A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Starting from the Village Chief

Chapter 224 Guo Kneeling and Begging
After a long and thrilling New Year's Day,

Li Yi woke up very late on the morning of the second day of junior high school.

Rubbing his eyes after waking up, Li Yi leaned against the headboard and recalled. He had a habit of spending some time recalling what happened yesterday when he woke up in the morning.

It can also deepen the impression of some important things, especially some pending things, which are not easily forgotten.

New year and new atmosphere,
Overall, yesterday was pretty good. He was finally made a marquis. Du Jingai attempted to assassinate him and was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, but in return he received tens of millions in compensation.

Not a loss.

Get up and take a shower.

"Alang, the prince has sent the doctor from the Eastern Palace Pharmacy to change Alang's medicine." The Silla maid said as she helped him tidy up his clothes.

Li Jiancheng put a lot of effort into it.

Unfortunately, I have already turned my heart to the bright moon.

The Crown Prince's physician at the Eastern Palace was replaced today by a young man who was wearing a Taoist robe and looked to be about the same age as Li Yi. This made people doubt his medical skills.

As a result, he revealed his identity as the East Palace Medicine Storehouse Officer.

Although the title of Yaozanglang contains the word "Lang", he is a sixth-rank official and the chief officer of the East Palace Yaozang Bureau, also known as Yaozangjian.

"I didn't expect that Donggong Yaozanglang is so young. May I know your name?"

"Yang Shangshan from Luhun, Henan,"

Although he looked young, he was quite skilled at changing the dressing. "It's best to suture your wound. It will heal better."

"Okay, thank you for troubling Supervisor Yang."

Yang Shangshan didn't hesitate to open his medicine box and take out needle and thread.

He first asked someone to bring a stove, and boiled water in a silver kettle he brought with him. When the water boiled, he put the needle into the silver kettle and boiled it.
This disinfection method is quite scientific.

The thread he used was special. It was not ordinary thread, but thread made from mulberry bark.

"I once studied with Chao Yuanfang, a famous teacher from the previous dynasty, for a period of time,"

Li Yi didn't know who Chao Yuanfang was. Yang Shangshan said that Chao Yuanfang was a great medical expert who had written a book called "Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Various Diseases: Symptoms of Intestinal Brokenness Caused by Metal Injuries", which recorded in detail how to perform intestinal injury recovery surgery. He could suture and reconnect broken or torn intestines, and even cured many cases.

That genius doctor even knows how to use acupuncture to treat cataracts.

"Dr. Chao's suturing skills are amazing. I learned a little bit from him back then." Yang Shangshan said modestly, but Li Yi found that his suturing technique was very good.

Her hands were nimble and without any shaking, and tying knots was as easy as a woman embroidering.

"Can a severed intestine really be repaired by suturing?"

"For those with broken intestines, life or death depends on the severity of the injury. With large intestine damage, the patient generally only survives a day and a half, while with small intestine damage, the patient can survive three days. As long as they receive prompt suture treatment, there's a good chance of recovery."

This Yang Yaojian also said that after the intestines were sutured, fresh hot chicken blood should be applied to the sutures.

This sounded like a fantasy to Li Yi, but Yang said that doing so could greatly increase the cure rate. Thinking about it carefully, the sutured intestines might still leak, and the chicken blood might coagulate after being applied, thus reinforcing the anastomosis end?

The intestines are out but not broken. Just wash them with clean water and put them back in.

After intestinal surgery, you have to drink porridge for twenty days. You can eat porridge only after the symptoms are gone. You can eat normally after a hundred days.

There is even a nursing guide. Li Yi has great respect for Mr. Chao.

"Marquis Qianshui previously presented the King of Qin with a miraculous medicine for curing the epidemic. He was cured after taking it only a few times, which shocked and impressed us doctors. Marquis Qianshui later presented several anti-malarial prescriptions to the court. After studying them, we found that they were much better than the original prescriptions." This Yang Yaojian also admired Li Yi very much.
I also humbly asked him for advice.

While cleaning and suturing, we chatted.
Li Yicai realized that Yang Jian, who looked like he was seventeen or eighteen years old, was actually thirty years old this year.

He was wearing a Taoist robe because he became a Taoist monk at the age of eleven. During the Daye period, because of his famous medical skills, he was recruited by Yang Guang to serve as a sixth-rank imperial physician in the Shangyao Bureau.

Yang Shangshan also met Chao Yuanfang at Shang Pharmacy and learned a lot from him.

Now Yang Shangshan worked as a medicine storekeeper in the Eastern Palace, a sixth-rank official, but he was a renowned teacher at the Eastern Palace's medicine storehouse. Despite his young age, he held a high status in the martial arts world and possessed excellent medical skills.

Li Jiancheng asked him to come and change the medicine today, replacing the white-bearded physician from yesterday. This was not a neglect, but a way of winning him over by being more polite.

Normally, Yang Shangshan does not personally treat patients, but when he does, he can cure serious illnesses.

He is now compiling a medical book and is writing "Huangdi Neijing Taisu". He has unique insights in his research on Neijing, especially with the guidance of Chao Yuanfang and others.

Well, this Taoist priest also annotated the Tao Te Ching.

A Taoist priest with excellent medical skills had originally lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain. He also became friends with the King of Medicine Sun Simiao, regardless of their age difference. He devoted himself to writing books. It was only after the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng repeatedly summoned him that he came out of seclusion.

Li Yi had great respect for Yang Shangshan.
Both of them were officials who were born into a Taoist family. They were both young and they got along well. Yang Shangshan was very humble and asked Li Yi many questions about medical skills.
Li Yi has contributed many good prescriptions for treating malaria, and has just contributed six prescriptions for treating constipation. The imperial doctors all said they were good after studying them.

Li Yi doesn't know medicine, but after all, he is a person of later generations and is knowledgeable. Modern medicine is the culmination of great achievements from ancient times to the present. Some common sense things are now considered great discoveries when mentioned casually.

Yang Shangshan was fascinated by what he heard and admired Li Yi even more.

"These are just the superficial things I learned from my master."

"It's a pity that Master Wuji passed away. It's a huge loss to the medical and Taoist communities." Yang Shangshan felt extremely regretful.

"I originally thought that Master Chao's ability to sew and repair intestines and remove obstructions with acupuncture were already remarkable. I never expected there were medical skills like blood transfusions to prolong life and heart, kidney, and liver transplants. They can even replace internal organs. It's truly amazing."

Yang Shangshan, an imperial physician with superb medical skills, believed Li Yi's casual mention of blood transfusion, heart transplant and other medical techniques.

The maid from Silla came to make tea,

At this time he interrupted, "Alang, Sister Ji always feels nauseous and vomits in the morning. Why don't you let this Yang Jian help take her pulse? Maybe Sister Ji is pregnant." Taking a pulse is a basic skill for Yang Shangshan.

"Marquis Qianshui doesn't know how to take a pulse?" Yang Shangshan was shocked.

"I actually haven't studied medicine. I just helped my master organize his notes and wrote down some prescriptions."

Ji Lingyi was called over.

Yang Shangshan put two fingers together and then retracted them.

"Congratulations, Marquis Qianshui. Your pulse is flowing like pearls rolling on a jade plate. This is a slippery pulse, indicating pregnancy. You have just gotten pregnant, so you must take good care of the baby and pay attention to your diet. You should avoid certain foods."

When Ji Lingyi heard that she was pregnant, she was so excited that she almost fainted. "Excuse me, Dr. Yang, can you tell me if it's a boy or a girl?"

Yang Shangshan glanced at Li Yi.
Li Yi smiled and said, "I like both boys and girls."

Yang Shangshan smiled and said, "Then everything will be as expected for Shallow Water Marquis."

"What do you mean?"

"She's pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl."

As a miracle doctor, he does have this ability.

Even the Silla maids were happy for Ji Lingyi, and Li Yi was also very surprised.

He had said before that he didn't want to get married and have children too soon, but now that he really has a child, he is still very happy, especially when he heard that she was pregnant with twins, his heart beat faster.

The maidservant from Silla ran to tell Du Shiniang the good news.
Du Shiniang rushed over immediately after hearing the news.
"Really? Twins, a boy and a girl?"

"This pulse condition cannot be wrong. Take good care of the fetus." Yang Shangshan explained a lot of precautions in detail.

Du Shiniang hadn't slept well last night because of the assassination attempt and her grandmother's matter, but she was also very happy about the good news.

"Sujun, you are a great contributor to our family," she said excitedly while holding Ji's hand.

Yesterday, I was made a marquis.

Today, the concubine is pregnant, with twins, a boy and a girl.
It's double happiness.

Until the Du Gou brothers came to wish their aunt and uncle a happy new year, and said that Guo wanted to see Li Yi and Shi Niang.

"Shi Niang, there's something I want to tell you. Promise me you won't be anxious when you hear it."

Li Yi pulled Du Shiniang aside.
Du Jingai was arrested last night at Du Yan's house in Wubenfang, which was sealed off. He was the mastermind behind the assassination in Pingkangfang. He even sent two groups of assassins to assassinate Li Yi and Du Ruhui respectively last night...

After listening to this, Du Shiniang
I was completely stunned, completely unable to accept this series of shocking information.

"My brother came to Chang'an. He arranged for an assassin to kill you and even wanted to kill my second brother? How is this possible?"

"Calm down first, we're going to Anminfang to see your grandfather."

"Let's calm her down first. She's old after all."

"I'll find a way later to arrange for you and your grandfather to meet your brother."

Du Shiniang lost her soul.

stunned.

The joy on his face just now was completely gone.

Li Yi took her to the carriage and returned to Du Ruhui's house with the Du Gou brothers.

The upper room in the inner courtyard,
Li Yi and Shi Niang met Guo,
I haven't seen you for half a day.
Guo looked extremely haggard, without her former pride or even any energy or spirit.

Seeing Du Ruhui and his wife leading Li Yi in,
Guo suddenly stood up.

Li Yi was shocked.
But the next moment,
Guo fell to her knees in front of Li Yi.
"Wuyi, please save my beloved. As long as you are willing to save him, I can agree to any conditions. If you want money, I will write to Luoyang Silang right away and ask them to raise the money and send it to me..."

"Grandma, please get up quickly. I am not worthy of kneeling like this." Li Yi did not feel sorry for Guo at all, but he still had to consider Shi Niang's feelings.

"You promised me to save Jing Ai before I got up."

Li Yi asked Shi Niang to help her and he stepped aside.

"Please stand up and talk, we will discuss it slowly."

"Jing'ai is a poor child, please save him." Guo pleaded, she was really a good grandmother who doted on her grandson.

"My second brother and I are discussing countermeasures, but now he is in prison in Yongzhou and the matter has been reported to the emperor. This makes it difficult to handle." Li Yi looked helpless.

Guo, who had just been helped up, was so anxious that she wanted to kneel down again.

Li Yi was quite annoyed by the way people kept kneeling down and begging. It was too much of a moral blackmail.

"I'll find a way to arrange for Shi Niang and A Zu Zu to meet my brother first."

After hearing this, Guo rarely said thank you to Li Yi.

Li Yi sighed and added, "Maybe this is the last time we see each other, so let's try to see each other if we can."

After hearing this, Mrs. Guo fainted.

Not only was the murderer's heart destroyed, but Guo couldn't bear it any more.

(End of this chapter)