Transmigration of Mian [Reluctantly] Becomes His Man [Wife] - Chap 154
Chap 154
: Display One’s Talent for the First Time
When Yuan Anshi learned that Qin Mian and Lei Tie had come back, he quickly went out to welcome them. From a long distance, he cupped his hands and sighed, “Eldest Lei-gongzi and Qin-gongzi, this old fellow feels ashamed for not taking good care of Lei-gongzi and Sirui.”
“Sir Yuan is overstating. It has nothing to do with Sir Yuan.” Lei Tie asked, “Where are they?”
Yuan Anshi raised his hand as he said, “This way, please.”
Qin Mian and Lei Tie followed him into a winding corridor.
“If you two have the right social connection in the Capital, there may be a way. If we could invite the Imperial Doctor to appear personally, maybe…” Yuan Anshi had a deep sense of shame in his eyes. If something happened to Huo Sirui in the Capital, he couldn’t explain it to his good friend of many years.
Qin Mian and Lei Tie had no comment. Everything had to wait until they had seen Lei Xiangzhi with their own eyes.
In a moment, they arrived at the east courtyard.
Yuan Anshi looked at Yuanyuan and Manman, worried that they would be shocked. “Lei-gongzi’s appearance is not very good… The children should stay out.”
Lei Tie handed Yuanyuan and Manman to Lei-Qin Le and Lei-Qin Zhong, “Take good care of them.”
“Yes, Eldest Master can rest assured.” Lei-Qin Le and Lei-Qin Zhong held the two soft children with care.
Yuan Anshi called a maidservant and asked her to prepare some snacks for the two children.
Walking into Lei Xiangzhi’s room, Qin Mian was startled to see his face. Lei Xiangzhi’s face was white, his lips were pale, and his breath was shallow. At first glance, Qin Mian thought he was a dead man.
Qin Mian sat down on the edge of the bed and picked up Lei Xiangzhi’s wrist to feel his pulse. [Magical] Pill and medicine were a group. The premise for him to learn concocting magic pills [alchemy] was to identify medicinal materials. It was a piece of cake for him to feel the pulse.
Yuan Anshi was a bit surprised. He had never heard that this Qin-gongzi possessed medical skills before.
After a few breaths, Qin Mian put Lei Xiangzhi’s wrist back into the quilt, looking slightly relaxed.
“How is it, wife?” asked Lei Tie.
Yuan Anshi nervously looked at Qin Mian.
Qin Mian said, “It’s really poisoned.”
Yuan Anshi immediately asked, “Is there any solution?”
“Yes.” Qin Mian said, “I’ll go to see if the others are afflicted with the same kind of poison.”
When Yuan Anshi saw that Qin Mian seemed to be confident, he did not urge Qin Mian.
Qin Mian felt Huo Sirui and the others’ pulses respectively and determined that they had the same kind of poison.
“This poison seems mild, but in fact it’s overbearing. Fortunately, we came back in time. Even more fortunate that I have five antidote pills with me. Otherwise—” Qin Mian shook his head and cupped his hands in obeisance to Yuan Anshi, “Sir Yuan, the antidote pills will expel the poison from their bodies in two hours. I’ll have to trouble you to arrange people to take care of them.”
Yuan Anshi was very happy, “As long as it can be detoxified, this old fellow will arrange it.”
Qin Mian took out a small white porcelain jar from his pocket that could be held in one hand. He didn’t let outsiders interfere. He personally fed each of them a detoxification pill. After waiting for a while, he felt their pulses again and nodded slightly.
“The pills are starting to work. Let’s go out first.”
Yuan Anshi nodded as he said, “Gentlemen, please. We’ll talk in the main hall.”
The three men sat down in the main hall.
Yuan Anshi wore a lamenting face and cupped his hand as he said, “Qin-gongzi, this old fellow wants to thank you. Yongcheng trusts me, so he entrusts Sirui to me. If something happens to him, this old fellow won’t be pardon even if I die ten thousand of death.”
Qin Mian cupped his hands to return the salute, “Sir Yuan regarded me as an outsider. Sirui is my and A-Tie’s brother-in-law; it’s my duty to save him. It’s also their luck, otherwise, even the Daoist Immortal Daluo can’t save them. As the saying goes, ‘one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster’. Sir Yuan doesn’t have to worry about it.”
Yuan Anshi repeatedly nodded, “That’s right. May I know the name of this poison?”
Qin Mian said, “if I guess it correctly, the first two days of their poisoning were typhoid symptoms.”
“Correct,” said Yuan Anshi, firmly.
Qin Mian added, “This is the specialty of this poison. The symptoms of the poisoned person on the first two days are exactly the same as that of typhoid, which often does not cause the attention of the poisoning. On the third day, when the person feels something is wrong, the toxicity has spread to the whole body. If the person fails to take the antidote within three days, either he spends time in an unconscious state or dies in poor health; the weak will go off like the snuff of a candle. Therefore, this poison has a terrible name: Gate of Hell.”
“Indeed, the name is terrible.” Yuan Anshi was angry and struck the table. “I’ve reported this to the local authority. We must find out who actually dared to attack the Gongshi(s) in the Imperial City.”
After that, he looked worried. “The palace examination is in three days. I don’t know if they can still catch up.”
“Rest assured, Sir Yuan.” Qin Mian said, “When they wake up, I’ll prepare a medicinal bathwater for them to soak in, and that’ll do.”
He immediately wrote a prescription for Lei-Qin Shun to fetch. Because the time was too short, the effect of ordinary herbs was too mediocre, so he had to secretly add a little spiritual spring water to the bathwater.
Yuan Anshi was still a little uneasy at the bottom of his heart. After two hours, his servants came to report that all five of them had woken up and their faces had recovered some vitality. Only then he was relieved and had more confidence in Qin Mian’s medical skills.
The few of them were talking when a manservant came in in a hurry.
“Reporting to the Old Master: there is a man who calls himself Lei-Qin Cheng outside the gate. He said he wanted to see Eldest Lei-gongzi and Qin-gongzi for an urgent matter.”
Qin Mian and Lei Tie’s faces changed slightly at the same time.
“Sir Yuan, he’s a servant of ours, coming from our hometown.”
Yuan Anshi noticed the looks on their faces and quickly told the manservant, “Invite him in.”
Qin Mian was ill at ease. Not long after they arrived in the Capital, he had asked Lei Tie to write home a letter confirming their safety. Something must have happened at home, otherwise, Lei-Qin Cheng would not have come all the way to the Capital.
Lei Tie held his wife’s hand. His calming voice made one feel at ease, “I’m here.”
In a short time, the manservant led Lei-Qin Cheng in.
Lei-Qin Cheng was travel-worn and weary. He knelt and said, “Greetings to Eldest Master and Little Master.”
Yuan Anshi stood up. “Lei-gongzi and Qin-gongzi, this old fellow remembers that something needs to be dealt with. Please excuse me.”
“Please go ahead, Sir Yuan.”
“Make yourselves at home.” Yuan Anshi left with the manservant.
Lei Tie asked Lei-Qin Cheng in a heavy tone, “What’s the matter?”
Lei-Qin Cheng answered, “Eldest Master and Little Master, nine days ago, famous chefs from all over the country came to Double Xiang House one after another, declaring to have a competition with the chefs of Double Xiang House. If Double Xiang House loses, it has to publish the secret recipes of thirteen spices and eighteen delicacies to the public. Manager Sun declined on the ground that the two Masters were not there and he could not be the master himself. However, those people were not reconciled and said that they were willing to stay in Running Water Town and wait for the two Masters to be back. Manager Sun knew that this matter was far from good, and immediately sent your servant to hurry to the Capital. Your servant went to Swan Goose Path Inn first. After asking the people in the Inn, your servant found out that the two Masters were in Yuan Residence, and so came over.”
Lei Tie said in a cold voice, “If Double Xiang House loses, it has to publish the secret recipes of thirteen spices and eighteen delicacies to the public. What a big declaration. Wife, we’ll leave in a few days.”
Qin Mian nodded as he was very vexed, too.
They found Yuan Anshi and explained the reason. It was not good for Yuan Anshi to persuade them to stay, so he asked his servant to bring Yuanyuan and Manman over.
Unexpectedly, Old Madam Yuan ran into Yuanyuan and Manman in the garden. Not only did she accompany the two little boys to play for half of the day, but she also sent them to the main hall in person. Later, Qin Mian learned that Yuan Anshi’s offspring from both wife and concubine were daughters. That’s why Old Madam Yuan liked Yuanyuan and Manman very much.
Qin Mian and Lei Tie left a letter to Lei Xiangzhi and Huo Sirui, leaving Lei-Qin Shun and Lei-Qin Cheng to protect them when they go back after the palace examination. They gave Lei-Qin Shun a bottle of specially dyed spiritual spring water and asked him to put it into the medicinal bathwater of Lei Xiangzhi’s group of five in secret, never letting anyone find out. In addition, he was told to pour out the medicinal bath water immediately after they finished the medicinal bath.
After explaining everything, the couple quickly packed up and left the Capital on the same day.
Inwardly, Yuan Anshi regretted the bad timing. Qin Mian’s medical skill was obviously very good, and he had planned to take the opportunity to make deep acquaintance with the other party.
The manservant came to report, “Old Master, Zhao Xianzhi-gongzi and Imperial Doctor Qin have come together.”
Yuan Anshi was taken aback, and then hurriedly said, “Quick, invite them in.”
In a word, this Zhao-gongzi also suffered the same poisoning as Lei Xiangzhi and Huo Sirui. There was a rumor in the Capital that the poisoning of Lei Xiangzhi and Huo Sirui was caused by Zhao-gongzi. However, people who knew the identity of Zhao-gongzi secretly derided this as nonsense. The native people in the Capital knew that Zhao Xianzhi was the son of the Imperial Preceptor. He had been a child prodigy from a young age. Even the Emperor liked him very much, so much so that the Emperor wanted to confer him a government official at the age of 13, but Zhao Xianzhi gracefully declined. Such a person like him, unless he was insane would he poison other Gongshi(s).
After a short while, a 16-year-old youth and a middle-aged man in his forties entered the gate together.
This youth was precisely Zhao Xianzhi. “Sir Yuan, this is Imperial Doctor Qin. I asked him to come to see Lei-gongzi and the others.”
“Imperial Doctor Qin?” Yuan Anshi looked at the middle-aged man and said in surprise, “Is it the Sir Qin Wencai, who is called the ‘Heavenly Doctor’?” It was said that the Imperial Doctor only treated the Emperor and the Empress. For him to be willing to come must be to honor Zhao Xianzhi.
“You flatter me.” Qin Wencai lightly smiled, “Sir Yuan, may I know where the patients are?”
Yuan Anshi came to his senses, “The five patients have eaten Lei-gongzi’s… eldest sister-in-law’s pill, and they have awakened. Now, they are taking a medicinal bath.”
“Oh?” Imperial Doctor Qin could not hide his surprise. “I heard from my colleagues that the poison in the five of them was probably a strange poison called ‘Gate of Hell’. The antidote to the ‘Gate of Hell’ requires several rare herbs, which are not available in the general medicine hall. Now, Sir Yuan actually said that the doctor detoxified them with just a pill?”
“Exactly.” Yuan Anshi said, “This is what I saw with my own eyes.”
For a long time, Imperial Doctor Qin had no words, but he had no doubt. After all, this kind of thing couldn’t be done falsely. The palace examination in a few days’ time would tell.
Yuan Anshi inexplicably felt that the Imperial Doctor’s side profile was similar to Qin Mian’s. He believed he was thinking too much. How could a man in a remote village be related to the generation of Imperial Doctors in the Capital? They were only people with similarities.
Zhao Xianzhi laughed in rejoice, “It’s good that they have woken up. It would be unfortunate if something had happened. This gongzi I still want to compete with them in the palace examination.”
Imperial Doctor Qin said, “Sir Yuan, I want to check their pulses personally, may I?”
Yuan Anshi said with haste, “For Imperial Doctor Qin to be willing to do it, this lowly official most welcome.”
The few people sat around for a while before the servant reported that Lei Xiangzhi and the others had finished taking the medicinal bath.
Yuan Anshi took Imperial Doctor Qin to check the pulse of Lei Xiangzhi and the others. Zhao Xianzhi felt bored and also went with them.
Dressed neatly, Lei Xiangzhi, Huo Sirui, and the others sat together and looked at each other with a rejoicing look of a survivor after a disaster.
“Eldest Sister-in-law saved us this time. We owe him too much.” Huo Sirui sighed deeply.
Lei Xiangzhi patted him on the shoulder, “Don’t think too much. In the future, we’ll double our love for Yuanyuan and Manman.”
Huo Sirui smiled with relief, “Well said.”
“Sirui.” Yuan Anshi walked into the door and saw that the five people looked good. He laughed, “Great, it’s great that everyone woke up.”
Huo Sirui quickly got up and bowed with his hands folded in front, “We’ve made Uncle Yuan worry about us.”
“As it should be.” Yuan Anshi said, “Let’s not talk about that. I’d like to introduce you, this is Imperial Doctor Qin, who’s specially invited by Zhao-gongzi to check on you.”
“Then, thanks for the trouble, Imperial Doctor Qin.”
Imperial Doctor Qin felt their pulses one by one. He was inwardly surprised and nodded as he said, “Congratulation. All of you have cleared away the toxicity in your body. Not only that, but you have recovered very well. It won’t affect your participation in the palace examination in a few days. It seems that there are many wonderful doctors among the common people.” He would like to know the origin of the doctor who cured them. He thought that the other party was a woman. If he asked more, it would hurt the other party’s reputation, so he gave up asking.
Lei Xiangzhi and the others said in unison, “Many thanks, Imperial Doctor Qin!”
Imperial Doctor Qin nodded and took his leave.
Lei Xiangzhi’s group of people thanked Zhao Xianzhi, and the six of them had a good talk.
