My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chapter 163 The Imperial Physician Visits

"Alas..." Chang Wenmeng suddenly saw the poetry collection in Gu Li's hand, and asked, "Li'er, what's this in your hand?"

Gu Li looked down and saw that he was holding the new collection of poems written by Chang An in his hand, so he replied, "This is Chang Lang's new collection of poems, which are all long poems."

"Oh?" Chang Wenmeng glanced at Chang An and asked, "Would you like me to take a look?"

Gu Li glanced at Chang An, and when he saw him nod slightly, he handed the collection of poems to Chang Wenmeng. Chang Wenmeng took the collection, glanced at it briefly, and said, "The poems are good, but why are they all sad?"

"Chang Lang may want to use the sad scenes to encourage himself. These are all long narrative poems. Father can also read them as novels." Gu Li explained for Chang An.

Chang Wenmeng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yonghe's writing is getting better and better. In my opinion, he will be the top scholar without any recommendation."

Chang An was somewhat helpless and said, "Father, don't be so confident. If I'm not careful, I won't even make the list, and it will be a loss for you, father."

Chang Wenmeng was stunned for a moment, then nodded at him with a smile and said, "My boy, if I can just pick out one of the poems in this book, you will be almost certain to pass the imperial examination next year!"

Chang An sighed inwardly: Praise him, praise him as much as you can; if he really can't get in, it will be embarrassing. Why does it feel like everyone who sees me will say - this kid will definitely be the top scorer.

Or is it only in our Tang Dynasty that this is the case? When you see a great talent, you say "You must be the top scholar"?

Besides, half of his reputation as "the most talented man in Chang'an City" was earned by plagiarizing.

Just when he didn't know how to respond, Huaiqin walked in and said, "Sir, Sanniang, there's someone outside who wants to see you."

The savior is here!

Chang An asked, "Who wants to see you?"

"They claimed to be imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau in the city. Their surnames were Ma and Yang. They said they had something important to discuss with Young Master and Sanniang," Huaiqin replied.

Those two imperial doctors? Why did they suddenly come to see me?

Chang An said, "Please come in."

"Yes, sir." Huaiqin agreed, then went out and brought in two imperial doctors.

As soon as the two imperial doctors, Yang Mo and Ma Huai, walked in, they bowed respectfully at the door and greeted, "Greetings to Lord Ji Kang and Lord Ji Kang's wife."

The two people being greeted stood up quickly, and Chang An said, "Please come in, both of you."

"Thank you, Earl Jikang." The two imperial doctors bowed again and then walked in.

Chang Wenmeng saw that they had something important to say, so he stood up and said to the two of them, "You guys chat first, I'll go back first."

"Father, walk slowly."

Chang An nodded, and after watching Chang Wenmeng leave, he looked at Yang Mo and Ma Huai and said, "Please take a seat, both of you."

Yang Mo and Ma Huai nodded slightly to Chang An and Gu Li, and then sat down with the couple. Then Chang An asked, "Two doctors, why are you here today?"

"You also know, Mr. Ji Kangbo, that we have been conducting a large-scale search for smallpox patients during this period. We have found about 300 people, and they are currently being placed in sheds outside the city."

"Early this morning, we heard that someone had died, so our Imperial Medical Bureau sent someone to check. As you said, those who had a fever had turned into red rashes all over their bodies. Some of those who had red rashes all over their bodies had already died."

As they talked, they bowed to Chang An again and said, "We have personally examined it, but we cannot diagnose that this epidemic is smallpox. But Ji Kangbo can be so sure just by hearing the description, which is beyond our reach."

Chang An waved his hands and said, "You two are too kind. Without the diagnosis of the two imperial doctors, I would not be able to know the symptoms, let alone the cause of the disease. If I had waited until I knew it, I am afraid that this smallpox would be irreversible."

"Oh, right, Lord Ji Kang." At this time, Ma Huai saw him applying a cold towel to his forehead, and he remembered something and said, "You two had smallpox two days ago. I wonder how you are doing today?"

"It's okay. I just have had fever and headache to varying degrees since I woke up today." Chang An answered truthfully. If he said that he was not ill at all, no one would believe him.

Ma Huai nodded, and then asked, "I wonder if Mr. Ji Kangbo could let me feel your pulse so that we can diagnose the differences between you and smallpox patients."

"Okay." Chang An nodded and stretched out his left arm.

Yang Mo, who was standing by, also looked at Gu Li and asked, "Madam Ji Kangbo, can you take a look?"

Gu Li nodded and stretched out his left arm, handing it to Yang Mo.

The two doctors checked the pulses of the two and then looked slightly surprised. They withdrew their hands and Yang Mo said, "Although the pulse of Madam Ji Kangbo is slightly similar to that of a smallpox patient, it is completely different in general."

"The pulse is a little weak, like a fever."

While Yang Mo was talking, Ma Huai had already taken out a notebook and started recording. Then he asked while recording, "I wonder if Lord Ji Kang and his wife have had any other discomforts in the past two days? For example, they can't eat well or sleep well, etc."

"Not really." Gu Li shook his head.

Ma Huai nodded and asked again: "I wonder if you two can let me take a look at the wounds left a few days ago?"

Chang An and Gu Li looked at each other, then lifted up their left sleeves and showed their wounds to the two doctors. Both of their wounds had begun to scab over, but were still a little soft. In addition to the scabs, both wounds had some red spots.

Moreover, the range of the red dot will not exceed the circle of the wound. Ma Huai even stretched out his hand and pressed on the red dot - it was flat, just red in color.

"Is this a symptom of nothing happening?" Ma Huai asked.

"Of course not. This is a symptom of the drug taking effect." Chang An said, "If there is no fever or headache, and no red spots on the wound, it means that the knife was cut in vain."

"I never thought that besides his talent, Ji Kangbo also has such medical skills." Yang Mo said at this time, "Ji Kangbo actually knows how to prevent smallpox, a disease that all the famous doctors in the world are helpless to treat."

"I wonder where did Ji Kangbo learn this preventive method?"

Chang An smiled, picked up the cold towel and put it on his forehead, saying: "I am ashamed to say that before I got married, I just loved to read books at home. When I got tired of reading the books of sages, I would read some miscellaneous books to relieve my fatigue."

"I saw a very strange record in a book before. It said that there were many cattle on the grassland, and the women on the grassland often had to milk the cows. Over time, some spots and sores grew on their hands."

"And on the grasslands, just like in the Central Plains, smallpox often breaks out. Many people die, but the cows are all safe and sound. And the grassland women who milked the cows are also healthy."

"I then ventured to speculate that there was some connection between the milking women and the cows. I wondered if there was something special about the places where the two often touched each other, and that led to the discovery of cowpox."

Yang Mo and Ma Huai suddenly realized what was going on and said, "Those grassland women milk cows every day, and cowpox only grows in the udders of cows. It is inevitable that they will touch the udders when milking, so people will be inoculated with cowpox imperceptibly and become immune to smallpox."

Chang An smiled and nodded. He didn't expect that the imperial doctors he met were not as pedantic and stubborn as those in some exciting novels. They could think clearly after such guidance.

"If you get smallpox while milking, it will take a long time for it to take effect, so you won't have symptoms like headache and fever, but you will get sores on your hands." Chang An said, "Although opening a wound on your body and putting smallpox in, this method will cause some discomfort, but it will take effect much faster."

Yang Mo and Ma Huai immediately appreciated and were pleased with Chang An. The former exclaimed, "Ji Kangbo is really knowledgeable. He actually knows things that the rest of the world doesn't know."

"Thank you, thank you." Chang An waved his hand and said.

"If I'm not mistaken, my wife and I will continue to feel uncomfortable in the next few days, and the red spots on the wound will gradually increase."

Ma Huai nodded and asked, "Then these symptoms will probably last for three to seven days?"

"That's right." Chang An nodded.

Ma Huai and Yang Mo stood up and asked, "Then I wonder if Lord Ji Kang can agree to my unwelcome request?"

"Please say."

"Today is the third day since Lord Jikang and his wife were vaccinated against smallpox. There are still four days until the predicted seventh day. I wonder if you would allow us to visit them every two days."

"First, we can learn more about the situation after vaccination. Second, if you feel unwell, we can also let you go as soon as possible."

Chang An thought about it, this way, he could ensure the authenticity of his experiment and have more protection. After all, this was the first time he used this method to vaccinate, what if something really went wrong? Thinking about it, he couldn't help but look at Gu Li who was sitting next to him and applying a cold towel to his forehead.

He nodded and said, "Of course."

The two of them were immediately delighted, and both stood up and saluted Chang An, saying, "Thank you very much, Earl Ji Kang."

Then, Ma Huai looked at Yang Mo, who took out a thick book from the bookcase. Then Yang Mo said:

"This is a pathology booklet compiled by the doctors of our Imperial Medical Bureau. It is also a copy. Please accept it, Earl Ji Kang."

Chang An was stunned, then quickly waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary. I haven't learned any medical skills, and I only learned about smallpox from other books."

But Yang Mo put the book on the table and said, "I just checked Mrs. Ji Kangbo's pulse and found that she had some strange pulses. It seems that she has lung disease."

Chang An and Gu Li were both stunned for a moment. Has this been seen? Then he nodded and said, "Indeed."

Yang Mo smiled and said, "In that case, there are some treatment methods for lung diseases in this book. Ji Kangbo can also refer to the book to treat Madam."

Then Ma Huai said, "We won't bother Lord Ji Kang and his wife any more today. We will take our leave first."