Chapter 17: The Truth About the Disease
In the following days, Lu Jinping asked Ye Qingqing to send medicine to Miss Gao once a day, Miss Gao's illness improved day by day, although the recovery speed was not as fast as the previous one, obviously Lu Jinping left a back hand, but it had already made the third aunt's heart bloom, and she prayed in her heart that the old lady would hurry up and complete this matter, so that the lord could cure his daughter's illness at one time.
Although Miss Gao hated Lu Jinping in her heart for disdainful of marrying her, she also knew the seriousness of the matter, so when Lu Jinping came to give her a follow-up, she didn't dare to lose her temper, and she didn't even dare to speak, for fear that if she said something wrong and made the other party unhappy, then she would be miserable.
The past few days have passed peacefully, and by the time Mrs. Gao returned, Miss Gao was already able to get out of bed and walk slowly with the support of her mother.
The old lady Gao came with the officials who issued the letter of appointment from the Ministry of Officials, and appointed Lu Jinping as a doctor of medicine in the same state, from the ninth grade.
Lu Jinping took the letter of appointment and read it carefully, his heart was still pounding, and the new life of the Tang Dynasty began here!
Although he was not able to become the criminal officer he hoped for and engage in the criminal investigation work that he was good at, he could still change his career in the future, as long as he advanced to the yamen, the rest would be easier to do, so he was still very satisfied.
Old lady Gao saw the smile on the corner of Lu Jinping's mouth, and then he was relieved.
The officials told Lu Jinping that the official document of the imperial court had been sent to the Yamen of Tongzhou, and asked him to go straight to the Yamen to find Feng Tingshi and the chief bookkeeper of the Yamen in charge of the medical hall to report to his post, and at the same time, he also said a few words to Lu Jinping in a dignified manner, which was nothing more than to let him be cautious as an official, self-denial, and loyalty, and not to live up to the strong recommendation of the emperor and the old lady Gao, and then he resigned and returned to the capital.
Lu Jinping and Mrs. Gao sent him outside the gate together, and after saying goodbye, he returned to the wing, and Lu Jinping said to Mrs. Gao: "Since the old lady has done this, there is something I want to tell the old lady." Let's talk in the flower hall. ”
Old lady Gao was more concerned about her daughter's illness, and hurriedly said, "...... is the little girl's illness?" ”
Lu Jinping said: "Your daughter's illness is related to what I said. And don't worry, I'll definitely cure her with medicine. ”
Old lady Gao was relieved and followed Lu Jinping into the flower hall.
Lu Jinping closed the door, then walked to the stool and sat down. There was already an extra stool in the empty flower hall, which Lu Jinping specially asked Ye Qingqing to buy from the old furniture shop for two cents, and it was already dilapidated.
Old lady Gao sat on such a stool, heard the creaking sound under the buttocks, and was really afraid that the buttocks would be rotten, so he squatted and walked on the horse, supporting his knees with both hands, reducing the strength of his buttocks, so that even if the stool fell apart, he would not fall ugly.
Seeing him like this, Lu Jinping smiled: "I'm sorry, the stool is a little worn." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, the lord will embark on a career in the future, and with the lord's magical medical skills, he will soon be able to make a lot of money and reorganize the Lu family's business, which is just around the corner."
"Thank you, old lady, for your good words. However, I want to tell you that my medical skills are not very ordinary, and I was able to cure your daughter's illness not because of my medical skills, but for another reason. ”
Mrs. Gao sensed that something was wrong and looked at him nervously: "There is another reason?" What's with? ”
"Your daughter is not sick, but poisoned!"
Old lady Gao was taken aback, her feet shook, and she almost sat on the stool with a butt. Quickly stood up, bent over, stared at Lu Jinping, and asked, "Poisoning?" What poison is there? ”
"Arsenic!"
"It's impossible, Lang Zhong has raised this suspicion before, and he has tested it in his daughter's vomit with a silver needle, but there is no change in the silver needle. So there's absolutely no way my daughter was arsenic poisoned. ”
Lu Jinping said: "If the dose of arsenic is very large, maybe the silver needle can be detected, but the silver needle test arsenic has great uncertainty, because in addition to arsenic, there are many other things that can also cause the silver needle to turn black, so the silver needle blackening cannot accurately conclude that arsenic poisoning." Conversely, the fact that the silver needle does not turn black does not mean that it is not arsenic poisoning. Because, if it is a chronic poisoning of arsenic, the amount of each injection is very small, and the silver needle will not change, or the degree of change cannot be detected by the naked eye. Therefore, Lang Zhong can't see it. ”
"And how do you see that?" Old lady Gao looked at him suspiciously and asked.
"Because your daughter has some symptoms of chronic arsenic poisoning, such as loss of appetite, general weakness, red rashes on the skin, and dander on the edge of the palms, these are all symptoms of chronic arsenic poisoning, similar to typhoid fever in general. The most important thing is that the person who poisoned her only gave a little bit at a time, so it could not be detected with a silver needle, so even Lang Zhong, who had already suspected arsenic poisoning, was negligent, so it was misdiagnosed as a general wind chill. I thought so at first, but Miss Gao's tingling made me alarmed. As soon as I touched her wrist, she felt pain, which is impossible for typhoid fever. Judging from Mrs. Gao's description of Miss Gao's condition, such symptoms have appeared before. Therefore, I judge that your daughter is chronically poisoned with arsenic. ”
Speaking of this, Lu Jinping paused, and continued: "Actually, a very important basis for coming to this conclusion is that Ling Yan has been treated by many Langzhong, including the imperial doctor, and has used various prescriptions for related diseases, and almost all of them have been used, but there is no effect. This basically ruled out that I was sick, thus confirming my inference. - Of course, this is just my speculation, and although it is plausible and I believe it is correct, I have further verified it. Therefore, I took the lady's vomit and went back for examination, which was tested by a special method, to determine whether it was poisoning or not. As I expected, arsenic was detected in your daughter's vomit, proving that your daughter was indeed chronically poisoned by arsenic. So I went to the pharmacy and asked Lang Zhong to prescribe arsenic chronic poisoning medicine, and gave it to your daughter, and her illness improved immediately, which further proved that my test results were correct. ”
Old lady Gao understood, and stammered: "The medicine you gave my daughter ...... is actually just ...... Antidote? Antidote to chronic arsenic poisoning? Why do you ...... Didn't tell me sooner? ”
Lu Jinping looked at him coldly: "What do you say?" ”
Old lady Gao was dumbfounded. At that time, when his daughter's illness was about to recover, because he knew that Lu Jinping was the broken lord who spent money to buy officials, he ordered the housekeeper not to let him come to the door again, and he lost the opportunity to let him tell the result. In the end, it was he who blocked the road.
Thinking that his daughter was poisoned and attempted to be murdered, cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the old lady Gao, and she said: "After you stopped taking the medicine, and my daughter started to eat the things at home again, the person who poisoned continued to poison, so my daughter's so-called illness immediately recurred?" ”
"Yes, my previous move of not letting your daughter eat your house has already made the murderer suspect that I guessed that your daughter was poisoned, and it just so happened that you didn't let me treat your daughter again, so the murderer decided to speed up the process and poison your daughter as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night. I have estimated this, and that is why I have come to the conclusion that your daughter will die within five days. ”
"No wonder when my daughter's condition relapsed, it was ferocious, and the symptoms that appeared more than a month ago appeared in one day, and it turned out to be the result of an increase in the dose of poison."
"Yes!"
"Who is the murderer who poisoned him?"
"I can find the murderer, if you're willing to put me in charge of solving the case."
"Will you solve the case?" Old lady Gao seemed to have just come back to her senses, looked up at Lu Jinping and said, "By the way, you just said that you detected arsenic from the vomit, how did you do it?" ”
"Because I learned from a wandering Taoist a method that was specifically used to solve crimes, including how to test drugs. The reason why I asked you to recommend me as a criminal officer was because I was not good at treating people, but solving cases, but I couldn't tell you at that time. ”
"Why can't you say it?"
As soon as the old lady Gao asked this, he understood the answer, - if Lu Jinping told him at that time that his daughter was poisoned by arsenic, he himself would know how to treat his daughter, and he didn't need Lu Jinping to help at all, so he was afraid that he would not recommend him to be a doctor of medicine in the future. Therefore, in order to ensure that he could become a doctor of medicine, Lu Jinping did not tell him the truth.
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