If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 144 The Mystery on the Plate

Xiaoyu had already inquired about Doctor Min's condition.

The real name of Doctor Min is "Min Gensheng". He has a brother named "Min Genfu". The Min family has been practicing medicine for generations.

Min Gensheng got married at the age of sixteen and became a father at the age of seventeen, but a plague took away his wife, young son, and two elderly people in the family.

He could not bear such a great blow, especially since he and his father were both doctors. The death of his entire family due to illness was a heavy blow to him. Min Gensheng abandoned his family and career and went to the mountains to seek immortals and ask for the way.

Decades later, the neighbors even forgot that such people existed in the world.

Even those who remembered him thought he had died long ago.

As a result, one day, Min Gensheng, who was nearly sixty years old, returned to Tianmen Town quietly and changed his name to "Min Genren".

His eldest brother Min Genfu had passed away long ago, but he has two nephews who are still running the Min family clinic.

The two nephews are quite filial. Not only do they want to take their uncle home to live out his days, but seeing that his uncle is in good health, they also think about finding an aunt for him.

Min Genren really found his chance to become an immortal, even though he was not blessed with the ability to become one through cultivation.

Not to mention letting his nephew take care of him in his old age, he even refused to redistribute the Min family's property with his nephew.

He didn't even want the old house, but moved to the foot of the west city wall and opened a Bao'an Hall.

When he went down the mountain, he didn't have a penny to invest, but he had a lot of skills with him.

He just picked out a wealthy man with a chronic illness in the city, and used the medical fees to rent the Bao'an Hall, which was more than enough.

But he didn't find himself a companion.

Before, everyone thought that he was too old and the Min family already had a nephew to inherit the family line, so there was no need to force an offspring.

Now Xiaoyu understands that Doctor Min is not willing to come down the mountain and enter the mortal world at all.

Opening a clinic is a way to display one's knowledge and save lives, not to make money to support a family.

So when she came to the backyard of Baoan Hall and outside Min Genren's bedroom in the middle of the night, she was not worried about disturbing the master's wife or seeing any hot scenes that she shouldn't see.

She knelt on her knees on the cold bluestone slabs and could hear faint snoring from inside, but the breathing was very even and the rhythm was very slow.

For a long time, the snoring rhythm didn't change at all.

Xiao Yu muttered in his heart: "Is the old man pretending to be asleep on purpose, or did he really not notice my arrival?"

She moved forward on her knees a few times without using any internal energy techniques.

Now there is a reaction.

The snoring inside stopped instantly.

Xiao Yu complained in his heart: I really didn't notice it before! You said you have been cultivating immortals in the mountains for your whole life, how come your perception is so poor?
Not as good as me, a mortal.

No wonder your master wanted to drive you down the mountain. You are indeed a "mediocre person" with no luck (immortal fortune) and no talent (immortal roots).

"Who's outside?" Doctor Min shouted.

"Teacher, it's me!"

"Xiao Fengxian?" There was surprise in Doctor Min's voice, and he also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was a little afraid of encountering bad people before.

"What are you doing here so late at night?"

After the rustling sound of someone getting dressed, the door creaked open.

"Teacher, didn't you call me here?" Xiaoyu deliberately looked confused.

"Are you dreaming?" Doctor Min was puzzled.

Xiao Yu said seriously, "I have cracked the mystery on your plate. This afternoon, you sighed three times and left through the back door with your hands behind your back. Wasn't that a hint for me to sneak through the back door to find you at three o'clock tonight?"

Doctor Min's dark and thin face was tangled up, "Are you suffering from a brain storm? Why would I ask you to go through the back door in the middle of the night? You are so smart to come up with the mystery in the plate."

Xiao Yu sighed, "It turns out that I misunderstood. I thought you saw that I have sharp ears, bright eyes, and high talent, so you planned to take advantage of the absence of Liu Er to secretly teach me the medical skills!"

Doctor Min glared at her fiercely and was about to scold her, but suddenly something happened in his mind, he calmed down, sat on the doorstep, and said, "I don't have any great Dharma to teach you.

If you really have bright eyes and sharp ears, don't just focus your ears and eyes on me.

You should look at the mountains and rivers, look at West Shu, look at Tianmen Town, and look at the people around you.
No matter you or I, we are just one of the crowd, a part of Tianmen Town, a tiny part of Xishu and the world."

Xiao Yu waited for a while, and seeing that the old man had no intention of continuing, he frowned and said, "Teacher, you also said that you can't solve any secret puzzles on the plate. This is more difficult to understand than the mystery on the plate."

Doctor Min said, "Let me ask you, if you were the king and the country was in trouble and treacherous officials were in power, how would you cure it?"

If it wasn't such a serious occasion, Xiaoyu would blurt out: If treacherous ministers are in power, just kill them.

But she understood that this was obviously not the answer that Doctor Min wanted her to give.

“If I were the king, I would hold back and first understand the situation in the court, quietly cultivate people I trust, and then slowly inquire about the true situation of the country from outside the palace.

It would be best to make a few incognito visits and experience the lives of ordinary people.

Combined with the information collected by trusted people, we can have a correct and complete understanding of the national situation.

If treacherous ministers are the root of the problem, kill them.

If you don't move, you won't be able to kill with one strike.

If treacherous ministers are just a symptom of the disease, then don't focus your energy on how to eliminate them.

Even treacherous ministers can be used by me.

After all, anyone who can be a treacherous minister must have the ability to be an able minister.

The key is to identify the root cause and prescribe the right medicine, not just take it blindly.”

Doctor Min was a little surprised and said, "No wonder the envoy from the upper state wanted to go to the dunes to capture you. If you had stayed in the Northern Wilderness, the astronomical phenomenon he saw in the Luodu Imperial Astronomical Observatory, 'Xisha destroys Shu', would most likely come true."

"You even know this?" Xiaoyu was also a little surprised.

She thought that Dr. Min was oblivious to what was happening outside and was only focused on being a good doctor!
Doctor Min did not say where he got the secrets of Shu, but twisted his beard and said, "Treating illness is like governing a country, and illness is a treacherous minister.

Why can I judge the situation of his family and neighbors by the person in front of me?
When you have confirmed that a certain person is a treacherous minister, you are still not sure whether his disciples and cronies in the court are treacherous or loyal?
Conversely, his family is extremely greedy, so how can he be an capable and honest official?

Treacherous ministers are not independent individuals. Both treacherous and loyal ministers are part of the court and the country.

Patients are also part of the greater whole of the universe.

Any single individual in the whole is connected to the overall qi.

When a treacherous minister appears in the court, he must have cronies around him!
If there is a patient in your family, you, who are connected to the patient's qi, and even your neighbors, will also be infected with the disease's qi.

You know that to govern a country, you cannot just focus on a certain treacherous official, but you must trace the root cause and find the crux of the problem.

Why do you only stare at me and the patient, instead of first focusing on the disease qi, and then following the mechanism of qi connection, observing the whole world, and then finding the focus of the disease?"

"This..." Xiaoyu was shocked and speechless for a long time.

Now she finally understood why the old man said: If you really have sharp eyes and sharp ears, you should look more at the mountains and rivers, look at Xishu, look at Tianmen Town, and look at the people around you.
Xiao Yu bowed three times and said, "Thank you for your guidance, teacher. Now I know the direction, but I don't know how to get to the other side."

Min Genren sneered, "Do you think I am a villain who breaks his promise and gets fatter?"

He stood up, closed the door, lay back on the bed, and soon began to snore.

Xiaoyu knelt on the ground, feeling a little embarrassed and distressed.

She understood what the old man meant.

When she became his disciple, he clearly stated that he would only teach her medical skills and not teach any other medical skills to anyone else.

The reason he gave was that he was not capable enough and was not qualified to teach apprentices.

It is probably the truth, but this "truth" most likely comes from his master.

His teacher was worried that his disciples might go astray and use their medical skills to harm others and lose their capital, thus causing himself to bear the consequences. Therefore, he forbade the "unworthy" disciples who came down the mountain to teach his skills to others.

"Bang bang bang~~"

Xiaoyu gently touched the ground with his forehead, kowtowed three times, and using his internal force technique, his knees moved backwards silently.

She really wanted to learn medical skills, but she couldn't force the old man to break his oath.

She was very grateful that I could explain the fundamentals of medicine to her tonight and guide her in the right direction.

Just as her toes moved to the edge of the stairs and she was about to stand up, Xiaoyu suddenly had an idea and froze in place.

The rhythm of the snoring in the house is wrong!
Before alarming Doctor Min, his snoring was very light and his breathing was even and long.

At this time, his snoring was still very light, and his breath was long, but no longer even, as if it had a certain rhythm.
Xiaoyu's heart was pounding, but there was no change on her face. She was just about to get up, but instead continued to move backwards.

Her feet left the steps, suspended in the air, then slowly fell down, standing on the steps, and slowly straightened up.

Finally, she stood where she was, adjusted the hem of her skirt and cuffs, gently brushed the dust off her skirt, tucked her hair behind her ears, clasped her fists and bowed toward the door, prostrated herself several times, then jumped up and left Bao'an Hall.

"Hahaha, now I finally understand how Wukong felt when he figured out the mystery on Patriarch Bodhi's plate. It feels so good!"

Xiaoyu's face remained expressionless, but she was so happy in her heart that even her steps became lighter, as if she was really flying in the sky.

"Who's flying on the roof?"

Just as she was overjoyed, a loud shout came from below, followed by a sense of crisis that made her hair stand on end.

"I am not a bad guy!"

She saw a team of patrolling soldiers in the alley below, holding rapid-fire crossbows in their hands.

"In the middle of the night, he's climbing over rooftops and walls. If he's not a thief, he must be a murderer! Come down and surrender!" the leading general shouted angrily.

At the beginning, Aunt Zhang took the initiative to let Xiaoyu take her to climb walls and climb mountains. Afterwards, she asked Aunt Liu about the rules of Tianmen Town.

As long as you are not wearing black, not wearing a mask, carrying no weapons, and not entering someone else's house, the city guards will generally ignore you.

Even if you are suspected of being a bad guy, as long as you explain the situation in person, identify yourself, and then register, there won't be any big problems.

Of course, it is really too late now. Only the music hall is still lit, and the roadside night market stalls have long disappeared.

At this time, climbing over eaves and walls can indeed easily arouse suspicion.

Xiao Yu was not wearing black, nor was she wearing a mask, and she was not carrying any weapons. The key point was that "Yu Fengxian, a righteous and loyal girl" was famous all over the world. If she told her name, everyone would have heard of her even if they had never seen her.

So she didn't speed up and escape, but shouted "I'm coming, don't shoot arrows", and jumped off the roof.

As soon as he landed, Xiao Yu's heart sank. This group of patrolling soldiers were all wearing steel armor, helmets, and visors covering their faces.

Late at night
Suddenly, her pupils contracted and she looked towards the alley wall behind the armored soldiers.

There were three people standing on it. The one in the middle was tall, wearing a black official uniform, with a long sword hanging from his waist, and a cold and sinister smile on his face.

"Dog stabbed"

She recognized him and couldn't help but swear.

"Little girl, watch your mouth!" the armored soldiers who surrounded her shouted angrily.

Ge Qing on the courtyard wall was very surprised. "Zhu Tong, do it! She can actually see me!"

"Crash!"

The soldiers who had surrounded Xiaoyu did not stand there in a daze. At the command, their armors all made a sound and their movements were in unison.

(End of this chapter)