Practicing Medicine in Three Kingdoms

The snow in the northern plains is always more free and easy than that in the southern countries. Once crossing the Yellow River, the wet and cold wind will pick up thin crystal snowflakes, which will fall on people's eyebrows and eyelashes, and also coat the white field of vision with a layer of blur. side.

The young man in black strode out of the boat, pressed his bamboo hat deeply, and walked forward against the blowing wind and snow.

This is Yu County, belonging to Wei.

As soon as he took two steps, a little guy half a person tall rushed towards him in the snow, cheered and ran behind him, and hid behind the young man in a desperate manner, poking out his bluffing head alone, and pretending to be behind him. grimace.

"The winter solstice is at the beginning of the month, so you don't have to worry about quilts; the winter solstice is at the waist of the moon, and you have rice and firewood; the winter solstice is at the end of the month, and the old tortoise will freeze to death! Catch me, old, tortoise!"

An angry howl came from a distance: "Bastard, come back!"

Not only was the little boy not worried, but he stuck out his tongue and gave a "slightly" sound that didn't deserve a beating, provoking his own father.

The old man who was chasing him was so angry that he beat his heart.

The little bastard was laughing so hard that a big palm fell from his neck and was easily lifted up by the person with the clothes.

Then he panicked: "Woo, who are you, let me go!"

When the back of fate was grabbed by someone's hand, the bear child finally realized that the person he bumped into was extremely strange, and he was not at all a neighbor of his own three-acre land.

While twisting, he inadvertently saw the thin face pressed under the bamboo hat.

Sword eyebrows are deep, star eyes are bright, and a face is extremely handsome.Under the wind and snow, the sharp outline showed a natural biting aura.

The little brat didn't dare to speak anymore.

The man had been a soldier, he could tell.

You can mess with anyone, don't mess with officers and soldiers, even a seven-year-old boy understands the principles of survival in this troubled world.

Seeing that the little thing knows how to judge the situation, the young man in black sneered and laughed, weighed the boy's weight, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter who I am, your little life is in my hands, dishonesty Answer me, and I'll throw you into the mountains to feed the bears."

The little boy in his hand had never seen such a battle, he almost peed his pants in fright, his palm-sized face was shaking, and he tried his best not to cry.

He even asked very firmly: "You, what are you asking?"

From a distance, his A Weng was still rushing here one by one.

The young man glanced at the distance, and then turned his eyes back to his eyes, admiring his composure, let go and threw him down, only asking: "I heard that Mr. Li has come to your village, where is he?"

The little kid was about to be ready to honestly explain how many buckets of rice were in the family's several acres of land, and he was stunned for a while when he heard him ask such a question.

After a while, he raised his little hand hesitantly, pointed to the back, and explained: "Here, just walk ten miles east."

The old man just arrived, and the old hen hugged the child behind her like a hen guarding her chicks. She looked at the unhurried stranger with great vigilance, and lowered her voice: "The nobleman came to Mr. Li for medical treatment? ..."

Or is there any other attempt?

Under his skeptical gaze, the young man straightened up and looked up at the snow, but gently raised the bamboo basket in his hand.

He evoked a playful smile: "Come to give a gift."

……

Village East.

As soon as Li Yinzhou put down the pen and paper, he heard small and hurried footsteps like drumbeats in the distance. He opened the window pane and looked outside, only to see a village child stumbling towards him, his red face breathing heavily. , As soon as I arrived at the door, I was so tired that I bent down.

His expression was extremely anxious, and he raised his face as soon as he was out of breath: "Sir, run! Officers and soldiers are here to arrest you!"

officers and soldiers?

Li Yinzhou raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at the heavy snow outside the door.

Although this is Wei Jing, it actually belongs to Cao Zhi's fiefdom. No matter how much Sima Yi hated him, he would not dare to cross the border to take people easily.What's more, his whereabouts are hidden, and it has only been two months so far. According to the efficiency of ancient information transmission, this letter may not have reached the palace of Luoyang City.

A tall and thin figure gradually stepped out of the snow.

The new wind was blowing hard, and the man's face was also covered by the flying hair, which was a little blurry.But Li Yinzhou recognized it at a glance, and couldn't help being a little surprised.

"Public achievements?"

After years of separation, Ling Tong lost weight and became more mature. His handsome face was tempered by wind, frost, rain and snow, calm and calm, with the demeanor of a general stationed on one side.

The glow of the snow reflected slightly on his face, and the familiar outline became clearer.

Ling Tong took off the deep-pressed bamboo hat, raised his eyebrows and laughed at him: "Sir, you really know how to hide, let me find it easy!"

The kid who risked his life to report the news blinked his eyes, unable to believe that this vicious officer and soldier was actually an old acquaintance of Mr. Li.

Li Yinzhou saw this helpless expression, and knew that Ling Tong must be scaring the children again.

So he bent down and touched the ignorant little head in front of him, and smiled at him: "Thank you, let's go home first."

The child's face became even redder, and he looked up at him, and after getting a positive look, he bowed in a dignified way, and ran away in a hurry.

Ling Tong rested his chin and looked at the man he hadn't seen for a long time, and at the hut in front of him, which made him find a meal, and smiled meaningfully: "It seems that the master is doing well."

Li Yinzhou let him in sideways, put away the herbs hanging under the eaves, and asked casually: "But what's the matter?"

This is Wei Jing, Ling Tong has the ability to sneak in, but he may not have the leisure time.

After the war, the people's livelihood was in jeopardy, and the newly established army line lacked general talents. Although Ling Tong had always been unruly, he still took the rank of general. Sun Quan couldn't let him be too leisurely.

His eyes sank slightly, looking at him through the bright refraction on the snow, and slowly lowered his voice: "Has the situation changed?"

Ling Tong looked around for a moment, but didn't answer him right away. He just raised his hand and touched his nose. After a while, he raised his other hand and shook the luggage that followed him all the way north, and said in a low voice: " It's nothing, but I'm afraid that you will be lonely and helpless, so I specially send you some food."

This is really embarrassing to say.

Although over forty years old, he is indeed an elder in this era, but Li Yinzhou refuses to admit that he is already the "old man" in Ling Tong's mouth.

He stopped with his hand on the door, turned his gaze, and said coolly, "Why do you suddenly want to come and see me?"

Ling Tong's smile deepened: "The rules of the winter solstice, everyone is a junior, and should respect the elders."

Li Yinzhou heard it. He hadn't troubled him for several years, and this kid's skin was itchy again.

Without changing his face, he raised his hand and pointed, and said very amiably: "Oh, that's it, you can put it over there."

Ling Tong followed his advice and walked over.

Turning the corner of the desk, he saw a simple copper cabinet conspicuously. He stepped forward indifferently, and just opened the corner of the cabinet door, and then involuntarily squinted his eyes.

In the unattractive cabinet, from top to bottom, there are several delicate sandalwood boxes stacked neatly. When you get closer, you can smell various fragrances inside.

The tip of his nose twitched: "...cheese?"

For hundreds of years in the Han Dynasty, the Hu people had a lot of contact with the Central Plains, and their specialty cheese was not included in the recipes of the Central Plains. However, in this year of perennial natural disasters, those who can afford cheese are not only the nobles, but also the wealthy. .

Ling Tong couldn't help being suspicious: "How can there be..." in this village...

Li Yinzhou took care of his herbs in a leisurely manner, and was too lazy to look back at the precious food: "This one was sent by Axiang, who said it came from the Western Regions, so let me try it out. I found it has a nourishing effect, and I have a healthy body on weekdays." Bad mothers are sent away."

This bland tone, as if the precious tonic sent by His Majesty's palace is not worth paying attention to at all, but it has a little "nourishing effect" and can even be "given away".

Ling Tong took a deep breath, and opened the other half of the bronze door, and as expected, he saw something else.

"……Beef jerky?"

Those who can eat meat these days are either rich or expensive, let alone such high-quality beef!

Li Yinzhou thought for a while before remembering: "This was sent by the Emperor of Shu earlier. I don't want anything else. This is suitable for replenishing energy while on the road. Do you want to take some away?"

Ling Tong: "...No need."

He just put his own bamboo basket into the center of the cabinet, to the left he saw the suitcase in Wu Wang's palace, to the right he saw the red sandalwood mat given by the Emperor of Shu, the small bamboo basket was placed in the center, he felt a little pitifully lonely.

Ling Tong lowered his head in frustration, only to see a shallow vat under his feet, filled with crushed ice, with an extremely bright red tinge in the ice.

After a closer look, one can see that what is frozen is a koi carp, and there is a fatter yellow croaker under it.

Without waiting for him to ask, Li Yinzhou had already finished his work, patted the medicine crumbs in his fingers, glanced at Ling Tong with a complex expression, and continued to add a knife: "The fish sent by Zijian is said to be a famous product in Luoyang. Often I heard people say, 'Yiluo bream carp is the most beautiful in the world, and Luokou yellow croaker is inferior in the world', I don't know how it tastes."

Ling Tong's forehead twitched, and he vaguely sensed the meaning of personal revenge in these words. He pressed his palm and pulled out a smile: "It seems that you have traveled around the world and are friends everywhere."

Li Yinzhou stepped into the house, and wrote lightly: "But in the early years, I was more kind to others, and the cause reaps the fruit. Gongji came from afar, so it's better to stay and eat."

Ling Tong felt an alarm in his heart, and subconsciously asked, "What to eat?"

Li Yinzhou smiled at him kindly: "Today is the winter solstice, so let's eat the sweet potato soup cake sent by the Ajutu people."

Ling Tong: "..."

This is clearly showing off naked/naked/naked!

——Li Yinzhou, the "lonely old man", is not "lonely old and without support" at all. On the contrary, there are relatives all over the world.

It's completely different from his serious and lonely family!

Ling Tong bit his lips a bit sourly, and said falsely: "Sir, after receiving so many presents, it's not too bad to be a bit more disciplined, right?"

As he said so, his hands were firmly held in front of his body, his standing posture remained motionless, and he even omitted the gesture of leaving.

After the teasing was over, Li Yinzhou restrained his teasing tricks, and said with a light smile: "The hard-working general came from afar, I am very grateful."

Ling Tong snorted indifferently, squinted at him, and finally let go of the hands in his arms, instead he took out a brocade bundle from under the coir raincoat that was close to him, and threw it to him casually.

"I can't send any valuables, but a little food. Zhang Wen, the young master of the Zhang family, asked me to bring it with me. Please take a look, sir, so I can tell you."

Li Yinzhou raised his hand to take it, and spread the burden on the desk, but saw a pair of exquisitely crafted silk shoes stacked flat in the middle.

Ling Tong hadn't removed this burden either, he glanced over curiously, and couldn't help but smile from the corners of his lips that were deliberately pressed down: "It's only for the elders to 'grow up', Huishu is kind."

The so-called "shoes for the elders" is a kind of etiquette for the younger generation to the elders on the Winter Solstice Festival, which means to help the elders through the winter, wishing them to wear new shoes in the new spring, and to move forward to a new day, in order to live a long and healthy life.

Li Yinzhou knew what was going on in his mind when he saw the face of this foolish boy, but the hand holding the silk shoe tightened more and more while thinking, and his heart was full of doubts.

Zhang Wen didn't have a temperament like Ling Tong's who would fight casually, not to mention, how did he know the size of his feet?

While they were thinking about each other, they suddenly heard two knocks on the door, looked up, but saw that little Douding had folded back just now, this time with a steaming bamboo basket in his hand.

Ling Tong looked at the past, his eyes were low, and he deliberately created a kind of intimidation: "Mr. Li is back to save you again?"

The little kid looked at him tremblingly, but ran to Li Yinzhou's side in small steps, hid in front of his body, held up the bamboo basket as if offering a treasure, and said, "Sir, this is the delicate ear made by Auntie to dispel the cold, Auntie." Weng asked me to bring you a plate too."

Dispel cold and delicate ears?

Ling Tong raised his eyes amusedly: "What is Quhan Jiaoer?"

The little brat couldn't tell why.

Li Yinzhou took the bamboo basket, opened the lid, and felt a tangy and warm fragrance on his face, and smiled unconsciously: "When the master traveled here, he met a poor and destitute family. He used mutton, chili and some warm and cold The hot medicinal materials are boiled into a cold-dispelling jiaoer soup. The soup can be used as medicine, and the remaining medicinal residues are also ingredients, which can be used as a meal when wrapped in noodles. The name of Jiao Er Tang."

He paused, and his voice became softer and softer in the misty mist: "Later, the master drove the crane to the west, and the people here wrapped their ears on the winter solstice to commemorate the kindness he once bestowed."

It is really Zhang Ji who can come up with a way to use medicine and food together, and only with such a kind heart can he consider everything for the poor Baixin.

Ling Tong's unruly smile faded away, and his gaze was downcast, not knowing where it fell.

After a while, he laughed: "He is a good man, and the common people will never forget him."

No, Li Yinzhou knows better than anyone else.

Jiaoer is the dumpling of later generations.

Perhaps later generations will not remember the origin of this daily food, and will not know the bitter and warm stories behind it, but they will still remember that there was an old man who walked alone, walking with a hanging pot in these difficult and difficult years.

He also gradually understood that a short life will not disappear with the passing of time, and the light that once illuminated a corner will eventually live in people's memory, passed on from generation to generation, and will never die.

……

After eating a special delicious meal with Li Yinzhou, Ling Tong finally got up to say goodbye.

He looked from a distance and smiled: "Emperor Wei is constantly disturbing, and the governor has worked hard enough, I should help him share some."

The flames of war have only ceased for the time being, and small-scale frictions still continue to occur. As long as someone invades their homeland, these soldiers will not hesitate to take up their guns and go into battle.

Li Yinzhou knew his responsibility, so he didn't force him to stay, but sent him out.

Just as Ling Tong was about to take a step, the tip of his sleeve dropped heavily, as if he was being held back by someone.

Looking down, it was the naughty child just now, looking at him with round eyeballs, with some timid expectation contained in his eyes.

After a while, he plucked up his courage and said, "Accept me as a disciple! General!"

Ling Tong: "...Huh?"

The little kid's eyes were shining, and he yearned for it: "I also want to be like you, to be a majestic general!"

Majestic... Ling Tong smiled, but he didn't leave directly. Instead, he looked at him amusedly: "But the military camp is very hard, being a soldier is difficult, and being a general is even harder."

The little kid didn't even think about it: "When it's hard, it's hard. A man should defend his family and the country! When I grow up, I can be a general of the Wei State!"

Ling Tong's smile deepened: "You are from Wei, and I am from Wu, so you should not worship me as your teacher."

The child choked for a moment, then slapped his head immediately, raised his head and said crisply: "I heard that Shang Yang in the Warring States Period was also a member of the Wei State, but he finally showed his talents for the Qin State. It can be seen that a person's background and future are not necessarily related. What's more What's more, if I learn skills from you Wu people, I can deal with you Wu people!"

He is not very young, but he is quite eloquent and has read a few books.

It's a pity that it was a child's mind after all, and it was not concealed at all, and it never really understood what the dispute between the two countries meant.

Ling Tong lowered his hand and touched his head, instead of directly rejecting him, he just said lightly: "I hope that when you grow up, you don't have to fight the enemy again."

The young child looked up at him ignorantly, not understanding the deep meaning of the words, only thought that he had been politely rejected, and sobbed sadly.

He cried sadly, but Ling Tong laughed broadly. After a while, he patted his twitching little shoulder, and said with a serious expression: "If you want to protect your home and country, the first thing is not to cry, you know?"

The child blinked hard, tried hard to hold back his sobbing chest, and nodded very seriously: "I, I don't cry, hiccup."

"Okay." Ling Tong withdrew his hand, smiled at him, and strode into the snowy sky, saying as he walked, "See you again by fate."

At this time, the sunset is full of rays of light, the shadows of thousands of mountains are heavy, and the snow is falling thousands of miles away.

Li Yinzhou opened his mouth to say something, but he saw that firm and bright figure walking farther and farther away on the snow, which was particularly deep and long in the flowing sunlight.

He also withdrew his gaze, smiled lightly, and said silently to the distance behind the snow, "Goodbye."