Long Xiao walked slowly to the bed and looked at the old man's face, then pried open his lips to examine them.
"Someone come and help move him to the backyard."
The moment he touched the old man, Long Xiao had already conducted a comprehensive examination of his body.
The old man was poisoned by an overdose of aconite. Although this poison was very dangerous, it was not difficult for Long Xiao to treat.
The old man was in the late stage of cancer. The poisoning would not be fatal, and he didn't have much time left to live.
Since obtaining the medical skills from the "Dragon Sutra," Long Xiao had not yet treated a cancer patient.
The woman and the burly man did not seem to be the old man's family. They brought him over, and the old man had taken poison. This matter was very suspicious.
Two young men who were queuing for medical treatment helped lift the old man to leave, but were stopped by the burly man.
"Treat him here, you are not allowed to take him away."
Long Xiao looked at the burly man and asked, "Who is he to you?"
"He, he is my father," the burly man said.
Long Xiao pointed at the old man and said, "If you want him to live, then get out of the way. It's inconvenient to treat him here, and there are no medical instruments. He needs to be treated in the ward in the backyard."
"What if I don't let you take him away?" the burly man asked.
Long Xiao pointed to the door of the treatment room and said, "Then you can carry him and go. I can't treat him here."
"Xinglin Caotang is refusing to save lives. Everyone, please judge! They are watching my father die and won't save him."
The woman began to cry and make a scene, shouting loudly.
The onlookers couldn't stand it. Someone shouted, "Hurry up and get out of the way, let the doctor save your father, or it will be too late."
"Unfilial son, do you want your father to die? Hurry up and get out of the way!" someone shouted.
Mi Tianfu stepped forward and said, "Someone, drag him away! It will be too late if he's not detoxified."
Mi Tianfu and several onlookers restrained the burly man, and the old man was carried to the backyard.
Long Xiao came to the courtyard and said in a low voice to Zhang Eryong and Bao Tie, "Keep an eye on these two people. Don't let them run away."
Bao Tie nodded and said, "Don't worry, Brother Long. We won't let them leave this door."
Long Xiao came to the ward in the backyard. The two people who carried the old man had already placed him on the bed.
"Aconite poisoning, Mingyue, prepare the medicine." Long Xiao said to Mingyue, who was following behind him.
Mingyue knew how to detoxify all sorts of herbs. He didn't enter the room and rushed to the pharmacy to prepare the antidote.
Long Xiao came to the bedside, looked at the old man, and said, "Stop pretending. If you want to live, tell me everything."
The old man opened his eyes, sighed, and said, "Even if you detoxify me, I won't live."
Long Xiao smiled and said, "Not necessarily. Isn't it just late-stage rectal cancer? That's not difficult to treat."
"Nonsense. No hospital can treat late-stage cancer now."
"That's a hospital. This is Xinglin Caotang. What hospitals can't treat, we don't call it a disease here."
"Anyone can brag. I won't fall for your trick."
"Are you out of your mind? Others spend billions to buy time, and you have a chance to live, but you voluntarily give it up."
"Who doesn't want to live? I just can't live anymore."
"You just think you can't live anymore, so you agreed to take their money and die a few days earlier."
The old man looked at Long Xiao and said nothing. He knew he was going to die. He wanted to die quickly, and if he died of poisoning, he would feel at ease with the ten thousand yuan he received.
Seeing that the old man was silent, Long Xiao asked, "How much money did you take from them? I can give you double, and I will detoxify you and cure your rectal cancer."
The old man thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I don't believe you."
At this moment, Mingyue came in with the prepared medicine, ready to decoct it. Long Xiao said, "Mingyue, go get twenty thousand yuan."
Because many of the patients who had been seeing doctors recently were elderly, Xinglin Caotang had quite a bit of cash on hand.
Mingyue went to get the money, and Long Xiao began to decoct the medicine.
Three minutes later, the old man began to convulse. Long Xiao quickly took out silver needles and used the 'Big Dipper Detoxification' acupuncture technique to detoxify the old man.
After the silver needles were inserted, the old man did not struggle or prevent Long Xiao from detoxifying him.
Long Xiao knew that the old man's mindset was changing.
Soon, Mingyue brought twenty thousand yuan and placed it in front of the old man.
The old man sighed and said, "I'll tell you whatever you want to know."
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "Don't rush. Drink the antidote first."
The old man picked up the decocted medicine and drank it down in large gulps. Soon, the black aura on his face completely disappeared.
The old man did not ask Long Xiao to treat his illness, nor did he take the money on the table. He told Long Xiao that the burly man and the woman had given him ten thousand yuan, and their purpose in coming was for him to die at Xinglin Caotang.
"Uncle, your life is really cheap. You sold it for ten thousand yuan."
"I thought I couldn't live anyway, and earning ten thousand was better than dying for nothing."
Long Xiao pointed to the money on the table and said, "Take the money. I will be responsible for curing your rectal cancer."
The old man looked at the money, shook his head, and said, "I don't want your money. If you can really cure my rectal cancer, I will find a way to get you as much money as you want."
Long Xiao told the old man that Xinglin Caotang only charged a registration fee and basic medicine costs for treating illnesses, with no other fees. The registration fee was fifty yuan, and the medicine costs would be calculated after the illness was cured.
In ordinary hospitals, examination fees alone would cost tens of thousands, and that's before any treatment.
Treating rectal cancer would cost hundreds of thousands, after which you would be sent home to recuperate. The costs of later chemotherapy and radiotherapy were also very high, and in the end, it would only be maintenance for a few years and waiting to die, not a cure.
The old man heard Long Xiao say that it was only a fifty yuan registration fee and no examination fees, and he still didn't believe it.
"Is your basic medicine very expensive?" the old man asked.
Long Xiao smiled and shook his head, saying, "It depends on what medicine is taken. They are all common medicines, costing about a few hundred or a few thousand, not exceeding ten thousand."
"Are you telling the truth?" the old man was still in doubt.
"Don't worry, I, Long Xiao, never lie."
Seeing that the old man's doubts were gradually disappearing, Long Xiao added, "You can rest assured to stay here. I will provide for your food and lodging, and you can leave after you are cured."
Seeing Long Xiao's sincere expression, the old man's doubts were completely dispelled. He turned and got out of bed, intending to kneel down to Long Xiao.
Long Xiao immediately supported the old man and said, "Don't be so polite. I treat everyone equally here. You pay for hospitalization, and I treat you. This is completely normal."
"But you are treating me like this, you are losing money, not making money."
Long Xiao chuckled again and said, "If I opened a medical clinic to make money, I wouldn't open it."
The old man followed Long Xiao to the front courtyard. In the front courtyard, the burly man and the woman were arguing, demanding to see their father, or they would find people to smash the clinic.
Although Zhang Eryong and Bao Tie were very angry, they only blocked these two people from going to the backyard and did not make a move.
When everyone saw Long Xiao and the old man come out, they all quieted down. Anyone could see that the black aura on the old man's face was gone, and the poison had been resolved.
Seeing that the old man was not dead, the burly man turned to leave, but Bao Tie grabbed him and kicked him in the back of the knee. With a thud, he fell to his knees.
The burly man roared, leaped up, and threw a punch at Bao Tie.
Bao Tie was like a weakling in front of Long Xiao, but in front of the burly man, it was different.
He dodged the burly man's punch and hit him in the stomach. The burly man retreated into the crowd and turned to run.
Bao Tie was about to chase after him, but Long Xiao shouted, "Bao Tie, don't chase. One is enough to control."
Bao Tie and Zhang Eryong pounced on the woman. The woman's strength was only at the early stage of the Yellow Realm. In just a few moves, they subdued her to the ground.