Chapter 21: The Strange Man

  Zhang Yi hugged Yin Yin, holding several shopping bags, looking at the strange expression of Hao Shen Yi, a few apologetic expressions floated on his handsome face, and said: "Hao Shen Yi, I'm really sorry, my master doesn't let me mention him to others."

  Hao Shen Yi raised an eyebrow and nodded slowly, saying: "In that case, I won't force it either. Young brother, where are you from? Your accent doesn't sound like a local."

  Zhang Yi said: "I came here unintentionally and will leave tomorrow."

  Turning to look at the patient who had already sat up from the bed, Zhang Yi asked again: "Hao Shen Yi, I still don't quite understand the acupuncture treatment you just used. Can you explain it to me?"

  Hao Shen Yi nodded and said, "Diabetes is a common metabolic endocrine disease. According to the medical techniques of traditional Chinese medicine, the treatment methods are also different. The treatment method you just mentioned is the best treatment method, and my treatment method also has very good effects."

  "The main acupoint selected is Pishu, which is the most important point. The combination of points including Feishu, Weishu, Dazhui, Hegu and Sanyinjiao were chosen because the patient belongs to the type of deficiency of both yin and yang."

  "Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes integration and thoroughness, and its treatment methods are also diverse. Based on the patient's condition, diagnosis and treatment will be effective."

  Zhang Yi heard the words "yin and yang both empty type", and suddenly woke up.

  A flash of insight passed through his eyes, and Zhang Yi said seriously: "Senior is too modest. After thinking about it, if it's for treating patients with dual deficiency of yin and yang, your treatment method is much more suitable than what I just mentioned, and the effect is also more remarkable."

  Hao Shen Yi shook his head and smiled: "That's because you didn't take the patient's pulse, only knowing he was a diabetic patient, without any idea of the more detailed cause of the disease."

  Suddenly!

  He seemed to have come up with an idea, looking at the many patients still waiting, and asked: "Young brother, since your traditional Chinese medicine skills are so exceptional, why don't you help this old man diagnose these patients?"

  Zhang Yi was taken aback and hastily said, "Senior, I'm afraid this won't do. Although I've been studying traditional Chinese medicine with my master since I was a child, in terms of practical experience, I've only diagnosed and treated one patient, and I really can't take on such a heavy responsibility!"

  Hao Shen Yi's eyes narrowed slightly as he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll help you keep watch from the side. This is a great opportunity, don't you want to cherish it?"

  Opportunity?

  Zhang Yi was moved!

  Hao Shen Yi was right, this is indeed a rare opportunity.

  An old Chinese doctor with amazing medical skills helped out by personally practicing, probably greatly improving his own medical abilities.

  "This..."

  Zhang Yi hesitated and looked at Yin Yin.

  Yingying said with a bright and clever expression, looking at Zhang Yi's gaze: "Uncle, since I was young, my mother has told me that doctors are heavenly masters and need to be respected."

  Zhang Yi listened to Yin Yin Tong Zhen's words and immediately made up his mind:

  "Senior, since that's the case, I'll just have to obey humbly. If there's anything wrong with what I've done, I hope you'll point it out for me."

  Hao Shen Yi laughed and said: "Alright! Let's begin!"

  Zhang Yi put down the baby and placed the shopping bag on a nearby table, walked over to the consultation desk and sat down. He looked at the middle-aged man waiting in line next and smiled: "Uncle, what's wrong with you?"

  The middle-aged man was somewhat distrustful of Zhang Yi, although Zhang Yi had just spoken clearly and to the point when talking about treating the diabetic patient, but he felt that Zhang Yi was after all too young.

  With a hint of reluctance, he sat down at the consultation desk and said: "I've been having lower back pain lately, my whole body aches, can you help me with a diagnosis?"

  Zhang Yi followed the traditional Chinese medical diagnostic method of inspection, listening, questioning and palpation to examine the middle-aged man. After finishing the examination, he smiled and said: "You also have a kind of kidney deficiency. If I'm not mistaken, you are congenitally deficient in kidney energy."

  The middle-aged man nodded hastily.

  Zhang Yi said, "You should have done very little heavy work before, but in the past few days, you must have consumed a lot of physical energy. Coupled with your kidney deficiency, your body has been subjected to intense exertion, resulting in soreness all over and feelings of weakness, right?"

  "You're absolutely right."

  The middle-aged man, who had some distrust of Zhang Yi just now, listened to Zhang Yi's diagnosis and suddenly showed a look of admiration. He continued to speak: "In the past, my family was relatively well-off, and I didn't have to work too hard in my job. But recently, my family's business went bankrupt, and in order to pay off debts, I've been doing some physically demanding work."

  Zhang Yi stood up and smiled: "Let me help you with a massage to relieve your body's soreness. I'll also give you a prescription for some Chinese medicine later to treat your kidney deficiency. If you take the medicine consistently and pay attention to taking care of your body, I believe it won't be long before you recover."

  Massage therapy.

  Every Chinese doctor has his own massage techniques, and Zhang Yi also learned the true transmission of Mo Wenfeng in this aspect. From an early age, he applied the objects of massage to Mo Wenfeng and his father.

  This!

  It is also his most skilled in traditional Chinese medicine.

  With a special force and a peculiar technique, Zhang Yi made the middle-aged man take off his jacket and then started pushing and massaging him.

  "That's right, it's him! This massage technique, others can't recognize it, but I can tell it apart. That old thing hasn't died yet, hasn't died yet!"

  Hao Shen Yi, who was standing beside him, began to tremble slightly, his eyes flashing with tears, and his fists clenched tightly.

  Zhang Yi did not notice anything unusual about Hao's medical skills, and he put all his energy into the massage, using a peculiar technique that even made the vital fluids slowly penetrate into the middle-aged man's muscles.

  "Hmm..."

  The middle-aged man felt that as Zhang Yi's hands moved, a cool sensation was born, followed by an unparalleled comfort.

  Ten minutes later.

  Zhang Yi finished his massage.

  "Don't... don't stop! It feels too good."

  The middle-aged man turned his head and shouted at Zhang Yi.

  Zhang Yi smiled and said: "It's almost done, if you massage more, the effect won't be too obvious. How about this, you come again tomorrow, I'll help you with another push and pull massage before leaving."

  The middle-aged man nodded hastily, got up easily and exercised his body, exclaiming: "It's too amazing, it's really unbelievable. I've also had Chinese medicine practitioners give me massages before, but I've never felt this way. Just now I still felt soreness in my waist and back, but now there's no feeling at all, my whole body feels much lighter."

  Zhang Yi smiled and said, "As long as it's effective, that's all that matters."

  Hao Shen Yi, who was standing aside, had regained his composure and said, "Let's proceed with the diagnosis for the next patient!"

  In the next two hours, Zhang Yi finished diagnosing and treating more than a dozen patients.

  In the process!

  His diagnosis was never wrong, and only once during treatment did Dr. Hao point out a few sentences, making Zhang Yi suddenly enlightened about the disease, feeling that the level of treatment had improved significantly.

  Standing up from the consultation desk, Zhang Yi turned his head to look at Hao Shen Yi sitting beside him and smiled: "Senior, thank you for your guidance, I benefited a lot. Can I come here again tomorrow and sit in on another day of consultations?"

  Hao Shen Yi smiled and said: "I naturally can't get enough of it. Little brother, considering you helped me with the medical examination, I'll treat you to a meal, just to save face?"

  Eat?

  Zhang Yi suddenly woke up with a start, from last night to now, he and Yin Yin hadn't eaten anything yet, he was hungry himself, she must be even hungrier.

  After nodding, Zhang Yi turned around and picked up Yin Yin, who was sitting on the chair and being very well-behaved, and said: "Yin Yin, it's all Uncle's fault. I was so busy treating Grandpa that I forgot you haven't eaten anything since last night. How about we go with Grandpa to get something to eat?"

  Yinyin nodded heavily: "Good!"

  Good wine is not afraid of alleys being deep.

  In the depths of a narrow alley, there was an old Wang's tavern. When they were still dozens of meters away, Zhang Yi smelled the strong aroma of wine and couldn't help but swallow his saliva, despite not being much of a drinker usually.

  "Did you smell it?"

  Hao Shen Yi's mouth curved into a gentle arc, with a hint of a smile as he asked.

  Zhang Yi nodded and said: "It smells very good, I have never smelled such a fragrant fine wine."

  Hao Shen's eyes flashed with a hint of nostalgia, and he walked slowly forward, smiling faintly as he said: "In the past, we had three old brothers - a saintly doctor, a deadly doctor, and a drunken immortal. We lived in seclusion deep in the mountains and forests, living an unrestrained life. The owner of this old Wang tavern is actually the Drunken Immortal, and his brewing skills are probably unmatched in the world."

  Zhang Yi's eyes lit up and he asked, "He is the Drunken Immortal, you must be the Divine Doctor with the Holy Hands?"

  Hao Shen Yi revealed a strange smile and shook his head, saying: "I'm not, I am the life-taking demon doctor. Twenty years ago, if you wanted me to save someone, someone else had to die."

  "A life for a life."

  A brilliant light flashed in his eyes, and a faint aura of evil spirit flashed across his body.

  Zhang Yi's body trembled.

  Just as that evil spirit appeared, he felt a chill run down his body, as if the temperature had dropped several degrees, and his heart seemed to have frozen, stopping its beating for a brief moment.

  Life-Stealing Demon Doctor?

  He is an old man with a magical medical skill, but he is actually a life-taking devil doctor?

  Unconsciously.

  They had arrived at the entrance of Old Wang's tavern, and as they stepped inside, the pungent aroma became even more intense, so much so that even the hungry worms in their stomachs seemed to be drawn out by the fragrance of the fine wine.

  "Old devil, come out and entertain your guests."

  Hao Shen Yi slowly walked in and shouted loudly.

  "Old devil, you've come just in time, what's all this nonsense?"

  An old man with a bald head but having white long eyebrows came out from inside, leaning on his cane, and hunched over, he was actually a camel.

  Hao Shen Yi said meaningfully: "Old ghost, open your VIP room, distinguished guests have arrived."

  The boss of the old Wang wine shop, that slow-moving camel, swept his eyes over Zhang Yi and Yin Yin, and sneered: "Noble guests? Just these two kids?"

  "That's right."

  Hao Shen Yi finished speaking and walked towards one of the private rooms.

  "Great elder, you just said you are the Life-Taking Devil Doctor, and this elder is the Drunken Immortal. Where is the Holy Hand Doctor?" Zhang Yi curiously asked after they sat down in the private room.