After I learned about the symptoms of the strange diseases suffered by the women in Longdong Village from the psychiatrist Dr. Huang, I called Xiaona and got the answer: Although their conditions are similar to those of mental illness, they are unlikely to be mental illnesses. Since it is not a mental illness, then there is someone who can tell me what it is, and this person is Ye Liunian, a wretched forensic doctor.
Immediately dial the number of fleeting years and inform the situation. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "If I guessed correctly, they should have been poisoned."
"Poisoned? Impossible! If he is poisoned, how could Dr. Huang not know? He has been a doctor for more than ten years, and his experience is no less than yours." I wondered.
"Do you think I have more autopsies, or more of his patients?" As he said this, I remembered the deserted scene in the hospital lobby. Longdong Village has a population of more than 2,000 at the peak, and more often than 1,000. In addition, rural people have more opportunities to exercise on weekdays, and their physique is better than that of urban people. Naturally, the number of consultations will not be too many. And Dr. Huang came back after the internship. Although he has been a doctor for more than ten years, his experience is not necessarily richer than that of a young doctor who has been practicing medicine in a big city for two or three years.
Liu Nian's subsequent analysis also confirmed my speculation: "He first studied surgery, and then he became a monk and turned to psychiatry. I don't think it's because he is an ethnic minority, and he can't even get a diploma. To put it badly, he It's just a yellow-green doctor. Also, don't think that a doctor can cure any disease, and you won't seek a diagnosis from an ENT doctor if you have hemorrhoids!"
(In Cantonese dialect, Dr. Huanglu means quack doctor.)
Although the metaphor of fleeting years is disgusting, it is indeed true. Dr. Huang is half-baked in surgery and psychiatry, and his knowledge of poisoning is probably not as good as that of an intern in internal medicine. Just like Xiaona, when I told her the symptoms, she would only explain it to me within her professional scope, and never thought of the possibility of poisoning. The fleeting year is a forensic doctor. Although he is not good at treating diseases, his ability to analyze the cause is not bad.
"What kind of poison do you think they were poisoned by?" This is the question I am most concerned about. Once I know it, I can investigate the source of the poison and even find the mountain ghost.
"You think I'm an immortal! Even if you put the body in front of me, I will have to test it to be sure, not to mention that you are hiding in the ravine now. However, I can tell you one thing, judging from their symptoms, It should be heavy metal poisoning." His answer not only disappointed me, but also confused me, there is heavy metal poisoning in such a rural place, and it is only women who are poisoned... A thought suddenly appeared in my mind, they Could the poisoning be related to some habit or custom? Maybe I have to find the third wife, but before that, I have to determine whether they are really poisoned.
To avoid embarrassing Dr. Huang, we went straight to the director when we returned to the hospital. The director of the hospital was named Huang Ligao. I told him that the villagers’ madness was probably caused by heavy metal poisoning, and I asked him to do relevant tests for the patients immediately. But he said: "We don't have the corresponding equipment in our hospital, so I'm afraid we won't be able to test it."
"Is there a nearby hospital that can do this test?" I asked.
"Heavy metal poisoning is not a common disease. Ordinary small hospitals will not purchase related equipment, and hospitals in neighboring counties and cities will not have it, unless it is a large hospital in the provincial capital." His tone was slightly impatient.
"Then send someone to send all the patients to the provincial capital immediately!" Zi Die said as if giving an order to the dean. Just now she kept her head down and didn't say anything, maybe because the dean's attitude was not very good, her eldest lady's temper was aroused. But that's fine, at least the atmosphere won't be too embarrassing.
"I can't do this. The hospital doesn't have an ambulance, and the manpower is very urgent. Not to mention sending all the patients to the provincial capital, it is very difficult to send even one. If you want to send them away, you can find a way by yourself!" The dean smoked a cigarette leisurely, as if he didn't want to pay any more attention to us.
Zi Die is on fire this time, ready to scold the dean. I quickly grabbed her hand, motioned her to stop talking, and then said to the dean, "Then let us deliver it. Please help us make arrangements, choose the patient with the least illness, and let us take her to the hospital. Provincial People's Hospital for examination. If it is convenient, I hope you can send a doctor to accompany you."
My polite request was exchanged for his sarcasm: "If you want to take the patient away, you can communicate with the family yourself. As for the doctor to accompany you, it depends on who is willing to go crazy with you."
"What do you mean!" Zidie Xingxing eyes widened, staring at the dean, feeling like she was going to eat the dean.
"I'm also a doctor, and I know what's going on with heavy metal poisoning. It's not like some half-hearted people who want to blame the hospital for the fault if they can't catch a mountain ghost." The director also seemed to be angry.
"What are you talking about, you want to accuse Sang of scolding Huai! If it's not poisoning, is it the curse of the mountain ghost? Are you a doctor or a witch doctor!" Zi Die roared at the dean. I finally understand why she always finds no results in her investigations. If she loses her temper so easily, there will be witnesses who are willing to cooperate and tell the truth.
However, the dean did not show weakness, and said with an angry snort: "Do you think heavy metal poisoning is easy to suffer from? I will let you know for a while. Generally speaking, only places with serious pollution, or long-term People who work in smelting and chemical industries will suffer from this disease. But, have you seen pollution here? In our village, except for the development of rosin for a while in the 1980s and 1990s, there is almost no industry. Come to pollution? Even if there is pollution, everyone will get sick, especially the elderly and children. But what is the current situation, you should be very clear. "
Although the dean's attitude was bad, what he said was not without reason, so Zi Die couldn't refute him for a while, and could only stamp his feet angrily. It seemed that it was time for me to smooth things out, and I said to the dean: "You are very reasonable, but it is also true that your hospital cannot find out what disease the patient suffers from. You should understand that if this situation continues, no one will be affected. There is no benefit. The Provincial People's Hospital has advanced testing equipment, and it is not a bad thing to send patients for examination."
After the dean thought for a moment, his anger subsided: "If you want to take people away, I can arrange it, but I am not responsible for anything!"
"You can rest assured about this. I will explain it to the family in person. I don't think the family will object. After all, there is at least a glimmer of hope in the big hospital, but if you stay, you can only wait for death." I smiled slightly.
The dean looked at his watch: "It's already past three o'clock now, so that's it, I'll take care of you now. Come over tomorrow morning and send someone for inspection!" After I thanked the dean, I went with Zizi Butterfly leaves.
After leaving the dean's office, Zi Die stopped talking again, but this time, it wasn't because she was embarrassed to be alone with me, but because she was angry with the dean, and her face was black. It seems that she has to be enlightened again. Suddenly I felt like a part-time father.
"Have you always investigated cases like this before?" I asked Zi Die after getting in the car.
"It's none of your business!" Her tone was not very good, it seemed that the city gate was on fire, affecting Chiyu.
"I have a friend who is an insurance company. He always looks like a slave who knows everything and calls him big brother and big sister. If you scold him, even if he did nothing wrong, he will keep trying to compensate you. However, when he was in school, he was a famous bastard who did everything except good things, do you know why he became like this?" I looked at her and said softly.
"How do I know." Her tone was still not very good, but she was obviously attracted by my topic.
I opened the car window, lit a cigarette, and said leisurely, "Because he needs money, a lot of money, so he can't let anyone who might buy insurance from him."
"Hmph, hypocrisy!" She showed a disdainful expression, "This kind of person is the most hateful, and will do anything for money."
"Do you know why he needs the money?" I asked.
"If you men don't want money, you can spend money and fool around with money." She glanced at me and seemed to think I was the same.
"He needs money because his father is ill, cirrhosis, terminal stage. It costs a lot of money to treat this disease, and his father's condition is very serious, money can't cure it, it can only take a little longer. He I want my father to live a little more comfortable in the last days, and I want my father not to worry about his future life, so he works hard, and even his temperament can be changed." After I finished speaking, I smoked leisurely and stopped talking. .
She was silent for a while before speaking: "I won't sell my dignity for money like he did."
I laughed: "Then why would you sell your dignity?"
"Nothing can make me betray my dignity!" She said it righteously.
"Really? If I gave you one hundred yuan and asked you to call me brother, would you call me?" I said and took out my wallet.
"You're crazy!" She rolled my eyes at me.
"Haha, I just said if." I took back my wallet and said, "What if I pay 10,000 yuan?"
"It's still the same, I'll just say you're crazy." She gave me another look.
"What if I pay a million? Just call me brother and you can get a million. Will you call it?"
She was silent for a moment before saying, "No, I won't call you no matter how much money you give me!"
"Then what if I give out 100 million? You can earn 100 million as long as you speak, and many people can't earn 100 million in their lifetime. You can get it just by calling your brother." I looked into her eyes and smiled slightly.
She involuntarily avoided my look, and after a moment said vaguely, "You have so much money to talk about."
"Haha..." I laughed out loud. She glared at me angrily and scolded, "What are you laughing at, what's so funny."
I put away my smile, looked at her eyes and said seriously: "Everyone has a value in their hearts, and the reason why you refuse to sell your dignity is that the price I offered has not reached your value. I can’t take it out, but I think apart from money, there should be other things worth giving up your dignity, such as catching mountain ghosts, and getting more respect from people.”
"Do I have to give up my dignity in order to capture the mountain ghost?" Although her tone was a bit broken, it had softened.
"Do you need to just see what you think, just like my friend. Although in the eyes of others, he looks like a slave, but in order to treat his father's illness, he will spend tens of thousands of dollars , never said a single complaint. So in the eyes of relatives and friends, he is a person worthy of respect." After listening to my words, she didn't say a word, and I said again: "It's no good, don't get up early, if you just want to feel free to post it. If you have a bad temper, you can beg the director of Hua to transfer you to some positions that fight against pornography and illegal activities. If you want to arrest the mountain ghost, then you can't lose your temper, because our job is to find out the truth, but to find out The truth, first of all, is to collect information. Information will not automatically appear in front of you, you must ask patiently and politely to find out, after all, ordinary citizens are not obliged to provide information for you.”
"Um..." She replied without saying a word, I think she was digesting my teaching.
"It's getting late, we have to hurry up and find the third wife." After that, I started the car and set off.
Although it has not yet been confirmed whether the villagers suffer from heavy metal poisoning or not, but now that I have time, I might as well visit Sanpo. I don't know her address, but Longdong Village is a small village the size of a palm. Just ask anyone and they will find her very quickly. However, as soon as she saw us, she immediately asked, "Did you catch the mountain ghost? It's not the same for people in the city, and they caught the mountain ghost as soon as they arrived!"
I was so embarrassed by her troubles that I sneered: "Not yet! But I already have a clue, but I need your help from the third wife."
"Haven't caught the mountain ghost yet?" The third woman was a little disappointed, but she quickly regained her spirits, "If you have any use for me, an old woman, just speak up, as long as you can catch the mountain ghost, ask me to do it. Anything is fine."
"I want to know if there are any special customs in your village, or if the villagers have some special habits?" I asked.
"I told you before, our village is only named after the Yao people, and the living habits are not much different from yours, and there are no special habits..." She suddenly thought about it, and added: "But if we talk about customs If so, the most special thing is to worship the Dragon King."
"Dragon King? Can you be more specific?"
"The reason why our village is called Longdong Village is because there is a dragon palace near the pine forest..." Her mouth, which was sunk in because of her lost teeth, opened and closed, and she told me in slightly vague but barely able to understand words. A story about the Dragon King—
The Dragon Palace is actually a cave, and some people call it Dragon Cave. When I was a child, I heard from my grandmother that a long time ago, there was a man in our village whose family was very poor, so he went to work in the landlord's house. Later, he was killed by the landlord and became the Dragon King after his death. Since the Dragon King was born, our village has never experienced a severe drought. I heard from my grandmother that there has not been a drop of rain in other places for a year, except for the heavy rain in our village. Therefore, people in our village go to the Dragon Palace to worship the Dragon King every year.
Not everyone can worship the Dragon King, because the Dragon King was killed by the landlord when he was very young, and he did not have a wife when he died. Therefore, only women can go to worship the Dragon King, and no men can go there. Moreover, young and beautiful women have to go, which is considered to be a wife for the Dragon King.
There are also many rules in the process of worshiping the Dragon King. From the entrance of the Dragon Palace, you have to worship in three steps, all the way to the Dragon King statue in the Dragon Palace. There is an underground river next to the statue of the Dragon King. We call it the Dragon River. After burning incense, candles and ingots for the Dragon King, everyone has to drink a scoop of water from the Dragon River. After drinking the water, you can leave the Dragon Palace, but you must not look back when you leave. If you look back, it means that you really want to marry the Dragon King and will be left behind by the Dragon King...
Everyone who worships the Dragon King has to drink the water of the Dragon River, so if the water contains heavy metals, wouldn't all the women in the village be poisoned? But there is no sign of poisoning at the third woman in front of her. How can this be explained? To know the reason, of course, the best way is to ask her directly: "Did you also go to worship the Dragon King?"
"When I was young, I happened to meet the Four Olds, so someone would dare to worship the Dragon King! If it weren't for the hidden location of the Dragon Palace, even the statue of the Dragon King might have been smashed. By the time I can worship the Dragon King, I will be old. , The Dragon King doesn't look down on him, and of course he won't go to worship."
"Have no mother-in-law your age in the village worshipped the Dragon King?"
"None of them. It's all young girls who come to worship. I haven't even entered the Dragon Palace. I heard these things from others."
Could it be that the reason why the villagers suffered from strange diseases was because they drank the water of the Dragon River? It seems necessary to break into the "Dragon Palace".