Chapter 145: The Art of the Golden Needle
After a night's trekking, Chu Linghui and the others already had a preliminary understanding of the physical condition of King Jin, although the pulse was weak, but there was no danger to life, so they did not rush to find a doctor, and only told Brother Li that he was sleeping more deeply because of overwork.
Brother Li had a simple personality, so he believed his words, and after coming out of the room, he shouted to his wife in the kitchen, "Mother-in-law, cook more, there are guests at home!" ”
Chu Linghui naturally couldn't let them lose money, so he hurriedly thanked them, and took out a silver ingot and a tael from his purse and put it on the table, asking Brother Zhang to accept it.
The peasant family was sincere, and repeatedly refused, saying that they would not accept the money: "How can you use so much, you have just been robbed, and the rest will save some and eat a light meal, and there is nothing to entertain at home." ”
"In the end, our brother is bothering, how can you let the eldest brother break the bank!"
The two of them tugged for a long time before the farmer accepted the silver, and then Chu Linghui asked him about the situation in the village.
Originally, this was Lijia Village, a village on the edge of Kyoto, only a day's drive from Kyoto, but due to its remote location, it was not affected by the war.
So a few people were relieved, Brother Li asked them about their plans in the future, and said that if there was nowhere to go, they could stay in his house for a while, and the row of rooms on the west side of his house was still empty, so they could live in it after packing up.
However, Chu Linghui still remembered Uncle Rong who was slaughtered because of himself, and he was afraid that living here would bring disaster to this kind Brother Li, so he simply refused.
But a few people really need to recuperate here for a while, rather than borrowing it, it is better to buy a yard directly, so Chu Linghui asked Brother Li if there was a yard for sale in this village.
Brother Li is enthusiastic, "I remember that the fourth house in the west of the village is still empty, I don't know if it can be sold, but this matter still needs to be asked by Lizheng, and after eating in a while, I will take you there." ”
After all, Li Zheng needed to consider the safety of the villagers, so he interrogated Lin Jiu and the others, and made sure that a few people were not thieves, so he nodded and agreed, "There are few people in the village who go out, if you want to buy a house, I'm afraid there will be none, but the house in the west of the village is indeed empty, and it was Li Erniu who built a new house in order to marry his daughter-in-law, but before his daughter-in-law entered the door, he fell out with his in-laws, so it is empty until now." ”
As soon as he heard Li Erniu's name, Brother Li had a little more disdain on his face, "I don't know if with this lesson, the little old man has learned to be more obedient." ”
Li Erniu is well-known in the village for being calculating, no matter what you have to take advantage of, this is an outlier in the eyes of the simple village people, otherwise his good daughter-in-law would not have blown it like this.
Li Zheng didn't answer Brother Li's words, but turned his head to look at Chu Linghui, "If you want to use it, you can discuss it with him, but let me remind you in advance, then Li Erniu is not easy to get along with." ”
Chu Linghui and the others didn't have any opinions, as long as it was safe here, the others could be solved by spending a little more money, so they asked Lizheng to lead the way and went to the west of the village.
Brother Li still has work at home, so he didn't go with him.
Li Erniu's house, as soon as he heard that these people were going to rent a house, his eyes rolled and he wanted to be greedy for more money from here, so he said: "I have newly built this house, and I haven't lived in it yet, if you want to live for at least a month, you will need half a tael of silver!" ”
As soon as he heard this, Li Zheng's eyes suddenly widened, and he opened his mouth and yelled at Li Erniu: "People have suffered so much, but they still want to ask you to pull out a layer of skin, why is your heart so black?" ”
Although he was a little surprised, Chu Linghui didn't think much about it: "It's okay, it's okay for us to bother, I'll give you a tael of silver here, and the other utensils in this house are also bothering the little brother to help us prepare them." He stretched out his hand to soothe him.
Li Erniu happily paid attention to the angry Li Zheng, and nodded at Chu Linghui and said, "That's natural, that's natural, you go to the courtyard and wait for a while, I'll send you the utensils or something later." ”
After saying that, Li Erniu trotted around and went home, seeing this, he didn't want to say anything, but sighed leisurely, in the end, he felt that Li Erniu had lost the face of the people in the village, and this person liked to be embarrassed.
After a while, Li Erniu took his daughter-in-law and son, walked into the courtyard with a few quilts, and scolded and said while walking: "This quilt is new to my family this year, and it has not been covered. In addition, if you don't know how to cook, you can also go to my house to eat, rest assured that the price is absolutely fair! ”
Li Zheng was even more annoyed when he heard this, and slammed the cane in his hand on the ground, which frightened Li Erniu into flinching, and didn't dare to speak again, but ran back and forth with his daughter-in-law and son twice, and left quietly after sending the necessary daily necessities.
After this side was cleaned up, A1 and B2 went to move King Jin from Brother Li's house again. Just now, Chu Linghui had already asked Li Zheng about the doctor in the village, and he would settle down, so he asked Jia Yi to invite the doctor.
The village is not big, so the news that outsiders came to the village to rent has spread in the village after a morning, and Dr. Li also heard the news, he knew that those people had been robbed, and there must be some injuries on their bodies, so he prepared the medicine box early, and after hesitating, he put a roll of dusty cloth in the cabinet into the medicine box.
Dr. Li waited for a whole morning before seeing A Yi come to invite him, and when he was ready, he picked up the medicine box and followed him to Li Erniu's courtyard.
When Dr. Li entered the door in the first place, Lin Jiu was boiling water in the kitchen, and the second and second people were also performing their duties, Dr. Li swept around several people, and couldn't help frowning, just looking at their faces, they knew that they were not lightly injured, but they led themselves into the house, presumably the one inside was the most critical.
"Please ask the doctor to treat him first!" Chu Linghui pleaded sincerely to Dr. Li, but Dr. Li just nodded, put the medicine box he was carrying on his back on the several cases in the center of the room, and walked to the bedside to check King Jin's pulse.
His right hand was on King Jin's wrist and secretly exerted force, and at the same time, his fingers flicked twice from time to time, and he didn't make a sound for a long time, but his brows became more and more wrinkled.
Chu Linghui observed Dr. Li's expression, and couldn't help but be a little worried, and hurriedly asked, "But the situation is critical?" ”
Doctor Li still didn't say anything, but once again he concentrated and felt the pulse under his hands, then withdrew his hand and said to the people who were looking at him with burning eyes: "He is in a hurry, but he has been using the wrong medicine before, which has caused his condition to become more and more serious, plus he has been poisoned before, and the remaining poison has not been cleared, so he is now unconscious." ”
"Then the doctor might heal?" Chu Linghui hurriedly asked.
Doctor Li pondered for a while before speaking: "It's not difficult to heal, but I need to perform the Golden Needle Technique for him first to force out the residual poison in his body." Otherwise, no matter how good the medicine is, it won't save him. ”
When he said this, Dr. Li was very hesitant, because his golden needle method had not been understood, and as he expected, Chu Linghui's face was embarrassed, and he didn't say anything for a while.
Lin Jiu, who was on the side, opened his mouth and said, "Then ask the doctor to administer the needle." ”
Chu Linghui was a little surprised when he heard this, but seeing that Lin Jiu was so determined, and there was no other way now, he had no choice but to nod his head in agreement.
Hearing Lin Jiu's words, Dr. Li was also a little surprised, not only glanced at her twice, but also found a clue, although Lin Jiu's face was still covered with rags, but from her delicate eyebrows, Dr. Lin could see that this was a woman.
However, since she insisted on dressing up as a man, there was no need for Dr. Li to reveal her identity, he took out the dusty cloth bag on the top from the medicine box, and asked people to take off the clothes on the upper body of King Jin, twisted the gold needle and skipped it on the burning oil lamp, and then accurately pierced the gold needle into the various acupoints of King Jin.
Doctor Li just said that they needed to concentrate when applying needles, and although they were a little reluctant, they were still pulled out of the room by Lin Jiu.