Chapter 12: Who Do you think you are? +
Looking at the thin and young boy in front of him, Shen Tu could not imagine that this was the divine doctor who cured Vice General Gu!
Even if he had studied medical skills since he was in his mother’s womb, it would be impossible for him to cure a strange poison at such a young age!
Or was there someone else who cured the Vice General?
Gu Yu was only rumored to be a divine doctor because he was Gu Qing’s son-in-law, just to add some prestige to himself.
News about Gu Qing’s memory restoration had spread through the military camp not long ago, and then it was rumored that Gu Qing personally went to find his children to bring them over to live together.
However, Gu Qing did not manage to bring them back in the end, presumably encountering difficulties.
It was likely that his original family did not accept Gu Qing’s current situation and directly refused, causing Gu Qing to feel guilty and want to compensate his daughter, and therefore treated his son-in-law very well.
Therefore, the false news that Gu Yu had cured the poison was spread.
If Gu Yu knew what Shen Tu was thinking at this moment, he would definitely feel speechless… The reason was that Gu Qing, his father-in-law, looked at him unfavorably from the moment he first saw him, as if his not eyes were eyes and his nose was not a nose.
He was very dissatisfied with this son-in-law and almost directly kicked Gu Yu out.
If it were in modern times, it would be like the mother of a wealthy family’s protagonist meeting the female lead, directly splashing a glass of water, then taking out a blank check from her bag, and letting the female lead fill in any amount, as long as she left her son…
In short, Gu Qing’s current favor towards Gu Yu was only because Gu Yu had shown corresponding abilities, which made Gu Qing feel that Gu Yu was worthy of his daughter, not because he loved his daughter and thus loved her husband.
“Are your eyes blind? I’m here to treat patients. Since your eyes don’t work well, you should hurry home and retire. Don’t cause any more trouble, it won’t be good.”
“…”
Since Gu Yu knew that Shen Tu was doing it on purpose, he did not intend to save him any face.
When facing enemies, Gu Yu never showed any mercy.
After he spoke his words impolitely, the room was immediately silent. Not only Shen Tu and Xing Zhi looked at Gu Yu in shock, but even the more than a dozen injured people lying on the bed were also very surprised.
They didn’t know who this young doctor was to dare to speak to Army Doctor Shen like this, he was truly amazing!
Among the doctors in the military camp, Shen Tu was the best at medical skills.
It was just that his personality was a bit eccentric, not like ordinary people.
Therefore, people in the military camp usually spoke to him in a gentle and soft voice, for fear of upsetting him, which would make it difficult to treat illnesses later.
Although Shen Tu had never retaliated against others, everyone worried that he would do so, which was also related to Shen Tu’s eccentric personality, making people have to think more.
After all, other doctors did not have Shen Tu’s exquisite knife skills. When peeling weapon fragments from flesh and blood, it had to be done by Shen Tu; others would be helpless.
Before Shen Tu came to the military camp, weapon fragments left in the body were directly pulled out… It could be imagined that many people died from bleeding.
But after Shen Tu came, he cut the wound with a knife and skillfully removed the weapon fragments, avoiding making larger wounds, which saved many lives.
Shen Tu was also a pitiable person. Others, as doctors, were greatly respected, but in the beginning, he was subjected to all sorts of abuse.
If it was said why Shen Tu, despite his superb medical skills, was still scolded… It was actually because he used dead people for experiments to practice cutting knife skills and suturing with needles and thread.
In the beginning, Shen Tu only practiced on dead pigs, but as his techniques became more and more proficient, he became dissatisfied and began to sneak into cemeteries to dig out corpses to practice his knife skills.
Originally, Shen Tu was also uneasy, fearing that he would be caught, as the serious crime of damaging a corpse, that was punishable by beheading!
However, as the number of times increased, Shen Tu calmed down.
After so many times without being caught, he thought he was safe.
But there is an old saying that goes: “He who walks by the river often cannot keep his shoes dry.”
After being caught in the act of stealing a corpse, Shen Tu was sent to the yamen to be executed, but he was rescued by General Gongsun on the way and was then assigned to the military camp.
After displaying his excellent knife skills, Shen Tu quickly established himself in the military camp.
It was precisely because of this that when Gu Yu, whose medical skills were rumored to be even more impressive, appeared, Shen Tu showed strong hostility, not believing that his medical skills were inferior to others.
He had come all the way through hardships, unlike others who had lived a smooth life. The hardships and toils he had endured made him unwilling to be surpassed by a child of a dozen years.
“Hmph, what an ignorant child, do you know who I am?”
“Who do you think you are? Why should I know who you are? Alright, stop your nonsense and hurry up and take me to see the situation. I’m not here to argue with you, but to treat people and save lives.”
“I’d like to see how you’re going to treat people today.”
“Oh, you just said that I, a child, was here to cause trouble, but now you admit that I’m here to save people?”
“…”
Afterward, Shen Tu found that the more he spoke with Gu Yu, the angrier he became, so he stopped talking and led Gu Yu to the injured patients, preparing to see how Gu Yu’s medical skills were.
Whether a horse is a horse or a mule, you have to take it out to see.
In the room, there were two large communal beds on each side, with more than ten injured people lying on the beds, moaning uncontrollably from the pain, and several severely injured people had pale faces, looking so weak as if they would die at any moment.
Seeing this, Gu Yu’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed.
After going forward and examining them one by one, Gu Yu found that while those with lighter injuries were easier to treat, the others with more severe injuries were difficult.
Their wounds had not healed for a long time, the flesh and blood had already rotted, and he could even see the shadows of maggots.
It could be said that no medicine could cure them.
No wonder Xing Zhi said the condition of the injured was serious.
However, if others could not save them, it did not mean Gu Yu could not.
“For these people with lighter injuries, I can prescribe medicine for them to recover slowly, but the other few cannot wait any longer.”
“Nonsense, even a fool can see that, why do you need to say it here?”
“If you were capable, you would have cured them long ago, and you wouldn’t be standing here talking nonsense to me. Now, if you want to cure them, shut up and listen to me. If you don’t want to cure them, then I’m leaving.”
“Young master, please don’t go! Considering they were so seriously injured while defending the country, please do cure them!”
Hearing Shen Tu speak again, Gu Yu immediately sneered at him.
Then, before Shen Tu could say anything, Xing Zhi, who had been standing by, quickly persuaded Gu Yu not to give up treatment out of anger.
Gu Yu hadn’t really intended to leave, but this Shen Tu was too annoying. If he kept talking back to him, it would be better to kick him out…
This was Gu Yu’s previous thought, but after seeing the wounds on the injured, he felt that Shen Tu had to stay.
Although Shen Tu was quite unpleasant, his medical skills were very good.
Many of the wounds on the injured had been carefully cut to remove the weapon fragments, but due to the poor basic medical facilities in ancient times and the hot weather, the wounds had festered and maggots had appeared.
Although Gu Yu had many prescriptions for wound recovery and spring water as auxiliary treatment in his mind, the rotten flesh had to be removed in advance, otherwise, there was no way to proceed with the next step of treatment.
If the rotten flesh needed to be removed, then only Shen Tu could do it. Gu Yu couldn’t even kill a chicken, so he couldn’t expect him to do it himself.
After Xing Zhi’s persuasion, Shen Tu did not say anything more and waited for Gu Yu to explain.
However, as Gu Yu described the patients’ symptoms one by one and then provided specific prescriptions for treatment, Shen Tu’s originally indifferent expression changed.
The more Gu Yu spoke, the more surprised Shen Tu’s expression became.
In the end, he even stared at Gu Yu with wide eyes, as if he had seen a ghost, causing Gu Yu to curl his lips at him… Thinking that he had just said something substantial, why was this guy so excited?
If he were to see the Medical Scripture, he would probably be so happy that he would die.
In fact, Shen Tu was indeed very excited.
He had originally thought that Gu Yu was just a clueless little kid, but after he made his observations about the injured, especially when he also mentioned the treatment methods, Shen Tu secretly considered whether they were correct.
After confirming that it was feasible, one could imagine how shocked he was!
Gu Yu was just a child of a dozen years old, and now he had such superb medical skills. When he grew up, what would happen!
After Shen Tu’s shock, there was a sense of loss that he could not stop.
He thought that at his age, he was not even as good as a child, and his years had been wasted!
“This is the situation. I have a treatment plan for these people, but there is one point that is currently very difficult to achieve.”
“What is the difficulty that young doctor Gu mentioned?”
After Gu Yu revealed his true talents, Shen Tu was no longer as confrontational as he was at the beginning. Instead, he directly called him “young doctor Gu,” which made Gu Yu feel a little awkward upon hearing it.
This Shen Tu was even more formidable than a facial change. Before, he looked like he was looking for trouble, but now he was respectful and polite, which was really baffling.
Thinking this, Gu Yu did not show it on his face, but continued to discuss the difficulties of treatment with Shen Tu.
“The wounds on these people have festered and produced maggots. They must all be removed before treatment, otherwise, the next step of treatment cannot proceed.”
“I can handle the removal of the rotten flesh.”
When Shen Tu volunteered to say that he could cut away the rotten flesh, Gu Yu’s lips curved upwards, thinking, I was waiting for you to say this!
“However, if it was at the time of the initial injury, it would be fine. Now their bodies are too weak. If I use a knife at this time, I worry they won’t be able to withstand it until the end. Just the pain alone will be unbearable for them.”
“It’s no big deal, I have a prescription for pain relief here.”
After hearing Shen Tu’s hesitation, Gu Yu smiled slightly, indicating that pain relief was not a problem at all.
