Chapter 81

This man was lying there, not knowing whether he was alive or dead. Looking around, he saw a sparsely populated wilderness trail. It had snowed heavily last night, and there was silver frost all around. If this man was still alive, he would probably die.

Xing Yuesen frowned. Seeing Xu Yi's worried face, he said, "Let's go down and have a look. If this man is still alive, saving him will be considered a meritorious deed." "

Quick, stop the car." Tao Qinghao immediately opened the curtain, The cold wind outside was blowing against his face, and he bared his teeth and shouted.

The handlebar made a sound and brought the mule cart to a steady stop.

Xu Yi got out of the car without saying a word, carrying the medicine box on his back, and several people followed closely behind him.

They walked quickly to the man lying on the ground, and when they got closer, they saw that this man was wearing tattered linen shorts, the sleeves were too short, half of the exposed arms were white with the cold, and half of his purple face was buried in it. Can't see clearly in the snow.

Xu Yi squatted down and stretched out his hand to feel the pulse on his neck. Seeing that the man still had body temperature and pulse, he turned him over calmly and carefully.

Now, they all saw clearly what this man looked like.

He looks about thirty-four years old, with fine frostbite on his eyebrows, bridge of nose, and mandible. His lips were chapped and his cheeks were red from frostbite, but his forehead was not hot when he touched it. Xu Yi reached towards his chest, which was also warm, and then lifted his eyelids to look at his eyes.

Xin Shengyuan behind him asked: "Xu Yi, how is this man?"

"No big problem." Xu Yi pursed his lips. Judging from the man's pulse, it looked more like he had fainted from hunger.

He informed several others of his conjecture.

Xing Yuesen thought: "Why don't we move him into the car first."

"Okay." Xu Yi nodded and said to them, "There is a Zen room for resting in the Golden Goose Temple on the mountain. We will wait for him to wake up and then ask him what happened. What's the matter?"

No one had any objection. They raised their hands to help, but Xu Yi refused. He carried the people to the car, and soon the vehicle set off again.

This time, the mule cart moved faster.

After getting into the car, Xu Yi didn't wait or do anything.

He first gave the man first aid.

Xu Yi sat next to this man and leaned over to rub his arms, which were stiff and white from the cold. He maintained a strong and uniform rubbing speed to promote blood circulation in his arms and relieve the freezing state.

The temperature inside the carriage was much higher than outside. As time passed, the man's breathing became more steady and his body temperature gradually returned to normal body temperature.

But he didn't wake up. Xu Yi checked his pulse again uneasily, and then he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that nothing was wrong.

While he was busy, everyone else waited silently. When Xu Yi rested, Tao Qinghao couldn't help but ask: "Xu Yi, what are you doing?"

Several of them had seen Xu Yi save people. , but still very curious about his actions.

Xin Shengyuan also asked: "Can he wake up if you rub his arm?"

Xu Yi sat cross-legged on the cushion, looked at them and said: "This is a first aid method."

Xu Yi told them what " "Frostbite first aid method", if the person accidentally gets frostbite, he should not use fire to bake, but soak in hot water. This will aggravate the frostbitten area and cause the injured area to be completely necrotic and useless.

This is why some people feel numbness from the contact surface when they touch something with high temperature after being exposed to low temperature. If this reaction occurs, it does not reach the first level of frostbite. If it reaches the first level, the numbness will be more intense.

In addition to rubbing the frostbitten area, you can boil mugwort in water, smoke it first and then soak it. If there are frostbite, you can use a silver needle to prick it and then apply plaster. [Note 1]

After Xu Yi said this, he went to check the man's hands and fingers.

I saw that this man's fingertips were all chapped with bleeding, and there was dirt left in the nails that would appear after digging the soil. Looking at the frozen blisters at the base of the palms, finger joints and other parts, they were already ruptured and eroded.

Xu Yi frowned slightly. This man didn't look like he was fainting from hunger, but more like he had escaped from somewhere.

Would he have had this idea or he would have seen the young man's shoes, the worn soles and tattered toes, exposing the toes covered with frostbite.

Xin Shengyuan and Tao Qinghao had never seen such miserable people. They looked at the wounds with uncomfortable expressions and moved back silently, not daring to look at the wounds again.

Xing Yuesen was older than them and was much more stable after all. He looked at Xu Yi: "Can it be cured?"

Xu Yi nodded: "Yes, both Angelicae and Guizhi Shaoyao Decoction can cure frostbite. His injury has new In addition to the frostbite, there is also old frostbite. Even if it is cured, it is easy to relapse, so you need to pay attention to it in the future.

"Brother Yi, please feel free to treat it. I will take responsibility for this person." Xing Yuesen nodded to him. explain.

Xu Yi smiled when he heard this: "This disease is not difficult to treat, and it doesn't cost much money."

The implication is that he can afford the responsibility alone.

When Xin Shengyuan and Tao Qinghao saw this, they looked at each other and had an idea in their minds.

"Those who have seen it have a share. We rescued this man together, so we must have a share in saving him." Tao Qinghao said, "Xu Yi, if you contribute, let us pay the money."

With that said, this mule cart Arrive at the foot of Golden Goose Mountain.

The way up the mountain could only be done on two legs. Seeing that the man hadn't woken up, Xu Yi thought for a while and went to the stall owner who set up a stall selling incense at the foot of the mountain. He was willing to pay twenty coins and asked him if he was willing. Carrying a person up a mountain.

The stall owner selling incense thought he had heard wrongly and said in shock: "Twenty cents?" Not two cents?

Xu Yi repeated: "Uncle, it's twenty cents."

It was definitely twenty cents. How could the stall owner be unhappy? Hearing that there was such a good thing, several stalls in the back came to ask if they could Carrying people up the mountain.

The Golden Goose Temple is full of incense. Among the people who come here to pray, in addition to the people nearby, there are also many ladies from wealthy families. Women who don't show their faces to others easily and don't have the ability to go up the mountain wearing curtains and hats will ask mountain men to carry the sedan up there and reward them with a dozen dollars, which is already very generous.

Xu Yi didn't need so many people, so he chose the uncle who asked first.

Then, Tao Qinghao paid the uncle and asked him to carry the person lying in the carriage down.

Soon the group went up the mountain. The young novice monk in the temple saw them carrying an unconscious man up, and quickly took them to a Zen room, and then ran to call the master in the temple.

"But I'm exhausted." Tao Qinghao gasped and slumped on the futon. He looked at the person placed on the bed, thought for a moment and asked, "Why hasn't he woke up yet?"

"It's almost time." Xu Yi opened the medicine box, took out a needle and needle, and burned the needles for him.

As soon as Xu Yi finished acupuncture on him, the man groaned and woke up slowly.

Qing Zhuang woke up, calmed down and wanted to speak. He opened his mouth weakly, but his throat hurt so much that he couldn't speak for a long time.

"What's wrong with him?" Xin Shengyuan asked Xu Yi with a frown.

Xu Yi looked at the man who wanted to get up after waking up on the bed. He silently took the kettle in the meditation room, poured a bowl of water and handed it to him.

Qing Zhuang's dead eyes moved, and he immediately grabbed the edge of the bowl and poured it into his mouth desperately.

"Hey, slow down."

"No one is going to fight you. If you are hungry, we still have snacks in the car."

After drinking the water, Qing Zhuang seemed to have some strength. This time he looked at the people around him again. The people were all wearing expensive brocade robes. The robes were very beautiful, faintly covered with exquisite cloud patterns, and were woven one by one with precious silk threads. He stared blankly

, thinking in his mind that he was saved by these unattainable rich and powerful people...

"Xu Yi, was he frozen to death? Why was he so stunned that he didn't react at all?"

, Xin Shengyuan pulled Xu Yi's sleeve in surprise.

Xu Yi: "..."

He glanced across the young and strong face and saw that the man seemed to be stimulated, but he didn't know what it was.

After pondering for a long time, Xu Yi asked Xing Yuesen and the others to go out and wait.

At this time, the master of the Golden Ear Temple came with the young novice monk. When he saw Xing Yuesen and others, he quickly put his hands together and asked them to rest in the meditation room next door.

As for the young man who had just woken up and was still very weak, Xu Yi asked the master in the temple to cook a bowl of rice porridge.

Soon, only Xu Yi and Qing Zhuang were left in the crowded Zen room.

Xu Yi sat down beside the bed in an approachable manner and looked face to face with him.

The young man moved his fingers and stared at Xu Yi in disbelief.

Xu Yi said calmly: "I am Xu Yi, a wandering doctor. My friends and I just found you on the roadside and brought you to the Golden Goose Temple."

"You rescued me?" Qing Qing Zhuang asked hoarsely.

Xu Yi nodded: "Yes."

He paused and asked him slowly, "Why did you fall in the wild, but you are from Yanting County?"

Hearing this, Qingzhuang's lips trembled violently, and his facial muscles could not be controlled. His body twitched, and he stared at Xu Yi, as if thinking of something, and then shouted in pain: "They are all dead... They are all dead..."

It turned out that this young man had fled from Xichong County.

Xichong County itself was not severely affected by the disaster, but several surrounding villages were seriously affected. The mountains were blocked by heavy snow overnight, and the villagers were trapped in the mountains and could not get out.

The village where Qingzhuang is located is close to the foot of the mountain. The snowstorm came suddenly. The people in his village didn't have time to prepare, so they were all sealed in the mountain and unable to get out.

The snowstorm has closed the mountain for five days, but no one has come to rescue them. If this continues, they will definitely die. As the son of the village chief, he decided to take several fellow villagers to find the way to the mountain.

The frozen blisters on his hands were caused by digging out snow and soil, but he didn't dare to stop. There was a vast expanse of white snow all over the mountains and fields, and it seemed that if he stopped, they would die here.

He and his fellow villagers finally ran out of the mountains, but before they reached the county government office, they encountered a heavy snowstorm and got lost again on the road.

All the people in the village froze to death, but he persisted until he walked here, but he couldn't hold on anymore and fainted.

"Please doctor, please save our villagers." Qingzhuang staggered out of bed and knelt on the ground to plead, "There are twenty-six households in our village, more than two hundred people."

The mountains have been blocked by snow for several days. , if this continues, everyone will die.

Xu Yi felt heavy-hearted and frowned as he hurriedly helped him up and sat up: "Tell me where your village is."

"Okay...ok..." Qing Zhuang burst into tears.

...

The door of the Zen room opened, and Xu Yi quickly walked to the next room.

Xing Yuesen was waiting anxiously in the room. When he saw him coming out, he quickly came over and asked how he was doing.

Xu Yi spoke quickly: "He is fleeing from Xichong County. Their village has been covered in snow for more than seven or eight days. We must send people to the government as soon as possible to ask the government to send people to rescue him."

"He is actually from Xichong County. Come!"

Everyone exclaimed. Yanting County is hundreds of miles away from Xichong County. What kind of perseverance did this person rely on to get here?

Several people were very excited when they thought that they had saved this man.

"Xu Yi, leave this matter to us." Xing Yuesen quickly thought of a countermeasure and stopped the matter.

This matter is of great importance. Although Xichong County is adjacent to Yanting County, the prefectures under its jurisdiction are different. Today, Xichong County is under the jurisdiction of Guozhou, and the officials of Yanting County cannot easily interfere with it.

The Xing family and the Xin family both had dealings with officials, so it was most appropriate for them to come forward.

The two of them didn't waste any time and asked the young novice to come over with pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Tao Qinghao next to him wanted to help, but found that his family's relationship with the government was not as good as that of the Xing family and Xin family, so it was not his family's turn to come forward.

Tao Qinghao: "..."

No, everyone is the son of a merchant, so in the end, his family was a little unable to do anything.

Xu Yi patted him on the shoulder and said to him: "Qinghao, go and ask the master in the temple if the rice porridge is ready?"

Tao Qinghao put away his thoughts and nodded: "I'll ask."

He walked out of the meditation room to find the master in the temple. In the room, the little novice monk brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

"Donors, the things are here." The little novice monk said, put down the things and left.

Xing Yuesen said to Xu Yi, "I'll write a letter and ask the coachman to send it back to the mansion first. I hope that when my father receives the letter, he will send someone to the county magistrate's mansion."

After that, he added, "This matter cannot be rushed. It has to be done." Send someone to Xichong County to find out. You can't just rely on one person's words."

"Yes." Xu Yi nodded, "It's time to find out."

In that case, he thought of Pang Boyi and Pan Xianwei.

These two people got the disaster relief plan he wrote a few days ago. If this matter is reported to them, they may be able to add insurance to this matter.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi said to them: "Send another letter to Pan County Lieutenant's Mansion for me."

Xing Yuesen raised his eyebrows: " ?

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Unknown Pang Boyi, if one of the two people could directly make the decision, it would be more direct and faster than Xing Yuesen and Xin Shengyuan contacting the government through their family connections.

The disaster in Xichong County can't wait. If it weren't for it, he wouldn't want to get involved.

Xin Shengyuan was surprised. He had not even spoken to Pan Xianwei: "!" He

once held a banquet in Xin Mansion and invited Pan Xianwei to the mansion. He just watched and had no chance to come forward.

"It would be best if Brother Yi could speak well in front of Captain Pan, and it would save us a lot of trouble." Xing Yuesen smiled and said.

Believing what Xu Yi said was true, he directly laid out the paper for him and passed the brush to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi picked up the pen, considered it for a moment, and then started writing.

Not long after, Xu Yi, Xing Yuesen and others finished writing the letter. After the ink was dry, they folded the paper, sealed it in an envelope, and sealed it.

At this time Tao Qinghao also came back. Seeing that they had finished writing the letter, he said that the master of the temple had fed the young man with rice porridge, and the man could walk around.

"Let me take a look." Xu Yi stood up and said to them.

Xing Yuesen nodded and said, "I'll send someone to deliver the message."

Everyone split into two groups, and Xu Yi returned to the meditation room to check Qing Zhuang's pulse again. Qing Zhuang's excitement calmed down, and Xu Yi told him that he had sent someone to deliver a letter to the government.

Hearing this, he stood up excitedly and saluted Xu Yi and the others to thank them.

After saluting, the young man half-knelt on the ground and said solemnly: "Thank you so much, Doctor Xu, and thank you all the little officials for saving your life. I have nothing to repay, but I am willing to work hard for you. I am grateful to you all for your help." Save the lives of all the villagers in my village .

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I hope the government will take action."

Xu Yi asked him to stand up and said, "You can recuperate in Jin'e Temple for the time being, and then go back when the wound is almost healed."

Qing Zhuang knew that he could not return to his current state. Obediently he stayed.

Then, Xu Yi wrote a prescription and gave it to the master in the temple.

He prescribes Guizhi and Peony Decoction for Qingzhuang. The medicinal materials used in this prescription are cassia twig, tangerine peel, licorice, ginger, white peony root, etc. It has the effect of relieving muscles and warming the spleen. It is mainly used to treat Taiyin colds, spontaneous sweating, and self-warming of the hands and feet. .

Among them, the main herbs are cinnamon twig and white peony root. The cinnamon twig has the effect of relieving the surface and dispersing cold, warming the meridians and unblocking the meridians. The white peony root has the effect of softening the liver, relieving pain and regulating menstruation. The addition of ginger, which can dispel cold, is diuretic, invigorates the spleen and removes phlegm. The turbid and damp licorice and tangerine peel are synthesized into a medicine, which has a good therapeutic effect on frostbite and frostbite. [Note 2]

After Xu Yi wrote the prescription, he handed it over to the master of the Golden Goose Temple: "I will trouble the master a lot in the past few days. Take two doses of this medicinal decoction. Boil nine parts of water into five parts and take it after eating." "

The poor monk has remembered it, don't worry." The master who received them smiled and took the prescription. He took a cursory look and said, "The poor monk has these medicinal materials in the warehouse. I will go and get the medicine now."

"Wait."

Tao Qinghao on the side called the master. He finally waited for the opportunity and had to show off no matter what.

"I will pay for this man's medical treatment, and all food and housing will come from my side. In the past two days, I sent someone to deliver some medicinal materials for health, and also stewed them into a health soup and sent them over." Tao Qinghao said. After that, he took out the brocade money bag from his arms, took out a ten-liang note and handed it to him.

Xu Yi blinked: "..." He has made several wealthy friends.

The master in the temple is used to seeing pilgrims being generous, and the Tao family is a wealthy family in the county. Every time they go to the mountain to burn incense, they donate no less than ten ounces of silver.

He accepted the handover obediently and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Donor Tao, I will take care of this poor monk with all my strength."

...

Pan's Mansion, Study Room.

Pan Wenji listened to the news from Xichong County with a gloomy face. The subordinate who stood in front of the case with his arms hanging down was sweating on his back. He even convulsed and broke into a cold sweat in the winter.

"What else?" Pan Wenji asked him.

The subordinate lowered his head slightly and did not dare to hide it and said: "Although Xichong County has sent hundreds of rural soldiers to the disaster-stricken areas to provide relief and rescue, the effect has been very little. Many blocked roads have not been cleared. Our people are here The perimeter was blocked and no one was allowed to get close."

As a subordinate of Pan County Lieutenant, he did not understand the use of Pan County Lieutenant asking him to find out the disaster situation in Xichong County.

Especially Xichong County is so far away from Yanting County, which is under the jurisdiction of Guozhou. If Pan County Lieutenant wants to be promoted, he should pay attention to the errands of Tongchuan Prefecture.

"We must investigate this matter again and report back as soon as possible." Pan Wenji told him in a deep voice, and gave another token to his subordinate, asking him to go to Guozhou.

After receiving the order, the subordinate bowed respectfully and exited the study.

Pan Wenji thought back and forth in the study, always feeling that something was wrong. The disaster situation in Xichong County has been reported frequently, and several major surrounding counties have donated a lot of materials and food.

There are so many disaster relief items. Even if the disaster is serious, these victims can be properly accommodated.

But the news we received is that there are many displaced victims in Xichong County now. People in the county government distributed very little supplies, and the rice porridge they gave out was like clear soup. More than 20 people had died on the riverside outside the city.

That river runs through several counties... and is directly connected to the water bodies of Yanting County. If an epidemic occurs there, Yanting County will also be affected.

Thinking of this, the face of a young man suddenly appeared in Pan Wenji's mind.

This young man said this a few days ago.

Pan Wenji shouted in a deep voice: "Come here, prepare a car to go to Pang Mansion."

The next moment, Butler Pan, who had prepared the car, hurried to the study.

Holding the letter in his hand, he knocked on the door and entered, bowing and holding it in front of Pan Wenji.

"Mr. Lang, just now my servant came to report that a child had sent a letter. The name of Dr. Xu was on the letter. The child did not dare to make the decision privately."

Last time, he made the decision privately and suppressed the news about Pang Mansion. I was scolded by my husband.

Doctor Xu was linked to the Pang Mansion. He wondered if it was also a matter of the Pang Mansion. He didn't dare to delay. He came to the study as soon as he got the letter.

When Pan Wenji heard that the letter was from Xu Yi, he narrowed his eyes, took the letter and tore open the seal.

Opening the letter paper inside, he looked at the entire ins and outs of today's events written in an orderly manner above.

After reading it, Pan Wenji felt very angry in his heart.

It was snow-covered for several days, with no one to rescue him...

In just a few words, it seemed like he had said everything. The government officials in Xichong County were so incompetent that it really made Pan Wenji feel sad for no reason.

He sighed deeply: "That's all."

After saying that, he walked out of the study with the letter in his back. The boy outside the door followed him in small steps, followed him on the mule cart, and set off for Pang Mansion.

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Speaking of Xu Yi and others, they came to the Golden Goose Temple today mainly to light the everlasting lanterns and pray for blessings.

The classmates who came with them to pray waited for a long time in the Main Hall, but they were still nowhere to be seen, so they went to the back hall in advance to pray and light the lamps.

When Xu Yi and others came over, these classmates had already lit the lamps, some went to enjoy the snow outside the hall, and some were inspired by poetry.

Looking at the mountains covered with snow, Xu Yi and others slowly came to the back hall.

The back hall was brightly lit, with bright and dazzling oil lamps placed on the red lacquered wooden shelves, illuminating the entire hall with splendor. This oil lamp is an ever-burning lamp, and it also prays for the living and the dead.

There was a young novice monk cleaning inside. When he saw pilgrims coming, he stopped and bowed his head and saluted, and asked: "Are the donors here to light the lamps?"

Xu Yi looked at him and said gently: "Yes."

"Donors. Come with me." The little novice led them to the back of the hall, where unlit lanterns were stacked on a shelf.

After the ever-bright lamp is lit, it will be placed in the temple for a long time. However, during this period, money must be donated to the temple, also called "incense money", to keep the ever-bright lamp alive for a long time.

Xing Yuesen and the others were very familiar with this. They took out the silver coins they had prepared and placed them on the plate containing the incense money.

Xu Yi also prepared money one day in advance after being reminded by them.

After they gave out the incense money, the young novice took down the oil dishes for them and poured the sesame oil one by one.