Chapter 24 Chapter 22 Trapped in Chifu, Xu You said

Turning his head, he saw that it was Gongzi Cong. He saw that his forehead was covered with cold sweat, his whole body was trembling slightly, his teeth were knocking against each other loudly, it could be seen that he was trying to endure the pain. Yan Wei was shocked when she saw it, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong?" Gongzi Cong forced a grin and said, "It's nothing...just...the place where the medicine was applied...the itching is unbearable." Yan Wei said: "Father, although the reaction after the medicine is not written on this silk, I judge from the formula of the medicine that there will be a numb, itchy and painful feeling after applying the medicine. I didn't expect it to be so serious." Hand, press and knead the acupuncture points on his hand to relieve itching.

Gongzi Cong smiled wryly, "It's not like this...for twelve hours...is it like this?" Yan Wei comforted softly: "Probably not, don't worry, it will be fine in a while... You close your eyes, don't think about anything, it's best to fall asleep, and when you wake up, everything will be fine..." Young Master Cong closed his eyes as he said, and stopped talking.It can be seen that he is exerting great restraint, his teeth are clenched tightly, the muscles on his cheeks are tense, and the other hand is tightly grasping the mat on the bed, and the veins on his hand are bulging.

Li Qichen recalled the scene when Yan Wei treated him, he also spoke softly, and when the pain was unbearable, he would help him knead the acupuncture points on his hands or ears to relieve the pain. Unconsciously, it was already dinner time, the servant served the meal, glanced at Gongzi Cong who was sleeping on the bed, and withdrew. Young Master Cong smelled the aroma of the food, widened his eyes and woke up. Yan Wei smiled and asked, "How do you feel now? Is it much better?" Gong Zi Cong also smiled brightly and said: "It's not itchy anymore, only a little pain. It's really not that unbearable, it's only been two hours, today is the first time, and tomorrow is ready, so it's okay."

"It will still hurt tomorrow, so you have to be more patient." Yan Wei breathed a sigh of relief, looking very tired. It can be seen that she has been worrying about things during this time, afraid that there might be some deviation in the treatment. the second day. The tables were covered with large and small pottery mirrors, which were filled with hot water and steaming.There is another water bowl hanging on the charcoal basin, the water inside is boiling, like a spring flowing with pearls, surging waves. A few poplar flowers floating in from the window gathered in the corner of the room, swirling slightly in the wind.Yan Wei took the ball of poplar flowers with both hands, threw them out of the window, and closed the corners of the curtains to prevent any wind from entering.

The two patients, Li Qichen and Gongzi Cong, just stared blankly, not knowing what kind of medicine she was selling in the gourd. Yan Wei tidied everything up, tied up her sleeves with a rope, and tied a cross knot behind her, revealing a pair of jade arms.Gongzi Cong seemed to be in good spirits, and joked, "What are you doing, killing a pig?" Li Qichen couldn't help laughing, he wanted to say this just now, but after thinking about it, he seemed to be satirizing Gongzi Cong as a pig, which was too rude, so he held back, unexpectedly that Gongzi Cong said it first . Yan Wei also smiled: "This step today must be very clean. If the sore is not clean and a sore abscess is formed, it will be troublesome." While talking, she took out a few bamboo sticks and put them in a water bowl to boil.He took out another bottle of Huayu paste, uncorked the bottle, and kept it aside.

Young Master Cong said: "This is Huayu Paste, I also have it here!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pressed it by the bed, and a hidden compartment popped up. There were many things scattered in it, the most conspicuous of which was the warm and moist Huayu Paste. jade bottle.Young Master Cong picked it up and handed it to Yan Wei, "There are two other bottles, upstairs in the medicine room." Yan Wei took it and looked closely, it was indeed handmade by her father, and she helped to pack it.So he asked: "These were all sent to the palace, where did you get them? Did you ask them to find them too? How do you know there is such a medicine?"

Young Master Cong smiled: "Every time they change shifts, they sometimes bring some extra daily necessities, such as tableware, cooking utensils, cloth, wine and food, and rare medicines, etc. These are what they bring, not what I let them find. .” Li Qichen nodded: "This should be a reward for the young master, and other young masters also have it..." Yan Wei stared at the water bowl soaked in bamboo sticks. After a while, seeing that the water was already boiling, she slapped her palms and said, "Okay!" I saw that Yan Wei cleaned her hands in the first pottery mirror, and began to quickly untie the cloth strips from Gongzi Cong's body, throwing the scattered cloth strips in the first pottery mirror, and throwing the removed copper and jade pieces into the second pottery mirror. In Tao Jianzhong, as soon as the copper and jade pieces were put into the water, the medicine paste would dissolve into the water, and the water would turn black in an instant, and there was no medicine smell at all, instead there was a fishy smell faintly.

Looking at Gongzi Cong's body again, there were large and small blisters on the places where the medicine was applied, some of which were complete and large, shiny and clear, like gems, and some of which were several small ones connected together.The liquid in the blisters is light yellow, clear and transparent. After Yan Wei took off all the copper and jade pieces, she picked up a bamboo stick from the boiling water with a pair of bamboo chopsticks, and stabbed it at the side of a blister. Gongzi Cong trembled, obviously in pain, but he didn't groan speak out. Yan Wei took a small piece of linen with her left hand, pressed it on the blister, squeezed out the juice inside, then threw the linen into the third pottery mirror, picked up a little Huayu paste with another bamboo stick in her backhand, and applied it on the blister.

After all the acupoints were treated, Yan Wei's forehead was already covered with sweat. I saw that she had taken another piece of linen and tied it tightly on the parts with blisters. This time, it was really planned, and the shortest piece of cloth was used as much as possible. Tie up all the acupuncture points and look much more refreshed than yesterday. Yan Wei breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from her forehead, cleaned her hands in the fourth pottery mirror, pointed to the first pottery mirror and said, "These strips can be reused after being boiled and dried." Wan then stirred the water in the second pottery mirror with bamboo chopsticks, and said, "This water is poisonous, and it should be dumped far away, so that no one or animals can touch it. It is best to bury it deep. This pottery mirror is the largest, remember it clearly." look, don't get confused."

As she spoke, she picked up a piece of jade, shook it in the water a few times, washed off the medicine on it, threw it into the fourth pottery mirror, and pointed to the fourth pottery mirror and said: "These pieces of copper and jade are It's the same, you have to cook it before you can use it again." Li Qichen saw that Yan Wei was very tired and short of breath when speaking, so he took the bamboo chopsticks, followed her example, picked up pieces of copper and jade one by one to wash.I saw that the green patina had already appeared in the recesses of the copper sheets, and a little bit of dark color had also appeared on the jade sheets along the naturally formed texture.

Yan Wei pointed to the third Tao Jian: "This... I'm not sure if it's poisonous, it's best to dump it and bury it deep, so those linen cloths can't be reused." Gongzi Cong had already dressed himself, looking relaxed, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I have prepared three times all the necessary things, and there are enough for use. Even these strips of cloth can be thrown away, and there is no need to wash them. , a little linen, nothing to regret..." Yan Wei sighed softly: "You are used to rich clothes and fine food, how do you know how to cherish material resources... This is wrong..." Young Master Cong stared at Yan Wei in a daze. Yan Wei opened her eyes wide in doubt, looked at Gongzi Cong and asked, "Did I say something wrong?" Gongzi Cong shook his head: "No...it's just that I haven't heard someone say this to me for a long, long time. You are wrong, what should you do, what you can't do..." The first nine days passed, and all went well. Apply medicine on the first day, break the blisters on the second day, rest for a whole day on the third day, apply medicine on another batch of acupoints on the fourth day, and so on, and change another batch of acupoints on the seventh day. cycle.Tomorrow, I have to go back and apply the medicine on the acupuncture points where the medicine was applied for the first time.Every time the medicine was applied for the first two hours, Gongzi Cong would feel numb and unbearably itchy, but the danger that Yan Wei had been worried about did not appear, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "How do you feel now?" Yan Wei asked Gongzi Cong. "I don't feel anything. My cold syndrome, I don't feel anything when I don't usually have an attack... Well, the palms seem to be warmer than before, and they don't seem to be as resistant to heat as before." Gongzi Cong replied.Today he was only wearing a snow-white Su Luo unlined garment with plum red hems, no crown, but a plum red hood, looking relaxed. Yan Wei said again: "My bottle of Huayu ointment has been used up, and your bottle is only half left. If you still have some, you might as well get some." The three of them passed through the back hall, the main hall, and entered the attic medicine room... they were shocked.It turned out that the boxes and cabinets full of medicinal materials and books were empty.There was dust floating on the ground, some footprints were messy, and there were some water stains on the corners of the walls. Li Qichen's heart sank, he was afraid of what would happen, if these people pulled the trigger, they might tear their faces apart on the spot, how could they deal with it so that it could drag on for another eighteen days? Young Master Cong was quite calm, returned to the lobby, and shouted in a deep voice: "Come here!" The two servants outside the door responded and entered, bowing and waiting for orders. Gongzi Cong suddenly yelled sharply: "Where did those medicines go?!" The two trembled in fright, bowed repeatedly, Nuonuo said: "I don't know." Young Master Cong waved his hand: "Call your manager and let him talk to me!" The two turned around and left the room as if they had been pardoned. Young Master Cong caressed his chest, as if he had settled down, he turned and went back to the back hall, where he sat on the table. After a moment, the tall servant came in with steady steps and a peaceful expression. After giving a deep salute, he stood still and waited for questions. Gongzi Cong didn't speak, just looked at him fixedly, his eyes met, the servant lowered his gaze, not daring to look directly at Gongzi Cong, but he didn't speak. The two of them stood in a stalemate for quite a while, and finally the servant couldn't stand it any longer, and said, "Master Hui, it rained the day before yesterday, the roof leaked, and the medicinal materials were all wet. We were afraid that you would blame me, so we didn't report to you, but we just repaired the roof and dried it in the sun. Drugs. But we didn’t know that there was a strong wind yesterday, we didn’t take care of them properly, and the medicinal materials were blown into the lake by the wind, and most of them were lost. Now only a small half is left, and they are all too wet. We are stepping up to send people out to buy them, but this year there is a severe drought , there is already a disaster outside, it is difficult to prepare everything for a while, please forgive me. If this Mr. Li is in a hurry to heal his illness, we might as well send him out of the valley first, and hurry up, and he will be in Huaidu in a few days, where all kinds of medicines are available. It is complete, and it will not delay the illness, do you think this is good?" Li Qichen heard what he said with impeccable words, and he just thought of a reason to send the two of them out of the valley. It seems that what Gongzi Cong said before was right, they would never leave outsiders in the valley for a lifetime, I'm afraid it will be a certain period of time , or seeing this outsider getting too close to Gongzi Cong, he tried every means to get him away. Young Master Cong didn't answer the servant's words, but asked, "Where's Huayu Paste? The jade bottle won't get wet, right?" The servant bowed again and again and said: "The one who is here, because the roof is going to be renovated, there are so many people in a mess, and I am afraid that I will lose things. The medicine and books are stored in the main hall. I will let you get them." He turned around and went to the main hall. After a while, he came in with two bottles of jade paste, bowed and put them on the table. Gongzi Cong's voice was flat: "The remaining medicine, count as much as you have, show me all of them!" The servant was also expressionless, looking down at the floor, and said without a trace of cadence: "My lord, you didn't understand, those medicines were either blown into the lake, or they were damp and rotten like mud. It's useless." Young Master Cong was stunned for a moment, showing sullen expression on his face, but he let out a sigh of relief, smiled slightly, and said slowly: "Forget it, it's not worth anything, you just have to hurry up and buy it, but the lake water won't be drinkable anymore. A lot of it is poison." The servant was stunned for a moment, then stammered, "This... the lake is so big, it should be okay, right?" Young Master Cong said angrily: "If you think it's okay, you might as well try it yourself! I know that you used lake water to feed those livestock and birds before, and from now on you will use well water. If one of those livestock and birds dies Already, I'm the only one who asks!" After speaking, his voice and expression were all stern.The servant shuddered and made noises repeatedly. Gongzi Cong's expression suddenly eased, and he said softly: "You ask the subordinates to check carefully, maybe there are some medicinal materials that are not damaged, but they are just in a hurry, and I don't remember where they are, so check them out and show them to me. .” The servant nodded yes, and was about to turn around and leave. Gongzi Cong added: "Come talk to me before dinner."