Pseudo master, she just wants to live

Chapter 25 - Doctor Cui

"Dead?" The dusty Dr. Cui said with a heavy heart, "How many people died in the village now?"

"Three of them died, and so did the fake master. They were all burned and buried in the big pit at the south of the village." Patriarch Li Fugui sighed.

Doctor Cui paused, and exchanged glances with Fan Chen who insisted on following in, both of them were surprised.

This time the epidemic was fierce, and it was said that the onset would take two to three hours at a time, or a day or two at a time, before they would ooze pus all over their bodies, have cloudy eyes, vomit blood, go berserk and die.

Lijia Village was originally the village most affected by the disaster. No one in the imperial court was willing to come here for disaster relief. Only Dr. Cui, who was newly admitted to the Imperial Hospital, recommended himself.

He was on his way day and night, passing by two larger neighboring villages in the morning, which were also infected. He specifically inquired, and the death toll in those two villages had already exceeded dozens of people.

I thought Lijia Village, the place where the epidemic originated, was already empty, but as soon as I came here, I saw smoke from every household in the village, and it was peaceful. I asked again, so far, only three people have died in this Lijia Village, which is really shocking. incomprehensible.

Fan Chen raised his eyebrows meaningfully: "Burn it? I didn't expect that you don't pay attention to the custom of burying yourself at this time?"

There was a thin layer of cold sweat on Li Fugui's forehead. Although this man covered his face, only his eyes were exposed, but those black stone-like pupils inadvertently revealed a scalp-numbing coolness while talking and laughing, and the man next to him Another mild-mannered doctor was quite different.

He said with a stiff smile: "Du, all in this situation, you can't pay so much attention, otherwise the epidemic will spread faster."

"Patriarch Li's insight and courage are impressive." Dr. Cui smiled, "Then take us to see the patient."

Li Fugui hurriedly invited several doctors and drug boys who had entered the village to his home.

Ah Wu had already taken the pills twice and was lying on the bed drowsy.

Dr. Cui took his pulse, checked his eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose, his eyes flashed with surprise, and asked, "Has your son ever gone mad?"

Li Fugui nodded: "Yes."

Dr. Cui frowned slightly. He had heard from the disaster relief doctors in other villages that once the epidemic reached the point of madness, it would be almost impossible to die.

There were indeed traces of the outbreak of the plague on the other party's face, body, and eyes, but the eyes were light and not as scary as the legend said.

But just now he checked, although the young man on the bed was deficient in Qi and blood, his pulse was stable and there was no sign of life-threatening.

It was the first time he encountered this kind of situation, so he had to look at other patients to compare it in his heart.

"Lingzi's condition is stable for the time being. I'll prescribe a prescription for nourishing blood and qi first." Dr. Cui asked the drug boy to grab the medicine first. "Patriarch Li, take me to see the condition of other patients in the village."

Li Fugui was overjoyed, even the doctor sent by the emperor said so, the precious pill that the master found in the cave yesterday really worked.

He took the prescription and led Dr. Cui to the neighbor Li Erya's house.

It happened that Erya had just returned from reporting the news to the villagers, and she was so tired that she was out of breath, leaning on the millstone in front of the door, holding a gourd ladle and gulping down cold water.

After sending Dr. Cui into the room, Li Fugui stood at the door and turned his head to wink at Er Ya, who quietly gestured to him, Li Fugui heaved a sigh of relief and followed into the room.

This time, Doctor Cui was even more surprised.

The epidemic patients have obviously gone mad, but they are only a little weak, and they can even get out of bed to do some simple chores.

Then, even looking at the three houses, it was still the same.

An hour later, Dr. Cui came out of Li Datou's house with a medicine box, and said to Fan Chen who was waiting outside the door: "Mr. Fan, it's amazing. The disease in Lijia Village seems to disappear by itself. Could it be that it is really a national teacher?" His prayers and protection touched the heavens..."

Fan Chen casually rubbed the dirt at the entrance of the courtyard with his toes, and said lightly, "Look at these."

Dr. Cui lowered his head and showed doubts: "What are these things? Could it be the... white ash that can stop bleeding and detoxify?"

"That's right, I saw it just now, and every house in the village has sprinkled it on the corners of the gates and walls." Fan Chen raised his chin to a certain place as he spoke, and his voice raised slightly, "There are still many people here. It seems to be very particular about wearing a veil."

Dr. Cui followed his gaze and met Fang Yao's gaze not far away.

Fang Yao really didn't want to come out. Ever since she heard that the imperial court sent people in to provide relief and see a doctor, and someone asked her specifically, she has been extra cautious.

Li Fugui was quite clever and conscientious, so he didn't sell her. Of course, she felt that the old man didn't have the courage.

After all, she just "showed off her might" yesterday.

Unexpectedly, compared with the emperor and the master, the latter has a greater deterrent effect on the villagers.

The mask can no longer be worn, nor can it be hung outside to show off in the market, but Jiang's house with broken doors, she is not at ease to put it in the house, so she simply wraps it in a cloth and carries it on her body as a small bag.

Just now the little girl said that her stomach hurts, she endured it again and again, seeing that she couldn't help it anymore, she had no choice but to lead the child out to the yard to solve the physical problem.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she came out, several eyes fell on her face in an instant.

There were several people standing at the gate of Li Datou's yard under the slope. She looked away calmly, lowered her eyes and coaxed the child, "Good girl, bear with me."

Dr. Cui only felt that those eyes were extraordinarily clear, even through a layer of scarf, he could see the sign of refusal, his heart moved, and he immediately stepped forward.

A person from Po Xia suddenly strode towards Jiang's courtyard, Fang Yao probably had a guilty conscience, although she didn't show it on the face, but she held the little sister's hand, but suddenly tightened it.

"Wait a minute, auntie, where is this child in pain? I'm from the imperial court..."

Before Dr. Cui finished speaking, Fang Yao hugged her little sister and went into the latrine without looking back, and replied through the thatched shed in the open air: "I'm sorry, doctor, my son is in a hurry, please stay out of the way." Better!"

Dr. Cui froze in place: "..."

"Pfft."

Fan Chen laughed narrowly, "Dr. Cui is indeed a benevolent doctor, and he treats the aunts in the village so warmly."

The medicine boys behind them also held back their smiles.

Dr. Cui's handsome face was flushed, and he walked back with the medicine box on hand.

night.

Under the old locust tree that had been plucked bare at the head of Lijia Village, five tung oil tents were lined up in the character "one".

Dr. Cui wrote down what he saw and heard in Lijia Village today while brewing the medicine.

Both he and the drug boy were covered with face scarves, and the same was true when they met the villagers, so they didn't think much about it before.

But after being reminded by Fan Chen during the day, he was enlightened.

Originally they brought white ash here on purpose, but it didn't come in handy, and later he also learned that the well water in the village was also sprinkled with it, and they even covered it with stone slabs on weekdays to prevent dirt and rats from entering. .

It would be perfectly normal for these methods to be used on people like them who have read medical books, but it's really surprising that these rural folks in the backcountry know about it.

"Then patriarch Li is really knowledgeable." Dr. Cui recalled the burning incident mentioned by Li Fugui before, and wrote down all these.

"Doctor Cui, are you asleep?"

"No, Mr. Fan, please come in."

Doctor Cui put down his pen and put away the things on the table.

Fan Chen lifted the curtain and cut straight to the point: "Doctor Cui, what do you think about the epidemic in Li Family Village?"

Dr. Cui lowered his head in thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "I think they may have... taken the antidote to the plague."

(End of this chapter)