Volume 2 Chapter 28: Yunshen Visits the Taoist
Madam Wan was stunned and said, "But we have come from a long way to worship, and we finally found the entrance. Even if you have money, you shouldn't bully us like this, right?"
The servant looked embarrassed and said, "Please understand. See if there is a place to rest here and come back tomorrow."
Madam Wan wanted to argue, but Doctor Cheng pulled her back and said, "Forget it, let's come back tomorrow. May I ask which family this is?"
The servant was hesitating when he heard a quick-talker next to him say, "It's Madam Di who brought her children and grandchildren to burn incense. Our old prime minister has been..." The older servant's face changed and he said, "Shut up!"
Doctor Cheng already understood a little, and nodded repeatedly, saying: "Prime Minister Di? No wonder, no wonder. We can't afford to offend him. Let's go." After that, he took Madam Wan and slowly walked out along the edge of the long carpet.
The quick-talking servant next to him said in surprise, "These two people are quite interesting. I don't know how long they have been lost in the forest, but they are still so energetic, and their clothes have not been scratched at all." The older servant's face changed, and he whispered "Not good", and hurriedly chased after Doctor Cheng and shouted, "You two stay!" But he saw that the two people were agile and ran forward. After a few jumps, they disappeared in an instant. How could there be any trace? After thinking for a while, he turned around and said, "Di Gui, go up and inform them immediately. These two people seem to be people from the underworld. They are sneaking around here. I wonder if they will harm the prime minister." The quick-talking man seemed to deeply regret what he had said just now. He nodded and hurried up the mountain.
A group of uninvited guests in gorgeous clothes and extraordinary pomp came to the door of Chaoran Pavilion. Duanmu'er was naturally a little surprised. Seeing the extraordinary demeanor of the middle-aged man, he thought to himself: "Since I came here, there have been no pilgrims. What happened today?" Just as he was wondering, he saw a servant running out from the crowd, running to the kitchen without saying a word, bringing out a bucket of water, and extinguishing all the incense in the incense burner. He then opened the door, walked into the pavilion past Duanmu'er, extinguished the incense again, put out the bucket, wiped his hands, and just looked at Duanmu'er with a smile.
Duanmu'er was at a loss as to what to do. After a long pause, he ran to the incense burner and shouted: "My sandalwood! You kid..."
Mo Dan took a closer look, and suddenly his face lit up with joy. He ran to the servant, took off his hat, and shouted with a smile, "Stupid old Taoist priest, who do you think he is?"
Duanmu'er angrily said, "I don't care who he is..." Turning back, he was also delighted. He hurriedly stepped forward and held the boy's hands and said, "Brother Lin!" He looked him up and down and said, "You have grown a lot taller than when I first saw you! What are you doing up the mountain? Did something go wrong with your practice? How did you become someone's servant? How did you extinguish all my sandalwood?"
Lin Jianlan smiled awkwardly and said, "Master Duanmu, you have so many questions. I don't know where to start. But I came here mainly to ask you to help me see a patient..." But Duanmu'er shook his head like a rattle and said, "No, no! You know, who else have I seen except you over the years? No, no!"
Lin Jianlan said, "She has traveled a long way. Can we go in and talk to her?" Then he pointed to the frail old woman next to him.
Duanmu'er looked closely and saw that the old lady was wearing gorgeous clothes and was surrounded by pearls and jade, but her face was a little strange. The dragon-headed cane in her hand was shaking slightly on the ground. It seemed that she even had difficulty standing. He frowned and reluctantly stepped in and said, "Let's go inside first."
Lin Jianlan whispered a few words to the middle-aged man, and immediately a maid took down the silk on the sedan chair, walked into the house quickly, closed the doors and windows neatly, and then quietly closed the door and left. Duanmu Er was puzzled. When he saw Lin Jianlan taking the old lady to sit aside, he turned around and sighed, "Alas, but maybe I came to the wrong place this time. Although Taoist Duanmu saved my life, her disease is very strange, and you may not have a solution."
Duanmu'er scratched his ear and said, "I am not going to fall for your provocation. No means no."
Mo Dan curled his lips and said, "Brother, why are you begging him? He has already forgotten all those things over the years. How can he treat illnesses? Even if I have a headache or a fever, I have to go down the mountain to see a doctor myself!"
Duan Muer said angrily, "You are talking nonsense, you little bastard. You have been able to eat and sleep well all these years. When have you ever been sick? Besides, I cured Brother Lin's heart meridian. Go away, go away!"
Mo Dan stuck out his tongue and said, "Let's go! Humph, I think you are just a blind cat catching a dead mouse!" After that, he ran out.
Lin Jianlan hurried forward and closed the door again. Seeing that Duanmu Er was quite curious about his every move, but he resisted asking questions, he felt amused but said solemnly, "If Taoist Duanmu doesn't want to, I can't force him." Then he stood up, helped the old lady up again, opened the door and sighed, "I am just trying my best. Since Taoist has refused, I will take my leave."
Duanmu'er was startled. He didn't expect that Lin Jianlan would be about to leave when he saw that he refused to treat him. He asked anxiously, "You're leaving now?"
Lin Jianlan said, "She has lived to this age and has seen countless famous doctors, but all of them were helpless and could not figure out what the symptoms were. I have made an appointment with a famous doctor in Chang'an City. It happened that he was out on a business trip a while ago and will be back today. Since you are difficult to treat, maybe the famous doctor's medical skills will be more advanced. This disease cannot be delayed, so I have to try my luck."
Duanmuer saw him helping the old lady out of the door, and was so anxious that he ran around in circles. Finally, he chased after him and said, "Hey, you said that she has lived to such an old age and no doctor knows what disease she has?"
Lin Jianlan didn't turn around and said, "Master, if you don't want to treat me, why are you asking about this? It doesn't hurt to tell you, it's true!"
Duanmu'er was even more curious, thinking to himself, "Looking at the old lady, she is already in her seventies or eighties, but no one has recognized her symptoms. This is strange." Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that a disease he had never seen before was right in front of him. He was so anxious that he asked again, "What are her symptoms? Can you tell me?"
Lin Jianlan shook his head and continued to walk forward, saying to the middle-aged man, "Let's go. It seems that we can't cure her here." But a figure quickly blocked his way and said, "Who said she can't be cured?"
Lin Jianlan couldn't help laughing, and seeing Duan Mu'er stuttering, "I, I lost to you, let me show her, okay?"
Several people went back into the house, and Lin Jianlan laughed loudly, "I knew that Taoist Duanmu would not want to give up the opportunity to treat strange diseases."
Duanmu'er looked around and thought to himself, "If he really wanted to leave, the servants would have removed the curtains and door drapes long ago. I fell into his trap." He said with a sad face, "My curiosity has ruined me all my life. Let me take a look!"
Lin Jianlan smiled slightly, walked to the old lady, and gently pulled it from the ear. After a moment, a ball of soft flesh-colored skin was in his hand. The old lady exhaled softly and said, "Last time it was you, this time it's me. This feeling is really strange and indescribable." Her voice was gentle and pleasant, and it didn't sound like an old lady's accent.
Duan Muer looked over and saw that the old lady opposite him had instantly transformed into a weaker young girl. He felt cheated and said, "What a good boy! You learned my skills and used them to cheat me! She is so young, how could she have seen any famous doctors?"
Lin Jianlan said: " If not, how could the Taoist priest agree?"
Duan Muer sighed, "Okay, okay, I'll take a look at her. You go out first and don't disturb me while I'm seeing the doctor."
Lin Jianlan was stunned, thinking: "The last time the Taoist priest showed me, he didn't forbid me to be present."
Seeing him standing there, Duanmuer said, "Hey, what are you worried about? I won't eat her! Why don't you leave quickly? With you by my side, I can't hear the patient's true thoughts. It's not like when you are treating a patient, you have no idea about the patient's condition, so I left Gang Leader Lin to consult. Hurry up and leave!"
Seeing that he was very impatient, Lin Jianlan hurriedly retreated and closed the door. He looked at the middle-aged man sitting on a stone bench nearby. When he saw him stand up, he asked, "Have you agreed?"
Lin Jianlan nodded, and the man said, "Fortunately, I have lived up to your trust. I hope I can cure Miss Wan's illness."
The child next to him ran up, grabbed Lin Jianlan's hand and said, "Mr. Lin, why did you let me dress like this and bring me here?"
Lin Jianlan squatted down and said, "Xiaoxia, isn't this dress good?"
The child's fair face vaguely resembled the unkempt blind beggar from before. He blinked and shook his head, saying, "It's not bad, but I'm not used to wearing it."
Lin Jianlan said: "Elder Tang is also very busy and can't take good care of you."
Nian Xiaoxia pouted and said, "I don't like him, and I don't want him to take care of me."
Lin Jianlan smiled and said, "When you grow up, you will understand that there are always places where people have no choice but to live in this world. Xiaoxia, if you are willing, I will beg the Taoist priest here to accept you as a disciple, okay?"
The child's face suddenly changed, and he asked, "Master Lin, don't you want me anymore?"
Lin Jianlan gently grasped Nian Xiaoxia's shoulders and said, "The Beggars' Sect has just reappointed Elder Qi as the leader, and there are still many things to be determined. If you want to learn martial arts, they can't teach you."
When the word "martial arts" was mentioned, Nian Xiaoxia's eyes suddenly lit up, and he seemed quite excited. Lin Jianlan said, "Besides, since you are here, you don't have to pretend to be a blind man anymore, isn't that good?"
Nian Xiaoxia smiled coyly and rubbed his feet on the ground, but he heard Mo Tan say beside him: "Stop rubbing, are you going to dig a big hole in our Baiyun Temple's land?"
The young warrior looked up and saw a young Taoist priest with slightly dark skin. He was smiling and showing a crooked white tooth, which made him look even more cheerful. The Taoist priest also squatted down and said, "Can I be your master?"
Lin Jianlan smiled and said, "I want Xiaoxia to call me big brother. If I acknowledge you as my master, wouldn't the seniority be a mess?"
The three of them burst into laughter. The middle-aged man also smiled slightly as he looked at them. He whispered to Manager Di, "If this Taoist priest really has medical skills, it would be good to ask him to see Father."
Manager Di whispered, "I have had this idea for a long time, but the master doesn't believe in these things..." Then a man came up panting. It was Di Gui who was at the foot of the mountain. He recounted what had just happened breathlessly, then bent over with his hands on his knees, catching his breath.
Lin Jianlan asked, "Is that old man hunched over and looking worried?"
Di Gui nodded, almost speechless. Lin Jianlan said, "It is indeed them, Mr. Di. They came for Miss Wan and me, and will not harm Prime Minister Di. I can guarantee this. Since they left, I am afraid they have been deceived by us and will not come again for the time being. Please rest assured."
The middle-aged man's expression relaxed and he said, "That's good."
Just when they had calmed down, they heard the door of Chaoran Pavilion slam open. They turned around and saw Duanmu'er pulling Wanxiu out of the door. However, apart from Wanxiu's face being covered, her hands were exposed without any protection. Duanmu'er rolled up her sleeves. Wanxiu usually did not see the sun, which made her white arms look even more like snow.
Others did not know the inside story, but Lin Jianlan knew how much damage the midday sun would cause to Wanxiu, so he rushed forward without thinking. Duanmuer seemed to know that he would stop him, so he led Wanxiu up and down, dancing with a whisk tightly, saying as he danced: "Brother Lin, if you stop me, I won't help her heal her!"
Lin Jianlan asked, "What kind of treatment is this?" After saying that, he flew forward with a willow branch in his hand. The branch was soft in his hand. Although he used the Liuyun sword technique, it was like a soft whip and rolled towards Duanmu'er's wrist that was holding Wan Xiu.
Duanmu'er saw that Lin Jianlan's moves were exquisite and he had made a lot of progress compared to when he came down the mountain. He cried out in surprise: "Okay, okay! You've learned all the moves I taught you, and now you're using it against me?" He also wanted to win, and changed his moves instantly. He also used the Liuyun Sword Technique. But he thought to himself: "It's a good thing I have worked on the Liuyun Sword Technique again. Hehe, let me show you how powerful I am!" He opened his whisk and attacked Lin Jianlan's face with a "swish". It was a move called "Clouds Clear and Mist Dissipated". Lin Jianlan still did not fight him directly, but dodged. He used the "Golden Snake Piercing the Clouds" to pierce Duanmu's meridian gate, but he became more and more anxious. Although the two were just playing a game and neither of them used their internal strength, he knew that if Duanmu'er started to play around, there was no telling when it would end.
While he was thinking, the whisk used another move "Wind, Thunder and Clouds" to swing down towards him. Lin Jianlan moved his mind and the willow branch came forward. Duanmu'er thought to himself, "This move is bad. How can we just take it head-on?" He was feeling happy, but saw the willow branch suddenly move past the whisk. Lin Jianlan's other hand had already pinched the tip of the willow branch with his fingers. Before Duanmu'er could react, the willow branch had been quickly tied into a knot, and the whisk was tied up tightly.
Duan Muer jumped up and said, "Hey! What is this? This is not from the Liuyun Sword Technique!"
Lin Jianlan said: "This is a new method created by the younger generation, it is called 'A Sleeve of Clouds in the Sky', and it occupies the word 'cloud'. Let Ah Xiu go quickly! " He still reached out to grab it.
