The back hall of the Jishitang pharmacy.

The divine doctor was sitting on the chair without collecting money, listening to the eldest apprentice Yan Miaoshou proudly recount the story of his visit to the Wuwei Hall to investigate the new doctor Du Wenhao. His second apprentice stood behind him and listened quietly.

After Yan Miao finished speaking, he said with a smile: "Master, this kid is a charlatan who doesn't learn anything at all, he just relies on a mouth to brag, don't be like him!" ”

The money was not collected, and he didn't say a word, and looked at him with a gray beard.

Yan Miaoshou felt that something was wrong with Master's expression, so he hurriedly put away his smile and said, "Master, this kid's medical skills are extremely mediocre, it's just nonsense, and he actually said that the treatment of asthma should tonify the kidneys, it's inexplicable!" ”

Qian Bushui said coldly: "I will listen to what Mr. Du said about how to diagnose and treat that old man's disease, without missing a word." Don't take quotes out of context! ”

The money is not collected because the medical skills are like gods, in addition to being very confident and even a little arrogant in medical skills, he is usually very modest, Yan Miaoshou rarely sees the master talking to himself so coldly, and he can't help but feel a little frightened. He lowered his head and thought about it, and said: "He said, 'A certificate of asthma, the urgent ones should treat the symptoms and lungs, and the slow ones should treat the root cause and kidneys', saying that Zhang Laohan is a kidney deficiency cough and asthma, and he should treat the kidneys in order to cut off the roots." What else do you say about coughing and asthma 'in the lungs for the real, in the kidneys for the deficiency', this kid used to be a bell doctor who walked the rivers and lakes, I don't know where I heard the rivers and lakes remedies and earthworks, and I don't think I need to pay attention to it! ”

Qian didn't say a word, frowned, stood up and walked back and forth in the room a few times, suddenly stopped, and said to the second apprentice standing behind the chair: "Hantou, what do you think of what this Du Langzhong said just now?" ”

The second apprentice is actually surnamed Dong, and he has also followed Qian Bu to study medicine for many years, and his medical skills are very good, but he is relatively wooden, and his brain is not very bright. When the patients heard it, those who were more familiar with him also called him Hantou, or called him Doctor Han, and he happily agreed, and when he called and called, it became his name.

The fool grinned, "Master, I've been thinking about it for a while. ”

"Tell me what you think."

"Yes! Master. Every time the master asked a question, Han Tou couldn't help but feel nervous, swallowed hard, and said, "Lingshu. "Meridians" Zhongyun: "The veins of the lungs and the sun are the lungs that are swollen and swollen and wheezing when they move, and the sick lungs of the main lungs are coughing and wheezing." 'Indicates cough and asthma in the lungs. Su Wen. Zhongyun in the "Treatise on Cough": 'Its cold diet enters the stomach, from the lungs to the lungs, the lungs are cold, and the lungs are cold, and the internal and external evils are combined, so coughing is a lung cough. 'Explain that the cold evil is so bad that it coughs. Treatise on the Origin and Syndrome of Diseases. The Theory of Breathing on the Upper Qi Yiyun: "The lungs are dominated by the qi, and the evil multiplies by the lungs, and the lungs are distended, so the qi is reversed." ”

Seeing that the master did not collect money, he nodded frequently. He also became a little bolder, and continued: "Master, you have also taught: 'Asthma is caused by the lungs, and there are people who are cold and windy, and their chests are full of shortness of breath and shortness of breath. He also said: "The lungs are scorched, but they are delicate and intolerant of evil invasions, and the old man is righteous and weak, and he is powerless to dispel evil spirits, and he is coughing and wheezing. Therefore, throughout the ages, coughing and asthma have cured the lungs, and since ancient times, I have never heard of coughing and asthma curing the kidneys. ”

Yan Miao, who was on the side, folded the fan in his hand and struck it in the palm of his hand: "That's right!" The second junior brother is full of medical classics, well-read and memorized, that is absolutely true, there is no such thing as coughing and asthma and treating the kidneys in the classic medical prescriptions, so ......"

Qian Bushu glared at him fiercely, his gaze was sharp, and Yan Miaoshou quickly shut up.

Qian Bu said to Han Tou slowly: "As a teacher, I don't want you to memorize the medical classics, but to let me talk about your opinions!" Say whatever you want, don't worry. ”

"Oh!" Scratching the back of his head, he thought about it, and smiled innocently: "I can't think of it." ”

Qian Buhui paced back and forth, stopped, and pointed his finger at the two of them: "You, one is self-righteous and flashy; A die-memorized medical codex, I don't know how to change! If you continue like this, it will be difficult to become a big thing! ”

The two hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes!" Please punish Master! ”

"Humph!" I walked back and forth a few times without collecting the money, standing by the window, looking out of the window in a daze, the yellow leaves were scattered in the cold wind, and there were no more leaves on the trees. sighed and said: "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing has long said: 'All five internal organs and six internal organs make people cough, not only lungs!'" In other words, coughing and wheezing is not caused by one of the lungs, but by all internal organs! - Hantou, your senior brother can't think of what this ancient medical canon says, because he didn't bother to study the classics of the past dynasties at all! What about you? I still read medical classics, why didn't I think of it? ”

"Yes! Be! Yan Miaoshou and Han Tou lowered their heads, and Nuo Nuo continued to speak, both of them with shameful faces.

Qian Bushu put his hands behind his back, frowned and pondered, and was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "Having said that, but ......, why do coughs and asthma need to cure the kidneys?" "The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon" does not say, alas! It's really incomprehensible. ”

Yan Miaoshou said: "Yes, Master, your old man thinks it's wrong, this kid must be pretending to be a ghost and alarmist, just ignore him, anyway, he has already promised not to let you apprentice......"

"What do you say? What's going on? Qian Buhui's face sank, and his eyes stared at Yan Miao's hand like electricity.

Yan Miaoshou didn't tell the master about the bet he made with Du Wenhao just now, and he said casually just now, and he regretted it as soon as he said it, and he regretted it so much that he wanted to hit his head against the wall. Ai Ai said: "He said that we used to treat Zhang Laohan's Xiaoqinglong soup for the wrong symptoms, so I made a bet with him, betting that he couldn't explain why the symptoms were wrong, and his answer was not right, and the bet was lost to me." We made a bet that he was going to lose, and we couldn't mention the matter of letting Master apprentice you. Master, don't worry! Hey hey"

Qian Bu said coldly: "How did he answer?" ”

Yan Miaoshou felt that he had blocked this big embarrassment for his master, and he had a lot of credit, but he didn't expect that the master didn't appreciate it at all, and didn't pay attention to this stubble at all, but asked the person surnamed Du how he answered, a little frustrated, thought about it, and said: "He just said that, and refused to say it again, saying let me ask you, master." He made it clear that he couldn't say it! Zhang Laohan's sick master, you have also seen it, it is clearly a cold guest watch, proof of the suspension of water drinking......"

Qian didn't put it away: "Okay, don't talk about it!" ”

Yan Miaoshou hurriedly stopped, seeing that the money was not collected, his expression was cold and solemn, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't dare to say anything again.

Qian Bushui asked slowly: "You two bet, if you lose, what will you lose?" ”

"I'm going to lose, he asked me to bring you a sentence, in fact, it's just nonsense, he knows that he will lose the bet, so hurry up and use this sentence to prevaricate first......"

"What?"

"The words he asked me to bring were—'No,'"

"No more?" The money is not collected, and he frowned, "Why don't you use it?" ”

"That's ......, Master, you don't have to worship him as a teacher,—— this kid is really, he is already a fool when he speaks, but he uses this to go down the steps, what kind of cleverness!"

"What else did he say?"

"Well...... what do you say, you take your Yangguan Road, and he takes his single-plank bridge."

Qian Bu hummed, nodded, pondered for a moment, and said to Yan Miao's hand: "You go to Zhang Laohan's house to see if you can get back the medicine he prescribed in Wuweitang." ”

Yan Miao's hand went for a while and came back, carrying a medicine in his hand. The money was not collected, and the medicinal materials were poured on the round table, and when I opened it to look closely, it was angelica, rehmannia rehmannia, tangerine peel, banxia, poria cocos, boiled licorice, and ephedra that did not remove the root node, almonds that did not peel the tip, and licorice that had not been moxibusted.

The three of them looked at each other, and Yan Miaoshou asked, "What kind of scripture is this, I've never seen it before?" ”

Han Tou said: "Ephedra, almonds and licorice seem to be three soups, and there are a few other flavors, but I don't know where they come from." The two looked at the money together.

Qian Bushu stroked his beard and stared for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Angelica sinensis and rehmannia replenish the lungs and kidneys!" The second Chen expels phlegm, and the third Xuan lungs relieve asthma, this recipe is really a treatment of the lungs and kidneys, which is also consistent with what he said, it seems that he has no words. ”

He said, "Master, can it really cure Zhang Laohan's cough and asthma by supplementing the lungs and kidneys?" ”

"I don't know if I'm a teacher, no one has ever used a prescription like this." Qian Bushu turned back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and finally stood still, and said to Yan Miaoshou: "You go to Wuwei Hall, ask ......, no, ask him, and see what he has to say about using this prescription." ”

"Ask him?" Yan Miaoshou was surprised and said, "Master, this is clearly a random prescription, and Han Tou also said that there is no such medicine in the medical canon." What real skills can he have for us to ask for? ”

"Say that your junior brother is Han, I think you are Han!" Qian Bu knocked on his head, "Don't forget, he just saved the concubine of the county lieutenant, which was determined by the division himself!" ——This person seems to have some ability, but the medicine is ingenious to the point of incredible, and the teacher can't help but check it out to see if he really has a prescription, or he prescribes medicine indiscriminately! If it's the latter, we can't let him do nonsense, quacks don't use knives to kill people! ”

"Master is far-sighted, and the disciples are suddenly open! Go and question him right away! ”

Yan Miaoshou turned around and was about to go out, but he stopped him again when he didn't accept the money: "Wait! Forget it, you don't want to go, you can't ask anything if you go, he won't tell you, or go and find out for yourself! Come with me! ”

"Yes!"