Chapter 20: Hand to Disease
This army is in chaos and caught up with the drought, let him get a few boats of rice, and he will not be able to sit on the ground and cut you down. At present, the price of grain on the market has risen to three times that of the usual year, and if he can sell it to you below this price, it is tantamount to owing him a favor.
However, his son had a mouth sore for the first time, and he was in pain and wanted his life, and many people were asked to find the palace doctor but did not treat him, and finally found Baili Yanfu. In fact, aphthous sores are not a big problem, and it is not over if you control your appetite and don't eat irritating things.
It's a pity that Lu Kui is drowning, and it is really too hot these days, it is estimated that there must be thirty-four or five degrees, the mouth sores are suppurated and ulcerated, and the grains of rice have not entered. I really can't help it, I said that I was going to send it to the door today to treat his son.
Bailiyan pondered, she couldn't give Lu Kui this opportunity, she had to come to the door and give him grace. Otherwise, this rich man threw two stinky copper coins, and he would not admit it next time.
He Kuan and Bai Liyan went all the way to the Lu family's mansion, and the people along the way were in awe, scrambling to greet Bai Liyan, the reason is also very simple, the Proton Mansion is open for five days a month, free of charge for the poor, but for the powerful and rich eunuchs to see a doctor.
Especially last winter, the wind chill broke out in Pingtang City, that is, influenza, mainly because the weather was too cold and the cold was insufficient. So as soon as it spread, word of mouth spread.
Of course, this is not because Bailiyan is stupid, in fact, the expenses in the government are very tight, and sometimes Bailiyan has to do some side hustles to make money. The reason why he is kind and charitable is mainly because in these years, righteous gentlemen and virtuous people are rarely killed by black hands.
Considering that Uncle Kuo has always been a thief, Bailiyan can only make this decision and adopt a kind and charitable method to buy people's hearts.
Arriving at the Lu family's mansion on foot, the faΓ§ade regulation is two levels lower than that of the Proton Mansion, but the problem is that the two large gate panels at the main entrance are mahogany, which is more than one grade higher than many dignitaries. Of course, the ecology has not been destroyed in these years, and there are actually not many mahogany.
Due to the explicit provisions of the current law, princes, nobles, scholars, doctors, foreign ministers, feudal kings, marquis, feudal lords, what mansions to live in, what carriages to sit, and even how many horses to match, there are clear regulations, including merchant eunuchs and commoners, so the merchant mansion cannot be too big, if it exceeds the regulations, it will be sentenced to prison at the least, and it is possible to be sent to the army and the whole family as a slave.
As a result, many eunuchs changed their ways to show themselves, such as replacing the doors with mahogany, and turning the Dengma stone at the door into marble. This is the imprint of the whole era, it is the trend of the times, it cannot be overthrown, you can only accept it.
When I came to the Lu family's house, the two doors were open, and there was a door in the door with a banana fan, hiding in the shade and hanging my head.
"Bailiyan, the prince of Qiguo, came to visit, please give me a good word."
The servant squatted on the ground listlessly and glanced at Baili Yan, and saw a coarse white shirt, no different from a commoner, could this be the son of a country?
"Just you, you are the prince of Qiguo, and I am still the prince of Jin. Get out of the way, where to rest where it's cool, I don't know if this is Lu Zhai, I'm blind to your dog's eyes. β
The servant's insulting remarks angered He Kuan:
"You!"
Bai Liyan stretched out his hand to stop and said:
"Uncle Ho, don't be impatient. It's hot and irritable, so there's no need for us to be angry. Since he doesn't know it, let's go in by ourselves. β
The words fell, and the Baili Yanjing walked in by itself.
Seeing this, the door was really unhappy to beat one hundred and twenty people in his heart, got up from the ground, and blocked Bailiyan's way:
"Hey, you concubine, you have to give your face an inch, right?"
At this time, Bailiyan was really a little annoyed, and he said:
"I said that you are a man, your son-in-law is terminally ill, and my son-in-law came to rectify it for him, if you delay your efforts, you will harm your son-in-law's life."
Hearing the news, he came to see a doctor, and the doorman suddenly realized that he was busy with apologies:
"Oh, look at my dog eyes, I never thought that the son was the son of the country, the villain is really eyeless, and he collided with His Royal Highness the prince, damn it!"
"Okay, quickly lead this son to meet your master."
"No, the little one will lead the way."
Whatever kind of owner has what kind of dog, this door is a dog with a wagging tail. Obviously, there are not many people who know Lu Kui's son's mouth sores, and he can come to see a doctor at Bailiyan's age, and there is only Bailiyan in the whole city. Thinking before and after the door, it must be wrong.
The door led Bailiyan to the backyard, there was not a single big tree in the courtyard, a small pond was dug in the center, and the servants and maids who came and went around carried buckets to sprinkle water to cool down, obviously it was hot. Now there is a shortage of water in the whole city, and the Lu family is still extravagant and wasteful sprinkling water everywhere, which shows how extravagant.
Lu Kui was enjoying the cool in the bedroom at this time, and there was a maid standing beside him with a huge plantain to fan him, his wife was wearing a tulle skirt and sitting on one side drinking sour plum soup to relieve the heat, and his son was lying on the bed continuously, which showed that the aphthous sores were tortured enough.
Hearing the news that Bai Liyan came in person, Lu Kui was flattered, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was pretending:
"Yan Gongzi's personal visit really made the humble house shine."
"The head of the Lu family is exempt from courtesy, in order to avoid the suffering of Lu Gongzi, it is also appropriate for this son to come in person, I don't know if Gongzi's condition will improve today."
"Alas...... The palace medicine officer invited three people in a row, and drank no less than seven or eight pairs of decoctions, but they never got better, and I hoped that Yan Gongzi would save my poor child. β
"The heart of the doctor's parents, this son should do his best to heal Lu Gongzi."
Bai Liyan put down the medicine box and came to the bed, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy was lying on the bamboo mat sickly, his face was painful, and his mouth faintly exuded a bloody breath, obviously the mouth sores began to fester.
Bailiyan motioned for the young man to open his mouth, and then used bamboo tweezers to prop it open, and on closer inspection, it was seen that there were sores on the upper jaw, black and white, and the smell was oozing pus. The preliminary judgment is that I must have eaten and drunk some irritating food recently, which is seriously worse than the last visit.
Seeing this, Bai Liyan asked Lu Kui:
"Master Lu, the medical officer's prescription is here."
"Yes, I don't know if my son can still be cured."
"It can be treated, but it is necessary to control the appetite of the mouth, especially honey, candied fruit, preserved fruit, long-term consumption can not only not cure the mouth sores, but over time can cause thirst disease. Once you suffer from thirst, it will be an incurable disease. My son sees that your tongue has a thick white moss, and there are yellow spots on your eyelids, which is a sign of thirst, and you must make a list of diets to strengthen your body in the future to subside this omen. β
"That being the case, please also ask the prince to prescribe a prescription, no matter what the price, I am willing to use gold and silver as assets."
"It's just gold and silver, my son remembers the last time he asked the head of the Lu family to accumulate virtue, I don't know what the head of the Lu family thinks."
Bailiyan was preparing while reminding Lu Kui at the same time. Lu Kui's eyes rolled, so it was a difficult color:
"Uh, this...... Yan Gongzi, not prevaricating, there was a royal order two months ago, but anyone with more than 1,000 stones of rice is not allowed to leave the country, and the heavy ones can be filled with troops. You have to plant ten boats in one go, isn't it embarrassing? β
"If you don't give up more than 1,000 stones, you Lu family master can't sell 100 stones and 100 stones?"
"But in this way, it doesn't increase the cost in vain, and where does this come from."
"Could it be that the life of the master of the Lu family is not worth these ten boats of rice?"
"No, it's worth it, it's worth it, as long as Yan Gongzi cures my family's Xu'er, even if there are ten more boats, I will give it too."
"Isn't this over, your son-in-law's life is fate. The life of my mentor and fellow villagers is not fate? This healer's life-saving is nothing more than medicine, and the life of the people in the world is nothing more than food. If your Lu family master saves the lives of the people in the world, he will save your son's life, is it worth it for such a great virtue. β
"Value, value!"
Lu Kui shouted again and again, but in fact, there was no way in his heart.
To deal with people like him, you have to hold the handle and use both soft and hard in your hands, not only to know the benefits, but also to wear a hat for him, you can't give him the steps, give him the steps is to give him the color to open a dye workshop, and you can be killed if you are cold.
After finalizing the matter of transporting grain, Bai Liyan sent the idle people in the room to leave, let people get two basins of water and put them on the table, and then closed the doors and windows, leaving only two people.
Bailiyan took out a few betel nuts and let Lu Xu chew them in his mouth, and the betel nuts were soaked in mandala flowers to maximize the analgesic effect. At the same time, he took out a packet of powder from the medicine box and poured it into the wooden basin, the water in the basin quickly froze, and the air suddenly became a lot colder.
Pouring powder is potassium nitrate, which freezes when exposed to water, which is a common means of making ice in the early days, and China first discovered the potassium nitrate ice-making method in the Tang Dynasty for making ice in the palace, but there is no one at present.
Cleaning up aphthous sores inevitably requires the use of a knife to remove the carrion, and it is obviously necessary to cool down, which is conducive to stabilizing the patient's mood and reducing pain and fear.
After about a cup of tea, Bailiyan scrubbed her hands to clean the knife, took more than ten minutes to remove the ulcer and rot wound on the roof of Lu Xu's mouth, and then applied the anti-inflammatory and hemostatic herbs to the wound. Use a huge piece of cloth to block Lu Xu's mouth to prevent the herbs from falling off.
The whole process takes three tea cups, about 50 minutes. Under the action of betel nut, Lu Xu is occasional, and it can be seen that mandala plant ingredients are added, and the anesthetic effect is satisfactory.
After a short while, wiping the sweat from her forehead, Bai Liyan splashed ice water on the ground so as not to expose her feet, and then carried the medicine box and opened the door.
Seeing Baili Yan coming out of the house, Lu Kui asked eagerly:
"Yan Gongzi, my son ......"
"There is no major problem, the rotten sores in the mouth have been removed by me, so there is a hole in the upper jaw, just apply this Chinese herb, four times a day, for ten days."
As she spoke, Bailiyan handed over a bamboo tube, which was an anti-inflammatory herb that had been crushed into minc. As long as it is blocked on the roof of the mouth every day, it can reduce inflammation. Then he took out a prescription:
"This is a heat-clearing and detoxification prescription, which can be drunk before each dressing, four times a day. If there is pain, chew this substance, two capsules at a time. Do not exceed 10 capsules a day. After ten days, the sores healed, the pain was relieved, and this thing could not be chewed again, Lu Caidong could remember. β
"Remember, remember, thank you Yan Gongzi for your rescue, Lu Kui is grateful."
Lu Kui accepted the betel nut, herbs and prescriptions, and then took out two inches of silver from his sleeve pocket and handed them to Bailiyan:
"A little remuneration is not a tribute, please Yan Gongzi smile."
"That's it, as long as the head of the Lu family sends the rice to Juyang, I don't want an inch of silver."
"Uh, this...... Yan Gongzi does not accept it, so how is it good to let it be. β
"Okay, is this son still missing these two inches of silver, the Lu family, please take it back."
Bai Liyan returned two inches of silver, turned around with He Kuan, and Lu Kuixiang sent him out of the house, and then immediately returned to the backyard to visit his son Lu Xu:
"Son, tell my dad quickly, the mouth sores still hurt."
"Uh-huh, hmm......"
Lu Xu shook his head, changed his malaise for many days, and immediately came to his senses, obviously not in much pain, otherwise he wouldn't be able to live a tiger. Seeing this, Lu Kui was overjoyed, and completely threw all kinds of entrustment of Baili Yan out of the clouds, especially the betel nut.
So many years later, Lu Xu finally died of mouth sores because of chewing betel nut without control, but this time it was oral cancer.