I Can Also See a Doctor

In Guangling City, Huang Qianjun was the foremost evil young master.

His nature was violent, vicious, arrogant, and domineering, and there was no telling how many wicked deeds he had done under his command.

Having such an evil young master come calling as a guest was absolutely like the King of Hell showing up at your door!

Wu Yong had still been furious earlier, but now his body had gone stiff, his expression shifting between dark and pale, and his legs seemed filled with lead. He no longer dared to leave.

Huang Qianjun smiled leisurely and said, "If you've thought it through, stay here honestly and obediently listen to Brother Su. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind sending someone to your home to greet your family."

This bastard was even planning to go after my family?

Wu Yong's eyes bulged. Then he slumped, completely wilted, and slunk back to his original spot.

Su Yi couldn't help shaking his head to himself. Why couldn't people just talk properly? Why did they insist on being beaten into submission by a villain before lowering their heads? What was the point?

"Rein it in."

Su Yi glanced at Huang Qianjun.

Huang Qianjun hurriedly nodded with a fawning smile. "Brother Su's lesson is right."

When the lean middle-aged man and the others saw this, a chill ran through their hearts.

After learning that Su Yi was going to take charge of Apricot Yellow Medical Hall, they had already made up their minds to use every means possible to squeeze Su Yi out.

No one wanted to serve an insignificant son-in-law.

But after all their countless calculations, they had never expected that Su Yi would actually have a notorious vicious dog following at his side!

They dared offend Su Yi, but how could they dare offend the son of the Huang Family patriarch?

At this moment, even if Huang Qianjun beat them all to a pulp, the Wen Family likely wouldn't be of much help!

"Young Master-in-law, we absolutely have no intention of opposing you. Please rest assured of that."

The lean middle-aged man took a deep breath, cupped his fist in salute, and his attitude had reined in considerably.

"You misunderstand. I'm not set on keeping all of you."

Su Yi shook his head and said with a calm expression, "From now on, anyone whose Indentured Servitude Contract was signed to Wen Changqing's family may all leave."

When he came to Apricot Yellow Medical Hall, he had already known that this place had always been controlled by Wen Changqing's branch.

Now that this was already his Su Yi's territory, he naturally had to cleanse it first, so as to avoid having a few nails hidden at his side and causing needless trouble in the future.

"What?"

Some people's expressions immediately changed.

The lean middle-aged man couldn't help advising him, "Young Master-in-law, isn't this a little improper? After all, even if they sold themselves to Second Master Wen, they're still members of the Wen Family. By doing this, aren't you chilling people's hearts?"

Su Yi sat there quietly and no longer spoke.

Huang Qianjun immediately realized that it was his turn to step forward. He gave a dry cough, swept his gaze over everyone, and said:

"Everyone, you'd best not make things difficult for my Brother Su!"

This evil young master's words carried plenty of threat.

Very soon, some people left. Some were dejected, some resentful, some hateful...

But when they left, none of them dared utter a sound.

After all, if they provoked Huang Qianjun, what if he went to their homes as a guest?

In the end, only seven of the old hands in Apricot Yellow Medical Hall remained.

That lean middle-aged man was named Hu Quan. He was the steward of Apricot Yellow Medical Hall and had not signed an Indentured Servitude Contract with the Wen Family.

However, though he had not left, he clearly harbored resentment toward Su Yi. His face had remained dark the whole time, extremely unsightly.

Aside from Hu Quan, the others were all roles like medicine apprentices and hired hands.

"Where is Physician Wu?"

Su Yi suddenly asked.

He remembered that before, an old physician named Wu Guangbin had sat in charge of Apricot Yellow Medical Hall. He was a famous doctor trusted by the city's common people and had quite a reputation in Guangling City.

Hu Quan's attitude was perfunctory as he said, "Old Wu happened to catch a chill last night and is unwell. He's recuperating at home."

After a pause, he continued, "As for the medical hall's other two physicians, one returned to his hometown yesterday to visit family, and the other went to Fallen Cloud City on the opposite bank of the Great Cang River to visit friends. At present, neither is in the medical hall."

Even Huang Qianjun couldn't help sneering. "There are three physicians in total, and all of them happen to be away with their own affairs. Isn't that a little too coincidental?"

Hu Quan put on an expression that said it had nothing to do with him and replied, "I wouldn't know about that. But no matter what, without physicians holding the fort, I'm afraid our Apricot Yellow Medical Hall will have to close its doors and suspend business for today..."

But then Su Yi suddenly spoke. "Keep the doors open. We can start receiving patients now."

Hu Quan and the others were all stunned.

Su Yi tapped the table and said indifferently, "It's only treating ordinary commoners. I can do it too."

Pfft!

A young servant couldn't hold back his laughter.

The others' expressions also turned strange. Clearly, they too had taken Su Yi's words as a joke.

Huang Qianjun's face darkened, and he barked, "What are you laughing at? Hurry up and call in the patients waiting in line outside!"

He had a blind confidence in Su Yi.

"Then we really must witness the young master's medical attainments for ourselves."

Hu Quan's expression was cold as he instructed two young servants to go outside the main hall and usher in the patients.

Soon, a white-haired old woman walked in. Her gaze swept around the room. "Where is Old Mr. Wu Guangbin?"

"He isn't here. I can examine you."

Behind the counter, Su Yi spoke casually.

But the old woman merely glanced at him, then shook her head and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Hu Quan and the others' expressions grew even stranger. They were ready to sit back and enjoy a fine spectacle.

Su Yi did not care in the slightest. "Next."

A burly man built like an iron tower walked in. When he learned that Physician Wu Guangbin was not there, he could not help shaking his head in disappointment and cursed, "Why didn't you say so earlier? Wasting my damn time!"

Then he turned and left.

"Young master, look at this..."

Hu Quan held back his laughter and spoke up. In his view, if this continued, it would definitely turn into a case of asking for humiliation.

"Next."

Su Yi said indifferently, his expression not changing in the slightest.

"Brother Su, I'll go call people in."

Huang Qianjun had quite the talent for playing the lackey. Seeing the situation, he turned and rushed out of the Apricot Yellow Medical Hall.

Only to see that the crowd lined up waiting to see a doctor was already less than half of what it had been before.

"Let's go. Old Physician Wu isn't here."

"Who knows what Apricot Yellow Medical Hall is thinking? They actually let that Son-in-law of the Wen Family sit for consultations. They've simply gone mad!"

...Amid the crowd's discussions, people continued to leave one after another.

"This won't do. It's Brother Su's first day in his new post—how can he be left warming the cold bench? If that happens, wouldn't it make me, his subordinate, look far too useless?"

A fierce look appeared on Huang Qianjun's face. He walked down the stone steps at the entrance, swept his gaze over the patients who had not yet left, and said coldly:

"All of you, line up properly and wait! Whoever dares leave on their own, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Those patients were almost all ordinary commoners. They were immediately frightened by this wastrel Huang Qianjun, and not a single one dared move.

"You there. Go get examined."

Huang Qianjun stretched out a hand and pointed at a sallow, skinny old man.

"I..."

The old man was rather panicked, inwardly crying bitterly without end.

"Old Man, to be examined by my Brother Su is an enormous stroke of fortune, like green smoke rising from your ancestral grave. Don't fail to appreciate what's good for you!"

Huang Qianjun said viciously.

The old man looked miserable and walked into the Apricot Yellow Medical Hall as if he had lost his soul.

Hu Quan and the others had long since seen all this, and they could not help secretly shaking their heads.

This wastrel was simply being unreasonable. Since when was there any logic in forcing people to see a doctor?

Arriving at the medical hall, the old man said with a bitter face, "Physician Su, I'm fine everywhere. I don't need a doctor at all. Do you think... you could let me leave first?"

Su Yi shook his head and said, "You're ill."

"I'm not ill." The old man craned his neck and argued.

"No, you're ill."

"I really am not ill!" The old man was about to cry.

Hu Quan and the others nearly burst out laughing. How absurd was this scene?

Su Yi rose and came before the old man. "Recently, your nighttime cough has grown worse, your body is weary and your mind fatigued, and you often feel chills and sharp pain. Correct?"

"How did you know?" The old man froze, no longer caring about his worries.

Hu Quan and the others also looked at Su Yi, somewhat surprised.

Diagnosing and treating patients was nothing more than the four words: looking, listening, asking, and feeling the pulse.

But even a famous physician like Wu Guangbin, who had immersed himself in the medical arts for a lifetime, still had to inquire and take the pulse before he could understand a patient's condition.

Yet now, Su Yi had done nothing, but he seemed to have stated that old man's symptoms all at once!

"There's a problem with your lungs. Added to your old age and weakened body, it led to these symptoms."

Su Yi said casually.

To him, who possessed the memories of his previous life, merely treating ordinary commoners was simply all too easy.

The old man stood dazed for a moment, then suddenly grew excited and said in a trembling voice, "Young Master Su, then how should this illness of mine be treated?"

A trace of eager anticipation had already appeared in his expression.

Su Yi returned behind the desk, picked up brush and paper, wrote out a prescription, and handed it to a nearby servant. "Go prepare the medicine."

The servant took the prescription, but hesitated somewhat.

"Bring it here and let me see."

Hu Quan stepped forward and gave it a brief look, then could not help falling silent, his heart unable to calm for a long while.

Though he was no physician, he had worked at Apricot Yellow Medical Hall for many years, after all, and with a single glance he judged that this prescription was practically like one written by a famed master who had practiced medicine for many years, deeply versed in the principles of monarch, minister, assistant, and envoy!

"Go prepare the medicine for this old gentleman."

After a while, Hu Quan handed the prescription to the servant, then took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Son-in-law, this lowly one underestimated your abilities earlier. I hope you will forgive my offense."

Everyone else was startled at the sight.

As the steward, Hu Quan held an extremely high position, second only to the shopkeeper.

Yet now, he actually seemed to have been convinced by a prescription Su Yi had casually written!

Su Yi said calmly, "It's only a prescription. It doesn't count for anything. Next."

Standing at the doorway, Huang Qianjun immediately sprang into action. "You there, hurry up and come in!"

The one called in this time was a man with a deathly pale face, pain showing on his features.

Su Yi only glanced at him, then took a silver needle from the desk. Before the man could even react, he had already pierced it into different acupoints on his arm.

In merely a moment, the pain between the man's brows eased and vanished, replaced by surprise and delight. He said:

"It doesn't hurt anymore! I went to more than ten medical halls in the city and none of them worked. I never thought Young Master Su would cure me with just a few needle pricks!"

He kept swinging his arm, delighted and excited.

Hu Quan and the others could not help being moved. Their brows were filled with shock, and the way they looked at Su Yi changed.

Using acupuncture to heal injuries?

They had never expected that this son-in-law of theirs, whose status was so unbearable, would actually have such a skill hidden away!

"Acupuncture treats the symptoms but not the root. Go and get a few more doses of medicine."

Su Yi wrote another prescription and handed it over.

This time, the servant was incomparably nimble, immediately going to prepare the medicine.

"Next."

"Next."

"Next."

...For the time that followed, it completely became Su Yi's one-man performance.

Whenever a patient came in, there was no need to ask about their condition at all before the cause and symptoms of their illness were laid bare. All of those patients were shocked and full of admiration.

Then came writing prescriptions, preparing medicine, collecting money...

From beginning to end, Su Yi's expression remained calm, like an emotionless puppet seeing patients.

As for Hu Quan and the others from Apricot Yellow Medical Hall, they were all dumbstruck.

After living all these years, this was still the first time they had ever seen someone see patients like this!

Outside Apricot Yellow Medical Hall, it also caused a tremendous sensation.

As patient after patient was treated and left, they also spread the news. In the end, there was no need for Huang Qianjun to threaten anyone anymore; those waiting to see a doctor all crowded together there, fighting and scrambling to have Su Yi examine them.

That eager, bustling scene left even Huang Qianjun clicking his tongue in wonder. As expected of my Brother Su—even his methods for treating illness and saving lives are this tough!

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PS: Huang Qianjun: "Whoever doesn't vote, I'm going to pay a visit to their house~"