Chapter 72: No Cure
There were a lot of people standing outside the clinic, and they were all covered up so it was impossible to see what was happening inside.
Relying on his flexible body, Xu Zhao rushed directly into the crowd, and Shen Yu couldn't stop him.
In fact, there is no need to be so anxious. Most people in the city know him, so there is no need to squeeze in.
It’s a pity that Xu Zhao didn’t give him a chance to explain.
Shen Yu tied his horse to a tree by the road and walked into the crowd.
As expected, someone in the crowd soon recognized Chen Yu and bowed to him in a low voice.
Chen Yu waved his hands repeatedly, telling them not to be so polite.
At this time, the crowd naturally made way for him to enter.
Xu Zhao successfully squeezed into the innermost part of the crowd.
At the door of Zhang's Clinic, a man was lying with his hands and feet tied up, with a cloth stuffed in his mouth. At this moment, he was struggling frantically on the ground, trying to break free from the four big men who were holding him down.
It does look scary.
"Have you figured out anything?" Shen Yu walked to Xu Zhao's side without him noticing.
He also saw this strange scene. The youngest son of the Liu family looked thin, but unexpectedly he was so strong that it took four strong men to suppress him.
Xu Zhao didn't have the ability to see ghosts, so he had no idea whether he was possessed by evil spirits or not. As for other things, he naturally couldn't tell anything.
I could only shake my head.
The doctor from Zhang's Clinic trotted out of the clinic carrying a medicine box. He half-knelt beside Liu Neng, his shadow falling on Liu Neng's face.
The big man who was holding Liu Neng's left arm saw that he was not struggling as hard as before, so he immediately stretched out his hand for Doctor Zhang to feel his pulse.
Doctor Zhang was feeling the patient's pulse with one hand and stroking his gray goatee with the other, his face looking solemn.
"How strange, how strange!"
Old Liu was anxious, "Doctor Zhang, what's wrong with my son? Why did he go crazy for no reason?"
"This boy's pulse is disordered. He came here a few days ago. I saw that he had wind evil syndrome, so I prescribed some medicine. How did he become like this now?"
Doctor Zhang originally thought it was just a common cold and prescribed medicine according to the usual prescription. It should have recovered after a few days, but now it has become more serious.
"Doctor, please save my son!" Old Liu slammed his knees hard on the ground and he kept kowtowing to Doctor Zhang.
This shows how deep his father's love is, which is really touching.
“Get up!”
This... He didn't have any other options at the moment, so he had to check Liu Neng's body first to see if his madness was caused by other problems.
As Doctor Zhang moved, Liu Neng was exposed to the sun again. The two big men beside him had a chance to rest for a while, but as soon as they sat down, they were kicked by Liu Neng who became violent again.
Doctor Zhang was so frightened that he dared not come near. He was an old man and couldn't bear to do such a thing.
It was not until he was held down again that Doctor Zhang mustered up the courage to approach.
First, he lifted Liu Neng's eyelids, and saw that his eyes were full of bloodshot, his eyeballs were wide open, and he looked very creepy.
After examining Liu Neng from head to toe, Doctor Zhang found a wound on his calf.
"What caused this injury?" Doctor Zhang carefully observed the wound. There were two bloody holes. The wound was already festering. Considering the surroundings, it looked like a bite wound.
Old Liu got up from the ground and went forward to check.
"This..." Seeing the wound that had already festered and turned red, Lao Liu did not expect it to be so serious. "About seven or eight days ago, he returned home with this wound. He said that he was bitten by a mad dog near a tavern."
Old Liu choked up as he spoke. The thought of the child coming back dragging a bloody leg scared him and his eldest son.
He and his elder son cleaned the younger son's wound and bought some medicine. They thought the wound would heal on its own, but they didn't know that it had become so serious in a few days. The wound was painful just by looking at it.
I haven't heard my youngest son cry out in pain in the past few days. This child has always been strong.
As Old Liu thought about it, tears couldn't help but flow down his cheeks.
When Xu Zhao heard this, she immediately felt something was wrong. She now had a very bold guess, but she didn't know whether it was correct or not, so she needed to observe further.
"Chen Yu, this matter may be difficult to handle." Xu Zhao's voice was cold at this moment.
This confused Shen Yu, "What's wrong?"
"I suspect Liu Neng has rabies!"
"Rabies?" This was the first time he heard it. "Isn't it difficult to cure?"
Xu Zhao's heart sank. This disease was not only difficult to treat, "It can be said that this disease is incurable."
Even in modern times when Western medicine is well developed, we can only prevent rabies, but there is no way to treat it.
This really proves the saying: Dog is man's most loyal friend, but it is this friend that can hurt you the most.
Hearing this, a hint of coldness appeared on Shen Yu's face.
"But it's not certain yet, we need to verify it again."
Xu Zhao had noticed just now that once the doctor walked away, Liu Neng would start to become manic. He hadn't paid much attention to it at first, but after it happened so many times, Xu Zhao finally noticed the key.
It's a shadow!
Doctor Zhang's shadow blocked the sunlight. The most typical symptoms of rabies are fear of light, water and wind.
"How do I confirm this?"
"A bowl of water is enough." Typical rabies patients will experience severe pharyngeal muscle spasms when they see water, hear the sound of running water, or drink water. They want to drink water but cannot. This is the best way to verify it at this moment.
Just as Chen Yu was about to ask Lao Liu to prepare a bowl of water, his eldest son hurried over with the Taoist priest.
The crowd immediately made way.
"Dad, I have brought the Taoist priest from the Quanzhidao Temple." Old Liu's eldest son Liu Tong hurried to his father, stroked his back and comforted him.
Quanzhidao Temple is the most famous Taoist temple in this area.
"With the Taoist priest here, I will be fine."
Doctor Zhang knew that he was powerless. This was the first time he had seen such a pulse condition. He stepped aside to see how the Taoist priest was doing it.
The Taoist priest Liu Tong brought was the most prestigious Taoist priest in Quanzhidao Temple, the Quanzhen Taoist priest.
"Master, thank you for your help to my younger brother. As long as you can cure my brother, our family will do our best and serve you like a slave." Liu Tong said as he was about to kneel down.
The Quanzhen Taoist priest had an unfathomable look on his face. He stroked his beard and stopped Liu Tong with the dust in his hand. "No need to kneel. Let me go and take a look."
Quanzhen walked up to Liu Tong and first took his pulse like Doctor Zhang did.
This pulse... seems familiar.
"Has this boy ever been bitten by an evil beast?" Recalling the past experience, Quanzhen asked Liu Tong and his son.
I didn't expect that the Taoist priest knew so much before even seeing the wound. He was really amazing. Hope rose in the eyes of Liu Tong and his son.
"To be honest, Taoist priest, my son was bitten by a mad dog seven or eight days ago."
Hearing this, the Quanzhen Taoist priest sighed and shook his head helplessly.
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