The monk who is going to cross me is bent

If you go all the way to the north, along this official road to the end, you will be the ferry connecting the north and south banks.

Over the long period of time, this ferry has witnessed the rise and fall of dynasties, and also witnessed the turmoil of history, faithfully carrying the communication between the north and the south.

It is early spring now, and the Kuanjiang River has just thawed out. People and horses on the official road are busy with their lives.

Chi Wang was wearing gray clothes, with a huge medicine box on his back.

From the back, he was still a young man, and the huge medicine box was carried on his slender back, which was extremely uncoordinated.

People passing by couldn't help looking at him. The medicine box looked heavy, and it looked like it could crush the young man at any time. People couldn't help worrying about him, for fear that he would stumble and fall to the ground. .

Short trees and weeds on the roadside grow in clusters on the wet soil, especially after the rain, there will be water in the depressions between the soil, walking in the knee-high grass, the shoes and socks will be wet after a while.

It is cold in spring, and the cold in the south is a kind of biting dampness. In this kind of weather, the clothes are wet with water, which is especially unbearable.

But Chi Wang didn't seem to notice the unbearable chill, and looked at the weeds under his feet seriously.

He seemed to be looking for something in the grass.

Accidentally stepped on the slippery mud, and Chi Wan's body slid forward, but he quickly controlled the forward leaning movement.

Under his feet is a maroon peach-shaped blade of grass, and if he takes a step forward, he will step on it.

Chi Wan stepped back carefully, took off the medicine box and put it aside, took out a small silver knife, and carefully cut off the grass leaves in front of him.

Gradually, there were more grass leaves in his hand, and he couldn't hold them with one hand, so he pulled out an empty small grid from the medicine box, and put these grass leaves in it.

After obtaining the desired medicinal materials, Chi Wang withdrew from the muddy wetland.

The knee-length grass soaked the hem of his long coat, and in this season, he drilled into the cracks of his bones with a cold air.

Chi Wang didn't realize it, but only carefully guarded his medicine box. He returned to the official road and continued to walk to the north ferry.

It is now the end of February, but it is quite different from the February in Chi Wang's impression.

In February and March in previous years, spring has already entered. After the Kuanjiang River thawed, the exchanges between the north and the south were like weaving.

For hundreds of years, every year on the official road in this season, Chi Wang can see people going to the South Bank Ferry. The official road has always been full of traffic and bustling scenes.

However, this year's official roads are rarely visited by people, and it takes a long time to see one or two pedestrians passing by in a hurry.In the total of 700 years, it was the first time that Chi Wang saw such a depressed and empty official road in early spring.

Chi Wang withdrew his gaze and continued to walk forward.

In the medicine box he was carrying, half of the boxes were empty.

A short walk along this official road leads to a town.He remembered that there was a medical clinic, Lanshantang, in this town a hundred years ago. He didn't know if it was still there, so he wanted to go there to add some medicinal materials.

Near the villages and towns, I finally saw some people.

With his head down, Chi Wang walked slowly on the road, staring intently at the road in front of him.

"Doctor! The little doctor in front, please stay!"

An anxious voice sounded behind him, and Chi Wan stopped in his tracks.

I saw a middle-aged man pulling a wooden wheeled cart, trotting forward with sweat profusely.

"Little doctor, save people!" The middle-aged man shouted loudly, "My father fell in the field today and broke his leg. The old man is getting old, please show me!"

Judging from his attire, he looked like a farmer living nearby. At this time, he was worried about his father's injury. When he saw Chi Wang, who was carrying a medicine box and dressed as a doctor, his anxious face suddenly lit up.

Chi Wang walked over to check and saw an old man lying on the small wooden cart pulled by the middle-aged farmer. The farmer lifted the clothes covering his father's legs, revealing the bruised and broken bones.

The old man closed his eyes weakly and moaned in pain.

Unexpectedly, Chi Wang only took a look, and said lightly: "Your father can't die."

The farmer thought he had heard it wrong, but didn't realize it for a while, "What?"

Chi Wang's face was cold: "You can go to the town after another incense stick. There is a medical center in the town. You can ask the doctor to deal with it yourself."

After saying this, Chi Wan didn't even have the interest to take another look at the old man, so he turned and left.

When the middle-aged farmer saw that Chi Wang left as soon as he said, he really let go of it completely, and was furious: "My father broke his leg, and you ignore it? How can there be a doctor like you!? You carry With such a big medicine box, the patient is right in front of you, and you don’t even want to take out a little bandage to stop the bleeding?”

This place is already outside the town, and people walking around have noticed the dispute between the two, and gradually gather around the two to watch the fun.

One person couldn't see it, so he said, "What's the matter with this little doctor? The old man broke his leg and it hurts so much, he just opened his mouth and said that your father can't die, and you can find someone to treat it yourself... Listen, this is like Is it human?"

"You see, this kid is so young. He probably hasn't studied medicine for a few years. What can he do? Even if he treats your father's illness, don't worry about it."

"Don't be so fussy like him, it's important to send the old man to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. Big brother, I'll take you to the best hospital in our town—Daisy Daylis Hall."

Chi Wang drove his way calmly. He didn't want to have more disputes with the people here, so he left the town along the official road and decided to go to the next pharmacy to replenish herbal medicine.

Someone next to him sighed: "This little doctor is really cold-hearted. I can't help being moved when I see this dutiful son's heart for his father, but he has nothing to do with himself. It is said that doctors are parents' hearts, so why study medicine like this? How to practice medicine without medical ethics?"

Chi Wang didn't seem to hear the criticism from around him, his expression didn't change at all, and he walked very steadily.

Seeing that Chi Wang had gone far away, the farmer was led to the medical clinic by kind people around him, and he pouted angrily at Chi Wang's back: "This kind of person is not qualified to practice medicine to save lives!"

The middle-aged farmer pulled up the cart and hurried towards the medical center.

But he didn't take two steps, and at a corner, he collided with a man who was in a hurry.

The man was thin and thin, and he was holding a child in his arms. Unexpectedly, a person suddenly appeared at the corner, and the two bumped into each other fiercely.

The man screamed, "My daughter—!"

The man was hit hard and fell to the ground, and he had no time to get up, let alone catch the child safely before he fell to the ground.

Everyone watched helplessly as the girl flew out, her forehead was about to hit the hard wall, the child's body was so small, the head would be bleeding from such a hard hit, some people closed their eyes, and couldn't bear to see the girl who was about to fly. The tragedy that happened.

Chi Wan frowned.

No one could see how Chi Wang was moving. He was supposed to be on the other side of the official road, but at this moment, his body seemed to suddenly appear in front of the wall out of thin air, and he stretched out his hands to catch the little girl firmly.

The onlookers were not only a little stunned.

Didn't this cold-tempered little doctor walk on the official road and leave from the other side of the road?

How did he appear here?

Could it be that he was dazzled just now, but in fact he hasn't gone far?

Chi Wang didn't say a word, and was about to hand the child back to the man, but found that the little girl in his arms looked very strange.

The little girl was about three or four years old, and she was as delicate as a flower. At this time, her lips looked chapped, there was a black circle under her closed eyes, and her face was unhealthy sallow. There is a layer of macula on the skin, and you can tell that you are seriously ill just by looking at it.

The man who fell on the ground had already got up, and immediately went to Chi Wang's side. Seeing that his daughter was safe, he bowed and thanked Chi Wang persistently: "Thank you, thank you! If you hadn't caught my daughter, She...she..."

It is said that men do not flick their tears lightly, but the man holding his daughter actually had tears in his eyes and was so choked up that he could not speak.

The little girl opened her eyes in Chi Wang's arms and coughed weakly.

The passers-by around also gathered around, wanting to see if the little girl was injured.But when they saw the yellow spots on the child's face and heard her coughing, their faces immediately changed drastically.

A townsman asked sharply: "Where did you come from? What's the matter with this child? Why does he look like he has the plague?"

The man's face changed, and he snatched his child back from Chi Wan's hands in a panic, and was about to run away.

But he didn't run a few steps before he was stopped.

The farmer with his old father bumped into the father and daughter. He was afraid that this matter would not be good. Now he was interrupted by this, and suddenly showed a frightened expression: "Plague! It's a plague!"

"Big brother, you should leave quickly. The man brought the child, probably escaped from the north. Your old father is injured and weak, don't be infected with the plague again, send the old man to the Daylily Hall!"

As soon as the farmer heard this, he happened to use this step to go down, and immediately ran away.

Only the father, surrounded by the crowd, hugged the daughter in his arms in despair. He lowered his head and pressed his face tightly against the girl's face, trying to hide everyone's disgusting sight.

The people nearby glared: "Quickly report to the authorities! There are people who got the plague in the north and fled to our side!"

The man was trembling all over: "No, it's not the plague, my daughter... just has a common cold and fever - why stop me? Let us go, you let us go!"

He was dressed in white linen clothes, and he looked like he was wearing sackcloth and filial piety. His attire was different from ordinary people, so he was quickly noticed: "It's obvious that someone has just died in the family. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't matter." Isn't it right?"

"Now because of the plague, the government has quarantined, and no boats from the north are allowed to go ashore. You came here secretly, but there is no plague in the south, and you brought patients, will you kill everyone in the south? "

The people in the town saw that the father and daughter were on the verge of a big enemy, and everyone was fighting against each other, so some people immediately went to the government to call for help.

The officer arrived soon, holding a spear, and placed it directly in front of the man: "You come with us, and you are not allowed to touch the crowd!"

The girl's father begged helplessly: "I beg you! Save my daughter first! I don't care. You can kill or cut me up as you please, but let me send my daughter to the hospital first!"

The official said with a look of displeasure: "Let's go, you and your daughter can't come into contact with the crowd! Now, according to the emperor's decree, according to the plague time of the Zhong Dynasty, all suspicious patients must be put into special isolation immediately! Don't go outside. Stay here, if it’s really a plague, hurry up and follow me, don’t infect innocent people.”

The man knelt down on the spot, kowtowed to several officials, and burst into tears: "I beg you, please save my child! Please do me a favor, she is still so young, she is only three years old!"

The official chased them away with a spear: "You can do me a favor. I also have a wife and children. The whole family has so many mouths, and they only count on me. If I get the plague, who will support my family? Don't It’s been a while, hurry up and follow us, when you get to the isolation area, there will naturally be a doctor to treat you!”

The man looked desperate: "How can a doctor come to rescue us? There are so many quarantine areas set up in the north, and they say they are asking for doctors, but those doctors can't even save themselves! My wife was sent in, and I took my daughter alone. Waiting at night, after ten days, I can't wait any longer, I...I..."

Speaking of this, the man hugged his daughter and burst into tears: "I found her body outside the isolation area in Yuangang City! There is a corpse pit outside the isolation area. I watched my wife's body being thrown into it, and a fire It was all burned...I couldn't keep my wife's body, so I had to flee south with my daughter. I finally got out! You can't send me back! I have nothing...Only her, I only have her !"

Everyone shouted: "Sure enough, they are from the north!"

"Is the epidemic in the north already so serious?"

Chi Wang said indifferently: "I didn't see anyone on the official road this year. Is it the reason for the closure of the ferry?"

Chi Wang had been silent since saving the little girl just now, but when he spoke suddenly, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

He stepped out of the crowd and looked at the child in the man's arms: "I'm a doctor, show her to me."

The man paralyzed on the ground seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw in an instant, and his dim eyes burst out with astonishing brightness. With tears in his eyes, he stared at Chi Wang, as if staring at his last hope, trembling all over his body.

The officer immediately stopped him: "Don't get close to them! This plague is extremely contagious. Many people have died in the north. Do you want to die?"

"It's okay." Chi Wang looked coldly, and walked towards the father and daughter on his own.

He murmured softly: "Anyway, no matter what... I can't die."

He really can't die.

But there has never been a gift in this world that can be obtained for nothing without paying a price.

He has to save people, and this is the price he pays.

And...he can only treat people who are dying, but he can't take a second look at anyone who can take a breath.