Practicing Medicine in Three Kingdoms

The last time Li Yinzhou saw Mrs. Lu was in the second year of Jian'an, by the Qu'a River.It was a trivial matter to say the least, while he was seeing a doctor, he played tricks to help Lu Su and his wife rebuild their harmony, and also took the opportunity to ask Lu Zijing for a personal debt.

That's 12 years away.

A round of time flies by, and the years have drawn several fine lines between her brows. The overwhelming vigor of her youth has been washed in the water town, and her gentle and tough inner side is gradually revealed.

Mrs. Lu's words exploded like a thunderbolt from a nightmare.

Li Yinzhou had expected that she would come, but he did not expect that she would be able to use this banner.

The crops fail year after year, and there are natural disasters. How can there be such a thing as "people who are rich and righteous"?It is good that the common people can tide over the difficulties by themselves.

The only ones who still have surplus food to pay for are the aristocratic and noble families of Wujun.

Since the pacification of the chaos that year, half of the aristocratic families have been overthrown and almost withered, and there are many disheartened people. Even the prefect Zhu Zhi may not be able to persuade them to open a warehouse and donate silver.

But the Lu family is different.

Lu Su was generous and heroic for half his life, and many people in Wu land received favors. Even Zhou Yu, who was young, used his food for emergency.

The goodwill that was cast in those years spread along the veins of the water, and after wind and rain, it became a towering tree, and finally gave him a piece of shade.

Before setting off, Li Yinzhou made a calculation, the cost of curing one person is enough to feed ten strong men.Zhu Zhigu is not a bad official, but he is by no means a saint. He will be terminated immediately and will not give them too much time to consume.So he immediately wrote a letter to Dong Zhong to send to Mrs. Lu, asking her to help, and he should repay the favor promised by Lu Su in the past.

And she did come.

Li Yinzhou lay on the ground tiredly, let out a long breath of cold air condensed in his chest, and focused on the sky after the cloud and rain with relaxed eyes.

The bright sky shone lightly, dispelling the damp and cold mountain mist, revealing the blue sky.

The cloud also relaxes.

He slowly lowered his eyelids, and was about to get up with his arms propped up, when a skirt with mud rolled in one corner floated into his field of vision.

Eyes subconsciously.

A pair of eyes that were clearer than the blue sky after the rain were slightly bent, and they collided with his sight.

Sun Shangxiang untied the coir raincoat on his body, covered his soaked clothes, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li has worked hard enough, now Mr. Sun is here."

Her plain clothes were dyed yellow, her fair face was covered with several muddy watermarks, and her jet-black hair was tied up with wooden branches at random. From head to toe, she didn't look like a legitimate daughter of the Sun family.

I also know that I escaped by myself.

Li Yinzhou couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Zhi was afraid that his beard would be crooked with anger.

Smiling, he took her hand and got up.His frozen body staggered two steps before he stood still, and his left leg suddenly felt a sharp pain.

"It's okay, it's too cold." He quickly cut off the topic before Sun Shangxiang was concerned, and rolled his eyelids to look at the situation at the gate of the city, "Is the city okay?"

This city refers to the main city of Wu County, not the deserted city in front of us.

Sun Shangxiang's smile faded, and he sighed: "Just a few moments after the rain stopped, the flood broke the dam and drowned many people. Right now the food loss is heavy, and the prefect Zhu is urgently collecting food from other counties—but other counties They are also too busy to take care of themselves, and the front line is so tight, no one can share the surplus food, and they are all in poverty."

If you want to know this, the land of Wu is not only facing the river, but also facing the sea. Once a storm lands, the human power will be insignificant and humble.

Outside the city gate, the yellow water could be seen slowly rising, and several small boats floated above it like fallen leaves. Dong Zhong was directing two Lu family slaves to move the grain on it.

At such a time of anger and resentment, it was really not easy for Mrs. Lu to borrow supplies to cross the water.

Li Yinzhou looked away and asked Sun Shangxiang, "Why are you here with Mrs. Lu?"

Sun Shangxiang said: "When I climbed over the wall and escaped from the mansion, I bumped into the guard and broke into Zhang's house in a panic. Unexpectedly, Madam Lu was borrowing food from Zhang's house. She reprimanded the guard for me, so I She took advantage of the chaos and hid, and later pretended to be her maid and sneaked out of the city."

The two hit it off and came to rescue people in a small boat.

Thinking of Mrs. Lu's vicious scene of scolding officers and soldiers, even Sun Shangxiang showed admiration. No wonder he was able to rule General Lu Su into obedience!

Speaking of this, she was also extremely curious: "Ayin, I heard my wife tell you about the things you did back then on the road, but how dare you promise her that she will fulfill the promise back then, and you can also borrow food?"

"Well..." Li Yinzhou was bathed in the slightly cold wind, his eyes lightly passed over Mrs. Lu who raised her eyebrows and scolded Xiao Bing, and couldn't help laughing, "She is Lu Su's wife."

How can a woman who can make Lu Su treat each other with love and respect as a guest, be a treacherous person?

A promise of gold.

……

Several people rectified the supplies and ordered the soldiers to guard them strictly.

The rain accumulated all over the ground, the autumn wind blew ripples, and there were several pairs of eager and humble eyes in the scattered abandoned houses.

The apprentice had already told Sun Shangxiang one by one what had happened in the past few days, and angrily advised her to leave together: "The prefect Zhu is too right, don't worry about these fools, leave with us Bar."

Sun Shangxiang glanced thoughtfully at the patients huddled in the room.

All the deep eyes retreated into the darkness in embarrassment.

Li Yinzhou stood on the street, his thin back covered by a coir raincoat.

The turbulent wind dazzled his eyes, and there were crystal light spots in his vision. His figure became more and more blurred, leaving the young and handsome body, stripping out an independent and gentle soul of Ling Feng.

The little apprentice Shang was immersed in anger and couldn't extricate himself from it. His forehead was tapped loudly, and he raised his head with tears in his eyes. Sun Shangxiang smiled with curved lips: "Smart man, go and make medicine."

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After handing over the next matters, Sun Shangxiang sent Li Yinzhou and Mrs. Lu back to the city by boat.

After leaving this city gate, I realized how helpless and troublesome Zhu Zhi was.The raging mountain torrents washed away the rock walls, and the mountains and ridges were easily turned into mud. The original official road was flooded and only a ferry could be used. In the rolling mud flow, there were unknown people's clothes.

The gloomy pale yellow was everywhere, and after the rainstorm stopped, the loess was blown away by the miserable wind, revealing a half-submerged corpse.Occasionally passing by villages outside the city, there are only countless muddy gravel left in the countryside where the smoke was originally curling up.

In a sense, Zhu Zhi saved their lives by sending them to the deserted city on a high ground.These villagers who lived by the water had no room to struggle, and fell asleep forever in the dark rainy night.

Those who survived by chance continued to linger on in the torment of being alive due to severe cold, hunger and disease.

The closer you get to the city gate, the more a heavy lock seems to fall on your heart, locking your hope in a dark corner.

When changing horses from boats, Mrs. Lu stopped seeing them off.

She said: "Wu County has been hit hard by this, and the aristocratic family may not be able to catch up. I think there are many old friends of the general in Shu, so I went to Shu to talk about it, maybe I can borrow some supplies."

Her tone was light as if she was just saying to drop by.

Li Yinzhou frowned: "Right now, the torrent is raging, and the waterway from Wu to Shu is dangerous. General Lu is fighting against Cao Ren at the front line. If something happens to Madam, the General will not want to fight. For the sake of the small family, Madam should be in charge." Settle down carefully."

Hearing this, Mrs. Lu seemed to have heard a joke, raised her eyebrows like knives, and snorted coldly: "Why, they are only allowed to fight the enemy, and we are not allowed to run around to serve? Besides, my husband praises the military school lieutenant , to enjoy two thousand stones, since you have fought bravely to repay the people, is it because you have to die or live because of a little family matter? You are also counted as a person who has been in the army and seen the world, and you can say such ignorant children!"

Li Yinzhou, who is always eloquent, was speechless on the spot.

Being reprimanded by her head and face, he can probably feel the shame of being "rebuked in front of the court" by her, but he has no choice but to keep silent, watching her back disappearing in the river from afar.

Farewell to Mrs. Lu, Li Yinzhou, Dong Zhong and two exhausted apprentices re-entered the county town.

Since ancient times, people have paid attention to the site selection of the city, and ordinary disasters cannot shake this fortified city. Li Yinzhou has lived in Wu County for several years, and it is the first time he has seen such a stormy and desolate city.

Busy soldiers running around.

The surviving people gathered on the south side of the higher ground, huddled tightly at the corner of the street, staring blankly at their home on the other side of the town.

The most crowded place is Sun Shangxiang's medical clinic. She originally chose this corner where no one cares about for the sake of seclusion, but now Zhu Zhizheng is here to settle the refugees.

The night fell darkly, and the small town that should have been brightly lit was completely dark, with sporadic and deep candles flickering in the cold wind, and a faint light shone through the veil-like night haze, as if it was about to be extinguished at any time .

Dong Zhongdao: "Nowadays there is a shortage of water, food, and medicine. People die of starvation and disease every day. Prefect Zhu has ordered the opening of the official warehouse, but now the front line is deadlocked, and there is really not much leftover food."

A few people stepped into the gate, dragging out a few light and long silhouettes. Li Yinzhou lowered his eyelashes and looked around at the trembling refugees, and couldn't help frowning: "What about those wealthy families? No matter how poor they are, they can't just give those to Mrs. Lu, right? Now is the time to share weal and woe, is it possible that they still remember the enmity of previous years?"

Dong Zhong couldn't tell why.

However, the main force went to the front line of Jiangling, and Sun Quan led the troops to Hefei earlier to support him. Zhu Zhi, who stayed behind, might not be able to force the aristocratic family to take action, let alone dare to provoke trouble at this juncture.

After all, there were some incisions left in the chaos, and even if they healed and scabbed today, they still hurt the hearts of the big clan.

The footsteps became faster and faster, and his thoughts also turned quickly. Li Yinzhou made up his mind as he walked quickly, and quickly ordered: "My lord must have heard about these matters, and the counties and counties in the four directions will also understand. It is to deal with the cold disease, and it must not be allowed to spread. Although some medicinal materials are soaked in water, they can still be used with some craftsmanship, can you let those apprentices come back to help?"

Dong Zhong rolled up his sleeves and ran away, "Yes!"

Li Yinzhou nodded, seeing the tired faces of the two apprentices who followed him to the deserted city, he ordered them to rest, raised his hand and opened the door.

The little apprentice was quite worried: "Mr.'s legs are suffering from severe cold, and..."

"It's not in the way." Li Yinzhou directly cut off his words, turned his gaze back and glanced into the door inadvertently.

The hand on the door paused.

The slender eyelashes moved lightly with the wind, reflected in the deep eyes, causing fine ripples.

A familiar figure appeared in the dim vision.

As if noticing his deep eyes, the people inside the door also turned their gazes back.

He snorted.

"came back?"