Tianzhu: The Record of Foreign Stories in the Republic of China

Chapter 10
Xiao Zhou was researching medicine in the yard, and it was completely dark before he knew it. He saw Jiang and Du staying in the house, neither making a sound nor lighting a lamp. When I looked around, the room was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything.Turning around to light the lamp, and then entering the room, I couldn't help but be surprised: in the dark, Jiang Muxue was concentrating on painting on the paper with a paintbrush in her hand, while Du Qi stood by and watched mesmerized.It was getting late, and the two of them didn't realize it.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and everything was silent, except for the rustling sound of brushes falling on paper in the room.

A wet shadow slowly appeared on the back of Jiang Muxue's gown, gradually expanding to the surrounding area, and finally the entire back was soaked in sweat.

But Du Qi seemed to be watching a soul-stirring duel, he felt a mighty aura rushing toward his face, he dared not blink his eyes, breathe, or move.

Jiang Muxue lightly raised the tip of the pen, and tapped twice on the painting. When she was writing, the sound of a tiger howling faintly came from her ears.

He took a long breath and threw down the brush.

As if he had just woken up from a dream, Du Qi clapped his hands and shouted: "What a picture of "Mountain and Forest Roaring at Night". The dragon plate, the tiger's eyes are wide open, the tiger's mouth is roaring, the tiger and the tiger are majestic, and they have the momentum of the king's visit to Nanshan. Especially the last two finishing touches, the tiger's eyes are painted, and the sound of the tiger's roar is hidden between heaven and earth. Rare, rare!"

After Jiang Muxue finished painting "Mountains and Forests Roaring at Night", she didn't burn it immediately after watching it as usual, but hung it on the wall, admiring herself.

Just when I was forgetting myself, a rooster crowed from far away.Du Qi was startled, stomped his foot and said anxiously: "Brother Jiang, we are only focusing on drawing and admiring paintings, and almost forgot about business. It is less than two days since the time you agreed with Motoji Ozaki, the person who gave you the tiger bone What? Is it here?"

With her hands behind her back, Jiang Muxue walked to the window, looked at the sky, and said, "Brother Du, don't worry, it's almost dawn, Brother Du should go back and rest first. As soon as the tiger bone arrives, I'll ask Xiao Zhou to call you, how about it?" ?”

Du Qi laughed loudly and said, "Is this an order to evict guests?"

Jiang Muxue said: "No, it's an order to chase away friends. Brother Du doesn't come back all night, if he doesn't go back, my sister-in-law will come to me to ask for someone."

"Okay, I'll go, can't I go?" Du Qi cupped his hands and left with a big laugh.

Jiang Muxue hastily woke up Xiao Zhou who was sleeping in the shop, and told him to quickly set up a stove, set up a pot, boil medicine, make ointment...

7
At noon, Jiang Muxue took a rickshaw to the entrance of the Japanese Army Command Post, carrying the small medicine box he always brought with him when he visited the clinic. As soon as he paid the fare, he saw Fan Anping coming out of the gate with a box cannon on his waist. , with a look of gloating on his face, he said: "Mr. Jiang, why did you come here? Captain Ozaki can't wait for you."

Jiang Muxue nodded, as a greeting to him, and as soon as she raised her leg, she stepped into the courtyard gate, but was stopped by two Japanese soldiers with guns guarding the gate, first searched her body, then opened the small medicine box, and found no suspicious items. This is the only way to let it go.

Fan Anping came up from behind and asked with a smile, "Mr. Jiang, did you bring your tiger bone plaster?"

Jiang Muxue said nonchalantly: "I'm taking it, thank you President Fan for worrying."

Fan Anping originally thought that he could not make a plaster without tiger bones, so he came to apologize to Motoji Ozaki, but he said that he brought a tiger bone plaster, so he couldn't help being startled, and couldn't keep up with him for a long time.

Jiang Muxue ignored him, strode to Ozaki Genji's room, entered the door and saw Ozaki Genji still lying on the door panel, not moving at all.

As soon as Ozaki Motoji saw him, he became angry and scolded: "Baga, why are you here now? You want to freeze me to death, don't you?" His face was all covered with a typhoid cold last night.

Jiang Muxue looked at him, and said with a dumb smile: "Captain Ozaki, I told you to lie on the door panel and not move, but I didn't say that you can't cover the quilt at night."

"You..." Ozaki Motoji turned pale with anger, and remained silent for a long time.

Jiang Muxue knelt down, lifted up his shirt, and touched his back. Seeing that the damaged thoracic spine had gradually returned to normal, and the recovery was good, she nodded secretly, opened the small medicine box, and took out a stick of Jiang Muxue. Shihu bone paste was spread out and applied to the damaged part of Ozaki's back. Ozaki Motoji only felt a little heat on his back, but there was no other feeling.

Jiang Muxue took out a handful of silver needles from the medicine box, and seeing the Japanese military doctor standing by and staring at his hand, she didn't need to think about it to understand that he was spying on her, and she didn't care, so she wrapped the needles in gauze , Ask him to bring in a stove, put a pot of water on the stove, put the needles into the pot, after a while, the water boils, wait for the needles to be sterilized in boiling water for a while, then take them out to cool.After washing hands, pick up the silver needle, and first inject needles at Huantiao acupoint on the outside of Ozaki Motoji's buttocks, three inches straight, and then a few consecutive needles at Yanglingquan, Zusanli, Xuanzhong, Jiexi and other acupoints. There are various methods of inserting the needle by finger cutting, clamping the needle, stretching the needle, pinching the needle, inserting the needle tube, or piercing straight, obliquely, or flat.

After finishing the acupuncture, Motoji Ozaki gradually dispelled the cold air in his lower limbs, and gradually felt some warmth from the waist down, but he was still numb and unable to move.

After about half a stick of incense, Jiang Muxue put away the needles, covered the medicine box, and said, "The needles are given once every half a day, and three times can make the legs regain consciousness and walk on the ground. You must not move around, so as not to The success fell short, and I will come again at five o'clock tonight."

Seeing that his treatment was effective, Ozaki Motoji was more polite to him, lying on the door panel and said: "President Fan, please help me send Mr. Jiang off."

Although Fan Anping was reluctant, he had to follow suit.When he walked out of the gate, he couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Mr. Jiang, is it really the tiger bone plaster you put on Captain Ozaki?"

Jiang Muxue laughed and said, "Otherwise, what kind of plaster do you think it would be?"

Fan Anping was stunned at the door, scratching his head and thinking for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what went wrong with his father's plan.

At five o'clock in the evening, Jiang Muxue came to the Japanese army command post and administered the needle for Motoji Ozaki for the second time. When the needle was closed, Motoji Ozaki's legs were full of blood and he was able to move.

The third time the needle was applied was around 50 o'clock in the morning of the next day. Jiang Muxue walked into Ozaki Genji's residence, and suddenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. Ozaki Genji was still lying on his back on the door panel as he asked. There are translators and orderlies wearing glasses, but there are two more Japanese, who should be over [-] years old. Judging from their clothes, they look like military doctors accompanying the Japanese army, plus the younger military doctor before. The three colleagues had been staring at his hands from the moment he entered the door.

Jiang Muxue couldn't help frowning, Ozaki Motoji seemed to see his displeasure, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Jiang, don't worry, the three of them are all your colleagues, and they all came to learn from you."

Jiang Muxue saw that his words were insincere, so she didn't point it out, and responded flatly, "I dare not." Then she asked, "How is Mr. Ozaki feeling today?"

Ozaki Motoji raised his feet, stretched them, and said, "I feel that my legs are much stronger. Yesterday, my toes were a little cold, but today they are warm from the soles of my feet to my waist."

Jiang Muxue nodded and said: "That's good, it seems that the recovery is going well, I will give you acupuncture again now, and it should be fine."

He asked the young military doctor to help roll up Ozaki Genji's trousers, find Yanglingquan, Zusanli, Xuanzhong, Jiexi and other acupoints, and the acupuncture was completed.Finally, he lightly pressed the Fengshi acupoint on the midline of the outer thigh, picked up a needle, and was about to inject it, when the young military doctor suddenly grabbed his hand and murmured a few words in Japanese.

The translator told Jiang Muxue, Dr. Tanaka asked you, why are the acupuncture points different this time from the previous two?In addition to acupuncture at Yanglingquan, Zusanli, Xuanzhong, Jiexi and other acupoints in the previous two times, I also performed acupuncture at Huantiao acupoint. Why did I abandon Huantiao acupoint and change to Jafengshi acupoint this time?

Jiang Muxue glanced at the young military doctor, and said to the translator: "Tell him, the Huantiao point is located on the lateral aspect of the femur, the outer third and middle third of the line connecting the highest point of the greater trochanter and the sacral hiatus when lying on the side and bending the legs. One intersection point, from the point of view of the function and effect of acupuncture, is mainly used to treat paralysis of the lower limbs and hemiplegia. During the previous two acupuncture operations, Captain Ozaki’s legs were in numbness, so he pricked the Huantiao point to dredge the blood vessels. Now Captain Ozaki has regained consciousness in both feet, so naturally there is no need to pierce the Huantiao acupoint again. His lower limbs have been numb for a long time and he has not moved for a long time. , Fengshi point is mainly used to treat hemiplegia and pain in the waist and legs, so Fengshi point is added.”

The translator translated his words to the military doctor. The young military doctor seemed afraid to make up his own mind. After discussing with the two old military doctors for a while, he nodded and replied in Japanese.The translator said: "Mr. Jiang, I'm sorry to disturb your treatment, please continue."

Jiang Muxue picked up the needle again, found the Fengshi acupoint, first pierced it straight an inch, and then waited for deqi—the so-called deqi, also known as needle sensation, is the meridian qi sensation produced after the needle penetrates the acupoint.Whether the qi is obtained or not and how quickly the qi arrives is not only directly related to the therapeutic effect of acupuncture, but also can be used to judge the prognosis of the disease - then twist the needle and prick an inch deep.

When this needle was applied, Ozaki Motoji suddenly felt a sore and bloated air coming from the acupuncture point, going down and down along a certain meridian on the outside of his thigh, up to Baihui on the top of his head, down to the gushing spring on the sole of his foot, and the air reached When the blood arrives, it can be used in a variety of ways, and the whole body is sore and swollen, but it is extremely comfortable.

After a while, Jiang Muxue withdrew the needle and said to the young military doctor, "Help him down to the ground and try."

Ozaki Motoji was skeptical, and said, "I can really walk on the ground?"

The military doctor came to help him as he said, and Motoji Ozaki first raised his upper body, sat up on the door panel, and then slowly moved his feet to the ground, feeling that his feet were solid, and then slowly stood up.Jiang Muxue said, "Take a few steps and have a look."

Ozaki Motoji glanced at him, doubts were still on his face, he tried two steps cautiously, after not walking for a long time, he felt a little sore on his feet, other than that, there was no other abnormality.After another three or four steps, his footsteps were steady, and he was no longer staggering, so he pushed the military doctor away and walked on his own. The numbness in his legs gradually disappeared, and he walked back and forth in the room, feeling the same as before the thoracic spine was damaged. Only then did I believe that my injury had really been completely cured by this Chinese doctor.

Jiang Muxue took off the plaster on his back, checked the recovery of the damaged thoracic spine, put on another Jiang's tiger bone plaster, took out three plasters, and said: "This is three tiger bone plasters, every three Replace one sheet every day, and after ten days, it will be cured."

Motoji Ozaki looked solemn, stood in front of him, bowed deeply to him, and thanked him: "Mr. Jiang cured his illness with his hands. He is worthy of being a Chinese miracle doctor. I am deeply grateful."

Jiang Muxue smiled slightly and said: "It is the duty of a doctor to cure diseases and save lives. There are dragons and crouching tigers hidden in the land of China. There are many people with better medical skills than me. I don't dare to be called a 'miracle doctor'. You have just recovered from an injury and you need to rest well. Don't run around. In order to avoid the recurrence of old injuries, I hope you will take care of yourself."

Ozaki Motoji bowed again and said, "Thank you sir."

Seeing that Jiang Muxue had really cured Ozaki Genji, Fan Anping secretly gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, remembering the scheme he and his father had set up at the beginning, it was really impossible to steal a piece of rice and shoot himself in the foot. He thought that recommending Jiang Muxue to Ozaki Genji would put him to death with the help of the Japanese and revive the prestige of Dad and Huichuntang, but in the end he fulfilled his reputation as a miracle doctor, and he didn't know where he got it. Tiger bone, made of tiger bone plaster.

While he was watching Jiang Muxue's back and secretly gnashing his teeth, Ozaki Motoji suddenly walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder with a hearty heart, and said: "President Fan, Mr. Jiang was invited by you, and now he only uses In three days, my injury was cured, and I was freed from the pain of being paralyzed for the rest of my life, do you think I should thank him heavily?"

Fan Anping hurriedly put on a smiling face, nodded and bowed, flatteringly said: "Yes, yes, it should be."

Ozaki Motoji said: "Well, I will thank him very much today." Turning around suddenly, his face sank, and he shouted, "Come here."

(End of this chapter)