Chapter 35

"Where did you meet him?" Bo An walked to the bed, skillfully lifted the heavy quilt covering Liu Tiaozi's body.

It's summer now, but when Bo An saw the wound on his chest, he realized that he had lost too much blood and his body was shaking with cold.

There was a knife wound running through Liu Tiaozi's chest, from the left shoulder blade to the right lower abdomen, if it was half an inch lower, the belly would be cut open, exposing the internal organs.

The wound was treated with plant ash, but it was not enough. The wound had already festered. tried Liu Tiaozi's forehead temperature again, and was afraid that the wound was inflamed and evil wind entered the body.

"Three days ago, I saw him when I went to the town." Liu Tiaozi was very weak, and his eyes were about to roll up when he said a word.Bo An checked and found that his inflammation was already severe.

"Doctor, is he still okay?" The woman asked nervously. There were three children in their family, but none of them had grown up. They were afraid that their crying would affect Liu Tiaozi's mood, so they were sent to her natal family yesterday.

Bo An said: "I will try my best, sister-in-law, please go and boil some hot water, if there is spirits at home, bring some too."

"Spirit, no. I'll go to the village and ask." The woman left in a hurry.

Bo An took over Liu Tiaozi's task, and fed him a small red pill to save his life. After drinking the pill, Liu Tiaozi's energy improved a lot with the effort of half a cup of tea.

But there was no joy on his face, full of fear, "Doctor, am I going to die tomorrow? You call my wife in, I want to take another look at the children before I die."

Bo An shook his head helplessly and felt his pulse, "Don't worry, you won't die if I'm here. Go ahead and tell me where you met him."

Bo An had an outstanding appearance, and when he spoke, he was like a spring breeze, and the clouds were calm and the wind was light. Liu Tiaozi was still afraid, but he felt at ease all his life.

Such a person, why bother to lie to him as a shopkeeper?I haven't asked him for money yet.

Liu Tiaozi steadied his mind, carefully recalled the situation that day, and then spoke eloquently.

"A few days ago, the Mushen Festival was held in the town. I picked up a load of fashionable jewelry and set up a stall to sell it. At noon, I ate noodles at the noodle stall of the old Liu's house in the town. That was my cousin uncle, and then II saw the man in the portrait coming out of the town, chasing some people behind him, and I heard them say that this man can’t see a doctor and hurt people innocently, and I want to ask him for an explanation.”

"I saw that he looked good, he didn't bring a knife or a sword, he looked like a rich man, how could he owe money for medicine, so I went to see him curiously. But who knows, another group of people came out of the town.People from the Jianghu, riding horses, holding weapons, yelling about the death of the demon sect, they told people to get out of the way, I saw the goods on the stall were about to be ruined, I didn't dare to pull away, alas, I didn't even watchNo matter who it is, I only feel pain in my body, if it wasn't for my uncle, I'm afraid I would bleed dry."

"Doctor, here comes the wine." The woman handed Bo An half a jug of wine, and then hurried to fetch hot water.

Bo An sniffed the wine lightly, it was sorghum wine, the smell was quite strong, "You are really unlucky."

"Isn't it?" Liu Tiaozi looked distressed. Not only was he injured, but the goods hadn't been sold in time, and the family's situation was worse.

Bo An poured strong wine on his wound, and cleaned the wound carefully. Liu Tiaozi couldn't help crying out, but when he saw Bo An took out a silver knife and tweezers, he was so frightened that he sweated profusely: "Doctor, what are you doing?"

In the courtyard, the pillar came back again, followed by a group of people watching the excitement.

"The one from the picker's house is really a doctor, isn't he a liar again?"

"Of course not, he won't charge us money!"

"If it's true, I'll let him show it to my mother. Zhuzi said he likes cheap and rare things. I don't know if he likes them..."

Bo An consciously blocked the small sounds from outside, cleaned the wound, cut off the rotten flesh, took out the porcelain bottle, and sprinkled the medicine powder on the wound.

Liu Tiaozi gritted his teeth and couldn't stop moaning, "Doctor, what is this?"

"Anti-inflammatory powder, there are Panax notoginseng, Andrographis paniculata, Chuanqiong..." Bai An explained carefully.

Liu Tiaozi didn't understand what these were all about, but the wounds on his body were cleaned up and the medicine was applied, which really relieved his pain a lot, and he even felt his mind cleared up a lot.

"Doctor, you are really a good man. But I don't know where this man went after that. A group of people surrounded him to fight and kill him. I don't know if he is dead or alive...I will ask Zhuzi to accompany you to the town again."Inquire about it."

"No, I'll go by myself. Thank you for telling me this. You keep this bottle of medicine powder. If the wound hasn't healed after three days, you can take another medicine."

Bo An washed his hands and gave instructions carefully.

As soon as they went out, there was a crowd of people standing in the yard, and Liu Tiaozi's wife ran into the house.

Zhuzi excitedly handed him the book in his hand, "Doctor Bai, do you want this one? It was passed down from my ancestors, and I don't know what it was written in after so many years. Originally, my father wanted me to study, but my family has no money..."

Bo An flipped through it, and found it was just the most ordinary "Tao Te Ching". Seeing Zhu Zi's expectant eyes, he had no choice but to wrap the book, "Yes, who in your family is sick?"

Zhuzi smiled innocently, "No one in my family is sick, so you can show it to the villagers."

Bo An sighed, and asked Zhu Zi to find a table and place it at the entrance of the village. Those who were sick would line up, and he would come one by one.

There are a lot of food on the doctor's table, all sent by these farmers, and some wrinkled and watery wild fruits sent by some children, Bo An accepts them all.

Fortunately, the people in the village didn't have any life-threatening serious illnesses. If they had minor illnesses and pains, Bo An asked them to look around the village. Some wild grasses and vegetables could also be used as simple medicines.

Seeing that the day and night were turning around and the sky was getting late, Bo An treated the villagers and refused to stay for dinner, so he took Hui Hui to the nearby Lu'an Town.

In one afternoon, Bo An's reputation increased by more than two hundred, and he picked and picked up some items that could be taken away, such as a pot, a few pieces of new cloth, and a jug of wine.

"Doctor Bai, you don't know where Ping'an Town is, let me show you the way." Zhu Zi recommended himself.

"That's right, Doctor Bai, let Zhuzi see you off."

Bo An couldn't refuse, so he had to take the pillar with him on the road.

"Zhu Zi, thank you very much." Bai An led Hui Hui, and the mule was full of loads.

Zhuzi smiled innocently, and rubbed his head in embarrassment: "Doctor Bai, what is this, you are a good person, and you don't need money to see a doctor in our village."

This conversation inexplicably reminded Bo An of his childhood.His grandfather was a barefoot doctor. At that time, few people on the island had been out of the island. His grandfather went to junior high school to learn skills, and then returned to the island.

He knows a little about everything, including wind and cold, external injuries, and internal diseases.Carrying a medicine box all day long in the wind and rain, a pair of shoes can be worn out in a few days, and then don’t wear shoes at all.Ann boiled water for him, soaked his feet, and cut off the calluses with scissors.

Bo An felt distressed when he saw it, and asked him why he had to work so hard. Sometimes when he met a poor family, not only did he not want medical money, but he also took the initiative to pay for it.

At that time, seeing a doctor was cheap, and some people were reluctant to part with it. Grandpa would run around the island, and Shennong tasted all the herbs on the island like a hundred herbs.Forcibly reducing the death rate on the island in the era when it was inconvenient to transport medicine by ship.

Bo An often went with him to see a doctor, to dig herbs, saw his grandfather's hard work, and naturally tasted the sweetness of being sincerely appreciated.

For a doctor, saving a person is saving a family.

The two hurried on the road quietly, and soon night fell, and the moon hung high in the night sky, illuminating the road ahead.

"Doctor Bai, here we are. That's Liu Tiaozi's uncle."

The pillar pointed to the noodle stall at the entrance of the town, where the shopkeeper was busy before the boiling pot, scooping up noodles from below.

"Let's sit down first, I'll treat you to noodles," Bo An tied Hui Hui to the side of the willow tree, and sat down with Zhu Zhu at a table and chair.

Shopkeeper: "You two want... pillars? Why are you here?"

"Uncle Liu, this is Dr. Bai Amber. He saved the life of Tiaozi. He wanted to inquire about someone, so I brought him to you."

Bo An took out the small portrait at the right time, "Uncle, have you seen this man?"

"This is not the one from that day..." The shopkeeper slapped his thigh, "Why haven't I seen this before? Dr. Qin, who injured the medicine hall a few days ago, was chased and killed by a group of people and escaped, is it him?"

"It's him. Dare I ask Doctor Qin if he's okay?"

"Hey, he didn't die anyway. But life was not so easy. Those people in the rivers and lakes didn't find him, so they went back to find Dr. Qin, but they tormented his family. They ran away with the whole family yesterday and night. It's good now."There is not even a place to see a doctor in the town."

Bai An: "..."

"Why did he hurt Doctor Qin?" Zhu Zi looked puzzled.

"I've heard people say that doctor Qin said that he is happy. It is estimated that the little girl came out to travel the rivers and lakes without telling her family. She couldn't accept her excitement for a while. This person is really..."

Zhu Zi pushed the shopkeeper and winked, Bo An's face was silent.

"Oh, look at my mouth. It sounds like the wind is the rain. Maybe Doctor Qin made a wrong diagnosis. He is always good at deceiving people. He may turn a small problem into a big problem. Maybe he sees this girl as pitiful and wants to make a fortune."

Bo An interrupted him, "Shopkeeper, order two servings of shredded pork noodles, the larger one."

"Doctor Bai, let me treat you to eat." Zhu Zi swallowed.

"No, I'm going to ask again after eating. You can find an inn in the town to stay overnight, and come back tomorrow, and I'll pay for it."

As soon as the noodles came, Bo An started to use his chopsticks, thinking about what it would be like for Liang Jiang to be told that she was pregnant again.

How could he be hunted down?Even though those people didn't find him, Liang Jiang already had signs of miscarriage, if he continues running like this, the fetus in his womb will be lost, and all his martial arts will be useless.

He and Liang Jiang were born by mistake, if they had a one-night love, and Liang Jiang did not let Liang Jiang secretly conceive, if he wanted to leave, Bo An would not deliberately stay.

But in this situation, if he doesn't look for it, he can't live with his conscience.

What's more, he still has selfishness.

When he learned from his master that Liang Jiang might have to give birth to this child, Bo An had a secret idea in his heart.

Maybe, he'll have a family.

After dinner, Zhu Zhu shyly wanted to sleep on the base of the wall for the night, but Bo An said: "I have something to go out tonight, and someone must watch over the mule and the bundle."

Only then did Zhuzi stay in the inn with him, two inferior rooms, Bo An put down his things, and told Zhuzi not to allow anyone to enter his room, and then went to explore the town.

There is no difference between Ping'an Town and Qingshui Town, except that there are countless lanterns hanging on the street. It is said that they have not been taken down during the Mushen Festival a few days ago.

There is a temple in the town. Bo An asked around and followed the clues to find the temple in the center of the city. Inside it was a god who was enshrining a child in her arms.

In the middle of the night, Miao Zhu was sitting cross-legged in front of the statue. Bo An walked in and vaguely heard crying mixed with nursery rhymes from behind.

Hearing the movement, Miao Zhu opened his eyes, "It's late at night, pilgrims, please go back."

Although pilgrims are not allowed to enter at night, the gate of the temple is still open.

"Old man, I'm not here to ask God, but I want to ask you for news. I heard that a few days ago, there was a person who went out from you. Dare I ask if you have seen him?"

Bo An approached and let Miao Zhu see the small portrait in his hand.

A strange light flashed in Miao Zhu's eyes: "It's him?"

"My husband has seen it?"

"Of course I've seen it. After all, in this world, few men are pregnant."

Bo An clenched his fingers violently, unable to suppress the excitement in his heart: "Does the old man know where he went?"

"Hehe, the benefactor is so anxious, what does it have to do with the fetus in his womb?" Miao Zhu raised his hand and pointed to the futon under the altar, "Sit down and talk."

what relationship?Bo An was at a loss for words at the moment, and didn't know how to explain it.

Miao Zhu seemed to see his difficulty, "Do you know what kind of god is enshrined here?"

Bo An shook his head, "I don't know."

"You have entered the copy of the lost gods, please choose carefully"

"Mother God, that's what we call her." Miao Zhu's eyes were no longer old, and they were as deep as the sea, looking at Bo'an peacefully. "It is said that hundreds of years ago, there was a plague in Ping'an Town.They were about to die, so the Mother Goddess came to the town at this time, opened a porridge shop, dispensed medicine to save people, and Ping An Town was preserved."

"But later, the people who had the plague recovered, but were still cursed by the plague. The women here gave birth to children, some with ugly faces and rugged figures, and some born with deficiencies, and died early."

Bo An's heart moved, as if thinking of something.

Miao Zhu continued: "The mother god didn't know why this happened. At that time, what women were most afraid of was pregnancy and childbirth. For this reason, the mother god personally experienced the pain of women, and finally discovered the reason and made it.Mother God Tang, from now on, people in Ping'an Town will rarely suffer from being orphaned."

"The Mother Goddess was also worshiped as a god because of this, and later became the god of sending children."

Bo An nodded, and said softly: "Trying medicine with one's own body can be called a god."

But does this have anything to do with ginger?

Miao Zhu seemed to see his doubts, and said with a smile: "The mother god led me to find him. He fainted outside the town. I brought him back. I broke the fact that he was pregnant. It's just that he didn't want to believe it.I want to find a real doctor."

"I've been a temple priest for fifty years. As long as women in Ping'an Town are pregnant, they will come to the Mother Temple to drink divine soup, so as to bless them to give birth to a healthy child, so I can see the child's body at a glance.The problem."

No wonder the townspeople said that they saw Liang Jiang staggering out of the mother temple.

Bo An sincerely expressed his gratitude: "Thank you Miao Zhu for your rescue."

"Now you can answer me, what is your relationship with him?" Miao Zhu asked again.

Bo An was a little shy, moved his body, then lowered his head and said: "I, I am the father of the fetus in his womb."

"Haha, you don't seem to dislike him giving birth to a man?" Miao Zhu laughed.

It's too strange to dissect one's own heart to an outsider.Bo An likes Liang Jiang a little bit, but his relationship with them is still in a state of cognition: he has a good impression and can pursue it.

Knowing that Liang Jiang is pregnant, he is no less than being hit by a dump truck.

But all the things that happened in the time travel to the game, the men in the world of martial arts gave birth, it seems that it is not too difficult to accept.

"It's better if he doesn't dislike me, if he doesn't dislike me."

Bai An said ambiguously.

Miao Zhu nodded with satisfaction: "In this case, I want you to do me a favor. In return, I can tell you his whereabouts and some information about him."

"Side Quest": A Request from the Temple of the Mother Goddess

"What's busy?"

"You come with me."

Miao Zhu got up and pulled him to the backyard of the temple, the vague cries and nursery rhymes gradually became clear.

The empty room was filled with floor coverings, and all the people living in it were women and children. There were about a dozen children, all with twisted limbs and terrifying faces.

Bo An couldn't help but stepped forward to check the woman on the far side. The baby in her arms was only a few months old, her face was blue and purple, and she was crying hard. The woman numbly shook the baby and hummed nursery rhymes to lull her to sleep.

When the blanket was removed, the baby's arms protruded, but it had three arms, and the soft arm under the right armpit looked like a sarcoma.

Bo An gently stroked the baby's small face with his fingers, and it opened its eyes to look at him, its crying gradually stopped, and it let out soft whispers.

"Don't wrap it too tightly, the child will be hot in summer."

The woman hugged the baby tightly, biting her lower lip, tears streaming down her face, "Ugly..."

"Ah, Mother God soup has been used for hundreds of years. But in recent years, more and more women have given birth to deformed babies like this. Some of them were kicked out by their in-laws, and some of them lived in voluntarily., and pray to the Mother Goddess day and night.”

"I would like to ask you to investigate clearly why the mother god soup failed, and how to solve the current situation," Miao Zhu led Bo An outside, "What do you think?"

Bo An hesitated, "It's not impossible, it's just that I'm in a hurry to find him now..."

"Hehe, go ahead, as long as you don't forget what you promised me."

Miao Zhu led him back to the statue of the Mother Goddess and offered a stick of incense, "The Mother Goddess loves all fertile creatures, and she will guide you."

"Do you know where he went?"

"have no idea."

Bo'an black line.

"But don't worry, the mother god will tell me."

Bo An hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his conjecture: "Maybe you can send someone to the nearby mountain to take a look, or check the water source."

According to Miao Zhu, this kind of deformed baby does not only appear on human beings, there must be external reasons for the deformation.

Miao Zhu looked at him with strange eyes, and then handed Bo An a box, which contained a pupa.

"Looking for the fragrant chrysalis, he is contaminated with the breath of the mother god. Tonight, it will break out of its cocoon and become a butterfly, gaining a new life. It will lead you to find him."

"Maybe the solution is on you, well, let's go."

After Miao Zhu delivered the things, he waved Bo An to leave.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't ask Bo An's name, and he didn't know what Bo An did, and he didn't even ask about the return date.

"Aren't you afraid that I won't come back?" Bo An couldn't help asking him curiously.

"Do you know?"

Bo An felt like he was being manipulated, and said depressingly, "No, I will still pass by here when I find him."

Before leaving the mother temple, Bo An looked back at the majestic statue, and Miao Zhu stood devoutly under the statue, like a child gently looked down by his mother.

"Mother God, as long as I find enough people, I will be able to find a solution."

"If he doesn't come back, the Mother God will punish him, won't she?"

Bo An returned to the inn, Zhu Zi sat in front of his room drowsy, patted him lightly, Zhu Zi woke up suddenly.

"Doctor Bai, you're back, don't worry, I've been watching, no one has ever entered your room."

"Okay, thank you, you can go back and rest too." Bo An said good night to him, and then went into the room to wash and rest.

Lying on the bed and unable to sleep, he watched the cicada chrysalis in the wooden box slowly breaking through its restraints. The butterfly wings were kite blue, like a dream under the moonlight.

The butterfly kept flying to the west, but seeing that Bo An didn't intend to keep up, he stayed by the window in a very human way.

Bo An relieved himself and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Zhuzi knocked on Bo An's door, but there was no movement. He went downstairs in confusion and met the waiter.

"Guest officer, the young master who came with you has already paid the rent and left something for you." The waiter took out a book and handed it to Zhu Zi, it didn't look like the one he gave to Bo An.

Zhuzi couldn't read, so he asked the waiter in the shop to ask the accountant, only to find out that it was a book of elementary school.

Bo An started his journey again before dawn, yawning while riding on a mule, unaware that legends about him began to spread in the town behind him.

The butterflies kept flying westward under the sun, and when they were tired, they returned to Bo An to rest for a while. Until noon, it was rare to see a few people on the long loess road.

When the sun was shining at noon, he stopped to rest under the tree, set up the stove simply, and cooked some dry food and wild vegetables.After drinking the water in the jug, went to the village on the side of the road to ask for some.

If you encounter someone who is sick, identify yourself and give rescue for free.

After three days like this, Bo An finally arrived at Xijing, and after a few more days of walking, he could reach Dayan Pass.

At night, Bo An leaned against a tree to rest, with a thatch root in his mouth, chewing on the sweetness.

When I am on the road, I often come across medicinal herbs on the side of the road that can be used as medicine. Bo An has already restrained himself, but Hui Hui likes to eat thatch roots very much. If he does not drive at night, he digs some for it.

Boan also started to eat it. This thing is also found on the island. It grows all over the mountains and plains beside the cliff. It tastes diuretic and antibacterial. The most important thing is that it is sweet.

Throw a few branches into the firewood pile from time to time, and the flames will burst into flames. The ancient ecology is so good that you can always hear wolves howling when you spend the night in the wild.

Bo An looked at the starry sky, thinking that after tonight, he might return to reality, feeling a sense of anxious anticipation in his heart.

I don't know if Master and the others got Yijue Dan when refining medicine.

Thinking about it, Bo An felt drowsy, and when he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance. The sound was getting closer and closer, causing the firewood to scatter.

Bo An sat up straight, and under the bright moonlight, he saw a group of people on horseback riding towards here in the distance.

"Drive! Hurry up! The master has an order, and I will wait for her in the outskirts of Xijing at Yinshi tomorrow! Anyone who wants to survive, hurry up!"

Those people didn't even look at Bo An, they kicked up a cloud of dust and quickly disappeared into the night.

Bo Anfu lay down again, yawned, tears welled from the corners of his eyes, and soon fell asleep.