After about ten minutes of appointment, Cui Liyan took an aunt out of the house with her curtains, took out a woven bag from under the clinic bed, grabbed three or four handfuls of Chinese medicinal materials, wrapped them in newspapers and took them away.

"Oh!! Now these factories have improved economic benefits, and they ignore the lives of the people!" Cui Liyan moved a chair and sat opposite Zhang Guozhong in anger.

"Are you... Chinese medicine or Western medicine?" Zhang Guozhong was a little amused. The medicine cabinet was obviously Western medicine, but Cui Liyan was arrested for the patient. He really recognized the large handfuls of medicinal materials he had just grabbed, which was licorice.

"It is best to use traditional Chinese medicine to cure their illness slowly..." Cui Liyan frowned.

"What's going on with the factory you just mentioned?" Sun Ting grew up in the United States since he was a child and was full of curiosity about the situation in mainland China. It was still early at this time, so he wanted to take the opportunity to learn more about it.

"Oh!! Don't mention it!" Cui Liyan sighed, "The elder sister hasn't been in the middle of two months (menstrual period) just now, and she thought she was pregnant! As a result, after checking, it was not pregnancy at all. It was probably due to menstrual disorder caused by chronic heavy metal poisoning! Recently, this paper mill, pesticide factory, what kind of factory, this factory, and that factory, are everywhere, and wastewater is discharged directly into the ground. Can you not be poisoned?" Cui Liyan looked helpless and raised her finger and pointed to the furnishings around her, "I suspect it was chronic lead poisoning or mercury poisoning, but I can't be sure, so I can only ask her to go home to cook some licorice and mung bean soup for treatment..."

"I can't be sure, then how do you prescribe medicine?" Sun Ting frowned. This is illegal in the United States.

"Well! It seems that you don't understand Chinese medicine, brother!" Cui Liyan was not angry about Sun Ting's doubts, but smiled slightly, but the smile was even worse than crying. "I prescribed licorice for her, and there are no toxic side effects. The soy sauce we usually eat contains licorice, which is detoxifying!"

"So, your big sack of licorice is for this?" Zhang Guozhong was embarrassed to come up and asked the serious matter, how much it would be to get involved in confusion.

"Isn't it? I have to see three or four people every month, and they are all poisoned by heavy metals..." Cui Liyan was helpless.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Guozhong learned that Cui Liyan was a native of Lintan County. He was originally from a medical university. He lacked confidence in his appearance, so he also studied traditional Chinese medicine and internal medicine when he was studying thoracic surgery, hoping to make up for his own shortcomings through his ability.

Originally, with his grades, he should have no problem being assigned to a large hospital in Lanzhou or Tianshui after graduation. At least he had to be a attending doctor. But unexpectedly, in the last year of college, a car accident caused him to lose one eye. Only one eye could not be used for surgery on others (both eyes had to turn on shadowless lights...). This made Cui Liyan's already inferior heart even worse. He resolutely gave up the major of thoracic surgery and applied to the school to learn forensics from scratch. People who died would never laugh at him, right? Given his excellent grades and special circumstances, the school party committee approved Cui Liyan's application. Not only that, he also organized a seminar on "Learn from Cui Liyan" on campus to encourage other students to learn his indomitable spirit.

After that, Cui Liyan completed the course that ordinary students had to complete in four years in just two years. He was assigned to Lintan County Public Security Bureau with excellent graduation results and became a forensic doctor. This is good. He didn't treat the principal surgery of a living person as a principal surgery, but he was the principal surgery for the dead.

"Does the government ignore heavy metals?" Sun Ting asked.

"The government doesn't know at all!" Cui Liyan said, "Those villages have problems, and other places are fine. There are only a hundred households in front and behind. Not everyone is poisoned. Even if they are infected, the symptoms are not serious. They don't take it seriously if they are occasionally headaches and fever. They don't take it seriously! If this elder sister didn't suspect that she has it today, she would still bear it...!"

"I am sick, so don't worry?" Sun Ting asked.

"Oh, you don't know. When you go to a public hospital for treatment, many fellow villagers have no place to reimburse medical expenses! Registration alone costs 50 cents, which is enough for me to get medicine!" Cui Liyan said, "In fact, there are quite a few small clinics like me, and I can't afford the medicine! I don't want to make money, just to make a living... The medicine can be cheaper, but if I meet someone who is really poor, I just need to pay for it... I am a party member! So although I am a forensic doctor and my level is average, I am still a little famous in Lintan... Even people from Changling come to see me for treatment, and I have to drive for two days just to drive the car..." Speaking of this, Cui Liyan is quite proud.

Hearing this, Zhang Guozhong felt a little awe-inspiring towards Cui Liyan. The large handfuls of licorice that the aunt grabbed just now were enough to eat for at least two months, and Cui Liyan only asked her for 30 cents, so the examination was simply free. It seems that this person is similar to the Qasim Dutch who rings the bell in "Notre Dame". Although it is a bit ugly, he is quite kind-hearted.

"You are too modest!" Sun Ting's eyes were full of admiration, "You are the real doctor!" Hearing his tone, this sentence didn't seem to be flattering.

After being praised by Zhang Guozhong and Sun Ting in turn, Cui Liyan was extremely happy. In his lifetime, few people have praised him like this. "By the way, you two haven't eaten yet, right? There is a good marinated meat restaurant nearby. I'll be the one I'll be in today!" On a whim, Cui Liyan invited guests.

At the dinner table, Zhang Guozhong began to ask Cui Liyan about the serious matters, but Cui Liyan did not hide it and told him all the time.

Changling Village, Lintan County is located on the edge of Lianhua Mountain. There is a "Big Hand Liu" in the village. The reason why he is called Da Hand Liu is because the palm of his hand is obviously disproportionate to his body. He is 1.7 meters tall, but he has a pair of big hands that can almost hold a basketball. This manpower is extremely powerful, because of this, and it is quite famous in the county. There are many legends about him. The most evil thing is that once he carried his mother to Lanzhou to visit relatives. When he arrived at the county station, the car was about to drive. Da Hand Liu chased the car with his mother on his back, but the driver refused to stop. In the end, Da Hand Liu was anxious and simply put his mother on the ground, rushed up and grabbed the luggage ladder behind the car. At this time, the bus seemed to brake suddenly and stopped in place. No matter how the driver stepped on the accelerator, the engine roared and the car didn't move at all.

After getting off the car, the driver found that Dashou Liu had pulled the luggage ladder open and welded, and his feet were more than one foot deep on the ground. The driver was so scared that he quickly bowed and apologized, and personally put Dashou Liu's mother on the car.

After the reform and opening up, many mountain people who collected herbs began to contract large tents to grow medicinal materials, but this big hand Liu still went up the mountain to collect herbs. Everyone said he was stupid, but in Cui Liyan's opinion, this was a real smart approach. No one picked herbs, and he belonged to him alone. Moreover, most of the real wild Chinese medicinal materials are supplied and exported, and the purchase price is more than twice as expensive as those grown medicinal materials. The money they earned for three months is enough for these medicinal materials to work for half a year.

The one who found the body of the Liao couple was this big hand Liu, but after picking the medicinal materials, he forgot about the body. A month later, he went up the mountain to collect herbs and saw the two bodies before he remembered them, and then went to the village committee to call the police.

"Can you forget such a thing?" Zhang Guozhong was amused and crying.

"That person is a bit congenital and mentally retarded..." Cui Liyan said, "It's good to call the police..."

"I heard you found some words on the body, but it will disappear after the body arrives at the Public Security Bureau?" Zhang Guozhong said.

"Yes! It's because of this that I fought with the people above!" Cui Liyan said angrily, "Actually, that big-hand Liu and several colleagues who were in charge of the case at that time also saw it, but the 'experts' sent from above didn't believe it! If it was written on it, it was rubbed off, and there was no one on the clothes! I am a forensic doctor, and the responsibility was all my own in the end!"

"Do you see if it's the word "this?" Zhang Guozhong took out a piece of paper with a waste of money from his handbag.

"Like!!" After taking the paper, Cui Liyan kept nodding, "By the way Comrade Zhang, how do you recognize such words?"

"This..." Zhang Guozhong was stunned, "He! It's him! He knows, he recognizes it! He is an archaeologist!" Zhang Guozhong pointed at Sun Ting.

"Hey... this...yes! This is an ancient text!" Sun Ting responded quickly.

"Oh..." Cui Liyan looked at Zhenwen and did not continue to ask.

"Can you... please take us to the place where the body was found at that time?" Zhang Guozhong asked.

"Yes! But after so many years, I forgot where it is, but I can take you to find that big-hand Liu. If he forgets too, I will have no choice..."

Introducing Cui Liyan and Ai Erxun, Lao Liutou and Zhang Yicheng met, Zhang Guozhong hired a Dongfeng truck from the county town and pulled everyone straight to Changling Village. The truck drove from morning to noon until there was no road where the car could drive. Several people came down, "Is there a mountain village?" Sun Ting looked around, and the wild mountains and rivers, and it didn't look like someone living there.

"The mountain road that takes another twenty miles from here is Changling!" Cui Liyan opened the door and got out of the car, "I have made an appointment with the driver to come here to pick us up at this time tomorrow!"

"This mountain is good!" Old Liu looked away with his head in his hand and found that these mountains are majestic and yin and yang are in tune. It is a good place to cultivate one's own character, "No less than Maoshan!"

"Mr. Liu has good eyesight!" Cui Liyan also made it up from the side, "This Lotus Mountain is also called Xikongtong. It has been a Fengshui treasure land since ancient times! There are many myths and legends! According to legend, Qin Shihuang built the "Eternal Palace" here, also called the "Eternal Palace", which is an altar to pray for her longevity! Luo Yusheng and Mr. Luo's "Jiange Wenling" * lyrics, "No, play with the moon at the head of the tower; no, I can't, wish you immortality in the Hall of Longevity." The hall of Longevity she sang was said to be the altar of longevity that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang imitated the Changsheng Hall of Qin Shihuang! During the Yuan Dynasty, Taoist priests of the Kongtong Sect also built a Taoist temple here! It was just that it was demolished during the Cultural Revolution!" As he said halfway, Cui Liyan sang a few sentences. It seemed that this person had artistic cells.

"Eternal Life Palace? Altar?" Zhang Guozhong smiled, "I think it is probably used to treat suspicious diseases in Qin Shihuang..."

"Ancient people! I believe everything!" Cui Liyan said, "I am a medical student. I don't know anything else. This can't deceive me. The aging of human cells is determined by DNA. How can I live forever?"

"Uncle Cui, didn't Qin Shihuang build Afang Palace?" Zhang Yicheng was also a little strange. In history class, he always talked about Qin Shihuang building Afang Palace. When did the Palace of Changsheng be built?

"Afang Palace is a real palace, but this 'Yangsheng Palace' is not a palace, it is just a place for sacrifices. It probably isn't very big. It sounds nice to call it 'Palace'..." Cui Liyan likes Zhang Yicheng very much. The young man is smart and polite...

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