The Black Lotus Doctor's Survival Guide
Text/Qi Fa Fen Jiao
The Cangshan Mountain is covered with snow, illuminating the southern sky.
The carriage sped along the official road and headed towards Yongdu.
Get closer and you’ll find:
Unlike ordinary horse-drawn carriages, the doors and windows of this carriage are nailed tightly shut.
“… So what if he’s from a noble family? If he falls into the hands of that imperial physician, who knows if he can walk out of Yongdu alive?” The driver’s words were full of disdain.
"Is the imperial physician you mentioned really that good?" Another person also became interested and came over to ask mysteriously.
"Oh, according to legend, he is a master of both medicine and poison, specializing in curing difficult and complicated diseases and prolonging the lives of dying people. He doesn't charge a penny, and the only requirement is..." The driver couldn't help but lower his voice, "After the patient dies, the body must be left to him, and he will open it up and study it before burying it."
The person asking the question was shocked: "My body and hair are given by my parents, how can I damage them?"
"Not only that, he also broke into a mass grave and dug up human bodies in the cemetery!"
After a moment of silence, the other man finally gritted his teeth and said in the bumpy ride: "This, this is really... disrespectful to ghosts and gods, and contempt for ethics and moral principles! Why did Your Majesty call him here?"
"Alas... Your Majesty was ill a while ago, and the imperial physician was helpless, so they had no choice but to invite him from the Divine Doctor Valley to the palace," the speaker looked back at the carriage, "Although he is a master at using medicine, he is also notorious. Knowing that Your Majesty is not confident in using his own prescriptions, he asked for a blood relative to test the medicine to verify its efficacy, safety, and side effects."
"That's why His Highness was urgently summoned to the palace..."
Both of them fell silent.
In their view, the emperor was simply trying anything desperate.
The more glory people have in this world, the more they fear death. Even a wise ruler like Your Majesty cannot escape this.
"Anyway, once we get to Yongdu, we must stay away from that imperial physician named Wen Qingci."
"Okay, I understand!"
The two people who were chatting didn't know that the moment they finished speaking, a pair of eyes suddenly opened inside the dark car with the doors and windows nailed shut.
Wen Qing Ci…
When the carriage was about to arrive at Yongdu, Xie Bufeng finally knew why he was taken back here.
"Mr. Wen, have you prepared everything you mentioned?" A sharp male voice sounded, making people's scalps numb.
The old eunuch clasped his hands and looked towards the medicine box.
Wen Qingci once promised the emperor that he had a way to get Xie Bufeng to cooperate in the drug trial.
And his so-called "method" was poisoning.
Her slender fingers slid across the medicine box and gripped the handle tightly, her knuckles turning white from excessive force.
"It's ready." What the hell!
A few days ago, Wen Qingci had just finished his sophomore final exams at Huaguo University of Chinese Medicine when he died suddenly while saving someone. He was transported to this novel that he used to kill time during the holidays.
This is a palace fighting novel called "Fu Ming Tang". The plot is simple and brainless, but it wins in being straightforward:
The heroine, Concubine Lan, is well-read, non-competitive, and the emperor's confidante. Every time she is framed by jealousy, or even sent to the cold palace, she can escape danger with her Mary Sue halo.
The biggest regret in his life was that his only son was regarded as a monster by the feudal people because of his congenital lack of pain perception. At a young age, he was sent to Suzhou, thousands of miles away, to guard the mausoleum of the old empress dowager. Later, he was tested on drugs for the emperor who was infected with a serious illness and was thrown into the battlefield to fend for himself. It can be said that his fate was full of misfortunes.
But in the end, this "regret" suddenly transformed itself and returned to the capital like a plug-in. It ended the fight for the throne by force, put her on the throne of Queen Mother, and then killed all her enemies with its own hands, without leaving a single one behind!
Not long ago, Wen Qingci thought this plot was extremely exciting.
Until he traveled back to the body of the imperial physician who tested drugs and conducted human experiments on Xie Bufeng - one of the enemies who was killed by Xie Bufeng in the ending.
No, it's not just as simple as "hand-blade".
The emperor was suspicious of his courtiers and trusted those around him who did not hold power.
For example, eunuchs.
For another example, not long after the original owner entered the palace, she used her superb medical skills to help the emperor solve his problems and became his confidant.
He had something to do with Xie Bufeng being sent to the battlefield.
With new hatred and old grudges, it is no wonder that after Xie Bufeng returned to Yongdu, he immediately tore the original owner into pieces and fed them to vultures...
Thinking of this, Wen Qingci's heart immediately sank.
"Hmm..." The old eunuch, who was also the emperor's trusted eunuch, nodded slowly, "This matter is of great importance and must be foolproof." After saying that, he slowly reached out and picked up the jade bottle from the medicine box, holding it in front of him for careful study.
Boom, boom.
Wen Qingci's heartbeat was so loud that it was about to shatter his eardrums.
He told himself to stay calm, and smiled into the other person's eyes: "This is natural."
Wen Qingci is not the original owner, so of course he wouldn’t be crazy enough to drug Xie Bufeng.
The first thing he did after coming here... was to switch out the poison in the medicine box.
Even though they saw it every day, Wen Qingci's smile still made the maids and eunuchs in the room dazed.
His pupils were dark without a trace of light, and his eyelashes were so long that they covered half of his eyes when he lowered his eyes a little.
Like the statues in temples.
Eunuch Xian smelled the jade bottle and suddenly exclaimed, "Huh?" "Why does it smell so sweet?" He then looked at Wen Qingci with a little suspicion.
The original owner focused on medicinal soup and didn't like making pills.
Time was running out, so Wen Qingci looked around and found the only non-toxic pill-shaped object, which was actually a candy bean used to relieve bitterness...
It's death anyway, thinking of this, Wen Qingci calmed down.
He smiled and said as if it was a matter of course: "This medicine tastes sweet."
This kind of poison is only found in the Divine Doctor Valley, but doesn’t it mean what he says it tastes like
While Eunuch Xian didn't react, Wen Qingci asked again: "Eunuch Xian, don't you believe me?"
"If you don't believe me..." Wen Qingci stretched out his tone and pulled the jade bottle back from the other party's hand, "Eunuch Xian, you can taste it yourself and see if what I said is true."
Wen Qingci's voice was clear and mellow, like melted snow in early spring, but this time, everyone, including Eunuch Xian, felt a chill in their hearts.
I almost forgot that, despite his banished immortal appearance, Wen Qingci is an out-and-out dangerous person...
"You're just joking," Eunuch Xian was stunned for a moment, and quickly waved his hands, "How can I not believe it? I believe Mr. Wen must be more concerned about this matter than our family."
Hearing the implication of his words, Wen Qingci felt dizzy.
No one in this world has caused more hatred in front of Xie Bufeng than me. If he wants to take revenge, I will definitely be the first to bear the brunt.
In the ending of "Fu Ming Tang", even the virtuous eunuch was merely sentenced to death.
He is the only one who has achieved the achievement of "Five Horses Dismembering a Corpse"!
"His Highness has arrived in Yongdu and is now placed in the front yard of the Imperial Medical Bureau," Eunuch Xian made a "please" gesture to Wen Qingci and walked out side by side with him, "Please follow us, Mr. Wen."
The Imperial Medical Bureau of this dynasty was built in a corner of the imperial city and was divided into two courtyards, the front courtyard was used for work and study, and the back courtyard was where the imperial physicians on duty rested.
The original owner was a miraculous doctor who had his own mansion in Yongdu. He had been living in the Imperial Medical Bureau for some time.
Wen Qingci walked while silently recalling the plot.
There is surveillance from the emperor in the beginning, and then there is the ending in the book.
As written in the original book, unscrupulously using Xie Bufeng to test drugs is obviously a suicidal act.
After much thought, I can only pretend to feed him poison and get through this stage. While pretending to be serious about the experiment, I should be as nice to the protagonist as possible, and wait for Xie Bufeng to return to the capital, then tell him the truth to save his life.
"Fu Ming Tang" does not elaborate on how the original owner pushed Xie Bufeng onto the battlefield, so avoid this plot if you can.
If you really can't escape... there is another worst option, which is to run away.
Of course, during this period, you must hold on to Lan Fei and Xie Bufeng's thighs.
The corridors and pavilions of the Imperial Medical Bureau are connected, and the courtyard is planted with magnolias.
The century-old tree has long been taller than the brackets, and the flowers on the tree are like white clouds falling to the ground, embracing the tall pavilion.
A black figure was kneeling in the middle of the front yard of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
The imperial guards who escorted Xie Bufeng back to the capital looked at each other and could read panic in each other's eyes.
Xie Bufeng was unwilling to leave Suzhou, and they spent a lot of effort to escort him back to Yongdu.
He was born without the sense of pain, and it was not until he was let out of the carriage that the imperial guards noticed... Xie Bufeng's right arm had been broken at some point, and was now hanging limply at his side.
"It's okay..." Seeing his companion's nervousness, the older guard whispered, "The eldest prince's mother was banished to the cold palace a few months ago. No one here will care about his arm."
Hearing this, the rest of the imperial guards gradually relaxed.
Yes, let alone his mother being banished to the cold palace, even if that wasn’t the case, she probably wouldn’t care about this monster.
The cool breeze blows again.
The hem of the moon-white cloak spread out slightly backwards, and Wen Qingci felt a sharp pain in his temple. His steps paused and he could not help but lower his head and cough lightly.
It is difficult for a doctor to heal himself. It was only after he traveled through time that he realized that this miracle doctor was actually a sickly person himself.
As soon as he walked out of the corridor, Wen Qingci suddenly felt a chill on his back... as if he was being stared at by something.
Before he finished coughing, he raised his head.
The strong wind made the magnolias on the ground dance like phosphorescent flames.
Across the clusters of phosphorescent lights, Wen Qingci suddenly saw—
Those were a pair of amber eyes filled with arrogance and rebellion, cold and cruel.
Like a wild beast, it was looking at him through the gaps in the phosphorescent light.
It was as if Wen Qingci was not an imperial physician who could decide people's fate, but just a poor prey.
(End of this chapter)