Xia Pingan opened his eyes when he felt a strange sensation on his shoulder.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt a sharp pain on his left shoulder, which made him break out in a cold sweat.
Then, Xia Pingan found himself lying on a simple wooden bed in a straw hut. Many injured villagers were lying in the straw hut.
Not far away, the thatched cottages in the village were still burning. The smaller fires had just been extinguished and were still smoking. In the village, there were faint cries and cries everywhere, and the atmosphere was gloomy and miserable.
His chest was exposed, and a skinny old man in linen clothes was standing in front of the bed. He was using a tool to pull out the arrow from his left shoulder that was leaning against his chest.
"Hold him down and don't let him move, or else he will bleed even more..." The old man did not seem to notice that Xia Pingan had woken up. He lowered his head to pull out the arrow on Xia Pingan's body while instructing the two people beside the bed.
The two men in cavalry uniforms of the Kingdom of Zhao stood by the bed and held down Xia Pingan's hands and waist, afraid that Xia Pingan would move.
In addition to his left shoulder, Xia Pingan found that his pants were also cut open. The arrow on his thigh was also removed and bandaged.
"No need to hold me down, I can bear it... I won't move..." Xia Pingan said. Once he opened his mouth, he found that his voice was hoarse and weak.
At this moment, the three people beside the bed found that Xia Pingan had woken up.
The old man glanced at Xia Pingan and smiled, the wrinkles on his face squeezing together. "You are indeed a young man with a strong body. You have lost so much blood after being hit by two arrows, but you woke up so quickly. Don't worry, those two arrows did not hit your vital parts. You are so strong, so as long as you take some medicine and don't get a fever, you will be able to recover in a few days!"
That old man should be a doctor. Xia Pingan glanced to the side and found that there was a box next to his clothes. Inside the box were Earth Elm, Sophora Flower, Immortal Stork Grass, Purple Pearl, Hearth Soil, and other things.
"Kid, you are not bad. I heard that you killed four Xiongnu even though you were injured. Good job, you will definitely survive..." one of the two soldiers from the Kingdom of Zhao looked at Xia Pingan with admiration and said to Xia Pingan.
As the soldier from the Kingdom of Zhao spoke, the old man in linen clothes was ready to bandage Xia Pingan's wound with hemostatic medicine.
Looking at the herbs used by the old man and the linen strips that had not been sterilized, Xia Pingan was alarmed and hurriedly said, "Doctor, these two herbs, Earthworm and Sophora japonica, are wrong. Although these two herbs can stop the bleeding, they are more suitable for bleeding due to blood heat. What I have now is a sword wound. Oh right, do you have Horsetooth Grass? If you can find Horsetooth Grass, the wound will heal faster …"
The old man should only be a village doctor with ordinary medical skills and did not know much about the medicinal properties of those herbs. After hearing Xia Pingan's words, the old man in linen clothes suddenly stopped. Not only him, but also the two soldiers beside him looked at Xia Pingan in astonishment.
"You... you know how to use medicine?" the old man asked cautiously with a different tone.
"I used to be Bian Que. How could I not know how to use medicine?" Xia Pingan forced a smile. After others integrated with the Realm Bead, the things they learned from the Realm Bead would disappear from their memory due to the existence of the Realm Bead. However, Xia Pingan did not. Therefore, he knew all the methods that Bian Que knew. The most famous doctor from the Warring States Period was lying here, yet the old man asked him whether he knew how to use medicine.
In this era, being a doctor was a high-level skill that ordinary people could hardly master. Medical books such as the Compendium of Materia Medica had not been published yet. Most doctors learned their skills from their masters. Therefore, they knew what their masters taught them. Those who could tell the names of those herbs and their medicinal properties were rare wherever they went.
"Yes, I met an old man in the mountains before. That old man taught me some things. That's right, don't use those linen cloths to wrap your wounds. Put those linen cloths in a pot and boil them in hot water. After they are dried, use them to wrap your wounds. The possibility of pus and ulceration is very small …" Xia Pingan quickly said.
Hearing Xia Pingan's words, the old man was even more surprised. His attitude towards Xia Pingan became more respectful. He asked cautiously, "What exactly is the Horsetooth Centipede that you mentioned?"
The Horsetooth Centipede could reduce inflammation and prevent wound infection. However, these things were very complicated to explain. Xia Pingan could only say, "I don't know what it is either. I only know that it is useful for wounds. The Horsetooth Centipede is hairless. Its stems lie flat on the ground and its branches are light green or dark red. It should be found everywhere..."
"This thing... I seem to have seen it before..." The old man revealed a look of reminiscence. Then, he glanced at the wounds on Xia Pingan's body and was slightly embarrassed. "This, the arrowhead on your body has been pulled out. Now... what do you think we should do..."
"Do you have any silver needles on you?" Xia Pingan asked.
The old man suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Silver needles were the doctor's medical tools, so the old man naturally brought them with him. However, he brought the silver needles just to put up a front. Using silver needles was a high-level skill, and even his master didn't know how to do it. He didn't know much about it, let alone using silver needles to treat this kind of arrow wound.
"I did bring them, but..." The old man wanted to say that he did not know how to use them, but he was a little embarrassed.
"Let me try..." Xia Pingan said.
The old man quickly and carefully took out a needle bag wrapped in cloth from his medicine box. He opened it and handed it to Xia Pingan. Inside the needle bag were four inch long thin silver needles.
Xia Pingan's right hand could still move. He sat up and looked at the silver needles. He took out a silver needle and pricked the Liangqiu Yin Bai and other acupuncture points on his body a few times. The wound on his shoulder stopped bleeding in an instant.
As soon as an expert made a move, one would know whether or not he was an expert.
The old man had only heard of using silver needles to stop bleeding, but he had never seen it before. This was because this was the method of a top doctor. The old man's master did not know how to do it. Seeing Xia Pingan so skillful, the old man and the two soldiers next to him widened their eyes as if they were looking at a miracle.
The two soldiers of Zhao had been on the battlefield for many years. They had seen a lot of injuries and bleeding, but they had never seen anyone with such a method.
If the old man still had some doubts about Xia Pingan's words, then now, he no longer had any doubts about Xia Pingan's ability. Instead, he respected him like a celestial being.
With the silver needles, things would be easier!
Xia Pingan pricked himself with a few needles. The effect was immediate. The pain of the wound, the bleeding, and other symptoms were greatly alleviated.
Later, Xia Pingan made up new medicine and let the old man apply it to his wound. The old man also found new linen and bandaged Xia Pingan's wound.
As for the rest of the linen, he let the women in the village boil water and dry them in the sun before using them.
The old man also applied the new medicine to the wounds of the other injured villagers according to Xia Pingan's instructions.
The treatment of the entire straw hut unknowingly became led by Xia Pingan. The old man became Xia Pingan's assistant and listened to everything he said.
While listening to Xia Pingan's words, the old man wasn't unhappy at all. On the contrary, he was somewhat happy. This was because for a doctor, Xia Pingan could tell him what to do, how to prescribe medicine, and how to deal with those wounds. This was an imparting of skills. For a doctor, such an opportunity was simply something that could only be encountered by chance.
When the two soldiers who were by Xia Pingan's bedside saw Xia Pingan's ability, they looked at each other and exchanged glances. One of the soldiers immediately ran away while the other stayed by Xia Pingan's side. He looked around vigilantly and assumed the posture of a guard.
In less than ten minutes, an armored general of the Kingdom of Zhao strode over to the straw hut, escorted by a group of cavalrymen and captains.
At this time, several women in the village had already boiled the sackcloth in hot water and brought the dried sackcloth over.
The sun above their heads was very strong. It didn't take long for the boiled sackcloth to be dried in the sun. Those who were injured and waiting for treatment here were all men in the village. Therefore, the women in the village worked very quickly.
When the Zhao Kingdom's general came, Xia Pingan could already get out of bed and move around. He was teaching the old man how to press on the blood vessels and use bandages to quickly bandage an injured villager to stop the bleeding. Many people were watching curiously from the side. The villager's wound was quickly treated by the old man.
The general glanced at the side and directly walked to Xia Pingan. He squeezed out a smile on his face and said, "I heard that your name is Xia Pingan. You're a ranger of this village!"
Hearing this, Xia Pingan was stunned. After fusing with so many Realm Beads, this was the first time that he heard someone call his name in the Realm Bead.
Could it be that this Realm Bead of Yan Zhao allowed the fused person to "act as himself" in the world of the Realm Bead?
Previously, he felt that this Realm Bead was very strange. It actually only covered a region. The characters were also group characters. There was no specific role at all.
Xia Pingan looked at the expressions of the surrounding villagers. They looked as if they were used to this.
Rangers did appear during the Warring States Period. For example, the "Tian Guang" that Xia Pingan became last time was an outstanding ranger. He changed from a ranger to a "hero". Especially in the land of Yan Zhao, it had always been the frontier of the agricultural civilization and the nomadic civilization. Since ancient times, the people there were valiant. There were rangers everywhere.
From the perspective of later generations, the role of a ranger was a security guard in the village or a youth who mingled with the society. The high-ranking ones were the retainers, bodyguards, and VIPs of the rich and noble class. Rangers were a social career for many young people to seek opportunities and survive in life.
"Ahem, Ping An, the general is asking you a question." A villager saw Xia Pingan in a daze and reminded him.
"Xia Pingan greets the general …" Xia Pingan bowed to the general.
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