Song Yi

Chapter 274

The two hugged each other before, it was all in the dark at night, and the eldest princess was shivering from the cold to keep her warm, but now it is broad daylight, even though it was in a deserted ravine, Du Wenhao was still a little flustered. measures.

Hearing her crying sadly, he carefully tried to pat her on the shoulder, pretending to be relaxed: "What's wrong with you? Why are you crying when you're fine?"

"You scare me! You scold me! Woooooo..."

"Why did I scare you?"

"You are so good at archery, but you pretended to be like that to scare me, and even scolded me with dirty words, woo woo woo..."

Du Wenhao smiled: "I didn't lie to you, I was really nervous, didn't you notice that my legs were shaking."

"You liar! You can shoot that wolf with a single arrow from a hundred steps away from the gathering. You have the ability to penetrate Yang with a hundred steps, but you deliberately pretend to scare me! You even scolded me fiercely. You did it on purpose! Woooo... "

The princess didn't have a weapon in her hand, so she went into the snow cave to get the arrow, so she didn't see the wolf approaching ten steps away before being shot by Du Wenhao with a sudden attack. head wolf.

When Du Wenhao heard what the eldest princess said, he felt a little complacent, but he also felt a little guilty, and laughed dryly twice. Seeing her aversion to cold and the cold, her whole body kept trembling, and she could hear the sound of her teeth chattering when she listened carefully. Quickly changed the topic: "Okay, okay, count me as wrong, okay? See you are so cold, wrap up the quilt quickly!" After that, let her go and ran over, picked up the quilt, and helped her put it on body, sweeping away the snow from a big rock, let her sit down with a quilt.

Du Wenhao said: "The medicinal materials have already been collected, and I also found a rotten iron pot. I will light a fire to cook the medicine for you. You can hold on for a while."

"Okay!" The eldest princess wiped her tears, and looked at him faintly.

Next to the big rock where the eldest princess was sitting, Du Wenhao swept away an open space with an arrow pot, dug a simple stove on the ground with a sword, put the pot on it, put two handfuls of snow in it, and piled up the dry branches. .In the days of the Song Dynasty, he had already learned how to use a scythe and flint to ignite a fire, and he quickly ignited the fire.

The eldest princess looked at him, and suddenly said: "Go and get the package of my bay red horse. There are men's clothes in it. I dried it by the fire and put it on. The extra clothes are warmer and more neat than your official robe. The mountain road is difficult."

Du Wenhao was taken aback, looked up at her, pretended to be stupid and said, "Package?"

The eldest princess's words were a little dark: "Don't pretend, your fire sickle is mine, and your sword is tied to the saddle. The rope is not broken. You took it down. The saddle beam of the saddle is also like my bay horse. My bay horse must have died on it."

Du Wenhao saw that the eldest princess's eye circles were red, and he must have a deep relationship with the bay red horse, so he said: "A horse can't be resurrected after death, you..., let's mourn!"

He went up the hill, took the package and came down.The eldest princess had already wiped away her tears, took the package, took out the wet clothes inside, unfolded them and roasted them on the fire.

Du Wenhao prunes and cuts the medicinal materials with a sword, and puts them into the pot to cook according to the approximate ratio of compatibility.It is reasonable to use an iron pot for decocting medicine, but there is no way to save it in an emergency.

The eldest princess unfolded her clothes with both hands, and turned her face to look at him: "Thank you, if it wasn't for you this time, I..., I'm afraid I would have died."

"What are you talking about! If you didn't come up with the idea of ​​digging a snow cave and help me dig it when you are so sick, I would have frozen to death."

The eldest princess smiled, then frowned slightly, as if she was enduring severe pain.Seeing this, Du Wenhao asked in a low voice, "What? Is it in severe pain?"

"Well, I have a headache, and my joints hurt too. Cough, cough..., it's still very cold. The main reason is the headache, it hurts..."

Du Wenhao said: "When you fell into the water, you bumped into the ice, causing concussion, headache and nausea. This is the main reason. You also suffered from external cold and double torture. It is very uncomfortable. The medicine I collected for you , It’s used to treat external colds. As for your concussion, the herbal medicines on the mountain are not effective, and you need mineral medicine. I didn’t find the medicine you need just now. Fortunately, your concussion is not serious, so you can wait, wait, wait. Let’s find villages and towns, find pharmacies, and prescribe medicine for you, and you will be cured.”

"Well, I listen to you."

The two talked for a while, and the medicine was fried, and it was brought over and placed on the ice and snow, and it was warmed up in a while.At this time, the eldest princess picked up the rotten pot and drank the medicine in one gulp.

The medicine was a bit bitter, and the eldest princess frowned after drinking it.Putting down the rotten pot, he said with a bitter face: "Is there anything sweet? It's so bitter!"

Du Wenhao grinned, and pulled out a bunch of purple-red wild fruits from his bosom like a conjuring hand, and handed them over: "Here, here you are! I picked them just now when I was picking herbs on the hillside."

The eldest princess's eyes lit up, she took it happily, and glanced at it. There were several strings, each of which was full and round, exuding a tempting fragrance, and asked happily, "What is this?"

"Mulberry! It's also called mulberry. It's sweet and sour. It's delicious. It can also benefit the five internal organs and joints, and clear the blood."

"Really?" The eldest princess picked one and stuffed it into her mouth, "Mmmm, it's so delicious!" Picked a few more, stuffed it into her mouth, and chewed, suddenly the circles of her eyes turned red again.

Du Wenhao wondered, "What's wrong? Isn't it delicious?"

"No..." The eldest princess sniffed, "I know you are good to me, and you are also very kind, but it's a pity..."

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity I can't marry you!"

Du Wenhao was taken aback, the eldest princess must have turned her head a little too fast, she ran to the wedding while she was talking, laughed dryly, and was not easy to answer.

Du Wenhao smiled wryly, and wanted to explain that he didn't have this purpose, but felt that this kind of thing would get darker and darker. It's better to pretend to be stupid and not understand, so as not to be embarrassed.

The two were speechless for a while, until the eldest princess finished eating the mulberry fruit.

Du Wenhao saw her unfinished look, deliberately smiled and said: "Look at your gluttony, you must be hungry? You drank the soup, and the soup made you sweat, and you will sweat after a while, so you have to wrap yourself in a quilt to sweat. No, you are sweating in the ice cave, and I will pick wild fruits for you again?"

The eldest princess drank the decoction, perhaps because of psychological factors, or perhaps because she ate those bunches of wild fruits, she felt refreshed and her head and body pain did not go away. Afraid, and worried that the escaped wolf would bring the wolves back to seek revenge, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "I don't! The sun is getting high, I don't want to stay here anymore, let's go, don't wait Those wolves recruited their companions. I am fine, and I am sweating while walking wrapped in a quilt. Didn’t you say that I still need to find medicine, and the medicine can only be found in villages and towns. Let’s meet this mulberry fruit on the way, and pick it up and eat it.”

Du Wenhao was right when he thought about it. Judging from the weather, it doesn't look like it's going to snow. There's still half a day left, and he should be able to find the village.He nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go. I'll help you wrap up the quilt first!"

"This quilt is big, let's tear it in half, and make half for each person!"

"No, I'm not cold!" Du Wenhao sniffed and puffed out his chest, showing a bit of heroism.

The eldest princess burst out laughing: "Look at how cold you are, and still act like a hero, hurry up!"

While talking, he helped the eldest princess tidy the brocade quilt, and tied it up again with ribbons, so that it was convenient for her to walk, and it could wrap most of her head, body and feet.He found another stick, cut off the branches with a sword, and used it as a walking stick for the princess.

Then he put the men's suit that the eldest princess had dried over the official robe and put on the leggings.This short suit is a winter suit, very tight, and after wearing it, the official robe is wrapped inside, which is much warmer than before.

He tied the rotten pot on his belt, carried the bow and arrow and the sword on his back, looked at the sun, and after identifying the direction, he decided to go east. Hills and even plains have a wide field of vision and are easy to spot people.Moreover, plains are easier and safer than mountain roads.

It is not a big problem for the eldest princess to lie or sit, but it is troublesome to stand up. She feels dizzy and nauseated. Du Wenhao knows that this is a symptom of a concussion, so he can only help her to walk slowly.Fortunately, the mountains in this area are not too steep. Du Wenhao could only carry her on his back when he reached a place that was steep and difficult to walk.I was afraid that she would get dizzy and fall into the ravine.

In this way, they walked across the mountains and ridges for two hours, and encountered many wild fruits along the way. Du Wenhao picked them and ate them to satisfy their hunger.

The sun is westward, and it is about to set.Just when they were about to find a place to dig a snow cave for the night, they finally saw a small village at the foot of the mountain in the distance, with smoke slowly rising from the kitchen.

Both Du Wenhao and the eldest princess shouted excitedly.Seeing hope, the two men's spirits increased greatly, and their pace also accelerated.

When they went down to the middle of the mountain, they saw a little boy herding sheep, sitting on a stone and crying, holding a lamb in his arms, bleating, and the sound seemed to be in pain.

The two walked over, and saw that the child was wearing a cotton-padded jacket, the cuffs were pitch black, and there were several patches on the elbows, knees, and buttocks, but there were still two holes in the elbows and knees, exposing the cotton inside.

Du Wenhao said: "My little brother, what's wrong with you?"

The child turned his head and glanced at him, his eyes were crying, and the lamb in his arms tightened, and he twitched: "Lamb ..., the lamb breaks his legs! Woohoo"

The princess asked softly, "Does this sheep belong to your family?"

The child shook his head: "It belongs to Ding Dahu's family."

Du Wenhao glanced at the eldest princess, and said in a low voice: "I praised you for your good eyesight before, but I didn't see people dressed like this. How can they afford to raise sheep. It must be the sheep-herding boy of the rich landlord. The leg of the lamb is broken. If you go back, you will be beaten and scolded, and you will have to pay for it." After finishing speaking, he muttered again, "It's really the evil old society!"

The eldest princess didn't hear the last sentence clearly, so she bent down and said to the child: "Little brother, don't be afraid, you can show the lamb to this uncle, he is a doctor, he can heal your lamb's wounds. No more scolding."

Du Wenhao was stunned, how could the eldest princess ask herself to treat the sheep, but it is the bounden duty of a doctor to save the dying and heal the wounded, no matter if it is a human or an animal, help if you can.

The child looked at the two of them again: "Really?"

The eldest princess saw that the child looked at her in a very special way, which was a little strange. When she lowered her head, she realized that she was covered with a brocade quilt.There are so many poor people in the village, no matter how shabby the clothes are, the child will not find it strange, but a big girl comes out wearing a bed of colorful brocade quilts, so it cannot but be strange.

The eldest princess couldn't help but her pretty face blushed, and she took off the brocade quilt, revealing the long white dress covered with mud.

Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "Don't do this! Be careful of getting worse!"

The eldest princess glanced at him: "It's okay. After taking your medicine, I was sweating all the way. Now I feel much better. I don't shiver from the cold like before. Besides, I don't want to be caught in the village dressed like this." People are considered crazy." The eldest princess straightened her hands, smoothed the messy hair on her head, and whispered to Du Wenhao: "Can I see people like this?"

"No problem, you are born beautiful, even if you fall into muddy water, you can't hide your beauty."

"Virtue!" The eldest princess rolled his eyes at him happily, bent down and said to the child: "What I said just now is true, this uncle is really a doctor, you can give him the little lamb. He will cure you."

"Yes, but I don't have money to see the doctor."

"You don't need to pay, uncle is very kind!"

Tears flashed in the child's eyes, he hesitated for a moment, and handed the lamb to Du Wenhao.

Du Wenhao checked and found that the hind leg of the little lamb was broken. He touched it lightly and felt that it was a simple fracture. Asked: "What's your name?"

"Dongsheng."

"Oh, Dongsheng, is there a medicine shop in your village?"

Dongsheng shook his head.

Du Wenhao was a little disappointed, but thinking about it, how could there be a pharmacy in such a small village.

But Dong Sheng said again: "There are a lot of herbs in the family of Mr. Xue in the village."

Du Wenhao was overjoyed, the doctor in the village should have commonly used medicines at home, and he should be able to find the medicines he needed to treat the eldest princess.Du Wenhao said happily: "That's good, your little lamb's leg is broken, and you need to apply medicine and use a splint to fix it. I don't have any medicine in my hand now. You take us to Xue Langzhong's house in the village, and I will help you buy medicine and a splint." , help you cure the leg of lamb, okay?"

Dongsheng wiped away his tears and grinned: "Well, thank you uncle!"

Holding the sheep whip, he drove the sheep all over the slope to the village at the foot of the mountain. Du Wenhao talked with the children while walking, and soon entered the village.

The remaining snow on the road in the village has melted and it is very muddy. This flock of sheep is not afraid of mud, and they step on the puddles and mud.Du Wenhao didn't care much about such a muddy road, but the eldest princess he was supporting was not. She supported Du Wenhao with one hand and a long skirt with the other, and stood on tiptoe. She was dizzy from a concussion. The puddles on the ground dance here and there just like dancing tango.The villagers stopped to watch.

Such a beauty, wearing such a long skirt, appearing in such a small village in a poor mountain valley is indeed very eye-catching.

Dongsheng drove the sheep and led them into the village, and came to a courtyard gate: "Here, this is Xue Langzhong's house."

As soon as they reached the gate of the courtyard, they heard howls of pain coming from the courtyard: "It hurts me to death... ouch..."

The gate of the courtyard was open, and Du Wenhao poked his head to see that there were firewood piled up on the side of the courtyard, as well as a lot of collected herbs, and a little medicine boy was using a guillotine to make medicine.

There was a door panel on the ground in the middle of the yard, and a middle-aged man was lying on the door panel, howling.There were seven or eight people standing beside them, all talking anxiously.

An old man with a gray beard, squatting on the ground, was holding the wrist of the man on the door panel, as if he was checking his pulse.

Du Wenhao cupped his hands and said, "Excuse me, is this Xue Langzhong's family?"

The old man with white beard didn't even lift his eyelids, he still squinted his eyes to check his pulse, and said casually, "Yes, are you seeing a doctor?"

"Yes, ah no, I want to buy some medicine! And splints for broken bones."

"Wait a minute, I'm seeing a doctor."

Seeing his posture, Du Wenhao was afraid that it would not be over for a while, the sun had already reached the side of the mountain, and the residence had not yet been settled.Then he cupped his hands and said: "Langzhong Xue, I am also a doctor, where is the medicine, I will take it myself, and I will pay you when it is finished."

Only then did the gray beard raise his head, rolled his strange eyes, glanced at Du Wenhao, then turned his gaze to the eldest princess, was slightly stunned, and then said: "The medicine is in the room, take it by yourself."

"Thank you! Can I borrow the sand pot for decocting medicine?"

"It's in the west wing, use it!"

"Okay, thank you!" Du Wenhao thought to himself, the people in the mountain village are simple and unpretentious, so they let the eldest princess and Dongsheng wait in the yard, and walked into the house by themselves. There is a layered wooden shelf on one wall inside, on which various herbs are stacked, most of which are unprocessed herbal raw materials, some have been dried for a long time, and some have just been dug and are wet. There were more than a dozen porcelain pots on the ground, and when the lid was lifted, they were all prepared pieces of decoction, as well as powders and pills, which were probably commonly used medicinal materials that were not produced locally and were bought from the market town.

Du Wenhao glanced at it, and found that he still had all the commonly used medicines he needed, and he felt relieved immediately. There were wing rooms on both sides of the main hall. He opened the curtain of the left wing room, and saw that there was a kitchen inside, with two stoves, one with an iron pot for cooking For cooking, the other has four or five casserole pots. It seems that there are quite a few people who borrow his decoction.

He scooped [-] qian dai ocher from the disk, put it into a casserole, added two large bowls of water, lit a fire and started decocting the medicine.Then I picked the four flavors of ephedra soup and fried it in another casserole.

After the two doses of medicine were fried, he breathed a sigh of relief.Start to configure bone medicine.

After dispensing the medicine, he took the bone splint from the shelf, went out to the yard, and said to Dongsheng: "Put the lamb on the ground and hold it down, and I will help it set the bone!" Turning to the Eldest Princess Said: "You help hold the little lamb."

Dongsheng and the eldest princess squatted down and held the little lamb down. Du Wenhao felt the broken bone with his hands and stretched the opposite bone. The little lamb bleated and struggled hard, but was held down by Dongsheng and the eldest princess and could not move. .

Du Wenhao's technique was extremely fast, and before the little lamb could cry a few times, he aligned the bones and connected them, applied the medicine against the bones, clamped them with wooden boards, and tied them with cloth strips.

Du Wenhao stood up, clapped his hands, and said to Dongsheng: "Okay, it's been connected, and the splint can be removed in two months, go back quickly."

Dong Sheng laughed happily, bowed to Du Wenhao, turned around and ran out of the door with the lamb in his arms, and drove the flock away.

At this moment, Du Wenhao heard someone coughing lightly from behind him, and when he looked back, it was the gray beard Xue Langzhong standing behind him, stroking his beard and looking at him.

Du Wenhao laughed at him: "Mr. Xue!"

Xue Langzhong cupped his hands and said, "My little brother, are you good at setting bones, what's your surname?"

Du Wenhao cupped his hands: "I'm Du Wenhao."

Xue Langzhong turned his head to look at the eldest princess next to him, and said to Du Wenhao: "Brother Du, this is...?"

"This is, um, this, is..."

"I am her older sister." The eldest princess said.

"Sister?" Xue Langzhong took another look at the two of them, "Where are you from and where are you going?"

Du Wenhao frowned slightly, thinking that this old man is too troublesome, you don't care where I come from?However, there is a need for others, so he cupped his hands and said: "Yesterday when we were passing by your place with our friends, we were separated in a snowstorm. My sister fell, her head was concussed, and she was suffering from a cold. On the way, I met this little brother again. A sheep broke its leg, and I heard that you are the only healer in the village, and you have medicine at home, so I came to buy some medicine to treat the disease."

"Oh..., Brother Du is very skilled at setting bones, so he must have inherited medical skills from his family, right?"

"Hehe, it's okay." Du Wenhao was noncommittal, he was a little uncomfortable with the old man's questioning, he took out the money bag from his arms, took a note from it, and handed it to Xue Langzhong, regardless of the denomination: " Just now, I used a little medicinal material to decoct the medicine, sir, this is the medicine."

The old doctor took Jiaozi and looked at him, his eyes lit up immediately, and his hands trembled a little: "Twenty sticks? Ouch, all the medicines in the whole house are added up, and they are not worth half. There are too many, old man." But there is not so much money to find."

Du Wenhao smiled: "I think Mr.'s residence is relatively spacious. My sister and I want to stay overnight at Mr.'s place. We may need to bring some medicine when we leave tomorrow morning. The money will be included in it."

"Hehe, little brother, don't say that you only stay for one night, even if you live here for ten days and half a month, you won't be able to use up this amount of money." Into the arms, but also a little embarrassed.

"Don't mind the old man, just accept it. My sister has a cleansing habit, please prepare a clean bedroom for my sister."

"No problem! After my daughter got married, the boudoir has been idle. The sheets and bedding have been washed, but they are clean enough for my sister to sleep. The old man asked someone to prepare meals right away. It's just that the mountain village is simple and simple, and there are only some home-cooked meals. No wonder."

"No problem! Home cooking is the best."

"That's good!" The old man turned around and called an old woman, asking her to prepare meals.Then he led Du Wenhao and the eldest princess to look at the residence.The old man's family conditions are not bad, and the residence is quite clean.The old doctor arranged Du Wenhao's room next to the eldest princess.

The old doctor was busy ordering people to bring hot water to wash their faces, when suddenly a thin woman ran over: "Mr. Xue, go and have a look, my man seems to be dying."

(End of this chapter)