About ten minutes later, Cui Liyan and an aunt opened the curtain into the house, took out a woven bag from under the bed, grabbed three or four handfuls of Chinese medicinal materials, wrapped them in newspapers and gave them to the aunt to take away.
"Hey!! These factories now! As the economic benefits increase, they no longer care about the health of the people!" Cui Liyan angrily moved a chair and sat across from Zhang Guozhong.
"Are you… traditional Chinese medicine or western medicine…?" Zhang Guozhong was a bit dumbfounded. The medicine in the medicine cabinet was obviously western medicine, but Cui Liyan was giving Chinese medicine to the patient. He really recognized the handfuls of medicinal materials he just grabbed. , is licorice.
"Their disease is best treated slowly with traditional Chinese medicine…!" Cui Liyan frowned.
"The factory you just mentioned? What's going on?" Sun Ting grew up in the United States and was full of curiosity about the situation in mainland China. It was still early, so he wanted to know more about it.
"Hey!! Don't mention it!" Cui Liyan took a breath, "The eldest sister just now hasn't had her period (menstruation) for more than two months, and she thought she was pregnant! When I checked, I found that she was not pregnant at all. It was probably It's a menstrual disorder caused by chronic heavy metal poisoning! Recently, paper mills, pesticide factories, and other factories have opened randomly everywhere, and the waste water is discharged directly into the ground. Is it possible to avoid poisoning?" Cui Liyan looked helpless and raised his head. He raised his hand and pointed at the surrounding furnishings, "But look at my situation, the conditions are really limited. I suspect it is chronic lead poisoning or mercury poisoning, but I can't be sure. I can only let her go home and make some licorice and mung bean soup to recuperate…"
"I'm not sure, so how do you prescribe medicine?" Sun Tingyi frowned. This is illegal in the United States.
"Ahem! Brother, it seems like you don't understand Chinese medicine!" Cui Liyan, instead of being angry, smiled slightly, which was uglier than crying. "I prescribed licorice for her. There are no side effects. It's in the soy sauce they usually eat. There is licorice, which is good for detoxification!”
"So, that's what your big bag of licorice is for?" Zhang Guozhong was too embarrassed to come up and ask about business. It's a lot of nonsense.
"Isn't it? There are three or four people every month…"
After chatting for a while, Zhang Guozhong learned. This Cui Liyan is a native of Linzhang County. He originally studied thoracic surgery at a medical university because he lacked confidence in his appearance. Therefore, while studying thoracic surgery, I also studied traditional Chinese medicine and internal medicine, hoping to make up for my shortcomings in appearance through my ability.
Originally, with his ability, he would be assigned to either Lanzhou or Tianshui after graduation, and he would definitely be an attending physician in a large hospital. However, he did not expect that in his last year of college, a car accident caused him to lose one eye and only one eye. You can't operate on others (you have to turn on the shadowless light for both eyes…) This made Cui Liyan's already low self-esteem even worse, and he resolutely gave up his studies in the previous few years. If you apply to the school to learn forensic medicine from scratch, dead people won't laugh at you, right? In view of his excellent performance and the special circumstances he encountered, the school party committee approved Cui Liyan's application. Not only that, it also organized a "Learning from Cui Liyan" seminar in the school to encourage other students to be indomitable during the semester.
After that, it only took Cui Liyan two years to complete the course that ordinary students need to complete in four years. With excellent graduation results, he was assigned back to the Linzhang County Public Security Bureau to work as a forensic scientist. This is good, instead of being the chief surgeon of a living person, I became the chief surgeon of a dead person.
"Does the government not care?" Sun Ting asked.
"The government doesn't know at all!" Cui Liyan said, "It's just a few villages that have trouble, and everything else is fine. There are only a hundred or so households, so not everyone is poisoned. Even if they are, the symptoms are not serious. That's it. Occasionally they get headaches and fever, but they don’t take it seriously! If this eldest sister hadn’t suspected that she had it today, she would still be carrying it…!"
"I'm sick, so I'm not in a hurry?" Sun Ting asked.
"Hey, you don't know, in many places, the number of babies is exceeded, and there is no place to reimburse for medical treatment in a serious hospital!" Cui Liyan said, "There are quite a few small clinics like mine, and we can't afford the medicines! I don’t want to make money, I just want to make ends meet… The medicines are as cheap as they can be, and if I encounter someone who is really poor, I just don’t need the money… I am a party member! So even though I am a forensic doctor, my level is not the same. Average, but still somewhat famous in Linzhang… Even people from Shangtan and Changling came to see me for medical treatment, and it took them two days just to drive…" Speaking of this, Cui Liyan was quite proud.
Hearing the legend of the red ghost , Zhang Guozhong felt a little in awe of Cui Liyan. The handfuls of licorice that the aunt grabbed just now were enough to last two months, but Cui Liyan only asked her for 30 cents, so he might as well check it. It's free. It seems that this person is similar to the bell-ringing Qasim Du in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Although he is a bit ugly, he is quite kind-hearted.
"You are so humble!" Sun Ting's eyes were full of admiration. "You are the real doctor!" Judging from the tone, this sentence does not sound like flattery.
After letting Zhang Guozhong and Sun Ting take turns to praise him, Cui Liyan was extremely happy. Few people in his life had ever praised him so highly. "By the way, you two haven't eaten yet, right? There is a good marinated meat restaurant nearby. , I will be the host today!" On a whim, Cui Liyan wanted to treat him.
At the dinner table, Zhang Guozhong began to ask Cui Liyan about business matters. Cui Liyan did not hide anything and told him everything about the situation at that time.
Changling Village in Linzhang County is located on the edge of Lianhua Mountain. There is a "Big Hand Liu" in the village. The reason why he is called Big Hand Liu is because the size of his palms is obviously out of proportion to his body. He is 1.7 meters tall but has a pair of powerful eyes. The big hand that holds the basketball. Liu, the big hand, is considered a celebrity in the county. He is extremely powerful and there are many legends about him. The most bizarre one is that he once carried his mother on his back to visit relatives in Lanzhou. When he arrived at the county seat, the car was about to leave. Liu carried his mother on his back and chased the car desperately, but the driver refused to stop. Finally, Liu got anxious and put his mother on the ground. He rushed up and grabbed the luggage ladder behind the car. At this time, the bus stopped. It seemed that the car stopped suddenly after a sudden brake. No matter how hard the driver stepped on the accelerator, the engine roared loudly, but the car did not move at all.
After getting off the car, the driver found that Dashou Liu had pulled apart the luggage ladder and welded it. Both feet sank more than a foot deep into the ground. The driver was so frightened that he quickly bowed and apologized, and personally put Liu's mother into the car.
After the reform and opening up, many mountain people who collected herbs began to contract to grow medicinal materials in large fields. But Liu, the big hand, still went to the mountains to collect herbs. Everyone said that Liu, the big hand, was stupid. But according to Cui Liyan, Liu, the big hand, was the real smart man. No one collected the herbs, and all the medicinal materials in the mountains belonged to him alone. Moreover, most of the truly wild Chinese medicinal materials are supplied for export, and the purchase price is more than twice as expensive as those of cultivated medicinal materials. The money someone earns from three months of hard work is enough for these medicinal material growers to work for half a year.
It was Liu who discovered the corpses of Mr. and Mrs. Liao, but he forgot about the discovery of the corpses after gathering herbs. A month later, he went to the mountain to collect herbs and saw the two corpses before he remembered it, and then called the village committee. Call the police.
"Can you forget such a thing?" Zhang Guozhong couldn't laugh or cry.
"That person is a bit mentally retarded…" Cui Liyan said, "It would be good to call the police…"
"I heard that you found some writing on the body, but it was gone after the body arrived at the Public Security Bureau?" Zhang Guozhong said.
"That's right! It was because of this that I got into a fight with the people above!" Cui Liyan said angrily, "Actually, the big shot Liu and several policemen who were handling the case also saw it. But the people above didn't believe it! They said it was because they were written down It fell off, and it’s not on my clothes! I’m a forensic doctor, so the final responsibility is mine alone!”
"Can you see if it's this kind of writing?" Zhang Guozhong took out a piece of paper with condolence written on it from his handbag.
"Like!!" Cui Liyan took the paper and nodded, "By the way, Comrade Zhang, how do you know this kind of place?"
"This…" Zhang Guozhong was stunned, "He! It's him! He knows, he is an archaeological expert!" Zhang Guozhong pointed at Sun Ting.
"Hey…this…yes! This is an ancient writing!" Sun Ting reacted quickly.
"Oh…" Cui Liyan looked at the death sentence. Did not continue to ask.
"Can…please take us to the place where the body was found?" Zhang Guozhong asked.
"Yes! But after so many years, I have forgotten where it is. But I can take you to find that big shot Liu. If he forgets too, I have nothing to do…"
When Al Xun, Old Liu Tou and Zhang Yicheng saw this Cui Liyan, they all took a step back, especially Old Liu Tou, who almost put on a posture to face the enemy. He had never seen this Cui Liyan in his long life. Such an ugly person.
Zhang Guozhong hired a Dongfeng truck from the county seat and drove a few people straight to Changling Village. The truck drove from morning to noon, until there was no more road that cars could drive, and only a few people came down. "Is there a mountain village here?" Sun said. Ting looked around, looking at the barren mountains and ridges, but nothing looked like they were inhabited.
"It's not here! It's twenty miles of mountain road from here!" Cui Liyan opened the door and got out of the car. "I have made an appointment with the driver to pick us up here at this time tomorrow!"
"This mountain is pretty good!" Old Liu Tou put up a pergola and looked into the distance. It was majestic and yin and yang balanced. It was a good place for self-cultivation. "It's no less than Maoshan Mountain!"
"Mr. Liu has a good eye!" Cui Liyan came up from the side, "This mountain is known as the West Kongtong, and it has been a treasure land of Feng Shui since ancient times! There are many myths and legends! It is said that the Emperor Qin Shihuang built the 'Eternal Life Palace' here. The name 'Eternal Life Hall' is an altar for praying for longevity! There is a line in Luo Yusheng and Luo Lao's "Sword Pavilion Hearing the Bell"*, 'If I can't do it anymore, I can play with the moon on top of the building; if I can no longer play with the moon on the roof of the building; if I can no longer play the red ghost legend , I wish you longevity in the Eternal Life Hall. ', the Hall of Eternal Life she sang about was said to be the longevity altar built by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, modeled after the Hall of Eternal Life of Qin Shihuang! During the Yuan Dynasty, Taoist priests from the Kongtong Sect also built a Taoist temple here! However, it was demolished during the Cultural Revolution! "Halfway through the conversation, Cui Liyan sang a few lines. It seems that this person is quite artistic.
"Eternal Life Hall? Altar?" Zhang Guozhong asked, "I think it's 80% for treating suspicious diseases…"
"Ancient people! They believe in everything!" Cui Liyan said, "I am a medical student. I don't know anything else. This cannot fool me. The aging of human cells is determined by DNA. How can it be possible to live forever?"
"Uncle Cui, didn't Qin Shihuang build Afang Palace?" Zhang Yicheng was also a little strange. History classes always talk about Qin Shihuang building Afang Palace. When did he build the Palace of Immortality?
"That's not a palace, it's just a place for worship. It's probably not that big. It sounds nice to call it 'Palace'…" Cui Liyan said that he liked Zhang Yicheng very much. The young man was smart and polite. . .