As soon as Ma Du and the others entered the back house, they heard a groan of pain, and followed the steward to a courtyard, where the door of the master bedroom was crowded with people, a large number of men and women.

The steward separated the crowd and led Ma Du Yuansheng to the house, and the painful moans came from the inside. The steward said, "Madam, young master, the emperor has sent a doctor!" ”

"Quick! Fast! Please come in! ”

Ma Du Yuansheng arrived in the house, and when he opened the curtain, he smelled a sour smell and a heavy smell of decoction.

I saw an old man in his fifties lying on the bed moaning in pain, his face was pale, and his face was covered with cold sweat. With his hands on his stomach, his body writhed uneasily, but his eyes were squinted, and his physical strength had obviously reached the limit.

A woman of about thirty-five or sixteen years of age was standing at the head of the bed, crying and crying like a peach with swollen eyes, and another man in brocade clothes, who was not yet thirty years old, paced up and down in the room, except for two maids and a helpless old man in one corner of the room.

The man in brocade immediately greeted him, "Father-in-law Yuan, where is the doctor sent by the emperor, please come and treat my father." ”

"Yuansheng" is the law name, but everyone just calls him that, Yuansheng didn't bother to explain, he pointed to Ma Du next to him, "This is ......"

The man in brocade frowned and said, "Why did the emperor send such a hairy boy!" ”

Yuan Sheng immediately glared at him and shouted, "Shut up! This is the queen's maternal brother Uncle Ma Guo, who came from the emperor's urgent edict, you dare to be rude! ”

The brocade-clothed man was taken aback by Yuan Sheng, and as soon as he heard Ma Du's identity, he hurriedly bowed down and pleaded guilty, "Tao Sheng doesn't know that Uncle Guo is respectful, please forgive Uncle Guo for his rudeness, and he will come to the door to apologize in the future." ”

Ma Du bowed his hand, "I will talk about it in the future, and I will talk about it in the future, and then I will see Tao Shenzheng first!" ”

Lying on this couch is Tao An, the governor of Jiangxi, although his official is not very big, but he is Lao Zhu's favorite minister, just look at the door sticker in front of the high gate compound and the hall, as for the unfavored, it should be a poor ghost like Luo Furen, who called him hard-tempered and smelly.

Lao Zhu pet Tao An is not unreasonable, just compare Tao An and Liu Ji. Tao An took refuge in Lao Zhu relatively early and took the initiative to take refuge, while Liu Ji was coaxed and intimidated by Lao Zhu;

Tao An has followed Lao Zhu for many years, and he can not only do splendid articles, but also stabilize the place, but Liu Ji, as Lao Zhu's personal secretary, has taken several long vacations.

The key is that Tao An has a good temperament, is humble, honest and cautious, and will never say anything like "Mu Zhuer, worship it" in front of everyone at the court meeting on the first day.

However, Lao Zhu's favorite minister doesn't seem to have a few days to live now, and the symptom is obviously acute appendicitis, Ma Du arched his hand at the old man, "This colleague, is your diagnosis also an intestinal carbuncle?" ”

The old man arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency is really wonderful, you can tell that the patient has an intestinal carbuncle with a few words." The patient's pulse is caused by uncontrolled diet, dampness and heat, and the suppression of septic blood and turbidity in the appendix. Lao Yu had prescribed rhubarb peony soup to the patient before, but unfortunately it had no curative effect. ”

It would be strange if a bowl of decoction could be cured, the problem that could be solved by a small operation in later generations was life-threatening in ancient times, and everyone present understood that there was no cure for this disease and could only wait for death.

"I don't know how many hours have it been since Tao Shenzheng's illness attacked?"

Tao An's Continuation Lady said to Ma Du with tears in her eyes: "It's been almost two days!" ”

"It's been two days! Why have you dragged on for so long! ”

Tao Sheng said with a sad face: "My father came from Jiangxi this time to report on his work, and after seeing the emperor, he was ready to return to Jiangxi, and he had just been on the boat for less than a day before he fell ill. ”

"It's too late!" Ma Du shook his head and sighed, and bowed his hand to Tao An on the bed, "Tao has gone all the way to politics, and Ma will not come to see him off when the time comes!" ”

"Alas......" Tao Sheng stomped his feet in frustration and stopped talking.

It was Mrs. Tao who hugged Ma Du's thigh, "I have long heard that Uncle Guo's medical skills are excellent, and he can pull the Duke of E back from Huangquan Road, my lord is still alive, please try your best to save him!" A concubine can't live without a master...... Ahhh

At the age of this young master Tao, he would have already started a family, if Tao An died, maybe it would only be a setback in his career, but if this Mrs. Tao died at a young age, her husband was afraid that she would only be widowed for a lifetime, not only would her life be ruined, but she would also have a hard time, no wonder she was so heartbroken.

Ma Du knew that the time was almost up, so he said: "You can give it a try, but the risk is extremely high, and I am not very sure!" ”

He really didn't know much sure, if it was just the onset of the disease, but after two days, once the intestinal perforation occurred, causing a large-scale infection, he couldn't do anything.

The ancients were afraid that they would not be able to accept this kind of thing, and once they could not be saved, the Tao family would put the responsibility on him again, and it would not be cost-effective to make a lot of trouble by making a thankless effort.

Hearing Ma Du say this, Tao Sheng and Mrs. Tao immediately came to their senses, "Great! If Uncle Guo can save my father, my Tao family will be grateful for your kindness! ”

It's really not a real person, who is rare for your Tao family to be grateful, but Ma Du hopes that he can say that he can pour out his family wealth to repay his kindness.

The old man who had been standing in the corner of the wall was full of suspicion, and muttered: "This carbuncle can really be cured? ”

Ma Du turned around and said to him with a smile: "Yes, this method is actually very simple, just cut the belly and take out the broken intestines, if you want to learn, I can teach you!" ”

At this point, only the sound of cold air was heard in the room, and Mrs. Chang, who had been holding Ma Du's leg, quickly let go and sat on the ground, and the old man waved his hand again and again.

Tao Sheng glared at him and asked, "Uncle Ma Guo is no longer joking." ”

Ma Du Zhengse said: "Who has the heart to joke with you at this time, is there any other way for Tao Dagongzi?" ”

Tao Sheng asked again: "How sure is Uncle Ma Guo?" ”

"About one or two percent!" As long as the intestines are not perforated, in fact, he is still fifty or sixty percent sure, but he doesn't dare to say it all.

Tao Sheng flatly refused when he heard this, "No! Absolutely not! I can't let my father lose his life and his whole corpse! ”

Ma Du really wanted to scold people, so he didn't even want his life for a rotten intestine.

At this time, I only heard a trembling and almost out of tune voice from the bed, "Old man...... Felt...... If it works, it's ...... Listen to Uncle Ma!"

I saw Tao Anqiang holding up half of his body, he didn't say a word after Ma Du came, he wasn't unconscious, he just couldn't open his mouth.

"Or Tao is open-minded in politics, since this is the case, Ma Mouke will use the knife, if there is really an accident to the king of Hades, don't sue me!"

Tao An showed a little smile on his face and nodded slightly.

Ma Du felt that Tao An might not think that his method was feasible, probably because he couldn't stand the pain, and he would die happily.

Tao Sheng suddenly fell down in front of the bed, "Father can't help it, if you don't use the knife, you may be able to hold out for a few days......"

Tao An suddenly opened his eyes suddenly, and seemed to use all his strength to slap his son, "The old man is not dead yet, and it is not your turn to be in charge...... Yes! ”

This time it seemed to involve the affected area, Tao An screamed in pain, his arm hung down and lay on the bed without moving, and he really fainted.

At this moment, I only heard someone shouting loudly outside the courtyard: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Ma Du suddenly saw that Tao Sheng, who was covering his face, had an excited glint in his eyes!