mtl008 Chapter 344 Let's take his pulse!
Chapter 344 Let's take his pulse!
Madam Zhang straightened her back, a smug smirk playing on her lips.
"Everyone heard that, right? Doctor Hong has been practicing medicine for many years. Even if you don't trust the Yang family, you should trust Doctor Hong. Our Yang family married a perfectly good wife, but we ended up with such a slut. Even drowning her in a pig cage wouldn't be too much of a crime! Today, I will take charge and divorce this little whore for my son!"
The crowd also joined in the discussion.
"Madam Yang is right, such a lowly whore must be divorced!"
"She should be drowned in a pig cage!"
"It's a wonder that Governor Jiang is a governor of a prefecture, yet he raised such a daughter. How can someone from such a family, with such character, be fit to be the head of a prefecture! I think the emperor should investigate the Jiang family first!"
"Absolutely! How could there be such a despicable woman!"
"What a disgrace! She gave birth to such a daughter; she should be drowned immediately! How dare she even come out to ask her husband's family for her back!"
The murmurs among the crowd grew louder, and Madam Zhang became increasingly smug.
Jiang Xun wished he could shut them all up, and coldly shouted, "You're all talking nonsense!"
Madam Zhang sneered, "Hmph, with Doctor Hong as a witness, your sister is indeed immoral. Your Jiang family still has the nerve to ask me for her. Ha, even if we found her, I would immediately drown her in a pig cage to save my property from being dirtyed!"
"You!" Jiang Xun clenched her fists in anger.
Today, Lu Yangyang accompanied Jiang Zhiyi and Wen Qingqing out. For convenience, she changed into men's clothing and used the beauty cream given by Wen Qingqing to modify the skin tone of her entire face and neck. She looked like a completely different person, resembling a handsome young man.
As she listened to the increasingly outrageous insults hurled at her, she stepped out from the crowd, walked up to Doctor Hong, and bowed, asking, "May I ask, Doctor Hong, have you truly diagnosed the Jiang family girl with venereal disease?"
Seeing that she was just a teenager, Doctor Hong couldn't help but look down on her a little: "It's absolutely true, I would never lie."
Lu Yangyang nodded: "Then may I ask, Doctor Hong, have you examined Young Master Yang?"
"What do you mean? Are you questioning my medical skills?" Doctor Hong raised his voice.
Standing next to Doctor Hong, Granny Xing pointed at Lu Yangyang and scolded, "Where did this brat come from, daring to speak to Doctor Hong like that? What do you know?"
“I know a little bit,” Lu Yangyang said, her gaze still fixed on Doctor Hong. “As far as I know, venereal disease is not easily transmitted. The most direct way to spread it is through sexual intercourse. Since that’s the case, and Miss Jiang is newly married, Doctor Hong, who do you think infected whom?”
Lu Yangyang turned her head, her gaze sweeping over everyone, and asked loudly, "Why are you all so sure it's the Jiang family girl's problem, and not the Yang family young master's problem?"
Many people were baffled by her question. Indeed, why was it so certain that it was the Jiang family girl's fault, and not the Yang family's son's? After all, the Yang family's son was also involved in keeping a famous courtesan!
The crowd exchanged bewildered glances. They had been subconsciously following Madam Zhang's lead, but they had overlooked the fact that the Jiang family's daughter had just married the Yang family's son. What if the Yang family's son had a problem?
Everyone looked at Madam Zhang with curiosity.
Madam Zhang was furious, her face flushed red. Pointing at Lu Yangyang, she yelled, "Where did you come from, you liar? What nonsense are you spouting? How could my son be sick? It's that little harlot's fault!"
Lu Yangyang looked at Doctor Hong: "Doctor Hong, as a doctor, are you so arbitrary?"
Doctor Hong retorted angrily, "Of course I examined Young Master Yang's pulse, and he does not have venereal disease!"
“If you say there’s no problem, then there’s no problem. What if you’ve made a mistake?” Lu Yangyang said loudly, “Since so many people here are so curious, why don’t we call Young Master Yang out and have him examined on the spot? Surely you’re not the only doctor here, Dr. Hong?”
Upon hearing Lu Yangyang's signal, Wen Qingqing immediately ran out: "I'm also a doctor, I can take Young Master Yang's pulse!"
When Doctor Hong saw Wen Qingqing, a young girl, he became even angrier: "Hmph! I have been practicing medicine for many years and I am confident that I would never misjudge someone! You little brat, how dare you send such a young girl to humiliate me! It's simply outrageous!"
Wen Qingqing was displeased by this and stepped forward, saying, "Doctor, practicing medicine isn't about who's older. My Wen family has been practicing medicine for generations. I've been listening to herbal formulas since I was born, and I could perform acupuncture at the age of three. I wouldn't dare say I'm better than you, but I'm not necessarily worse. How is that an insult to you?"
Dr. Hong angrily retorted, "You! You're being unreasonable!"
"Whether it's reasonable or not, we'll know after a diagnosis!" Lu Yangyang raised her voice and asked Madam Zhang, "Madam Zhang, do you dare to let Young Master Yang come out? If he doesn't come out, does that mean he really has a problem?"
“You’re talking nonsense! My son is fine!” Mrs. Zhang shouted.
The crowd began to discuss the matter. The incident between the Jiang and Yang families had been making headlines for over a month, but Young Master Yang hadn't shown up. Could there really be something wrong with him?
Hearing the discussions, Madam Zhang grew anxious. She steeled herself and said to Granny Xing, "Go, call the young master out. Today I'll let them all see who's really in the wrong."
Granny Xing hurriedly ran back to call for help.
Lu Yangyang continued to say to Dr. Hong, "Dr. Hong, I've heard that whether venereal disease is contagious is not absolute and depends on a person's physical condition. Some people are healthy and may not be infected, while others are in poor health and are easily infected. Also, if a husband contracts a disease while having affairs outside and infects his wife at home, he may not necessarily get the disease himself. Or perhaps the disease has been dormant in his body for a long time and is not so easy to manifest. Dr. Hong should know this, right?"
Doctor Hong's expression suddenly changed, and his eyes widened immediately: "That's utter nonsense!"
“Dr. Hong, you’re mistaken. What this young man said is true. I’ve seen similar cases in our Wen family’s medical classics. You might want to go back and look for medical records and ask experienced doctors. Venereal diseases have always been considered incurable, but their contagiousness is varied and not absolute.” Wen Qingqing kindly reminded him, “One is never too old to learn. As a doctor, you must always keep learning.”
"You! You all!" Doctor Hong angrily flung his sleeves away, turning his face away, his beard trembling.
Just then, someone shouted, "Young Master Yang is out!"
All eyes turned to Yang Chengfeng as he walked out. When Yang Chengfeng saw so many people gathered outside the door, his eyes instinctively darted away, especially when he saw Jiang Xun, he instinctively shrank back and dared not meet his gaze.
Yang Chengfeng was also a handsome and elegant young man with a refined appearance and upright posture, but at this moment he looked sallow, with sunken eyes and a bluish-black ring around them, as if he had contracted some kind of illness.
As soon as Madam Zhang saw Yang Chengfeng, she wailed, "My perfectly healthy son has been tortured to the point of being unrecognizable just because he married that little harlot! Your Jiang family has gone too far! You've gone too far!"
Lu Yangyang clapped her hands: "Alright, Madam Zhang, now that Young Master Yang is here, please have Doctor Hong and this Doctor Wen take his pulse!"