By this time, Nicholas was nervous, worried that the medical breakthrough he had managed to find would be messed up. Listening to Huang Chenkuan's words, he was even more frightened, and his eyes swept the shadow on the car glass, which was really a black hole gun. His body stiffened and he didn't dare to move, for fear that he would lose control of his emotions or go off the gun. Weakly persuaded: "Mr. Huang, don't get excited, Mr. Zhou is just in shock temporarily, we need to find a place for him to rest as soon as possible, and the time must not be delayed." ”

"Ah Kuan, don't, don't be impulsive, Ah Kuan." Lu Jiayu was also frightened by this mutation. She never thought that Huang Chenkuan would have a gun on him, so she quickly persuaded him, "Brother Yi is still breathing, let's find a way to save him first." Nicholas, figure it out! ”

"Yes, yes, I'm thinking, I'm thinking. Mr. Huang, please put away the gun and call the hotel to let Mr. Zhou lie down more comfortably. "Nicholas's body didn't dare to move at all, and although he came from a military family, he was a complete medical idiot.

"No, I don't believe him. Get in the car, let's go find the medicine hall. Huang Chenkuan thought that the miracle doctor Guo Xiong said seemed to be in Liaocheng, and asked while getting into the car, "Miss Jiayu, do you remember what Guo Xiong said about the imperial doctor?" It seems to be in Liaocheng. ”

"Now it's better to find a western hospital, the decoction has no effect on him." Nicola always thought that his plan was not wrong, "If we can get a plane, we will go directly to the University Hospital of Heidelberg (1), Mr. Marcos-"

"Shut up!" Huang Chenkuan pointed at Nicholas with a gun, and then pointed to the co-pilot's seat, "You sit in front, quickly." Miss Jiayu, you sit in the back and try to raise the head and feet of the eldest young master as much as possible, so as not to let him fall down. ”

"Oh." Lu Jiayu agreed to sit in the back, put Zhou Yizhi's feet on the door handle, and put his head on her lap, to see if he still had breathing to feel a little relieved. Seeing Huang Chenkuan put the gun into his clothes, he couldn't help but say, "Ah Kuan, give it to me, I'll keep it for you." ”

"Miss Jiayu, you-well, I'm not loaded, you have it loaded, be careful not to let the bad guys steal it!" Huang Chenkuan said as he handed the gun to Lu Jiayu, knowing that she didn't want him to use it on Nicholas. In fact, he was just angry just now, and he didn't intend to hurt anyone.

"Don't worry, I'm a doctor, I'm a rescuer, not a harm!" Nicholas hastened to make a statement.

"Shut up! I didn't tell you to stop talking! Huang Chenkuan had already started the engine and drove forward to look at both sides, "It's a big night, and there is no one on the road to ask." ”

"Ah Kuan, didn't that Assistant Guo say that pockmarks are in Dongguan? This is Xiguan, and you can get there if you keep walking forward. Lu Jiayu loaded the gun and hugged Zhou Yizhi, and after speaking, he put his ear to his heart, and he could vaguely hear the sound of a slow heartbeat, and couldn't help but pray silently.

The car drove slowly along the road, there was a gravel road in front of the headlights, and occasionally a window was lit, and there was really no one on the street. After the West Pass, enter the West Gate, in front of the West Street is Lou Xi Street, in the night can not see the street sign and house number, in front of the Guangyue Building (2) they do not know. After leaving the east gate is Dongguan Street, Huang Chenkuan slowed down, paid attention to the signboards on both sides, and finally saw a large pharmacy in Huairentang.

Huang Chenkuan got out of the car and called for the door, and after a while, someone muttered to open the door, and when he saw the car parked outside the door, he no longer complained. Because there is no car in the entire Liaocheng, I know that the other party has a background. Huang Chenkuan picked up Zhou Yizhi and followed the man inside, asking as he walked, and when he entered the inner hall, his heart was half cold. There is a Yue Mazi here, yes, it's not wrong to be the shopkeeper of this pharmacy, but Yue Mazi has been dead for several years. The current shopkeeper is his eldest son, and the doctor in the hall is his fellow disciple Kong Di.

There was not much time, Kong Di ran over while wearing a coat to cut Zhou Yizhi's pulse, and then asked about the medical history, and shook his head and asked them to ask Gao Ming. Huang Chenkuan didn't have much hope for Kong Di, but what could he do at this time. Nicholas asked if there was a western hospital in the city, and the young man said that there was a church clinic in Nanguan, but the missionaries had come to see his master.

Lu Jiayu anxiously looked at Nicholas, and then at Kong Di, feeling that the old Chinese medicine doctor in his fifties in front of him was kind and kind, as if he had the ability, and pleaded with Kong Di eagerly. Kong Di shook his head again and sighed, and said helplessly: "Girl, it's not that you can't save yourself when you see death, you really can't do anything!" If you come ten and a half days early, you may have a glimmer of life. Now, the most he can do is to use acupuncture to protect his heart, which is nothing more than prolonging for more than ten hours, which is useless. ”

Nicholas's eyes lit up when he heard Kong Di's words, and he said excitedly: "If the old man can ensure that Mr. Zhou's heart does not fail, we can send him to Heidelberg, and Mr. Marcos will definitely be able to save him!" ”

"Then help! Doctor, save the brother who rescues Yi! Lu Jiayu shouted anxiously.

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Kong Di looked at Nicholas in surprise, and then noticed that he was a foreigner, but this statement was so ridiculous that Dr. Yang was probably bragging. said that he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the needle box to inject Zhou Yizhi's acupuncture points.

"Old man, is there a telephone nearby? We had to borrow planes from the German embassy. Nicholas spoke to Kong Di, but his eyes looked at Lu Jiayu, meaning to let her know that he would have to rely on him to save people in the end.

"Telephone? What is a telephone? Kong Di shook his head in surprise, as if the foreigner's words were full of novelties.

"Master, I know." De Shun'er said loudly, "The telephone is a small box that can talk, sometimes it is male and sometimes female. There is one in Gujia Hutong, and there is also one in the shopkeeper of Wenhua Bookstore in Dongmen. ”

"Then take us there." Nicholas grabbed Shun'er, took two steps and stopped looking at Huang Chenkuan, "No, I can't go." Mr. Huang, you go, I'll write you the number. As he spoke, he took out a notebook and pen from the inner pocket of his dress, wrote a number, tore it off and handed it to Huang Chenkuan, "Call this number to find Blake, and say that Colonel Martin Schneider's son, Nicholas, is critically ill and urgently needs to be sent to Heidelberg for treatment." ”

Huang Chenkuan originally wanted to ask him why he didn't call in person, but now he understood that he lied to himself to save Zhou Yizhi, nodded in agreement, and pulled Shun'er out.

The car turned around and drove back, and when he entered the east gate, Shun'er said that there would definitely be no one in the bookstore at night, so he simply went to the bookstore's shopkeeper Ji Wenhua's house to look for it. So, the two drove west along Loudong Street, went north to Guangyue Building, and after driving for a while, they entered West Street of the Provincial Department of Highways and found the Ji family's mansion diagonally opposite the West Garden. There are four big red lanterns hanging under the high gatehouse, and the word "season" is written in the middle. On the front pillar of the door with the thickness of the two bowls, there is a pair of black characters on a red background: "I like to see the Demen Zhaoluan Phoenix, and welcome the mandarin ducks in Jiahu with a smile", and the top beam is horizontally batched: "Kyushu Yinghui", and the two big "Xi" characters on the black and bright door. Apparently a happy event.

De Shun'er didn't dare to knock on the door too late, Huang Chenkuan was so anxious that he didn't care about anything, and slammed the door with a fist. There was an old man inside who promised to run over and open the door, and when he saw that De Shun'er seemed to have seen it, he couldn't tell who it was, and then he saw that Huang Chenkuan didn't know him, and he instantly put down his face, and asked impatiently what they were doing. Huang Chenkuan politely said that it was the family of Zhou Yizhi, a businessman from Nanxun, who was in trouble when passing by, and wanted to borrow his phone. The man shook his head like a wave drum when he heard this, saying something like "the master is not here", "the second young master is in the bookstore", "the people next to him can't enter the study", and after saying "bang", he closed the door and put on the latch (3).

Huang Chenkuan wanted to break in and make a phone call, but he thought that it was best not to cause trouble on other people's land, after all, they had already encountered a big problem. Thinking of this, Shun'er knew where the bookstore was, so Shun'er nodded. The two got in the car and returned to Loudong Street along the original road, and found Wenhua Bookstore among dozens of paintings, literary halls, and bookstores. When I got to the door, I still slammed the door for a while, and it took a long time to complain about someone coming out from the inside. He was short in his thirties, with two moustaches. At first glance, it looks very dark, but if you look closely, there is a fist-sized black on the left side of your face, and you don't know if it's a scar or a birthmark. He poked his head out and asked Huang Chenkuan what he meant, ran a few steps and stood at the back door and shouted inside: "Second young master, second young master, come out, it's someone from the Nanxun Zhou family who is looking for you to talk about something!" ”

After two or three minutes, a tall young man in his early twenties stepped out of it. Thick eyebrows, small eyes, high nose, narrow long face, wearing a blue-gray gown, and a black melon shell hat. If it weren't for the fact that the eyeballs in the triangular eyes were a little yellow, he would really be a handsome young man. When the second young master entered the door of the second hall and saw Huang Chenkuan, he smiled and hugged his fists and said, "I have been looking up to the name of the shopkeeper of Zhou for a long time, and it is really a blessing to see him today." Fortunately, fortunately! ”

"The young master of the Ji family is polite, the little Ah Kuan has seen the young master of the Ji family. My eldest young master is now on Dongguan Street, so let the little one borrow the telephone in your house. Huang Chenkuan hurriedly clenched his fists and was polite to the man, for fear that Second Young Master Ji would not lend it to him.

"Oh? Borrowing a telephone? No problem, you guys come home with me—huh? Second Young Master Ji said and came to the car, walked around for half a circle and came back to look at Huang Chenkuan, "Brother Ah Kuan, this is an American product, right?" ”

"Yes, this is an American Buick. Young Master Ji, please get in the car, the little one has an urgent matter to call the German Embassy. Huang Chenkuan quickly opened the car door and turned around to get into the car.

At the door of the bookstore, the man with two hands ran to the car in a few steps and said in a low voice: "Second young master, what about that guy inside?" ”

"Go home first, let him live a few more hours." After the second young master Ji finished speaking, he watched the two beards turn off the lights and close the door, and then ran back to get into the car and sit beside him. He probably felt that it was inappropriate, and looked at Huang Chenkuan and smiled awkwardly, "My friend sent a wild deer, I will cook it tomorrow, bring a bowl to your shopkeeper, and drive." ”

"Thank you for the kindness of the young master of the Ji family, my young master went to Germany overnight." Huang Chenkuan started the car, slowly turned around, and drove west.

"In this case, let's find another opportunity, Shopkeeper Zhou's business has been good lately? Isn't it interesting to come to Liaocheng to send a ......" Second Young Master Ji asked as if he was opening a chatterbox, Huang Chenkuan was in a hurry, and he had to deal with him in order to borrow the phone.

The car stopped at the door of the Ji family's mansion again, and the second young master Ji's attendant slammed the door hard. It was the old man who came out before, and when he saw that it was their second young master, he opened the door wide and stood aside and waited for a few people to enter before slowly closing the door and passing through the latch. After Huang Chenkuan dialed the phone on the note, the other party was indeed the German Embassy in Tianjin, but after hearing his name, he was too timid to call someone. He had to plead again and repeatedly emphasize that the son of Senior Colonel Martin Schneider was dying, and that man would go. It took at least twenty minutes for someone to pick up the phone again, claiming to be Blake Weber. Huang Chenkuan again stated that Nicholas was in a critical condition and needed to be flown to Heidelberg. Blake Webb said to try to arrange it, and hung up after asking for the address.

Lu Jiayu and Nicholas were anxious, looking out of the door from time to time, and they didn't hear the sound of cars for a long time. Lu Jiayu looked at Zhou Yizhi's appearance and wiped his tears, and kept urging a guy called a dog to look outside the door to see if he came back. Nicholas checked Zhou Yizhi's condition several times, his heart rhythm was below forty, his breathing was weak, and he couldn't hear it.

When I was anxious, the wooden door of the front hall rang three or four times. Lu Jiayu and Goudan trotted over to open the door at the same time, but after the door opened, she was frightened and fainted, because she fainted blood. The dog called out "Master" a few times, and Nicholas and Kong Di hurriedly went over to take a look, and they were also startled. A bloodstained man lay on the threshold, and he hurriedly carried him back to the back hall for inspection. Nicholas also carried Lu Jiayu back, rested on a chair outside the back hall, and took off his coat and put it on top of her.

When Nicholas came to Kong Di's side to watch, the person who came had already lost his breath, Kong Di wiped his hands and sighed and said, "It's an ominous night, Zhou Gongzi is afraid that his life will not be long!" ”

Nicholas stared at the corpse on the bed, and suddenly a bold idea came to him - change hearts! As long as the transplant is performed before the person's heart fails, there is a high chance that the heart will be resurrected again, and Zhou Yizhi's deformed and weakened heart may be reborn after being replaced. Thinking of this, he told Kong Di his thoughts and reasons, Kong Di's face changed several times in a few minutes, and then waved his hand to let the dog out.

A few minutes later, Kong Di went over and bolted the door in the back hall, closed the curtains, and moved the two pillar lamps to the hospital bed......

For this bold attempt, not only Nicholas had great hopes, but Kong Di also wanted to see how amazing Western medicine was. And such an operation, let alone them, even for countless domestic and foreign industry predecessors for thousands of years, it is unthinkable. Kong Di's idea is very simple, he just assists the foreign doctor to use the knife, and the success of the matter not only has one more opportunity to learn from, but the whole Liaocheng and even the whole country will know that this great operation is from his Huairentang. Once it fails, this is a ridiculous thing done by a foreigner, and he goes to the county government to explain the situation. Regardless of success or failure, with the current prestige of the Nanxun Zhou family, the consultation fee will not be too shabby.

It was already one o'clock in the morning when Huang Chenkuan returned to Huairen Hall, and when he entered the back hall, he saw that Zhou Yizhi had undergone surgery, and his face was much whiter than before. Kong Di hurriedly pulled him to the corner of the wall to show righteousness: "Little brother, don't get excited!" Although foreign devils have defied the condemnation of the world, the starting point is also for your young master? Think about it, can you go abroad with your young master's current condition, but what if he wakes up? The foreign devil has opened a precedent in the medical field, and it is naturally the first achievement, but it is not easy for you to saddle the horse and carry the pressure on the front horse for the master! Can your young master forget you? Take 10,000 steps back, even if your young master swallows, it is unexpected, and your owner naturally can't blame you. Even if you sell your car and find a hidden place to start a new business, what else can anyone do? The reason why the old man tolerates the operation of foreign devils is also in the heart of the doctor's parents! Brother! ”

After listening to these words, Huang Chenkuan gradually felt that there was indeed a big difference between people. At the same time, we also realize that there are two sides to human beings, and that the right and wrong are not eternal, and that the choice of things often depends on the angle of focus. The more capable a person is, the more bizarre his values are, and even if two people are from the same perspective, the results caused by different values are very different. Nicholas saw that Huang Chenkuan's emotions gradually calmed down, and he leaned over, once again showing that he was aiming to cure the sick and save people, and was willing to take all the responsibility and accusations for this. Of course, he was afraid that Huang Chenkuan would beat him to death with excitement, and any medical breakthrough would completely disappear.

After a total of three people, Nicholas took full responsibility and honor for this operation. In the future, while carrying forward medical skills, we will make every effort to help Huang and Kong develop their pharmaceutical careers in Shanghai. Huang Chenkuan promised to transfer 100,000 yuan from the Zhou family to fund Kong Di to open a pharmacy, and the profits were divided into four or six percent. Zhou Yizhi was sent back to Nanxun regardless of life or death, and his illness had a very high mortality rate. The dead stranger was a dead man, and Kong Di asked the two men to be dragged to the canal at night to bury it, and the two men each received two hundred yuan of ocean hardship.

Just when the sky was faint, Lu Jiayu was awakened by Huang Chenkuan's several "Big Young Master" and "How do you feel, Big Young Master". Ran into the back room and saw that Zhou Yizhi had really woken up, and Nicholas and Kong Di excitedly cut their pulse and listened to their heartbeat to measure their blood pressure. Nicholas saw Lu Jiayu and said happily, "Jiayu, do you see it?" Mr. Zhou is fine, the pressure is one hundred and one, the pressure is seventy-eight, the heart rate is seventy-three, everything is normal! ”

"Oh? So good? Brother Yizhi, how do you feel? Lu Jiayu came to Zhou Yizhi's side to take a closer look, his face was still pale, and his eyes were scattered and weak.

"I'm fine, I'm just a little tired." Zhou Yizhi was also in a happy mood, and then turned his head to look at Huang Chenkuan, "Chen Kuan, you have to thank the two doctors for me." Inquire about Mr. Gu Qingyuan's residence and arrange a meeting with us as soon as possible, the business opportunity is fleeting. ”

Huang Chenkuan was just about to agree, but Lu Jiayu spoke: "Brother Yizhi, don't be in a hurry to do things when you are recovering from a serious illness, your body is the biggest capital." Ah Kuan, don't listen to him, first ask someone to cook some porridge for him. Huang Chenkuan saw that Zhou Yizhi just smiled faintly and went out.

Nicholas kept laughing happily and told Lu Jiayu that he couldn't give him food for the time being. She took out a notebook and a pen from her covered coat, and lay down on the table to write seriously. Kong Di smiled and asked questions next to him, feeling more and more magical about Western medicine.

At this time, someone called the door again. There was not much time for two Germans in suits to come in, and when they came in, they were very emotional when they saw Nicholas, and then they chatted with each other. It turned out that they were people from the German embassy in Tianjin, who rushed over overnight after receiving a call from Huang Chenkuan, and the military helicopter was parked on the canal-side wharf not far to the south. Nicholas lied that his illness had been cured by Kong Di, and left them to have breakfast before returning to Tianjin. Kong Di was also very happy to see this lively atmosphere, and while asking people to call the shopkeeper's nephew, he told the dog to hurry up and go to the street to buy breakfast and come back.

While eating, Zhou Yizhi suddenly felt angina, which was much more serious than the previous palpitations. Nicholas hurriedly injected him with a morphine first, and then measured his blood pressure and heart rate, and his face turned white with fright. Only then did I remember that there was no match between the blood type of the person and Zhou Yizhi before the operation, which was a rejection of the body, and heart failure was likely to occur next. Lu Jiayu touched Zhou Yizhi's forehead in the past and asked Kong Di what to do, she thought that Kong Di cured Zhou Yizhi. Kong Di was even more confused, he reached over to check the pulse, and his eyes instantly widened to the extreme. The intermittent and unstable rhythm of the pulse is a manifestation of the decline of the dirty qi. I couldn't help but shake my head and sigh again, which was a little more serious than when I first met.

Zhou Yizhi himself also felt very uncomfortable, and knew that this might be the return of the legend. He smiled faintly and looked at the tearful Lu Jiayu and said, "Don't cry Yinhuan, you won't be able to marry if you keep shedding tears and become toad eyes (4)." Chen Kuan, come here. He said that he wanted to stretch out his hand to beckon Huang Chen Kuan, but he found that his arm did not obey the call, and shook his head with a wry smile, "Chen Kuan, I will take good care of Yinhuan for me after I go, and I can't count on the affairs of the family, alas." ”

Hearing this, Huang Chenkuan's tears flowed out, and "poof" knelt in front of Zhou Yizhi. Lu Jiayu cried even more. I only heard Zhou Yizhi continue: "In the affairs of the family, you have to do your best to help the red cherry blossoms to support, and by the way, cultivate Zhuozhi." The ancestral business methods will inevitably be eliminated in the future, and the formation of a group joint-stock system can be invincible. You contact Mr. Gu and Mr. Luo as soon as possible to facilitate this matter, and the salt industry will have an immediate effect, and other industries can follow suit. Remember to do everything yourself, I will go up and down to you on behalf of the Zhou family-" He said that he wanted to get out of bed and kowtow to Zhou Yizhi, but he almost fell out of bed.

"Young Master, don't, Chen Kuan can't afford it! Master, you'll be fine! Huang Chenkuan hurriedly knelt down and took half a step to support Zhou Yizhi, tears pouring out.

"No, it can't be like this, how can it be?" Lu Jiayu suddenly came to his senses and shouted with tears, "Doctor, hurry up and use a needle for Brother Yizhi?" Aren't you able to protect his heart? Nicholas? Aren't you going to take Brother Yi back to China? Hurry up! ”

Kong Di and Nicholas glanced at each other and understood that she didn't know about the operation, but it was useless to explain to her now, so neither of them moved. This burst of crying and shouting attracted more than a dozen people to watch at the door, including medical hall guys and guests who came to see the doctor early. Zhou Yizhi suddenly understood that Lu Jiayu's feelings for him were by no means more than the brothers and sisters in the world, and persuaded her weakly: "Yinhuan, forget it, the matter has come to this point, and the foolish brother will admit it." ”

"Never!" Lu Jiayu said as he turned over the pistol from his satchel. "Click" opened the insurance and shook it back and forth at everyone, "Doctor, use the needle!" Nicholas, get Brother Yi on the plane, or I-" A shot went off as he spoke. The lamppost behind Kong Di was broken in two, so frightened that he hurriedly bent down to get the needle box, there was no choice but to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

The others were also terrified, and the people at the door even ran out a long way to look back. The two Germans looked anxiously at the gun in Lu Jiayu's hand and asked Nicholas what to do in German. Frightened, frightened, helpless and sympathetic, he weakly shouted at them: "Schnell, schnell, Hör auf Sie." (Listen to her)"

Twenty minutes later, on the large pier by the canal, a dark green military helicopter slowly rose. The front and co-pilot seats are two people from the embassy. Zhou Yizhi was lying on the floor of the cabin, with a coarse cloth striped quilt under him, and he was already unconscious when he left Huairentang. Nicholas turned his back to the cockpit, his anxious eyes swept to the other side from time to time, and his heart felt like knocking over a five-flavor bottle, and he couldn't say what it tasted like. Across from him sat Lu Jiayu, his hands still clenched at the pistol, tears still streaming down his cheeks. She didn't know why it was like this, or what would happen next. The only thing she can be sure of is that she will do everything for her brother Yizhi, and she doesn't care about any tears, money, face, or even life.

Note: (1) Cities in southern Germany. (2) It is a famous ancient building located in the center of the ancient city of Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, built in the Ming Dynasty. (3) Door latch (shuān), the horizontal insertion on the inside of an old-fashioned door. (4) Describe excessive crying, and the eyes will be red and swollen like frog eyes.