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Chapter 301 Mysterious Medical Hall (4)

In an old abandoned church in the middle of the night, facing a strange old man, Qilan felt uncomfortable all over.

Now that he got the flashlight back, his first thought was to hurry.

However, looking around, he couldn't find the entrance where he chased the strange old man.

Looking around, it was dark, and the surrounding routes were in a mess, one more confusing than the other.

In a huge abandoned church, there are several doors and several windows.Even those shabby wall holes are not lacking.

But Qilan scratched his head and racked his brains for a while, but he couldn't be sure where he got in. It seemed that the old guy was misled.

"Haha! It's easy to come in, but difficult to get out!"

The old man broke out into a heart-stopping laugh again.

Qilan's intuition was right, the old man was not a villain, but a former Qing veteran who lived in seclusion in this old church with a strange personality.

"Boy, I think you have good skills and a good mind. You are a good material for martial arts. After I get the big knife back from the hole in the ground, I will pass on the kung fu of my life to you in detail."

Qilan couldn't help but laugh when he heard these words: "Old man, I'm here to find a medical clinic to see a doctor for my family members, not to learn from a teacher."

"Oh? Where is the medical center?" Seeing that his good intentions were rejected, the old man was not annoyed, "I know, I will take you there."

After finishing speaking, he adjusted the white cloak on his body again, as if he was going to a banquet.

"That medical center is called Yamato Hall, and it has existed for hundreds of years."

"I have a back injury, and every winter when it flares up, I go to get some plaster."

"The shopkeeper is kind and has high medical skills. Knowing that I am an old man, I will treat you for free."

Qilan was delighted to hear that: It seems that what Qijiang said is true, and meeting the strange old man who popped up on the way to grab a flashlight tonight is also a fate.

However, the old man suddenly changed the subject: "But there seems to be a rule handed down by our ancestors in the medical clinic that no outpatient visits will be made in the middle of the night. You have to wait until dawn tomorrow."

"But I heard that some people came to the shopkeeper to detoxify in the middle of the night—" Qilan couldn't help answering, and the old man was taken aback by what he said.

But as soon as the words came out, I also felt that I had made a mistake.

"Lengtouqing, not afraid of death." The old man suddenly and mysteriously said to himself.

"One night for several days, I lit a lantern and went out for a walk. I also ran into such a young man, who was still hugging a girl."

Qilan wanted to ask subconsciously: "Is it my second brother and Miss Xiaojin?!"

Seeing the treacherous smile on the old man's face, he couldn't help feeling a little cautious.

He quickly covered his mouth and swallowed the words abruptly.

Seeing that Qilan was listening very seriously, the old man thought that he was listening to his own story with relish, and when he was satisfied, he continued to say:

"That young man is very talented, and the girl is as beautiful as the fairy in this church mural!"

"Why do they come here? Is it the only way to go to the medical center?"

The old man stroked his messy gray and white beard, and nodded repeatedly: "The front door of the hospital is open during the day, but at night, there is only this back door, hidden in the alley behind the church."

"Then you lead me there quickly. I also want to try my luck and see if the shopkeeper will show mercy and make an exception."

The old man was a little embarrassed, but Qilan quickly proposed an exchange condition:
"If you will do me this favor, I will try to get the big knife back from the cave in this church and return it to you later."

This condition is too realistic for the old man, after all, that big knife is his pride all his life.

The other party agreed, and kept urging: "Follow me, and when you get there, don't look around, ask questions, touch, or take anything."

Qilan then followed the strange old man into a pile of rubble.

After walking for an hour or so, he changed his course and approached a window that had been damaged by a cannon.

"Follow me!" After saying that, the old man lowered his head and climbed up the window, then jumped down the window sill again.

Qilan did the same thing carefully, and when she jumped down, her legs just landed on an old stone tablet.

The handwriting on this stele has long been blurred, but as soon as he stepped on it, it was as if a mechanism had been activated. The body of the stele moved slowly, and a tunnel entrance half a foot wide appeared unexpectedly.

The old man came over with a smile on his face, "How is it? Can't think of it?"

As soon as the words fell, people had already got in, Qilan also jumped down the tunnel, and the stone tablet closed automatically, covering the entrance of the cave.

There are only a few red candles scattered in the tunnel.

It was very dark.The old man moves fast, and it is more difficult to follow.

Qilan then turned on the flashlight, which made her walk much faster.

"Old man, did the two young people you mentioned also go to the hospital from here?"

"Exactly. I sent them out of this tunnel, into the alley, and then to the door."

"But I'm very surprised. Logically speaking, the people in this hospital should not be familiar with them. But it didn't take long for someone to come in and close the door."

While the old man told Qilan what he had seen and heard that day, he also told him the rumors about the hospital that he knew.

"I heard that the shopkeeper of the medical center is almost a hundred years old, and his ancestor is a famous imperial doctor."

"Detoxification alone is powerful enough. Those who have taken arsenic, datura, and wood turtle seeds, as long as they still have a breath, there are very few who cannot be saved."

The tunnel was quite long to walk, and Qilan had already arrived at the exit before recovering from the old man's nonsense.

It is said to be an exit, but it is just a semicircular grave that looks like a steamed stuffed bun.Turn the tombstone over and you can go out.

Qilan went out of the cave first, and the old man said with a smile:

"I have to go back to guard that precious sword tonight, so I won't accompany you. Remember what I told you, or if you get kicked out, don't blame me for not teaching you."

Qilan thanked him and rushed to the alley without looking back.

Sure enough, an ancient three-story building with blue bricks was deep in the alley.Its back door is very low-key, and the word "Dahetang" is not particularly conspicuous. If you don't look carefully, you won't notice it even during the day.

Qilan knocked on the door lightly, and as soon as the knock sounded, there was a response from inside.

"Who? What's your business?"

He quickly and politely replied: "I am a commoner, and I have come to ask your shopkeeper to see a doctor for my family!"

There was no sound at the other end, and it was silent for a long time, leaving him alone drinking the northwest wind outside the door.

For a moment, Qilan felt very strange, afraid that the people inside had set him up.

It just happened to catch up with a new snow.

After carrying it for an hour in the cold and starvation, the snowflakes on the top of my head were almost an inch thick.

He was not willing to go back like this, so he stayed where he was and knocked on the door after a while.

"Shopkeeper, please open the door and save my family!"

When it was cold and cold, Qilan was anxious, but he had no regrets at all: as long as the expert in the medical center can hire him, all the suffering will be worth it!

(End of this chapter)