Seeing this, the Court neither blamed nor complained, but instead decided to recruit Hu Bingzhi from Liuzhou, who was similarly renowned. Hu Bingzhi did not refuse and gladly went.
Once Hu Bingzhi joined the Imperial Medical Bureau, the Hu Family Medical Hall's fortunes soared. His nephew, Hu Yihai, took over the Hu Family Medical Hall and successfully became the head of the Liuzhou City Medical Guild.
Not long after Hu Bingzhi arrived at the Capital City, Gu Chengyi succumbed to a stubborn illness and died, leaving behind his unmarried granddaughter, Gu Changsheng, and his unfinished medical treatise.
In terms of medical skills, Gu Chengyi was not inferior to Hu Bingzhi, but he was even more adept at post-illness recuperation.
