Jonas's Chinese was pretty good, and with the bearer behind him helping him clear up his doubts, he soon roughly understood the cause of the chaos in front of him.
The doctor surnamed Huang who was surrounded by people was named Huang Zhihui, and he was also a well-known figure in the Xinglin community of the capital. However, his nickname was not very pleasant, and the people called him Huang Evil Doctor.
In the eyes of the people of the Qing Dynasty, this Huang Zhihui was indeed evil and could not be more evil. If he did not carry forward the good family medical skills and kept his bowl of rice delicious, he insisted on studying some so-called Western medical skills.
I don’t know where Huang Zhihui bought the Western paintings. On them were men and women without clothes, and even half of their bodies had been dissected open, revealing the terrifying skeletons and internal organs inside.
Not only that, this guy hangs out with the prison bosses of Shuntian Mansion all day long. Rumor has it that he also spends money to buy some dead bodies for research. Over time, he developed a reputation as an evil doctor. In the end, people avoided his house, and even his neighbors didn't bother to pay attention to him.
Dr. Huang Xie is not popular, but his medical skills are quite good, and his fees are low, so his life is still very good.
Just five days ago, an old man suffering from intestinal dysentery was brought here. When Dr. Huang examined it, he found that the patient was very angry. When he asked his family again, it turned out that all the traditional Chinese medicine doctors in Beijing were helpless. Advise family members to arrange funeral arrangements.
The old man's relatives also came to Huang Zhihui with the mentality of a dead horse doctor. Doctor Huang Xie also explained the dangers to the family members before treatment. After receiving approval, Huang Zhihui performed the operation on the patient.
What the ancients called intestinal syndrome was actually appendicitis, which is well-known to modern people. It only required a minor operation to cut out the appendix and suture it, but in ancient times this was a fatal disease.
After all, Dr. Huang Xi was a self-taught Western medicine practitioner and had no research on bacteriology at all. Although the operation was successful, the patient had a high fever after the operation, and because he was too old, he died on the fifth day.
Huang Zhihui has always believed that this kind of surgery is a matter of life and death. Since you have said that life and death are important before, and you know the risks, you can't rely on yourself if you die. But unexpectedly, the old man's children were still a bunch of rogues. Not only did they deny what they had said, but they also sued Dr. Huang for practicing evil magic.
"Shameless, how can you be so shameless! It's obvious that all the doctors in the capital will not accept a patient who is destined to die. You sent me here to bet on your life. I made it clear beforehand that life and death depended on fate. How come people are now Are you still relying on me after you die? Are you still being reasonable..."
"Fart! We have never said this. Our parents taught us how to treat our bodies. How could we agree to your random operations? We only agreed because you said it would definitely be cured... Stop talking nonsense and follow us quickly. Go see the official..."
The three young men rushed forward and grabbed Huang Xiyi's arm, and shot the arrow behind his back, forcing his head down. By this time, Dr. Huang was so angry that he was dizzy. He had never seen such a rogue person in his forty years.
"Let me go, let me go..." Veins popped up on Doctor Huang's forehead and neck.
At this moment, a strange voice came from outside the crowd, "Stop, you can't treat a doctor like this. His treatment was not wrong. Laparotomy is very common in the West..."
While he was talking, a foreigner with a tall nose walked in, and Jonas seemed to want to mind his business. When the crowd saw the foreigners approaching, they jumped out of an alley with a frightened roar. Although everyone knew that there were foreigners resident in Dongjiaomin Alley, it was rare to see foreigners going out alone.
"Hey, why is a foreign devil here? The Western scene is so popular today..."
"Look, the hair is really yellow and the eyes are blue. You can be considered alive today..."
Jonas listened to the discussions of the people of the Qing Dynasty and felt dumbfounded. Looking at a group of old men and women desperately dragging their grandchildren home, he knew that these people must have thought of those bizarre rumors.
"My name is Jonas, from Europe. I can prove to you that this doctor did not use witchcraft. What he did was just a common treatment method in Western medicine. If you don't believe it, I can let Dongjiao Minxiang The Western doctor in the court appeared in court to testify..."
When the three troublemaking sons saw that the foreigners had come out to fight against the injustice, they all flinched. Their original intention in today's matter was to extort money. What they were bullying was that they had not written it down in black and white before. They insisted that Huang Zhihui was using witchcraft, and Shuntian Mansion would definitely win the lawsuit. .
But it's hard to tell if foreign doctors get involved. Everyone knows that the imperial court is afraid of foreigners. It's uncertain who will win and who will lose.
"We don't care what you say. You foreigners have nothing to do with our Qing Dynasty. Anyway, my father's death cannot be in vain. How dare you say that you have no responsibility at all?"
"Yes, you are still a doctor. How can you still be rational after you have cured people's deaths?" The three sons surrounded Huang Zhihui with all their talk, making the evil doctor's face turn blue and white.
Yes, if a doctor kills someone, he will not feel better regardless of whether he is responsible or not. This is not only a matter of the doctor's parental feelings, but also a matter of denial of his own medical skills.
"Okay, stop talking, the person is already dead, you can just draw whatever you want!" Doctor Huang suddenly yelled.
The three sons looked at each other and suddenly said in unison, "Yin Zi, you accompany us to burn the money. My father can't die in vain..." As soon as the words came out, the crowd around them sneered. The people at that time were still very simple. This kind of blackmail is always frowned upon.
"After all, the fox's tail is finally showing. Isn't it just asking for money? It's as if you are justified in making trouble."
"That's right, there are no doctors in the capital to accept patients, so I tried it with a man named Huang, but in the end he got himself covered in fish..."
Listening to the comments from the people around, the three sons also blushed a little. Huang Zhihui looked at the three of them and sneered and said, "Okay, okay, since you are willing to sell your father, I can also afford the money. Let's set a price..."
"Sixty taels, a life is at least sixty taels..." Before he could finish his words, the crowd started to curse.
"You go ahead and grab the money. Sixty taels can buy three acres of irrigated land in the suburbs of Beijing. You can't blackmail people like this!"
"That's it. Sixty taels can build three tile-roofed houses in the countryside. Your father is really valuable. He can earn it for you even if he dies."
There was no inflation during the Qing Dynasty, and the purchasing power of real money and silver was very high. Sixty taels was no less than an astronomical figure for ordinary families.
The three sons ignored the laughter and scolding of others and looked at the sky with their hands on their hips, "It's just sixty taels. Human life is as valuable as the sky. It's not bad if I don't ask you for six hundred taels..."
"Okay, I'll give you sixty taels. Just wait at the door, and I'll get it for you..." Doctor Huang said almost through gritted teeth, then turned and walked into the house.
The people around him only heard the clanking sound of wooden boxes opening and closing in the side room. After about five or six minutes, Evil Doctor Huang walked out holding six large silver ingots.
This is a serious official silver. The white flowers dazzle people's eyes. He presses it heavily in the palm of his hand and makes the sound of swallowing saliva all around.
"See clearly, it was cast by the Ministry of Household Affairs in the twelfth year of Qianlong's reign. This is my family's heirloom silver. Do you need me to find a scale for you to weigh it?"
The three sons rushed over like mad dogs, holding two silver ingots each in their hands, which was no different from holding their biological father and mother. Originally, they thought that Dr. Huang would counterattack, but finally there were three sons. Forty taels of silver was enough. Unexpectedly, he took out sixty taels of silver without counter-offering.
This was really something they saw in their eyes and loved in their hearts. The three of them rubbed the silver ingot with their hands, and even bit it twice with their teeth. Looking at the casting official seal underneath, they knew it couldn't be fake, so they quickly said, "No need to weigh it, we I can trust you..." After saying that, he wanted to leave.
"Stop...you want to leave now? Do you still want to leave without leaving a note or taking fingerprints?" Huang Zhihui threw a piece of paper and bright red ink pad from his arms.
The people around him also started making noises. Although Doctor Huang often did some evil things and the neighbors were afraid of him, this man really didn't do any bad things. Everyone still had to help him at critical moments.
"That's right, hurry up and sign and pledge your money. Do you want to blackmail them a second time... You really gave them an advantage..."
The three brothers made a big blush and quickly pressed their fingerprints and signed a pledge to ensure that they would never pursue the case again. Then they left with the money in their arms and even started running in the end.
The crowd sighed and dispersed. Jonas regretfully said to Doctor Huang, "You should go to the government. You didn't do anything wrong in this matter. It was them who were wrong!"
Huang Zhihui cupped her hands to express her gratitude to Jonas, "Thank you, Mr. Foreign. If you hadn't shocked the three of them, I might have had to pay for another beating today... But don't worry, I, Doctor Huang, don't have that good money." Take it, and after three days they will know how powerful it is..."
Jonas was not interested in knowing Dr. Huang’s follow-up plan, and just left him a business card: “You are one of the few people in the Qing Dynasty who is willing to accept Western medical skills. If you are interested, you can come to me in the next few days. Let me introduce you to a great British doctor..."
When Jonas left, this little episode was considered to have subsided, leaving only common people shaking their heads with regret, and people's evaluation of Dr. Huang was also much higher.
Facts have proved that this evil doctor's nickname was not for nothing. Unknown to everyone, when three days passed, the three dutiful sons who had extorted money suddenly fell ill with a strange disease after paying their respects.
This is a strange skin disease. It starts from the hands and spreads to the whole body. It is extremely itchy and cannot be relieved even if the skin is broken by scratching. What is even more frightening is that the third child actually starts itching from the mouth and neck at the same time, and the spread is faster than other diseases. The two brothers are even faster.
This is the most painful disease in the world. The itching is more uncomfortable than the pain, and the nails are full of bright red blood after scratching. The three families went all over the capital and called countless doctors but to no avail.
The strange illness of the three brothers quickly spread throughout the capital, and many people attributed the illness to retribution. Who made the three of them rely on dead people to extort money? They deserved it.
After holding on for more than half a month, the New Year was about to come. The three families really had no choice but to collect a full one hundred taels of silver and ask someone to hire a famous doctor from Tai Hospital.
Not to mention, the doctor from Tai Hospital could see the root cause of the disease at a glance: "This is not a disease. The three of you have been poisoned. This is a rare poison in the world. Think about who you have offended." , this kind of poison is helpless to anyone except the person who prepares it..."
"Dr. Huang!" The three brothers actually shouted out a name in unison. They finally understood that the silver had been drugged with potion.
"Let's go, let's go to his house, and we'll settle the score with him..."
