The Chu family, like the top families such as the Li and Ye families, naturally had imperial physicians present. How could it be such a young man?
Moreover, as Chu family guards, they were clearly familiar with the appearances of imperial physicians. Given the Chu family's status, they would certainly be treated by imperial physicians. Therefore, he didn't even bother to ask for Li Se's identity and immediately started scolding.
Li Se frowned, "Wouldn't you know if you went in to announce me?"
"A joke, I'll ask you one thing, are you an imperial physician?" the guard sneered.
"I am!" Li Se nodded.
The guard laughed, a laugh full of disdain, "If you were an imperial physician, I'd be a leader in the capital. Go back where you came from, or I'll have you detained, and the consequences would be beyond what you can bear!"
Li Se was a little angry, and simply stopped bothering to talk to the guard. He directly called Sun Bai and informed him of his current situation.
Not long after, Sun Bai rushed out.
"Imperial Physician Sun, why have you come out?" the guard asked in surprise.
"I invited this doctor. Are there any problems?" Sun Bai asked, a little annoyed.
The guard's expression changed. This young man was actually invited by Sun Bai? Was this a joke? He quickly said, "Imperial Physician Sun, is he an imperial physician?"
"What? Whether he's an imperial physician or not, what does it have to do with you?" Sun Bai was furious. He had invited Li Se, but this guard was blocking Li Se at the door, he should have at least announced him.
"This..." The guard lowered his head and said no more.
Li Se merely glanced at the guard and then followed Sun Bai into the Chu family.
"Imperial Physician Sun, what exactly is my daughter's condition?" a middle-aged man walked quickly towards them.
"Patriarch Chu, allow me to introduce you. This is Divine Doctor Li. If he treats her, there shouldn't be any problems." Sun Bai introduced Li Se to the middle-aged man, and then introduced the Chu family patriarch to Li Se. He was Chu Dinghai, the current head of the Chu family and a senior leader in the capital.
"Patriarch Chu," Li Se said respectfully.
Chu Dinghai frowned slightly, "So young?"
"Patriarch Chu, don't look at young Li. You know the situation of the third master of the Li family, right? It was Li who treated him," Sun Bai said with a smile.
Chu Dinghai's expression changed slightly. He knew about the third master of the Li family and didn't expect this young man to be the attending physician for the third master. He knew Sun Bai wouldn't lie to him, so his attitude immediately became much more polite. He said, "Divine Doctor Li, I entrust my daughter's condition to you!"
"Mhm!" Li Se nodded and soon entered a room. There, a beautiful girl around twenty years old was tied up with ropes, and there were many scratch marks on her fair skin.
Seeing these scratch marks, Li Se's first reaction was pity. Such fair skin, it was truly a pity to have these scratches left on it.
Sun Bai introduced the condition, "This is Patriarch Chu's daughter, Chu Hanyan. Her symptoms appear to be hallucinations. She keeps saying something is crawling on her. I suspect she might be infected by a Gu. I've consulted many medical texts, and Gu infections can cause hallucinations."
Li Se did not give a diagnosis immediately. Although he had the ability to observe qi, many illnesses still required pulse diagnosis for confirmation.
After he took Chu Hanyan's pulse and examined her, his expression changed slightly.
The most fearful thing for a patient is when the doctor's expression changes after taking their pulse. Chu Dinghai asked nervously, "Doctor Li, what is my daughter's condition?"
"Young Li, is it a Gu infection?" Sun Bai also couldn't help but ask.
Li Se shook his head, "It's not a Gu infection, but she's encountered something unclean."
"Something unclean?" Sun Bai and Chu Dinghai were both stunned.
"She's possessed, and it's a rather severe case, a ghost possession!" Li Se said in a deep voice.
"This..." At this moment, Chu Dinghai was beginning to think Li Se was a fraud. Was he even a doctor? More like a charlatan!
Li Se looked at Chu Dinghai and asked, "Miss Chu, do you often experience auditory hallucinations, anxiety, paranoid delusions, a feeling of being followed, insomnia, easily startled at night, depression, and frequent nightmares!"
"Yes!" Chu Dinghai immediately nodded.
"When did this symptom start?" Li Se asked again.
"It should have been about a month ago, but she didn't self-harm back then," Chu Dinghai explained. "We took her to see Western doctors, but they all said it was due to excessive stress and prescribed some medication. I didn't take it too seriously at the time, but I never expected it to become so severe now!"
If this were brought to a Western doctor, it would most likely be diagnosed as a mental illness.
"Look at Miss Chu, her vitality is damaged, she is weak and dispirited, her gaze is unfocused, and her limbs tremble and shake involuntarily... these are all symptoms of being possessed by an evil spirit!" Li Se could see a malevolent aura in Chu Hanyan's expression.
"Really... it's really a ghost possession?" Chu Dinghai's expression changed.
Li Se continued, "Humans have three souls and seven spirits. Once they encounter evil and attract unclean entities, their souls will contend with their own, leading to changes in their daily behavior. Perhaps in Western medicine, this is a mental problem, but there is a malevolent aura in Miss Chu's expression, indicating she is likely entangled by something unclean. Is she afraid of sunlight?"
"Yes, she doesn't want to go out during the day now, and even keeps her curtains drawn," Chu Dinghai was an official. To be honest, he didn't believe in ghosts and spirits, but now that his daughter was involved, he was somewhat flustered.
"Ahhh!" At this moment, Chu Hanyan went mad again. However, since her body was tied up with ropes, she naturally couldn't self-harm. But she kept struggling with all her might, causing her skin to rub against the ropes, which would also lead to injuries.
"Bring wine, the higher the proof, the better!" Li Se commanded.
Chu Dinghai immediately went to fetch it. Soon, the wine was brought over. Li Se took a drop of wine and placed it on Chu Hanyan's forehead. She immediately calmed down and became much more peaceful.
Afterward, Li Se took out silver needles, the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles.
"Acupuncture?" Sun Bai was a little surprised. This was a ghost possession, could acupuncture really be effective?
Li Se knew Sun Bai was very curious, so he said, "For illnesses caused by a hundred evils, acupuncture has thirteen acupoints. When performing acupuncture, one starts from Gui Gong, then Gui Xin, then Gui Lei, and then Gui Xin..."
Upon hearing Li Se's words, Sun Bai's expression changed, and he immediately understood Li Se's treatment method. He said, "The Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles, also known as the Thirteen Evil Dispelling Needles, are the mysticism of shamanic medicine!"