Episode 248. Picking up a patient (1)
The painter opened his mouth after diagnosing him and looking at the prescription.
“Have you had frequent headaches in the past?”
“Yes, it hurts sometimes.”
“Do you drink often?”
“Where is the money for drinks? I can’t even eat well.”
The painter got up and drew a long, straight line across the floor.
“Start from here and walk to the end, stepping only on the line I drew.”
“Can I walk like this?”
“Walk with your arms wide open.”
“Like this.”
“yes. You have to walk all the way.”
“I just stepped on the line and walked as the congressman told me.”
“Good job.”
snap.
At that moment, the painter nodded, and Lu Bu and Jang Goe suddenly grabbed the patient’s arms, one by one, with both arms spread out on either side.
“Why are you doing this?”
“The patient’s liver is swollen and his head is also full of foreign substances, so he needs to be treated by cutting his stomach open and opening his head. You just walked to the operating room on your own, so you can go in there.”
“What is this? Don’t let go of this right now! I mean, let go…”
The patient screamed in surprise, but was caught by Lu Bu and Jang Goe and disappeared into the operating room.
The painter looked at the last patient with back pain.
The back pain patient was already trying to escape, but was suppressed by Obo and Buna, and his arm was bent backwards.
“Ugh, let go of this.”
“You say your back hurts, so you’re very nimble.”
At the question of the fireman, the patient smiled awkwardly and rolled her eyes to look around.
The other patients were already watching with a funny expression, as if they had realized that the three were fake patients.
“I don’t actually have back pain.”
“Then why did you say your back hurt?”
“That’s it…”
“Let’s take a pulse first. Does your back hurt or not?”
When the painter tried to grab his wrist, the patient flinched and leaned back.
snap.
However, there were too many helpers helping the fireman by his side to avoid the fireman’s hands.
“Sorry. Actually, when I was asked, I said that I was sick when I was not sick. Please forgive me.”
“First, we check to see if there was a misdiagnosis or not. Ho~. I have a really bad back.”
At the words of the fireman, the patient jumped up.
“no. Because it’s really fine. If I let go of this hand, I might jump like a deer right away.”
“I’ll give you some saliva and you’ll get better soon.”
When the painter took out a long needle, the patient eventually burst into tears.
“Ugh! The congressman’s son committed a crime to death. please forgive me The two pieces of silver I received as a reward will be given to the congressman right away.”
“No, because I really have a back pain and I want to treat it. This stinger is long and looks menacing, but it doesn’t hurt.”
“I’ll pay one more nyang instead of two. It’s all I own right now. Please forgive me just once.”
The patient cried and ejaculated, but the fireman, with the help of helpers, made him lie down and inserted a long needle into his buttock.
“Kuuuuuuuu! Wrong. Wrong…”
The fireman, whether or not the patient begged, inserted two more long needles and laughed.
The patient took out the money from his bosom and sent his eyes asking for it.
“But who told you to come here and feign illness?”
“Mr. Mann of the Ma Manga Family Hospital gave me money and told me to feign illness.”
“It’s a mantra. Huh~.”
The painter put on an absurd expression for a moment.
It is a doctor’s office not far from home, and in the past, it was a doctor who visited several times to treat her mother’s illness.
“sorry. Senator, I committed a mortal sin because I was blinded by money.”
“Then, did the two of you in front also receive advice from Congressman Mann?”
“no. They would have been instigated by another member of Congress.”
“Who are the other members of Congress?”
“I don’t know. Congressman Mann told me there were two more patients who were faking illness like me, but he didn’t tell me who instigated them.”
“is it so.”
As the painter spoke, he tapped the needle stuck in the patient’s buttock with his finger.
“By the way, looking at your outfit, you don’t seem to be in need of money, so why did you do this?”
“I did it because I was greedy. sorry.”
After a while, the fireman pulled saliva from the patient’s body. and asked the patient to walk.
“uh?”
When the people restraining him released their hands, the patient took a few steps and widened his eyes in surprise.
“How are you?”
“My legs were always heavy, but now they are light. Did you treat my leg by any chance?”
“Didn’t you say you had a bad back? The acupuncture points from the lumbar vertebrae to the ilium were blocked, so I pierced them a little.”
“Was your legs heavy because of your back?”
“yes. If you come for one or two more days and get acupuncture, you will feel much better.”
“Thank you. To pretend to be a fake patient and treat me, who tried to cause trouble to the doctor…”
“He treated me because I had a real back pain.”
“okay. However, Congressman Mann, who treated me, said that it was because of the tightness of the leg muscles, and said that it would be better if I applied hot water on it
. When the hot energy rises, the acupuncture points are released.”
“okay. Anyway, thank you very much.”
“I will take these three hermits as the cost of back treatment.”
“yes.”
The patient’s face was rather grim and glad that the cost of treatment was too high for a few needles.
“You don’t have to like it that much. Treatment is treatment, and I have not yet paid the price for faking my illness.”
“yes! that’s right Are you going to accuse me?”
“well. What should I do?”
flutter.
At that moment, the tent of the operating room was moved, and two patients came out at the same time.
“Senator, please forgive our sins of pretending to be patients.”
“Please, Senator, save me just once. This stupid bastard was blinded by a hermit and did something crazy.”
The fireman turned his head and looked at the four guards as they belatedly walked out of the tent.
These two false patients cannot come out unless they let them go.
“Who did you guys buy from?”
“I stood up and was seduced by him.”
“I was seduced by Senator Phil. In addition, unlike him, I received only one hermit.”
“Congressman Seo and Congressman Phil?”
The fireman was dumbfounded and could only laugh.
“People I know are more afraid! How are you going to give these humans their souls?”
“I have committed a mortal sin. Forgive me once and I will never do this again.”
The two took out the hermit from their bosom and held it out in front of the fireman.
The painter looked at the hermit in the hands of the two and thought for a moment.
In fact, the times are cruel, so you can punish them personally or send them to the government office.
The painter took the hermit from the hands of the two and placed it in his bosom, then spoke to the three of them.
“I want to take all three of them to the government office to taste the bitter taste, but I don’t think doing so will be of any help, so from today, for three months, help me with the medical clinic here.”
“yes! Is it three months?”
“why? Is it too short?”
When the painter frowned, the person who asked the question lowered his head in surprise.
“no. I will do as you ask.”
“If you don’t come out in the middle or run away somewhere else… you will regret it greatly.”
The painter immediately assigned the three servants to do chores.
The servants, already aware of their sins, ordered them to do the worst, but they did not dare to refuse.
* * *
“Master’s guest, no patient.”
Today, the three lawmakers, who had been hanging out at Hyeono Gaekjan since morning, all turned their heads in the direction of the sound when they heard that a patient had arrived.
“Heh heh…. With patients coming in so early in the morning, I don’t have time to have a cup of tea with my acquaintances.”
When Manchuk saw that the doctor who spoke was his disciple, he stood up with a smirk.
Seo Seo and Pilbu, who were sitting together for a moment, looked like they were chewing shit, but they forced themselves to smile.
“Why don’t you show condescension with one person coming by chance.”
“Seeing the patient coming in from the morning today, I don’t think we can have lunch together. Please do not wait.”
“Okay, okay, so let’s go.”
“Then, what a pain.”
“Your master.”
“How is the patient’s clothing?”
“I have two escorts dressed in silk.”
“Heh heh, if it’s enough to have two escorts… you’re a big hand. Come on let’s go.”
“yes.”
As Manchuk left, he turned his head and looked at the two remaining people. They were gulping their tea with annoyed faces.
shit.
The corner of Manchuk’s mouth went up. It was the smile of a worthy winner.
When Manchuk’s figure disappeared from the inn, he frowned as he nervously put down the cup he was drinking from.
“She’s paying all the respects for a patient who happened to come.”
“Bonus, that patient will be the first and last patient to come today.”
“I’m sure I’ll eat at the doctor’s office instead of coming here after seeing one patient.”
“Bring me a bottle of Takju here.”
“Do you want to drink in the morning?”
“Breakfast is soon to be lunch.”
The two of them drank alcohol instead of tea from then on when Jeom So-yi brought alcohol.
While drinking a glass of wine and eating snacks, he was cursing at Mann, when Seo’s pupil hurriedly found him.
“Master, a patient has arrived.”
“what! Hehe, I have to drink this kind of alcohol with you until the end… I’m sorry.”
As he stood up and shrugged his shoulders, Pilbu nervously poured a drink into his glass.
“Can I drink alcohol and treat patients?”
“It’s only one drink, but what? billion.”
“Your master.”
“How was the patient’s clothing?”
“He came on a palanquin and had a quarrel.”
“Heh heh…. You must be a noble lady. If someone were sent, I would have gone to the house. You took a difficult step.
He stood and talked while placing some iron coins on the table.
“I’ll pay for the alcohol, so drink slowly and go.”
“That’s right. Come see.”
As Seo Seo put his hands behind his back and disappeared with the doctor, the remaining Congressman Phil drank from the bottle.
“Jumsoy. Bring me another bottle of wine.”
“yes.”
When Jeom So-yi brought his own alcohol, he heard a prick in his ears.
“Master, a patient has arrived.”
“okay! Heh heh heh heh…. He’ll come sooner than later. So, what about the patient’s outfit?”
“He came in a carriage, but there were several servants and even escorts.”
“What a pity!”
“yes?”
“If I had come a little sooner, I would have pressed the noses of the two guys flat.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You don’t have to know. Come on let’s go.”
“Master, by the way, I think you drank too much…. is it okay?”
“Where have I been to drinking treatment once or twice? I only had a few drinks. Don’t worry.”
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