In An Hua's view, determining the severity of an injury was a rather important step, and it was only right that the Li Palace clerics, who were both trustworthy and capable, carry out this task. But in the face of her questioning gaze, the cleric shook his head, hesitating to speak, his emotions rather complex.
"Right now, the Tang clan steward and the accompanying medical officers are in charge of determining the severity of an injury."
The elderly medical officer continued, "That person had already drafted the rules for determining the severity of an injury. The specific rules were written very clearly, and every Sacred Hospital has a copy. Whether it's us or the steward of the Tang clan, we all have to follow these rules. No one dares to act recklessly."
After saying this, he took out a booklet about half a finger thick from his sleeve and handed it to An Hua.
An Hua took the booklet and began to flip through it. As she read more and more, the admiration in her eyes deepened. The cleric had naturally also seen the rules for determining the severity of an injury. He sighed, "Even without the Cinnabar Pill, just by looking at these rules for determining the severity of an injury, one can ascertain that that person is a renowned doctor."
After reading through the booklet, she returned it to the medical officer and then raised her final and most important question.
"How does that person guarantee that these rules will be effectively carried out?"
She had devoted herself to learning in the Thirteen Divisions of Radiant Green and had never concerned herself with outside matters, but she knew that the hearts of men were sinister and that the ways of the world were complex. Moreover, even the most perfect of rules could find loopholes, and this was not even mentioning the fact that this matter involved life and death. There were so many cultivation experts and important figures in the army headquarters on the front lines, so who would care about such things in the heat of the moment? For example, if the grandson of some important figure of the Imperial Court was heavily injured on the battlefield, he would not have the right to receive the Cinnabar Pill. But if he was about to die, would anyone dare to not give him the pill?
"A situation like this truly did occur at Blue Pass. Divine General Fei Dian's nephew stole a Cinnabar Pill."
The cleric glanced at the general and continued, "Later on, Blue Pass was unable to obtain a single Cinnabar Pill for two whole months, causing the morale of the army to waver and the people to seethe with resentment. A mutiny occurred, and a squad that had suffered grievous casualties charged into the Divine General's estate and chopped the recuperating general into meat paste."
An Hua uneasily asked, "This was open robbery … but what if a truly important figure had tampered with the distribution of the pill?"
The cleric looked into her eyes and said, "You probably don't know, but the one responsible for distributing the Cinnabar Pills at the very beginning was not the Wenshui Tangs, but the Hall of Illustrious Persons."
An Hua was somewhat shocked. "My Lady is saying that the Orthodoxy was in charge of this matter at the very beginning? Then why was it transferred to the Tang family? "
"Just as you said earlier, someone tried to tamper with the medicine before it was distributed."
The cleric lamented, "That was a student from the Temple Seminary who had come to the frontlines as reinforcements. This student was extremely talented in cultivation, and was viewed as far superior to Tianhai Ya'er of the past. Moreover, his character was excellent, and he was extremely brave when killing enemies. In a sudden battle with the wolf cavalry, he was heavily injured in order to cover his fellow student's retreat. "
An Hua asked in confusion, "Is he still not worthy of a Cinnabar Pill?"
"That's a very remote military fort. He only managed to get one Cinnabar Pill in three months, and his luck is very bad."
"What do you mean?"
"There's a rogue array master who's also heavily injured and on the verge of death. He's ranked in front of him."
"I see."
"When the Bishop of the Temple Seminary learned of this matter, he asked a cardinal of the Hall of Illustrious Persons to tamper with the distribution, writing his name in front of that rogue array master's."
To the Li Palace, a talented and promising young student was naturally many times more important than a rogue cultivator without a sect or sect.
An Hua would not do such a thing, but she could understand why the Bishop of the Temple Seminary would do such a thing.
"After that Temple Seminary student took the Cinnabar Pill, he truly did recover, and there were no side effects left behind."
"And that rogue array master?"
"Dead."
This was the inevitable fate of that array master. These two plain words made one feel a sense of desolation and helplessness.
An Hua was quiet for a while, then asked, "And then?"
Since it was the Bishop of the Temple Seminary and the cardinal of the Hall of Illustrious Persons who had acted, whether it was a change in the order or some other insider transaction, they would not have left behind any evidence. She even thought of an even darker possibility. For example, some powerful figure might even secretly kill those injured who were ranked in front of them for the Cinnabar Pill!
"That military fort was not affected in the slightest. Just like in the past, it was given a Cinnabar Pill every three months."
The cleric's tone suddenly turned solemn. "But from then on, the Hall of Illustrious Persons was never able to obtain a single Cinnabar Pill. No one knows how that person came to know of this matter, nor did that person give any evidence. He only took back the authority to distribute the Cinnabar Pill from the Hall of Illustrious Persons and gave it to the Wenshui Tangs. "
The room was quiet. Everyone still remembered this major event from last year.
The cleric sighed. "Upon hearing of this matter, Archbishop Mao Qiuyu flew into a thunderous rage and requested Linghai Zhiwang to begin cleaning up the Hall of Illustrious Persons. That cardinal was immediately executed, the Bishop of the Temple Seminary was exiled from the Orthodoxy, and many other important figures also met with great misfortune because of this matter."
An Hua knew that an extremely experienced and authoritative cardinal had died in the Hall of Illustrious Persons. She had originally believed that he had died of illness, but she had not expected that it had originated from this matter.
The situation between the Imperial Court and the Orthodoxy was no longer as tense as it was two years ago, but the two sides were still in a standoff. On the front lines of the war with the demons, the Imperial Court's words naturally carried the most weight. In these circumstances, the Orthodoxy had to treasure any opportunity to display its strength, let alone the authority to distribute the Cinnabar Pill.
That cardinal and the Bishop of the Temple Seminary had offended the master of the Cinnabar Pill, causing the Orthodoxy to lose this extremely precious resource. Even ten thousand deaths could not atone for this crime. Mao Qiuyu was famed for his benevolence, but his subordinates had caused such a major incident, so his rage and harsh punishment were completely understandable.
"From that point on, no one dared to have any ideas about the Cinnabar Pill, and no one dared to fake injuries and then try to hide it. Incidents of stealing medicine also decreased."
The cleric continued, "Because these were the rules set down by that person. Yes, no one knows who that person is. Perhaps he's just an ordinary doctor in the countryside who has no way to protect his own rules, but he has the Cinnabar Pill, so his words carry weight. The bloody incident in the Hall of Illustrious Persons has already proven this point, and the Wenshui Tangs, in order to maintain their right to distribute the medicine, are not afraid to kill someone for the sake of that person's rules. No matter where you hide, who can survive if the Tang clan wants to kill you? "
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