Chapter 160: The Dead Return to Life

The scene had turned into a chaotic mess. The group causing trouble was highly agitated, constantly shoving the pharmacy's assistants, with some even trying to smash things inside the shop.

The assistants, pale with fear, could only beg desperately while struggling to hold them back.

Seeing this, Jun Jun Zijin's heart tightened. She quickly stepped forward and shouted loudly:

"Everyone stop! I am the owner of Tong'an Hall. If you have any issues, speak to me."

The Shopkeeper, He Dong, was covered in sweat, his voice trembling. Seeing Jun Jun Zijin and the others arrive, he felt as if he had grabbed a lifeline.

"Your Highness, you have finally arrived."

His voice carried a hint of crying, full of anxiety and grievance.

The attending Physician stood trembling to the side, his face now haggard, his eyes revealing despair and helplessness.

"Your Highness, this truly is not our pharmacy's fault. The prescriptions were written according to the rules; we do not know why this happened."

Jun Jun Zijin waved her hand, signaling them to calm down. She walked toward the corpse, and the surrounding crowd instinctively parted to make way for her.

The big man saw Jun Jun Zijin, immediately took two steps forward to block her, and roared:

"You are the owner of the pharmacy? Perfect timing. You cured my brother to death; you must give us an explanation!"

The big man continued to shout, refusing to let the matter drop.

Jun Jun Zijin stood before the big man and said with dignity:

"Big brother, I am indeed the owner of Tong'an Hall. The matter has not yet been investigated clearly; are you not being too hasty to insist our medicine is at fault? Let me first see what exactly is going on."

"See what? The man is dead, what is there to see! Do not try to deceive us; a killer must pay with their life!" the big man shouted.

Jun Jun Zijin was not intimidated by the big man's roar. She squatted down and gently lifted the Bai Bu covering the "corpse."

Seeing Jun Jun Zijin about to touch the corpse, the big man refused to allow it, took several steps forward, and tried to pull her away.

Guazi and Miss Huasheng stepped forward to block him, preventing the big man from getting close.

Seeing these few people exude such an imposing aura, the big man felt a certain wariness in his heart. He hesitated for a moment and finally retreated to the side.

Jun Caicheng also squatted beside the corpse, carefully examining the deceased's face.

He saw the deceased's face was cyanotic, lips black, body stiff, and no pulse could be felt; at first glance, it indeed appeared to be death by poisoning.

However, relying on her sharp intuition honed by years of studying medicine, she discovered a faint warmth hidden in the person's chest.

Her heart gave a jolt. She flipped open the person's eyelids; the pupils had already dilated somewhat but had not yet fixed, meaning the person was not yet completely dead.

Jun Jun Zijin placed both hands on the person's chest and pressed down forcefully more than ten times. Sure enough, a very faint rise and fall appeared in the person's chest.

Jun Jun Zijin now had a clear understanding. Generally, people believe that when the heart stops beating and the pulse is gone, it is death.

But in modern medicine, only brain death can be confirmed as true death. This person was not truly dead; they had merely been poisoned deeply and still had a sliver of a chance for survival!

"This person can still be saved!"

Jun Jun Zijin shouted loudly. Ignoring everyone's reaction, she quickly took out golden needles from her sleeve. With skilled technique, she pierced several acupoints on the deceased, sealing the meridians to prevent the poison from spreading further.

Immediately after, she instructed an assistant nearby to carry the person into the back hall to prepare for inducing vomiting and gastric lavage.

Seeing this, everyone was stunned, their eyes full of surprise and suspicion.

The big man grew panicked, a flash of confusion crossing his eyes. He jumped out, trying to block them, shouting:

"You are lying! This person clearly stopped breathing. If you take the corpse away, are you trying to destroy the body and cover up the crime?"

Jun Jun Zijin saw the big man's reaction. She raised her head and looked at him with a cold gaze:

"If I can save him, what will you do?"

Seeing the big man's urgency, Jun Jun Zijin concluded the matter was not simple. She quietly instructed Miss Huasheng to go fetch the soldiers from the Jingzhao Prefecture.

The big man looked at her suspiciously, then stuck out his neck and shouted:

"Impossible. You must be using some trick."

Jun Jun Zijin ignored him no longer. She ordered Guazi to block the man outside the door and took Jun Caicheng into the back hall.

The big man was so angry he nearly fell over, but in front of several experts, he could only watch helplessly as the person was carried into the back hall.

Jun Caicheng followed closely behind and asked in a low voice:

"Are you confident?"

Jun Jun Zijin nodded:

"It is extremely dangerous. If not for the golden needles sealing the acupoints, even if we were a moment later, not even the Great Luo Immortals could save him."

Jun Caicheng nodded, and his heart immediately understood the situation.

Jun Jun Zijin instructed Jun Caicheng to pour ipecacuanha into the person's mouth to induce vomiting, then use golden needles to stimulate acupoints to expel the poison.

Time passed bit by bit. Suddenly, the person's throat moved, and he vomited up a large pool of black liquid. As the vomit was expelled, his complexion gradually regained some color, and his breathing became steady.

"He is alive!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, instantly triggering a commotion. The looks in everyone's eyes toward Jun Jun Zijin were filled with admiration.

The person had just woken up, looking bewildered, and murmured to himself:

"Where am I? What happened to me?"

Suddenly, he shuddered violently, as if remembering something, and looked at Jun Jun Zijin, asking:

"I am not dead?"

He Dong took up the conversation:

"You are indeed fortunate. It was my Young Lady who saved your life."

Jun Jun Zijin nodded. "To others, you had no heartbeat and no pulse; you were already dead. But to me, you are still alive."

The man did not understand her words, but he understood that this young Young Lady before him had saved his life.

The man knelt and struck his head heavily on the ground:

"Your Highness's great kindness is beyond my ability to repay."

Jun Jun Zijin saw the man's reaction. She personally helped him to his feet:

"You need not do this. Would you be willing to accompany us outside and recount your experience to everyone?"

That man's life had been saved by Seeing Jun Jun Zijin, so of course he was willing. He nodded vigorously:

"This humble one is named Wen Quan. The Princess saved my life, so naturally I am willing."

Relying on the strength of the shop assistant, Wen Quan stood up and followed Seeing Jun Jun Zijin and Jun Chengcai out.

Seeing Wen Quan return to the entrance of Daotongantang, but this time not carried but standing, the crowd fell silent.

The noisy scene instantly quieted down. Everyone stared blankly at the man who should have been dead. For a full half-ket, people remained stunned, then began to murmur among themselves:

"He really is alive! Is the Second Young Lady of the Jun family a deity?"

"She is certainly not a deity, but she is undoubtedly a divine physician."

"Could someone who developed the smallpox vaccine not be a divine physician?"

"Yes, yes, yes! We of Emperor Tianqi will never fear smallpox again!"

"I heard she is the granddaughter of that former Divine Physician Fang."

"I told you, Lady Lady Qingping's pharmacy could never kill anyone, yet you insisted on believing otherwise."

"Yes, yes, yes. Is it not enough that I admit my mistake? I only thought that man was truly dead. Who knew Lady Lady Qingping would save him? From now on, for medical treatment and medicine, my family will go nowhere but Daotongantang."

The two people who had argued earlier spoke up again.