Mantra

Chapter 226
Zhao Gong sneaked into the room at night and stole three cakes from the girl's house. He was very hungry, but he still wanted to put on airs as a general. So he tiptoed out of the house, ready to take the cake to save his brother's life.

But when General Zhao passed by the coffin in the courtyard of the girl's family, a piercing pain suddenly broke out from the abdominal cavity.

The pain caused Zhao Gong to walk a step weakly, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and the pain in his intestines was like a knife twisting.

Zhao Gong was a thief. Although the pain was unbearable, he didn't dare to cry out in a trance, so he bent down beside the coffin, hoping to be relieved.

But luck never comes, misfortunes never come singly, but at this time, the coffin that Zhao Gong used was dishonest. Just when Zhao Gong was about to collapse due to the pain, a "creaking" sound suddenly sounded in the coffin.

Immediately afterwards, the dead man lying in the coffin sat up.

Under the blows one after another, Zhao Gong became frightened. He let out a yelp and ran away. Unfortunately, before he ran a few steps, the gut-piercing feeling became more and more intense. Finally, he rolled his eyes. Turned over, fell to the ground in pain.

When Zhao Gong got three strokes the next day, when he woke up from the coma, he found himself upside down, and was helped upside down on the pillar together with two of his subordinates.

Being tied up and taken prisoner was not the scariest thing. The scariest thing was that the old man who had been dead for a long time came back to life in front of him. He was being held in the coffin by the Miao girl, panting heavily He looked at Zhao Gong and his group with cold eyes.

In the Ming Dynasty, ethnic relations were far from being as harmonious as they are now. The Miao and Han ethnic groups were very tense because of objective reasons such as the local chieftain's judgment of impermanence and resistance to reform and return. Even if the Han people seized the chieftain of the Miaodi, they would never show mercy.

In view of this, before the Miao father and daughter spoke, Zhao Gong made up his mind that he could not reveal his true identity even if he was beaten to death, not only for his own "recovery cause", but also for his brother.

Seeing that he had woken up, Miao Nu immediately asked him what he was doing with a straight face, and she was not allowed to tell lies, otherwise, "I will let Zhao Gong drink the snake bites in your stomach, and your intestines will be pierced."

After listening to Miao girl's words, Zhao Gong finally understood that this Miao girl is a voodoo woman, and the reason for her stomach pain was all because of his cheap mouth last night, and drinking someone else's water, which caused him to plant the voodoo poison, which made his intestines difficult. endure.

With his life in his hands, Zhao Gong's last hope of escape was also shattered, but even so, the instinct to protect himself still made Zhao Gong tell lies.

He told the woman that his name was "Zhao San" and that he was actually a barefoot doctor whose master was Li Shizhen. Because he was robbed while selling medicinal materials in Furongchuan, he fell down to the point of stealing with his servants.

In fact, if you analyze carefully, Zhao Gong's words have many loopholes, such as why a doctor has sword wounds on his body, how can a doctor bring two strong attendants with fierce faces, and why does a doctor carry a kitchen knife...

But fortunately, that Miao girl didn't notice these strange things. As soon as she heard that Zhao Gong was a "doctor", she immediately expressed her words, and immediately pulled the rope for Mr. Zhao, and pulled him to see a doctor for the old man lying in the coffin. .

This time, it is hard to stop Mr. Zhao.

In fact, Zhao Gong is not a coward. He often encountered plagues and diseases during his military service. As the saying goes, "prolonged illness becomes a doctor". This Zhao Gong has been in the army for a long time, so he naturally knows how to deal with daily wind and cold, bone-setting trauma This is also the capital for him to lie about himself as a "barefoot doctor".

But the key problem is that this old man's illness is very troublesome, he has already been put into the coffin, it is obvious that he is desperate for his body, waiting to die at any time.

Although Zhao Gong has not yet diagnosed a doctor, but knowing that the old man has reached this point, I am afraid there is no room for recovery. The most important thing is that even he himself feels hopeless, so how can others be optimistic about it?
But life is in the hands of others, and Zhao Gong can't do it if he doesn't look at it. Besides, he thinks death is easy, but it's not good to be bitten to death by a snake from the stomach.

So, Zhao Gong recalled the military doctor's skills in treating soldiers. First, he cut the pulse of the old man, and then showed the old man's tongue coating and fundus of eyes.

The results of the diagnosis and treatment surprised Zhao Gong.

It turned out that Zhao Gong discovered that the old man's illness was not complicated, but a very common "febrile disease". Although it was contagious, it was not considered a serious illness in the Central Plains and other places. It's far from being terminally ill, let alone waiting to die in a coffin.

Out of curiosity, Zhao Gong asked the old man, "Does every family have this disease?!"

The old man nodded.

Zhao Gong asked again: "Every family died because of this?"

The old man nodded.

Zhao Gong was confused by the old man's performance.

Zhao Gong knew that this kind of illness is supposed to be very simple. It doesn’t need any peerless doctors, and it only needs a few herbs in the mountains to treat it. But why did it go so far, and let the whole village suffer from such a simple illness? Every family is dead, and every household wears mourning?

Puzzled, Zhao Gong explained his father's illness to Miao Nu, and at the same time raised his own questions.

When Miao Nu heard that her father's illness was cured, her attitude changed 180 degrees immediately, and Miao Nu also gave a good answer to Zhao Gong's question.

At that time, Xuerong Village was caught up with the chieftain's rebellion. In order to deal with Nanming's army, those rebellious chieftains blindly expanded their army to prepare for war, and searched for soldiers and supplies everywhere. The old, the weak, the sick and the disabled who don't understand medicine, women and children stay alone in the stockade, so they are helpless against this common plague, so that every family dies.

After hearing these words, Zhao Gong recalled the helpless eyes of the chieftain's ragged and depressed soldiers after they were defeated, and immediately said with emotion: "The rise and fall of the common people is suffering, and the death of the soldiers is all bones."

With this sigh, Zhao Gong decided to do something for this war-torn village, so that the village can be relieved from the pain.

So, taking this as an opportunity, Zhao Gong became a real barefoot doctor. Although he and his staff are not very skilled in medicine, they do their best. In addition, Zhao Gong understands the art of war, knows a little classics, and cooks well. , soon established prestige in this Xuerong Village, and became the most respected "King of Medicine" besides the chief of the Miao Village.

Later, probably because of the "snake voodoo" in his body, Zhao Gong took the snake girl as his wife. After giving birth to a few children, his life quickly entered a peaceful and happy track.

But even so, Zhao Gong did not forget his identity as a survivor of the Ming Dynasty, and he did not forget the great cause of fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

There were many nights when he dreamed that he led King Qin's army to fight back to BJ and Zhaojialou, and dreamed that he was reunited with his brother again and talked loudly, but when the dream woke up, he could only face Qingdeng Guyue shed tears silently and sighed deeply towards her hometown in the north.

He longed for a comeback.

(End of this chapter)