Aspirations

Chapter 29 Seven Years of Disease, Three Years of Ai

Xia Xiang hugged Cao Shuli, turned around, and held Cao Shuli firmly to the shore.Cao Shuli's face was already blushing, and she couldn't contain her shame. She was weak and weak, and she didn't dare to look at Xia Xiang. She wanted to push him away, but she couldn't use any strength, so she said in a low voice, "You...you let go. I."

Zuoer was stunned, his eyes widened and his mouth wide open, unable to speak.After a long while, she let out a sigh of relief, and said quietly: "Xia Langjun and Mrs. are really a pair of pairs, a talented man and a woman, and the flowers are full of flowers..." If there was no last sentence, her words would have been suitable for the occasion. She suddenly said one more sentence, "Oh, be careful not to step on the cute caterpillar to death."

Caterpillar?Xia Xiang's hair stood on end, and when he looked down, he saw that there was a green caterpillar squirming on his feet, and it was also crawling towards his feet - the beautiful feeling of the warm fragrance and nephrite suddenly disappeared, and he let go Cao Shuli jumped to the side.

"Ah!" After jumping up, Xia Xiang realized that he was on the shore, but it was too late. He waved his hands helplessly in the air twice, trying to catch something, but in vain, and then fell into the water with a "thump". .

"Ah!" Zuo'er covered her eyes with an innocent look on her face, "Don't blame me, Xia Langjun, really, it's the caterpillar."

Cao Shuli didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and blamed Zuoer: "Zuoer shut up! Why don't you hurry up and get clean clothes?"

"Yes, ma'am, Zuo'er knew it was wrong." Zuo'er said it was wrong, Zuo'er took a look, Xia Xiang was soaked in the water and had a lotus leaf on his head. Chi" laughed, hurriedly covering his mouth and running away.

"Why did I just leave when something happened?" Cao Shujuan didn't show up sooner or later, but suddenly he appeared, his eyes widened, "Xia Langjun, why did you jump into the pond? Did you offend my sister? , was pushed down by her? Sister, why are you so rude, Xia Langjun came to propose marriage today, and you pushed him into the water, so how could he tell his father? "

Xia Xiang fell into the water, and it was nothing at all. It was a good thing to save the beautiful woman from falling into the water. He didn't want to be bullied by Cao Shujun. Jiaolong got out of the water and jumped to the shore.

Cao Shujun took a step back in fright, and he laughed: "Just now on the road, I saw Xia Langjun walking with dragons and tigers, his back was slightly bent, but his chest was straight in front, he was the appearance of great wealth and great honor. , like a fish leaping from the dragon gate, it can be seen that this year's big exam, you can not only be a high school jinshi, but also have a bright future."

"Stop talking nonsense." Xia Xiang was soaked all over, and there was no anger. "The future is not as good as the current clothes. Get your clothes and let me put them on."

In the summer, his clothes were thin, and after Xia Xiang got out of the water, the soaked clothes were close to his body, and his body was visible at a glance.Remembering the first time I met Xia Xiang, he also came out of the water to save his younger brother.The second time they met, he fell into the water again, but to save her.From this point of view, Xia Xiang and the Cao family really have a lot of fate.

When Zuoer brought the clothes back to the shore, there was no one there, she stomped her feet and said bitterly, "As soon as the lady sees Xia Langjun, she doesn't know what to do with me, and she makes me run for nothing. a trip..."

After he finished speaking, a figure suddenly jumped out of the water, and he was startled.Zuo'er took a closer look, and the person who was like a chicken in soup was Xiao Wu.

"You...what are you hiding in the water? Fake fish or shrimp? It scared me to death." Zuo'er gave Xiao Wu a dissatisfied look, "As you look, at most you're just a piece of shit. Ugly loach."

Xiao Wu rowed the boat and accidentally overturned the boat. He simply swam in the water.After swimming to the shore, seeing Zuoer holding the clothes and talking to himself, he wanted to tease her.

"What happened to the loach? The loach is also a fish." Xiao Wu was not angry at all, grabbing the clothes from Zuo'er, "It just fits, thank you Zuo'er."

"Who asked you to wear it? You pay me back!" Zuoer was furious and wanted to get his clothes back, but Xiao Wu turned around and ran away, disappearing after a few jumps, so angry that she stomped her feet angrily, "You are a Smelly and dirty loach."

After Xia Xiang changed his clothes and packed up, half an hour passed.Although it was hot in summer, Xia Xiang still sneezed several times in succession, feeling a chill in his body, and couldn't help being secretly surprised.

Following Cao Shujun and Cao Shuli to Cao Yongguo's bedroom, the bedroom was filled with the strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine.A screen of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains is facing the gate, and when you go around the screen, you see a carved wooden bed.The wooden bed was hung with thick weft curtains, apparently for shelter from the wind.

so sick?Xia Xiang was shocked, the weather had not yet started autumn, and the heat was strong, but Cao Yongguo was so afraid of the cold and the wind, and the shield was so tightly that it could be seen how much cold he must have in his body.

Cao Shuli and Cao Shujun both had solemn expressions on their faces. The two led Xia Xiang to the bed. Cao Shuli said softly, "Dad, Xia Langjun came to say hello."

There was a cough in the weft, and Cao Yongguo's feeble voice sounded: "Xia Langjun is here? The old man is seriously ill and can't get up to greet him. It's rude."

Xia Xiang said politely: "Duke Cao, can you let me take a look at the pulse?"

"Who are you?" Before Cao Yongguo could answer, someone suddenly flashed out from the side. He was wearing a gray long gown, a square scarf on his head, a long face and thick eyebrows, a straight nose and a square mouth. Chinese medicine, "You know medicine too?"

Cao Shujun hurriedly introduced Xia Xiang: "Xia Langjun, this is Mr. Jin Jia. Sir, this is Xia Xiang Xia Langjun."

"It turned out to be Mr. Jin Jia, disrespectful, disrespectful." Xia Xiang knew the name of Jin Jia, Jin Jia, known as the holy hand of Chinese medicine, is best at treating children's diseases.

"Disrespect? What kind of respect? Could it be that you know the old man?" Jin Jia glanced at Xia Xiang indifferently, handed the medicine to Cao Shujun, and said coldly, "I don't know the old man, and I don't know the old man, and they say I am disrespectful, Extreme hypocrisy."

Xia Xiang was stunned for a moment, it was the first time he had seen a doctor with such a sharp and direct temperament, and he couldn't help shaking his head and smiling: "I don't know Mr. Fu Longgan's medical skills in curing the prince's son are greatly admired."

Hearing that Xia Xiang had indeed heard about his deeds, Jin Jia's face softened a little, but he was still indifferent: "You also know medical skills? I just heard you say that you want to take the pulse of Cao Gong, you know, if you don't If you understand medicine and treat people indiscriminately, you will harm others. Powerful officials mistake the country, and quack doctors mistake people.”

Cao Shujun sat in front of the bed and helped Cao Yongguo take the medicine, while Cao Shuli stood aside, willing to say something to Xia Xiang, but not easy to speak.She knew Mr. Jin Jia's straight temper, but she never thought that Xia Xiang's words would make Mr. Jin Jia push him so hard. , but how is it good?
On another thought, the last time Xia Xiang first saw his father, he asked his father that he had a cold disease. Could it be that he really understands medical skills?
Xia Xiang looked calm and respectfully replied: "Mr. Jinjia, I only know a little about medical skills. Compared with Mr., it's far from the same."

"I know one or two? The old man only knows a little about medicine. Since you are as skilled as the old man, let me ask you, why does Fulonggan treat the symptoms and have a deficient temper?" , as tall and straight as a vigorous pine tree.

Xia Xiang immediately replied without hesitation: "I don't dare to compare my medical skills with your master. Deficiency of the spleen and cold is caused by the imbalance of yin and yang, the dislocation of the five elements, and the intrusion of evil wind into the body. Then the wind will retreat."

Jin Jia was slightly stunned. He never thought that at such a young age, Xia Xiang really knew the efficacy of Fulong Liver. He could not help but secretly glance at Xia Xiang and asked, "What kind of Fulong Liver can be used as medicine?"

Cao Shujun asked Cao Shuli in a low voice, "What exactly is Fulonggan?"

Cao Shuli whispered: "How can I know, but the name should be the medicine of earth."

Cao Yongguo's face was pale and haggard, and he forced a smile. He did not stop the conversation between Jin Jia and Xia Xiang, and listened with interest.

Xia Xiang thought for a while, and replied, "It is best to use the soil in the stove that is more than ten years old, such as red stone, medium yellow, and its shape is eight-edged. It is finely ground, and it is used by water to get its medicinal effect."

Jin Jia was stunned for a moment, sat down silently, stood up abruptly after a while, and asked Xia Xiang in surprise, "Why do you know so much about Fulonggan?"

Coincidentally, when Li Dingshan taught in Zhongshan Village for three years, an old man in the village became ill and vomited. Fulong Liver, immediately cure the disease.

Li Dingshan is not a veteran of Confucianism who regards Confucian books as classics. He admires Confucianism and does not exclude hundreds of schools of thought and miscellaneous schools. Because of his enlightenment, Xia Xiang was able to read a lot of books and learn many things.Since he was a child, his mother has repeatedly taught him that if he is not a good minister, he must be a good doctor.

"However, Xia Xiang, do you know that the medicine that this old man used to treat the little prince was not Fulonggan, but ordinary loess." Jin Jia laughed, as if he had beaten Xia Xiang, "At that time, the little prince Xia Cunxian was only three years old. Years old, I have been sick for half a year and haven't recovered. After the diagnosis and treatment, the old man added a taste of loess soup, and it healed after taking it. This story has been passed on, and the loess soup has actually become Fulonggan, haha, it's really funny. Fulonggan is a stove Heart soil is very different from ordinary loess."

Xia Xiang was surprised, what, the child treated by Jin Jia was actually Xia Cunxian?Is it His Royal Highness King Jian who was going to kill him in public last time?In this way, if Xia Cunxian had died without the brilliant medical skills of Jin Jia back then, there would have been no such thing as him wanting to kill him in public.

"I've been taught." Xia Xiang bowed respectfully to Jin Jia, "Sir, is Duke Cao's illness, but cold qi entering the body?"

Jin Jia nodded, his face dignified: "Cold stagnation in the body, accumulated for a long time into a disease, I am afraid that the medicinal power is no longer effective."

Bian Que said: "Diseases are in the stomach, and the soup and iron can reach it; in the skin, the needles and stones can reach; in the stomach, the fire can reach; in the bone marrow, the commander's life belongs, but there is nothing helpless." Xia Xiang's heart is sad, Jin Jia's words, does it mean that Cao Yongguo is already terminally ill, and there is no cure?

"There is something I don't know, and I would like to ask Mr. One or two. Now the weather is hot and the heat has not subsided, why is there a disease of cold entering the body?" Xia Xiang still couldn't understand where Cao Yongguo's disease came from. Exogenous wind-heat is justified, but it is exogenous wind-cold.Although wind-cold disease occurs in all seasons, it is more common in winter and spring.Furthermore, Cao Yongguo's disease is not just caused by exogenous wind-cold, but caused by cold qi entering the body.

"There are all kinds of diseases in the world. You ask the old man, who will the old man ask?" Jin Jia said indifferently, "Since you know a little about medical skills, you might as well take a pulse or two for Duke Cao."

Without saying a word, Cao Shujun pulled Xia Xiang to Cao Yongguo's bed and sat him down: "Xia Langjun, take the pulse quickly, Daddy's illness is very strange, maybe you can only cure it if you find a new way and make a lot of strange moves. it is good."

Xia Xiang had to sit down and put his right hand under Cao Yongguo's wrist. After a while, his face became even more solemn.Seeing this, Cao Yongguo said calmly and easily: "Xia Langjun, but it doesn't matter, this official has passed the year of knowing his destiny, and life and death are just ordinary things for this official."

Xia Xiang pondered and turned around to look at Cao Shuli.Cao Shuli looked concerned, and there were tears in her eyes.Looking at Cao Shujun again, Cao Shujun also had a nervous look in his eyes, and his lips were tightly pursed.

Jin Jia said displeasedly: "Whatever you say, hesitantly, pretending to be mysterious, it's what a quack doctor does."

"Okay." Xia Xiang suddenly made up his mind, "I'm not a doctor, I just have a rough understanding of medical skills. If there is something wrong, please don't take offense. Duke Cao's illness is indeed cold, and it becomes a disease after a long period of cold. But generally speaking Come, the cold enters the body, eat more warm and hot medicines, and eat more hot food, and it will get better. I don’t know why Cao Gong’s cold air has been circling in the body? Could it be that Cao Gong has been in the cold for a long time. The land, the reason that causes the cold to keep entering the body?"

"A place with a lot of cold air? How is it possible?" Cao Shuli stood up suddenly, her eyebrows twitched, and she lowered her head and thought, "Dad usually goes to Honglu Temple when he is not at home. , have never been to…”

"Wen Shangshu?" Xia Xiang vaguely thought of something, "Duke Cao got sick for the first time, was it after the banquet?"

"Exactly." Cao Shuli's eyes flickered, "Last time Xia Langjun came to the house, daddy was already sick, but it was not serious. He went to Wenfu for a banquet three days ago, and he felt unwell after returning. When Langjun met, his condition started to flare up. After Xia Langjun left, his father was sick in bed. After Mr. Jin Jia's treatment, he slowly improved. Three days ago, he was invited by Wen Shangshu to go to Wenfu for a banquet and came back After that, I became ill again, and I saw that it was getting worse every day..."

It seems that Cao Yongguo's illness is related to the banquet at Wenchang Ju's mansion.Xia Xiang looked at Jin Jia with puzzled eyes, Jin Jia guessed Xia Xiang's guess, and shook his head: "Cao Gong is not poisoned."

Thinking about it, Xia Xiang secretly laughed at his own stupidity. How could Wenchang have poisoned Cao Yongguo when he was the minister of rituals?Since Cao Yongguo went to Wen's house several times for banquets, it means that Cao Yongguo and Wen Changju have a good personal relationship, and Wen Changju has a grudge against Cao Yongguo, so he will not invite him to his house to poison him.

So what is the cause of Cao Yongguo's disease?Xia Xiang was puzzled.

"I don't think I understand the cause of Duke Cao's disease, but I don't know the cause, so I have to treat it." Jin Jia still disapproved of Xia Xiang, but he liked his serious thinking and good deduction, "Xia Xiang, you can Is there a cure?"

Xia Xiang nodded and said, "Now that the medicinal power is not very useful, it is better to use the method of external force."

"What is the method of external force? Acupuncture or moxibustion?" Who is Jinjia, he knows what method Xia Xiang wants to use to heal, "The old man has tried both acupuncture and moxibustion, although they are effective, they are too slow and unable to remove the cold air. Drive it out. If the cold air stays in Duke Cao’s body for more than a month, Duke Cao will be resting.”

Cao Shujun was in a hurry and grabbed Xia Xiang's sleeve: "Xia Langjun, think of a way. You are knowledgeable and flexible, and you can just think about it. If you can't do anything, Dad is afraid that there is no cure saved."

Cao Shuli bowed to Xia Xiangyingying: "Please ask Xia Langjun to save Daddy."

Xia Xiang held his hands empty and said with a wry smile: "If I really have the ability to save people, I still have to wait until now? It's just that my method is not medically reasonable, so I can only try it temporarily. Whether it will work, I don't know."

Jin Jia was angry: "If you want to say it quickly, what are you talking about? It's better to be useful. Even if it doesn't work, as long as it doesn't aggravate the condition, it's not like you are a quack doctor."

With Jinjia's words, Xia Xiang was relieved and said: "This matter still falls on Cao Sanlang. There are two things to do, one is a special medicine bed, and the other is a special medicine chair. It's simple, just punch some small holes in the wooden bed board, add a layer of iron plate below, and put another layer of iron plate under the iron plate that can burn charcoal. Cao Gong was lying on the bed, and the medicinal power of moxa was heated by charcoal fire and infiltrated Cao Gong's whole body, and then entered the body through acupoints, which could ward off cold. The same is true for the medicine chair, but it is different from the medicine bed that is used for medicine from the back. Apply medicine from the perineum point."

"Huiyin acupoint is the key point on the Ren meridian of the human body. It is in a straight line with the Baihui acupoint on the top of the human body. It is the channel of the spirit and spirit of the human body. Baihui is the yang to receive the weather, and the perineal is the yin to receive the earth's qi. The two are interdependent. In a similar way, it controls the normal operation of True Qi on the Ren and Du Meridians, and maintains the balance of yin, yang, qi and blood in the body."

"Yang qi is the foundation of life. To be healthy and long-lived, people must consolidate their foundation and cultivate yang qi. The essence of yang qi is also yang qi. If a person's yang qi is insufficient, moxibustion can be used to supplement yang qi. Therefore, Mencius said, seven years The disease, ask for three years of mugwort. Mugwort can replenish the yang qi of the human body and expel the cold qi."

When Jin Jia first heard it, his expression was indifferent, showing some disapproval. Hearing the back, his face gradually became solemn. At the end, he looked solemn. After Xia Xiang finished speaking, he stayed on the spot.

(End of this chapter)