When Li Se’s words fell, everyone’s gaze inevitably fell upon him.
“Who are you?” Zhang Weidong reprimanded, “Are you a doctor to spout such nonsense here? Be careful, or you’ll lose your head!”
Whether it was Zhang Weidong, Xiao Zhanguo, or anyone else present, they were all influential figures in the capital. In such a situation, even the richest man in Qingyun City, no, even the richest man in the entire Jiangnan Province, would not dare to speak recklessly.
“Imperial Physician Zhang, he was invited by the old man,” Xiao Tian said in a low voice, though he was quite displeased with Li Se’s words at the moment.
After all, Zhang Weidong was an imperial physician. If he made a move, there would absolutely be no problem. But Li Se questioning him face-to-face was not only cursing his family’s elder, but also questioning Zhang Weidong’s medical skills!
“Why did the old General Xiao invite such a young man in?” Zhang Weidong was somewhat dissatisfied, but this was not the time to bicker with Li Se. Xiao Zhanguo’s poisoning was acting up, and his life was hanging by a thread. He had to rescue him quickly.
Seeing Li Se being scolded, Wang Xiang felt a bit of satisfaction in his heart.
Li Se frowned and said, “The reason Old General Xiao’s poisoning has acted up is because the toxin has already corroded his internal organs and his meridians. Western medicine is already ineffective, and only Chinese medicine can detoxify him!”
“You shut up!” Zhang Weidong was truly angry. He had to rescue Xiao Zhanguo, but Li Se was rambling on, even talking about meridians. It was utterly ridiculous.
Xiao Tian also said in a deep voice, “Please be quiet now!”
Li Se was about to say something more, but Qiao Weiwei, who was by his side, tugged at him, “Better not say anything.”
Everyone present were important figures. Even for Qiao Weiwei, her status in such an occasion was, well, just so-so.
Li Se held great respect for Xiao Zhanguo, so even if no one believed him, he still had to say what he needed to say. He declared, “Your Western medical methods are nothing more than controlling the symptoms with medication, but this is no longer effective for Old General Xiao. If I’m not mistaken, Old General Xiao was poisoned many years ago. This is a chronic poison. It might have been nothing at first, but as time went by, he would often experience weakness in his limbs and chest pain. These are symptoms of the poison slowly acting up. Now, the poison has completely infiltrated his internal system. If he is not detoxified, he will not live for another hour!”
At these words, Zhang Weidong’s expression changed slightly. He looked at Li Se, and although there was coldness in his eyes, it was at least better than before. He said, “You can tell what kind of poison Old General Xiao has without even taking his pulse?”
“Chinese medicine relies on observation, listening, inquiry, and palpation. Through observation, I can know what kind of poison Old General Xiao has, but the specific poison requires further examination. However, I know that the most important thing right now is detoxification, or at least control. Otherwise, he will surely die!” Li Se’s expression was more solemn than ever.
If the poisoned person were someone else, with such an attitude, Li Se might have walked away. But this was Old General Xiao, a hero he often heard his elders mention when he was young. From any perspective, he could not ignore this.
Xiao Tian’s expression was somewhat complex as he asked, “Can you detoxify him?”
He had only heard of Li Se but did not know him well. His father’s visit to Qingyun City this time was partly to seek medical treatment for himself, and partly to have Li Se detoxify him. There was also an important point: to present Li Se with the imperial physician’s golden plaque.
He had been too anxious just now and had forgotten that Li Se held this identity.
Of course, Xiao Tian still held a skeptical attitude towards Li Se’s medical skills.
“How could he possibly detoxify?” Zhang Weidong frowned. “Even if what he said is correct, at his age, he cannot possibly detoxify…”
“He… can.”
Xiao Zhanguo, who was in pain, suddenly spoke.
“Old General!”
“Dad!”
Zhang Weidong and Xiao Tian exclaimed with excitement.
Xiao Zhanguo slowly took out a delicate box from his怀 and placed it on the table. He pointed at Li Se and said, “Because he is an imperial physician!”
When this sentence was uttered, everyone’s expressions changed drastically.
Especially Zhang Weidong. He looked at Li Se in disbelief, then quickly opened the delicate box. Inside was the imperial physician’s golden plaque.
As an imperial physician himself, how could he not know this golden plaque?
Four characters were engraved on the golden plaque.
Imperial Physician!
Li Se!
These four characters were surrounded by a dragon.
“You are Li Se?” Zhang Weidong asked in surprise.
“Precisely!” Li Se nodded, took the imperial physician’s golden plaque belonging to him, and looked at Zhang Weidong coldly, saying, “Do I have the qualifications to treat Old General Xiao?”
Qualifications?
He certainly did. As a fellow imperial physician, Zhang Weidong felt his throat dry up. He had never seen such a young imperial physician.
During this period, there were rumors from the imperial physician review committee that a new imperial physician would be appointed. However, he had not paid much attention to it. He never expected it to be this young man before him.
Upon seeing the imperial physician’s golden plaque, Wang Xiang almost collapsed to the ground. He had actually offended an imperial physician…
“Please save my father!” Xiao Tian pleaded.
Li Se did not hesitate. He went to Xiao Zhanguo’s side, and with silver needles appearing in his hand, he quickly inserted them into Xiao Zhanguo’s body. He also elevated his qi cultivation technique to its peak.
Spiritual energy was channeled into Xiao Zhanguo’s body through the silver needles.
In just a few minutes, Xiao Zhanguo’s body was covered with densely packed silver needles, perhaps hundreds of them!
In these few minutes alone, a lot of cold sweat had already dripped down Li Se’s forehead, and his complexion had paled considerably.
Fortunately, his qi cultivation technique had broken through. Otherwise, treating Xiao Zhanguo would have been even more difficult.
Seeing Li Se’s acupuncture technique, Zhang Weidong was already immensely shocked. Li Se’s needling speed was extremely fast, and each needle was very precise. Most terrifyingly, as a needle was about to pierce Xiao Zhanguo, it had already detached from his hand.
This was Qi Flying Needle!
Although Zhang Weidong was a Western medicine practitioner, he had a good relationship with Sun Bai and also had some understanding of acupuncture. He had heard Sun Bai talk about acupuncture.
The difficulty of Qi Flying Needle lay in the ‘qi’ and the precision of the acupoints.
One must know that there are many acupoints on the human body. A single mistake could lead to incorrect acupoint insertion, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
There were many doctors present. On one side was the team brought by Zhang Weidong, and on the other were the assistants brought by Wang Xiang from the First Hospital.
They were all stunned.
Was this the young man who had recently become an imperial physician?
“I need larger silver needles!” Li Se commanded.
“We’ll prepare them for you immediately!” Zhang Weidong, with almost no hesitation, immediately ordered someone to prepare the silver needles. His expression was still filled with immense shock.
“So young, yet possessing such medical skills, his future will likely be soaring like a dragon!”