利西安德服下靈泉半個小時後,文清再次上前診脈, 脈象雖仍虛弱,卻不再若有若無,而是沉而穩,像遠處傳來的鼓點,漸漸有了節奏。
“夫人,我需要中醫針灸法,止住你先生腦幹的出血點”
說著,文清開啟藥箱,拿出金針,剛要下手時, 病房的門被人從外面開啟,舅姥爺,也就是奶奶的親弟弟領著兩名醫生和兩名E國人走了進來。他們看見文清愣了愣,回過神來,看到文清手中拿著金針,兩位E國人趕緊上前幾步,擋在床前。
“Stop! What do you think youre doing?”(住手,你們想幹嘛?)
舅姥爺看清是文清,鬆了一口氣,趕緊上前一步,衝著那兩位E國人,介紹道:“This is Dr. Wen Qing, brought in by the authorities to treat Mr. Lysander.”(這位是上面專門請來為利西安德先生治療的文清醫生。)
兩位E國人用審視的目光把文清看了一遍。眼神中帶著深深的懷疑:“A doctor? This young lady barely looks twenty. Youre the hospital director, and all you senior physicians are out of ideas—yet you want a girl to take over? If something goes wrong, who will answer for it?”(醫生?這位小姐看著只有二十出頭,你是他們的院長,你們這幾位老的都束手無策,現在居然叫一位小姑娘出手,萬一出事,誰來負責?)
這時,Lyonne夫人突然開口:“If anything goes wrong, I’ll take full I gave Dr. Wen permission to act; every consequence is on me.”(出了事,我負責,是我同意讓這位文醫生出手的,一切後果由我承擔。)
兩位E國人中的其中比較高的一位,皺著眉看向Lyonne夫人:“Mrs. Lyonne, I have already reported whened to Mr. Lysander to our government; the royal family has dispatched personnel to collect him. We need only ensure that his condition does not worsen within the next twenty-four hours...”(Lyonne夫人,我已經把利西安德先生髮生的事告知國內,王室已經派人來接,我們只要確保一天內安德先生病情不再惡化……
他的話還沒說完,就見Lyonne夫人擺了擺手“Say no more. Doctor Wen, please proceed. If you can save him, I’ll be forever grateful; if you can’t, I won’t hold it against you.”(不必再說了,文醫生請吧,能治好他,我感激,治不好,我也不怨你。)
兩位E國人異口同聲,道:“Mrs. Lyonne”(Lyonne夫人)
Lyonne夫人嘆了一口氣:“Andre doesn’t have just any illness—it’s a cerebral hemorrhage. We all know that even back home, the chances of curing it are slim at best. But I’ve seen Andre’s grandmother cure several difficult cases with nothing but silver needles. After the young Dr. Wen gave Andre that potion, I watched with my own eyes: within five minutes, color returned to his pale cheeks.”(安德他得的不是別的病,是腦出血,這種病我們都知道,就算回國,治好的機會也是非常渺茫。之前我見過安德他奶奶用銀針治好過好幾種疑難雜症,這位年輕的文醫生讓我給安德服下過一款藥水,我親眼見證,五分鐘,安德蒼白的臉上出現了血色。)
Lyonne夫人話落,兩名E國的外交官對視一眼,嘆了一口氣,最終點頭,不敢再攔,側身讓開半步,卻仍虎視眈眈地盯著文清,彷彿只要她一針扎錯,就會立刻撲上來。
文清面容平靜,看著Lyonne夫人,囑咐道:“夫人,我下針之後,十分鐘內他會醒來一次,你千萬別激動的碰他。”
Lyonne夫人面帶激動,用力的點了點頭,來到床邊,親吻了一下自己丈夫的手。
“I won’t lay a finger on her, Dr. Wen—please rest assured.”(我不會碰她的,文醫生,您請放心。)
文清來到床頭,五分鐘不到,手中的金針便盡數插進利西安德的腦幹上,他的腦袋瞬間變成了刺蝟。
最後一針時,加入了小許內力,針尾自行震顫了七下,兩名E國外交官瞳孔緊縮,嘴巴微微張大,臉色由白轉青,再由青轉紅,卻愣是沒敢發出半點聲響。