The rest of the time is with the village of young people into the mountains to hunt, but unfortunately the villagers use the bow is very unlucky, the bow arm is a bamboo bent, each end burns through a small hole to wear the bowstring made of animal tendons, the arrow is even more simple to only take a knife to sharpen a thin bamboo, even the tail feathers are not, such a simple bow and arrow effect can be imagined, pull up not to mention, the strength of the arrow is also much smaller than imagined, after asking the villagers, I know that the bow making and maintenance are extremely time-consuming and laborious, only the official army has the conditions to be equipped with the kind of bow that Liu Qi is accustomed to.

And there is no hunting dog to rely on manpower to find prey, even if to find the prey by the simple bamboo bow is also difficult to get, the efficiency of hunting is very low, the villagers told him that a few years ago by bandits and looting, the grain was robbed and burned, most of the young and strong died and injured, most of the rest went away to avoid disaster, the fields lacked people to cultivate, the harvest was very small, and no one had to eat where to raise a dog?

In the evening of this day, Liu Qi, who had not gained much in the mountains all day, took Zhang Ping, Zhang Ling and a group of children to the stream to fish, more than a dozen patients in the village needed to supplement nutrition, and only a few rabbits and pheasants were far from enough for dozens of people to stuff their teeth.

The stream here is deeper, the water surface is narrower, and it is much better than the fishing place in the previous days.

"Ah Ping, I won't eat the fish soup you cooked anymore, it's far worse than what Brother Liu cooked." Liu Qike couldn't stand the villagers calling him a little fairy and a little fairy, but the villagers were extremely in awe of the monks who cultivated immortals and sought Taoism, and they refused to change their words, and the children looked at him kindly, but no matter how much, the adults in the family called him Brother Liu when they were not there.

"Hmph, my father said that it was the immortal method of the fairy family, which one of the people in the village had eaten it before Brother Liu came? Say it's you, even your grandfather hasn't eaten it, I don't believe you go back and ask. Brother Liu likes you the most, can you go and beg Brother Liu to teach us how to cook fish? ”

A group of children got together and chattered non-stop, Liu Qi listened with his ears on the side, feeling very uncomfortable, he had visited the Han tomb in Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan Province with his father before, and a set of bamboo slips were unearthed in the tomb, and the bamboo slips recorded the names of some foods put into the tomb at that time, these names are very extensive, including meat, drinks, staple foods, snacks, fruits, grains, wine, etc.

There are 24 kinds of broth foods alone, and there are 19 kinds of condiments, Liu Qi has always thought that he will not feel too much discomfort in terms of diet except for no chili peppers, but he didn't expect that ordinary people live so poorly, if they can't even eat meat if they can't hunt in the mountains and forests.

And the seasoning is even more luxurious, even if the meat is boiled, only some coarse salt is put in, Liu Qi stewed the fish soup in fact, there are only some peppercorns, onions and ginger, but the villagers shouted deliciously.

On the day he first came, he thought that Zhang Laohan was stingy, and he didn't care about the brown rice, but now he knew that the staple food of the villagers on weekdays was all kinds of beans, Liu Qi almost choked to death after taking a bite, and drank three bowls of water before swallowing it.

Liu Qi felt that he should do something for these poor villagers, so he was extremely diligent and went into the mountains to hunt with a few remaining young people in the village, and taught them to identify medicinal materials so that they could have another source of income in the future, and the other was to teach the children some relatively simple jobs, such as fishing.

stepped forward and slapped Zhang Ping gently, pulled him over, and said in a low voice: "Ha, stinky boy, I didn't eat for a few days before I had a crooked thought, I wanted to please Ling'er and I was reluctant to spend the money, but I wanted to set my tricks for picking up girls, hehe, you are too young, I will pass you on when I marry my daughter-in-law." He forgot that Zhang Ping was seventeen in two months, and there were many people who had married wives and had children in this era. As soon as Zhang Ping heard this, he immediately blushed, stuck out his tongue and quickly ran away.

Liu Qi laughed and walked to a boulder, ready to climb up and direct the children to catch the fish separately, arrange the fishing nets, and just stepped on a concave stone next to him to climb up, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his left calf, and then screamed and fell straight down.

Liu Qi didn't feel the pain of his body falling heavily on the ground at this time, and the sharp pain in his leg had covered up all the feelings, only that his left leg seemed to explode by itself, and it was like a red-hot iron piercing into the flesh. Liu Qi only pinched his hands tightly below the knees, desperately trying to prevent the sharp pain from spreading to his brain, and in just a few tens of seconds, he was sweating profusely, and his body was as weak as if he had collapsed, but his hands did not dare to relax a little.

Hearing Liu Qi's shouting, a group of children were frightened, and the older Zhang Ping was the first to react, hurriedly calling the two boys back to report the news, and then led the three older children to run to Liu Qi.

Liu Qizai heard Zhang Ping running towards him anxiously, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't come here, poisonous snake!" ”

Zhang Ping hurriedly stopped the other children, grabbed a thick branch by himself, and saw a big snake with dark brown markings not far from Liu Qi, and rushed over to kill the poisonous snake with a stick despite Liu Qi's warning.

Liu Qi couldn't wait to let Zhang Ping give him a stick at this time, so that he didn't have to suffer from this severe pain when he fainted, but he knew in his heart that with such a severe pain, this snake must be a highly poisonous snake, and if he didn't take measures now, his life would have to be confessed here.

The children helped him sit up, and Liu Qi saw that his left calf was swollen and tinged with a terrible blue and purple color, but fortunately, he used his hand to tightly hold the top of the injury just now, delaying the venom from ascending.

Looking at the dead snake, the snake's head was already blurred and unrecognizable, but the large square markings on the snake's back clearly told Liu Qi that this was a sharp-nosed pit viper, which is the famous five-step snake!

The five-step snake is very aggressive, and the amount of venom injected is also very large, the venom is a blood circulation poison, which will make people bleed non-stop, and the muscle tissue at the bite site will quickly necrosis, and spread to the whole body to cause large-scale internal bleeding, if not treated in time, it will die.

However, Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, except for the unimaginable severe pain of ordinary people, the poison of the five-step snake is actually not as terrible as the legend, and the lethality rate is much lower than that of the silver krait and the king cobra. And Liu Qi's hometown also has a lot of poisonous snakes, grandpa has a very good way to treat snake wounds, he has been afraid of snakes since he was a child, all the methods of treating snake wounds are kept in mind, and in recent days he has been rushing in the mountains and forests, habitually seeing the medicinal materials that may be needed, and the medicinal materials used are in the bag, which is also a great luck in misfortune.

"Quick, tear the strip of cloth and tie it above my knees, don't be too tight!"

Zhang Ping knelt beside Liu Qi, bit off his clothes, quickly tied Liu Qi's thigh to the end of his knee, and then pulled over the bite mark and lowered his head to give Liu Qi drugs.

Liu Qi hurriedly grabbed him and said with difficulty: "No, if you break a little skin in your mouth, you'll be finished!" ”

Zhang Ping lowered his head again without hesitation, sucked out the yellow poisonous blood and spit it it out, and when he sucked the poisonous blood, he had to press Liu Qi's leg with his hand, the pain intensified again, Liu Qi trembled in pain, and he couldn't pull Zhang Ping anymore.

Yu Ji at this time in Zhang Laohan's home for Zhang Laohan to treat his joint swelling and pain with acupuncture, as soon as he heard the news that Liu Qi was bitten by a poisonous snake, the soul was frightened, poisonous snake bites are also very difficult to treat in the 21st century when medicine is developed, the main reason is that most of the injured are far away from the hospital when they are injured, can not be treated in time, even if they are sent to the hospital, many injured people can not provide accurate information, Western medicine treatment of snake bites only relies on antivenom, and the serum is strictly according to the type of snake, if the wrong serum is used, Instead, they die faster.

In the Han Dynasty, the transportation conditions were even more backward, and being bitten by a poisonous snake in the deserted mountains and forests was the only way to die.

Yu Ji is still relatively experienced in the treatment of snake wounds, but he is also suffering from not being able to rescue in time, even if he saves his life, most of them are disabled, especially when encountering poisonous snakes with severe poison, the success rate is very low, and he can't help complaining in his heart, and he runs towards the stream as if he flies.

Yu Ji quickly found Liu Qi and carried him back to Zhang Laohan's house, Liu Qi's wound was still bleeding, the pain was close to coma, and he kept muttering to himself. In a hurry, where can I find herbs to treat snake venom? Yu Ji, who had always been calm and composed, was already in a mess at this time, sweating profusely, and he couldn't think about it except to give Liu Qi all the life-saving pills in the gourd.

The surrounding villagers had already heard the news and poured into the courtyard to visit Liu Qi, and several elderly people and children who had been taken care of by him kept wiping their tears. Zhang Ping ran back with a few older children and Zhang Ling panting, pushed everyone away and rushed into the house, kneeling beside Liu Qi and anxiously patting his face and shaking his body, but Liu Qi did not react.

Seeing that Yu Ji was helpless, Zhang Ling was anxious to burst into tears, seeing Liu Qi's lips squirming from time to time, he hurriedly leaned to his mouth to listen, and after a while, Zhang Ling excitedly shouted at Ji: "Prescription!" It's a prescription! Yu Xianren, what Brother Liu said is a prescription for snake venom! ”

Yu Ji's tearful eyes widened, and he stepped forward to help Liu Qi in surprise, and quickly pricked Liu Qi with a golden needle between his eyebrows, and several acupoints on the top of his head.

Liu Qi slowly opened his eyes with great difficulty, and said very weakly: "Lobelia is three taels (Note 2), dandelion and purple flower are one tael and five coins, and Jiao Yu, fritillary, cork, and Angelica dahurica are one or two, and I have them in my pocket." ”

He also said to Zhang Ping: "One tael of huangcen, four coins of raw licorice, two taels of rhubarb, and one point of rhino horn, there are some remaining medicinal materials in Ling Zun." ”

Yu Ji hurriedly took out his bag and turned out the names of the medicinal materials in it one by one.

"Mash a pair of external applications, decoction a pair of water, once every two hours, fast, fast."

"Make a fire and boil water, quick! Fast! Yu Ji shouted as he rushed out to find medicine.

Liu Qi asked Zhang Ping to loosen the strip of cloth upwards, touching the injured leg, and in the sudden aggravation of the pain, Liu Qi fainted again.

Liu Qi returned to that terrible night, and in the endless darkness, countless evil ghosts with fierce lights stabbed into his body with burning red spears, with severe pain, burning for a while, and cold for a while. Suddenly, the leg was grabbed by a sharp claw, and then the whole leg kept inflating like a balloon that was constantly being blown up, and then the chest and abdomen also felt unbearable swelling pain, as if it was about to explode!

"Brother Liu! Brother Liu! ”