The water transportation in the south of the Yangtze River is well developed. There is a small wharf at the back door of Bai’s house. Several people get on the awning boat, and they don’t even need a servant to drive the boat. , moving slowly, not looking up like an old man.
The two brothers Zhao Wu Jiu sat in the cabin together with Shu Changfeng, the curtains were lowered, there was a damp vapor in the small cabin, the Wu Peng boat sailed along the water, and all the boats were caught by Bai Shiqi and a bamboo penny. Avoiding it, he is really a good player at punting.
Zhao Ziheng became stubborn and said, "Seventeen, do you want me to help you?"
Bai Shiqi pressed his hat and scolded with a smile: "Do you want us all to fall into the river to feed the bastard? Let's just sit on your boat."
The water town has its own convenience. The little boatman carried a few people for two days. Along the way, he stayed in the town for lodging and dinner. They were all arranged by Bai Shiqi, just like an old river and lake. On the third day , then arrived at Wuzhen.
Bai Shiqi tied the boat to the small pier in the town, and greeted a few people ashore: "I heard the news that the old man Huang is in a Taoist temple on the mountain outside the town, but he doesn't want to see the powerful, I'm afraid he will be wronged. A few have changed their clothes."
Zhao Wu Jiusheng's dignified and dignified, Shu Changfeng can see people even when he cleans up, but Zhao Ziheng is despised by her: "Your frivolous appearance is most disgusting to old man Huang, why don't you stay in the town?"
Zhao Ziheng shouted: "I originally accompanied my cousin to Jiangnan to treat his legs, how can I be separated from my cousin for a while?"
Bai Shiqi looked up and down: "Then you act as a servant, right?"
The clothes in the ready-to-wear store in the town are naturally not as good as the fabrics that everyone wears, and Zhao Wu Jiu doesn’t look like an ordinary person after changing his clothes. Bai Shiqi circled around him for a few times, and then he fabricated one for him. new identity.
The group of them followed the guidance of the people in the town all the way up the mountain. It was already afternoon when they arrived at the Taoist Temple. The Taoist boy at the gate saw a few people who were still ordinary pilgrims. How many people entered the Sanqing Temple and worshipped in the Sanqing Temple. After reaching the Sanqing Daozu, he bypassed the Wenchang Hall and went straight to the back.
Bai Shiqi caught a Taoist boy and asked, "I heard that there is a doctor living here? I have come to seek medical treatment from thousands of miles away. Please recommend me!"
The rest of the people bowed their heads and listened to her nonsense—the waterway in two or three days would be thousands of miles away, which is also exaggerated!
The little Daotong was surprised by her well-informed, took the money and led the two to a yard in the depths of the Taoist temple. When they got to the door, they smelled the smell of medicine, and he shrank back: "The doctor lives here. !"
Bai Shiqi pushed open the courtyard door and laughed loudly, "Old man Huang—"
The courtyard door was wide open, and the medicine racks were covered with herbs. A young man in a half-worn cloth robe was standing by to examine the herbs. He was startled by the sudden appearance of Bai Shiqi. Obvious joy: "Seventeen, why are you here?"
"Brother Zhu, didn't you already leave the school the year before last?"
Zhu Shoumei was Huang Youbi's only disciple. She practiced medicine alone outside for a long time, but she never expected him to appear in Wuzhen.
He was born with a beautiful face, and he has a gentle and modest temperament. After being a doctor for a long time, he is even more indifferent and calm. When he saw Bai Shiqi, he was in a good mood. He walked over to greet her, and stood in front of her and looked carefully : "I can't come back to serve the master after I leave school?" He was more than half a head taller than Bai Shiqi, lowered his head and rubbed her head, and asked with concern, "Are you naughty again? Where is the injury? "
Bai Shiqi stood in front of him with a smile that was not formal: "Brother Zhu, can't you expect me to order it?" Eyeballs roamed the courtyard: "Where's the old man Huang?"
Zhu Shoumei joked: "If the master heard that you were looking for him, he might have been hiding." He looked at the sky and said, "The old man is still collecting herbs on the mountain right now."
When Bai Shiqi heard this, he immediately waved towards the door: "Come in quickly and close the courtyard door."
Shu Changfeng pushed Zhao Wujiu in, Zhao Ziheng turned around and closed the courtyard door, Bai Shiqi introduced to several people: "This big brother Zhao... is the sub-leader of the Zhejiang Cao Gang, his leg has been injured for a long time, and he wants to see old man Huang. Look."
When Zhao Wu Jiu was going up the mountain, Bai Shiqi also messed up his hair a little bit, and after he went out, he never shaved his face again, the stubble on his chin was green and black, and he was wearing a tunic. Dividing the rough and tyrannical characters of the rivers and lakes.
He bowed to Zhu Shoumei. Zhu Shoumei knew that the Bo family had extensive contacts, and the number of merchants who had business dealings with the Cao Gang in the single five provinces was very frightening. The house poured tea and came out to eat with everyone, and still discussed some farewell matters with Bai Shiqi.
Bai Shiqi was born with eloquent words, and his life was full of ups and downs. The amusing Zhu Shoumei was full of smiles. Zhao Ziheng had the illusion of "a good brother was robbed" and wanted to interject, but now he is pretending to be Zhao Wujiu's long attendant. , can only stand on the side and pretend to be dumb, and quietly glared at Zhu Shoumei several times.
Zhu Shoumei's five senses were keen, but she pretended not to see it until the sun slanted westward, and Huang Youbi, who was wearing an old Taoist robe and leggings, finally came back.
He pushed open the courtyard door, and Bai Shiqi jumped up and grabbed his arm: "Old man Huang, I found you!"
Huang Youbi was taken aback, she didn't even have to look to know who was coming, she knocked on her forehead, and said angrily, "Tell me, what good herbs do you want to harm me?"
Zhu Shoumei smiled and took the basket full of herbs behind him and let Bai Shiqi drag Huang Youbi to Zhao Wujiu, angrily said, "Well, don't you like to treat incurable diseases? I'll give you one. The medical case is here, brothers of the Zhejiang Cao Gang, don't spoil my good intentions!"
Huang Youbi is about fifty years old, his beard and hair are mixed with frost color, his skin color is dark brown after being exposed to the sun for a long time, his hands are long and his feet are long, and his hair is casually held with a wooden hairpin. It is said that the old farmer in the field believes in his appearance, but his wise eyes are quite different.
He crouched down and touched Zhao Wu Jiu's legs, then started to take off his boots...
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The sky was getting dark, and Zhu Shoumei took the food from Daotong's basket and put it on the stone table outside.
Bai Shiqi sat with his feet up and stared absently at the lights in the room: "...How about I bring it to you?"
Zhu Shoumei was amused by her: "It's better for you to eat first."
Zhao Ziheng and Shu Changfeng were lying at the door and looked around, and were dragged over by Bai Shiqi: "Old Huang doesn't like being disturbed when he asks for a consultation."
Huang Youbi has many quirks. For example, he always avoids family members walking around when he is in the clinic, asks questions, and likes to dig deep into the mountains and old forests when he has nothing to do, or carry a medicine box as a bell doctor, and go to villages and towns, not sojourners. In the Taoist temple, it is a temple, often clanging, and there are not many copper plates on the body.
He has been practicing medicine since he was young, and now he has become famous all over Jiangnan. He doesn't know how many incurable diseases he has treated. Many wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan are willing to sponsor him to open a medical clinic or invite him to be a government doctor, but they are all rejected by him. After earning a large amount of medical fees, he turned his head and helped the poor.
Zhao Ziheng and Shu Changfeng were restless, sitting outside like a cat scratching in their hearts, if it wasn't for Bai Shiqi to stop them, they would have broken in long ago.
By the time Huang Youbi finished her consultation and came out to wash her hands and eat, it was already in the middle of the month.
Seeing his dignified expression, Bai Shiqi stopped even grinning, and was very worried: "Can Duozhu Zhao's leg be cured?"
Huang Youbi buried his head in the rice: "I have some confidence, but I can't guarantee it." He has always been cautious about his illness, and he would not easily promise that it can be cured.
The Imperial Physician in Jingli tried his best, but couldn’t make Zhao Wu Jiu feel the slightest bit in his legs, he also had a little hope in his heart when he went south this time, but his reason told him that he was doing useless work, so “ Somewhat sure" is good news for him.
He smiled slightly: "I have asked many doctors for this leg, and I have tried many methods, but none of them work. If it is successful or not, I will try my best. No matter what kind of treatment, I will do my best. You don't have to worry about it."
Huang Youbi has seen many patients, and the doctor has not given up, but the patient has given up. The man in front of him has tough eyes, but looking at the scar on the leg, it should have been seriously injured at first, but he was able to survive it. People's mind is extraordinary, he said: "Since this is the case, then I will try my best."
Bai Shiqi clapped his hands and said, "Isn't your old man cured my broken leg when I was a child, and I think you will be able to heal the injury caused by Zhao Duozhu. From tomorrow onwards, it's better for us to go into the mountains to hunt some rabbits and pheasants. Food?"
The food delivered by the Taoist temple tasted really good, but it was just a bland panic.
Huang Youbi couldn't wait to hit her head with chopsticks: "Tell me, you didn't get into trouble again this time, and ran out to escape, right?"
Bai Shiqi was wronged: "Am I that kind of person?"
"Yeah." Huang Youbi didn't give her any face at all, and even gloated at Bo Zhenting: "What's wrong with you being a kid, I don't know? When you were naughty and broke your leg, it was not honest, and even coaxed Shoumei to carry you on his back. Fishing in the river, the two of them were almost washed away by the water, and when they came back, they didn’t stop you from getting into trouble when you were sick, and when you grow up, you can still be good?”
Thinking of the miserable medicinal soup he drank at that time, Bai Shiqi always felt that there was a medicinal taste in the meal, and he was also polite to Huang Youbi: "If it wasn't for Brother Zhu to turn the recipe, who would know that you would always want to go to me? Adding two pounds of yellow lotus to the decoction, is this the way of a doctor?"
Zhu Shoumei mediated in the middle: "You two, stop arguing, the food is going to be cold!"
Bai Shiqi made a face at Huang Youbi: "Look at Big Brother Zhu, I don't have the same knowledge as a confused old man!"
Huang Youbi knocked on her head: "Shoumei is also doting on you, otherwise the old man will drive you out!"
The two bowed their heads and ate their own meals, but after the meal they had a conflict again because of the bedding problem.
There are three rooms in the yard. Huang Youbi is in the middle, Zhu Shoumei usually sleeps in the left compartment, and some herbs are placed in the right compartment, but there is also a bed. Today, it is used as a guest room, but it can't hold four people.
Besides, when they heard that Bai Shiqi and Zhao Wu Jiu were huddled together, Huang Youbi's face turned green, and they all objected.
Huang Youbi's reason was: "You don't look good when you take a nap. There is only one bed in the right wing, and you're not afraid to go to bed by yourself and kick everyone down?"
Zhu Shoumei spoke more gently: "Brother Zhao still has injuries on his legs, so it's not too crowded, why don't you come and sleep in my room?" Wu Jiu objected very firmly: "Since Seventeen is not sleeping well, I can't disturb Brother Zhu."
It sounded irrefutable, Bai Shiqi held his head and thought quietly: "How about I go to the Sanqing Palace to watch the night? Save you all arguing!"