Chapter 78 Chapter 78 is the only genuine version...
In ancient times, the only way to cure illness was to move the essence and transform the qi, and to pray for recovery. (Note 1)
Gu Zhizhuo's eyes were as bright as stars.
The time she spent with her master was too short, and the art of incantation needed to be used for the right disease, so it was not suitable for life-threatening emergencies. Therefore, she had no chance to see it.
So awesome.
Want to learn!
Gu Zhizhuo's eyes were filled with these two words.
She wanted to learn not only the art of incantation, but also stargazing and qi.
Wuweizi said gently, "Go and give her acupuncture to boost her energy."
Gu Zhizhuo agreed obediently.
Mrs. Lu's sudden premature birth was caused by her shock and anger, coupled with a fall. She didn't have any serious internal organ problems, but was simply exhausted and bleeding profusely. She had fainted before, and if the baby hadn't been born, it would have been a double loss. Now that she was awake, she just needed to boost her energy and stop the bleeding.
Wu Weizi's gaze deepened. At the theater, he had stood a little further away and could only tell she was using the Three Soul-Returning Needles. Now, upon closer inspection, her silver needles were remarkably similar to his own: both were fine, and even the technique was identical.
She has a good eye for medicine and is a natural Taoist doctor.
She inserted the needle very quickly, without any hesitation or indecision, and was a girl who was extremely confident in herself.
Wuweizi nodded with satisfaction.
As the needle was inserted, Lu felt a strong force surging up from her lower abdomen. She clutched the quilt tightly, and then her body felt relaxed.
The needle tail trembled slightly, reflecting silver light in the sunlight.
"It's born, it's born!"
The midwife shouted in surprise: "It's born!"
But soon, surprise was replaced by panic, and she held out a little baby covered in blood and with a dark blue face.
The child didn't cry. He had been holding his breath for too long and was no longer able to breathe.
The midwife quickly turned him face down and patted his back, but still no sound came out.
The midwife's hands felt weak.
The maids in the delivery room were all motionless, as if they were under a spell.
"A child..." Mrs. Lu heard the midwife say that she had given birth, but where was the crying sound? Why was there no sound of a child crying?
When Nan Nan was born, he cried so loudly that it shook the heavens. The midwife said that he was fat and well taken care of.
She fell accidentally, and she was mentally prepared that the baby might be thinner than Nan Nan if it was not full-term. But why didn't she even cry?
"Child... let me see. Look at him..."
Lu struggled to get up, but Gu Zhizhuo held her down. Lu was extremely weak at the moment and had no strength at all, so Gu Zhizhuo easily pushed her back.
"Third Aunt, please don't worry."
Gu Baibai took the child. The child was breathless and lay limply in his arms.
He looked at Wuweizi pleadingly: "Master... can, can there be any hope?"
Wuweizi gently patted the child's back twice, rubbed the acupoints on the back with his fingertips, and chanted the Zhuyou spell in his mouth.
He put his two fingers together like arrows, drew a spell from the neck to the back, and patted it again gently. The little baby suddenly choked and coughed, vomited a large pool of water, and cried out "wa".
The crying became louder and louder, echoing throughout the delivery room.
But no one thought it was noisy, and everyone had a surprised smile on their face.
“Alive!”
“Alive!”
The maids were ecstatic.
This real person is so amazing, he is simply a living god who has descended to the earth.
Aside from the midwife and the doctor, everyone else was Lu's companion. She had fainted, unconscious, and was bleeding profusely, while the baby showed no signs of movement. They almost thought the princess would not survive.
Now the princess is alive and the child is alive too.
Only gods can perform such a miracle!
Gu Zhizhuo smiled and leaned over and said, "Look, it's fine, isn't it?"
Lu's heart was at ease, and she could no longer hold back her tears. Her sobs merged with the child's.
"Don't cry." Gu Baibai held her hand.
"It's all my fault."
She knew clearly that her due date was approaching, she was heavy, and she had such a quick temper. If she had been more careful, she wouldn't have fallen.
She nearly killed him.
This was the baby she had been waiting for for nine months.
"I'm sorry for him."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Baibai wiped her tears with her palm. "You gave him his life, you will never be wrong."
"Don't cry, it will hurt your eyes."
Gu Baibai spoke softly, suppressing the sob in his throat. A man who wouldn't utter a single sound when a scimitar was stabbed in the stomach on the battlefield, his face soaked with tears. He turned back to Wuweizi and pleaded, "Master, please check on my wife again. She's breathing a little fast. Is she okay?"
"Don't worry, she's fine. Let's..."
It was over. Wuweizi found out that his disciple had acknowledged him, drunk the apprenticeship tea, and even said something that would get him struck by lightning, such as urging them to redefine their destiny. Yet, he didn't even know his disciple's name!
Gu Zhizhuo had never thought that he hadn't even mentioned his name yet, so he quickly and obediently said, "Master, please go out and sit for a while. I'll be there. If I'm not sure, I'll come back to you."
Wuweizi nodded with a smile, flicked his whisk, and walked away. The silver threads on the whisk rose and fell.
Gu Zhizhuo went over to take Lu's pulse, and even the child's. It didn't really matter whether she felt it or not; the master's decisive departure meant the patient had been saved. However, patients always feared their doctors weren't doing their best, so, as was always the case, she would assist, taking the pulse again and telling the patient they were fine.
This time too.
"Just ask the doctor to prescribe some health-preserving prescriptions for Third Aunt. An..." She almost called him "Ang'er" directly, but abruptly changed the subject, "The child doesn't need to take medicine, he's fine. Third Uncle, don't worry."
The baby was so soft and small that Gu Zhizhuo didn't dare to hold him in arms, and he was even afraid of hurting him by taking his pulse.
But she could not take her eyes off him for a moment, watching the midwife carry him away and put him in the basin to wash.
In his previous life, he had been imprisoned with them, survived the imprisonment, and finally died in the charity cemetery, before his third aunt. The deaths of Ang'er and Nannan crushed his third aunt's will. She no longer struggled to survive and lay quietly beside them, not breathing a single breath soon after.
Their brother is finally back.
Everyone is here.
For all this, what does it matter if I get struck by lightning?!
"Yaoyao."
Gu Baibai's voice brought her back to her senses.
Gu Zhizhuo tilted his head and looked at him.
"What did you just call that real person?"
Gu Baibai's mind was completely focused on Lu, and it took him a while to react. Yaoyao's address seemed a little off.
Gu Zhizhuo: "Master."
Gu Baibai's heart tightened as he asked, "Did you formally become my disciple, kowtow to me, and offer me tea?"
Gu Zhizhuo nodded and added, "My medical and Taoist skills were all taught by my master."
"You, you! You!"
Gu Baibai grabbed her arm and said, "Come out with me..." Before he finished speaking, he looked at Lu worriedly.
Mrs. Lu stopped crying, and the nanny was washing her face with a warm white towel.
She smiled and said, "Go ahead."
"Third Uncle, please stay here. I'll go out and accompany Master."
Gu Baibai glared at her and motioned her to push him out. As soon as she went out, she saw Gu Zhiwei and Gu Zhinan peeking around there. They were young and were not allowed in. After vaguely hearing crying sounds, they could not stay any longer.
"Your mother and you..." In her anxiety, Gu Baibai didn't even know whether the baby was a boy or a girl. "Your mother is fine. Go out first. Come back in and see her when she's done."
Gu Zhinan nodded repeatedly and asked a lot of questions excitedly.
From afar, the lady's voice, full of wealth and grandeur, came: "...Master, which temple are you from? I'll go over tomorrow to add some money for incense. One hundred thousand taels, is that okay with you..."
"mother."
Gu Baibai urged himself to be pushed out and said hurriedly: "Yaoyao has accepted this immortal as her master."
ah?
The lady was stunned, stood up hastily, and said repeatedly: "Oh, how rude."
She pulled Gu Zhizhuo over and slapped him twice, her movements both skilled and angry. She said angrily, "You little girl. Why didn't you tell me you were back?"
After scolding her, she smiled and said, "Master, please don't be offended. This girl is too opinionated and always likes to make her own decisions."
"No one from our family has ever come to visit us, so it would be very rude of you to come in person."
"I'll teach her a lesson for you!" the lady said, patting her again and glaring at her, "You still don't admit your mistake."
Gu Zhizhuo suddenly realized what he had overlooked.
When she became his disciple, there was no one left in the Gu family.
She had become a disciple, studied medicine with him, and traveled with him. Like the other senior monks in the temple, she had long been accustomed to this way of getting along. She had completely forgotten that after becoming a disciple, she was supposed to visit the elders at home first.
Master, Master, respect you like a teacher and honor you like a father.
She brought her master directly to the door, which was indeed disrespectful.
She was always quick to admit her mistakes: "Master, I was wrong."
"Nothing, nothing." Wuweizi was a casual person, not caring at all. "There's an emergency at the mansion, how can we delay with all these tedious matters? Third Master Gu..."
Gu Baibai said respectfully, "You can just call me Baibai."
Gu Zhizhuo chuckled and quickly raised his sleeve to cover his lips.
Gu Baibai glared at her and signaled her to go and pour the tea.
According to etiquette, when there are apprentices, such matters of service should be done by the apprentices.
Gu Zhizhuo went down to pour the tea himself and placed it next to Wuweizi.
"Master, please have some tea."
"Be good." Wuweizi asked, "By the way, girl, what's your name?"
"Gu Zhizhuo." She said with a smile.
The master used to call her "Zhuo'er".
Gu Baibai: “…”
The real person doesn’t know his niece’s name?
Could it be that my niece had used sweet words to trick the master into accepting her as his disciple? It was really possible!
Immortals like Zhenren probably rarely come into the world and are very simple. My little niece is so smart, maybe she can really coax her into becoming a master.
Hey, why is Third Uncle's look so strange? Gu Zhizhuo couldn't figure it out, so she simply gave up thinking about it. She said considerately, "Third Uncle, please go in first."
Wuweizi also nodded with a smile, telling him not to be polite.
Gu Baibai was still worried. He leaned forward in his wheelchair and said, "I'll go in first. Please sit down for a while."
After he left, Madam Gu said politely, "Master, my granddaughter is naughty. If she makes you angry, you can beat her or scold her. Our family will never interfere."
The girl in her family has a bad temper and always makes her angry. Finally someone disciplines her. That's great.
Wuweizi stroked his long beard, a faint smile on his lips: "Zhuo'er is smart and has a lot of talent in the way of cultivation."
His hair and beard flowed in the wind, and his eyes were kind and gentle, like the legendary Three Pure Ones. The old lady felt even more pleased with herself. This girl, though willful, was indeed clever enough to coax such an old immortal into accepting her as his disciple.
The lady said proudly, "This girl has learned everything since she was little." She changed the subject, a little nervously, "But, Master, would you like our girl to become a nun?"
Gu Zhizhuo almost spit out a mouthful of tea.
"Don't worry, Madam. I am accepting disciples from lay families."
"That's good, that's good."
The lady was originally thinking that since Gu Zhizhuo was already engaged, if he suddenly became a monk, how would she explain to Master Chen?
Apart from anything else, Chen'er was truly wonderful, good-tempered and filial. When Zhuo went to Xiliang, he visited her regularly, always greeting her first and chatting with her. He was incredibly kind. If Zhuo had suddenly lost her mind and become a monk, losing such a good son-in-law, she would regret it to death.
After a while of pleasantries, the wet nurse brought out the cleaned child, and the midwife said something flattering beside her: "The Madam has a boy, and he is very healthy."
"Where's Rongrong?"
"Third Madam is fine too, she's already asleep."
The old lady quickly had the baby brought over for her to examine. The child was premature and a little thin, but she was satisfied with the safe birth. She smiled happily, but the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes wrinkled deeply.
Gu Zhinan also leaned over and carefully poked his cheek with his fingers.
"well!"
The Gu family has few descendants, and this is probably the last child of Cancan and his generation. The third branch will finally have someone who can support the family in the future.
"very nice."
She held the child in her arms, saying only these two words as she went back and forth.
"Master, can you give my grandson a name?" The lady said expectantly.
Wuweizi is a great Taoist master, and his grandson was able to survive because of his rescue. If the real person is willing to give him a name, he will definitely protect him for the rest of his life.
Gu Zhizhuo was about to say "Yian" but immediately pursed his lips.
She was already defying fate and changing her destiny, so why should she dwell on her past name? Gu Yian had come and gone so quickly, never even witnessing the prosperity of the human world, that it wasn't a good name.
Wuweizi counted on his fingers: "The Li hexagram represents firmness, uprightness, and righteousness. It represents the emperor's position without guilt, and it represents brightness. How about the Xu character?" (Note 2)
"We will be Brother Xu from now on."
The lady's face was all smiles.
I don’t know if he was hungry or what, but Xu Ge’er pouted his lips and made a humming sound.
The lady took him to the wet nurse and took him away. She said happily, "Weiwei, go tell your mother that everything is fine now. You have a new cousin named Yixu."
Gu Zhiwei smiled widely, bowed politely to Wuweizi, and ran away with light steps.
Xu had lost two children, and she was afraid of bringing bad luck to herself, so she didn't dare to come and sent her daughter to look after the family.
The Madam then sent a message to the brothers Gu Yican and Gu Yiqun in the front courtyard. She was busy and chatty, not forgetting to invite Wuweizi to stay for dinner. Gu Zhizhuo didn't listen. He told Wuweizi about the Zhuyin Mantra and added, "Brother said a ritual is needed to resolve it. I left the talisman at Taiqing Temple. Brother, keep it and burn it after you have reviewed it."
Blessing spell? This kind of evil magic is still used by people nowadays? Wuweizi said solemnly, "Take me for a walk around the mansion."
Gu Zhizhuo turned around and said something to the lady, then led Wuweizi out.
As they walked, Wuweizi tested him on a few points.
From medical skills to fortune-telling, prayers, and astrology.
Soon, Wuweizi had thoroughly understood her background. She was an expert in medicine, specializing in emergencies, saving lives, and nursing care. She was proficient in hexagrams and the compass, had a basic understanding of abacus and physiognomy, and was passable in talismans. But she had no knowledge of incantations, spells, or astrology.
The imbalance in performance is serious.
Wuweizi was thinking about how to teach. He suddenly stopped, raised his whisk and pointed in a certain direction.
"Zhuo'er, where is this place?"
From the moment he stepped into the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, Wuweizi's sensitive five senses felt very uncomfortable. He could feel that the entire mansion was shrouded in a thick haze. After walking around, he found that it was indeed the case.
The Duke Zhenguo's Mansion should be blessed with good fortune, so why is it filled with bad luck?
It was not until he reached here that he noticed that there was a small wind group in the sky above the northeast corner. The surrounding air currents kept rushing towards that direction. Some of the air currents were mixed with some golden threads, which were clearly the aura of merit of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Gu Zhizhuo took a look and saw that the direction should be Ji Nanke's residence.
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