Medicine King Chapter 10 - Wandering Doctor
One day, a person came to Zhang Xianzhong's house and said that he had something to discuss with Zhang Xianzhong. Ordinary people don't say that when they see Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers, even when they hear Zhang Xianzhong's name, they turn around and run, how can they come to the door by themselves. Zhang Xianzhong thinks that this person can't eat the heart of a bear and a leopard? And he commanded that the man should be brought in.
The man was dressed in a blue cloth shirt, and his sleeves were like singing. With a box on my back, I don't know how to write the word, but I know how to pronounce qie four tones (this kind of bookshelf is still rarely circulated in today's Jiangnan generation, and an umbrella can be set up on the top of the shelf.) The prototype of the object that Ning Caichen carried in the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" is on this object).
Wang continued: Zhang Xianzhong asked about the origin, and it turned out to be a doctor who traveled all over the world.
Zhang Xianzhong asked the man: What are you looking for me?
The doctor explained his intention: Don't ask for anything else, you are terminally ill, only I can heal, but only one thing. What kind of character Zhang Xianzhong is, naturally he didn't believe it, waved his hand, didn't want to listen anymore, and ordered his subordinates to pull out and cut this person. This person didn't panic, and only asked Zhang Xianzhong if it was cloudy, when it was cloudy, there was often pain under the ribs in his chest, and bitter water often gushed out of his mouth.
Zhang Xianzhong felt strange, it was true. The doctor told me about the follow-up symptoms, turned around and left.
Zhang Xianzhong stopped his subordinates and invited the man back. Don't talk about how to heal, just change the name of the doctor: what are the requirements?
When this doctor came, he had already put life and death out of the equation: you are at least a hero, and there is no emperor in your life. If you stop early, you can keep your life, but you can't agree to it. It's just that in the future, don't kill people casually. Spare the people, women and children. For this one thing, if you agree, you are willing to heal. Moreover, it has been repeatedly stated that there may not be anyone in the world who can be cured well.
Zhang Xianzhong was a little puzzled: The affairs of the military family have always been like this. In times of war, what is the use of preaching righteousness? I have always adhered to the way of heaven, and all I slaughter are pigs and dogs. But if you ask me to spare women and children, when have I ever mutilated women and children?
The doctor shook his head: "If you go out for a walk yourself, you will know it when you see it." Even if you don't have this order, I am afraid that you do not know what your subordinates are doing. I just need you to give orders and rectify the military style, Zhang Xianzhong will be silent.
For a long time, the doctor saw that Zhang Xianzhong was silent, and he came to save the people, at this time it was a critical juncture, and he must let this devil no longer hesitate: If you don't have the support of the people, it will be difficult to become an atmosphere.
Zhang Xianzhong retorted to him: I am not for the position of the emperor, and I am free of my suffering.
The doctor will not forgive: That's not my business, do you want to live in front of you!
Zhang Xianzhong is worried that he is cheating, but the symptoms he said are true. So he asked the man to prove his medical skills. The doctor agreed: Whatever you want.
Zhang Xianzhong is a very suspicious person, but he is a hero in troubled times, and his mind is extremely meticulous: If a person is terminally ill, can you be cured?
The doctor was confident: yes, but where to find the terminally ill?
Zhang Xianzhong said: This is easy to do! After speaking, he ordered his subordinates to go to the street and casually arrested a middle-aged man. And he secretly poured arsenic on the man and carried him up to the hall. When the doctor saw this, he was furious and immediately rescued him. This rescue lasted for 5 consecutive days. It's medicine again, and it's acupuncture again. In the end, the man was saved.
Zhang Xianzhong ordered someone to arrest someone again, but this time he was given Heding Red or served with spirits. When the man was brought up, he couldn't even breathe. If the doctor heals him as above, don't save this person. For more than ten days, without sleep, the doctor really couldn't support it and said to Zhang Xianzhong: Don't test it again, I'm tired to death if I test it again, how can I have the strength to heal you.
In this way, Zhang Xianzhong was convinced of his ability, so he asked him how to start, and the doctor said: to apply acupuncture in the heart, make decoction and supplementary food, and switch to moxibustion after three months. It can be cured in 7 years.
Zhang Xianzhong laughed when he heard it, no one has always been able to understand his thoughts: you are a good person, but your brain is surprisingly stupid. I thought you had some kind of heavenly skills. You know, no matter how good your medical skills are, I only have one life. How can I make you move iron in my heart? Your set of business of accumulating virtue and doing good, and the merit of how many lives saved by one life, are not finely calculated. If you want me to say, pass on the prescriptions and treatment techniques to me, and let yourself study them slowly. Not only that, Dr. Bao's life is not expensive. also promised that he would not kill people easily from now on, and fulfilled the doctor's meritorious heart.
Zhang Xianzhong himself felt that this deal was very reasonable, but the doctor's reply was beyond his expectations: the medicine house and acupuncture are easy to handle, but the preparation of this medicine requires an extraordinary thing.
Zhang Xianzhong asked him: What is it?
The doctor said, "A good nose." You need to smell the rain three days later, and the thunder ten days later.
That Zhang Xianzhong was angry: how can this nose hear the sound. Zhang Xianzhong, a person who practiced martial arts, had a prominent position in that year, and it was a troubled time. He has seen many masters with real skills, and there are naturally not a few. When this doctor spoke, his demeanor was very calm, and he didn't know what strange skills he had.
The doctor thought that Zhang Xianzhong didn't understand, and explained to him: Without this nose, the prescription is useless for you to take. The prescription had already been written, and he took it out of the bookshelf as he spoke. Zhang Xianzhong ordered his subordinates to study for several days, and they all said that this medicine was full of highly poisonous things, although the monarch and the ministers were well matched, but they were definitely killed if they took it.
Zhang Xianzhong thought that the doctor was lying. He was ordered to be imprisoned and tortured. The doctor was tortured, beaten to blood, and brought to court.
Zhang Xianzhong asked him: Is it painful to eat (can you stand it)? But the doctor raised his head and only said: difficult words, but not bitter.
Zhang Xianzhong asked him how to explain, but the doctor only said: It is difficult to write, and the difficulty lies in the fact that there is a poison in people's hearts, and it is not bitter in the pain of the body.
Zhang Xianzhong asked him what poison was, and the doctor said: It's just the word "suspicion".
Zhang Xianzhong was not embarrassed for him, he was still imprisoned, and somehow he got it, the doctor treated himself and recovered within a few days.
Zhang Xianzhong brought him to the court again, this time he was very polite, and asked the doctor: Can I find a person who has believed in me to be your apprentice, and you can train this person's nose and let him help me heal? The doctor thought for a moment and said, "Yes." It's just that such people are hard to find!
Zhang Xianzhong laughed again: In the world, the last thing I am afraid of looking for is people, just say.
In the past few days, the doctor has often seen Zhang Xianzhong laughing like this, knowing that he has a problem with his mind, but he can't say it clearly, so he told him: I can find it, but I'm afraid you can't afford to wait. It is necessary to grow a vegetarian in the mother's womb, not to eat meat, fast as scheduled every month, and to meditate. He also wants this person to have blood in his heart, and a heart that is merciful and saves the world. At the same time, there must be merit that has saved the lives of hundreds of people. indifferent to fame and fortune, and so on. In short, he is a kind person of the best class in the world. The doctor's original intention is to influence this demon and be able to turn back, do you think this is a nerd's idea? This was asked to Wang Jin.
At this time, Wang Jin was concentrating listening to his mother's story, and he knelt for so long that he didn't feel numb in his legs.
Under the constant urging of his son, Wang had no choice but to continue to speak. Zhang Xianzhong shook his head: You, the chosen person, what is the meaning of living? Such people are not hard to find, they are not. The doctor said, "If you can find someone, you will be cured." How to make you without doubts, just say.
Zhang Xianzhong was really angry now, but his face was silent: If you find a good person with no nose, you can also pass on your medical skills? This was an angry sentence, and the murderous intent had already risen. But this doctor is stupid: he doesn't have a nose, and his eyes can smell it. Zhang Xianzhong was furious and ordered someone to cut off the doctor's nose at night. Wang Jin heard that Zhang Xianzhong was so cruel, and he felt sorry for this doctor.
The next day, bring it to the court. Zhang Xianzhong repeated the old trick again. I found someone to pour Heding Red and strong wine for the doctor to heal. After a few days, the doctor healed the patient in the same way, and he could no longer move.
Zhang Xianzhong forced him to ask: Is it difficult or painful now. The doctor said, "You don't have eyes, you can see with your ears." You can hear with your hands without ears. The cruelty of what Wang said couldn't be said by himself. In short, he gouged out his eyes again. The doctor was on crutches and covered with gauze on his face, and went to save people. Zhang Xianzhong only saw what tricks he had, the doctor tasted the herbs with his tongue, listened to the heartbeat of the patient with his ears, and listened to the sound of breathing. Zhang Xianzhong went crazy with anger, and prepared to have the doctor's tongue cut off and pierce his ears that night. I cut off my fingers as well. Let's see what else he means.
A cronie on the side came out at this time to persuade: "Your lord, you have done this." He doesn't know anything, how do you get him to heal you again? Zhang Xianzhong gave up.
The cronie risked his death at night to see the doctor. Go up and kowtow repeatedly. The doctor, like having eyes, told this cronie that he was very sorry that he had no means but could not save more people. begged, cronies helped him break off. Think about it, how did this doctor see Zhang Xianzhong, when the old mother of the original cronies was dying, this doctor came to the rescue. This cronie is a dutiful son, and the benefactor encountered this great disaster and risked death. This is a benefactor's request, and he is also a soldier, so he agreed to help.
The doctor, who sat quietly on the prison couch for an hour, explained many truths to this confidant, and passed on to him all the medical skills that could be passed on, but there was no pen and ink at that time. Later, this cronie went back to reorganize, according to him, less than one-tenth. The cronies sent the benefactor away in tears, and when he died, the doctor only had regret on his face, but felt no pain. On his deathbed, he also told this cronie: If you do more good deeds in the future, your children and grandchildren will definitely prosper. However, starting from the ground is nothing more than a dream in the end.
Wang Jin listened to his mother's words, he felt that this kind of person only old communists and martyrs of the founding of the country would have a feeling of calmly going to death, not to mention admiration that can be described. When I was a child, I learned a lot from books, but it was a story of serving the country loyally and throwing his head and blood. As I grew up, I always felt far away from myself. At this time, when I heard my mother talk about this, I felt that this doctor seemed to have some similarities with many revolutionary martyrs, but it was difficult to describe.
Wang Shirang continued: Zhang Xianzhong was also annoyed when he saw the doctor die the next day. Later, there were really fewer killings. It can also be regarded as a promise to the doctor's request to be kind to all living beings and people. If you think for yourself, how can tens of millions of people be killed by the army in a few years? In those thirteen years, Zhang Xianzhong killed countless people, and later there were many less. More often than not, famine and plague caused by war. However, these are all because of Zhang Xianzhong, and they are not wronged against him.
Poor, the army fell, and one day that cronie and a couple of brothers came to a fork in the road. The cronie stopped a few brothers and said they wanted to break up. Several people also had this intention, so they changed their outfits and became farmers collecting medicines. Barely living in the deep mountains and old forests. The cronies cultivated according to the doctor's instructions. In fact, the environment is evil, and the meat is not visible at all. It is to eat, and it is also a full meal for three days of hunger. This cronie just survived, forced by life, but he didn't feel how bitter it was, and the nose was repaired as scheduled.
When Wang Jin heard that his nose had been repaired, he was very happy for a cronie and for the great doctor. I thought that if I had extraordinary ability, I would inevitably have to endure pain that ordinary people could not bear. If you are noble before men, then you must suffer later! remembered that his grandfather said when he was a child that he would change his nose in the future, and his heart was full of blood. Hurriedly asked his mother: Is this person?
Wang nodded, knowing that he had guessed correctly: it is your ancestor of the fifteenth generation. Ever since he had learned the art passed down by the doctor, and passed it on to his brothers, no one had been able to learn it. However, since then, several people have wandered all over the world to practice medicine and save people. Your wife and grandfather, if you are good at healing, poisonous insects and snakes. I don't know which generation has settled down in this "Medicine King Valley".
I don't know which life the ancestors said: Grandpa Taizu was on his deathbed and reflected on his life. When he was young, his family was also poor. burned and looted everywhere with Zhang Xianzhong's army, and changed his nature. Even, guarding the city gates, geese plucking feathers. People save two eggs, and he will also break and eat the yellow. And there is no guilt at all, not a benefactor to guide me, I don't know what the result is. He pondered this truth of good and evil all his life, and finally understood a truth. No matter how many good things you do, you will still be punished, and the good and evil cannot cancel each other.
He himself was good at dealing with snakes, so he wanted his descendants to accumulate virtue and do good, so he replaced the portrait of his benefactor with the statue of the king of heaven, and from then on he wanted his descendants to be ordinary people.
Before I knew it, time flew by, and Wang Jin's legs were unconscious.
Wang saw Wang Jin's forehead sweating, he knelt like this and listened to his grandfather's lecture back then, knowing how painful his leg was, but there were still important things to say, important things to take out: these are the reasons for your ancestors. As he spoke, he took out a few pages. This is what your grandfather wrote on his deathbed, and he said: If you take the things of your ancestors, you can't change them for the rest of your life, and you need to do what you want to do. Think for yourself. Your uncle just didn't answer, he felt he couldn't do it. Your Wang family has always been honest, one is one, and two is ah. I don't know how to come out with such a baby as your father, you know the result. There are many requirements, no meat, no tobacco, and so on. None of your father's rules followed. It's not a good deal, and if you don't have a good heart, you can't take it. My son, aren't we going to do it?
Wang Jin thought for a long time, he came back this time, and he didn't dare to tell his mother about the hardships of working in a big city, and when he heard these secrets in his family, how could you make this young man have no ideas, so he asked: The ancestors left this thing, is it just something to consider for others? What about myself? Can I make a fortune?
Wang knows his son's thoughts, but he is a woman, this kind of big thing, when his grandfather was dying, he repeatedly told him to make up his own mind, so he said: Your father's actions, tell you. I haven't seen it either, and I can't tell you.
Wang Jin said: What are the benefits of that? Wang thought for a while: This depends on good fortune. Your grandfather said that it is difficult to say that good fortune is such a thing. If the blessed are the ones who understand now. If you are not blessed, you can learn to help others in a small way, and you can understand it slowly, always in a way that broadens your mind. But I don't know what this heart is.
Wang Jin asked: Can this big-hearted person hold all kinds of troubles? Can you stand a thousand kinds of tiredness?
Wang said: I don't know about this. If your mother knows your troubles, your mother is willing to bear it for you.
When Wang Jin heard this, he kowtowed his head to the portrait of the ancestor and grandfather without saying a word.
So, Wang handed a few pieces of paper to Wang Jin: Your grandfather said: The more precious things are, the more people will fight for them. If you don't look at it, you have to watch it once. After reading it, I want you to burn it immediately. You can get as much as you can. If there are too many goods, they will inevitably be killed. Less, saving the world can always come in handy. Treasures are not necessarily good, you have to think about it.
Wang Jin stood up and moved his muscles. After drinking water and resting, I took the paper and read it again. Among them, there are pharmacology, the distribution of snakes in the world, and various incurable diseases. Looking at it, the amount of information is too much, and I forget the front after looking at it. When he was about to come back to see, Wang held it down. Wang Jinhan stayed, and the speed of the turtle crawling behind was simply slow. I saw a special text, which mainly talks about a series of methods of nose cultivation, a bunch of crappy traditional characters, and I don't even recognize them. In the end, it is a Taiji diagram, two black and white symbolic graphics (Hetu, Luoshu), but at this time I don't recognize it.
Finally finished reading, Wang Jin burned in front of the portrait according to his grandfather's instructions, the precious wealth left by these fifteen generations. He was in a very conflicted mood at the time, this thing is gone, how can future generations know about it. Even if his ability is not enough, is it not good to contribute to the country, Wang Jin hesitated a few times, and was ready to give up. When he sheltered from the rain in the mountains, his grandfather's kind face came to mind. His eyes were full of indescribable wisdom, and Wang Jin watched as the paper in his hand turned into ashes and slowly fell to the ground.
Wang Jinsheng was afraid that he would forget the words immediately, so he said to his mother: I'll go back to the house and sleep for a while. He went to the portrait of the Heavenly King, bowed down again, and left on his own.
Wang himself knelt in front of the statue of the Heavenly King, and muttered a lot silently, not knowing what he said.