Magical Medicine in ancient times

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"Open the door, open the door!"

On the hot street, there were knocks on doors one after another.

"Come here, who is this..."

"What are you doing? Urge your life..."

The footsteps were getting closer, and the door opened with a squeak: "What are you doing... Oh, sir, what's the matter with you?"

The man who opened the door grinned flatteringly, showing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"Open the door!" The officer covered his mouth and nose tightly with cloth on his face.

"Is there anyone in the house who is sick and has a fever?"

"Uh...no no...my lord, is something wrong?" the man's thin figure hooked up and asked cautiously.

"Call out everyone in the house!"

"This... Guanye, my old lady is not feeling well, and it's not convenient to lie on the bed!"

"Didn't you just say that there are no sick people? I warn you, don't play tricks, tell the truth!"

"Oh, my lord, how dare I lie to you! My old lady's legs and feet have been inconvenient for many years!" The man slapped his thigh, and immediately yelled aggrieved.

"Okay, okay, which room is it in, show us there!"

"Hey, good, please come inside!"

"Let go of my son, sir, please, he just has a cold, where are you going to take him?" A woman rushed out from an alley next to her, crying.

"My son, don't take my son away..."

"Mother, mother, save me..."

"Let go of me, I don't want to go..."

"Father, officer, what did my father do?"

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Scenes like this happened one after another in Ganjiu Town, with shouts and cries one after another.

Anxiety and tension began to spread in the streets and alleys.

"Master Xu has ordered that all those who are sick with fever be taken to Jiminfang, East Street, where they will be diagnosed and treated by a doctor! Those who don't have fever should not walk around if they have nothing to do in the past few days! Someone will deliver the medicine later, you guys Boil it in porridge and drink it to prevent getting sick!"

No one in the family who was sick hid behind the crack of the door and peeked at the situation outside, all of them panicked and rejoiced that they or their family members were not sick.

When the officials finally left, only the crying and whispering of the family members remained.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Where are they taking the sick?"

"I heard that people from the government blocked Liu's mansion this morning to prevent anyone from entering or leaving..."

"I was at the gate of Liu Mansion this morning and saw it with my own eyes..."

"I saw it too! In the morning, I saw the servants of the Liu family go to invite Dr. Fang. Not long after, Dr. Fang came out in a panic, and then the government sent people to surround the Liu mansion..."

"If you ask me, Mr. Liu must be sick!"

"Could it be the plague..."

Conjectures and doubts flustered, weighing heavily on the hearts of ordinary people.

Everyone is full of worries, for fear that they will get sick.

"Hurry up! Close the door!" Song Neng hurried back to the shop.

"Shopkeeper, what's the matter? Don't do business in broad daylight?"

Ali was puzzled, although the business of this fabric store is not good, but it will not be closed in broad daylight. Could it be that it is finally going to close down?

"I want you to talk too much! Close the door quickly! Then take out the incense at home and fumigate the whole house..."

Song Neng moved the fabric in a hurry, turned around and saw Ali still standing there, and immediately said angrily: "What are you still doing there? Go!"

"Oh, good..." Ali hurriedly searched for the

"Oh, why did I find you such an idiot!" Song Neng sighed repeatedly and shook his head.

Soon the gate closed, and Song Neng circled the yard with the aromatherapy.

"Sweep all that dirt away, don't leave it in the yard."

"Boss, what's going on here!" Ali started to exert force with the broom.

"Hey, this town is about to change! I heard that there is a plague!" Song Neng sighed.

"What!" Ali was taken aback, and the broom in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.

"Don't be too scared! Let's not go out recently so we won't be infected with the plague. What's more, there is a sacred tree next to it!" Seeing Ali's face turned pale, Song Neng couldn't bear it, and quickly comforted him with.

"That's right, there is also the sacred tree, which will bless us." Ali looked up to the outside of the courtyard, and saw half a laurel tree poking out from the wall of the next courtyard under the scorching sun.The finely divided flowers seem to be shining golden light in the sun, fluttering and dazzling.

"Huh? Why do I feel that the sacred tree seems to have grown taller again? It only had half a tip yesterday! It must have grown too fast..." Ali blinked his eyes, his face full of surprise.

"Nonsense, isn't this a sacred tree? Isn't it normal to grow fast!"

Song Neng put the incense aside, patted the back of Ali's head hard, then clasped his hands together, closed his eyes towards the osmanthus tree with a pious face, and murmured: "God tree, god tree, look at me every morning For the sake of burning incense for you, please bless us to be free from disease and disaster this time, and get through this plague safely."

"Doctor Fang, this is here. This is Zhuzi's house. It rained heavily that day, and the three of them didn't return all night. After returning, they fell ill one after another..."

The village chief said with trembling pale lips, he felt that his legs were as limp as two noodles, and wanted to go straight home, but he had to come here again, who made him the village chief!

"Zhuzi? Ah Yue, is Ah Yue here? I am the village chief! The doctor is here..."

Soon, a woman wiped her tears and opened the door.

"Village chief, you are here, doctor, come in and have a look at my man!" Ah Yue turned sideways to make way.

Her face was dripping with tears, and her eye was swollen into a walnut.

"What happened to the pillar?" the village chief asked.

"It's not very good, I keep crying out for pain, I'm not sober anymore, sometimes I can't even recognize me, I keep shouting about God, something..."

After walking a few steps, they arrived at the room of the pillar.

The village head stopped at the door, trembling and afraid to go in.

Doctor Fang didn't force him either, and followed Ah Yue closer.Zhu Zi had a pale face, and from time to time uttered nonsense nonsense, his chest heaved up and down, and his breathing was heavy.The neck and under the collar are all a frightening redness and black purple.

"Pillar……"

"It hurts so much, it burned me to death, there is a fire burning me..."

"Pillar..." Ah Yue covered her face and cried.

Fang Yingxuan squeezed his wrist to feel his pulse, the pulse was extremely weak, as if a slight movement would kill him.

He took out the prepared "Ding Qi Pill" and fed it to Zhu Zi to eat. Zhu Zi slightly opened his gray eyes, moved his throat with difficulty, and swallowed the pill.

He made a weak voice and said, "Doctor, am I dying?"

Fang Yingxuan was silent for a moment, then asked slowly: "... Zhuzi, how did you get this disease?"

"I... we... I'm sorry..." Zhu Zi's eyes showed panic, and his body began to tremble.

"Calm down, don't be afraid, I will do my best to save you..." Fang Yingxuan comforted softly.

Zhu Zi tilted his head and looked over, his eyes were lifeless, "What about them? Are they dead..."

No one in the room answered, Fang Yingxuan looked at him bitterly.

Zhuzi burst into tears and sobbed sadly: "I knew it...cough cough...I knew it would happen, no one can save us, no, there are people who can, Dr. Zhou! Tell Dr. Zhou to come and save me...! "

"Doctor Zhou has something to go out..."

"Yes, he's gone, hahahaha... Uncle Cai has already gone to look for him, he won't save us... how could he save us... hahahaha..." Zhu Zi began to mutter deliriously.

"Doctor Zhou is benevolent, why didn't he save you? What did you do?"

"Because this is punishment, the punishment of the Divine Tree, the God of Medicine will not save us! If he leaves, I will die..."

"Punishment? What did you do?"

"I...cough coughcough...I, I was wrong, please forgive me, please forgive me, God of Medicine!"

Zhuzi's pupils dilated, and he whimpered.

"Zhuzi, do you know how terrible this disease is, tell me what happened? Do you want your wife and children to be like you?" Fang Yingxuan was heartbroken.

"No, don't hurt my wife! The punishment from the God of Medicine! I shouldn't go to the medical hall to steal sweet-scented osmanthus in the middle of the night, and I shouldn't offend the sacred tree! Don't hurt my family..."

The pillar began to tremble and twitch, eyes turned white, sometimes frightened, sometimes erratic, delirium and unclear.

"What? These bastards! Look at what you have done! You have ruined the village!"

The village head sat down on the threshold, patting the ground with both hands and weeping bitterly.

Fang Yingxuan frowned, he didn't believe it was because of this!There must be some other reason!

Zhou Jin opened the curtains and looked at the dark sky. Stars that appeared and disappeared from time to time hung on the sky. The vast night sky made human beings seem so insignificant. He felt a deep sense of loneliness from the bottom of his heart.

"Doctor Zhou, we're almost here!"

The carriage staggered forward, fortunately the official road was easy to walk, and the road could still be seen clearly under the moonlight.

"Thank you for your hard work, old man!"

"It's okay, saving people is like putting out a fire, it doesn't matter if I work harder, little old man! Huh?"

"what happened?"

"There seems to be someone in front, why are they lighting a torch?"

Zhou Jin got up and lifted the curtain of the car to look forward. The lights were bright not far away, and the torches swayed left and right in the night wind, illuminating the dark shadows of the surrounding trees. In the middle of the night, they looked like countless evil spirits with teeth and claws. terror.

The carriage gradually approached, and the old man pulled the reins to stop the carriage, just in front of the thick and pointed fence.

Several servants were sitting by the fire, and when they saw someone approaching, two servants got up and walked over.

"Who is it? No entry or exit is allowed in the town at the moment!"

"Officer, we are from the town, so we just came back from outside."

"No, you can't go in, Mr. Xu has an order, no one is allowed to go in and out at will!" The official's face was serious, and his attitude was very strict.

"This……"

Zhou Jin jumped out of the carriage, and said, "Big brothers, you've worked hard. I'm still working outside in the middle of the night. I just want to ask what happened? Why the sudden martial law?"

Seeing that Zhou Jin had a good attitude and a tender face, they softened their tone: "It's for your own good not to let you in, the town is not peaceful recently! Don't ask too many questions! Anyway, find a place to settle down quickly."

"Brothers, it's getting dark today, where do you want us to go? Our family is in the town, we have to go home if anything happens!"

"Hey, you brat! I only persuade you because you are young, you must go in and seek death!" The official said angrily with his eyes wide open.

"Huh? Are you Dr. Zhou?" An official came by and asked in an uncertain tone.

"Yes, it's me!" Zhou Jin looked up, as long as someone knew him.

"Doctor Zhou, you are back! There is a shortage of doctors in the town right now!"

"What happened?"

"There is a plague in the town! Now everyone is panicking! Mr. Xu has already written to Mr. Fu Yin, asking them to send doctors and medicine to help."

"Plague?" Zhou Jin was shocked. Why did the plague suddenly appear?

"Doctor Zhou, come in quickly. My lord will be very happy to know that you are back. There are serious shortages of doctors in the town! Doctor Fang went to Xiahegou and never came back. I don't know what happened!"

Several people quickly opened the fence, with joy on their faces.

"Doctor Zhou, let me take you in! Take the carriage quickly!" The old man sat in front of the carriage, still holding the long whip in his hand.The skirt of the chest was soaked with sweat and darkened.

"Old man, you heard it too, there is a plague in the town, you..."

"Hey! Anyway, old man, I'm alone, and I'm not afraid of the plague. If it's a big deal, I'll stretch my legs, and I'll be a good man again in 20 years! Doctor Zhou, get in the car quickly! Don't you still have to save people!"

The light of the fire shone on the old man's thin face.It made those round eyes shine extraordinarily.

Zhou Jin's heart warmed, and he smiled and said, "Thank you very much!"

He turned and climbed into the carriage.

"drive!"

The wheels rolled on the ground, and the shaking frame gradually disappeared into the night.

Zhou Jin was anxious in his heart, why did the plague suddenly appear?Where is the source of the disease?

Was Liu Yongchang's acute illness also caused by the plague?

How many people in the town are infected now?

"Old Batou, let's go directly to Liu's Mansion!"

"it is good!"

Along the way, the doors of every house were closed, and the moonlight shone on the silent street.There was a faint cry coming from the closed window.

Soon the carriage stopped at the gate of Liu Mansion.

Zhou Jin jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, the gate of Liu Mansion was closed tightly, and two lanterns hung high above the gate illuminated that inch of space.The guards guarded the surrounding area with wooden sticks in their hands.

"Stop, Mr. Xu ordered no one to enter Liu's mansion."

"I'm a doctor, and I'm here to treat the Liu family's patients!"

The two people at the door looked at each other, "We haven't received any notification from Mr. Xu!"

Zhou Jin was anxious, "Master Xu asked you to guard the Liu Mansion because he was afraid that the Liu family would spread the disease to the people, not to let the Liu family fend for themselves! You let me in to treat them! If the disease is delayed, you can afford it." Responsibility?"

"This..." The two hesitated.

"Doctor Zhou?"

Zhou Jin turned his head.

"It's really you, Doctor Zhou!" Li Tie said pleasantly as he walked over from the side.

"Brother Li Tie!"

"Doctor Zhou, you're back! Something serious happened in the town!"

"I already know, Brother Li Tie let me go in and treat patients!"

"Doctor Zhou, this plague is extremely dangerous, are you sure..."

"Naturally! That's why I'm here."

"Okay, open the door!" Li Tie glanced at the resolute Zhou Jin with admiration.

"Yes!"

Two guards opened the door, and the door that had been closed for a whole day finally opened slowly.

"The door is open, the door is open! Let me out, I want to go out!" There were a few people sitting at the door with heavy burdens, and when they saw the door open, they immediately rushed over with joy.

Zhou Jin took the opportunity to squeeze in quickly.

"Stop them..."

The guard beat the man in with a wooden stick, and the door slammed shut tightly again.

"Open the door, let me out..." Several people cried and patted the door.

"Doctor Zhou?"

"You are... Steward Liu?" Zhou Jin looked hesitantly at the haggard man with his beard pulled together.

"That's great, Doctor Zhou, go and see my young master! He's dying soon!"

Butler Liu suddenly rushed forward and grabbed Zhou Jin's sleeve tightly.

"What? Take me there!"

Zhou Jin followed Steward Liu and walked quickly on the path. The yard was brightly lit, and it seemed that the people in Liu's mansion had no time to rest.

Soon, they came to a yard full of lotus flowers.

"Doctor Zhou, the young master is inside, and currently only Ah Song is taking care of him inside." Butler Liu stopped at the door of a room with a gloomy expression.

Zhou Jin pushed open the door, and the door creaked, which was especially harsh in this deserted night.

"Doctor Zhou!"

Zhou Jin turned around.

Under the flickering candlelight, Butler Liu's eyes were filled with tears, "Young Master, please!"

Zhou Jin nodded solemnly, walked in, and the door closed slowly behind him.