Chapter 459 The old man actually lied to me!
The Guan family’s study is very big.
After all, it was once a royal palace, and it was full of grandeur. There were antique shelves on all four walls, and many yellowed books, which looked quite old.
Qiao Xi was able to estimate their value by just taking a quick glance, and she even saw a rare medical book.
The furnishings here are all antique porcelain, as well as enamel decorations and some jade carvings.
The family background is indeed extraordinary!
After she walked in, she walked around a large screen and saw a very energetic old man.
This must be the old man of the Guan family, the current head of the Guan family.
He was seventy years old and looked healthy, a little thin but full of energy. He held a brush in his hand and splashed ink on the rice paper.
Qiao Xi saw only one word on a foot-long piece of rice paper: Doctor.
Doctor?
The old man heard the noise and looked up at her, smiling kindly: "You are here. Come here and show me whether this character is well written."
He was very familiar and called Qiao Xi to come over to him.
Qiao Xi's hand fell to her side, twisting the silver needle between her fingers, thinking that if anything happened, she would stab the old man and make him unable to take care of himself.
She slowly walked to the side of Master Guan, looked at the ink smeared on the rice paper and said, "I don't understand calligraphy, so I can't tell whether it's good or bad."
But she could recognize that it was the Slender Gold style of calligraphy, with the gold hook and silver pen showing its sharpness, just like Master Guan's aura.
Master Guan turned around and looked at her and smiled: "Your temper is the same as your master's, you are very straightforward. You won't even say a word of compliment. I thought you looked so weak, you should be easy to talk to. But I heard that you had a conflict with someone outside and you refused to give in..."
I didn't expect him to be such a tough guy.
Qiao Xi smiled. "So you knew I had a conflict with someone, but you let it go? Since you sent me an invitation letter to come here, you must have something to ask me. Aren't you afraid that I will just turn around and leave?"
"I want to see what your temper is like so I can prescribe the right medicine for you."
The old man put down his brush, rolled down the sleeves of his drab training suit, and poured her a cup of hot tea.
Qiao Xi couldn't figure out what kind of medicine he was selling.
I just felt that the word "醫" he just wrote was not written randomly.
Quite meaningful.
Qiao Xi said, "Just say what you want to say. Today is your birthday banquet, and you have to entertain the guests. I guess you don't have that much time to waste on me."
He said with a relaxed look: "Your master Cheng Han came to see me half a month ago."
When Qiao Xi heard the word "Cheng Han", her face changed slightly.
"What did he ask you for?"
Master Guan washed his brush, poured the tea over again and said, "You are impatient, and you are prone to being hurt. People can easily find out your weak spot with just a little probing."
Qiao Xi clenched her hands: "I have a lot of weaknesses. The people I care about are all my weaknesses. If I become a heartless and ungrateful person just to avoid being hurt by others, I can't do it. I can't learn it."
Master Guan looked at her and said with emotion: "You really have the demeanor of Cheng Han when he was young. No wonder he can't stop praising you. Half a month ago, he came to me to reminisce and praised you."
Qiao Xi asked, "Do you know where he is now? We can't contact him."
Although she saw the sign on Cat Alley, she was still a little worried before she met Master Cheng.
"I don't know where he went. He said he was going to do something very important."
Qiao Xi looked at Old Man Guan suspiciously and opened her red lips slightly: "Then why did you ask me to come here?" There was no useful information at all, just a reminiscence?
In front of the old fox, her thoughts seemed to be written on her face and could be seen through at a glance.
Old Man Guan said with a smile: "I would like to ask you to help me check my grandson's pulse. He is not born stupid, but he became stupid after a sudden high fever when he was a child. I have sought out many famous doctors, but none of them could cure him."
Qiao Xi looked at him with clear eyes: "Since you have searched for famous doctors, you must have found Lu Bannong and Lu Yingxue, and even asked my master to help secretly. They are better than me and couldn't cure it, so how can I cure it? Besides, high fever can easily make people stupid, which is an irreversible damage."
Old Man Guan put away the smile on his face and said seriously: "Your master said that only you can cure my grandson's illness. Cheng Han will not speak nonsense."
He let out a long sigh, his expression complicated: "The capital is in turmoil, and my Guan family has no successor. We will eventually become fish on someone else's chopping board. I intend to train my granddaughter to be the next heir, but I don't want to give up my silly grandson. It's good to have a man who can take charge of things at home."
"Qiao girl, you don't want to see the Lu and Xiang families grow bigger, do you? If the two families are united and squeeze into the four major families, it will be very difficult to deal with them."
Old Man Guan pointed at the word "醫" (medicine) on which the ink was not yet dry, and said in a deep voice: "This medicine of yours is not only for curing my grandson's stupidity, but also for curing the situation in the imperial capital. It is indispensable."
After hearing what he said, Qiao Xi felt as heavy as if a stone was pressing down on her heart and she couldn't breathe.
The Lu family and the Xiang family must not continue to develop!
But she really doesn't have that ability!
"But... my medical skills are not as good as my master's, and I can't even guarantee that I can win the first prize in the needle testing competition. I am still young, and there are still many respected elders in the Chinese medicine community."
Old Man Guan waved his hands and said firmly, "Your master said that you are gifted and more capable than he was when he was young. No one can match Ling Shu's Nine Needles. Within three years, you will be able to cure my grandson."
At first he was also skeptical as to how a little girl could know the lost needlework technique, but Cheng Han was confident.
The old man believed it!
Maybe there really are geniuses in this world!
Qiao Xi was stunned when she heard what he said.
Lingshu Nine Needles?
Is this the kind of needlework she had in mind?
Does "Lingshu" refer to the Lingshu in "Huangdi Neijing"?
It is said that the Lingshu Nine Needles can cure all diseases, dredge meridians and acupuncture points, and remove dirt and toxins.
It is the best among all needles!
No matter how things change, they still remain essentially the same. Lingshu Nine Needles can simplify things and cure any disease effectively!
The requirements for doctors are very high. They must be gifted and able to keenly detect the changes in the meridians, qi and blood in order to learn this.
But it has been lost.
No one knows Ling Shu Jiu Zhen now!
Some people have never even heard of this needle technique!
Qiao Xi only knew a little bit about this after reading many medical books.
Qiao Xi pursed her dry lips and looked at Master Guan with a bit of pity: "You may be mistaken, I don't know the Lingshu Nine Needles, I learned the Plum Blossom Nine Needles from Master Cheng."
It turned out that the old man mistakenly thought that she knew the lost Lingshu Nine Needles, so he treated her as a guest of honor.
He even hit his daughter-in-law in the face at the door just now.
Guan Laozi's wrinkled face was stunned. "You can't? You really can't?"
Qiao Xi shook her head.
Master Guan cursed: "That old bastard Cheng Han actually lied to me! He told me to protect his apprentice in the capital, and my grandson would be saved! This old man, who is half buried in the ground, is still lying. Isn't he afraid of being struck by lightning?"
Qiao Xi looked at him in confusion.
He paced back and forth, rubbing his brows, and seemed to find it hard to accept that he had been deceived by his trusted old friend.
At this moment, Qiao Xi felt a little guilty.
Grandpa Cheng gave the Guan family hope, but now it has been destroyed by her own hands.
But she really doesn't know how to use Lingshu Nine Needles!
If he could really master the Nine Needles of Lingshu, why would he be afraid of losing to Lu Yingxue in the needle testing competition!
She stared at Old Man Guan, and suddenly the old man cried out in surprise.
He turned his head and looked at her with burning eyes.
"I understand what Cheng Han meant! That old man didn't lie to me! He left a message for you."