SFS Chapter 433: Fake medicine? Doctor Hu was arrested
Chapter 433: Fake medicine? Doctor Hu was arrested
After coming out of the villa, Yao Qingnian planned to go see Duke Chen and the others. When he arrived at the gate of Jingzhao Prefecture, the carriage suddenly stopped.
"Shanwei, why did the carriage stop?"
"Miss, there's a blockage ahead, we can't get through."
"How can such a long road be blocked?" Yao Qingnian opened the curtain of the carriage and saw a group of people making a lot of noise not far away.
"Yes, there are many people gathered at the gate of Jingzhao Prefecture. It seems something has happened. I'm afraid we won't be able to get through for a while. Miss, shall we turn back?"
"Go and find out what happened."
Shan Wei got off the carriage and went to inquire, and came back after a while.
"Miss, something happened to Doctor Hu."
"What could happen to him?" Yao Qingnian asked doubtfully. Wasn't he at the Princess's mansion trying to save the Princess's face?
"He used to provide free medical treatment and medicine to the people at the city gate, but he was discovered to have used fake medicine. Not only did it fail to cure the disease, it also made the condition worse. Some people even died as a result. So the people flocked to the gate of Jingzhao Prefecture and demanded that he be arrested and severely punished." Shan Wei told Yao Qingnian the news he had obtained.
"Sir, please catch this quack doctor and seek justice for us. My son was killed by him." A man knelt on the ground and cried while holding his child. It turned out that his son died because of taking Doctor Hu's medicine.
The child was born weak and sickly, and had caught a cold some time ago. The stepmother originally wanted to take the child to the capital to see a doctor, but she saw Doctor Hu providing free consultations at the city gate, and there were so many people queuing up, so she did not go into the city, thinking it was just a cold, what could be a big deal, so she took the child to the hospital for treatment at the city gate. Mrs. Hu also gave her free medicine, and the child would be fine after taking it for two days.
When the stepmother saw such a good thing happening and met Dr. Hu who treated her for free and gave her medicine, she was instantly grateful to him and said he was a living Bodhisattva. Not only her, but many people thought so.
But as time went on, everyone discovered that the medicine prescribed by Doctor Hu worked at first, but as time went on, it had no effect and the illness became more and more serious. When asked, everyone found the same thing.
Especially this woman, after she took the medicine back and cooked it for her child to eat, the child's illness got much better. She couldn't help but be happy, so she ran to the city gate to find Doctor Hu and asked him to prescribe some more medicine for the child.
But this time, after eating, the child's illness not only did not improve, but worsened. This morning, he suddenly complained of stomachache. The child's family immediately sent him to a clinic in the capital. The doctor said it was caused by taking fake medicine. The child was originally weak, and his condition was not effectively controlled. In addition, he took inferior herbal medicine for several days and could not be saved.
The child's family didn't believe it. How could a healthy child just disappear like that? And what fake medicine? They had saved money from their frugal lives to let the stepmother take the child to the capital to buy medicine. How could there be any problem?
When the stepmother saw that the child had died, she could not hold back and told the whole story. It turned out that the family situation was not good, and the stepmother felt sorry for the child. She thought it would be good to take care of the child anywhere, so she used the money she saved to buy a few eggs for the child. She met Doctor Hu at the city gate, who provided free medical treatment and also gave her medicine. After taking the medicine once, she found that it was indeed effective, so she secretly hid the money for the child's treatment. A few days ago, she took the child to Doctor Hu again, but unexpectedly, the child died of illness.
Upon hearing this, the child's family brought people from the village to seek settlement with Doctor Hu, but Doctor Hu had already achieved his goal and entered the Princess's Mansion, and had not come out to provide free medical services for several days.
This kid was unlucky. In order to gain everyone's trust, Doctor Hu used genuine medicines at the beginning. But as time went by, he had almost spent all his money. So he asked someone to buy a large number of fake medicines at a low price from quack doctors. He thought that since the medicines were not poisonous and would not kill people, he used them with confidence.
It is true that some fake drugs will not kill people, at most they will cause stomach upset or have no effect. But who would have thought that the child was weak to begin with, and the illness was not treated in time, which indirectly led to his death due to various reasons.
Many people also realized that something was wrong, and went to the city gate to look for Doctor Hu. As a result, they met the family holding the child. After asking, they found out that they had taken fake medicine. So all the people followed the man holding the child to Jingzhao Prefecture, demanding justice for them.
When the people in Jingzhao Prefecture heard about it, they immediately sent someone to investigate. They heard that the person was at the Princess's residence, so they brought a group of people to the door to ask for him.
At this moment, Doctor Hu was still researching scar removal medicine for the princess. His ancestral ointments had already shown obvious effects when used on the princess's face. If she worked harder, she would be close to recovery. For several days, he stayed in the yard prepared for him by the princess, concentrating on researching medicine.
Seeing how attentive he was, the princess praised him and sent him many good things. Doctor Hu was very happy, thinking that his day of success would soon come.
Today, he finally developed the ointment. With this, the scars on the princess' face can definitely be removed. He was excitedly preparing to give it to the eldest princess, but unexpectedly, the eldest princess came directly to him. Before he could say anything, he was caught by the guards.
He looked puzzled: "Princess, what happened? Why did you arrest me? I have already..." He wanted to say that he had developed the ointment, but he was interrupted before he could finish his words.
"I thought you were a kind-hearted doctor, but I didn't expect you to dare to give fake medicine to the people! The people have all gone to Jingzhao Prefecture to make a fuss!" The eldest princess shouted.
"Princess, what fake medicine? I don't have it!" Doctor Hu cried out that he was wronged.
"Unjustly accused? Go to the gate of Jingzhao Prefecture and see for yourself what you have done! Someone, come! Drag him out and hand him over to Lord Lu!" The eldest princess ordered him to be taken out and handed over to Lord Lu personally. This matter concerned the safety of the people and could not be taken lightly, so she followed in person.
When the people guarding the gate of Jingzhao Prefecture saw the official coming with his men, they angrily threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs in their hands at him. They were furious, their eyes full of condemnation, and someone in the crowd shouted loudly: "The quack doctor harmed people, and he must pay with his life!"
Doctor Hu was escorted by the officials, his body covered with all kinds of filth, but he tried to raise his head to defend himself: "I was wronged, I did not use fake medicine!" However, his voice was instantly drowned out by the angry voices of the people.
Doctor Hu cursed inwardly, "You are just lowly people. I treated you and gave you medicine for free, but you didn't thank me and even reported him to the police! You deserve to die of illness!"