Chapter Twenty-Three: Recuperation in the Lake
"Quick! Get someone in!"
This is the backyard of the Huangcheng Temple, just now the teenagers made a simple stretcher with tree branches, carefully put the man in black on it, trotted all the way back to Chongrenfang, did not go home, and rushed directly to the Huangcheng Temple.
The old man guarding the door hadn't rested so late, and when he saw that it was these familiar teenagers, he let them in, and everyone rushed all the way to the bamboo garden where the abbot lived.
"Master Abbot, Master Abbot, someone is injured! Come and save people!" This is Shi Lei's voice, and the clear children's voice spread far and wide.
Poor Master Huineng has become the private doctor of this group of young people.
By the time everyone ran to the gate of the bamboo garden, they had already seen the abbot wearing a monk's robe and holding a medicine box waiting in the hall.
"Master Abbot, come and save him! This person is seriously injured, if you don't save him, he will die!" Shi Lei ran to the abbot and tried his best to pretend to be a child, holding the abbot's hand and dangling it, his voice was crying, and even there was mist in his eyes, but with his young man's size, it really couldn't make people feel cute.
"Okay, little stone, you have to let go of your hand before I can save people!" said the abbot kindly.
"Oh..."In front of the deep eyes of the abbot master, Xiao Shi lowered his head, thinking to himself, "Sure enough, I'm still not good at doing this kind of brain-using thing, not as powerful as my eldest brother." ”
He didn't want to think about it, could Hao Zhutou compare with this old monster-like Hui Neng? To be honest, Xu Chen was reluctant to come to this Imperial City Temple, every time he looked at the eyes of the abbot, Xu Chen had a feeling that he was completely seen through, and he even felt that his biggest secret had been discovered by the other party.
However, this time there is really no way, this man in black is seriously injured, and his first aid methods of the three-legged cat are absolutely impossible.
Master Huineng walked in front of the man in black, as if he didn't see his night clothes, and after seeing through the red dust, he stretched out his hand to check his pulse, and then lifted the clothes on the waist of the man in black, only to see that there was a dark black palm print on the waist of the man in black.
The abbot pressed the black mark with his hand, there was no bleeding, and the muscles were a little stiff.
After the examination, he said: "This person has only this one wound on his body, and the person who injured him is a master, and his right kidney has been broken. This person should have learned some techniques for contracting muscles to resist blows, and the muscles in his waist have obvious signs of contraction, but unfortunately they are only half contracted, but they are already good, otherwise he would be a dead man by now. ”
"Master Abbot, can that still be saved?" Shi Lei hurriedly asked.
"This person should have taken medicine to replenish vitality before, let's take out his broken kidney first, as for whether he can survive or not, it depends on his creation. ”
"How do you take it out?" Shi Lei asked dimly.
"First cut his belly, find the pieces, take them out with tweezers and sew them up. As he spoke, the abbot gestured in front of the little stone with a smile on his face.
"Ahh
"Huh. ”
"Fourth, go to the house and bring the medicine box!" As soon as Xu Chen heard that the abbot was going to have surgery, he remembered some things he had prepared.
"Okay!"
"I didn't expect the abbot master to know Hua Tuo's magic skills!" Lu Hao said with emotion.
"Hehe, what Hua Tuo's magic skills, it's just the ignorance of the world to spread falsehoods, in fact, it's just a simple medical method. ”
Under the command of the abbot, everyone put together several desks in the hall, and brought a few lamps to place around.
It happened that Zhou Kang came back with the medicine box, followed by Lu Ying, who had been worried about everyone, Lu Ying was anxiously waiting at home after returning home, just now I saw the fourth brother coming back to get the medicine box, and thought who was injured, I was really startled, and hurriedly ran over to ask.
I was relieved to hear that everyone had saved an injured person on the road, and I didn't listen to the fourth brother's persuasion, so I had to come over and see for myself to be at ease.
"Yingying, why are you here?" Lu Hao greeted his sister when he saw him coming.
"Brother, I heard from the fourth brother that someone was injured, so I came to see it, but I can't sleep at home anyway. ”
"Okay, don't gather here, Master Abbot is going to save people! Let's go and wait outside the house!" Xu Chen said.
"Brother Chen, you can stay and help Lao Wei. Huineng spoke calmly, but with a sense of non-refusal.
"Okay!" Although he desperately didn't want to be alone with Hui Neng, Xu Chen knew that refusing at this time would only backfire.
After everyone went out, Xu Chen opened his medicine box and took out a crockpot, pulled out the stopper, and suddenly a rich aroma of wine filled the room.
"Good wine!" Even an outsider like Master Huineng could smell the unusual wine.
This is a little bit of alcohol that Xu Chen has repeatedly steamed many times, although it is far from the concentration of medical alcohol, but it is better than nothing.
Pour alcohol into a basin and soak the abbot's knives, tweezers, etc., while washing the hands of the abbot and himself with alcohol.
"It's a pity, if such a good wine is sold in the market, it will definitely be sold for a good price!" Although Master Huineng didn't know the meaning of Xu Chen's actions, he didn't stop it.
"Aren't people outside the abbot like the things in this cup?" said Xu Chen.
"Hehe, the monks are also cultivating in this red dust. ”
Xu Chen smiled and didn't say anything.
The two began surgery......
After waiting for nearly an hour, the door of the hall finally opened, and there were anxious people waiting outside.
"Big brother, what's going on?"
"The abbot has already helped him remove the broken kidney, and it is unknown whether he will wake up or when. Xu Chen shook his head.
"Okay, it's not too early, let's go back and rest first!"
"I'm tired of the abbot, we'll come back tomorrow, so I'll take my leave first. Saying that, Xu Chen saluted Master Huineng, and then took everyone home.
Master Huineng stood in front of the door, looked at Xu Chen's back, smiled for a long time, and then turned around and went back to the house......
"Returning to Gongzi, the mission has failed!"
This is the quiet room on the edge of Nanpu Street, with a surging crowd outside the window, the temple fair reaching its climax, and the noise everywhere.
The young man frowned in disgust, and pulled his hand at the window, closing the curtain to shut out the noise.
On the Persian carpet in the room, the incense burner was still smoking, and the whole room was filled with a faint fragrance.
On the floor away from the main seat knelt an ordinary-looking middle-aged man.
The young man returned to his seat, sat upright, straightened his slightly messy bun, and said calmly, "Tell me, what happened?"
"Childe Qi, Chai Lao has news that Chai Qi's mission has failed and he is missing!"
"Cut! I'll just say, this old man Chai didn't work hard, he had to send an apprentice who was half a pound and eight taels to do this, it would be good if he didn't go by himself! This operation failed, not only did our plan fall short, but also scared the snake, and if you want to go in the future, you won't have a chance!" There was still a young man in the house, but he kept sitting in the shadows and didn't make a sound.
"I didn't plan to succeed, even if I changed Lao Chai to go, it would be the same result, and I lost a good player for nothing. The young man on the throne said lightly.
"What about tonight's action...... Just to startle the snake?" said another young man in surprise.
"It's amazing! If the Wan family is so easy to deal with, it is not worthy of our years of planning. ”
"Big brother, what is the origin of these ten thousand families? There are not many people surnamed Wan in the court, and we can't eat him with the strength of our family?"
"I don't know the specifics, but I just heard those old guys say that this Wanjia can't move, and I've also investigated a lot over the years since I came to Yuzhang, and this Wanjia does have some skills. This time it was just a temptation. ”
"Where has Lao Chai gone?" said the young man, kneeling in front of him.
Chai Lao said that he went to find Chai Qi back, and there had to be a result no matter whether he lived or died. ”
"Also, Childe, the group brought by the second master on Changshan Island are all dead, it was Chai Qi who did it, and they have been discovered by the head catcher in the yamen. The middle-aged man calmly reported.
"It's just a gang of bandits, so there's nothing to worry about. It's that this Chai Qi is quite considerate of his master. ”
"Heh, this old man Chai has taught a good apprentice, but I don't know how he will feel when he sees his beloved master finish him off with his own hands. The young man at the bottom chuckled.
The middle-aged man retreated, and silence returned to the room.
……
In the early morning, the first rays of sunlight penetrate the mist on the East Lake, and there is a fishing boat floating on the water near the shore of the lake, which is a common fishing boat on the water surface of the south of the Yangtze River.
At this time, in the cabin inside, a wooden bed, on which lay a young man in his twenties, dressed in green clothes, the young man was pale, still asleep.
There was also a young man lying on the side of the bed, with a baby face and a very strong figure.
This is Shi Lei and the injured man in black.
At this time, more than ten days had passed since the night of the temple fair, and two days after the operation, the man in black began to regain his normal breathing, and the high fever had subsided.
Seeing this, Xu Chen proposed to the abbot the intention of transferring the man in black, Xu Chen really didn't want to stay in the Imperial City Temple for long, besides, the enemy of the man in black didn't know if he was dead or not, in case he found it and brought trouble to the abbot, it would be bad. Although he didn't like the feeling of getting along with Hui Neng, he was his life-saving benefactor and helped him a lot, and Xu Chen didn't want to bring any danger to this kind old monk.
The abbot didn't say anything, Xu Chen used an ox cart to pull the person away, his own family was definitely not allowed to let go, so he had to put the man in black on a fishing boat in East Lake.
Since the opening of the fish market, the lives of the surrounding fishermen have improved a lot, and Xu Chen and his family have naturally become the bosses of the East Lake fishing gang, and it is still easy to get a few fishing boats.
To say that the busiest person in the past ten days should be Shi Lei, he gets up before dawn every day, and he doesn't exercise anymore, he rushes to the kitchen to get the medicine prepared at night, and rushes to East Lake, staying all day, helping the man in black change his medicine, change his clothes, and wipe his body every day, fortunately, he is an orphan for many years, and he still understands some ways to take care of people, otherwise he really can't imagine whether the seriously ill body of the man in black can stand his toss.
Later, the wound of the man in black deteriorated, and his body was cold and hot, so Xiaoshi simply stayed in this cabin, wiped his body to cool down when it was hot, and covered him with a thick quilt when it was cold.
After several days of undressing and taking care of it, Xiao Shi's originally round face was a little pointed.
When he got up in the morning, Shi Lei touched the body of the man in black, and he was sweating again, so he hurriedly straightened up and went outside to bring in the bucket, the water was dried for a day yesterday, and the lake water was cold and could not be used to wipe the body directly.
After testing the water temperature, it was just right, soaking the towel, and the small stone began to wipe the body of the man in black over and over again.
Chai Qi felt that he had slept for a long time, he had never slept for so long in his memory, he had a strange dream, in which he was broken open by a demon, he thought in his heart that he would never be able to eat enough in the future, but the strange thing was that he didn't feel hungry at all, the kind of hungry dream demon that had haunted him for more than ten years seemed to disappear all at once.
He felt like his stomach was empty, but this time the empty stomach didn't make him feel scared, he was a little craving to eat.
It's strange that he has been losing this feeling for many years.
Suddenly, he felt a little cold, and a little warm, a warm and moist sensation covering his body, and he struggled to open his heavy eyelids.
"Hey, you're awake!" a strange child's voice rang in his ears.