The atmosphere in the stone mill cottage is strange.
Everyone looked at the two outsiders brought in by the master and whispered.
The woman with the burn scar on her face hurriedly covered her face and ducked into the house. Her child stood outside with fingers crossed, looking around blankly, wondering what was going on.
This child is a rare person with normal facial features in the cottage.
Although it is ordinary, it is very special here.
"Father, what's wrong with mother?" the child asked, jumping on a man's leg.
The man had a birthmark on his face, and half of his face was extremely hideous. He lowered his head and touched the child's head, but said nothing.
Mo Li felt that the people in this cottage had a faint hostility in their eyes.
This can be said to be an attitude towards outsiders, but more of a strong repulsion—
Is it because of looks? The ink carp was thoughtful.
It is impossible for all people in one place to be born with strange shapes. Even if they do, they are all the same. It is impossible for all kinds of situations to occur, let alone those who were burned by fire and born with birthmarks.
Shanzhai is a gang of gangs that have gathered together.
Ning Changyuan gave the map, and the Jianghu forces on it were marked in great detail, but there were only two situations that he did not write.
One, the power is too small to be feared.
Two, he didn't know there was such a power.
What kind of situation is Shimo Shanzhai? In order to forge the road guide, Ning Changyuan stole the seals of Yongzhou's big and small officials, saying that he did not know that there was a cottage on Shimo Mountain, and the possibility was very small. No matter how well hidden, there would always be clues left.
Then the power is too small.
Mo Li looked around, the cottage was very dilapidated, but the people were not naked and hungry.
There are no decent houses, probably because there are no masons or carpenters here.
At this time, the master of Shimo said: "Rangrang, this is the doctor who came to the mountains to collect medicine."
The crowd suddenly fell silent.
Although outsiders are not allowed to enter the stone mill cottage, there are still exceptions, such as merchants who sell goods, and walking monks. The former can bring salt, needles and threads and other objects to Shimo Shanzhai, while the latter can barely see a headache, and can also cure trauma.
Of course, you have to bring it in blindfolded.
These people also don't want copper coins, and silver coins don't work for dry food and water.
In addition to this, there are herbs to be dried.
People eat whole grains, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, they will always get sick.
In natural disasters and famine years, except for those who died of starvation, they died of diseases. Herbs were scarce.
So I heard that foreigners need herbs, and the people from Shimo Shanzhai believed it.
The mountain is so big, unless you pull a group of hundreds of soldiers and horses, you can't occupy it at all. The government has such strength, but no matter what you want here, there is no one in the area, and the soldiers are not willing to suffer this kind of hardship at all.
"The head of the family, such a young doctor... Is it reliable?"
The head of Shimo's eyelids jumped, and he scolded: "People are capable, you less nonsense, what about the second family?"
As soon as he heard that he was here to treat the second master, the people in the stockade immediately gave way.
"Everyone went to work, the snow outside has melted." The master of Shimo said loudly.
He was worried that Mo Li and Meng Qi were the kind of bad-tempered Jianghu people. Although the people in the cottage could fight a few times, they were vulnerable in front of the real masters. consider.
Hey, it's all his fault.
When I saw this doctor before, he was very kind, and it made people feel good. Why...
The cottage is not big, and before the master of the stone mill has finished thinking about it, he has already walked to a stone house.
"Second brother?"
After he finished speaking, he did not wait for an answer, so he went ahead.
The light in the stone house was dim, and around the stones that served as tables and chairs, the human eye could vaguely see a person lying on the kang behind.
An old woman on the edge of the kang put down her bowl and awkwardly came over to say hello: "Head of the family, is this?"
"The doctor from outside, let the second brother see a doctor."
After the master of the stone mill finished speaking, he would light a candle.
Seeing the pitifully short candle on the table, Mo Li stopped it and said, "My generation of martial arts practitioners have good eyesight, so there is no need to light a lamp."
The master of Shimo was stunned for a moment, and then thought angrily, this martial arts practitioner's statement is too biased, and only a master of the inner family has this kind of ability. A person who practiced kung fu horizontally like him, should not see it or not.
Meng Qi didn't speak, he looked at the people lying on the kang.
His face was sallow, and his stature was thin.
The appearance is not bad—yes, under the repeated attack of the people in Shimo Shanzhai, Meng Qi began to pay attention to the appearance of people. Although the beauty and ugliness of people are similar to him, who is ordinary and who is unique in appearance. Still not clear
The second-in-command of the Shimo Shanzhai is a very good man.
His eyebrows are picturesque, his nose is like a gall.
In addition to heroic spirit, there is also an indescribable beauty.
It's just that he is sick now, his face has lost at least three points, and the light in the room is very dim. He opened his eyes slightly and said in a low voice: "The doctor from outside? Big brother didn't say that, in February, Master Yuanzhi will meet. come?"
"As soon as you have an attack, your stomach hurts like a cramp, you can't get out of bed, how can you stay up until the next month?" Master Shimo said gruffly, then turned his head to explain, "Master Yuanzhi often comes here. The walking monk knows a little bit of tricks, and when he left last time, my second brother hadn't gotten sick yet."
Master Shimo is proficient in the world of people and knows that some doctors are very taboo to take over other patients in the middle.
Mo Li didn't mind too much, he took the bowl that the old woman put down, smelled the residue inside, and judged the medicinal properties.
The second master lying on the kang looked at them vigilantly, and instead of looking at the ink carp, he paid more attention to Meng Qi who was standing in the distance. Even if he was in the dark for a long time, the eyesight of ordinary people was not enough to see that far.
This small action is enough to show that the second master has also practiced internal strength.
Because the hostility and dissatisfaction of the second master were too obvious, even the old woman felt it. She wanted to smooth things out, but she didn't know what to say, so she broke out in a cold sweat.
The master of Shimo was a little confused, and he advised: "Second brother, this doctor has entered the cottage all the way, and there is no difference when he sees me. Even if we look different and are prejudiced by the world, don't embarrass yourself. You. Being so ill, the brothers in the teaching village are all worried, everyone, just listen to me this time!"
Meng Qi wondered in his heart, what's the difference in this appearance
He couldn't help but look at the second master's body under the quilt. The latter noticed it and became even more angry.
Probably compared to Mo Li, Meng Qi is more trustworthy. The second master hesitated for a while, but after all, he didn't say anything. He slowly lifted the quilt and stretched out his left hand.
"… "
Although only one hand was stretched out, the person sat up and the condition of the right shoulder was also exposed.
This outstanding-looking second-in-command has an abnormally swollen right shoulder, which looks like a deformed round drum, and below the shoulder, in addition to the normal right arm, hangs a thin, thin arm.
Does this have three hands
After Meng Qi was stunned, he suddenly remembered that there was a master of hidden weapons in the rivers and lakes. He always wore a cloak that could wrap his body and was extremely light. Later, when he was dueling with someone one day, because he lost the match, his cloak and clothes were all torn apart, and everyone was in an uproar. , It turns out that this so-called master is actually a freak.
This story was widely spread, and even Meng Qi, who had no concept of Jianghu anecdotes, had heard people say it in the market teahouse.
Mo Li paused, did not look at the abnormally deformed arm, but took his pulse seriously.
Mo Li was of course not very happy about the strong hostility shown by the other party before, but he was invited to see a doctor. As long as the patient did not do too much, Mo Li would not leave.
As a result, seeing such an abnormality, Mo Li's displeasure was half gone.
Gossip and rumors in the world can kill people, like the second master of Shimoshan, it is more difficult to live than other ugly people.
After carefully checking the pulse, the rest of the ink carp's unhappiness disappeared.
Because he understood why the second head of Shimoshan insisted on looking for a familiar walking monk to see a doctor, and also understood what this limb deformity was about.
"Doctor, my second brother's illness?" Shimoshan asked worriedly.
"...It's an intestinal carbuncle. Fortunately, the disease is not urgent, but it will be difficult to say if it drags on." Mo Li met the vigilant gaze of the second master, he nodded calmly, and only said the disease.
"Intestinal carbuncle?" The master of Shimo was taken aback, he had heard of this disease.
A carbuncle is an abscess, and it's fine if it's on the face, but if it's an intestinal carbuncle, it can be fatal.
"I, I heard it's going to be…"
The head of Shimo made a bit of a gesture.
Doctors who want to open their stomachs and treat carbuncles have no place in Xinglin, because many people are reluctant to do things that are dirty and smelly, but the disease of intestinal carbuncles is not an old doctor over the years.
"It's not that serious, so take the medicine first." Seeing that there was no pen and paper around, Mo Li dictated the prescription.
Rhubarb, peony bark, peach kernel, etc.
This is a famous prescription on the Golden Chamber of Medicine, which is specially used to treat intestinal carbuncle.
Mo Li took his pulse again, pondered for a while, and said, "Drink it for three days, and then I will prescribe two heat-clearing recipes."
This is to temporarily live in the cottage. After the master Shimo thanked him, he took people out. The second master looked complicated and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything after all.
"A few years ago, I came to Yongzhou, and it wasn't so desolate." Mo Li Xin started a topic.
The head of Shimo shook his head and didn't say anything about the suffering of the people.
Mo Li continued to ask: "I have a distant relative who lives in the west of Shimo Mountain. Now it's deserted. I don't know if there are people who escaped from the cottage. I want to know the situation of the distant relative."
The head of Shimoshan thought about it and didn't think there was any problem, and he couldn't afford to offend the two, so he agreed.
The stone houses in the cottage all look the same, and I can't tell if they are good or bad.
The big boss invited them to an empty room, said a few polite words and left.
Meng Qi played with the bamboo cup on the table and smiled, "The doctor wants to inquire about the alchemist's movements from the people here?"
"Besides that, I'm really short of herbs." Mo Li took the cup in his hand, looked at it and said, "The thickness of this bamboo is just enough to fit you in. It seems that I will invite the cottage when I leave. The big boss gave me a cup."
"… "
Meng Qi instinctively wanted to refute, the gerbil is not that fat, and has hair.
The hair is soft, and if you put it in, the bamboo tube will fall out as soon as it is rolled.
But looking at the doctor's face, Meng Qi decided not to say, if the doctor wears a rope to the bamboo tube and hangs it around his waist, he doesn't want to leave the position on Mo Li's shoulder.
So he changed his mouth to talk about the rumors in the rivers and lakes, about Yan Cen, a master of hidden weapons.
"The rumors are misleading, he was born like this, he has practiced martial arts hard, but he just doesn't want to be bullied, but..."
Meng Qi did not continue to speak, because he saw that Mo Li seemed to have something to say.
"What's the matter, doctor?"
"nothing."
Although Mo Li answered bluntly, Meng Qi saw the clue. Maybe Yan Cen had other secrets, and Mo Li, as a doctor, thought it was inappropriate to tell others.
Even if they talk about everything, the doctor still has his own principles.
Meng Qi thought helplessly, he took the initiative to ignore the matter, got up and said, "You boil the medicine, I'll ask if the alchemist has been to Shimo Mountain."
The medicine boiled by the ink carp belongs to Meng Qi.
The medicine of Yan Cen, the second master of Shimo Mountain, is naturally troubled by the people in the cottage.
For the medicinal soup to be imported, Mo Li would naturally not fake his hand. He was busy for a while when he suddenly heard light footsteps outside the house. He turned his head and saw that it was Yan Cen with a sallow complexion.
Mo Li expected that he would come, so he wasn't surprised, he just let Yan Cen sit down and talk about it.
Yan Cen gave a silent salute, and then slowly sat down on the table.
"Is it really a carbuncle?" Yan Cen asked embarrassedly.
"When you had an attack, you felt pain after pressing on the right lower abdomen, right or not?"
"... The doctor just called the pulse, not... "
After Mo Li put the medicine jar away, he sat opposite Yan Cen and said softly, "I have internal strength. You also noticed it when I took the pulse before."
Yan Cen's expression changed, what more he wanted to say, Mo Li already understood, and said directly: "You are indeed a carbuncle, I will not let the patient drink medicine randomly, this disease cannot be delayed, I understand you But you almost lost your life."
Yan Cen held his deformed arm hidden in the cloak, and looked embarrassed.
Mo Li saw how pitiful he was, and couldn't help but say, "Your worries don't exist. Although you have two hearts and your internal organs are different from ordinary people,... the other one is not a woman."
Yan Cen looked up at him in shock.
Mo Li stretched out his hand to signal, but Yan Cen did not respond, Mo Li removed his cloak, raised his deformed arm, and said to Yan Cen, "Men and women have different skeletons. Although the arm bones are not obvious, the internal organs can prove it. Ordinary doctors It can only be diagnosed that you have two heart sounds, and you cannot see your internal organs, so you are often misjudged. Although your illness is rare, it is not unique. My teacher has seen it before. "
Yan Cen shivered, and although the abdominal pain did not heal, he still sat up straight.
Mo Li continued to ask, "Have you seen a famous doctor?"
"When I was young, I had hired a famous doctor and an alchemist." Yan Cen said in a hoarse voice, "I am an evil spirit who devoured my siblings in my mother's womb, my father threw me to the ground, and I was still alive. Someone in the family had received my mother's great kindness, and couldn't bear it, and secretly entrusted it to a virtuous monk. As a result, the older I got, the more strange this arm looked. I looked like my mother, and some people said that I was not a brother. But sisters, I am afraid that they are neither male nor female, they are really evildoers."
"When you got sick last year, did you think... the sisters were doing something wrong?" Mo Li asked again.
Yan Cen said absentmindedly, "I dreamed that there was an invisible mass of blood that dug through the intestines and came out, so I thought it was destiny."
Mo Li was dumbfounded, and after thinking about it, he comforted him: "You are weak and your life expectancy is not long, but after practicing internal skills, it is much better. Your trouble is when you are sick, and prescribing prescriptions is more troublesome than ordinary people. If you don't care. That arm has nothing to do with it at all. The intestinal carbuncle can be cured, but the heart disease is difficult to treat. The boss of Shimo Shanzhai probably doesn't know how high your martial arts are!"
Yan Cen calmed down. After he recovered a little, he looked like a son of an aristocratic family. He smiled bitterly: "It is said that it is a bandit village, but in fact, they are all eccentric people tortured by the world. They say that they have done nothing wrong. It doesn't count. Before coming to Shimo Mountain, he robbed a certain member's furniture and robbed a corrupt official who had returned home. Fortunately, he didn't say anything about killing the rich and helping the poor and then only helping himself.
"A few years ago, I had nowhere to stay. When I was robbed by them, I was penniless. I didn't even rob me of anything and gave me back half a piece of steamed bun. Later, I happened to meet them and encountered a strong enemy, so I helped me out. , and after the great drought in Yongzhou, Shimo Mountain came.
"I don't want to be in this mountain, it is the most comfortable day in my life. I have no other wishes. The brothers in the village have given me too much. I only hope that the Shimo Village is safe and sound. I don't know the origin of the two, but I can see You are very ordinary people, the doctor saved my life, if there is anything I can help, I will do my best."
Saying that, he got up and saluted again.
Mo Li stopped the person, and only advised Yan Cen to go back to rest, and talk about it when he was healed.
When the person was far away, Mo Li walked to the stone house window and said to the outside, "Eavesdropping."
Meng Qi leaning against the window: "..."
No, doctor, it's really a coincidence.
The author has something to say:
Intestinal carbuncle is appendicitis.
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The big boss and the second boss don't have JQ, they don't.
In the case of Shimo Shanzhai, a kind old hen takes care of a group of chicks.
The chick leader is clumsy, and the chick leader is sloppy all day long, but the chick leader is still willing to protect the chickens
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To be honest, Yan Cen's condition was quite troublesome.
The doctor took a pulse, listened carefully, heard two heartbeats, and was probably stunned.
Strong man, do you have it
Although the heartbeat was strong and weak, it was not like a fetal sound, nor a slippery pulse, and it was estimated that he was about to scream, so Yan Cen was afraid of seeing the doctor.