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Chapter 90 The Second Clue of the Hundred-Year-Old Agarwood

  My wife is the queen

  The earthquake in Pingjiang City's officialdom has just begun, and there will be a series of actions to follow, but Qin Yan no longer needs to participate.

  He has set up the layout well, and both major factions have entered the game with heavy losses. At least in this round, it is impossible to turn defeat into victory. From now on, as long as Kong Haidong follows the routine, he will be fine.

  Life returned to calmness, but Qin Yan was very busy.

  Especially at night, he went to the bar to listen to Jiang Xiaoyan's live performance in order to find out her problems on the spot and guide her. In addition, treating his mother-in-law who suffered from kidney failure, decocting medicine for Su Hao, and giving acupuncture to Song Yuyan's grandfather were all concentrated at night, so he deliberately staggered his time.

  Put some things in the afternoon and evening, so it's not so busy at night. The only problem is that it takes up his time to watch beauties.

  To know, at this time before he was always leaning on the recliner at the entrance of the bar, drinking and watching the big white legs all over the street.

  Not far from the Lavender Bar, in a fairly tidy two-room suite.

  Qin Yan is packing medicinal herbs into thermoses. It's noon now, and because there are too many things to do at night, he has to stagger the time for different patients.

  "Little Qin, Auntie feels much better now, it's as if there was never anything wrong!"

  After spending some time together, the title of "auntie" was no longer so polite, sounding casual yet warm and intimate: "Don't put it away for now, come on, Auntie specially went to buy this free-range chicken early today. Seeing you worrying about my health every day, I must make sure you're well taken care of!"

  The aunt brought out a steaming hot chicken soup from the kitchen, which had been simmered from morning to noon, with just the right amount of heat. As soon as she lifted the lid, the aroma wafted out.

  After nearly twenty days of treatment, the old lady's condition has improved significantly. At a glance, she doesn't look like a patient at all, and is completely different from the person with severe edema and a waxen complexion twenty days ago.

  "Auntie, don't bother." Qin Yan quickly took over the pot and placed it on the dining table.

  "Xiao Qin, this is your aunt's little token of affection." The old man said with a straight face.

  "I alone can't finish it, let's drink together."

  Qin Yan went to the kitchen and fetched three bowls, each filled with chicken soup. He said, "Auntie, you don't need to be too careful about your diet now. I just took your pulse and after another three doses of Chinese medicine, you'll be fully recovered. Then you can return to Qingyang County with Uncle at ease."

  Hearing that there were still three doses of traditional Chinese medicine to recover, the old man and woman were first stunned, then showed a surprised look, finally seeing the dawn after waiting for so long.

  The old couple's hands were tightly clasped together, twenty days ago, they could only hope for dialysis and kidney transplantation, but dialysis only treated the symptoms not the root cause, and kidney transplantation also faced problems such as rejection, and the key was still to have a matching kidney source. Even if it hadn't developed into late-stage uremia, renal failure was equivalent to a death sentence, until that day when they met Qin Yan, everything began to develop in a good direction.

  Like a dream, in less than a month's time, without the suffering of dialysis or the various aftereffects of a kidney transplant, only with traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, this nightmare-like serious illness vanished into thin air.

  "Little Qin, Big Ma...Big Ma..."

  The old man choked with emotion and couldn't speak, no matter how calmly he talked about life and death, but in reality, how many people can truly take life and death lightly?

  "Auntie, don't say those grateful words. Uncle sold me the agarwood at a low price, and I'm helping you cure your illness - it's only natural."

  "Xiao Qin, is that piece of agarwood very important to you?" The old man asked suddenly.

  "Huh?" Qin Yan was taken aback.

  "Actually..."

  The old man looked at his wife with a hesitant expression, as if he had some concerns. The old lady glared at him fiercely and said angrily: "If it weren't for Little Qin, I would have lost my life. He is our benefactor, what can't be said?"

  Next, a somewhat tortuous story unfolded before Qin Yan's eyes.

  Forty years ago, Lu Chengming was the young master of a wealthy family. Although the Lu family couldn't be compared to the super-rich Su family, they were still very affluent, and he became known as the "young master of a wealthy family".

  At that time, Lu Chengming was idle and flirtatious, and could be considered a romantic figure, but as the young master of a wealthy family, this was also normal.

  Until one day, he met a girl - the woman of his destiny.

  His family allowed him to flirt with women of lower status, allowed him to be idle, but did not allow him to have feelings for these humble women, let alone marry them. Born into a wealthy family, while enjoying the affluent life provided by the family, he also had to shoulder the responsibilities of the family, such as achieving certain business purposes through intermarriage with another family, at least two families that were equally matched in social status.

  By this point, Qin Yan had already anticipated the outcome. From the first day he met Dage, he knew that Dage was a person with a very stubborn personality.

  I knew it!

  Lu Chengming refused to accept the arrangement at home and chose to elope with that girl, but unfortunately he was caught on the day of elopement.

  The person who caught him was named Lu Chenggong, and he was his younger brother by the same mother.

  Just as Lu Chengming thought his elopement plan had failed, his younger brother said to him: Brother, I know what you want. What I can do is let you go and live the life you want.

  Then, his younger brother let him go. Before they parted ways, the younger brother broke their family heirloom, a sandalwood carving, into two halves and kept one half for himself while giving the other half to his older brother.

  At that time, agarwood was not very valuable and was far from being sold at a sky-high price. Who would have thought that the agarwood used as a memento back then would become the key to Qin Yan's treatment of his wife?

  "I once heard from elders that this agarwood carving is not only of high quality, but also has a rare age."

  Lu Dàyé showed a wise gaze, looking at Qin Yan: "Little Qin, I don't know what kind of person you are, but I do know that you're not someone who loves collecting agarwood, nor are you an agarwood merchant. So, your purchase of agarwood must have another purpose. There's countless agarwood in the world, and you didn't need to bid against others to buy this piece from me. This means that my agarwood has something special that you value, which other people's agarwood doesn't possess, right?"

  It's no wonder that this Mr. Lu, born into a wealthy family, has analytical skills that aren't just for show, and he actually dissected layer by layer the original intention of Qin Yan buying agarwood.

  Anyway, he can't guess the real reason, Qin Yan is not worried, nodded and said: "That's right! I have other purposes, and there are very few agarwoods that can meet my requirements!"

  "I'm from Tianmen, it's been forty years, I don't know how the Lu family is doing."

  With just a simple sentence, Old Master Lu revealed the information Qin Yan wanted: Jinmen Lu's family, and the location of the other half of the agarwood.

  After parting with the old couple, Qin Yan began to ponder on his way home whether he should go to Jinmen immediately.

  As for the situation of the Lu family over the past 40 years, it is unknown whether they have declined or risen to prominence. In any case, the 40 years have passed and there's no need to rush now. Moreover, only one of the three main herbs needed for the聚气汤 ( Gathering Qi Decoction) can be found, so even if more 沉香 (Sinking Fragrance) is obtained, it would be useless.

  But on the other hand, it's often the case that things in life are just so coincidental. It's possible that after forty years, the agarwood is still in Lu Xingong's hands, but then changes hands again after a year or two?

  It's only safe when it's in your own hands!

  To go or not to go?

  He walked all the way to his residence, Qin Yan finally made a decision: after dealing with Song Yuyan's father, he would go to Jinmen. After all, Aggregating Qi Decoction required not only three main herbs but also a large amount of auxiliary herbs. Although these auxiliary herbs could be bought on the market, their prices were extremely expensive. With his current financial situation, buying just three to five doses would bankrupt him. Therefore, making money was the top priority; without it, even if he had gathered all the main herbs, it would be useless.

  Moreover, he targeted Song Yingping's pharmaceutical factory not only to make money but also for another purpose - to find the other two main medicines.

  Whoosh!

  The key was inserted into the lock and turned, the door opened, Qin Yan raised his foot and just walked in, a strong gust of wind suddenly came from the side and whistled past!

  Changes come too quickly, if it were someone else, they would definitely be ambushed successfully. Unfortunately, the strength of the ambusher is far inferior to Qin Yan's, and it is impossible to ambush him successfully.

  What's most important is that Qin Yan has keenly sensed the identity of the sneak attacker.

  "Welcome!"

  His body was as agile as a leopard, slightly dodging the fatal blow and punching back, but without using any internal energy.

  "Hurry up and use internal energy to defend!"

  "Huh?"

  The other party's urgent reminder made Qin Yan pause for a moment, and then he found Duan Ni, with a joyful smile rising from the corner of his mouth, followed by a low, muffled sound.

  Pomelo!

  Qin Yan stood still on the spot, Su Hao retreated three steps in a row, but his face was full of excitement.

  "Break through?" Qin Yan asked.

  "Hmm! You go deliver the medicine this time, and break through after taking it!"

  Everything was put off until evening as there wasn't enough time, because both Lu Dama and Su Hao had to take their medicine, so Qinqin simply put the two people's medicine together at noon to decoct.

  Two doses of medicine were brewed and he went to deliver the medicine to his aunt. Su Hao, who had arrived at his home early, took the opportunity to take the medicine and meditate in his house.

  More than half a month ago, after killing Tianfu War General, Qin Yan said that half a month could make Su Hao's strength increase to sixfold.

  At that time, Su Hao was very excited, but he always had some doubts in his heart. Until he took the medicinal soup brewed by Qin Yan, he clearly felt his strength soaring rapidly. At that moment, he couldn't help but believe it. However, Qin Yan had said that he would be able to break through in about half a month, and yesterday was already halfway through the month, yet he still hadn't broken through. He casually asked about it, and Qin Yan said it was due to individual differences in talent, so Su Hao had nothing to say.

  He didn't think he could compare with Greedy Wolf in terms of qualifications. The two were about the same age, but their strength differed by at least tenfold?

  But!

  Just now, he took the medicine personally decocted by Qin Yan, and was meditating in another room. About an hour later, a faint inner energy suddenly appeared!

  One to three heaviness trains skin and flesh, four to five heaviness trains tendons and bones, six to nine heaviness trains energy.

  When he first met Qin Yan, his strength was in the late stage of the Fourth Heaven. In just over half a month, he had actually soared all the way to the late stage of the Fifth Heaven.

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