Fox Road Travel Notes

Hou Songnian frowned and flipped through the small book in his hand again.

"Later, on the eighth day of September, he came and invited me to his home for treatment."

"Said his father had a fever, headache, upset and thirst."

"After I went there, I saw that he had some chills and fever, a dry cough with little phlegm, and hot flashes in his palms and soles."

"I told him that it was a yin-related illness and it was nothing to worry about. As long as he took my medicine, he would be fine in a few days."

"I gave him Wei Rui soup and added Nepeta..."

Chen Zican finally waited for him to finish reporting a long list of medicine names and asked, "So, will his condition improve?"

Hou Songnian patted the medicine box: "I told him clearly that if he takes this prescription for nourishing yin and relieving symptoms for three days, the symptoms will be relieved naturally, and he will be cured within a few days."

"result……"

Chen Zifu's forehead hurts when he hears this turning point.

He hurriedly asked: "What happened?"

Hou Songnian glanced at him, then turned to glare at Min Jingzong who was kneeling on the ground.

Pointing at his face and angrily scolding: "But this kid went to find that dead fat cow again the next day..."

Everyone was stunned.

Both of their families live in Dongcheng. One of them practices medicine and sells medicines with prescriptions.

A master sells medicine and also brings prescriptions to see doctors.

They always have different opinions and insist on their own opinions, which makes the patients confused.

Over time, it becomes like fire and water.

Chen Zican said "Oh": "Then, miracle doctor Hou, has the old man of the Min family been cured of his illness?"

Hou Songnian cursed for a long time, stopped to take a breath, and then continued to curse.

"Nonsense! As long as he drinks my Wei Rui soup for three days in a row, what's wrong with it?"

"result--"

Chen Zifu really felt like he was going crazy. How could there be so many "results"!

This time, everyone asked in unison: "What happened?"

Hou Songnian swallowed: "In the end, it turns out that he is obviously my patient. That fat cow must have gotten better after taking his medicine."

"Isn't this nonsense?"

"Last time we met in Willow Alley, he dared to laugh at me..."

Everyone was stunned, looking at Min Jingzong with a bit of confusion.

Chen Zifu made a quick decision: "Bring the ox shopkeeper to court!"

Then he said to Hou Songnian: "Doctor Hou, please come and sit in the back and drink tea."

Hou Songnian snorted and left angrily.

Soon, the loud and loud quarrel between the two came from the corridor.

After a while, shopkeeper Niu returned to the hall.

He first knelt down and saluted Chen Zifu: "The common people are shameless, I'm rude, please punish me!"

He is indeed a businessman, and he looks like he knows how to get things done. He is completely different from Hou Songnian.

Due to Hou Songnian's bad temper, not only did he not starve to death in Xiuwu County these years, he was still known as a miracle doctor.

The reputation for his medical skills is even higher than that of Shopkeeper Niu, which proves that he is indeed outstanding.

Chen Zifu asked him to get up and reply, asking: "Shopkeeper Niu, from what you see, what disease does the old man of the Min family have?"

Shopkeeper Niu responded and took out a small book from the medicine box. It was much thicker than the one Hou Songnian had.

After flipping through the pages: "I went to Min's house on the tenth day of September."

"At that time, Mr. Min had been taking Slender Skin Monkey's decoction for four or five days. He still had fever and chills, and had not improved at all."

"I saw his prescription, and it's pure nonsense!"

"What's the cold?"

"It's obviously an external cold!"

Chen Zican's head was pounding and he hurriedly asked: "Well, Shopkeeper Niu, what is the difference between this cold caused by deficiency of Qi and the external wind and cold you mentioned?"

Shopkeeper Niu slapped his thigh: "There are so many different places."

"For example, symptoms of exogenous infection include difficulty in upper orifices, and Qi deficiency..."

Seeing everyone getting dizzy again, Chen Zican really regretted that he was too curious and insisted on asking this question.

He hurriedly interrupted him: "This - Shopkeeper Niu, you have excellent medical knowledge. Let's ask for advice some other time."

"Just tell me about Mr. Min's condition and how you treated him?"

Shopkeeper Niu thought for a while, opened the small book and rummaged through it: "Uh--, let me take a look."

"Total, it's three cents and two cents of silver..."

Only then did everyone realize that what he was holding was actually a ledger.

"Well, it should be Jingfang Baidu Powder."

"This medicine is worth three cents and five cents."

"This Min scholar often comes to my store to get medicine to treat him. He is considered a regular customer, so I gave him a three-cent discount..."

Chen Zican couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw that his talk was always irrelevant.

"Shopkeeper Niu, you said that the old man of the Min family is suffering from external cold. Is this serious illness?"

Shopkeeper Niu muttered: "This disease is caused by wind and cold invasion in autumn and winter, and it accumulates in the lungs without diarrhea. It is very common."

"With my medicine, you will be cured in three to five days."

"However, if you mistakenly believe in quack doctors..."

Seeing that he was going to slander his colleagues again, Chen Zican quickly interrupted him.

"Then Mr. Niu, Master Min, has he recovered after taking your medicine?"

Shopkeeper Niu nodded his head: "Does that need to be said?"

"Not two days later, I met this old man at Ximen Tower, walking around."

"He said he took my medicine..."

Chen Zican's eyes lit up and he asked: "Shopkeeper Niu, do you still remember which day is September?"

Shopkeeper Wan Niu scratched his head.

He looked at the notebook and said, "I prescribed him the prescription on September 10th. Two or three days later? Or was it three or four days?"

"Well, it's either September 13th or 14th."

"It was that afternoon that I met Skinny Monkey in Willow Lane and had a quarrel with him..."

"Oh--"

Chen Zican pondered for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Excellency, please summon the doctor to the court."

Soon, Hou Songnian was brought to the hall.

Liu Er placed him on the left side, far away, and the two of them still blew each other's beards and stared at each other, like cockfighting.

Chen Zican asked: "Shenyi Doctor Hou, do you remember the day when you met Shopkeeper Wan in Willow Alley?"

Hou Songnian opened the small book again and looked at it carefully: "September 13th."

"That day, he was the first to cause trouble."

"Look, he said when we met that I couldn't even cure a cold invasion..."

"Damn it, I remember every one of these words for him!"

Chen Zican was speechless.

That one carries a small ledger wherever he goes, and this one carries a diary wherever he goes.

Chen Zican asked: "In your opinion, is this disease not serious?"

The two said in unison: "Of course!"

Chen Zican suddenly turned to Min Jingzong: "Min Xiaozi, you announced to the outside world that your father is critically ill. He hasn't had any water or rice for more than ten days in a row, and he was so burned that he fell into a coma. Is this true?"

Min Jingzong raised his head and stared at Chen Zican with a pair of hateful eyes.

"So what?"

In fact, all the women and children in Xiuwu County know what Chen Zican said.

There is no point in denying it.

Chen Zican said with a smile: "The two doctors said that your father's condition is not serious. He took their decoction for five or six days. He is getting better day by day and can even go out for a walk."

"It's completely different from what you said. How do you explain it?"

Min Jingzong was sweating coldly and argued forcefully: "This -"

"After the doctor left, my father's condition suddenly became serious. Why not?"

Before Chen Zican could speak, Hou Songnian shook his head: "No, no!"

"This disease occurs most frequently in spring and autumn. The symptoms become severe for three to five days, then become milder, and then gradually recover. Generally, there is no recurrence."

What was rare was that Shopkeeper Niu didn't refute.

"You said it's normal, but aren't there any exceptions?"

Min Jingzong resisted stubbornly, and the two officials were speechless for a while.