Wang Youcai heard this and let out a sound, thinking to himself: "How come what he's saying is exactly the same as what my son said?!" He still had some doubts in his heart about the prescription his son had written, after all Wang Ping'an had never written a prescription before, this was the first time.

  Wang Youcai asked the doctor sitting in the hall: "So, you think there's a problem with this prescription?"

  The doctor sitting in the hall said calmly, "This is not a small problem, it's a big one!" He pointed to the prescription and said, "Young master has dysentery, and the medicine prescribed by Mr. Cheng uses the method of internal heat and external reach, which is meant to expel the evil heat from the body. But look at this prescription, it's actually a solidifying agent! The evil heat in the body is already too much, and we should be afraid that it won't be expelled, how can we still keep it inside? If young master takes this medicine, not only will his illness not improve, but it may even get worse. This prescription absolutely cannot be used!"

  The doctor sitting in the hall said it with absolute certainty, just short of tearing up the prescription in front of Wang Youcai!

  Wang Youcai furrowed his brow and said, "My son also said that this medicine is an imitation of Peach Blossom Decoction, it's actually used to solidify... uh, something. Anyway, it's not to solidify the foundation!" He didn't quite understand medical terminology.

  "It's a solid, astringent and consolidating meaning!" The doctor in the hall snorted with his nose, shook his head, returned the prescription to Wang Youcai, and said: "Let's follow Mr. Cheng's prescription at home and take a few more doses, guaranteed to get better!"

  Wang Youcai also shook his head and said, "Mr. Cheng's prescription is naturally good, but my son's condition worsened after taking the medicine. I think it's better to change the prescription. If it still doesn't work, then we can ask Mr. Cheng to take another look. Just follow this prescription to prepare the medicine, and also find a young man to accompany me on the way, let him go to my house to decoct the medicine!"

  The doctor's face was difficult to look at, the most annoying thing for a doctor is this kind of patient, who has his own ideas, doesn't listen to medical advice, takes medicine randomly, and ends up blaming the doctor for not stopping him. But Wang Youcai was no ordinary patient's family member, he was a well-known wealthy man in Xuzhou, so the doctor couldn't say anything unpleasant, and could only say: "Mr. Wang, why don't you wait a bit, my colleague Mr. Cheng might be back soon, let him take a look at this prescription, wouldn't that be better?"

  Wang Youcai's eyes lit up and he asked: "Could it be that there is an even better prescription for becoming a divine doctor, one that you didn't give to my son last time?"

  The doctor hastily shook his head like a rattle drum, and bitterly smiled: "How could that be possible? My master has already given you the best prescription, how could we possibly use an inferior one to deceive you?"

  "Let's forget it! Since there is no better way, why should I wait here? Hurry up and get the medicine ready, I still have to go home and take care of my son!" said Wang Youcai.

  The doctor in the hall saw that he couldn't persuade him, and said with a sigh: "Mr. Wang, let's talk about the ugly things first. If your young master takes this prescription, his condition will worsen, and something unbearable will happen. Don't blame us medicine sellers at that time. We only sold you the medicine, but didn't write the prescription!

  Wang Youcai hesitated, as the saying goes, "worrying leads to trouble". If this matter were to be placed on someone else's shoulders, he could say with absolute certainty: "It's none of your business, I'll take full responsibility for all consequences!" But it was his only son who had fallen ill, and he was really afraid that Fangzi's method would not work, and would harm his son's life. If that happened, he himself would have to hang himself in regret!

  Seeing him hesitate, the doctor said: "Otherwise, follow the prescription written by my master and take a few more doses of medicine back to give to the young master?"

  Wang Youcai immediately shook his head. Whether the prescription opened by his son Wang Ping'an was effective or not was still unknown, but he was very clear that the prescription opened by Cheng Shi was almost choking his son to death, how could that be called effective?

  He said: "You'd better follow this prescription and prepare the medicine, then send a shop assistant to go with me. Alternatively, you can come with me for a trip."

  The doctor in the hall sighed and said, "I'm not free to go, but I'll send the best apprentice from my store to accompany you!" He left the inner hall and personally went outside to prepare the medicine. Before long, he brought in three bundles of medicine and handed them over to Wang Youcai, saying, "Mr. Wang, if you don't listen to my advice, then I have no choice. This is the medicine you asked for. The other two doses are a purgative and an emetic. If the young master takes the medicine and feels unwell, hurry up and give him the other two doses to expel the residual medicine from his body. However, since the young master has been ill for so long, with vomiting and diarrhea, I'm afraid he must be suffering greatly!"

  Wang Youcai took the medicine package, sighed and said: "Thank you for thinking ahead, if there's an accident, I'll send someone to invite Cheng Shen Yi immediately!" After paying for the medicine, he left the door, got on the carriage and returned to Wuli Village.

  The doctor who sat in the hall saw him off to the door, gazing at the distant carriage, shaking his head and sighing: "It's really as the saying goes, good advice is hard to give to a doomed ghost! They can't even eat properly, let alone take medicine randomly! What a good child, stuck with such a father!" He returned to the inner hall, thought for a moment, picked up his brush and quietly wrote down the prescription from earlier, preparing to show it to the divine doctor when he returned.

  Wang Youcai sat in the carriage, rushing all the way back to his own mansion. As soon as he entered the door, he asked about his son. The servants came forward to report that the young master was fine, but it seemed that he had another accident.

  Wang Youcai asked the apprentice from Jishengtang Pharmacy to decoct the medicine, and he went back to his bedroom to see his wife. He repeated what the doctor had said. Yang heard it and also started to get worried, fearing that her son's prescription was not suitable. The two of them came to Wang Ping'an's study together.

  Wang Pingan was suffering terribly at this time, he had dysentery, and diarrhea was inevitable. Moreover, he took the wrong medicine, which made it even more severe. After having diarrhea once, he had it twice again. The first time he could still get out of bed, but the last two times he couldn't even get out of bed and had to have diarrhea directly on the bed. Fortunately, Ding Dan was by his side to take care of him, wiping and changing his sheets. If not, he would have been in a terrible state.

  Wang Youcai and Yang entered the study, saw their son lying still with a pale face, his eyes tightly closed, and hurriedly asked Ding Danruo. The little girl explained the situation, and Wang Youcai and Yang's faces also turned white, thinking in unison: "The medicine given by Cheng is absolutely not to be taken!" The medicine was ineffective, and Cheng Shen became Cheng immediately.

  Although Yang was a woman, she acted more decisively than men. She said, "Old man, just take the medicine according to your son's prescription! If anything happens to my son, I won't live either, and I'll follow him to the netherworld to take care of him!"

  "What's the point of saying this? It's useless! Completely useless!"

  The two of them ignored the stench and sat down beside the bed, looking at Wang Ping'an. Wang Ping'an heard their conversation and opened his eyes, saying: "Father, Mother, did you bring back the medicine?"

  Yang said hastily: "Catch it back, your father has someone cooking it, it'll be ready soon."

  Wang Youcai said: "Peace be with you, where did you get that prescription from? Is it really effective? Has anyone used it before?"

  Wang Ping'an lay on the bed, forcing a faint smile. His body was too weak and he couldn't laugh properly. He said: "Not only is it effective, but after taking this medicine, I can stop diarrhea in an hour, and four hours... two hours later, I can get out of bed and eat. After that, take two doses a day for two days, and the illness will be cured within three days. This is a quick-acting prescription, definitely no problem."

  Dysentery was indeed a fatal disease in the Tang Dynasty, but after more than 1,000 years, traditional medicine had thoroughly studied this disease and there were countless classic prescriptions. If Wang Ping'an couldn't even prescribe an effective prescription, how could he still be called a young divine doctor?

  Yang wiped away her tears and said, "I hope so, my son is a lucky person with a good fate, how can he be affected by such a small illness..." Her voice was choked with emotion, she couldn't continue speaking, and could only wipe away her tears.

  Wang Youcai sighed, he didn't believe his son's words. He had been ill for over a month, taking countless medicines, and even the best doctors in Xuzhou City couldn't cure him. His son prescribed medicine himself, saying that he would be fully recovered in three days. How was this possible? Was it not the soup medicine he was drinking, but rather the heavenly elixir from above?

  After a while, the apprentice of Jisheng Hall finished brewing the medicine and asked the servant to bring it in. He also followed him over. The young apprentice stood outside the study door and dared not come in, but said: "Master Wang, Mrs. Wang, the middle bowl is the medicine you want, the left one is a laxative, and the right one is an emetic, don't take the wrong one!"

  Wang Ping'an was helped up by Ding Danruo, he hummed softly and thought to himself: "What a mess! What's the point of taking laxatives? I'm already having diarrhea in bed, if I take this, won't my rectum be pulled out?" He drank several large mouthfuls of the medicine he had made for himself, then lay back down on the bed, closed his eyes and rested.

  The young shopkeeper shook his head and sighed, thinking to himself: "Spoiling a child is not done this way. He prescribes medicine for himself and says it's good, but you actually dare to let him take it? Taking medicine randomly will bring trouble upon yourselves!"

  The servants of the Wang family were all waiting outside the study, and they had all heard that the young master was prescribing his own medicine. Moreover, it seemed that the prescription he wrote was not quite right, but Master and Mistress Wang really let him take it. Could it be that they saw how much pain the young master was in and thought it would be better to end his suffering quickly rather than letting him suffer for a long time?

  Wang Ping'an lay on the bed for half a watch, and strangely, he didn't ejaculate once during this time. Wang Youcai and Yang watched with their own eyes, both thinking to themselves, could it be that this medicine really has some effect?

  After a while, Wang Ping'an opened his eyes and said: "Change all the bedding, I'm uncomfortable lying in this dampness." As he spoke, he slowly sat up, lifted the quilt, and got out of bed without anyone's help!

  Inside and outside the study room, a burst of astonished gasps!

  Ginkgo and Codonopsis Pilose Fish (Brain Tonic Dish)

  Ingredients: 15g of gastrodia, 15g of astragalus, 9g of white atractylodes, 6g of polygonatum, 1 fresh fish, ginger and scallion in appropriate amount.

  Method: First, put astragalus, white peony, and licorice root into a pot, add two bowls of water, boil for 15 minutes, filter out the dregs and set aside. Soak gastrodia in hot water for 10 minutes and set aside. Rinse the fish clean, scald it with boiling water, place it on a plate, pour in the Chinese medicine liquid, add gastrodia and ginger shreds, steam over high heat for 10 minutes, then sprinkle with scallions and sesame oil before serving.

  Invigorates the brain and tonifies intelligence, calms convulsions and spasms, nourishes and strengthens.