But he soon realized something was wrong and slowly closed his eyes.
It was just this glance that made the shrewd Qiu Jin realize that this person might be extraordinary!
A person can hide everything in his body, except his eyes!
A person's life experience, cultural knowledge, status, and even his wealth will be reflected in his eyes. If you can't see all this from a person's eyes... forget it, I won't say it anymore.
Qiujin saw wisdom, calmness, and even nobility in his eyes. He was by no means an ordinary small businessman, a poor teacher, or a mediocre low-level official. He was at least a person with status!
At this time, she had become suspicious of this person!
She continued to ask softly: "Sir, what's your surname? Could you please open your eyes? Tell me."
Liu Richen noticed that he could not open his eyes. He could only close his eyes and continue to lie motionless.
Qiu Jin has begun to wonder if he is pretending with his eyes closed like this! Should she take him away?
At this moment, the malaria that saved his life began to attack.
Liu Richen gradually felt that a cold air was pouring out of his body, penetrating into his internal organs and whole body, and it was getting colder and colder, as if he was trapped in an ice cave.
His face turned gray, and his whole body began to tremble, the kind of uncontrollable trembling.
At first, Akitsu thought he was acting like this because of worry or fear. But she soon understood that he was having a malaria attack. This was the first time she saw a malaria patient having an attack.
His face turned blue-grey and his whole body was shaking violently.
Laitunde came over in a hurry and whispered: "Madam, he is ill."
He covered Liu Richen with a quilt and wrapped his whole body tightly, but it still didn't work.
He turned back to look at Akitsu as if asking for help, "Madam, please show mercy and find him a doctor. He may not be able to survive this condition."
Qiu Jin reached out and touched his cold forehead, feeling a little regretful. If she had come earlier today, she might have been able to ask what was going on. This person seemed not simple. But, what does it matter? She could come back tomorrow and come early!
She said casually: "We don't have any medicine for malaria."
Laidunde carefully controlled his reaction speed. He had to hesitate for a moment. Then he said: "Or, find him a Chinese medicine doctor. He may get better after taking some Chinese medicine."
Qiu Jin stared at him and asked: "Does Chinese medicine work?"
Lai Dunde hesitated again and said, "Madam, I know a little bit about Chinese medicine. If I prescribe a pair of Chinese medicine that warms and replenishes qi, soothing and calming, he may be better. Madam, he may not be well like this."
He said these words carefully, hoping not to arouse the woman's suspicion.
But Qiu Jin's shrewdness makes it impossible for her not to be suspicious.
She looked at Lidunde and saw shrewdness and cunning in his old eyes.
She said coldly: "You know medicine, what medicine can you prescribe for him?"
Lai Dunde looked at Liu Richen hesitantly and said: "Traditional Chinese medicine cannot cure malaria, but it should be able to relieve him. However, I have no paper or pen."
He added this sentence carefully, hoping to guide her train of thought.
Sure enough, Qiu Jin said to the guard outside the door: "You, bring a piece of paper and a pen, hurry up."
Paper and pens were quickly brought.
Lai Dunde's subsequent actions were determined by repeated thinking. He first touched Liu Richen's forehead, looked at his eyes, and then began to feel his pulse. This action was something he had practiced on Mr. Liu's wrist last night.
Next, he spread the paper on the square stool and looked back at Mr. Liu, carefully assessing the time he spent thinking.
Finally, he began to write the prescription: 2 qian of Bupleurum, 3 qian of Scutellaria baicalensis, 3 qian of Codonopsis pilosula, 2 qian of Pinellia, 2 qian of Changshan, 2 qian of black plum, 2 qian of betel nut, 2 qian of peach kernel, 1 qian of ginger, 5 jujubes.
, one coin of licorice, three mates.
After finishing writing, he handed the prescription to Qiu Jin with both hands, "Madam, this prescription may not be of much use, but it may make him feel better."
After saying that, he looked back at Mr. Liu, not daring to look at the woman behind him.
Qiu Jin read this prescription from beginning to end, and it was all commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. But she was really a little suspicious of this malaria patient. In addition, she had even more doubts about this wily Laitunde!
She gestured to the guard to take away the paper and pen from Lei Tunde's hand, then took the prescription and left the room.
She vaguely remembered that there was a drug store at the corner of Guangfu Alley. She decided to go to the drug store to have a look in person.
19-2
Ten minutes later, Qiu Jin walked into the pharmacy called "Fukang Pharmacy".
The drugstore is quite old, as if it was transplanted from the Qing Dynasty. The old carved beams were blackened by fireworks. The dusty window lattice has been deformed and cracked. The heavy, slightly crooked medicine cabinet seems to have never been opened. The stained black spots are mottled.
The long counter also shows that this pharmacy has a long history.
The pharmacy was a bit deserted. There was only one clerk at the counter, who was filling medicine for a young girl.
There was a square table by the window outside the counter, and an old man wearing spectacles was sitting at the table, reading a thread-bound book.
Qiu Jin walked to the square table and sat down gently. Then he took out the prescription written by Lai Dunde and handed it to the old gentleman opposite.
The old gentleman looked at the prescription and looked at Akitsu through his flower glasses, seemingly confused.
She smiled and said: "Old sir, please help me take a look, what disease does this prescription treat?"
The old man looked at the prescription again, then looked up at Qiu Jin, repeated this two or three times, and then said: "Girl, Shennong said that medicine is used to nourish the life, and Chinese medicine is used to nourish the nature, that's all. This prescription can't really be said to be a cure.
Which one is sick?"
Qiu Jin said: "This prescription must have some function. Otherwise, why are there so many herbs?"
The old man looked over his glasses again and said: "To put it simply, this prescription is used to warm, recuperate and calm the patient. The focus of this prescription is conditioning."
"What to prepare?"
"For example, long-term illness and weakness, severe illness with qi deficiency, calming the liver and soothing the lungs, etc. That's basically it."
Qiu Jin asked a few questions but couldn't find any reason, so he felt a little unwilling.
She persisted and asked: "Of the conditions you mentioned, what are the main diseases for which this prescription is needed?"
The old gentleman touched his chin and said reluctantly: "It's like tuberculosis, like cold and fever."
"What cold and fever disease?"
"Ah, just to make matters worse, the more formal term is malaria, so that's probably it."
At this time, Qiu Jin's doubts were barely eliminated.
She smiled and nodded, got up, walked to the counter, handed the prescription to the clerk inside, and said, "Take the medicine."
The clerk was very simple. He took the prescription, looked at it, and started filling it.
The girl in front of me has already grabbed the medicine and is looking at medicinal samples in the display box at the other end of the counter.
The medicine was quickly prepared. The clerk tied the three pairs of medicines with paper rope and handed them to Akitsu. He hit the abacus again, raised his head and said, "Miss, the three medicines cost seventy-five cents in total."
Qiu Jin paid the money, picked up the medicine and left.
The clerk said: "Go slowly." He put the prescription on the iron stick next to him and then lowered his head to read the newspaper.
The girl on the other end walked over slowly and said, "Those medicines are from the same country, and they are all infested with worms!"
The clerk heard what she said and hurriedly came over to take a look.
The girl smiled, reached out and pulled off the prescription on the iron stick, and then left the pharmacy as if nothing had happened.
This girl is the little prostitute Qu Xiaofeng.
19-3
Qu Xiaofeng is a girl who is very hygienic. She had no choice but to start a customer service business just to support herself and her son.
But she was also very afraid of contracting some bad disease, so from time to time she would grab some medicine from the drug store, boil it in water and rinse it.
The medicine she took today is 6 qian of Sophora flavescens, 6 qian of Cnidium monnieri, 3 qian of Cortex cypress, 3 qian of honeysuckle, 2 qian of Atractylodes, 2 qian of Angelica dahurica, 2 qian of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, and 2 qian of withered alum. These are her commonly used prescriptions.
She didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. When she was taking medicine today, she actually heard the woman behind her mentioning things like malaria and malaria. Isn't this what Section Chief Gui asked her to inquire about?
She kept the prescription in her pocket, but it was hard to say that it was of any use. When she talked to Section Chief Gui, the prescription might be used as evidence to convince Section Chief Gui that what she said was not nonsense.
Generally speaking, Section Chief Gui's affairs are very important in her business. She can only earn two yuan from one business in the best case.
But last time I reported Mr. Lai's disappearance to Section Chief Gui, I got five yuan, which was pretty good business.
She hoped that this time, Section Chief Gui would give her another five yuan. Alas, she had a recipe to prove it, she thought.
She walked all the way and finally arrived at the Nanshi Branch. It was actually not that far from Guangfu Lane to Penglai Road.
But she made inquiries in the branch, but could not find Section Chief Gui. No one knew where Chief Gui had gone.
After she left the branch, she calculated in the shadows on the roadside. If she could wait for Section Chief Gui to come, she would earn five yuan from this business. If she left the branch to find customers, her income would never exceed two yuan.
She calculated this account quite clearly.
So, she sat down on the steps by the roadside and waited for Section Chief Gui to come back.
19-4
Gui Longhai was in the small attic opposite Wenfu Hotel at this time!
He sometimes looked through binoculars and sights, sometimes looked up and down, sometimes looked left and right, paying special attention to the rooms on the third floor of the Wenfu Hotel. This feeling of being a secret agent made him extremely novel.
An hour ago, when he let Team Leader Chen into his office, Team Leader Chen said two words to him bluntly.
He said: "Chief Gui, first of all, what I said last night does not count! I guarantee that the exchange in Nanshi will go smoothly tomorrow at noon! However, I also want to ask you to help us complete a big task! This
It’s the most secret mission!”
Gui Longhai looked at him warily and couldn't believe it. He asked: "Where? What mission?"