Chapter 177: Sun Simiao
Sun Simiao is a famous doctor in the world, and now he has passed his prime. But some people say that he is not only old, but may even be a hundred years old. But there is no way to verify this matter, someone asked him, he only said that he was born during the reign of the Great Unification of the Western Wei Dynasty, and on this basis, his age is between seventy and eighty, so he is too old, which is generally accepted by the world.
People have been scarce for more than 70 years.
With just one sentence, we can see how difficult it was to live to be 70 years old in ancient times. In the social environment of the Tang Dynasty, people who have lived more than thirty-five can call themselves 'old husbands', those who have lived more than fifty can be called longevity, and those who have lived more than seventy are rare and regarded as auspicious by the world.
Just by living to the age of seventy, the people already revered him as a man of God. Very simple truth, in such an era when you can die if you have a cold, if you don't have good medical skills and are good at health preservation, how can you live to be 70 years old?
But in fact, the world doesn't know that Sun Simiao's medical skills are not talented, but 'long-term illness becomes a doctor', he was frail and sick in his early years, his parents almost scattered his family wealth in order to save his life, and he also knows the pain of a person's illness, therefore, when he was very young, Sun Simiao was determined to practice medicine.
Sun Simiao was a good young man, and when he was seven years old, he could recite thousands of words of articles every day, and Dugu Xin, the minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, valued him very much and called him a "holy child". Dugu Xin is the ancestor of Dugu Xiude, and his daughter is the Dugu Empress of Emperor Wen of Sui.
Sun Simiao has a deep friendship with the Dugu family.
Over the years, Sun Simiao has been traveling all over the world to practice medicine. During the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he lived in seclusion in Taibai Mountain and wrote the medical books "Qianjin Yao Fang" and "Qianjin Yifang". In this era of self-cherishment, Sun Simiao is a rare enlightened person, and his medical books are worth a thousand gold, but he is never stingy. As long as he sincerely studied medicine and had the opportunity to meet him, he would take out the medical books for others to copy, and he would not want to be a master and apprentice. His intention was to let his medical skills be passed on to the world, so that he could save more patients.
However, copying this method is still very slow after all, and it cannot achieve the effect he wants, so he has been looking for a faster way to spread his medical books and benefit more people.
This time when he came to Chang'an, Sun Simiao received a letter from Dugu Xiude. And Dugu Xiude invited him because of Li Shimin's request. Since the eldest grandson empress gave birth to Li Chengqian, she has suffered from a strange brain disease, and every year after winter, she will have attacks from time to time, and she will have a splitting headache and be restless all night. Looking for Sun Simiao, it was to diagnose and treat this disease.
In fact, this is not the first time that Li Shimin has issued an order to summon Sun Simiao. It's just that he has been writing books in Taibai Mountain before, and no one knows his whereabouts, and even the Dugu family has lost contact with him, and he can't be contacted, and it is rumored that he is dead. I was able to find him this time, because there was a person who copied his medical book and dedicated it to the Tai Hospital, so I learned that Sun Simiao was still alive, and he had just gone to write books and live in seclusion all these years.
Li Shimin knew the friendship between the Dugu family and Sun Simiao, so he issued an order, and at the same time asked Dugu Xiude to write a letter, begging Sun Simiao to come to Chang'an. At the same time, through the person who donated the book, Li Shimin learned that Sun Simiao wanted to let the medical book circulate to the world, so Dugu Xiude wrote in the letter that Li Mu had invented printing. Even if Sun Simiao is a master of the world and does not look down on the imperial power and wealth, he will come to Chang'an in order to spread his medical books.
Sure enough, Sun Simiao came. He received the letter and holy decree in Luoyang, and came to Chang'an along the road from Luoyang, and he walked for almost half a month.
There is no way, everyone in the world knows Sun Simiao's name, and he walks in one place. As soon as they settled down, a local gentry came to seek medicine and see a doctor. Sun Simiao's doctor is benevolent, and he can never bear to refuse in the face of these people who seek medicine. When you get to a place, you have to delay for a day or two. It was half the time longer than expected.
Sun Simiao arrived the afternoon before yesterday, and as soon as he arrived, he was invited into the palace to treat Empress Changsun. As soon as I dispensed medicine and sent it to the palace yesterday, I was blocked by the nobles from all walks of life. He rented a house in the West Market, so when Li Zhien bought it, he heard that Sun Simiao was coming.
This is still because Li Mu sent money, which attracted a lot of attention. Otherwise, there would have been more people who came to him for medical treatment, but even so, the area around the house he rented was jammed with horse-drawn carriages. Most of them are Xungui, between their own lives and dozens of dollars, Xungui must value his life a little more, Sun Simiao saw the beginning and the end, this time he missed it, maybe he won't be able to touch it in this life, after all, not everyone can live to be seventy years old like him.
When Li Zhien found a place, he faced such an embarrassing situation. There were so many people that the alleys were blocked. If you follow this line, it is estimated that it will not be your turn for three days.
When Li Zhien was anxious and helpless, Dugu Jiu stepped on the wheel and jumped onto the wall. Li Mu is at home today, and Dugu Jiu doesn't have to follow to protect him. I heard that I was going to ask for a doctor for Li Mu, so Dugu Jiu came with him.
Before Li Zhien could ask, Dugu Jiu had already jumped off the wall. After a while, he jumped back again.
"What did you do?"
"Doctor, please." Dugu Jiu said coolly, without much explanation, and motioned to the groom to turn the head of the car and go to the other end of the house.
The two houses are connected with ridges, and the other end is also a house, and there is a door in the middle to communicate. Around to the other end, it happened to be the side door of the empty house next to the house rented by Sun Simiao, quiet and unoccupied.
The carriage waited for a while, and the door opened, and out of the door came an old man with a white beard, and next to him was a young man of about twenty years old, carrying a medicine box in his hand, which looked like his apprentice.
Although Li Zhien had never seen Sun Simiao, when he saw his appearance, he also guessed who he was. Quickly got out of the car, saluted respectfully, and said, "I've seen a miracle doctor." ”
Sun Simiao was lean, but his eyes were sharp, and he could see that he was in good spirits, so he stretched out his hand to help him, and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, I already know your intentions." It's important to see a doctor, so let's go. ”
"Ask the doctor to get in the car."
When Li Zhien came, he had already prepared two carriages. Although Sun Simiao was seventy, he didn't need to be helped and got into the car by himself. His apprentice also followed, Li Zhien glanced at Dugu Jiu suspiciously, but he also knew that this was not the time to ask carefully, so he also got into the car, and the two carriages turned around and went straight to Zhuluhou's Mansion.
Li Mu didn't sleep all night, and slept until the afternoon. Anyone who has stayed up all night knows that they can't get tired of sleeping during the day, and they are tired no matter how they sleep. Li Mu also felt this way, opened his eyes, but was reluctant to get up. Suddenly, he felt as if there was someone next to him, and he sat up with a flutter and threw a fist about to hit ......
The fist was an inch away from Sun Simiao, and it stopped abruptly. He looked at Sun Simiao, Sun Simiao looked at him with a smile, the two stared at each other for a long time, Sun Simiao smiled and said, "Zhuluhou woke up?" ”
"Who are you, old man? How...... How do I get into my dormitory? Li Mu felt incredible, where did all the guards in this mansion go? I let a white-bearded old man get in!
Li Mu pulled his neck and shouted, "Is there anyone else panting?" What's the situation! ”
Li Zhien heard the voice in the outhouse, and hurriedly ran in, "Master, don't panic, this is Doctor Sun, I am invited to see you!" ”
"Sick?" Li Mu was stunned and said, "Where did I get sick?" Who let the please...... Wait, who do you say he is? Sun, Sun Shen Doctor...... Sun Simiao?! ”
"Don't be so rude, husband." Bai Qiaoqiao came from the outhouse with a steaming bowl of 'Coke-colored' decoction, brought it to Li Mu's lips, and said, "Doctor Sun is highly respected, and he has passed the age of antiquity, how can you be so big and small?" Come, drink this bowl of soup and medicine, and you will be cured of your illness after drinking it. ”
Li Mu was still in a state of confusion, he watched Bai Qiaoqiao come over with the decoction, and somehow, he remembered a clip in "Water Margin" that he watched in the summer vacation when he was eight years old, Pan Jinlian brought poison to Wu Dalang, and what he said seemed to be about the same. Da Lang, drink this bowl of soup and medicine, and you will be cured if you drink it.
After drinking, he was cold!
No way! Li Mu subconsciously reacted the same as Wu Dalang, shouting: "I don't drink, I want to see my brother Wu ...... Big! Xiao Jiu, where did you die! What's the situation! ”
Li Chongyi came in from outside, glanced at Li Mu, and said, "Boss, drink it, my sister-in-law has been staying up for a long time." ”
Dugu Jiu was behind Li Chongyi, and also said, "Big brother, drink it quickly." ”
"Why the did I drink it!" Li Mu was furious, scolded, looked at Qiaoqiao with tears in his eyes, grabbed her hand, and said, "Lady, why is this?" Why do you want to poison your husband? ”
"Huh?" Bai Qiaoqiao was stunned, frowned, and said, "Husband, why do you think of me so much?" This is the medicine prescribed to you by the divine doctor, I personally went to grab the medicine, came back and stayed up for two hours, and treated you, how could I poison you, you are my husband! ”
As she spoke, she put the bowl down, raised her hand and shook it in front of Li Mu's eyes, and said, "Husband, are you dreaming again?" Still awake yet? ”
"I ......" Li Mu glanced at the soup in the bowl and cried: "Lady, don't lie to me, what kind of medicine is this, look what color is this, it's black...... Do you have a good relationship, you want to poison your husband, you ......"
Sun Simiao laughed out loud, Li Mu heard the voice, glared at him angrily, and said: "You bad old man is very bad, I used to have respect for you, and it is really better to be famous than to meet, you are such a person!" ”
"Oh? Zhulu Hou has also heard of the old man? ”
"I ...... I've heard of it! Li Mu was stunned for a moment, he didn't know how to answer. Of course he had heard the name Sun Simiao, but he didn't know whether Sun Simiao was famous in the world, if his reputation was already great, it didn't matter if he had heard of it, but if his reputation was not big, it would be strange to hear of it. His mind turned sharply, Li Mu still said that he had heard it, and he secretly thought in his heart, since Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien both knew that he was a miracle doctor, he should be famous, and it should be okay to hear it!