Liu Ziqi looked at Yu Jiao's calm and composed face from beginning to end, and his heart was full of doubts. Not to mention that this method of bone setting was unheard of, even the old doctors in the Imperial Hospital might not have seen it. How could a little girl from the countryside of Changkui like her learn such medical skills?

There seemed to be a lot of doubt about this girl.

Over there, Yu Jiao had already sutured the wound, applied a layer of tissue-growing ointment, sprinkled some azurite powder, wrapped it with two layers of a half-inch-wide thin cloth, put a fir splint on it, and secured it with cloth tape.

After tying the knot on the cloth tape, she took out the silver needle and said, "Take off the cloth tape every other day, wipe the sutured wound with licorice water and change the dressing. Apply the muscle-growing ointment first, then sprinkle with azurite powder. The sutured wound will heal in a month. If nothing unexpected happens, the broken bone will heal in six months, and then General Xiao's hand will be back to normal."

Xiao Ning looked a little weak. When Yu Jiao gave him the acupuncture just now, he almost fainted and had to grit his teeth to hold on.

He looked at his right hand, somewhat afraid to move it, and took the handkerchief out of his mouth, "Is this all right?"

Yu Jiao nodded, wiped the scalpel and needle forceps with wine, lit a candle, and roasted the instruments over the fire before putting them into the medical box.

"Brother Xiao, how do you feel?" Gu Yun came closer, looked at Xiao Ning's wrist wrapped like a bear paw, and asked.

"I can only feel the pain." Xiao Ning's right hand was almost numb from the pain. He looked at Yu Jiao and said, "Miss Yu's move reminded me of the rumored bone scraping treatment."

"Why put this thing into General Xiao's bones?" Liu Ziqi pinched a piece of unused willow branch bone. He just saw that what Yu Jiao shaved off seemed to be sawdust, but how could wood be put into the human body.

"This is willow branch bone. It will calcify and become part of the skeleton in the future, and it will be almost the same as human bone." Yu Jiao explained calmly.

Gu Yun took the willow branch bone from Liu Ziqi's hand curiously, "Is this thing made of willow branches?" He applied a little force with two fingers, and heard a crisp sound of "pop", and the willow branch bone had shattered in the crack of his hand.

Gu Yun was dumbfounded and said, "You said this thing can be the same as human bones? Who are you kidding? Human bones are so hard, but this thing will break at the touch. Aren't you kidding me too much? You put the willow branch into Brother Xiao's wrist, weren't you trying to fool us?"

Yu Jiao had packed up her medical kit. She washed her hands in licorice water and glanced at Gu Yun calmly, "Don't take ignorance as your right to question others."

Gu Yun was immediately annoyed by her blunt sarcasm. He brushed away the wood chips on his palm and said, "You are too arrogant, woman! Such a horrific bone-setting method has never been seen before. What's wrong with me questioning it?"

He stared at Yu Jiao with sharp eyes, staring at her, and said, "Your body and hair are from your parents. Where did you learn how to sew up a human body? Are you doing something shameful with the charity cemetery?"

Yu Jiao was shocked. The ancients always respected the body. It was not appropriate for her to show off her skill of suturing. However, she quickly calmed down and said, "Young Marquis Gu is too fanciful. Although I am a doctor, I am just a little girl. I dare not go to places like Yizhuang. As for suturing the human body, it is recorded in ancient books. This is a secret skill of my Yu family that is not passed down. Although my body and hair are given by my parents and I dare not damage them, as a doctor, I must study any medical skills that can cure diseases and save lives. Besides, I can practice with pigs, dogs, cows, and sheep. I don't necessarily have to use human bodies to study."

Her answer was so flawless that Gu Yun couldn't find any flaws for a moment. After a long while, he said, "Then you can't put the willow branch into Brother Xiao's wrist. Wouldn't that completely destroy his hand?"

Xiao Ning felt a little uneasy. He originally thought that broken bone reconnection meant just breaking the wrist bone and then reconnecting it. However, he didn't expect that a foreign object was placed in his wrist. How could a wrist with a willow branch recover like a normal person?

He looked at Yu Jiao, also hoping for an explanation.

Liu Ziqi handed Yu Jiao a clean handkerchief and said gently, "None of us are doctors. We hope Miss Yu will give us some advice so that we can feel at ease."

Yu Jiao took the handkerchief and wiped her hands. She just heard Xiao Ning mention the bone scraping to treat poison, so she said slowly, "The unique skill of bone setting with willow branches was passed down from the famous doctor Bian Que. Another great doctor, Hua Tuo, was also an expert in this field. It is recorded in ancient medical books. I did not make it up out of thin air. The traumatologist Qian Xiuchang also recorded the bone setting with poplar wood in his book "Supplement to Traumatology". He once wrote, "I heard that the ancient doctors opened the skull to fix the brain and opened the abdomen to clean the intestines. This is no longer possible in later generations." And I personally saw a patient with a broken foot. The doctor broke the bone and straightened it, and connected it with poplar wood. The patient lay down for a hundred days, but he could walk normally. Is this the wonder of the ancient doctors? Their skills are in traumatology!"

After Yu Jiao finished speaking, she looked at the people in the room. Although her voice was calm, it was full of undisguised pride. "You are all lucky enough to witness the bone setting with willow branches like Qian Xiuchang today. It is really your honor. The results will be visible in six months. Why do you have to question me again and again now? It is just a waste of words."

Gu Yun was so shocked by her arrogant words that he was speechless. Among all the daughters of powerful people in the capital, none was as arrogant as her!

Xiao Ning looked at Yu Jiao with more admiration. To dare to say such wanton and wild words, she must be very confident! He could feel at ease.

"Listening to your talk is worth ten years of reading. Miss Yu has broadened our horizons this time." Liu Ziqi also admired it very much. He and Xiao Ning had the same idea. People who can say such things are either conceited or have great confidence in their medical skills. Looking at this little girl Yu Jiao, she acts with moderation, is well prepared, and has everything planned out. She is definitely not a person who is arrogant and shoots without a purpose.

Yu Jiao smiled faintly, pointed at the Shiqing powder and Shengji ointment on the table and said, "I won't come to your house to change the medicine. The dosage here is for half a month. I will go back and make some more Shiqing powder and Shengji ointment and send them to General Xiao."

Xiao Ning nodded, thanking her, "Thank you for your hard work, Miss Yu. If my hand can really recover, I will definitely reward you handsomely."

Yu Jiao picked up the medical box and bowed. "My sister and I will take our leave now."

"Wait a minute, words are not enough. You said General Xiao's hand will be healed in half a year, so it will be healed?" Gu Yun stopped in front of Yu Jiao and kept pestering, "What if it can't be healed by then, and you run away? I think you should stay by General Xiao's side until his hand recovers."

Gu Yun's words were very rude. How could Yu Jiao, an unmarried girl, stay with a grown man like Xiao Ning?

Yu Jiao frowned and said in annoyance, "Young Marquis Gu is a little too overbearing. Throughout history, it has never been reasonable for a doctor to stay by the patient's side and wait for him to recover after treating him."

She looked at Xiao Ning and said, "My family lives in Qingyu Village, Changkui. If General Xiao's hand cannot recover in half a year, you can come to Qingyu Village to find me."