The three of them had rehearsed before coming here, and after meeting Cao Mulan, it was Yan Hong's turn to play the leading role.
Yan Hong took out the letter written by his uncle Yuanrong: "Mr. Cao, my uncle wrote a letter and wanted me to hand it over to the owner of the door."
Cao Mulan said calmly: "I can transfer it to you."
Hua Zhuyue's heart moved. It seemed that the rumors of Xia Houzun's death were not true, otherwise Cao Mulan would not have said such things.
Yan Hong glanced at Xu Chunliang, and his uncle told him that he must hand it over to Xia Houzun.
Xu Chunliang secretly scolded this guy for being a loser, what are you doing? Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that he was asking for his opinion. Xu Chunliang lowered his head and continued to sip the tea, turning a blind eye to Yan Hong's gaze.
Yan Hong said: "Mr. Cao, I'm sorry, I have to hand this letter to the sect master in person."
Cao Mulan said: "Mr. Yan has escaped into Buddhism and is not a member of my family. If you insist on doing this, please come back." What she means is that Yuan Rong's face can be given or not, and she won't listen here.
My rules, there is no need for us to talk about it.
Yan Hong pursed his lips. He thought it would be easy to meet Xia Houzun with this letter from his uncle, but he didn't expect to encounter difficulties at the beginning. He couldn't help but glance at Xu Chunliang again.
Cao Mulan also turned her eyes to Xu Chunliang: "What do you think?" Xu Chunliang's judgment was correct. Yan Hong's performance was indeed seen through by her. Xu Chunliang was the protagonist tonight.
Xu Chunliang said: "It's okay to pass it on to Mr. Cao."
Yan Hong then handed the letter to the girl dressed as a maid. The girl presented the letter to Cao Mulan. Cao Mulan reached out to take it and picked up a two-inch-long small copper knife with a ring head from the case.
, opened the letter.
It was too late for Yan Hong to stop him. His uncle specifically told him that the letter must be opened by Xia Houzun himself. This Cao Mulan was so unruly that he even dared to open the letter from the sect leader.
However, Xu Chunliang noticed that the tools she used were all antiques, and her movements in opening the letters were neat and agile. On the one hand, she was proficient. It could also be seen that she had specialized in knife skills. A master like Xu Chunliang was good at discovering secrets in details.
After reading this, Cao Mulan frowned: "So it turns out that all three of you were plotted?"
Yan Hong nodded and said: "Yes!"
Cao Mulan said: "Who is so bold as to dare to attack someone from the tired family?"
Yan Hong glanced at Xu Chunliang again, and just as he was about to answer, Cao Mulan pointed at Xu Chunliang and said, "Say it!"
Xu Chunliang said: "His name is Xu Chunliang."
"Xu Chunliang? I've never heard of him. Is he very powerful?" Cao Mulan's expression was full of disdain.
Yan Hong said: "It's very powerful. He planted poisonous needles in our meridian points, called... what's called Qiuhou Jueming Needle? He also said that this poisonous needle will slowly move in our meridians over time.
The three of us have at most half a year to live. During these six months, life will be worse than death, and we will be miserable..." These words were extremely smooth, and they were all true after all.
Yan Hong peeked at Xu Chunliang again from the corner of his eye, feeling secretly resentful that this person's methods were too vicious.
Cao Mulan snorted coldly and said, "I have never heard of the Autumn Queen's Life-Destroying Needle."
Hua Zhuyue said: "Mr. Cao has never heard of it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist."
Cao Mulan looked at Hua Zhuyue and said, "When will it be your turn to speak here?"
Yan Hong said: "Mr. Cao, don't be surprised. We really have no choice but to ask the sect leader for help. We hope that Mr. Cao will be more lenient."
Cao Mulan said: "Don't worry, since it was entrusted by Mr. Yan personally, I will definitely report the matter to the door owner truthfully. It's too late today, and the three of you must be tired. I have a guest room here for you to rest, so you three can rest assured."
One night, I will give you an answer tomorrow morning, what do you think?"
Yan Hong glanced at Xu Chunliang again subconsciously.
Xu Chunliang secretly scolded this guy for being a fool. Now that he was exposed, Cao Mulan must have known that he was the one taking the lead.
Xu Chunliang said: "I am in danger of being poisoned by a strange poison. I hope that Mr. Cao, for the sake of fellow sect members, will open up and deliver this letter to the sect master as soon as possible."
Cao Mulan smiled and said: "Strange poison? I'm a little curious. If you don't mind, I can help you diagnose your pulse for free."
Xu Chunliang came to sit opposite Cao Mulan and handed over his right hand.
The Cunkou pulse can be divided into three parts: Cun, Guan, and Chi. It is usually marked by the radial styloid process behind the wrist. Its inner part is Guan, the front of Guan is Cun, and the back of Guan is Cun. The three parts of Cun Guan and Chi can also be used for floating.
The three phases of Zhong and Shen are the three parts and nine phases of the Cunkou diagnosis method.
Throughout the ages, the techniques for diagnosing the pulse have remained unchanged.
Cao Mulan used her left hand to examine Xu Chunliang's right hand, and her right hand to examine the patient's left hand. The tips of the three fingers were flush, and the fingers were slightly arched, at an angle of about 45 degrees to Xu Chunliang's body surface.
To mark the designated pass, use your index finger to press in front of the pass to determine the size, and use your ring finger to press the back of the pass to determine the length. The density of the cloth fingers should be appropriate. Experts will know if there are any at the first glance. Xu Chunliang knew at a glance that Cao Mulan's medical skills were not low.
Cao Mulan is skilled in finger movement and her various techniques are accurate.
The current distribution of internal organs is based on the principle of "the upper reaches the upper" and the "lower reaches the lower" in the "Nei Jing", which divides the internal organs into three parts of Cunkou: the left cun is for the heart, the right cun is for the lungs, and includes the upper part of the chest and
Diseases of the head; the left guan is for the liver and gallbladder, and the right guan is for the spleen and stomach, covering diseases from below the diaphragm to above the navel; the two feet are for the kidneys, and includes diseases from below the navel to the feet.
Xu Chunliang's meridians were damaged last night because he forcibly stopped the state of selflessness, and it would take some time to repair them. He deliberately tested Cao Mulan's medical skills.
Cao Mulan held up the fingertips and searched with extremely skillful techniques. Her two sword eyebrows were almost twisted together and she whispered: "Did your meridians just get injured?"
Xu Chunliang secretly praised that he could tell that his meridians were damaged just by looking at his pulse. Cao Mulan's level of pulse diagnosis has far exceeded that of experts and scholars in this field.
Xu Chunliang said: "I was slapped by a man named Xu, and blood spurted out on the spot. Then I felt that all the meridians in my body were severed. I think it was because of this."
Cao Mulan found that Xu Chunliang's pulse condition was extremely strange, varying in speed, sometimes eight pulses in one breath, sometimes two pulses in one breath, alternating between long and short pulses, a mix of large and small pulses, and varying pulse strengths.
A normal pulse diagnosis of fifty pulses is enough. Cao Mulan checked a full hundred and fifty pulses, but still could not determine from Xu Chunliang's pulse what the crux of his problem was.
Cao Mulan's hand finally left Xu Chunliang's wrist, and she concluded that Xu Chunliang's meridians were damaged. As for the cause of such a complicated pulse condition, she could not make a conclusion for a while.
Xu Chunliang's pulse condition was purely controlled by him deliberately, pretending to be worried: "Mr. Cao, what do you think of my situation?"
Cao Mulan gave Xu Chunliang four words: "Not optimistic."
Xu Chunliang said: "Mr. Cao means that I am in danger?"
Cao Mulan sighed and said: "Forgive me for my lack of knowledge, but I have never seen such a strange pulse like yours."
Although Yan Hong was sincere, Cao Mulan still refused their request to meet Xia Houzun that night, and asked her subordinates to arrange for the three of them to rest.
I don’t know if it was a deliberate arrangement, but Xu Chunliang and Hua Zhuyue were placed in the same room.
Xu Chunliang looked at the big bed in the room and said, "Sister Hua, it seems that you and I are going to have to squeeze in each other tonight."
Hua Zhuyue gave him a look, reminding him to be careful. She first checked the room to make sure there was no surveillance equipment, and then she whispered in his ear: "I always feel like there's something weird here."
Xu Chunliang said: "Whatever, let's get some sleep first. Do you think there will be police rounds at night?"
Hua Zhuyue chuckled: "So you'd better calm down."
In Baicao Building, Cao Mulan closed the door, and she was the only one left in the room. She walked slowly to the bookshelf on the side, stretched out her hand and moved two books in it. These two books were the mechanism that activated the secret door. The bookshelf slowly
It moved to reveal the iron door behind it. Cao Mulan pressed the code next to the door and the iron door moved away.
Cao Mulan entered the elevator at the rear and pressed B2.
After getting out of the elevator, we walked along the orange-lit passage for more than fifty meters and entered an arched space. Although it was deep underground, the air was not dull, and there was a fragrance of medicinal herbs everywhere.
An old man wearing a gray linen Tang suit with white beard and hair sat cross-legged on the futon and closed his eyes to meditate.
Cao Mulan did not disturb him immediately, but stood aside and looked at the pages on the desk, which were filled with dense symbols.
The old man breathed a long sigh of relief, opened his eyes and said, "Mulan, why are you here so late?"
Cao Mulan said: "Father, there are three uninvited guests who want to see you tonight." This old man is her father Xia Houzun.
Xia Houzun refused without even thinking: "No!"
Cao Mulan handed the letter Yan Hong brought to her father.
Xia Houzun took the letter and read it again, and said in a deep voice: "There are actually poisons that Yan Wuyue can't detoxify?"
Cao Mulan said: "It is said to be the life-threatening needle for the Queen of Autumn."
Xia Houzun shook his head and said: "Impossible!"
Cao Mulan said: "I have found out the identities of these three people. One is Yan Hong, Yan Wuyue's nephew, one is Xu Chunliang from Dongzhou, and the other is Hua Zhuyue from Orchid Gate."
Xia Houzun said: "Hua Zhuiyue? Is it Hua Zhuiyue who Wu Yuanyi hates to the core?"
"He is the actual controller of her Orchid Gate now."
Xia Houzun said: "We have no connection with the Orchid Clan. Wu Yuanyi and Hua Zhuyue have purely personal enmity. Why are they coming to see me?"
Cao Mulan said: "I just made a special observation. Yan Hong showed a lot of flaws. He was obviously coerced by the other two people. However, Xu Chunliang's pulse condition is very strange. I have never seen such a pulse condition."
Xia Houzun said: "There are pulses you haven't seen before."
Cao Mulan said: "Father, didn't you say that a real master can control the pulse at will."
Xia Houzun asked: "How big is this Xu Chunliang?"
"Early twenties."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Cao Mulan said: "Father, if you don't believe it, you can see it for yourself."
