Chapter 25
Early the next morning, Xie Changgeng and Mu Fulan set out to go out of Beijing to Hexi.
Because there was something strange about Xiumao City, the northernmost border town, and he needed to rush there as soon as possible, so although the two left the capital together, their itinerary was different.
He only took a few people to the road with light clothes, while Mu Fulan took a carriage set up for a long distance. Under the escort of a team of followers, he followed the official road to the northwest, walked during the day, and settled in the inn at night toward Guzang City, where the Hexi Jiedu Mansion is located.
Before leaving, Mu Fulan asked Xie Changgeng how he would make arrangements in the future after he went there.
His answer was very straightforward, saying that he asked her to come from Empress Liu in the name of a couple. She had to go to Guzang first. After arriving there, she would have to go back after a while and find an excuse to go back.
His statement made Mu Fulan feel relieved, but with it, it was a difficult waiting.
In her dream, Xier looked back at her reluctant eyes that day.
After only a few days of separation, she kept missing him.
How she wanted to go back immediately and be with Xier who had lost her and returned after she returned.
She was traveling at a fast speed, no matter how fast she was, she would never be the same as Xie Changgeng, but in order to get there as soon as possible and return to Changsha as soon as possible, she would also hurry up all the way.
The people who were traveling with her were unaware of the inside story. Seeing her tirelessly walking, she thought she wanted to go and reunite with Xie Jiedushi as soon as possible, so how could she dare to be lazy? The group of people worked together, walked and stayed overnight in the morning, and finally arrived in Guzang City on that day.
Guzang is known as the Northwest Fan Guard, and the world's key. It is the military and political center of the dynasty in the northwest. It is also located on the border. The people are brave and fearless, and they are strong and have a reputation as a wise horse that runs rampant in the world.
The day Mu Fulan arrived, it had just stopped for several days and nights. The snow and ice ridges covering the tall and thick city gates were shining in the sun. There were many vendors in the city, and people were coming and going, which was very lively.
The Jiedushi's mansion is located in the north of the city. Xie Changgeng arrived ten days ago. He is not here now and is still in the city and has not returned.
The manager welcomed the group and settled down. The next day, the wife of the officials from the city officials heard the news and came to see each other. Mu Fulan had been busy with social engagements for several days. That night, Xie Changgeng also returned to the city and returned to the Jiedushi's Mansion. He found that Mu Fulan had been there for so many days, as if he was a little surprised and looked at her.
Naturally, the two of them lived together. Before going to bed, he saw Mu Fulan standing in front of the only bed in the room, looking at him quietly, as if waiting for him to go to bed first, turned around expressionlessly, and took a separate bedding from the cabinet, spread it onto the couch, and fell asleep.
Mu Fulan did not intentionally want to force him to sleep in separate beds with him.
Although I felt extremely uncomfortable and even disgusted when I thought of sleeping with him, no matter what, this time he helped him escape, he owed him a great favor.
People’s favors are like debts, and sooner or later they have to be paid.
She has no capital to repay favors now. She only has one person left.
If he wanted, she would not refuse.
Of course, like now, he still disliked her already unfaithful body, which was the best.
Although Mu Fulan wanted to discuss with him immediately when he would go back, she knew that this was not appropriate.
He must have tried his best to bring himself out. It was not the time to leave just a few days ago.
She had to wait patiently.
In the next few days, Xie Changgeng didn't see anyone, and she was doing nothing. Sometimes she changed her clothes and went out to walk around during the day. That day, she came to the market and walked by a stall. She saw a children's hat made of local yak leather. It was very cute. She saw it at first sight and bought it.
The maid asked with a smile: "Master, who can I buy this hat?"
Mu Fulan smiled without saying anything, put away her leather hat, and walked around for a while, intending to leave. When she passed by a clinic on the side of the road, she saw several native men running into the house holding a child who was seven or eight years old. Soon, there was a noise inside and stopped.
The natives were talking to the doctor inside in words she couldn't understand, with an anxious expression. The doctor waved his hands repeatedly: "It has nothing to do with me! I only prescribe the disease according to the disease. If it cannot be cured, you can't kill me, and I can't do anything!"
Mu Fulan asked the guards who came out with him, what did those people say. The guards could speak local language. After asking a few questions, they returned and said, "These people are natives nearby. For some reason, many people vomited and had diarrhea and had high fever. The same is true for this child. I took the medicine prescribed by this doctor a few days ago. Not only did it not heal, but it worsened. Seeing that it was about to fail, the adults brought the person to come over early in the morning and asked the doctor to treat it again!"
"Mr. The natives usually take their own local medicines when they are sick. They come to the city to find a doctor if they really can't. There are no good doctors here, similar to military doctors. It's okay to treat a bruises and headaches and fever. When you encounter a serious illness, you will be blessed."
The guard said another sentence.
The noise inside became louder and louder. When a middle-aged man saw the doctor refuse, he showed anger on his face. He pulled out his waist knife and inserted it into the door panel of the medicine shop with a "bang". A big hole was immediately inserted into the door panel.
The doctor knew that these natives were tough and never accepted discipline, feared, and shouted for help.
Mu Fulan pushed away the passers-by around the door and walked in.
The child was lying flat on the table, his eyes were closed, he had a high fever, his mouth and tongue were chapped, and he was dying, looking very weak.
In the years before she got married at the age of sixteen, she helped her see many people who came to seek medical treatment at Yaoweng. Many diseases were not limited to understanding them in medical books.
She took the pulse for the child, looked at the tongue coating, and asked the manager to ask the adults for the symptoms, and then she knew that the child had severe dysentery.
Everyone saw a beautiful young woman coming in, like a doctor, who looked sick for the child, stopped quarreling, and saw them all over.
The guard did not expect that the Jiedushi would see a doctor. He was stunned for a moment. He heard the maid say that the Master of Weng used to be a doctor, so he reacted and hurriedly said, "She is the Jiedushi's wife and can see a doctor. You all get out of the way!"
When the natives heard that she could see a doctor, they pushed the doctor away and hurried over.
The doctor was still in shock. He heard that the woman was the wife of the governor. He also came over and bowed to salute and complained: "Madam, this child has dysentery. When they brought the person over to me a few days ago, they had vomiting, diarrhea, vomiting, and renal food, and they were malignant. To treat this disease, you should use the falling product, which is nothing more than the genus of betel nut, citrus aurantium, citrus aurantium, rhubarb. If it is not cured, I can't do anything. These people are really violent. You have seen me just now, but I don't count, but I even draw my sword to kill me! Madam, you also know medicine, you have to make the decision for the villain-"
Yaowen once told her that if you don’t understand the cause of the disease, if you don’t use medicines for differentiation, you will often have half of the results, and half of the results will be ineffective. According to the description of the natives just now, many people in the village are like this. In addition, this season, it can be inferred that it is not caused by external infection, but pus caused by unclean diet. If the patient is not treated properly, it will cause death.
She looked at the child carefully again, prescribed the prescription taught by the medicine man, asked the doctor to immediately grab the medicine and make soup, and asked someone to get a bowl of warm salt water to feed the child.
After the medicine was boiled, the child was slowly fed, and it was impossible to take effect so quickly. After asking, I learned that there were some roads away from the village. It would take more than an hour to walk out of the city. The child was really weak and told him not to transport it back and forth, find a place nearby to settle down, take the medicine on time, and slowly replenish saline to observe the effect. If you have any questions, go to the Jiedu Mansion to call yourself.
The people were very grateful and knelt down to her.
After Mu Fulan returned, she did not mention this matter to Xie Changgeng that night. The next day, she was worried and went there again. When the natives saw her coming, they looked happy and thanked her repeatedly.
It turned out that the child's condition was stable. Last night, not only did he gradually stop diarrhea and vomiting, but he also became much better today.
Mu Fulan was also very happy that the medicine was effective and saw the child again. On the same day, she knelt down at the local people and went to the village to see a doctor. Then she asked about the source of drinking water. She learned that the whole village used a well and suspected that it was caused by the pollution of the water source, so she asked not to use it again, sealed the old well and found another source of water.
That night, she returned to the city after finishing her work, and it was already dark.
After a busy day, the road was bumpy again. Mu Fulan felt a little tired and ate something. After taking a shower, she couldn't wait for Xie Changgeng to return and went to bed.
Xie Changgeng returned at the Xu hour, and the manager welcomed him in, saying happily: "Sir, I didn't expect that the Master Weng would treat the disease. I went to see the natives in the past two days, and the natives sent her back tonight. On weekdays, those people are like seeing enemies when they see us, and the village does not allow us to go in, but this time they respectfully. It is the first time I have seen this for many years here."
A hundred years ago, the imperial court had conflicts with the natives in order to open up this place, and killed many people at that time. Although this place has become a city and the descendants of the natives are under the jurisdiction, they are still extremely hostile to the official army. No wonder they are surprised to be in charge.
The princess of Changsha is half of Yao Weng's student. She had been in her home and had treated Amao for illness. Xie Changgeng was not surprised when he heard the news. He wanted to ask about the situation of the patients in Xiamen Village, so he went back to the room and opened the door and entered.
It was not very late at this time. A few nights ago, she had not slept yet at this time, but now there was no one in the room and the bed tent was hanging down.
Xie Changgeng walked over, called out "Mu" and opened the tent.
Mu Fulan has fallen asleep.
She slept very heavily and didn't wake up even when she pushed the door open and called her.
There was a fire dragon under the floor tiles in the room, and the room was very hot. She probably had a hot sleep. Not only did she kick her snow-white legs and feet out of the quilt, but her head was also pressed down a little low. Her clothes were wrinkled. Under the wrinkles, a trace of snow appeared and faintly appeared. She lay on her side, her arms rested on her face, her face was like lotus, her elbows were like jade lotus, and there seemed to be a thin layer of sweat between her neck, her neck, and her chest.
Xie Changgeng held the bed tent with his hand, his eyes fixed. He looked silently for a while, and suddenly he saw that she seemed to be aware of it. The barefoot that kicked the bed nearest to him shrank, and his eyelashes moved a few times, as if he was about to wake up. He put down the bed tent, held his breath, and took a few steps back silently.
A slight sound of turning over came from the tent, and it soon became quiet again.
Xie Changgeng slowly let out a breath, and then turned around without looking behind him.
For the next period of time, Mu Fulan worked tirelessly, leaving the city and returning to the city every morning and evening, and continued to treat the elderly, weak and seriously ill people in the village who were inconvenient to walk. She was busy and sometimes when she came back at night, she was even later than Xie Changgeng.
Xie Changgeng seemed to have disappeared without asking any questions, without any interference.
Half a month later, in the evening of that day, he went out to patrol for a few days before returning to the city. He returned to the Jiedushi Mansion in a dusty manner. He found that she was not here and asked the manager. He learned that the patients in the village had been cured, but the master was still very busy. Recently, people have come to ask her for medical treatment these days. Today, the military doctor also came and said that there were several soldiers' illnesses, but he was not sure, so he invited her over.
"I went there in the afternoon, so I should have returned here too. Otherwise, the villain will go and see it?" asked the manager.
Xie Changgeng shouted that there was no need. He went back to the room and took a shower and changed his clothes. Mu Fulan had not returned yet.
The servant came to invite him to have a meal.
He looked at the darker sky outside and left.
Chapter completed!