When Chen Xing woke up, he found that he had returned to Xie's house. He couldn't remember what happened last night. He only vaguely remembered that the last thing he had was drinking with Feng Qianjun.
"morning."
After washing up, Chen Xing walked across the patio to the main hall. He first met the owner, Xie An. Xie An just came back, and when he saw Chen Xing, his expression was very strange. Xiang Shu sat alone in the hall having lunch, glanced at Chen Xing, and said nothing.
"Yesterday, His Majesty temporarily sent me into the palace," Xie An explained, "I made you wait for a long time."
Chen Xing now saw that Xie An was coming, but he did not expose him, and said, "Oh? What did your majesty say? Is the money back?"
Xie An said: "In response to these 700,000 taels, His Majesty issued a special decree and sent it to Feng's house today. The solution will surely satisfy everyone."
Chen Xing thought to himself that you were reneging on your debts... Looking at Xiang Shu again, he said, "Did I get drunk last night?"
Xie An and Xiang Shu exchanged a look, and in this look, a huge amount of information was quickly exchanged.
"I didn't do anything strange last night, right?" Chen Xing suddenly felt a little dangerous.
Xiang Shu: "You just made a lot of noise in Xie's house, and then jumped into the lotus tank to take a bath..."
Chen Xing: "!!!"
Xie An: "Brother Xiang wants to pull you out, but you still hug Brother Xiang, pulling and pulling, kissing and..."
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Xie An stopped talking, and Chen Xing's face flushed immediately, embarrassed to the extreme, "cough cough" several times, and then said: "I heard that there is a plague in Jiangnan?"
Chen Xing changed the topic, but Xie An didn't know much about it, recalled it for a long time, and then said: "It seems like there was a saying a few years ago, there was an epidemic in Kuaiji... But it has already subsided, where did you come from? know?"
Xie An originally served in the Ministry of Personnel, and then took charge of the Central Librarian. The responsibility was to coordinate the Beifu soldiers and to coordinate and balance the differences between the gentry, the imperial power, and the southern literati. On the contrary, he had little control over the people's livelihood, and only worked as a householder a few years ago. The Ministry heard about one or two, but he knew that since Chen Xing asked, it must not be a trivial matter, and said, "I will send someone to ask the Minister of the Ministry to come and ask."
Chen Xing hurriedly said: "No, I'll investigate it myself."
"Yesterday, His Majesty proposed to meet the two of you," Xie An said, "I temporarily rejected it, but if there is time, I think it is a good idea to meet."
When they heard this, Chen Xing and Xiang Shu couldn't help being a little surprised, and Xie An seemed to know that Chen Xing didn't want to become an official in the dynasty.
"Thank you very much." Chen Xing smiled, "But before leaving Jiankang, I will definitely find an opportunity to visit His Majesty, otherwise I will lose my courtesy."
The reason for Xiang Shu's surprise was that, compared with Fu Jian's absolute imperial power in the north, the Sima family emperor in the south was negotiable in everything, and resisting the decree was not a big problem.
In the afternoon, Chen Xing went out the door, as if there was no need to say anything, Xiang Shu changed his clothes and followed. Usually they don't like each other, but when it comes to work, Chen Xing has become accustomed to Xiang Shu naturally, and will always follow him without saying a word.
But after being drunk last night, the atmosphere between the two was particularly awkward. Chen Xing wanted to ask what happened last night, but he was afraid that the description was getting darker and darker. Beside Chen Xing, the two did not ride a horse, they just walked.
Walking out of Wuyi Lane and on to Suzaku Street, the two of them didn't talk all the way. The longer it dragged on, the more embarrassing the silence became.
Chen Xing cleared his throat: "Cough! You... "
"You..." Xiang Shu said at the same time.
The two were silent again. Chen Xing was mad in his heart. He stood still, and Xiang Shu finally said, "If you want to find a patient, you can't find it on the street."
Chen Xing: "I see!"
Xiang Shu said, "Buy two horses to ride?"
"No need!" Chen Xing said casually, "It's amazing to be rich! I can go by myself."
Xiang Shu: "Want to go to Kuaiji?"
Chen Xing glanced at Xiang Shu bitterly, walked across Suzaku Street, and said, "I don't want to go to Kuaiji in the near future. I'll go to the local medical center. The doctors here may know something."
In addition to his job as an exorcist, Chen Xing's sideline is studying medicine. Among the doctors, the news is always very well-informed, because patients often bring all kinds of news. In addition, the healers are like businessmen, with their own unique guilds.
"By the way, you never told me, what exactly is Suixing?" Xiang Shu asked seemingly casually.
Chen Xing felt a thud in his heart and said, "Sui Xing? Why did you suddenly ask Suixing?"
Xiang Shu: "Last night, I was practising the unmoving tablet, and I suddenly thought of it, so I asked casually."
Xiang Shu stood still, squinted in the sun, and looked at Chen Xing. The two of them walked all the way. All the metaphysical questions raised by Xiang Shu, as long as Chen Xing knew it, he would explain it to him. If he didn't know, he told him frankly. "do not know".
"Oh?" Chen Xing was a little surprised, "Have you learned the mind trick on that scroll?"
Xiang Shu: "You haven't answered me yet."
Chen Xing: "..."
Chen Xing could only say: "Everyone has nine palaces in their lives, whether it is the secret of the sky or the breaking of the army, the seven killings, the greedy wolf, the stars of the heavens, will be distributed in each palace, and there is one star, which is in charge of the whole. In the natal chart, this star is the 'star of fate'. The astrology is very complicated, and I haven't learned it myself... "
"So your Incoming Star is the Sui Xing?" Xiang Shu said, "What determines this?"
Chen Xing: "It is said that it is the time of birth. Maybe the main star also has his own preferences? Not sure."
Xiang Shu: "How many people are there for Suixing?"
Chen Xing wanted to change the subject, but Xiang Shu kept asking, so he had to answer directly: "There are very few people who have been killed by Suixing, only one in thousands of years."
"So those who are born with the stars will have good luck all their lives?" Xiang Shu asked again.
"Uh," Chen Xing said, "Why do you have so many problems? Theoretically speaking, but... Forget it, don't you think I'm really lucky?"
"But what?" Xiang Shu asked again, a little suspiciously.
Chen Xing: "Nothing, what do you think of me? Just say if you are dissatisfied."
Xiang Shu: "No dissatisfaction, I just see that your luck is not good. Why didn't Suixing send you money yesterday?"
Chen Xing: "Isn't there always a chance of surprises along the way? It is Suixing's blessing, so what else?"
Xiang Shu: "That's because I'm saving you!"
Chen Xing stared at Xiang Shu, and suddenly smiled: "So, I can find you and be with you, isn't it my luck?"
This next Xiangshu has nothing to say. Chen Xing didn't want to say such a sentence, but when Xiangshu mentioned Suixing, Chen Xing thought of many things. There are only a few years left, and what's the point of not admitting defeat all day long
Wait... Chen Xing suddenly became nervous. Could it be that he was drunk last night and said something wrong, and Xiang Shu listened to him.
But Xiang Shu stopped asking questions, and Chen Xing was not good at answering superfluous words. Over the past few days, he gradually realized that Xiang Shu had undergone many changes. After resigning his identity as Da Chanyu, he finally became himself in front of Chen Xing, and the real Xiang Shu was just a little wary. , and only a young man with a vague curiosity about the world.
Jiankang Street is eight vertical and eight horizontal, like a well-shaped arrangement. After the Han people crossed south, the city was expanded to imitate Chang'an. The City Traditional Chinese Medicine Center is located on Baihu Road, West Street. The plaque "Rejuvenation of the Hands". Chen Xing wondered how he could see this guy's words wherever he went in Jiankang. It looked good, but it was everywhere. If he read it too much, he would get tired of his eyes.
In the Huichun Hall, it was rumored that Zhu Jin, the genius doctor of Jiankang, was attending a consultation, but Zhu Jin only came for a short time in the morning, and occasionally went to the palace for consultation. When Chen Xing and Xiang Shu arrived, they saw a man dressed in men's clothing. The young woman who was in the hall was seeing a doctor, and behind the curtain, another figure dispensed medicine for her.
"Those who see a doctor go outside and line up," the female doctor said when she saw Chen Xing, "There are many people, so come according to the rules."
"I... I'm going to die..." Chen Xing pretended to be dying, "Doctor, I'm sick..."
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"Who's not in a hurry?" The female doctor naturally saw that Chen Xing was pretending, and said angrily, "Queue up! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rough!"
Just as he was talking, there was a sudden "ah" sound from behind the curtain. The person who dispensed the medicine lifted the curtain, revealing Gu Qing, who was dressed in women's clothes, and said with a smile, "Brother Chen?"
Chen Xing said hello with a smile, but the female doctor was a little surprised, her face softened a little, Chen Xing said: "I'm not a doctor, I'm also a doctor, and I want to talk to you." After speaking, he introduced himself, and then introduced Xiang Shu, then The female doctor looked at Xiang Shu more than once, and then said no more, only said: "Let's drink tea while I finish this round of patients, and then let you kick the gym."
Chen Xing didn't expect that the girl would not enter the oil and salt, but when he thought about it, it was the same when he saw a patient. Gu Qing quickly put down his work and came over to serve tea to the two of them.
"Hey!" said the female doctor dissatisfied.
Gu Qing waved his hand and smiled, indicating that the two were distinguished guests, and the female doctor was so upset that she had to call someone to replace her.
After a while, Gu Qing settled down and the two sat aside and served the licorice tea brewed in the medicine hall. Chen Xing said, "I just saw it last night, but I'm here to disturb you today. I don't know what that sister is called?"
"She is my senior sister." Gu Qing whispered.
Chen Xing wanted to ask about his surname or alias, but the female doctor heard it and replied casually, "Thank you, Daoyun." Then she asked the patient in front of her, "What's wrong with you? Look at your tongue."
Chen Xing suddenly remembered, isn't this Xie An's niece? I saw Xie Daoyun flying eyebrows into the temples, no makeup powder, and a stern face. From the point of view of his demeanor, he looked like a female Xiangshu. I remembered what Feng Qianjun said last night that Gu Qing and Xie Daoyun were studying under Zhu Jin, but they had learned a lot of medical skills, and they were more willing to come out to see a doctor. Then observe Xie Daoyun's person, wearing a martial robe, condensed momentum, able to speak, quite chivalrous.
Chen Xing watched his consultation and found that the medical way in Jiangnan is somewhat different from that in the Central Plains and Guanzhong. The Central Plains medical way is mainly based on the theory of yin-yang and five-element harmony. If there is a problem, first find the cause, yin deficiency and yang deficiency. After finding the cause, let the body restore the harmony of yin and yang. .
Southerners focus on specific symptoms and prescribe the right medicine. Xie Daoyun's medical skills are extremely superb. After watching one round, Xie Daoyun put up a sign and temporarily closed his business. It was reported that another doctor was sitting in the clinic, and he went in to clean up. He asked the two to go to the inner hall, change into women's clothes, and come out to meet the guests.
Chen Xing only had time to explain his purpose now, while Xiang Shu got up and looked at Zhu Jin's collection of books in the study. Everywhere he went, he would always look at the furnishings of the host's house. Xie Daoyun said, "It's all Master's books. Take whatever you want.”
Xiang Shu nodded, took down a transcript of astrology, and stood to read it.
"Plague?" Xie Daoyun thought about it and said, "This is the second person to ask about the plague this year, can you tell me why you are curious about it?"
Chen Xing said in surprise: "Who else?"
"Of course it's Qing'er's lover." Xie Daoyun said with a little dissatisfaction again.
"Why do I feel a little sour," Chen Xing said, "Is there still vinegar in the study?"
Xie Daoyun: "Forget it, please come back."
Chen Xing smiled and said, "To be honest, it doesn't matter if I tell you, I'm an exorcist."
Xie Daoyun suddenly changed his face and said, "Exorcist?!"
Gu Qing's expression suddenly became a little unnatural, but Chen Xing didn't realize it yet. He smiled and described to Xie Daoyun. After hearing that, Xie Daoyun's face became more and more ugly. Chen Xing finally noticed the attack and said, "That... do you have any grudge against any of our colleagues?"
"Get out!" Xie Daoyun said immediately, "Get out of here! You swindlers! You lied to the common people when they were sick and didn't see the doctor to drink the talisman water, and urged my fiancé and my uncle to not do business all day long, and they knew that Xun Xian meditated... "
"I, I, I..." Chen Xing hurriedly explained, "It's not like this, we are not a group of liars, look at this, look at this..."
"Senior sister!" Gu Qing hurriedly urged, "They're not, they really aren't!"
"... How many children of the Wang Xie family are you still poisoning?!" Xie Daoyun ignored Gu Qing's persuasion, pointed to the door, and said, "Get out! Get out now!"
"Look at this first! I'll shine, you see?!" Chen Xing hurriedly put up his heart lamp and showed it to Xie Daoyun, "Come on, take a look at it..."
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Gu Qing: "..."
Xie Daoyun: "..."
Chen Xing said: "It's not what you think. We don't practice medicine, and we don't practice medicine occasionally, but we will never let people drink talisman water..."
Xiang Shu finally couldn't listen anymore, turned around, and took off the epee from his back.
"Heart lamp." Xiang Shu said.
Chen Xing's hands were shining brightly, and Xiang Shu shook the epee, moving like a mountain, radiating a dazzling light, turning it into a longbow. Xie Daoyun got up immediately and looked at Xiang Shu in disbelief. Xiang Shu shook again, and the longbow turned into a light rope, which Chen Xing had never seen before, and was also startled.
"What is this?" Chen Xing asked.
"Why don't you two collude before you come?" Xie Daoyun asked with a puzzled face.
Xiang Shu held the rope again and shook it in the air, and the light rope spun around the whole body. When the three of them thought that Xiang Shu was going to perform a performance of tying themselves in place, the light rope suddenly turned into a knife wheel. Chen Xing was dumbfounded. what is it? When did Xiangshu learn it? The usage seen from the bamboo slips
The light wheel shakes again and turns into a long pestle. Finally, Xiang Shupins the light pestle. The light pestle is shortened and transformed into a flashing arrow.
Then Xiang Shu grabbed the arrow again, swept it in the air, and the light arrow turned into an epee again, and retracted the sword.
Xiang Shu made a gesture for you to continue, while he continued to read.
Gu Qing subconsciously clapped his hands a few times. Xie Daoyun was about to applaud when he suddenly realized something was wrong. When he looked at Xiang Shu, his eyes were still wary. Chen Xing said: "Let's sit down and have a good talk. I can't do anything about the self-proclaimed senior brother Xie Anxie. Why don't you find a time for your fiance to chat with me? I promise to dispel his thoughts of seeking immortals. ,Okay?"
Xie Daoyun was dubious and sat down again, his expression was so sullen, and Chen Xing said strangely: "Why are the children of the Jiangnan gentry so fond of cultivating immortals?"
"How do I know?" Xie Daoyun said, "Isn't it because of some alchemists?"
It turned out that the literati and elegant scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, since the Jin court was still in the north, liked to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, search for immortals and visit Taoism, and all of them were unwilling to indulge in the secular. Son, I only indulge in meditation at home every day to understand the secrets of heaven, or take a big cauldron to burn cinnabar to smelt mercury and eat it. Many so-called "celebrities" in Jiangnan even cooked mercury pills, and the seats were full of mercury. How could Xie Daoyun not be angry
"Let's talk about this plague first," Chen Xing said sincerely. "In time, you will naturally understand that I am not pretending to be a ghost..."
Xie Daoyun's scripture Xiangshu gave such a demonstration, and he believed it half a point in his heart at first, but instinctively he still resisted the strange power and chaos, and only half-believed: "So? You want to find out how much connection this plague has with '魃'. ? There is no such thing as the resurrection of the dead! You have to convince me that you can only see it with your own eyes! Otherwise, I won't believe it."
"It's better if you don't see it," Chen Xing said. "I don't insist on this at all."
Gu Qing said in a low voice: "Qianjun was very concerned about this not long ago, and we didn't think about it clearly. Thinking about it this way, it might be as you said."
Xie Daoyun said to Gu Qing: "Let me tell you, you are slow-moving and anxious to death. After you finish speaking, quickly send them back."
Xie Daoyun then found the patient's oral history, spread it out and showed it to Chen Xing, explaining: "This plague has been rampant in Jiangnan since a few years ago. Someone left during that time."
Chen Xing listened to Xie Daoyun's explanation while reading the record. He had heard Feng Qianjun describe his condition once before, and it was roughly the same. The sick person was drowsy and had difficulty getting out of bed, but his face was the same as usual, and there was no abnormality in his skin or tongue. , only the pulse is empty.
The condition is also good and bad. At noon during the day, the spirit is better, and when it is night, the mind is confused and lost. The disease gradually spread from Kuaiji to Danyang, Moling and other places. According to the information exchanged by the Medical Association, the number of people infected with the disease was roughly half a million.
"Can you get rid of the poison?" Chen Xing thought to himself, maybe it has nothing to do with Ji
"Completely ruled out," Xie Daoyun replied, "doctors can't see the truth, so they have to prescribe tonic for the patients."
Xie Daoyun has seen several patients and found that the patients all have one characteristic - blurred eyes, often distracted when speaking, like a lost soul.
Most of the prescriptions prescribed by doctors for patients are ginseng and deer antler. How can ordinary people afford them? There are those who can afford to eat, and they have barely recovered. They can talk and get out of bed and move around, but as long as the medicine is discontinued, they quickly return to their original state. Therefore, people in the various counties also jokingly called it "the disease of wealth and honor".
"It's all positive medicinal materials for Da Lie Dazao," Chen Xing immediately grasped the key point, "Then if you move the patient out to bask in the sun at noon, will it also improve?"
Xie Daoyun was startled, and then said: "Yes."
"The yang qi is indebted and the soul is hurt. The three souls are yang and the seven souls are yin. This means that the yang soul has been hurt." Chen Xing said, and then raised the second and most core question.
"What's the name of the first patient and where is he from? Is there a record?" Chen Xing said.
Xie Daoyun replied: "This is a good question. The first plague patient with records was a businessman... Wait, your friend... Are you all right?"
Chen Xing turned his head to look behind him, and suddenly heard a loud noise. Xiang Shu pressed his forehead with one hand, and suddenly stood unsteadily, knocking over a row of books on the shelf.
"Xiang Shu!" Chen Xing's surprise was no trivial matter, he hurriedly got up to help him, Xiang Shu stabilized his body and waved his hand, indicating that it was okay.
"What's wrong with you?!" Chen Xing suddenly forgot to talk to Xie Daoyun.
"It's okay," Xiang said, "I drank a lot last night, and I'm still a little dizzy today."
Xie Daoyun stood up, opened the gauze curtain in the study, Xiang Shu shook his head violently, put the book back on the shelf, glanced at Chen Xing, but his eyes had a little inexplicable meaning, then, leaning back against the bookshelf, he slowly sat down down.
"Xiang Shu!" Chen Xing suddenly realized that something was wrong. Since he met Xiang Shu, this guy has never shown weakness. According to himself, he has never been attacked by poisons, and he has never seen him get sick. Why is it so short? After a while, it became like this
Xie Daoyun looked at Xiang Shu suspiciously, thinking that the two were acting again, and said, "What's the matter, are you dizzy?"
Chen Xing hurriedly knelt in front of Xiang Shu, set up a heart lamp, pressed his heart, and said, "Xiang Shu? How do you feel?"
"Suddenly a little tired," Xiang Shu said, "it's okay, it'll be fine in a while."
Xie Daoyun watched for a while, Gu Qing said, "Is it a bit boring?" Then he opened the windows and doors to let in the air, Xiang Shu took a deep breath, and said, "I want to take a break."
Chen Xing himself is a doctor. First, the test items describe his forehead, and there is no abnormality. Then he presses his pulse, and everything is as usual. How to do? This change came so suddenly! He turned his head a little bewildered and looked at Xie Daoyun. At this time, Xie Daoyun saw that it was not acting, so he said to Gu Qing: "Boil a bowl of Xingshen soup for him to drink." Then he said to Chen Xing: "He put him Take it to the backyard."