Chapter 116

This night, Uncle Zhou did not dare to sleep soundly.

Even though he already knew that Xu Yi was an extraordinary doctor, he could shoot arrows, and he could also do kung fu. But tonight, the Didian where they stayed was not absolutely safe.

Uncle Zhou didn't dare to put out the oil dish. The oil dish used in this shop is called an "oil-saving lamp". It has two layers, the upper layer is oil and the lower layer is water. It can save a lot of gas money.

They had already paid for the oil lamp when they stayed in the hotel. Now that they don't use it, the money will not be refunded.

Uncle Zhou closed his clothes and closed his eyes, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

He got up, checked whether the window sill and door were closed tightly, and then looked at the supplies that had been moved into the house.

The things placed in the carriage, such as firewood, medicinal materials and food, are all valuable items when traveling. These things cannot be left in the carriage. Every time I stay, I would rather work harder and have peace of mind after moving into the house.

Most of the supplies Xu Yi put here were firewood and quilts. Medicinal materials and food were placed in Xu Yi's house.

The room next door is where Xu Yi lives.

After Xu Yi entered Didian, he was not so worried.

He soaked his feet, ran errands, sat on the bed, and opened a long package.

In addition to clothes, there are machetes, bows and arrows inside. Bows and arrows are suitable for long-range attacks, and machetes are suitable for self-defense. When you go out tomorrow, you must keep one of these two things in your hand.

Xu Yi took out a piece of burlap cut into the size of a handkerchief, dipped it in some clear oil from the oil dish, and wiped the blade.

Burlap has a rough texture and can be used in place of sandpaper.

After wiping, the blade is much brighter and smoother. After regular polishing, the blade is sharper than when it was first bought.

Xu Yi wrapped it in cloth, closed it with his coat, and slept comfortably for a good night.

...

The next day, the sky was bright.

Xu Yi and Uncle Zhou tacitly carried their luggage back to the carriage. They bought ten white steamed buns and two kilograms of braised meat from Di's shop, and then started their journey again.

"Da da da -"

The mule cart continued to move towards Maozhou City.

The territory of Shizhou is not very big. Not long after the vehicle left Didian, there are mountains and valleys on both sides of the road, which are sparsely populated.

Uncle Zhou, who usually doesn't like to talk, became a bit talkative at this time.

"Doctor Xu, I haven't asked you for so many days, why do you want to come to Maozhou City?" Uncle Zhou couldn't hold back after enduring it for so many days, and asked in a confused tone.

Xu Yi's eyes were full of expectations and he said: "Go and meet a friend."

A like-minded friend.

Uncle Zhou clicked his tongue twice: "What kind of friend is worth taking such a big risk to come here."

Xu Yi came out of the carriage and sat next to him.

He looked forward, and saw mountains and ravines, beautiful and breathtaking, and magnificent scenery everywhere he passed. Except for the road leading to the mountains, he could see a clear sky without any carvings.

"It's beautiful here." Xu Yi sighed.

When Uncle Zhou heard this, he laughed out loud: "Yes, beauty is beautiful, but there is unrest."

Xu Yi suddenly laughed. If this area had been peaceful and stable since ancient times, there would not have been so many disputes, let alone The Qiang people living in Maozhou are called "Maozhou barbarians".

It's dozens of miles. If you drive faster, you can arrive outside the Maozhou city wall before sunset.

The mule cart started to run faster and the carriage shook violently.

Uncle Zhou is worried. If they don't hurry up, they may have to sleep outside the city tonight.

In this area, it would be troublesome to stay halfway.

Two hours later, they encountered a group of people.

They were coming from the direction of Maozhou City. When they saw them, a young guard came over in a hurry to block the way.

"Huh-" Uncle Zhou immediately grabbed the rope holding the mule and looked at the person blocking the road with some panic.

This young man looked to be about twenty years old. He was wearing a smart long gown with narrow sleeves and a scimitar tied around his waist, which looked very similar to Ah Fu's.

Behind him were two vehicles loaded with goods and a mule cart pulling people inside.

The man at the top has a scimitar at his waist.

Xu Yi's eyes fell on the knife, but he was thinking in his heart that this scimitar must be wholesale and mass-produced here.

"Who are you and why did you suddenly stop us?" Uncle Zhou glanced at Xu Yi who was sitting calmly and didn't move. He suppressed his fear and shouted.

The young guard cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry for being reckless, but it's just an emergency. Do you have any medicine for stomachache in your car?"

Xu Yi asked, "Is someone sick?"

The young guard's eyes fell on Xu Yi and he replied. : "It was a sudden illness. Three people in the carriage suddenly started vomiting, but the pills prepared in the carriage were of no use."

Vomiting and diarrhea sounded like they were caused by eating something.

Xu Yi was thinking in his mind and asked, "Why don't you go back to Maozhou City? I remember there is a medical clinic in the city."

"We have already been out of Maozhou City for more than 20 miles. We should go back now. I don't know. Is it too late?" After the young guard finished speaking, he frowned tightly.

If there is no medicine in this car, we really have to go back.

The people behind waited for a while and saw that the guard hadn't come back yet, so they ran over and asked, "Maki, do they have any medicine?"

The young guard named "Maki" didn't look very good, and he shook his head: "It looks like it should be No."

"If not, we have to go back to Maozhou City and we can't delay." His companion looked anxious.

Next to him, Xu Yi heard the conversation between the two of them clearly. He thought for a moment and then said, "Can you let me take a look?"

"You?" His companion looked at him suspiciously.

Xu Yi said: "I am a wandering doctor."

Zhenmu was stunned, but he did not expect that there would be a turn for the better.

They had no doubts and immediately took Xu Yi to the mule cart.

Zhenmu jumped onto the edge of the car first and lifted the curtain, revealing the three people lying half-lying inside, with pale faces, holding their stomachs and moaning.

The symptoms of these three people were exactly the same. In addition to vomiting and diarrhea, they also had abdominal pain that was as if there were insects crawling inside.

Xu Yi checked their pulse and diagnosed that it was dysentery caused by unclean diet.

He didn't ask what these three people had eaten, but he saw that one of them was slightly older, as old as Uncle Zhou, and his condition was more serious.

Xu Yi said: "Quickly start a fire and boil water."

"What are you going to do?" His companion was still outside.

After hearing this, Zhenmu had already jumped out of the car and went to the back to help the guy making fire and boiling water.

"Make decoction." Xu Yi looked at the other party's companions and said without any nonsense, "I will prescribe them a dose of rhubarb and coptis decoction. This decoction can cure dysentery. After taking it, it will take effect within half an hour."

His voice fell, and he was really stunned. We have come back from the rear and temporarily arranged the fire point on the roadside.

He put the pottery jar on the shelf, and Xu Yi returned to his carriage and took out six ounces of rhubarb and three ounces of coptis.

This is enough for three people. After cooking, each person should share a bowl. It will take effect in a short time.

More than half an hour has passed since this tossing.

Xu Yi looked at the shadow leaning on the ground when the sun shone in the shade of the tree, and judged the time.

It was getting late, so we had to set off as soon as possible, otherwise we wouldn't be able to reach Maozhou City before dark.

The people on the other side were stunned when they heard that Xu Yi and the others were going to arrive in Maozhou before dark.

The middle-aged man who had regained some color apologized: "We were negligent. This place is still more than twenty miles away from Maozhou City. I'm afraid it's too late to set off now."

"It's not safe outside Maozhou City. It's often late at night." There are Qiang people from other places wandering outside the city wall. If you can't enter the city tonight, you may have to deal with those Qiang people." Zhenmu answered worriedly.

"Uncle, we made the mistake in this matter first, we can't put Doctor Xu in danger." Zhenmu said to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man frowned and hesitated for a long time before speaking slowly: "Let's go with Dr. Xu to repay the kindness of saving his life."

"Yes, if we follow you, those Qiang people will not dare to offend." Maki eyes Light up.

Xu Yi looked at them: "..." Why hasn't he spoken yet? These two uncles and nephews have arranged things.

However, after hearing their good intentions, Xu Yi raised his hand and asked, "Will it delay your business?"

"Our cargo is going to Mianzhou. It will take several days to go back and forth, and it will take at least one or two days. But Doctor Xu, you are few in number, and those wandering Qiang people love to pick on people like you. "

This is the border of Maozhou, and these Qiang people who have done many evil things don't dare to be too wanton, and they mostly intercept people for supplies. Food, etc. It is not easy to cause trouble and kill people.

But it's hard to say. If you really encounter someone with such a ferocious look and lack of martial ethics, it's not impossible that you might feel ill-intentioned when seeing few people around.

Zhenmu and his uncle and nephew saw that Xu Yi was just a weak young doctor. In the past, they would not have been so nosy, but now that Xu Yi had just saved the three of them, they couldn't just watch.

Xu Yi said: "Thank you both for informing me."

The other party's troops turned around and the two teams set off together.

There was cargo, so their trip was a little slower.

But with them here, Xu Yi no longer hurried. On the way, Zhenmu asked Xu Yi why he came to Maozhou City.

Xu Yi also wanted to take the opportunity to ask about Dr. Yan, so he told him the truth: "My friend is the doctor of Jishi Hall in Maozhou City. Do you know him?"

"Doctor of Jishi Hall?" Zhenmu thought for a moment, his eyes slightly Liang, "Are you talking about Dr. Yan who came to Maozhou half a year ago?"

Xu Yi laughed: "It's him."

After that, he sighed softly, "I wonder how he is doing in Maozhou. "

Zhenmu said: "Since he came to Maozhou City, Jishitang's business has improved a lot. Not only do we Han people go to see doctors, but those Maozhou barbarians also go there."

Xu Yi said with a smile: "It seems that he is here. Maozhou is doing well." At least, he realized what he had thought when he came to Maozhou.

The two chatted all the way, and Xu Yi learned many things about Maozhou City from Zhenmu's mouth.

For example, there are hundreds of Han households in Maozhou City who have immigrated from other places. These Han people will not only stay here, but also do business in surrounding counties and counties. And not only the Han people, but also the surrounding Qiang people also have Maozhou City as the center.

They are distributed from Shiquan in the east to Junguan County in Yongkang in the south, as well as Guangrou County, Baoxian County, Heishui, Songpan and other connected areas, all clustered around the boundary of Maozhou.

There are also many fortresses and cottages built by the Qiang people with stone walls in the mountains. Therefore, the Han people here generally do not go deep into the mountains.

Zhenmu said: "It is not safe in the mountains, and there are many wild animals. Even if there are abundant resources in the mountains, it still depends on whether you have the life to take them."

Xu Yi asked: "Where are the troops stationed here?"

Zhenmu said: "They usually don't leave the city. "

Xu Yi was curious: "How do you know so much?"

Zhenmu said: "My father is the military envoy of the Maozhou garrison. If they leave the city, they will move first, and they will consume a lot of supplies.

" Most of what he and Xu Yi said was heard from his father.

They were stationed here and after settling down, Zhenmu didn't want to hang around Maozhou City all day, so he joined a group of merchants. The middle-aged man was not his biological uncle, but a concubine from a branch of his family. Because of his father's identity, the Qiang people were very smart and did not dare to rob their team.

Anyway, as long as you have enough power and strong fists, you can enter the city in the middle of the night and the defenders will not stop you.

...

At the time of Xu, the gates of Maozhou City were closed.

The night wind outside the city blew the trees at both ends of the road. In the dark forest, two yellow lanterns like bright pearls occasionally appeared.

The eyes of the beast appear and disappear, hiding around, staring at the passing vehicles.

The team's forward speed remained unchanged and continued towards the city gate.

In Maki's team, the guards all held bright torches and looked around as they walked.

Then, they heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance.

The team stopped, and the middle-aged man came out of the carriage and lay on the ground to listen.

Everyone around was waiting quietly. Zhenmu looked at Xu Yi next to him and whispered: "They are Qiang people."

Xu Yi was stunned and glanced thoughtfully into the dark distance.

At this time, the middle-aged man also got up from the ground. He shouted to the people behind him: "Quick, raise the flag."

Before he finished speaking, the guards who were protecting the cargo and the vehicle Xu Yi was riding in immediately took out their early morning breakfast. The flag has been prepared and hung on the vehicle.

A strong wind blew, blowing the flag loudly.

Zhenmu comforted Xu Yi: "With the flag of the Maozhou City garrison, they dare not come forward to offend."

Xu Yi nodded and sat at the top of the carriage, his hand hidden in the darkness silently clenching the machete.

The team set off again, and the several guards around them were confident, but Xu Yi looked at their faces and saw that they were not as relaxed as he had imagined.

After a while, the "clack-clack" sound of horse hooves became clearer and closer to them.

The middle-aged man spoke in a deep voice: "Wait a minute, everyone, please stop talking, leave me and Zhenmu in the front."

After hearing this, Zhenmu also rode his horse to the front of the team.

Soon, a bright light appeared in front of them, and then several more homeless people appeared on horseback. Like them, these homeless people all held torches, but they were wearing distinctive Qiang costumes with green bandanas on their heads. The horse is a short and sturdy Sichuan horse.

They stopped in front of the team, and several pairs of eyes stared at the two fully loaded goods in the middle of the team.

But seeing the flags hanging above them, several Qiang vagrants looked at each other and muttered something, but did not come forward.

Xu Yi saw that the middle-aged man and the others were all calm and silent, but Zhenmu had already taken out the scimitar at his waist.

The scimitar was unsheathed and pointed at them, saying something in Qiang language and making a gesture for them to leave.

The Qiang wanderer muttered something again, with unwillingness in his eyes, and glared for a while before turning around and leaving on his horse.

As soon as they left, the tense atmosphere in the team suddenly relaxed, and everyone resumed breathing heavily.

Uncle Zhou was so frightened that he was shaking. If Xu Yi hadn't pulled him up, he would have fallen off the car.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with lingering fear: "It was really thrilling just now."

"There are only five of them. Even if they want to steal things, I'm afraid they won't be able to defeat us." Xu Yi patted his back, He said calmly.

"Those are Qiang people." Uncle Zhou had seen many Qiang people along the way, but this was the first time that a Qiang person stood in front of them so bluntly like tonight.

He heard that they were extremely powerful and strong. If they really fought, he would have to find a place to hide.

Zhenmu rode over on horseback: "Yes, we went out this time with six guards. We are not afraid of fighting with them."

Xu Yi nodded in agreement: "Yes."

Uncle Zhou: "..."

...

A quarter of an hour later, They saw the gate of Maozhou City.

There were lights on the city wall, and as soon as they reached the city wall, they put away the flags on the car.

Not long after, a soldier came down from the city wall. It was obvious that this soldier recognized Maki and the others.

Seeing them returning at this hour, I was very curious: "Did something happen on the way?"

"Brother, nothing happened." Maki shook his head.

Then, tell him what happened halfway.

"If Doctor Xu hadn't come to the rescue, Uncle and the others might not have been able to come back in time." Zhenmu said, "After all, it was because of us that we were delayed. If there was no one to lead the way at night, we wouldn't be able to enter the city."

The soldier was silent for a while, but After asking more questions, he opened the city gate and let their group in.

After entering the city gate, Xu Yi was about to part ways with them.

Zhenmu said: "Go all the way east and you will reach Jishi Hall. Doctor Yan lives in the backyard of Jishi Hall. If you go at this time, you should still be able to see people."

Xu Yi handed over his hand: "Thank you for protecting me along the way. "

Zhenmu also clenched his fists and arched his hands towards him. Everyone met by chance and got along well on the road. They actually felt that they could make friends with each other.

However, Xu Yi only came to Maozhou temporarily and would leave at any time.

And he could only travel back and forth between Maozhou, Weizhou and Mianzhou. Although Zizhou was separated from Mianzhou, he wanted to go there for several days.

If there is a chance in the future, Zhenmu feels that he still wants to go to Yanting County.

The prosperity of Yanting County is definitely not found in Maozhou.

After dark in Maozhou, the streets are very quiet. The shops on both sides of the street have their doors tightly closed. The only sounds around are the sound of mules and carriage shafts.

Xu Yi glanced around. After entering the tower, there were not many houses here, but as he went eastward, the houses gradually became denser.

However, most of the houses in the city are very low and small in area, which is very different from those in Yanting County.

The weather was still quite cold at this time, and even Xu Yi would put on a cloak made of Ajin at night.

This winter, it also snowed heavily in Maozhou.

However, it was not as serious as other counties, but the snow was a bit heavy. Even the local county magistrate was quite surprised, thinking that it was getting colder every year.

The Shu basin, which originally had a mild winter climate, has become colder. I wonder what will happen to other northern regions.

Xu Yi calmed down. Spring is here, and the northern region should be much better off.

"Doctor Xu, Ji Shi Tang has arrived."

At this time, Uncle Zhou shouted happily.

Xu Yi raised his eyes and looked ahead, using the light of the lantern, he saw the hanging plaque of Jishi Hall.

Uncle Zhou asked: "Doctor Xu, are we going to knock on the door?"

Xu Yi shook his head: "No, it's still too late at this hour. Let's find a nearby inn to stay first and come back tomorrow morning."

Uncle Zhou smiled and said: "It's still too late at this time. Dr. Xu was thoughtful. "

...

The next day, at Chenshi, the door panel of Jishi Hall moved, and the person inside opened the door.

A young man who looked like an apprentice was sweeping the fallen leaves in front of the door with a broom.

A strong gust of wind swept up the piles of fallen leaves and blew them away in all directions.

"Hey, the rotten leaves are also bullying me. Am I the one waiting to be bullied?" While scolding, he had to gather the fallen leaves back and sweep them again.

Otherwise, Dr. Yan would say he was lazy if he saw it.

He was unhappy, but there was nothing he could do about it. He was a native of Maozhou, and because he was thin, the merchant team did not accept him. His father thought of a way and sent him to Jishi Hall as an apprentice.

They had not been apprentices for two months when the doctor who taught them how to use medicinal materials ran away. With this departure, Jishi Hall was short of a doctor for two years.

If it weren't for the old apprentices in the medical clinic who could treat more or less easy diseases, this Jishi Hall would have closed long ago.

When he came back from sweeping the fallen leaves outside the door, he saw a man with his head lowered coming out of the backyard carrying two buckets of water.

"Hey, why are you so early today?" The apprentice spoke to the man.

The man continued to lower his head and ignored him.

The apprentice's expression froze: "It's so rude, just like a barbarian." Why would Doctor Yan accept such a strange person as his apprentice?

He couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it.

Today, in Jishi Hall, there is a doctor and three apprentices. He is responsible for daily cleaning, and the other older apprentice, referred to as "Big Brother", is responsible for inventorying the medicine cabinets.

There is also the "junior brother" who is responsible for cleaning the purchased medicinal materials and preparing the medicinal materials.

Don't tell me, this "junior brother" knows much more than him. No wonder Doctor Yan is so surprised to accept him as his student.

He was thinking wildly as he ran to the backyard to find Dr. Yan.

The backyard is not big. There are three rooms across the patio, a kitchen, and a warehouse for storing medicinal materials.

He is from Maozhou, and he went home to live directly after the hospital closed. There were three rooms, and Dr. Yan, his "senior brother" and "junior brother" each lived in one.

At this time, Doctor Yan had woken up, washed himself and came out of the room.

When the apprentice saw him, he shouted happily: "I've met Doctor Yan."

"Yes." Doctor Yan nodded towards him, entered the front yard, looked at the apprentice who was arranging the medicine cabinet, and asked him if there were any patients today.

"No..." Before he could finish speaking, someone was being helped in from outside.

It was a Qiang man who fell off his horse and broke his leg.

Doctor Yan did not have a bad attitude because he was from the Qiang ethnic group. He patiently asked a lot of questions and then touched the bones.

After the whole set, sweat broke out on his forehead.

The taciturn Li Ji next to him suddenly handed him a handkerchief. Doctor Yan was stunned and took it with a smile.

He asked: "How much have you read?" Li Ji: "Students don't understand very well." Doctor Yan did not show any disappointment in his answer: "Don't be in a hurry. You can only take your time when studying medicine. This is bone setting

."

I have a lot of knowledge. I will let you get started when I get the chance." After

helping the Qiang man up with his broken leg, Doctor Yan gave him a few words and went to write a prescription for him.

After prescribing the medicine, he handed it to several apprentices and asked them if they didn't understand anything.

The apprentices looked at each other, and then hesitantly asked a lot of questions.

Doctor Yan sighed inwardly, but he still explained to them one by one why he prescribed this medicine.

Xu Yi had been standing outside the door of the medical center for about a quarter of an hour. He listened silently to the clear explanation inside and refrained from going forward to disturb him.

Next to him, Uncle Zhou who had followed him was puzzled: "Doctor Xu, why don't you go in?"

"Wait a minute." They waited

until Dr. Yan finished speaking before they went in.

It would be great if there was a camera at this moment. You could take this scene and give it to the other person.

Dr. Yan will definitely be shocked.

Xu Yi not only came to Maozhou, but also found him.

oh. wrong.

Li Ji was also there, and he seemed to be doing better than when he was in Yanting County.

Although he didn't get along very well with the apprentice, he was very popular with Doctor Yan. Doctor Yan looked at him as if he were looking at a junior who he cherished.

In the medical clinic, Doctor Yan, who was explaining to the apprentices, was slightly disturbed. As if he noticed something, he raised his head and looked outside attentively.

Then, he saw a familiar face.

The prescription in his hand was loosened and fell to the ground lightly.

Li Ji bent down to pick up the prescription with quick eyes and quick hands, and followed Doctor Yan's gaze.

He remained in the position of picking up the prescription and froze on the spot.