C28 (1/2)
Once they left the An Ping County, Yang Lin would head out with his caravan to the mountain regions normally, but his next target would be Zhao Yun. Truthfully speaking, Zhao Yun was the target of his plans, and Pan Feng, Yu She, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Cang Ba had coincidentally met each other.
Searching for Zhao Yun was much more successful than looking for him, and he was definitely not that big of a deal. Furthermore, Zhao Yun was definitely quite famous, all of the village people praised him when they mentioned him, the men praised him for being proficient in martial arts, the women praised him for being handsome, and the women praised him as if he were a flower.
After finding out the exact location of Zhao Yun, Yang Lin came to Zhao Jia Village along with Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Yu She, Cang Ba and the rest. Dian Wei, Xu Zhu and the rest were not convinced, they just wanted to follow and see who this hero was.
After being passionately guided by his fellow villagers, Yang Lin and his group arrived at the entrance of a small courtyard at the east side of the village. The broken bricks on the wall told them of Master's poverty, while the two old yard gate s were on the verge of collapse. This was truly inconceivable. It was a huge contrast to the heroes in people's eyes.
”Could it be here?”
Yang Lin could not believe his eyes. This was much worse than Yang Hu's and Yang Bao's home. He helplessly shook his head and pushed aside the two sets of yard gate s. That creaking sound immediately alarmed the owner of the house, and a weak voice came out from the dilapidated house.
”Who is it?”
The door of the rundown house opened, and a tall Young people walked out. His sallow face did not have a single trace of blood, and his entire body was thin like a bag of bones. Even though he wasn't that old, there wasn't a trace of life in him.
”Excuse me, is this Zhao Yun's home?”
”Yeah, who are you?”
”My name is Yang Lin, and I'm a customer from Henan Province. I specifically came to visit Zhao Yun.”
”Oh, guest from afar, take a seat in your room.”
The house was too dark, and the roof was too short. When the few big sized men came in, they were so big that their eyes were almost popping up on the roof, and for a moment, they were not used to it. The patient smiled bitterly in embarrassment.
”My family is poor, I've let my brothers down.”
This house was truly shabby. On the old mud wall, the mottled wall revealed many scars. There wasn't even a window. There was only an old table, a few broken stools, a few china bowls on the table, and a dark oil lamp.
They forced themselves to sit on the broken chair. To be honest, sitting on it was a bit scary, to the point that Yang Lin's butt was only touching the chair, completely leaning on his legs. It was even worse than squatting down. As for Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Pan Feng, Yu She, Cang Ba, they were in even more pain. They didn't even dare to sit down, and completely squatted down.
”You are …”
Yang Lin had already remembered that Zhao Yun did indeed have a brother who had been sick for a long time, but he had died not long after, causing Zhao Yun to leave Gongsun Zan for the sake of running away. He hurriedly nodded towards Zhao Yun's brother.
”Where did Brother Zhao Yun go?”
”Sigh, a few days ago, Jing Yu County's Kang Family's two young masters were kidnapped by the Five Elements Mountain bandits. Master Kang gathered over two thousand village men and asked Zhao Yun to bring them to kill the bandits.
”Oh, Zhao Yun went to exterminate the bandits.”
Speaking till here, Yang Lin was unavoidably disappointed. Seems like he has to make a trip to the Jing Yu County. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly looked at the seriously ill big brother Zhao Yun. He suddenly thought in his heart, if he duped Zhao Yun away, what would happen to his brother? Could it be that he had to do the same as Gongsun Zan, to let Zhao Yun go?
”Brother Zhao Qing, your body seems to be sick, and it's not light at all.”
”Yes, he's been sick for a long time, and no one can cure him.”
”Brother Zhao Qing, we have a genius doctor, his medical skills are top-notch, how about we let him show you?”
”Thank you very much.”
”I'll go get it.”
”I'll go get it.”
Without waiting for Yang Lin to speak, Dian Wei and Xu Zhu immediately stood up and ran out to invite Hua Tuo. These two fellows must have sat on such an uncomfortable bench, looking for an opportunity to run away and leave us here. How could they still call us brothers?
”I wonder what business brother Yang Lin has with Zhao Yun?”
”Brother Zhao Qing, to tell you the truth, I am currently in the business of selling horses. I have long heard of the Zhao Yun brothers' powerful martial arts and their righteousness. The reason why I came here from so far away is because I want to invite Brother Zhao Yun to join us and get rich together. I wonder if Brother Zhao Qing is interested? ”
”Thank you brothers for your love, Zhao Qing is extremely grateful. It's true that selling horses is a way to make money, but we brothers don't have any money, so where would we get the capital from? Furthermore, I am also sick, so what should we do? ”
”How hard is that? If brothers shared the same fortune and shared the same difficulties, what more did they need? To tell you the truth, I still have some money, but you can do it as long as you send someone. That doctor of ours is truly a genius doctor, wouldn't it be killing two birds with one stone if you follow us and let him recuperate slowly? ”
”That's great, Zhao Qing will thank you here.”
”There's no need to be courteous. Between brothers, don't thank anyone.”
Yang Lin and Zhao Qing had not even chatted when they heard someone coming from outside the Broken Courtyard. Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, they were really quick, although they were not willing to come back and sit on Zhao Yun's broken seat, but they could not delay Yang Lin's big matters, and after a while, they invited Hua Tuo over.
The few of them went into the house, and it became even darker, Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Pan Feng, Yu She, Cang Ba, and the others immediately escaped. Hua Tuo pulled Zhao Qing's hand, then asked and looked at it again, carefully inspecting it once, extremely busy. Finally, he thought for a while and slowly spoke.
”You are suffering from stomachache, mostly because of a long period of emotional instability, a lack of diet, and a labor disorder that leads to a stagnation of liver and qi, a lack of healthy spleen, a loss of harmony in the stomach and a lack of energy over time. This leads to damage to the spleen and stomach, an accumulation of food, pain from overflowing, nausea and vomiting, acid decay, a great constipation that has a rotten smell, a reddish tongue, a thick yellowish moss, and a slippery pulse.”
A genius doctor was a genius doctor, with just a few words, he reached the root of Zhao Qing's illness. Zhao Qing nodded his head repeatedly, his head like a chick pecking rice. Finally, he had met a godly doctor, and as if he had found his savior, Zhao Qing knelt down on the ground with difficulty, insisting on kowtowing to Hua Tuo.
”You truly deserve to be called the genius doctor. Our doctor here has seen it many times and said the same thing, but not as precisely as you say. Sir, do you think I can cure this disease? ”
Seeing Zhao Qing's condition, and hearing Hua Tuo's words, Yang Lin concluded that Zhao Qing had chronic gastritis. This disease is in modern times, whether Chinese medicine or Western medicine, it is difficult to root out. Moreover, in ancient times, the illness was so severe that without Western medicine, it would be impractical to heal it.
Yang Lin looked at Hua Tuo anxiously, afraid that he would say something that would make Zhao Qing lose all hope. If Zhao Qing dragged it out for three to five years, wouldn't that mean that Zhao Yun was delayed? More importantly, he had delayed his own big matter.
Hua Tuo laughed softly. How could he not understand Yang Lin's anxious eyes? Along the way, he could tell that this Yang Lin was a fake selling horses and horses, the person he was looking for was probably the real deal. He knew that this disease was not easy to treat, but if he made the patient despair, he would not tell the patient. He patted Zhao Qing's shoulders consolingly.
”Mr. Hua, be fine. Just now, I have already discussed this with Big Brother Yang Lin. The two of us will follow Big Brother Yang Lin to sell horses, and from now on, we will be by your side.
When Zhao Qing heard that he could be saved, what was there to not agree to? He and his little brother had deep feelings, Zhao Yun would definitely listen to his words and follow him. Besides, he had nothing to linger around in this shack of his. If he went out, he might be able to make a name for himself. A good man has his heart set on everything. Now that he has someone to rely on, he can let his little brother show off his skills.
Hua Tuo raised his head to look at Yang Lin, and seeing Yang Lin nodding at him, he smiled as if he understood. He took out a dozen of silver needles from his medicine box and started to insert them into Zhao Qing's body, explaining the treatment method to him.
”In addition to persisting with the medicine and my acupuncture treatment, I also need to adjust my diet. Three meals a day are ordered and the food is soft, rotten, fresh, light, avoid foods that are too sour, too salty, too cold, and overheated, let alone drink alcohol.”
”As long as you can cure my illness, I will listen to you.”