vrcanaries Chapter 162 Nangong Ji's Wound
Chapter 162 Nangong Ji's Wound
Nangong Ji's mind is now filled with thoughts of how to retake Dongli; he must make up for this loss!
The group left the capital under cover of night and entered the next city, Xiangcheng, at dawn. Nangong Ji was pale and the bandage on his arm was soaked with blood. Finally, they arrived at a clinic, but it was not yet open. Nangong Ji's injury could not be delayed any longer, so the guards broke down the door.
"Hey, who are you?! Why are you banging on the door so early in the morning?!"
The young apprentice was very angry that Qingmeng had been disturbed and was about to step forward to argue with him.
Tieshan tossed a gold ingot into the medicine boy's hand and said, "Summon your doctor. Someone is injured and needs treatment!"
The young medicine boy tossed the gold ingot in his hand, then bit it with his teeth to make sure it was real before running to the back room.
Nangong Yan dismounted first and went forward to help Nangong Ji, saying, "Brother, slow down."
"Hmm!" Nangong Ji entered and found a chair to sit down. Tieshan took out a painkiller pill and offered it to him, but Nangong Ji pushed it away. At this point, no painkiller was of any use to him...
Before long, the young apprentice brought over the shopkeeper, who was a doctor himself and personally saw patients. He was quite well-known in the area.
Nangong Yan's facial wounds were quite noticeable, and the shopkeeper assumed he needed medical treatment. Seeing Nangong Ji sitting in the superior position, he nervously bowed to Nangong Ji first, saying, "Greetings, young master." He then went to treat Nangong Yan.
Tieshan stopped the shopkeeper, "Young master, your arm is injured. Please ask a doctor to treat you."
The shopkeeper then noticed the injury on Nangong Ji's arm and beckoned to the young apprentice, "Go and fetch the medicine box, and also bring a basin of clean water."
"Yes, Master!"
The shopkeeper found a pair of scissors and cut open the bandage on the arm, slowly tearing off the layers of gauze. Some dried bloodstains were connected to the skin and gauze. When the gauze was torn off, the wound was also pulled, making it impossible to distinguish between blood and flesh, and the area was red and swollen.
The shopkeeper carefully cleaned the blood around Nangong Ji's body, but was dumbfounded when he saw the wound. He had thought that with so much blood, there would be a large wound, but it turned out to be a small hole the size of a fingernail. "How... how am I supposed to remove this hidden weapon?"
Tieshan also came over to examine the wound carefully. "Master, your wound..."
A cold sweat broke out on Nangong Ji's forehead, but his face showed no sign of pain. "Speak your mind!"
"Yes!" Tieshan no longer hesitated. "The hidden weapon is not visible on the surface of your wound, so it cannot be pulled out. To remove the hidden weapon, we need to cut open this piece of flesh..."
"Cut open the flesh?" The shopkeeper had never heard of this method of retrieving a hidden weapon before. Didn't it involve digging out a large chunk of flesh?
Tieshan glanced at the shopkeeper and said, "This was learned from Doctor Yunzhi!"
"Oh! That's not surprising then. I've heard that Yunzhi's medical skills are among the best in the Three Kingdoms!"
Nangong Yan suddenly became incredibly curious, "Tieshan, when did you go to Yunzhi? I heard that the roads there are lined with silver shops, is that true? And there are luminous pearls in the city, one every few steps, hanging high in the air, aren't you afraid of them being stolen? And..."
Noticing Nangong Ji's death stare, Nangong Yan stopped talking and awkwardly said, "Next time you go, take me with you..."
Tieshan ignored him. How could such a shrewd man as the Prince of Runan have given birth to such a stupid and foolish heir!
"My lord, how about I treat you? I'm not an expert, but I know the general process. It's much better than having a piece of flesh cut out..."
Nangong Ji closed his eyes. "Yes, let's do it!"
"Yes, sir! Please fetch a knife, tweezers, spirits, needle and thread, and bandages!"
"Please wait a moment!" When the shopkeeper heard that Tieshan wanted to use Yunzhi's method to treat his wounds, he immediately cooperated and went to fetch the medicine himself. This was not something he could do every day!
Tieshan had never had surgery. In order to infiltrate Yunzhi as a resident of Dongli, he pretended to be robbed by bandits and deliberately stabbed himself with a hidden weapon. Since there was no cure in Anshun City, he personally sought help from Yunzhi.
The wound had already festered, and he couldn't treat it himself, so he had to go to the clinic. He was shocked when he saw the surgical procedure for the first time. The doctors' techniques were swift and efficient. He only felt a little numb and felt no pain as he watched the sharp knife pierce his skin. No wonder Yun's medical skills were able to stand out in the Three Kingdoms!
He washed his hands and used strong liquor to clean and disinfect the wound. He had smelled a strong smell of liquor at Yunzhi Medical Clinic and naturally assumed that it was being disinfected with strong liquor.
Nangong Ji's wound was many times more painful than before due to the strong liquor, but even so, he only frowned and didn't utter a sound. If Yang Jianwu were next to him, she would definitely praise him with "Well done!" and then sprinkle some more pain-inducing medicine on him to show for his pretense!
"My lord, I'm about to cut open the wound, please bear with it..."
"Hmm!" Nangong Ji's eyes remained closed.
Tieshan took a deep breath and began to recall the technique used by Doctor Yun when he made the incision, then tried to replicate it on Nangong Ji's arm wound. He copied the technique, and it worked fairly well. A cross-shaped incision was made, and the bullet's tip was vaguely visible.
Having no experience and not knowing the extent of the damage, Tieshan could only make another cut along the cross-shaped incision he had just made. This time, the entire tip was exposed. Seeing Nangong Ji trying his best to restrain himself, Tieshan dared not make another move. So he switched to tweezers to remove the bullet.