"How can I help?" Xu Mu stepped forward to talk.

Hippocrates didn't look up at Xu Mu.

It's not about respect or not, the main thing is that he's really busy.

"There are more patients today, so I'm sorry if you want to get any mercenary assignments from me." Hippocrates responded, reaching out to lift up a yellow-faced patient by the wall.

"Stick your tongue out."

The patient does so.

Hippocrates looked at the coating of his tongue and then at the underside of the patient's eyes.

Compress the patient's slightly puffy leg.

"Other than these, what other symptoms does he have these days?" He asked the patient's wife.

"He has to go to the toilet several times a day." The wife clasped her hands tightly together and said with a sad face: "My husband must have been heard by the gods for those complaining words he said before going to bed a few days ago, and the gods are going to punish him now?" ”

"It has nothing to do with the gods." Hippocrates shook his head, "Where do you live?" ”

"In the Pseton district of the lower river realm of Athens, we are slaves...... wife's expression became more and more painful, and her mouth was still muttering: "It must be the punishment of the gods, this must be the punishment...... My husband was always complaining about why the gods weren't lenient with him, why they had to make him suffer so much. ”

"Psyton downstream? No wonder ......" Hippocrates picked up the key word, ignored his wife's chatter, and added: "Your husband has been drinking unclean water for a long time, and now his body is full of ...... It's all ......."

He paused, clenching his fists slightly to find an exact description of the thing.

But I didn't know how to describe it for a while.

Through the medical experience accumulated over many years.

Hippocrates could sense that there was a substance that was causing the body's lesions.

But he couldn't know what it was.

Even if he secretly dissected the corpses in private, contrary to religion, he would not be able to find any more useful information in the rotting flesh.

"Bacteria." Xu Mu replied with his arms against the wall.

Hippocrates glanced at Xu Mu slightly.

Xu Mu pinched the broken spear in his hand and played with it, and said: "The tiny harmful substances in the human body, too many of which will cause human body lesions." ”

Although he is not a master who is proficient in medical skills, as a modern person, Xu Mu still knows the most basic medical knowledge.

"If you drink unclean water for a long time, bacteria will erode the stomach and intestines, and eventually damage the five internal organs. The lower limbs are swollen, indicating that they have rotted to the kidneys. ”

"And what should my husband do?" The wife walked quickly in front of Xu Mu, and said anxiously: "Please, I can't live without my husband......"

Xu Mu saw despair in her eyes.

For a woman in ancient Greece, losing her husband meant losing everything.

They have little financial resources.

"I'm the doctor." Hippocrates emphasized with a disgruntled opening at this point.

He wasn't worried that Xu Mu would steal the limelight from him.

Hippocrates didn't pay attention to these things, and it was the ability to treat the sick that was the most important thing.

It doesn't matter who will complete the redemption.

Mainly, Xu Mu was dressed as a mercenary, which made Hippocrates preconceived that this kid was full of nonsense.

Mercenaries usually travel around and have seen a lot of things. But most of them are hearsay, chasing after the wind, and they don't really study the correctness of those things.

In medicine, life is at stake, and it is necessary to pay special attention to rigor.

"Listen to me, this wife. After taking your husband back, drink some clean water, maybe it will relieve some relief. As soon as Hippocrates finished speaking, he was retorted by Xu Mu.

"Are you sure they can afford clean water upstream?"

Water purification has been improved to a great extent in the past 100 years with the development of science and technology and the opening of waterways.

If you go back in time, let alone the ancient Greek period.

Even medieval Europeans couldn't afford to drink clean water, otherwise they wouldn't have caused one plague after another to sweep through Europe for hundreds of years.

Moreover, the family is still the lowest slave, with almost no human rights.

If you want to drink pure fresh water from natural water sources upstream, don't even think about it.

Hippocrates frowned, a little impatient with the young mercenary: "Of course I know, but my job is only to see a doctor, and I can't help them more." If he wants to survive, he has to find a way to get clean water. Is there a better way for you to alleviate it than to let them drink upstream? ”

"Absolutely." Xu Mu smiled confidently.

And it's a very simple solution.

In the land where he was born, even ordinary people who don't know any medical knowledge know about it.

"Drink boiled water, dig a pit next to the downstream, divert water into the pit and let the dense sand filter the water once, then filter it with a more delicate cloth a few times, and finally boil it over a high fire."

"Are you sure?" Hippocrates was a little suspicious.

The method proposed by Xu Mu was unheard of by him.

I've never heard of drinking water that needs to be boiled.

Isn't this an extra move to take off your pants and fart?

"You can try." Xu Mu didn't want to bother talking.

It is still more than 2,000 years before the birth of the germ theory.

If they can't understand what bacteria are, they can't understand why raw water needs to be boiled to sterilize it.

"I hope your method really works, but don't hurt my patients by hearsay." Hippocrates ordered his assistant to go to the nearby downstream area and filtered a pot of water according to Xu Mu's method.

Another bonfire was set up to boil the water, and while waiting for the water to boil, two patients were consulted.

Soon, the assistant came with a bowl of warm boiled water to cool down.

Hippocrates took the bowl suspiciously and took a sip.

His face changed suddenly!

Doctors were not a noble profession in Athens, and Hippocrates was not qualified to drink the pure water upstream.

He could clearly feel that the downstream water that had been filtered and then fired tasted significantly better!

Not only is the water softer, but there is also no obvious watery smell!

Both the taste and the palate, the water after cooking is better than drinking it directly!

"How does this work?" Hippocrates was shocked, and his eyes when he looked at Xu Mu also changed, and he hurriedly got up and walked in front of Xu Mu: "I'm sorry, forgive me for my arrogant attitude just now, I'm just worried that the way of hearsay from the layman will aggravate the patient's condition." ”

"It's fine." Xu Mufeng said lightly.

To be honest, doctors should have a more serious attitude.

Everything is so-so, and it is the patient who suffers in the end.

Besides, let alone ancient Greece.

Even in modern times, there is no other country in the world that drinks boiled water.

It is normal for the doctor to be suspicious if he coldly says, 'Let the patient drink more hot water'.

Soon, Xu Mu explained his intention to Hippocrates.

After learning this, Hippocrates pondered for a moment, and then slowly shook his head: "This warrior, it's not that I don't want to help you. Democracy and monarchy are not important to me, as long as more patients can be rehabilitated, it is my responsibility. ”

"But, now you can see the environment of the entire city of Athens."

"All the healed patients, without exception, believe that the gods have forgiven them."

"I never said that God gave sickness, so I was warned by the priests of the Apollo Temple in Athens the other day."

There was a bit of sadness and helplessness in these remarks.

Obviously, he just wanted to learn medicine to save people, but he found that the patients he saved didn't believe in himself at all.

couldn't help but let Xu Mu sigh in his heart that spanned thousands of years.

Studying medicine could not save the Athenians.

"If they do it again, then refuse to be treated. Since healing them is the business of the gods, send them to the gods. Xu Mu's voice fell, and Hippocrates was about to say something.

At this time, two more people walked in outside the door, a mother carrying a child on her back, choking and breaking down as soon as she entered the door, crying loudly.

"Save my child! Somehow, he can't breathe now......"

Hippocrates hurriedly pulled a blanket and asked the mother to lay the child flat on the ground.

After a closer inspection, Xu Mu was also looking.

The child's eyes were rolling, his lips were already black, and his skin was faintly lilac, which was obviously a symptom of hypoxia.

Hippocrates, on the other hand, reached out and twisted some crumbs from the child's lips.

"What was your child doing before this?" He asked.

The mother had already lost her mind in a panic, and her lips were trembling.

"I just let him eat some bread, and he ate it too quickly, but soon he fell straight out of his chair."

"Choking?" Hippocrates Road.

"At first I thought he was choking, but no amount of slapping on his back worked...... Spare me, my gods, poor boy, who has never done anything wrong...... It's me who is at fault, I shouldn't have stolen this piece of bread in the store where I work...... I didn't expect retribution to come so quickly. The mother prayed on her chest, then turned to Hippocrates: "I have prayed to the gods, now save my child!" ”

Just now how reverent she was when she begged the gods, how unkind she was when she spoke to Hippocrates at this moment.

As if he was being ordered to do what he was supposed to do.

Just as Hippocrates was preparing to do some salvage.

A broken spear was plunged directly into the ground, not far from Hippocrates' hand.

Xu Mu crossed his arms between the two, looked at his mother coldly and said, "Don't save it." ”

"Who are you? What are you doing?? You murderer!! You're going to kill my child!! The mother began to be hysterical and let out a high-pitched cry that drew the sideways glances of the people around her.

"Since you think your child needs the help of the gods, take the child and go to the gods." Xu Mu said coldly: "Until your attitude changes, we will not save your child." I need you to understand one thing, it was the doctors, not the gods, who saved your child. ”

"You...... You're blasphemy! The mother screamed, and the people around her began to accuse.

"I can't believe that there are heretics in such a civilized city-state of Athens!"

"You don't even believe in gods anymore, do you want to rebel?"

"The gods can easily give us life, and they can easily punish the unfaithful. The doctor was nothing more than a god sent to atone for his sins! ”

"Then go to the gods!" Xu Mu took out the dagger with a cold gaze, skillfully turning the knife flower in his hand, the sharp tip of the knife flashed in the sun, like a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity: "Here, I am the rule!" The doctor saves the person who is the doctor's credit! If your god is so reliable, let it come out and heal this child! ”

When the words came out, the audience was in an uproar, and everyone looked at Xu Mu in disbelief, as if he said something that made the sky fall.

At this moment, the child lying on the ground seemed to have his last breath left, and he desperately stretched out his hand to ask his mother for help, but his body had begun to twitch, and the whites of his eyes were showing more and more.

Although the mother has no respect for the profession of doctor, she cherishes her children very much.

Seeing the child's tragic situation, she made a painful choice in her heart, and finally the scales fell to the child, and she burst into tears.

"I ...... Willing to admit it...... The doctor's behavior in treating the patient...... ...... with the gods Independent! ”

It sounds very funny.

But in this day and age, such words are simply perverse! It is not a pity to be burned to death by religious personnel.

Sure enough, the people around him also made frightened sounds.

"Crazy! It's all crazy!! ”

"If you don't even believe in the gods, who else can you believe?"

"I want to see what a doctor who disrespects the gods can do without the help of the gods to save this dying ......" The people's complaints suddenly stopped!

Everyone watched in amazement as Xu Mu picked up the dying child and leaned his back against his abdomen.

Wrap your hands around your child's armpits in a circular motion, then interlace into fists.

Push hard into your child's stomach! Then hold him and shake him back and forth.

This action was repeated after three sets.

"Wow!!"

Suddenly, the dying child, whose life was already hanging by a thread, vomited out a mouthful of food scraps!

Then, all you can hear is the sound of the child breathing heavily, like a fish thirsty for water.

After about half a minute, the child's rapid breathing slowly stopped, and his dark face gradually returned to normal, although he was still a little weak, he was able to walk on the ground, and threw himself directly into his mother's arms.

This scene made all the people present dumbfounded!

A person who is clearly about to die, but directly lives in the next moment?

"This ...... This ......" Everyone looked at Xu Mu with the same eyes as if they had seen a ghost.

The masses who were eager to criticize just now have a drastic change in tone at this time!

"My gods, I can't believe my eyes! What is it? Witchcraft? ”

"Could it be...... Is it true that gods don't exist, and that we have always been just deceiving ourselves? Otherwise, why didn't the gods intervene when the child was dying just now, but this heroic mercenary rescued the child! ”

"Perhaps we should really think about it, if the gods are always protecting us, then where are they? Why I've never seen them before. ”

Even the mother, who was still untouchable, pulled the child to kneel down to Xu Mu at this time: "Thank you!" Doctor! Thank you for saving my child! ”

Hippocrates looked at Xu Mu with a little surprise in his eyes!

"What kind of brilliant medical skill is this?" He couldn't help but ask.

In fact, Xu Mu did not use any medical skills, but a very common self-help technique, which is very popular in modern times.

Heimlich maneuver.

This is the emergency rescue posture that Xu Mu learned when he was still studying, the principle is to expel the foreign body blocked in the esophagus through the airflow squeezing of the stomach, which has a very good effect on acute respiratory tract blockage, so the school has organized several trainings.

For some foreign bodies that are stuck in the throat, it may be possible to shake them out by coughing vigorously and patting the back.

But now the child is clearly choking deep in his esophagus and unable to cough out food.

In the absence of modern hospitals, the only thing that can be saved is the Heimlich maneuver.

Of course, this kind of simple and easy operation for Xu Mu is as magical as magic in the eyes of others!

"I will pass on this skill to you later, but before that you need to grant me a request, go to Pericles' mansion, talk to him, and he may give you help and advice on how to promote it, but in exchange, you will need to stand in his shoes from now on and promote the advantages of democracy for each of your patients." Xu Mu took the opportunity to cut to the topic.

Hippocrates barely hesitated, and agreed.

Compared with democracy and monarchy, Hippocrates has long been itching in his heart, and he can't wait to learn Xu Mu's mysterious medical skills, so that he may be able to treat more patients in the future, instead of watching them die in front of him helplessly, and the wails of his family linger in his ears.

To be honest, it was really unpleasant.

……

The two additional tasks were easily solved by Xu Mu.

All you need to do is complete the assassination of Kleon to claim all the rewards of this super hidden mission!

Xu Mu didn't stop, and after saying goodbye to Hippocrates, he strode towards Kleon's mansion.

As he approached the exterior wall of the renovated palatial mansion, Xu Mu's mind moved, summoning Ika to hover in mid-air.

The personnel division and the rank of the soldiers in the mansion can also be seen.

Boy.

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it!

The rank of the soldiers is clear???

And the Kleon with the leader's mark is three bright red question marks, which means that it is highly dangerous!

It seems that this old boy can compete with Perikles, and it is indeed a bit of a real trick.

I'm afraid it's not realistic.

If you use the Flying Thunder God to assassinate, if you can't kill the soldier directly in one hit, it will inevitably attract the attention of others.

"It seems that with the rapid progress of the mission, it is not a good thing that the level rises too quickly."

"The main thing is that the strength of the equipment can't keep up."

"If only someone could take advantage of it." Xu Mu was thinking to himself.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly swept to a few sneaky players following him.

Suddenly, a plan came to mind!

(End of chapter)