The Dramatic Crown Princess Wants to Poison Me!

Chapter 363: Warning Signs

Xia Wenjin was also startled and slightly turned to avoid his gesture, raising her eyebrows as she said, "Dean Luo, why are you performing such a respectful gesture out of the blue? I’m just a young girl, I can’t accept this!"

Luo Jia changed from his previous strict and pedantic demeanor, muttering as his exaggerated expressions softened, "You can accept it, you can accept it. My master was once guided by Senior Lin, so in terms of generations, you’re actually a generation above me!"

Xia Wenjin: "..."

Having a hundred-year-old mischievous master indeed seemed to elevate one’s seniority quite significantly.

The more courteous Luo Jia became, the more puzzled Zhou Hucheng and the other two felt. Even if this young girl’s master had once instructed Dean Luo’s master... something still didn’t add up. Exactly how old would Dean Luo’s master be? Could this young girl’s master who guided Dean Luo’s master also be a senior expert?

However, in any field, irrespective of age, the capable ones come first.

Perhaps the young girl’s master was highly skilled in medicine, and even if not very old, could have convinced Dean Luo’s master.

That would indirectly prove the young girl’s medical skills weren’t bad either?

However, Zhou Hucheng and the three exchanged glances, thinking about the previous diagnosis results, their expressions became strange. Clearly, there was no illness, yet these people insisted they were sick!

What’s really going on here?

Zhao Sibao, being the most outspoken, said, "Mr. Luo, you don’t really believe this young girl, do you? We’ve just diagnosed them—those four really aren’t sick!"

Luo Jia shot him a fierce glare.

In fact, he also diagnosed them, and it seemed there truly was no illness.

However, while Zhao Sibao and the others could recklessly proclaim there was no illness, he could not; he needed to be cautious. Besides, this young girl in front of him was the disciple of that esteemed senior.

Could there be something he was missing here?

After pondering for a moment, he went over to Aunt Lu: "Sister, may I take your pulse once more?"

Aunt Lu pulled her hand back, her expression stubborn: "Apart from Doctor Xia, I trust no one; you are all quack doctors! But our Doctor Xia, she is the Jade Doctor!"

Luo Jia: "..."

Xia Wenjin: "..."

Aunt Lu’s words made her chuckle, and seeing Luo Jia’s awkward expression, she sighed and said, "Aunt Lu, these gentlemen will also be in charge of our quarantine area’s medical care in the future. They’ve just arrived here and don’t quite understand the situation yet, so they need to check the pulse a few more times. Once they understand, they can help more villagers!"

Upon hearing Xia Wenjin’s words, Aunt Lu reluctantly extended her hand for Luo Jia to take her pulse, saying, "Ah, Miss Xia, if it weren’t for the fact there are so many patients and I didn’t want to tire you out, I’d never let anyone else examine me!"

It was clear she was willing to let Luo Jia take her pulse as a favor to him.

This made the expressions on the three Imperial Physicians’ faces turn indignant, while Luo Jia remained quite composed.

Of course, this change in attitude was largely due to hearing the name of Xia Wenjin’s master. Previously, he also thought Xia Wenjin, being so young, wouldn’t possess any real skills.

Moreover, the pulse diagnosis results indeed showed no abnormalities.

Luo Jia meticulously completed checking the pulse, and the result remained the same as the first time.

If not for hearing the name Lin Que, Luo Jia would surely have been as confident as Zhao Sibao in believing there was no illness.

He furrowed his brows, contemplating, and looked towards Xia Wenjin with a now sincerely respectful tone: "Doctor Xia, the epidemic symptoms in the town seem quite unique; how did you distinguish them?"

Hearing this, Zhao Sibao and the other three understood that the pulse results obtained by Dean Luo were the same as theirs, with no abnormalities, hence his question.

While the pulse readings showed no abnormalities, how did you know they were infected by the epidemic?

Xia Wenjin would be leaving tomorrow. Although the Imperial Physicians spoke unkindly earlier, everything here had to be handed over to them after all. Fortunately, upon discovering the crucial solution for the epidemic, she had already led everyone through the arduous first ninety-nine steps. For this final step, the Imperial Physicians, given their medical expertise and status, were the most fitting to handle it!

Xia Wenjin asked, "What were your pulse findings?"

Of course, she knew there would be no findings from the pulse. She had been here for almost two months, and almost all the cases had reached a moderate condition; mild cases wouldn’t show any abnormalities in the pulse. She deduced her conclusions from inquiry and comparisons, which were later proven correct.

Luo Jia, unable to detect anything from the pulse, felt somewhat awkward. He shook his head and said, "The pulse is normal! It doesn’t indicate being ill!"

Zhao Sibao couldn’t hold back, saying, "It’s not just that it doesn’t indicate an epidemic, but there’s no ordinary illness either!"

Luo Jia cast a stern look at him, signalizing him to keep quiet.

Zhao Sibao felt a bit aggrieved but still kept silent.

Xia Wenjin remarked, "He’s not wrong. Their pulse indeed doesn’t suggest an epidemic, and they seem quite healthy, not showing any common illness!"

Seeing her calmly affirming, Luo Jia’s expression turned a bit more solemn.

Xia Wenjin slowly explained, "In the early stages of the epidemic, there’s no issue visible from the pulse, but by the time symptoms appear, it’s already mid to late stage. The difference lies not in the pulse, but in the body’s warnings!"

"What warnings?"

Xia Wenjin beckoned, calling, "Xiaoshengzi, come, show this gentleman your chest!"

Xiaoshengzi was a fifteen-year-old mild patient, exhibiting no abnormalities in movement. He obediently came forward, and in front of everyone, he unbuttoned his clothes, revealing bony and weathered skin, marked by farm work and the sun. But on his chest, there was a pea-sized red spot.

This red spot looked just like a birthmark or perhaps a mole.

But this was the only noticeable difference on this child’s otherwise plain skin.

Luo Jia looked at Xia Wenjin uncertainly and asked hesitantly, "Is it this spot?"

Xia Wenjin nodded, "Yes. Mild epidemic patients have just this spot, and within three to five days, it will grow larger, symptoms will become apparent, resembling symptoms akin to toxic miasma exposure. An ordinary doctor might mistake it for miasma poison. Without treatment, within ten days to half a month, there’s no saving!"

Previously, she wouldn’t have disclosed this to the epidemic patients, as it could cause panic. But now it wasn’t a concern because everyone in Wangshan Town knew the solution had been discovered. Now the epidemic won’t claim lives.

Aunt Lu, without any burden, cheerfully said, "Doctor Xia, I heard that for those of us just discovered, a prescription from you and the medicine brewed from it can cure us in four or five days, is that true? Then please write me one!"

As she spoke, she glanced displeasedly at the Imperial Physicians, intentionally remarking, "I only trust Doctor Xia; I can’t trust prescriptions from anyone else!"