Chapter 4 Eight Poison Red Balls
Chishui Town is not big, the entire territory is estimated to be only about three square kilometers and the population is only 1,000. Such a small town may not be found on the map, but it is the closest town to the archaeological team. Even so, Luo Tian and Fang Ru drove for two hours and walked hundreds of kilometers.
I drove around the town in a jeep, and finally found a Chinese medicine shop with a small store in an inconspicuous alley.
Luo Tian walked in and found that the small shop had only a small lamp above his head, which looked a little dim. It was facing the front door with a medicine cabinet behind the counter.
"What are you going to buy?"
Seeing someone coming in, Kong Feng walked over.
"I want realgar, real pearl, cymbal stone, peony bark, croton, aconite, veratum, and a centipede. I wonder if there is one?"
Kong Feng was stunned for a moment, but immediately said, "Yes, wait."
When he turned around to get the medicine, Kong Feng glanced at Luo Tian, and his surprise became even more.
“Things are good.”
Seeing Kong Feng take out the medicinal materials he wanted, Luo Tian secretly lit up in his heart. Now he is not only able to save people with witchcraft, but also a master in the identification of medicinal materials - a lot of knowledge in this area exists in his mind, and it is impossible for him to not understand it.
The things were ready and were soon ready. Luo Tian and Fang Ru left after paying the money.
Shortly after Luo Tian and Fang Ru left, another person came out of the store.
"You finally got into a business."
Qu Cheng sat up at the Eight Immortals table while saying that.
Kong Feng smiled and said, "There is no business in the small place, but you will laugh at it, but today's business is quite interesting."
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
Qu Cheng suddenly became curious. His old friend’s origin is not simple, and his family has a family history. From him to the previous three generations, they were all national-level Chinese medicine practitioners, and even things he found interesting are rare.
He picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Qu Cheng. Kong Feng said: "The medicines that the man bought just now can be made into a piece of medicine, called "Ba Poison Red Pill", also called "Ghost Killing Pill", "Ghost Killing Stick", etc., which are mainly used to treat five-collar disease accumulation, nausea, ghost energy, and ghost disease. Among them, nausea is similar to the heart disease mentioned by Western medicine."
Qu Cheng said disrespectfully: "Didn't you always say that there are many magical aspects of traditional Chinese medicine? What's strange about a prescription for treating heart disease?"
"This prescription was passed down from Li Ziyu, a native of the Jin Dynasty. According to the "Postscript to the Sou Shen", he was "Shaoshan Medical Prescription, which is called his spirituality in modern times." At that time, Xu Yong, the governor of Yuzhou, suffered from heart pain for more than ten years. The reason was that there was an evil ghost in his stomach. Later, Li Ziyu cured it. The pill used to treat the disease was Ba Du Red Pills."
"What does this... mean? You don't want to say that the young man used this medicine to kill ghosts just now, right?"
Qu Cheng was shocked and thought to himself, is there really a ghost in this world?
Smiling and shook his head, Kong Feng said:
"Li Ziyu is a witch doctor. Although his prescription is also used in traditional Chinese medicine, it is derived from witch medicine at the root."
Qu Cheng now understood what Kong Feng meant, frowned tightly, and said, "What do you mean is the young man just now a witch doctor?"
Kong Feng hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, saying, "Haha, maybe I'm a little too sensitive. For various reasons, especially in the catastrophe a few decades ago, the witch doctor was attacked as feudal superstition. Now it is basically gone, especially those powerful witch doctors. The inheritance is probably cut off."
Kong Feng sighed in his heart. Most people often think that those witch doctors are just scams and superstitions. But how many people know that traditional Chinese medicine is actually born of witch doctors. In other words, witch doctors are the "ancestors" of traditional Chinese medicine. Because of the origin of family education, he knew how magical witch doctors are. When he was young, he also saw a powerful witch doctor who could cure diseases and save people with just one piece of talisman paper!
But now, such people have disappeared for decades.
"Forget it, I have no interest in whether this person is a witch doctor. You also know what I am looking for you this time. Are you going or not? Give me a clear statement."
Qu Cheng put down the teacup in his hand. This time he came thousands of miles away, not just to drink tea and chat.
"Three years ago, I said that the person's illness cannot be cured. Gu is beyond my ability."
"But, you can at least relieve the pain."
Kong Feng was silent, finally sighed and said, "Well, I'll go there again. Who told him to save my grandfather?"
In that catastrophe decades ago, Kong Feng's grandfather was locked in a cowshed. If the person Qu Cheng had not helped, he would have been gone.
"Okay! That's great! I can't figure out why you would rather give up your life in a big city and live in this small place, and a nest will last for ten years!"
Qu Cheng was very happy. Before he came, he didn't expect to convince Kong Feng so simply.
"I'll pack up and leave tomorrow."
A hundred years ago, the ancestor of the Kong family learned from an old mountain guest that a hundred years of old ginseng was found near Chishui Town. Kong Feng stayed in Chishui Town for ten years for this. Unfortunately, in the past ten years, Kong Feng searched hundreds of miles around but found nothing. Of course, no matter what, this reason cannot be told to Qu Cheng - he planned to come back and continue searching after the matter was over.
Luo Tian didn't know that the small pharmacy where he bought the medicine was "hiding" a peerless Xinglin master, nor did he know that the other party had guessed what medicine he was going to get. After leaving the pharmacy, he bought a bottle of honey and rushed back to the archaeological team's base with Fang Ru.
"What are we going to do now?"
"Make these medicines into pills, come on, grind the realgar and beads into powder with wooden sticks, and I'll prepare something else."
The night soon came, and a fire burned in front of the tent, which was warm, and Luo Tian threw a yellow mud ball directly into the fire.
"What's inside?"
Fang Ru was curiously watching Luo Tian fiddling with all this. Not long ago, Luo Tian peeled the croton and put his heart into a small pot to boil. As for aconite, veratum, and centipede, roasted it with tiles.
"There are rocks here, and they have to be wrapped in mud and burned for several hours."
"Mr. Luo."
"Teacher Jiang, why are you here?"
Fang Ru looked up and found that Jiang Tiesheng had come over at some point, followed by Li Zhu.
Jiang Tiesheng sat down on the short stool, waved his hand, and said to Fang Ru, "I'm much better."
Jiang Tiesheng looked at Luo Tian. He had no idea that he would have a sudden heart attack. If he had not had the young man in front of him, he would definitely not be able to survive.
"Mr. Luo, I dare not thank you for your kindness."
Luo Tian smiled and said, "Ha, Teacher Jiang, it's just that I know a little first aid."
Shaking his head, Jiang Tiesheng said: "It's a small task for you, but it's a life for me. If there is anything I can help in the future, just say it."
"Okay, I won't be polite if I need it."
Luo Tian was not pretentious, otherwise Jiang Tiesheng would feel even more uneasy.
"Teacher Jiang, Luo Tian and I both think you should go back to the big city as soon as possible, where the medical conditions are better."
Luo Tian nodded and said, "Yes."
"Hmph, what do you know? What Teacher Jiang needs to rest at this time is thousands of miles away from a big city with better conditions. How can you bear such a long journey?"
Li Zhu sneered. He still couldn't figure out how Luo Tian saved Jiang Tiesheng back.
"Then go back, half of your feet step into the gates of hell and survive, what are you afraid of?"
Jiang Tiesheng didn't care much.
Fang Ru glanced at Li Zhu, her eyes like a knife. As a real doctor, Li Zhu, has been helping harder in this incident!
"Teacher Jiang, Luo Tian has given you medicine, you don't have to worry."
"That's all?"
Li Zhu pointed to the centipede on the tiles and continued, "Hmph! This is a highly poisonous thing, just use these things to cure diseases?"
"Ha, I believe in Luo Tian."
When Li Zhu's face suddenly turned red when he heard Jiang Tiesheng say this, he clearly didn't believe in himself!
"Hmph! You can do whatever you want!"
Li Zhu could no longer sit still, and after saying that, he turned around and walked towards the tent where he lived.
"A guy with a high eye and low skill!"
Fang Ru looked at Li Zhu's back and muttered in a low voice.
Jiang Tiesheng smiled and said, "Ha, Xiaoru, this is not surprising. People like Li Zhu are receiving orthodox medical education. They can't do anything after leaving the medicine and the hospital's instruments. In addition, they have been smooth sailing and grown up in honey pots, so they must not be much better."
Jiang Tiesheng is a very talkative person. The three of them chatted about the whole world around the fire. Before they knew it, it was midnight.
"It's almost time."
Luo Tian picked up a stick and pulled out the mud in the fire. After smashing it, he took out the stones inside, and then mixed the realgar, beads, roasted aconite, veratha, centipede, and peeled crotons that had been grinded into powder. He first stirred carefully and then mixed it into a paste, then added honey to form a pill the size of rice grains.
"Luo Tian, what is this pill called?"
Fang Ru looked at the dozens of pills in front of her and was quite curious. She had never seen anyone produce pharmaceuticals before.
"This kind of pill is called 'Bapox Red Meatballs', which is used to protect the heart, and is suitable for Teacher Jiang's current situation."
After saving Jiang Tiesheng with witchcraft, Luo Tian believed that the prescription in his mind could also work.
Jiang Tiesheng carefully picked up a pill and put it in his mouth and swallowed it with saliva.
"Teacher Jiang, what's wrong?"
Under the fire, Fang Ru found that Jiang Tiesheng's face suddenly changed and she screamed in fear.
"Ha, Xiaoru, don't make a fuss, the effect of this medicine is really too obvious!"
When Jiang Tiesheng saw Fang Ru like this, he couldn't help laughing. He was indeed frightened by the effect of the medicine. Although he was rescued by Luo Tian before, it consumed a lot, especially when his chest still felt like he was crushed with a stone. But as soon as the pill was swallowed, he immediately felt a cold line reaching his heart. After relaxing, his breathing became much smoother.
"In three days, let's go back to the city."
Luo Tian kept paying attention to Jiang Tiesheng's heart. He found that after swallowing the pill, the black gas remaining in Jiang Tiesheng's heart faded a little, knowing that it was indeed working.
"good!"
The most important thing now is Jiang Tiesheng's body, so Fang Ru agreed without even considering it.
Chapter completed!