the old master truly treats him like a treasure that might melt in his mouth or shatter in his palm. If they don't give Chen Qi face today, it would be hard for both the old masters to explain themselves.

  Besides, a doctor must have authority, if he is troubled by a child, who will trust him in the future?

  This is also a test for Xu Yi.

  As for Chen Jing, what's going on, Old Master Chen still doesn't understand. He has no idea what this usually taciturn young man is getting at by suddenly speaking up.

  Show off?

  What can an outsider like him achieve in medical skills?

  Idiot!

  Mr. Chen thought for a moment and could only describe Chen Jing with two words: stupid goods.

  They were making a ruckus over there, and Third Master was taken to the toilet by his son again. In just a short while, it had happened twice already; this diarrhea was too severe!

  It's estimated that San Lao Ye won't be able to get through this disaster!

  "No need to take his pulse, I've already examined him at the banquet...” Chen Jing was the calmest among everyone, “One dose of medicine, ground and decocted, can cure Third Uncle!”

  "Did you hear that? Did you hear that? One single dose of medicine!" Chen Qi was very excited, and asked Xu Yi, "Doctor Xu, can one dose of your medicine cure my Third Uncle?"

  Xu Yi's face turned pale and then flushed red, as if he had opened a paint shop. If it were someone else, he would have scolded him. But Chen Qiuzi, Xu Yi didn't dare, so he could only swallow his anger. His anger was all transferred to Chen Jing.

  "Is this a joke?" Xu Yi snorted, "What a big tone!"

  "Hmph, good medical skills can be boastful!" Chen Qi seemed to be in cahoots with Chen Jing, glaring at Xu Yi, "Quickly, tell Master Xu what kind of medicine you used? Let this old quack doctor open his eyes wide!"

  "Mr. Jiang and Young Master, I really want to open your eyes!" Xu Yi said gritting his teeth.

  He could have killed the young man with a fan.

  Doesn't know the height of heaven and the thickness of earth.

  "One dose of Che Qian Zi, ground into a fine powder, decocted and taken with rice water, will immediately stop Third Uncle's diarrhea." said Chen Jing.

  "Hmph!" Xu Yi sneered, "Car Front Zi, for the purpose of diuresis! Making your uncle's diarrhea unstoppable, everyone will be exhausted, and begging the young master to fear that your uncle's suffering is less, so he wants to add a diuretic for him!"

  Someone is secretly laughing.

  Actually, just now, many people were looking forward to it a bit.

  They didn't know Chen Jing's true nature. Seeing his calm face, they were actually deceived and believed it to be true, guessing that he might really have a hidden talent, expecting him to come up with an earth-shattering solution.

  Until now, everyone shook their heads in dismay.

  What's wrong with Chen Jie, has he gone mad today?

  He seems quite steady usually.

  Is today being stimulated by Chen Qi and becoming mad?

  "How dare you frame me!" Chen Qi laughed and said, "Old Master, do you have Plantago in your medicine box? Take it out quickly and let San Shu take it. When San Shu is better, you'll know how powerful I am, right, Ah Qi?"

  Bring it out and give it to Third Uncle quickly.

  When I'm done with him, just watch me trample Chen Jing's son to death!

  If you had killed Third Uncle, that would have been even better. You could have sent him to prison and let your grandson die in jail. Send all of you from Qi Wan Lane to prison, and the clear spring will belong to me!

  Haha, Chen Qi laughed uncontrollably in his heart.

  Xu Yi had never experienced such stimulation before, and his mental endurance was relatively poor. He was led by the nose by Chen Qi, and as expected, he pulled out a car key from the medicine box.

  "This is utter nonsense!" Mr. Chen saw that they were getting more and more out of hand, actually treating the treatment as a game of chicken, and knew he couldn't let them continue to make a ruckus.

  Especially Xu Yi, still this old doctor, unexpectedly also couldn't hold his temper, being scolded by the child for just two sentences and he got anxious!

  If someone loses their life, Master Chen will inevitably be held accountable. Today, he is in charge here and must take responsibility.

  "Get out, all of you!" Old Master Chen's face turned cold as he rebuked them.

  Chen Qi Chen Yu, also known as Mo Ren.

  "Second Uncle, it's fine for me to go out, but how can Third Uncle go? Is his illness curable or not? Don't you want Third Uncle to get better?" Chen Qi turned the spearhead towards Second Master Chen again.

  This remark also made Old Master Chen so angry that he almost fell over backwards.

  "Scoundrel!" Old Master Chen shouted in anger. "What are you trying to do with this kind of provocation? Get out, or I'll call your father over here!"

  "Call my father to come, I am also this word!" Chen Qi took a step forward and didn't put Second Uncle in his eyes at all. "The medical skills that have been begged for, no one on the entire Zhejiang Road can match, you actually don't let him see Third Uncle's illness, is this going to kill Third Uncle?!"

  Mr. Chen was so angry that his face turned blue.

  "Who says that Jinyu has medical skills!" Old Master Chen scolded, and glared at Chen Jing, wishing he could also give this child a beating for causing trouble.

  How dare you speak such big words, you're simply asking for trouble!

  "He said it himself." Chen Qi pointed at Chen Jing, "You ask him!"

  Old Master Chen glared fiercely at Chen Jing.

  "Second Uncle, Third Uncle can't take any more of this. This prescription I have will cure the illness for sure." Chen Jing looked at Second Master Chen's fiery anger, still without a change in his expression, and said calmly, "If it weren't for Third Uncle's critical condition, I wouldn't dare be so presumptuous. How about this: let me talk to Third Uncle for a bit, what do you think?"

  Arrogant!

  Chen Qi really likes this arrogance!

  Chen Jing had climbed higher and higher along the pole that Chen Qi had erected for him.

  The parlor and bedroom were only separated by a curtain, and the quarrel outside was clearly audible to Old Master Chen in the inner room.

  In the process of their dispute, Old Man Chen pulled three more times, all of which were dry pulls.

  At first, Chen Jing said that Mr. Chen San's pulse was weak and he only had a little bit of yang energy left, which Mr. Chen San thought was true. Xu Yi also said that there was heat, but Mr. Chen San did not feel any heat himself.

  He was really scared.

  If he pulls a few more times, he will faint and die.

  He now dares not eat or drink. No matter what he eats or drinks, he immediately wants to rush out to the toilet. The process of rushing out is more painful than eating, and he would rather not eat.

  He hasn't had a drop of rice for several days. In this situation, Xu Yi still wants to pour out his heart to him, he's afraid he can't hold on!

  "You... you go invite your second uncle and Zhong to come in." Old Master Chen said with a deep breath to his son, Chen Lin.

  Chen Lin is a person who lacks initiative.

  He said so and immediately came out.

  Mr. Chen Er and Chen Jing lifted the curtain and entered the bedroom.

  The bedroom can hear the living room talking, and naturally, the living room can also hear the sound from the bedroom.

  Chen Qi listened intently outside. He was really afraid that Third Uncle would not agree to let Chen Jing take charge, otherwise today's plan would be in vain and all his efforts would have been wasted.

  As a result, Chen Qi heard his third uncle say weakly: "...just use the prescription of Yang Ji...Yang Ji, this kid, bought a chess book himself and learned unparalleled chess skills...medicine, can it be more difficult than chess? Yang Ji said he had seen through the book, he was indeed seeing through it, I believe Yang Ji..."

  Cut!

  It was indeed the result Chen Qi had hoped for, but upon hearing this, Chen Qi still felt displeased: Hmph, believe in Central! Wait until he tortures you to death, then go cry in front of King Yan.

  "Second Uncle, this prescription of mine may not look impressive, but it's absolutely effective. Now, no matter how I explain it, people can still find fault with it. It's better to see for oneself than to hear about it - let Third Uncle drink it and try it out. Second Uncle, you see that the rice porridge is non-toxic, and the Plantago won't cause any adverse effects; it's just one type of medicine, what's there to fear?" Chen Jing said, turning to him as he still furrowed his brow.

  Mr. Chen was still worried.

  However, Lao San himself said that he believed in Chen Jing's words, and many brothers and nephews heard it. Even if he died, it was Chen Jing's responsibility, and had nothing to do with Master Chen Er.

  After severing ties, whether Chen San was beaten to death or not, Old Master Chen Er didn't care that much anymore.

  "Alright..." Old Master Chen finally agreed.

  Chen Qi heard it outside and was also very happy.

  He dug a hole, Chen Yang and the little guy jumped in with all their might, and couldn't be stopped. Now, he finally jumped in, and Chen Qi is ready to bury him!

  What a relief!

  When Old Master Chen and Chen Xuan came out of the bedroom, Chen Qi followed behind Chen Xuan.

  "Hurry up and get some rice porridge from the kitchen..." Chen Qi was very attentive.

  Chen Jing said thank you and started sharpening the knife in front of him.

  Others are waiting for the results.

  Xu Yi didn't leave either. Having suffered such a great humiliation, how could he be willing to let it go without getting an outcome?

  The car in front of the child is fine, Chen Xuan went to decoct medicine, and Chen Qi followed him.

  "Zhongji, if you can cure Third Uncle, I'll give you a big gift!" Chen Jing said with a smile while decocting medicine in the kitchen, Chen Qi leaned over and coaxed, "What do you want?"

  Chen Jiong thought for a moment and said: "From now on, when you see me, make three bows and be respectful!"

  This is what Chen Qi respects him for.

  "Alright, no problem." Chen Qi laughed with a sly grin, "If it can't be cured, are you willing to accept the punishment?"

  "It's natural." Chen Jiong said.

  "All right, if you can't cure it, then hang a sign that says 'I am a dog', take off your upper garment and crawl back from Zhongtian Alley to Qiwan Alley, how about that?" Chen Qi said with a smile.

  Chen Jiong glanced at Chen Qi and smiled, saying: "Alright, it's settled!"

  When Chen Jing finished brewing the medicine and returned to the cabin from the small kitchen, Chen Qi followed behind him with a smile on his face. He didn't follow Chen Jing into the bedroom, but instead beckoned Chen Shi and Chen Shi-yi over and whispered a few words in their ears.

  Chen Shi and Chen Shiyi grinned mischievously and quickly ran out, as if they were going to take care of something.

  "What are they going to do?" someone whispered.

  "You're teasing people." Another elder brother replied, "This is going to drive Central crazy..."

  In his bedroom, Third Uncle drank the carthamus and rice gruel mixture.

  Third Uncle's son Chen Lin was a bit nervous.

  Mr. Chen was also nervous, fearing that he would be beaten to death.

  Chen Jiong was carefree and at ease.

  Others are also waiting for the results.

  Chen Qi was very pleased and kept smiling.

  Xu Yi also sneered: "Carrot and rice soup, haha, if treating illnesses were this easy, what would doctors be for? Foolishness. This family relies on their wealth to bully doctors like this, humph! Without doctors, can money buy life?"

  The people in the courtyard were all thinking of their own thoughts, and the people in the bedroom were also emotionally different.

  Time slowly slips away.

  Before long, a moment had passed.

  In the alley, someone couldn't help but speak in a low voice: "It's been a minute, Third Uncle hasn't gone to pull, is this okay?"

  Chen Qi still smiled.

  Will it be alright in just one moment? How ridiculous.

  Then half an hour passed.

  Xu Yi couldn't sit still anymore.

  Mr. Chen San has been treated by Dr. Xu Yi all along. Since the onset of his illness, Mr. Chen San would immediately have diarrhea after eating anything, and even if he didn't eat, he could hold it in for no more than half an hour before having to go again.

  Half an hour has passed, and there is still no movement in the bedroom!

  Chen Qi didn't know, he was still fantasizing about a wonderful scene: hanging a sign that said "I am a dog", crawling back from Jingzhong Lane to Qiwan Lane, haha, just thinking about it made him feel happy!

  At this time, Chen Shi had already returned, with a sly smile and whispered to Chen Qi: The sign is done.

  Chen Qī's eyebrows and eyes were flying high, she was extremely happy.

  Half an hour has passed...

  An hour has passed...

  Xu Yi couldn't sit still anymore.

  Half a time had passed, and Chen Qi's smile could no longer be maintained. Although he kept comforting himself, he still felt a bit tricky.

  Two hours had passed when Old Master Chen finally emerged from his bedroom.

  Everyone's eyes were fixed on him.

  "Unexpectedly, Zhong Yi's medical skills are indeed superb. Lao San has stopped vomiting and fallen asleep!" said Chen Er Laoye with a smile.

  With a loud crash, Chen Qi fell off his chair!