Yangyue

In late autumn, three fast horses walked across a narrow path in the mountains like the wind, and the horseshoes splashed a cloud of muddy water.

Although the late autumn in southern Fujian is not yet as cold as winter, it is already full of coolness, and the weather in this area is complex and changeable. There is still soft sunlight in the afternoon, and it begins to rain heavily when it approaches Xu.

A sparse village in the mountains gradually appeared at the end of the path. Fang Wuzhu, Xiao Yangyue and Dong Zhitao stopped in front of the village gate. The three of them didn't bring rain gear, and they came all the way in the rain, and they were already soaked.

The three of them are still ten days away from Fenghe County. Fang Wuzhu and Xiao Yangyue may still be able to go on their way regardless of the weather, but Dong Zhitao is not physically as good as them, and she still carries the medicine box that Yan Donglai left her with her. Very tired.

Most of the villages in the mountains live in a closed life, and the villagers are very xenophobic. It took a lot of effort for the three of them to persuade a family to give them an empty house as a temporary resting place.

Their dry food and clothing on the road were almost exhausted, so they gave a lot of money, borrowed some clean clothes, and asked villagers who were familiar with the nearby mountain roads to help them buy some necessary items at the nearest market.

There was some damp in the barn. Dong Zhitao took off the sealed medicine box wrapped in layers of cloth on his back, opened it, and checked to make sure that the medicine powder and herbs inside were not wet.

Fang Wuzhu chatted with the residents of the village for a while, and came back and said to the two of them: "The residents here said that this kind of rain is common in southern Fujian at this time of year, and it usually takes two or three days on and off before it clears up. We'd better rest here until it clears up." Keep going."

Henry Zhang dried her hair, turned to Dong Zhitao and said, "Alright, at this time, you test the needle on me."

Hearing the words, Fang Wuzhu raised his head and glanced at Henry Zhang, with a bit of helplessness in his expression, somewhat disapproving, but Henry Zhang didn't look at him, only walked to Dong Zhitao and sat down.

This is not the first time Dong Zhitao tried needles on Xiao Yangyue. Fang Wuzhu's treatment could not tolerate failure. In order to ensure that everything was safe in the end, Xiao Yangyue asked Dong Zhitao to try it with his own meridians many times, and his meridians were intact. , even if it is slightly damaged, it will recover soon, and it will not be a problem.

It's just that Dong Zhitao failed even once in these several needle trials.

The acupoints that Yan Donglai told her are still far from enough. No matter how enlightened Dong Zhitao is, it is extremely difficult for Dong Zhitao to master the kung fu that Yan Donglai has only practiced medicine for more than ten years in such a short period of time.

Dong Zhitao pulled out several silver needles from the medicine box, burned them on the flame of the candle, and did a simple disinfection with the medicine powder, and nodded towards Henry Zhang.

Henry Zhang lifted up his sleeves, exposing his arms, and the light blue blood vessels in his arm muscles were covered with dots of white needle marks, all of which were left by these few test needles.

Dong Zhitao let out a long breath, held his breath, stabilized his mind, and slowly pushed the hot needle into Henry Zhang's skin, Henry Zhang frowned for a moment, but didn't make a sound.

Fang Wuzhu felt a severe pain in his heart, but he also knew that Henry Zhang would not listen to him, which time did he not persuade him?

Fang Wuzhu turned around and went to the eaves, looking at the hazy rain outside, but listening carefully to the movement inside the house.

Two quarters of an hour later, cold sweat gradually oozes from Dong Zhitao's forehead. The needle test went well this time, but the key is whether she can remove the needle along the specific meridian circuit smoothly and delicately.

Dong Zhitao moved his fingers very slowly, closed his eyes and felt the flow of internal force in Henry Zhangyue's body, and when he turned around a complicated part of the meridian circuit, the silver needle in Henry Zhangyue's body was slightly crooked due to the momentary disturbance of internal force. With this crookedness, all previous efforts have been wasted.

Dong Zhitao's eyes darkened, feeling self-blame and lost in his heart, he lowered his eyes and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Master Xiao, I still need some time to understand Master's..."

Henry Zhang pulled out the needle straight away, and a blood spot was spilled on the ground from the needle. He clenched his fist tightly, his eyes couldn't hide the trembling and impatience, and his voice unconsciously became a little colder, interrupting. : "But how much time do we have? With you like this, how can I rest assured that Fang Wuzhu will be handed over to you for treatment? You know that if something goes wrong, it will be a failure!"

As soon as the words fell, Henry Zhang was stunned. He looked down at his pale hands, knowing that he had accidentally said something serious.

Fang Wuzhu walked over quickly, gently pulled Henry Zhang up from the ground, frowned and said: "Yangyue!"

Henry Zhang's expression was gloomy, he was silent for a moment, and said hoarsely: "It's my words."

Fang Wuzhu said to Dong Zhitao again: "Zhitao, don't take it to heart."

Dong Zhitao can understand Henry Zhang's mood, how could she not be anxious?She shook her head and said in a low voice: "Master Fang, what Master Xiao said is right. I understand that my medical skills cannot compare with Master, but I will cure Master Fang, and I will."

Dong Zhitao was very steady, seeing that she didn't take Henry Zhang's words to heart, Fang Wuzhu felt relieved, he clenched Henry Zhang's hand in his palm, made him look up at him, and said: "Yangyue, don't be impatient, Okay? After traveling for so long, you are also tired, so sleep with me and have a rest. "

In the simple and narrow house, the sound of rain was endless, and the cool air seeped in through the gaps in the window lattices, and the inside of the house was also dim.

Dong Zhitao slept on the only bed in the house, while Fang Wuzhu and Henry Zhangyue slept on the ground covered with a layer of thatch. The ground was very damp and cold. Fang Wuzhu held Henry Zhangyue in his arms.

The thunder roared continuously, and the three people in the room just closed their eyes to rest, but did not fall asleep.Fang Wuzhu could feel that Henry Zhangyue's breathing in his arms was not steady, perhaps because he was impatient and had no time to relax.

Henry Zhang was pillowing on Fang Wuzhu's arm, but the latter suddenly noticed a wet drop of water slipping across his arm.

Fang Wuzhu's heart tightened, and he turned him around. Sure enough, Henry Zhang opened his eyes, but his pupils looked away, as if he was unwilling to face him squarely, and there were tears of shock in the corner of his eyes. She slid down her cheeks, moistening the tears left just now.

Fang Wuzhu wiped away Henry Zhangyue's tears with his fingers, hugged him tightly in his arms, and sighed in a low voice: "You are making my life worse than death."

Henry Zhang grabbed Fang Wuzhu's sleeve tightly: "I don't know what else I can do, what else I can do for you."

These days, Henry Zhang can hardly sleep at night. Even if he falls asleep, the deep night dreams are full of horrible scenes. There are not only the fatigue of running around, but also the worry of the other party. Bamboo's chest, the whole body is warm, I hope time can stop here.

"You haven't done enough for me?" Fang Wuzhu held his face and said in a low voice, "I owe you enough to pay in the next life. Seeing you shed a tear is worse than cutting me to pieces." uncomfortable."

Dong Zhitao on the bed did not fall asleep either. She heard the whispered words of Fang Wuzhu and Henry Zhang, and her heart was filled with self-blame and sourness. She quietly watched the raindrops falling on the window sill, and repeated them in her mind countless times. The scene of lifting the needle.

Her acupuncture kung fu could not reach the master's level no matter what, and she could complete the needle insertion independently, but she couldn't grasp Master Xiao's meridian internal force well during the needle removal process, let alone Master Fang.

Maybe, she should think of another way.

Is there any way to keep the needle in the body without hurting the meridian and without taking it out?

Dong Zhitao sank to think, the raindrops on the window sills slid down one by one, she stretched out her hand, and her fingertips touched the damp and cold window, a light flashed in her eyes.

water?

Dong Zhitao sat up from the bed, and she propped up the window with the props, not caring about the rain on her body at all, her eyes gradually lit up, as if the things she had been thinking about had finally come to fruition.

Fang Wuzhu noticed her strangeness and asked, "What's wrong?"

Dong Zhitao couldn't hide the joy in her eyes, she asked Fang Wuzhu: "Master Fang, with your internal strength, can you control your body temperature?"

"It can be done within an hour."

"Can it be high or low?"

"The exercises I practice are cold, and it is much easier to lower the body temperature than to raise it." Fang Wuzhu paused, "Why do you ask this?"

Dong Zhitao pondered for a moment, but she was still not sure what she was thinking, so she shook her head, indicating that she still needed to think for a while.

After dawn the next morning, the rain was still falling intermittently. Dong Zhitao got up, packed a handful of rain gear, and went out. She looked quite anxious, and she didn't even have time to tell the two what she was going to do.

After Dong Zhitao left, Henry Zhang looked at the direction of her departure with some concern, and asked Fang Wuzhu: "Where is she going?"

Fang Wuzhu shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either: "It's okay, she won't mess around, she must have her own plan."

Henry Zhang was silent for a while, and said: "Is it because of what I said yesterday?"

"How could it be." Fang Wuzhu touched Henry Zhangyue's hair, "You didn't mean it, she won't care about it."

Henry Zhang still felt a little uneasy: "Shall we go find her later?"

"it is good."

What the two of them didn't know was that Dong Zhitao went straight to find a family in the village who had already woken up in the morning, and asked them where they could find ice nearby.

The villager shook his head: "It's autumn, and it's not the twelfth lunar month. Where can I find ice! You can either go to the city, those big restaurants or rich people's homes may have ice cellars, you can go all over the city to find out. gone."

When Dong Zhitao heard this, he said anxiously: "No, we are in a hurry, and we have to change the way to get to the city. Is there really no other way to find ice?"

Seeing her anxious face, the villager thought for a while, and then said: "There is a mountain forty or fifty miles south of here, called Zuiqi Mountain. It is extremely cold on the top of the mountain after nightfall. There used to be people there, but they all froze to death. Probably it will freeze too, if you are not afraid, go there at night and have a look.”

Forty or fifty miles away, fortunately, not very far, Dong Zhitao quickly thanked, turned around and ran to the place where they were temporarily staying.

Fang Wuzhu and Xiao Yangyue were planning to go out to find Dong Zhitao, but they saw that she had already returned. Fang Wuzhu asked her what was the matter for going out in a hurry. The treatment method requires you to go to Zuiqi Mountain with me."

As soon as Henry Zhang heard it, he immediately asked: "What method?"

Dong Zhitao: "Ice needle."

That's why she wanted to find ice. If she couldn't take out the needle as delicately as Master, she might as well find another way and simply leave the needle inside.

What she needs are ice needles that can melt in her body!

What's more, Mr. Fang's inner strength is so perfect that wrapping the ice needles with inner strength may be enough to prevent the ice needles from melting during the treatment. After the treatment is over, remove the inner strength, and the ice needles will gradually melt into the body without hurting the meridians. , no need to remove it.

An hour is enough for her to complete all the treatments.

After Dong Zhitao's words fell, Fang Wuzhu and Henry Zhang were both surprised. They looked at each other, and soon understood what Dong Zhitao was thinking, and they all lowered their expressions and nodded to her.

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Soon, the boss battle is brewing