124 Facial Operation 1 (1/2)

Charreuk

The room was full of tension.

When Ganghyuk took out the operation tools on the table, n.o.body made any sound.

”Should he take this operation?”

Hw.a.n.g Yungil opened his mouth with worried eyes.

He thought normal acupuncture but the tools that Ganghyuk took out looked very special.

They were extremely extraordinary.

There was a scalpel.

The scar was made by sword and Ganghyuk would cut it again with a scalpel.

He could not understand.

”I cannot help it because the medicine does not work well.”

Ganghyuk answered without hesitation.

He was known as inconsiderate so Yungil did not take it unusual.

But Kim Simin had the same att.i.tude and it was strange.

”Hi, Simin. Did you think enough to decide the operation?”

”You introduced him to me and why are you not trusting him?”

”I heard that he was a good doctor. But it is the therapy that I have never heard.”

Hw.a.n.g Yungil murmured with an uneasy face.

It was natural for the person in Joseon to feel uneasy.

The sight of the operation room was totally different from the usual clinic in Joseon.

Ganghyuk looked at him with eyes that he could understand him.

'I have made new equipment.'

Blacksmiths that Heo Jun introduced made new equipment as instructed.

Besides, they introduced a furniture maker and he could order furniture for his

operation room.

Now he does not need to use a futon to operate.

He made an operation bed which is as high as his hip.

Therefore, Yeoni, Makbon and Dolseok who were shorter than Ganghyuk had hard time when they a.s.sisted the operation.

Ganghyuk was not a really considerate person and he did not mind those small details.

He was satisfied with the bed.

'Now I have a bed and a lamp that can light up from the bottom.'

As Ganghyuk gave enough money, the quality was very good.

They made some ornaments which made the atmosphere very cla.s.sic.

It looked somewhat better than the operation room in Chungmu Hospital he worked in Korea.

Although it was very satisfactory to Ganghyuk, it was an extraordinary and strange room to others.

”Don't worry too much. Do you know Kim Kyehan?”

”Yes, I do. Of course.”

Kim Kyehan is an eunuch who was promoted from Sangchaek (Grade 4: responsible for book delivery) to Sangda (Grade 3: responsible tea related works).

Most of the officers in the court knew him.

He was a beloved eunuch by King Seonjo.

”He had critical injury last time. Do you know the story?”

”Yes, I heard that his royal highness came to like him more.”

”Yes, I saved him with this operation.”

”Really…? I heard that the Naeeuiwon cured him. Cheomjeong Heo Jun became very famous as he saved his life.”

Hw.a.n.g Yungil looked at Ganghyuk as if he could not believe what Ganghyuk had just said.

Heo Jun had been already famous even before he met Ganghyuk.

It was said that he had a teacher, but most people did not believe it.

If Heo Jun had a teacher, the teacher must be better than Heo Jun and they thought it was a nonsense.

'It is very hard to see Heo Jun if the patient is not a high-ranking official.'

If they could see Heo Jun, they would not come to Ganghyuk.

Ganghyuk looked at Yungil who showed a bitter smile on his face and he showed the same smile on his face.

'He does not trust me. Haha.'

As the Naeeuiwon is the most famous and the best medical inst.i.tution in Joseon, they believed that the doctors in the Naeeuiwon would be the best doctors in Joseon.

As a matter of fact, Heo Jun could be said the best in Asia beyond Joseon.

Then what about his teacher Ganghyuk?

He is the best of the best and no one could be comparable to him not only in Joseon but also in Korea after 500 hundred years.

'I heard this kind of story from professors in provincial hospitals.'

Although they were acknowledged by fellow doctors, patients did not trust them as they deserved.

They ignored the professors because the hospitals in which they were working were small.

It was because of preoccupation.

When he heard that story, he laughed.

But now he is experiencing the ignoring eyes, it hurts.

'I have to show myself.'

Ganghyuk took some letters from the drawer and showed them to Yungil.

”They are the letters that I received from Heo Jun.”

”With Heo Jun? Eum…”

”The treatment that he gave So Yos.h.i.+tos.h.i.+ was what I taught to him. I cured Kim Kyehan with the request of Heo Jun.”

”Really? But why is it not known to people?”

”It is nothing. It is the work that a doctor should do. I did not want to be famous.”

Ganghyuk smiled and Hw.a.n.g Yungil seemed to be moved.

”He became a better doctor with my lessons. You could see from the letter, right?”

”Yes, he called you teacher. Haha.”

”Yes, he does. Even though I told him not to do it many times, he did not listen to me. I also learned some from him, actually.”

”I heard that he was a really good guy. Well behaved. One who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith… I can guess your personality, too.”

It was not true.

Ganghyuk was far from well behaved person.

Even his father Seungmun did not think so.

Those who knew Ganghyuk did not agree with his remark so Kim Simin who was lying on the bed and Dolseok and Yeoni who were busy with preparation showed a strange facial expression and shook their heads.

'It was because he entered the palace without a token, and he did not want to be prosecuted because of this. I am sure that it was not because he did not want to be famous.'

He confessed it when they had a drink at night a few days ago.

But Yungil did not know the truth and he thought Ganghyuk must be a great man.

He was thinking if he could take him to j.a.pan as a member of correspondence.

'I will decide it after seeing the treatment of Simin.'

In the 21st century, travel is a joy but in Joseon it was solely pain.