Suo'er cried, "He was fine in the past few days. Uncle Lu took care of him and I ran around to boil medicine. He had a fever this morning. Uncle Lu just told me that Ergou was twitching all over while he was sleeping. I rushed in and touched his forehead. It was so hot that it could be boiled eggs!"
Fever convulsions!
Xianjin asked anxiously, "Where's the doctor?"
"There's a woman in the suburbs who's having a difficult delivery, and the doctor's gone!" Suo'er burst into tears, his face pale. "The doctors in the pharmacies also have patients... Will he die? He's only twenty years old! He hasn't even married yet! Shopkeeper, howl, howl, howl!"
Xianjin's mind was in a mess. "I'll go to the prefecture to ask Lord Xiong! Please send a doctor! Or lend us two horses, and rush back to Jing County overnight to ask Doctor Wang to come out of seclusion!"
Xianjin said he would do what he said and turned to walk out.
Mother Zhang stamped her feet and quickly held Xianjin’s hand, “Let’s go back to Jing County. We’re all exhausted!”
Mother Zhang's single-minded mind finally broke through the boundaries of the kitchen. In her memory that was covered by a pile of red dates, barley, pork chops, and shredded pickled cabbage, she finally found a vague piece of information.
"I heard from the third wife's room that the old lady's second aunt's younger sister's sister-in-law said that the old lady's nephew is a medical officer in the government office. He has been visiting the outer courtyard these two days. How about we invite him over?"
Xianjin was knocked unconscious by this blow, "Huh?"
"The doctor!" Mother Zhang shouted, "He's the one who treats fifth-rank officials! If you go to the government office, he might be the one who comes! We might as well keep the favor from Lord Xiong and go directly to the outer courtyard to ask for him!"
Xianjin turned around and ran to the outer courtyard, with Suoer following behind him.
After asking all the questions along the way, Xianjin breathlessly knocked on the wooden door of an independent courtyard, with his hands on his knees. Before he could say anything, he heard a "thump" and Suo'er knelt swiftly on the stone ground, "Is that Doctor Qu? Please help! Please help!"
Xianjin didn't have time to think about it. When he raised his eyes, he saw a young man in a light cloud-colored gown walking out of the inner room.
Xianjin asked loudly, "But Doctor Qu?"
The man raised his head, his eyes were calm and quiet, he walked over quickly and said in a deep voice, "It's me."
Suo'er cried with joy.
Xianjin saluted hastily and said quickly, "I am He Xianjin from Yiyuan. Chen Fu, the third master of the Chen family, is my father... The shop assistant was injured and his condition is quite serious. Could you please come and take a look?"
Thinking it was too abrupt, Xianjin added, "The doctor I usually see has an emergency, so I can only turn to you for help."
The man replied, "Wait for me for a moment," turned around, took the medicine box and put it on his left shoulder, "Let's go!"
After saying this, he walked out quickly.
Xianjin hurried to follow.
When we reached the archway, it started to drizzle again.
The man made way for the inner side of the road and walked quickly, saying in a gentle voice without leaving any trace, "The midsummer rain is hot and hurts the liver. Miss He, you'd better use your sleeves to block it."
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