"I don't care. My horse was fine when it came here. Now that it's in your hostel, your hostel should be responsible for it. If you don't compensate me with a good horse, I'll smash your hostel …"
"Sir, you're being unreasonable. If you dare to do that, I'll see if you can leave!"
"I have to pay to stay here. My horse also has to pay to eat your fodder. Now that my horse has collapsed in your stable, who else should be responsible for it?"
"But there's no problem with our fodder. If there's a problem, the other horses will also be in trouble!"
Since the horse had collapsed in the hostel, the guests had their own reasons, while the hostel had its own reasons. Both parties refused to give in to each other. As they talked, the atmosphere became more and more intense. When Xia Pingan came to the front of the stable, the hostel's staff and the guests glared at each other and almost started a fight.
"Dorm head, you're here …" When the hostel's staff saw Xia Pingan, they restrained themselves. However, they still looked angry.
When the guests saw Xia Pingan, they immediately surrounded him. "You're the dorm head. My horse has collapsed in your hostel. What do you think we should do?"
When Xia Pingan arrived, he asked the hostel's staff to leave. After that, he said to the guests, "Don't worry, dear guests. Since you're staying here, if there's a problem with our hostel, we'll definitely compensate you with a horse. Let me check what's wrong with your horse first …"
Seeing Xia Pingan's calm and reasonable attitude, the guests didn't become so irritable anymore.
Xia Pingan checked the fodder in the stable. The fodder was made of hay and bean bran. The fodder was the same in every horse trough. The water in the horse troughs was also fine.
"Ah Niu, what happened to the horse just now?"
Ah Niu looked aggrieved. "I don't know either. I was taking care of the stables when this horse suddenly went berserk. It ran around in circles in the stables and then kicked and bumped around. Then, the horse collapsed. I even searched the stables carefully just now. There were no centipedes or poisonous snakes in the stables. The horse wasn't bitten either. I don't know what happened either …"
Looking at the horse's stiff and paralyzed limbs and foaming at the mouth, Xia Pingan was sure that the horse was sick.
However, even though he knew that the horse was sick, Xia Pingan was not omniscient and omnipotent. He knew nothing about horse diseases. In this era, it was much harder to find a doctor who could treat horses than to find a doctor who could treat people.
Just when Xia Pingan was at a loss, Chang Sang had quietly come to the stable. Chang Sang looked at the horse on the ground and suddenly said, "Dorm leader, can I have a look at this horse?"
"Ah, it's Elder Chang Sang …" Xia Pingan's heart skipped a beat when he saw Chang Sang. He immediately invited Chang Sang into the stable.
Chang Sang came to the stable. He didn't mind the stench in the stable. He patiently squatted down beside the red horse. He looked at the horse's eyes and touched the sweat on the horse's neck. Then, he said to Xia Pingan, "This horse is sick. It should have brain yellow disease!"
The surrounding people were confused and looked at each other. No one knew what brain yellow disease was.
"Don't come here to fool me. Don't play tricks in front of me. What brain yellow disease? My horse collapsed in your stable. You have to pay for it!" The guest immediately shouted.
"Sir, can you cure horses?" Xia Pingan asked.
"I can have a try, but I'm only 30% sure!" Chang Sang said.
Xia Pingan said directly to the guest, "Guest, we'll let this old man cure your horse first. If he can't cure it, we'll compensate you with another one. What do you think?"
"Okay!" The guest nodded and agreed.
"Sir, you can do whatever you want. If you can't cure it, it doesn't matter. We'll take care of it!" Xia Pingan said to Chang Sang. "What do you need?"
Chang Sang said with a smile. "Well, I'll have a try. Go to the kitchen and get me a boning knife and a lit lampstand. Also, scrape some ashes from the bottom of the pot …"
Xia Pingan gestured, and someone immediately went to the kitchen and brought a lit lampstand and a boning knife.
Under the gaze of a group of people, Chang Sang Jun took the boning knife and burned the boning knife twice on the lampstand. He then touched the area under the horse's neck near its chest with one hand. After that, in front of everyone, he inserted the boning knife into the horse's neck. The tip of the knife penetrated more than an inch into the horse's flesh.
As soon as Chang Sang pulled out the knife, the horse's blood spurted out from the wound like a fountain and sprayed more than three feet away.
Blood kept spurting out from the wound of the maroon horse. After a while, it spurted out about 2000 milliliters of horse blood. The blood gradually stopped flowing. Then, under everyone's gaze, Chang Sang Jun smeared some ashes from the bottom of the pot on the horse's wound. The horse, which had been lying on the ground, suddenly got up. It swung its neck and snorted. It was full of energy, as if nothing had happened and it stopped bleeding.
Seeing this scene, all the onlookers became dumbfounded.
Nobody had imagined that Chang Sang Jun could make the horse stand up only by cutting it once and letting its blood out. What an amazing ability!
Seeing that the people in the hostel had really cured the horse, those guests were convinced. They didn't pester Chang Sang Jun anymore. After paying the bill, they left.
Originally, those people in the hotel had some complaints about Chang Sang Jun's freeloading in the hotel during this period. However, after seeing Chang Sang Jun's skills, they were all convinced. Their gazes towards Chang Sang Jun changed as they became more polite to him.
… …
After those guests left, Xia Pingan returned to his room and asked Chang Sang Jun for advice modestly.
"Horses are fire animals. Their bodies are the hottest. The so-called cerebrum yellow refers to the heat inside the horse's brain after a long journey. To cure this disease, you only need to let the horse's blood out. The so-called ferghana horse is that kind of horse whose skin pores can automatically discharge the hot blood out of its body when it's hot. Therefore, it can travel thousands of miles in a day. Common horses don't have this ability. Therefore, they have to rely on people to let their blood out …" Chang Sang Jun explained.
Hearing this explanation, Xia Pingan was enlightened at once. It turned out that the ferghana horse's blood was that ferghana horse.
"Elder, what's your plan in the future?" Xia Pingan asked.
"Alas …" Chang Sang Jun let out a sigh, "Thanks for your care these days. Now that I've recovered, I don't want to bother you anymore …"
"Old Sir, you're old now. You shouldn't be running around. Why don't you stay in this building and stay here with peace of mind?"
"Ahh, how could I do that?"
"Elder, you know how to cure horses. In the future, as long as the horses of the guests in the hostel are sick, you can take a look at them. The hostel will be responsible for your meals and lodging!"
Under Xia Pingan's sincere persuasion, Chang Sang Jun decided to stay in the hostel.
Chang Sang Jun's status was both a guest of the hostel and a horse doctor of the hostel. As Xia Pingan respected Chang Sang Jun, the others in the hostel didn't dare to say anything.
There weren't many sick horses in the hostel. Therefore, most of the time, Chang Sang Jun would eat and live in the hostel for free. When he was free, he would walk around. He lived a very comfortable life.
However, Xia Pingan had always treated Chang Sang Jun with the same attitude. Even if Chang Sang Jun hadn't seen a horse for half a year or a year, Xia Pingan would still treat him with the utmost respect. He would ask about his well-being and buy clothes and wine for him without any complaint.
… …
It wasn't difficult for a person to do a good deed. It wasn't difficult to do good deeds for a period of time. What was difficult was to persist in doing good deeds for a lifetime.
Chang Sang Jun lived in the hostel for 10 years. During this period, Xia Pingan's attitude towards Chang Sang Jun had never changed.
After the 10-year inspection period, Xia Pingan brought wine and meat to Chang Sang Jun's room. Chang Sang Jun looked at Xia Pingan for a while and finally smiled. He said to Xia Pingan, "I've been with you for 10 years. I've already understood your character. Curing horses is just a small trick. Do you want to learn how to cure people and make a name for yourself?"
"Yes, I do!" Xia Pingan said.
Chang Sang Jun took out a jade bottle and handed it to Xia Pingan, "There are 30 pills in this bottle. Collect the dew on the grass every day and take one pill a day. After 30 days, you'll have divine eyes. You'll be able to see through people with just one glance!"
Finally, this day came … …
Xia Pingan took the bottle and let out a long sigh. He thought to himself, "It turns out that Bian Que has this ability. That's why he's so awesome. He only needs one glance to know where Duke Huan's disease is … …"
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