This small village should be regarded as the center of the mountain. The village is quite lively, not as fairy-like as it looks from the mountain. There is a post office, a grain and oil store, a vegetable market, a hardware store, and a car repair shop. This is a village full of fireworks.
The old man named Wang Bo was the person he was looking for on this trip. He took Zhang Qilu and others to his home in the village. From the villagers' attitude towards the old man along the way, Zhang Qilu knew that this man had a very high reputation in this small village.
The layout of Wang Bo's home is very simple. It is an ordinary two-story building. There are two flowerbeds in the yard. One is planted with some vegetables, and the other is planted with some flowers and medicinal materials. Zhang Qilu recognizes some of the medicinal materials, and some of them he also knows. not sure what it is.
The first floor is decorated like a Chinese medicine shop, with three walls filled with medicine cabinets containing hundreds of medicinal materials. Zhang Nian'er was not polite at all. He turned around and opened a few drawers, then took some seemingly casually and started eating.
Everyone was a little embarrassed when they saw Zhang Nian'er's move, but Wang Bo laughed indifferently and said
"It's okay. It's just some gadgets like hawthorn, wolfberry, and red dates. They are not considered medicinal materials. Children can eat them if they like."
Others didn't know it clearly, but Zhang Qilu could see clearly that Zhang Nian'er's seemingly childish and unreasonable behavior was actually testing the authenticity of this medicine king.
In the next half day, Wang Bo didn't talk about anything about seeking medical treatment. He introduced some customs of the village and the mountain, had a casual meal and arranged for everyone to have an early rest.
After a night of no words, Zhang Qilu got up early. Everyone else slept well that night, but he stayed up all night because he couldn't see through this old man at all. He had no good or evil, and his quiet and natural aura. If it weren't for this In the secular world, he still had hair. If he met this old man in a temple in another scene, Zhang Qilu would definitely regard him as an accomplished monk.
At this moment, Zhang Qilu did not dare to relax in the face of this hidden master.
When the old man saw Zhang Qilu, he changed his free and easy look yesterday, and greeted Zhang Qilu with a bit of solemnity on his face.
"Good morning, little brother. I see that you have difficulty moving your legs. This is due to a serious lack of Qi and blood. It should be that your practice has gone awry, or that you have suffered some kind of injury in a fight, which has caused blood problems."
Zhang Qilu asked noncommittally, "Sir, don't you need to take a pulse?"
"That's not necessary. I'll know after just one look. Let me tell you, little brother, please see if what I say is right or not."
"Sir, please speak."
"I dare say that a few months ago, little brother, you could still walk freely, and that's not all. Little brother, you should be a Taoist, and you are quite accomplished."
"Why do you know that I am a member of the Taoist sect?"
"Little brother, your eyes are clear and bright, your eyes are firm and powerful, and your gaze seems to be able to see through people. This is what Taoism calls blue eyes and square pupils, which are gods. It actually refers to those who have mastered the "Qi Observation Technique" practiced by the former alchemists. Look."
Zhang Qilu's heart skipped a beat when he heard the first sentence. Xin Dao was not expecting someone to see some clues about him, but he continued to listen without showing any expression.
"But this method has been lost for nearly a thousand years. I guess little brother, you must have such vision after opening up the hundred meridians."
Zhang Qilu sighed, this old man has something in his belly.
"I see that your body and mind are calm, your reaction to things is extremely sensitive, and your spirit has entered a clear and clear state. You didn't sleep well last night. You should pay attention to every disturbance in my little yard."
Zhang Qilu smiled awkwardly.
The old man continued, "I see that your inner blood is continuous and your qi is constantly flowing. You can feel relaxed and happy all day long, refreshed, and your body exudes a quiet and elegant fragrance. You may have mastered fetal breathing, stopping breathing, holding qi, and pulse You have to wait for the strange ability, which is why I don’t take your pulse.”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qilu had already half-disposed of his guard against the old man. He said with some sincerity, "Please, sir, heal me."
The old man took out a prescription that seemed to have been prepared long ago and handed it to Zhang Qilu.
Zhang Qilu took the list and saw safflower, motherwort, drynaria, chuanxiong, leech, trigonatum, corydalis, turmeric, myrrh, frankincense... there were dozens of herbs in total, some of which he knew. Well, some of them he had never heard of. However, most medicines activate blood circulation, remove blood stasis and activate meridians, and should be symptomatic.
"These medicines are not meant for frying and drinking, but for medicinal baths. You need to use a special water temperature and take a medicinal bath at a specific time. But old man, I don't treat people for free."
"Sir, please tell me how to charge."
"Five thousand at a time. You need to take medicinal baths twice a day at different times. It can be cured in ten days. But."
"Money is not an issue. If you have any other requests, sir, just ask."
"It's just a medicine. I don't have it here now, but I know where it is. I need you to look for it."
"This is what it should be. I don't know what kind of medicine it is."
"It's a kind of bug. These bugs like rotten wood. There are several abandoned villages in our mountains, and you should be able to find them there."
Zhang Nian'er had a simple breakfast and held a painting given by the old man in his hand, looking at it with disgust.
"Nephew, do you want to eat such an ugly insect?"
"It's not for eating. It's for taking a bath. I'll ask you and Sister Qianqian to catch some bugs at the location Mr. Wang said later."
"Why do you want me to catch it? Such a disgusting thing..." He rolled his eyes at Zhang Qilu and said, "How many nephews do you want?"
"Just to be on the safe side, five hundred."
Xu Qianqian drove her little broken van and left the village with Zhang Nian'er, who was still mumbling.
Back at Dr. Wang's small building, he was treating Shunlan Kimura's arm. Everything seemed so natural. But Zhang Qilu just felt that something was wrong. He did not let Liu Silong leave him. Zhang Qilu lamented at this moment that it was really inconvenient that his legs and feet could not walk.
Just an hour after Xu Qianqian and Zhang Nian'er left, Zhang Qilu finally determined that something was wrong here, because people in the small village began to slowly gather around. The people in the yard disappeared without knowing when. The front and rear courtyard doors were also locked.
Zhang Qilu winked at Liu Silong, and Liu Silong immediately understood what he was going to do. She drew out her wooden sword and protected Zhang Qilu.
Zhang Qilu didn't know when an extra talisman appeared in his hand. He threw the talisman into the air and formed a complicated Lei Zuyin with his hands. This is the first time Zhang Qilu has made a hand seal to draw thunder. This is also a day where we can’t find thunderclouds on a day with clear skies.
Just when Zhang Qilu was about to recite the Five Thunder Curse, the back door of the courtyard was suddenly pushed open, and a little fat man poked half his head in and looked around.
When Liu Silong saw this little fat man, he immediately exclaimed, "Shilong, why are you here?"
"Sister, I'm here to save you. Run with me."
