The cool breeze of early autumn will only take away the summer heat a few days ago, and the whole Huaizhou city has just been refreshed for a while.

It was the time of autumn in the afternoon, and the east wing of the inner courtyard of the Huaizhou prefect was busy, and I saw a few little maids carrying basins in and out under the command of a woman in a blue skirt, so busy that their feet did not touch the ground.

Although the woman did not move, her face was already dripping with sweat, and she did not bother to wipe it, so she lifted the curtain and walked in.

She looked around and saw that there were already seven or eight charcoal basins in the house, and they were so hot that they would be stuffy if they added more. She waved her hand at the maids behind her, preventing them from continuing to come in with a charcoal basin, and asked, "Doctor Min, is this heat enough?" ”

An old man with silver hair was unhurriedly arranging his needlestone cloth bag, his back was slightly stiff, as if he had some ears, and the woman said it again, and the movement paused.

There was no furnishings in the room, and in the middle of the empty space was a warm couch on which sat a teenager.

The old man walked slowly to the young man's side, shook his hand, and looked at the young man's face carefully, "But do you feel hot?" ”

"Hmm." The young man replied in a low voice, looked up at the woman and said, "It's uncomfortable, Mother Zhou, open the window." ”

When the woman heard this, her face showed distress, and she could not help but look at the old man, and when she saw the old man nodding, she immediately opened the window halfway.

"Go out, all of you, and don't let anyone in." The old man commanded the woman, then turned to the young man, "Take off your clothes." ”

Zhou's mother retreated to the door for a moment, then walked to the young man's side again, served the young man and took off his coat, and when he was about to change his underwear, he saw the young man shaking his head and turning sideways, "I'll come by myself, mom go out." ”

Mother Zhou thought that her young master was already fifteen years old, and he was no longer a child, so she stopped and retreated when she heard the words.

Lin Xi took off his underwear, lay flat on the warm couch, rested his hands on his sides, and looked up at the wooden beams on the roof.

He didn't know if it was because he had embezzled too much in his previous life that he suffered retribution in this life. But it is clear that he has paid the price in his previous life, and he was sentenced to death to end his young life, but he doesn't know what it means to be reborn with memories to this unknown dynasty?

When he was born, Lin Xi was still groggy and unconscious, and when he was two or three years old, he gradually understood the people and things around him, but at that time his health was not good, he was weak and often sick, and he was extremely cold. At the end of spring and the summer solstice, people have already changed into thin shirts, but Lin Xi has just taken off his cotton jacket.

However, as he grew older, Lin Xi's body was delicate and weak, and Cheng Dù still fell down as soon as the wind blew, and he couldn't stand the cold and hot weather. The entire Huaizhou City knew that the young master of the Lin family was the master who could breathe after walking three steps, and he could go to half his life if he ran quickly.

Holding a medicine jar in his hand and a pill in his mouth, they all said that the child would not live long.

Although Lin Xi was lucky and was born in a wealthy family, he didn't know how many times he had died and lived in this bad body, and he always felt that the sins in his previous life were too deep, and it was not enough to die happily, and he continued to repay in this life. However, even in such pain, he still did not want to die, and people only knew the preciousness of life when they died once.

Even when his mother in this life was ill for a long time and died, and he had a high fever and difficulty breathing, he did not give up.

At that time, Dr. Min, known as the Holy Hand of Xinglin, was invited into the gate of the Huaizhou prefect.

Governor Lin shook his hand as if grasping a life-saving straw and sent Lin Xi to Dr. Min's arms, and in the early morning of the next day, Lin Xi subsided his high fever and stabilized his breathing.

thought that his life was guaranteed and his health was hopeful, but he didn't know if it was the cold that invaded his dilapidated body, and Lin Xi's cold became more and more out of control. Up to now, the ordinary medicinal stones have been gone, fortunately, Dr. Min is not a hero of Xinglin, and he is not stumped by this cold disease, but the method used has made Lin Xi truly understand what life is better than death.

Doctor Min slowly and meticulously cleaned his hands in the wooden basin, dried them, opened the needle stone cloth bag, and placed it on Lin Xi's side. He didn't make a move immediately, his eyes just wandered around Lin Xi's body, as if he was observing carefully.

"Old man, you said this is the last time, and after this time, my body will gradually improve, at least ...... No more acupuncture. The silent room made Lin Xi's voice a little tense, and he couldn't forget the acupuncture he had done every three months for the past five years, and every time he did acupuncture, he felt that his whole body hurt his nerves and hurt his bone marrow. The pain was so thick and long that there was nowhere to hide, and it seemed that it could no longer take a breath, but it was a long wait for the next one.

Doctor Min clearly saw that Lin Xi's hand was clenched and loosened with difficulty, the white joints were stiff, the green tendons on the back of his hand were protruding high, and the young man's hand was as thin as a person, as if it would be broken at the touch of a touch. He was not angry at Lin Xi's rudeness, his gaze at this time was not the calm or even indifferent that Lin Xi was familiar with, but now he was full of pity and nostalgia, and the love in his eyes was something Lin Xi had never seen before, but he would never see again.

"Old man......" After not getting an answer from Dr. Min for a long time, Lin Xi turned back nervously.

The young man's eyes were full of fear, Dr. Min narrowed his eyes, covered up the feelings revealed, lowered his head and picked up a slender silver needle, and said casually: "The old man said, this last time, the most taboo is unstable, you are so frizzy, I am afraid that you will fall short." ”

Hearing this, Lin Xi instantly relaxed his body, and was about to be assured, but he heard Doctor Min's voice coming steadily, "However, now, if you want to do it again, the old man is also powerless." ”

A familiar pain hit his body in vain, and Lin Xi opened his mouth, but he couldn't make any sound.

"The old man's deadline is approaching, and he no longer has the mental strength to perform nine turns and nine times again."

Doctor Min's voice was as steady as his hand, and only after the three-inch-long silver needles were inserted into the nine acupoints on Lin Xi's body did he wipe the fine sweat on his forehead, "I have said it many times before, and now the old man is chattering again, if he still can't remember, it is just providence." Nine turns and nine rounds can be roughly divided into six steps, the first step is nine pillars of needles to fix acupoints, the second step is twenty-seven auxiliary needles to drop the pulse, and the third step is fifty-four from the needle to follow the qi to relieve the cold, a total of 9981 needles. Remember, no stitch should be out of order, forget the severity, otherwise it will be a human life. ”

After twenty-seven two-inch-long silver needles, Lin Xi's whole body was already covered with fine and dense cold sweat, and fifty-four one-inch-long needles fell, and the cold sweat had gathered together and slowly flowed into the warm mattress under his body along the trembling body.

"When the cold qi of the sick body is driven to the skin of the surface body, the needle holes are purple and blood oozing, and then the last three steps are followed by the flow of qi and blood to withdraw from the needle one by one. From the needle, the auxiliary needle follows, and finally the column needle ......"

Zhou's mother stood on the edge of the door, quietly listening to the sound inside, rubbing the Juanpa on her hands with both hands, and couldn't help but put her hands together and worship to the sky, chanting words in her mouth: "Bodhisattva bless, my young master has never done evil things from being careful, and the master is a rare blue sky, heaven and earth Mingjian, the previous suffering is for the sake of future blessings, please bless the young master safe and smooth, the cold disease is cleared, and live to ninety-nine. ”

Zhou's mother was originally the maid of the Lin family's housewife, and later she was Lin Xi's nurse, because the Lin family's housemother gave birth to the root of the disease, Lin Xi was taken care of by Zhou's mother most of the time, and after the death of Lin's mother, the love was even more like a mother and son. Every time Lin Xi applied an injection, Zhou's mother saw it in her eyes and felt pain in her heart, and she couldn't wait to replace her with her body. Now this is the last time, and it is a daily prayer.

There was a sound of footsteps in the distance, slightly flustered, but when she got closer, she lowered the sound, and Zhou's mother looked up, but it was Lin Qing, the prefect of Lin Mansion, who was supposed to be handling government affairs in the government office.

"Mother Zhou, has Xi'er ever come out?" Governor Lin obviously came in a hurry, still panting, and his face was full of anxiety. The servants behind him couldn't help but lower their voices and quietly stood aside.

Everyone knows how precious this son is in Governor Lin's mansion, and he has not renewed his strings for so many years, mostly because he has not wronged Lin Xi, and there is only one concubine by his side so far, or Mrs. Lin opened her face when she was injured in childbirth, and now she is not even qualified to show up at this critical juncture.

"I've seen the master, the young master hasn't come out yet, Doctor Min explained, this is the last time, but it is no more dangerous. Bodhisattva bless, the young master can finally suffer less crimes, and this time he will be safe. Saying that, his eyes were red, and he raised his eyes to see that there was sweat on Governor Lin's forehead, and said: "If the master is not at ease, you might as well go to the ear room to sit down for a while, Doctor Min said that this last hour will be longer, I don't know when it will be better." ”

Governor Lin looked at the closed door, nodded and said, "No need, I'll just wait here." ”

I didn't wait for a while, but I heard a report from the porter, "Master, Young Master Pei Xuan is here." ”

"What else is he doing here?" Governor Lin's brows, which had just been smoothed down, furrowed deeply again, and he waved his hand to make people reply. However, just as the porter took a few steps back and turned back, he heard him sigh again, "That's it, everything is not as important as Xi'er now, he is Xi'er's senior brother, and he also cares for Xi'er on weekdays, if Xi'er comes out to see him, he will be happy, let him in." ”

Not long after the porter went out, he saw a man in a green shirt who had just reached the weak crown hurriedly entered, and he was only slightly embarrassed when he saw Governor Lin's face, but he still bowed his respect, he was about to speak, but he saw Governor Lin raise his hand to stop it, his face was cold, "There is nothing to discuss, you have always known my temperament, if you want to act like this, you don't have to recognize ......me anymore" Seeing Pei Xuan's change of color in vain, his heart suddenly couldn't bear it, so he softened his breath, "That's it, now Xi'er is dead, it's inconvenient to talk to you about this, if you just want to talk about this, Don't bother talking and go back. ”

Hearing this, Pei Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "Teacher, they are all students, you have no complaints if you want to beat or punish students, but Xi'er is my junior brother, every time I see him in such pain, the student's distress is no less than that of the teacher, and now it is only for Xi'er, and I don't do anything else." ”

Governor Lin nodded, and stopped making a sound.

Lin Xi didn't know what the contradiction between the master and apprentice outside the room was, and his body was now full of fine and dense needles, and the purple-red spots were now slowly oozing out of the skin, and the sweat on his body was once the cold air emitted by it, and they were condensed together, only to hear a sound of teeth trembling and clashing, and the temperature around him had dropped for some time, and the fiery air of the charcoal basin could no longer maintain the warmth of the room.

"Remember...... Stayed ......"

Lin Xi's voice trembled, and he barely spit out these three words with his teeth, and no one knew what kind of process it was like better than him.

However, Dr. Min's voice was still slow, "The so-called start is easy to start and difficult to finish, and the same is true for this needle, the more you get to this time, the more you can't shine for a moment." Don't be impatient, don't be slow, one needle has already started, and the other needle must also get up before the flow of qi and blood, and it must not be blocked, otherwise it will be difficult to save your life. ”

Until the last needle was pulled up, Dr. Min's hand was extremely stable, but at the moment of getting up, he was in a trance, and his divine gaze seemed to be covered with a layer of shadow, and the whole thing was old. However, he still slowly took the dry cotton cloth placed on the low table next to the couch, shook it open, and covered Lin Xi's body, helping him wipe the condensation on his body.

"You must remember not to bathe immediately, otherwise the cold will invade, and the previous suffering will be in vain."

The panting sound in Lin Xi's ears intensified, he looked at the doctor in front of him, and found in vain that this old man's face had aged to □□ ten years old, and his throat was slightly dry, he swallowed, and said: "Old man, how much mental strength do you need to run two steps with this set of needles, I can't run two steps as a sick man, how can I have this body to do all the parts, you take care of it, and then find a good apprentice." ”

Although every time he applied the needle, he wanted to strangle this old man to end the pain, but Lin Xi knew that it was because of Dr. Min's persistence that he could survive until now, and he had never even cherished his hard-won life more than at this moment.

He thanked the old man.

The body was covered with a quilt, as if the warmth had returned, but now there was no strength, Lin Xi could only follow the body of Dr. Min.

"Old man, you said that after this injection, my body will be fine, you don't need to bother more, I want to provide for you." Lin Xi said.

Doctor Min smiled hoarsely, but his heart was slightly warm. This kid is not in good health, he has a very strange temper, and he doesn't speak well when he is uncomfortable, but he is a good boy and a strong child.

He wiped the silver needles one by one with herbs, pinned them into a cloth bag, rolled them into a roll, tied a leather rope and said: "The old man is very different, everything that should be taught in the past five years has been taught, and the medicine box, including this bag of silver needles, is also left to you, in the future, you don't need to practice medicine to save people, but the doctor is benevolent, if the victim, if you don't hurt yourself, you can help it." ”

Hearing this, Lin Xi's eyes turned red.

"You don't have to act like this, if you meet someone who can succeed me in the future, I will teach him this set of nine turns and nine times, just kowtow three times to the old man's tablet, and the rest is not necessary."

At this point, Lin Xi understood that it was too late.

"What else do you want, if you can do it...... Never shirk. Lin Xi's eyes at this moment were extremely sincere, even hopeful.

Doctor Min's face moved in vain, he looked at Lin Xi, opened his mouth, and finally said: "The old man has a granddaughter who has passed away, but he doesn't know where he is buried, if you happen to know, then ...... Go to the pillar incense, you should be as old as your mother......"