novelraw Chapter 219
Chapter 219
Chapter 219: The Medical Saint
As the current leader of the medical team assisting the disaster victims, Tan Lin was really short of manpower.
Upon hearing Old Yi’s words, he immediately admitted his mistake without a word.
“Old Yi’s words are too kind. You coming here to help the disaster victims is indeed what the world currently need. The government and the people of Huzhou will always remember your grace. It is I who worry about your health, so I hesitated before. Please forgive me…”
Although Lord Tan had little presence at the Imperial Medical Institute before—unable to recognize himself or find his position—being the gossip target day after day for a bunch of imperial physicians, how could he really be inflexible or thin-skinned?
People with thin skins just can’t stand all kinds of gossip and rumors.
Tan Lin was adaptable and flexible, bowing sincerely to apologize to Old Yi, earnestly asking, “There are many disaster victims right now. Considering the current situation, I’m afraid we lack doctors to treat them. May I ask where the place Old Yi mentioned is located? Please enlighten me.”
Alright, Old Yi was not a hard-hearted person after all. Traveling thousands of miles to respond to the Imperial Court’s call was precisely because of his compassionate heart as a healer.
Though earlier he was a bit annoyed at Lord Tan’s subtle disdain, now that Tan Lin apologized sincerely, appealing to emotions and reason so nicely, how could Old Yi still be unwilling?
With Lord Tan’s attitude of admitting his mistake and correcting it, Old Yi happily revealed, “I am from Qian County, Nuo Commandery. In the neighboring county of mine, there is a person with superb medical skills, whom I can call a Medical Saint…” Wow!
Truly impressive.
Before he even finished, upon hearing the words “Medical Saint,” Tan Lin’s eyes involuntarily lit up, and his breathing became rapid.
If Wei Yu were here and saw him like this, he would probably immediately resonate with him!
Tan Lin’s current demeanor was exactly how he always looked when he was trying to recruit people!
Listening carefully as Old Yi told him a lot about this yet-unmet Medical Saint, Tan Lin summarized through Old Yi’s mouth several key points:
First, this Medical Saint is a very kind-hearted person who often sees patients for free and who, if invited to treat disaster victims, would most likely agree.
Second, the Medical Saint lives in a remote mountain valley and has many medicine boys under her, so inviting her is basically like gaining a group of assistants.
Third and most importantly, this Medical Saint is a woman of unknown origin.
A woman doctor! Even though Tan Lin was from a family of medical heritage, this was the first time he had heard of such a thing.
After all, in this era where everything was passed from father to son, women were not valued at all. When it came to technical trades, especially old-fashioned families, they wouldn’t consider women.
Moreover, the doctor profession required training from childhood.
Tan Lin himself had studied medicine since childhood and understood the hardships of medical training. So beyond his surprise, he admired this unknown female doctor even more.
To be able to stand firm and gain recognition in unfamiliar territory, to establish a school and recruit disciples on her own—achieving this is hard even for a man.
Tan Lin heard quite a lot about her from Old Yi.
He learned her name, her specialties and weaknesses, and her usual schedule for going out to diagnose patients…
After talking at length with Old Yi and confirming he had full knowledge of this person, Tan Lin ambitiously went to speak with the Third Prince about setting out to invite her.
As for inviting this Medical Saint, Tan Lin said that there was really no better candidate than himself.
They were all practitioners of medicine!
If she was praised by all as a Medical Saint, her medical skills were certainly unquestionable. But Tan Lin is also a medical genius personally recognized by His Highness the Wise King!
So since both are top talents among physicians, meeting each other would mean they would have much in common, right?
Geniuses recognizing each other—that sort of mutual appreciation!
The Third Prince, however, wasn’t very interested in this 'mutual appreciation'.
Being an undiscovered talent in science and technology himself, even though he hadn’t encountered physics, chemistry, or biology, his mind was sharp and formidable.
He was a genius in his own right, but his genius was not in the mainstream areas of study, so it was really hard for him to find like-minded friends.
So talking about mutual appreciation in front of him was nonsense.
He nearly wanted to beat Tan Lin up for daring to show off in front of a prince!
Anyway, after a long silence, the Third Prince eventually agreed to Tan Lin’s request and personally ordered guards to escort him to Nuo Commandery.
And where was Nuo Commandery?
It was a place neighboring Daichuan Commandery and Qian City Commandery, and Old Yi’s Qian County directly bordered Qian City Commandery.
Such a close distance—it was true that the Ji Commandery floods did not affect Nuo Commandery before, but later when grain prices rose in Qian City Commandery and refugees fled, they caused considerable impact on Nuo Commandery.
The typical scenario was that many disaster victims fled to Qian County, and even to the place where the Medical Saint was.
Sometimes, coincidence just happens like that!
While Tan Lin was leading people towards the Medical Saint, Wei Yu also heard news of this saint among the crowds.
Wei Yu, who liked to collect people everywhere like a stamp collector, how could he not get excited about this news?
Especially given the current shortage of medical personnel, even though his Third Brother had Tan Lin and his group, he himself had no doctors among his few hundred men!
A common cold was fine; you could find a doctor anywhere to fix it, but what if there was an infectious disease?
Such a rumored Medical Saint had to be a wild-born Bian Que or Hua Tuo, right?
So why wait? Wei Yu immediately changed course to recruit her!
Just hearing such a rumor among the crowd, Wei Yu split his squad into three.
Two hundred followed Ding Facai to continue gathering information.
Two hundred followed Jia Liuyi, the highest-ranked gray guard, to the Qian City Commandery capital to meet with Yi Shisan.
All the remaining gray guards followed Wei Yu to find that wild Hua Tuo.
When there is a clear goal, one acts especially decisively.
Wei Yu didn’t waste time on the road; some unexplainable urgency pushed him, fearing that if he delayed, his wild Hua Tuo might disappear…
No one knew where this feeling came from.
Anyway, Wei Yu took only three days and then found the “Hua Tuo"’s residence along the directions given by enthusiastic locals.
An empty valley herb field—a place fitting for a noble Medical Saint’s dwelling.
Wei Yu could only say wow and nod, indicating this was the ideal place for a Medical Saint.
Of course, it would be even better if there wasn’t a sign outside the valley saying “Non-patient keep out.”