Chapter 500: If you don’t win first place, you lose

The heavy door of the Chinese Medicine Clinic competition hall, which had been sealed for ten years, slowly opened.

On both sides of the low-key and majestic gate are placed lively stone lions, demonstrating the authority and righteousness of medicine.

The hotels near the Imperial Capital Chinese Medicine Center are filled with a lot of young Chinese medicine practitioners and enthusiasts.

It’s hard to find a room!

The 10,000 tickets reserved online were also sold out early.

The Chinese medicine forum is very active, with many laymen flocking in.

The most popular post is the candidate support rate poll, which has been viewed millions of times and has attracted hundreds of thousands of participants.

Lu Yingxue is far ahead with a support rate of 95%, leaving everyone in the dust!

They all think Lu Yingxue will be the champion!

The result is beyond doubt!

Even though Qiao Xi is the apprentice of the traditional Chinese medicine doctor Cheng Han, she is just a 22-year-old girl just starting out!

How could she beat Lu Yingxue, who had won the needle-testing competition ten years ago?

There is no comparison!

Nine o'clock in the morning.

The parking lots on both sides of the Chinese Medicine Clinic were already full of cars, with ordinary cars worth hundreds of thousands and luxury cars worth millions parked in a mixed manner. Many of the second-generation rich supported Lu Yingxue.

There were also some low-profile bigwigs who went to watch the ceremony.

They knew the importance of the needle-testing competition to the Lu and Xiang families. If Lu Yingxue won the competition again, the Lu family's reputation would rise to a higher level, and they would also win the hearts of the people, which would be of great benefit to their joining the four major families.

After all, public opinion votes accounted for 10% of the selection of the four major families.

This is not only a grand ceremony of traditional Chinese medicine, but also concerns the situation in the imperial capital.

The Imperial Capital Television and related media are also in place. They are preparing to use this opportunity to promote Chinese traditional culture and expand the influence of traditional Chinese medicine.

A quarter past nine.

A Rolls-Royce appeared near the Chinese Medicine Clinic, followed closely by a Maybach.

Two luxury cars stopped at the main entrance of the Chinese Medicine Clinic at the same time.

One in front and one behind.

Although no one in the car got out, one could still sense the tense atmosphere.

The audience who were about to enter the venue also stopped and looked at the two luxury cars and talked about them.

"This Maybach's license plate looks like it belongs to the Lu family."

"What about the other one?"

"Didn't you see the license plate of that car? It's a car from Haicheng. Who else could it be but the Huo family from Haicheng? I've heard that the Lu family and the Huo family are at odds. The brother of Mr. Huo's wife broke Mr. Lu's leg. The two families have a deep grudge! This needle-testing meeting is the revenge of the Lu family!"

The nosy rich second generation squeezed into the crowd and spread gossip.

The confused audience asked, "Revenge? What do you mean by that?"

"That national doctor's apprentice Qiao Xi once cured Liu Zongyun, and Liu Zongyun was previously treated by our great doctor Lu. According to the rules established 20 years ago, the north and south do not interfere with each other. Violators will be severely punished, but considering that studying medicine is not easy, if you can get the first place in that needle testing conference, you can be exempted from punishment. This is also a way of cherishing talent!"

"So that's how it is! What if I don't get the first place?"

The second-generation rich man sighed twice and looked at the Rolls-Royce with a schadenfreude, saying, "Then I'll have to cut out my tendons and I won't be able to practice medicine for the rest of my life."

"Medical science is so advanced nowadays that even broken tendons can be reattached."

The second-generation rich man frowned and explained: "Acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine is a delicate job that requires quick and steady hands. The subsequent connection to the tendons will also affect the effect, and it will never be able to recover to its peak level, and it will be useless."

"It turns out this is a game where you can risk your career!"

For Qiao Xi, as long as she doesn't get first place, she loses.

During the discussion.

The doors of the Rolls-Royce and the Maybach opened at the same time. Old Chen respectfully opened the back door and said loudly, "Madam, Young Master, please get out of the car."

Qiao Xi and Huo Xingzhou got out of the car together.

She didn't wear a skirt today. Instead, she wore black and white tight jeans and a round-neck white shirt. She looked like a college student.

Young Master Sun rolled down from the passenger seat and said, "What a grand gate. The pair of stone lions must have cost a lot. I'm going to get a pair for my home tomorrow. They look so majestic!"

"cut!"

Xiang Mingzhu, who came out of Maybach, sneered, "The people from Haicheng are really some country bumpkins who have never seen the world!"

Sun Wei angrily frowned and said, "Who are you talking about, you old-fashioned guy?"

"I'm talking about you!"

Sun Weimeng said quickly: "Haha, you, a mistress, still have the nerve to criticize me, you and Zhong..."

Lao Chen immediately took out an orange and stuffed it into Sun Weimeng's mouth to stop him from speaking.

"Young Master Sun, eat an orange to calm down." Old Chen smiled innocently. The mistress's words cannot be spoken casually, as they will ruin the plans of Young Master and Young Master Zhong.

There was a dark flash in Xiang Mingzhu's eyes, and she glanced guiltily at Lu Yingxue who had just pushed Lu Yan out of the car.

I wonder if my cousin heard what Sun Weimeng said just now?

Did the people in Haicheng already know about her and Master Zhong?

Xiang Mingzhu was feeling very nervous. This secret must be kept until the end of the needle testing conference.

"Pearl."

Lu Yingxue called her, and her gentle and kind eyes fell on Qiao Xi again, "Miss Qiao, what a coincidence."

Qiao Xi ignored him, took Huo Xingzhou's hand and walked towards the gate.

She had nothing to say to Lu Yingxue, and she didn't want to see her hypocritical face.

"What an attitude!"

Lu Yan's sinister eyes fell on Qiao Xi's back, like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue.

In the past three days, he has been sending people to find opportunities to investigate Qiao Xi and set traps for her.

However, he didn't expect that the woman didn't even step out of the house, making all his plans go awry!

It doesn’t matter, he has another trick up his sleeve.

Sun Weimeng sensed his ill intentions and walked up to him carelessly: "What are you looking at, you old bitch, what bad ideas are you thinking of again! This young master will keep an eye on your every move, don't try to plot against us!"

Lu Yan stared at him with gloomy eyes.

"What are you scolding me for?"

"Wow! I'm just telling the truth. Is your wheelchair sturdy? Don't fall down again and break your other leg!" Sun Weimeng was quick-witted and kicked Lu Yan's wheelchair in a very mean way and ran away.

"asshole!"

Lu Yan was so furious that he was almost kicked over by him.

“Lululu!”

Sun Wei pulled Lao Chen fiercely, turned around and made a face, he really deserved a beating!

Lu Yan almost fainted from anger. Lu Yingxue reached out and pinched his shoulder and said calmly, "What's the point of getting angry for a moment? The one who laughs last is the winner. Stay calm and don't forget the oath you made."

Lu Yan tried to calm down his anger: "I understand! I can't let Qiao Xi step on our Lu family to rise to power. She and Cheng's acupuncture should disappear in history."

Qiao Xi is the last successor of Cheng's acupuncture!

Only if she is gone, the secret between the Thirteen Ghost Needles and Cheng's Nine Plum Blossom Needles will be sealed forever!

Lu Yingxue nodded slightly, dignified and elegant.

She was wearing a long dress with intricate weave and the sleeves were tightly tied up, which neither interfered with her work nor affected her beauty.

Many people crowded on both sides and shouted her name desperately, crazy and obsessed.

There was a flash of jealousy in Xiang Mingzhu's eyes.

Every time, Lu Yingxue is the center of attention, and she is the green leaf that sets off the flowers. Obviously, she is not bad in appearance. She is just more gorgeous and charming. How can she not compare to Lu Yingxue who wears plain clothes every day?

Is it really true that “a woman should be pretty while wearing mourning clothes”?

Just as she was feeling dissatisfied, Lu Yingxue's gentle voice came over: "Mingzhu, is that the mistress that Young Master Sun just mentioned you?"

Xiang Mingzhu was suddenly startled!