The pharmacist lost in the second game, and now this one is tied to one, and the third game is particularly important. If it is said that 'doing gong' and 'plant medicine' are all years of accumulated effort, this third comparison of 'asking needles' is more regarded as on-the-spot play.

"I have heard that the 'Green Scorpion Miao Village' has a set of acupuncture methods for closing people's meridians and abolishing people's martial arts, and I am also good at needles in Qianhua Xingfang, and I want to ask for advice. Seeing that his morale was low, Cen Gurou, the owner of Qianhua Xingfang, took the initiative to stand up, these two simple words, the voice was loud and magnificent, and it couldn't help but make the hearts of the disciples flutter.

Cen Gurou is so confident, and there is also a reason - her Qianhua Xingfang is a sect that is good at needles, she has studied for decades, and she has thoroughly studied the various acupuncture methods of her ancestors.

Everyone said that Cen Gurou was a genius that Qingmiao had never met in a century. She began to practice medicine at the age of twelve, and at the age of eighteen, she memorized all the acupuncture classics of Qianhua Xingfang and became the chief disciple. When he was in charge of the sect at the age of thirty, the entire rivers and lakes were no longer unsurpassed in terms of acupuncture. After more than ten years of experience accumulation, her attainments in acupuncture have already far surpassed everyone, and no one can match it.

She is a true son of heaven. This game, it seems, is even more suspenseless than the 'Gonggong' competition.

As he spoke, the two disciples of Qianhua Xingfang had already brought up the wooden puppet. The doll is one person tall, and all the meridians and acupuncture points on the body are clearly marked.

The so-called 'asking needle' is also called 'bucket needle'. It is the most interesting game of the Qingmiao one-pulse test method. The meridians of the human body are divided into 12 meridians and 8 meridians. There are a total of 309 acupuncture points in the 12 canons, and there are 618 acupuncture points on the left and right sides. On the eight veins of the Qi Sutra, there are a total of 52 acupuncture points, and there are 48 scattered Qi acupoints. Therefore, a person has a total of 718 acupuncture points.

Use the puppet as a chessboard, and divide the offensive and defensive sides. The attacker starts with five stitches, and then both sides take turns, one each stitch. If within 60 rounds, no more than four of the puppet's 12 canons plus the 8 meridians of the odd meridian are sealed, the defending side wins, otherwise, as long as the puppet's five or more meridians are sealed at any time, the attacking side will win immediately.

This competition requires more than 100 needles on both sides, not to mention that there are nine kinds of medical needles - chán needle, round needle, bell needle, beryllium needle, round needle, milli needle, long needle, and large needle. Their role varies. More than 700 acupuncture points are selected, with nine different needles, and multiple unique techniques, which are really thousands of variations, and the results are naturally difficult to predict. What's more, the medical Tao is so rigorous, it is often just a needle prick wrong, and you will end up losing everything.

Cen Gurou walked up to the one-person-tall wooden statue, stretched out her hand and asked, "Gu Zhai Master, do you want to get the needle out first, or the needle last?"

The owner of this valley village is only in his twenties, and the head of the poison school is his youngest. There are countless branches of the Hmong people, each with a unique name and culture. This 'green scorpion seedling' is one of them, and it is very good at medicine. In the Miao village, there is a wide range of talents. Even other Miao villages call the green scorpion seedlings "green medicine seedlings".

"Not busy!" Xiao He saw that Cen Gurou was so confident, and stretched out his hand to stop the owner of the valley village.

"Oh, could it be that Master Xiao doesn't even want to admit defeat in this third game?" Cen Gurou was eager to win, and made sarcastic remarks, and the disciples of the Pharmaceutical School in the hall burst into laughter.

This bucket needle was originally a test of the mind, and the owner of this valley village is young, and if he puts a little pressure, he may be in a mess - Cen Gurou is really calculating, and even his scheming is fighting.

Xiao Hecai didn't pay attention to this mockery, walked in front of the wooden man, and said aloud to all the disciples: "Both of them are people who practice needles, and the green seedlings are in the same vein, and no one can match them, so it is inevitable that during the needle fighting period, they will use some needle methods that everyone has never heard of and seen. After these 124 stitches, there will be needles inserted everywhere in the puppet's body, and I am afraid that even we, the heads, will find it difficult to judge whether we win or lose, and I am afraid that in the end, there will inevitably be a war of words. ”

"Then what is the opinion of Master Xiao?" Cen Gurou raised her eyebrows, knowing that Xiao Hecai had tricks and plans, and was very disdainful.

"Why don't we each send a disciple to sit in the hall, and every time we apply needles, we don't pin them to the two of them, and in the end, whether their meridians are blocked or not, we will know as soon as we take the pulse. Xiao Hecai still had an elegant posture, and he didn't seem to be worried about losing this game.

"That's fine. Cen Gurou thought for a while and then agreed. It is not the first case of using a living person as a chessboard. What's more, one person on one side has two results to refer to, and he is not afraid of them cheating. Just apply needles on living people, without meridian pattern marking, the requirements for acupuncture are higher.

Cen Gurou and Xiao Hecai, each chose a male disciple, took off their robes, wore only shorts, and sat in the hall. Even if Qianhua Xingfang is moistened by hot springs, this cold winter wax moon, just snowed, I don't know if it's cold or not.

There are medical disciples on both sides, even if it is the girl's family, it is not strange, watching the two disciples almost stripped naked, and there is no twisting posture.

"Master Cen, then I'll apply five needles first. Seeing that everything was settled, the Gu Zhai master finally walked out of the crowd and wanted to be the attacking party.

"Wait!"

In the same sentence, it is the head of Zheng of the Lingshu faction. He shouted to the master of the valley village: "In my opinion, it is better for both sides to test the meridians of these two disciples." If someone has their own meridians blocked, or if they do not have internal cultivation, then the connection after the competition will inevitably be the result of the closure of the meridians. ”

was reminded by Master Zheng, Cen Gurou was shocked: she almost fell into the way of Xiao Hecai. It is still Zheng Zhangmen who has deep experience.

The corners of Xiao Hecai's mouth rose, and he smiled slightly: "Master Zheng is really careful! Then I also think it's best to test it." Otherwise, some people will not be convinced if they lose, and they will find such and such reasons. Then ask the two heads to check each other's disciples' meridians. After saying that, he nodded and smiled slightly.

This smile made Master Zheng feel that there was fraud in it, so he made a look at it and asked Cen Gurou to investigate carefully.

"No problem. The owner of the green scorpion seedling village spoke first.

Cen Gurou took the pulse with her hands, not only the pulse of her hands and feet, but also a pulse on her neck, and even the eight veins of the Qi Jing were checked. "These twenty meridians are all full of true qi, and there is no problem. ”

"Okay, let me confirm again, the two heads have tested their disciples and confirmed that they have understood the situation, can they start?" Xiao Hecai said, his eyes swept over Master Zheng, and he smiled with a hint of contempt.

Master Zheng was very unconvinced, his heart was absolutely deceitful, but even Cen Gurou, an expert in needle application, hadn't checked it out, so he could only hold back.

"Check that there are no errors, and you can start!"

"Check that there are no errors, and you can start!"

Cen Gurou and the owner of the valley village replied in unison.

The master of the valley village was the attacker, and he quickly applied five needles on his disciple, and then applied five needles to the disciple of Qianhua Xingfang in the same way.

"Ren pulse, water hole, needle. ”

"Hand sun small intestine meridian, shoulder Yu acupoint, beryllium needle. ”

"Hand sun small intestine meridian, shoulder outside Yu acupoint, needle. ”

"Foot Sun Bladder Meridian, Soul Gate Acupoint, Beryllium Needle. ”

"Foot Sun Bladder Sutra, Shentang Acupoint, Round Sharp Needle. ”

The disciple who reported the needle read the five needles aloud. However, it is much more difficult to recognize the needle on the real person than on the wooden puppet, this disciple stood on the side, and he was able to explain the needle method of the master of the valley village, and obviously his knowledge of the needle was not low.

Cen Gurou looked at these five needles, and roughly knew in her heart which meridians the owner of the valley village wanted to seal, and after a little thought, she also applied a needle to the disciple.

"Hand syncope Yin pericardial meridian, Tianchi acupoint, milli needle. ”

Before the disciple who read the needle finished speaking, Cen Gurou had already sensed that something was wrong, although there was no problem with the acupuncture points of the master of the valley, but this acupuncture method was not only the common acupuncture method in the Central Plains, but also mixed with the acupuncture method of 'Miao needle' and 'Silla needle'. These different acupuncture methods are applied on the same acupuncture points, and the effect is not the same as that of the Central Plains acupuncture.

(Silla, part of present-day Korea and Korea.) ）

"It turns out that you are playing this calculation. Cen Gurou glanced at Xiao Hecai, looked at him with a smile and a smile, and said in his heart: You want to use other stitches to confuse me, I'm afraid it's a fool's dream.

Cen Gurou is worthy of being a genius who has not been seen in a century, even if it is a Miao needle or a Silla needle, she can explain the effect of each needle.

The two of them competed one move at a time, Cen Gurou almost didn't pause every time he applied the needle, and the owner of the valley village often had to think for a long time before he was willing to give the needle. Rao is like this, Cen Gurou also praised him, in terms of acupuncture, I am afraid that in the Thousand Flowers Apricot Workshop, except for himself, no one is the opponent of this young man.

In addition to appreciation, she couldn't help but feel a little worried. The Poison School has such a powerful junior, even if he can win the game now, when he is a hundred years later, where will anyone be his opponent?

By the time the two hundred and four stitches were completed, it was already an hour later. It was supposed to be completed in less than half an hour, but the owner of the valley village thought for too long, delaying the process.

"So the needle has been applied, and a total of four meridians have been sealed, which should be considered our victory. Cen Gurou made the two disciples, who were already full of silver needles, stand up, show them to everyone, and declare her victory.

"The four veins have been sealed!" Among the disciples, many disciples have already made a startled voice, especially the disciples of Qianhua Xingfang, who all know how difficult it is to win the four veins in the hands of the master, and even the chief disciple can't do it every time.

"Eh, don't worry, this result hasn't been tested yet, why do you declare that you have won? Xiao Hecai waited for the written test to be completed, but he didn't let the owner of the valley village speak, and said aloud first: "I think that the head of Zheng is upright and upright, and he is the most fair. Why don't you ask Master Zheng to test it!"

Master Zheng didn't expect Xiao He to have this trick, since Cen Gurou said that it was the four veins, could there be any mistakes? What kind of trick did he play?

However, there is no other way for Zheng to do this situation. On-site verification is possible.

After checking the twenty meridians of the disciples of Qianhua Xingfang one by one, the stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he said in his heart: Only the four veins are closed!

He straightened up and said loudly: "Among the twelve veins, the Foot Yang Ming Stomach Meridian, the Hand Shao Yin Heart Sutra, the Hand Yin Pericardial Meridian, the Qi is not smooth. Among the eight veins of the Qi Sutra, the Yang Wei vein meridian is not smooth. The other sixteen meridians all flow smoothly, and the defender wins. ”

Without waiting for him to exhale, Xiao Hecai smiled again: "Then ask Master Zheng to investigate this disciple of the Green Scorpion Miao Village again!"

Master Zheng was a little angry, this is not an extra move, but he still patiently stepped forward to investigate. But halfway through this investigation, the joy on his face turned cold. checked that meridian again, and looked at Xiao Hecai with an incredulous expression.

He didn't say a word, but Xiao Hecai said loudly: "What's the matter? Master Zheng, why don't you say it? Did you find that in addition to those four meridians, there is also a hand Taiyin Lung Meridian that is also qi stagnation, making it difficult to practice qi?"

Xiao Hecai was so proud that he laughed three times in a row.

"You are cheating!" Zheng Zhangmen looked angry: "You must have applied different needles on the two disciples!"

"Eh! Zheng is a fair man, how can he be innocent with empty words and white teeth! Although our Guzhai master is younger, he will not do such deceitful things. What's more, with the owner of Cen here, even if the owner of the valley village uses different stitches, won't the owner of Cen be able to see it?"

The owner of Cen Fang also signaled to Master Zheng, she had carefully observed from beginning to end, the acupuncture method of the master of the valley village on the two disciples was absolutely consistent, and there was no difference at all. However, after she heard that the "Hand Taiyin Lung Sutra" qi stagnation of this Qing Scorpion Miao Village disciple, she also frowned and thought about it, and kept looking at that disciple.

Xiao Hecai smiled: "Master Zheng, you don't know the reason, but I think the owner of Cen Fang should have figured it out now!"

He said what he was excited about, raised his head and said, "That's right! This disciple of the Green Scorpion Miao Village is the only one in the world of 'heavy veins'. The 'Qi Ze acupoint' in the Taiyin Lung Sutra of his hand and the 'Quze acupoint' in the Yin Pericardial Sutra of his hand are naturally overlapping. Two meridians meet here, and if one of them is not smooth, it will affect the other. ”

As soon as he said this, Master Zheng naturally thought of the trick and shouted loudly: "You are cheating!

Xiao He knew that he had made this move, and walked in front of the other leaders who came to watch the ceremony: "How can this be said to be cheating? After the disciples were in place, the heads of both sides also investigated, and admitted that the inspection was correct, and everyone saw it. I also asked the owner of Cen if he had checked it clearly, and the owner of Cen also replied, 'Check it clearly'. Why is the competition over, and the head of Zheng is going to admit it? I'm afraid this is a bit stingy!"

When the heavy pulse was smooth, there was no way to detect it, and naturally the owner of Cen Fang couldn't see it at first. This is really a poor dagger, it turns out that the whole 'question' competition is a game from beginning to end.

Xiao Hecai first suggested using a real person instead of a wooden man; then took the opportunity to lead the head of Zheng to take the initiative to ask for an investigation; and then asked the owner of Cen Fang to admit that the inspection was completed; during the game, he asked the owner of the valley village to use a variety of acupuncture methods to distract the owner of Cen Fang, and missed the last opportunity to explore the heavy pulse; and after the final competition, everyone found out that they had been fooled, and it was already too late.

The whole plan is beautifully designed. What Xiao Hecai said is also reasonable. The owner of Cen Fang was toyed with applause this time, angry and annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.

"This disciple of the Thousand Flowers Apricot Fang, if you block the four veins, even if you win. But the disciples of this green scorpion Miao Village are closed to the five veins, and we should win. This 'question' item is even a draw. How?"

Looking at Xiao Hecai's hateful appearance, the anger in the heart of the owner of Cen Fang was uncontrollable. I somewhat regret that I didn't check it out. However, there are more than 700 acupuncture points in the body, and it is not possible to complete the heavy acupoints one by one.

No matter how angry she was or how she regretted it, she could only reply lightly: "Then, even if it's a draw!"