Chapter 9 Saving Lives with Clever Hands

In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Nuer fetched two buckets of water from the well, and went to the grass hut to scrub the villagers of Zhong Gu as usual, she was in a very bad mood, and she didn't sing a beautiful mountain song as usual, because she knew that this was the last time to scrub the villagers, Jiang Keshan had decided to set fire to the grass hut tonight, rather than let the villagers continue to suffer, it was better to end their suffering earlier. As she fetched water, she sighed and felt sad when she saw the families of the patients cutting down trees outside the village to build coffins for their loved ones.

As soon as she pushed open the door of the grass house, she was stunned, and when she saw Zhu Yushi, she crossed her knees on the ground, carefully inserting a silver needle into the back of a Gu man, and then saw that the Gu man's back was full of silver needles like a hedgehog. Jiang Nu'er said strangely: "What are you doing here?" Zhu Yushi was concentrating and said softly: "Don't make noise." Jiang Nu'er didn't know what he was doing, so he came to him lightly, and found that the person who was pierced by the needle was called Li Erniu, and the Gu in him made his back full of hard and round pimples, he was quite conscious, and said to Zhu Yushi: "Little brother, I have worked hard for you, even if I die, I don't blame you." Jiang Nu'er's eyes widened in disbelief and said, "Are you unraveling the Gu?" Zhu Yushi nodded lightly.

Jiang Nu'er didn't dare to say any more, she was also an expert in Gu arts, knowing that it was the most taboo to disturb at this time, so she squatted aside and watched carefully, the more she looked, the more surprised she became, and saw that Zhu Yushi's needle technique was called 'Nuwa Mending Heaven Acupuncture Method', this set of needles can solve a lot of complex Gu poisons, but it is extremely difficult to learn, first of all, we must judge the most dense point of Gu poison in the body, and then use this point as the axis to pierce the first needle, requiring three points into the muscle, not one point. Then prick another 35 stitches around the first stitch with the same force, expanding outward in a circular layer, each stitch must be kept at a distance of two inches from the front and back, left and right, and there can be no deviation. Then 72 stitches are inserted outward, each stitch is one minute into the muscle, keeping an inch away from the first four needles. In addition, it is also required that the needle applicator has a considerable internal strength as the basis, so that the needle can be effective. Most Gu masters are difficult to learn because they don't know the internal skills, and over time, this set of acupuncture methods has gradually disappeared, Jiang Nu'er just heard his grandfather mention it, and today is the first time he has seen it.

An hour later, Zhu Yushi finished pricking the needle, breathed a long sigh of relief, closed his eyes and said: "In order not to make a mistake in pricking the needle, I didn't dare to close my eyes all night, and now it's half done." Jiang Nu'er said, "What to do next." Zhu Yushi said: "I need to meditate for a while to recover my energy, you can help me boil a bucket of hot water, the hotter the better." Although Jiang Nu'er didn't have much confidence in him, it was always good to give it a try, so he said, "Okay, you wait." She rushed out of the door and said to the villagers passing by: "Don't be in a hurry to make a coffin first, the Gu King's senior disciples are unraveling the Gu for them, maybe things will turn around." The villagers didn't dare to hold out any more hopes, but they also hoped that a miracle would happen and gather around the thatched hut and wait for the results. Jiang Nu'er went home and boiled a pot of hot water, poured it into a bucket, and carried it back to the grass hut.

Zhu Yushi picked up the "Yijin Sutra", swam the true qi all over the body, recovered his strength after a while, stood up and stretched his muscles and bones, just as Jiang Nuer brought in the hot water, he said: "It's just right." He took the bucket and put it next to Li Erniu, leaned over to observe the skin on his back, and found that the pimple around the needle was flushed with a layer of purple and blue, Zhu Yushi took a breath and said, "Victory or defeat is here." At that moment, he ordered Li Erniu's acupoint, lifted the lid of the bucket, picked up the gourd scoop and scooped up the hot water and sent it to his mouth. It was freshly boiled boiling water, only to feel the pain in his mouth, tears were about to flow out, he held back, used enough internal strength, and sprayed hot water on Li Erniu's back. Mercury with internal strength penetrated into his skin, Li Erniu screamed 'ah', his expression was very painful, but the acupoints on his body were pointed, and he couldn't move for half a minute. Zhu Yushi didn't speak, scooped two more scoops of boiling water, and sprayed it on his back in the same way. Li Erniu screamed, sweating profusely. Jiang Nu'er looked frightened, and peeked at Zhu Yu's expression from time to time, not knowing whether it was a blessing or a curse.

Zhu Yushi didn't know the bottom of his heart, although he had learned this method in "The Secret Record of the Gu King", and he had also practiced the 'Nuwa Mending Heaven Acupuncture Method' proficiently, but it was the first time he practiced it. After the soaring mist passed, he checked the pimple on Li Erniu's back again with apprehension, only to see that the pimple was smaller than before, the purple-cyan color around it was much lighter, and a milky white liquid oozed from the pores. Jiang Nu'er clapped her hands excitedly and shouted, "Okay, Gu is solved, there is really yours." Zhu Yushi smiled embarrassedly, and sprayed hot water on Li Erniu's back three times in succession, and the pimple gradually softened, more and more white juice oozed, and the purple-blue skin returned to normal. Zhu Yushi was sweating profusely, and said with relief: "Brother Erniu's Gu has basically been solved, after going back, wipe his back with a hot towel ten times a day, and the Gu poison can be eradicated after two months." Brother Erniu, don't you itch on your back now?" Li Erniu said excitedly: "It's not itchy, it's not itchy, thank you Xiao Gu King for saving me, and I have to repay you for being a cow and a horse." Zhu Yushi took out the silver needle on his back for him and said, "Brother Erniu is too famous, I don't dare to be the name of 'Little Gu King'." ”

One hundred and eight silver needles were stained with mucus, and Zhu Yu soaked them in a basin of water to wash them. Zhu Yushi said: "Brother Erniu, you can already go home." Li Erniu kowtowed to him three times, pushed away the grass hut and walked out. Outside the house, the villagers applauded and cheered. The family members of the Gu people knelt on the ground and bowed and worshipped, thanking God for their protection. Jiang Nu'er was afraid that Zhu Yu would be distracted, so she closed the door again and said, "What will you do next?" Zhu Yushi said: "I have checked the situation of their Gu victims, and five more people can be saved in the same way, and the rest will have to find another way." Jiang Nu'er said: "It's one to save one, my brother has worked hard." Zhu Yushi heard her call herself 'brother', Jun's face turned red, peeked in, and found that Jiang Nuer's handsome little face also flew red, looking shy and cute, and couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, secretly scolded himself for not having concentration, hurriedly gathered his mind, poured out the water in the wooden basin, picked up the silver needle, and said, "Let's solve the Gu for that aunt." ”

They came to a middle-aged woman, Huang Gu, whose hands and toes were red and swollen, soft as eggs, and difficult to get off the ground. Zhu Yushi knew that the silver needle piercing the extremity would cause great pain, so he first fed her a bowl of hemp boiling soup, and then lit the acupoints on her body, and then began to inject the needle. First found out the deepest point of Gu poison in the hands and feet, and then used the same method, each with eighteen needles, forcing the Gu poison deep into the body to the epidermis, and then spraying the skin with freshly boiled boiling water with internal force, killing all the Gu poison gathered at one point, so that the Gu poison turned into white juice and seeped out from the pores.

It took a lot of effort to solve the Gu, it was already dusk after saving Huang Gu, Zhu Yushi had not slept all night, and his heart was haggard and his eyes were sore at this time. Jiang Nu'er said with concern: "You go and rest for a while, and then continue to recuperate." Zhu Yushi also understood that if the spirit could not be concentrated, the slightest mistake would harm people's lives, so he did not dare to be strong, sat down against the wall, and carried the internal strength of the "Yijin Sutra", a warm heat flow gushed out of the body, and the tired body seemed to fall into a thick pile of cotton, extremely comfortable, and fell asleep unconsciously.

Although Zhu Yushi's "Yijin Sutra" cultivation is not as good as Luo Tianchu's, it has also achieved a small success, and he has regained his energy again after more than ten weeks. When he opened his eyes, it was the dead of night, there was a lamp in the house, and there were several candles next to the wax table, which must have been prepared by Jiang Nuer for him to solve the Gu at night. Zhu Yushi didn't dare to delay, and when he was about to get up, he suddenly felt something pressed on his thigh, and at a glance, it was Jiang Nuer's head pillowed on his lap, sleeping deeply. Her thick braids hung down in front of her shoulders, her delicate jade face was beautiful and lovely, her long and curved eyelashes covered her eyes, and her small cherry lips opened slightly, making an even breathing sound. Zhu Yushi carefully pulled out his legs, took the package and let her pillow it, and was afraid that she would catch a cold at night, so he took off his coat and covered her, and then came to Liu Laohan, whose belly was as big as a pregnant woman, and began to administer needles to him.

Zhu Yushi was meticulous when applying the needle, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and before he knew it, it was dawn again, Jiang Nuer woke up and found that his coat was covered, and he was very happy, and came to him to watch quietly, and asked after the end: "I'll go boil hot water." Zhu Yushi nodded and said, "Please get me some more food, I haven't eaten for a day." Jiang Nu'er shouted: "Oh, I was negligent, I'll go now." ”

Another half a day passed, Zhu Yushi was already familiar with the needle, much faster, and solved the Gu for the three villagers, Jiang Keshan and Brother Lan invited Zhu Yushi to eat at home, Zhu Yushi was dedicated to saving people, politely refused, and nibbled on two steamed buns casually in the grass house, without stopping. Seeing that he was so good at solving Gu and working so hard, the whole village was grateful, and they all stood outside to accompany him, and couldn't bear to leave. Jiang Keshan and Brother Lan have also been helping him in the house, but the two of them are old and tired after a while, leaving only Jiang Nu'er to continue to help. Jia Yinyang has never appeared, Zhu Yushi thought to himself that maybe the master was testing himself, as long as he could solve the Gu for the villagers, the master would be happy.

In the evening, Zhu Yushi was secretly worried, the remaining fifteen people could no longer use the 'Nuwa Mending Heaven Needle Method' to solve the Gu, although he had an idea for a few people to solve the Gu, but in order not to travel to the pool, he recalled the content of the "Gu King's Secret Record", and wrote down the steps of the Gu solution on the paper like a prescription, and revised it three times before it was determined.

He first came to the villager Guo Xiaoquan, saw his dark gray and chapped skin all over his body, first wiped his body with water, and then smeared his whole body with the **** prepared by Jiang Nuer, only to see that his skin color immediately changed from gray to black, and sometimes gray to black, flickering bright and dark, so it was not weird. Zhu Yushi then put a full bowl of **** beside him, took out a dagger that had been soaked for a long time from a basin of hot water, wiped it dry with a dry cloth, teased a few times on the candle flame, cut a knife on his arm, and entered the flesh two inches, but there was no blood flowing out for a long time. After thinking about it carefully, suddenly a flash of inspiration smeared a layer of **** on the wound, and suddenly saw a jet of black blood spurting out of the wound, and countless strips of black worms surged out of the wound, crawling all over Guo Xiaoquan's body in a blink of an eye, **** the **** on his body, and then the black worm smelled the sweet smell of the bowl of ****, climbed down from him like a black water, and got into the **** bowl, and in an instant, the **** of yellow, orange and orange turned into black water, and they were all drunk by the black worms. Some black worms drank too much and their stomachs were bursting, and the little insects that were not full came to eat their bodies and killed each other. Zhu Yushi lit the fire and threw it in the bowl, and burned them to ashes with a fire. The blood flowing from the wound on Guo Xiaoquan's arm gradually turned from black to red, and Jiang Nuer cleaned the wound with water, sprinkled it with gold sore medicine and bandaged it.

The color of Guo Xiaoquan's skin has returned to ruddy, and the cracked areas have been moisturized and smoothed, Zhu Yushi said: "Brother Guo, although your Gu poison has been resolved, the sugar in your body has been absorbed by Gu worms, and it will be normal to eat sweets for a year from now on." Guo Xiaoquan knelt on the ground and thanked him for his kindness, and was helped up by Jiang Nuer and walked out of the thatched house. When the villagers outside saw Guo Xiaoquan walk out again, they immediately thundered with joy, and Guo Xiaoquan's family kowtowed outside the door to thank him

In the evening, Zhu Yushi was pulled by Jiang Keshan to eat at home, the dishes were very rich, Jiang Nuer and the four elders in the village were accompanied, Zhu Yushi was invited to the upper position, he said nothing and refused, but he couldn't help persuading him, so he had to sit up. During the banquet, everyone praised him for his skillful Gu skills, and scolded Jia Yinyang for being ruthless and unrighteous, even as good as his little apprentice. Zhu Yushi was busy exonerating the master, but everyone was still angry with Jia Yinyang. After the banquet was dispersed, Zhu Yushi said goodbye and left, Jiang Keshan took his hand and said: "Xie Gu is not in a hurry for a while, you must not be tired, sleep here tonight, the slave has already cleaned up the house for you." Zhu Yushi thanked: "Thank you for the kindness of the patriarch, the younger generation doesn't dare to beg for mercy, I sleep the same wherever I sleep." Jiang Keshan laughed and said: "You Han people have too many etiquettes, and you are not as straightforward as our Miao people, let you sleep and you will sleep, this is also what Guo Xiaoquan meant." Zhu Yushi said: "Uncle Guo? Jiang Keshan laughed, took his hand and said, "You come with me, you can see it at a glance." At that moment, he walked into the inner hall with him, and when he passed by Jiang Nu'er, he saw an ambiguous smile on the corner of her mouth in her eyes, but there was an unbearable look in her eyes, and said, "I'll go back first, you have fun." Zhu Yushi was even more confused.

There are also four wooden houses in the courtyard, Jiang Keshan pointed to the one with the lights on, and said, "Go in, don't come out until the rooster crows." Zhu Yushi looked at the figure flickering in the window, and said strangely: "Is there anyone inside?" Jiang Keshan smiled: "You can go in and take a look." With that, he left. Zhu Yushi had to push the door into the house with an uneasy mood, only to see that the wooden house was not big, only some simple furniture, and a young Miao girl sitting next to the bed was looking down and playing with the corners of her clothes, and when she saw Zhu Yu, she knelt down on the ground and said: "Thank you Xianggong for saving my father's life, the little woman Guo Qing kowtowed to you." Zhu Yushi knew that she was Guo Xiaoquan's daughter, so she hurriedly clasped her hands and said, "The girl doesn't have to be polite." "That Guo Qing has thick eyebrows and big eyes, slightly yellow skin, thick lips, and her posture is not very good, but she has a rough style. Guo Qing said: "The slave family is poor, and there is nothing to give a thank you gift, so the family strictly asked the patriarch to send me and the Xianggong as a slave, and serve the Xianggong for the first time, don't dislike the Xianggong." ”

Although Zhu Yushi also teased girls when he was in Lin'an, he was just a young man who was curious and took advantage of some verbal advantages, and he had never been intimate with women. He has a pure nature, all these years in the Blood Knife Fort has opened his eyes, his spirit has been sublimated, and he has no interest in these boring things, and now that the woman is in his arms, he has no idea, he is sweating nervously, and stammered: "This, this, this...... No, girl, you'd better go back to ...... Let's go back. Seeing his cramped expression, Guo Qing sneered and said: "The slave family sincerely repays each other with his body, and will not give you a peach blossom Gu, no matter how many wives and concubines you have in the future, the slave family will not care." Zhu Yushi said anxiously: "I didn't mean that, the girl's kindness is in her heart, and saving people is definitely not to repay her, girl, you better go." Guo Qing said: "Could it be that Xianggong dislikes the posture of the slave family?" Zhu Yushi hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, no, no, I am not worthy of you, how can a person like me be worthy of a slave to call a maid, I really dare not mistake the girl." Guo Qing couldn't help sobbing and said: "Jia Yan has sent the slave family to the Xianggong, if the Xianggong doesn't want me, how will the slave family see people in the future, so I have to die." Zhu Yushi was embarrassed, but he was a principled person, and he knew that he must not agree to this matter, and said: "Where is Uncle Guo, I will explain to him personally, as long as this matter is not spread, it will not damage the girl's reputation, and in the future, she will marry a good husband, which is a hundred times better than serving me." Guo Qing said: "My father said that he would wait for news in the courtyard, and as long as we blew out the candles, he left." Zhu Yushi said: "I'll go out to find him." Immediately confessed, went out of the house, and saw Guo Xiaoquan and Jiang Keshan smoking dry tobacco in the courtyard, and when they saw Zhu Yu, they were surprised, Jiang Keshan said strangely: "What are you doing when you come out?" Zhu Yushi bowed to the end and said: "The kid is not ignorant of lifting, and he really doesn't dare to delay Miss Guo's life, so it is too unfair to Miss Guo, so I can only thank Uncle Guo for his kindness." Guo Xiaoquan was embarrassed: "How do you say this, is it that the little brother doesn't look down on her?" Zhu Yushi hurriedly said: "By no means, Miss Guo is a good woman, and she is not worthy of her, and none of us will mention this matter, so that Miss Guo's reputation will not be damaged, and she will be able to promise a good family in the future." Guo Xiaoquan sighed, frowned and remained silent. Jiang Keshan knew that the twisted melon was not sweet, so he said: "Little Brother Zhu is a good man who has worked hard, Xiao Guo, you don't have to force it, just according to what people say, let's stop this matter." Guo Xiaoquan had no choice but to nod and say, "Yes." Jiang Keshan said: "Since this is the case, the old man will not dare to leave Brother Zhu for the night, this matter is not thoughtful for us, and we didn't ask about the respect in advance, don't blame the rudeness." Zhu Yushi said: "Where, I thanked you for your kindness and said goodbye." ”

He didn't want to alarm others anymore, so he didn't go through the main gate, and directly crossed the two-zhang high courtyard wall. When Jiang Feiyan taught him, he didn't teach him anything at first, but just let him stand on the edge of the cliff and close his eyes to feel the speed and direction of the wind, which lasted for three months. Jiang Feiyan's 'Lingxiao Qingyunbu' pays attention to 'moving against the wind and riding the wind', whether it is downwind or against the wind, 'Lingxiao Qingyunbu' can always make full use of the characteristics of the wind and do whatever you want. Jiang Feiyan also passed on a set of his "Flying Flower Fingers", which is also a superior point kung fu, with wonderful light skills, specializing in light and flexible routes.

In the dead of night, most of the villagers went to bed, Zhu Yushi crossed back to the grass hut alone, and found that Jiang Nuer was sitting on the wooden steps in front of the house holding her cheeks in a daze, so she called out: "Miss Jiang, what are you doing sitting here?" Jiang Nuer saw that it was him, jumped up in surprise, and said in surprise: "Aren't you with Sister Guo? Why did you come back?" Zhu Yushi said: "How can you be in Xia, how can you be worthy of making a slave call a maid, of course I dare not accept it." Jiang Nuer said strangely: "You are such a strange person, how can there be such a beautiful thing that a man does not like." Zhu Yushi said angrily: "I'm so unbearable in your eyes, you haven't said what you're doing here." Jiang Nu'er blushed and said, "I'...... I'm waiting for you, and I want to see when you'll come back. Zhu Yushi smiled: "I don't want to go back for one night, do you have to wait for one night?" Jiang Nu'er's face turned even redder, lowered her head and said, "Well, but I still hope you can come back, I ...... I don't like you sleeping with Sister Guo so much. Zhu Yushi looked embarrassed, thinking that the Miao family woman was really bold and direct when she spoke, and asked casually: "Why?" As soon as the words came out, he regretted it, Jiang Nuer obviously had intentions for herself, how could she ask this kind of thing face to face, didn't it embarrass the girl. Who knew that Jiang Nu'er didn't care, and said affectionately: "Because I also like you, I don't want you to be good with other women." ”

Zhu Yushi didn't expect her to be so bold and dare to show love to a man. Just as he didn't know how to answer, Jiang Nu'er suddenly stepped forward, wrapped two jade arms around his waist, raised his head and kissed him on the lips, then 'giggled', turned around and ran. Zhu Yushi was stunned for a while, this was his first kiss, he had fantasized about the feeling of kissing countless times before, but he didn't expect the feeling of reality to be even more wonderful, he stood in place and reminisced for a long time before walking into the grass house in a trance.