The Assassin's Empire of Three Kingdoms

  The old man came with great interest. He had never seen a doctor treat himself before. Even if he was ill, he would have to find someone to take a look. Medical practitioners never treated themselves, this was the rule of the ancestors. As soon as he heard Long Fei's words, he hastily said: "You all wait, my medicine box is in the backyard, I'll go get it, I want to see how this young brother treats his own injury!" He then headed towards the backyard.

  The old man brought in his medicine box, "Luwan" also fetched some clean water, and under Longfei's guidance, they found some cloth strips to use as bandages. The shopkeeper brought two pieces of firewood to serve as splints. The old man opened the medicine box, and a strong smell of medicine immediately filled the entire room: "There may be some anti-inflammatory medicine that young master needs here, if young master needs it, please help yourself."

  Long Fei smiled and looked down, they were all bottles and jars. He opened one by one, but they were either medicinal powders or granules, not the medicine he wanted. Long Fei shook his head and asked: "What are these things? I don't recognize any of them, do you have Western medicine?"

  "What is Western medicine?"

  "Never mind, I won't ask anymore!" Long Fei knew he had said too much and let out a sigh. He instructed "Luoman": "Find some wound medicine for knife injuries and apply it to the wounds on my body. Remember to wash them with clean water first."

  In the midst of everyone's astonishment and confusion, Long Fei took advantage of "Lu Wan" applying medicine to himself. He carefully wrapped a bandage around his chest, touched the broken ribcage area, endured the intense pain, and slowly adjusted the fractured ribs back in place. He then had "Lu Wan" use the bandage to wrap around his own chest in circles. The pain of injuring tendons and bones was unbearable for ordinary people, Long Fei gritted his teeth and endured it, with sweat dripping from his forehead onto the ground. By the time "Lu Wan" finished wrapping the bandage clumsily, Long Fei's entire body was drenched in sweat, his teeth clenched tightly.

  "Hmm..." Long Fei let out a breath, touched the bandage wrapped around "Luó Wán" and forced a smile on his twisted face: "Not bad, has some 'Medicine Box' flair! Heh heh..."

  "Shika Maru" was also sweating profusely. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled at Ryū Fei: "What's next?"

  Long Fei rested for a moment, "Luó Wán" found a piece of rag, dipped some clear water, and wiped the sweat beads on Long Fei's forehead. Long Fei smiled at him gratefully: "Alright, find something to lift my leg up flat, let me take a look, how badly is it injured?"

  "Rokuro" hastily fetched two long benches and placed Long Fei's legs on them. Long Fei touched the injured area, which was right in the middle of his shinbone. The long bone splinters were almost piercing through his skin. He pressed it with his hand, and it hurt so much. To say that the pain earlier was bearable, but this time it was unbearable.

  Everyone was watching him. Long Fei was a stubborn guy, that's why he was chosen by the captain to join his special reconnaissance battalion. He made "Luoman" find a wooden stick and bite it, then said to "Luoman": "Later you go hold my left foot, when I say pull, you pull hard, and let go when I tell you to, got it?"

  "Rokumaru" hastily nodded. Ryūfei turned his head to the shopkeeper and the rickshaw puller, saying: "You two grab my shoulders, don't let me be pulled over there! When I say 'release', you release your grip!" The two exchanged a glance, looked at each other, then came over to help.

  Long Fei took a deep breath, nodded at "Luwan", and Luwan pulled back with all his might. Long Fei felt as if his entire leg was about to be sawed off. The pain shot up from his leg to the back of his waist and into his brain, almost causing him to faint. His teeth were clenched tightly around the wooden stick in his mouth, his gums had split open, and fresh blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth onto his chest.

  "Hmm..." Long Fei endured the pain and didn't hum. But his firm gaze forced "Rokuro" not to let go. Enduring the piercing pain, Long Fei twisted his body, searching for the fracture point of his leg bone, slowly matching the broken bones together bit by bit.

  Don't mention Long Fei himself, the shopkeeper and the cart driver who were helping him couldn't bear to watch either, and they turned their heads away. The girl might have been seeing such a scene for the first time too, her mouth twitched twice before she silently turned around. The old man saw that Long Fei's eyes were wide open, the sweat on his forehead was like rain, his nostrils kept expanding, and his teeth were clenched tightly on the wooden stick, he knew he was enduring unimaginable pain. The old man reached out to take a green bottle from the medicine box, opened it, poured out a green pill, and placed it at Long Fei's lips: "Eat this, it can alleviate your pain!" Long Fei shook his head, still trying to feel for the connection of the broken bones. He was just a little short, he could already feel himself almost succeeding.

  Long Fei nodded slightly, and "Lu Wan" hastily let go. Then, a faint rubbing sound came from Long Fei's left leg. Long Fei's lips were trembling, his teeth chattering incessantly: "Put, put the splint on both sides of the broken leg, just like before, use bandages to wrap it up!"

  Watching "Luoman" follow his own instructions, bit by bit helping himself to secure the splint. Long Fei let out a breath of relief, a grateful smile spreading across his face. The shopkeeper stuck out his thumb: "Young brother, you're really something! I've never seen anyone set their own broken leg like that before, you're the first! Speak up, what do you want to eat? I'll go make it for you right away!"

  "Can you get me some light salt water?" Long Fei was still panting heavily.

  The shopkeeper was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and laughed: "Forget it, I won't ask why. Anyway, you have your own reasons."

  Luomaru helped Longfei put on his clothes and supported him to sit down in the armchair. The shopkeeper handed a bowl of light salt water to Longfei, who said thank you and drank the whole bowl in one breath.

  The old man waited until now, then asked: "Little brother, I can understand all the methods you used just now. Although it's also my first time to see someone setting their own bones, what's the meaning of drinking a bowl of salt water at the end?"

  Long Fei scratched his head, for a moment he didn't know how to explain to these people. They didn't even know what bandages and splints were, let alone electrolytes. He smiled: "Let me put it this way, there are two kinds of substances in the human body, yin and yang. Just now because of the pain, I sweated a lot, causing one of the substances in my body to be lacking, which is not good for my quick recovery. Drinking salt water can supplement it, do you understand?"

  The old man's eyebrows were furrowed, and he pondered for a moment. Suddenly, he burst out laughing: "How wonderful! How marvelous! Young brother, your words about yin and yang are perfectly in harmony with the mysteries of heaven and earth. To be able to integrate this principle of yin and yang into medicine is truly a pioneering theory. I have been practicing medicine for decades, but I never thought that I would be surpassed by a young man's clever remarks. How embarrassing! Everyone calls me a divine doctor, what a joke, it's really the biggest joke in the world, haha..."

  "Divine Doctor?" The shopkeeper was taken aback: "Could it be that Mr. is the divine doctor Hua Tuo, revered by everyone in the world?"

  "Haha... " Hua Tuo shook his head and sighed: "Fame! Fame! The real divine doctor is right in front of me, how dare I still call myself a divine doctor."

  "It's really the divine doctor Hua!" The shopkeeper said, kneeling down and kowtowing to Hua Tuo: "I didn't expect the divine doctor Hua to come to my humble shop, my wife is saved, she's saved! Please, divine doctor, save my wife!"

  Hua Tuo helped the shopkeeper up: "A doctor's heart is like a parent's, if there's something on your mind, please speak up, no need to be so polite. This old man has traveled far and wide just to treat illnesses and save lives. Today, I can see that young brother's remarkable skills, it was worth the trip, haha..."

  "Thank you, Doctor!" The shopkeeper thanked him repeatedly.

  Long Fei said: "We've been busy for half the night, and we're all starving! Seeing a doctor isn't urgent at this moment, boss. Can you get us some food first? The divine doctor has promised to treat your wife!"

  "Alright, alright, watch me, I'll just forget about this!" The shopkeeper's face lit up with joy: "Everyone please wait, I'll go take care of it right away!"

  The dishes weren't good dishes, the rice wasn't good rice. Two seasonal dishes, a big basket of flatbread. These were the most common foods for Han people. Long Fei was really hungry, picked up a pancake, rolled some vegetables, and started eating with big mouthfuls. This way of eating must have been the first time others had seen it. They stared at Long Fei until he finished one. First was "Lu Wan" who imitated Long Fei's style, also using flatbread to roll up vegetables and eat together. After taking a bite, a smile immediately appeared on his face. The other few people also started eating together. The shopkeeper saw that everyone was eating deliciously, so he also imitated the style, made one, and after taking a bite, the flavor was indeed different. From then on, this dish became Zhang's old store's signature dish. Also because of this dish and this way of eating, this humble restaurant in the small alley quickly became popular.

  Having eaten and drunk enough, the shopkeeper couldn't wait to ask Hua Tuo to take a look at his wife. Hua Tuo asked Long Fei to go with him. Long Fei had no choice but to follow along, supported by "Lu Wan", to the backyard. The small shop was not big, just three courtyards, the first courtyard was the main hall, the second courtyard was the guest room. The shopkeeper's whole family lived in the last courtyard. The shopkeeper's wife lived in the main house of the third courtyard.

  During the Han Dynasty, women were not yet poisoned by Confucius' ideas and were relatively more open-minded. There was also no concept of unclear relationships between men and women. As soon as the shopkeeper lifted the curtain, several people entered the house. The furniture inside was simple and practical. In the innermost part of the room, against the wall, there was a small bed, on which lay a middle-aged woman, face up, staring blankly at the ceiling with eyes like those of a dead person. What was most striking was her belly - a huge one that lifted the quilt high, several times bigger than that of a pregnant woman.

  "Ho!" Long Fei exclaimed: "Good guy, this must be a ten-month pregnancy! Such a big belly."

  The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Little brother, don't joke around. My wife's belly has been getting bigger and bigger since three years ago. At first, we thought she was pregnant, but after seeing many doctors, they all said it wasn't that, yet couldn't give a clear explanation. It's been dragging on until now, her belly keeps getting bigger, and her body is getting weaker and weaker. In the beginning, she could still help me with work, but now she can only lie in bed, unable to even turn over." The shopkeeper sighed again: "I've lost interest in doing business, and this inn has slowly declined."

  Hua Tuo came to the bedside, and through the quilt, he gently pressed the woman's abdomen a few times. Then he grasped her wrist and began to take her pulse. It wasn't until after a whole incense stick had burned that he finished. He asked Long Fei: "In your younger brother's opinion, what strange illness has this lady contracted?"