Chapter 4 "Wonderful Hands and Benevolence"
Xiao Xinyi has not been down the mountain for so many years, and it would be a lie to say that he is not curious about things outside. When the two stopped to rest, Xiao Xinyi felt fresh when she looked at everything, the tea shop on the roadside, the business traveler on the road, and even the cattle working in the fields, she could see it with relish. Leng Moyan had never seen such a yearning look on her face, and she didn't feel a little funny. This is the fairy in white who has always been playing the piano and blending incense on the mountain, and when he first arrived in the world, he moved his heart?
The two of them walked for two days and got farther and farther away from the teacher's gate, and met a group of ragged people on the road, including men and women, old and young, the old man and the child sat on the wooden cart and were pushed by the man, and those who did not have a wooden cart carried a big burden and staggered along the branches. At first, Xiao Xinyi didn't care, she knew that these were people who had left their hometowns, but she could meet them almost every day along the way, which was a little more. Xiao Xinyi asked Leng Moyan, who looked indifferent: "Why are there so many people who have left their hometowns?"
Leng Moyan looked at the crowd and said: "There has been a drought in the northwest for three years, there is no harvest, there are floods in the south, and there are many sorrows, these people have fled from both sides."
Xiao Xinyi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Doesn't anyone care?"
Leng Moyan said: "At first, there were, but now looking at the situation, it should be ignored."
Xiao Xinyi didn't speak for a long time after listening to her, but he obviously lost the mood to look at the scenery.
The two walked for a few more days, and Leng Moyan estimated that at their speed, they would be able to reach Dongyue Mountain in two days, and Zhuge Villa would be built on Dongyue Mountain. On this day, the two of them rested in a clearing, and a group of refugees came from a distance, probably thinking about something, and hesitated for a moment before they came to the only flat open space within a radius of several miles, but it was also far away from the two, and the group put down the pots and pans on their backs and began to make a fire to cook.
When they saw them coming, they were about to leave, and when they passed by the group of people, they heard the sound of a baby crying, and a young woman held the baby in her arms, so anxious that her head was full of sweat, but she could only urge the man next to her to hurry up and make a fire to boil water.
Xiao Xinyi glanced at the crying baby, his face was sallow, skinny, although he cried non-stop, his voice was weak, and if he didn't heal, he was afraid that the murderer would be more auspicious. Xiao Xinyi saw a bunch of fresh wild vegetables next to their makeshift pot stove, and took a step forward, but was pulled by Leng Moyan's wrist. Xiao Xinyi turned around, Leng Moyan shook her head softly, Xiao Xinyi gave her a reassuring look, took her hand away and walked to the woman.
As soon as he approached the woman, the man who was putting wild vegetables in the pot got up, held a long-handled iron spoon in his hand to protect the woman, looked at Xiao Xinyi wearing a hat viciously and said, "What do you want to do?"
Xiao Xinyi took off the hat on his head and saluted him: "This strong man, I see that the baby behind you is sick and needs to be treated.
The man was stunned for a moment when he saw Xiao Xinyi taking off his hat, and the woman behind him pushed him away, hurriedly walked up to Xiao Xinyi and said, "Are you really a doctor?" Please save my child, she hasn't eaten for two days. ”
Xiao Xinyi looked at the woman with tears in her eyes and said, "This lady is not in a hurry." After speaking, he gently pulled out the baby's wrist from the dilapidated swaddling clothes to check the pulse, put his fingers on the baby's wrist for a moment, and said with a somewhat solemn face: "I have been having diarrhea and vomiting and losing appetite for seven days."
The woman nodded her head and said, "Exactly."
Xiao Xinyi looked at the emaciated baby and said, "This child is too young to stand acupuncture, so he can only massage now." After speaking, he gently grabbed the baby's left hand and kneaded her Banmen acupoint, and explained the technique to the woman while massaging, the woman stared at her fingers and listened carefully, and after two quarters of an hour, Xiao Xinyi stopped and asked the woman: "Madame, can you understand."
The woman nodded again and again, "I understand, I understand."
Xiao Xinyi let go of the baby's hand and said, "Then Mrs. will take a look at it." Xiao Xinyi carefully looked at the woman's technique for a moment and said: "That's it, but remember to massage from light to heavy, not too light so as not to stimulate the acupuncture points, but also not too heavy will damage the child's skin, I hope Mrs. can consider it." After speaking, he took out a white jade porcelain bottle from his bosom and handed it to her and said: "I have some medicine here, but the dosage is too large, you take out the pill and grind it into powder, pick a little bit with your fingernails and put it in her mouth every time, remember not to overdose, you can use this medicine for ordinary cold and diarrhea."
The woman took the white porcelain vase and knelt down in front of Xiao Xinyi and said, "The girl's life-saving grace cannot be repaid, only waiting for the opportunity to be a cow and a horse."
Xiao Xinyi hurriedly pulled her up and said, "It's just a gesture, Madame doesn't have to be like this, there are still important things to do, so don't pass it away."
After saying that, she turned around to leave, and saw more than a dozen refugees surrounding her, nodded at them and was about to go around, when suddenly a tall man blocked her way. Xiao Xinyi didn't speak, only to see a figure flashing, Leng Moyan blocked in front of her, a dagger had been placed on the man's neck, the man had probably never been held on the neck with a knife, and his legs were so frightened that his legs were weak, and he stammered: "The woman spares her life, I just want to ask this doctor to save my mother, her leg has been swollen for a long time, and she can't walk in pain."
Leng Moyan said coldly: "I'm not free, get out."
The man said yes in a loud voice, and gently moved out from under the dagger, and turned around in fright, when he suddenly heard someone behind him asking him, "This strong man, who is your mother?"
When the man turned around, he saw a woman with the appearance of Allure asking him softly. Uncontrollably, she pointed to the old woman who was sitting on the side and said, "My mother is over there."
Xiao Xinyi nodded, and walked towards the old woman, and the angry Leng Moyan stomped her foot hard behind her.
Xiao Xinyi walked to the old woman and asked about her illness, then squatted down and lifted her trouser leg to carefully look at the calves like steamed buns, and after diagnosing the pulse, she took out the silver needle she carried with her and found a few acupuncture points such as Zusanli Sanyin Jiao and pricked it down, and asked the man standing next to her to find several wild vegetables to knead the juice and give it to the old woman to put it on the Qihai acupoint.
In the process of leaving the needle, Xiao Xinyi asked the old woman: "Mother-in-law, where did you come from and why did you end up here."
The old woman said respectfully: "Doctor Hui, we are from Jincheng in the northwest, our hometown has suffered a great drought, and many people have starved to death, if we don't come out to find a way to live, we are afraid that we will starve to death."
Xiao Xinyi was silent for a moment and asked, "Does the imperial court care?"
The old woman sighed and said: "I can't manage it, there have been floods in the south in the past few years, and there are many people who have drowned, and the grain originally distributed is not enough to save a life, but this year's food can not even save a life, fortunately, there is no disaster here, and we can find a bite to eat."
Xiao Xinyi was silent for a long time when he heard this, and he didn't speak, and mortals could only resign themselves to fate in the face of natural disasters but were helpless.
Leng Moyan sat cross-legged on the ground, holding a piece of grass in her mouth, tilted her head and cheeks, and watched Xiao Xinyi finish diagnosing the old woman's leg, and then ran to the side to diagnose an old man's arm, and after diagnosing his arm, there was a woman's neck waiting for her. Leng Moyan thought to herself, this is probably the first time these people have met a doctor who does not need to pay for the consultation, and the old and old diseases are all committed at this time. But she looked at the busy Xiao Xinyi and was obviously enjoying it, yes, this is the first time she has had a real patient after ten years of studying medicine, just like a hero has finally been used, the treasure knife is finally out of the scabbard, let her be happy.
Leng Moyan took a nap when she looked at it, and felt that someone was walking towards her in a daze, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that Xiao Xinyi was back, followed by more than a dozen people, and finally diagnosed everyone's new and old injuries.
Leng Moyan rubbed her face to sober up a little, put on her hat and turned over on the horse. Xiao Xinyi walked to the horse and turned to the group of people and saluted and said, "You don't need to send it, the mountains and rivers meet, and if there is fate, we will meet again."
Leng Moyan patted her forehead when she heard this, oh my God, don't meet again.
After Xiao Xinyi got on the horse, Leng Moyan turned behind her and said sit firmly, and smacked her little marree, which had never been treated so brutally all the way, and was stimulated at the moment and neighed, and the four hooves were windy and rode in the dust, and finally had the appearance of a thousand miles horse. Although their horses were running fast, they still did not reach the nearby towns, let alone towns, not even villages, before dark.
Leng Moyan took out the map and looked at it by the moonlight and said, "Not far in front is Wudeng Slope, there is a village in the mountain, we can go there and spend the night."
Xiao Xinyi nodded and said, "It's okay, but I don't know if there is an inn in that village."
Leng Moyan snorted and laughed, and then said with a smile: "Do you think the village in Wudeng Slope is an ordinary village?"
Xiao Xinyi said strangely: "Isn't it?"
Leng Moyan put away the map and asked her, "Do you know the saying that Zhanshan is king."
Xiao Xinyi nodded: "Naturally, I know."
Leng Moyan said: "Although Wudeng Slope is called Slope, it is a real mountain, and the village inside is not a farmhouse, but a thief village that specializes in robbing passers-by."
Xiao Xinyi glanced at her faintly and said, "What do you want to do?"
"What else can I do, I want to eliminate harm for the people." Leng Moyan also looked at her faintly. Xiao Xinyi was silent, as if she didn't know whether to let her do it.
Leng Moyan looked at her in a daze and said, "Don't think about it, I won't go, if you have any mistakes there, your senior brother will come back and skin me alive." There is a forest at the foot of Wudengpo Mountain, where we can make do for the night. ”
Xiao Xinyi: "......."
The two walked for about half an hour, and finally saw the shadow of the shadowy woods, and seeing that they were about to enter the dense forest, Leng Moyan stopped her horse and said to Xiao Xinyi: "Don't go in, something is wrong." After speaking, he turned over and dismounted, and listened carefully to the movement in the woods with his ears sideways, Xiao Xinyi also came to her side to listen, and the two glanced at each other, it was indeed wrong, there was a sound of fighting inside.
Leng Moyan asked Xiao Xinyi in a low voice: "Do you want to go and see the excitement."
Xiao Xinyi nodded as Leng Moyan expected, Leng Moyan smiled slyly in the dark night, thinking that this Xiao Xinyi can be described as a heavenly figure on the mountain, and his medical skills and martial arts are also the best in the Double Holy Gate, usually the disciples don't dare to come out when they see her, but now that she has gone down the mountain, how can she become a stupid eldest sister, this Xiao Xinyi is so funny. But now I can tease her, and after a long time, she is familiar with the things under the mountain, but it will not be fun.