"You are a rare person. In fact, you don't have long to live. I hope you will cherish your body as much as possible... This kind of thing will not happen again!"
Hearing Zhang Decheng's straightforward statement that was almost curse-like, Zhou Shangjing couldn't help but laugh.
Zhou Shangjing can be considered open-minded, but there are some things that become more taboo as he gets older.
If someone dared to speak so bluntly, Zhou Shangjing would definitely be angry and would punish the other person casually.
For most people, Zhou Shangjing's "casual punishment" often means a disaster.
But Zhang Decheng is not "someone else". He is a contemporary miracle doctor. He is the Buddha of thousands of families. To say that he is a gentleman is derogatory, but to say that he is a saint is not an exaggeration.
Zhou Shangjing has always had respect for people like Zhang Decheng, and after getting along with him for this period of time, he is also very familiar with Zhang Decheng's character. It is very clear that Zhang Decheng hates people messing with their bodies at will.
Therefore, Zhou Shangjing just shook his head helplessly in the end and said with a bitter smile: "Okay! Okay! I listened to the miracle doctor Zhang and don't do it next time! It will definitely not happen next time!"
After hearing Zhou Shangjing's promise and submission, Zhang Decheng seemed to think of some not-so-good memories. He furrowed his brows with a serious expression, stared at Zhou Shangjing and asked again: "Do you mean what you say?"
Zhou Shangjing was stunned, a little surprised by Zhang Decheng's overreaction, but he still nodded and promised: "I always keep my word! From now on, I will never use Dr. Zhang's medical skills to cheat again, and I will never harm my body again.
, it’s just this once, it won’t be the same next time! After all, I cherish my life and want to live as long as possible.”
Zhang Decheng snorted softly and muttered nonchalantly: "You just deceived that Grand Master Wang not long ago, and you still have the nerve to say that you keep your word... You officials have never told the truth! You always say that you won't do it next time.
, but I know that claiming illness to others is a common tactic of you people. As long as this tactic is effective, it will be used repeatedly. There will be no exception... In order to make the disease disguise more realistic, you will always do harm to your body.
...I have studied medical skills all my life, and I am not using it to deceive powerful officials like you..."
It seemed that Zhang Decheng was filled with great resentment and couldn't help but complain a lot.
After hearing Zhang Decheng's nagging complaints, Zhou Shangjing thought for a moment and quickly figured out where Zhang Decheng's resentment came from, and guessed that he must have been implicated by others.
So, Zhou Shangjing's eyes flashed and he asked with a smile: "Could it be said that Divine Doctor Zhang often pretended to be sick for Zhao Gechen when he was working under Zhao Gechen? Oh, by the way, I heard that Divine Doctor Zhang also once diagnosed and treated the seventh prince's body. Could it be that?
Have you found similar situations?"
Zhang Decheng was slightly startled. He had a frank temperament and was not too deep into the city, but he was a smart man after all. At this time, he also found that he was only complaining and venting, and inadvertently leaked many secrets. He immediately shook his head and denied it: "I just complained casually.
These few words don’t mean anything else, Zhou Shoufu, don’t think too much about it.”
Zhou Shangjing did not ask further questions, but just shook his head and sighed: "Actually, what Dr. Zhang said is not wrong. Claiming illness is indeed a common trick for those of us, because it is indeed very effective! It can show weakness, avoid trouble, and delay
Time can even win sympathy and manipulate public opinion... It can be said to have endless magical uses!
People in the officialdom are all results-oriented, and they have to worry about too many things, and they cannot afford the price of failure, so as long as claiming illness can achieve the goal, even if it really harms the body, there is nothing you can do... The helplessness and pressure in this, Doctor Zhang can only
I’m afraid I can’t feel the same way…”
Zhang Decheng has been working among the people for most of his life, treating poor people for free. He is used to seeing all kinds of living beings and is well aware of the suffering of the world. Therefore, he cannot sympathize with Zhou Shangjing's feelings. On the contrary, he is extremely disdainful and directly
He retorted: "Hypocritical! It seems that it is the most difficult for you to be officials in this world! In fact, compared to the poor people, your helplessness and pressure are nothing at all!
You officials are not the only ones who always intentionally harm your body! Farmers use their hands to dig up the frozen soil in the cold winter just to find something to eat. Isn’t this intentional harm to the body? Village women get up early and burn firewood at night.
It takes more than half an hour to cook a simple fire, and you breathe a lot of smoke and dust for a long time, just to let your husband and son eat a hot meal. Isn't it intentional to harm the body? Not to mention those who actively sell themselves! Slaves!
But the reason why these poor people deliberately harm their bodies is just to keep themselves and their loved ones alive. That is the real helplessness and pressure! In comparison, what are you officials doing by claiming illness and self-mutilation? How can you do that?
Comparable to each other? There is nothing worth sighing about!"
After hearing this, Zhou Shangjing was stunned again, and then fell silent.
Zhou Shangjing has extensive knowledge, wisdom and astuteness. He has never been at a disadvantage in debates with others for decades.
But this time, Zhou Shangjing found that he couldn't argue with Zhang Decheng at all, even though Zhang Decheng just complained and ridiculed a few words casually.
Facts speak louder than words, that’s probably what it means.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Shangjing directly changed the subject and asked: "By the way, Doctor Zhang, have you investigated clearly what I told you? After I arrived in Nanjing, my stomach problem suddenly worsened again. Is it because someone threw me into it?
Poison? What kind of poison was it?"
Zhang Decheng shook his head and said: "I have tested all of your recent diets, including all the raw materials used in these diets, but I still haven't found any toxins... No traces of drugs have been found, and even after feeding them to livestock,
No abnormality was found! However, judging from Zhou Shoufu's illness process, if someone really secretly poisoned him, the poison must have taken long-term use before it will gradually take effect. In the early stage, there were not many abnormal signs, but in the later stage, the disease came like a mountain.
No, so I need to continue to verify it for a while before I can find any clues!"
Although Zhang Decheng is a famous contemporary doctor, he is limited by his knowledge of the times and does not know the harmful effects of diamond powder. In addition, diamond powder is extremely fine and almost invisible, so he naturally cannot discover Zhou Shangjing in a short time.
The truth about poisoning.
After hearing this, Zhou Shangjing couldn't help but look disappointed, but he didn't criticize him harshly. He just urged: "Please, Doctor Zhang, please continue to investigate carefully. This matter is extremely important. I must find out the truth behind the scenes!"
"I understand! Since Zhou Shoufu stopped all external diet, his stomach disease has been under control again. It is difficult to say that such a strange thing is a coincidence. It is most likely that he was poisoned... I also want to investigate this poison
The specific origin of it!”
After saying that, Zhang Decheng watched Zhou Shangjing take the medicine with his own eyes, then turned and left the study.
When Zhang Decheng left the study, an old man with a handsome figure and a charming smile walked into the study.
Seeing Zhang Decheng leaving, the old man also stopped, stepped aside to make room, and nodded to Zhang Decheng with a smile.
Zhang Decheng seemed to dislike the old man very much. He completely ignored the old man's kindness, passed him directly, and quickly left the study.
This wealthy old man could enter Zhou Shangjing's study directly without notification, so his status was certainly of great importance.
In fact, this man was the head of all the Jin gentry in Jiangnan, the father of the two brothers Song Qiwen and Song Qili, and Zhou Shangjing's close friend - Song Chengren, the head of the Song family, a prominent family in Jiangnan!
Seeing Zhang Dechengli leaving the study without paying any attention to him, Song Chengren couldn't help but smile. He shook his head and sighed: "Oh! It seems that this miracle doctor Zhang is still unwilling to forgive me for what I did back then!"
It turns out that Song Chengren was once a court official, and his official career was extremely smooth, reaching the highest level of being the governor of Shaanxi.
When Song Chengren was the governor of Shaanxi, many of his policies were controversial. For example, in order to help Zhou Shangjing control the Ming Dynasty's post system, he repeatedly sent corvees from Shaanxi people. In order to help Zhou Shangjing attack political opponents, he also fabricated stories in Shaanxi.
The large-scale arrests and arrests for crimes once made the situation in Shaanxi unstable.
Zhang Decheng is from Shaanxi and has been practicing medicine in Shaanxi and Gansu for a long time. Naturally, he has no good impression of Song Chengren and always treats him coldly.
On the other side, after hearing his old friend's sigh, Zhou Shangjing shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't hold grudges, this Dr. Zhang is upright and upright, and even I can't afford to offend him. If he doesn't go his way at all, he will snap up his head and hide his face.
Complaining and ridiculing, I don’t know how Zhao Junchen endured it after recruiting this miracle doctor Zhang as his disciple! Maybe... Zhao Junchen sent this miracle doctor Zhang to my side just to see me suffer?"
Hearing Zhou Shangjing's self-joking, Song Chengren couldn't help but laugh.
At the same time, seeing that Zhou Shangjing was in good spirits and was joking about himself leisurely, Song Chengren felt a little at ease.
After all, Song Chengren is very aware of Zhou Shangjing's true physical condition. Although he is not as terminally ill as the rumors say and will not die soon, he is still seriously ill and has no cure, so he is definitely not very good.
Regarding this, you can get a clue just by looking at Zhou Shangjing's rapid weight loss of more than ten kilograms in a short period of time.
Therefore, Song Chengren was extremely worried about Zhou Shangjing's physical condition, and he also knew that Zhang Decheng might be the only hope to cure Zhou Shangjing, so even though he was frequently treated coldly by Zhang Decheng, he remained calm and greeted him with a smile.
As for whether there is any grudge in my heart, that is another matter.
After bursting into laughter, Song Chengren sat where Wang Baoren had been sitting before. He also looked at each other with Zhou Shangjing and asked, "Did you successfully deceive Wang Baoren?"
Zhou Shangding nodded and said: "My physical condition is not completely fake. It can even be regarded as 90% true and 10% false. Coupled with some means of changing the truth, it is not difficult to deceive him."
Song Chengren praised: "Every time I cooperate with Zhou Shoufu, I always admire Zhou Shoufu's superb methods... As long as Wang Baoren is deceived, this strategy of killing three birds with one stone will be successfully completed!"
At this point, Song Chengren raised three fingers and said: "First, he showed weakness and paralysis to Wang Baoren, making him feel contemptuous; second, he aroused Wang Baoren's vigilance and alienated the cooperative relationship between Wang Baoren and the Seventh Prince; and finally, through
Wang Baoren’s message misled the seventh prince’s judgment!”
Zhou Shangjing nodded lightly: "I said it was killing three birds with one stone, but it was mainly to mislead the seventh prince's judgment! I have made it clear to Wang Baoren just now that I will give the seventh prince a last chance to make a decision, and I want to see if he can avoid it.
Avoid, when faced with a really difficult problem, what method will be used to solve the problem? If you choose the wrong answer, you will definitely suffer the consequences...
With Wang Baoren's character, there is a high probability that he will use this statement of mine as a bargaining chip to reach a deal with the Seventh Prince in exchange for the promise he hopes for! And in this way, the Seventh Prince will misjudge my intentions and think that I am
A trap has been set up for him to jump into, and then he will become suspicious and all the trees and grass will be at war!"
Song Chengren chuckled and asked: "But Zhou Shoufu has indeed laid a trap, and he is just waiting for the seventh prince to jump into it, right?"
Zhou Shangjing did not comment, and sighed: "Actually, all the statements I made in front of Wang Baoren are also true and false, and there is not much falsehood! I will indeed give the seventh prince a last chance to make a decision, and I will also watch this with cold eyes.
The choice of the seventh prince, but what I really want to observe is not the specific methods of his highness in dealing with difficult problems, but to observe whether he understands the principles of concession and compromise!"
After a pause, Zhou Shangjing continued with a slightly cold expression: "If His Highness the Seventh Prince already knows that there is a trap in front of him, but still does whatever it takes to achieve his own intentions, and does not understand the principle of compromise at all...
Then after he fell into the trap, don't blame me for adding insult to injury! After all, he dug this trap for himself with his own hands!"
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PS: I have been reminded that Chongzi often seems to write the word "by any means necessary" as "by any means necessary" and has never noticed it. We are trying our best to screen and modify it, but the amount of work is too large and we cannot guarantee that we can modify it all. I am very sorry.