Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 184 Anger injures the liver, sorrow overcomes anger

After they returned with the broken willow branches, Liu Mang couldn't wait to take them.

Amazingly, the moment he touched the willow branch, all the pain vanished instantly, as if it had never happened.

He was panting heavily and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

His guess was right!

Thought is the emotion of the spleen and belongs to the earth element.

Anger is associated with the liver and belongs to the wood element.

Wood can overcome earth.

This is why the pain in his spleen lessened when he got angry.

However, the reason he chose willow branches, which have the wood element, instead of provoking himself to relieve the pain in his spleen was because provoking himself would lead to the pain of anger damaging his liver.

The true principles of the Five Elements' mutual restraint and the interplay of emotions are far more profound and complex than what they are experiencing now.

If we take everything in the book as it is, then the pain symptoms they are currently experiencing are far too superficial.

The true symptoms of anger damaging the liver include a series of specific conditions such as excessive liver fire, and cannot be summarized simply as pain.

There's only one reason why this can cause such intense pain on the spot!
That is the secret technique!
Liu Mang narrowed his eyes, and the sound of chanting came to his ears again.

Whether it was the sound of chanting, the shouts they made as they passed through the bustling city, or the quarrels of the women, they all served one purpose!
That is to disrupt their thoughts and amplify their emotions.

If it weren't for the noise, the guards, who are usually quiet and don't cause trouble, would never have argued with someone over a single sentence.

The coachman was overly frightened, either because he had witnessed a funeral or because he was terrified by the fighting.

But regardless of the type, this wouldn't normally cause any particular fear.

The grieving guard was probably thinking of his deceased relatives, but it shouldn't have caused him to be this heartbroken.

These are all amplified by the sounds, and those sounds amplify their emotions in order to induce symptoms of pain.

If Liu Mang fails to perceive the hidden meaning, they might be tortured to death.

With such meticulous thoughts, a slender and cold figure appeared in Liu Mang's mind.

Besides her, are there any other people in the Lin family who have such thoughts?

The answer is no.

Yes, if Liu Mang was initially suspicious of Bai Shilang's invitation, thinking that Lin Zhiqing was preventing him from going to the execution ground, then now he was certain.

Lin Zhiqing was indeed tampering with things.

Last time the Liu family was robbed, the thief broke through the three layers of secret magic array in the study, obtained evidence from the secret room, and successfully escaped by dodging the layers of secret magic.

From that moment on, he began to suspect that someone else knew the secret arts.

Today's experience has made him even more certain of this possibility.

Indeed, how familiar is the method of using hearing to cast secret spells?

In addition, medicine is a skill that Lu Nanyue of the Lu family excels in.

Today's game was very likely orchestrated by these two!

Thinking about these things, Liu Mang's eyes gradually became deep and unfathomable.

The Lin family went to great lengths to arrange all of this in order to delay him and prevent him from going to the execution ground.

The fact that he wasn't allowed to go to the execution ground made the news that Lin Zhiqing still had evidence even more believable.

Therefore, today we must go to this execution ground!
Having made up his mind, Liu Mang slowly stood up from the ground.

Now, all he needs to do is overcome the pain and emotions brought on by that sound, and that obstacle will no longer stop him.

Anger injures the liver, while sorrow overcomes anger; this is also known as metal overcoming wood.

Joy harms the heart, and fear overcomes joy; this is also known as water overcoming fire.

Excessive thinking injures the spleen, while anger overcomes excessive thinking; this is also known as wood overcoming earth.

Sorrow injures the lungs, joy overcomes sorrow; that is fire overcoming metal. Fear injures the kidneys, thought overcomes fear; that is earth overcoming water.

Liu Mang was not proficient in medicine, but he paid great attention to health preservation in his daily life, which is why he had some understanding of the theory of mutual restraint of the five elements.

But if you asked him to give a specific explanation, he really didn't know where to begin.

"Go and fetch a handful of soil." With a clear direction in mind, Liu Mang immediately began to give instructions in an orderly manner.

After the guard carefully brought over a handful of soil, Liu Mang sprinkled it on the terrified coachman.

Fear damages the kidneys, but thought can overcome fear; earth controls water.

It was visibly clear that the coachman's condition was gradually improving, and he was leaning against the carriage, panting.

Then, Liu Mang took out a gold ingot from the guard's purse.

Anger injures the liver, while sorrow overcomes anger; this is also known as metal overcoming wood.

The group of people who were in pain due to their anger gradually recovered after coming into contact with the gold.

Finally, there was the guard with tears in his eyes.

Sorrow injures the lungs, joy overcomes sorrow, and fire overcomes metal.

The guard quickly took out a tinderbox and circled the guard's house a few times before the guard's tears slowly stopped.

After doing all this, Liu Mang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he noticed it, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Lin Zhiqing, so what if you know secret techniques?
After the crisis was resolved, Liu Mang scoffed at Lin Zhiqing's methods.

Although he had increased his vigilance, he did not place Lin Zhiqing on an equal footing with himself.

She was young, and a woman.

In Liu Mang's mind, these two points determined that Lin Zhiqing's secret techniques were not as exquisite as his.

He even suspected that Lin Zhiqing might have modeled the layout of the study in the Liu family mansion.

Moreover, the medical principles behind this formation are obscure and difficult to understand. He guessed that it was probably Lu Nanyue from the Lu family who advised Lin Zhiqing, and Lin Zhiqing imitated his methods to create this formation.

How could someone with help compare to the exquisite secret techniques he discovered on his own?
Thinking of all this, he snorted coldly and got back into the carriage.

After traveling some distance, the carriage arrived at a relatively quiet street in the West Market.

There are many restaurants on both sides of this place. Although most people have gone to the market entrance to watch the excitement, there are still some people eating and drinking.

Perhaps influenced by the unreasonable family he had just encountered, Liu Mang's face showed a look of disdain when he heard the sounds of passersby around him.

If the East Market Road hadn't been impassable, he would never have condescended to walk towards the West Market.

In his eyes, the East Market and the West Market represented the boundary between the powerful and the ordinary people.

He had worked in the imperial court for so many years, but he could never gain entry to the east and his residence could only be located in the west. This was a thorn in his side.

You should know that even the Lin family is located in the east.

This left him feeling very uncomfortable.

But when he thought of the bigwigs above him who had promised him that if the Lin family fell this time, the Lin family mansion would also belong to him, he was in awe.

Liu Mang didn't want to spend his whole life in the west, associating with those lowly people, so he put all his effort into making this trip to the market.

At the same time, the voice of a waiter calling out his wares rang out.

"Sir, you're in for a treat today! We've got some of the finest peach blossom wine in our shop."

"The flower petals used to make this wine were picked from Peach Blossom Spring. They're even fresher than when they bloom in early spring. Do you know Peach Blossom Spring?"

“A distant relative of mine works in the Ministry of Justice, and it’s said that this Peach Blossom Spring has some connection with the Grand Councilor in the court!”

The waiter's voice was loud, and the words "Peach Blossom Spring" and "Lord Tongyi" flew into the carriage that was moving outside the door in an instant.

Upon hearing this, Liu Mang suddenly opened his eyes!