Li Huaiyun read the medical book from beginning to end and wrote down the contents forcibly. However, there was a lot of content and he could only remember the general outline. It was easy to forget some details.
He felt that this was inappropriate. This was a medical book. The most taboo thing in practicing medicine was this kind of half-knowledge. Without details, it would be easy to kill people.
never mind! Li Huaiyun read the Qingnang Neijing from the beginning again, trying to write down the contents in the most complete way.
You don’t have to remember everything, but you must remember the details!
Before that, he had copied half of the book in the Demon Slayer Division's arsenal. Now, he probably remembered about half of the contents of the Qingnang Neijing.
Although this is a fragmentary medical book, it contains numerous records of medical techniques, herbal medicines, searching for tendons and pulses, and practicing medicine to treat illnesses ranging from rashes on the body to serious illnesses.
However, this medical book also records another part, which is about the mystery of the human body and how to release the potential in the body in a natural way.
Among them was the method Hong Yun taught him, which involved inserting silver needles into the acupuncture points of his head to fully unleash his body's potential.
Li Huaiyun was very puzzled by this. His aunt had actually read this medical book! Wait a minute, didn't you say that this medical book has been missing for a long time? Judging from my aunt's age, could it be possible that she watched it when she was very young?
He immediately suspected that Hong Yun had an unusual relationship with this medical saint!
He continued to scroll down, and suddenly found that the following pages were a little unusual.
The words written on those pages were slightly different from the previous ones, with uneven textures and tiny holes. What made it even more weird was that the material of those pages felt quite rough.
He picked up the medical book and put it in front of his eyes. The clear pore patterns on it suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. In an instant, this scene shocked him and he was speechless for a moment.
Human skin!
Li Huaiyun subconsciously took the medical book away. This thing looked quite scary. Why would a good medical book have human skin in it?
Could it be that what is recorded above is some kind of treacherous magic?
He hurriedly put the medical book in front of him and carefully identified the words on it. Because it was written on human skin, the handwriting was not clear.
As he expected, what was recorded on this person's skin was a special skill. Due to the passage of time, the words had faded slightly.
After he simply identified it, it was a weird technique, which was to put oneself into a state of death and then turn into a pupa!
Is this pretending to be dead and then transforming into an immortal? It didn’t say what would happen after pupation?
Li Huaiyun looked puzzled, but he still remembered this technique in his mind and planned to find time to practice it.
This technique looks very strange, maybe it will have miraculous effects, just like the theory of enlightenment, it converts one's own reproductive impulse into essence and stores it in the Dantian. Maybe this technique will have some inexplicable effects.
Li Huaiyun took some time to learn this exercise and memorized some other contents.
After he finished doing this, he thought to himself, I now have the silver needle given by my aunt and the skill of transforming into a pupa into a body, which can save my life.
He felt vaguely uneasy and had a premonition that something big was going to happen to him!
Shouldn’t they all be used? If you don't save your life after using it, wouldn't it be embarrassing to go to the underworld?
Li Huaiyun fell into deep thought. After a while, the sound of conversations and footsteps came from not far away.
The voice brought him back from his meditation, and he immediately put the medical book back to its original position and returned to its previous position.
In addition to Mu Yuan's voice, there was also a voice that sounded very anxious, and his voice was trembling.
"Princess, the sewer construction records have always been there and no one has touched them! Could it be that you didn't look carefully?"
Mu Yuan responded, "We searched all the books in the cabinet and couldn't find them!"
"impossible!"
As the footsteps approached, Li Huaiyun stood in front of the cabinet and saw a middle-aged man in official robes following Mu Yuan.
Mu Yuan pointed to the place where he was standing, "It's right there, go up and help me look for it!"
The official looked panicked and hurriedly walked up and started searching on the cabinet, muttering, "Impossible! Impossible!"
Li Huaiyun stood aside, holding his hands on his chest, "Is this the person in charge of the library?"
"Well! He has been in charge of it all these years. Except for the historian, basically no one else has been here. If anyone knows and the books inside are lost, he may lose his head!"
"No wonder you are so nervous!" Li Huaiyun said, "It's a pity that there is no monitoring!"
"No surveillance?" Mu Yuan asked, "What do you mean?"
"Uh!" Li Huaiyun's mind was spinning rapidly, trying to explain in the simplest terms, "It's probably to record who has been to a certain location."
"It's like identifying by smell!"
"That's pretty much what it means."
The official was sweating on his forehead and his back was already wet. He stood in front of the cabinet, clasped his hands and bowed to the bookcase, as if praying to God and Buddha.
However, even though he was more pious, it was of no use. He found no record of sewer construction on the cabinet.
He was getting more and more anxious. After working here for so many years, this was the first time something like this had happened. If someone complained, he would be held accountable for dereliction of duty.
This is a capital crime! With a look of despair on his face, he pressed himself against the cabinet, clasped his hands together to pray, and then carefully searched for construction records.
Li Huaiyun scratched his head and saw the anxious look on the official's face. He also felt worried for the official, "How about we also help look for him?"
"also!"
"What happens if I can't find it?"
Mu Yuan thought for a while, "The lightest case is exile, the most serious case is execution!"
"so serious?"
"That's because I lost something and I don't know if some of the secrets in the library will be leaked, so it's such a serious crime."
"Sure enough, when working in the palace, there is always the danger of being killed."
Li Huaiyun and Mu Yuan were also searching on nearby bookshelves. He found those books in another cabinet, but he did not inform them immediately.
Instead, he went to the Qingnang Neijing to further consolidate the contents. After being asked by Mu Yuan later, he put down the inner canon, then walked up and pointed out the locations where several books about sewer construction were stored.
When the official saw these long-lost books, he was so excited that he shed tears. He clasped his hands together and kept bending down to thank Li Huaiyun. These were his reborn parents. If no one found out, he would probably My life is at stake.
Seeing that the man was still thanking him non-stop, Li Huaiyun quickly raised his hand, "Okay! There's no point in thanking you more. It's better to let us know in time when we have problems."
The official nodded quickly and said, "No problem! No problem!"
"Why are these books here?" Mu Yuan had some doubts about this.
"Maybe someone put it away after reading it!"
Li Huaiyun had different opinions on this. The height at which the books were placed required one to bend down, which was very suspicious. Generally, they would be placed at shoulder height.
Someone had obviously placed it underneath on purpose and blocked it with other books. Someone had already known about it in advance! In order not to expose his identity, he just hid it elsewhere.
Li Huaiyun and Mu Yuan took the sewer construction record book and began to flip through it. The reason and process were relatively simple.
The Imperial Palace was built on a geomantic omen in Kyoto, but the land is in a low-lying area, and there is always water accumulation during the rainy season or other days when the rain is heavy.
Therefore, someone suggested that during the renovation of the palace, a sewer should be dug to be responsible for the drainage of the palace.
Only then did sewer construction begin.
There were also several books that contained sewer construction summaries and records of construction costs, but they looked through them and found no useful information.
Li Huaiyun quickly checked the construction records. From Feng Shui positioning, date selection, design, and excavation, there were clear records page by page. However, there were also many missing days for unknown reasons.
He sighed, "Looks pretty normal!"
"Yes!" Mu Yuan responded, "It seems everything went smoothly."
“In this regard, we still need to find someone with some knowledge, who may be able to better identify the problems.”
"Does Sikyong understand this?" Li Huaiyun asked!
"Old man Qin knows a little bit, but he is very busy these days!"
Li Huaiyun asked slightly curiously, "What are you busy with?" Is there anything more important than the palace affairs?
"Then I don't know!"
Li Huai turned his head and looked at the official, "Do you understand?"
The official lowered his head and said, "Young people don't understand architecture."
Li Huaiyun went through the historical materials and records of the renovation building again. If he still couldn't find any problems, he could only take them out and let specialized people check them.
Suddenly, he discovered a strange thing. In this record, there were some days when there was no construction, and during this period, it was clear that there was a shutdown.
He checked the project payment and material purchase according to the above date, and found that a large amount of construction materials had been used during that period, indicating that work must have been rushed somewhere.
Li Huaiyun looked at the official again, "Do you know these building materials?"
"I don't understand architecture, but I have read many books on it, so I know a little bit about many things in the palace."
"Okay! Just help me figure out how to explain this!"
Li Huaiyun opened the construction record and handed it over. "It took more than two years from the beginning to the completion of the construction here."
"During this period, which was about more than a month, there was no record until completion."
He frowned, "But if you look at the project funds and material purchases, there was an increase in purchases in those days, and the prices were much higher than before. It can be seen that this building has been built, but it has always been a big one." Purchase materials in bulk.”
The official took the book, looked through it carefully, and said thoughtfully, "I roughly understand what this means!"
"What means?"
"When the sewer was being built, there were several accidents, deaths, and landslides, so it became the record you see now!",
"Ah! So that's it. After that, the matter was resolved and the sewer construction continued."
The official nodded slightly and said softly, "The construction of this sewer was quite difficult. From the beginning, the rock wall geology delayed the construction period. Later, during the construction of the sewer, another serious problem was encountered, which was almost immediate. As a result, this project almost failed!"
Li Huaiyun asked, "I want to know what happened that caused the construction to stop after such a serious problem!"
Mu Yuan blinked her bright eyes, "Isn't that what we were talking about about landslides and deaths? It's possible that the internal foundation is unstable!"
Li Huaiyun shook his head gently, "I thought it was so at first, but looking at the purchased materials, basically all have been changed. In addition, those who were tired and died suddenly were also surprised that this construction project was not in a hurry. "
"This is no longer normal. The entire project has been interrupted!"
