The plague was only discovered in Qingpingguan in the past two days and can still be controlled. However, in Lijiatun, it is almost spread from person to person. In the entire village, only two-tenths of the people are not sick.
But regardless of whether it was the two-tenths or the ones who were already sick, Qin Liuxi could not see the joy or expectation on their faces. Everyone looked blank and their eyes were full of despair, like a soulless person. Like a zombie.
Everyone knew in their hearts that once there was no miraculous cure for the plague, everyone in Lijiatun would be burned to death here.
If the faces of those who are not sick are all numb, then those who have been infected by the plague are in pain and despair, and groans fill the entire shack.
And here, there is not only the fishy filthy smell of vomiting, but also the smell of smoked mugwort and vinegar. As for the doctors who dare to come to Lijiatun free clinic, except for Teng Zhao and the others, there are only four, and only six people face it. These hundreds of patients are quite overwhelmed.
Two of them are a pair of grandsons from Zhang's Medical Clinic. Dr. Zhang is already sixty-two. It is said that he is a disciple of Zhang Zhongjing. As for which disciple he is, there is no detailed research, but Zhang's Medical Clinic is quite famous in Annan Prefecture. , with superb medical skills and good medical ethics, he is even known as the Living Bodhisattva among the common people.
When Qin Liuxi saw Doctor Zhang, he was stunned for a moment and gave him a faint salute.
Little Ginseng and Teng Zhao originally wanted to praise Dr. Zhang. After all, this man's merits and virtues were so golden that people in their practice would admire him.
But Qin Liuxi's behavior was not as warm as they imagined, not cold but not too enthusiastic.
This is a little weird.
Teng Zhao subconsciously looked at Doctor Zhang, but he couldn't see anything else except that this man had merit. You want to know who he had harmed, but he was clean and had nothing around him.
The little ginseng was so heart-breaking that I wished I could pull Qin Liuxi aside to ask for more information.
When Doctor Zhang saw Qin Liuxi, he returned the salute with a smile and said, "I have long heard that the incense at Qingping Temple in Licheng is very strong and effective, but I have never had time to go there. I have also heard of the Five Arts of Xuanmen. There is also a medical skill, but I have no chance to explore it. I didn’t expect to meet the Taoist priest of Qingpingguan in Lijiatun.”
He looked at Teng Zhao and praised: "The Taoist Master Xuan Xiao in Guiguan has excellent qualifications and extraordinary medical skills. It can be seen that strict teachers produce great disciples. Now that I see it, it is true that only an extraordinary person like the master of the temple can teach such a doctor." Excellent disciple. If the timing hadn't been wrong, I would have really wanted to discuss medicine with the master."
Qin Liuxi smiled faintly: "You are too flattering. If you really want to discuss things with me, I'm afraid that within a quarter of an hour, Doctor Zhang won't want to see me again."
This tone is quite meaningful.
Doctor Zhang was stunned for a moment, looked over, and met her eyes.
Her eyes are very smart, as dazzling as stars, but so clear that when she looks at you, she feels like she has seen through your soul.
Without any cover.
Doctor Zhang trembled slightly and instinctively wanted to avoid this look. But when he noticed his own movements, he was startled again. He smiled stiffly and said: "The master is joking. It's my responsibility to be able to discuss things with the master." pleasure."
The grandson Zhang Zhuoliang beside him frowned, glanced at Qin Liuxi quickly, and then lowered his eyes to cover the displeasure in his eyes.
Among the people who came to the Lijiatun Free Clinic, Dr. Zhang was the oldest and the most skilled in medicine. The rest of the people looked at his behavior and were very respectful in his words and deeds. Now they heard that there was a hint of humility in his tone, and they were all a little unhappy. Qin Liuxi's eyes were not very friendly.
Dr. Zhang has excellent medical skills and is well-known in Annan Prefecture. He is highly supported and respected by the people. He is also willing to teach his colleagues. He can be regarded as highly respected. At this age, he does not hesitate to come to this epidemic area. This behavior is worth it. praise.
But Qin Liuxi didn't know how she appeared, and they didn't care. Judging from her young age and being a female Taoist, her contemptuous attitude towards Doctor Zhang who could be her grandfather was really disappointing. People don’t like it.
"There are Taoist doctors in Xuanmen. I wonder if the master has any magic formula to cure this plague?" asked a middle-aged doctor named Gao.
Another doctor, Yang, laughed and said: "Doctor Gao underestimated this contemplative master. It's not that Qingping Guan, with its strong incense and efficacious effects, is no more stupid than ordinary people like us. The contemporary master's magic is very powerful. He must be able to pray for blessings and be able to cure the plague. Bar?"
This squeeze is so obvious that there is no need to say anything.
Teng Zhao and Xiao Ginseng's faces sank, and they wanted to step forward. Qin Liuxi stretched out his hand to stop him, looked at Dr. Yang, and said with a smile: "How do you know that I can still pray to the gods to relieve this plague? This prayer must be dedicated. Sacrifice, Doctor Yang must have the courage to ask for orders from the people to sacrifice his life for this desperate patient. Can you be my sacrifice to worship heaven? Everyone will definitely remember your kindness."
Everyone's expressions changed, and they subconsciously took a step back. They looked at Qin Liuxi as if they were looking at an evil ghost.
Sacrificing people to heaven, isn’t this a bad way?
"What's wrong?" Qin Liuxi looked at Dr. Yang and said, "You didn't say that. I am very powerful in magic. Can I pray for blessings? I just mentioned the sacrifice to scare you."
Doctor Yang felt like he had swallowed **** and could not spit out a single word.
“Master, are you here to cause trouble in the epidemic area?” Doctor Gao said with a serious face.
Qin Liuxi looked at him coldly: "Two villagers from Lijiatun escaped to Qingpingguan. As a result, there is now a patient in Qingpingguan, and several people have died at the foot of the mountain. They are also banned from entering and exiting. If my disciple hadn't been at the source, I want to see the situation here in the epidemic area, do you think I really have too much free time to leave the base camp and come to this village that is about to be destroyed?"
Seeing her unkind expression, Doctor Zhang hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over and said, "Don't blame me, I'm exhausted these past few days. That's why I said something rude. Please forgive me. I apologize to you on behalf of my two colleagues."
He bowed to her. The men surnamed Gao and Yang looked embarrassed. Seeing Doctor Zhang's behavior, they stepped forward and said, "Doctor Zhang, you don't have to be like this. It's us who said the bad words. I'm sorry."
Qin Liuxi snorted: "Well, the whole Annan is so big, but you are the only ones who dare to come to the epidemic area. It's not good to argue with you. If you get angry and leave, who will do the work?"
Doctor Yang was feeling depressed: How come this woman’s mouth doesn’t suffer at all!
Doctor Zhang said: "Just now, as the viewer said, someone actually escaped from Lijiatun? I wonder what happened to the two patients?"
"One is dead, and the other is taking medicine." Qin Liuxi said: "I looked at the pile of corpses just now. Most of those who died had purple scars and vomited black blood. The same thing happened over there at Qingpingguan. With symptoms like this, according to Xuan Yi, they can go from onset to death in one day at the fastest."
"That's right." Doctor Zhang said with a bitter look on his face: "This plague is no better than the plagues we have seen before. There is a time limit for its onset. I have seen cases that took more than five days to get sick, but once they get sick, they die very quickly. We already don’t have enough manpower, so even if we change the prescription, they can’t wait.”
Qin Liuxi said: "The girl who died in the temple still had sepsis, so the plague should be septic blood type plague."
Qin Liuxi nodded and said: "I have looked through the medical records of the past. If there were epidemics in the past, if they were caused by rats, there were classifications, such as bubonic plague and pneumonic plague. Each type is different. Today's type is similar to the previous ones. , but it develops to death more quickly. The symptoms are as we have seen, hematemesis and **** stools, sudden chills and shivering in the limbs accompanied by high fever, river of tongue, thready and rapid pulse. The most important ones are bleeding on the skin surface, cyanosis, and ecchymosis. Even necrosis, which is a sign of sepsis.”
“In that case, I wonder if the master of meditation can have a special prescription?” Doctor Zhang asked immediately. Qin Liuxi said: "This plague is spread from person to person. If it is not suppressed, it will spread quickly and widely. Just like in the past few days, even the dead can't be burned. Now that it is hot, there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants." , if you come into contact with these infected people and then spread the disease, no matter how many doctors you have, it won’t be enough.”
Doctor Zhang nodded, this is the reason. If we want to cure the plague, we must first not let it spread faster. Otherwise, if the plague spreads one after another, the cure speed is not fast enough, and sooner or later it will be like **** on earth.
Doctor Gao and Doctor Yang looked at each other, feeling a little ashamed. They seemed to have underestimated the female Taoist.
Zhang Zhuoliang asked: "According to what the temple master said, how to slow down the speed of this transmission?"
Qin Liuxi said: "Killing and cleaning up rats is inevitable, but medicine is more important. I heard that there is a Shengtian sect in Ningzhou Prefecture. They have some holy water for believers to drink, or if they dip their heads and faces with holy water, it can cure all kinds of diseases. No invasion, exorcism and suppression of ghosts?”
Everyone was a little weird when they heard this. Do you want to imitate the Holy Heaven Sect and use talisman water to cure diseases?
Zhang Zhuoliang was young and said it without thinking: "Do you want to imitate me and use talisman water?"
Taoist nuns and goddesses are most accustomed to using this trick to treat illnesses by drinking talisman water. Not only can they not be cured, they can turn minor illnesses into serious ones.
Qin Liuxi heard the disdain in his words and sneered: "My talisman is very expensive, more expensive than the medicinal materials."
"...A useful medicinal talisman must use spiritual power, and it must be concentrated, without interruption, and completed in one go." Xiao Ginseng explained on behalf of Qin Liuxi, saying: "So the medicinal talisman that can really turn into water not only has medicine, but also There are also spiritual energy and scriptures. Drinking it can drive away evil spirits and cure diseases. This is the real talisman water, not the kind that is deceptive outside."
For the talisman water to be useful, the talisman must first be made into medicinal talisman paper with various medicinal materials, and then draw the Medicine King Sutra on the talisman paper, and it must be done in one go to complete the talisman. How many people can do it?
Everyone was a little stunned that there was actually talisman water available.
“Then…” Doctor Zhang’s eyes brightened slightly.
"Don't think about it." Xiao Ginseng interrupted him: "How can it be so simple to draw a talisman? It requires both spiritual strength and mental strength. Some Taoist priests cannot draw a few talismans in their entire life, let alone such a big one. How many paintings do you need to draw to make a plague? A little spiritual light can make a talisman. Even my Guanzhu can draw it. Many people have died in the process of making the talisman, so where can I wait?"
Qin Liuxi said at this time: "You can draw a magic medicine talisman and use it as medicine to drive away filth, but for such a plague, the treatment prescriptions must be recorded for future generations to refer to, so as to avoid such a situation from happening again without a cure. However, when it comes to using medicinal talismans, it’s hard to say whether there will be extremely powerful Taoist doctors in the future. I just want to follow the medicinal prescriptions.”
Medicinal charms can be used, but not everyone can concoct and draw them. Traditional prescriptions are different. As long as you find the medicinal materials, it is easy to prescribe the right medicine.
Doctor Zhang sighed: "The Lord is so kind."
Doctor Yang and Dr. Gao also bowed their hands, feeling even more ashamed.
Qin Liuxi said: "I mentioned referring to the holy water method of the Shengtian Sect, because I was thinking about whether I could boil the anti-symptomatic prescription into water and oil, which could be used to smear the mouth and nose to prevent the spread of epidemic diseases from the mouth and nose. It can also be drunk for treatment. It can both prevent and cure, killing two birds with one stone. Especially those of us who are facing the patients directly need to protect ourselves first. After all, we are here for a free clinic, and our main purpose is to help the world, not to die."
Everyone nodded, what he said was absolutely true.
“As for the prescriptions, I wonder if you can take a look at what you are prescribing these days? I heard that your ancestor, Doctor Zhang, was a disciple of Zhang Zhongjing. I think there are many popular prescriptions for treating epidemics.”
Doctor Zhang quickly asked Zhang Zhuoliang to get it and said: "Currently we only prescribe Cimicifuga soup and licorice soup."
Qin Liuxi heard this and said, "I heard that Zhang Zhongjing has Cimicifuga and Turtle Armor Decoction. Why don't you use it?"
"Do you also know this prescription?" Dr. Zhang asked: "I have read the ancestral medical books. This prescription is for treating yin and yang poisons. Can it be used for plague? And this prescription contains realgar and pepper, but realgar is poisonous. According to the pharmacopoeia It is recorded that if you exceed one-tenth of the dosage, you will be poisoned and die, and it is not suitable for use as medicine, so how can you use this prescription."
"Then remove the realgar and add five-spice powder and try?" Qin Liuxi said: "This prescription is originally designed to treat yin and yang poisons. Now the septic blood plague is also a disease of yin and yang poisons. Cimicifuga mainly treats the disease. The medicine is supplemented by turtle shell, angelica root enters the blood, licorice detoxifies, five spices remove filth and dampness..."
The more she talked, the clearer her mind became and the more she felt the wonder of this recipe.
When she finished speaking, there was silence. Doctor Zhang thought about it carefully, and then he clapped his hands for a long time: "Excellent, excellent, this is the way to go."
The two doctors, Gao and Yang, looked at Qin Liuxi with complicated expressions.
I thought they were bronze, but they were actually kings. Their faces were so painful from being beaten.
Qin Liuxi suddenly looked towards the void. Everyone followed her line of sight and saw a small yellow bird flying towards this side in the darkness. It was so small that it could be ignored.
Is there such a small bird in the world?
But when the bird flew over, everyone could see clearly what kind of bird it was. It was clearly a paper crane.
They watched blankly as the paper crane stopped motionless in Qin Liuxi's hand, then watched her open it and rubbed their eyes.
Mom, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you. Paper cranes can fly like real birds.
Qin Liuxi opened the paper crane and looked at the message on it, and said with a smile: "A message came from Qingpingguan. The patient who used Wuxiang powder began to reduce his fever. I think, use this Cimicifuga turtle shell Give it a try with Tanga Five Spice Powder. If you are lucky, you may not need me to pray for blessings."
Doctor Yang: “…”
Stop talking, my face hurts.
"Zhao Zhao, you continue to help here, and I will go back and tell them to use this method first." Qin Liuxi first ordered Teng Zhao, then nodded to Dr. Zhang and the others: "Then Lijiatun will have a hard time with you."
After she finished speaking, she walked into the void and disappeared instantly.
Doctor Yang and the others opened their mouths: "This, is this magic?"
Doctor Zhang's expression changed, he lowered his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking. (End of chapter)