Part-Time Taoist Priest

Hai Guanchao rented the frontage in the back street and registered it as "Taisu Clinic" when applying for a license.The clinic he opened in the previous city was passed down from his family, and it was not called Taisu Clinic, but in order to avoid trouble, he changed the name.

Xie Lingya suggested that he use his own name, "I see that many pharmacies and clinics are named after the boss. Li Meihua Clinic, Wang Jianguo Clinic, your name sounds better than theirs."

However, people like Hai Guanchao are not interested in having their names printed on the signboards.In fact, Taisumai was not the main method he used in practicing medicine, he just registered it casually.

In addition to applying for some documents, it is to prepare interior furnishings, medicinal materials, etc., and it took a while to buy them, and the savings of Haiguanchao were spent.It took about a month for the clinic to open, and Xie Lingya helped prepare for it.

The clinic is diagonally opposite the Taoist Temple, Xie Lingya also kept his promise, he really opened the back door, and then put up a sign to instruct Taisu Clinic to enter from here.People who didn't know saw it in the front, and thought that a part of his Taoist temple was rented out to be used as a clinic, just like the newspaper shop.

In fact, Xie Lingya had guessed, if his uncle couldn't find a haunted facade, would he set up a place in the Taoist temple for the sea to watch the tide.The answer is very likely!

It's just that today is not what it used to be. Now there are more pilgrims in Baoyang Temple than before, and there are a few more people living there. There is really no room for it.

And if he found a place for the sea to watch the tide, maybe the patriarch would be anxious at that time: Our patriarch lived in the side hall because the space was not big enough!

All in all, Taisu Clinic has officially opened, and everyone celebrated internally.

After opening the door, at first only a few nearby residents rushed to buy medicine.They are all taking traditional Chinese medicine. Seeing that there is a Chinese medicine clinic here, let's see if there are all kinds of medicinal materials here. If possible, it will be more convenient to get medicine here in the future.

Hai Guanchao's business ability is very good, otherwise he wouldn't be hated by his peers in the last city.Because Xie Lingya learned Tai Su's pulse from him, he would go to the opposite side when he was free, and he saw with his own eyes how the patient who just came to grab medicine became his patient.

Hai Guanchao accurately stated the history and cause of the patient's illness by observing the patient's appearance, complexion and other characteristics, combined with the medicines he took.

Originally, people saw him in his thirties, not an old Chinese doctor, but when they heard that he was right, they admired him a little.

At this time, when Hai Guanchao mentioned the need to take the pulse of others, he had no resistance. The next step was to talk about the treatment plan. If the patient felt that it was more reliable than his own, it would basically be done, and then it would be a question of curative effect.

Hai Guanchao told Xie Lingya that sometimes if he feels that the patient still has some doubts, he will combine the technique of physiognomy, that is, the Taisu pulse method, to diagnose the patient's past experience when feeling the pulse.

Traditional Chinese medicine has the ability to prevent diseases and determine future diseases. Physiognomy also allows Hai Guanchao to more accurately infer when and what diseases a patient may have in the future.

"Mr., when he was 13 years old, he should have drowned." The patient was stunned by this sentence when he was [-] years old. It's a miracle doctor.

What the patient is looking at is medical skills, what Xie Lingya is looking at is physiognomy, Taisu's pulse method is really miraculous, there are many physiognomy techniques mentioned in Baoyang's notes, Taisu's pulse is quite special in it, and it uses pulse conditions to connect people.

Previously, Xie Lingya's learning in this area was relatively superficial, just looking at his face. After seeing the specific performance, his enthusiasm for learning became even higher.

Hai Guanchao was a little complacent, and felt that he was going to be sure as a master.

There are so many changes in Taisu's pulse method, it will take more than a month for him to explain all the main points and add some classic cases, not to mention that Xie Lingya has to memorize it and practice it later.

There are too many changes here, and external factors such as climate have to be combined.For example, when Hai Guanchao was a child, it took several months to lay the foundation for getting started, and then he tried to distinguish the pulse.

……

Xie Lingya didn't come to the clinic that day, he was replenishing the stock of talismans in the Taoist temple, and the Taisu clinic received a patient.

It was a woman holding a seven or eight-year-old child. Although the child's eyes were open, his expression was dull. Hai Guanchao took a look and felt something was wrong, "Your child..."

"I'm here to see a doctor for the child, Doctor Hai, right?" The woman put the child on a chair beside her, and in what position she put it down, the child remained in that position, only turning his eyes occasionally, like a wooden man Generally, "I heard a neighbor say that you are very skilled in medicine. My child didn't know what to do some time ago, but suddenly... he stopped talking. I took him to several hospitals, but he couldn't find out the cause. I tried both Chinese and Western medicine. .”

The woman's eyebrows were very anxious, and her expression was tired. It seemed that she was really tired these days.She was also not very willing to say words like "stupid", and only said that the child stopped talking.

Hai Guanchao asked her to be more specific, and the woman said: "At 16 o'clock in the evening on the 9th, I remember very clearly. I was making supper in front of the stove, and the child came to play next to him, because he spilled all the salt on the ground. I was so impatient that I scolded him a few words. Who knows, the child passed out at that time and didn't have a fever, but when he woke up again, he was like this. He didn't speak, he couldn't eat and go to the bathroom, it was all me and him. His father asked for leave and took turns to take care of him. He went to several hospitals, but there was nothing he could do."

"I'll take the pulse first." Hai Guanchao calmly checked the child's pulse.

His family has practiced medicine for generations, and he has also been exposed to some unexplainable things. With his personal experience and medical skills, no matter how you look at this child, he seems to have lost his soul, not other diseases.

People have three souls and seven souls. If the soul is incomplete, various problems will naturally arise, the most typical being madness.There are many reasons for losing a soul, the most important thing is to get it back in time.

Seeing similar situations, doctors in some hospitals will tactfully persuade patients to find someone who understands this, but now there are fewer and fewer, and the reasons behind it are self-evident.

Hai Guanchao didn't say anything immediately, but asked, "What did the previous doctors say?"

"I brought the medical records, and they talked nonsense, and they were not sure. They recommended to go to a bigger hospital. I guessed wildly. It's a bit like this, but it's not the same, so I can't be sure."

The woman showed the medical records to Hai Guanchao, and said, "A relative asked me to watch a sorceress collect her soul. It's totally out of the question. I hate these feudal superstitions the most."

I just wanted to recommend the woman to watch the tide in front of Baoyang Temple: "..."

The woman called out uneasily: "Doctor Hai?"

"Your son had a bout of chickenpox when he was three years old, but he recovered very quickly. He has a body of Shaoyang, so summer is more difficult to endure. He especially likes to eat cold drinks, which can easily lead to diarrhea." Hai Guanchao returned to his senses. , said slowly.

"Yes, yes!" The woman thought of what the neighbor said about Dr. Hai's diagnosis, and it was indeed correct. Her son usually likes to eat cold drinks, but since he got sick, he doesn't even ask for water.

After Hai Guanchao won the patient's trust, he said again: "His illness was caused by a sudden shock. I have a friend who knows some home remedies that may be useful. Would you like to try it?"

The woman didn't think about the meaning of "Tufangzi" for a moment, she nodded subconsciously, "Try it!"

There was no other way, those hospitals couldn't make a diagnosis, and they didn't dare to prescribe the medicine. Now she was anxious like a headless chicken, and suddenly someone said that it might be useful, and she seemed to be grabbing a life-saving straw.I thought that as long as the prescription is not too excessive, with the mentality that it may be useful, I will try it.

Hai Guanchao then called Xie Lingya and asked him to come over. He only said, "I have a patient here. The child was so frightened that he couldn't talk and couldn't take care of himself. Didn't your uncle teach you some local recipes? Come here." Let's see if we can use it."

Xie Lingya was confused at first when he heard it, but he soon realized that he might not be able to tell if some sick person was in trouble.

Now many people, like that Bai Lu, don't believe in these things. If you tell him the truth, you won't be able to continue the conversation, and it may even be counterproductive.

Xie Lingya responded twice, and ran to the Taisu clinic, "Doctor Hai."

When the woman saw it, Dr. Hai was young enough, why the person he called was even younger.But it should be okay if it is a local recipe handed down by the elders.

"It's this kid, come and take a look." Hai Guanchao said.

Xie Lingya helped the child stand on the chair, looked it over, and felt lost. He knew he couldn't tell the parents directly, so he said he wanted to discuss it with Hai Guanchao first.

Although the woman was curious, she watched them walk outside the door and talk.

"How did he lose his soul?" Xie Lingya asked.

Hai Guanchao repeated the woman's words, and said, "What do you think this might be because of? Just being frightened?"

"Impossible, the child is so fragile now, but he looks good." Xie Lingya thought of the woman Hai Guanchao said was cooking in front of the stove, something flashed in his mind, but he couldn't remember it for a while. , "The more important thing now is how to get the child's soul back. His mother doesn't believe in this, can you agree to do it?"

How to collect souls, no matter folk witches or Taoists, there are many ways, Xie Lingya also knows some of them by ear, but it will be difficult if the parents don't support it.Because of these methods, many other tools that can be used can be seen as alchemy at a glance.

"Do you have any way to disguise yourself as 'Tufangzi'? Don't have too many rituals." Hai Guanchao asked.

"..." Xie Lingya thought about it again, "Then the spell is not allowed?"

Hai Guanchao thought about it: "It's too obvious, isn't it good."

The two of them looked back at the woman while talking, smiled awkwardly, and turned around again, "Can't you really tell the truth to her?"

"To be honest, I'm afraid I'll turn around and leave..." Hai Guanchao said.

Xie Lingya quickly took out his phone, and flipped through Baoyang's notes temporarily.

Hai Guanchao asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

"Oh, these are notes. I'll see what I can use." Xie Lingya said, "Go and talk to the child's mother again, hold on."

"Hmm..." Hai Guanchao glanced at Xie Lingya flipping through the notes again, thinking that the child didn't learn well, and he had to flip through the notes even if he couldn't remember.But I didn't think about it for a while, and went back to the clinic, saying that my friend was still thinking, and took advantage of this time to check the woman's pulse.

Xie Lingya turned around for 5 minutes, and really gained something. He thought there was a way to try, so he went back to the clinic and said, "I have a relatively simple treatment plan that I can try, but my mother needs to cooperate."

The woman was overwhelmed by Hai Guanchao's pulse diagnosis just now, she didn't hesitate at this moment, "What do you need from me, tell me."

"Doctor Hai asked Qing Muxiang and Lingling to boil water for later use. After I give the child a massage, the child's mother will pinch the child's fingertips and bite her own fingertips at the same time."

After Xie Lingya finished speaking, he looked at the woman a little puzzled, and hurriedly said, "That's what the old method says. I suspect that it might be while massaging, let the child hear that the mother is in pain, and the subconscious mind is also touched."

The woman was really fooled, "Okay, okay."

This was already the least superstitious method Xie Lingya could think of.

Other methods, such as burning paper money, setting up altars, and burning talismans, and some folk methods require mothers to call out their souls. I guess people will be speechless after seeing it.

As the saying goes, mother and child are connected, and there is a saying that biting the finger makes the heart move. It means that if the mother bites her finger, the child will have a feeling in her heart, and she will know to go home early when she is outside.

——It is actually the same principle as in the folk method where the mother calls the child to come back to life, except that one uses voice and the other uses actions.

Xie Lingya pretended to massage the child's head, watched the woman start to gnaw her fingers, and urged her to use more force.

The woman was so impatient that she bit her fingertips, and she cried out in pain.

"...Wandering ghosts, where to keep them. Summon the soul and return it to itself. The gate of heaven and the gate of the earth will open, and the boy of thousands of miles will send the soul..." Xie Lingya took the opportunity to recite the soul-absorbing spell in a low voice.

Without the cooperation of other talismans and handprints, just reciting the soul-absorbing mantra may not be useful, and the lost soul will not know how to come back after hearing it.That's why Xie Lingya asked the woman to bite her finger, using the sense of blood connection to guide the child's soul back.

The woman squeezed her bleeding finger and saw Xie Lingya muttering, but before she could hear what he was saying, she saw the child who had been silent for many days suddenly burst into tears.

"Hao Hao!" The woman fell into ecstasy for a moment, she didn't care about her bleeding fingers, and held the child's face, "Hao Hao, do you still recognize mother?"

Seeing the mother's face, the child jumped into her arms, "Mom—"

When the woman heard her son speak, she burst into tears of joy.

Xie Lingya breathed a sigh of relief at the side, this method was semi-self-invented, but fortunately it worked, and quickly wiped the child's face and back with water from Qingmuxiang and Lingling, to eliminate the filth and calm the soul.

Hai Guanchao also took out the medicine and asked the woman to stop the bleeding from her fingers.

The woman was still holding the child tightly with one hand, unwilling to let go, crying and thanking Hai Guanchao and Xie Lingya, "Doctor Hai, and this little brother, thank you so much, I don't know what to say ! Thank you, really!"

"It's okay, don't cry, as long as the child is well." Xie Lingya touched the child, and the child also said vaguely at this time, "Mom, I seem to be dizzy. I slept for a long time. Am I sick?"

"It's okay, Haohao's illness is already cured." The woman comforted.

The child looked up, "Why am I sick?"

The woman said with tears in her eyes, "I was frightened by my mother."

Xie Lingya suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Did a relative pass away in Eldest Sister's family not long ago?"

The woman raised her head and looked at Xie Lingya in surprise.

You can tell by looking at her expression, Xie Lingya affirmed the thought in his heart.

The woman was just in a hurry before, but now that she thinks about the so-called earthen house carefully, she seemed to see Xie Lingya muttering some unknown words in the process, and now he suddenly asked the question of the death of a relative, and she felt a little nervous. I don't want to believe my own guesses.

Xie Lingya didn't intend to continue to say anything, but said: "Then Doctor Hai will prescribe another prescription to strengthen the child's vitality."

Hai Guanchao hummed, took the paper and wrote a prescription, and took the medicine by the way.

The child had just woken up, and his energy was not good, and now he fell asleep leaning against his mother.The woman picked him up, waited for Hai Guanchao to grab the medicine, hesitated again and again, and said to Xie Lingya: "Thank you, brother... Well, can you tell me why Haohao was frightened? Some time ago, the child's grandma did die."

Xie Lingya and Hai Guanchao exchanged glances.It's okay to say it at this time, the child is already fine, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not.

Xie Lingya said: "In the past, there was a saying of returning to evil, and it was also called out of seedlings. It can be understood as returning to the soul, but it is not only in the first seven days. It needs to be calculated according to the time when the deceased died. When it comes to returning to the evil, the family members especially Even children avoid going out, because it is said that at this time the souls of the dead are wandering around the house, if they accidentally collide, they will lose their souls at least, or die suddenly."

The woman was stunned for a while, obviously unable to digest it for a while.

Xie Lingya looked at her, and said: "There is a custom when returning to the evil spirit. If the family members want to know what kind of reincarnation the deceased relative will reincarnate in the next life, they should sprinkle a layer of ashes in front of the stove, because the last step of the dead soul is to thank the stove. , and perhaps see footprints in the ashes."

He only said briefly, but in fact, he said in more detail that there would be traces of hemp rope or iron chains on the ashes, which represented the degree of sin of the dead soul. If the crime was serious, it might have come back wearing iron shackles.

The footprints are not necessarily human footprints, but may be other animals, which represents what kind of fetus the dead soul will be reborn in the next life.

Xie Lingya hesitated for a while and said, "If you calculate backwards, the relative should be at [-]:[-] pm seventeen days before returning to Sha."

There is a formula for calculating the return time, which can be either positive or negative. Of course Xie Lingya has read the formula, but this is the first time to calculate it.

"...Oh my God." The woman covered her mouth. Her mother-in-law did indeed die seventeen days before that, and the exact time was right. This outsider would never know.

Moreover, the woman thought that before the child was frightened, she was cooking supper in front of the stove, and the child even knocked the salt on the ground, which is not the same as ashes...

"You don't need to be burdened. If you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed. I think this child has a deep personality and a prosperous five mountains. He is also very blessed." Seeing the woman's frightened look, Xie Lingya comforted her.

I have to say that the woman was very comforted, she could no longer trust Xie Lingya and Hai Guanchao at this time, and quickly thanked again, "Brother... no, master, thank you very much, thank you, may I ask you in the future?" Where should I go if I want to find you?"

Xie Lingya pointed outside, "I'm at Baoyang Temple opposite."

The woman was stunned again, bowed with the child in her arms, and said incoherently: "Okay, okay, I will remember, I will go there to visit the master in the future..."

She lived nearby, so how could she not have heard of the famous Baoyang Temple recently, but she didn't believe in such things before, no matter how many people said, she would think it was convincing.

Xie Lingya said in the end that he had a positive view, and the woman instantly connected with what she had heard before, so of course she felt a double shock.

……

A few days later, the woman took the whole family to Baoyang Temple to thank her again. In the past few days, her family took the child to the hospital for an examination and confirmed that there was no problem at all.

Although the rest of her family didn't see it with their own eyes, after hearing the woman's report, they were also a little in awe of Xie Lingya.Especially after seeing him in person, he is quite young.

The woman only paid the consultation fee at the Taisu Clinic that day. After going back, the family discussed it and made a red envelope for Xie Lingya, which contained 2000 yuan.

In fact, it doesn’t cost so much to call a soul. Uncle Xie Lingya used to make it for free, but they brought it in front of them. Xie Lingya was afraid that they would be uneasy, so he accepted it, and gave them a few amulets.

The woman accepted it very seriously and told her son to take it with him.

Her son's soul has returned, and he has taken the medicine of Haiguanchao these days, and he has recovered.The child still doesn't understand so much, and has never been to a Taoist temple since he was a child. He is very curious and has been looking around. At this time, he obeyed his mother's order and nodded obediently. He asked Xie Lingya: "Uncle, did you save me? Thank you. "

Xie Lingya smiled at the child, "Uncle is just helping your mother by the side. Seeing that mother's fingers are all broken, it's for you."

The woman's finger was bitten off that day, and it was still covered with medicine at this time. How can her ten fingers and her heart not hurt, and it is inconvenient to do anything at ordinary times.At this time, the child took her hand and kissed it a few times, and her heart was bright again.

After the family left.

"Mr. Xie, did their children see a ghost too?" He Zun was running over to play today. He was the No. [-] follower of Baoyang Temple, and he was familiar with Xie Lingya and others, so he ran to the back and heard.

On the big weekend, Shi Changxuan was also there, but he was silently using the computer to read documents.

Xie Lingya glanced at Shi Changxuan, put his hands on his hips and said, "No, it's just a lost soul. His mother doesn't believe in evil. I didn't dare to do it at first. I lied to her that it was a local recipe, and then I..."

Xie Lingya played up what he did, especially highlighting that he used his mobile phone to check Baoyang's notes at that time, and found seventeen or eight ways to collect souls at once. Look at our knowledge reserve.

He Zun listened, but he was very interested in Hai Guanchao's medical skills, "Doctor Hai is so good, anyone who likes to eat ice in summer knows it."

"What's that? I heard that his father has a pulse diagnosis, and even knows whether his unborn son will eat ice or not." Xie Lingya said casually.

He Zun: "...Impossible, is this still medical skill?"

This is really not entirely medical skills, Xie Lingya thought that he was also learning Taisu pulse recently, and said: "Oh, yes, take it with your hand, I will give you a pulse diagnosis, I learned a few hands from Dr. Hai recently. "

He Zun stretched out his hand curiously, "Mr. Xie is also interested in medical skills."

Xie Lingya felt his pulse for a while, and said with a groan: "The liver is relatively light, which means that your family is relatively rich, but it is very strict with you and will not let you squander it. And the front is small and the back is big, this part... It has been about 30 years since your family made a fortune? No wonder you have maintained the habit of not letting your children spend money.”

Xie Lingya silently recited the parts of the mantra before, and then became more fluent when he said it, "...the land is rich recently, did the family buy a house for you? It's a bit biased... no, I bought it somewhere else, maybe in the provincial capital ? Are you staying in Yuyang after graduation?"

He Zun was dumbfounded. His family did become rich through business 30 years ago, but his parents were not spoiled, and...

"I, my mother called the day before yesterday and said that she bought me a house in the provincial capital and asked me to develop in the provincial capital in the future." He Zun said in a daze, "No... wait, isn't this a pulse diagnosis?"

Xie Lingya took a sip of water, "It's a pulse diagnosis. By the way, I'll show you a picture and tell you that if you're right, you have three courses to fail."

He Zun suddenly screamed: "What!!"

Zhang Daoting opened the door and poked his head, "Boss, the town house talisman is gone, can you replace it?"

"Here we come." Xie Lingya put down his water glass and went out.

He Zun lost his soul in the same place, "It's too miserable, hanging three doors...is there any salvation..."

Not long after, Hai Guanchao came in. He and He Zun had just met once. Seeing his appearance, he casually asked, "What's wrong with Xiao He?"

He Zun said sadly: "Doctor Hai, Teacher Xie just said that I have to fail three courses this semester..."

When Hai Guanchao heard the meaning, it was Xie Lingya who saw it. It was not the end of the day, so he immediately stretched out his hand, "I'll give you a pulse."

Xie Lingya has only been in contact with him for a long time, and he dares to diagnose someone's pulse. If this is wrong, what should I do? It will scare the children.

He Zun stretched out his hand pitifully, "What kind of amazing pulse-taking method are you guys... He also saw that my family got rich 30 years ago. The provincial capital bought a house..."

The more He Zun talked, the weirder Hai Guanchao's expression became.

That's right, all right.

But it has only been more than a month since he brought Xie Lingya into contact with Tai Sumai. He just explained all the key points not long ago, and most people are still memorizing the content at this time.

"..." At this time, Shi Changxuan who was next to him suddenly took a look, opened his mouth but didn't say anything in the end, and continued to read.

Hai Guanchao: "..."

Hai Guanchao's face turned green.

He seemed to know why Shi Changxuan and Zhang Daoting were staring at him at that time, and when he remembered that Xie Lingya was reading his notes when he was seeing a woman, he had a terrible guess.

At that time, I thought he didn't learn it solidly, but now I think that this person has learned the Taisumai method in a month, and I was looking for notes temporarily at that time, so I am actually planning to learn it now...!

……

Only He Zun's chattering voice echoed in the room:

"Doctor Hai, why don't you talk, Doctor Hai? Hey, why is this pulse diagnosis the same as fortune-telling? Is it true or not? I'm going to fail the course? Teacher Xie learned from you? Are you two masters and apprentices?"