Beauty and the Bodyguard

Brilliant idea, Master Bing

“Got this illness after offending Lin Yi? What do you mean? Could it be that this illness was created by Lin Yi?” Yaowang still held grudges against him. He always reckoned that his medical skill was the best among the others in the mortal world. If he claimed the runner up title, no one could be the first!

Previously, he thought that Guan Xuemin was the one who treated Lin Yi’s injuries and created the antidote of the poisoning event so he wanted to have a duel with him! However, after Li Dilei’s case, he realized that things weren’t like that. Lin Yi was the hidden medical master behind all the solved puzzles!

“I’m not really sure about this, but things were pretty weird back then….” Li Cihua started narrating again until his hairs were all standing straight. “I heard that it was just a split second. The recyclable picking old lady’s illness was transferred to Zhen Yingjun…It sounds very abnormal, so I’ve no idea if this is true or just a rumor….”

“The old lady’s illness was transferred to Zhen Yingjun in a split second?” Yaowang couldn’t believe what Li Cihua said as he was staring at him in disbelief. “Are you saying that the old lady’s paralysis sequella with her twisted mouth and crippled leg were transferred to Zhen Yingjun suddenly? Are you sure?”

“That’s what I heard!” Li Cihua nodded.

“Logically speaking, this is impossible,” Yaowang murmured. “However, one has to have a superior medical prowess to achieve this feat. I believe that he wasn’t transferring the illness but first, he treated the old lady and developed the same illness in Zhen Yingjun! One is treating and another one is creating. However, it might seem like transferring, that’s how the outsiders see things….”

“Shi.….” Li Cihua took in a breath of cold air. “In such a short period of time, Lin Yi could heal and create the same illness?”

“This, I can do that too!” Yaowang snorted and said with confidence. “I, Yaowang, am no expert in treating but harming people with my medical skills. These little tricks are just a piece of cake for me!”

“I see. I still thought that some evil and unusual things happened. But after hearing Yaowang’s explanation, I finally understand the real reason behind this!” Li Cihua nodded. “Never mind. Let’s forget about him! Master Bing, about the orphanage….”

“Wait, just put the orphanage aside. I’ve got a better idea to earn more money!” Zhao Qibing waved his hand. He had planned to use this plan the moment he heard that Zhen Dazhou was willing to pay one million to treat his son. “Nowadays, treating people seems to earn a good amount, don’t you guys think so? I remember what Miracle Doctor Guan did. He treated a patient and the patient was so grateful that he rewarded him a great fortune as a token of appreciation. Why not do the same business? All of those rich people are so filthy rich. Besides, nothing is more important than life itself, so we will surely earn a lot with this method!”

“Um…. Brilliant idea, Master Bing!” Li Cihua thought that this was really a good method to earn money but the question was would Yaowang cooperate? Thus, he turned his head facing Yaowang.

“I was sent here by the master to help Master Bing. Master Bing’s word is my order.” Yaowang didn’t really mind. Whatever he was doing was for House Zhao anyway but the only concern he had was the price of the treatment. For him to treat the patient himself, how was that only worth a million yuan? Thus, he felt wronged and requested. “Master Bing, but the fee… I think we should shift it higher…”

“Certainly! How can we earn with just a million every time?” Zhao Qibing smiled wickedly. His voice was dark and cunning. “Isn’t harming people your expertise, Yaowang? It’s easy. We can give them the treatment and collect one million as the treatment fee but create another illness for them by shifting the problems to another part of the body. Then, they would look for us again! Thus, wouldn’t the profits come pouring in from all sides?! Of course, we can’t let them see through our dirty tricks, so hide it properly!

“Splendid! This is indeed splendid!” Li Cihua’s voice was full of honor and respect. ” Master Bing, you’re really quick-witted. Such an evil plan from you. I couldn’t even afford to think of one!”

“Of course, hng hng. Isn’t there a Miracle Doctor Guan or Miracle Doctor Kang? Let’s go with the name of Medicine King Zhao. Once our reputation is high enough, we can earn as much money as we wish !” Zhao Qibing said cockily.

(As I have explained in the previous chapter, Yaowang means Medicine king but we are unsure if that’s his title or real name… but since this is like an official title, shall we go with the name Medicine King Zhao? Please leave a comment below if you have any questions. :D)

“It’s really plausible!” Yaowang didn’t oppose the idea- after all, he was an insidious person, to begin with. Harming people was his expertise. As things stood, one patient could potentially get them more than just one million now!

Medical skills could be used to save lives but at the same time, it could be used to harm people. A medical practitioner understands human anatomy very well, especially eastern medics. They could create illness with just some little twists and tricks!

Nowadays, most doctors became doctors to save lives but there was still a small fraction of doctors only work to making a living. But of course, after receiving the money, they would still save those lives.

However, there was still another fraction of people that was different from those two categories. The reason why they studied medicine was not to save lives but to harm people! And this fraction of people was mostly the minister of the palace or noble houses during the ancient time. They purposely created the illness to save the prince or courtier from troubles and fool the king, just so the prince or courtier could avoid the limelight.

For instance, in the palace, there were two different factions of people fighting under the emperor. While the prince or grand secretariat didn’t want to get involved in the fight, they would either report sick and take leave just so they could evade the issues during the morning assemblies in front of the emperor. However, it was natural that the emperor wouldn’t believe them so he would normally send imperial physicians to visit. This was where those people shine brightly as they would create a fake illness to fool the imperial physician.

However, with the change of dynasty, some of the noble houses had fallen so these people were scattered into the non-governmental world living amongst the common folks. Some started their own business, some stuck with the rich landlord, providing them with specialized private treatment.

Since they had been earning a lot in the noble houses, normal treatment fee from the rich landlord couldn’t possibly satisfy them. Hence, whenever they gave those rich plutocrats treatments, they would never completely treat them but leave some problems behind. Those people would then collect sum after sum of money until those rich people went bankrupt. Lastly, whether to treat those patients or not depends on those people’s frame of mind. They could treat them or just ignore them and let them die on their own.

Thus, no one could say that these people weren’t insidious. Of course, there weren’t many left in society now. After all, it’d been such a long time and some of those medical skills weren’t handed down from past generations and many had changed their professions. Only a handful of people were forced to abandon this method and become a private doctor instead.