Yin Fu Daojun

Chapter 35 Taoist Medicine
Typhoid fever is different from wind-cold. Simply put, wind-cold is a cold, but typhoid is caused by germs. Even in modern times, it needs to be treated with antibiotics, let alone in ancient times.

In addition, typhoid fever is contagious and has a very high mortality rate. In this era, it can be called a terminal illness. In some areas, once someone is infected with typhoid fever, in order to avoid infection, they will be burned alive.

The two maids serving in the house may not know the danger of typhoid fever because they sold themselves as maidservants since they were young. If they knew that it would be contagious, they would have run far away to avoid it by now.

It's just that they don't know, Li Qing and Xie Ying may not know, but this is their own son, how could they have the heart to do this.

"It was fine yesterday, why did it become like this today?" Li Qing looked at the eldest son on the couch, his eyes full of regret.

Among the three children, the eldest son Li Yuanqi was the most important to him, because according to the ancestral system, the eldest son was to inherit the family business.

This child is extremely talented, he can learn poetry and songs, and he is also clever. However, he is born with a bad life, weak since childhood, and sometimes a small problem can be sublimated into a big problem if he is not careful.

It was also when the seasons were changing, and the climate was not very stable. In addition, when he first arrived in Dongyang County, he might not be acclimated to the environment. As a result, the boy who was still alive and kicking yesterday couldn't get up early this morning.

My whole body was very hot, and I was talking nonsense, vomiting and diarrhea.

This made his mother anxious, so she hurriedly invited a doctor, but after a diagnosis and treatment, they said that they had contracted typhoid fever, and they were already very sick. The doctor told them not to get close to them to avoid infection.

Then he shook his head and said with a sigh that there was nothing he could do, and left with the medicine box on his shoulders. As a result, Xie Ying's heart became more and more anxious.

When Xie Duan heard the news, he couldn't help but lamented that this child was full of disasters. If it was wind and cold, it was fine, but it was typhoid. In this era without antibiotics, it is really difficult to revive him.

His own spirit energy is the essence of heaven and earth, it may be effective for his illness, but he doesn't know how to use spirit energy to cure diseases, and secondly, he doesn't know how to infuse spirit energy into other people's bodies, so he has also encountered difficulties.

If it is treated indiscriminately and self-defeating, it is not good.

After sending the doctor away, Xie Duan had no choice but to hire Gao Ming. After all, there are so many medical clinics in the city, and Chinese medicine is extensive and profound. As long as you find the right person, I believe there is always a way to cure typhoid fever.

He inquired here for a long time, and invited a doctor with the best reputation in the city. Everyone praised him as the reincarnated Hua Tuo, and he didn't know if he was really worthy of this title, but no matter what, he had to give it a try.

On Li Qing's side, he also sent people to look for the doctor, so when he returned to the county government office, when the two sides met, a total of three doctors gathered together.

Li Qing directly ordered that whoever can cure the young master will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.

This is his salary for two full years.

Hearing this, the three doctors present all showed their talents and exhausted what they had learned all their lives, because they knew that a mere reward of a hundred taels of silver was nothing compared to the favor of the county magistrate.

The three doctors took the pulse one by one, but they all sighed helplessly, indicating that the young master is weak, his foundation is weak, coupled with his young age, he had some minor illnesses in the past, and the medicine was too aggressive, which caused the accumulation of poison in his body.

This time, the typhoid fever came on quickly, it could be said that the disease came like a mountain, and the disease had already entered the lungs. With their medical skills, there was really no cure.

But going on like this is not an option after all.

On the contrary, the body will become weaker and weaker due to excessive medication.

Hearing this, Xie Ying couldn't control her emotions, and cried loudly on her son's body. Li Qing also had a gloomy and worried face.

"Doctor, is there really nothing you can do?"

Seeing this scene with his own eyes, Xie Duan felt mixed feelings in his heart.

The level of medical treatment in ancient times was limited, and the probability of a child dying at birth was very high. Xie Duan knew this, but when this happened to his relatives, he still couldn't accept it.

"Alas! Forgive me for my lack of academic skills and my inability to do anything!"

The doctor Xie Duan invited shook his head and responded truthfully, but then he seemed to think of something, and then spoke.

"However, the world is so big that there are countless people with excellent medical skills. I don't think you need to worry too much! The old man heard that there is a Taoist temple on the small lonely mountain south of the city, and there is a Taoist doctor in the temple. Using talisman water to cure diseases has cured many difficult and miscellaneous diseases, maybe you can take Young Master Ling to ask him to try it."

As soon as these words came out, Xie Duan's eyes lit up.

"Dare to ask the doctor, who is the last name of that Taoist doctor?"

The old man's face was indifferent, and he explained clearly.

"The Taoist doctor's surname is Chen, his Taoist name is Cuixu, and he lives in Cuixu Temple in Xiaogushan. The people around him have all received his kindness, but this man is fond of wine. If he goes to ask for help, he must prepare more good wine. Just do it."

After listening, Li Qing's anxious expression eased slightly.

"As long as I can save my son, let alone good wine, anything will do!"

Without further ado, he immediately ordered someone to prepare the carriage, and at the same time went to the restaurant to buy a few jars of high-quality daughter red, and found two yamen servants who were familiar with the route to follow and lead the way, and acted as guards, and left directly out of the city.

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, he doesn't want to give up.

Xie Duan first came to hear that there is a Taoist temple, and secondly, his nephew was waiting for help, so he naturally sat in front of the car without hesitation and went with them.

Xiaogushan is located in the south of Changshan County, about [-] miles away, because Li Yuanqi is already seriously ill, and has been in a coma, so the carriage also speeded up.

Their foreheads were scalding like fire, and simply using a wet handkerchief to cool them down had no effect, so Li Qing and his wife were not in a hurry.

I can't wait to fly to Cuixu Temple immediately and ask the Taoist doctor to help.

The doctors with the best medical skills in the city were helpless, but they recommended that Taoist doctor, which shows that he has a high prestige in people's minds.

This Taoist doctor can be said to be Yuan Qi's life-saving straw.

The carriage galloped along the yellow mud road towards Xiaogu Mountain, and it took only half an hour for them to reach the foot of the mountain.

Surrounded by green water at the foot of Xiaogu Mountain, surrounded by villages, acres of fields are distributed among them, with traffic, chickens and dogs are heard in the distance, and smoke is rising from the houses in the village, which looks a bit like a paradise.

When the people in the village saw the carriage and the officials sitting on it, they couldn't help being very surprised, and they all probed their heads and looked at them.

"This old man, do you dare to ask if Cuixu Guan is on this mountain?"

An old farmer on the side of the road was carrying a hoe and watching them with eyes.

Xie Duan slowed down the driver and asked him.

"Cuixuguan! Follow this road until the end, and then go up to the top of the mountain. You are here to seek medical treatment from Immortal Chen!"

When the old farmer saw him asking questions, he guessed their purpose in his heart. After all, they were a remote village, and few people from the city usually came.

Even if he came, he would go up the mountain to seek medical treatment from Chen Xianchang.

"Exactly! Thank you, old man."

Xie Duan bowed his hands to thank him, no longer hesitated, and moved on.

Walking to the end of the road, the originally spacious road became narrower and narrower, and the path up the mountain was steep and difficult, at least the carriage could not drive.

In desperation, everyone had to get out of the car and walk.

Li Qing carried Li Yuanqi on his back, the two yamen servants each carried two jars of wine, Xie Duan supported his sister, leaving the coachman at the foot of the mountain to guard the carriage.

Originally, they wanted to keep Xie Ying behind, but she insisted on going up the mountain together, there was nothing they could do, so they had no choice but to fulfill her wish.

The mountain road is difficult, very steep, and the forest in the mountain is deep and leafy, and some places are bumpy and uneven. If you are not careful, you will fall over.

So fast and slow, it took half an hour to reach the mountainside.

Looking at the road ahead, it's getting steeper and more steep. People who are generally weak-minded, when they come here, they probably have already started to retreat.

"Brother-in-law, take a break and let me recite it!"

Xie Duan saw that Li Qing was out of breath, and although he was sweating profusely, he persisted in moving forward and never took half a step back. Thinking of him as a civil servant, he had to be admirable for climbing mountains and wading with children on his back.

"It's okay, I can hold on, let's continue on our way!"

As he spoke, he continued to move forward, but at this moment, a strange wind suddenly blew up on the ground, followed by a tiger roar.

"Ouch..."

As the saying goes, the cloud follows the dragon and the wind follows the tiger.

After the roar of the tiger passed, Dang even saw a colorful tiger jumping out of the bushes beside the road, blocking their way.

(End of this chapter)