Chapter 81 Treatment

Li Zheng brought Gu Chengze's nutritious meal and left a pot of braised fish. However, she also thought that these chefs were cute and wanted to make some for them. Of course, today's chefs also started to scramble to eat it, just like yesterday.

When Li Zheng brought the meal over, she saw that Gu Chengze had already sat up. It seemed that he had recovered well.

Doctor Xiang, after giving the prince medicine, looked at his complexion and felt his pulse. His health was indeed improving, but why was he still not awake? General Gu had already woken up. However, he stood up and reported to the King of Qi: "Your Highness, the prince's health is gradually improving. He should wake up after taking a few more doses of medicine."

"Then why haven't you woken up yet?" He also knew that General Gu had woken up.

He bowed his head and replied to the doctor, "This may be due to different constitutions. General Gu is in good health and may recover faster. It varies from person to person. The prince's pulse is improving, and the poison is gradually fading. I believe he should wake up in the next few days."

"Hmm." The King of Qi glanced at the doctor and said nothing more.

What they didn't know was that when Doctor Xiang left, the prince opened his eyes, his eyes were deep and he didn't know what he was thinking. But when Doctor Xiang came in, he closed them again.

Seeing that Gu Chengze was able to sit up, he picked up a pen and wrote a letter. He didn't know if he could send it, but it would be better to give it a try.

The past few days passed by taking care of Gu Chengze. On this day, Li Zheng wanted to go to the wounded camp to take a look. Because of the medicine she handed over, General Wang and others had already discussed a few days ago to start attacking the enemy. The longer she lived here, the more powerless she felt. These soldiers had fought with their lives, and they only had simple protective gear on them, or none at all. Watching people being taken to the rear one by one, she seemed to have nothing to do but watch.

So today she decided to go to the wounded camp and do what she could. Gu Chengze supported her, and he was also going to the battlefield. However, there was one thing Li Zheng had never asked him about: what the prince of Qi had called him out to discuss that day. It was true that Wang Lang had woken up by the time Gu Chengze was able to sit up. But since he didn't say anything, she didn't ask.

Li Zheng had already told General Wang about this when she went to the wounded soldiers' camp. Although General Wang's expression was a little complicated at the time, he still agreed.

As soon as Li Zheng arrived at the wounded camp, she found that things were not what she had imagined. The situation here was worse than she had thought. The wounds were exposed to the air. For large wounds, red-hot iron rods were directly placed on them to stop the bleeding. This was the most primitive method.

Li Zheng immediately rushed over to stop them, "No, they'll die of pain if you do that."

Doctor Liu, who was standing by, saw this and immediately stopped her. "Doctor Gu, dying in pain is at least better than dying without doing anything." Li Zheng understood instantly and grabbed Doctor Liu. "Doctor Liu, I have a better treatment method. Let me try."

Doctor Liu saw Li Zheng's serious expression and agreed for some reason. Perhaps he couldn't bear it. Seeing Doctor Liu nod, he immediately rushed to the side of a soldier who was seriously injured. His thigh was cut by a knife, and the gash was deep enough to see the bone.

Li Zheng quickly grabbed her small bag and pulled out the surgical tools she'd prepared. She'd had someone make them from memory, including catgut and mulberry bark. Doctor Liu, watching Li Zheng pull out the gleaming silver instruments, felt a little dazzled.

Li Zheng asked Doctor Liu to get her a basin of clean water. She soaked her instruments in the wine for a while and then fed the soldier a homemade anesthetic. Just in case the soldier moved, she said to him, "Don't move while I sew you up. You'll know what will happen if you do."

Perhaps the soldier was a little stunned by the word "sew", so he nodded mechanically. Doctor Liu beside him listened and asked, "Can this person be sewn like clothes?" However, seeing her serious expression, she kept silent and just watched quietly.

Li Zheng picked up the tweezers and carefully removed the dirt from the wound. He then disinfected it with alcohol and used a needle to thread catgut to sew the wound. This action made Doctor Liu's temples throb. Curious military doctors and soldiers gathered around him, watching. One of the soldiers asked him, "Don't you feel pain when I sew you up with a needle?"

The soldier seemed to have just realized that this body was not his. "I don't feel any pain." The soldier saw that he looked dazed and knew that he had probably just realized it.

Doctor Liu saw that more and more people were gathering around him and said, "Hurry back and look after the wounded. Can you help them or not? I don't see anyone crying in pain." When everyone heard Doctor Liu's words, they dispersed.

Meanwhile, Li Zheng was still sewing. Her hands were shaking at first, but she knew the faster she worked, the lower the chance of infection. She stopped thinking about other things and soon finished sewing. She then wrapped the wound with clean gauze and sprinkled it with anti-infection medicine. She warned him, "You may not feel the pain now, but it will hurt later. Don't move your leg. Remember that?"

The soldier blushed and nodded hesitantly. Seeing that he had remembered, he said to Doctor Liu, "Doctor Liu, please follow me. I can't handle it myself."

When Doctor Liu heard this, his eyes lit up instantly, "Okay, okay." He understood what Li Zheng meant, that she wanted to teach him.

Li Zheng once again chose the most seriously injured person. This person's arm was scratched, but more seriously, the meridian was also cut, which was quite difficult. He needed to sew up the meridian as well. Just as he was about to start, Doctor Liu handed him a pair of tweezers soaked in alcohol. Unexpectedly, Doctor Liu remembered it. He took the tweezers and removed the dirt while saying to Doctor Liu, "Cleaning the dirt out of this wound is to ensure that the wound is clean. Just like people get stomachaches after eating unclean food, if this wound is not clean, it will fester and become inflamed." Doctor Liu nodded, he understood.

After giving him an anesthetic, he took the alcohol to disinfect him. "This is a highly concentrated alcohol, also called rubbing alcohol. It can kill bacteria that are invisible to the naked eye, that is, dirt. Just like you can't see dust in the dark, but you can see tiny specks of dust in the light, this can kill them. It will help the wound heal faster."

Doctor Liu understood what he said, but then asked, "Then is it because of invisible bacteria and bacteria that ordinary wounds take so long to heal?" She thought for a moment and said, "It's possible, but there could also be other reasons."

There are other reasons.

Li Zheng picked up the needle and said, "This is catgut. Remember, not all threads can be used to suture wounds, and this thread also needs to be sterilized."