The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1041 - 1020 Practicing Medicine

Chapter 1041: Chapter 1020 Practicing Medicine

Manbao glanced at Shopkeeper Zheng and then, with the carrying basket on her back, she followed the eunuch; Bai Shan also stole a glance at Shopkeeper Zheng before catching up.

Seeing that Bai Shan was following too, Shopkeeper Zheng wanted to stop him, but Daji intervened and ended up following right behind the two.

Vexed, Shopkeeper Zheng’s words were stuck in his chest as he watched the three of them leave with the eunuch.

The eunuch led them briskly towards the second courtyard, and it was only upon entering that they noticed Daji had followed behind them as well.

His gaze swept past Bai Shan and landed on Daji, who clearly looked like a servant. He said sternly, "You, wait outside."

Daji looked at Bai Shan.

Bai Shan gave a slight nod, stepped forward, and walked shoulder to shoulder with Manbao into the interior.

Unaware that only Manbao could treat the sick, the eunuch led both of them inside, thinking they were the same.

Upon entering the second courtyard and turning through a long corridor into a yard, Manbao was immediately struck by the smell of blood.

As they walked in, the sight of people standing or kneeling in the courtyard shocked both of them.

There were quite a few people in the large courtyard, with more rapidly coming and going—some carrying basins of water inside, and others bringing basins stained with blood back out. People kept bringing boxes inside the house too.

Manbao and Bai Shan hesitated only for a moment before walking past the kneeling figures on the ground, being led straight into the house.

The smell of blood was even stronger inside the house, where Manbao saw a person lying on the ground, soaking the earth red beneath them.

People continuously walked past the figure, none stopping.

Her pupils contracted, and she hurriedly walked over and crouched down to feel for a pulse. Finding that he was still breathing, she began to examine his wounds.

The eunuch, seeing they had not followed, turned back and hurriedly approached, saying, "Not this one, the patient is inside."

But Manbao had already seen the wound on his body—a deep, slashing sword wound from his chest down. It was so deep, and no one had staunched the bleeding; he wouldn’t last long before dying.

When Manbao crouched down, Bai Shan had already seen the official’s robes on the man. His heart shuddered, but seeing Manbao already untying his clothes, he also crouched down to help her take scissors, hemostatic powders, white bandages, and suturing needles and threads from the basket...

Seeing Manbao and Bai Shan ignoring him, the eunuch grew frantic. "Young Doctors, the patient is inside."

Manbao looked up and pursed her lips as she spoke to him: "This person is also a patient. If we don’t stop the bleeding, he will die."

While speaking, she quickly snipped away the clothes over his wound with scissors and proceeded to cleanse the injury.

An official in the same uniform, who had been waiting nearby, saw this and clenched his teeth before taking two steps forward and kneeling to assist Manbao.

He was clearly more skilled than Bai Shan, joining Manbao in taking care of different sections of the wound, working swiftly.

The eunuch, unable to persuade Manbao and hesitating about whether to drag her inside, was startled when a youth with a sword came out, his face as frosty as could be.

Immediately, the eunuch knelt to the ground in fright.

The minor official helping Manbao also jumped, his hands trembling as he prostrated himself on the ground.

Bai Shan quickly pressed down on the wound that had loosened, only then sparing a glance at the sword-carrying youth. Not recognizing him and noting he didn’t wear official robes, Bai Shan turned away his gaze, checking on Manbao’s actions and continuing to press on the injury while handing her the needle and thread.

Taking the needle and thread, Manbao swiftly threaded it and started suturing...

After watching her actions for a while, the sword-carrying youth pointed his sword at the small kneeling official and said, "You tend to him, let these two inside."

The small official, Dason, breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly moved to take the needle from Manbao’s hand, pleading softly, "Please, young doctor... let me handle this."

Manbao glanced at him and then lifted her eyes to the sword-carrying youth. Noting the murderous intent in his eyes, she adopted the principle that if everyone was fine, things would be better. Releasing her grip, she handed over the needle and thread to the small official.

Then he took out two packets of hemostatic powder from his basket and handed them to Manbao, "This is for stopping bleeding, sprinkle it on after sewing up the wound."

However, the eunuch beside snatched the powder, "Young Doctor, the patient over here has lost even more blood. It would be better to keep the medicine for someone inside."

"This is Chinese ginseng hemostatic powder that we have prepared, which Jishi Hall does have. Don’t you have any?"

The eunuch paused for a moment and then cautiously glanced towards the young man holding the sword. As the young man subtly lifted his chin, the eunuch smiled, returned the powder to the young official, and stepped aside smilingly, "Young Doctor, let’s go inside and see the patient there first."

Manbao didn’t delay and entered, carrying her basket, not even giving a glance to the young man. She had noticed that the sword in his hand was the one that had struck the person on the ground.

Bai Shan followed her into the room and nodded to the young man as he passed by.

Upon entering the inner chamber, the smell of blood was stronger. Three physicians were crowded around the bed, with maids kneeling on the ground holding candles to illuminate the room. The table in the middle was covered with papers full of writing, which Manbao scanned and recognized to be prescriptions.

Before the eunuch who had led them in could speak, the young man behind called out, "Imperial Doctor Zheng, the people you asked for have been brought by me."

The youth at the bedside turned around, and upon seeing Manbao, he swallowed, his forehead drenched in a light sweat.

With his sword pointed, the young man said coldly, "If you can’t save the little prince, I will have all of you buried with him."

Manbao thought to herself, ...it’s just as Doctor Ji had said, being an Imperial Doctor is indeed dangerous.

Imperial Doctor Zheng bowed and replied with a "Yes," then looked towards Manbao, "Are you Young Doctor Zhou from Yizhou?"

Manbao nodded in a daze.

"The young master of Ji Family, the one you helped to stop bleeding when he fell from the horse?"

Manbao nodded again.

Imperial Doctor Zheng then relaxed somewhat and pulled Manbao closer to the bed, "Take a look at him, can you stop the bleeding?"

Manbao looked at the unconscious young man on the bed, his pillow soaked in blood, as he was coughing up blood. The two Imperial Doctors who were still standing by the bed were constantly applying needles or attempting to stop the bleeding, but the patient’s complexion was becoming paler, and his breath more feeble. Manbao knew at once that they had not found the source of the bleeding.

Manbao set down her basket and turned to ask, "Hot water."

A maid immediately brought over hot water.

As Manbao washed her hands, she inquired, "Haven’t found the bleeding point?"

Imperial Doctor Zheng, sweating, replied, "We’ve searched all bleeding points and have sutured most of them. We’ve also administered hemostatic medicines."

Previously, the bleeding had been much worse than this; otherwise, the bed would not have been dyed to such an extent.

Manbao examined his abdomen briefly, tapped behind his belly to listen, and then looked at the three Imperial Doctors.

All trained in medicine and summoned here, they naturally had the experience. They understood what she had found the moment their eyes met, and one of the doctors spoke, "We also suspect it’s in the abdomen but can’t pinpoint the exact location."

Manbao said, "We must perform abdominal surgery."

"That’s not possible," Imperial Doctor Zheng immediately objected without thinking, "The surgery is too dangerous, Young Doctor Zhou. Can’t you use acupuncture to stop the bleeding?"

Another doctor nodded. They, of course, knew that to find the source of bleeding, surgery was best, but what after opening up the abdomen?

How to stop the bleeding?

And if the wound was too large, carelessness could lead to inflammation and death, a consequence they couldn’t bear.

As Manbao felt his abdomen and took his pulse, she fetched acupuncture needles to try to stop the bleeding and added, "I can only temporarily see the effect, but looking at his abdomen, I’m afraid surgery is necessary."