The medicine was finally boiled, Zuo Shaoyang took a big bowl, poured a bowl and prepared it for the child to drink.

Dr. Tang stared at the medicine bowl, thought about it again and again, and finally gave up his hand to Qian County: "My lord, this appendage is as high as one pound into medicine, and the appendage is a highly poisonous thing, so with such medicine, no matter how it is concocted, the child will definitely die!" We can't see him so careless about human life! ”

Zuo Shaoyang has been crossing over for a long time, he used to chat, and he learned about the settings and official ranks of state and county officials from his brother-in-law Hou Pu, so he knew that this medical officer doctor was only under the ninth grade, which was equivalent to the current deputy section level, that is, the lowest level in the official rank. The reason why he is arrogant is mainly because he represents the history of Ouyang Thorn. But now he is just a flat-headed commoner, and he can be bullied by an official, and Dr. Tang, an official, is still an official in charge of a pharmacy, so he can't afford to offend. So he put the medicine bowl on the table, and he didn't distinguish it, looked at Qian County's order, and waited for him to show it.

Qian Xianling just said that he believed Zuo Shaoyang, and when the matter came, he hesitated a little, if something really happened, it would be terrible, so he looked sideways at Zuo Gui's father: "Zuo Langzhong, are you really sure?" ”

Zuo Gui's father arched his hand and said: "Back to the eldest master, the villain dares to guarantee with his surname, if there is any mistake, the villain is willing to bear the crime of murder, and one life will be paid for one life!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang's body was shocked, and he looked at his father Zuo Gui gratefully, he didn't expect that his father could use his surname to vouch for his own medicine, he originally planned to stop treating if the other party didn't trust, but now his father is willing to vouch for his surname, that is, he can't let his father take responsibility for himself, and he hurriedly said to Qian County: "Master, this is the medicine I use, if something goes wrong, I will naturally bear it myself." If the child is poisoned or even dies after taking the drug, I am willing to bear all the consequences. ”

Dr. Tang squinted at him and said coldly, "Are you really so confident?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang's chest straightened: "Without three, two, three, how dare you go to Liangshan!" Suddenly I remembered that this proverb was about the heroes of Shuibo Liangshan in the Song Dynasty, how did the Tang Dynasty know? Hurriedly changed another sentence: "Without this diamond, I wouldn't dare to take this porcelain job!" After saying this, I was worried about whether the Tang Dynasty had diamonds. I wanted to find a proverb to say, but I couldn't find it for a while.

Although Qian Xianling had not heard these two proverbs, he had already guessed the general meaning, stroked his beard and said to Dr. Tang with a smile: "Since Xiaolang has this self-confidence, and he guarantees that he will not make a mistake with his surname, then let him give the child medicine, what does Master Tang think?" ”

Dr. Tang nodded slowly.

Zuo Shaoyang glanced at the three of them and said, "There is one more point I must make clear, the content of my testimony is just that I used eight aconitum for the treatment of wind and cold paralysis for the old shopkeeper of Hengchang Pharmacy, and the aconitum concocted by our Guizhitang, even if I use eight of them, if I treat the symptoms, I will not be poisoned and die." As for whether Ni Er poisoned the old lady of the Sui family, whether he was inferior to his own side or mistakenly inferior to his own side, whether you convicted him and cut off his head, or exiled him for 3,000 miles, or acquitted, it has nothing to do with me! ”

Qian County Ling stroked his beard and said: "Naturally, you are a witness, not a defendant, this county will not have anything to do with this case, everything in this case is nothing to blame with you, you just have to rest assured." ”

"Okay, with the words of the county master, I will be relieved." Zuo Shaoyang picked up the medicine bowl and slowly gave it to the young master of the Ni family.

Seeing that all the bowls of soup and medicine were drunk, the whole room became nervous. After waiting for a while, seeing that the child was already looking at them with wide eyes, and there was no expression of poisoning pain at all, Qian Xianling turned his head and asked Dr. Tang: "How long will it take to know what the result is?" ”

"Such a large dose of aconite, if it is poisoned, it can be known in one meal at most. If you want to see if you are poisoned, but also whether there is a curative effect, you have to wait a few days. ”

Qian County ordered: "Lord Thorn Shi is still waiting for a reply, how can you wait for a few days?" We just need to see if it is poisoned, as for whether it is effective, it is no longer the scope of this case, so there is no need to consider it. ”

Dr. Tang thought to himself, if it is not poisoned, it will not cure the disease, then there is a problem with the processing of this medicine, but now it is not a question of checking whether the medicinal materials are qualified, but whether the medicinal materials processed by the new method are poisoned after the dosage exceeds the standard, so just look at whether it is poisoned or not, and there is no need to delve into the curative effect for the time being. Then he arched his hand and said, "Yes, then we will know after waiting for two more teas." ”

Several people gathered around the bed and watched the child. The child was a little scared and wanted to shrink into the quilt, Qian Xianling's wrinkled face squeezed out an ugly smile: "Child, don't be afraid, how do you feel now?" Does my stomach hurt? ”

Zhi'er shook his head, he was a rich kid in the end, well-informed, and bold, seeing that a few old men were kind and kind, and he didn't look like a bad person, so he said: "I want to eat maltose!" ”

"Oh, I want to eat candy, okay." Qian Xianling turned his head to Medical Officer An and said, "Go out and tell them, hurry up and buy a piece of maltose for the child!" ”

Medical Officer An agreed, hurriedly ran to the door, opened the door, and said quickly outside: "The county magistrate has an order, go and buy a piece of maltose, the child wants to eat sugar." ”

When he agreed, he heard a merchant in the crowd of onlookers laughing: "It's just right, I'm selling maltose." How much? ”

"Take two pennies!" Catch it and run over and pay for candy.

Hearing Medical Officer An's words, Dr. Ni, who had been worried at the door, hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile, "Does the child want to eat candy?" ”

"Nonsense, who else in this house is a child besides your son?"

"Hehe, is the child okay?"

"Of course it's okay, can you still ask for candy if you have something?" Medical Officer An sneered, looked left and right, and the crowds of onlookers lowered his voice and said, "It's okay now, I don't know if it's okay later." ”

"Huh?" Dr. Ni was taken aback, "What do you mean?" ”

"Xiao Langzhong paid Ling Lang a dose of medicine just now, and it took a whole catty just for the attached tablets! You say, if you eat a pound of attached tablets, will you be fine? ”

Dr. Ni was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to break in. Catch quickly stepped forward and stopped him: "What are you doing?" ”

"I'm going to go in and see my son!"

"No one is allowed to enter without the summoning of the county magistrate! Get out of the way! ”

"But my son ......"

Medical Officer An sighed, motioned him to be quiet, and said, "It's useless for you to go in now, the medicine has already been taken, such a heavy dose of aconite, once poisoned, even the gods have no choice, they can only resign themselves to fate!" ”

At this time, Na Kuai had already bought the maltose and brought it to Medical Officer An. Medical Officer An took it, looked at Dr. Ni, sighed, retracted his head, and closed the door.

Doctor Ni wanted to step forward again, but the two catchers stared at him, so they could only stop, anxiously crossing their feet and stretching their necks to watch.

A little maid ran over behind her, and Fu Li said, "Master, the old lady please come over and talk." ”

Dr. Ni hurriedly turned around and came to his mother's palanquin. Ni's mother opened a small corner of the sedan curtain and said in a low voice: "Son, I heard what you said just now, don't worry, that Xiaolang is not a reckless person, he must be sure of this kind of medicine, Zhi'er should be fine." ”

"But ......"

"Needless to say, wait patiently, it is up to people to succeed, it's useless to be anxious."

Dr. Ni hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes, mother." He turned around and walked to the door, without looking at it, Suo was calm and waited for the result.

After waiting for two teas, the door of Guizhitang finally opened. Qian County Ling, Dr. Tang, and Medical Officer An rushed out, expressionless, and did not speak, they each got on the sedan chair and went to the yamen. Zuo Gui and Zuo Shaoyang followed and went.

This time, Liang knew that the result was coming, and he was worried about it, so he also went to the yamen from afar, hiding in the distance to watch.

The Sui family didn't know what the situation was, and they didn't dare to come forward to inquire, so they naturally could only follow towards the yamen.

Dr. Ni was worried about his son, so he rushed into Guizhi Hall, and when he came to the small bedside, he saw his son's big eyes flashing at him, and he was still chewing maltose in his mouth: "Dad! This candy is delicious. ”

"Good!" Dr. Ni gently stroked his son's forehead, held his little hand, and after checking the pulse, he found that although the pulse was still very weak, it was significantly stronger than last night, obviously the condition was improving, and there was no sign of poisoning. After telling Ni Mu Zhi'er that she was not poisoned and her condition was further improved, Ni Mu and the others breathed a sigh of relief, ordered to get up the sedan chair, and hurried to the county office.

Qian Xianling returned to the yamen hall, and was not in a hurry to ascend to the hall, and together with Dr. Tang and Medical Officer An, they muttered and discussed in the flower hall for a while, and after reaching a consensus, they took a sedan chair to the yamen of the state capital to report the trial situation and the proposed verdict to Ouyang Tingshi.

At this moment, the heavy troops outside the state yamen are heavily handled, and they are all heavily armored cavalry, and they can only enter after verifying their identities layer by layer.

Ouyang Thorn Shi's inner house was even more three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and he strictly checked them before letting them enter the inner house to report.

After the report, Ouyang Tingshi asked Dr. Tang to ask Dao Li for a while, and then he came out, sighed and nodded, agreed with their proposed opinions, and asked them to deal with the compensation matters.

The three of them returned to the county government in a sedan chair, and immediately called the Sui shopkeeper and his family to wait outside the flower hall, and called the Sui shopkeeper into the flower hall alone, and closed the door to discuss.

Qian County Ling stroked his beard and said to the shopkeeper of Sui: "Just now, this county and Lord Tang and Lord An inspected in Guizhi Hall, Xiaolang used a pound of concocted tablets into medicine to treat Dr. Ni's sick son, and there were no signs of poisoning, combined with the previous Xiaolangzhong, Zhu Medicine Cabinet and the confession of the criminal Ni Er, so the county confirmed that Ni Er's dosage to Ling Ci was probably not the real cause of Ling Ci's death. ”

"What? No way! The shopkeeper of Sui turned white with anger, and yelled at Dr. Tang: "Tell the county master quickly, my mother was poisoned to death by Ni Er!" ”

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(To be continued)