Xue Langzhong's face changed slightly, and he arched his hand to Du Wenhao: "Two, there is a patient in the old front yard who needs to be treated, so I won't accompany you, you don't have to be restrained." Please feel free. ”

"Old gentleman, be busy, leave us alone." Du Wenhao arched his hand.

Xue Langzhong arched his hand again and hurried away with the woman.

At this time, the servant brought hot water and washed them for the eldest princess. Du Wenhao was worried about the medicine, and after washing it in a hurry, he came to the kitchen, and when he saw that the ephedra soup had been boiled, he took it down and cooled it. If you want to boil two bowls of water into one bowl of water, you have to wait a while.

At this time, I suddenly heard someone crying in the courtyard, and the cry was terrible, it seemed that it was the woman who had called Xue Langzhong away before. Du Wenhao walked to the window and looked into the courtyard, and sure enough, the woman was kneeling on the ground, and the man on the door panel that had been placed in the courtyard before stopped screaming, rolling his eyes and gasping for breath. Xue Langzhong was squatting on the ground, holding a bowl of soup and medicine to feed the patient. But when the decoction entered his mouth, it soon flowed out. The man didn't know how to swallow anymore.

Du Wenhao's heart sank, opened the curtain and walked out, and came to the courtyard. There were several people around the door panel, with a gloomy expression on their faces, Du Wenhao was wearing an ordinary short shirt, which was the most simple and common attire in the countryside, so no one paid attention to him.

Du Wenhao looked down at the man on the door panel, and saw that his chest was sandwiched by several splints used to fix the fracture and bandaged with a cloth tape.

Listening to the man's breathing, Du Wenhao frowned, and said in a low voice: "Xue Langzhong, can I examine him?" ”

Xue Langzhong was rubbing his beard and thinking about what to do, and when he heard this, he nodded casually.

Du Wenhao saw that the man on the door panel was in his thirties, his spirit was extremely weak, his voice was low, his breathing was short, and there were two quilts behind him, so he turned his head and asked, "Why don't you put him flat?" ”

"Can't be flattened!" The weeping woman said, "As soon as he was put down, he was in terrible pain!" ”

Du Wenhao nodded and said, "This eldest brother has a broken rib, right?" ”

"That's right, yesterday I went up the mountain to collect firewood and fell off a tree. Xue Langzhong said that he injured his ribs. The orthopedic bone has been immobilized with a splint. ”

After Du Wenhao checked the patient's pulse and looked at his tongue, he pondered for a while, stood up and looked around, found a pile of bamboo piled up in the corner of the wall, went to the bedroom first, took a firewood knife, and then came to the pile of bamboo, found a suitable size, cut a bamboo tube, and walked back to squat. Signal everyone to stop talking, and place the bamboo tube on the patient's chest. Listen intently.

The men looked at each other, not knowing what he was doing. Fortunately, when they came in earlier, they said that he was Langzhong, and just now they asked Xue Langzhong's opinion to examine the patient, and Xue Langzhong also agreed, so although they saw him behaving strangely, these people still didn't say anything to stop him. Frowning at him.

Du Wenhao listened to the bamboo tube everywhere in the patient's chest and flanks, and found that the patient's right chest had a crepitation, the breath sound of the right lung was weakened, and the phlegm sound could be heard in both lungs.

Of course, the listening effect of the bamboo tube is not as good as that of the stethoscope, but before the invention of the stethoscope, the doctor was auscultated in this way, and the effect was acceptable.

Du Wenhao put down the bamboo tube, reached out and gently pressed the patient's chest and other parts, and the patient began to cry out in pain. Du Wenhao asked while pressing, and found that the patient's fourth to eighth ribs in the right chest were tender, and the pelvis also had squeezing pain. It means that there is also a fracture of the pelvis!

Du Wenhao pondered for a moment and said, "Xue Langzhong, this brother has already injured his lungs, and if he continues to splint like this, I'm afraid he will die." ”

These words were like a stone falling into the water of a pool, and immediately there was a ripple, and everyone looked up at him. including the woman who wipes her tears with her sleeve,

Doctor Xue looked up at him: "What did Brother Du say about this?" ”

"For general rib fractures, of course, it is no problem to fix them with the chest wall, but if the fracture has caused lung contusion, it cannot be fixed with a splint."

"Really? Why is that? ”

"Pulmonary contusion will be edematous and bleeding, and secrete a large amount of secretions, if the chest wall is fixed, it will inhibit the coughing action on the injured side, so that the secretions in the lungs and trachea accumulate, which is easy to cause atelectasis, resulting in respiratory distress, and in severe cases, the patient will be suffocated to death."

Xue Langzhong's face sank: "Little Brother Du, what you said is too alarmist, right?" I have been practicing medicine for decades and have seen many people treat rib fractures, and they are all splinted in this way. ”

Du Wenhao said lightly: "Then how many people died later?" ”

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature, rib fractures, are originally terminal diseases, and only one out of ten can be cured. What's so strange about being dead. ”

"If it can't be cured, it's not because the disease itself is bad, it's because the person who heals it is incompetent. All diseases in the world, as long as they cannot be cured, are all terminal diseases, and if they can be cured, they are not terminal diseases. ”

Xue Langzhong's face was ugly: "Oh, what does little brother mean, can you cure this disease?" ”

"Yes. And at least eighty percent sure! Du Wenhao continued to check on the injuries of the injured.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience changed their expressions greatly, surprised and delighted, and an old man said in a deep voice: "You're not talking, are you?" Xue Langzhong said that he was only 20% sure. ”

Du Wenhao raised his head and said to Xue Langzhong: "To tell you the truth, if you don't remove the chest wall fixation and treat his lung contusion in time, let alone two, the injured person is only afraid that it will not be able to pass the third watch tonight!" ”

Xue Langzhong's face was a little unbearable, he was a well-known old man in the nearby mountain villages, especially good at bruises, and he was so ruthlessly said by a junior who said this bluntly, although Du Wenhao didn't say him directly, but it was almost the same. Wen said at the moment: "Little brother's tone is too big, right?" You say that you don't need a splint to fix, how can you treat it? ”

Du Wenhao said: "Immediately remove the fixed splint, treat the lung contusion, and use other methods to correct the bones, if you want to delay it again, I am afraid that you will soon have to worry about your life!" ”

Xue Langzhong snorted and arched his hand: "Since Little Brother Du has this certainty, the old man is incompetent, Gong Rang Xianda, you let him come to the treatment, the old man doesn't care!" With that, he stood up and shook off his robe, turned around and was about to leave.

The few people gathered next to the door panel were the family members of this patient, and when they heard this, they panicked, and hurriedly ran over to stop Xue Langzhong: "You, don't go, who doesn't know that you have the highest medical skills in these four miles and eight towns, and you have to treat this injury!" ”

Everyone else echoed in unison, and a few more people turned their heads and glared at Du Wenhao angrily: "What kind of mess are you making?" "That's it, don't be alarmist there!" "You stinky and undry, you've only been studying medicine for a few days, and you dare to advise Doctor Xue?!" "That's it, let's go, let's go!"

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly, these mountain village farmers naturally believe in authority, no one will believe that they are passers-by, and they are still young. They didn't draw their fists to each other, which was already more polite. This is the same as the situation he encountered when he first crossed over to the Song Dynasty, in fact, it is similar now, people who know him and know him all respect him as a divine doctor, but if they don't know people who don't know him, they still won't believe in his medical skills. It's just like when I fought against Qian Yiqian and didn't accept my master and apprentice. If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for being too young.

Du Wenhao stood up: "A good word of advice: if the patient is breathless and out of breath, untie his fixed splint, just say this, believe it or not!" I'm leaving! ”

Du Wenhao walked back to the decoction room with his hands behind his back.

Xue Langzhong looked at his back and thought thoughtfully. At the pleading of the men, he finally turned around and continued to heal the man's wounds.

The ephedra soup had been fried, but the ochre soup was not yet good, so Du Wenhao took the ephedra soup back to the eldest princess's room, and saw that the door had been opened, and an old woman was bringing bath water outside. Du Wenhao was a little strange, could it be that the eldest princess took a bath so well? Holding the medicine, he shouted at the door: "Eldest princess, the medicine is ready, take the medicine." ”

"Bring it in!" The voice of the eldest princess came from inside.

Du Wenhao hesitated for a moment and walked in with the medicine bowl.

The eldest princess was sitting on a wooden chair in front of the window combing her hair. Her hair was long, down to her waist, wet.

Du Wenhao said: "Eldest princess, are you taking a bath?" ”

"Hmm."

"Then you have to dry your hair quickly, or it will worsen the condition."

"Isn't it you, I'm sick, and you'll take care of me." The eldest princess didn't look back, and said with a smile.

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly: "It's a three-point poison, it's always bad to take medicine, why do you want to deliberately get sick when you're in good health." ”

The eldest princess turned around and looked at him with a smile: "After taking your medicine, my illness has been cured, except for the headache, there is no other problem." Besides, I'm dirty! Don't you see? How do you tell me to meet people? ”

Du Wenhao walked over and put the medicine bowl on the table: "Hurry up, drink the medicine first, this is to cure your external cold, and the medicine for concussion has not been decocted yet." Wait a while before taking it. Then he went to the corner of the house, moved a pot of charcoal behind the eldest princess, took a dry towel, stood beside her, and helped her dry her hair.

The eldest princess grinned, picked up the medicine bowl, drank it all in one go, put down the medicine bowl, didn't speak, and came back and stretched out in front of Du Wenhao.

"What for?" Du Wenhao asked.

"Mulberry! I know you've got it in your arms! ”

"Hey! You've got really sharp eyes! Du Wenhao took out two bunches of mulberry fruits from his arms and put them in the hands of the eldest princess.

The eldest princess took the mulberry fruit, stuffed it into her mouth, and said while chewing: "I know you have to keep it, because you know that you have to give me a decoction to drink, it's very bitter, so you have mulberry fruit, right?" ”

"Ghost Witty!" Du Wenhao gently tapped her head with a wooden comb, the two have lived and died together for the past two days, and they are really as close as sisters and brothers.

The eldest princess turned around and grimaced and asked, "The woman just now said that her man was dying, what's the matter?" Did you go and see it? ”

"Look, I fell from a tree and fell, hurting my ribs and pelvis. They used splints to immobilize, causing the injured to have difficulty breathing, I reminded him that Lang Zhong, but he didn't listen, and the families of those patients only recognized him as a miracle doctor, and didn't believe me, and let me go, otherwise I would have to come back if I looked good. ”

The eldest princess frowned and said, "This is really, we can't see death like this without saving it!" ”

"Eldest princess, it's not that we won't save us when we die, it's that people won't let me save it!"

"Find a way!" The eldest princess stood up suddenly: "This is a matter of human life, since you believe that their treatment method is wrong, you can't let them do nonsense, otherwise they will die!" We've got to find a way to get them to believe you! What can be done? She lowered her head and thought about it, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "By the way, you go and tell them the truth, tell them that I am the eldest princess, and you are the imperial doctor of the current emperor." ”

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly: "What proof do I have?" ”

"Aren't you wearing your Imperial Doctor's Five-Rank official robe inside your shirt! And the purple-clothed goldfish bag given by my imperial brother! Do they dare to believe it? ”

Du Wenhao nodded: "You're right, they don't believe me, that's not their fault, no one will easily believe that a stranger can heal their relatives' injuries." I have to find a way to prove my abilities, at least prove my identity so that they know that I can heal their loved ones! ”

After that, Du Wenhao took off the short shirt on his body in two by three, the official robe inside was crumpled and stained with mud, and the official hat with two long wings on his head was gone, and his hair was messy, but now he couldn't care about it, and after tidying up, he walked to the front courtyard again.

Before he could speak, those people suddenly saw an official man coming out of the backyard, wearing an official robe wrinkled like pickles in the jar, and it was still filthy, and it was still hung in several places, a bit like people threw away the rotten clothes they didn't want and picked them up to wear. After a closer look, it turned out to be the young man who spoke wildly just now, all of whom were startled and took several steps back, including Xue Langzhong, who looked at him dumbfounded.

Du Wenhao straightened his official robe, raised his chest and raised his head, took out a pair of official frames, and coughed lightly: "Everyone, I can't hide it, in fact, I am Du Wenhao, the imperial physician of today's saint, and the girl who was with me just now is the sister of today's saint, the eldest princess of Qin!" ”

Those people all took two steps back, gathered in a pile, stared at Du Wenhao, and no one spoke.

Du Wenhao said again: "I identified myself, just to let you know that what I just said was not alarmist, but true, if you don't treat this big brother in time and follow the correct method, he will die." As the Holy Physician, you should believe that I have the ability. - Okay, can I treat this big brother now? ”

The people glanced at each other, suddenly walked back to the door panel quickly, bent down and lifted the door panel, and before Du Wenhao could react, he had already gone out of the door with a smoke, and the woman behind him cried and waved her hand: "It's gone, we're gone." ”

Du Wenhao was stunned and looked at Xue Langzhong: "This ......, what's going on?" ”

Xue Langzhong was also a little embarrassed: "This ......, the old man went to see if the food was done." Let's go back to the room and rest first. After that, he didn't even arch his hands, and hurried away as if he had fled with his head down.

The courtyard was originally full of people, but in a moment there was no one left. Du Wenhao chased a few steps, told Xue Langzhong to ignore him, and hurriedly turned into the corner of the house and disappeared.

Du Wenhao couldn't figure out what was going on, so he spread his hands: "This ......, what's going on?" ”

No one answered, so I had to go back to the decoction room depressedly, sit there, look at the casserole on the stove, and think for a long time, but I still couldn't understand why these people left suddenly.

After waiting for a while, the medicine on the stove was finally cooked. He then brought it to the eldest princess's room.

The eldest princess had already dried her hair on the brazier and was curling her head. Seeing Du Wenhao come in, he said happily: "You came just in time, I just took my head, I can't do it well, you can help me do it." ”

Du Wenhao put the medicine in front of her: "Hurry up and drink the medicine, I don't know how to take my head, my own head is given by my wife and the girl at home." Why don't I call the old woman to help you out? ”

The eldest princess shook her head and said: "She is ugly, I just don't like it, so I dismantled and deleted my own plate." - Is the eldest brother's illness cured? ”

"Nope! As soon as I showed up and told us our identities, all the people ran away, the patient's family carried the patient away, and Xue Langzhong also used the excuse to see if dinner was ready and hid. It's a strange thing. ”

The eldest princess grinned and said, "I know, they must have seen you like a madman, and you are a martial madman who specializes in beating people indiscriminately, for fear that you will break out and hurt people, so they all ran away." ”

Du Wenhao patted his robe and looked down: "I, I'm so chic, how did I become a ......, isn't it that the official robe is a little dirty, wrinkled, there is no official hat on my head, and my hair is not combed well." How can it be compared to a martial madman! Really! ”

Although he said this, he looked down and looked at himself like this, which was really a little weird, and it was no wonder that people were scared. I wondered what to do. How can I find the patient's home, and then I thought about it, the patient's family is not willing to let them see a doctor, so they can't force it to see it. It's okay to stick a hot face to someone's cold buttocks, but I'm afraid that I will be taken seriously as a martial madman, and I will be beaten violently, tied up and sent to the official office, then it will be a shame.

Du Wenhao said a little depressedly: "Forget it, don't talk about it, you better drink the medicine first, this is a headache cure." ”

The eldest princess frowned and drank the medicine, but fortunately, she had left two bunches of mulberry fruits before and was reluctant to eat them, so she quickly put the mulberry fruits in her mouth, which stopped the bitter taste in her mouth.

At this time, it was already dark, and Du Wenhao lit the oil lamp. Since being scared away by Du Wenhao's dress, Xue Langzhong has not shown up, and there are only two servants in his courtyard, an old woman and a medicine boy. There was no trace of him.

After holding the lamp, the eldest princess and Du Wenhao sat by the fire and roasted the fire, their stomachs were growling with hunger, and they were embarrassed to ask if the meal was ready.

When the two of them were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs, the old woman appeared, and came with a broken tray of food, and placed it on a round table, a plate of bacon, a plate of scrambled eggs with leeks, a bowl of stewed old hens, and a plate of fennel beans. Two bowls of white rice. There is also a cup of white wine and two small wine glasses.

Although they were all farmhouse cooking, and the old hen was really too old, she didn't tear off a piece of meat for a long time, but both of them were hungry, and they gobbled up the bowl of white rice first, and then raised their glasses and drank.

In the end, it is a small village in the mountain village, and this wine is also brewed by itself, the craftsmanship is not very good, with a slight mushy taste, but the two of them drink it at the moment, but it is extraordinarily sweet.

The eldest princess drank a good amount of wine, and drank a few glasses with Du Wenhao, under the oil lamp, her face was flushed, and the two of them talked about the endless dangers of fighting with the sky the first night, and they both felt a little warm and palpitating.

Speaking happily, Du Wenhao asked about the eldest princess's past in Qinzhou, and the eldest princess also said some local anecdotes through wine, which are all local anecdotes, and rarely involve the deceased husband, presumably because she doesn't want to touch the pain in her heart.

Du Wenhao also picked up some interesting things about the diagnosis, and when it came to happiness, the two of them laughed and laughed indulgingly, and before they knew it, a pot of wine had been drunk. Then he asked the old woman for a pot.

He was drinking to his heart's content, when suddenly, the window clicked twice. Du Wenhao was a little strange, drunk and hazy and asked, "Who?" ”

There was no answer, and the window clicked a few more times.

Du Wenhao was very curious, stood up and walked over to open the window, only to see a child squatting under the window, but it was the sheep herding baby Dongsheng he met before, who was half-squatting and looked up at him, and his voice was a little hurried: "Uncle!" Run! They're calling for arrest, come and get you! ”

Du Wenhao was stunned: "Who wants to arrest us?" ”

"Xue Langzhong them!"

"What?" Du Wenhao was startled, and most of the wine woke up, "Why did they arrest us?" ”

"I don't know, I heard them discuss how to go to the county seat to report, so I ran to the crooked jujube pass at the entrance of the village to see if it was true, just now I saw a number of catchers from outside the village, all carrying lanterns and torches, so I ran to tell you first, uncle, you guys run quickly!"

"Good! Thank you, good boy! Du Wenhao took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and handed it to Dong Sheng: "You go quickly!" ”

Dongsheng didn't answer: "I don't want it!" You'd better run, those catches are going to be ruthless! With that, he turned and ran away, and soon disappeared into the night.

Du Wenhao closed the window, turned around and walked back, and said to the eldest princess: "Xue Langzhong went to the county seat to denounce us, and the arrest is coming to arrest us, let's run ......away, why should we escape?" We didn't break the law, we lived in his house, ate his food, used his medicinal herbs, and gave money, and more, why did he report to the Yamen to arrest us? ”

The eldest princess smiled: "Yes, why do you want to run?" I'm still tired of walking, since the county government is here, it is with my will, I can't walk back to the capital like this, they are sending horses to us! ”

Du Wenhao shook his head: "No, Xue Langzhong's sudden 'denunciation' of us is definitely not such a simple matter, there must be a reason for it!" ”

"What's the reason, it was all good, that is, you went to reveal your identity, they thought you were a martial madman, so they ran away, presumably they came to catch the madman."

"Catch a madman? Hehe, do you need to run to the county seat to catch a madman? A few villagers are enough. ”

The eldest princess was stunned: "Yes, what the hell is going on?" ”

Du Wenhao muttered: "I think it should be related to the fact that I want to treat the patient who broke his ribs, but I don't know why." ”

"Hey! Whatever he does, the soldiers will flood the water! Drink! "The eldest princess is the emperor's own sister, and she really hasn't encountered anything that can make her worry, except for her husband's collaboration with the enemy and being beheaded all over the house.

The eldest princess is not a person to be messed with, Du Wenhao sat down with her robe, and waited to see the excitement.