Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Shen Hanshan slowly drank a sip of sobering tea made by his disciples, then looked at Wu Yi, and said slowly: "The epidemic of dead bodies suddenly broke out among the Tang troops guarding the Silla border. This matter is quite strange. The emperor has sent an edict The Imperial Medical Office, Dr. Zheng must make arrangements quickly, and must investigate this matter to the bottom."

The fire was burning to the eyebrows, and it was hard for him to drink and drink tea so leisurely. Wu Yi twitched his mind for a moment, and he could probably guess the arrangement of Zheng Yun's imperial physician.

"Surgical masters naturally have to go. Among the internal medicine, only the teacher is good at epidemics and waits on Tai... honoring the emperor for many years. I think he must be among the people who go to Silla."

"It's not just me." Shen Hanshan put the good tea from his little disciple Xiaojing on the table, raised his eyebrows, quite helplessly, "And you and your little disciple."

Wu Yi's heart skipped a beat suddenly, it is his duty as an apprentice to follow a teacher, and it is quite intriguing to arrange for Li Jing to go with him.

Li Jing was crowned king of Nan'an County by Tianhou at a young age, and he has always been on good terms with Taiping. I am afraid that in the eyes of others, he is not a fledgling student, but a pair of eyes of Tianhou trying to see the border of Silla. .

The Silla front has always been dominated by Liu Rengui, and even if he leaves, Li Jinxing, his confidant and beloved general, is left behind. It can be said that all the [-] Tang troops guarding the border are soldiers and horses of the Donggong Party.And Li Jing, the little fan dog raised under the eyes of the Queen of Heaven, may not be welcomed by the local soldiers.

Moreover, this trip was not only a test and polishing of his abilities, but also a test of Tianhou's loyalty to him.

In such a situation where both sides may not be able to please, Li Jing's position is very embarrassing. If he reports the truth to Empress Wu, he will be guarded and feared by the soldiers; if he conceals everything, he will be mercilessly rejected by Empress Wu.

Not to mention a young boy who has just turned thirteen, even putting this matter on Wu Yi's body is enough to make him a headache.

It's no wonder that Shen Hanshan wanted to invite Li Jing to leave in advance. He always avoided such unkind things as he could, and if he couldn't, he pretended to be deaf and dumb and lived his happy life.

Wu Yi could only change the topic: "Then when shall we leave?"

Shen Hanshan said: "Immediately."

Sure enough, before Shen Hanshan finished speaking, he heard hurried and regular footsteps like raindrops, and it was Wang Fulai who knocked on the door and came in.

Wang Fulai's usual smiling and squinting eyes were rarely evenly smeared, and the narrow eye slits cut the black eyes into two long strips, and placed them on the round face, like two hands embedded in a treasure box. Sharp knife.

His eyes were serious: "The emperor ordered that Shen Hanshan from the imperial medical office is good at the epidemic, and he must immediately rush to the Silla front with Hu Zhilin, a doctor of surgery, and Qin Minghe, a doctor of acupuncture, to protect the safety of our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty!"

Shen Hanshan rolled down from the chair and almost fell in front of Wang Fulai: "I would like to obey the dictation of the sage."

"The Holy Majesty also said." Wang Fulai lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Looking at the Imperial Medical Office, all those who are good at epidemic diseases and cadavers are selected. You are dispatched and dispatched, and no excuses are allowed. But Only one, this trip is only allowed to succeed, not to fail."

Specialized in epidemics, and good at treating dead bodies, this is short of naming Wu Yi's head.Although he is not yet qualified to become a medical officer of the Tang Dynasty, he has served the Emperor of Filial Piety for more than three years, and he has already figured out the disease of passing corpses, it is not a secret.

No wonder Li Zhi was so nervous about the Silla front. If Liu Ingui was transferred away from the front for a few months, and the hard-won victory was recaptured by the Silla people, then the Silla front, which was already not very stable, would definitely be demoralized. , Lost several cities in a row.

In addition, Tubo, who is eyeing on the other front, is by no means to be underestimated. Liu Rengui is like a reassurance pill to heal Li Zhi's worries, and also like a sharp nail nailed into the enemy's heart. Go to the front line of Tubo at any time, then Li Zhi can feel at ease, and Tubo will not dare to act rashly.

On the contrary, if he is busy dealing with the Silla front, it is tantamount to unloading the burden on Tubo and giving them a chance to bite back. If the two fronts are opened at the same time, the soldiers and the people will be exhausted, and it is very likely that they will be defeated on the first or even two fronts. .

The fact that Wang Fulai came to proclaim in person has already proved the seriousness of the situation.

Wu Yi didn't have time to discuss with Shen Hanshan any more, so he packed up his things in a hurry, and wrapped the messy clothes from autumn to winter in his bag. Shen Hanshan wanted to sneak a few jars of fine wine into it, but Dr. Zheng Yun who happened to be rushed over Seeing it, Ti Liu pulled out the door for him with his ears.

"The army has a lot of spirits at the head, I'm afraid you don't have the brains to drink it!"

It is also rare that there is someone who can control Shen Hanshan. Zheng Yun has not aged in the past few years, his eyebrows are almost erected, and he taught him in a loud voice: "When you arrive in Silla, you are the one who leads. If there is something wrong with drinking again, don't blame the old man for being ruthless!"

When did you become gentle and affectionate?Shen Hanshan said in his heart.

Zheng Jun beat him twice, and didn't have much time to explain, but solemnly ordered: "This matter is no child's play, the military journey has been difficult, the old man only allows you to come back alive."

Come back alive.

These four words hit Wu Yi's ears heavily, and there was worry and tension in his serious tone.

Wu Yi understands the hidden danger in Zheng Yun's heart, rolling up his sleeves to go to the battlefield is a little easier than not sitting in the imperial medical office to see a doctor and prescribe a prescription, the sword has no eyes, and he may encounter danger at any time.

They have two missions on this trip, one is to control the epidemic among the Tang army, and the other is to save their own lives and return to Chang'an safely.

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A group of dozens of people, in addition to Hu Zhilin, a master surgeon appointed by the Holy Majesty, Qin Minghe, a celebrity in acupuncture, Shen Hanshan, who is still famous for being good at epidemics, Li Jing, who was placed by the Queen of Heaven, and his own apprentices brought by several doctors, There was one person that Wu Yi never thought of.

Although I haven't seen him for three years, those machete-like eyes are so memorable that Wu Yi couldn't help blurting out: "Senior Brother Xu."

Xu Rong obviously knew that Wu Yi was in the company, so he didn't show any surprise, but only smiled back: "Sure enough, brother Yi is also on the trip."

In the case of Zhang Qiren's murder of Emperor Filial Piety in the past, it was this Senior Brother Xu who had a keen eye and a careful heart who first discovered something wrong with the medicinal soup, and directly reported the matter to Zhang Wenguan over Zhang Qiren, which led to a major case with ups and downs.

Wu Yi didn't have time to think carefully at the beginning, whether Xu Rong was instructed by Zhang Qiren to accompany him to perform this good show to lead to the next article, or he wanted to take the opportunity to claim credit and bite his teacher back.

But no matter what, he finally took advantage of the wind, and took advantage of that incident to become a senior official, becoming the youngest medical assistant in the entire government school, and he is still one of the most popular young people in the entire imperial medical department.

When they were in Zhang's mansion that day, the two of them were brothers and sisters, and they were considered close and harmonious.Now things are different, Xu Rong has already separated from Zhang Qiren, and he also belongs to Shen Hanshan's sect, the two brothers have been estranged for many years, if they smile at each other, it is considered as greeting.

Soldiers are extremely fast, and these "medical soldiers" who are temporarily on the battlefield don't have time to talk in detail. They are urged to get on the carriage quickly after they are assigned high and low seats. Each carriage takes a doctor and his apprentice, and four guards line up , Several carriages set off like ducks.

Shen Hanshan was lonely at the gate, Wu Yi was the only one, and there were two unattached people, one was his little apprentice Li Jing, and the other was Xu Rong who now had no teacher to rely on.

Originally, according to Xu Rong's status and qualifications, it was absolutely not his turn to go to this meeting, but after thinking about it, Wu Yi understood Zheng Yun's intentions.

Xu Rongben was an orphan picked up by the old general Li Ji on the Goguryeo battlefield. He was born and raised on the Korean peninsula, and he is quite familiar with the local topography and human language.The so-called know yourself and the enemy, and you will never end in a hundred battles. With his help, their medical missions on the front line of Silla can be carried out more smoothly.

Although the Imperial Physician Zheng Jun is in Chang'an, he has made enough plans for them. Not only Xu Rong, but even the dozens of guards who follow him are all young heroes carefully selected from the Yulin Army. All safe and sound.

Looking around, everyone's eyes were serious, even the youngest Li Jing put aside the cute and cute expression in the past, his brows were tightly locked, and his eyes were serious.

The carriage bumped all the way, and the horseshoes that galloped by quickly raised clouds of smoke and dust. Wu Yi looked out through the curtain of the car that was blown up by the return wind. Among the flying dust, only the willows of Chang'an were swaying, as if they were ignorant of this business. Can the royal doctors who have returned with merit wave goodbye.

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Although Silla had a long journey, the group of people rushed on horseback, but within a month's time, they arrived at Maixiao City, which was at the forefront of the front line.

Anton Township Ambassador Li Jinxing personally received this line of travel-worn doctors and doctors. They are all old bones who are used to being pampered. After a bump, the bones that were not broken were also scattered. Before the illness appeared, he was about to fall down.

"The old man has already set up a clean-up banquet, and I invite all the imperial physicians to move to the big tent." Li Jinxing is not like many generals who look down on literati. He has been in the army for many years and knows the importance of doctors to an army.

"The banquet will be skipped." The one who spoke was Hu Zhilin, a doctor of surgery. Surgery can be regarded as a martial art in medicine. He, an old doctor who is leading a master of surgery, naturally has the boldness of a three-point general, and his words are straightforward and straight to the point. Lead us to have a look at those soldiers who have passed the corpse."

Even Shen Hanshan, who has always been good at wine, rarely straightened his face: "I will come here with the emperor's imperial decree, and I must stop the spread of corpses among the soldiers. The situation is tense right now, so I won't eat the dust-cleaning banquet. Let's save the celebration banquet." Come back!"

Seeing the persistence of several doctors, Li Jinxing also secretly admired them. He knew that these imperial physicians were the leaders in this trip, and they were used to being flattered and greeted. The middleman, the faint worry in his heart, was also put aside by these few words.

He nodded and said, "Please come with me."