Great Medicine Without Borders

Zhou Renhe said: "When I left Huichun Hall, he was just a kid, what did he know? By the way, do you know that the Xu family once opened a medical clinic in the old city?"

Xu Chunliang said: "You mean this street?"

Zhou Renhe said: "Exactly!" His deep eyes stared at Xu Chunliang's eyes: "Do you want to go and have a look?"

Xu Chunliang asked: "Is the old location still there?"

Zhou Renhe nodded and said, "Always here."

Xu Chunliang is very interested in the family history of the old Xu family. According to Zhou Renhe, there are many old things about Huichun Hall that even his grandfather may not know.

Zhou Renhe stood up and paid the bill. The waiters in the teahouse were very polite to him, and it was obvious that he was highly respected in the local area.

Xu Chunliang was a little curious, why Zhou Renhe took the initiative to find him, whether today's meeting in the teahouse was a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement, did he and Mo Han know each other?

Although Zhou Renhe was over eighty years old, he was in good spirits and walked with ease. He led Xu Chunliang to the front of an old house on the old street, opened the door, and pushed in.

There are three tiled houses inside, a kitchen on the east side, and a stone-milled manger in the yard. The manger was converted into a fish pond with several koi carps swimming in it.

Zhou Renhe said: "This is the place where your great-grandfather once practiced medicine."

Xu Chunliang secretly thought that he had never heard his grandfather say it.

Zhou Renhe said: "Let me show you something more." He opened the door of the main room and pushed open the door. A plaque came into view. Although the black and gold plaque was a little mottled, the writing on the top could still be clearly seen - Huichun Hall.

Xu Chunliang could tell that this plaque was older than the so-called ancestral one in their family. Could it be that Zhou Renhe also took this plaque away when he led people to ransack the house and kept it until now? The things of their old Xu family must be Find a way to go back.

Zhou Renhe said: "Extreme diseases require extraordinary methods. Under the background of that time, if we want to preserve the Xu family's pharmacopoeia to the greatest extent, we can only use this method."

Xu Chunliang's eyes turned to the two people on the altar table. One of them was his great-grandfather and the other was a woman he didn't recognize. He had seen his great-grandfather's photo before.

Zhou Renhe said: "Chunliang, I have been paying attention to you for a while. Among the descendants of the Xu family, you are the only one I can trust with confidence."

Xu Chunliang became more and more strange. From his words, it was easy to tell that he had been observing himself for a long time, but what was he entrusted with? I always feel that this matter is a bit strange.

Zhou Renhe asked Xu Chunliang to sit down on the Taishi chair nearby. He spread his left hand on the coffee table and motioned for Xu Chunliang to diagnose his pulse.

Xu Chunliang put his finger on Zhou Renhe's pulse, and he immediately judged that Zhou Renhe had the Waiguan pulse. According to Chinese medicine records, if the Guanqian minute is much larger than the Guan pulse, or even the Guanqian minute is three times the Guan pulse. Four times, this is the outer guan pulse, which means that yin and yang are about to separate. If the guange pulse is weak and cannot reach the essence of heaven and earth, then death will occur.

With a little more pressure from his fingers, Zhou Renhe's pulse was extremely sharp and showed no softness at all. It could be said that his pulse was like a rope, and his pulse was like a bullet. This proved that he was in the state of kidney death, his condition would continue to get worse, and he probably wouldn't live long. summer.

This pulse condition is usually called the dead vein. Generally speaking, the dead vein appears first and then the fatal disease. The patient is already terminally ill and cannot be reached by needles, stones, or poisons. The only way is to calm down and nurse back to health, relying on God's mercy, and maybe there is still a glimmer of hope. .

Xu Chunliang's heart couldn't help but become solemn. Zhou Renhe's pulse condition was a sign of terminal illness. Judging from the pulse condition, he could only live for half a year at most.

Xu Chunliang looked at Zhou Renhe with some surprise.

Zhou Renhe nodded and said, "Yes, I don't have much time left."

Xu Chunliang was originally wary of Zhou Renhe, but now that he realized that he was already a dying man, he also let down his guard a lot. Although it was his first time contacting him, he always felt that Zhou Renhe was not a treacherous person. Not long ago, I went to visit the grave with my grandfather, and saw the flowers Zhou Renhe sent to Xu Changying. Now I know that Zhou Renhe's two sons are not his biological children. There are various signs that this man has deep feelings for Xu Changying.

Zhou Renhe said: "My deadline is approaching. There are some things that I have to say, but I can't tell outsiders. After thinking about it, you are the most suitable person in this world."

Xu Chunliang felt that this incident was more and more unusual. His surname was Zhou, and his own surname was Xu. He was a traitor in Huichun Hall, and he was a legitimate direct descendant of the old Xu family. The two of them should have had enmity, but Zhou Renhe chose him. Himself, is he an old fool, or is he trying to trick himself?

Xu Chunliang said: "Old man, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to take on this responsibility."

Zhou Renhe said: "If I don't tell you about the Xu family, who else can I tell you? The Xu family's medical skills are not passed down to others, and they are passed down from son to daughter. Do you know why your great-grandfather accepted me as his disciple?"

Xu Chunliang was slightly startled.

Zhou Renhe looked at the photo on the altar table and said, "I was born during the Japanese occupation. Due to the war, my parents were separated after I was born. I lived with my mother and never saw my father. I thought my father had already passed away." Dead. When I was nine years old, my mother died of illness. Before she died, she wrote a letter and gave me something, asking me to go to Dongzhou Huichun Hall to join a family named Xu. She told me that this The letter must not be opened under any circumstances, it must be handed into the hands of the person."

Xu Chunliang's eyes turned to the photo hanging side by side with his great-grandfather. The woman in the photo looked gentle and virtuous. At this time, Xu Chunliang had vaguely guessed something.

Zhou Renhe said: "I begged for food along the way, encountered wars on the way, and almost died several times. After going through all kinds of hardships, I arrived in Dongzhou, found the Huichun Hall, and handed the letter to my master according to my mother's instructions."

Xu Chunliang asked: "Does he recognize you?" In fact, Xu Chunliang had already guessed the relationship between Zhou Renhe and the Xu family.

Zhou Renhe shook his head.

"My master just got married and started a family. He has a beautiful wife and a lovely daughter. He accepted me as an apprentice, and later adopted me as his adopted son. The master's family are very good, and he even made an exception to accept me as his apprentice. , teach me the Xu family’s medical skills.”

When Zhou Renhe said this, he closed his eyes with an extremely gentle expression on his face. After a while, he continued: "My master and my wife are very kind to me, and my junior sister Xu Changying also treats me as a relative. She is beautiful, smart, and kind." It’s so understanding, I’ve never seen such a nice girl in this world. One day, she secretly told me that she liked me..."

Zhou Renhe's breathing became rapid. Even though so many years had passed, recalling this past event still made him excited. The happiest time in his life would always remain in that era. Although he was alive these years, he was still living with death. There is no difference.

"Although I like her, I never expected her to like me, because I am just an apprentice without a father or mother. The Xu family is kind to me, and I owe the Xu family a lot. Yingzi is much braver than me in this regard. , she told my mistress about her love for me. My mistress has always been very kind to me, and she had already had this intention. After hearing what Yingzi said, she immediately decided to facilitate our marriage, but..."

Xu Chunliang looked at the gray-haired Zhou Renhe, and his view of him quietly changed. It turned out that this old man's life was so unfortunate. Although Zhou Renhe hadn't finished speaking, Xu Chunliang could already imagine his great-grandfather learning about this. Reaction.

Zhou Renhe said sadly: "My master firmly disagrees with our marriage. Yingzi asked me to elope with her. I can't bear her suffering with me. Master and my mother have been so kind to me, and I can't do anything wrong to them."

Xu Chunliang whispered: "So she committed suicide?"

Zhou Renhe shook his head and said: "She was killed by someone. After she was rejected by me, she left in tears and did not return home that night. We looked for her everywhere. When we found her, she...she threw herself into the river. , I found her clothes in the nearby woods, and there are various signs that she was abused before her death..."

When Zhou Renhe said this, he grabbed the armrests of the Grand Master's chair with both hands, and veins popped out on his forehead. Sixty years later, he still hated him deeply.

Xu Chunliang said: "Have you found the murderer?"

Zhou Renhe nodded: "A person we couldn't afford to offend at that time. Master and I buried Yingzi. I decided to leave Huichun Hall and draw a clear line with Master from now on. I will revenge in my own way. I don't want to harm the Xu family." , Master knew what I wanted to do, and he tried his best to stop me. In order to persuade me to give up revenge, he had to tell me the truth."

Xu Chunliang took a breath of air. Even his grandfather didn't know about this past incident. Although Zhou Renhe didn't tell the specific truth, Xu Chunliang already understood it completely.

Zhou Renhe said: "I did not follow Master's advice. I believe that Yingzi's tragedy was entirely caused by him. If he had told the truth earlier, Yingzi would not have fallen in love with me or run away in anger. I left the Huichun Hall. Soon the movement came, and I actively demanded progress, tried every means to get close to my enemy, and became friends with him. Only in this way did I have the opportunity to attack him."

Xu Chunliang looked at the old man in front of him with sympathy. If he hadn't said it himself, he would never have thought that this old incident would be so twists and turns.

"So you took the opportunity to kill him?"

Zhou Renhe said: "Of course I won't let him go so easily. I let him taste all the pain in the world. I want to repay him double the pain I have endured. I finally found an opportunity. I added it to their meals." He was poisoned, and his parents, his brother, his wife, and he were all poisoned and died..."

Zhou Renhe's methods can be described as extremely ruthless, but considering everything he has endured, he has a reason for doing such a thing.

Xu Chunliang secretly thought that if this kind of thing happened to him, he would probably do the same thing. The elder in front of him had a temperament similar to his own.