He Fangzhi came back very late that day. Yu Shu waited in Zhao Hui's room until the sky turned dark. She first told Zhao Hui about Jing Lu's accidental amnesia, but did not tell her about the details of him being severely injured and almost dying in the river. Even so, it made Zhao Hui sigh endlessly.
Doctor He came back from outside and heard Zhao Hui's story. He immediately agreed to diagnose Jing Chen. Because it was late at night, it was inconvenient to do so, so the matter was postponed to the next morning.
Yu Shu thanked him in advance and returned to her room. She was not in the mood to sleep, so she burned the lamp and studied at night. The next subject would be the Strange Arts, and she did not know what kind of unconventional questions she would encounter. For the past half a month, she had studied the laws of time of calamity, the prediction of rain and clear weather, the Eight Gates of Life and Death, the miscellaneous knowledge of Fengshui, the Art of Star Gazing, and the Art of Six Lines. She had organized all these easy to learn in detail, striving to put them to use.
Yu Shu was used to waking up early in the morning. The next day, when it was just dawn, she got up and folded her quilt. There was water in the basin that was prepared last night. She left it there overnight. In this cold winter, when it was splashed on her face, she immediately woke up.
Early in the morning, the courtyard was empty. Zhao Hui and Yu Xiaoxiu's doors were closed. There was only a rough servant squatting outside the main room, using a small shovel to wipe away the frost that had formed last night on the stairs. This was what He Fangzhi had instructed him to do, to prevent Zhao Hui from slipping when she went out.
Yu Shu walked to the small courtyard in the west wing. At the entrance of the courtyard, she could hear the sound of Jing Chen practicing his sword. She walked to the door and stopped in her tracks, admiring the posture of Jing Chen's sword.
Jing Chen sensed that Yu Shu was watching from the side. After the White Snake Spitting Tongue, he retracted his sword and turned his wrist behind his back. He looked back at her, his clear eyes shining with the light of dawn. He said, "Have you forgotten the move I taught you yesterday?"
With a smile on her face, Yu Shu tiptoed to break a branch on the side of the road. She walked forward and stood up straight. She took a deep breath and pointed the branch in front of her. She took a big step forward and drew a circle with the branch in her hand. She made a serious gesture and stopped at the swing of the tail. She turned her head and raised her eyebrows at Jing Chen. She looked very proud of herself. Although she did not use enough strength, she did learn it well.
"Not bad," Jing Chen praised her generously. He held the hilt of the sword in his hand and held it gently at her elbow. "Raise your arm a little higher, and don't look away from the sword."
After correcting her two details, Jing Chen had Yu Shu demonstrate it a few more times. Satisfied, he said, "You can learn the next move now."
"You won't learn anything new today. Go back to the room and wash your face. When doctor He wakes up later, let him treat you." Yu Shu casually threw the branch down the wall and pushed him into the room to wash his face.
After He Fangzhi got up, she found Jing Chen's courtyard. She first asked about Jing Chen's symptoms before she took his pulse. Then she gestured for him to stick out his tongue and opened his eyes to check.
"How is it?" Yu Shu stood to the side. Seeing doctor He shake his head repeatedly, she couldn't help but worry.
"Hiss, Young Hero Jing's pulse is stable. There's nothing wrong with it. But this amnesia is clearly a sign of a body injury. It's strange that the arteries and veins are blocked." He Fangzhi was also very puzzled. After thinking for a moment, she said to Jing Chen, "If you offend Young Hero Jing, may I examine your head?"
Jing Chen nodded. "Go ahead."
He Fangzhi had Jing Chen move to a brightly lit place in front of the window to sit down. She went around to Jing Chen's back and first felt a few acupuncture points on the top of his head. Finally, she untied his hair and reached into his scalp to carefully press inch by inch. In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Yu Shu waited anxiously. Suddenly, she heard He Fangzhi click his tongue. She had Jing Chen lower his head to look at the back of his neck. With one look, his expression changed.
"Doctor He?"
"Xiao Yu, come look." He Fangzhi gestured for Yu Shu to come over. She brushed aside the hair on the back of Jing Chen's neck and pointed at an area below his occipital bone. With a serious expression, she said, "Feel it."
A doctor had the heart of a parent. There was no taboo. Yu Shu touched it. At first, she didn't find anything strange. It was doctor He who reminded her, "This is the Yamen acupuncture point. The main symptom is to disperse sound. Under normal circumstances, it should be concave inwards. But Young Hero Jing's acupuncture point is protruding outwards."
Yu Shu didn't understand. She asked worriedly, "What's wrong with this?"
He Fangzhi said, "The Yamen is injured and the Yang heat doesn't disperse. If it's light, it will cause headaches and vomiting. If it's serious, it can cause aphasia."
Jing Chen and Yu Shu were stunned at the same time. The latter hurriedly said to He Fangzhi, "That's right. Jing Chen couldn't speak for a period of time. Could it be that he was injured here?"
He Fangzhi nodded. Then, he guessed, "Young Hero Jing can speak now, but this Yamen acupuncture point is still acting strangely. It's very strange. In addition to Young Hero Jing's amnesia, I'm guessing …"
Seeing that he wanted to say something but stopped, Yu Shu asked, "What are you guessing?"
He Fangzhi looked at her. He reached out and pressed the back of Jing Chen's neck a few times. He said to Yu Shu, "I'm just guessing. Whether it's true or not, we still need to examine it carefully. Xiao Yu, go out first. I want to help Young Hero Jing take a look. Maybe there's something wrong with his body."
Yu Shu actually didn't have much hope. She had the idea of trying everything in a desperate situation. Seeing that He Fangzhi had discovered something, she couldn't help but be surprised and happy. She nodded and patted Jing Chen's shoulder. "I'll go out first. Doctor He will take a look at you."
"Okay."
Yu Shu went outside to wait. Zhao Hui sent a maidservant to the west wing to ask about the situation. Yu Shu was afraid that Zhao Hui would come back again, so she sent the maidservant back to report that the diagnosis was not clear.
After waiting for a long time, the sun rose from the east. Yu Shu finally heard He Fangzhi call her name from the room. She quickly lifted the curtain and went in. She saw Jing Chen sitting at the table with his hair down. Doctor He was wiping his hands with a towel. A box of silver needles was opened on the table.
Jing Jian frowned. He didn't even notice Yu Shu coming in. He Fangzhi waved his hand and called Yu Shu to the side. He whispered to her with a complicated expression, "After my examination, Young Hero Jing's body has signs of having silver needles buried in his acupuncture points. Therefore, although his pulse is normal, there's a problem that cannot be solved."
Yu Shu's heart tightened. She knew it was not a good thing when she listened to him. "What are silver needles buried in acupuncture points?"
He Fangzhi's face was filled with disgust. "Silver needles buried in acupuncture points are originally used to treat illnesses. However, some evil people in Jianghu use it to harm people's lives. Young Hero Jing's Yamen and Xinyu acupuncture points each have a short needle buried in them. That's why the acupuncture points are suddenly swollen. I think the reason why he lost his memory is because of this."
After saying that, he looked at Yu Shu's bewildered expression and asked in a low voice, "Xiao Yu, did Young Hero Jing offend someone outside?"
Yu Shu was stunned. She smiled bitterly at He Fangzhi and said, "To be honest, I'm not sure either. However, Jing Chen is a gentle person. He's not a troublemaker … If you're worried, I'll move out with him tomorrow … so as not to cause trouble for you and Aunt Huei."
He Fangzhi looked displeased. "What are you talking about? If your Aunt Huei knew about this, she would not let me off. I'm just worried about your safety. Don't let your imagination run wild. Just stay here peacefully. This is under the rule of the Emperor … No one in Jianghu dares to be presumptuous."
Yu Shu smiled gratefully and said with concern, "From what you said, you must have seen someone use silver needles to harm people. Can you cure them?"
He Fangzhi pondered and said, "When I was young, I practiced medicine outside. I was once kidnapped by people in Jianghu to save a patient. I spent some time in a mixed place. Although it's rare to use silver needles to harm people, it's not impossible to cure them … It's just that there are some risks."
"What risks?"
"It's not easy to remove the needles from the Yamen acupoint. I might lose my voice again." It was not He Fangzhi who spoke, but Jing Chen.
Yu Shu's eyelids twitched. She looked at Jing Chen and heard He Fangzhi sighing. "I'm only fifty percent sure. Even if the needles are removed successfully, he might not recover. The worst case scenario is losing his voice again."
Hearing this, Yu Shu was silent for a moment. She walked in front of Jing Chen and lowered her head to ask, "Then what do you think? Do you want to remove it or not?"
Jing Chen hesitated. He had lost his voice before … He knew the pain of losing his voice … Now, there were two paths in front of him. Neither of them was optimistic. It was difficult to choose. He wanted to recover his memory … However, he was afraid of losing his voice again. He looked up at Yu Shu with a blank expression. "Xiaoyu, do you think I should give it a try?"
Yu Shu opened her mouth, but she couldn't find any light words to say. Normally, he shouldn't make a decision for her, but seeing the struggle in his eyes, she couldn't say it out loud and let him choose for himself. Instead, she pretended to smile lightly and said in a firm tone, "I think you should give it a try."
In fact, to be safe, she should persuade him not to give it a try. If something went wrong, she would not be able to bear the responsibility. However, she could see his desire to recover his memory. The reason why he hesitated was because he was not convincing enough. If this was what he needed now, why not give it to him?
As expected, after listening to Yu Shu's' suggestion ', the confusion in Jing Chen's eyes quickly disappeared. "Do you think so too?"
Seeing that Yu Shu nodded, Jing Chen immediately stood up and cupped his hands towards He Fangzhi. "Thank you for your trouble, Doctor He. I am willing to give it a try."
He Fangzhi originally wanted to persuade Jing Chen not to give it a try. However, when she saw that he had made up his mind, she did not say much. She sighed and said, "Then let me prepare for two days. I will take the needles for Young Hero."
Although they were just two small needles, it was not easy to take them out. They had to prepare tools and medicinal herbs in advance. Furthermore, they had to find a sunny and warm day to avoid the wind and Yin.
He Fangzhi happened to be going out today to look at the shops and buy medicinal herbs. Yu Shu believed that she was good at Fengshui, so when she heard about this, she went with them.
Pei Jing and He Fangzhi had their eyes on three shops. They were all in the east of the city. They had not made a decision yet. Today, they were going to ask a Fengshui master to pick them. It just so happened that He Fangzhi had brought Yu Shu. When the two saw that she was so confident, they did not invite anyone else.
Yu Shu followed them to the three shops. She explained the pros and cons of the three Fengshui shops. She wanted to show off her skills so that Pei He and He Fangzhi, who were skeptical of her, would believe her. In the end, they chose one of them. It was a shop with a small courtyard for drying medicinal herbs. In Yu Shu's words, although this shop would not bring wealth and treasures, it would have the good fortune of maintaining harmony. It was suitable to open a medical center. When the time came, they only needed to add decorations and make up for the five elements. There was no need to move the ground.
Seeing that Yu Shu was so thoughtful, Pei Jing could not help but praise, "Xiao Yu, your skills are getting better and better. It just so happens that I have two shops. After your Dayan examination, help me look at them."
"That's no problem," Yu Shu said with a smile, "If Uncle Pei and He Fangzhi believe in me, when you open for business, I will also choose an auspicious day and time. I guarantee that this medical center will have good weather."
"Haha, good. Then it's settled. I won't invite a master anymore. I'll leave it all to you."
He Fangzhi immediately signed the deed and bought the shop. Pei Jing went to the yamen to transfer the ownership.
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