Chapter 117

Backyard, in Doctor Yan’s room.

Li Ji knelt on the ground and gave Xu Yi three sips.

Xu Yi wanted to help him up, but was stopped by Doctor Yan. He said happily: "Brother Ji, this kid knows how to repay his kindness. If you let him kneel down, he won't be thinking about him all the time."

Xu Yi Looking at Li Ji with a red mark on his forehead from eating on the ground, he sighed softly and pulled him up with both hands.

"Now that I'm done eating, I'll sit down and talk." Xu Yi said.

Li Ji nodded heavily with red eyes and poured tea for Xu Yi and Doctor Yan.

There was silence in the room for a moment.

Doctor Yan looked at Xu Yi who was completely safe and sound, and his heart was filled with thousands of emotions, including joy, shock, and worry, which were complex and intertwined.

You have to endure so much hardship along the way. Why did you come to Maozhou just to see him?

"You, when you said you would come, I thought you would definitely come, but I never thought you would come so early."

Xu Yi smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence. I originally planned to bring my family with me in two or three years." A young man came to see you, but he went to Yinping first. How could he let go of such a good opportunity?"

Dr. Yan stroked his beard and pretended to be reserved: "You said nice things, Yinping is away from Mao. The state is not close, what a good opportunity this is."

After the joy passed, he became a little angry.

"This area is so dangerous, haven't you ever thought about something happening on the road?"

The smile on Xu Yi's face did not diminish. He listened obediently to his scolding for a while before saying, "This road was calmer than I thought. I didn't encounter any accidents." What's the trouble? We met a group of merchants last night and they sent us into the city. "

"Which merchant is so polite and would send you into the city?" Doctor Yan raised his eyebrows and quickly realized. If you have any questions, ask with concern, "Didn't you arrive today?"

"It was last night." Xu Yi said.

Doctor Yan was surprised: "The city gates are closed at night and no one is allowed to enter the city, unless..."

There is someone familiar with the garrison. But in this case, he is a traveling merchant and has something to do with the army. The whole Mao In the state, there are no more than three merchant teams with this relationship.

"Is there a person named Zhenmu in this team?" Doctor Yan asked him thoughtfully.

Xu Yi received a positive answer.

Dr. Yan was a little surprised but not much, and said: "That Zhenmu is a good young man, and he is used to helping out when encountering difficulties. What he said makes sense."

Xu Yi smiled and said: "Doctor Yan, don't worry, I Luck has never been bad. “Because the worst has been experienced.

Li Ji watched them talking silently, with surprise and envy in his eyes.

At this time, Xu Yi also looked at him. Li Ji was stunned and quickly looked away.

Xu Yi was not surprised to see him appear here. He was the one who showed him the way to Maozhou through thousands of mountains and ravines. It's

just that he was fully prepared for his trip. Unlike Li Ji, he faced too many difficulties at that time, betrayed his relatives, was penniless, and had an uncertain future...

so many restrictions were placed on him one by one. It was so painful. .

"How about coming to Maozhou? Do you regret it?" Xu Yi asked him in a calm tone.

Li Ji suddenly raised his head and stared at him with wide eyes: "Yi... Doctor Xu, I don't regret it, thanks to Doctor Yan for taking me in."

As he spoke, he wanted to kneel down.

This time, his arms were firmly held down by Xu Yi, preventing him from kneeling.

"This kind of thanks is enough once," Xu Yi said.

Xu Yi told him to sit tight and stop kneeling all the time. "I'm not used to it. If you kneel again, I won't be happy."

The excited expression on Li Ji's face gradually melted and turned into astonishment.

"I...can I still call you Brother Yi?" he asked cautiously.

Xu Yi laughed: "I prefer others to call me by my name."

Li Ji looked stunned, a little surprised.

After talking about this matter, they chatted and then turned to another topic.

Xu Yi asked Dr. Yan: "Were you scared when I asked a fugitive to come to your place?"

Dr. Yan changed his prim and serious look, laughed heartily, and said after laughing: "I wasn't scared by you, but I was. I was scared by him.”

The scene at that time is still shocking when I think about it again.

The weather was gloomy that day, and the fog was heavy last night. When I woke up in the morning, there was still a thin layer of frost hanging on the weeds and leaves on the ground.

And Li Ji appeared in front of him in such a cold weather, wrapped in tattered clothes and without a good piece of meat on his body.

"He came into the hospital and before he could say a few words, he fainted." Dr. Yan took a deep breath, "I lay in bed with fever for three days and three nights. I almost thought that this child wouldn't make it. . "

It's a fateful one. Xu Yi looked at Li Ji and thought to himself.

When Li Ji woke up, he told Dr. Yan the ins and outs of why he came here.

At first, Li Ji did not dare to enter the city. When he was hungry, he dug barks from trees and picked wild fruits to eat. When he was thirsty, he drank water from mountain streams. Later, after climbing several mountains and leaving the boundaries of Yanting County, he dared to go out in the mountains. Dig herbs in the garden and sell them in medical clinics in the city.

All the money from selling medicinal materials was converted into steamed buns and steamed buns, and I didn't dare to keep it in my hands.

He stayed like this, I don't know what year or month, until the weather gradually became colder, late autumn came quickly and fiercely, and winter would come at any time. Li Ji exchanged the copper coins he earned for a coat with hemp.

But this jacket cannot withstand long-term climbing and wading. Within a few days, it will become tattered.

Doctor Yan had good intentions and didn't want anyone to have trouble in front of him, but it turned out that this person came here because of Xu Yi.

Doctor Yan looked at Xu Yi with a penetrating gaze: "Brother Yi, what were you thinking at that time?"

"Humans are not grass and trees. Since they are human beings, they have emotions and desires. But if you do something wrong, you should suffer the consequences." Xu Yi Said slightly coldly.

Hearing this, Li Ji buried his head deeply in regret.

Doctor Yan frowned, it was such a simple reason.

...

In the front yard, Uncle Zhou was sitting on a chair. One of his legs was covered with a thick ointment. At this moment, the senior apprentice in the medical center was wrapping him in a strip of cloth.

Uncle Zhou said sheepishly: "I have a long-standing problem with my legs. They hurt after traveling for a long time. Thank you for your hard work, brother, you gave me medicine."

"This is Doctor Yan's arrangement." The apprentice said, "We also listened to it. Master's."

On the other side, the apprentice who was sweeping the floor was checking the things that Uncle Zhou had moved out of the carriage with excitement.

"There are a lot of medicinal materials that I have never seen before. Hey, what is in this box?" He turned back to Uncle Zhou curiously.

Then, he trotted over with the box in his arms with excitement on his face, and shouted in a very sweet voice: "Uncle Zhou, can I open the things in this box?"

Uncle Zhou looked over and said, "I don't know either, I have to ask. Doctor Xu."

The apprentice rolled his eyes, and was very concerned about this Doctor Xu who came from afar. He asked in a low voice: "Where does this Doctor Xu come from, and what is his relationship with our Doctor Yan?"

"Neng Qianli ? Coming all this way, we must have a good relationship," Uncle Zhou said with a smile.

The young apprentice was stunned: "..." Listening to these words, it seemed like he didn't say anything.

"Uncle Zhou, Li Ji also knows this Doctor Xu?" Otherwise, why would he follow him to the backyard?

And he didn't let them get close. What he wanted to say was something secret.

His heart was aroused by these unexplainable things, and he desperately wanted to see them, but he didn't dare.

Uncle Zhou looked at him and said, "Brother, if you want to know, you can ask yourself when Dr. Xu comes out later."

"Uncle Zhou, if I dare to ask, I won't ask you . "Yes." The young apprentice flattened his mouth, slightly curled his fingers while holding the box, and still said what was in his heart.

Uncle Zhou smiled and said nothing more.

He moved his leg covered with ointment. The driving in the car had been bumpy in the past few days. He applied ointment to the painful area on his leg and it seemed to be better.

*

Doctor Yan was very happy that Xu Yi could come. After coming out of the room to talk, he took out his money and asked his apprentice to buy two kilograms of good meat from Po Hu's roasted meat, and then went to the wine shop for two cents of wine.

"I brought the wine." Xu Yi said, asking the apprentice not to drink, and then turned back to him and said, "I brewed some medicinal wine at home and thought it was good. I brought two pots with me this time, but I didn't drink it."

Doctor Yan's face showed joy when he heard that there was wine.

Medicinal wine is good. The medicinal wine prepared by Xu Yi must be good. It cannot be compared with ordinary wine shops.

When the meat arrived, the medical clinic's sign saying "outpatient service" was put away. After noon, the medical clinic stopped visiting patients.

He wanted to have a few drinks with Xu Yi and then continue to have a good chat.

This time, Li Ji naturally did not follow him. He returned to the hospital in silence and received Uncle Zhou who was resting in the hospital.

The young apprentice came over and asked him about Xu Yi in a low voice.

Li Ji didn't say a word, only frowned and looked at him with eyes that concealed emotions: "You can ask Doctor Yan."

"..." The young apprentice was choked by these words and was speechless, but he still didn't Giving up, "Huh, that's what you said, then I'll ask tomorrow."

Why tomorrow?

Because Doctor Yan doesn’t want to see anyone at this moment.

There was no one else there, only Xu Yi and him. Doctor Yan could no longer suppress his excitement when he saw Xu Yi.

He was in tears all the time, crying like a wronged child, and could only use Xu Yi's sleeve to wipe his nose and tears.

"The most important thing for people to get acquainted is to know each other, and the most important thing for people to know each other is to understand each other. [Note 1]" Dr. Yan raised his glass, raised his neck and took a long drink. The thousands of emotions in his chest, like surging water, all turned into one sentence. Choking with sobs, he said, "You have come a thousand miles away, and what I have given you in this life is enough."

After drinking, he became drunk, held his head, pulled Xu Yi's sleeves, and said some heartfelt words.

Seeing him like this, you know that he is very drunk, but letting out his true feelings is nothing more than that.

Xu Yi's eyes were also slightly red, and he felt much relieved when he saw that he was getting stronger.

...

Once Xu Yi came to Maozhou, it was impossible for Xu Yi to stay for only one day.

The next day, there was an extra plaque on the consultation plaque hanging at Maozhou Jishi Hall. It was written in new ink that there were two doctors for consultation today.

When did Maozhou have another doctor?

The news spread quickly among the wealthy landowners' managers, common people, and female servants who passed by Jishi Hall.

In the medical clinic, a long case was temporarily placed. On the case, everything used by the sitting doctor was available.

Li Ji worked as an assistant to Xu Yi, studying ink beside him.

There are two other apprentices in the medical clinic, the older one is called Tian Lu and the younger one is called Lu Ziming.

Tian Lu was a man of few words, so he had no problem at all with Xu Yi holding a consultation in Jishi Hall.

He put the medicinal materials into the cabinet and asked Lu Ziming to fill every teapot in the store with water.

Lu Ziming turned back in three steps, holding the jar and peeking at Xu Yi. When passing by the backyard, he almost bumped into Doctor Yan who was coming over.

Dr. Yan had a few drinks yesterday. He woke up later today and was bumped by the apprentice, but he was not angry.

"Don't do things half-heartedly." He said solemnly, waving for him to pour water.

Lu Ziming's face turned red and he obediently ran to the kitchen to fill up the hot water.

He stepped forward and heated up tea for Dr. Yan and asked with a smile: "Doctor Yan, where is that Dr. Xu? Why did you let him consult in the medical clinic?"

"He..." Dr. Yan pretended. He smiled mysteriously and said, "You will know in the next few days."

Lu Ziming failed to get the answer from Doctor Yan, so he thought about whether to approach Xu Yi.

As a result, the taciturn Li Ji simply refused to let him get close.

Fang wanted to take advantage of pouring water and wanted to stay a little longer, but was sent away by Li Ji.

"You are being unreasonable. He is Dr. Yan's friend and a doctor. Let me ask what's wrong?" In the kitchen, Lu Ziming asked him angrily with his hands on his hips.

Li Ji pursed his lips: "Why do you want to know so much?"

Lu Ziming stared at him strangely: "Is it possible that if someone came so far away, wouldn't you be curious?"

"Not curious. "Li Ji shook his head.

Lu Ziming's face was full of disbelief: "Human beings will be curious. If you are not curious, are you some kind of alien?"

Li Ji pursed his lips tighter: "I am not an alien."

Lu Ziming did not expect that he would react like this, He scratched his head with a little regret: "I didn't say you were an alien, just... forget it, I'm not very curious either."

After coming out of the kitchen, both of them became silent.

Even Xu Yi noticed something was wrong. When he came here yesterday, the young apprentice was very talkative. Uncle Zhou also said that the young apprentice asked a lot of questions and was very curious about him.

Of course, Xu Yi didn't know that Li Ji had already shielded him from prying eyes.

He is treating the patient in front of him.

"You are suffering from typhoid and fever because of your bad Qi. I will prescribe you a dose of Cui Wenxing's medicine. It is best to take this medicine with warm wine. Cover it with a quilt and sweat after taking it." [Note 2]

After Xu Yi finished speaking, he wrote out the prescription and handed it to Li Ji next to him.

Li Ji took the prescription and saw that it said Platycodon, Xinxi, Aconitum and Atractylodes. These four herbs must be crushed and sieved into powder.

He took the prescription and went to the cabinet to find Tian Lu.

Tian Lu looked at the medicinal materials and dosage on the prescription, and skillfully took the medicine from the corresponding medicine cabinet and gave it to him.

Li Ji naturally did the grinding of the medicine himself. When he prepared the powder, Xu Yi on the other side was already seeing new patients.

When this new patient saw Xu Yi, the two looked at each other.

"Doctor Xu, what a coincidence." Zhenmu covered his stomach and sat on the chair with a look of exhaustion.

The person who helped him over was another guard in the caravan. Seeing Xu Yi, he was a little happy: "That's great, Doctor Xu. Please hurry up and write yesterday's prescription."

"Do you keep vomiting?" Xu Yi raised his eyebrows.

Maki nodded sheepishly: "Well, not long after breakfast, I had unbearable stomach pain and had to go to the toilet several times."

He bared his teeth and almost died in the hut.

Doctor Yan also saw him. He was quite familiar with Zhenmu, and because he escorted Xu Yi into the city, he came over to ask what happened.

Maki said what he just said again with a frown on his face.

Doctor Yan looked at his strange expression in confusion, and then looked at Xu Yi: "Is there something else going on?"

"Yesterday, three people in their team were in this situation." Xu Yi pinched his eyebrows, "Those three Everyone suffers from dysentery due to unclean diet.

Doctor Yan was convinced: "I'm afraid I ate the bad food again today."

Xu Yi nodded: "I'll check your pulse.

" It was the same situation as the three people yesterday, so Xu Yi prescribed rhubarb and coptis decoction for him and asked him to boil it and take it directly in the hospital.

Seeing Zhenmu's appearance of collapse due to vomiting and diarrhea, Xu Yi still warned: "Then you should throw it away after eating."

"The cake looks good, and it doesn't taste rancid. It would be a pity to throw it away." I felt a little distressed. It was not easy to go on a business trip. Let alone them, even the big households in the city would not lose their food easily.

Besides, there are many poor people in the city who are not willing to throw away even rotten food, let alone dirty food.

Xu Yi was silent for a while and sighed silently.

"Although the cake doesn't look bad, you have eaten it twice and it has ruined your stomach, and dysentery can kill people." Xu Yi said solemnly.

Doctor Yan was listening, took the prescription, looked at it, and agreed, "Yes, you should throw away that cake. It's not worth much. If someone eats it, it won't be worth the loss."

In addition, they wanted to run away again. Businessmen are not in the city all day.

If there is someone out there who has a bad stomach after eating that cake, there will be no doctor to treat him or her.

There is only Jishitang in Maozhou City. Most of the other doctors in Jisizhou are doctors with witch doctor backgrounds. Those doctors... Dr. Yan has met them a few times, but he doesn't trust those doctors very much.

Maki sighed helplessly.

He also didn't believe in those witch doctors. Every time the caravan traveled, the medicine they brought in the car was bought at Jishi Hall.

Although I felt sorry for those cakes, there was nothing I could do about it.

After chatting for a while, Jishitang's apprentice was very efficient and brought the boiled medicinal soup. After Zhenmu took it, his abdominal pain improved a lot not long after.

He ordered the guards who accompanied him and told his uncle and others not to eat those cakes again.

Otherwise, they might have to stay in the city for stomach treatment later.

...

For three consecutive days, Xu Yi visited Jishi Hall for medical treatment.

He got in touch and found that the young apprentice who often looked at him secretly was quite talented in memorizing medicinal materials.

On the day he left, the little apprentice came over and asked where he was from.

"I have never been out of Maozhou City, not even to Wenshan County next door." Lu Ziming opened his bright eyes, "Doctor Xu, where are you from? Can you tell me? ?"

Xu Yi pondered for a moment, and his eyes fell on Li Ji who was busy in the medical clinic. He looked back and said calmly: "Zizhou

?" Lu Ziming looked confused.

Where is that?

He had never heard of this place.

Lu Ziming looked at Xu Yi and asked: "Is Zizhou big? Is it fun there? Are there many things that Maozhou City doesn't have?"

Xu Yi laughed. Zizhou is indeed not small. Maozhou, a borderland, although The area is not much different from Zizhou, but the level of prosperity is beyond comparison.

"Yes. Everything that is available in Maozhou City is available there, and anything that is not available in Maozhou City is also available there." After Xu Yi finished speaking, he said nothing else.

As for where he came from in Zizhou, I cannot elaborate.