Great Medicine Without Borders

  Chapter 577 Death Pulse

   Zhou Renhe said: "When I left Huichuntang, he was just a child, 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 fixed on Xu Chunliang's eyes: "Would you like to take a look?"

  Xu Chunliang said: "The old site is still there?"

  Zhou Renhe nodded and said, "It's always been there."

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

   Zhou Renhe stood up and paid the bill. The service staff in the teahouse treated him very politely, 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 the meeting in the teahouse today 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 vigorously. He led Xu Chunliang to an ancient house in the old street, opened the door, and walked in.

  There are three cottages inside, a kitchen on the east side, and a stone-milled manger in the yard, which has been converted into a fish pond, with a few koi swimming in it.

   Zhou Renhe said: "This is the place where your great-grandfather used to practice medicine."

  Xu Chunliang thought to himself, he had never heard of it from his grandfather.

Zhou Renhe said, "I'll show you something else." He opened the door of the main room, pushed open the door, and a plaque came into view. Although the plaque with black lacquer and gold letters was a little mottled, the writing on it was still clearly visible—Rejuvenation Church.

Xu Chunliang could judge that this plaque was even 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 raid the house, and kept it until now, and the things of their old Xu family have been stolen? Find a way to go back.

  Zhou Renhe said: "Extreme diseases require extraordinary methods. Under the background at that time, this method was the only way to preserve the Xu family's pharmacopoeia to the greatest extent."

  Xu Chunliang cast his eyes on the two people on the altar, one of them was his great-grandfather and the other woman he didn't recognize, he had seen a picture of his great-grandfather before.

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

  Xu Chunliang became more and more strange. It is not hard to hear from his words that he has been observing himself for a long time, but what is he going to entrust? I always feel that this is a bit strange.

  Zhou Renhe asked Xu Chunliang to sit down on the teacher's chair beside him. He put his left hand on the coffee table, motioning for Xu Chunliang to diagnose his pulse.

Xu Chunliang put his finger on Zhou Renhe's pulse gate, and he immediately judged that Zhou Renhe was the external Guan pulse. According to the records of traditional Chinese medicine, if the point before Guan is far greater than the Guan pulse, or even the point before Guan is the third of the Guan pulse. Four times, this is the Waiguan meridian, which means that Yin and Yang are about to be divided.

Putting more force on his fingers, Zhou Renhe's pulse condition was extreme and there was no sign of softness at all. It could be said that he was in a state of kidney death, and his condition would continue to worsen. He should not live long. summer.

This kind of pulse condition is usually called the dead pulse. Generally speaking, the dead pulse appears first and then the fatal disease. The patient is already terminally ill, and needles, stones, and poisons can't reach it. The only way to recuperate quietly is to rely on God's mercy, and maybe there is still a glimmer of life. .

  Xu Chunliang's heart couldn't help but dignified. Zhou Renhe's pulse condition was a sign of a terminal illness. Judging from the pulse condition, it was half a year's life expectancy at most.

  Xu Chunliang looked at Zhou Renhe in surprise.

  Zhou Renhe nodded and said, "That's right, I'm running out of time."

Xu Chunliang was wary of Zhou Renhe at first, but now he realized that he was a dying person in front of him, so he let down a lot of his vigilance. Although it was the first time he met him, he always felt that Zhou Renhe was not a villainous person. Not long ago, I went to the grave with my grandfather and saw the flowers that Zhou Renhe gave Xu Changying. Now I know that Zhou Renhe's two sons are not his own. There are signs that this person has deep feelings for Xu Changying.

  Zhou Renhe said: "My time is approaching, and there are some things I have to say, but I can't tell outsiders. After thinking about it, only you are the most suitable 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 from Huichuntang, and he was a legitimate descendant of the old Xu family. The two should have had a grudge against each other, but Zhou Renhe chose it. Himself, is he just getting old and confused, or is he trying to trick himself?

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

   Zhou Renhe said: "About the Xu family, who else can I tell you if I don't tell you? The Xu family's medical skills are not passed on to outsiders, and not passed on to sons or daughters. Do you know why your great-grandfather accepted me as a disciple?"

  Xu Chunliang was slightly taken aback.

Zhou Renhe looked at the photo on the table and said: "I was born in the era of Japanese occupation. Because of the war, my parents were separated after I was born. I lived with my mother and never saw my father. I thought my father was already dead. Yes. 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 Huichuntang to join a family named Xu. She told me that this letter The letter cannot be opened no matter what, it must be handed over to that person by hand."

  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 moment, Xu Chunliang had vaguely guessed something.

   Zhou Renhe said: "I encountered wars on the way to beg for food. I almost died several times. After going through all kinds of hardships, I went to Dongzhou, found Huichuntang, and gave the letter to my master according to my mother's instructions."

  Xu Chunliang said: "He recognizes 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 just gave birth to a lovely daughter. The master accepted me as an apprentice, and later recognized me as an adopted son. The master's family is very good, and the master even made an exception to accept me as an apprentice. , teach me the medical skills of the Xu family."

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 wife are good to me, and my younger sister Xu Changying also treats me like a family member. She is beautiful, wise, and kind. Understandable, I have never seen such a good girl in this world. One day, she secretly told me that she likes me..."

Zhou Renhe's breathing became short of breath. Although so many years had passed, recalling this past event still made him excited. The happiest time in his life will always be in that era. There is no difference.

"Although I like her, I never expected her to like me, because I am just an apprentice who has no father or mother. The Xu family is kind to me, and I owe a lot to the Xu family. Yingzi is much braver than me in this respect. , She told my teacher's wife about her liking for me, and she has always been very kind to me, and she also had this intention for a long time. After hearing Yingzi's words, she immediately decided to promote our marriage, but..."

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

  Zhou Renhe said dejectedly: "My master firmly disagrees with our marriage. Yingzi asked me to elope with her. I can't bear her to suffer with me. Master and mother are 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 crying and did not return home that night. We searched for her everywhere, and when we found her, she... she threw herself into the river. Her clothes were found in the nearby woods, and there are indications that she was abused before she died..."

  When Zhou Renhe said this, he grasped the armrest of the grand master's chair with both hands, and the veins on his forehead burst out. Sixty years later, he still hated it to the bone.

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

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

  Xu Chunliang gasped. Even his grandfather didn't know about the past. Although Zhou Renhe didn't say what the truth was, Xu Chunliang understood it completely.

Zhou Renhe said: "I didn't listen to Master's advice. I think Yingzi's tragedy was entirely caused by him. If he had told the truth earlier, Yingzi would not have liked me and would not have left in anger. I left Huichuntang. Soon after the movement came, I actively asked for progress, tried my best to get close to the enemy, and became friends with him, and only in this way, I had the opportunity to attack him.”

  Xu Chunliang looked at the old man in front of him full of sympathy. If he hadn't said it himself, he would never have thought that this old story 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, and I want to repay him double the pain I have endured. I finally found a chance. I added Poisoned, his parents, his brother, his wife, and he were all poisoned to death..."

   Zhou Renhe's methods are extremely cruel, but thinking about everything he has endured, there is a reason for him to do such a thing.

  Xu Chunliang thought to himself, if this kind of thing happened to him, he would probably do the same thing. The elder in front of him is somewhat similar to his temperament of revenge.

  (end of this chapter)