Chapter 289: Chang'an Jun's Talent
"My Lord, are you paying too much attention to Zhao Gao? It's not worth it. Since you are upset, it's better to kill him with a sword. It's enough for Nie to protect your majesty."
The Sword Master can decide everything with just one sword. If one sword doesn’t work, then he’ll use another.
"I am concerned about Zhao Gao, but not Zhao Gao."
Gai Nie was silent for a moment, then said, "If you can't speak, you don't have to."
Ying Chengjiao couldn't help but chuckle.
"When I read novels in the past where the language was ambiguous and the characters were full of witty remarks, I would often curse them for not being able to speak properly. I never expected that I would become such a person.
"I know that Zhao Gao is determined to destroy Qin, but for many years, he has not taken any action under my nose. If I had not known foresight, I would have thought that he was extremely loyal.
"Killing Zhao Gao is easy, but can I guarantee that the next person who comes to my brother will be absolutely loyal? I can't. The human heart is really a strange thing. Even if you observe it for ten years, you can't see through it..."
The group marched openly in the Xianyang Palace without deliberately speeding up to catch up. The number of people in the team increased slightly, and all the secret guards in the Xianyang Palace gathered together.
After walking half of the distance, Ying Chengjiao felt that he had given all the instructions that needed to be given, and urged Gai Nie to return to Zhangtai Palace.
If it was any later, the twenty-three secret guards left outside Zhangtai Palace would not be able to get out.
"Take care, young master."
The Sword Master is not a person who drags his feet.
After nodding in response, he turned around and returned to Zhangtai Palace.
The crowd continued to move forward.
"Wei Zhuang."
Ying Chengjiao called softly.
"Sir."
The young secret guard with congenital white hair stepped forward in response.
"From now on, the Dark Guard will be renamed Quicksand and you will be in charge."
"only!"
The young secret guard was overjoyed and responded in a deep voice.
"Under my command, there is no pronunciation of 'Wei'."
"……promise!"
"Use tactics to identify evil, and use punishment to stop punishment. Follow me to eradicate those who do not treat people as human beings."
"promise!"
In his second response, Wei Zhuang said "Yes" much more smoothly than the first time. It shows that people have a very strong ability to adapt.
With a malicious interest in his heart, Ying Chengjiao looked back at the secret guard team, wanting to find a few people among them to give names such as Hidden Bat, Wolf King, Red Lotus, White Phoenix...
Asking a group of secret guards to go to Chang'an Jun Mansion first, Ying Chengjiao walked in the moonlight and the night to the last place in Xianyang Palace today - the Imperial Medical Bureau located in the front palace of Xianyang Palace.
More than a month ago, Ying Chengjiao had promised the imperial physician Xia Wuqie that he would go find him after he finished his current work and help spread the medical knowledge throughout the world.
Although he has not finished his work yet, he can no longer stay in Xianyang City, so this matter has to be brought forward.
In the Imperial Medical Office, Xia Wuqi fell asleep early.
If there were no special events, Xia Wuqi would go to bed at 11:00 p.m. and wake up at 3:00 p.m. every day, and his life was very regular.
Doctors believe that the Sanjiao meridian is at its most active during the Hai hour, from 21:00 to 23:00. Falling asleep during the Hai hour can help the whole body recover better.
The midnight hour, from 23:00 to 1:00, is the busiest time period for the gallbladder meridian, during which the yin energy is most abundant.
After midnight, Yang energy begins to rise. The body must fall asleep before midnight to be beneficial to the metabolism of the gallbladder.
Chou time, from 1 to 3 o'clock, is the most active time period of the liver meridian. During this time, the human body is in a sleeping state, which is conducive to the recuperation of the liver.
Yinshi, from 3 to 5 o'clock, is the time when the lung meridian is most active. This is a good time to nourish the lungs.
The Mao time, from 5 to 7 o'clock, is the busiest time for the large intestine meridian.
Getting up early and doing appropriate activities at this time will help the body expel old stool.
As the descendant of the world's most skilled medical practitioner, Xia Wuqi strictly follows this set of standards in his daily routine (brothers, pay attention to rest).
But tonight, Xia Wuqi was destined to break his vow.
"Changan-kun?"
In the dark night, in a house without candles, Xia Wuqie woke up from sleep and slightly adapted to the brightness in the house.
Looking at the moonlight outside the window, he whispered as he looked at the silhouettes of the people in the house.
Although it was a question, Xia Wuqie had already determined Ying Chengjiao's identity through his unique aura.
In the eyes of doctors with superb medical skills, everyone's aura is unique and no two are the same.
"I have no choice but to bother you so late at night. The imperial physician should know what happened today and understand that I am not trying to shirk responsibility."
Xia Wuqie moved his fingers slightly and took out three silver needles from under the straw mat bed.
"Killing an entire family, what Chang'an Jun did is really too much!"
Before he finished speaking, three silver needles flew out of his hand.
This tiny silver needle cannot be seen clearly in broad daylight, let alone in the dead of night when only the outline of five fingers can be seen when one stretches out one's hand.
But Ying Chengjiao knew that Xia Wuqie had extraordinary medical skills. As the saying goes, medicine and martial arts are inseparable, so his martial arts skills were naturally not ordinary, so he had been on guard against him for a long time.
With his full concentration, he could see the trajectory of the silver needle, and he moved his left and right hands together to pinch the silver needle with his fingers.
After a moment, there was nothing between Ying Chengjiao's fingers.
All three silver needles were nailed into the major acupoints on Ying Chengjiao's chest and abdomen, and the tail was still vibrating like a bee buzzing.
I can't beat Zhao Gao, and I can't catch Xia Wuqi's silver needle. I haven't shot for so many years but I still can't defeat these top masters. Talent is really fucked up.
Ying Chengjiao took off the three silver needles on his chest with a slightly depressed look.
"The Imperial Physician is indeed a compassionate doctor. Even if the three needles hit me, they would only seal my ability to move without harming my life. It seems my idea is correct ."
Seeing that Ying Chengjiao acted as if nothing had happened, Xia Wuqie took out three silver needles from under the straw mat at the end of the bed.
"Close-fitting soft armor? Chang'an Jun should wear a face mask."
Seeing three silver needles piercing Ying Chengjiao's body, Ying Chengjiao acted as if nothing had happened. Xia Wuqie quickly determined that there was something wrong with Ying Chengjiao's clothes, and that the three needles were intended to pierce Ying Chengjiao's face.
"I am not here to fight with you. When it comes to fighting, I am the best in the world."
Xia Wuqi was just about to fire three needles at a time and comment on Ying Chengjiao's arrogance.
There are so many masters in the world. How dare you, a guy who can't even catch a needle, say you are the best in fighting?
But then, a crazy threat of death swept in from Ying Chengjiao, causing Xia Wuqie's body to stiffen and he dared not move.
Among the hundreds of schools of thought, there are two that always deal with life and death.
One is the Yin-Yang School.
The second is doctors.
Every member of the medical family has seen too many deaths, not to mention Xia Wuqie, the orthodox descendant of the medical family.
This makes them extremely sensitive to life.
"The West family had a jar pig, the Bai family had a skinny horse, and the Meng family had a bitch. Every year, the corpses carried out from the three families were indistinguishable from human form. Some were boiled to pieces with only bones left, and some were so mutilated that it was hard to tell the human form.
"If you are so angry with me, why did you watch the three families for so long? Please don't tell me that you don't know, or I will look down on you for nothing."
Ying Chengjiao no longer pointed his gun at Xia Wuqie, and the feeling that Xia Wuqie might die at any time finally disappeared, and he could die if he was not careful.
"This is fate, what can I do?" Xia Wuqie said painfully: "If I try to save him, it will only cause him to fall into eternal damnation. The laws of nature are constant, and the greater good will be saved at the cost of the smaller, and the order cannot be disrupted..."
Qin law does not protect slaves, but it can protect the vast majority of civilians. Compared with civilians, the number of slaves is far less.
Xia Wuqie did not discriminate against servants and concubines, otherwise he would not have treated them before they got sick in the tower. He treated them all equally.
But he could not violate Qin law and the current order to privately rescue the concubines from the three major families.
He doesn't dare.
He could not bear the consequences of the Qin laws and order being broken.
"Heaven again. Doctors also talk about heaven? I forgot that doctors also have the connection between heaven and man."
Ying Chengjiao twirled the pistol in his hand.
"You may not resist, but please do not stop me who dares to resist. The light I open can also illuminate you."
"Do you have to be so brutal in resisting? You wiped out the entire families of the three great noble families! Among them was a child of seven or eight years old! Are children also guilty?"
Xia Wuqie ignored the danger around him, clenched the three silver needles and gritted his teeth.
He said: "During the Battle of Changping, Wu'an Jun knew that children who were not as tall as the wheels of the chariots should not be killed. The Qin law also stipulates that underage children who violate the Qin law will not be punished. How can you be so cruel to a child? How can you be so cruel!"
Seeing that Xia Wuqi was willing to communicate with him, Ying Chengjiao put the gun into his arms.
“Since they have enjoyed the wealth and splendor that their fathers and their great fathers bought with the blood and tears of women, they must pay a price for it. I don’t think they are innocent.
"The laws of this dynasty stipulate that anyone who spreads dust on the road must have his hands chopped off. Since the Imperial Physician feels that my handling of the matter is inappropriate, then is this Qin law appropriate? Why didn't the Imperial Physician die advocating for reform?"
Xia Wu was silent.
The reason is the same as before, he does not dare to bear the consequences of the reform.
The laws of a country are not a joke. Changing one of them may have far-reaching impacts and affect the entire body.
For example, the law that anyone who spreads dust on the road will have his hands chopped off seems unreasonable and harsh to modern people, but it is not so in the eyes of contemporary people.
The Legalists in Qin State were in charge of governing the country by law and advocated severe punishment for minor crimes.
In this way, people at that time did not dare to violate Qin laws, and the king's majesty was maximized.
The most typical example is the chopping off of the hands of those who spread dust on the road.
The Legalists believed that raising dust on the road was a very small matter and that it was easy for anyone to do it, which was indeed true.
However, the Qin law stipulated that people at that time would not do such small things that were easy to do. This was a deliberate provocation to the emperor's majesty and the Qin law, and the person should be severely punished and have his hands chopped off.
The Legalists established the authority of the King of Qin through small things, fundamentally eliminated the people's dissent, and ensured long-term stability and peace within the Qin territory.
If this law is higher, then among the several signals it reveals, one is that the king's majesty is no longer so high and mighty.
If exploited by someone with ulterior motives, it could turn into a tsunami or the prelude to a hurricane.
"The Imperial Physician is the descendant of a family of doctors, so he should do what a doctor should do. He only hopes that no one in the world will get sick, and would rather the medicines on the shelf gather dust. The Imperial Physician should not have forgotten what the Japanese king talked with the Imperial Physician a few days ago."
It takes evil to deal with evil, this guy is right, I am a doctor, I should save the dying and heal the wounded...
Xia Wuqi inserted the three silver needles back under the straw mat.
"Of course I have not forgotten that Chang'an Jun Xu Wuqie helped the medical profession to flourish and spread all over the world, so that the people can seek medical treatment when they are sick."
Although he said this, Xia Wuqi didn't take it seriously in his heart.
The secondary reason was that Ying Chengjiao's words just now dispelled Xia Wuqi's intention to capture him, but did not dispel Xia Wuqi's dislike for him.
The main reason is that Xia Wuqi, as the descendant of a medical family, has a very clear understanding of medicine. The medical family is really difficult to pass on.
Not to mention determining what disease the patient has by taking the pulse alone, just remembering the medicinal properties of countless herbs and the complementary and counteracting effects between each herb, it would take even a genius more than ten years to master these thousands of permutations and combinations.
Moreover, there is no division of specialty among doctors. As long as they are qualified, they can treat anything.
This is already extremely difficult, and we haven’t even mentioned the most difficult point. The most difficult point for doctors is that there is no profit.
Su Qin, the most accomplished strategist, united the six kingdoms and blocked the powerful Qin from leaving Hangu Pass. He took the seals of the six kingdoms and truly shocked the world with his words.
There is a top military strategist like Bai Qi. He killed half of the two million casualties during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The kings of the world were terrified by Bai Qi's name and their generals dared not fight against him.
Any school of thought that reaches the pinnacle will become famous all over the world, and no one dares to look down on it.
But doctors are an exception.
The most accomplished doctors are like Xia Wuqie, who treated the First Emperor, Ying Chengjiao, and the beautiful concubines in Loutai.
Although the First Emperor appointed him as Shangqing and the imperial physician, his status was very glorious compared to ordinary people.
But compared with the best ones from other families, it is very shabby, extremely shabby.
It's hard to learn, and even if you master it you still have no fame. And then you still don't have to ask for more money to enjoy wealth and glory. Who would study medicine?
Xia Wuqie did not directly discourage Ying Chengjiao's enthusiasm, but simply described the doctor's situation.
Then he became angry at Ying Chengjiao for "killing innocent people indiscriminately".
It seemed like a question, but in fact it was sarcasm. He said, "I don't know how Chang'an Jun can make my medical family flourish. It is impossible to do this with just the fourteen-word motto. Please teach me, Chang'an Jun."
Ying Chengjiao couldn't see Xia Wuqie's expression, but he knew what Xia Wuqie was thinking without needing to see it.
This problem cannot be solved by anyone in this world, not even the First Emperor.
This has nothing to do with IQ, it is purely the advantage of being a latecomer and is still within the limitations of the times.
"First, the medical school is divided into chapters. The reason why it is difficult for students to become a doctor is that they need to remember all the pathologies and herbs for treating the diseases. I am not familiar with the medical school, so I will give you a simple example. You can divide the medical school into five internal organs: heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidney.
"The eldest disciple will teach you how to treat heart diseases, the second disciple will teach you how to treat liver diseases, the third disciple will teach you how to treat spleen diseases, the fourth disciple will teach you how to treat stomach diseases, and the fifth disciple will teach you how to treat kidney diseases. After they finish their training, they will become apprentices. It's difficult for you, Xia Wuqie, to learn all the medical skills by yourself, so what about five people? If five people can't do it, then divide it tenfold. How about fifty people?"
After hearing this, Xia Wuqi immediately wanted to refute, saying that this was impossible, how could he become an apprentice if he didn't even recognize all the herbs.
But when the words came to my lips, I found it difficult to say them. I just felt that what the boy in front of me said seemed to make a lot of sense.
Xia Wuqie was a man of extraordinary talent, and he acquired these medical skills over forty years.
Even if there were another disciple who was more talented than Xia Wuqie, it would take at least thirty years for him to reach Xia Wuqie's level.
But if forty talented disciples came, and each of them only learned a part of Xia Wuqie's medical skills, then after three years these disciples would be combined together to form one Xia Wuqie!
"Changan Jun... a great talent!"
