The Road to Fame as an Imperial Physician

After Wen Changheng finished his work, he searched around the shop and found no trace of Xie Lingbai, didn't he come here together just now?

"Boss, what are you looking for?"

Uncle Gu came over and asked, Wen Changheng replied, "Where's Xie Lingbai?"

"Xiao Xie just went out after receiving his wages, and he hasn't come back yet." After finishing speaking, Uncle Gu clapped his hands and said, "Oh, that's too bad, maybe he thinks that I gave him less wages, so he is angry ? When I gave it to him just now, he asked it several times."

Wen Changheng remembered that Uncle Chen seemed to have said that Xie Lingbai wanted to raise his wages before, could it be because he felt that his wages were low?

"Although Young Master Xie has been living in the house for the past one or two months, he has no worries about food and clothing, but people have needs after all, and it may be really inconvenient to be penniless."

Wei Ze speculated from the side, and Wen Changheng pondered for a while before ordering: "Send someone out to look for it."

"Yes……"

Unknowingly, Xie Lingbai and Zhao Lingrui are now wandering around the quarantine area. The quarantine area is located in a relatively remote abandoned residential area in the north of the city.

"How do we get in?"

Zhao Lingrui has a big head. There are so many guards, so he can't just break in.

"I have a way, come with me."

Xie Lingbai led him towards the entrance, and was stopped by the yamen guards as soon as he got there, one of them asked: "Young Master Xie, this is not the place you should go in."

"Do you know that I'm working in Wenfu now?"

The yamen servant nodded, and Xie Lingbai continued: "Just know, my master asked me to ask the doctors if there is any shortage of medicinal materials, and what is missing, so that I can send them over."

Those yamen servants looked at each other, then stepped out of the way, handed them two pieces of white scarves, and said, "Use this to cover your mouth and nose to avoid infection."

Xie Lingbai blinked at Zhao Lingrui, and the two of them took the towels to cover their faces, and walked in like that.

After going in and walking a few steps, I felt that the atmosphere inside was extremely depressing. In the dilapidated house, the so-called bed was just a few wooden boards, accompanied by the sound of painful wailing.

"You two hurry up and bring the water over there."

Seeing that the two of them were idle, a doctor assigned them some work. Xie Lingbai and Zhao Lingrui responded and walked towards the direction the doctor pointed. After walking for a while, they saw a well, and a man was fetching water. .

"Need help?"

"These buckets of water have to be sent over there for boiling medicine."

"it is good……"

Xie Lingbai and Zhao Lingrui carried a bucket of water to the people who boiled water and boiled medicine. It seemed that the apprentices from every medical center were helping here.

Xie Lingbai put down the bucket and muttered deliberately: "I don't know how the doctors are doing their research..."

The person who boiled the water replied: "How can it be so fast? Besides, the number of patients is increasing, and I don't know what will happen."

Zhao Lingrui asked: "Did Master Zhang not report to the court?"

"As far as our small town is concerned, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Even if it is reported, no one may take care of it. Besides, far away water cannot save a nearby fire."

Zhao Lingrui frowned, it's not good to go on like this, even if it's remote, it's still the people of Xi Kingdom, the people of their Zhao family.

"Someone here to help."

Suddenly there was a voice, Xie Lingbai went out and saw that there was an apprentice supporting a patient, but it might be because of the disparity in size that he couldn't help him at all.

"what happened?"

Xie Lingbai walked over to help him up together, the man said: "He said just now that he felt bored and wanted to go out for a walk, but he fainted after walking a few steps."

"Which way to help?"

"there."

The two people helped the patient walk into the house, carefully placed him on a wooden board covered with a quilt, and then covered him with the quilt.

"It's hot..."

"Oops, Master said that only serious patients will be accompanied by symptoms of high fever. I have to report his condition to Master."

The apprentice got up and left after speaking. Xie Lingbai looked at the person in front of him who was in pain even though he was unconscious, and really wanted to help this time.

He got up and walked out of the house, looked left and right but couldn't see Zhao Lingrui, and asked the apprentice who was boiling water: "Did you see the person who came with me just now?"

"He asked me to tell you that he left earlier."

"Leaving?" Xie Lingbai was a little puzzled, why did he suddenly leave in such a hurry?He took a few steps forward, and finally saw several doctors who were studying the condition.

"Doctor Liu, how is the situation?"

Dr. Liu felt that the voice was familiar, and he said with some doubts: "You are..."

Xie Lingbai tore off the white cloth covering his mouth and nose, Dr. Liu was a little surprised: "Young Master Xie, why are you here?"

"I want to see if there is anything that can help. I have been reading medical books recently. Although my medical skills are not on the table, I can distinguish the basic medicinal materials."

The doctors looked at each other, although the credibility of this statement is very low, but recently I heard that Xie Lingbai was working in the Yucaoxuan in the Wen Mansion, and he might have some understanding of medicinal materials, and there are not enough people to help. It's also a good thing.

"This time the epidemic is very strange, and we are also looking for the source of the disease. Since you want to help, follow them to grind the medicinal materials."

"it is good……"

"But remember to cover your mouth and nose when in contact with patients, and remember to fumigate with mugwort leaves before going out later."

"I see."

Xie Lingbai used to work with two people who were grinding medicinal materials. While grinding, they listened carefully to several doctors discussing the illness and the solution.

It was almost dark when he finished his work, thinking that he didn't say hello to Wen Changheng when he came out this time, so he ran to the door and smoked it with mugwort leaves, and then went out.

He bought some small snacks before he came here, but because he entered the quarantine area, he didn't dare to take them back for Xie Jinqing to eat, so he just threw them away and bought a few more.

"The madam is back, the master is going crazy."

The guards at the gate of Wen's mansion had a thankful expression when they saw Xie Lingbai's return. Xie Lingbai was a little surprised: "What's wrong, master?"

"It's not a big deal, but many people have been sent out to look for you, so I just went to Xixia Lake to retrieve the corpse."

"Filling the corpse? Why are you looking for me to fish the corpse?"

"It's not because I'm afraid that you won't be able to think about jumping into the lake."

Xie Lingbai was speechless for a while, why he couldn't think about it?After he entered the mansion, he didn't go to Wen Changheng, but went back to the guest room, took a bath and changed into clean clothes.

"Brother, where have you been?"

Xie Jinqing heard that Xie Lingbai was back, so he went back to the guest room, Xie Lingbai fastened his clothes, and replied: "I just went to buy you something to eat, it's on the table."

Xie Jinqing went to the table and opened the paper bag, looked at it, and asked doubtfully, "Have you been shopping for food all afternoon?"

"Eh...I went to several places to buy all of them."

Xie Jinqing was dubious, but he was still very happy to have snacks. Xie Lingbai thought for a while, walked over to take a small portion, and said, "I'll give this to the master to taste."

"it is good……"

Seeing that Xie Jinqing had no objection, he took one of them and went to Wen Changheng's study. Wen Changheng naturally heard that he was back, so he was not surprised to see him come in.

"Master, did you send someone to look for me?"

Wen Changheng raised his eyes and looked at him: "Where did you go?"

"I got my wages today and went to buy some food for Xiao Jin. Here, I also prepared one for you."

Wen Changheng stared at the snack for a while, then got up, went to the cabinet, opened the drawer, took out a small brocade box, and handed it to Xie Lingbai.

"what is this?"

Xie Lingbai took it and opened it to take a look, only to see a small jade seal lying inside, with the words "Wen Changheng Seal" engraved on the bottom of the seal.

"It's your seal, why give it to me?"

"I have another one."

Xie Lingbai was at a loss, and really didn't understand what it meant. Wen Changheng explained: "When you are in the mansion, you don't need my consent to go to the cashier with this seal to pay the money; when you are outside the mansion, you can also directly Go to the bank to get money."

"Give me such a valuable thing?"

Xie Lingbai couldn't believe it, and said: "Master, are you not afraid that I will ruin all your property?"

Wen Changheng looked indifferent: "Money is something outside of the body, it's meant to be spent."

Xie Lingbai was a little worried that he would catch the epidemic after going to the quarantine area. How could he still have hallucinations? !He pinched his thigh.

"Oh... shit, it's true!"

Wen Changheng looked at him speechlessly, Xie Lingbai still felt a little uneasy, would the pie in the sky really happen this day?It's just incredible.

"Master, so I don't have to pay back the more than 1000 taels I owe you?"

"It's only natural to pay back the debt. Of course, you have to pay it back. I heard from Uncle Gu that he paid you wages this time. Forget it this time. From now on, it will be gone."

"Then what if I need money in an emergency?"

Wen Changheng glanced at the seal in his hand, Xie Lingbai tentatively said: "That is to say, my future wages will be used to repay the debt, and if I need money, I can use this seal to get it from the cashier or bank?"

"Ah."

"Then, do you need to pay back the money you took out?"

"Need not."

What is the logic?Xie Lingbai felt that his intestines were going to be knotted, and his wages were used to pay off the debts. If he had no money to spend, he could go to the accountant to pay, so why not pay it back?

"Then I'll go to the account to pay 1000 taels and give it to you. Wouldn't it be the same as paying off the money I owed you before, and then I will have wages... Oops, it hurts..."

Xie Lingbai covered his head that had been hit by the book, and looked at Wen Changheng with some puzzlement. Wen Changheng took back the book in his hand, then went to the desk and sat down to read.

"Master, why did you hit me?"

"Go ahead."

Xie Lingbai snorted and said, "What's going on, what I said is obviously very reasonable——"

Xie Lingbai looked at the seal again as he spoke, not to mention the power of the seal, just the piece of jade engraved on the seal is enough to buy several houses.

"Master, you are indeed a profiteer, you have earned so much black-hearted money—"

A certain person behaved well after getting a bargain, Wen Changheng didn't bother to care what he said, Xie Lingbai saw that there was a small hole at the top of the seal, and thought about finding a rope to pass through later, the small seal was just right for hanging around his neck.

Carefully put away the seal, then ran to the bookshelf to look, "Master, are there any medical books about the epidemic?"

"What do you ask this for?"

"Uh, I'm just a little curious."

Wen Changheng warned without raising his head: "Regarding this epidemic, don't meddle in it."

"I'm just asking..." Xie Lingbai was a little guilty. He turned his head and glanced at Wen Changheng, then turned to look for medical books by himself. He was still thinking about going to help tomorrow...