Chapter 37: The Den of Thieves
Xuanyuan Ming carried the thief over a mountain, touched a path and reached a mountain. The thief's abdomen was still bleeding, and the hot blood had seeped through the sackcloth that bandaged the wound, sticky on Xuanyuan Ming's back.
The bandit had become unconscious and slurred from blood loss, but fortunately he could still open his eyes and point to the way back to the cottage.
When he reached a mountain behind him, he carried the bandits on his back and climbed up the back slope of a hill overgrown with mountain ferns and green furs. There are a few dead trees on this hillside that can be grasped, and there are a few talc that can be stepped on. The bandits generally do not go down the mountain, and if they do, they go down this road.
When you go up the hill and turn to the back side of the mountain, you will see a cave. The entrance to the cave is unusual, but the more you go inside, the more eerie it becomes. There was the sound of water dripping down, and the sound of the wind occasionally sweeping in from outside the cave.
At this time, Xuanyuan Ming did not have a torch, so I don't know if he was wrong. The thief on his back was like a coma, and he pushed and shoved several times without answering. Ming was anxious, afraid that if he didn't treat this kid's wound earlier, he would die on his back.
Ming Zheng was anxious, and suddenly a dagger reached out from the dark place behind the side and pressed against Xuanyuan Ming's throat. A cold male voice asked, "Who are you?"
The black dog beast "Wang" was furious and was restrained by Xuanyuan Ming.
"I'm a doctor in Fukuzawa, and I met a wounded bandit in the market today, and I sent him back. Ming replied.
The man behind him lit a torch and looked ahead. The torch illuminated the sleeping bandit's face, and also reflected the person's thin, pockmarked face.
"It's the boss, open the door!" shouted Mazi Face.
Then several people carrying torches rushed out of the cave from all directions, and only then did they see that there were countless holes in the wall of the big cave where they were now located. Those who came, all of them were ugly and vicious.
"What's wrong with you, boss!" said a fat man with various teeth around his neck.
"He was hunted down by officers and soldiers, and I saved him. It's too late to explain, do you have a bed here, it's important to save people first. Xuanyuan Ming said.
So the group dragged Xuanyuan Ming to one of the holes on the cave wall.
Further inside, there was a bigger hole inside. There are countless torches inside, and the lights are bright. The top of the cave seems to be connected to the outside of the cave, and a large opening is opened so that you can see the starry sky.
In the cave, many small holes are carved out around the cave wall as living rooms, and the large cave wall is divided into three layers of small holes, and the tree trunks and vines set on the large cave wall can be used as tools to climb into the small holes.
Seeing a group of people entering, dozens of heads suddenly protruded from the small hole. Many others came in from different directions with torches.
Everyone surrounded Xuanyuan Ming and the black dog beast.
Accusations and reprimands are endless. Suddenly, the thief on Ming's back recovered from his slumber, buried his head in Ming's shoulder, raised a finger, and said weakly, "This is my benefactor, don't touch him." ”
Then, the people in the cave stopped, and the cave was silent.
"Where's the bed?" asked Ming urgently, looking at the fat man with the tooth necklace.
I saw the fat man soothing the items on a long table in the middle of the cave a few times, and those silver teapots, fine porcelain, and women's rings and jewelry all fell to the ground with a clang.
"That's it!" said the fat man, pointing to the long table.
So Ming put the thief on the table. Gently open the sackcloth that had bandaged his abdomen, revealing a bloody wound. There were deep exclamations of pain from the cave.
"Get a clean cloth, bring a basin of clean warm water, a basin of boiling hot water. Find another needle, a piece of silk thread!" shouted Xuanyuanming.
"Go, go, go and find!" the fat man commanded a few onlookers around the bandits.
After a while, a clean cloth, one warm and one hot, two basins of hot water were placed on the side.
"I have needles and threads, threads I stole from the infirmary, the best. A woman in the cave grabbed a vine and flew down. The woman was bare-shouldered, powdered, and plump. She cocked her orchid finger and handed Xuanyuan Ming a stitch and thread.
Ming took it and began to treat the bandits on the long table.
Cleanse your hands and feel the wound to examine it. This knife wound is a penetrating wound from the back stab, but fortunately the location is not fatal, and it should only injure a few intestines, muscles, and skin. If the wound is more traumatic, the wound should be sutured, and then some hemostatic and anti-inflammatory drugs should be applied to wait for the wound to heal slowly.
So Ming tore a piece of clean cotton cloth, moistened it with clean water, and carefully wiped the wound clean. Then clean the needles and medical threads, feel the inside of the thief's belly, fumble to sew up the cracked intestines, then to the muscles, and then to the outermost skin.
In the process of sewing, the thief was woken up by pain, he gritted his teeth, groaned in pain, and laughed miserably.
Onlookers held their breath and stared anxiously.
"Are there any hemostatic and anti-inflammatory drugs?" Xuanyuan Ming shouted again. At this time, the bandit fell asleep again in pain.
"Yes, I have. "Which plump woman with her shoulders bare. She fell in love with a white-faced doctor who opened a medical clinic in the city, so she had to make up some reason to pester the doctor every once in a while, and she was bewitching and teasing.
So two medicine jars, one red and one blue, were sent again.
Ming opened the medicine jar and smelled it, and he knew which was a hemostatic drug and which was an anti-inflammatory drug. So he shook off two kinds of medicine on the bandit.
The treatment was complete, and Ming's forehead was covered with fine sweat. He also commanded the care of the sick to take precautions. Then he stood up and said, "I'm afraid this is not enough, I need to find some herbs to make a decoction to heal internal injuries." ”
After that, Xuanyuan Ming got up and wanted to go out of the cave.
"I'll go with you. Mazi stretched out his hand to stop Ming and said coldly.
So Ming found a basket and carried it on his back, and the pockmarked face and the black dog beast followed on the road.
Xuanyuan Ming held a torch boy on the back mountain and searched carefully, found some common pain-relieving and calming plants such as copper ding grass, baicao orchid, silver bell grass, etc., held them in front of the nose of the black dog beast, and said, "Brother Dog smells it, and there will be labor to help me find herbs in the future." ”
I don't have much harvest today, so I can only come out and look for it tomorrow during the day. If only you could find a kale or two or a mountain peach.
Ming returned to the cave, but the people in the cave had not dispersed. They all sit cross-legged on the floor, or sit and lean against the wall. They will accompany their eldest through the storm tonight.
"Divine doctor, our boss is okay. The ugly fat man with the tooth necklace stepped forward and asked, a strange smile on his face.
"It's okay, stay rested. Xuanyuan Ming said.
"Divine doctor, you sleep here tonight. If our boss is unwell tonight, you have to save his life. The fat thief's sticky and wet fat hand grabbed Xuanyuan Ming's arm tightly.
Xuanyuan Ming blinked his eyes and saw that a small bamboo bed had been set up next to the long table, only one meter and five long, and if he lay down on it, he was afraid that he would have to hang it outside.
So Ming pushed aside the fat man and grabbed his fat hand, looked around, and found a cleaner corner. Then he went over and called the black dog beast over. He said, "I don't need to sleep on that bamboo bed, I'll just be here tonight and lean all night." ”