Chapter 16 Chapter 15 Fighting Poison with Poison

I began to ponder how to prescribe this prescription again, in fact, I knew very well in my heart that the best way now is to ignore it.Although Mayor Niu has a smile on his face, he may not be a good person. The people have never fought against the government. This old man is his father. If he is cured well, he will be fine. If he is not cured, he may cause big trouble.But after much deliberation, I decided to try a prescription. "Doctor Xu, my father's illness...can he be cured?" Mayor Niu asked me again. I thought about it, prescribing a prescription to save people is one thing, but I should say it first, so as not to cause misunderstandings, and immediately said: "Mayor Niu, the old man's illness looks really bad, I have a folk prescription now." , you can try it, but——” I stopped on purpose when I said this.

"But what?" Mayor Niu said anxiously, "Doctor Xu, if you have something to say, just say it. I know the old man is at this age... hey..." He sighed again. "I'm not completely sure, this prescription is just a trial, and there are some problems with the decoction of this prescription. I will prescribe it. You wait to prepare the medicine, and I will decoct it myself!" I said, took out a pen and paper, Shua Shua Shua began to write. After I wrote the prescription and handed it to Mayor Niu, Mayor Niu handed it to Niu Zhenhua and said, "Go quickly, your grandpa's life is here."

Niu Zhenhua agreed, and ran out with the prescription.Here, I have the time to pick up the teacup and sip it lightly. Fortunately, it is the mayor's house. Although it is located in a remote place, there is such a high-quality Biluochun. My master is good at tea. He once told me about famous teas in the world, but his favorite is still the herbal tea made by himself.I have followed him since I was a child, but I have some eyesight. Mayor Niu greeted me and said that there were some matters to be dealt with. If I had anything to do, I would just go to Niu Zhenhua, and I promised to let him be busy.I thought about waiting for Niu Zhenhua to come back after dispensing the medicine. I made the medicine and gave it to the old man, and I was about to leave.Otherwise, I don't dare to expect Niu Zhenhua to drive me back in a jeep, even if I can't make it home before dark.

About half an hour later, Niu Zhenhua rushed in suddenly. Seeing me, he grabbed my clothes by the front and scolded: "Well, you Xu Yiran, you have tricked me by your pretentiousness, and you don't even look at this what is the place!" I was stunned and asked puzzledly, "What did you say?" "What are you talking about?" Niu Zhenhua raised his fist and hit me in the face as he spoke. I hurriedly dodged, but I was hit hard by his fist on the shoulder, which was so painful. I feel like my bones are going to break. I was furious, I tried my best to break away from Niu Zhenhua's hand, and said angrily, "What are you messing around with?"

"What kind of prescription are you prescribing?" Niu Zhenhua took out the prescription I just prescribed from his pocket, threw it on my face and said angrily, "I went to the health center to ask about it just now, and they said it would kill people Yes, it’s not about saving lives.” I looked at Niu Zhenhua, who was blushing with anger and had a thick neck. Instead, I calmed down, carried the medicine box I had packed away, and said calmly, "Since you trust the doctors in the health center so much, you shouldn't go to me! You Say I'm bluffing and cheating, what have I lied to you? Since you don't believe my prescription, please return it to me!"

As I said that, I picked up the prescription from the ground, put it away, turned around and left with the medicine box on my back, the old man's illness itself is a trouble, and I really don't want to heal it. "Stop! Stop!" Niu Zhenhua shouted behind me, and while speaking, he chased after me again. "What do you do?" I asked, "I made a visit to the doctor, but I didn't charge you a penny for the consultation, and your grandfather never used my medicine, so you should quickly find a doctor you trust and come over to show your grandfather! " Niu Zhenhua was speechless by what I said. He wanted to be brutal, but couldn't find an excuse. Before I could leave Niu's house with the medicine box on my back, I bumped into Mayor Niu head-on.

"What's the matter?" Mayor Niu still had a smile on his face, "Doctor Xu, the child is ignorant, don't be angry!" Obviously, he heard what I said to Niu Zhenhua. "Father, there is something wrong with his prescription!" Niu Zhenhua hurriedly said. "It's okay, can you cure your grandfather?" Mayor Niu asked back. Niu Zhenhua was taken aback for a moment, and immediately became speechless. Mayor Niu asked again, "Where's the medicine?" Obviously, Niu Zhenhua didn't bring back the medicine. Mayor Niu said angrily, "Why did I give birth to such a foolish son as you, why don't you go soon?"

Niu Zhenhua seemed to be very afraid of his father. After hearing this, he turned around and ran towards the door, but just as he got to the door, he turned around and ran back. Niu Zhenhua looked at me in embarrassment, and explained: "The prescription..." I took out the prescription from my pocket and handed it over. Niu Zhenhua took it and ran out again. Seeing this, I not only laughed. "Doctor Xu, the child is not sensible, don't take it to heart!" Mayor Niu hurriedly put on a smiling face and apologized to me. "It's okay, he is also worried about his grandpa. There are indeed some problems with this prescription, but as long as you control the heat when decocting the medicine, not only is it harmless, but it can also cure diseases and save people!" I explained.

"Oh," Mayor Niu said with a smile, "I don't understand either. It's just that my father is sick, so I ask Dr. Xu to worry about it." I just smiled, and Mayor Niu hurriedly asked, "Is there anyone else in Dr. Xu's family?" "Both my parents work in the provincial capital, so my grandma and I live here!" I laughed. Mayor Niu showed surprise on his face, and asked, "Why didn't Dr. Xu go to the provincial capital with his parents? You have superb medical skills, and you can find a future in the provincial capital." I shook my head. I haven't seen my parents for many years. Every time I write a letter, I get only a few words in reply, or send money or things by post.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Mayor Niu smiled and said, "I'm taking the liberty of asking!" "My parents have their own reasons!" I was bitter in my heart, but I didn't show anything on my face, I smiled and shook my head. "Has doctor Xu ever been engaged?" Mayor Niu suddenly changed the subject and asked. I heard that my face had a fever, I shook my head and said, "No!" This time Niu Zhenhua's speed was very fast, and the time I had a few gossips with Mayor Niu, he was already rushing back and forth again. "Doctor Xu, can you see if everything is ready?" Niu Zhenhua said while putting a large pack of medicine in front of me.

I opened the paper bag and looked at the medicinal materials blindly. There was nothing wrong with it. After all, everyone in this town knew Niu Zhenhua, and no one would dare to fool him.Without me talking, Niu Zhenhua has already prepared the stove, the pots for decocting medicine, etc. I poured all the medicines into the stove and started frying them. Seeing the water boiling, I hurriedly dug out a pack of medicine primers from the medicine box and poured them into the medicine stove. There was an explosion sound, and the originally red flame also jumped up in an instant, turning blue. Perfect! I'm relieved, I'm done with this medicine.Otherwise, if the furnace fire cannot be perfected, the potion will be half-used because it will not be ready enough.I took off the medicine jar and put it aside to cool for a while, then I told Niu Zhenhua to take it and feed it to the old man. Not long after the old man drank the medicine, he began to struggle on the bed. Although his movements were small, Niu Zhenhua was full of surprises and exclaimed, "It's amazing!" "What's wrong?" I asked. Before he could say a word, the old man suddenly raised his head and spewed out a big mouthful of purple-black blood, then his body softened and he fell on the bed. "Grandpa!" Niu Zhenhua yelled busily, and patted and rubbed the old man again. I smiled and said, "Okay, spit out the coagulated blood, it's all right, but this method only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. Another medicine is needed!" "Then hurry up and dispense the medicine!" Niu Zhenhua said anxiously. Niu Zhenhua told me that since the old man got sick, he was fine at the beginning, and then he became almost a stiff living dead, completely unconscious, and lived on glucose saline every day, but the pain of the old man, as descendants of them, I can still feel that he has never been able to move. Fortunately, Mayor Niu is still a dutiful son, and he asked his son to take good care of the elderly.If it were an ordinary family, I am afraid that the old man would not be able to make it through long ago, and would die. This situation like today is still unique. Anyway, the fact that the old man can move proves that my medicine is still effective.With that said, Niu Zhenhua urged me to prescribe the medicine again. "It won't work!" I shook my head and said, "We need to see the old man's reaction after taking the medicine. If the old man can't bear it, the medicine I prescribed will not save people, but harm them. So, after three days, I'll come back for a follow-up visit, and I'll consider the medication by the way." Niu Zhenhua heard what I said was reasonable, and nodded in agreement. I thought about it, and said: "You wait to pour out the residue of the medicine. Remember to pour it in the middle of the road, and never pour it in the ditch. In addition, I will leave the pills for three days, you first let the old man Eat and see, as for the recovery, I'm still not sure, let's see the situation in three days!" The medicine I gave the old man was actually extremely poisonous. As the doctor in the town said, if the medicine is not handled properly, it will kill people, because I was afraid that Niu Zhenhua would not know the severity and pour the medicine residue in the ditch at will. If you accidentally cause others to misuse it, the consequences are really unpredictable. The old man's illness seems to be a symptom of a disease my master once said - petrification!That is to say, the whole body of a person is stiff, and in the last serious case, the whole body cannot move, like a stone statue, but the person still has thinking... This is really an extremely cruel way of death. I have seen the vegetative people that are often said in modern medicine, which means that the human brain is dead but the heart is not dead, and blood will still be supplied to the whole body of the person. With the help of some special medical equipment, people can still live, and this petrification, although the heart It is not dead, but it is similar to the death of the heart and the brain is alive. People can clearly feel a little bit of cold pain all over the body, but they cannot move. The method I adopted was to fight poison with poison—in fact, most of the weird prescriptions recorded in the Qingsang Jing Bu Shu were against common sense. While talking, Mayor Niu also came in again and asked about the condition of the old man. Niu Zhenhua said it again, and he was obviously very happy after hearing it. I nodded and agreed, and Mayor Niu asked Niu Zhenhua to drive me back in a jeep. I politely declined, because it was rare to come to the town. Seeing that it was still early, I still wanted to buy some things, so I went to the only bookstore in the town. Go to the library to see if you can find information about corpse poison. It's ridiculous to think about it, I'm a doctor, I don't know how many people have been cured, but I can't do anything about my own patients. After leaving Mayor Niu's house, I walked towards the only library in the town.As soon as he arrived at the door, he stumbled and almost fell a dog on the spot. Looking up, he saw an old beggar in shabby clothes in the corner of the library, with a dog-beating stick protruding out - needless to say, The weapon that tripped me was this dog-beating stick. Naturally, I would not care about anything with a beggar, let alone not tripping, even if I did trip, I could only blame myself for being careless, and immediately walked towards the library again.Unexpectedly, as soon as I moved my foot, the dog-beating stick came across my foot again. This time, I could see clearly that it wasn't my carelessness, but the old beggar's deliberate mischief. "What are you doing?" I said angrily. "Nothing to do, let's bask in the sun!" The old beggar raised his head, glanced at me lazily, and said with a strange smile. He glared at him, was too lazy to talk to him, and wanted to walk to the library again, but unexpectedly, the old beggar behind him shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity, at such a young age, my life is in danger, but I still have to die." Mind other people's business!" As soon as I heard it, I hurriedly stood still. When I was a child, I learned medical skills from my master. Zeng Cheng heard him mention that Chinese medicine has a long history. I deliberately turned around and asked, "How does the old man know that my life is not long?" "You are poisoned to the marrow of your bones, and you are terminally ill. Naturally, your life will not be long!" The old beggar sneered. "Ask the old man, is there a good way to detoxify?" I asked. "Hey——" the old beggar smiled strangely, "There is no antidote, what else would I ask you to do?" I was shocked when I heard this, I have been tortured by this corpse poison for many years, not only the physical pain, but also the pressure of mental helplessness, and these years, I have read all kinds of books, but I can't find a cure for this corpse poison. Therefore, I am really troubled in my heart. When the master was here, I could still find someone to discuss with, but now I don’t even have anyone to talk to. Today I suddenly heard the old beggar say this, I was shocked, and then I was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Please teach me, old man!"