9. Chapter 9
For Gu Chaoge, a month passed in a flash, and she continued to practice medicine to practice the knowledge of medical books and perfect the notes left to her by her master.
However, this world is indeed terrible chaos, and perhaps a patient who tried his best to save his life yesterday will be killed today because of the invasion of the village.
So Gu Chaoge almost never returns to the village she once visited.
After starting from Lai'an Village, she did not go straight to Chuzhou City, but as she had been used to, she shook the small copper bell of the bell doctor and walked forward slowly while going to the clinic. Many families can't afford to pay the meager consultation fee, so they allow her to stay overnight, provide a little food, or give her a pair of straw sandals, Gu Chaoge treats these as consultation fees.
When she was very young, when her master Miao Xianggong had not yet been summoned by the emperor to the imperial capital as a doctor, her master had always taken her to do so.
When she stood in front of the high city wall of Chuzhou and looked at the big words "Chuzhou City" on the city gate, she thought in her heart that the territory under Yan Zhao's rule was very safe everywhere. Although there were not many people coming in and out of the city gate of Chuzhou, all of them looked calm, not panicked, nor frightened.
Gu Chaoge remembered the skillful craftsman Zheng she was looking for, and promised Xue Ji to visit, she adjusted the position of the cage on her back, and then walked towards Chuzhou City.
"Who's that, stop."
There are two conventional ways to enter and exit in front of the city gate, Gu Chaoge followed behind a flatbed truck and walked in, and behind her were two farmers carrying burdens. Hearing the shouts of the soldiers standing in front of the city gate, she did not look back, and continued walking, not thinking that she was calling herself.
Until the soldier shouted again in a loud voice: "The girl with the bamboo box on her back, stop!" β
Gu Chaoge was slightly dazed, the people who came out of the city were looking at her, the driver of the flatbed truck also looked back at her, and the farmer who was carrying the burden behind reminded her: "Girl, the military master called you." β
"Me? Me? Gu Chaoge pointed to herself, she looked left and right, and found that there were three women in the circle of the city gate, a little girl with pigtails, and a peasant woman holding her, as well as herself.
The two of them were watching her, too.
Because in this circle, she is the only one who carries the bamboo box.
Time seemed to stand still at the gates of the city, and everyone was looking at her, and everyone was wondering why she was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city. There was silence all around, except for the breathing and the sound of the soldier's boots on the ground.
The soldier with the halberd walked over, he was wearing soft armor, he was a very energetic young man, and the red cloth around his neck showed that he was not an officer.
He walked straight to Gu Chaoge: "Girl, what's your name?" β
"Do you have to check your name when you go in and out of the city now?" Gu Chaoge suddenly became nervous, as long as she saw people who looked like soldiers from a distance, she usually avoided them and didn't let them find out, this is the common law of survival of ordinary people at the moment.
So today, he was actually stopped by soldiers at the gate of the city and grabbed and interrogated, Gu Chaoge's heart fluttered violently.
"The order from above, find someone," the soldier explained simply, seeing that everyone was blocking the door and refusing to leave, he began to urge impatiently, "I don't want to arrest you, you can leave with your name." β
"Oh? Oh! Gu Chaoge nodded again and again, and hurriedly showed that he was a good citizen: "I, my name is Gu Chaoge, and I am a doctor from You Fang!" β
As soon as the words fell, Gu Chaoge saw that the eyes of the young soldier in front of him lit up: "Your surname is Gu, your name is Chaoge, you are a bell doctor, and you have never come to An?" β
Gu Chaoge nodded stunned and admitted, the young soldier immediately waved his right hand, and two more soldiers came, one left and one right, sandwiched on both sides of Gu Chaoge's side, as if he was afraid that she would run away. The young soldier seemed to be their leader, and he showed a kind smile to Gu Chaoge: "Miss Gu, why did you come?" General Yan, please bother the girl to come with us. β
Without waiting for her to disagree, the soldiers on either side of her whispered at the same time, "Offended." Then they both picked her up and dragged her to the governor's mansion in the city.
The curious people who stayed at the city gate to watch the excitement did not know why, and boldly muttered: "What are you going to do with this girl?" Immediately, a soldier turned around and glared at him: "Look at what, hurry up!" β
At this moment, Gu Chaoge's whole person was dizzy, she wanted Yan Zhao to find her, it was definitely not a bad thing, but it was so urgent, could it be that Mr. Xue was sick again? He sent someone to Lai'an to look for her but didn't find her, so he had to order people to block people at the gate of Chuzhou City?
"Three big brothers, please tell me, what is General Yan looking for me?" Her bamboo cage was held by the young soldier who was questioning, and the other two carried her on her feet, her little short legs forced to move fast.
This strange combination has attracted a lot of attention on the streets of Chuzhou.
The two men who were holding her did not answer, and the leading soldier simply said, "You will know when you arrive." β
Gu Chaoge continued to inquire without giving up: "Is it General Yan who wants to see me, or Mr. Xue?" β
"I don't know." The leading soldier didn't know if it was tight-mouthed, or if he really didn't know.
Gu Chaoge asked again: "Is Mr. Xue's body okay recently?" β
"I don't know."
Gu Chaoge, who received the same answer, felt so depressed.
"Then you, can you slow down, I can't catch up!" Her feet are very good, but she can't walk as fast as a soldier! She had no strength in her legs, and now she was dragged by two soldiers, which was really humiliating.
"It's coming soon, girl, hard work." The leading soldier ruthlessly rejected her.
So Gu Chaoge was even more depressed.
The Taishou Mansion in Chuzhou no longer has a Taishou in it, and it is divided into two parts, half of which is the residence of Yan Zhaohe's military officials, and the other is the place where official affairs and ceremonies are handled.
There is no need to worry about the lack of space, the Chuzhou Taishou Mansion occupies almost one-fifteenth of the area of the city, which is very large.
After Gu Chaoge entered, she didn't see Yan Zhao, nor did she see Xue Ji, and there were faces she didn't know coming and going in the house, so when she saw the only familiar face among the many strangers, she felt very familiar, so she was very excited: "Brother Sheng!" β
The person who was called was Sheng San.
He stood outside the porch of a wing room, and when he saw Gu Chaoge, he looked very calm, and arched his hand to the three soldiers: "There is labor." β
"The people are here, and then we have nothing to do, so we will leave." The leading soldier politely returned the salute, put down Gu Chaoge's bamboo cage, and left quickly with the people. Gu Chaoge was finally able to liberate himself from high-intensity exercise. She took a breath, and then asked casually, "Brother Sheng, what's the matter with calling me here in such a hurry?" β
"Childe is sick." Sheng San announced the reason with a blank face.
"Ahh You mean Yi Gongzi? Gu Chaoge tapped her brain, she only cared about Xue Ji, how could she forget Yi Cui?
"Didn't you get better from last cough? And is it aggravated? "Hasn't it been a long time since that day?
Sheng San shook his head: "The girl's medicine was effective at first, but when Yan Ye attacked Hezhou, Gongzi personally escorted the grain and grass, and when the road was raining heavily, the cough that did not get better worsened, and he fell down when he came back." β
"Have you got a doctor?" Gu Chaoge didn't say a word, picked up her baby box: "Take me to take a look." β
"That's it. Childe coughed badly, it's been eight days," Sheng San made a gesture of please, then hesitated for a moment, and added, "Almost all the doctors in the city are inside. β
As soon as he finished speaking, the door had already been pushed open by Gu Chaoge.
A hot smell mixed with the smell of medicine rushed towards him.
In the room where the light was not bright, there were people standing in twos and threes, and they were arguing with each other, making noise, and no one was convinced.
"It's lung fever, of course it's lung fever!"
"Nonsense, it's obviously dry!"
"I look like phlegm, heat, and depressed lungs."
"Well, I look like it, but it's also a bit like lung fever."
The doctors either clasped their hands, or slowly brushed their beards in contemplation, or kept nodding their heads as if they were confident, or talked endlessly to convince their colleagues. Gu Chaoge had never seen seven or eight doctors gather together to diagnose the disease, she stood in front of the threshold, stunned.
This group of old doctors, with an average age of more than forty, heard the knock at the door, and looked back to see a little girl standing at the door with a big box on her back, and couldn't help frowning: "Who are you?" Didn't you know this was Mr. Izei's residence? β
As soon as Sheng San saw Gu Chaoge's reaction, he knew that she was frightened by this battle. He could only reluctantly step forward and explain: "This Gu girl is also a doctor, please come to see her son's illness." β
As soon as these words came out, the room suddenly exploded, and the doctor who brushed his beard began to blow his beard and glare: "Why, a little girl also came to the clinic, is this looking down on the old man?" β
The one who copied his hand put his hand back and snorted heavily: "What's the use of the top of the yellow haired girl's head, just eat it according to my recipe, that's right!" β
The gushing persuasive people stopped, snorted, and said in a weird way: "According to my talent, your recipes are not useful, people invite a little girl to come and laugh at us!" β
"Can't you doctors be quieter?"
A faint voice sounded, sounding weak, but what he said was very effective, and all the Lang Zhong present shut up. But he was unwilling in his heart, and he still didn't take his eyes to look at Gu Chaoge.
"Sheng San, bring her in."
As soon as the words fell, there was a violent cough, Gu Chaoge listened intently to the sound of coughing, thinking in his heart that he coughed a little phlegm and saliva when he heard the voice, and he was short of breath when he spoke, I don't know if there are any symptoms of chest tightness?
She didn't see anyone, she only heard the sound of unison, and she could preliminarily identify some symptoms, and she was pondering these in her head, not paying attention to the high threshold in front of her. So she didn't step on her foot steadily, and was tripped by the door, Sheng San looked at her crookedly in front, and before she could react to what was going on, she only heard a heavy "plop" sound, so the Gu girl in front of him was gone, and when she looked down, she was falling to the ground, face down, in an octaclaw shape.
Laugh.
Gu Chaoge stood up embarrassed under the graceless ridicule of the old man in his peers, and the previous bearded man couldn't stand it, so he kindly came up and pulled her and helped her unload the bamboo box cage that was in the way.
"Little girl, the doctor's job is not a joke, don't come out with two brushes......" Doctor Beard wanted to say this, but seeing the little girl's red face and longing to get into the cracks in the ground, he couldn't bear it.
"Thank you, sir." Gu Chaoge thanked him softly, and his head was about to be buried in his neck.
"Doctor Gu, be careful, did you fall?" Sheng San sighed helplessly and walked to the front to help her with her things and lead the way.
"It's okay, it's fine." Gu Chaoge fluttered the ashes on his body and wiped his face, his cheeks hurt slightly, probably caused by accidentally rubbing them on the ground. She felt that there should only be a little bit of skin broken, and she should go back and clean it up.
She followed Sheng San into the inner room, bypassed the screen, and saw Yi Cui sitting in front of the window.
In front of him was a table with a celadon bottle with a few magnolia sticks inserted in it, but the smell of medicine in the room completely drowned out the aroma of magnolia.
The desk was full of densely written papers, and itrete was about to cough a few times after writing for a while, and his thin body was wrapped in a wide robe, as if he was about to collapse at any moment.
"Childe." Sheng San spoke, but Itsuri didn't look back immediately, he continued to write two lines, pondered for a moment, and then stamped the sealβof course, the seal they carved themselves.
Then he turned around and looked at Gu Chaoge.
His face was even worse than when Gu Chaoge saw him a month and a half ago.
His face was as white as paper, and his eyes were blue and bloodless.
He couldn't help coughing twice, and then he looked up and smiled at her: "Coming?" β
Originally, Gu Chaoge was a little worried that he didn't discuss with him, so he left her in Lai'an Village, and later did not come to pick her up. But seeing him smile so reluctantly, Gu Chaoge had no resentment.
"IβI'll show you now." She moved a pier in a panic and sat down, and suddenly remembered that Yi Cui didn't let her call the pulse before, and her movements froze, and she looked at him hesitantly: "I can give you the number pulse this time, right?" β
Itri thought it was funny.
I haven't seen her for so long, why is she still so stupid?
Yan Zhao specially handed over an order in Hezhou to arrest her at the city gate, isn't it just so that she can treat him, can he still say no to Yan Zhao's kindness?
He heard the movement at the door just now, but he was too busy writing about farming to pay attention to her.
It's just a door, how did she fall like this? Yi Cui saw that there was still some dust on her body, and the skin on her right cheek near her eyes was also scratched, and there was still a little ash, probably Gu Chaoge's jokes made him feel good, he reached over very relaxed and casually, and touched her wound very gently: "Does it hurt?" β