Chapter 49: Investigating the Truth
In the quiet alley, the woman looked at Tong Xiang, and her eyes instantly moistened.
Her hands trembled and held the two small white pills, "Doctor Tong, who are you?" ”
Tong Xiang looked at the woman with a sweet smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Madam, I watched every move you made just now, you are a great mother who can suffer so much for the sake of your children."
Thinking that the Li family did not leave even if he was abused by Tong San like that, Tong Xiang's heart throbbed.
Without waiting for the woman to say anything more, Tong Xiang turned around and left.
"Go home and rest, and if you have any questions, feel free to come to me."
By the time he returned to the pharmacy, the patient had almost already taken his medicine.
It's just that the effect of the medicine has not yet arrived, so the faces of those patients are still full of pain.
These people did not leave directly after taking the medicine, they felt that it was more convenient to stay in the medicine hall.
If there is something wrong with your body for a while, it will be more convenient to see a doctor.
After such a long time, it was already dawn, but the patients were already very tired, and they were lying on the mats one by one and drowsy.
"Why are you all sleeping here?"
Tong Xiang was analyzing everyone's physical condition on the side, and a few people shouted out of nowhere.
The patients who were a little drowsy just now heard this shout, and they instantly became much more awake.
Some of them were sharp-eyed and looked at the people on the side of the road from afar, and they had already caught up talking.
"Ergou, aren't you sick too, why are you jumping around now?"
Speaking of this, the man named Ergou standing at the intersection seemed to be very excited.
"The people of Rendetang distribute the decoction for free, and it will be fine to drink a bowl instantly."
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and Ergou's words made the door of the medicine hall suddenly full of people, and some people had already stood up and walked to Ergou's side to ask about the situation.
Probably never been so welcome, Ergou was a little flattered.
He coughed twice as if he had discovered something very important.
"I'll tell you, you have to go to the old shop here to see a doctor and buy medicine, Rendetang is worthy of being the first medicine hall in the city, and it is willing to serve the people."
Speaking of this, Ergou's eyes glanced at Tong Xiang and his party who were standing on the side, their eyes full of disdain.
"I don't want some black-hearted people, I just want to make money, and I don't know what to feed you."
After listening to Ergou's words, someone in the crowd had already walked in the direction of Rendetang.
"It seems that the medicine here has no effect, so let's hurry up and get the medicine from Rendetang."
In a few moments, the door of the medicine hall was already crowded.
Only a few people who were still willing to believe in Tong Xiang continued to stay here, resting on the straw mat in front of the door.
Looking at the few people sitting at the door, Tong Xiang's heart was very moved.
She personally carried the water and walked up to these people, "Thank you for believing in me. ”
"Doctor Tong, we have also seen your medical skills, you said that it would be good to take a break, we are willing to believe that you are waiting."
There was no shortage of familiar faces sitting in front of Tong Xiang, Jun'er looked at Tong Xiang innocently, her eyes were full of joy.
"Sister Tong Xiang, I'm not so uncomfortable now."
Thinking back to the scenes that happened today, Tong Xiang felt that this matter was not simple.
She gathered the remaining patients together and inquired earnestly about their condition.
"Have you all been feeling bad since last night?"
Jun'er tilted her head and thought about it carefully, "I suddenly felt a stomachache last night, and after I went back from a thatched house, I felt a little sore all over, and I suddenly had a headache in the second half of the night. ”
Hearing Jun'er's narration, the others also echoed weakly.
Chu Xiao had been sitting on the side listening to the conversation between this group of people, and he also felt that something might have been done on purpose.
"Have you ever eaten anything of the same kind, like wild vegetables or something?"
Chu Xiao thought about several possibilities, picked out the most likely thing to happen, and asked.
"In this kind of weather, there are not many wild vegetables, and the vegetables we usually eat are all grown by our own families, so it can't be the same."
An old lady coughed slightly, looked at Chu Xiao and responded.
Since there is nothing wrong with the food, and none of them have been to a single place, where did this disease come from?
"Sister, you can also drink some water and rest."
Just when Tong Xiang was puzzled, Tong Hua brought a bowl of water and handed it to Tong Xiang.
Tong Xiang took the water and was just about to drink it, when a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
She set the bowl aside and stared excitedly at the few remaining patients.
"And where do you get the water you eat?"
There are four wells in this small town, one in the south, one in the north, one in the north, and the next, and these people usually go to the wells that are closer to them to get water.
"My house draws water from that well on the north side of the street."
"So is my family."
"So is my family."
Listening to the unified answers of the patients, Tong Xiang can be regarded as having some eyebrows, it seems that today's events are inseparable from water.
As soon as Chu Xiao heard Tong Xiang's words, he knew what she meant, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and no one said anything more.
Time passed little by little, and the patients' conditions were alleviated, and they were no longer waiting in front of Tong Xiang's door.
The medicine hall was quiet again, and Tong Xiang and Chu Xiao had time to study these issues.
"Do you suspect that today's events have something to do with water?"
Chu Xiao frowned and asked slowly.
Tong Xiang nodded solemnly, "They were sick at the same time, and the only thing they had in common was that they were connected to the water in the north of the city, which has to be suspicious." ”
In addition to the water source, Tong Xiang really couldn't think of any other reason.
Chu Xiao didn't refute it, but he felt that such an arbitrary decision was definitely wrong.
"What is the cause of your investigation today?"
Chu Xiao is also the first time to see such a strange thing today, this disease is not big, but it is tormenting.
Speaking of this, a look of doubt appeared on Tong Xiang's serious face.
"This is also what I am most puzzled about, I checked the patients one by one, and their pulses are not much different from usual."
The diagnostic plans given by Gu Jie are all some drugs for nourishing health care and pain relief, and do not give an accurate cause.
This is also the strangest thing about her, according to common sense, Gu Jie has stored almost all the medical books that can be found, and there should be no problem with these incurable diseases.
But when she examined the patient today, she couldn't come up with the right conclusion.
Chu Xiao's slender fingers tapped lightly on the table twice, "Instead of discussing these things here, let's go to the north of the city and have a field trip." ”
Tong Xiang felt that this was a spectrum, so he nodded and agreed.
When the two of them felt the well in the north of the city, the well had already been surrounded by people from the county government.
It seems that the government here has done something to find out that there is a problem with the water so quickly.
Tong Xiang walked over generously, looked at the officers and soldiers and smiled, "Big brother, we want to get some water to go back, okay?" ”
"You can't eat this water now, so go get water elsewhere."
As soon as Tong Xiang's words fell, the officers and soldiers refuted her words mercilessly.
Tong Xiang definitely won't give up so easily, "Big brother, we just want to take a pot of water and go back to study it, please let us go." ”
"I've already said it several times, if you don't give up, don't blame me for taking you to the county government."
The eldest brother who watched the well looked iron-faced and selfless, and was not shaken by Tong Xiang at all.
Tong Xiang was already embarrassed enough, who knew that there were still some onlookers watching the drama on the side.
"Isn't this Tong Xiang, today she didn't know what she took for everyone to eat, everyone waited for a long time and didn't get any better, so she was embarrassed to collect money."
When one person brings up the topic, there are bound to be a lot of people who will echo it.
"That is, as a healer, won't it hurt to earn this kind of money?"
"You even dare to come here, maybe they added something to this well and everyone will get sick."
The onlookers said a word to me, which disturbed Tong Xiang's heart.
Her fists were clenched tightly, if she hadn't been controlled by Chu Xiao, she might have been beaten several times by now.
Faced with such a situation, Chu Xiao still did not change his face.
"Everyone, we must talk about evidence, the medicine prescribed by Dr. Tong today is indeed effective, and those patients who stay in the pharmacy can testify."
"Who knows if they've been bought by you?"
Someone in the crowd was not convinced, snorted coldly, and said contemptuously.
Hearing this, Chu Xiao was not angry, "I am not afraid of shadows, I believe that Dr. Tong's medical skills have been seen before, so I won't repeat it. ”
After finishing speaking, Chu Xiao shifted his gaze to the well again, "The main problem we have now is to find out whether there is a problem with this well water, not to put it on something meaningless." ”
During the time that Tong Xiang came here, he also accumulated a certain reputation on this street, and these people no longer talked much.
It's just that although the onlookers' matter was resolved, the officers and soldiers still refused to let them go, and they still failed to get the water in the end.
Chu Xiao still wanted to argue with reason, but Tong Xiang took his hand, "Let's go back first, don't hinder the eldest brother's work." ”
Back at home, Chu Xiao was puzzled, "We haven't gotten water yet, why did we come back empty-handed?" ”
Tong Xiang sighed helplessly, "Do you think that big brother seems to be the one who will put us in?" ”
Seeing that Chu Xiao still looked dazed, Tong Xiang smiled.
"Wouldn't it be good for us to go in the evening, and when the night is dark and windy, isn't it a good time for us to do it?"