"Why are you here?"

Xie Changning was a little surprised when he saw Shen Shu coming. Shen Shu has always been that kind of withdrawn and cold temperament, as if she doesn't care about anything, although she bears the name of her mother-in-law, but Xie Changning feels that she probably doesn't have Brother Yan in her heart, and even the care of Sister Hui and Brother Zhen is only out of responsibility rather than true love.

It was late at night, and it was pouring rain, and the blinding lightning and roaring thunder seemed to tear the sky apart.

Xie Changning didn't expect Shen Shu to come against the wind and rain. Although she had an umbrella, it didn't have much effect, the light green dress, skirt and sleeves were almost soaked, clinging to her body, making her petite and thin.

"I heard Xia He say that Brother Yan is not feeling well, come and take a look. What's going on now?" asked Shen Shu as she walked into the house.

The wind blew in through the open door frame, blowing the lights flickering and flickering, adding to the already heavy atmosphere. This continued until the maid closed the door and the lamp burned silently with a slight crackling sound.

The maids and women stood on either side of the bed, all of them panicked. The doctor sat on the edge of the bed, his brows furrowed tightly, his expression was stern, he stretched out his hand to check the pulse of Brother Yan'er, and as time went by, the wrinkles between his eyebrows became more profound.

After a long time, the doctor let go, accompanied by a soft sigh.

"Doctor, what's wrong?" Xie Changning asked.

When he asked this, he was actually holding a fluke, because the doctor's reaction was like this, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the situation was not good.

Shen Shu walked to the side of the bed and looked down.

The little inkstone brother was lying on the bed, his face was flushed, his lips were a little chapped, and he was unconsciously moaning and moaning, which made people feel distressed when he looked at it.

Over there, the doctor stood up and left the bedside and talked to Xie Changning, "Lord Xie, with all due respect, the little boy's current situation is really not good, if it was just a fever, it would be fine if he took the medicine to lower the heat, but you also saw that this medicine can't be fed, the situation is still getting worse, if the heat can't come down tonight, the little boy is afraid that he won't be able to survive this hurdle, even if God bless him to survive, the situation is not optimistic." ”

When the doctor said these words, Xie Changning also knew in his heart that when he was burned like this, his whole body was so hot that his hands were too hot, even adults couldn't stand it, let alone such a milk doll as Brother Yan'er.

But knowing is knowing, and that doesn't mean he can accept it. Although Brother Yan'er is only a concubine, and he doesn't usually get along much, but in the end, it is his flesh and blood, and he has the blood of his Xie family in his bones.

"Is there really no way at all, doctor, Brother Yan'er, he is still so young, please, doctor, save Brother Yan'er......" It was Brother Yan'er's nurse who spoke.

Yi Ge'er's biological mother, Aunt Mei, went after giving birth to him, and the nurse can be said to have raised him as her own child, and her feelings are not deep.

Even ordinary people will feel unbearable when they see such a small child suffering from this sin, let alone the nurse of the big boy.

Brother Yan'er had an accident, the saddest person was her, and the person who blamed herself the most was also her, she always felt that it was because she didn't take care of him that something happened to him. Now listening to the doctor say this, it is as if someone has taken a needle and poked her heart, needle by needle, and it is extremely painful.

Shen Shu sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out her hand to probe Brother Yan'er's forehead, only to feel that the skin within her reach was extremely hot, even if she didn't use a thermometer to measure, she knew that the current situation was extremely dangerous, she lowered her eyebrows and pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked out loud, "Doctor, is it good to just lower the heat?"

The doctor glanced at Shen Shu, nodded and replied, "That's right, but it's just easy to say, the little boy is in this situation now, how can the decoction be fed, and how can the heat be reduced, alas, ......"

After listening to the doctor's words, Shen Shu nodded and said, "I know, I'll try it, and I want to trouble you to accompany you, if there is any situation, it will be easy to deal with." ”

The doctor naturally responded. In fact, even if Shen Shu didn't say this, he would have to stay, after all, Xie Changning was the parent official of the whole state, and he had just taken office after three years. If he refused at the beginning like everyone else, it would be fine, after all, the law does not blame the public, but after all, he couldn't follow it ruthlessly, and this time, it would be difficult to get away without a result.

However, the doctor didn't expect Shen Shu to be so polite, and it was in vain that he came against the wind and rain. Although he also hoped that Shen Shu could lower Brother Yi'er's high fever, he also knew that it was impossible.

He looked at Shen Shu's thin and small child, and originally wondered if it was Xie Changning's child, but the next moment he heard the nurse call her wife, both surprised and as if it was reasonable.

Brother Yan'er's nurse is in a situation like a person who has gone to a dead end, even if she sees a little hope, she wants to grasp it, and she is dead and does not relax. She heard Shen Shu say to try, and she didn't think about the possibility of success, so she immediately knelt down in front of her and begged, "Madam, please, please save Brother Yan'er, the slave has kowtowed to you, please!"

As the nurse spoke, she bowed her head and kowtowed. Shen Shu hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop her, "Don't kneel, get up quickly, I still have something for you to do." Find out if there are any spirits in the house, the stronger the better. If you don't have it, just go out and buy it, and don't forget to give more money, it's not good to disturb people in the middle of the night. ”

The nurse hurriedly responded, and went out with an umbrella.

Xie Changning, who had been silent for a long time, walked up to Shen Shu at this time and asked her, "What do you want spirits for?"

Shen Shu was concerned about Brother Yan'er's situation, and didn't look at him, and replied a little casually, "Use it to reduce fever." ”

When Xie Changning heard this, he frowned slightly, "Why haven't I heard that spirits can reduce fever?" and turned to look at the doctor again, and asked, "Have you ever heard of it?"

The doctor shook his head, "The old man has never heard of it. If he had heard of it, he would have given it a try, instead of looking at it in his eyes and in his heart as he is now.

He paused, and then added, "But the world is so big, and the medical skills are so vast and profound, the old man doesn't dare to say everything in vain, and it is reasonable that he has not heard of such methods." With the current situation of the little boy, there may be hope for a try. ”

These words can be regarded as supporting Shen Shu. Xie Changning listened, and sure enough, he stopped talking.

Shen Shu was not stupid, so she naturally heard it, and said thank you to the doctor again.

The wait is always incredibly long.

Shen Shu paid attention to Brother Yan'er's situation, and looked out of the door from time to time, and after a long time, he only heard the sound of falling rain mixed with a rush of footsteps, and then the door was pushed open from the outside.

The nurse tilted her head and held the umbrella, holding a wine jar in her arms, threw the umbrella at the door, ran in panting, and handed the wine jar to Shen Shu, "Madam, the spirits have been found!"

The nurse was almost soaked, and looked at Shen Shu with anxious eyes, "There is only such a jar, if it is not enough, you use it first, and I will buy it." ”

I don't know if Brother Yan'er is lucky or Shen Shu is lucky, there happens to be such a jar of spirits in the treasury of the house, or the previous governor left it and didn't take it away, after the people in the house settled down, they found it when they counted the warehouse, and it happened that the one who guarded the treasury was a good wine, so it was able to survive.

Shen Shu took the liquor from the nurse's hand and said to her, "It's enough to have here, you don't need to buy it anymore." You hurry up and change your clothes, it's best to go to the kitchen to boil some ginger soup and drink it to ward off the cold, otherwise it won't be good if you catch a cold, and Brother Yan still needs you to take care of it. ”

After finishing speaking, she opened the lid of the wine jar, asked the maid standing next to her to borrow a handkerchief, put it in the jar to soak it, took it out, wiped it on the carotid artery of Brother Yan'er, and wiped it again when it was dry, and so on.

This is the use of alcohol to cool down, alcohol volatilizes relatively quickly, and when it volatilizes, it will take away the heat from the body surface.

In ancient times, there was no alcohol, and although it was not difficult to purify it, but now the situation is urgent, and there is no time. Second, if there is a lack of relevant equipment, you can only use spirits.

Use the evaporation of alcohol to take away the heat, it is best to wipe the major arteries or places with dense blood vessels, generally speaking, there are three main places, the neck armpit and its inner thigh, the neck is not only the place where the major arteries pass, but also the place where the blood vessels are dense, and the armpit and inner thigh are also places with dense blood vessels.

After Shen Shu wiped Brother Yan'er's neck, he wiped his armpits and inner thighs, and after the alcohol evaporated, he wiped it again, and after drying it again and again, it took about a quarter of an hour to stop.

She was originally worried that the purity of the wine was not enough, but she didn't expect the effect to be unexpectedly good, but in just such a short time, the temperature on the surface of Brother Yan'er's body has dropped a lot, and the red tide on her face has slowly faded, and the situation has improved a lot.

Shen Shu asked the maid to change the cold water again, put a wet towel on Brother Yan'er's forehead, wrists and calves again, folded the thin quilt on the bed and covered Brother Yan'er, then breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and said to the doctor, "Brother Yan'er's heat has dropped a lot, I put another towel on him, remember to change it again after a while, it should be almost the same if you change it a few more times, but this is only theoretical, please take a look at it." ”

She said, getting up and making way.

When the doctor heard this, he hurriedly walked to the side of the bed, reached out to probe Brother Yan'er's forehead, and felt that the temperature had really dropped, and the shock in his heart was indescribable. He wanted to ask Shen Shu what the situation was with this method, but he didn't forget his own duty in the end, and took Brother Yi'er's hand to diagnose his pulse.

Compared with Fang Cai's danger, Brother Yan'er's pulse has stabilized now, as long as there are no accidents, the person is basically saved.

The doctor told the truth about the situation, Shen Shu really put her mind at ease, and then for some reason, she suddenly felt too tired to do it, and she couldn't wait to lie down and rest immediately, so she said to the nurse, "I'll go back first, and if there is anything, let someone come over and call me." ”

With that, she turned and went out the door, and the maid followed her, and when she reached the door, she took up her umbrella and opened it, and stepped into the pouring rain one after the other.

Shen Shu only felt that every step he took, he could clearly feel that his body was losing rapidly.

It was not far from Brother Yan'er's house to the East Courtyard, but Shen Shu felt as if she had walked for a long, long time, so long that she couldn't hold on. Finally returned to the east courtyard, she went straight to the house and said to the maid in the house, "Liuli, help me prepare hot water." Amber, help me cook a bowl of ginger soup in the kitchen. After saying that, he went into the inner room, and came out of the closet with a suit of clothes.

Shen Shu's clothes were mostly soaked by the rain when she went to Brother Yan'er's side, and although she sat there for a long time, she didn't dry much, and it was very damp. She took off her dress only to find that the dirty clothes were also a little damp, so she found them out and changed them again, and then sat on the bed and waited.

She originally wanted to wait for Liuli and Amber to come, but somehow she only felt as if her eyelids weighed a thousand pounds, and no matter how hard she tried to support them, they closed them little by little.

Shen Shu told herself, just lay down for a while, waited for Liuli to prepare the hot water, and waited for Amber to bring the ginger soup, she got up and took a hot bath before drinking the ginger soup.