Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 74: The Unfathomable Doctor Zhang

Qin Yun was extremely delighted to receive praise from his powerful uncle. He suddenly felt that his life had reached its peak and he felt a little elated.

But when he went down to claim his reward, he was taught a lesson by the servants of the Qin Mansion.

"Young nephew, please go back. There are so many people coming to our house every day to ask for rewards, and we are already overwhelmed by them. Even if you are a close relative of the master, you still need to see if you can handle things... Do you think you can do things?"

The servant of the Qin Mansion was named Qin Zhong. He was an old servant who had followed Qin Chang for many years. He was highly respected and was in charge of the accounts. He had a mocking look on his face towards Qin Yun.

Qin Yun stiffened his neck and said, "I have already done what my uncle asked me to do."

Qin Zhong said in a cold and disdainful tone: "You always come here empty-handed, claiming to be able to do things, but in fact you can't do anything. You just talk and wait for rewards. Don't we family members care about etiquette? From now on, when you come to your house, it will be polite for me to greet you with a smile."

"I……"

Qin Yun's handsome face turned red in an instant.

Since he became a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he has never given a gift to Qin Chang.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to send it, but he really doesn’t have the ability to do so.

Even though he works in the Jinyiwei and everyone has to give him face and he is in a very glorious position, that is all because he has an uncle who is the Prime Minister. When he comes to the Qin Mansion, all the people coming in and out of the gate are princes and nobles, but he, Qin Yun, always comes empty-handed. It would be strange if the servants of the Qin Mansion could think highly of him.

"Yes. Thank you for your help, Master Zhong."

Tan Yun was also very tactful.

Even if it was Qin Chang who gave the reward, he couldn't get around it at the execution level, and he was the one who brought the words, so the servants in the Qin Mansion could completely deny it.

If you have the guts, call Qin Chang here and ask him to personally tell you that he will give you a reward. Otherwise, if you bring the message down, how will we know whether it is true or false?

When Qin Yun walked out of the door, he still felt a little sad. He touched his shriveled purse and sighed helplessly: "It is said that people with poverty have low aspirations. I really shouldn't have such delusions. A toad wants to eat swan meat. I'd better do my job honestly."

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The twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month.

It was the New Year of the 23rd year of Chenghua, and the time point when the Taishan earthquake that Zhang Luanchen predicted would occur would soon arrive.

That afternoon, Zhang Luan was still planting medicine for people in the medicine shed. Looking at the long queue in front of him, Zhang Luan quickened his hands. Even though he had the help of Wang Ji and others, the enthusiastic flow of people was too dense.

The only way to test the truth is practice, and it takes time to realize the results of practice.

As the plague spread across the northern land, after Zhang Luan planted medicine in Xingji, smallpox seemed to have grown legs and could not enter the country except Xingji and even Hejian Prefecture. After a long period of fermentation, more and more people discovered that the magic medicine provided by Zhang Luan was very effective in preventing and treating smallpox.

What followed was that in the capital, common people lined up in long queues.

Just when Zhang Luan was busy, Shen Lu arrived and called him aside.

"Lai Zhan, it seems quite lively here, which shows that your career is flourishing...Please put aside the things at hand for now and go with me to see Minister Li." Shen Lu said.

Zhang Luan asked with a worried look on his face, "But is there any result on the Taishan earthquake?"

Shen Lu asked in surprise, "Are you so busy that you are confused? There are still two days before the day you mentioned... Even if Mount Tai is close to the capital, it will take at least three days for the news to be delivered... Come with me."

There were some things that Shen Lu was embarrassed to explain directly to Zhang Luan.

For example, tell him that if there had not been an earthquake in Mount Tai, Li Zisheng would no longer consider you as his confidant, and your plan to enter the Imperial Medical Service would have been ruined.

As a last resort, Zhang Luan briefly explained a few words to Wang Ji and took Shen Lu's carriage to Li's house.

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Li House.

Main hall.

Li Zisheng came out in person to receive Zhang Luan, and Shen Lu was allowed to sit in and listen. Li Zisheng, who was sitting in the host seat, had a relaxed and indifferent look on his face, and did not seem to have come to Zhang Luan to call him to account.

"Laizhan, today we are not going to talk about the Fang family's prophecies, but your ability to cure diseases and save lives... I have a note here, please take a look... I wonder if you can cure this disease?"

As he spoke, Li Zisheng took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his pocket.

Zhang Luan took it personally, and when he turned around and sat down, he opened it and was shocked. Although he couldn't recite the contents of the note, Zhang Luan could tell at a glance that it was almost exactly the same as the one Qin Yun had shown him a few days ago.

Seeing Zhang Luan's expression change drastically, Li Zisheng couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why, is this disease difficult to cure? Or... Lai Zhan, you can say whatever you want in front of me, but don't treat yourself as an outsider."

Zhang Luan understood immediately.

Li Zisheng was reminding him that if he still wanted to get into the ranks of court officials, he should put aside all his evil thoughts and be an honest man in front of me.

Just say whatever you have to say, don't hide it.

Zhang Luan asked, "Excuse me, whose diagnosis is this? Who is the noble in the palace?"

He didn't believe his son's words at all and thought that Zhang Yanling was just making up nonsense. What? Concubine Wan was sick? How could you tell the reason from a list?

Do you really think you are a demi-god?

Nonsence!

But when Li Zisheng showed him the list again, he immediately realized that what his son said was probably true.

From the Jinyiwei to Li Zisheng, they all cared about this man's illness, but were unwilling to tell him who he was right away. This was enough to show that this man's identity was both noble and difficult to tell outsiders. Isn't this just relying on Concubine Wan?
Li Zisheng shook his head unconsciously.

Obviously he had no intention of telling Zhang Luan the truth.

After a brief thought, Li Zisheng said, "Let's not worry about who he is for now. Tell me, can you cure this disease?"

Zhang Luan learned his lesson this time and answered decisively: "It's difficult to cure."

"Oh."

Li Zisheng felt relieved. It seemed that he had only been speculative from the beginning and asked Zhang Luan to take a look, but he did not say that Zhang Luan must go to treat the disease.

This is a case that many of the imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau are helpless to treat. Even if you, Zhang Luan, are very capable, I'm afraid you will be powerless to help.

Shen Lu, who was standing by, seemed to be calm and advised: "Laizhan, even if you can't cure it, you should think about it carefully and see if there is any way that will help the disease recover."

On the way here, Zhang Luan asked Shen Lu what happened, but Shen Lu said he had no idea.

At this time, Zhang Luan also believed that Shen Lu knew nothing, which was why he made this suggestion.

Zhang Luan smiled bitterly and said, "This is a liver and spleen disease. It needs to be taken care of. If something serious happens, like... a sudden outbreak, even a Daluo Immortal will find it difficult to save it."

"Not bad!"

Li Zisheng's eyes lit up and he praised, "Laizhan, you have never seen a patient, but you can describe the condition so accurately based on this note. It seems that you have real talent and knowledge... Originally, when I said that you could enter the Imperial Hospital, those doctors were quite dissatisfied. It can be seen from this that they are jealous of your talent."

Zhang Luan felt ashamed.

He thought to himself, these were just what my son said casually, but I didn't expect that they would come true.

Can this brat cure diseases?

At that time, he just glanced at the list casually, how could he tell that it was a liver and spleen disease?

It’s really evil!

Shen Lu was somewhat proud and said with a smile: "Laizhan is a student after all, and the Zhang family has also produced distinguished people, so it is not surprising that he has such outstanding performance."

"That is."

Li Zisheng smiled and nodded, looking at Zhang Luan with a little more appreciation in his eyes.

Originally, Li Zisheng was wary of Zhang Luan in terms of geomancy and feng shui, but as Zhang Luan demonstrated his superb skills in helping the world, Li Zisheng's attitude gradually changed.

After all, people with real talents will be favored everywhere.

"Laizhan, what else did you see on this note? Just tell me straight away... There are no outsiders here, just tell me what you see."

Li Zisheng's face was full of anticipation.

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