Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 75 Sixi Medicine Hall
After discussing the treatment location, Huang Sixi asked Zeng Jing to go home first as he needed to prepare medical equipment and medicinal materials.

The next morning, he and Mrs. Cai went to Zeng Jing's house together.

Zeng Jing was a little surprised when he opened the door and saw Mrs. Cai, thinking that Mrs. Cai had come to visit him for some urgent matter.

But Mrs. Cai came forward, took her hand, and said with concern:
"Yesterday, Master Si told me that he wants to treat your facial disease. After the treatment, your muscles and bones will be damaged, and you will have to stay in bed for at least two or three months to recuperate. During this period, you will not be able to move around easily, and there will be no one to take care of you, so I came to see you."

Zeng Jing held Grandma Cai's hands, her eyes full of gratitude: "Actually, I can take care of myself, Grandma, you don't have to worry about me."

Grandma Cai pointed at her face and said, "Look at how sick you are, but you are still holding on! I have moved in with you for the past few months. I don't have any special skills, but I can wash your clothes and cook for you!"

Cai Po looked at Huang Sixi again and said, "Mr. Si's clinic is not open yet, so he can only come to your house to see a doctor in the future. But it's not appropriate for you two to be alone together, so I will accompany you every day. It will be convenient for everyone and won't cause gossip in the neighborhood."

Zeng Jing originally didn't want to trouble Cai Po, but Cai Po's words touched her heart.

She was worried about this matter when she discussed the treatment location with Huang Sixi yesterday.

But if Mrs. Cai moved to her house, there would be no adverse effects.

She couldn't help but glance at Huang Sixi, thinking, "Mr. Huang must also know that it is inconvenient for men and women to be alone. Did he invite Mrs. Cai on purpose? If so, he is really thoughtful."

Now Zeng Jing can't live without Cai Po.

But she felt embarrassed to let Grandma Cai take care of her: "Grandma, I am very grateful that you moved in, but what about your business?"

"Business is a small matter, your illness is a big matter!"

Grandma Cai took her hand, called Huang Sixi, and walked into the inner room together: "Leave the treatment to Young Master Si, and leave your daily life to Grandma. Jing, just focus on recuperating."

Even though Zeng Jing was a calm person, her eyes turned red at this moment.

Huang Sixi looked at her and wondered if this was still the killer Xiyu who was once so famous in the world?

She has become an ordinary person in the market. She no longer has the murderous aura, but she is flesh and blood, full of emotions, and in fact, more feminine.

After returning from Huang Sixi's house last night, she prepared a medical bed in the inner room and placed several wooden tables beside the bed to make it convenient for Huang Sixi to place medical supplies.

After entering the room, she followed Huang Sixi's instructions and lay flat on the bed.

"I'm going to operate on your face, and the process will definitely be very painful. If I use acupuncture first and press your numbness and fainting points, you won't feel the pain anymore. Are you willing?"

"I will follow your instructions, Master Huang. If you think it is necessary, you can give me acupuncture at will!"

If Mrs. Cai had not come today, Zeng Jing would not have let Huang Sixi press the acupoints on her body. She was awake the whole time on Li Guishou's medical ship.

Now that Grandma Cai is by her side, she feels very at ease, and it doesn't matter even if she is unconscious.

Huang Sixi heard her agreement and took out two golden needles.

One needle was inserted into the Tianrong point below her left earlobe, and the other needle was inserted into the Shangxing point one inch above her hairline.

"Relax, don't be nervous. When you wake up, all these annoying bloodstains on your face will be gone!"

"Mr. Huang, I'm not nervous, and you shouldn't feel burdened. Even if you can't cure me, it doesn't matter."

Zeng Jing looked up at Huang Sixi who was standing at the head of the bed and showed her calm smile.

Huang Sixi returned her smile and inserted the needle into her acupuncture point.

She then closed her eyes and lost consciousness.

I don’t know how much time passed.

She woke up slowly.

After waking up, she first felt a slight numbness on her face. She subconsciously raised her hand to touch it and found that her face was covered with white bandages, with only her eyes and mouth exposed.

The rest of her physical condition was fine, and she half sat up and looked for people at home.

The inner room is separated from the main hall by a gauze curtain.

She saw several dishes and snacks on the dining table in the hall, and soon Mrs. Cai came in carrying a casserole.

A warm feeling surged in her heart and she called out "Grandma".

Mrs. Cai put the casserole down first, then she parted the curtain and came over, smiling, "Ah Jing, are you awake? Are you hungry?"

"A little."

Zeng Jing touched her stomach and asked Mrs. Cai, "How many days have I been unconscious?"

"About three days."

Cai Po sat by the bed and talked: "Your face was badly injured. Master Si spent most of the day operating on you and patching up your face. I didn't even dare to look at you. Oh, God is so unfair. How could he let a poor girl like you suffer so much?"

Zeng Jing did not reply. This was her own fault and had nothing to do with God.

"Fortunately, everything went well. Master Si said that your facial wounds were treated properly. You just need to rest slowly. Once the wounds have scabbed and healed, you will be able to recover."

Mrs. Cai grabbed her hand and said, "Let's go and have dinner."

She followed Mrs. Cai to the dining table and looked out into the yard, but didn't see Huang Sixi: "Has Mr. Huang left?"

"Of course I'm leaving. Do you think I'm going to live here?"

Cai Po laughed and said, "But he will come over for lunch. He went out of town to collect honey early in the morning, so he should be back by now."

Zeng Jing wondered, "Collecting honey? Honey? What does he collect bees for?"

Grandma Cai smiled and said, "I was also very surprised at first, but after asking him, I found out that he can actually make honey into medicine. This honey medicine is effective in treating your facial injuries. It can be taken orally or applied externally! Ah Jing, don't you think he is very capable?"

Before Zeng Jing could reply, there was a knock on the door.

Cai Po immediately stood up and said, "Master Si is back. I'll go open the door!"

Zeng Jing stood there and looked around, and saw Huang Sixi coming back with a wooden box on his back. He first put the box in the yard, then opened the lid, took out a few medicine bottles, and then followed Cai Po into the hall.

Huang Sixi placed the medicine bottle next to Zeng Jing and told her: "Take one bottle every day to speed up the recovery of your wound."

Zeng Jing saw that he was sweating profusely and must have been very tired from preparing the medicine, so he wanted to reward him and started talking about the consultation fee.

"Since honey is a medicine, let's include it in the consultation fee."

Zeng Jing got up and went to the inner room and took out two brocade boxes.

After returning, she placed the two brocade boxes in front of Huang Sixi and Cai Po respectively.

One of the boxes contained a pure gold lock, which was used to pay Huang Sixi for his consultation. The other box contained a silver lock, which was used to reward Cai Po.

Apart from giving money, Zeng Jing now doesn't know how to repay Huang Sixi and Cai Po.

Huang Sixi knew that she was wealthy. When she escaped from Black Stone, she not only stole half of Rama's body, but also stole tens of thousands of taels of gold, all of which were laid under the floor of her house.

If Huang Sixi takes a shovel and digs under the dining table, he can dig out a gold brick.

Huang Sixi was not worried that she could not afford the consultation fee, so he said, "Your consultation period is quite long. I cannot calculate how much honey you need to drink and how many medicines you need to change. When you recover from your injuries, I will make a list for you. It will not be too late for you to pay according to the list then."

Zeng Jing shook her head at him and said, "If you want to do business in the future and open a clinic right away, but every patient delays paying the consultation fee until they are cured, how can you afford the loss? This precedent cannot be set!"

She pushed the gold lock in front of Huang Sixi and said, "This is the initial consultation fee. One gold lock may not be enough. You can bring me the prescription every few days, and I will pay you for the medicine according to the prescription."

At this time, Cai Po opened her brocade box and found that it was a silver ingot. She quickly returned it to Zeng Jing and said, "I can't take such a valuable thing."

Zeng Jing said, "Grandma, you have been unable to do business because of taking care of me. I should bear the loss. This silver lock is a family heirloom. It doesn't weigh much. You must accept it, otherwise I will feel bad."

Huang Sixi took the gold lock into his arms and smiled at Mrs. Cai: "Then accept it. We have been very busy these past few days. Only by accepting Ah Jing's thank-you gift can we have the energy to continue working for her in the future. If we don't accept the money, we will inevitably treat her poorly, and she will not be able to rest assured while recovering from her injuries."

Zeng Jing and Cai Po both smiled, thinking that what Huang Sixi said made a lot of sense.

Mrs. Cai no longer refused, accepted the silver lock, and motioned for the two to eat.

She looked at the two of them secretly, thinking that Ajing was well-educated and A Si was a good doctor, and in terms of character alone, they were actually quite a match.

However, Ah Si is handsome and has excellent medical skills at a young age, so his future is limitless. Ah Jing, on the other hand, is an orphan, old, and can only do needlework. The two are not considered a good match.

Soon, Grandma Cai thought again, Ah Si had only known Ah Jing for a few days, but he was so enthusiastic about treating Ah Jing's facial disease, and he also worked hard to go out to collect herbs for Ah Jing. Maybe the two of them were destined to be together.

Usually, Mrs. Cai loves to act as a matchmaker and has brought together quite a few couples. When she knew that Huang Sixi and Zeng Jing were both single, she had this idea again.

However, Huang Sixi and Zeng Jing had only known each other for a short time and they did not appear to be very familiar with each other. When they occasionally talked, they were always discussing the patient's illness.

After lunch, Huang Sixi said goodbye and left. He would come back to check on Zeng Jing's injuries tomorrow at noon.

After leaving Zeng Jing's house, he returned to the Tang family's old house carrying the beehives.

The honeycombs in this beehive were collected by him from the wild.

There are many mountains and forests outside the capital city. He would go out to release bees regularly. Their main purpose was to collect honey. He only needed to collect enough honey for consumption every day. It was not necessary to raise a certain number of bees, and naturally there was no need to raise any powerful poisonous bees.

After placing the beehives in the old house and resting for a while, he went around to the back street to check on the decoration of the clinic.

Life in the city is easy and comfortable.

He came like this for the next two months.

Zeng Jing was the only patient he had. Initially, he went to check on Zeng Jing's recovery every day. As Zeng Jing's facial wound gradually healed, it didn't matter if he went there again every now and then.

He didn't rush to renovate the clinic, so it took two months to complete.

When the clinic officially opened, he did not organize any grand ceremony. He simply hung a plaque with the words "Si Xi Pharmacy" on the door and then opened the door to welcome guests.

Although he opened the pharmacy, he would never be bound by it.

He has a strict schedule for sitting in class.

I only need to see patients about ten days a month. During the consultation period, I will sit in the clinic for two hours every morning and close the shop in the afternoon. The rest of the time I will be closed and do nothing.

"Si Xi Pharmacy" mainly treats trauma and knife wounds. He formulated a special medicine for wounds, which is a secret recipe he got from Li Guishou. It is very effective in treating trauma.

However, there are not many cases of trauma among neighbors in their daily lives, which also ensures that Huang Sixi's number of visits remains relatively low.

He didn't create the pharmacy to make money.

So he doesn't have to work so hard on himself.

In the future, he will refuse all internal medicine patients. Internal medicine is complicated and the diagnosis and treatment is time-consuming, so he will not add any burden to himself.

This would allow him to have plenty of leisure time every day, and work as a doctor without making him too lazy.

"Ah Si, your pharmacy is opening today, why don't you hire someone to drum the lion dance?"

Early in the morning, Cai Po and Zeng Jing came together to congratulate, but when they saw that the place in front of the door was deserted, they felt it was not lively enough.

Huang Sixi said: "This is my pharmacy, a place for treating illnesses, it's better to be quiet!"

"You just opened your business and you don't have any patients. Why are you so quiet?"

Grandma Cai smiled and taught him: "Only by beating drums and setting off firecrackers, and performing lion and dragon dances, can you attract passers-by and help spread the reputation of 'Si Xi Medicine Hall'."

Huang Sixi didn't care about these.

He pointed at Zeng Jing and said, "Why are there no patients? Isn't it A Jing? Today is the first day of business, and I am here just for A Jing!"

He had been busy with the opening of his business these days and had not visited Zeng Jing at home. When he saw Zeng Jing going out with a veil on, he wanted to invite Zeng Jing to the inner hall for a medical consultation.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums outside the door, and a local acrobatic troupe came in.

When Huang Sixi went out, he saw that it was Mr. Wan and Mrs. Wan who came to congratulate him, and the team was also hired by the couple.

Gusu is not far from the capital, only about two hundred miles away.

Mr. Wan and his wife visited the Tang family's old house many times. Knowing that Huang Sixi was opening a business today, the couple came to the capital two days ago and stayed in the villa they purchased.

When they learned that Huang Sixi was not sending out invitations or holding a ceremony for his business opening, they thought that Huang Sixi was short of money, so they took the initiative to arrange the ceremony for Huang Sixi and came to add to the fun.

Huang Sixi knew that they meant well, so he hurried out to thank them.

Mrs. Cai and Zeng Jing both stayed in the lobby.

When Mrs. Cai saw that Mr. Wan and Mrs. Wan brought a young girl, she whispered to Zeng Jing, "That girl is from the Wan family. Old Tang's son-in-law brought her here to be a matchmaker for Ah Si."

Zeng Jing was also looking at the girl and said casually, "Ah Si and Mr. Wan are cousins. It would be great to marry into the Wan family. It will strengthen the relationship in the future."

"Just a distant relative, not really a real relative at all."

Cai Po asked Madam Wan about Huang Sixi's background: "Ah Si has no family in Gusu. Ah Jing, he is actually similar to you, both single, but he does not rely on others for support, and he opened a pharmacy with his own ability. Such a good young man is hard to find even with a lantern, don't you think?"

Zeng Jing smiled and said, "Ah Si is indeed outstanding."

(End of this chapter)