Section 3 Typhoid fever
Yang Pei's woman was very thin. Her thin clothes were hanging on her body, as if she was hung on a bamboo pole, and she seemed to be blown away by the wind at any time. Her head was sweaty, her hands were soaked in the washing basin and her fingernails were bare.
"Are you cold or hot?" Cao Chong looked at her in confusion, and saw that she was shaking constantly, but sweating was on her head, and she was very puzzled.
"Minister woman...Minister woman is cold, sometimes hot." She tidied up her clothes with embarrassment and went along a strand of hair that had fallen off her forehead: "Young Master is..." A humble smile appeared on her yellow face, and her back was bent even lower, a little bit of a burden. A teenager was holding his clothes tightly, looking timidly and enviously at the boy in front of her who was not a few years older than her, but was dressed beautifully and warmly, with a large group of guards who were big and round waists.
"My name is Cao Chong." Cao Chong waved, let Xu Yi and the others stay away. Why are they so close to the military camp? They scared the children. "Kongqu went to be the commander of Yecheng. I have something to do in the camp, and I will bring you the money and people rewarded by the Prime Minister."
"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you." When the woman heard that it was Cao, she knelt down on the ground. When she heard that Yang Pei became Shangguan again, she was so happy that tears burst out from her eyes. When the family members who Cao Cao gave Yang Pei to see him, they rushed forward, snatched the unwashed clothes from her hand, and unloaded a hundred pieces of silk from the car, and sent them to the simple tent.
Cao Chong looked at the tent Feng, who was shaking from all sides, then looked at the mother and son who were trembling with cold. He frowned and stopped the servants and said, "Don't unload them, pack their things and follow me." He turned around and said to Dian Man: "Ziqian, your yard is still empty, so let them mother and son be your mother's companion."
Dian Man smiled and said, "Everything is what the young master does. It just so happens that my mother is idle alone. She will definitely be very happy with the Yang sister-in-law as her companion."
Cao Chong nodded and asked Dian Man to take them to the Cai Family Manor. He took Xu Yi and others around the military camp, and then he turned to Zhang Liao's camp. Zhang Liao went to patrol the camp. When Zhang Hu, who was sitting in the tent reading documents, saw Cao Chong coming, he hurriedly welcomed them in and asked someone to invite Zhang Liao. The two had just talked for a while and the big tent was lifted, and a scholar in his forties walked in with a smile.
"Young Master, Major General, the general is inspecting the camp. You will arrive soon. Please sit for a while."
"This is the guardian Wu Zhou and Wu Bonan. Speaking of which, he is still a fellow villager." Zhang Hu smiled and stood up to sit for Wu Zhou. Wu Zhou Qian gave in, sat opposite Cao Chong, bowed and said, "I have seen the young master, why are you free to come to the camp today?"
Cao Chong returned the courtesy, browsing and said what had just happened. Wu Zhou sighed and said, "Yes, there are many soldiers in our camp who are sick. The doctors are so busy that they are not stuck in the ground, but they can't find a good solution. They say that they may be because they are not adapted to the local environment, have a temporary irregular diet, and have suffered a little cold, and will be fine after a while."
Cao Chong nodded, thought for a while and asked, "Are there many such people?"
Wu Zhou thought for a while and said, "About 10%. Most of the people are OK, but the army is too large and the number of doctors is too small, so I still can't get busy. I asked other battalions, and basically the situation is similar."
Cao Chong finally breathed a sigh of relief. 10% of the troops would not affect the overall situation. Several large families of the Kuai family and Cai family had agreed to provide assistance. After Yang Pei delivered the winter clothes, the situation should be relieved. As he was speaking, Zhang Liao stepped into the tent. Seeing that they were talking about this, he couldn't help but frown and sighed: "I think this may not be that simple. It is common for soldiers to starve and freeze. If the new recruits can't hold on, I still believe it, but those who have been with me for more than ten years can't hold on. I think something is wrong. I think it may be an epidemic."
"Anti-epidemic?" Cao Chong, Zhang Hu and Wu Zhou were both surprised when they heard this.
"Yeah." Zhang Liao nodded and looked at Zhang Hu and Wu Zhou with a smile. "Bonan is a scholar. Of course, there are few such things, but most of the old people in the army are familiar with them. After the war, there will be epidemics. In addition, those injured soldiers who are seriously injured and have no cure, the dead may not be less than those who die in the war. You will know when you see more in the future, and it is not a big deal. But these doctors are really bad. They can't solve them when they encounter something, and they still shout nonsense. Alas, there are fewer and fewer good doctors in this camp. Master Hua Tuo was back then..."
Zhang Liao suddenly thought that Hua Tuo was chopped off his head by Cao Cao, and immediately stopped the topic and smiled awkwardly.
Cao Chong smiled. He knew that many people had opinions about this matter. Hua Tuo was a famous doctor, but he was killed by Cao Cao because he was unwilling to treat Cao Cao alone. These generals who knew the importance of doctors naturally felt it was a pity. However, no matter what ideas they had, they dared not put them on the surface. He himself was also a pity for Hua Tuo's death, so naturally he would not regard Zhang Liao's words as a crime, but he just sighed.
Several people were in tune with each other and brought the topic to other places. Zhang Liao naturally talked about Cao Chong's performance in Changshang, and praised him endlessly, and kept asking Zhang Hu to ask him for advice. Zhang Fei also talked about Guan Yu. He had a deep friendship with Guan Yu, but now he was a hostile side, so he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Even Zhang Fei was familiar with him. He heard that Zhang Bao was killed by Xiahou and was also sighing.
"This is a business and private relationship that cannot be taken into account. I was a friend yesterday, but today I became an enemy. Good fortune is a mess of people." Zhang Liao sighed.
"General Mo You, maybe one day, you can fight side by side again." Cao Chong said with a smile.
"Haha, I hope I can be as my son said." Zhang Liao smiled, "But Liao also knew the difference between public and private affairs. If you really meet Guan Yunchang, you will have to fight for three hundred rounds. See if he has wasted his kung fu in Jingzhou in the past few years." After hearing this, several people laughed.
They were talking about gossip when a tiger soldier hurriedly ran in, not bothering to salute Zhang Liao, and attached himself to Cao Chong's ear and said, "Young Master, Madam, please go back quickly."
"What's the matter?" Cao Chong asked in confusion. If Cai Ji had something to come and asked someone to come to find him.
"Young master will know when you go back." The tiger man looked at Zhang Liao with some embarrassment and saluted quickly. Zhang Liao waved his hand generously. Who wouldn't know that Cao Chong is famous for protecting his shortcomings and could blame him for his indifference? Isn't that intentionally unable to get along with Cao Chong?
Seeing that he was mysterious, Cao Chong had to get up and say goodbye and follow the tigers back to the Cai family manor. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw Cai Ji standing anxiously at the door. As soon as he saw Cao Chong coming, he pulled him away. Instead of returning to their new house, he went to Dianman's courtyard and went directly into the room that had just been vacated for the Yang family's mother and son to live. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Kuai Ying sitting next to the couch with sweat on his head, holding his hand on the Yang family's sister-in-law's pulse door, closing his eyes and concentrating.
"What's wrong?" Cao Chong asked quickly when he saw their serious expressions.
Kuai Ying did not respond to him, and after a long time, he opened his eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, tucked the quilt for the Yang family's sister-in-law, and then turned around and said to Cao Chong: "Good luck. Young Master, the Yang family's sister-in-law has typhoid fever, but fortunately the symptoms are not serious, and I can still cure it. If I have a few days in a few days, I can't do anything. I can only find my master."
"Typhoid fever?!" Cao Chong felt a cool air rise from the back of his spine, and shivered.
"It is precisely because the eldest sister-in-law of the Yang family was weak and suffered from wind and cold. She was not good at eating and overworking, so she got typhoid fever." Kuai Ying said with some fear: "Fortunately, I found out early, otherwise..."
Cao Chong was so shocked that he didn't know what to do. He accidentally brought a patient with typhoid fever to the Caijia Manor. Fortunately, Kuai Ying knew medical skills, otherwise it would be unimaginable. He thought about the patients in the camp and quickly told Kuai Ying about the situation. Kuai Ying frowned and tightened. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Young Master, although I dare not conclude, as what the young master said, I am afraid that many people are in the early stage of typhoid fever, and there are still a few that may be onset. Typhoid fever often occurs in the second season of autumn and winter, and it is just a coincidence, but it has not been revealed yet. If time is not urgent for treatment, I am afraid that there will be no minor casualties."
"Then, you can cure it." Cao Chong asked in a hurry.
"I can still cure those severe cases in the early stages, but I can't cure those who are severe." Kuai Ying shook her head and said.
Cao Chong was a little disappointed. He turned around anxiously and suddenly remembered someone. He hurriedly asked Kuai Ying: "You just said your master, who is your master's name? Where are you practicing medicine now?"
Kuai Ying showed pride on her face: "My master's surname is Zhang, his name is Ji, and his courtesy name is Zhongjing. He is a famous doctor in Nanyang. He is now practicing medicine in Nanyang. He is a living pot to save the world. He lives countless people. He is a special skill in treating typhoid fever."
Cao Chong breathed a sigh of relief. It was indeed the person he guessed. When he heard about typhoid fever, he thought of Zhang Zhongjing. However, he only knew that Zhang Zhongjing was probably from this era, but he was not sure, and he was even unsure where he was now. Even if he wanted to find it, he had no way to find it. Unexpectedly, the matter was so coincidental that Kuai Ying was actually Zhang Zhongjing's disciple, and there was still a female disciple in this era?
As if answering Cao Chong's question, Kuai Ying smiled and said, "I am just a registered disciple of the master, and I have only learned some superficial knowledge. With my face, I am afraid that I can't hire a master, so it's better for the young master to go there personally. My master is dedicated to saving people. I have long been no longer interested in becoming an official, I am afraid that even the Prime Minister's orders will not come."
He was a stubborn person again. However, Cao Chong had no intention of thinking about these things at this time. He nodded repeatedly and said, "It's okay for me to go there, I'm afraid I'll have to bother my sister-in-law Dian's family to go with me."
Kuai Ying blushed when he said "Dian's sister-in-law" and lowered her head and said, "I don't have to go anymore. The eldest sister-in-law of the Yang family also wants me to take care of her. I'll write a letter for the young master to take with me."
Cao Chong laughed, looked at the young couple of Dian family with a flushed face, and then looked at the Dian family's aunt who was basking in the sun in the opposite room with two maids accompanying them to bask in the sun, and was about to smile on her face. She shook her head and went out of the door, turned around at the door and shouted, "Then I'll wait for your letter, sister-in-law of Dian family."
"Xiao Yu'er, your husband is such a big official, why is it not at all? My son Qian is his subordinate. If he calls me that, wouldn't he kill me?" Kuai Ying pushed Cai Ji in anger and smiled.
Chapter completed!