The opportunity Shen Tianshu had been waiting for came soon.
Even after Gong Lihua diagnosed the pulse and prescribed medication, the patient's condition did not improve. Early the next morning, Shen Zhonglei made a prompt decision and posted notices in the city, seeking famous doctors.
Before lunch time, more than a dozen self-recommended people had already arrived.
Not a single one of them had any real skills, and some couldn't even diagnose the pulse, but they made the patients miserable.
Looking at his classmate Zhao Qu who looked sad, Shen Zhonglei didn't know how to comfort him.
Now that his biological mother is in danger, and his career is also hanging by a thread, this kind of worry and panic cannot be alleviated by a few words of relief and relief.
Shen Zhonglei and Zhao Qu were admitted as Jinshi in the same year. Zhao Qu wrote beautifully and was appointed by the emperor as Tanhualang during the palace examination. After that, he went to Chengdu Prefecture to serve as the prefect.
At that time, Chengdu was not a good place to live. Banditry in Sichuan and Sichuan was serious, Uzbek tribes were also restless, and people's livelihood was difficult.
Many people are waiting to see Zhao Qu's joke.
Who would have known that Zhao Qu had been in office for six years, suppressing banditry, opening mutual markets, promoting education, and encouraging farming. In a few years, he had completely transformed his administration.
Originally, according to Daqi's assessment of foreign officials, one test was taken every three years, and three tests were considered satisfactory.
However, Zhao Qu had no background and no connections. He was recalled to the capital to report on his duties in just six years. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was on the verge of promotion.
Shen Zhonglei looked at Zhao Qu, who was clearly in his late forties but seemed to be in his fifties, with gray hair already on his temples, and understood that his past six years had not been easy.
Now that the Tongtian Avenue is underfoot, if something happens to Zhao's mother, Ding You will have to return to her hometown for three years.
Three years from now, who will remember his six years of hard work?
Just when the two of them were looking at each other in silence and the whole room was in a state of panic, the medicine boy ran in and said: "Master Shen, a young lady has come outside and recommended herself to Mrs. Zhao for medical treatment."
"Young lady?" Shen Zhonglei raised his eyebrows and glared when he heard this, "Are you kidding? Several experienced doctors have failed in the morning. What skills can a young lady have? Even if she started learning from her mother's womb. Doctors, how capable they are!"
"Yes, I will send her away now." The medicine boy was so frightened that he peed his pants and hurried out and said to Shen Tianshu, who was wearing a curtain hat, "This little lady, I can't help it, you'd better ask Go back."
Shen Tianshu frowned when he heard this, knowing that he was being underestimated.
Just as she was about to open her mouth to fight for herself again, she heard someone from behind shouting: "Make way, everyone, make way, there is a patient!"
The crowd of spectators who were originally at the entrance of Hua'an Hall parted a path in confusion to let those behind come in.
Although he said there were patients, the old man in charge looked happy.
Behind them were two women in their forties or fifties, supporting an old woman.
Both of them lowered their heads, as if they were ashamed to see others.
When everyone looked at the old woman again, they were suddenly shocked.
Judging from her white hair and beard, she must be sixty or seventy years old, but her belly was as big as a six-month pregnancy. She held her belly with both hands and staggered over.
Someone in the crowd couldn't help but ask: "At this age, you are actually pregnant?"
The old man's face lit up when he heard this, and he said: "Six months ago, my wife was enjoying the cool under the vines in the courtyard and dreamed of Guanyin holding a child. Two months later, she began to feel nauseated, vomiting, acidosis and drowsiness in the morning. Isn't this a sign of pregnancy? Now I am more than six months pregnant and I can already feel fetal movement. I, Yan, have given birth to a child. It is really a great joy!"
The onlookers immediately exploded when they heard this. Can you still get pregnant and give birth to a child when you are nearly seventy years old? This is truly unheard of and unseen.
When Shen Tianshu heard this, he thought it was extremely absurd. He was nearly seventy years old and had stopped menstruating early. How could he be pregnant?
The old man helped his wife into Hua'an Hall.
Mingyu leaned closer and asked in a low voice: "Girl, what should we do now?"
"Follow us and take a look before we talk." After Shen Tianshu said that, he followed him into Hua'an Hall.
Although Mingyu also wore a curtain hat, when he thought that his master was also in Hua'an Hall, he felt his calves twist.
But seeing that Shen Tianshu had already entered, he had to grit his teeth and follow.
The old woman sat in front of Gong Lihua, and the old man repeated what he had just said outside.
Gong Lihua asked about the old woman's menstrual status and learned that she had gone through menopause more than ten years ago. He couldn't stop shaking his head and said, "This is an illness, not a pregnancy."
The old man didn't believe what he said, and even said that this was a gift from Guanyin, and it should not be treated as an ordinary situation.
"I dare to ask my husband, I respect my wife's 'fetal movements', but do I feel the qi surging in the abdomen from time to time? Sometimes the movement is too much, and it also causes abdominal pain and backache?"
"Exactly, how did this little lady know?" The old man looked at Shen Tianshu in surprise.
Shen Tianshu said: "This is a symptom of shortness of breath, not pregnancy."
Hearing this, the old man was dissatisfied and said: "At the beginning, we didn't think we were pregnant. We also took medicine to regulate qi, but it didn't work at all. Instead, we took mugwort leaf decoction, brown sugar and eggs and the pain stopped. My wife also said If I suffer from retching, acidosis and drowsiness in the morning, is this also due to shortness of breath?"
"If you don't believe me, buy three qian of Sichuan Qiong decoction and drink it, and your big belly will disappear immediately."
As soon as this statement came out, not only did the old man not believe it, but even Gong Lihua frowned.
Although Chuanqiong does have the effect of promoting qi and relieving depression, he has been practicing medicine for decades and still dare not say such arrogant words. Who is this young lady who dares to say such arrogant words in Hua'an Hall?
But the old woman looked happy and said: "I have given birth to three sons and one daughter in my life. I don't think it was fetal movement. It happened that I had a dream about Guanyin giving birth to a child. The old man insisted on saying that I was pregnant. In fact, I have worked really hard in the past six months. sad.
This young lady was able to say that she was right without even diagnosing the pulse. I am willing to try the prescription she mentioned. "
Hearing this, Gong Lihua stood up and said with a look of displeasure on his face: "This is my Hua'antang. If you want to try it, please find another place..."
Before he finished speaking, the curtain behind the door suddenly lifted, and Shen Zhonglei came out and said, "Wait a minute."
He quickly walked to the center of the room and looked at Shen Tianshu up and down.
Shen Tianshu remained calm and composed. She added a layer of tulle to the curtain hat this time. It was quite clear from the inside, but from the outside it was like a cloud and mist, making it impossible to see her face clearly.
Mingyu didn't have Shen Tianshu's temperament. Seeing Shen Zhonglei so close to him, his hands and feet were so weak that he almost sat on the ground.
Shen Zhonglei asked Gong Lihua, "What do you think, Doctor Gong?"
Gong Lihua stroked his beard and thought for a moment and said: "You should take Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, coix seed, licorice cinnamon, Citrus aurantium husk, ginseng, Shenqu, plantain, radish seed, yam, decoction in water and take it for thirty doses and you will be cured."
Shen Zhonglei turned to Shen Tianshu and asked: "Is one dose effective?"
Shen Tianshu nodded and said, "One dose will take effect."
"Come here, grab some medicine, boil it, and drink it right here! I'll watch!"
While he was talking, he observed Shen Tianshu. Although he couldn't see her face, she didn't shake her body or hands, and her whole body exuded a calm temperament.
Shen Zhonglei was secretly amazed. This young lady looked young, could it be that she really had some ability?
