Chapter 34: The Dean's Reminiscences
The young and frivolous finally regretted it, and looking back on the past, I was sad.
Helplessly, the flowers fell, and the backs were as far apart as strangers.
Dean Chen looked at us word by word and said, "Because I was expelled from the sect by Teacher Cao!" When Uncle Zhu and I heard this information, we both looked at Dean Chen with incredulous faces, and Dean Chen smiled bitterly and told us about the past between him and Teacher Cao.
It turned out that more than 30 years ago, Dean Chen was only eight or nine years old at that time, and he was still a half-old child.
At that time, Dean Chen, who had been frail and sick since he was a child, coupled with malnutrition, was also limited by the medical conditions at that time, his illness could not be cured for a long time, and many doctors in the local area failed to take a thorough look at his illness.
On this day, there was a knock on the door, it was Dean Chen's father who opened the door, and the person outside the door was Mr. Cao, but he was still very young at that time, carrying a medicine box on his back, and he looked like a barefoot doctor, only about 20 years old.
Dean Chen's father asked about Mr. Cao's intention and let him into the hospital. It turned out that Mr. Cao passed by their house and wanted a bowl of water to drink, and when Dean Chen's father came out after bringing water to Mr. Cao, he saw Mr. Cao playing with Dean Chen when he was young in the yard.
Dean Chen's father took the water to Mr. Cao, glanced at the medicine box he was carrying, and said to Mr. Cao, "Sir, are you a doctor?" "Yes," Mr. Cao nodded. "Can that gentleman see my child, this child has been weak and sickly since he was a child, and his body and bones have always been weak." Dean Chen's father said. "Brother, thank you for the water, I have already shown your child just now, I can cure his disease! I will prescribe a few more pairs of Chinese medicine for your child in a while, and I believe that the child will be cured after a while. Teacher Cao said casually.
At this time, Dean Chen's father looked at Dr. Cao with wide eyes, some disbelief, and said, "Sir, you didn't lie to me, you can't completely cure the problem when you go to a big hospital, can you cure it so lightly?" "Hahaha, brother, what I said is true, I don't believe you go get the medicine, I'll come back in a few days to see if what I said is true, how about it?" Teacher Cao said firmly.
So, Dean Chen's father grabbed a few pairs of Chinese medicine according to the prescription prescribed by Mr. Cao, and after eating it for a few days, Dean Chen's old problem was completely cured. When Mr. Cao reappeared, Dean Chen's father had a bold idea, that is, to let the young Dean Chen follow Mr. Cao to study medicine, so as to save the trouble of having to find someone to find if he was sick in the future.
Mr. Cao was also young at that time, and Dean Chen was also likable at that time, so he agreed, and just like that, from that day on, Dean Chen officially worshiped under Mr. Cao and became his first disciple.
When Dean Chen said this, his voice was a little choked, with tears in his eyes, he told us, "You don't know, for 20 years, after I followed Mr. Cao to study Chinese medicine, I went back and forth in the wind and rain together, and I didn't know how many patients I didn't know, and I cured many incurable diseases of I don't know how many people.
Speaking of this, Dean Chen obviously paused, patted his head with some annoyance, and said: "The reason why I was expelled from the division is because of myself, with more and more patients who are optimistic, and there is also a little pride in my heart, I can't help but be a little fluttery, and I am more and more serious about fame and fortune. ”
It turned out that the big man that Dean Chen came into contact with could be said to be a figure who called for wind and rain in our city and even the whole province at that time, and with the increase in contact between Dean Chen and this big man, the big man asked him to do a thing, but this matter was something that a Chinese medicine doctor despised and could never do.
At first, Dean Chen disagreed, and rejected the big man with his words, but he couldn't stand the superior conditions offered by the big man, that is, as long as the matter was done, President Chen would be allowed to enter a large state-owned hospital, become an attending physician, and become a medical staff on the staff. At that time, this condition could be said to be very tempting, so Dean Chen did what he regretted the most in his life and should not have done.
When this was done, President Chen entered a large state-owned hospital as he wished, and also became a registered physician in the establishment. Of course, Dean Chen was very happy, and Master Cao was even happier with his disciples, but the thing he did has always lingered in Dean Chen's heart.
When Dean Chen finished speaking, Mr. Cao, who was sitting opposite, knew the truth of the matter, and angrily overturned the dining table, and the food on the table fell with it.
Teacher Cao grabbed Dean Chen's collar and scolded Dean Chen: "Chen Tongyue! Good work you do! What do I usually tell you? How was it taught? As a doctor, you must keep your bottom line, be dignified and have medical ethics! Have you forgotten all my words?! After speaking, he slapped Dean Chen out of the way.
At this time, Dean Chen got up from the ground, a little unconvinced, and said, "Teacher, I just prescribed two pairs of medicines to that person, and I didn't do anything!" I can't control what he wants, and besides, he let me into a state-owned hospital, which is something that many people dream of, teacher! I'm just going to do it this once, so what's the matter! ”
Teacher Cao pointed at Dean Chen with trembling hands and said tremblingly, "Okay! Good! You have disregarded the lives of others for the sake of your own selfish desires, and now your wings are hardened, and you can't listen to the words of your teacher. From today onwards, the master-apprentice relationship between you and me ends here! In the future, you take your Yangguan Road, and I will cross my single-plank bridge! After speaking, Mr. Cao left Dean Chen's house without looking back, leaving only Dean Chen in the room in a daze.
Hearing Dean Chen say this, Uncle Zhu and I both breathed a sigh of relief, but we didn't expect that there would be such a past between Dean Chen and Teacher Cao.
Uncle Zhu, who was sitting on the side, was puzzled and asked, "Lao Chen, what medicine did you prescribe to that big man, and Dr. Cao would be so excited?" "Uncle Zhu's question is exactly what I want to know.
I only heard Dean Chen sigh and say, "Hey! The two drugs prescribed, yes, yes, are for fetal abortion! When Uncle Zhu heard this, he didn't feel anything, and said indifferently: "Isn't it just a fetus!" What's there? Make such a big fury. "But I understand why Mr. Cao is so angry.
I explained to Uncle Zhu: "Uncle Zhu, don't you know, there is an unwritten rule in our Chinese medicine, that is, Chinese medicine can only protect the fetus, raise the fetus and not be able to do the fetal thing, can not casually prescribe abortion drugs, this is considered to be the most damaging thing in Chinese medicine, as a Chinese medicine doctor is absolutely not allowed to do, although the fetus is not born in the womb, but it is also a life, to end such an innocent life, it is also unfair to that life, so our Chinese medicine explicitly prohibits doctors from aborting the fetus, If you do it, you will be despised by the Chinese medicine community, and if you have this kind of behavior, the serious behavior will be completely cleared out of the ranks of Chinese medicine. ”
After listening to my explanation, Uncle Zhu suddenly said: "I see, Lao Chen, at that time, the hospital should be able to do fetal surgery, why didn't that big man go to the hospital to do it, how did he find you?" ”
Dean Chen sighed and said: "At that time, the big man had a relative, relying on the name of the big man, messing around outside, and as a result, the girl was pregnant, and he didn't dare to go to the big hospital. Alas! Looking back now, it was also a misstep into a thousand years of hatred! "Uncle Zhu and I knew that this was the reason, and we were also embarrassed.
At this time, Dean Chen looked at me and said to me, "Xiaohyun, how long have you been studying medicine with Teacher Cao now?" I answered him truthfully, and when he heard that I had only studied with Mr. Cao for half a year, and I had such a brilliant medical skill, he felt shocked, only to see him open his mouth and mutter: "This is impossible, impossible, I have been a teacher for 20 years, and you have only been a teacher for half a year, and you have reached a height that I don't have, unless Xiaohyun is a genius and talented, otherwise there is no way to explain it." ”
Uncle Zhu, who was on the side, interjected with a smile and said, "Xiao Hyun, of course he is a genius, his skills have not been fully displayed, Lao Chen, you are far behind!" ”
Dean Chen couldn't stop nodding at me and said, "Yes, Xiaohyun, you must take me as a warning when you practice medicine in the future, I am a lesson from the past, you must think twice about doing things, don't be like me, do stupid things with a hot head!" I nodded in understanding.
Dean Chen asked me gently again, "How is Mr. Cao, doing now?" Although in a city, we haven't been in touch for many years, I don't know if his health is good, I really miss the teacher! After saying that, his tears couldn't stop flowing.
I looked at Dean Chen's sad appearance, and I felt a little unbearable, so I whispered to comfort him and said: "Dean Chen, the so-called people are not sages and sages, and they can improve greatly, I think as long as you sincerely repent and no longer insult the title of healer, I believe that one day Teacher Cao will forgive you." ”
After hearing what I said, Dean Chen's eyes lit up obviously, and he said to me: "Xiaohyun, what you said is right, as long as I sincerely repent, Mr. Cao will definitely forgive me, he will definitely be!" I looked at Dean Chen's expression, shook my head and sighed in my heart, and I couldn't say anything more.
Uncle Zhu and I came out of Dean Chen's office it was close to noon, Dean Chen originally wanted to keep us for dinner, but I refused, because I hadn't been home all day, and my family must have been a little worried, so I refused Dean Chen's kindness, and at the time of parting, Dean Chen grabbed my hands again and said to me kindly: "We are senior brothers, when no one is around, you can call me Senior Brother Chen, if there is anything in the future, just come to me, as long as I can do it, I will do my best." ”
When Uncle Zhu and I found Xiaoling, she was already in the general ward, this ward is a single room, it should be a special care of the hospital, when I walked into the ward with Uncle Zhu, I looked at the aunt lying on the hospital bed, she was able to communicate with us normally, I secretly opened the Tianyan Eye to observe her physical state, and found that it was not bad, the problem at the pericardial meridian has been slowly recovering, and everything is changing in a good direction.
It seems that Auntie's problem has been solved, so I said hello to Uncle Zhu and the others, and I was about to go home, I walked out of the ward, Xiaoling followed behind me, and sent me out of the hospital, she was a little reluctant to me, and said: "Xiaohyun, when will you come to see me, no, no, it's to come to see my mother..."
I smiled at her and said, "I'll go to the clinic this afternoon to see if there is anything I need help with Teacher Cao, and by the way, I'll give my aunt a few more pairs of Chinese medicine, so that my aunt can recover as soon as possible, tonight, I'll come to see you again, okay?" Liu Ling heard me come over at night, looking a little lost and a little happy, and we waved at the entrance of the hospital.
Seeing Xiaoling go back to the hospital, I turned around and walked in the direction of home, when I got home, I heard that my aunt was fine, my mother was also very happy, let me sit down and hurry up to eat, I chatted while eating, briefly said what happened, I gobbled up the meal.
I took a nap at home at noon, because I had something on my mind, so I came to the consultation room early in the afternoon, and the Chinese medicine for my aunt had been grasped in advance and put aside. After that, I talked to Mr. Cao about all the things from yesterday to this morning, of course, I only ignored the incident that happened to Chen Tongyue, because I was afraid that Mr. Cao would be angry.
When I told me about the process of saving Liu Ling's mother, Mr. Cao couldn't stop nodding and kept saying, "Okay! Good! Good boy, worthy of being my disciple, haha..."Teacher Cao looked very proud.
I spent the whole afternoon in the consultation room with Mr. Cao, and now I can be said to be an indispensable person in this consultation room, and the entire pharmacy staff are also accustomed to my presence.
When it was almost time for dinner, I left the consultation room, politely declined Mr. Cao's invitation to have dinner with me, and held the Chinese medicine prepared for Liu Ling's mother in my hand, and I had something on my mind, so I walked quickly in the direction of the hospital.
In fact, the pharmacy is not too far away from the hospital, usually it takes more than 20 minutes, but now the speed is much faster than usual, and after walking for almost ten minutes, I have seen the office building of the hospital from afar.
In order to speed up, I did not take the avenue leading to the main entrance of the hospital, but turned around and walked down an alley that was rarely walked by people, and walked towards the back door of the hospital.
It's winter, it's dark early, a bright moonlight in the sky, shining into this small alley, giving people a feeling of a little gloomy, I walked, suddenly, found that a dark shadow appeared faintly in front of me, in the bright moonlight looks a little abrupt.
I thought to myself that it was freezing this day, why was there still someone here, and I wondered a little, but I didn't think too much, and continued to walk forward with my head down, I thought: Maybe this person is just passing by like me.
I continued to walk forward, getting closer and closer to the black shadow, which was standing motionless, and then I felt that the atmosphere in the alley was starting to become a little strange.
I stopped when I was about five steps away from the shadow, as it was slowly turning, and I instinctively stood there looking at the man.
When the dark shadow turned, in the light of the moon, I could see the man's face clearly, he was a man, his face was wrinkled, his skin was dark, his eyes were large, and he radiated a chilling glow, with a high nose, gray hair, a white beard at his chin, and a black cloak-like garment.
In this way, we looked at each other and stood still on the spot. When I saw the man's eyes, suddenly, I felt that the scene in front of me changed, and at this time I seemed to be in a beautiful grassland, in this beautiful grassland, the sun was shining, and there were many of my classmates playing happily together, they were talking, laughing, singing and dancing, and they looked very lively.
When the classmates saw me appear here, they smiled and waved to me one by one, and I was gradually confused by the things in front of me, because they gave me such a real feeling, just when I was about to step towards them, suddenly, I saw Liu Ling's figure, also among the classmates, Liu Ling!? Suddenly I came to my senses and came to my senses.
Wrong! It's an illusion! How could Liu Ling be here, isn't she in the hospital? When I found out that this scene was an illusion, I had already begun to mobilize the energy in my body, and I began to work rapidly according to the practice route, I closed my eyes, collected my mind, and at the same time, opened the Heavenly Eye and looked at the scene in front of me.
Sure enough, it was all an illusion, and when I looked at it with the eyes of the sky, where there was any prairie, where there were still classmates, I was still standing in the same place, and the man in black was still standing opposite.
When I came to my senses, the first person to speak was the man in black on the other side, only to hear him be a little gloomy, and said: "Hmph, you are Jueming's disciple, not bad, boy, you have some ability, you can quickly wake up in the illusion in the Qimen Dunjia Technique I arranged, which means that you are really good, boy!" However, that's the end of it, I'll give you two options now, one is to join our Evil Sky Alliance and become one of us, or the other is to be cleared by us and die, you hurry up and choose! ”
After I heard the man in black finish speaking, I couldn't help but sneer on my face, and said: "It turns out that you are a member of the Evil Heaven Alliance, no wonder you are doing things so viciously, now I can tell you very clearly, I will never join you, you die of this heart!" ”
After hearing what I said, the man in black couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahaha, good boy, I have long thought that this will be the answer, then I will fulfill you today, don't think that you can run away, you can't even hear the sound here, but unfortunately your master Jueming is not around now, in the Qimen Dunjia array I arranged, no one has been able to escape, you should die!" ”
As I spoke, the black-clothed figure disappeared strangely in front of me, I instinctively raised my hands to protect my chest, but it was still a step too late, I only felt a strong force smashed towards my chest, I retreated again and again, the protective shield that the master gave me under the Yuan Shen played a huge role, and this protective shield instinctively produced a trace of golden halo, protecting my entire body inside. "Yo! Haha, there is still a protective cover? Your master gave you the protection of the Yuan Shen, no wonder you were okay just now, but it's useless if you have a protective shield, see how many times this protection can withstand my attacks! The man in black said viciously, continuing to attack my shield.
Now I feel the crisis I have done before, and at this time, I have mobilized all the strength of my body, and I know that tonight is the time of life and death.
Obviously, I am not the opponent of this man in black, I am struggling to support, my whole body is already soaked with sweat, and the pressure around my body is getting bigger and bigger, this is an invisible huge pressure, I don't know where it comes from, it just appeared out of thin air.
As time passed, the golden halo on my body began to become a little dim, my face was flushed, and my body was shaky, as if my body was about to fall to the ground in the next second, but I was still gritting my teeth and persevering, and there was only one belief left in my heart, that is, persistence! Be sure to keep it up!
The man in black was visibly shocked by my tenacity, "Wow! Still holding on? Looks like I'm going to have to move something real, hurry! As he spoke, the man in black took out three copper coins from his bosom and threw them into the air.
The three copper coins that were thrown into the air quickly became very huge in my eyes and smashed down on my body. But now I have no strength in my body, and I can't move a bit, and I watched as the three copper coins that were slowly falling slowly grew larger and bigger in my eyes, and smashed down on the top of my head.
I knew that everything would end at the moment when the copper coin fell, I closed my eyes, and at this time, countless pictures appeared in my mind, I saw Master, I saw my parents, I saw my classmates, and I also saw Liu Ling's smile, these pictures seemed to appear in my mind at the same time in an instant, and I quickly replayed all the images in my life in the past ten years.
I waited quietly for death to come, and the feeling of death was so real.
Just as I closed my eyes and waited for death, a somewhat old voice came from behind me, saying, "Haofeng! Is it funny that you're bullying a junior here? Disease! Open! With the sound of these voices, the copper coin, which was slowly growing in size in front of my eyes, rolled to the ground, and it still looked like it was the same size, and all the pressure exerted on my body disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if it had never appeared.
Hearing this voice, the man in black was visibly stunned, his expression became a little nervous, and he looked around vigilantly.
I gasped and fell to my knees, the sweat on my body had soaked through my clothes, I bothered my spirits, looked in the direction of the source of the sound, and found a beggar standing not far behind me, and when the visitor approached, I was astonished, and I thought to myself: Isn't this the beggar I saw in the hotel this morning? How did he end up here? Countless questions flashed through my mind.
I saw that the beggar walked in front of me, slowly helped me up, and kept talking, and said: "Well, yes, yes, that bad old man has accepted a good apprentice, child, you can rest on the side first, and leave the rest to me to deal with, he is not something you can deal with." As he spoke, he walked slowly towards the man in black.
The sudden change in the field caught me and the man in black by surprise, I was glad that I escaped a catastrophe, I guess the man in black will be even more annoyed, and the goal was achieved immediately, and the result was a halfway way to bite the gold.
Sure enough, the man in black looked at the comer, gritted his teeth and threatened the beggar, saying, "Who are you?" Dare to come to bad my good deeds, don't you want to live you! Do you know who I am? ”
The beggar stood very calmly opposite the man in black, and said slowly: "Haofeng, your ancestor Haotian, but he has inherited the art of Qimen Dunjia and has made outstanding contributions to the inheritance of Chinese civilization. Fortunately, your eldest brother Haoyun found out in time and transferred the clan's Qimen Dunjia Technique in time, otherwise it would have been stolen by you, and the consequences would be unimaginable. ”
After hearing what the beggar said this, the man in black named Wu Feng was obviously stunned, and cautiously asked the beggar, "Who are you, dare to say your name?" "The old man's name is Yuan, he is the descendant of the old Li, I came this time to be entrusted by your eldest brother Haoyun, to arrest you back, Haofeng, I will last advise you, follow those evil people to go down, it will not do you any good, in the end you can only harm yourself, I read that your cultivation is not easy to come by, if you turn back now it is too late!"
When the beggar said the name "Distant Mountain", the black-clothed man named Haofeng obviously took a few steps back, and said in disbelief: "You are the Great Elder of the Distant Mountain?" "Yes, it's old decay! Knowing it's me, are you still ready to resist? The beggar who called the distant mountain smiled.
I saw the black-clothed man named Haofeng, looked left and right, took out three copper coins from his arms, and said something in his mouth, and the beggar from the distant mountain stood there motionless, smiling at his movements.
I heard the man in black shout: "Disease! "Throwing out the three copper coins, but what I didn't expect with the beggar from the distant mountains was that the direction of the three copper coins he threw was not here with me and the beggar from the distant mountains, but towards the private house next to it!" You dare! Yuan Shan let out a loud shout and quickly shot to intercept the three copper coins.
said that it was too late, Haofeng saw the opportunity, quickly escaped, and waited for the beggar in the distant mountains to put away the three copper coins, and then found that Haofeng had disappeared. "Haofeng! You can't run! Yuan said in his mouth, chased down, and shouted at me without looking back when he left: "Boy, the matter here is over, you go to the hospital, we will meet again!" With that, he had disappeared in place.
It all happened in the light of light, and when I came back to my senses, I found myself in that deep alley, as if nothing had happened.
The cold wind blew across my face, and I couldn't help but shiver, and my heart was full of doubts, and I didn't know who could give me an answer, and Master was not around, and I didn't know when I would come back.
I sighed lightly, picked up the Chinese medicine bag on the ground, supported my tired body, and walked slowly in the direction of the hospital.