In September, the one from Beijing finally came.
This time he came not only to treat the carbuncle on his back, but also brought the emperor's oral order to investigate Pei Shixian. If the situation was true, he would be brought to Beijing to meet the emperor.
Because Pei Shixian had already become famous in Qinchuan County, he was called Pei Tianshi.
According to rumors, this Master Pei knows everything about astronomy and geography, and can predict the future and read the stars.
He also had a daughter who was extremely blessed. It was said that even the Imperial Observatory had predicted her fortune, and she had even saved the life of King Dai.
"Brother Wuchang, you are so free." Qin Zhaolin looked at the village in front of him with his hands behind his back: "This place has beautiful scenery and outstanding people. No wonder there are so many extraordinary people here."
Zhou Wuchang glanced at him and asked, "What does the strange man you mentioned have to do with this small village?"
Qin Zhaolin touched his nose and said with a smile: "Isn't the little disciple you mentioned in the letter considered an extraordinary person?"
Zhou Wuchang said impatiently: "My disciple is not an extraordinary person, she is just a little smarter than others."
Then he signaled to his eldest disciple: "Take the great Zhongcheng to take a bath. Make sure he is clean to avoid the fumes from stinking others."
Qin Zhaolin snorted, ignored Zhou Wuchang, and went straight with Zhou Hao.
He really didn't like taking a bath. In the winter, he drank too much and would sit in the sun with a few old friends, taking off his cotton clothes to catch lice. They would compete to see who caught the most and who could pinch the lice louder. He didn't even care when he got a carbuncle on his back.
Qin Zhaolin became worried when the abscess became deeper and deeper, but no matter how many treatments he tried, it still didn't heal.
In the past two years, his health has been getting worse day by day. He can't even drink alcohol. Once he drinks, the abscess on his back will break out, making him miserable.
A while ago, Zhou Wuchang, who grew up with him, suddenly wrote to him and asked him to come to his small village for treatment. Qin Zhaolin was worried that he could not find a reason to leave the capital, but coincidentally, the emperor asked him to inspect Luzhou and look for talented people.
After taking a shower, Qin Zhaolin stood on the wall of Jiang's courtyard with wet hair, looking around, sighing in his heart.
The whole village is surrounded by a circle of tall soapberry trees. The houses in the village are neatly arranged, the vegetable plots are green, and the old and children are well-dressed and look happy.
There is also a market outside the village, which is quite large.
There are not only oil mills, bamboo shops, tofu shops in the market, but also butcher shops, cloth shops and carriage and horse shops.
"Don't look at it, hurry down, my disciple is ready." Zhou Wuchang urged beside him: "You have to hold on when we have surgery later. My disciple usually doesn't give people Ma Fei San. You have to hold on and don't embarrass me."
Qin Zhaolin glared at him and said, "If others can hold on, I can too. You don't need to remind me."
When the two men arrived at the patient's room, they saw a little girl of eight or nine years old sorting knives.
She was wearing a mask and said to Qin Zhaolin, "Take off your coat."
Qin Zhaolin glanced at his childhood friend and saw that he was looking at him expressionlessly, and he couldn't help but shudder.
Seeing that he was hesitating, Zhou Wuchang ordered his apprentice, "Take off the official's outer shirt and tie his limbs to the bamboo ropes. Tie them tightly."
Zhou Hao and his second disciple followed his instructions, took off Qin Zhaolin's coat, dragged him to the bamboo bed, laid him down, and regardless of his struggles, tied his limbs tightly to the bamboo bed.
"What are you doing?" Qin Zhaolin was anxious: "Why are you tying me up?"
"This is much easier." Zhou Wuchang sat on a chair nearby and picked up a medical book to read.
Qin Zhaolin said angrily, "I am a dignified official of the imperial court, and you treat me like this? How can this be tolerated?"
"Don't talk. If you disturb my apprentice's knife skills, you will be the one who suffers." Zhou Wuchang opened the book in his hand.
Qin Zhaolin: “…”
Outside the sickroom, several guards who were forbidden to enter were watching a few children's deer riding competition with great interest. Suddenly, they heard their master howling miserably in the room and looked at each other in bewilderment.
"What's going on? Do you want to go in and take a look?" asked a guard.
"No need. The young doctor is operating on my husband. What if we go in and disturb him?" The other person believed in Master Zhou's character and believed that he would definitely not harm his master.
Then there were several screams like pigs being slaughtered. Several guards could not stand it any longer and walked away quickly to avoid hearing any more.
Half an hour later, the door of the patient room was opened, and Yingbao came out carrying a medicine box. She first used a separate jar to boil and disinfect the knives. She took off her special coat and put it together with the mask in another large jar to boil.
There was charcoal under the jar. Chunniang watched the fire and let her daughter go to rest.
Yingbao is now very experienced in treating back carbuncles, and she uses common herbs such as dandelion, thistle, honeysuckle, etc., which can be picked in the wild.
Moreover, when she encounters patients whose conditions are not serious, she only needs to give them the herbal medicine boiled with Tongkong Spring, without the need to use Wudingzhi, and the patients recover well.
This can greatly save one's own Wudingzhi and also allow the patient to spend less money.
Three days later, Qin Zhaolin was finally able to go out for a walk, and he also went to the village school with Zhou Wuchang.
Li Xu saw that the visitor had an extraordinary demeanor, so he immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "I, Li Xu, greet you, sir."
"No need to be so polite." Qin Zhaolin waved his hand and started chatting with him.
When he learned that Li Xu was only in his twenties and would take the exam next year, he nodded approvingly and asked him a few questions on the spot.
The content of the provincial examination includes not only the Four Books and Five Classics, the Analects of Confucius, Policy Questions, the Doctrine of the Mean, and the University, but also candidates have to express their opinions on current affairs and government affairs of the dynasty. If the candidates have no insights into these, they are likely to fail.
Li Xu answered seriously and his words were pertinent. Despite being young, he had his own opinions.
Qin Zhaolin suddenly felt a sense of admiration for this talented person and immediately began to give him guidance.
Seeing this, Zhou Wuchang went to the martial arts training ground next to the school to watch the children practice martial arts.
His two young apprentices were also practicing fighting here, each holding a wooden knife in their hands and attacking each other.
Zhou Wuchang watched expressionlessly, only feeling that this sword technique was very familiar.
Once upon a time, there was a man who had excellent sword skills, but he was shot to death by the enemy with an arrow.
That brilliant young man from the Zhong family will never come back.
However, it is said that he has a son, but no one knows where he is.
Zhou Wuchang looked at Zhang Meng carefully again.
He didn't know this man, nor did he know if he was General Zhong's subordinate.
But I can’t ask myself.
After the father and son of General Zhong died in battle, another son of the Zhong family started a rebellion, which was later suppressed by the imperial court, and all nine members of the Zhong family were killed.
Therefore, many generals of the Zhong family army fled the army and their whereabouts were unknown.
Yingbao practiced swordplay with his second senior brother several times, and also practiced hand-to-hand combat a few times, before putting away the wooden swords and going home.
Zhang Min continued to practice with Jiang Wu.
He couldn't believe that he couldn't beat a seven-year-old kid.
A few days later, Qin Zhaolin's back healed completely and he set off for Qinchuan County. Before leaving, he also took a few bottles of sesame oil and Jiang's dried soybean paste.
Zhou Wuchang took his eldest disciple back with him, but did not bring his second disciple and youngest disciple Yingbao.
Yingbao was happy and didn't leave, but Zhang Min was very depressed, as he always felt that his master didn't want him anymore.