"Old Sun, I have always wanted to ask you a question."
Xu Fenglei said as he cleared away the weeds.
"Say." Sun Simiao looked around, his sharp eyes not missing any available medicinal herbs.
"Folk rumors say that you once treated a tiger for injuries in the Qinling Mountains. The tiger did not hurt you but instead respected you."
Xu Fenglei said curiously,
"After that, as soon as you enter the Qinling Mountains, you will be protected by fierce tigers. All kinds of poisons will keep you away, and ferocious beasts will not dare to harm you."
"It's true."
Crack.
Sun Simiao broke off a herb in the bush, then carefully protected its roots and buried it again.
"That's what happened."
He shook the medicine basket and said casually,
"It must have been more than ten years ago. I went to the Qinling Mountains to search for medicine. I met a tiger by chance. I was startled and wanted to climb a tree to hide. But when I saw the tiger's legs swollen and whimpering, I realized that it had been poisoned."
Xu Fenglei's heart moved.
Is this really happening?
He couldn't help but prick up his ears and listen attentively.
Just listen to Sun Simiao say again:
"I saw its pleading eyes and couldn't bear to die without saving it, so I yelled loudly and told it not to hurt me, and I could treat it."
"Then I risked my life and stepped forward to check it. It really didn't hurt me and allowed me to check it. That's when I found out it was viper venom."
"I removed the snake venom from it, applied herbal medicine to the affected area, and then bandaged it. The tiger regained its mobility, suddenly jumped up and ran away, and disappeared after a few jumps."
Xu Fenglei opened his eyes wide.
"You just left like this?" he asked, "You didn't repay your kindness or anything?"
Sun Simiao couldn't help rolling his eyes.
"What are you thinking? Beasts are beasts, they don't understand human nature, and they don't know etiquette. It would be great if you don't bite me!"
He said angrily,
"It's not immune to all poisons. If you think about it, you'll know that if it's really that powerful, you won't be hurt."
"I don't know who spread the news. It's probably the boy who was with me back then who was gossiping about it... It's really ruining the family tradition!"
Xu Fenglei: "..."
That’s what happened!
The rescue of the tiger was indeed a rescue, but the following tigers that accompanied and protected them were made up by later generations. They became more and more bizarre as they spread, and eventually they became myths and legends that no one believed anymore.
On the contrary, this damages Sun Simiao's glorious image.
After all, he is a truly benevolent doctor who risked his life to save the tiger!
"I can't bear to see him alive. Master Sun is such a great gentleman!"
Xu Fenglei couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised,
"A role model for us!"
When Sun Simiao heard this, he snorted softly.
"Usually, Sun Tou, when he's happy, he's Sun Zhenren, and when he's unhappy, he's Lao Niubi. You..."
He said with piercing eyes,
"If you really regard me as a role model, how about you become my disciple and I will teach you everything I have learned in my life?"
"Your master's medical skills are probably not as good as mine, right?"
Xu Fenglei smiled.
"Let's talk again, let's talk next time..."
He said happily,
"I can't afford what you have learned all your life. I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the tasks my master has given me..."
'Hey, I really don't have any ambitions. Why do you want me to help the world and bring peace to the people...'
When Sun Simiao heard this, he shook his head helplessly and continued to climb the mountain.
This kid's talent is really rare, and it's his character...
It’s really irritating!
"Hey, Lao Sun, wait for me..."
Xu Fenglei kept up the pace and said again,
"Are there many vipers here? How did you remove the venom from that tiger? What should we do if we are bitten?"
Although he did not want to inherit Sun Simiao's mantle, he was very interested in medicine and pestered the old Sun to ask questions.
Sun Simiao was naturally happy to teach:
"The Qinling Mountains have everything. There are many snakes, insects, rats and ants, and there are endless poisonous things. Vipers are also very common."
"Even I have almost been bitten, let alone those reckless beasts."
"As for the tiger's snake venom, I used..."
He was about to teach, but he vaguely heard a painful whine coming from ahead:
"Ayo, ayo..."
"Help...help, who can save me, who..."
"Oh..."
The old and young people's expressions changed, and they quickly stepped forward, only to see a farmer under the giant tree in front of him, his face was pale, his lips were purple, and he was wailing while covering his soles.
At his feet, there was a dead snake with its belly turned upside down.
"Viper."
Sun Simiao glanced at it and determined the variety. He quickly stepped forward to support the farmer and handed the water bag to him.
"Old man, old man, help me..."
The farmer drank the clear water, and his face recovered a little, but he still said with a painful look on his face,
"I can't move, I was bitten by this beast, it hurts..."
"I'm dying..."
Sun Simiao saw him sweating profusely and looking desperate, so he continued:
"Don't panic! I am the doctor. You can still be saved from this snake poison. Don't give up on yourself."
"Come on, show me your feet."
Xu Fenglei also quickly squatted down and carefully observed the soles of his feet.
I saw that the ankle had swollen into a large pustule, with two dark holes on it like sockets, and the purple-black blood under the holes had dried.
Obviously, this person had been bitten by a snake for a while. If the two of them hadn't happened to be here, they might have had to wait for death.
"Are you a doctor?" There was a hint of hope in the farmer's eyes, which dispelled some despair.
"Well, some will be saved, some will be saved."
Sun Simiao unpacked his medicine bag and opened one of the bamboo boxes. Only a few lively insects were seen writhing inside.
"Leech?" Xu Fenglei said in surprise, "You still have this thing with you?"
"This thing is a good thing."
Sun Simiao smiled and pinched out a leech. So he put it on the farmer's affected area.
As soon as the leech attached to the ankle, it was like a glutton seeing delicious food. It refused to move even though it was said to be firmly attached to the foot.
His body swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the pustules on his feet also deflated quickly.
Snapped!
The extremely fat leech couldn't hold it any longer, so it fell off the instep and fell to the ground.
I turned it over again and found it motionless, already dead.
"This is really a glutton, and I'm going to die from it."
Xu Fenglei pressed his body and clicked his tongue in surprise.
"You can't support it to death, you can poison it to death."
Sun Simiao took out another leech, cooked it in the same way, and then said,
"This insect loves rot first and blood secondly. Now it has both. How can it not be greedy?"
"How can you survive if you suck poisonous blood and pus into your abdomen?"
"It can be considered as its merit if it can save someone's life."
Xu Fenglei: "..."
Is there another sentence to say next - leech has knowledge underground, it's not too late to thank me?
While he was thinking wildly, the second leech was choked to death by the poisonous blood and fell into the grass.
Sun Simiao used three leeches in a row and finally sucked out the poisonous blood and pus from the farmer's ankle.
Except for the two shocking blood holes, he has recovered as before!
However, the treatment is far from over...
