After the four forces of Taiping King Mengtai, Liangjiang King Sun Han, Xiang'e King Xu Zheng and Shi Dewa formed an alliance, Shi Dewa was still seriously injured in Broken Soul Mountain, so he stayed in Qiqing Wangcheng to recuperate.

After the death of the soldier master Daran, Shi Dewa became the soldier master of the Nine Desolation Mountains and became the three leaders of the Nine Desolation Ridge forces.

The chieftain, Shi Dewa, and the two commanders of the army lived together in the palace of the king of Qiulu.

After a period of recuperation in the palace, Shi Dewa recovered most of his injuries.

At noon on this day, Shi Dewa came out of the palace to relax.

After the Qiqing Wangcheng was occupied by the soldiers of the Nine Desolation Mountains, the chieftain in charge of the Qiqing Wangcheng implemented the policy of reducing taxes, restricting the privileges of officials, and not disturbing the people, which greatly improved the lives of the citizens, and the Qiqing Wangcheng appeared an unprecedented prosperity.

Shi Dewa went out of the mansion, looked left and right, and found a group of people in the distance, so he walked over.

Stonewa was tall, and he crossed his feet to see the situation inside through the crowd.

There was a table in the middle of the crowd, on one side of which sat a middle-aged man in his forties, and on the other side sat a middle-aged man and an old man.

After a while, the middle-aged man withdrew his two hands and said to the old man opposite: "You have been eroded by dampness and cold all year round, and your muscles have contracted and your pulse has been blocked, which has caused severe pain in your joints. ”

The old man said excitedly: "Yes, yes, my legs and feet have been in pain all the year round, I worked as a miner when I was young, and I worked in the cold field all year round. Can my leg pain and foot pain be cured?"

The middle-aged man opposite the old man said: "It can't be cured, I'll prescribe you a few oral medicines, and then add a hot plaster to relieve the pain." ”

The old man said, "How much do you charge?"

The middle-aged man opposite said: "I don't have too little money to reward with my heart." ”

The old man took out twenty copper coins from his body and handed them to the middle-aged man opposite.

The old man picked up the prescription and got up and left, and the middle-aged man who was checking the pulse said to the remaining middle-aged people: "Your lungs and stomach are made of heat poison, and you have carbuncles on your face. ”

The middle-aged man on the other side turned pale with fright, and begged: "Divine doctor, save my life! I have been curing this poisonous sore for several years, and I can't cure it after spending a lot of silver." ”

The middle-aged man who checked the pulse said, "Your poisonous sores can be cured, and I will prescribe two prescriptions for you." One prescription is used for half a month and a year, and the other prescription is a few ingredients that should be taken for life. ”

The middle-aged man who took the prescription took out two pieces of silver from his body and handed them to the middle-aged man opposite.

The middle-aged man who was checking the pulse put away a piece of silver and returned the other piece of silver to the middle-aged man opposite.

The middle-aged man on the opposite side put away the silver and bowed deeply to the person who diagnosed the pulse and left, and the person who gave the pulse diagnosis said: "Fellow villagers and elders, I want to go back to take care of a patient, and I will come back tomorrow because I am done today." ”

The crowd of onlookers automatically dispersed, and the pulse doctor bowed to the crowd and left.

At this time, someone in the crowd shouted, "Doctor Ma, you must come tomorrow!"

Shi Dewa and the group of people watched the man called the horse doctor walk away, and then asked one of the people next to him, "This old man!

The person who was questioned said: "It seems to be from Maozhou Mansion, his surname is Ma, and he is a Langzhong." He has been here to see people for more than ten days, and he can diagnose the pulse with both hands at the same time. After a few days, some people called him the horse doctor. In addition, this Ma Shen Doctor charges less, so more and more people come here every day to ask him for medical treatment. ”

Another person in the crowd saw Shi Dewa's majestic appearance, so he took the initiative to say to Shi Dewa: "He cured me of my illness and accepted me two copper coins, what a good person! In order to express my gratitude, I brought tables and chairs from my home every day, brought hot water, and let Doctor Ma sit and treat everyone." As long as the horse doctor comes for one day, I will serve him for one day. ”

All this aroused Shi Dewa's great interest, and the next morning, after dinner, he left the palace and came to the place where the Divine Doctor Ma had treated him yesterday.

Doctor Ma has not yet come, only the person who took the initiative to talk to Shi Dewa yesterday and provided a table and chair for Doctor Ma came. He recognized Shi Dewa at a glance and said enthusiastically: "I think you seem to have come out of the palace of the Nine Desolation Mountains, are you from the palace?"

Shi Dewa smiled and said, "I am a samurai in the palace who cares for the house!"

"No wonder they are so majestic, the prisoner marshal of the Nine Desolation Mountains and Shi Dewa love the people like sons, and they are the Qing officials we have never met, you have to protect them!" the man said solemnly.

Shi Dewa said: "Thank you brother for reminding me!"

The man said, "You came here two days to see a doctor?"

"Ah——! I'm going to see a doctor!"

While the two were talking, Doctor Ma came.

Doctor Ma sat down, and Shi Dewa said, "Doctor Ma, can you see me?"

Doctor Ma said, "Don't call me Doctor Doctor, my name is Ma Heng." If you want to see a doctor, please sit down and I will take your pulse. ”

Shi Dewa sat down and stretched out his arm, and Ma Heng put his fingers on Shi Dewa's arm.

After a long while, Ma Heng said, "Is this adult injured internally?"

Shi Dewa said in surprise: "Doctor Ma, how do you know that I have internal injuries?"

Ma Heng said: "The human veins are like the eight strange veins, and the qi and blood are long and long, like a blocked river. It soothes at the right time and rushes against the clock, which shows that the incomparably powerful qi and blood of adults are limited by the internal organs. Only when the internal organs are damaged, will there be a condition of inability to control qi and blood. ”

Shi Dewa couldn't believe it: the man in front of him could see the inside of his body by pressing his fingers to his wrist.

Shi Dewa said to Ma Heng: "Doctor Ma, can my internal injuries be completely healed, and after that, can my physical strength return to the state before the injury?"

Ma Heng said: "You can return to the state before the injury, but within this month, you must adapt to each other's medication activities, daily life and diet, and if there is a deviation, it will leave hidden dangers." ”

Shi Dewa stood up and just wanted to ask Ma Heng carefully, and the people around him asked Ma Heng to treat them.

Shi Dewa realized that at this moment, there was already a group of people standing around.

Stonewa got up and gave way to his seat, but he never left.

An hour and a half later, Ma Heng got up and left here again.

Shi Dewa and the others dispersed, and quietly followed Ma Heng.

Ma Heng came to an inn, and just as he wanted to enter the door, Shi Dewa stopped him.

Ma Heng turned around and saw that it was Shi Dewa and said, "My lord, why are you here?"

Shi Dewa said: "Doctor Ma! I am Shi Dewa of the Nine Desolation Ridge Palace......

When Ma Heng heard Shi Dewa's name, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, but Shi Dewa hurriedly stepped forward to support Ma Heng.

Ma Heng said: "My lord, you have killed the King of Qiulu who slaughtered the civilians of the Nine Desolation Mountains, so that the people of the territory of the King of Qiulu can live a good life. We are all extremely grateful for the kindness of my lordship, and I can afford to kneel down as an adult!"

Shi Dewa is: "You are an elder, kneeling down for me is to sacrifice my life!"

Ma Heng said, "Okay! Are you looking for me?"

"I would like to ask you to come to my house for a few days and tell me in detail how to heal my internal injuries. ”

Ma Heng said: "The internal injuries of adults do need to be carefully treated, but I live in this inn with my seriously ill daughter, and it is difficult to get out!"

"What is your daughter's serious illness?"

Ma Heng said: "This child's life is miserable! As soon as she was born, her mother died. The child also suffered from congenital blood deficit, a disease that requires long-term recuperation with precious herbs and abundant ingredients. However, we are a small family in the countryside, and it is not easy to have enough to eat, so how can we have precious medicinal materials to cure my daughter's illness! My daughter is 19 years old this year, and her blood deficit has developed to a life-threatening level. In desperation, I came to Qiqing Wangcheng, where the pharmacy has the best medicinal herbs. I want to use my ancestral medical skills to make money to buy medicinal herbs and save my daughter's life. ”

Shi Dewa said, "Doctor Ma, you have taken your daughter to live in the palace, and there are empty rooms in the palace. I am responsible for buying any medicinal ingredients that need to be bought. You still treat people at the gate of the palace during the day, and help me treat my internal injuries at night. If you make money from medical treatment, you will pay me back the money for medicinal herbs and ingredients, and if you treat my internal injuries every day, I will also pay. ”

Ma Heng thought for a while and said, "My lord, you let our father and daughter eat and live in the palace, even if you give me the money to treat internal injuries." If you agree to my terms, I will go to the palace for a few days. ”

Shi Dewa smiled and nodded, and then followed Ma Heng into this small inn that was small and dirty, exuding a faint fishy smell.

When the shopkeeper heard that Ma Heng was going to move to the palace to live, he hurriedly went to help hire a carriage with a canopy on his face and dragged Ma Heng's daughter to the palace.