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Chapter 22: Rise to Fame

  Ji Sheng Tang's partner saw his master fall to the ground, and immediately became anxious. Ignoring the pain in his body, he had been beaten by Hami Ti quite badly. He hastily went forward to support Cheng Ji Sheng, and anxiously asked: "Master, Master, what's wrong with you?"

  Cheng Ji shook his head slightly and waved his hand, saying: "Don't help me, let me sober up for a moment." After that, he fell silent, sitting on the steps thinking about something.

  He was thinking here, but others couldn't idle around, the onlookers who didn't know the truth were discussing and speculating, those standing at the periphery asked: "What's wrong with this great doctor, what stimulation did he receive?"

  The one standing inside replied: "It seems that another little divine doctor wrote him a letter, scaring the divine doctor so much that he fell to the ground!"

  Some ignorant people were surprised and asked: "What letter can scare a great doctor like this?"

  A very insightful and knowledgeable person replied, "The Great Divine Doctor, the Little Divine Doctor, oh dear, could it be that these two are from the same family? Is the Little Divine Doctor actually the long-lost son of Cheng Ji Yi, who was sent by Old Man To Ha to deliver a message to his father, wanting to acknowledge their kinship?"

  "Want to recognize each other? That requires blood, I understand. Get a bowl and fill it with water. Then both of us will prick our fingers and drip the blood into the bowl. If they mix together, then we are father and son. If not, then we're not!"

  "Huh, you actually understand, didn't you used to be like that too..."

  All sorts of opinions are flying around, with all kinds of absurd and fanciful ideas being tossed about!

  Hamiti saw the shop assistant who was beaten earlier, still rubbing his waist with a pained expression. He felt deeply apologetic in his heart, realizing that he had mistaken the person. So he said: "Young fellow, I'm terribly sorry about what happened earlier. I was momentarily flustered and wrongly accused you. Please don't take offense." From his pocket, he took out a gold pastry and handed it to the assistant.

  The fellow received the gold ingot, overjoyed in his heart. Such a large piece of gold was enough for him to work at Jisheng Hall for ten years! Unexpectedly, after being kicked and slapped tonight, he got such a big benefit! For a moment, all the resentment in his heart disappeared, only thinking: "Will this good thing happen again in the future? It seems that I should often watch the door from now on. If someone comes to the pharmacy to fight again, I'll be the first to take it, face the slap, and butt the kick. After two or three more times, I won't need to do anything else, just go home and sit down to eat!

  It was a long time before Cheng Jisheng came to himself, slowly sat up, picked up the paper on the ground and asked Hamiti: "Old Master Ha, when Ping'an Xiaoyi let you come to my medicine shop, what else did he say?"

  Hamiti's face revealed a bitter smile, although he had recovered from his illness, the shock he had just experienced was not small, and he was truly frightened out of his wits. He said: "The little god doctor Ping An told me that I only have two more hours to live, so I came to find you quickly, saying that you have a secret recipe that can cure my illness. I'm afraid you won't give it to me, so I wrote a letter and came here. However, when I arrived, it was already past the two-hour mark, so I lost all hope and felt unwell in my heart, which is why I lost control at your door. Please forgive me, great god doctor!"

  "Ah-ha!" Cheng Jishi's spirit lifted, and he waved the letter in his hand at Ha Mi Ti and Ai Ding, as well as the surrounding crowd, saying loudly: "Everyone, as the saying goes, 'live to old age, learn to old age.' Today, I, Cheng, have learned a wonderful trick, and I'll share it with you all!" He was not a narrow-minded person, always straightforward and never hiding anything. If this had happened to someone else, they would have thought it was a great humiliation, but he didn't think so. Instead, he thought that he had learned a medical skill and should thank Wang Ping'an for it!

  Cheng Ji began by talking about how Hamiti had fallen ill, and then spoke about how he and other doctors in the city were unable to cure him. This was a bit embarrassing, and it was easy to offend other doctors, but as the acknowledged number one doctor in Xuzhou, if he said that he couldn't cure someone, then no other doctor could either, so it wouldn't be considered losing face for others. Of course, if another doctor had said this, they would have been severely criticized and made enemies, but when Cheng Ji said it, even if other doctors heard him, they would only say a few words of embarrassment and wouldn't take it seriously.

  Hamiiti is right in front of him, he is the party involved, he does not refute it, then others think it's correct.

  It was said that in the past, and now it is said again. Cheng Ji Sheng unfolded the letter paper and said to the people: "But when this illness fell into the hands of Wang Ping'an, a small doctor from Wulicun Village, he didn't even use medicine, just said two sentences, and the illness was cured. Joy hurts the heart, fear overcomes joy. These six true words are about how people suddenly feel extreme joy, which will harm the heart meridian, causing the heart orifice to open and unable to close. Ha Lao Ye was laughing uncontrollably because of this, almost losing his life. The first three characters are the cause of the disease, while the last three characters are the treatment method, no medicine is needed, nor wine, but a greater fear is used to make Ha Lao Ye worried and depressed, closing the heart orifice, so that the manic syndrome naturally recovers!"

  After finishing speaking, Cheng Jisheng said to Hamiti: "Old Master Ha, what I said is correct, but does it conform to the situation you just experienced?"

  Hamiti let out a long sigh and nodded: "Not bad, that's right. But this treatment method, it scared me half to death."

  Aiyin smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, if you're not scared enough, then your illness won't be cured!"

  Hamiti also laughed: "That's right, it won't work if we don't do it this way!"

  The onlookers who didn't know the truth finally understood and exclaimed in unison, "So there's actually a method like this to cure illnesses? This is truly our first time hearing about it, and we've broadened our horizons!"

  Hamiti turned to look at Cheng Jisheng, and said apologetically: "Cheng the divine doctor, for my illness, but inadvertently implicated you in shock, really can't bear it. When my child is 100 days old, you must come to my house to drink wine, as a token of my apology!"

  Cheng Ji suddenly laughed, his face no longer with a hint of despair. He said: "Ha Lao Ye is joking, how could I be implicated by you? On the contrary, I should thank you. If it weren't for your disturbance at my door, I wouldn't have known that there was such a wonderful method to cure illnesses in this world. Even if I heard someone else retell it later, it wouldn't be as clear as experiencing it myself. I should thank you instead!"

  Some villagers shouted: "Ha Lao Ye, you've become a divine doctor, don't keep saying thank you this and that, instead we should be thanking that young divine doctor, is he your illegitimate son? You two should have a blood test to confirm the relationship!"

  Cheng Ji was alarmed as soon as he heard this, and hastily shook his head and waved his hand, saying: "No, no, absolutely not. That young divine doctor is the young master of the Wang family in Wuliu Village, with a collection of 10,000 volumes at home, who has mastered medical books on his own, and whose medical skills are like those of a god. From now on, you all shouldn't call me 'divine doctor' anymore. I think that among us in Xuzhou, only he can be called 'divine doctor'!"

  Hami nodded and said: "Of course, we must thank the young doctor. I'll prepare some gifts and go to Wulicun village to express our gratitude!"

  Cheng Ji Sheng said: "When Ha Lao Ye leaves, remember to call me along!"

  "That's natural!" Hamiti recovered from his illness and was eager to return home, so he had to bid farewell to Cheng Jisheng.

  They wanted to leave, but the city gate soldiers were not having it. The leader of the team stepped forward and said: "Lord Ha, you're in a hurry to see a doctor, we all understand that, but you kicked the city gate..."

  Hamiti went to find a horse while saying: "That door was kicked broken? How much does it cost to repair a big gate?"

  The captain's eyes rolled around and he said with a big smile: "At least 150 yuan, this is not me being greedy, I have to report to my superior..."

  Hamiti found his fine horse, mounted the saddle and said: "I'll give you 5,000 yuan, repair all the city gates of Xuzhou City, keep the rest for yourselves, buy some wine to calm down!" He rode away on horseback, with Aiding following behind.

  The captain was overjoyed, five thousand yuan to buy wine, that would be enough to drink until next life. He shouted at the back of Hamiti: "Thank you, old man Ha, thank you, old man Ha......Hey, he's leaving quickly, this barbarian's money is easy to make, what a big head!"

  As things have come to an end, the villagers also dispersed and returned home. Among them, those with a mind of their own remembered the six words "Wang Ping'an from Wulicun" in their hearts.

  The next morning, Aiding came to Jisheng Hall and told Cheng Jisheng that his brother-in-law Hamiti was suddenly ill, so he had to accompany his wife and children today, and could only go to thank Wang Ping'an tomorrow. Today, he would make a pre-visit and ask if Cheng Jisheng would go or not.

  Cheng Ji Sheng certainly wants to go, he really hopes to get along with Wang Ping An, and if possible, also wants to stay at the Wang's house for a few days to see the tens of thousands of volumes in Wang Ping An's study, those books are treasures!

  Appendix: Pediatric Viral Influenza Dietary Therapy - Yin Hua Drink

  Raw materials: 20g of honeysuckle, 10g of hawthorn, 250g of honey.

  Method: Put honeysuckle and hawthorn into a sand pot, add water in moderation, put it on high heat to boil, take the medicinal liquid once after 5 minutes, then add water again to decoct and take the juice, combine the two medicinal liquids, add honey, stir well and serve.

  Usage: 3 times daily, or drink at any time.

  Function: Pungent coolness and diaphoresis, clearing heat and detoxifying. Suitable for colds.

  Comment: Lonicera japonica is pungent and cool in nature, dispersing and clearing heat and detoxifying. It can also be used with honeysuckle flowers to make tea.

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