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Zhou Shangjing lamented that his destiny was about to end, and was afraid of the coming death. It was extremely rare that he showed true cowardice.

But Zhou Shangjing did not know that just a few days ago, the "Zhou Party" had reached a deal with Zhao Junchen in Xingzhou, and Zhao Junchen had also told Li He all about the detoxification method of diamond powder.

At this moment, Li He had arranged for several groups of messengers to set off at the same time, either riding fast horses or taking fast boats, rushing to Nanjing day and night, just to inform Zhou Shangjing of the antidote method as soon as possible.

It is very possible to save Zhou Shangjing's life.

If nothing unexpected happens, it will take up to three more days for the first batch of messengers to arrive in Nanjing and report the news to Zhou Shangjing.

If he knew this news, Zhou Shangjing would probably feel a little better.

But it just makes my mood slightly better.

Given Zhou Shangjing's age, his vitality and longevity would be greatly reduced after suffering this disaster. Unlike young people who generally have a chance to recover, he could still clearly feel the rapid imminence of death.

But Zhou Shangjing is still willing to live a few more days. He is not aware of the deal that the "Zhou Party" made with Zhao Junchen in Xingzhou, so he currently has high hopes for the miracle doctor Zhang Decheng, hoping that the miracle doctor Zhang can discover the truth as soon as possible.

, rejuvenate yourself in time.

However, Zhang Decheng, who had high hopes for Zhou Shangjing, recently scratched his scalp many times and pulled out a lot of hair in order to cure Zhou Shangjing's stomach disease. He racked his brains and thought, but he was still helpless.

, at a loss!

Before this, Zhang Decheng had seen countless difficult and complicated diseases. When faced with various terminal diseases, he was often at the end of his rope and unable to save the day. But at least he could find the root cause of the disease and he also knew why he was unable to cure the patient.

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And now, Zhang Decheng doesn't even have a clue as to where the root cause of Zhou Shangjing's illness is!

This is the first time Zhang Decheng has encountered such a thing!

Zhou Shangjing judged that he might have been poisoned, and Zhang Decheng also thought it was possible, but he tried his best and tried various methods, but still could not find the source of Zhou Shangjing's poisoning.

When he met Zhou Shangjing, Zhang Decheng's behavior was relatively calm, but when Zhang Decheng left Zhou Shangjing's study, his brows were furrowed and his face was filled with sadness.

Zhang Decheng has no good impression of Zhou Shangjing, just like he has no good impression of Zhao Junchen. But since Zhou Shangjing is a patient, he will treat him with all his heart without reservation.

According to Zhang Decheng's judgment, if the toxins in Zhou Shangjing's body cannot be removed quickly and Zhou Shangjing's stomach disease cannot be improved, then Zhou Shangjing will only have two or three months to live at most.

With such heavy pressure, Zhang Decheng quickly walked into the room arranged for him by the Song family in the East Garden.

This room is extremely spacious, with a length and width of seven or eight feet, which is equivalent to a lobby.

At this time, the lobby was not only filled with all kinds of precious medicinal materials that the Song family had tried their best to collect, various rare medical books, and medical equipment, but more than ten famous doctors from South Zhili were also summoned by Song Chengren.

At this point, one is either making suggestions for Zhang Decheng or doing something for Zhang Decheng.

In short, the Song family has provided the best conditions for Zhang Decheng. No matter what Zhang Decheng asks, it will be met quickly, just to let Zhang Decheng cure Zhou Shangjing as much as possible.

This attitude of the Song family further deepened the pressure on Zhang Decheng.

When Zhang Decheng stepped into the lobby, several famous doctors from South Zhili gathered around and reported the progress to Zhang Decheng.

"Doctor Zhang, look at the cases described in this medical book. They seem to be somewhat similar to Zhou Shoufu's situation. Can you refer to it..."

"Teacher Zhang, today I have fed various raw materials to livestock again according to your request. I carefully checked whether these raw materials are harmful to humans, but still found no abnormalities..."

"Senior Zhang, this junior has prepared the pills according to your instructions. Please check..."

In the past few days, although Zhang Decheng was helpless about Zhou Shangjing's condition, his medical skills and medical ethics still quickly impressed many famous doctors in South Zhili. They all believed in Zhang Decheng and were willing to be his disciples in front of Zhang Decheng.

Self-proclaimed.

Zhang Decheng has always been a lonely itinerant doctor in the past. He is not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships or managing a team. However, since Zhao Junchen founded a medical school for him, Zhang Decheng has gradually enriched his relevant experience and can gradually cope with the current situation calmly.

This is the situation.

Facing the numerous reports from famous doctors, Zhang Decheng responded quickly one by one.

"I have also read this medical book. All the cases described in it are isolated cases, and the principles of medication are not very clear, so you cannot learn from them at will. You have to read more medical books to find similar cases for reference...

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"Continue to feed various raw materials to livestock. Remember to feed them in different combinations. You must be patient and observe carefully. You may find abnormalities soon..."

"Your pills are well made. The taste, ingredients, and proportions are all accurate... In this case, I will leave the preparation to you. I will make twenty more of the same pills. Zhou Shoufu has not been able to use this kind of pills recently.

But if his physical condition deteriorates again, he will have no choice but to try hard drugs..."

After finally dealing with such a chaotic situation, Zhang Decheng exchanged his experiences with many famous doctors in Nanzhili, but found that even with the collective efforts of many famous doctors, they still could not find the root cause of Zhou Shangjing's disease.

In the end, Zhang Decheng's expression became more serious, and he soon asked the famous doctors to continue their work.

Zhang Decheng himself quickly walked to a desk, picked up a medical book and read it carefully.

This medical book was sent over by someone from the Song family yesterday. It was an only copy of the Southern Song Dynasty. Even Zhang Decheng had never read it, so he hoped that he could find some inspiration from this medical book.

While Zhang Decheng was carefully reading this medical book, a young man with an ordinary appearance and figure silently walked into the room, and then stood next to Zhang Decheng, patiently waiting for Zhang Decheng to find him.

Zhang Decheng was concentrating while flipping through medical books. After waiting for a long time, he finally felt thirsty and wanted to drink water. He was about to turn around to get a kettle, but found that the young man had already handed a cup of tea to him in advance.

After seeing this young man, Zhang Decheng couldn't help but be startled. While raising his hand to take the tea, he asked: "Qin Lang, why are you here?"

The young man named Qin Lang shook his head and said: "I am just idle, and I am tired of studying. I just wanted to come over and see if there is anything I can share with you, the dean."

After Zhang Decheng drank tea to quench his thirst, he directly rejected the young man's kindness, shook his head and said: "There is nothing that needs you here! All matters related to diagnosis and treatment are done by famous doctors in South Zhili, and errands and miscellaneous tasks are done by

There are servants from the Dongyuan Song family, so I don’t need anyone else to take care of me at all...

Your most important task at the moment is to recite the few medical books I gave you proficiently, and then master the identification methods of hundreds of common medicinal materials, and only then can you be qualified to help me a little bit... Well, with you

At your age, it’s already a little late to start studying medicine, so you must work harder and focus harder than ordinary people!”

After saying that, Zhang Decheng waved his hand again and said: "Go back to your room quickly! Take the time to learn the basics. Even if you get bored with those medical books, you should continue to study them. I value you very much, but you must also work harder. Don't

Don't waste any time to disappoint me... Sigh, I should have kept you in the medical school in the first place so that you could concentrate on learning the basics of medical skills, I shouldn't have taken you out to distract you!"

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It turned out that this young man named Qin Lang was the first batch of apprentices recruited by Zhao Junchen after he founded the medical school.

Because they were among the first batch of apprentices, Zhang Decheng also attached great importance to recruiting students and personally inspected and interviewed all the apprentices who wanted to enter the medical school.

It was precisely because of the inspection experience during that period that Zhang Decheng discovered the young man Qin Lang.

At that time, when Zhang Decheng was interviewing Qin Lang, he asked Qin Lang why he wanted to study medicine, and Qin Lang's answer impressed Zhang Decheng deeply.

"My father died of cold, and my mother died of corpse worms in her belly. There was originally hope for treatment, but both times I encountered quack doctors. In the end, I lost both my parents and my family was ruined... I don't want others to suffer this kind of pain.

So I want to study medicine!”

After hearing this answer, Zhang Decheng was greatly moved and deeply touched.

Not only because of the determination and compassion shown by Qin Lang, but also because Qin Lang's experience is very similar to Zhang Decheng himself.

Since then, Zhang Decheng has paid attention to the young man Qin Lang. From time to time, he would test him personally, look after him secretly, and even teach Qin Lang his experience in private on many occasions.

And Qin Lang's performance did not live up to Zhang Decheng's expectations. He was studious, inquisitive, capable in action, calm and sharp, and had a clear mind. He was undoubtedly a good prospect.

In particular, Qin Lang was very good at guessing Zhang Decheng's thoughts and emotions. Although he never deliberately tried to please Zhang Decheng, he could always scratch Zhang Decheng's itch in time, which made Zhang Decheng like this young man even more.

Just like just now, when Zhang Decheng felt thirsty, Qin Lang had already brought tea to Zhang Decheng in time, which was like a roundworm in Zhang Decheng's stomach.

Gradually, Zhang Decheng came up with the idea of ​​accepting Qin Lang as a closed disciple.

In the past few months, Zhang Decheng has been following Zhou Shangjing to treat Zhou Shangjing's stomach disease because of Zhao Junchen's instructions. When Zhou Shangjing was ordered to leave Beijing for inspection south, Zhang Decheng also accompanied him, but he took Qin Lang with him.

, nominally because he lacks a handyman apprentice around him, but in fact he wants to take the opportunity to teach him personally.

At the beginning, Zhou Shangjing's stomach disease had not worsened, and Zhang Decheng still had time to teach Qin Lang medical skills;

After Zhou Shangjing arrived in Nanjing, Zhang Decheng began to focus on treating Zhou Shangjing's condition when his stomach disease just started to worsen. Qin Lang was responsible for Zhang Decheng's assistance, sorting out the medicinal materials, cutting and boiling medicines and other chores.

But soon, as Zhou Shangjing's condition became more serious, Song Chengren directly summoned all the famous doctors in southern Zhili and asked these famous doctors to assist Zhang Decheng in diagnosing and treating Zhou Shangjing. All resources were also fully provided.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Decheng no longer needs Qin Lang to do odd jobs for him. In this place full of famous doctors, Qin Lang, as an apprentice who has just come into contact with medical skills, will only be in the way.

In addition, Zhang Decheng no longer had time to teach Qin Lang in person at this time, and he did not want to delay Qin Lang's progress in studying medicine, so he specifically asked the Song family to arrange a secluded room for Qin Lang so that Qin Lang could recite medical books and identify medicinal materials with peace of mind.

Just like what Zhang Decheng said just now, the most important thing for Qin Lang right now is to lay a solid foundation.

As a result, Qin Lang completely lost the opportunity to participate in the treatment of Zhou Shangjing's stomach disease.

At this moment, also out of such considerations, Zhang Decheng directly rejected Qin Lang's request for help, and just urged Qin Lang to seize the time and continue studying.

After hearing Zhang Decheng's urging, Qin Lang was about to argue a few words, but suddenly a famous doctor from South Zhili rushed to Zhang Decheng's side and wanted to discuss a very profound medical issue with Zhang Decheng.

Zhang Decheng was immediately diverted. On the one hand, he responded to the famous doctor's inquiry in detail, and on the other hand, he waved to Qin Lang, signaling Qin Lang to leave immediately.

Seeing that if he continued to stay here, he would arouse Zhang Decheng's impatience. Qin Lang looked a little disappointed, but he did not dare to continue to pester, and finally turned around and left.

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But he said that when Qin Lang left Zhang Decheng's room, he subconsciously put his hand on his waist.

At his waist, there was a small porcelain bottle hidden.

And in this porcelain bottle, there is a batch of crystal clear, fine particles of dust that are as fine as refined salt.

These particles of dust are naturally the culprit that caused Zhou Shangjing's stomach ailment to worsen - diamond powder!
To be continued...