Huangfu Jingchen glanced at Xia Wenjin. He was not a doctor, and in this regard, he definitely couldn’t explain things as clearly as Xia Wenjin could.
Xia Wenjin cupped his hands and bowed, saying: "Mayor, I am a doctor. Passing through your town, I discovered so strange symptoms. After falling ill, patients cough up blood, grow weak, and quickly beco bedridden. So who fell ill early have already passed away. There have been particularly many cases of this illness in the past few days. The town has only one clinic, operated by Doctor Zhang, and only he has sowhat decent dical skills. I urge the mayor to take this seriously!"
The mayor cast him a glance, eyes expressing disbelief, took a sip of tea, and arrogantly said: "What do you two outsiders know? You’re making a fuss over nothing at such a young age. Our town experiences miasma poisoning every year; it’s not sothing unusual. It’s only you outsiders who don’t know the situation and make such a fuss about it!"
Xia Wenjin patiently said, "This ti, so of the symptoms indeed point to miasma poisoning, but so do not. This illness is similar to miasma poisoning, hidden within the symptoms, and is easy to overlook. If we were to delay any longer, the consequences would be unimaginable!"
"Unimaginable? How so?"
Xia Wenjin replied, "This illness is contagious!"
Upon hearing the word contagious, the mayor’s brow twitched as he asked, "Contagious? Fatal?"
"Yes!"
The mayor’s slightly cloudy eyes scrutinized Xia Wenjin, then abruptly asked, "Are you a doctor?"
Xia Wenjin replied, "Yes!"
"How many years have you been practicing dicine?"
Xia Wenjin: "..."
How many years had she been practicing dicine? Not even one. In her previous life, she was the legitimate wife of the Imperial Grandson and, by chance, t skilled masters, becoming proficient in dical and toxic skills, but she never formally practiced dicine. This life is the sa.
Seeing Xia Wenjin at a loss for words, the mayor disdainfully said, "You young kids without a bit of experience dare to call yourselves doctors? How many patients have you seen, how many illnesses do you know? And yet you dare to speak recklessly here?"
Huangfu Jingchen said, "Mayor, as the leader of this town, haven’t you considered the possibility of this matter? If it’s true, do you know how serious the consequences could be?"
The mayor beca furious, "Do you know how serious the consequences are of creating panic and spreading rumors?"
Huangfu Jingchen’s voice was icy, "If that’s the case, we accept the punishnt willingly!"
"Hmph, what use is punishing you?" If rumors really start, even the mayor’s position wouldn’t be secure. These two younglings, speaking of strange illnesses and contagion at the drop of a hat, truly don’t know the imnsity of heaven and earth.
He snorted, raised his voice, and called, "Soone co!"
The butler ca in, "Master!"
The mayor, full of authority, said, "Call Zhang Jiantang over! I need to speak with him!"
The butler agreed and quickly left.
The mayor looked down at Huangfu Jingchen and Xia Wenjin. If they weren’t so distinguished-looking and unafraid before him, he’d have already had them thrown out.
Now, calling Zhang Jiantang to speak was already giving them enough respect; if they spoke nonsense, he wouldn’t just stand idly by!
Soon, Doctor Zhang ca jogging in.
He bowed deeply to the mayor, bending so low he almost kneeled, and fawned, "Lord Wang, what do you need from ?"
Mayor Wang glanced at him, then at Huangfu Jingchen and Xia Wenjin.
Zhang Jiantang quickly guessed that it must be sothing these two had said and hurriedly added, "Lord, please be discerning. I’ve always practiced dicine with integrity and never cheated or extorted consultation fees. Please don’t believe gossip!"
In his guilty conscience, he thought Huangfu Jingchen had reported him to the mayor.
Mayor Wang reprimanded, "Don’t bring up your petty matters. I’m asking if there are many patients in town?"
Hearing it wasn’t about extorting fees, Zhang Jiantang’s eyes rolled, "Lord, you know our town always has patients with miasma poisoning every sumr, especially after heavy rains. Lately, there have been a few more patients, keeping extrely busy. I hardly make anything beyond a bit of toil money!"
Mayor Wang asked, "Is it miasma poisoning, or is there another illness?"
"All miasma poisoning, so heat strokes, headaches, feverish children, no major illnesses, no major illnesses!"
Mayor Wang cast a sidelong glance at Xia Wenjin, his eyes full of warning, growing visibly stern, clearly about to scold her for rumors.
Xia Wenjin looked at Zhang Jiantang, "Doctor Zhang, have you heard of epidemics?"
Zhang Jiantang’s face changed, like he’d been insulted, but after glancing at Huangfu Jingchen, he curbed his anger, "As a doctor, how could I not know of epidemics? Isn’t it just the sumr plague?"
Xia Wenjin slowly said, "I suspect soone has contracted an epidemic, yet this epidemic closely resembles miasma poisoning and was overlooked by you!"
"Hu Shuo!" Zhang Jiantang couldn’t hold back, turned to Mayor Wang, "Mayor, don’t believe this. Look at his young age. Even if he started learning dicine from the womb, it’s only been a few years. I began studying dicine at thirteen, mastered it in five years, and have practiced for thirty years. With such experience, I can recognize illnesses at a glance. How could I not tell the difference between miasma poisoning and an epidemic?"
Xia Wenjin’s face darkened, speaking coldly, "Are you certain there’s no error in your diagnosis? If there is one, can you bear the consequences?"
Seeing Xia Wenjin’s eyes so deep, seemingly carrying a lethal air, Zhang Jiantang wanted to say he could, but hesitated when recalling the gleaming long sword once pressed against his neck, sneaked a glance at Huangfu Jingchen, and hesitated, "There’s no mistake in my diagnosis, but there might be patients who didn’t see . How would I know what illness they have?"
This neither denied Xia Wenjin’s words nor implicated himself.
Mayor Wang was furious; he called Zhang Jiantang to refute Xia Wenjin’s words. He did not trust a kid who still slled of milk, but what Zhang Jiantang said wasn’t definitive?
Mayor Wang stared at Zhang Jiantang, "Then why haven’t you investigated it yet?"
No matter how proud he was, he knew as the leader that an epidemic in his area was a grave matter.
He didn’t trust Xia Wenjin; the matter was thus given to Zhang Jiantang.
Zhang Jiantang was full of resentnt, secretly glaring at Xia Wenjin.
"You outsider, why are you so troubleso? What epidemic?"
Making things sound so severe seed just a ploy to garner attention; youngsters these days barely understood respecting their elders.
What benefit is this to them? An epidemic, my foot!
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