Chapter 158

"Lang Jun, we know what medicine is used in this!"

A Jin smelled the ointment for a while, and then he and his brother figured out what was used in the ointment.

A Xu said: "It's wormwood."

For a while, they often handled the wormwood that Xu Yi dug back from the mountain. Now that they smelled it again, they felt it was very familiar.

However, they were familiar with it, so it still took them a while to complete the process of elimination and find the correct answer from the hundreds of medicinal materials they came into contact with.

Xu Yi nodded with satisfaction: "The medicinal herb used in this ointment is indeed Artemisia wormwood."

Among the people, there are barefoot doctors who will use a kind of herbal medicine, mash it into a paste to make an ointment, and apply it on the injured area.

It is very effective in treating bruises and bruises, and can also reduce swelling in the affected area. This medicine is Yinchen.

Xu Yi took the ointment in their hands, smelled it carefully, and squinted his eyes to analyze: "There should be strychnine in it, but the amount is not much. Strychnium vomica can reduce swelling and relieve pain, but its seeds are poisonous. It needs to be taken out, processed and dried, otherwise it will be easily poisoned. "

August and September are the seasons for picking nux vomica.

There are many ways to prepare this nux vomica. The doctor should use the sand roasting method.

Just put the nux vomica in the sand and stir-fry it until the seeds swell to a brown color and collapse. You can take them out and use them as medicine. The toxicity of the nux vomica prepared in this way is greatly reduced, so the dosage does not need to be extra careful.

The salesman next to him was very surprised when he heard that they guessed what medicine they were using.

"These two young men and young ladies also study medicine?" he asked curiously.

Xu Yi looked at him, smiled and said, "They are my apprentices."

A Xu shook his head and said, "We are Lang Jun's servants. Lang Jun is kind-hearted and teaches us medicine, but we are not qualified to be Lang Jun's apprentices. The salesman was confused and didn't think much about it. He said, "

Since you have guessed what kind of medicine is used, you know that the price of this ointment is not arbitrary. It is very cheap."

Ah Jin was confused: "You are selling this." How can I still make money?"

The salesman chuckled and said, "Young lady, I don't know. I sell ointment to this old doctor for free."

At this time, it was A Xu and A Jin who were surprised. There are people in the world who don't like making money.

Xu Yi pinched the ointment and smiled, and asked him: "If I want to buy it, can you introduce us to this old doctor?"

"This..." The salesman hesitated, but seeing the young man's behavior just now, he nodded. , "It's okay if you really want to see the old doctor, but I have to sell goods first."

Xu Yi smiled: "There's no rush."

​​He had planned to stay in Zitong for a few more days, and he was not in a hurry to go there empty-handed.

So, they made an appointment. When the salesman sold out today's goods, he would go to the inn on East Street Three Lanes to look for Xu Yi and the others.

Say goodbye to the salesman, Xu Yi and the others are not in a hurry to go back.

After walking around Zitong City, Xu Yi basically knew what the main business here was.

There are more than 20 pharmacies selling medicine in the city alone.

Xu Yi also saw a family among them, holding a banner with the same signboard as the one where they bought medicine yesterday.

He sent A Xu to go forward and ask.

I learned that shopkeeper Qin belonged to their family. In addition to having stalls selling goods in the medicine market, they also opened pharmacies in the city.

Not only the owner of this pharmacy is like this, but also all drug dealers with some strength in Zitong County will do second-hand business.

...

Erqing took Xiao Huang out of the city and stood at the city gate not knowing which direction to go.

He saw several tea sheds set up at the entrance of the city, and pedestrians were sitting under the sheds chatting and drinking tea. After thinking about it, he led Xiao Huang to a tea shed.

The old man in the tea shed saw him and shouted politely: "Young man, do you want to drink a bowl of crude tea?"

"I don't drink tea." Erqing grabbed the rope in his hand and asked, "My father-in-law, I want to ask, Where can I hunt outside the city?"

Seeing that he was here to inquire about the place, the old man didn't show any shame and pointed the way to Erqing with a smile.

"You go east, and after walking for more than ten miles, there is a City God's Temple. If you stand at the entrance of the temple and look forward, you can see a mountain, which is Wuzhu Mountain. No one cares about the things on the mountain.

" The guests drinking tea in the tea shed saw Er Qing's dress and asked curiously: "Is this young man a hunter?"

"Yes." Er Qing nodded.

The man said "huh" and praised with a smile: "What a young hunter, I admire you deeply."

The old man in the tea shed echoed: "I have been selling tea here for decades, and I have never seen such a young hunter."

The young man said that he had nothing to do today, but he could wait here for Erqing to come back from hunting. If Erqing really caught a prey, he would buy it.

Erqing was stunned. He heard that the man was praising him, and he blushed slightly.

After thanking the old man and the young man, Erqing quickly arrived outside the Chenghuang Temple. According to the old man's instructions, he saw the mountain very close to him.

He walked to the foot of the mountain and found that there were already people on the mountain road.

The man was carrying a basket and looking for herbs on both sides of the mountain road. When he heard the footsteps behind him, he turned around and saw a young man. He looked away again and continued looking for herbs.

After Xiao Huang entered the mountain, he didn't want to be led by Er Qing. He said "woo woo" several times and asked Er Qing to loosen the rope for him.

Erqing squatted down and took off the noose from its neck.

Xiao Huang was freed and ran freely on the mountain. He was not stupid. After running for a while, he would turn back to see if Erqing had followed.

"Woof woof woof -"

Seeing that Er Qing was slow, it barked several times, urging Er Qing to go faster.

Erqing: "..."

He has never been to this mountain and is not familiar with the environment here, so he inevitably walks cautiously and slowly.

Erqing bit his lip and tentatively waved to Xiao Huang. Seeing this, Xiao Huang ran back happily.

He looked at Xiao Huang, who was running towards it, and felt happy. He touched its head and asked in a flattering voice, "Xiao Huang, can you stop barking?"

"Woof?" Xiao Huang opened his eyes wide. , seems not to understand.

Erqing said: "If you bark, the prey will hear the sound and run away."

Xiao Huang lay on the ground with his front paws, pressed his body, and let out a low "Woo" twice. He understood.

On the way up the mountain, Xiao Huangguo screamed unhappily.

Erqing felt a little guilty about it. He obviously took it to run wild, but in the end, out of concern for him, he couldn't let it play well.

In order to prevent Xiao Huang from going to waste his trip, Erqing thought that he would catch the prey and sell it for money, so that he could buy dried meat for Xiao Huang.

He found a few branches, fiddled with them to make a small trap, and buried the trap in the leaves.

Then, Erqing marked this place and moved on.

Every time along the way, he would stop and look for materials to build traps on the spot. He would make small traps and ambush them on the paths where small animals would pass by.

Not long after, when he reached the mountainside, Erqing met a woodman who went up the mountain to chop wood.

When Chai Fu saw him, he was also stunned.

He looked at the bow and arrow carried behind the young man and greeted him proactively: "Young man, are you here to go hunting in the mountains?"

Erqing looked at him warily and nodded: "Yes."

Chai Fu said, "You can go squat on that road. , there are often hares there. I went up the mountain today and saw it a few times. "

It's a pity that he ran so fast that he didn't see it clearly, and the hare ran away.

Erqing didn't expect that this man was giving him directions, so he thanked the chaihu unaccustomedly.

The firewood man waved his hand: "I also watched the hunting people squat there, and I saw that you were a stranger, so I told you."

After that, he carried the firewood behind him and went down the mountain.

Erqing watched him go away, and called Xiao Huang who was lying next to him, planning to go to the place Chaifu mentioned and take a look.

...

At this time, Xu Yi and his group were tired from shopping and were eating fried coins in a restaurant.

The fried dumplings brought by the waiter were filled with mutton stuffing and seasoned with chopped green onion, minced ginger and salt. It has a strong smell of mutton, but it's not unpleasant to eat.

Xu Yi took one bite and fell in love with the taste. He ate it with a vinegar plate, one bite after another.

They were sitting near the window, and looking down at the street market, they could see that in the wine shop opposite, there was a woman with a blue and white cloth handkerchief around her waist, smiling and smiling happily, changing soups and pouring wine for the drinkers.

From time to time, I would see people walking back and forth in the market, carrying food boxes from various restaurants and running to deliver food.

Xu Yi poured himself a cup of tea and sipped it slowly. Looking at the fireworks in this world, he felt that in the Song Dynasty, there was no high technology or modern entertainment, and it would not be boring at all.

On the contrary, it can make people calm down and live a slow and fulfilling life.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a blue cotton robe came into the restaurant. He put his hands in his sleeves and shouted to the waiter: "A plate of plain dimes and a bowl of hot soup." "

Okay." The waiter shouted in response. After making a sound, he led him to the empty table next to Xu Yi.

Shopkeeper Qin glanced at Xu Yi and others from the corner of his eye, and paused as they were about to sit down.

He was slightly happy, walked over quickly, put his hands in his hands and said with a smile, "Doctor Xu, what a coincidence."

"Shopkeeper Qin." Xu Yi was equally surprised when he saw him.

Shopkeeper Qin didn't go back to the table where he was sitting, and sat down directly next to Xu Yi. Before waiting for the waiter to bring the coins, he thought about what he had said to his wife in the morning, and he just wanted to find a doctor to take a look at his father. sick.

But after he finished speaking, he regretted it for a moment.

He has invited all the doctors in Zitong County. Shopkeeper Qin doesn't know how good they are.

At most, it could relieve the pain in his father's knees, but it couldn't be cured.

After shopkeeper Qin came out of home, he went to the pharmacy first. When it was noon, he didn't want to eat in the pharmacy, so he went out to hunt for wild food.

Unexpectedly, he met Xu Yi.

Shopkeeper Qin was really familiar with the name, so he asked thoughtfully: "Doctor Xu, have you been to Zitong County before?"

Xu Yi shook his head: "I have admired the name Zitong for a long time, and when I saw it this time, it was indeed well-deserved."

Shopkeeper Qin frowned slightly . He raised his eyebrows and said, "It's strange. Doctor Xu's name is really familiar to me, but I forgot where I heard it."

"Oh?" Xu Yi raised his eyebrows slightly.

Then he doesn't know.

The two chatted for a while, and then the waiter came with vegetarian coins and hot soup. Shopkeeper Qin swallowed back what he wanted to say and planned to finish eating before talking.

Xu Yi sat and drank tea peacefully, waiting politely for Shopkeeper Qin to take his money.

When shopkeeper Qin saw this, he smiled sheepishly and said, "Doctor Xu, wait for me for a moment. I've finished eating this dime and I have something to ask for."

Xu Yi nodded: "No problem."

Shopkeeper Qin didn't keep Xu Yi waiting for too long. He ate quickly, drank the hot soup with a dime, wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, and informed him of his request.

"My dad has been suffering from knee problems for more than 20 years. It has improved in the past few years. However, when the weather is very cold, the pain is so painful that he can't sleep." Shopkeeper Qin sighed, pitiful parents in the world. His dad was in great pain, so he took the handkerchief He bit it in his mouth to prevent himself from moaning in pain, for fear of disturbing them in the middle of the night.

Shopkeeper Qin was worried several times and came to his father's house before encountering this scene.

Xu Yi listened to him and asked: "When it hurts, are there any other symptoms?"

Shopkeeper Qin said without hesitation: "Besides pain, there are no other symptoms."

After hearing this, Xu Yi lowered his eyes and thought deeply based on shopkeeper Qin's description. After a while, he said that he was going back to the inn to get something.

Shopkeeper Qin naturally agreed. He had an hour to rest at noon, and now he had enough time.

When he arrived at the inn, Xu Yi not only took out the medicine box, but also brought the antelope horns he bought yesterday.

Shopkeeper Qin was puzzled when he saw Xu Yi holding the antelope horn.

"This medicine..." he asked aloud.

Xu Yi didn't finish his words, he just said: "Maybe it can be used."

After taking the medicine that might be used, he followed Shopkeeper Qin to his small courtyard.

The Qin family is not considered wealthy, and their yard is located on South Street. The house is quite spacious, with left and right wing rooms, and four side rooms, two of which have been converted into kitchen rooms and firewood rooms, and the other two rooms are occupied by Brother Ming and Sister Yun.

His family has only a few children, with only one brother at his knees. Therefore, he also likes the other sisters very much and has a separate house.

When Xu Yi followed shopkeeper Qin, his sister Yun and his wife were doing embroidery work in the room. When he saw a foreigner coming, he closed the door.

Shopkeeper Qin took Xu Yi directly to his father's house.

There was a charcoal pot burning in the house, and the temperature was very high, much warmer than outside. Xu Yi and the others felt the heat when they came in.

"Dad, I asked the doctor to check on you." Shopkeeper Qin whispered, helping his father sit on the chair.

His father looked at Xu Yi with his old eyes open, and said to his son: "This is what my disease is like, why do you spend money to hire a doctor again?"

Shopkeeper Qin's heart ached, and he swallowed before saying: "You The disease can definitely be cured."

Father Qin let out a long sigh, looked at Xu Yi and said, "I'm sorry, doctor." Xu Yi said quickly, "No problem

, please give me a hand."

While diagnosing Father Qin's pulse, the Qin family's wife came over.

She stood nearby and watched carefully for a while, somewhat curious about the young doctor.

So, he took his husband to the side and whispered, and asked: "Where did you find the doctor? He looks different from the doctors in the county."

Shopkeeper Qin said that he met this doctor by chance yesterday, and it happened to be today. , met again.

"Is there such a fate?" His wife was slightly surprised.

Shopkeeper Qin said with a smile, "No, when I heard Dr. Xu's name, I felt familiar, so I invited him to treat my father."

His wife asked, "What's your name?"

Shopkeeper Qin said, "My surname is Xu. Yi, it’s strange, this name is hard to remember, but I’ve heard of it somewhere.”

His wife usually does embroidery work for some rich ladies in the city, and often chats and gossips with them, when she heard Xu Yi’s name. Finally, I also felt that the name sounded familiar.

Her surname was Xu Mingyi... She thought about it carefully and finally thought about where she heard this name from.

But wasn't it just last time that the case of stealing and selling counterfeit medicines in Xiling Town was widely reported from outside? In this case, there was a brave doctor with this name, wasn't he?

His wife grabbed his hand with slight excitement: "Ms. sir, do I know who it is?"

Shopkeeper Qin was stunned: "Who?"

His wife whispered: "The doctor in the case of stealing and selling fake medicines in Xiling Town is Doctor Xu. Call it this name."

Shopkeeper Qin: "!" He remembered.

When the case was reported, there was a lot of gossip in Zitong County.

They are all in the business of buying and selling medicinal materials, so they naturally know how vicious the intention of selling fake medicines is.

What's more, the person who committed the crime here was also a vicious person. Not only did he kill the owner to pretend to be his identity, but he also committed other murders.

Doctor Xu made great contributions in this case. Not only did he help catch the criminal, he also saved a businessman.

Shopkeeper Qin sighed, who would have thought that Doctor Xu would meet him when he traveled to Zitong County.

He also invited him to his home to see his father.

He and his wife were excited. When they returned to the house, they heard Xu Yi talking to Father Qin in the house.

"When your knees are cold, you have pain in the bones. It's because there is blood stasis in the knee bones that doesn't go away." Xu Yi said, "You need to disperse the blood and relieve the blood stasis, and then warm it up."

Shopkeeper Qin smiled solemnly when he heard this: " Doctor Xu, can you think of how to treat it?"

"Yes." Xu Yi nodded.

He stood up and said to Shopkeeper Qin: "This has been an old disease for a long time. We can't delay it any longer. We have to break the blood stasis and promote blood circulation."

This means that strong medicine must be administered, not mild prescriptions.

But strong medicine can hurt the body, and after curing the pain in the knee, it is necessary to use warm and nourishing medicine to regulate the side effects caused by the strong medicine.

Xu Yi didn't hide anything and told the key points one by one.

When Shopkeeper Qin heard this, he stopped being happy, remembering that his father had fallen ill again and again. Compared with this physical injury, the former was more torturous.

He said without hesitation: "Listen to Dr. Xu's arrangements."

Then, shopkeeper Qin thought of the antelope horns that Xu Yi brought out. These antelope horns can strengthen muscles and bones and remove blood stasis...

In other words, after he finished talking about his father, After getting sick, has Xu Yi thought about what medicine he will use?

Shopkeeper Qin's eyes were filled with surprise. The rumors were true. Dr. Xu really had good abilities.

Thinking of this, shopkeeper Qin and his family became even more polite to Xu Yi.

He quickly invited him as a guest, poured tea and water for Xu Yi, and stood aside waiting for him to write the prescription.

Xu Yi had no reaction to his sudden change of attitude. He was immersed in his own thoughts, considered it, and then wrote down the prescription.

In this prescription, the antelope horns you brought are what you use.

To use antelope horns as medicine, they need to be soaked in warm water until soft, then they can be taken out and sliced, or the juice can be grated.

If antelope horn powder is used as medicine, there is no need to go to such trouble. Instead, it can be directly crushed and then ground into fine powder for consumption.

Xu Yi did not bring a medicine cutting knife with him when he went out, but there were tools for cutting medicine in the pharmacy where shopkeeper Qin worked.

He immediately went to the side room and called Brother Ming to go to the pharmacy to get a knife for cutting medicine.

After Xu Yi finished explaining, he gave the prescription to shopkeeper Qin.

When Shopkeeper Qin looked at the prescriptions, he saw that they were all medicines he was familiar with, including Fangfeng, Duhuo, Almond, etc. Many of these medicinal materials had the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

He asked: "Doctor Xu, why is this antelope horn not in this prescription?"

Xu Yi looked at him and said: "This antelope horn needs to be ground into juice and taken separately."

In other words, he prescribed two prescriptions. . It's just that one of the antelope horns is used alone.

After shopkeeper Qin understood, he went to the pharmacy to get medicine.

Xu Yi waved his hand and said that he had brought all the medicinal materials. If shopkeeper Qin didn't mind the trouble, he could get the medicine directly from him.

Shopkeeper Qin: "..." How could he find it troublesome?

At this moment, he couldn't wait to test the effectiveness of Xu Yi's prescription and whether it could cure his father's disease.

A Xu grabbed the medicine, and the Qin family's wife took the medicine bag and hurried to the kitchen to boil the medicine.

About a quarter of an hour.

The strong smell of medicine wafted out from the Qin family's yard.

At this time, Brother Ming of the Qin family also borrowed the medicine-cutting tools from the pharmacy.

Shopkeeper Qin personally took out the antelope horns soaked in the water, smashed them into pieces, and then used a medicinal roller to grind the antelope horn pieces into juice powder.

According to the preparation method explained by Xu Yi, the juice powder was filtered out to remove the coarse powder residue, poured into clean water, and sent to his father for consumption.

After his father finished taking it, the Qin family's wife also brought a bowl of black medicinal soup.

Xu Yi said: "This medicinal soup needs to be taken while it is hot."

After hearing what Xu Yi said, Father Qin quickly brought the medicinal soup over and drank up the bowl of medicinal soup as he always did.

...

Half an hour later, Father Qin felt a heat moving in his body.

The heat flowed down along his veins and came to his knees.

Somehow, he just felt that his knees were getting warm, which dissipated the cold pain a lot.

Father Qin was shocked and shouted to them: "My leg doesn't hurt so much anymore."

Shopkeeper Qin was overjoyed and squatted down to touch his father's knee, feeling warmth in the palm of his hand.

It really works!