Chapter 121: The Outbreak of the Plague

  Song Jian stood at the window of the large pharmacy in Siyuantang, looking out at the rolling fog outside. As the sun rose, the fog began to thin out slowly.

  He glanced down at his watch, it was past eleven o'clock. Song Jian became somewhat anxious, according to reason, Zhou Wenxing should have arrived by now.

  Xia Lin walked out of the backyard, with a few stains still on her clothes. She was supposed to be in school today, but the fog was too thick, and the professor sent a message to the class monitor early this morning saying that the morning classes were cancelled. So Xia Lin followed Song Jian to Siyuantang Pharmacy to help out.

  "Song, the great doctor, the medicine in the backyard is almost ready, why hasn't any patient arrived yet?" Xia Lin, wearing straight-leg jeans, walked over with a swing of her hips and asked.

  Song Jian glanced at the time and said, "It should be soon."

  No sooner had she finished speaking than the sound of screeching brakes was heard outside, and Xia Lin laughed: "Ah, this is really a case of 'speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives', the patient has arrived so quickly."

  But with a sudden rush of footsteps, it was not the patient who came, but seven or eight government personnel in uniform, including three from public security and five from the health bureau.

  "It's him, Song Jian, impersonating a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, spreading plague rumors and creating panic!" one of them pointed at Song Jian and said gritting his teeth.

  Song Jian glanced over and saw that this person was precisely Qi Fei, who had bullied him last time.

  Qī Fēi actually had some means, he was the director of orthopedics at Sān Fù Hospital, and at the same time, he invested in a rehabilitation hospital and a small orthopedic clinic. Taking advantage of his position, he pulled many patients into his own hospital and clinic, adding to the gray income and red envelopes from doctors, which enabled Qī Fēi to accumulate over 50 million yuan in wealth during his seven years as director.

  After having money, Qi Fei walked through some relationships and naturally entered the Municipal Health Bureau, becoming the Deputy Director of the Health Bureau.

  For Dui Fei, his life had always been smooth sailing, and now he had power and money, with not many regrets. However, what he never expected was that Song Jian would twice make him lose face, the last time even suffering a lot of physical pain.

  At this moment, Qi Fei gritted his teeth and said to a big hat beside him: "Director Ren, you can ask him if it's true."

  The director next to him is Deputy Director Ren Yingqiu.

  "Yo, Song Jian, didn't expect to run into you again," Ren Yingqiu said with a chuckle.

  Qī Fēi was taken aback and looked at Rèn Yíng Qiū, afraid that Rèn Yíng Qiū had a relationship with Sòng Jiàn.

  Song Jian bowed slightly and said: "Director Ren, it's been a long time."

  Ren Yingqiu's face was full of smiles, he had always been known as a "smiling tiger", "Song Jian, my brother, this time I really owe you an apology. Our friendship is one thing, but official business must be handled officially. Can you show me your medical license? Also, regarding the news you spread yesterday about the plague coming, I'm afraid we'll have to go to the bureau together for further investigation."

  Song Jian and Ren Yingqiu did not have any personal relationship, nor were they sworn enemies. Their direct conflict was only over the Li Mengya incident, where they had a shooting match in front of Li Mengya, and Ren Yingqiu was defeated by Song Jian. As for the Lin Bao incident later on, Ren Yingqiu secretly transferred away the plainclothes police officer who was protecting Song Jian, resulting in Song Jian being ambushed and killed. This matter was extremely secretive, and apart from Ren Yingqiu and the current CEO of Tianda Group, Cai Qingyuan, no one else knew about it.

  If there's anything else to say, it's that Lu Ming has always been hostile towards Xia Lin, but Xia Lin always uses Song Jian as a shield, which makes Lu Ming resentful of Song Jian. However, these are just small grudges and not the real big conflict.

  But it's strange that Ren Yingqiu has some resentment towards Song Jian in his heart. By reason, Ren Yingqiu is already the deputy director, with a not-so-high position but great power, and as an old hand in officialdom, he should have a broad mind and shouldn't be bothered to calculate with a common citizen like Song Jian everywhere. However, Ren Yingqiu has always had a grudge against Song Jian.

  Ren Yingqiu himself didn't know why, but when Qi Fei called him today to say that Song Jian had committed a serious crime, Ren Yingqiu immediately brought two people and rushed towards the Siyuantang pharmacy.

  This matter can be big or small, if it's small, it might just be a farce, but if it's big, Song Jian's crime would be serious, and it's of the same nature as spreading evil cults, destroying stability and harmony.

  "The medical license hasn't arrived yet," Song Jian said with his hands in his pockets. "Director Ren, why don't we wait a bit longer?"

  Ren Ying's face turned cold, and he said: "Song Jian! I think you still don't understand the situation. Your current crime is very serious. Come on, put on the handcuffs, take him back to the bureau!"

  Zi Fei's face revealed a triumphant smile, and he thought to himself, "Once we get to the bureau, you'll be in for it."

  Xia Lin saw that they were going to take Song Jian away, her heart tightened, and she walked forward, shouting: "What are you doing? What right do you have to arrest people randomly?" As she shouted, Xia Lin swung her hand at the police officer, who looked at her as a beautiful girl and didn't mind, only stretching out his hand to block. With a "whoosh", the next moment this police officer was pushed by Xia Lin with one palm, flying backwards, and with a "slap" sound, this unlucky little police officer sat down on the door of Siyuantang Pharmacy.

  Ren Yingqiu and Qi Fei were both stunned for a moment, then Ren Yingqiu's hand moved towards his waist. "What are you doing? Do you dare to attack the police?"

  "Who said we robbed the police? You're bullying people! Damn it, a group of country bumpkins." Gao Yuan rushed out from the backyard, cursing. She had no good feelings towards the police, not for any other reason, but because many people under her had been to prison and were extorted by these police officers. Gao Yuan's old father had even spent seven years in jail.

  Gao Yuan shouted loudly, and more than a dozen little yellow-haired boys followed closely behind him.

  "Director, he... that man is a habitual offender, the one who stole the BMW last time, it was him," another police officer pointed at one of the little yellow hairs.

  Song Jian saw this momentum and immediately knew he was in trouble.

  Gao Yuan was also hot-tempered, she slammed the table and shouted, "Get out of here, you're clearly taking the side of that BMW driver who's framing my brother, and now you're speaking up for him, you bunch of scoundrels with no sense of justice."

  Ren Yingqiu hastily pulled out the pistol from his waist, he was also scared, had to pull out the gun, in fact, so many people came, just him alone with a pistol, there were only three bullets in the gun.

  "Ah yo, still pulling out a gun, come on, you kill me, kill me," Gao Yuan stepped forward with his flying legs, completely ignoring Ren Yingqiu's threats.

  Ren Yingqiu suddenly pushed Song Jian's flying leg away, stared at Song Jian and said: "Song Jian, aren't you going back to the office with me?"

  Just as a group of people were making a ruckus, the sound of rapid footsteps echoed from the doorway.

  "Is it here?"

  "Yes, no mistake, the small advertisement on the utility pole is referring to this place."

  "Come quickly, come in...cough, cough..."

  Seven or eight people came in with a whoosh from outside.

  These people were dressed in ordinary civilian clothes, they saw Ren Yingqiu and Qi Fei wearing uniforms, first stunned, then rushed towards Song Jian with a whoosh.

  "Master Song!"

  "Divine Doctor Song!"

  "Hurry, hurry and save my daughter, wail, she's going to be gone."

  Song Jianshen's expression was calm and steady, he knew that the plague had broken out.

  "Put her down quickly." Song Jian said.

  A man held a 7 or 8-year-old girl in his arms, the girl's face was bright red, with high fever and unclear consciousness, obviously very seriously ill.

  "What's going on?" Song Jian asked quickly.

  "Last night Xiaoyao said she was cold, we didn't pay attention, felt a bit feverish, gave her a tablet to reduce fever, this morning it's high fever, now she's unconscious and talking nonsense. And, our whole family seems to have started coughing too." Hanzi quickly said.

  Song Jian walked forward and reached out to touch the little girl's forehead. Her forehead was scorching hot, this temperature was still very dangerous.

  "Come with me!" Song Jian bent down and was about to pick up the girl.

  That man stretched out his hand and stopped Song Jian, "I'll go, Master Song. This is the plague, you can't be infected."

  Song Jian smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I'm a skilled doctor, I know how to protect myself. The rest of you stay here, Xia Lin, take people to set up the pharmacy and move out the toilets in the backyard. Gao Yuan, take people to maintain order, and every patient who comes in must be given masks and sachets. Remember, protect yourselves."

  As he spoke, Song Jian picked up the girl and headed towards the backyard, where a temporary ward had been set up for emergency patients.

  "Song Jian! You're not a doctor! You don't have a medical license!" Qi Fei shouted. "You're practicing medicine now, that's against the law!"

  "No, he does!"

  A voice of an old man came from outside, and the one who walked in was Zhou Wenxing.

  Zhou Wenxing handed a green booklet to Song Jian, "The practicing physician's license you wanted, specially approved by the Provincial Health Department as a folk traditional Chinese medicine practitioner's license. After this, who dares to threaten you!"

  "Old Master Zhou, you've finally arrived!" Song Jian grasped Zhou Wenxing's hand tightly and then shouted loudly: "Flying Leg, Angong Niuhuang Pill! Quick, bring it to the emergency room for me!"

  "Alright!" Fei Maotui went to the medicine cabinet to look for Angong Niuhuang Wan, while Xia Lin brought over rows of chairs. Gao Yuan held a bag in his hand, which contained sachets and masks.

  Even Zhou Wenxing, who was not yet agile in his legs and feet, was helping out. Just a week ago, Song Jian had asked him to help with the registration of his medical license, and Zhou Wenxing had readily agreed. When they arrived at the Provincial Health Department, he found an old friend and showed off his now agile legs and feet without saying a word. The staff immediately defined Song Jian as a folk medicine master and issued him a folk medical practitioner's certificate.

  Everyone was busy, and no one paid attention to Zhi Fei, Ren Yingqiu and others.

  Zhi Fei's face turned iron-green, Ren Yingqiu's hand holding the gun trembled slightly, he finally knew why he disliked Song Jian so much, because he found out that all along, it wasn't that he looked down on Song Jian, but rather, that guy Song Jian had never taken him seriously!

  Just as Zhi Fei was about to speak, the phone in his pocket rang.

  "Hey, Director, we're catching that rumormonger Song Jian!" Qi Fei immediately began to curry favor with his superior, while also hoping the director would send more manpower, as it was clear there were thugs hiding in the store.

  "Get a move on! Qifei, hurry back, the Ministry of Health has issued instructions, our Suzhou city is a severely affected area of the plague, we must do a good job in all aspects of sanitation and epidemic prevention work! You quickly come back, there will be a meeting in 10 minutes!" The director on the phone said and hung up, obviously very busy.

  Zi Fei held up the phone and stood there in a daze. At this moment, another five or six patients rushed into Siyuantang Pharmacy...

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