Outside the cordon, the relatives cried again, but the executioner brocade guard still held a wooden stick and didn't mean to move, looking at the hot spring together.

Hot Spring slowly walked to the first one in front of the queue of the cane, glanced at it, and said in a sharp voice: "Hit~!" ”

Several relatives outside the cordon immediately cheered, thanking God for his grace. Meng Tianchu was a little puzzled, why did he have to thank him for being beaten.

Two of the four brocade guards picked up their sticks and began to fight with a thunderbolt. The stick sounded horrible with its whistle, and it crackled loudly on the buttocks, but the voice of the tortured minister was not so miserable.

The hot springs continued to slowly move along the line, shouting and beating every time they walked in front of a minister, and after calling two or three "hits", when they walked to the front below, they changed their name to "really fight~!" "At this moment, the execution brocade guards were changed to three, two spanked and thighs, and one slapped on the back, and now the stick was rounded, and it fell with a rapid whistle, and a few sticks came down, and the minister's back and ass suddenly opened the flesh, and the minister's screams were much more miserable than just now.

The hot springs continued to walk slowly, some shouting "hit", and some shouting "really hit." ”

When he walked in front of a minister, he stopped, bent down to look at the minister's face, smiled coldly, stood up, and shouted in a long voice: "With... Heart... Beat...! ”

The relatives of the minister outside the cordon suddenly burst into tears, several old ladies suddenly fainted, and the servants next to them called out and carried them to the back.

This time, the four brocade guards who were in charge of the official's execution all went into battle. Four round wooden sticks with a sharp wind sound hit the official's buttocks, thighs, back, and even the back of the head! If you beat it, the skin will open and the flesh will bloom, and the blood will splash; When I mentioned it, blood was dripping and sprinkled everywhere.

The official shouted loudly, but only a few times, and then drowned out the sound of sticks like raindrops, and gradually lost his voice.

Meng Tianchu knew it when he saw the strength and part of the stick of the Jinyi guard of the execution. I'm afraid this official won't survive.

Now I understand, it turns out. This hot spring is called "hit", which is symbolic. The stick was struck high and loudly, but the wound was not serious. It's called "real fighting", that is a real fight, you have to fight until you break your skin and flesh, and you have to lie in bed for a few months, but your life can be saved. If the call is "hit with heart." "That's the end of it, that's what it means to fight to the death, this official will definitely not survive, and the family will wait to collect the body.

The hot spring walked forward step by step, and finally came to the end of Xia Hong's place and stopped. There are already four people in front of them who are called "fight with heart", that is, the four ministers have already died, and now it is Xia Hong's turn. Mrs. Xia, Meng Tianchu and the others all stared at the hot springs nervously, like prisoners waiting for a verdict.

Hot Spring stopped, bent down to look at Xia Hong, then straightened up again, and looked at Meng Tianchu. Meng Tianchu hurriedly smiled and bowed his hand, and Zuo Jiayin also beckoned to him on the side.

The hot spring smiled and shouted in a long voice, "With... Heart... Beat...! ”

Mrs. Xia rolled her eyes, fainted, and fell backwards.

Zuo Jiayin was stunned, and before she had time to react, when she saw Mrs. Xia fainting, she hurriedly supported her, and the maids behind her hurriedly came up to support Mrs. Xia.

Meng Tianchu was even more stunned, almost not believing his ears, the gold and silver worth five million yuan could not even buy Xia Hongdi's life?

It turned out that when Emperor Jiajing met in the cabinet last night to study, he already had a clear will, and the key people should be taken care of, Xia Hong is a backbone element, and he must be taught a hard lesson as a negative example, but the emperor did not clearly specify that Xia Hong should be killed. But Hot Springs, as the second eunuch of the celebrant and the second eunuch, of course, knows the emperor's thoughts best, and the court staff can please Xia Hong even more, so although he received a huge bribe, he still decided to kill Xia Hong and eat the money. Xia Hong is dead, and the orphans and widows of the Xia family can't do anything to him, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, and the second-in-command of the East Factory.

Meng Tianchu thought that he had heard it wrong, and when he squinted his eyes and saw Mrs. Xia fainting, Zuo Jiayin was angry and anxious, and then he knew that he had heard correctly. In the ear chakra, Xia Hong was heard shouting: "Virtuous son-in-law~!" Take care of your mother-in-law and Yi'er~! ”

The sticks of the four brocade guards had rained down on Xia Hong's body, legs and even his head, and Xia Hong screamed miserably, his body writhing under the raindrops.

Mrs. Xia had already woken up, crying like madness and rushing forward to rush through the cordon, but several guards stopped with spears, and several guards were about to whip Mrs. Xia with leather whips.

Zuo Jiayin shouted angrily: "Stop! He took out the Celestial Master's waist card from his bosom and flashed it in front of the guards, who were so frightened that they hurriedly threw away their whips and bowed down. Taking advantage of this, Mrs. Xia had already rushed through the cordon, stumbled over, and pounced on Xia Hong, holding her husband with one hand, and crying with the other, "Stop fighting!" … Stop it~! ”

Several brocade guards hurriedly stopped and looked at the eunuch hot spring.

Hot Spring had already sat down on the Taishi chair, and when he saw this scene, he snorted and tilted his head: "Pull her out quickly!" ”

A few guards behind him stepped forward, grabbed Mrs. Xia, who was desperately struggling, and dragged her out.

"Stop!" Zuo Jiayin broke off again, held the Heavenly Master's waist card in one hand, and walked in quickly, "If you want to die, put Mrs. Xia down!" ”

Of course, those inner guards knew that they would disobey the instructions of the Heavenly Master, and they would be beheaded all over the door with the theory of resisting the decree, so they hurriedly let go of Mrs. Xia, bowed down, and stepped aside.

Hot Spring hurriedly stood up and walked over, arching his hand and said, "Yuling Heavenly Master, our family is executed by order, Heavenly Master..."

"I didn't stop you from being executed! I'm asking you to respect Mrs. Xia a little! "Although Zuo Jiayin is a heavenly master, he can't disobey the holy decree of the emperor's court staff.

Meng Tianchu also rushed in after him, and before he could reason with the hot spring, he squatted down to inspect Xia Hongdi's situation. I saw that his body was already drenched in blood, the back of his head was hit twice, and he was already in a semi-comatose state.

Hot Spring said lukewarmly: "Heavenly Master, please take them to withdraw, if it affects the court staff, I'm afraid it will be difficult for everyone to explain to the emperor." ”

Of course, Zuo Jiayin knew the stakes, and in desperation, he had to squat down and say to Mrs. Xia: "Madam, let's quit, otherwise." We can't afford to be charged with disturbing the execution ground. ”

As she spoke, she turned her back to the hot spring. took out a small bottle from his arms, poured three small pills and put them into Xia Hong's mouth. Xia Hong, who was in a semi-coma, subconsciously swallowed the pill. This action is very hidden. Blocked the view of the hot springs with his body. So the hot springs didn't notice.

Meng Tianchu turned to the maid behind him and said, "Come in and help Madame out." ”

Mrs. Xia still cried and refused to leave, but under the strong support of the maids, she still struggled back to the cordon. Meng Tianchu also retreated.

Zuo Jiayin walked out a few steps, turned his head and said coldly to the hot spring: "Okay!" Very good! Grandpa Wen is really amazing! ”

Hot Spring Pi smiled and said: "Heavenly Master, our family is also involuntarily, please forgive Heavenly Master!" He turned around and ordered the Jinyi guard to continue the execution.

Zuo Jiayin returned to Meng Tianchu's side. Meng Tianchu asked in a low voice, "What did you just give my father-in-law to eat?" ”

Zuo Jiayin sighed: "Continuation of life Jindan!" It was configured by my master to hang the lives of dying people. I hope to help him survive until he goes home and say a few last words. ”

The sticks of the brocade guards continued to rain down on Xia Hong, and Mrs. Xia cried out heartbreakingly.

Finally, when the execution of the court staff was complete, the hot springs got up and retreated to the palace, and as soon as the guard was withdrawn, the anxious relatives who were waiting for him swarmed around him like a tide. They each hugged their relatives in their own homes, and the cries and shouts rang out again.

Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin rushed to the front, and a few ups and downs came to Xia Hong's side.

Meng Tianchu probed Xia Hongdi's snort. There was no breath at all, I couldn't help but feel cold in my heart, I touched the pulse of my neck, and there was still a faint beating, but if there was nothing, it seemed that it would stop at any time, and it seemed that it was all up to Zuo Jiayin's three life-sustaining golden pills to keep the last breath.

Mrs. Xia knelt beside her with a grunt, and said in a trembling voice, "How is it?" Still... Is there still gas? ”

"Still alive, go back!" Meng Tianchu hugged Xia Hong horizontally in front of his chest with both hands, walked back quickly, came to the soft couch, and carefully placed Xia Hong on the soft couch.

Jiang Wen, the old man of "Jirentang", picked up Xia Hongdi's wrist and checked the pulse, his face sank, and he only said: "Life is instant!" ”

Mrs. Xia suddenly fell to the ground, her lips trembled, and she couldn't say a word.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly instructed the servants to lift the soft couch and quickly gallop towards the carriage parked in the distance, and Zuo Jiayin followed closely with Mrs. Xia.

The soft couch came to the side of the carriage, Meng Tianchu picked up Xia Hongheng and put him in the carriage, and after he got into the carriage with Zuo Jiayin and Lao Langzhong, he ordered him to hurry back to the house, and at the same time said to Jiang Wen in Lao Langzhong: "Mr. Lao, hurry up and stop the bleeding and injury of my master." ”

Jiang Langzhong wanted to talk about the dying person, what is the use of the shang, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed it again, shook his head, and took out the wound with his hands and feet, and tied it to the wound.

The wound was very effective, and the bleeding quickly stopped.

Meng Tianchu opened the forensic physical evidence investigation box, took out the stethoscope used for biopsy and listened, and could still hear Xia Hong's faint heartbeat, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Hong is still alive! But the injury was very serious, although the bleeding outside stopped, but judging from the bleeding from Xia Hong's nose and mouth, the vomit and blood at the corners of his mouth, the head and internal organs must have been heavily traumatized.

The carriage hurried back to Xia's mansion and carried Xia Hong into the living room.

After Jiang Laolangzhong carefully examined, he shook his head and said to Mrs. Xia: "Lord Xia is too seriously injured, such a heavy wound, it is impossible to live to the family, somehow, there is still a faint pulse, but it may be cut off at any time, alas~!" The injury is too serious, and the old decay can't do anything, I'm really sorry~! Let's prepare for the future. ”

Mrs. Xia cried bitterly, and the maids and servants also cried.

Meng Tianchu knew that Xia Hong was so seriously injured, even in modern society, even if the rescue was timely, the mortality rate was very high, not to mention that in the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago in ancient times, there was a lack of medical treatment, and the reason why Xia Hong was able to carry it until now did not die. It is estimated that it all depends on Zuo Jiayin's three life-sustaining golden pills to hang.

What to do? Unexpectedly, the dog eunuch who didn't have the ** hot spring actually fooled himself and wanted Xia Hong's life ruthlessly, although Meng Tianchu was not to blame for this matter, but he always felt ashamed of Xia Hong.

Meng Tianchu gritted his teeth, he had studied modern medicine and had clinical practice, although he was not good at this kind of surgery (he was only good at treating dead people), and there was no modern medicine, but now he can only use dead horses as live horse doctors.

Meng Tianchu instructed the maid to send Mrs. Xia, who was crying to death, to the back hall, and asked the old Chinese medicine doctor to immediately prepare a decoction for trauma and anti-inflammatory. There are also splints and splints for the treatment of sternum and rib fractures, and then asked Zuo Jiayin to give Xia Hong a few life-sustaining pills.

Zuo Jiayin's small porcelain vase only had a total of five pills in it. I had already fed Xia Hong three just now, and now I heard what Meng Tianchu said. didn't ask why, and gave the remaining two to Xia Hongfu.

Subsequently, Meng Tianchu asked Zuo Jiayin to wait outside, leaving only himself alone in the living room, and began to examine Xia Hong, and found that Xia Hong's skull was linearly fractured and intracranial hemorrhage. Multiple fractures of the sternum and ribs, internal bleeding, and the specific internal organs that are damaged cannot be determined and must be operated on immediately.

Before the operation, there were two problems to be solved first, first, Xia Hong lost a lot of blood. I have already developed symptoms of shock, and if the problem of blood transfusion is not resolved, I am afraid that the chest and abdominal cavity have just been opened. The man died of hemorrhagic shock; Second, anesthesia, if there is no anesthesia, it will also die of painful shock.

Fortunately, there was a set of blood transfusion equipment in his forensic physical evidence investigation box, Meng Tianchu immediately tested Xia Hong's blood type, and then called all the maids and servants to quickly collect blood for testing, fortunately, Old Man Xia's blood type was not a rare kind, and he quickly collected a large bag of blood and gave Xia Hong blood transfusion measures.

For anesthesia, fortunately, Zuo Jiayin brought some opium pills this time, asked for a few, dissolved them in distilled water, and gave Xia Hong a subcutaneous injection. The main ingredient in opium is morphine, which can have a strong analgesic effect, although it is not as good as real narcotics, but it can basically meet the requirements of anesthesia. As for whether Old Man Xia Hong is addicted to opium in the future, we can only talk about it later.

During this period, Meng Tianchu had already sterilized the surgical instruments at high temperatures, washed his hands with disinfectant water, and put on rubber gloves for surgery, but unfortunately Feiyan and Murong Xue were not there, and no one gave him a hand, so he could only do it alone.

There are no modern surgeons, no anesthesiologists, no surgical instruments that fit together, no assistants, everything can only be simplified, and everything can only be created by Xia Hongdi. Fortunately, Meng Tianchu is a modern forensic doctor with rich clinical medical knowledge and experience.

A good forensic doctor must be a good clinician, especially a surgeon, because clinical medicine is the foundation of forensic medicine, and it is the first and necessary place for forensic medicine, and conversely, a clinician cannot immediately become a good forensic doctor without special study of forensic knowledge. The two are the relationship between the base and the top.

When Mrs. Xia was tired of crying and came out to prepare for the funeral, she realized that her uncle was in it to rescue Old Man Xia independently, of course she didn't know that Xia Hong could also heal, but at this time, there was always more hope for her. So he and Zuo Jiayin, Jiang Langzhong, and a group of maid servants waited outside the door.

At this time, Di Tuiguan and other people who were very good with Xia Hong also came, bringing some incense, candles, paper money, and preparing to help take care of the aftermath, I heard that Xia Hong was not dead, and at this moment my uncle was rescuing in the room, they were all very surprised, and they also accompanied Mrs. Xia to wait outside the door.

From noon to the evening when the sun went down, the door was finally pushed open, and Meng Tianchu walked out covered in blood, looking extremely tired, and sat on the threshold.

Everyone didn't dare to speak for a while, and Mrs. Xia didn't even dare to ask with her mouth open, for fear that Meng Tianchu would say: "It's dead!" ”

But what Meng Tianchu said was: "The operation is over, and my father-in-law is still alive..."

Mrs. Xia and Zuo Jiayin were surprised and delighted, and they were about to rush in when Meng Tianchu stopped them: "Don't go in anyone!" Beware of infected wounds! ”

Of course, Mrs. Xia and Zuo Jiayin didn't understand what an infected wound was, but Meng Tianchu's sentence "still alive" just now was enough to make Mrs. Xia hope again.

Meng Tianchu said to Jiang Langzhong: "Is the soup to prevent the wound from becoming inflamed ready?" ”

Jiang Langzhong was only half-convinced of Meng Tianchu's words just now, he didn't believe that Old Man Xia could survive until now, in his experience, Old Man Xia should have been dead at this time. After listening to Meng Tianchu's words, he nodded subconsciously.

"Then go in and give it an anti-inflammatory herb!"

Lao Langzhong hurriedly washed his hands with water, and let his little boy enter the hall with him, and saw that Xia Hong was still breathing weakly, and was startled, this is simply incredible, he blinked vigorously, and everything in front of him really told him that this was indeed true. People who are already dead are really alive.